What you do need before you walk outside. You dont need the light jacket this morning though. Were talking about temperatures in the 70s. 90s again as we go through today. Thunderstorms tomorrow afternoon. Thats going to be pretty important because those thunderstorms are part of a cold front and thats actually going to cool us down for the week end. So today short sleeves. The kids need to be in the shade for recess. It will be a hot one. And also plenty of water if you are exercising, but i think if youre tired of the heat already, youre going to like the cooler weekend changes. Speaking of changes, we have changes on the beltway. Some slowdowns, melissa. We do. A bit of a slowdown. You can see chopper 4 here on outer loop after colesville road. Everything on the shoulder. Looking better than it was. Delays. Hearing about a new crash on the beltway. Would hell talk about that in a second. Inner loop and outer loop of the beltway, where is the beltway crash . Looking okay right now bu
The sound gardens lead singers death following a concert in detroit. The family and friends shocked. An investigation is now underway. And concussion controversy. Nfl star tom brady facing serious questions this morning after this revelation from his wife, Gisele Bundchen. He had a concussion last year. But the nfl had no record of them. Did the quarterback hide injuries to stay on the field . The nfl says it wants answers. From nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. From studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today on a thursday morning. There have been a lot of developments overnight. Its like a broken record. The top story, new bomb shells concerning the white house. Despite a warning to president trumps Transition Team, Michael Flynn, that he was under federal investigation, he was still named National Security adviser. That news hours after Robert Mueller was appointed special prosecutor in the russia investigation. Our team is all over these angles. Wel
Thanks for joining us. Im melissa mollet. Im erika gonzalez. We start with President Trump slamming the appointment of a special counsel in the russia investigation. He tweeted, with all of the illegal acts that took place in the Clinton Campaign and obama administration, there was never a special counsel appointed. The president goes on to call the investigation the greatest witch hunt of a politician in american history. With the man now in charge, exfbi director rub ert mueller is being praised by lawmakers. Edward loorns hawrence has t details. The man who made the decision to appoint Robert Mueller special counsel said nothing while walking through reporters. Deputy attorney general Rod Rosenstein briefed on the after appointing a veteran to head the fbi. Got to give the American People confidence. We frankly dont have confidence that it can be done in the current situation. Robert mueller is, i think, a fantastic person. I think this is a positive thing. Many republicans say this
Leon harris has the latest on the investigation. Its a really crazy situation in new york. An 18yearold woman died and two dozen people were hurt when a wrongway driver slammed into a crowd of pedestrians on the sidewalk. These are live pictures from the scene. Police are telling us that Richard Rojas rammed into the lunch hour crowd just before noon. Investigators say he made a uturn and started speeding down the sidewalk for several blocks before crashing into a traffic pole. Right now, Officials Say they do not think this wreck is terrorrelated. According to Law Enforcement sources, rojas appeared to be under the influence of drugs or challenge and he has two prior dwi arrests on his record. In 2008, he was arrested in queens for drinking and driving and also in 2015, he was arrested in manhattan for drinking and as of now, four people are in Critical Condition in the hospital. The word is, they are expected to live. Thats some good news. Thank you, leon. Back here in our area, what
About a live look outside. Going to be another hot one today. Need to cool my mind after that one and cool the body, too. Its going to be hotly. Are they just flying around looking for a little love cause they only have a few days to live. Thats gross. Whats going on weatherwise. More heat and humidity. How do you follow that up. 395 parked at duke street. Other slowdowns outside the beltway 95 southbound a crash by the icc. Well have a full look at your traffic and metro report within the in e next five minut. Allison and steve. Erin thanks. More on the tragic news from the music world singer Chris Cornell died at the age of 52. He rose to fame as the lead singer of sound garden and later joined audio slave. Cornell was on tour when he died posting to social media hours before that hand. Holly morris joins us with a look back at his career. Sudden and unexpected allison and steve thats what his representativ shocked by it. Can imagine are the statement says the family will be working