Of our weather. Thats a good thing because if itssually the bermuda high is offshore which provides with the southwest wind, thats humidity stuff. But today north westerly wind it will be every bit as hot, dr zero percent chance for rain today, the northwest wind keeps humidity levels in check. It will be hot at least it w be terribly, terribly humid. This morning, starting off with temperatures in the 60s and low 70s. T too bad of a day. Here is your forecast planner hour by hour, comforthele for orning hours, get your walks and jogs and rides in this mornin most areas will be in the low 90s f afternoon highs, 93 downtown. Closer look at the humidityr the weekend coming up. Dave, good morning. Good mor ng, checkbell. Start off with work zones, beltway outer loop its one lane on the left getting by. Staying left and center to get by. Well take youo southbound baltimore washington parkway transition 295 on kettleworth avenue, single file o to the right getting by the work zone. 95 to lorton couple lanes blocked. To back you. A Major Development on capitol hill. Former special counselbe rort mueller has agreed to testify in public before two congressional committees next month. He is expected to discuss details about his 22month investigation into russian interference during the 2016pr sidential elections. Nearly a month ago, mueller said he would prefer not to testify publicly, but he was subpoenaed. Members of the house judiciary icd Intelligence Committee say the american publdeserves to hear directly from mueller about his investation and conclusions. We have the opportunity to flesh out what the russians did, how they d it, what the role of the Trump Campaign personnel were, what were the counselor intelligence issues, what was the process usedo handle the counterintelligence concerns, where are the findings, all of these questions and a great many many. Mueller will speak with both the house intelligence and judiciary committees on july 17th. P sident trump did not directly respond to the news, but he did tweet the words, president ial night. Ment last stay with news 4 and the nbc washington app for the very latllt. Mues information and the contents of hisi report w no doubt fuel part of the onversation tonight during the first democratic debate ofio decis2020, the first round of candidates takes the stage in a maer of urours. Oaron gilchrist is working for you from theue ven in miami. He has suggestions on what to watch for this evening. The candidate pool is packed. You guys kw that. But now is the time to sink or swim. Right behind me here inside the performing arts center, 20 democratsho want to be president will take the stage. Take a look. Its all ready to go. The finishing touches are done. Podiums set up here in the 2,000 plus seat concert hall. Youll see senator Elizabeth Warren who i might add is increasing her standings in the poll, leading in some ses, shell be right next to beto orourke flanked by booker and klobuchar. Conventional wisdom says theyll be in a key spot to get the most attention, if you will, to get attention from the moderators and really to have their essages front and center in front of this national tv audience. Look for the guys on the end, the mayor bill de blasiof new york, john delanie and really everybody in between to take a run at the leaders to try to give their campaig shot in the arm. We talked with delanie, well have that interview for you and edebate analysis from the nbc News Political Team as we kick off news o4s coverage the first democratic debate. In miami, aaron gilchrist, news 4. And aaron will have live reports tonight on nbc 4. Dont forget, you can watch both nights of the debate right here on nbc 4 starting at 9 00 each night. Rs new this morning, two u. S. Service membe were killed in afghanistan today. Right now their names a not being released. It is still n clear what led to their deaths. No other iformation has been released. There are about 14,000 u. S. Forces in afghanistan. This morning, two people are dead following a threevehicle crash in page county. This happened monday afternoon ong route 211. Jonathan kit the assistant principal breyer Woods High School in loudo county was one of those killed. Investigators say kite ran off the road and collided head on with another vehicle. Both drivers died at the scene. The impact of thecrash hit another driver, but she was not hurt. A frederick county, Maryland Community is mourning e sudden loss of a firefighter. Michael powers was escorted to the medical emergency while responding to this fatal crash unionville on tuesday. Witnesses say powers bent down to clear some debris from the road andl psed. He was a member of a liberty town volunteermeire departnt. Update this morning to yeterdays big story, we now knw a woman died in monday nights crash on the bw parkway. A suspect on the run from policr hit h car in green belt near the ramp to 495. The woman hasnt been identified. Earlier in the evening, the suspect allegedlyan into a Police Cruiser in northeast d. C. Its now 4 otip helped detectives find a woman caughtn camera lighting fire in an Apartment Building lobby. Police say that lakesha hazelwood set the fire that zemage building last monday. More than a don windows were blown out and there was smoke no one was hurt. The builing. Metros police chief is asking the u. S. Attorneys office to review this stun gun caserom over the weekend. A man was tazed a transit wficer over the weekend. The man said has trying to help a group of teenagers he thought was being treated police. By metro originally said he was interfering with an inveatigation. Ches have been dropped against the passenger and the en te the National Rifle association is pulling the plug on nra tv. According to the New York Times many mra Board Members have ceenoncerned that the productiontrays far beyond gun rights. Here is a look at nra tvs youtube page. The times reports the nra plans to send a letter to members today announcing this split. The decision also comes as the nra severs ties with its estranged advertising firm, which operates nra tv. O in its statement mcqueen says its not surprised by the decision. Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell is making some big promises to 9 11 responders just weeks after he was publicly scolded on capitol hill. Senate l committed to vote on a bill that would extend funding for those first responders. 7 billion were put into the 9 11 victims fund in 2011 and most of that has been paid out. S now paymenn new claims are being cut and the fund will run out all together by the end 2020. Thousands of men and women across our country because they came toget r on september11th in the days and weeks after. Mcconnell has the Senate Funding vote set for august. Theres a house funding vote nextmonth. The bill would extend funding for the next 70 years. Today members of congress will putti poli aside and pick up theirlo gves for the congressionalaseball game. Tonights game is at 7 05 at gnats park. Two years ago a man shot and injured congressman steve ee scalise and others during a practice at an alexandria field. Scalise and others hope this hear the focus returns to the game. Epublicans are looking to end the democrats winning streak. They have won nine out of the past ten matchups. All of the proceeds from tonights game goes towards d. C. Area charities. One of d. C. s longestserving elected officials is readyft to talk aer the fbi raided his home. D. C. Councilman jack evans is accused of using his position for personal gain. Tuesday he pleaded with other counsel members not to strip him of a powtful committee pos and says he didnt do anything wrong. I believe that if my colleagues hear side of the story and i respond to all of your questions, you will not take any action at this time. Evans will meet next we ith Council Colleagues to answer questions. The council will decide a week after that with whether or not to sanction him. s it4 09 this morning, wereearing from washingtons newsh archbiop wilten gregory. He t down for an interview youll only see on ns 4. C arhbishop gregory says his First Priority is helping parishioners heal from high profileex abuse scandals. They want me to know how deeply embarrassed, scandalized and ashamed thispast year has been for them. And they want me to know that that pain is real but sohe is t depth of their faith. Archbishop gregory also talke about how he plans to address divisions in washington politics. To watch thatviull in, go to the nbc washington app and search new archbishop. He hask lot of wor ahead of him, thats for sure. Absolutely. Heso down to earth. Helikes to cook in his flipflops and short and go to coffee. And get a ie lov. 4 10 is your time. Summer safety is top of mind for parents now. Were working for yo highlighting things you can start to think about now before your little ones go out to play a little bit later today. Plus, robo calls are annoying. They can even be frightening. We know more this morning about methe governnts plan to crack down on the business about those phone calls. Mostf the suburbs were starting off 5 to 10 degrees cooler than yesterday morning. Dont be fooled. It will be hotter even with this cooler start. Check ofhe weekend t announcer youre watching news 4 today. Thisng morni a family is waking up without fear that their son and brother will be taken away. This is because of a new law in inia named after 3yearold jacob. His dads live in virginia. They decided to go throughhe sar gosy progress in wconsin. Six weeks before jacob was born, a wisconsin judge stepped in. Took away our parental rights. He left cob an orphan and put us on a fouryear horrific journey. The family managed 14 attorneys to fight the case ey thived under a cloud of uncertainty. It would take several trips through multiple courts before they would win permanent custody of their soy and rick do not want this to happen to anyone else, so theyd asrginia lawmakers for help. Nowtheres a new virginia lawth strengthens sar gasy rights for gay and straight couples as well as single parents. We are working for your health this morning with some tips. R safety medical experts want you to keep a few things in mind as your kids head t to the playground over the next few months. One, make sure your children arent exposed to any nails, bolts or hooks. Number two, plastic and metal surfaces can get reallyhot, so check those slides to make sure theyre cooled off before your kids go down. Three, parents should be tt watching the le ones very closely while they are on any type of equipment. Another important safety reminder, make sure your kids are earing upfore riding bikes, scooters, skate boards. The experts want you to make sure theyre wearing lmets,le bow and knee pads and k s should be riding in the direction of tffic and should always stay alert. And under no circumstances should children under 16 drive or ride on any off road vehicle. Important reminders for the summer. Robo call scams cost americans millions of dollars each year. Now the ftc says its cracking s down oe of the worst offenders. The ftc announced yesterday its filed nearly 100 actions against operations across the country responsible for more than a billion illegal ro calls. This is part of a new joint initiative with Law Enforcement called operation call it quits. Officials say the nationwide sweep is a step in the right direction. Well never stem the tide of illegal robo calls nole prove we have the resolve and the l wherewitha make offenders pay. Officials say many of those l robo cal offenders operate overseas. They say the best defense is to block those numbers on your smart phone or install a callblocking device on your land line. If a robo callou gets thr somehow, report it to the ftc. I need that callblocking device. Okay. Climate change is threatening to destroy ancient history in athens, greece. Scientists say air pollution and athens rain are eroding the marble on monuments and temples inclising acropol theres a debate over how to depro tect the monuments. Some suggested covering them with domes. News 4s committed to bringing you stories about how the changing climate affects your life. Search climate for stories about what Climate Change means for you in the app. 4 17, sying cool in the summer isnt easy, especially when youre covered head to toe in orange fur, not me. A group of or rain tanks took austria in their own hands, showering themselves with hoses and buckets and some managed to make their own drinks filling plastic cups, look at that withd ice cowater, you know. You need a little cool off. Another orangutansses a blanket to cool off. Temperatures are set to soar above 104 degrees in austria later this week. Super heat wave in europe. The womens world cup soccer game outside of paris theyre playing the game later on in the day, paris is likely to be near 95 degrees for the next couple days. Friday, friday. Yeah, friday. And theres talk that parts of Southern France and southern co spain uld have alltime record high temperatures above 105 degrees. Incredible. Over the coming days. Soeurope is being bakednder an incredible heat wave. We have, by the way, no vacation frothe heat in our near future either. Yesterday was our ninth 90 degree day of the year. Toay will be the tenth. Tomorrow will be the 11th. The day after that will be you get the idea . Its going to be hot around here. Its going to stay hot, too. The one thing we have going for is the north westerly breeze that will help keep humidity levels a little lowerhan you might expect. Its 90 for the foreseeable future for afternoon highs. Clear skies in warrenton at 63 degrees. 78 in annapolis. E. Ur planner for toda plan on 100 sunsh sun is up at 5 45, not done until 8 37. Todays high near 93 deees. Again, this big area of High Pressure will keep us rain free for the next several days. Eventually that area of High Pressure will settle down off the North Carolina coastline thats important to us because that turns the wind direction around to the southwest and that means that there will at least be a chance for an isolated thunderstorm or two coming up on friday and saturday. I think our next bet chanc for rain for everybody comes up on sunday. Tomorrow, pretty much a repeat performance of today. A little warmer tomorrow morning than it is this morning. But afternoon highs will be comparable right around 93 re deg. Check out your fiveday forecast. 93, 93, 96, 95, 91. That is a hot stretch around here. And humidity will start to increase as well bylaer on in the day friday. Saturday hot and humid, mid 90s. Theres that crease chance for some storms on sunday. Lets go over to dave at wtop. And here we go. Northbound on the George Washington parkway, meteorologist to seismology. Single lanes by bridge work. R rock stabilization north spout run a single file getting by tonight and right into august following the 2011 earthquake that never quite the same after the earthquake. To the beltway in virginia, o outer l after georgetown pike, two left lanes getting by the work zone. Two right lanes are getting by inner loop. 270, nice and quiet this morning southbound from frederick to ward the lane divide. That is the very latest. Back over to tyou. Nk you, dave. 4 20 is your time. Next on news 4 today, criminals are getting smarter. But were workng for you helping you to tell a scam from the real thing. When we come back, cyb experts explain the latest scams involving your phone andur yo email account, eun. This afternoon ellen welcomes kristen bell and maya rudolph. And then news at 4. Well be right back. Lets get down to business. The business of getting it done. The business of road trips. The business of getting everyone back together. The business of hustle. And hard work. And whatever this is. Rt modernized comfo inns suites have been refreshed because whatever business youre in, our business is you. Book direct at choicehotels. Com welcome back. You may remember years ago when we warned youout a scam email from a nigerian prin claiming that you just inherited thousands of dollars. Todays cybere scars are much moresophisticated. News 4 drew wilder is working for you with advice on ways you can fight back. Reporter these extortion attempts arent likhe scams from years ago full of misspellings. The fbi says theyre sophisticated. Scammers pretending to forkor a Business Finance department a tricking a cfo into approving a payment. These scammers also create websites that look just like the ones you frequent and theyre trying to get your passwthd. E scammers are able to create alst identical websites from what you would go on to any business site. Reporter the fbi reports email extortion complaints jumped 242 just last year and virginia had the fifth most of any state and it worked. In 2018, americans were taken for 2. 7 billion. Fairfax police say on an individual level they have the popular cell phone me words with friends. Inside that game you can chat with your opponent. Police say scammers start a simplend conversation a then work it into a conversation about their mother and the scammer makes a move by trying to get the victim to give their mothers maiden name. And right ththere, have one security question that were all very familiar. You log into anytng you have those list of security questions. Theres one. Re rter in northern virginia, drew wilder news 4. Still ahead, two local town councilmen under firefor comments they made about each other about juneteenth and pride month. Plus caught on camera, a local homeowner says this man stole flowers from the yard. But this isnt the first time the complaint has been made in this neighborhood. Okay, chuck, bringhe on the. Yes, indeed. If you have a gardening work or yard work to do today, get it done as early as possible. Its comfortable outside this morning. But its going to be another sizzler later on in the day today. If you want to add scolor,me of the best things to grow, butterfly announcer news 4 today starts now. Good morning,e. Everyon im eun yang. Im molette green in for aaron this morning he is on assignment in miami for the democrati debates, lets begin with a check on your forecast and commute. M dave frowtop is in for melt sa molleis morning, but we begin with storm team 4 logist chuck bell. Listen, i know it was 90 degrees t sterday, but i thought is gorgeous. It was. Humidity fell away yesterday. S that wagood news. And its going to stay away for the next 24 to 36 hours or so. Eventually, though, its summer in washington. You know its coming back. Onestly i think well have today andst of tomorrow to enjoy as the heat without the humidity. Right now its 68 in chantilly, virginia. 73 in upper mar bro this morning. Temperatures in the low 70s by 7 00 area wide. 6. N is up before the warmup begins thereafter. Temperatures mid to upper 70s by 9 00. Todays high, 93 degrees. But that northwest wind will p help kee humidity levels in check for another day or so. Closer look at the weekend and, of course, the fourth of july coming up later on in the half ur. For now, over to the man himself, dave dildine. Lets go for ascenic rooif along the pa tomic river, northbound, two work zones, the usual suspects under key bridge and spout run, left lane gets by. Virtually no delays. Wrapping up d be e