dulles. the plane returned to dulles after the bird strike that caused an oil spill. we know that 66 people were on that flight. everyone was okay. they made it to jfk around 2:30 this morning on a different plane. he has a superb reputation as director of the fbi. >> you have a prime decision maker there working within the process. it's a good hybrid to be able to keep the career folks at fbi and make sure they can continue their job and that you have an independent person. >> robert mueller is a fantastic person. i don't know him personally and this is the right move. >> former fbi director robert muller is getting bipartisan praise for lawmakers after he was appointed special counsel in the russia direction. it was made after intense pressure on capitol hill. president trump released a statement saying, a thorough investigation will confirm what we already know, there was no collusbe and any foreign entity. i look forward to this matter concluding quickly. news 4 is working for you. here are 4 things to know about the new special counsel, robert mueller. this is a deep did i have into his background for you. mueller ran the fbi for 12 years taking the agency over a week before the 9/11 terrorist attack. he's the second longest serving director behind only j. edgar hoover. he was appointed by george w. bush and was asked to stay on for two years in 2011 by president obama. and he was asked to oversee the restitution money from the takata defective airbag case. and he was appointed to oversee the ray rice investigation. news 4's tracie pots will have the details on how broad mull news about a police shooting. >> white police officer in oklahoma who shot and killed an unarmed blackman is unacquitted. betty joe shelby said she fired out of fear. you might remember this case. crusher had his hands held up over his head when he was killed last september. his family bursting into tears in a courtroom when the verdict was read. she said she fired because crutcher didn't obey her commands. she was charged with manslaughter but again not guilty in that. his family called the verdict a disappointment and called the police department corrupt. it's 4:33. it happened in a busy section of arlington and now police are looking for witnesses to a police-involved shooting that left a suspect in grave condition. this all started during rush hour last night with a traffic stop on the glebe road ramp of 395. a pickup truck. investigators say the driver took off hitting a police officer in the process. that's when officers started shooting at the suspect shattering the front windows of the car. the suspect was hit. two officers were also hurt. one was taken to theserious inj expected to be okay. that surprised a lot of people. >> it sounded like a motorcycle back firing right under the window, first of all. it made me jump. >> it's really sad, honestly, that people decide to do these things. >> police went door to door in a nearby apartment building looking for witnesses. the suspect's name has not been released and it's not clear why he was wanted by police. chopper 4 flew over an apartment fire that forced families out of their homes. this is in silver springs just off of new hampshire avenue in the beltway. everyone got out okay. no word on the cause of that fire. starting today, one of the in arlington is supposed to be safer, more efficient. here's what you'll see at the crystal city metro station. new curb space, improved sidewalks and crosswalks and added lighting. officials will celebrate with a ribbon cutting at 10:00 this morning. more than 20,000 people use that station each day. here's something that might make you feel good about your commute today on the dulles greenway. your money will go towards a good cause. the private highway connects dulles international airport to leesburg, virginia. they're donating 100% of all tolls today to six local charities and the dulles greenway scholarship program. last year's drive for charity raised more than $330,000. nbc 4 is a proud sponsor. one of the days you might want to head out to leesburg just to support a good cause. >> yeah. >> it is now 4:35. get another check on your weather and traffic. we'll start with chuck and sheena and a look at the warm forecast on thursday. hey, guys. >> yes, very warm outside. even now. zpl our preview of summer continues for at least another day, kind of sort of two more days, not forever. >> then we have some rain that will move in for friday and then we have a good weekend. 80 in annapolis. you do not need a jacket this morning. 72 currently in the district as you're heading out for your commute. by 7:00 a.m. we'll still have the sun around. sun glare. temperatures in the low 70s. by lunchtime, mid 80s. by the afternoon, another day in the 90s. let's see if it continues into tomorrow. hey, chuck. >> yes, indeed. a chance of some thunderstorms around tomorrow afternoon as a cold front comes our way. that will take the edge off the heat a little bit tomorrow. bigger changes, larger drops in temperatures for the weekend. here's future weather tomorrow. late morning into the early thunderstorms bubbling up ahead of that weather front. here's 3:00 friday afternoon on our future weather model. you can see there are showers scattered about the area. most likely time is within 2 and 8:00 tomorrow afternoon and early tomorrow evening. temperatures because of the clouds and the rain chances moving in, temperatures tomorrow most likely close to 90 but i don't think there will be too many 90s on the map for tomorrow. ten day, we're tweaking the last nine or ten days of that. that's coming up for a few more minutes. it is traffic time. melissa mollet, still issues on new hampshire boulevard. >> we're going to have these problems probably at least through the morning commute. northwest, mcarthur between reservoir and foxhall, we have lanes blocked there because of the water main break. your alternate, canal, white haven parkway, foxhall road. all of those will work. intervale to the pike, still have the 66 to 95 no problems 3678901 to 5 looking good. he is accused of posing as a maintenance worker and raping a woman at her arlington condo. this morning there's new video of the suspect who is still on the run. in the blink of an eye their home exploded and filled with flames. now four young roommates need a place to live. how you can help. and we are just learning about the death of a lead singer from a major '90s band. erika gonzalez is back with that . breaking news just into the newsroom. the lead singer from sound garden and audio slave has died. chris cornell was just 52 years old. he was on tour when he died overnight. still not clear as to the cause. his representative would say it was, quote, sudden and unexpected. back over to you. >> thank you, erika. they surprised an explosion and will soon need to find a new place to live once they get out of the hospital. three people in their 20s were able to escape the fire in berk, virginia, yesterday. the cause was electric electrical. one woman jumped out of a second story window. two others had to be to the hospital. >> the screams were horrible. young kids screaming and trying to get out but i think it just started so fast and it was like instantaneous. there was no -- there was no time to do anything. >> a go fund me page has been set up to help the victims. if you want to help search berk fire on the nbc washington app. mcdonald's is under fire this morning for a commercial that many say exploits childhood grief. this ad played in the u.k. and it features a teenager talking to his mother about his father that recently died. they go on a walk. the two end up at mcdonald's. the teen orders a fillet owe fish and his mom says the dad ordered the same thing. mcdonald's has apologized and removed the ad. if you liked yesterday's weather, you are going to love today's, chuck bell. >> that's absolutely right. another hot day today. not much of a rain or thunderstorm threat today. our chs there's a high risk of severe weather across parts of oklahoma and kansas. if you're haeaded out towards kansas city, flight delays later. we're also keeping an eye on how your 401k will do today after stocks saw their worst day on wall street. how the turmoil surrounding president trump is impacting your bottom line. it's a first for good thursday morning. it is a warm one when you walk outside. 72 degrees right now in the district. some areas are even close to 80. don't expect it to get much cooler. we'll be in the 90s today. i'll show you that full forecast including your weekend straight ahead. and he's behind a shocking crime. this morning he's still on the loose. the new video that police want you to see of an arlington rape suspect. and a special counsel on collusion. we're live from capitol hill where the investigation into russia's efforts to influence the presidential election is heating up. the controversy at the white house affecting stock markets around the world. erika gonzalez at the live desk. >> reporter: good morning, aaron. wall street had the worst day of a month. markets in china, japan, australia, south korea are all down this morning. investors are showing concern after the report that president trump tried to stop an investigation into his national security advisor. the dow jones industrial average fell more than 350 points yesterday. the dollar also dropped in value. back over to you. >> erika, thank you. it's 4:46. developing this morning, a new man is in charge of the fbi's investigation into russia. >> news 4's edward lawrence is how broad will robert mueller's investigation be? >> reporter: he will have broad powers as special counsel, subpoena power, get witnesses to testify. he can bring charges. he can also prosecute. this is not something he's unfamiliar with. robert mueller ran the fbi as you know right after the 9/11 attacks for about 12 years. he's likely to reach out to some of his former colleagues at the fbi to see where the investigation into the russian meddling in the u.s. election stands and then go forward from there. what this might do though is delay a little bit this investigation because he has to get staff in place first. >> edward, there's a new report that former national security adviser michael flynn told the trump team he was under investigation weeks before the inauguration. what do you know about that? >> reporter: well, eun, "the new york times" reports that flynn told the team that he was under investigation for this. it didn't seem to phase them. two days after the inauguration he told ivanka trump an kushner that he wanted to be national security adviser and they apparently told him he would get the job. he did get the job for 20 something days before he ended up being fired. >> edward lawrence on capitol hill for us. thanks. rod rosenstein will head to capitol hill to inform them about the firing of the fbi director. the closed door briefing is expected to start at 2:30. we'll send you an alert on the nbc washington app as soon as we get you information on what happened. dramatic new cell phone video showing the moments d.c. police shot and killed a woman tuesday night. we should warn you that some may find this video disturbing. >> oh, oh. oh, my god. isabel duvall refused commands to drop her weapon and raised the gun right before officers fired. investigators say she started wang her car near the bald eagle rec center. police are reviewing body camera video to see what led to that confrontation. a prince george's county police officer facing up to ten years in prison. this comes as new video shows officer jose hernandez chasing a suspect in his police cruiser. he ran down that suspect with his car. the suspect did not need medical attention. the officer was convicted of assault. they have a duty to hold him accountable. >> officer hernandez's actions on this day not only violated the trust of his community but were opposite of the values of this community. >> fernandez is expected to be sentenced in july. new video of a sexual assault suspect running away from the crime scene. take a look. you can see that he even jumps over a wall. the video was taken on wilson boulevard which is right around the corner from where the 7th. the man tricked a woman into opening her door by claiming he was maintenance, forced his way in and sexually assaulted her. take a look at the surveillance video. the suspect is still on the loose this morning. sexual harassment is something you expect to hear about in the workplace, not necessarily in the hallways of your child's school. this morning we're learning there were 200 incidents of students reporting sexual harassment at montgomery county's school last academic year. the number of incidents have gone up three years in a row. the intrigue could be the result of more reporting after staff was trained about reporting child abuse. wawa lovers, time to get excited here. right now you have to go outside the beltway. wawa says the new store will be specially designed for the district. a restaurant style location. this news blew up on facebook, especially for people from pennsylvania where the n >> i spent way too much time there when i was living in richmond. >> you can choose all the little snacks you want. if you prefer the convenience stores that are already in the city, we have something else for you to look forward to. this weekend is bring your own cup day at 7-eleven. you can fill up a cup of any size tomorrow and saturday. the promotion runs from 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. make sure the cup you bring is watertight. >> right. can't bring 25 cups. >> don't do all of that. it has to sit upright in the slurpee machines. >> that's a good point. you know people are going to try to bring in their cups that are this big and try to fit their entire -- >> there's a ten inch max on your cup. >> is it only for slurpees? >> yes. >> hot weather. >> good day to get a gigantic slurpee. >> over the weekend is not going to be as hot as what we saw see today. today is another day in the 90s. doesn't this picture look so nice. watch here. oh, that looks refreshing. makes you want to jump in. unfortunately, a lot of pools aren't open until memorial day weekend. that's not fair. we'll soon know. looks like decent weather. we'll get close. another hot day today, so hopefully you're able to cool down if you will be outside today in the shade. we have an air quality alert. because of the heat in place and because it's kind of a stagnant air, that means if you have respiratory issues like asthma or are elderly, you want to avoid being outside. we're going to be quite a bit cooler for your saturday, sunday. nothing like what we'll see today. right now we're at 80 degrees in annapolis to start the morning. 72 in the district, 75 gaithersburg, 75 quantico. by noontime, exercising, 85 degrees. by 5:00 p.m., 92. you're running around outside. by 6:00 p.m., showers in the district. friday, by the afternoon we have scattered thunderstorms coming through. that will be part of a cold front. that will cool us down through the weekend. look at the weekend temperatures, 90s again today, close to 90s tomorrow. over the weekend looking at mid 70s. today, 92 hot and humid with the breezy southwest wind. we go into the weekend, nice changes if you want that cool air to come back at least. next week going to be more likely 70s. so if you like the 90s enjoy today and tomorrow. let's check the roads with melissa mollet on this thursday. hey, melissa. >> good morning. right now keeping an eye on this. megan mcgrath is live. water main break. a lot of work as you can see from that. all lanes blocked because of the water main break between reservoir and foxhall. foxhall road all of that can get you around it. inner loop, blocking the left lane and after 4 blocking the right lane. 66 into town, no worried. >> melissa. thank you. to say there won't be a second date might be an understatement. >> what one man says a woman did on their first date and why he's now suing vo: at dominion, we have a long history of providing reliable energy and that'll never change. what is changing, is our name to dominion energy. it's a reflection of our commitment to energy innovation and renewable sources like solar, wind... and cleaner energy like natural gas. and we'll continue to innovate, upgrade technology, s. dominion energy. more than a new name, a new way of seeing energy. in news 4 your health this morning, we all know how much social media can be fun, technology, too. but a new study from the world health organization indicates all of that fun is really adding on the pounds. researchers from 16 european countries say 1 in three was over weight. one reason is increasing teens were spending their free time being sedentary at home on computers. >> this was a first date that went really, really, really, really wrong. a texas man is suing a woman he went out with because she texted during the movies. she apparently starting texting 15 minutes into the film. he says texting during the movie was one of his pet peeves and accord times. so many times he asked her to step outside and she didn't come back. he's now suing her for the ticket price of $17.31. that's a cheap movie ticket. she explains he was a threat to his theater experience and she's now planning to file a protective order against him. you know, i take my movies seriously. i don't like people to talk to me in the movies. >> i love everything about it. most families who add solar to their home do it to save on the electric bill. >> technology could cost you valuable time in an emergency. firefighters across the d.c. region say they're facing increased danger as more and more homes install solar panels. >> it changes everything about our strategy and tactic. >> reporter: do they cause a delay? >> electrocution if the home can't be shut off. >> you treat everything as if it's electrified. >> reporter: the news 4 i-team found most departments don't have a standard operating procedure or regular training protocol. >> if no one knows what they are, that's a problem. >> reporter: thursday at news 4 at 6:00, two key things that could keep firefighters save. what local firefighters are testing to ease the risk they face. i'm jody fleischer, news 4 i-team. "news 4 today" starts now. good morning, everybody. i'm aaron gill crest. >> i'm eun yang. it is a busy thursday morning in the news 4 newsroom. >> we are working hard to get you up to speed as well as your weather and traffic including a water main break that could impact the commute. >> we'll check in with melissa and megan. let's begin with chuck bell and weather making the return. chuck, i'm going to tell you when i felt the heat on my skin being outside, it felt nice. >> such a quiet time out here. can you hear all of this? we have beeping trash trucks, lawn mowers, everything, you would think it was the middle of the day. no birds can chirp over all of this background noise this morning. hopefully it's a little quieter in your backyard. 4 things to know about the next couple of days. hot and humid today. thunderstorms likely tomorrow afternoon. cooler and dry for saturday. sunday is looking nice and mild. on your thursday morning, it's a warm one. 71 here in washington. still 77 by the bay in annapo s annapolis. sheena, if you can hear me, we'll go back to you for the planner. >> yes, i can hear you, chuck. chuck just showed you the warm morning that we have by 7:00 a.m., low 70s. plenty of "sunday today." by lunchtime, 85 degrees. by 4:00 p.m. we're topping

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