Here is Lauryn Ricketts. I mown, like, that was that was written for me here. Its not like i not like i was trying to troll david, you know, from beyond. Hes not even up right now. It does say david culver. I was looking at that. Im telling you. Why not talk about david . Were both going to be at pride later on. Yep. Talking a few rain showers plaguing our area, but fought for everybody. Seeing a few but a beautiful h sunrise t morning. Tweeted out a picture of the sky at thiszy cra neon pink color. Go look at my twitter, and facebook page. Oo and not t bad out there this morning. We have the sun coming up right now. Sun me up actually about, lets see, the official sunrise for the d. C. Area was at 5 43. Its a beautiful start, if youre up early this morning, maybe headed off to any races or anything like that, youre going to stay dry. Not feelingat bad out there right now, but w dangerously close to us. Down south, across the region. Plaguing the area from charleston, down to richmond and temperaturesou 70 right now. A cool day out there today. Well talk more what to expect for today and time out the rain, because we will be wet ates t this weekend. Show you that coming up, and also talkut abo the pride parade coming up. That will be fnd. Araffic out of the beltway backed up in virginia after a person was hit by a tractor trailer. A live look atnorthbound 495 near leesburg pike. Around 12 30 this morning a person weking along th road was hit by a semitruck. That truck driver pulled over but thenhe anot semi crashed into the parked big rig. Lanes careered and traffic ng gettingiy in that area. Thats good. Well follow the story and bring you the latest developments as we get them. Well, capital pride weekend is finally here. Thousands are expected to pack streets across our region today and there are some traffic closers you need to know about. West of Dupont Circle and ends at logan center. Several roads will shut down much of the afternoon and evening. If you plan on going down, parking will be tricky. Metro, of course, is your best bet, and speakingf the parade, nbc 4 and telemundo 44 will be there. Lauryn and i and map it out in the our nbc washington app, search pride guide. All for you there. Heads up for metro riders in virhenia. Work on silver line extension closes a busy station through the end of the weekend. Metro will shut down the east station code and tomorrow so crews can connect existing tracksew with the n part of the silver line eventually taking passengers into loudoun county. Theyre expected to open next year and meantime metrowill run free shuttles between these stations. Time, 6 04. We are about to learn more about the deal between the u. S. Nd mexico. Cracking down on migrants at the southern border. The president tweeting last m nightico agreed to take strong measures. If a deal had not been reached President Trump proposed to impose a 5 tariff. Many disagreed. Asylum seekers rapidly retned to mexico. They will allow people into their country for humanitarian reasons while they await asylum cl there and both will reevaluate the deal in 90 days. Read more about it in our washington nbc app. A man found shot to death inside a car involved in a crash inap annis. What we know so far police were called for a shooting on farce drive knew newtown drive. Once they arrived they discovered a car had crashed not far from the scene there. They found a man inside who had been shot, later pronounced dead. No arrests announced. We will post the latest in our nbc washington app. New details on a disturbing murder suicide that happened not far from our station in tenley town. A welfare check yesteriay mornng and police had to force their y in to the house and found 51yearold jason reiff holding a gun. Authorities tried to talk to him but he later shot himself and police searched the home and found his wife ar45yeold lola also shot and killed. Neighbors who knew that couple say theyre shocked. Its heartbreaking to hear something so close to home. According to Court Documents the couple was in the process of divorcing. In fact, supposed to have a child custody hearing set for yesterday. That pair had small children w re in school at the time of the shooting. The family flying in to take care of those kids. Terrifying moments, meantime, atle an entary school in prince georges county, placed on lockdown while Police Responded to calls of an active shooter. Ricardo Joseph Campbell allegedly entered that school and started making threatens statements there. Witnesses tell us he apparently took off some clothes as he left the scene. Police latne lear the suspects grill lighter was mistaken for a gun and the school day was already over there but there was a small group of children in the building f an afterschool program. No one hurt and campbell later placed in custody. Today marks eight days since the shooting massacre at virginia beachs Municipal Building and al surviva story may play into the handsof governor ralph northam. He set july 9th for the day for a special session of the general assembly. A worker inside the building said the shots did not sound like a gun that likely delayed people from running for cover. The shooter was using a silencer, as we know. The legality of silencers likely is among ts ies to be considered at the special session along with universal background checks and ban on assault rifles. Republican lears tell news 4th say have their own ideas about gun violence and will enter that ate session and guniolence awareness day. A look last night. All lit up at 9 00 rang the bell more than 100 times in memory of lyam ien wrica our country. Ra wear oe started in memory of a 15yearold chicago girl gunned down a week after performingn president obamas second inaugural parade. We now know what caused thiv ma geyser to open up at a parking lot in gaithersburg on thursday. Old pike said to be responsible. The water main likely broke w l becauses wear and tear. A them to deemed unsafe and likely a total loss. We ape exriencing trauma, i guess. My kids as well. You know . For kids, especially, very traumatic experience. Nobody hurt in the incident. The red cross is helping the families who have been displaced. Theyre also getting help. Insurance claims and the process there. 6 09 on this saturday morning. Virginia is celebrating half a century of its history behind itsic ic slogan. Well see how the commonwealth is showing even after 50 years virginia is still for lovers, of course. Course. Thats ne on news4 today. Xt when crabe stronger. Strong, with new nicorette coated ice mint. Layered with flavor. Its the firstnend only coated nicoti lozenge. For an amazing taste. That outlasts your craving. New nicorette ice mint. Welcome back. This summer mark as big anniversary for an iconic phrase in virgia, the summer of love tour making its way through the commonwealth marking the 50th anniversary that virginia is for lovers. We call ut withurthe to at its first stop in loudoun county. Reporter first stop on the summer of lo tour tidy hillsborough known as hillsborough in the gap situated in the gap of the mountains. Only 100 people call the town home with its old stone schoolhouse that was once one of the firstublic schools in town. W no serving as town hall and the first venue of the 50th Anniversary Tour of theic nic virginia is for lovers ad campaign. One of the most successful in hirory. And you invited to a woodstockthemed party here. We think hillsborough is the Perfect Place to start because it combines so many of the fabulous ingredients that make virginia for lovers. Reporter forever in love eted in brick Pavement Outside city hall. It was lust at first sight. Reporter married 50plus years, their love fills every room of this historic home thats right on the main street filled with 18th and 19th century architecture. After 55 years, i love what you do, i love what you are. Oguess thats love. Its more than lust now. Its so much were together. Were one person. Were best iends. Ah, sweet. Today at noon, a first in the area opening in the area,lost boy sider. Six on tap all made from virginia apples and dont have the sugar the cmercial products have. Our focus is to make sure that you taste every single ingredient we actually use. Just the true, raw, freshest form of tt ingredients. We are limited to 79 people in this space. So were expecting a big cifwd. You come and we cant let you in, get to the counter, gab a togo can or bring your crawler and well fill for you and come back later when were not so busy. Cool. The grand opening continues tomorrow. Also, we putore information about this place in the nbc washington app. Search cider. But if beer is more your style, crack open good one for a good cause. Third year in a row brewing a pride pilsner. Saying more than 28,000 cans are made available at more than 100 stores and restaurants. All that money raised will benefit the Foundation Run by the washington blade as well as the smile foundation, which supports and mentors young lgbtq advocates and leaders. We, of course, put a list of the places you can buy e special brew in the nbc washington app. A lot of information thre today and all the capital pride information as well. Just search capital pride in our app. Whats the weather going to be like for the pride parade today . Hih clouds out there today. Will the sunshine peek through and how hot will it get . Ketts has the answer to all of these questions when weome back. C were the slowskys. We like drip coffee, layovers and waiting on hold. What we dont like is relying on fancy technology for help. Snail mail we were invited to a y2k party. Uh, didnt that happ . , like, 20 years ago oh, look, karolyn, weve got a mathematician on our hands check it outw you can schedule a callback or reschedule an appointment, even on nights and weekends. Todays xfinity service. Simple. Easy. Awesome. Id rather not. Welcome back this morning nbc 4 is sponsoring the purple stride walk for pancreatic cancer and will have a team walking the 5k course. It starts at 8 00 at freedom plaza. And read how to do that on our washington app. Some of you know our colleague joe has been fighting pancreatic almost t years. Es at the event today and talked to news 4s Barbara Harrison about hisreatment and how hes doing now. How are you . I got your breakfast here. Good. Its great. Reporter its prep for another scan and joe krebsnt uing battle against pancreatic cancer. Next stop the hospitals Infusion Center where he and his wife mary lynn are well acquainted with the staff. All right. Pep breath. Reporter thisart was easier than the bitter pill our former news 4 colleague had to swallow two years ago when he first learned what he thought was a stomach flu was acally a foreboding diagnosis of perhaps the worlds most feared cancer. Almost everybody who gets diagnosed with pancreatic cancer still today is actually dieing of the disease. There are very few people we actually cure of the disease. Reporter the scan will determine if radiation treatment continued to work to sto the metastases that spread beyond the pancreas. Joe says this is the easy part. Its hard not to secondguess the outcome. They are hopeful to get good news this time because the doctor hadnt called. One time when the news wasnt so good he calmed immediately after the scan to let him mow what was showing. But this pass time he textedthat in itself is good. You know, every time a scan comes along, its a moment of truth. So its like i covered during my career a lot of trials. Its like waiting for the jury to come back with the verdict. There is incredible tension inou the crtroom when that jury walks back in to the room, beuseyou dont know what theyre going s ay. Good to see you. Officially good to see you. Reporter sounded good, butwo what uld the scan show. These are your lungs. He reporter pointed out an area that could have suffered injury. Every time we radiate we risk damaging part of your lung. Reporter the hope and prayer that these scans continue to g bringd news. I hope so. Reporter meanwhile, the krebs contue to plan for the future. Maybe a trip to alaska next year and before that a wedding for their daughter in the fall. Going to be a happy, happ occasion. Reporter and joe, asle lway is never lost for laughter. After the wedding, go out to the garden innd the back dig up the bucket to see if theres anymore money left. E, such a nice guy. Eerbara spoke with joe again whos fng great and wont need another scan until july and what comes after is be decided. All and all in news on joe is great today. Love hearing that and whats goingm on with hifor sure. Yep. Another good thing going on. The pride parade. Everybody out there marching, i was hoping to get a little more tlor. Iried with the tie a little bit. At the pride parade they usually give you a bull horn but you ant really need bull horn. I know you and i project. Maybe you and i will bet the front of the pride parade. You want to walk with me . Youdi dnt go last year. You want to go up on the bus . Remember last year sohu mid, so hot. Oh, and just humidity. Oh. Ot that bad this year, and, in fact, its aautiful morning out there. Look at that sunrise. Yeah. Absolutely beautiful. And, again, were going to continue to see nice conditions throughout the day today. Dry today, t buten we got rain several days ahead. So, again, mostly dry through the day today. Scattered showers going into tonight, overnight and then get into sunday, monday, tuesday and pretty much throughout next week. Also waves of heavy rain and have to watch for flooding concerns but no rain out there right now. We are dr across the area. However, headed to the south, frontal system set up shop just to the south ofus. Thats why well continue to see rain showers down through southern virginia. So i do say our friends in fredericksburg, going out to culpepper and extreme southern neck, you have showers but i believe it will go to the south and take that rain wh. Temperatures now 60s to around 70 in d. C. Not a bad morning to wake up to visibilit aokay. Look going in terms of that. Headed into the upper 70s and oher 80s tay. Again, slight chance of rain to the north and then rain scoots in as we head into the overnight. Again, about 2 00 a. M. So really a lot of us are staying dry all throughout your saturday. Waves of rain through sunday. Well have some showers around for that monday morning commute and it lookslike that rain continues on monday as well. , nows we head into yr day tomorrow, the temperatures will be back in the 70s. Again, some of this rain could be strong at times and heavy at times. W have rain chances on monday. Then a chance on tuesday before we dry out on tuesday afternoon. Then weve got ather system coming our way for wednesday night into thursday and friday. So this week looking unsettd. Temperatures a little below normal, but next weekend, yeah, normal, but next weekend, yeah, next weekend looks normal, but next weekend, yeah, next weekend looks this is how driving should feele the techadvannissan leaf. The best selling electric vehicle of all time. The techthis is nissaneaf. Intelligent mobility. Hello. Whats going on . In the newsroom we dont have to hear much about story to know its from florida. I ddnt know whats. It wa kind of funny. A story about a raccoon known as hank williams. He loves the sun. Someone in another car shot a ideo of hank enjoying a niar cide and had to shoot video. Who has a raccoon as a pet . You might think the il not in florida. Of course not. You can own skunk, deer and bats. Of course you can. Cant wait to send this to my friends in florida. All right. Wow. No doubt youve seen this video but its not too good to show again. Got to show this. Thats 97arold tom rice skydivi into france forthe First Time Since dday and that was 75 years ago. Amazing. Incredibl no gunfire this time obviously but tom was glad to t the not jump at night. He made it to the ground safely that day and even after his parachute was shot d. It again. For this jump greeted with applause when he made it to the ground. He s therein honor of the soldiers who did not come home that day. Incredible. Nd thank himall veterans for their service. And the sunrise, absolutely gorgeous out there. Hues of pinks and oranges, looking beautifulright now. Any rain on the way . I dont know. Youre going to tell us. I am, coming back. I am, coming back. Stickaround for another t wo o here i go again on mywn goin down the only road ive ever known like a drifter i was born to walk alone youre a drifter . I thought you were kevins dad. Little bit of both. If you ride, you get it. Geico motorcycle. 15 minutes could save you 15 or more. Announcer news4 today starts now. 6 30 on this saturday morning. Good morning to you. Saturday so far. G a good start ookouirng orecast is l t brighty righo t now, but that cd take a rainy turn later this weekend, and when the rain comes in theres one person that we blame. No. I mean honestly, we could use a little rain. We could. Yeah. We could get rain around here but unfortunate several days of rain, it looks like. Yeah. Oh. Looks like Flooding Issues heading into this workweek, this upcoming workweek. Something were watching closely, of course. Have your umbr la close toyou. I dont think youll need it today but you will overnight toroght and certainly thh the day tomorrow to start off your workweek also. Its not that bad of a morning out there. Dhumidity, not too ba either, a little on the breezy side out there today. Mo re clouds than sunshine out there today, but will s a few pops of sun especially north of d. C. A better chance. Also seeing rain. Just to theut soh. South of d. C. , a small chance of seeing rain showers, i think right around d. C. We will be dry but a frontal system draped over the south is keeping rain chances through southern virginia. Northern neck extreme in the case of maryland, fredericksburg, outside the s n shenandoah valley, a chance of rain. That will sag to the south a little more. Temperatures now around 70 degrees. Again, the wind picks up continuing through the morning. Breezy out there today but all in all, not too bad. Im Melissa Mollet with a look at your first 4 traffic and roads. A lot of things happening especially in d. C. Heres whatsgoing on. First of all on saturday, purple stride walk to end pancreatic cancer. In honor of our former coworker joe krebs battling pancreatic cancer right now. Starts around n8 00 o the plaza saturday morning stretching along pennsylvania avenue, independence and third streets and other closures you can find it all in the nbc washington app. 2019 capital pride parade kicks off at n4 30 saturday starts at 21st and peek ends at 14th and arc. A lot of closus along that route. The festival is at noon. Some roads closed from saturday until monday morning. N n sunday for the festival out there as well. Actually theennsylvania avenue, constitution, third, fourth and fifth s