At 6 04. A Traffic Alert this morning. Were just learning the ramp from westbound route 7 in virginia to the beltway is closed at this hour. Virginia state police say its shut down because of an accident. Were working to get you more information. Well keep you updated. Meantime its 6 04. People tuned in at the top of the show going, whered they go . We were in the dark there for a minute. Couple technical difficulties. We worked through it and now were back. Good morning, everybody. Im angie goff. And im david culver. Welcome to news4 today. Now for the forecast we can get over to meteorologist chuck bell. Are you thinking another hot and humid one . Absolutely. Its like feeding the meter. If you want to end up on tv you have to keep puts quarters in the machine. Put a few more in. Its a very humid start to the day outside. Skies are partly to mostly cloudy. Theres even a couple of showers out across Shenandoah County in virginia. Thats where rain chances are going to be focused primar
Already 70 in manassas. Upper 80s for highs today. Highest rain chance today will be west of the immediate metro area to the Shenandoah Valley. About a 40 chance of rain at 2 00 this afternoon. Then drying out again towards this evening. Everyones rain chances are higher for tomorrow. That part of the forecast is just ahead. All right, chuck. Thanks. New this morning, police in Prince Georges County trying to figure out what caused a deadly crash. Happened around 1 00 this morning on indian head highway and route 210. Police say the man was driving southbound when he was hit by a car that was heading northbound. The woman in the other vehicle expected to be okay. We can tell you the northbound lanes of indian head highway are closed. Were working to find out when that roads going to reopen. In decision 2016 today, Martin Omalley is expected to announce he is running for president. The Omalley Campaign releasing this video overnight showing the former governor tuning up. Well that is ha
To lounge into as you go through the course of your afternoon. Maybe the neighborhood pool which is certainly open now that were past memorial day. Pool water temperatures should have come up quite a bit since memorial day weekend courtesy of all the warm weather weve been having. Not much of a rain threat around washington today, but there are a couple of lonesome sprinkles out here on the blue ridge. These are drifting. Nothing heavy, just a sprinkle or two before lunchtime. Not much around town. Maybe few lonesome rain drops. Temperatures are on the mild side. Low to mid70s. Already 77 in washington. Later on this afternoon, temperatures up near 90 degrees once again. Highest rain chances will be right along i81 today. Everyones rain chances go up starting late tomorrow afternoon into monday. Show you the sevenday coming up. All right. New this morning, police in Prince Georges County trying to figure out what caused a deadly crash in accokeek. It happened on indian head highway. Th
Youll see the costumes and the celebrity superheroes as we say good morning, america. Hip to be square hip hip so hip to be square hip hip any morning that starts with megan fox, totally fine with me. Yeah, i agree with you. She is a pretty woman. Well said. Good morning, america. So much more that could be said. Im holding my fire. Coming up, inside comiccon, the pop culture mega event going on in san diego. The place looks a little bit like the bar scene from star wars. Only time youll see thousands of geek groupies uniting. Its become a marketing boom for hollywood. Well get to that later on in the show but we begin with a major scare in the air. U. S. Fighter jets launched into action and a s. W. A. T. Team storming a passenger plane after a man on board makes deadly threats. Its a scary time to fly right now after so many Airline Incidents and accidents just this month alone so lets get right to abcs linzie janis here at jfk with more. Good morning. Reporter good morning, dan and
Youll see the costumes and the celebrity superheroes as we say good morning, america. Its hip to be square hip hip so hip to be square hip hip so hip to be square any morning that starts with megan fox, totally fine with me. Yeah, i agree with you. She is a pretty woman. Well said. Good morning, america. So much more that could be said. Thats right. Im holding my fire. Coming up, well take you inside comiccon, the pop culture mega event going on in san diego. The place looks a little bit like the bar scene from star wars. The only time youll see thousands of geek groupies uniting. Its the annual gathering of the geeks and gamers that has become a marketing boon for hollywood. Well get to that later on in the show. But we begin with a major scare in the air. U. S. Fighter jets launched into action and a s. W. A. T. Team storming a passenger plane after a man on board makes deadly threats. Its a scary time to fly right now after so many Airline Incidents and accidents just this month alo