reservoir and foxhall road, we'll have the details. right now we're going to talk about some serious heat, both outside and inside. stuffy in here. >> very stuffy inside the storm center this morning. no doubt about that. another hot day outside. if you're headed to the beaches, good idea. that's a way to beat the heat. highs at the coast, only in the 60s. here's a live view from the touer camera. feelings like summertime. let's go to sheena for the details on that. >> good morning, chuck. i am outside where it is more comfortable where the air doesn't feel as humid as it was. 70 degrees currently. south winds very light. by the afternoon we can see a little bit of a breeze here and there. then we have t another hot one. you need the water. temperatures by lunchtime, near 80s. temperatures around 90 degrees. beware of that as you're heading out later on today. then we go into the weekend, we are talking about big changes across the area. forecast might be surprising you compared to all of the heat we've seen recently. coming up, take a close look at your weekend forecast. we'll look ahead to memorial day weekend. that's all coming up in a bit. sheena, thank you. 6:02. following breaking news out of manassas right now. news 4's megan mcgrath just arrived on the scene of a police-involved shooting. megan. >> reporter: aaron, this began to unfoiled around 12:40 this morning. manassas city police getting a report of shots fired within the city limits. you can see this is one of the scenes here. they started to investigate that reported shot fired when they saw a vehicle that may have been involved. now if we can pan in here, zoom in here, you can see that black suv there. there's an officer at the driver's side door. that is the vehicle that they spotted. they tried to pull it over but the driver kept going. now manassas city -- the cruisers pursued the vehicle into prince william county. the driver did eventually stop here at the memorial park on bristow road. the officer at that point, there was some sort of a confrontation. the officer opened fire and wounded an 18-year-old who was behind the wheel. the driver has serious injuries according to police. there was also a juvenile who was inside that suv but the juvenile not injured. the investigation ongoing here. you can see we have an active scene. at this point it is not known what kind of driver, what prompted the officer to discharge his weapon but certainly all of that a part of the investigation. we're here on the scene. just got here a few minutes ago when we gather the information and bring you hopefully more details later in the show. back to you. >> megan, thank you. 6:04. now to the breaking news in maryland. >> there has been a deadly accident on route 210 in prince george's county. news 4's justin finch has the latest from the scene for us this morning. justin? >> reporter: aaron, good morning. the northbound lanes opened 1/2 hour ago. police are telling us they are still working to i.d. the victim and the driver who struck her and just kept going on northbound 210 overnight. i want to take you now to the investigation which wrapped up a short time ago. prince george's county police telling us they were able to find some clues on the scene, some of which we did see. we saw them roll off a piece of rolling luggage found near the victim. the impact knocked her out of her shoes. we know she was struck close to 12:45 this morning and that she was likely walking on northbound 210 north of farmington road when she was struck. police say the striking vehicle here struck her again and just kept going. at this point i asked if they had any details on what the striking vehicle had been. they're not sure. they are working on what type of car may have hit the person overnight. >> justin finch live. thank you. video of a fire in prince george's county overnight. we received new information. erika gonzalez is live. what's going on? >> reporter: this is a major house fire in hyattsville. look at these flames coming through here. this was so intense that firefighters put out a may day call because at one point when this was all happening there was some sort of partial roof collapse in there were five people inside. some of them, we understand, could be, if not all of them, university of maryland students that made it out safely. megan mcgrath was just on the scene and she was talking to one of the students that told her that she's graduating this weekend, she spent all of this money on graduation regalia and she lost everything for graduation. she's a big sister. if you see the story on our social media feed, we are trying to get some attention to the university of maryland to see if they can help this student out. this shouldn't affect her graduation day. aaron, eun, back over to you. >> thank you, erika. also breaking, a man was shot in the district overnight. we're working to find out whether he's going to be okay. d.c. police say someone shot the man on south capitol southern avenue. that's not far from the east dover shopping center. the man was awake when he was taken to the hospital but did not say exactly what condition he's in right now. seven minutes after the hour. a call for attorney general jeff sessions to step down. it was projected onto the department of justice headquarters. the message reads, sessions must go, and fire sessions. robin bell is claiming credit for this. an image of sessions dressed in a kkk outfit was projected onto the building. president trump is preparing to begin his first foreign trip. he's traveling to the middle east, the vatican and belgium. the president will be there for nine days and the search for a new fbi director may soon be over. we'll break down who's vying for the top spot at the fbi coming up at 6:30. developing this morning, times square is back open after a deadly crash yesterday. the crash caused chaos. the car jumped the curve and went hurdling down the situation. 18-year-old from michigan was killed. she was with the family on vacation in new york for. her 13-year-old sister was seriously hurt. new this morning we're learning what charges police say are being wrougbrought. richard rojas is charged with kun count of murder and 20 counts of attempted murder. they're looking into whether this was a dleliberate crash. he tested negative for alcohol but positive for drugs. there is so much raw emotion after the death of a 6-year-old boy. more heartbreaking once you learn that xavier lucky was hit and killed on his birthday ♪ happy birthday, dear xavier, happy birthday to you ♪ >> his friends sang him h xavier was hit and killed crossing livingston road in southeast d.c. wednesday night. his family was having a cookout at the park. the driver left the scene but later called 911 and is cooperating with police. no charges have been filed at this point. it's unclear how or why xavier decided to cross the road. d.c. officials are investigating the death of an inmate accused of shooting a 9-year-old boy at a playground. kenneth parker was found unresponsive in his cell yesterday. this is the second inmate death. he was charged with shooting jayden stancil in 2015. he was found shot in the head. he survived. d.c. jail officials have not released any information surrounding parker's death. when you buy online, you could be selling something, too. your private information. still ahead, how a maryland company is hoping to help protect you. and good meteorologist chuck bell. 60s to around 70. just like the last few days, hot and humid with the risk of thunderstorms coming in. however, this will be the last of our days near 90 degrees. a peek at the weekend narrator:to do time is what is right. ralph northam. army doctor during the gulf war. volunteer director of a pediatric hospice. progressive democrat. in the senate, he passed the smoking ban in restaurants, stopped the transvaginal ultrasound anti-choice law, and stood up to the nra. as lieutenant governor, dr. northam is fighting to expand access to affordable healthcare. ralph northam believes in making progress every day. and he won't let donald trump stop us. breaking news in first 4 traffic. 95 in virginia northbound. right now chopper 4 showing you those delays northbound. we're talking about a three-mile backup. earlier crash is out of the way. finally, still very slow as you're headed northbound. take a look at your travel times and the beltway coming up. hi, sheena. >> melissa, good morning. it is warm outside. going to need their car later today. temperature right now, 70 degrees. beautiful sunrise. sunny the first half of the day. then we have scattered storms. the second half of your friday with temperatures once again near 90. this is the last day of temperatures close to 90. we have a big cooldown for the weekend. we'll take a close look at the forecast and the timing of the rain coming up in a bit. thank you, sheena. a man died after his car collided with a school bus in camp springs. there were no children on the bus at the time. you can see that the bus went off the road and into these trees. the crash shut down temple hills road for several hours. we're working to find out more information and we'll bring you the latest on the nbc washington app. we have video of more severe storms out west including what looks like a tornado in oklahoma. pretty clearly here. there were some reports of more than a dozen tornadoes across oklahoma, texas, and kansas. on top of that, there was heavy severe weather has been an issue for days. earlier this week we told you two people died in severe storms in oklahoma and wisconsin. 6:15. today crews will take down the final statue of confederate war members. this is the final statue of robert e. lee set to come down at 10:00. crews started setting up for the removal. according to the new orleans mayor, the city is still deciding what to do with the areas where the statues stood. the statues are being held in a secure place. the city has been contacted by a number of entities interested in taking the statues. a united flight hit by a fuel truck at bwi airport. we are just getting details of the situation that happened last night. we understand this is a united flight coming into dulles. it was diverted to baltimore ca once it was there on the ground a fuel truck, as it's put, made contact with the aircraft. customers were bussed to a different terminal. we understand some sort of arrangements were made for them, but these are details just coming into our newsroom this morning of this incident that happened last night. it sounds like everybody is okay in this. back over to you. erika, thank you. >> 6:16 right now. the horses are here. the positions are assigned and everybody's ready for the preakness in baltimore tomorrow. always dreaming continuing his quest for a triple crown. that was the winner of the kentucky derby. coverage of the 142nd annual preakness begins at 5:00 p.m. here on nbc 4. >> love that name. >> always dreaming. all month long news 4 is highlighting local kids with talent. we had a chef and a boy with stunning math. >> today's super kid is one you don't want to that's because he's one of the top taekwon-do fighters in the country. >> reporter: imagine training like this for hours at a time. tired yet? now throw in a pulled hamstring. that's the most recent opponent he's been facing. >> if you sit out and not do anything, you won't get ahead. i need to get a lot better. >> reporter: his skill at rolling with the punches helped him win a spot on the u.s. nationals team. >> i hugged my coach and almost -- almost started crying. i didn't cry. my dad started crying. >> reporter: he started taekwondo when he was 4. now he hits the gym for 11 hours a week. in january he'll be going to the world championship. >> i'm just focused on my opponent and what my coach has to say behind me. i don't let any other voices get into my head. >> reporter: with that and all those hours of pracce >> reporter: he just may have a fighting chance. >> put him on his butt. >> reporter: in gainesville, aimee cho, news 4. >> good luck. we want to know more about the super kids you know. tell us about them on social media using #nbc4dc. 6:18. breaking news in virginia. >> 95 north at prince william parkway. the crash is cleared, we have a three mile backup. the beltway looks nice and light here this morning. inner loop and outer loop just fine. cherry hill road at powder mill, do have a crash reported there. 270 southbound, northbound, no worries. northwest washington, macarthur boulevard between reservoir and foxhall, this is day three with all lanes blocked. so that is frustrating. 270 south, top of the beltway moving in. i love this on this friday. 66 in bound looks okay. 95 north quantico to the beltway you can see going to take you 33 minutes to get there because of the slowdown chopper 4 just showed us this morning. remember to listen to wtop 1 103.5. right now, listen to chuck bell. >> good morning, sheena. sheena is on wtop right now. that's melissa mollet. sun's up in a mostly clear sky over washington this morning. going to be another day feeling like summertime around here. once again, well up into the upper 80s. a lot of great things going on up to and including sunday morning, the historic half marathon in fredericksburg. start off temperatures sunday morning around 61 degrees. cloudy. maybe a sprinkle. mostly dry for the race. up to near 70 by noontime. you can tell by that it's not going to be anywhere near as warm this weekend as we've been the last couple of days. 64 in 70 quantico and 66 in prince george's county. hot and humid today. 60% chance for thunderstorms this afternoon. even though there's not a big risk for severe weather, we're only in the marginal category. just like yesterday, any individual storm can pack quite a punch. stay weather aware. we have your nbc washington app. st. louis, if you're flying towards st. louis, chicago, tulsa today, even memphis, you have some flight delays because of the rough weather out there. thunderstorms in parts of southern west virginia. that's all part of the rain chance coming our way later on this afternoon and into the evening hours. keep the umbrella handy. doesn't look all that impressive but i promise you any of those individual storms will definitely be enough to get you wet and impact your outdoor plans. have your umbrella ready. maybe a stray shower early rd cloudy or dry. highs only in the low to mid 70s. more thunderstorms likely on monday. >> chuck, thank you. pothole problems on i-95, but the in order to fix this problem you have to deal with a major shutdown. the warning about the highway closure that could impact your weekend plans still ahead. today on ellen, julia roberts and richard curtis drop by for fun and games. what's it like to be "people's" most beautiful person five times. ellen airs at 3:00 on nbc 4 and stick around f news 4 at 4:00. or or ♪ [doorbell] ♪ ♪ when you have doctors working as a team for your health, you get the care you need to help you thrive. ♪ kaiser permanente. thrive. ♪ to take on the "tom insurance companies and the credit card companies and the wall street banks... that's what tom perriello is about." progressive causes have been my life's work. i'm tom perriello... and before and after congress i led non-profits to battle climate change, poverty and president bush's attacks on civil rights. now i'm running for governor to reduce economic inequality. because together, we really can build a virginia that works for everyone. online shopping has made things easier. >> you're excitedbo >> with each order you're selling things too. >> your personal information is up for sale in these instances. news 4's justin finch explains. >> reporter: pop one line and you're a few clicks or swipes from buying almost anything or everything at one time. shoppers beware. >> they don't realize they're creating a profile that then could be sold. >> reporter: data mining, a billion dollar industry robert palmer watches closely. they launched privacy mate last year. the maryland based company works to purge its customers from data miner roles. >> we're constantly rerunning our algorithms to be able to block and protect your own personal privacy. >> reporter: palmer says data miners team with stores to track what you buy, to sell you more, and sell your info to others. >> whenever you go to a retailer and say, hey, would you like to join our discount clubs, you're giving out personal information. >> ror addresses, phone numbers, credit card info, details to build your customer profile. so around the holidays palmer said that's where those new calls, e-mails, and catalogs about special sales came from and some shoppers like it. >> companies know who you are you'll be more likely to get ads that are relevant to you. >> reporter: so think twice about sharing your personal information but protecting your privacy is a full-time job. justin finch, news 4. it's 6:26. busy morning for breaking news. flames break out overnight. look at that. college students scramble to safety. the impact just days before graduation. plus, a police shooting in the park. we are on the scene live with the late breaking details involving an 18-year-old. and we're talking about warm start to the morning. again, mid 80s by lunchtime. things will heat up quickly today. the last day where temperatures are close to 90 degrees. we'll tell you the timing of storms later on this afternoon. s 4 today." a police-involved shooting involving an 18-year-old. what led up to the encounter in a park. a deadly hit and run. a busy commuter route shut down for hours. >> a massive fire. university of maryland students forced out of their home. we just learned someone was hurt in this fire. "news 4 today" begins with breaking news. that breaking news out of manassas, virginia. a police shooting investigation is underway after an officer shot a teenager. we are working for you on a very busy morning around here. we have live team coverage on the breaking news story. megan mcgrath is live on the scene of the police shooting and erika gonzalez has information on a house fire. >> breaking news in traffic. melissa mollet has that. >> in virginia, chopper 4 over 95 north at prince william parkway, three mile backup. yes, we typically have some slowdowns through this area. this is pretty bad for t of day. we are hoping it gets better because the crash has just been cleared. 66 here slow spot is in bound through manassas. taking a look at prince george's county, of course we are now clear on 210. had the earlier fatal pedestrian accident. rest of those routes into town and out of town just fine. 95 bw parkway, everything there is rolling along. montgomery county, looking good. a little gift on friday. chuck, you have a gift as well. a little hot out there as well. >> that's right. if you like summertime, we've still got today to enjoy. if you're sick of the heat already like me, oh, another cooler than average weekend. in fact, saturday, tomorrow, going to be our third cooler than average saturday in a row. right now though outside a beautiful picture over washington. sun's already up and temperatures are mild already. we're ready in the upper 60s to around 70 degrees. my graphics are refusing to go forward, but nonetheless it will be up near 90 degrees skies coming back in. there we go. timely the computer got going. 70 now. highs today 90. 84 by the bay there in annapolis. cooler temperatures. sheena has the details on the chilly saturday and sunday mornings to come. chuck, thank you. now to that breaking news in manassas, virginia, where there is a big police investigation after an officer shot someone. >> news 4's megan mcgrath is live at the scene with the latest. megan? >> reporter: well, we have some more information and some more visuals for you. you can see behind me here, the scene. this's a black suv, that was the vehicle being pursued by manassas city police. we have an unmarked police cruiser with front end damage as well as a cruiser with a side swipe. the man shot by manassas city police was armed. it fit the description of a vehicle involved in an earlier report of a now that report, shots fired, came in at 12:40. manassas city police responded. they spotted the suv and tried to pull it over but the driver kept going and that's when the pursuit happened. >> during that pursuit there was some collision between our vehicles and the suspect vehicle that eventually stopped where you see him resting now. the suspect exited the vehicle as jonathan said earlier had a weapon. there were shots fired. suspect was hit. >> reporter: and it all ended here at the george hellwick memorial park. the person that was shot, the 18-year-old in serious condition at a hospital. back to you. >> megan, thank you. and it's 6:33. here are a look at some of the other top stories we're working on this morning. the death of a man shot and killed by police in arlington has now been ruled a homicide. daniel boak refused to stop for police on when officers tried to approach him, they say he put his truck in drive hpinning an officer against another vehicle. that's when boak was shot by police. the injured officer is said to be okay. a new settlement with the takata airbags have settled class action claims over nearly 16 million vehicles recalled. companies will pay out $533 million. and we're learning more about some power outages in northern virginia. dominion virginia power is reporting that nearly 3,000 customers are currently without power. we had some of those strong storms roll through our area last night. we're going to check back in with sheena and chuck on what to expect. >> erika gonzalez is at the live desk with a devastating fire in hyattsville. >> right. two firefighters injured at this house fire in university park. there was a partial collapse. this is on baltimore avenue in hyattsville in the park area. thankfully these are non-life threatening injuries. we understand that three people that got out safely were university of maryland students and one of them spoke to our megan mcgrath on the scene about losing her cap and gown ahead of graduation. >> all of my school work. so the entire five years of school was just burnt up, but my gown, my cap, my hood, my kords, my medals. i believe my graduation dress also now was burnt in the fire. >> if you'll do us a favor and share the story on social media, we're hoping we can do this good and get the cap and gown to her. two firefighters injured in this partial collapse at the house fire but we are told, again, they're nonlife threatening injuries. erika, thank you. 6:35. in just a few hours president trump will head off for his first foreign trip since taking office. >> he'll board air force one for the trip just one day after a contentious news conference. he ms investigation was a witch hunt. nbc's keir alexander has more on what the president may end up doing before he leaves. >> reporter: good morning to you. i'm peter alexander outside the west wing. president trump is gearing up to depart today for his first foreign trip. first stop, saudi arabia. it comes as the president is getting ready to make a decision about his next fbi director. the front-runner we're told by the president remains the former senator, joe lieberman. the president is denying that he ever told the former fbi director james comey to end the investigation into his ousted national security adviser michael flynn. we'll have the latest when we see you coming up this morning on "today." a family's worse nightmare comes true after a regularly scheduled check in turned into deportation proceedings for an undocumented woman in fairfax county. a group protested outside the immigration and customs office yesterday. she came here more than a decade ago. she popped up on isis radar in 2013 when she was stopped for driving with a broken taillight. two people were burned and a third was hurt jumping out of the building. the fire caused more than $250,000 in damage. after back-to-back rain delays, vdot crews will begin the second phase of the repairs to the neabsco bridge. this will start tonight at 10:00 through monday morning at 6 clock that. means southbound lanes will be reduced from 3 to 2 lanes over the bridge and the eastbound and westbound ramps from deal boulevard will be closed. sometimes square tragedy. a driver slams into a lunchtime crowd. new details revealed about the man behind the vehicle. deadly hit and run. breaking news as the investigation stretches into the rush hour commute. good morning. we're off to another warm start. warm and humid outside. many areas in about the mid to upper 60s. another day with temperatures close to 90 degrees. coming up, chuck and i are back to show you the timing of and now your storm team 4 forecast. >> and happy friday. today is actually going to be the last day with temperatures close to 90 degrees. going to cool down from here. much cooler as we go into the weekend. dining out today, hot. by lunchtime, mid 80s. by noon, 90. happy hour scattered storms. let's check the roads on this friday. hey, melissa. >> hey, sheena. chopper 4 over in bound 395, the mixing bowl. you can see the delays headed inbounds, 95 lot better. the beltway volume is nice on this friday. take a look at the rest of your travel times coming up. melissa, thank you. breaking news now. the rape case against julian assange is being dropped. it now appears though that he will not be able to leave the ecuadorian embassy in london any time soon. >> assange is living there because he was facing extradition to sweden if he left. now that the charges have been dropped assange still faces trouble. british police say if he leaves they will arrest him for skipping bail. assange is the founder of wikileaks. he tweeted this picture about an hour ago moments after the news in sweden. the swedish prosecutor said it looks unlikely he will ever face charges for the rape he's accused of. if he returns to sweden before 2020 the investigation could be reopened. russia investigation. president trump speaks out for the first time. what we can expect before his first foreign trip. on his birthday. why the community is now calling for change in their neighborhood. >> reporter: this morning prince george's county police are looking for a driver who struck and killed a woman on northbound 210 overnight. have thewe to take on the "tom insurance companies and the credit card companies and the wall street banks... that's what tom perriello is about." i'm tom perriello... and before and after congress i led non-profits to battle climate change, poverty and president bush's attacks on civil rights. now i'm running for governor to reduce economic inequality. because together, we really can build a virginia that works for everyone. breaking news. a driver hit and killed someone and didn't stop. we're working to find out what happened on one of the busiest roads in prince george's county. >>. ♪ happy birthday to xavier, happy birthday to you ♪ a kindergartener hit and killed on his birthday. the change one community wants to see to keep everyone safe. first foreign trip. the president will embark amid criticism of in the 2016 presidential election. >> the entire thing has been a witch hunt. a live look right now at one of the breaking news stories we're following. an 18-year-old man is in surgery after being shot by a manassas city police officer. >> now we know that overnight officers were investigating reports of shots fired when they tried to pull over an suv. the driver didn't stop and led police on a chase to this place, hellwig memorial park in prince william county. at some point the suspect rammed police cars with his car according to officers. the suspect got out of the car with a gun and when he didn't drop it, the officers opened fire. a 15-year-old was found in the car. the officers will be placed on routine administrative leave. this breaking news. >> there's been a deadly accident on route 2210 in princ george's county. justin >> reporter: good morning. prince george's county police will spend the rest of the day working to identify the driver and the vehicle who struck and killed a woman whom police say appeared to have been walking on the side of northbound route 210 earlier this morning moments before losing her life. i want to take you now to video of the investigation that we have here. it closed down all northbound route 210 lanes overnight. we did see traffic being diverted on to nearby farmington road. now on the scene prince george's county police did find some clues. we saw them with some rolling luggage. they also looked inside that luggage that appears to have been found near the victim. the impact appearing to have knocked that woman out of her shoes. we do know that she was struck close to 12:45 this morning while she was walking on the side of north bound route 210. that's just north of farmington road. right now back out live, police working to identify the victim in this case and also the vehicle struck her. we are live here. i'm justin finch. news 4 back in to you. >> justin, thank you. 6:49 now. the president is preparing for a nine-day trip overseas. >> he's hoping to leave the investigations behind him. president trump responded with a direct no to the questions about whether he asked former fbi director james comey to shelf an investigation into his former national security adviser michael flynn. trump did speak out about the decision to appoint former fbi director robert mueller as counsel. >> i respect the move but the entire thing has been a witch hunt and there is no collusion between certainly myself and my campaign, but i can only speak for myself and the russians, zero. >> deputy attorney general rod rosenstein briefed the senate on the investigation. perhaps the president knew what he wanted before comey's dismissa attorney jeff sessions to step down. the message reads, sessions must go and fire sessions. robin bell claiming credit for this. a photo of him in a kkk outat this time is there. it is now 6:50. let's check in with erika gonzalez breaking news in the district. >> reporter: eun, good morning. we are following some developing news this morning. we are hearing out of prince george's county that an unoccupied prince george's ambulance has been reported stolen from the prince george's county hospital. local police agencies are in pursuit. again, a pgfd ambulance reported stolen from the prince george's hospital, and local police are pursuing this. we're trying to see if we've got some video from the ground yet. not yet. sorry. we're going to try to get and we'll be tweeting this out as soon as we get it. developing story in prince george's county. >> thank you, erika. times scaquare is back open >> we're learning what charges the police say the man is facing. 26-year-old richard rojas is charged with one count of murder and 20 counts of attempted murder. this is what it looked like when police say his car jumped the curve and went hurtling down the sidewalk for three blocks. an 18-year-old from michigan was killed. there is no link to international terrorism. they are looking to see whether this was deliberate. he tested negative for alcohol but tested positive for drugs ♪ happy birthday to xavier, happy birthday to you ♪ >> 6-year-old xavier lucky never had t friends sing him happy birthday before he died. yesterday the kids sang to him at a vigil. lucky was hit and killed while crossing livingston road southeast on wednesday. his family is describing the person who hit him as a careless driver but so far police have not filed any charges. >> my cousin had to lose his life because somebody was careless behind the wheel. >> he was a good friend. we played football. we went to the playground and played on the playground. >> still not clear how or why xavier decided to cross livingston road. 6:52 is our time right now. we want to turn to first 4 traffic and be melissa mollet. >> chopper 4 over the mixing bowl here this morning showing you that things really don't look so bad in any direction aside from in bound 395. that is your slow spot. you can see that on the map right now. rest of the beltway, inner loop, outer loop looking just fine here this morning. 66 in bound here i going to be manassas. 95 north in virginia. as you look at prince george's county, bottom of the beltway, those routes into town and out of town are fine. 210 has reopened after the earlier fatal pedestrian crash. bw parkway, the only problem as you're headed into town above the beltway, a little bit slow after 232. macarthur in northwest between reservoir and foxhall, all lanes blocked from the water main break from yesterday. as far as travel times, no major problems in any direction. chuck? >> good morning, melissa. clear sky outside this morning. >> your conversation. >> i would never throw you under the bus like that. clear skies outside this morning. it's a warm one, too. temperature already near 70 degrees in washington. winds are light out of the south averaging 8 miles per hour. there is a risk o thunderstorms again later on this afternoon. it's not a highs risk for severe weather. any of those storms could pack a higher punch. that's where the severe storms are now, over the ohio valley. southern west virginia, that's the unstable air that's in place over us. add a little daytime heating to this mix and we'll bubble up some thunderstorms here. future weather carries us dry until around 2 and 3. thunderstorms blossoming. likely to impact the second half of the afternoon to evening commute. 4:00, 5:00, 6:00 until things the ck. cooler weather moves in for the weekend. she always gets the good part of the forecast. let's go to sheena. >> if you like the cooler weather, chuck, yes. it's going to be kind of a cloudy weekend, too, when you compare it to the heat we've had and the past few days. this weekend, we're going to see some big changes. take a look at today's high temperature, 90 degrees. way above normal to tomorrow big drop down into the mid 70s. it's going to be quite a shock to many of you unless you're ready for the heat to end. 71 on sunday and then by monday back in the upper 70s. entire weekend forecast, cloudy and cool. the clouds are going to stalocked in for most of the weekend. 74 for a high again on saturday but we do have that isolated sprinkle chance in the forecast, too. take a look at your ten day all the way to the memorial weekend. >> 90 today and no more 90s any time soon. thank goodness for that. 70s over the weekend. another thunderstorm chance coming up on monday. perhaps wednesday or thursday of next week. yes, indeed, friday, saturday, sunday of me moral day weekend looks mild and dry. >> chuck, thank you. 6:55 right now. an 18-year-old man is in surgery after being shot by a manassas city police officer. police say after a chase that suspect got out of the car with a gun. when he didn't drop it, officers opened fire hitting him. you can find washington app. prince george's county police are searching for the driver who hit and killed a woman. this happened just before 1:00 along indian head highway. follow news 4's justin finch on twitter for the latest developments. president trump leaves for a foreign trip. he will visit saudi arabia, vatican and belgium. vdot crews will begin the second phase of repairs on the neabsco bridge. and there you go. the five day forecast, hot and steamy and stormy today. cloudy and cool over the weekend. not much of a rain threat over the weekend, just a big drop in temperatures. we love that. >> all right, chuck. thank you for that. that is 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