setting up here. it will be in place for the next seven days. a look at your drive time forecast at 6:11. melissa, chopper 4 up over the beltway. >> up over the top of the beltway. right there at university boulevard you can see the inner and outer loop, moving fine for us. don't have any real volume at least at this point to complain about like we like to do. inner and outer loop, rest looks good. 66, 95 into and out of town, looking good as well. 270 at old hundred road, with etimcally -- we typically see volume at this point, but it looks good. travel times in ten minutes. >> see you then. 6:01. some major track work happening on metro this weekend. four stations are set to close tonight. news4's zachary kiesch live with what we need to know. zachary? >> reporter: yes, good morning, aaron. the closure will start at 12:01 saturday. stay that way through metro closing on sunday. so if you're out late tonight you could be impacted. buses are going to replace trains between eastern market on the orange line and between eastern market and benning road on the blue and silver line. there are a number of stations that are going to be closed, here at stadium armory. the other stations that you'll want to look out for are potomac avenue, minnesota avenue and deanwood. green, blue, silver lines will run every 15 minutes or so and the red lines should run every 20 minutes. i should note something happening here at this particular station on sunday. they'll be doing a full scale emergency response drill. trying to prepare in the case of smoke and fire in the tunnels. something similar to what happened at l'enfant plaza about a year ago. so look out for that as well. that's going to happen at 7:45 to about 10:00 here on sunday morning. reporting live in southeast d.c., zachary kiesch. back to you in the studio. >> thanks. new this morning, we are working to learn more about a house fire in prince george's county that broke out on somerset place overnight. firefighters broke the front window to fight the flames inside. no word on how much damage was caused. we have a word in to the fire department to find out if anyone was injured. jamyra gallmon pleaded guilty to killing david messerschmitt earlier this year. dominique johnson pleaded guilty with gallmon to rob him. messerschmitt posted an ad on craigslist and looking for other men. gallmon could face up to 25 years in prison today when she's sentenced. a montgomery county man accused of trying to cook meth at a federal facility will be in court today. the fbi says christopher bartley triggered an explosion at the national institute of standards and technology last month in gaithersburg. he was a leader of the police force there. he's facing a single charge of trying to manufacture methamphetamine. if convicted he cold spend as much as 20 years in prison. students past and present will gather today to remember a montgomery county high school principal. a memorial service will be held tonight for wootton high school principal michael doran. police found him dead in his apartment on wednesday. they believe the 64-year-old died of natural causes. it will take place at wootton stadium at 6:00. grief counselors will be on hand to support students and families. i'm kristin wright at the live desk, following a big explosion in los angeles. it happened downtown. it was an underground blast from below the 19 story office building. there are firefighters doing into the building there. these are pictures from inside of this office building. the explosion is loud, felt for blocks. even knocked the power out down the street at the staples center during a shania twain concert. the explosion sparked a fire. you can see the smoke there. there were people hurt. several sounds like not badly though. our sister station is reporting that a generator may have exploded. back to you. >> thanks. 6:05 now. a gas explosion destroyed part of a new york city high school. take a look here. this was john f. kennedy high school in the bronx. it happened last night. crews were working on the sixth floor there when they hit a gas line in the school's chemistry lab. three construction workers were seriously burned. first day of school is supposed to be september 9th. police in thailand are preventing more bombings. police say they're patrolling an increasing -- and increasing the plainclothes officer presence around the tourist sites. 130 people were hurt. government officials say the motive was to damage thailand's economy. today, you may want to head to the norton job fair here in the district if you're looking for a new gig. it takes place today at the washington convention center in northwest. you can get tips on updating your resume, you can do some job hunting and preparing for an interview. you can even learn how to dress for success. the event opens at 10:00 with the job fair starting at 11:00. the annual event is held by congresswoman eleanor holmes norton. dropping the football. didn't look like anybody -- he's down. >> rg3 injured again. the quarterback took some hard hits in the 'skins preseason game last night. now, it's not clear when the team will get him back. we are told the quarterback has a concussion and some kind of shoulder injury to deal with right now. you take a look here. rg3 started against the detroit lions last night. he was sacked three times in the first four possessions here. early in the second quarter this happened. he's taken down under a dog pile. rg3 is still considered the starting quarterback. cousins is his backup. maybe kirk will see play this year. >> colt mccoy. standing by. >> he's shaking it off. it's a rough way to start the preseason. >> preseason. not even the season. preseason. 6:07 right now. more trouble at the site of that warehouse explosion in china. why firefighters are up against it once again. ladies, are you making as much as your male counterparts? the study just in that says no. at least if you live in virginia. let's take another look at the current temperatures this morning. lately, you have needed the a.c. for your drive to work, but some might want the heat today. your drive time forecast up next at happening now, new fires are burning at the site of the warehouse explosions in china. emergency workers are working to put out these flames now. there are four new fires that broke out close to where two massive explosions levelled that chemical warehouse in tianjin last week killing 114 people. at the same time, people are worried about the long term and their health. water tests show high levels of cyanide. you see the testing being done there in the ground. high levels of cyanide, in the evacuation zone. workers there in protective suits testing the soil and air. that is not it. a lot of dead fish are suddenly washing up on shore, adding to suspicions this is far from over. >> thank you. much cooler than yesterday. the humidity gone. >> yeah, it's beautiful out there. tom, couldn't get much better on a friday. >> yeah. the sky is clearing, the roads are drying and nobody is crying except your toddler who didn't get enough sleep. right now, look at the sky. got a lilac and purple sky starting off predawn. we had sunrise in half an hour. morning, midday, afternoon, green lights for driving weatherwise. with the drying pavement this morning from the overnight showers. maybe have some ponding of water. we did get some roads washed out in culpepper and fauquier county. mid 7's 70s with lots of sun. a look at nice weekend coming up at 6:21. melissa has a new accident. >> brand-new crash, got off the phone with police. we were seeing something on camera. it's moved out of camera view at least. 370 there the ramp from 370 to shady grove road. three car accident. trying to get chopper up over that scene. top of the belt, outer loop to 295, rolling along nicely. 66 northbound from quantico to the beltway, you're on time as well. remember to listen to our friends from wtop 103.5 when you hop in court car. the suspect says they have the wrong guy, why he called news4 and whether he plans to turn himself in. breaking the glass ceiling, so tell me, did you have anything to do with that shaw murder? >> no, sir. >> why did they think that you're involved? >> because i was right there in the alley, right beside the barbershop. >> police in the district are searching for this man, 19-year-old marcus king is wanted on second degree murder charges. he's wanted in connection with the shooting of the american university graduate near the entrance of the metro station on saturday. matt shlonsky was an innocent bystander there and king spoke to mark segraves earlier this week. as you heard, he said he's innocent. it seems people in the shaw neighborhood are still concerned about growing violence there and an advisory neighborhood commissioner spoke with neighbors about safety concerns in the meeting last night. >> i keep hearing from everyone, except a few that we need the vice units back. >> several d.c. police union members say bringing back the vice units would help. king plans to turn himself in. we're working to find out if that's happened yet. today, two 13-year-old girls will face a judge in a milwaukee court. they are charged with stabbing a classmate. 19 times last year, to appeal to the made-up character slender man. the girls both charged with attempted homicide. they are being tried as adults. both expected to enter pleas in the case today. north korea says that it is preparing for war after exchanging artillery fire with the south. this morning the north says it placed the front line troops in a quasi state of war. south korea warning the north from taking any rash actions. on thursday, south korea fired several rounds of artillery into the north. north korea -- i should say the south into the north after north korea sent shells across the border. 6:18. developing right now, a red flag warning in place in parts of washington state. low humidity, high winds and high temperatures making the battle against wildfires there much harder. the government says the state is focusing a quote on an unprecedented cataclysm. this comes as the three firefighters who died were escorted out of the area in a somber procession. andrew zayak and tom zbyszewski and richard wheeler died after their truck crashed and they were overcome by flames. this is zbyszewski's parents speaking about their son. they say he was a gifted student who loved helping others and that is what led him to fight fires. >> i felt so proud to have him there. >> he was a special kid, you know? we're really going to miss tom. >> four other firefighters were injured in that crash. right now, hurricane danny losing steam. danny is the first atlantic hurricane of the season. overnight, danny's winds fell to about 80 miles per hour. the u.s. national hurricane center says danny isn't posing any threat to land right now and should weaken even more by saturday. it was projected to hit puerto rico next week. 6:19 is your time. a beautiful start to the friday morning. let's get a check of your weather and traffic headlines with tom and melissa. >> good morning. i'm happy to report the sky is beginning to clear out. those storms are long gone. here's a view from space showing the cloud cover breaking up over the atlantic seaboard. meanwhile, we showed that view of hurricane danny, it is still about 800 miles to the east of the winward islands and the track is going to take it near there. perhaps maybe near puerto rico. dominican republic by later part of the weekend. and into the first part of next week. but it is a hurricane now. we won't have to worry about it. it will stay out to sea. right now in the 60s. low humidity has moved in. a little bit of a breeze coming in out of the north and west. still rather humid around the bay. hang on, that low humidity is coming your way over the next several hours. there is the sky looking at it from our tower camera this morning. sunrise at 6:27. temperatures in the low to mid 70s through 8:00. lower humidity moves in even during the afternoon as the winds diminish. we'll if in the mid to upper 80s. a fabulous friday. that is the hash tag for the day. look at this gorgeous view overlooking the bay. this is near the naval academy. this is posted by my cowork earn, tony pitman. couple of days ago, absolutely gorgeous sky there. clouds building. that was taken on wednesday. and we'll have this nice weather pattern continuing on saturday and again on sunday with low humidity. you have outdoor plans, going to the beach, going to the pool. outdoor work it will be perfect weather with low humidity, highs in the 80s. a little bit warmer and a little more humid on monday. then another shot at dry air moves in midweek next week. dry pattern, look what's missing. don't have any showers or storms on the storm team 4 seven day outlook through next week. a look at neighborhood highs in the next weather and traffic on the 1s. what's happening? >> we still have this crash at ramp 370 shady grove road. it's a three car accident, nobody hurt thank goodness. blocking some lanes and they're waiting for a tow to arrive on the scene there. taking a big look at the beltway hearing about a problem, outer loop, near connecticut or wisconsin here. a new crash so we'll send chopper over that, looks like chopper has just arrived. looks like it will be nasty here this morning. more on that coming up in a couple of minutes. big look at the beltway. otherwise, no major problems right now. 66 and 95 rolling along just fine right now. prince george's county also nice and green. more on that crash on the beltway coming up in a couple of minutes. 6:22 and new this morning you'll want to watch wall street today because stocks in asia are falling. taiwan, china, japan, they all dropped by 1% or more and investors could be worried about the possible interest rate hike from the federal reserve here. the fed said the u.s. is quote approaching conditions for a rate hike a few days ago. we ourselves came to ranger school skeptical. with our guards up, ready just in case, you know, the haters and the naysayers. but we didn't come with a chip on our shoulder like we had anything to prove. >> that is one of the two women who will graduate today as an army ranger. first lieutenant shaye haver and captain kristen griest will receive the coveted ranger tab alongside 94 male soldiers. they received incredible praise from leaders and their peers. they spoke yesterday with reporters about why they joined. >> the reasons why i chose to come are the same as these men here, to get the experience of the elite leadership school that the army provides. >> i wanted to be a better leader and i just did that. just keep reminding yourself why you're there. >> despite proving their grit in the two month ranger course, they're still unable to join infantry and army special forces units. that could change next year after the pentagon reviews rules on women in combat. some good news for your health this morning. this time last year, the als ice bucket challenge was speeding across the nation. and your facebook feeds too. while you may be over the videos but it turns out they may eventually do a lot of people a lot of good. scientists at johns hopkins say the videos helped with als research. they say the more than $220 million raised funded studies of approaching that could help disease cells return to normal. well, virginia apparently is the eighth worst state when it comes to women's equality. education and political empowerment was looked at in virginia and it found 37% more men than women hold positions as executives. there was a 47% gap in getting an education and political representation. lots of students and parents around american universities, it's move in weekend. the school is asking you to exercise some patience. extra patience and caution if you'll be driving through that area. well, speaking of dorms a local mother and daughter duo have turned their ideas into a successful business. karen zuckerman and her daughter amanda own the online retailer dormify, selling art work and other things for dorms. they started a few years ago when amanda was looking to make her dorm her own. they began with stylized bedding and all things small space and the company has taken off. >> moms or parents in general want their kids to be comfortable in college so the whole aspect of decorating your dorm room is an activity that you do just before you leave for school and it's a fun one. our first customers are now in their first apartments. everybody says, i can still buy from dormify, right, for my apartment. >> zuckerman says business has grown 700% since the operation began and they ship products as far away as australia and the u.k. the fallout continues after hackers hit ashley madison and leak users' info. this morning, one of the first notable names to surface is apologizing. if you're headed near the national mall this weekend, you'll want to hear this. the closure that could really put a damper on your plans and your commute. looking live across the area this morning, where some might say it's a little bit of a chilly morning. tom is putting together your neighborhood highs and will tell us when things will warm up at 6:31. and chopper 4 live over the scene of an accident on the inner loop of the beltway. meli breaking news, big crash top of the beltway. we're talking about the outer loop at connecticut avenue. you can see the accident involving at least three vehicles and right now, we have just reopened. we have two left lanes getting by. we have a five mile backup right now. top of the beltway. if you're headed that way this going to last for some time. you'll want to take your alternate there instead. in gaithersburg, 370 at shady grove, still have the three week crash, waiting on a tow to get that out of the by. big look at the beltway that's really the only problem on the beltway. tom? well, at least the pavement is drying out on this friday morning in the wake of those storms that did come on through. right now, they're exiting the atlantic beaches, headed out to sea. still some thunder and lightning. they packed quite a punch with some heavy rain. we had some roads closed from flooding, but now things are receding and it is improving beautifully this morning with lower humidity pushing in. a little bit of a breeze out of the north and west. afternoon highs in the mid and upper 80s. shenandoah valley, panhandle of west virginia, in the mountains highs in the low 80s today. much of northern virginia and southern maryland the mid 80s. low to mid 80s around the chesapeake bay. lots of sunshine throughout the region, throughout the day. a terrific summer day is on the way. your bus stop forecast at 6:41. thank you. 6:31 right now and the ashley madison website the hack is hitting pretty close to home in d.c. white house staffers are among those who subscribed to the side and edward lawrence is following that from the hill. >> reporter: it's hitting very close to home, in fact the associated press saying it comes right here to the house and the senate. some of the computers that logged on to the website. we are learning a lot more about the consequences for those who are involved in logging on to the ashley madison website. 13,000 of those e-mail addresses were government and military addresses. now, it's against military law to cheat on your spouse. so there could be criminal charges now for those service members who cheated on their spouse through that website. it also affects the departments of state, justice, energy, treasury and transportation i.p. addresses led to all of the departments. most were g-mail accounts with yahoo! coming in second. right behind it. now we are talking about 28 million men and 5 million women who have signed up for this site. the associated press is reporting that federal workers actually accessed the site from their workstation in their cubicle or offices. now, they found that -- the socialed -- the associated press found out about that and washington, d.c. is known as the least faithful city in the united states. >> edward lawrence, thank you. today a woman who was shot by a d.c. police officer after she refused to drop a knife is back in court. renita nettles will head to court this morning for a mental observation hearing. this is what played out. nettles started a fire in a house on clay terrace northeast earlier this month and as police and fire crews arrived nettles walks toward an officer holding a knife. she had used a mixture of pcp and synthetic drugs. the hearing was supposed to happen yesterday. today a manassas man will be sentenced after pleading guilty to a deadly hit and run in prince george's county. jacky luangraj could face up to five years in prison. he hit and killed janelle oni last year in college park. police say that he smelled of alcohol. we are learning that several of the victim's family members are expected to be in court today. a teenager charged in a triple shooting in southeast will remain in jail. that's according to "the washington post." kevin lee is being charged as an adult with second degree murder in the shooting of tanika fontanelle. it happened on tuesday afternoon. police say the 17-year-old got into a fight with his 12-year-old neighbor. the teenager got a gun and went to the boy's apartment. shots were fired and both boys were hit along with the 12-year-old's mother. 6:34. the tidal reservoir inlet bridge in d.c. will be closing soon. you might be like where's that? well, look, right there on the map, it's the road affected by this too. news4's darcy spencer found her way to the bridge to tell us what to expect. darcy? >> reporter: well, that's right. that's what we were asking this morning where is this bridge? but chances are if you came down to see the cherry trees, you have walked, driven over the bridge, but you didn't realize it was called the inlet bridge. this is ohio drive, so imagine that beautiful views of the thomas jefferson as well as the monument. take a look over here. a guy is doing some fishing off the bridge here morning. it is very popular. it is going to shut down right around 6:30 this evening and it will stay closed all weekend long. what that means you won't be able to drive over the bridge, drive your bicycle or walk over the bridge because it's getting some much needed repairs. this bridge is over 100 years old. it is in need of some rehab. we are showing you some video we shot before the sun rose this morning. even in the hours we could see people over here driving. some joggers out early this morning so this could be an inconvenience for people planning to come down here to the tidal basin area this weekend. so be aware. there could be some lane closures that happen before 6:30, but it will be shut down 6:30 this evening and remain closed all weekend long. but they're saying they'll get it opened back up by 5:30 monday morning, just in time for that morning commute. back to you. >> darcy spencer, thank you. the late civil rights activist julian bond will be buried at sea. family members of the former naacp chairman say that it was his wish to be cremated and have his ashes spread in the gulf of mexico. there will be a memorial for him this weekend in the district. bond's family along with d.c. delegate eleanor holmes norton will spread flower petals in front of the martin luther king memorial. that's happening tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. new details in the investigation into former fairfax county police officer adam torres. the police commander secretly taped a conversation between the internal affairs commander and the chief deputy county prosecutor. the revelation of the taping came this week in an unsealed case file as part of deputy county attorney's grievance against the county. the recordings happened in 2013. during the call, the internal affairs commander was looking for internal affairs files on officer torres. republicans focusing again on immigration in decision 2016. presidential candidate donald trump will host a rally in alabama. trump and jeb bush are both being criticized for using the term quote anchor babies. the term refers to babies of undocumented immigrants born in the u.s. automatically becoming citizens. new polls show trump is now beating bush in his home state of florida. hillary clinton wrapping up a very rough week on the campaign trail. a judge said she violated government policy by stoerping her -- storing her work e-mail on a private server. vermont senator bernie sanders and joe biden are moving up in the polls as clinton drops. coming up in the next couple of minutes kristen welker will join us. and one person has been confirmed to have had west nile virus. ther some steps you can take -- there are some steps you can take to avoid west nile. avoid standing water and take extra care from dusk to dawn when mosquitos are out in force. neighbors are voicing concerns over a new school in montgomery county. they're building a new school in kensington. the board of education says it will help with overcrowding and according to our news partners at wtop, people say that the land that the school is to be built on is too small for it. members of the montgomery county council are concerned about the impact on the environment. breaking news, top of the beltway. we have a 6 1/2 mile backup because of this crash. outer loop at connecticut avenue, you'll want to avoid this if you can. right now, people only sneaking by on the left side of the roadway. more on this coming up. backpacks, clothes and immunizati immu breaking news. top of the beltway we have a seven mile backup. outer loop at connecticut avenue, two left lanes are thing on thing getting by. this multivehicle crash with injury here, this could be here for some time. we did see the tow trucks show up on the scene to get that out of the way. travel times, 270 south okay, outer loop, it's a mess. 95 to 270, 43 minutes this morning. going to want to take an alternate, avoid that or take an alternate. 95 northbound, no issues there in virginia, remember to listen to our friends on wtop 103.5 when you hop in your car. tom? good morning. starting off with lower humidity. we have a sublime sunrise on the way. and at the bus stop this morning you'll notice the lower humidity. temperatures in the 60s between now and 8:00. lots of sunshine between 8:00 and 9:00. into the low and mid 70s. lower humidity moving in. a bit of a breeze coming in. s you won't need the umbrella though. keep the sunblock, sunglasses handy as well. a look at a terrific weekend coming up, that's the next weather and traffic on the 1s at 6:51. >> thank you. hey, as you get your kids ready to head back to school, we want to remind you of a vaccine deadline. all kids to howard county must have their vaccines by today. all schools in howard county begin on the 24th. ava and i needed a little vacay. but we needed to watch our spending. meaning i needed to watch nikki. she's the spender. i'm the saver. so, mobile banking from td bank helps me keep track... for both of us. she was just browsing... we gotta go. i'm ava. i'm nikki. and we bank human at td bank. what? breaking news. seven mile backup on the top of the beltway outer loop at confident -- connecticut avenue is where the crash is. you can see the state highway trucks on scene, we are very slow. a multicar crash and we have tow trucks on the scene here. hoping this will be out of way soon. going to want to talk an alternate. >> thank you, melissa. 6:46. to decision 2016 and what was not a very good week for hillary clinton. she's facing new scrutiny and criticism over her e-mail and her poll numbers are looking shaky. nbc news white house correspondent kristen welker is live from martha's vineyard with this. >> reporter: that's right. hillary clinton's campaign is being overshadowed by the e-mail issue. she has been on defense and now a sharp rebuke from a federal judge who found on thursday that he believes she did in fact violate policy by using a private e-mail account while serving as secretary of state. all of this is making some democrats very jittery about her chances in the general election. you mentioned her poll numbers. they have dipped. she's dipped below 50% in the latest cnn poll. that's the first time she's been that low in that poll. and we're also seeing her unfavorable ratings go underside down. so a lot of concern. all of that is fuelling momentum for joe biden to get in the race. he has been talking to his allies and closest supporters about this. we anticipate to get a decision some time around labor day or a few weeks after that. but back to the e-mail issue, the campaign is releasing scandal fact check. she is scheduled to testify on this on capitol hill in october. of course there's still an ongoing fbi investigation so there's no end in sight to this. aaron, back to you with. >> kristen welker, thank you. we are working to learn more about the house fire in prince george's county here. it broke out on somerset place overnight. firefighters had to break the front window to fight the flames inside. no word yet on how much damage was caused and we have some calls into the fire department right now to find out if anybody was hurt in this fire. today a sentencing hearing for a murder in d.c. two women were charged with david messerschmitt's murder. one woman can face five years in prison and her friend, jamyra gallmon pleaded guilty to killing him when the robbery went wrong. a montgomery county man accused of trying to cook meth will be in court today. the fbi says christopher bartley triggered an explosion at the national institute of standards and technology last month. that's in gaithersburg. he haves the leader of the -- he was the leader of the police force there. if convicted he could spend 20 years in prison. students past and present will gather today to remember a montgomery county high school principal. a memorial service will be held tonight for wootton high school principal michael doran. police found him dead in his apartment on wednesday. they believe the 64-year-old died of natural causes. the service will take place at wootton stadium at 6:00 p.m. grief counselors will be on hand to help support students and their families. right now in the newsroom, we are still having to keep a close eye on wildfires out west. a red flag warning is in effect in parts of washington state right now. it's not good. it's national weather service warning to even firefighters to tell them these wildfires could do absolutely anything at this point. right now, people in the town have to go. making things worse, high winds and high temperatures. today, firefighters still grieving of course over three firefighters who died on the front lines. back to you. >> kristin, thank you. 6:50. taking metro could be very complicated this weekend. track work will affect at you on all but one line and four stations will be closed. news4's zachary kiesch live at the stadium armory metro station with what we need to know. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, aaron. you know, it is such a drag on the weekend, you leave the house and you think errands will take an hour or two, but it takes all day because metro is not working on the way it should. or maybe you went out with friends and the metro station is down. if you're not careful it could happen this weekend. they'll be using buses to connect the dots. we are here at the stadium armory, one of the metro stations that will be down. other stations that will be impacted potomac avenue, minnesota avenue and deanwood. buses are replacing trains on the orange line between eastern market and the benning on the blue and silver. the closures start at 12:01 saturday morning. if you're out past your curfew, you could be impacted. that's going to go until sunday closure for metro. also on sunday happening here at stadium armory they'll be doing some drills trying to replicate what happened at l'enfant plaza a year ago with the fire and the smoke in the tunnel. a multiagency approach will try to work out some of those kinks. reporting live, zachary kiesch, news4. breaking news on the roads. a seven mile backup, top of the beltway. this is the outer loop at connecticut avenue. this picture is at colesville road right now. we're getting word that the crash is off to the right side of the roadway. still, we are jammed at this point this morning. chopper is up for us -- take a look at this. some sort of incident on the beltway. this is right at 50. it was a report of a person running on the beltway who had to be restrained by a motorist. we are seeing slowdowns at 50. top of the beltway, you can see how nasty it is there. rest of the beltway not so bad this morning. 66 inbound looks good. 95 in virginia no problems. prince george's county overall again rolling along just fine. then the top of the beltway is our biggest issue. b.w. parkway, 95 and 29, nice and green at this point this morning. 270 no major issues. guys? >> thank you. tom kierein is back with us now. we had all the clouds and the haze for days and days and now it's all cleared out. >> beautiful morning. >> it is just gorgeous. wait until you see what's missing on the seven day outlook. >> that holooks pretty. >> live view from the storm team 4 tower camera on this fab friday morning. that's the hash tag for the day. temperatures by 8:00 should be in the mid 70s. low and mid 80s by this afternoon. skycast 4 showing the morning clouds with us and then by mid to late morning partly cloudy. during the afternoon, mostly sunny and into the evening hours. beautiful evening as you head out tonight. right now, rather cool. western and northern suburbs low and mid 60s. still kind of humid around the bay, but that uncomfortable humidity is going away all around the region. we'll be pleasant during the rest of the day and for the next seven days. we'll have comfortable humidity. post your pictures like emily elizabeth did, right before the storms hit. gorgeous day at the beach. this is going to be a beautiful weekend at the beach. post your pictures when out and about over the weekend on my facebook page, twitter. we'll share on instagram. this nice weather continues through saturday and sunday. highs in the 80s and gets more humid, a little hotter on monday. highs in the low 90s. then another shot of dry air moves in throughout midweek next week with low humidity. what's missing? don't have any rain. don't have any storms for the next seven days. back to you. >> really good news there. thank you, tom. new backlash over netflix's plan to get maternity and paternity leave. it's those who work o the internet video service and however, employees on the dvd division they're not included. and critics say netflix is keeping the benefit from workers who need it the most. 6:55 now. a major carmaker trying to distance itself from another company and for good reason. cnbc's landon dowdy is joining us to explain that. >> hey, there, aaron, good morning. toyota is trying to put as much distance as it can between its and takata, the maker of defective air bags linked to eight deaths and here than a -- more than a hundred injuries. they're buying air bag inflaters from one of the rivals. this is the most proactive things to date. toyota has recalled 12 million vehicles since 2008. back to you. >> landon dowdy, thank you. coming up on 6:56. here are 4 things to know this friday morning. police in the district are searching for this man, marcus king. he's wanted on second degree murder charges, he spoke to news4, he said he's innocent. fire officials in l.a. are trying to figure out what happened that caused this explosion in a high rise building. five people hurt. none seriously though. the blast did cause a momentary power outage. two women to be sentenced for murder, they pleaded guilty to their roles in killing a lawyer there. one of the women faces up to 25 years in prison. major track work happening on metro this weekend. four stations will be closed tonight. you can download the nbc washington app for the list of all of them and several other issues that could slow you down this weekend. and we have breaking news on the beltway. top of the beltway, the crash at outer loop with connecticut avenue, a 7 1/2 mile backup. avoid it if you can or if you have to take the top of the beltway, just allow a lot of extra time. chopper 4 over an earlier incident outer loop at route 50. a report of a woman running on the beltway has been restrained by officers and that's out of the way. simply sublime summer weather, all day, beautiful. a little bit of a breeze through midday. mid 80s by noon and upper 80s into the afternoon. we'll keep this going into the weekend, how about that? >> we like the way that sounds. thank you, tom. that's the broadcast this morning. >> the "today" show is coming up next and we'll be back in another 25 minutes for more breakin good morning. overwhelmed. officials in washington state do something they have never done before, asking for volunteers to help battle wild fires. one community mourning three heroes who lost their lives in the fight as more than 100 fires still burn in what has become one of the worst seasons ever. in demand. donald trump moves a rally planned tonight to an arena from a stadium while a judge blasts hillary clinton over her use of private e-mail server. criminal case? investigators determine caitlyn jenner was driving too

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