Sunshine. Temperatures in the upper 80s. And next weather and traffic on the 1s the hour by hour breakdown as the day goes forward and now melissa any slowdowns . You still have this closure in fairfax, oakton at fox mill road because of the overnight accident. Chopper is on its way. So as soon as they get there, well get a view of things here from above and see how bad it is. Seems like it may not be reopened until 9 30 this morning. Wide look at the beltway, no major problems. 66 and 95 looking good. 95 a little slow northbound in dale city, totally step cal for this time of the year. B. W. Parkway and Everything Else looking quite good. Travel times in ten minutes. Thank you, melissa. Today stores caught selling illegal synthetic drugs stand to face new penalties in d. C. Theyre easy accessible you can find them inside Corner Stores and gas stations and now police are linking a spike in crime to these drugs. Megan mcgrath explains the action mayor Muriel Bowser is taking today. Megan, good morning. Reporter well, good morning, eun. Police say yeah, they have seen a dramatic trend here. A spike in crime which they believe is attributed to the use of synthetic drugs. The use of synthetic marijuana. Later on today, mayor Muriel Bowser is going to sign into law a bill that will give police Greater Authority to crack down on businesses that sell these illegal synthetic drugs here in the district of columbia. Police believe 18yearold jasper spires was high on synthetic marijuana when he stabbed Kevin Sutherland to death on a metro train on the fourth of july. Then on tuesday a 10monthold baby was found abandoned in a stroller at Judiciary Square. Police believe the childs caregiver left the child alone so they could smoke synthetic marijuana. Now, police chief cathy lanier say the new law is needed to stop a very disturbing new crime trend. I truly feel like if we dont get a handle on the synthetics, the synthetics flavonoids now we are, you know, in danger of going back 20 years. Reporter under the bill businesses that are caught selling synthetic drugs for first offense they could face a 10,000 fine. They could be shut down for 96 hours. Thats for the first offense and then things escalate from there. Repeat offenders could lose their business license entirely. The mayor is going to sign this bill into law at noon today. Back to you in the studio. Thank you, megan. Today the d. C. Council will consider approving the death with dignity legislation. If approved it will give terminally ill patients a way to end their lives in a humane way. The bill faces significant opposition from state leaders and physicians. We are following a developing story out of South Carolina now. This is the last morning the Confederate Flag will fly above the state house there in columbia. This morning at 10 00 a. M. State troopers will remove that flag for good. Governor nikki haley signed a bill banning the flag flying. Its in response to the deadly shooting at the Historic Black Church back in june. Now the decision to take down the flag could also lead to more jobs in South Carolina. 15 years ago the naacp began an economic boycott of the state when lawmakers decided to keep the flag on capitol grounds. The united autoworkers joined that boycott as did the ncaa. It banned South Carolina from hosting any championship events. All three say theyll lift their bans. There will be a legal challenge to virginias decision to remove the Confederate Flag from state license plates. The group sons of confederate veterans will go to court to stop the banning of the plates. Last week, the flag was called divisive and mcauliffe asked them to work on phasing out the plates. 6 05 now. A developing story that affects millions of you, even if you never worked for the federal government. Your information could have been stolen in the office of the Personnel Management hack. The hackers obtained Sensitive Information of 21. 5 Million People. This applies to the spouses, children, neighbors even roommates and friends of people who went through background checks. Hackers had access to the personal information for more than a year. This morning, several lawmakers are calling for president obama to fire the head of opm. Today we will learn new information about the hunt for a man who shot a Spotsylvania County store clerk in the head. This morning sheriff harris will report new developments in the case. Last march the man walked into the store on brock road posing as a customer and he shot clerk kelly wood twice in the head and stole a cabinet full of medication. Wood survived the shooting. Also this morning the mother of two missing germantown children will appear in court. Catherine hoggle has a hearing on child neglect charges. Police say she was the last person to see 4yearold sarah and 2yearold jacob. The kids went missing in september and hoggle refuses to say where they are. Montgomery county police are pursuing a homicide case against her. Bids to build the purple line will now be accepted later into this year. Companies vying for the contract are being told that august deadline has been pushed to november. Maryland governor larry hogan approved it in june, but only if the costs could be cut. This delay lets the four Companies Competing for the project to adjust their bids to sures. The winner of the bid will be announced next year. Right now, new york is preparing the confetti. Today the World Champion u. S. Womens National Soccer team will be honored with a ticker tape parade it starts at 11 00 this morning. The whole team will be there, including carli lloyd who scored an unforgettable hat trick. The team dominated japan with their 52 victory in the final. We brought you this morning as breaking news an outing on the water ends with a death of two people. Now, friends are sharing memories about that virginia couple. New video this morning,s proving that the running of the bells is not for the faint of heart. And chopper 4 over the scene of this roa new this morning day four of the running of the bulls and you might want to look away. At least one person was injured today in the run in pamplona. You can see someone falling under the bulls. Nobody was gored today. That run lasted two minutes, 24 seconds. You are going to want to avoid area around the third street tunnel if youre traveling early tomorrow morning. Ddot is installing a new water line as part of the tunnel project at third street and massachusetts avenue. Third street southbound will be closed between massachusetts and the tunnel on ramp. There will be lane closures in the area. The closures will be in place from 1 00 a. M. To 9 00 a. M. 6 11 is our time right now. I thought about driving in with the windows down. A big change. I didnt. But i thought about it. How about this gorgeous sunrise . 73 degrees. Cant beat that. And tom kierein right now with your weather and traffic on the 1s. Scrambled eggs sunrise on the Eastern Horizon and now starting off we have temperatures in the 70s. Well stay this way through 8 00 and then by noontime, in the low 80s. Upper 80s with lower humidity during the afternoon and quite a bit of sunshine. Enjoy. A look at rain chances for the weekend. Where we might see some. Thats next weather and traffic on the 1s coming up at 6 21. Melissa, how is the commute now . We have this road closure, chopper 4 is over the scene. So again this is in fairfax fox mill road shut down at foxvale drive. Traffic being pushed on to hunt drive. It was a crash overnight. This is a big undertaking here and this could be another four to five hours before the road there is completely reopened. 66 west after 123, we have that west lane blocked. In maryland travel times looking quite good. Same thing in virginia. Youre on time and looking good. Happy friday, everybody. Remember to listen to our friends on wtop 103. 5 when you hop in your car. There are the two cartoon characters that your kids will be seeing this weekend, but why the happy meal toys for the minions should be for your adults only. And a developing story out of bangladesh after a number of people are trampled to death overnight. What were learning about that deadly sta one day a rider made a decision. The decision to ride on and save money. He decided to save money by switching his motorcycle insurance to geico. Theres no shame in saving money. Ride on, ride proud. Geico motorcycle great rates for great rides. Developing right now at 6 15. We are starting to see pictures out of central bangladesh where at least 23 women and children have been killed in a stampede. Another 30 people were hurt there. This happened during a charity handout. This video from a satellite chanel in bangladesh. Survivors say about 1,000 people were gathered outside a home and thousands stormed the gate when they opened. And investigators are looking into how a virginia couple ended in the Potomac River and theyre not ruling out foul play. The concern began when the couple didnt return to the Landmark Yacht Club wednesday night. When the coast guard pulled up to the boat music was still playing and the boat was running. So its very sad. Im really shook up about it. They were just great people. And he got along with everybody. Investigators dont know whether the couple fell or left the boat intentionally. That i do say weather they do say weather was bad wednesday night. A Metro Transit Police officer is not on the job, accused of exposing himself to an underaged girl. David davis is charged with using the cell phone app tango to correspond with a 16yearold philadelphia girl and davis asked the girl to send him inappropriate images of herself. Davis is in jail this morning without bond. Maryland governor larry hogan says he was shocked after learning the Baltimore Mayor fired the citys police commissioner. Hogan says the action is a local one and had nothing to do with the state government. Mayor stephanie rawlingsblake said she fired Anthony Batts because of the rising homicide rate and hogan called batts a dedicated man who cared about his job. 6 17. The federal Aviation Administration wants nothing to do with donald trump. The agency says it will rename their navigation points near the Palm Beach International airport in florida. The points are named after the republican president ial candidate because he has a home there. The faa said in a statement that the agency generally chooses names that are noncontroversial. But trump has been under fire for his statements accusing undocumented immigrants of being drug dealers and rapists. A second celebrity chef is nixing plans to open a restaurant in trumps future d. C. Hotel at the Old Post Office pavilion. Geoffrey zakarian said his Company Employees many immigrants and trumps comments do not align with his values and he pulled plans to open up a restaurant in the same hotel. A man who killed a pregnant woman and her friend will spend the next 12 years in prison. Hayes was behind the wheel of this car and he was leading place on a chase when crashed into a minivan carrying six people. Two women 21yearold Brittany Queen and 23yearold Brittany Everett died. Four others were hurt in the crash including two young children. After the crash, hayes tried to run, but Police Caught up with him using a helicopter. 6 19 now. Senate minority leader harry reid says a federal court made the right ruling when it revoked the trademark from the washington redskins. He took to the floor of the senate yesterday calling the name disparaging and racist. Senator reid called on team owner Daniel Schneider to change the name. For far too long owner schneider tried to hide behind tradition. Yesterday really makes clear that franchising only fosters racism. New this morning, president obama has designated new National Month you wants monuments in texas, nevada and california. Look at the mammoth site in texas is where the bones of 24 mammoths were discovered. And californias berryessa Snow Mountain hiking and camping spot is known for the rich biodiversity. Very cool each one. Well the summer is still young and many of you have that trip to the beach to look forward to. This year there are a ton of new gadgets to make that trip a little easier. If youre looking to capture all of your adventures in and out of the water, theres a new waterproof gopro camera. Theres something called the june that you wear on your wrist and it tracks the sun and keeps track of when you should reapply sunscreen. Theres a new line of beach gear that filters sand through the material. This is all made by hammacher schlemmer. They have a lot of gadgets. Some of it is pricey. But i love the beach. But trying to keep sand away and making sure you reapply sunscreen that sand filter will be awesome. Thats the problem. Well, you get sand everywhere, you know . Its the beach. Nobody wants that. 6 21 is our time right now. What are you thinking, beach weather this weekend . Perfect beach and pool weather too and tomorrow and again on sunday. The air as you step outside and sniff the air, youll notice its sweet and fresh. The rain yesterday washed it clean and now storm team 4 radar dont have any showers around the region. We are starting off with drying pavement and for your morning run you wont need an umbrella or rain boots. You will need sun block, sunglasses, short sleeves as it will be a warm afternoon. Afternoon temperatures climbing from the 70s to the low 80s by noontime. Then by mid afternoon the mid to upper 80s with increasing sunshine. You will notice its a bit less humid during the afternoon. Heres rain timing for saturday. By saturday morning maybe around dawn or so and through mid morning some showers, maybe even some thunder and lightning in southern maryland, the Northern Neck. That tracks farther to the south and by noontime maybe a sprinkle across Northern Virginia. A little patch of green as well as parts of the Shenandoah Valley and the mountains of west virginia. But the rest of the region should stay dry. The rest of saturday will begin to dry out the sunshine comes back. During the evening any lingering showers will be quickly dissipating. Much of the region staying dry except for areas south of washington mainly on saturday. Highs tomorrow, reaching the mid 80s. And then on sunday, back into the upper 80s and getting a little more humid, but still fairly comfortable. Then the heat and humidity return. It is july after all. Coming back on monday as we get back to work. Low 90s. A small chance of a storm on wednesday. Highs reaching the low to mid 90s both of those days and next wounss weather and traffic on the 1s a look at hometown highs today. Melissa, a look at the road closure again. Yeah, fox mill at foxvale, a big presence there with the power company. Traffic being pushed on to hunt road right now. And through the neighborhoods to get around this. Thats a downed pole because of a crash overnight hire. 66 west bound after 123, the left lane is blocked because of a disabled vehicle. Everything is looking quite good. Pretty light volume which is good. Beltway at branch rolling along well as well. Beltway at New Hampshire avenue, dont have any issues there. Getting a little light volume starting to build, but overall everything looking quite good on this friday. Back in ten minutes. See you then. Thanks, melissa. A group is demanding the white house revoke bill cosbys president ial medal of freedom. Bush awarded it to cosby in 2002 and a Nonprofit Group dedicated to Sexual Assault prevention started the online petition this week. They say that cosby does not deserve to be on the list of distinguished recipients and the white house says the medal has never been revoked and doing so may not be legal. Theres a concern about a new transportation bill in congress. It will allow rental Car Companies to rent recalled vehicles that have not been repaired. John thune says the bill requires companies to tell the con consumer but Safety Advocates say thats not enough. And theres a deadline for trains to use the new technology to stop the accidents. 14 million americans were involved with an accident with a senior citizen. Millennials were most likely to get into a crash with an older person. And talking with a parent about giving up their driving privileges is not easy. In fact, most were more comfortable talking about funeral arrangements for their parents. Heres some changes to note from metro this weekend. The big change is on the red line starting at midnight buses will replace red line trains between nomagallaudet and farragut stations. Yellow and green line trains will operate every 20 minutes. Orange, silver and blue line trains will operate at regular intervals. And if you take popular pain killers you will see new warning labels. The fda is putting stronger warnings on the possibility of heart attacks and strokes for nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs. Celebrex is also on the list. The new warning says heart attacks and strokes could happen in the first few weeks of taking the drugs. Right now labels worry about long term effects. 6 25 now. You may want to add an apple or a grapefruit to your breakfast. Americans are not eating enough fruits and vegetables. The centers for Disease Control