Melissa mollet has the traffic. And Sheena Parveen and lauryn ricketts, with the warmup. Its warming up. Very nice day yesterday. And light wind going to stay dry through the afternoon, fantastic this evening. But tomorrow is a little different. I think youll want a light jacket before you head out. Not as cold but still chilly. 51 in the district, 41, leesburg. Winchest winchester, about 37 degrees. Frederick, 43. So, chilly to start your day. The commute forecast, 70 this morning. Sun glare around 50 degrees. 5 00 p. M. , low 70s. Still dry. Tomorrows commute, well see the approach of rain. Could see a couple showers moving in early. Most of that rain will be here through the late morning hours. Lets take a look if youre heading to the nats game. Good morning, lauryn. Good morning, sheena. Not too bad if youre headed to nice. You know, weve taken really, as we have homefield advantage, temperatures at 60s. Its going to be adding more cloud cover as we get into this evening. But again, still nice, great night for a ball game. So, say nice day today as we go through the rest of the morning. Again, as we head through the day, we are looking at temperatures into the low 70s. But we do have changes on the way. We do have some rain in the forecast. Unfortunately, for your thursday and friday. You dont need the umbrella today. Lets take a look at the commute with Melissa Mollet. Good morning. 270 southbound at falls. We do have that problem there on the left, local lanes. It youre meeting there, the best idea right now. Overall, delays are really not that bad. And the highway toe chopper 4, top. Beltway, at outer loop. Nice light volume in the 6 00 hour. Rest of the beltway looking quite good. Dont have any big worries. 66 is fine. Slow through manassas. Same thing, as youre headed through woodbridge. We take a look at travel times coming up. Melissa, thank you. Lets get back to that top story, former fbi director James Comey Fired. News4s angie goff has what happened. The former director landed in d. C. Just before 12 1 30 this morning. We know that. He was in los angeles to speak to fbi agents an an l. A. Operations center. Thats where he found out he no longer has a job. The Operations Center and the word of his firing hit the network at abou that comey got an email and phone call notifying him that hed been let go. Fbi Department Officials say that comey had no warning that this was going to happen. And that he was shocked. Angie, thank you. 6 04. You can expect a lot of activity on capitol hill. We already know Chuck Schumer has instructed all Democratic Senators to be on the fleur in their seats at 9 30. Schumer called for an independent counsel to take over the russia investigation. He suggested otherwise, quote, everyone will suspect a coverup. President trump fired back on fwirt calling him, quote, crying Chuck Schumer. The president wrote a letter to comey notifying him of his firing saying hes not effectively lead. Bureau. Former director now comey in testimony to say what he knew. And to say its vast understatement. Senator warner is leading the Senate Investigation into russias interference in the election. Now, with comey out, nbc news has learned that Andrew Mccabe is now the acting fbi director. Mccabe was reebtsly t lrecently assistant agent in the d. C. Office of the fbi. He was part of the investigation into the investigation of vincent gray. Governor mcauliffes Political Action committee made a sizable donation to the Senate Campaign of mccabes wife. The coverage continues on the nbc washington app. There you can find a time line and see how local lawmakers are reacting. 6 05 to angie goff. Breaking news. We were first at the bp gas station at the corner of 41st and alabama in southeast. So, the clerk here at this gas station said he made with thieves used chains to do the damage there. Rip an atm right out, tow is away in a dark colored pickup truck. By the way, this is the second time this has happened at a gas station. Police on the scene wont know if the three thieves got away with cash this time. As we take a live look at the situation right now. When the store corner gowner ge theyll have a better picture based on the nature of the machine. By the way, Erika Gonzalez has been there all morning long. Well get a first hand account of what happened in her live report coming up in ail half hour, aaron. This morning, d. C. Police are investigating three shootings that have left six people injured and one person dead. It all happened within an hour. This is benning road and h street in southeast. The shooting happened before 10 00. Three men were black vehicle in a shooting that left three boys injured. It happened at a Basketball Court on franklin street and lincoln road southeast. And in southwest, d. C. Police are offering a 25,000 reward in a shooting that left a 25yearold man dead. Please say Demarcus Thompson was shot near the corner of Martin Luther king boulevard and irvington street around 2 00 in the afternoon. Thompson was discovered in the middle of the road from not far from the metropolitan police academy. Police morning, police are looking for a former redskins player. There is a warrant out for clinton portis. Police show back in january police in bethesda cited him for driving were you a suspendsed license. His license was spuspended in florida. Portis was a contributor to redskins show time just about eight minutes after the hour. Two teams, one of the biggest nights. The wizards taking on the celtics the nationals and the capitals taking on the pittsburgh penguins. Were going to get total wizards and nationals in a moment. But first to justin finch live near Verizon Center where the countdown is on to game seven. A whole light of excitement, justin. Reporter hey there. Good morning. Happy wins day to you. The Verizon Center is outfitted for the playoff contenders here. Were talking about the wizards and the caps. If you dont have your tickets for the game, prepare to pay stubhub prices that range between 180 to more than 700. If that is too muchun the capitals ice plex and join fans grabbing new gear to cheer on the caps tonight at 7 30. Game six tied the series 33 rally over pittsburgh. It would push them past the penguins and one step closer to a stanley cup showdown. We could be hours away for a win that many fans have waited close to two decades to see. Head coach said were close but guess what it wont be easy. The penguins are going to come out with their best game and we have to, too. Since ive been in washington, we had two game sevens. And we played very well in buffalo. I liked our games in both game sevens. So, im looking forward to it. It should be fun. Reporter and more good news. Metro is calling off repairs except fori so fans will have a mass transit option to get home after all the celebration. Back to you. Justin finch, live at the justin, thank you. Were not done. The wizards will face off against the celtics, a crucial game five here. The wizards looking to take the lead. And they need to win at least one of the remaining two games in boston in order to meet the eastern conference finals. And playing the way theyre playing could be a problem. Dont forget about our nationals. About an hour before that game, the nationals will take on the orioles in game three. Last night they walked off the home field as winners of the beltway. Look at that. In a 54 win. In the 12th inning. Use the winsday. In all of beach season is right around the corner. This year, though, you dont need to spend your time in traffic. We have the routes to beat the beach rush. So useful, you wont want to share them with hours. Good wednesday morning. I think youll want a jacket again before you step outside. Nice out there, 51 degrees. We have mostly sunny skies with increasing clouds ahead of rain for tomorrow. Coming up in a bit, lauryn and i are back with the timing of that and what you can expect as we head out the week straight ahead. Plus, speaking up after a pool party assault. A look at the injuries this woman suffered trying to break up a party. And its Teacher Appreciation week here. A look at some of the educators you are thankful for. Going to be a Beautiful Day. That sun just came up about 15 minutes ago. Were going to continue to see the temperatures rise. Low 70s today before rain on the way tomorrow. It could last through the first part of the weekend. Sheenas got your forecast in just a few minutes. Melissa. Good morning, lauryn, taking a look at whats going on on 270. Still problems on the main lanes at falls road. Dhaumer 4, nice and career, eastbound, westbound, braddock road at union mill, crash there. The right side, still blocked by the crash there. Aaron. Melissa, thank you. 6 15, were getting new information on the man accused of killing two doctors in boston. Officials say bampumim fac faced. And sentenced to 360 days in prison thats one day shy of what experts say would have triggered the verdict. We learned that he worked briefly as a conseeier at that building where the doctors were found dead. We now know whats going do happen to the teenager seen in this dramatic video in florida. Were told he turned himself in. He threw a 68yearold woman to the ground and into the pool. The teenager is charged with battery and will be under house arrest for three weeks. The woman in the video said shes moving on. I feel for him. I feel for his mom. Shes a mom also. I never would i feel for him, you know, theres nothing i can do. He did something wrong. The teen is 16 years old and was charged as a juvenile. He was upset. The woman was complaining about notification at that party. The teen will be aed to school. His attorney said the teen is feeling very remorseful about what happened. Well, after that intense scene at the ft. Lauderdale airport, three people are facing charges this morning. And the pilots union is being told not to anymore. We showed you this video, tensions turning into an allout brawl. Hundreds of people taking Spirit Airlines were delayed for hours. Then they started fighting with each other and the cops. A judge issued a restraining order against the Airline Pilots association. As you may have heard, as you head to work, make sure you keep your eyes peeled for any extra bicyclists this morning. Those bicyclists might be young kid bike to school day. The district that gets the highest percentage of students to bike will get a gold trophy. A reminder for students to take part, if you want to find a safe route we have resources on the nbc washington app search for bike to school day. Nod a bad day for it. Not at all. Sunday, we have the d. C. Bike ride. We have that big event. The good news, were watching rain for the weekend. But the good news, well be drying out for sunday. So that is all great. You can do something outside. The first half, everyone is still good. Ill show you that in a second. Four things you need to know before you walk outside. I think youll want a jacket. Its chilly. Tomorrow morning, youll want the umbrella before you head out. Rainy saturday and the forecast. Dry for sunday. The second half of the weekend, thats when you want to make your outdoor plans. Kwaunt quantico and if youre in winchester 40 degrees. And margo is available to adopt if you need a dog to walk. Were getting into the low 70s. So a nice afternoon. Were staying nice and dry. You will notice clouds increasing later today. This is future weather by 9 00 a. M. , rain approaching. Kind of spotty through the day. Tomorrow evening, another area of rain moves through friday into friday evening. Looks rainy. More steady. Going into saturday morning. Theres that area of low pressure right to the south of us moving offshore. Were still looking at showers could be left over. The good news, well be dry for sunday. 73 for the high and breezy. Next week looking better. Low 70s to upper 70s. Lets take a look at the traffic on this wednesday good morning. 95 north, after route 1, left plain blocked by vehicles. Were seeing a built of an extra delay. 270 southbound here. Still have that problem there. The main lane on the right side of the roadway causing a slowdown here. Taking a look here. 66 and 95. No big issues there. Westbound 236 on the john marr drive. And right side blocked at union mill. We have that. Beltway, inner loop, outer loop, no major issues. We want to mention we just got in blue line delays this morning. Travel times, 270 south on time. Big problems there, 66 okay. 95 northbound struggling because of a different issue there. Quantico to the beltway is going to take you 33 minutes. Remember to listen to fm whether you hop in the car. This is wacky weather, summer is just around the corner. You can feel it. Dont spend your precious Vacation Days sitting in traffic. Up next, well get you around the beach routes. And so top secret, we cant reveal our source. A game changer next. Coming up on ellen the newest spiderman make stopping by. How he received the role from an instagram post. Ellen right here on nbc4. Be sure to stick around for announcer youre watching news4 today. Take a live look right now over route 15 where traffic is moving as usual this morning. Most of the cars are heading into d. C. But in a few weeks, it will be the opposite scene, as thousands head east for the beach. I hope to be one of them. None of us wants to spend our precious days, though, sitting stuck in traffic. That is where todays gridlock gamechanger is. Adam tuss shares short cut secrets to beating beach traffic. Reporter memorial day is right around the corner, you want to get to the beach, but you dont want to sit in the traffic what are the best beach short cuts . We have some for you. The funny thing about beach short cuts no one really wants to tell you. We managed to pry them away, twisting the arm of a local st. Clair. Well call him joe. He knows great ways to beat bay bridge traffic. To protect his identity, he insisted to tell us his secrets behind this beach umbrella. Everything backs up under the seven river bridge and five lanes and goes down to three that continue east and two that bail out. The idea is to bail before you get through the poole road area. All of these roads come back here. You can sidetrack the seven river traffic and get back on 50 to continue your route. Reporter he also said thursday is the new friday when it comes to bay bridge traffic. Once across the bridge, check out this tip. This is a super secret one if 404 is jammed some say theyll go right at 13 at bridgeville. Then take a left on route 20. Take it all the way down to route 113. Take that down to 26, that will get you to bethany beac and have fun this summer. We will have more beach short cuts for you in our nbc washington app. Just search beach short cuts. Back to you. One of the things to bear in mind that summer is also really prime time for Construction Projects around here. Apparently, there are plenty of projects scheduled to start in the next couple weeks. Tomorrow morning, adam brings us four things to know about those projects that could add time to your commute. 6 26, looking for a new home. And now criminals are trying to scam you out of your dream house. Still ahead, how they could end up with your cash before you get the keys. And new overnight, a Convenience Store hit by thieves for the second time this week. A lack at the wild way they escaped with the atm just ahead. And a beautiful sunrise out is there. Its going to be a Beautiful Day. Temperatures around 50 degrees. Were headed into the 70s. Sheenas going to let you know exactly whenyou have th at right now at fbi fallout, the director fired by the president. Now, new details about this possible replacement and the names youve heard before. Reporter the store employee says two masked men came, wrapped chains around this atm. And then a third one hauled with a truck. Whether or not they got away with any cash, thats left to be scene. Im Erika Gonzalez. Live in southeast with that story coming up. And it is going to be a busy night for fans in d. C. Well show you the way to watch this trifecta of matchups. Announcer news4 today starts now. And how are we going to watch all of these games at once . Those games may be out of the way, but theyre already getting thousands of people talking online. As winsday, capitals, wizards and nationals fans hoping all the teams pull through. How many fingers can we cross . I know, right. Good and im aaron gilchrist. We want to get to the forecast, meteorologist Sheena Parveen, lauryn ricketts, and Melissa Mollet. Lets start with, aaron, youre not wearing a red tie . Its in my tie. We barely see it. Melissa is rocking the red. Its going to be a great day out there. Just a Beautiful Day out there. Its going to be gorgeous today. Dry, too. Heres a live look at this sunrise. A little sun glare as youre getting in the car and getting ready to leave the house. Before you do, heres what you need to wear, we have the temperatures around a light jacket this morning. Sunglasses, it will be dry today. However, tomorrow, will you need an umbrella. Rest of the area looking at mostly 41 degrees. Manassas, if youre exercising, looks pretty good by noon. By 6 00 commute. Good morning, melissa. Good morning. Southbound north capitol near harewood road. Inner loop and outer loop of the beltway, no major issues right now. Take a look here at 295 as you head inbound, that is slow there. Just normal backup. 270 backup at falls on the left side of the roadway is how you get by that problem. Mainland is where it is. 66 is okay. So is 95 this morning. Taking a look, blue line delays to largo town center. Weve been following all morning, fbi director James Comey Fired. President trump making that decision based on recommendations from the attorney general and his deputy who say comeys, quote, was mistaken during the clinton investigation about the email investigation. A look at who can replace big question everybody is talking about today. And the Associated Pres