Mall. You may notice more Security Keeping an eye on the crowds. Transportation reporter adam tuss explains why. Reporter given the significance of the fourth and what it stands for, some added attention from metro. The large crowd, we do have all hands for our Police Departments at bay. There are a number of events and we want this to be a safe and happy holiday for everybody. Reporter some departments are using internal memos weve looked at. Im not going to let it stop me from enjoying this great place. Reporter and lots of people are expected to come here to the mall on saturday to enjoy it all. Metro says its expecting 600,000 to 700,000 riders on saturday and may have to adjust some stations around the mall to become entrance only after the show. What were going to have is service ramping up around 2 00 to near rush hour Service Starting around 6 00 until after the fireworks to be able to handle that capacity crowd. Reporter metro will be charging regular weekend fares. So in rush
Weather day by any means. Tracking showers on storm team 4 radar. We have had rain move into the area and its going to continue for the morning hours. Here is the latest now. The rain favoring parts of Northern Virginia back into western maryland and the panhandle of western virginia. Rain moving through Montgomery County Fauquier Frederick and howard county. Scattered showers for the morning hours. As we get into the afternoon hours, scattered showers and thunderstorms possible. You want the umbrella handy today. You have outdoor cookouts. Be ready to move indoors. Here is the morning planner, 73 degrees, spotty showers. 8 00 a. M. 10 00 a. M. Temperatures warm into the mid70s by noon. Limited sunshine is possible at that point. Coming up im going to show you future weather for this afternoon on into the evening, what we can expect for fireworks and timing out the potential for thunderstorms later today. All right. Thank you so much amelia. Happy fourth of july. There are so many thin
Independence. From the festival to the fireworks later on. Really, theres something for everybody. One thing to keep in mind is you will notice a lot of police. Law enforcement on high alert. News 4 derrick ward is live downtown with what you will need to know about that and other big events going on for the fourth. Its raining, i see, derrick. Reporter in this part of town, you will see a lot of police around town. Considering whats going on and what day this is, theres probably a bit more. Certainly more of a secure per am ter. There are other things going on as well. The fireworks are the big draw this evening. Theres a Folklife Festival on the mall. Its been moved up closer to the capitol. I dont think its necessarily a security concern, but logistics and repairs being done to the mall. Folks are already down here getting ready gather. The parade gets under way at 11 00. Some folks are going to be here ahead of time. The prime spots are under trees. We caught up with folks who were
Pouring down. So make sure you stay cool, and stay in the shade. Dry walkways headed back home. Temperatures in the mid 90s. The feels like temperature up near 100 this afternoon. Temperatures right now nearby suburbs in Montgomery County, prince georges, fairfax, low 70s. Mid 70s around the chesapeake bay. Next weather and traffic on the 1s 4 41. Now melissa is looking at that backup on 95. Still looking at this backup. This is our Biggest Issue right now. Had some normal construction around town this morning but this backup 95 south there, just south of route 234 through that dumfries area. You can see how slow it is because of two different construction projects. One block in the right side of the road. One block in the left. Really making it kind of a pain for everyone headed southbound. Here es map of that right now. 16 Miles Per Hour two mile backup this morning. 270 into and out of town no problems there. Northbound and southbound youre looking quite good and then in Prince Geor
Next weather and traffic on the 1s at 5 11. Now about that problem on 95, whats going on with it now melissa . Taking another look, it looks like its getting better. Virginia at 95 southbound through dumfries some of that congestion easing up a little bit. You can see as you live drive here, headed southbound there gets a little nasty through triangle and opens back up. Now the delays are about a mile and a half. So that of course is just a little bit better. Just spoke with police about this crash in laurel, between Whiskey Bottom and 198. No problems on the beltway and overall, Prince Georges County looking quite good. Back in ten minutes. See you at 5 11. Thank you. Police arrested a man for a deadly stabbing on board a metro train. He will be in court today. News4s Zachary Kiesch has new things we are learning about that man. Good morning. Reporter good morning, aaron. We know this isnt his first runin with the law. His name is jasper spires. Hell be behind me here at d. C. Superio