Beltway so that is complicating things as well. This was a deadly pedestrian hit and run that happened at about 11 30 last night. Not a lot of information about why the pedestrian wasown there on the parkway at that hour. And not any information on the triking vehicle. All we canll you is that the driver did not stop and they are looking for that person. If you normally travel through this area, expect delays at wleast for a le. This was closed for quite a bit of time here this morning. Whenever that happens you have residual delays even when things open back up so keep that in mind. With more on the traffic, here is jack. Timing is all its about the timing. We show your live shot of the lanes opening on the southbound bw parkway back to boueds mill. Crash heading tard kenilworth avenue that has been over on the shoulder. We bope that will clead as well. We had some active in virginia going south on 28 toward a oll road in sterling. The work zone still there but blocking just the left lane. At one point only a single lane getting by. Canal road south of chain bridge a vehicle off the roadway and in the wood line. T backo you. Jack, thank you. A bu morning in your first 4 traffic. Lets check in with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bem. Heat wave is under way. Yesterday two in a row. Today three in a row. 90 or higher. Already plenty more thithmorning wiemperatures in the mid70s around town. Humidity still in check for today. But the humidity really starts to return tomorrow with a return of a southerly breeze and sizzling hot weather and much more hot weather to come. Temperatures this morning we are starting off a couple of degrees warmer than yesterday. So wehould end up a little warmer this afternoon. We topped at 91 yesterday and forecasting 93 today. Right nowt is 77 in washington. 70 leesburg and 69 degrees in stafford and 70 uppero. Marlb 93 the expected high today with plenty of sunshine. Any chances for wane . We will update that with your future weaer coming up. The first ten Democratic Candidates turned up the heat last night in miami. Two hours of plans,promises and policy kicked off the first major test of decision 2020. Tonight, ten more candidates will make their cases as they try to turn the white house blue. Aaron gilchrist is in south therida with highlights from spin zone. E reporter wsaw very fiery first debate for the democrats here. I talked to the head of the Dnc Tom Perez and he said we saw last night what exactly what he would expect. Heated exchange between folks who are friendly and friends and a discussion about ideas to see which ideas would rise to the top. One of the highlights i think of the evening was the conversation around immigration in particulaot obviously lof other issues were brought up and lots of heated exchanges about them. The immigration conversation lasted a lontime and i think news of the day actually influenced some of the conven. Ation around immigratio you may remember yesterday, we saw the image that photo of the father and his young daughter who died trying to cross the river into the United States. Listen to some of the exchange that was had last ght among the candidates on the stage. Day one, i will make sure that, number e, we end the ice policies and cust and border policies violating the human rights. The way we used to treat this when somebody across thborder not to criminalize desperation, to treat that as a civil violation. A for of the american citizens out there who feel g youre fallinbehind and feel the American Dream is not working for you, the immigidnts dt do that to you. Reporter you should expect immigration a big crsation tonight. Ten new candidates taking the stage and the center of the stage is joe biden and bernie ertrndngs yi to make their g aaronilchrist, news4. A lot of talk last night about the future of, our health w much you need and who will pay for it. In about 30 minutes, we wiow show you h the candidates tried to set themselves apart from one another on one of the biggest issues our country faces. Social media was buzzing about the debate, especially the the moments when the candidaims answered migration questions in spanish. Twitter lit up when Elizabeth Warren was asked if she had a plan to deal and she said, i do. Audio problems plagued the part second hour. President trump watched the debate while on his way to the g20 summit. He tweeted it was boring president s tweet came as the candidates on the debate stage were asked about the crisis at the southern u. S. Border involving migrant children. Our coverage does not end here. Aaron will continue working for you with live reports from miami 9 d you can watch the second debate tonight at 00 right here on news4. 6 06 is your time this thursday morning. A heartbroken mother talkso about the ss of her daughter after a deadly crash on the bw parkway thiweek. 27yearold Brittany Burks was sitting in her suv when a car d slammeinto her and kill her at the scene. She was a Howard University student and studying to be dentist. Her family remembers her as a sweet person with a good spirit. Of the house at dark. Been out atold her ime, mom, something going to happen. My own child, im devastated. Police say Darnell Bassett hit burks. He was on the run monday night when his vehicle rearended bur burks. Bassett is being held in jail. This morning,mma school coity is mourning the loss of a special educator who had a special connection to his students. Jonathan kite was the assistant principal in ashburn and one of two people who died a headon crash in page county after k leaving wor monday. Kite was known for his hard rk and his ability to have fun and his crazy socks. School leaders say he was a rising star in Loudoun County schools. To say its a shock is a huge understatement. He is extraordinary and just brought love, which is really the only thing that ltmatters and everybody fehat from him. Kite had been with Loudoun County schools since 2011. Administrators and staff were talking about what they can do to honor kites legacy when students return in the fallvi now to deo youll only see on news4 today. A scooter rider lucky to be alive after a collision with a car. Take a look at it again. The scooter rider went into the path of a car and flipped over the hood and on to the pavement there. Tha acar was turning into private parking lot on woodmont avenue in bethesda. That rider is a woman. She was rushed to the hospital i and poce say because so many scooter riders dont wear elmets, she is lucky she wasnt killed. Today, Supreme Court will release final decisions before a long summer break including a decision on a high gerrymandering case. Th is involves sixth district that stretches from Montgomery County to western maryland. Judges said democratic officialu unconstionally drew the diricts boundaries with a goal of public influence. De the cratic attorney general appealed that decision to Supreme Court in december. The court will have major implications how far map makers can go so far as. Olitical da , the metro board is expected to address the scandal t jack evans for the first time in open sessionay. Meanwhile, evans wants the public to keep an open mind and wait for his side the story. He was asked if he was being treated fairly. The councilman paraphrased the line from the godfather movie. This is the profession ive chosen, so whether its fair or not fair, who knows but i want an opportunity to be able to address some of the concerns that people have raised. Evans is expected to make a a statement todays meeting. He says he plans to resign from the board after its ethics investigation. He does remain a d. C. Councilmember. The democrats winning streak on the baseball dnumond conti. They beat the Republican Team last night 157 at nats park for the congressional baseball game. The annual game has taken on added significance beyond just putting a side aside partisanship. S Steve Scalise a few yeao was nearly killed while practicing for the game. D was back on the field last night and scorea run. The game raises money for local charities. Nice to see them come together for a good cause. There is a new addition to the zoo. Take a look at this red panda cub. E we arst now seeing the cub. The national zoo says the cub and mom moonlight are ing ell. We are told moonlight has been nursing and grooming her cub. The couple stay with moonlight until its one year 8 months d and hopefully we get to visit the bab at the zoo. The number of red pandas living in the wi has gne down. The good work they are doing over there. Next on news4 today, we are working for your money this morning. Are you paying too much for chicken . There is a new investigation into allegations poultry es compani are ripping you off. Plus, which Fast Food Restaurant d your kids ask to visit the most . Think about it during the break and we will tell you how your choice stacks up to other families. Chuck . We are getting closer to the weeend. If youre beachbound for ocean city, or delaware or beth thee beach, temperatures in the d80s at the beaches on friday ndd 90 at the beaches with offshore wind a increasing rain chances coming up on sunday. What if youre staying here at home for the weend . Ll share thati if you plan to watch t fireworks in d. C. Next weekend get ready for a show that is promising to be sething youve never seen before in our region. Our news partner at wpoteport is is set to be the largest everonin the natis capital. Two of the countrys biggest donate ks firms will equipment w and personnelorth 750,000. They are set to be launched frop west potomack a little after 9 00 p. M. For a fullduide of the ifferent events and street closures happening on independence d check out our washington app and search fourth of july. A details about a federal investigation that could be impacting your familys food budget. The department of justice is investigating allegons that top chicken producers are illegally fixing prices, production and sharing data. The allegation date back to 2008 and involve more than a Dozen Companies including tyson, some of those include pilgrims pride and sanders and farms. Those three deny the allegations. Starting next week, restaurants id. C. Could be ned hundreds of dollars for giving you a plastic straw. They report the friendly straws is ending. They will start issuing fines. Restaurants are required toeep some Plastic Straws on hand for customers with disabilities. This morning, we are working for your money. Tnew Research Shows ibecoming harder to afford a home in the United States despite a booming economy. According to data solutions, the average person cannot afford a medium priced homes that cost about 255,000. They found that to be less expensive than historical average. Chickfila is americas favorite burger restaurant. That is the word from nearly 23,000 customers o filled out a survey. Chickfila scored 86 out of 100 points. Second pleae . Panera brd. Among burger chains, mcdonalds came in last place. Anera got second place in the burger lineup . I think the chickfla slogan eat more chicken is ckiarly w. I see more commercials. I see more. Two incredible pieceo of vido show you at 6 16. A car smashing through glass hittie a group of people insid a florida business. One person was trapped underneath the car, another was pinned to the car. All of them are expected to be okay. The driver told investigators she meant to hit the brake but ressed the gas pedal instead. Police say she will not face any charges. This rrifying moment caught on camera. A teenager was able to catch that toddler who fell from a second floor window in turkey. The baby is just 2 years old. The 2yearold girl survived without any injuries. Local media says the toddler approached the open window of the apartment while her mother was cooking in the kitchen. That is incredible. Heart stopping to t watt. Yes. Thank goodness he was there when he was and saw her. What if he was looking up . Wow. Its 6 17 and our storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell is here with more on the heat wave we are today is day number three in a row above 90. Three da a row is a heat wave above 90. Hottest time of the year statistically doesnt come until the end of july so we have a long way to go. Long way to go. City camera this morning looking toward capitol hill. Sun came up before 6 00 a. M. This morng and its another hot one. June will finish up warmer and wetter than average. Today i wthe 27th sohave today, tomorrow, saturday and sunday to go. Every day the next couple will be above so we will pad that lead a little bit above average or half a degree up for the month and end up probably a little more than one full degree. Rainfall, we have had a wet june and wet year again after we set the alltime record for rainiest year here last year. 70 now in leesburg. 70 frerick, maryland. 70 in hagerstown. Here is your planner for today. Rain chances remain really low for today as the air still super dry. Very polluted. Smallof chances rain 20 to ir 30 friday and saturday. All dry across the region right now. Any chances for rain i think confined towards harrisonburg and charlottesville. That should stay away from the d. C. Metro area but if youre traveling that area, might runi a stray drop or two. You can use the interactive radar feature on our nbc washington app. A chance tomorrow around the d. C. Metro area tomorrow during the afternoon as daytime heating peaks. We are in the mid90s. Dont count on rain but a possibility ofit. Best chance comes up on sunday. That will be a cool front coming on through here. Behi itower humidity and t of the he only day o next five that doesnt make 90 degrees will be monday. Always cool and comfortable in chopper 4. Tragedy struck on he southbound side of the bw parkway late last night just before midnight. A pedestrian was struck and killed here on the southbound side of 295 coming over the 495 beltway. W that was about a sixhour closure into this mornings rush hour. The lanes just reopened and we are still dealing with somewhat of a backup south of 197 laurel bowie road. And all lanes are open on the beltway and the bw parkway, so conditions continue to improve. I no longer recommend 95 if you dont usually use it. The bw parkway should be cleary for if youre heading out the door shortly. Also got an issue o for that we go to jack taylor in the wpot traffic center. It is ovehicle off the road n the wood line in this area. Youll also find we had activity out in sterling. 28 southbound btween sterling and left lane blocked and two lanes getting by but very slow still. Next on4 newstoday, a boy fing ago rare disease refuses it eato et l we take you to joint bas andrews and introduce you to the militarys newest pilot. This afternoon, ellen welcomes David Letterman and r am sandle welcome back. A 13yearold is flying on cloud nine. Erday, he received a special honor. He became a pilot for e day at joint base andrews. On joint base andrews, drew reporter inside joint base andrews, a boy lives out his dream. Swearing in 13yearold oryan jolly off to be a pilot for the day. First, a little training in the same simulator the air force trains with. Good. Sehow excited he is . Its awesome. Reporter a few years ago, oryan developed a rare and terminal mital chondrial brain disease we cant wait to see my child smile and be able to sorry. Be able to do this, you kno because people dont realize what you have when you havit and we dont. Reporter which is why the nonprofit check six and colonel robert balzona selected oryan for the biannual pilot for a day program at andrews. We cant change what is happening with him and what the outcome is, but we can replace all of the bad memories with all of the good memories. You never know. It might help you. Reporter see those bracelets . Oryan makes those and sellat them and dones the money to the Childrens Hospital specifically to fund researh for his disease. I make them and i feel hope around the world. Reporter he will only be a Brigadier General for one day, but his service wl change es countless livorever. On joint base andrews, drew wilder, news4. Such a special young man. Wonderful to see him smiling. Ahead, coverage of the debate continues. We are looking at the how the candidates responded to questns over health care. , chuck, how is the weather . 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We know at least last night, just before midnight, a pedestrians hit by a vehicle that left the scene. Some lanes werel 00m. Lets s get right to jack taylo who is in for Melissa Mollet this morning with the latest. Reporter good morning. Live shot you caneend chopper 4 traffic looking so much better. Now we have traffic moving very well coming south of ft. Meade and green belt and heavy approaching the bw parkway. Slow traffic ride nothing green belt. An issue outbound on canal road chain bridge. Cleanup of a crash in theright lane. 28 sterling going southbound n work zone ihe left lane. Two right lanes getting by but still slow. Back to you. Storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell, its hazy out there already. Yeah. Poor air quality today. Codeorange. If you have heart or respiratory issues, limit your time outside and without that you may want to limit any strenuous activities to the early part of the day here this morning. Still another hot day today but not terribly humid yet. The humidity really starts to come back into the picture for tomorrow and over the weekend. One good thing that comes back with the humidity is a tiny chance for cooling rain showers. That wont happen a