To the pool or beach. Youll probably have a lot of company. Meteorologist tom kierein is tracking your holiday forecast live on the storm team 4 weather deck. Hows it feel, tom . Kind of mild and muggy. Getting a little breeze here in northwest washington and the birds are chirping, and weve got sort of a pastel blue sky and weve got flying insects as well. And theyre out now as weve got the heat and humidity returning. Pollen count sup as well. You probably have noticed that as we have the tree pollen, mostly oak and pine, back in the high range. Dry the last couple of days and also the mold spores building. Great day for a bike ride. Not much wind. Mild and muggy through the rest of the morning. Low 80s by noontime. Warm and rather humid. Sunny and hot during the afternoon. Up around 90 degrees by midafternoon with a light wind. Im back way look at our rain chances here for the restf tom, well check in with you then. Thank you, and as tom mentioned, a lot of folks headed out. In fact
It is now 4 30. Today larry hogan will sign noahs law, the law requires all convicted drunk drivers to use a car ignition interlock device. This comes one day after a guilty plea from the drunk driver who hit and killed noah leotta whom the law is named after. Low otah oig was killed in december when he was side swiped in rockville while on dui patrol. Dozens of Law Enforcement officers and leottas family are expected to attend todays signing. While negotiations continue between verizon and union officials, local workers plan to picket again today outside of a wireless store, and they will also rally in La Fayette Park this afternoon. Nearly 40,000 workers have been on strike for more than a month because they want a new contract with bigger raises and better retiree benefits. Time for weather and traffic on the 1s. And will we stay dry today perhaps . What . Is you must be joking with me, eun. No, it will be a mostly dry day. Rainfall amounts today just a few hundredths of an inch and
Activity continues to sink southward out of the region. 74 degrees. Still tracking scattered and heavy rain in spots and 75 degrees. Some wet roads for the evening hours. Mainly dry by 9 00, 10 00, and 11 00. More on what you can expect this weekend coming up in ten minutes. Now to an Early Morning raid that neighbors say looked like something out of a hollywood movie. Investigators continue combing through the home in leesburg for clues. David culver has the latest on the investigation there. Reporter right now, police are questioning several people connected with this Early Morning raid. They wont say what sparked it, but several agencies are involved. Were talking local and federal. Were talking fbi, the atf, we saw members of the police gang unit. It was extremely scary only because we were not such a thing. This is a very familyfriendly oriented neighborhood. Reporter 5 00 a. M. , red and blue lights illuminating the home across the street. Look at the second floor windows. Police
Area. Orange and silver line delays because of a switch problem outside of west falls church. Overall no major problems in Prince Georges County. Looks nice and dry at least for now. And top of the beltway, actually looking pretty good, as well. All of those routes in and out of town rolling quite nicely. Another look at breaking news when were back in ten minutes. Right here in the broad daylight. Its crazy. And we want some assurances that were safe in our community. D. C. Steps up its plan to keep the district safe after a day of violence. Today city leaders are asking the community for help. Violence swept across the district, five shot, two dead. Molette greknomolette green is leaders plan to address the violence. Reporter one of the with Biggest Challenges is getting people to come forward. These scenes are horrifying enough, they make the community very uneasy, but the chief says the publics involvement is crucial to helping them solve these crimes and return a sense of calm. In
Hours, then tapering back to showers by this evening. Stuck in the 50s today. Well time out and talk about the commuter impacts coming up. Commuter impacts from traffic, thats right now. Good morning. Just have a new crash that popped up on my screen, this is 295 sort, right lachb getting by a crash there. Inhe loop at rockville pike, overtured tractor trailer on the right shoulder. The lanes are open. They will try to pull that out of the way after 8 00 a. M. State highway does have it on the right shoulder with cones behind it. Taking a look at 66, Fairfax County parkway to the beltway, nine minutes there. Remember to listen to wtop 103. 5 fm when you hop in your car. Still have the road work outer loop at ritchiemarlboro, left lane getting by that bridge work. 5 01. And final goodbyes today for a woman killed in the Maryland Shopping Center shootings. The funeral mass for Claudina Molina will be held thorn this rockville. Her family held awake yesterday. Molina died earlier outside