This afternoon. Very low impact. Temperatures in the 70s now. The northwest wind will keep us from warming up too much. Afternoon highs today only in the low 80 close look at the weekend and the beach forecast i coming up. Melissa. Do i wish i was at the beach this weeke we still have this d sutown at pimmit drive. Eastbound lanes of 7 near pimmit drive. Nice and oen westbound on 66 and looking good. Beltway, no big issues on the inner loop and outer loop. Breaking news. A stray bullet hitn a woma while she was in bed in northeast d. C. The woman was shot in th head and police are still workingur to fig out exactly what happened. Megan mcgrath is joining us from the Police Headquarters n a chess champion and jazz player and a Cross Country runner at george day school. Herndon High School Students may never know they were victims of a former teacher who allegedly placed hidden cameras at their school. Rafael slusski has been in jail since april. That is when a Woman Working at his home called police after finding hidden camera. Police then found 32 recordings devices with more than 100 videos and most of the videos were taken at the school showing teens changing clothes. Now the former drama teacher is facing more than 30 fony charges. At the hool today to help with anyone needilp he breaking news. Crews are respond to go a refinally fire in southwest philadelphia. This is video of that fire. You can see the flames there and the smoke. This is at the Philadelphia Energy solutions plant. Our sister station in philly is reporting it started at 4 00 a. M. And two explosions there, apparently. We dont know what exactly is burning at this point but the wind is blowing all of that smoke int other parts of the city. Also no word on injuri at this time. We will keep an eye on this for you and update as you as we learn more. News concerning escalating tensions in the persian gulf. Flying over international waterp and while king in the on the president said he believes the situation would have been far more serious if someone had been inside an aircraft. I would imagine it was a general or somebody that made a mistake in shooting that drone down but we didnt have a man or woman in the drone. We had nobody in the drone. Itould have made a big difference, let me tell, would have made a bi big difference. The white house and pentagon have not commented. Nbc news is work to go confirm the New York Times report. Rotors is reporting that the president sent ao message t iran asking for talks. We will post any updates to this story in the nbc washington app. Before than a year anyone stands trial for the murder of a 10yearold girl in d. C. Last july, makia wilson was killein a gang shootout in her northeast d. C. Neighborhood. Ten men and a woman were indicted in that celast month. The firstts six defendaho have spent the most time in jail will go on trial in august of 2020. If youre near t National Mall this weekend, you should expect your phone to push out an emergency alert. D. C. s department ec homeland ity is doing a test involving cell phones on or near the National Mall. If youre in that area throughout tomorrow around 11 00 a. M. , your phone could buzz loudly and receive a message. District leaders say its only a test and people who get the alert dont need to do anything. Topgolf lovers can travel to the National Harbor for theirs sports fix. The newest sports and entertainment facility opens today. Its the third topgolf lation in the metro area. Nde company is also in loudon and alexandria a fourth one set to open in german town. Topgolf says the new location created 500 full and parttime jobs. It is a huge plot of land and a net at the far end. Up hit balls, as many as y can. They charge you for each one. Food is good. Beer is good. I here. Next on news4 today, people in their 20s and 30s are iveloping a condition usually seen people much older. Why doctors think this is cappening. Plus a lo Football Player who made it all the way to the super bowl takes us on a trip down memory lane. You know, this is where everything started for me. The culture made me who i am. When we come back, Rodney Mcleod talks about growing up here and how he is giving back. Nice and breezy today and flawless weather coming your way for your weekend plans. Good news. Y ifre pull a chuck and head down to the eastern shore, perfect weather at the beaches. Maybe a shower or two on your friday but saturday and sunday look absolutely perfect. Welcome back. School is out. Summer vacation is just starting for many. Parents know that this time of the year can take a toll on the bank account. Bankrate. Com Research Shows that many busy American Parents will go into debt thisummer to pay for day care andba sitters. The survey found the average cost of summer child care is about 1,000 per child. However 1 in 5 parents are expected to end twice ofhat amount and that is especially true in expensive areas like ours. Consumer reporter susan hogan is working forey your mon with advice on smart ways to cover the cost of summer child care. Open the nbc washington app and search summer child care. If youre like many of us in the newsroom, this story will have you reach to the back of your head. Xrays show that cell phone addiction may be causing a bizarre hornlike growth on peoples necks. Researchers in australia examined xrays and fou people from 18 to 30 who use their phones more than 4 1 2 hours a day developed a growth near the base of the skull. S cientists say these are bone spurs and common in elderly people after decades of poor posture. The solution they say is to prop up tablets on a pillow, hold your screens higher or put the phone down altogether. Or get lazy and lie down. A new survey ranks the best mobile carriers in the district and where you live would make all the difference. P. C. Magazine ranked the top four carriers for speed and izliability. Ve received the best marks and at t seco and tmobile third and had trouble with speed with capitol hill aolumbia heights and sprint came in fourth. People say people in georgetown and tinnily town had the best overall speed no matter which carrier you have. News4 sports spoke with Rodney Mcleod who is preparingo f a big football camp in the communitwl super bo champion and Prince Georges County own Rodney Mcleod is back home in manassas. You have a you football camp and we will talk about that in a second. You are back in Yoan High School d looking at these memories. What comes tour mind right now . Champion. This is where everything started for me. The culture made me who i am. This is what i identify with and its a brotherhood here. Reporter why wast so portant for you to host this at your alma mater . It was important for me to host it here. This is my roots. Growing up for me, i dont really rememberr recall too many camps that i was fortunate enough to go to, so now, myself, as well as a lot of my otr peers, have now taken upon ourselves to provide these opportunities for these kids. The game is not for long. You know . That is what the nfl also stand for for a lo us players. I did not solely plan on making it to the nfl but it also does take a lot of hard work and you should also believe in yourself ould also chase your dreams, but if it doesnt happen, that shouldnt be the end for you. There is more to life and that is really my messageso these kid coming up in our next hour of news4 today, we will visit live with some of the kids and coaches attending the football clinic. Scholars have contributed money 1 50 million in scholarships. They held a summit yesterday in d. C. Andod merated the panel. They provide resources to asian and Pacific IslandAmerican Students to increase their access to higherd eation and provides mentoring service so the students can successfully transition from thelassroom to the work force. Thank you to them for inviting me. These are the lo fingers. Koreans do the love fingers to show some love. I like that. Okay . Do you see the heart . 150 million bucks will make a fference so good for them. When we talk about leadership its worth noting meteorologists on trying to take more issue on the Climate Change andeducating. What im wearing here on my jacket is not the fr ch flag although that is what it looks like. Hese are global temperature maps from 1850 where the blues are until current. Blue to red. The global temperature has really increased dramatically courtesy of the industrial revolution. About the relationship between co 2 and concentration of the atmosphere and global atmosphere since 1857. Its not new iformation and its settled science. Hat we need to do about it, we can debate this all day long but he debate scientifically is essentially over. We can workac on the impt but Global Temperatures are going up and having an enormous impact and not for the better. You say what another degree and a half . If your body temperature goes from 98 1 2 to 100 that is only a degree and a half and you feel terrible with a degree and a half warmer. O need t find our way to cleanable and renewable sources asap and mitigate the damage we have already done. Its a Global Challenge and america really needs to assume the role ofeadership in this challenge because we are the richt country in theworld. You cant go to places with no resources and ability to do the leading. America needs to be the leader on this. I was at the Conference Last Week in san diego. The chinese govement is investing three and a half times the rate in Clean Renewable Energy than we are right now. Ak they are tg the leadership position. We need to hourry up and get in the game. In the Washington Area its nice around here for the weekend. Cold front is through the area this morning bull tt the rainy is through the area. O a chance a shower or two during the afternoon but rain chances 10 , 20 at the most. Ture weather, dry for the Morning Hours with the daytime heating today maybe bubbling up a quick moving shower to about 2 00 and 3 00 and 4 00 this afternoon. Past peek heating 5 00 or 6 00 the showers will diminish and dry and perfect weather for the game if youre going to the nats and braves game at 7 00. Emperature wise in the low 7 so the cooler hair has not settled in just t but it is on the way. Windy and cooler today about an isolated shower. If youre looking for something to complain about today it will be on the windy side. Northwest winds up to 20 to 30 miles an hour at times. What about your weekend plans . M torow, the suburbs pretty much outside the beltway and away from the Chesapeake Bay in the 50s. Shenandoah valley, Northern Maryland get to 53 and 54. I cant keep it that way forever. Mi 90s and huty return on monday. Im iusressed jt what youve done for the weekend so you get credit for that. Leesburg pike westbound is closed because of that water main break. You canee the watern the roadway. 66 east 64 Miles Per Hour gets you there in 9 minutes. Outbound on 96 nothing in your way. We just got a call about this northbound 295 right lane by the work zone. Take a look at those delays. Those are building pretty quickly. Up next, we are working for you with fun things to do this weekend with your family. There are several foodrelated options, including a chance to sample the best barbecue in town. News4 tommy mcfly will have a look at what is happening around town. This afternoon, be sure to catch ellen at3 00 and your news at 00. We4 w tomorrow you can get thes get to get dirty or go for a food run. Im going for food over mud. Tommy mcfly is here with wat is happening over the weekend in the area. Mud slinging and barbecue and snacking while you run. Im tommy mcfly for what is up for your weekend. First of all, pennsylvania avenue will smell like barbecue this weekend and maybe have more an usual, because the giant barbecue battle is taking over from third to seventh street northwest. We are talking 30 bands, more than three stages. And actually National Champions will be crowned in different grilling activities. In montgomery county, it mud fest. The Second Annual moco mud fest. Check these photos out from last year. They are basically filling up d pues full of mud in the Woodstock Park from saturday from 11 00 to 4 00 and 15 bucks for your entire carload of people and you can see they are already filling up the puddles. They are getting ready for mud fest enjoy. It wants you to get back to nature and sling some mud and make mud pies and have good old clean dirty fun with the family this weekend. Normally a run in our area. Granolathe run and get bar, right . 5k not at this estival. Its happening at old town rf square in faix. Along the 5k route, you can actually yeah. On healthy food. When youre doing the run. Check out these photos from last year. They want to make sure you balance a Healthy Lifestyle and you have a good balance of calories earned versus calories burned, by i recommend make sure youre done chewing before you start running again. At look on the scene page. We have your look ahd to fourth of july activity for the family and 100 awesome things to do this summer around the enltway and beyond. With 4 your wee im tommy ly mcf, news4. S . Who will clean up the k hose them down . Leave them out on the porch. ,still ah new efforts to solve the murder of two transgender women killed weeks apart in the same neighborhood. Plus, new details on the first of its kind bike lane in d. C. Dog waing forecast time. On a beautiful friday this morning, this is chex. Chex is for kids and he would make a great buddy for your family and years of happiness and smiles with mr chex. Go to humane reliance. Org to find out more about adopting a pet. Pet. Get your ext mile we are sist rs. And we jved in together. Why alissa and aleah chose fios. We stream sooo much. A lot of times alissa is watching tv on her laptop, using her phone, also using her tablet. I am really good at multitasking cause im awesome. A little. The best internet is even better at our best price. Switch now and get our fastest speeds available. Pl , a free Samsung Chromebook on us. Thats fios. Here i go again on my own goin down the only road ive ever known like a drifter i was born to walk alo youre a drifter . I thought you were kevins dad. Little bit of both. If you ride, you get it. Ico motorcycle. 15 minutes could save you 15 or more. And this is annie paying back her friend for the tickets with zelle® before the previews start. And this is annie getting ready to enjoy the show. [whispers] this is your right here, right now bank. This is wells fargo. No rain chances our saturday or your sunday. A tiny chance after shower this afternoon but not a Severe Weather threat. You canreathe easy. You dont have to worry about that until early next week probably. Early morning color on the longestay of the year. Summer solstice occurs today at1 47 in the morning. 14 hours and 15 minutes of daylight today. 72 at Dulles Airport and 70 in upper marlboro, maryland. On the windy side. The braves are in town for a weekend series. If we beat up on the braves like the phillies, that is good for thenats. Doing some gardening this weekend . Temperatures will be in the low 80s tomoow and mid80s on sunday. Tenday forecast is coming up which promises the return of heat and humidity so enjoy today, melissa. I will. Thank you. Taking a look anotherhere. Take a look at those delays that we are seeing at that construction site. Somebody called in and said it is quite slow. A crash has been reported there at this. Pennsylvania avenue southeast at 30th street has an accident. Kestbound leesburg pi at break. Pica water main you can see the water flowing on the westbound lanes. Eastbound lanes looks likele peopre going through this parking lot to get around it. We are following breaking news concerning escalating nsions betweenhe u. S. And iran. The federal government aviation administratio is prohibiting u. S. Aircraft from flying over the persian gulf and gulf near iranue to rising tensions. The notice follows a report by the New York Times citing multiple anonymous senior admistration officials that President Trump had approved a military strike against iran last night but abruptly called it off. He strike would have been in retaliation for the downing of an unmanned u. S. Surveillance iran staterun tv released this video of a Missile Launch claiming it shows the missile hitting a u. S. Drone. This morning, reuters is reporting that the presint sent a message to iran asking for talks. Nbc news is work to go confirm these new reports. More breaking news this morning in northeast washington. That is where a woman was hit by a bullet while she was lying in bed. News4 Megan Mcgrath joins us live from Police Headquarters with the latest on this. Good morning. Reporter good morning. This began with a shooting outside of an apartment complex in northeast washington. One of the bullets that was fired went into a nearby apartment and struck a woman. A taook at the video here. This happened at about 11 30 last nigt. The woman was bid when that bullet came through the window and grazed her in thehe d. Now this happened atn a apartment complex at chaplain Park Apartments outside of 44th and benning road in northeast. Police could be seen processing evidence last night pregnant down a number of evidence marke in the street outside of the building. While it was a close call, the woman is going to be okay and she is expected to make a full recovery. She was graed in the head. A close call here and scarn situatr her. As for the shooting that happened outside of the apartment building, at this point, no arrests have been made and there is no informati on look out for the suspects either. Back to you. Megan mcgrath, thank you. Tonight, a vigil will be eld to honor kammal nashid who was killed several days ago when he was hit by a car at his home in bowie. A vigil is plannednto hoor two e transer women both killed prince r in the same georges county neighborhood. Carmen and spears were killed among months of each other on the maryland side on eastern avenue. Police and Government Official from d. C. And maryland met yesterday at an office of an Advocacy Organization and agreed to share information to solve the killings. The vigil begins at 30 at 559th avenue and the second at 7 30 at dupont circle. Dade Thomas Circle where new york avenue meets in d. C. They are trying to buy that piece of land and make it a better experience. The taxable value is about 7. 3 million dollars. The current owner of the property bought that propery in 2016 over 2 million. You do the math. That owner stands to make a good profit if they sell it to the city. No deal has been reached yet. A protected bike lane is being built in northwest. Our news partner at wpot report that construction is happening at 14th street and n s for commuters, the project begins at florida Avenue Northwest a run to Thomas Circle. This is to make the commuter va route more lible, drivable, and bikable. Top ere is a look at the stories we are following this morning. Embattled d. C. Councilman jackan evehas resigned from the metro board. He admitted to the Washington Post that ethics investigation found he violated metros code of ethics. Yesterday, he announced he would resign altogether. We now know the trial date of 11 people charged in connection with the 10yearold makia wilson who was killed in a gang shootout. First six defendants go on ial in august of 2020. The second trial for the others will beginar in janu of 2021. The Supreme Court ruled that this peace cross will remain standing. Controversy began when argument that the cross violated separation of church and state because sits on public land but the Supreme Court disagreed with that saying it did not endorse religion. Today we will see the autopsy report of nine americans who indied while on vacation he dominican republic. All of the deaths are considered suspicious but, so far, there is no evidence linking them. Officials say the victims died after suddenly becoming ill. They say all is fair in love anar but a man might add divorce to that. Ht a winning Lottery Ticket worth 30 million and now hell have to share the winnings with his exwife. Rich and his wife had been separated two years when he bought a llmegamiions ticket in 2013. The divorce was not official at the time. It wasnt legal. Now a michigan judge says he must listen to an oer of an arbitrator who says that ticket is Marital Property so he must pay his exwife mary 15 million their divorce was finalized last year. Youd have to catch me first. Marriage is 50 50. No im saying egally. Legally. Opinion. Aking an all of a e sudden, givme some of that after she wants a divorce . They are separated. Its over, its done not legally, though. Its just my opinion. We should move yes. Still ahead, a warning for anybody who smokes electronic cigarettes. Catch a ride. Iv less buses are popping up in d. C. We are giving you a closer lo. Stay witokh c rt documents show he was under the influence of drugs and alcohol at the time. He is cing five counts of assault. Engine troubles force a t small plane land in the middle of a street in southern california. Look at that sight. The imagine landing happened onsterday afterno. Fire officials were on the scene to help the singleengine plane from leaking fuel. The two peopleho on board include the pilot was not injured and no major damage to the plane. That is pretty incredible. Good for them. This morning, a warning about the dangers of ecigarettes. Em one of xplode inside a teenagers mouth, knocking out several teeth and shattering his jaw. This is not an isolated incident either. Look at the xray here. There are recent viral videos have captured moments that ecigarettes have e loded or malfunctioned and at least two people in e u. S. Have died from it. More than 2,000 people have been to the emergency room for ecigarette burns and injuries. The food and Drug Administration is in charge of regulating Tobacco Products including ecigarettes and they say the problem centers arou the lithium ion batterio that pwer these devices. The tee has recovered even though the incident was terrifying. Something good came out of it because he said he has quit smoking goe ining for good. I go home and tell my kidsab t this right away. A small chance for a quick rain shower on your friday to y. On thewhole, it is an improving weather picture as we get into your weekend. Ill give you the whole tenday forecast coming up. Blareaking news. Between 197 and 198 as tour bu between 197 and 198 as tour bu on fire and full de when you get the diagnosis of cancer y going to handle it. You really dont know whats coming down the road for you. I was diagnosed with stage 4 oral cancer the doctors at g w hospital were fantastic. They were willing to advocate for an alternative treatment that had Better Outcomes for me. A better life over a longer term with fewer side effects. R want to say thank you fo getting me through Cancer Treatment and back to living my life. For lifes defining moments the ge Washington University hospital defining medicine. 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She is the former White House Communications director and named more than 180 times in rert Mueller Report. Hicks refused to answer 155 questions this week. News4 Craig Boswell joins live from capitol hill to explain why and to walk us through what else we have learned here. Craig, good. Morning reporter good morning. We have the 273page transcript of hicks seven hours of losed door testimony. Lots of questionsunanswered. Attorneyblocked her from answering 155 questions. She had five attorneys there with her during that closed door testimony. She was asked about any efforts to remove special counsel robert mueller. Objection. She was asked about the Mueller Report and about the russia report and every time that came up and anything time with her inside the white houti, objecn and played out times. Decrats say shef was asked desk the location of her er the oval office objection. She did answ questions about positiono research from freign powers and where she oke from her boss. Hope hicks said she would report it to the fbi. Ec you rall President Trump said b this cruising speed of this e i leisurely. Dont be in a rush. No. Its hard for me not to be in rausch. Move it nats are growing a number of mar League Baseball teams extending a protective netting to keep fans safe. Foul balls have injured people across the ballparks across the country. Julie carey spoke with a mother and son who are happy for this change. Reporter for a b who recently had surgery for a badly broken nose, adler looks surprisingly good. Ts was may 24th when he and his family were at naark and he tried to catch a foul ball heading into the stands behind third baseline. I dont remember much. Reporter but mom remembers. My son put his glove up to try to catch it and he had it ovobably just right here and it just missed his instead of his glove, it went to his nose. Reporter pain and pouring blood. O a rush to the hospital ttreat a badly broken nose. Later, a specialty doctor called it one of the worst knows nose injuries he has seen in a long time. The nats joined the cubs and other teams today in adding netting. At nats park, it will run nearly to the right and left field corners. The tollefsons are happy to hear it. I think that its great because if it means that less people are going to get hurt. The speed of the balls and the velocity they are flying at eyople, its good that th are going to take steps to go ahead and protect their fans. R, reporter as for adlee missed the last two weeks of school recovering, making it back just in time for his fifth grade Graduation Day wearing a hat said straight out of nose surgery. Im julie carey, news4. A traffic alert. Northbound bw parkway after 197 laur you can see the northbound lanes are shut down. A tour bus fire trying to get happened here. Firefighters now on the scene and trying to put that out. The rear of the bus was fully engulfed a a couple of minutes ago. Right now southbound lanes just one side getting around it just below this picture here we do have a fire truck there blocking some of the lanes. All northbound lanes blocked. One southbound lane getting by. This is a major ms for a lot of folks. Your alternate when its 95 a weird morning, right . Alternate is 95 through the same section. Washington 295 closed down there. Travel timehere. We will talk more about this issue on bw parkway coming up. Listen to wpot when you hop in your car for the latest on any problems. Good morning, chuck. A good tgif to you out there. Sun is coming up. Officially its been up about ten minutes now her on t longest day of the year. Summer solstice occurs before noon today. What is that . The suns northernmost extent north of the equator. Starting tomorrow, it begins its trek back southbound and believo it or not toow three seconds less daylight than today. Come on now youll never notice the three seconds 14 hours and 54 min of daylight today and compared to six months from now, only 9 ho s of daylight. In washington 4an degrees. Wids have not come around to the northwest but a breezy day today. It brings lower humidity and lower temperatures just in time for the weekend. Your commute today will be unencumbered by raindrops. Rain chances down 20 or less. Much more active weather out across partssof the grate plain this morning. For us this departing area of low pressure and storminess is rathe unsettled day from new boston. If youre around the Washington Area points east and south the good weather is just about ready to settle in. I did mention a tiny chance for a shower today. Not much of a rain chanceinhis morn but the peak of daytime heating at 2 00 or 3 00 or 0,4 0 there might be one or two minute rain showers. No severe lightning but just a quick shower and will n e impact yourning plans. It wont last. Ck good morning. Ay. Im here a snncnbc headquarters. Several food chains want to help you celebrate the eqnox with freebies and discount. Among the deals, you can get a free small regular or dipped cone at dairy queen toay with any purchase. App. An offer on the dq free small smoothies at another place and wendys has a free small salad and krispy kreme has a deal tomorrow. Its giving away its new original filled doughnuts while supplies last so start your summer diet the day after all of this. Or the day after that or the day after that. Bertha, thank you. A Prince Georges County nave is giving back to the y communitd sharing some of his super bowl success. News4 today justin finch is live atdematha high school with a major football camp with rodney reporter football friday. Im here with Rodney Mcleod, he plays for the eagles and Hometown Hero here. I imagine youre excited for what is happening this weekend . Yovery excited about my h camp taking place where i started at this high school at dematha. He is pumped up and we will have hey babe, whats the password for the cable bill . Rollerbladeking22. Capital k. Ok. What about the phone bill . Its the entire alphabetackwards. Z y x w v. I got it. I got it. What about electric . Shri. Uh uh. Lobster . It didnt work. Try all seafood. The words all seafood or like different seafoods . No, just like woe your way through thean. What . Forget all your passwords. Bill pay on the Td Bank Mobile App keeps all your bills in one place. A bus f on the bw parkway. Look at the flames pouring out of the back of this bus. Traffic is blocked. Another bus behind that that is on fire. Crews put out the fire. Now working to find out whether anyone was on the bus. A lot of developments this morning. About 6 00 w. No good morning. Im aaron gilchrist. And im eunyang. Its friday. A lot of news to catch up on before we move on. Meteorologist chuck bell is here with a look at your weekend tr forecast but we start with melissa mollet. Big problem. Bw ptrkway. Firs traffic alert. Northbound shut down after 197. You saw the video. This tour bus was fully engulfed in flames in the rear partthat. Firefighters are on the scene and we are trying figure out yoat exactly happened and we dont believe an was on there and had to be pulled off. T uthbound lanes only one side is getting by ais point. You can see the delays here on the map. They really are extensive. Wf you want to leave your house early for k, school, wherever youre heading, a nice alternate is 95 at this point. Right now