First week ofjuly. And its dry out there right now. Beautiful sunrise the sun coming up at 5 48t jus in 47 minutes well see that sunome up over the horizon. 4 degrees is yourmperature right now. Winds out of thet. Southwes so as long as youre staying out of the south, we continue with the influx of humidity. The heat index will be right around 100 degrees by this afternoos temperaturese into the low to mid 90s. 9 00 a. M. Those temperatures will be in the low 80s. It will be a very warm, hot day once again. Seei a few sprinkles up in western maryland. For the most part were dry this morning. Ntm watching this piece of Energy Moving i West Virginia. You can see how its weakening moving overst the ate line. More rain tftis noon. Lets talk traffic with melissa. Tod morning, melissa. Good morning you. Taking a look right now one closure this morning. Were talking about capital heights, aon road near ronald road, all traffic stopped both directions because of that accident. Fairfax old lee highway near rebel run, downed trees and power lines. 66 into town and out of town and 95 northbound and southbound you can see we dont have any problems. Inner loop, outer lo of the beltway, earlier road work has cleared so nothing in your way there. Northbound 270 after f hurley boulevard we have the center of the roadblocked by a work zone, milling and paving project. The work zone is goneut we still have pretty uneven rough pavement for you. Just a warning if youre headed northbound out of town today, eun . Thank you, melissa. The country is getting ready to celebrate tomorrow will likely be the busiest Independence Day in d. C. That any of us can remember. It will include pbs annual capital fourth, dress rehearsal will begin in a couple of hours and Megan Mcgrath will give us a preview in a few minutes. The biggest headline will come with the president s salute. New cell phone video showing military tanks that will be on display. Check out this video,ho this sws those tanks in place at the lincoln memorial. Tomorrows program will include 24 different aircraft representing each branch of the military. President trump will make a 20 minute speech at the lincoln memo tal. All of events will be open to the public and there is a ticketed section reserved fort vipshe memorial. There will also be protests tomorrow. News 4 learned that the National Park service approved a permit for a baby trump balloon. That balloon can be near the washington monumentro f 4 00 a. M. Until 9 00 p. M. Tomorrow. Well, we live in one of the best places to spend the ourth ofjuly, the festivities will include the 39th annual cital fourth concert. As we mentioned the dress rehearsal for that big show is scheduled for tonight. Ne 4egan mcgrath is live on the National Mall with what you need to know before you head down there. Megan, fingers crossed the weather will hold out. Reporter eah. W hopeful, but there is rain in the forecast. So thats one of the things that people will have to be prepared for. The other thing is all of the security. In fact f you look behind me here, you can already see the evidence of it. Here. Ve a temporary fence if you pan over, you can see the stage thats been set up here on the grounds of the u. S. Capitol, this of course, i an annual tradition here in washington. The july 4th concert. John stamos is hosting again this year. Grammy winner col king is among the performers. Take a look at some video here from one of the concertsrom a previous year. This show is going g to under way tomorrow at 8 00. So 8 00 on the fourth of july, but if you dont want to deal with all the crowds, all of the logistics tomorrow, you do have an opportunity to check out the show today. Theres a dress rehearsal happening tonight. Its free and it is open to the public. Now, it gets under way at 8 00. Gates open at 3 00, so you can come early to gab your spot. Keep in mind, youre going to have toh pass througcurity even for the dress rehearsal. Now prohibited items, some of the ones you might not be thinking about include glass bottles, bikes and motorized scooters youre not going to be able to bring them intohe secure zone. No big umbrellas. So umbrellas over 36 inches. However, if youve got one thats smaller t nthat, under 36 inches, thats okay. You can bring it. Lso n duffel bags or suitcases allowed in theperimeter. Now, there are entrances on the north side of the Capitol Square thats at third and penn. On the south side theres going to be an entrance, Security Check point at third and maryland venue. Now, lots of different performances, all kinds of genres and different kinds of music. Something for everyone. Well have a little bit more coming in the show. But, yeah, you mentioned the weather, aaron, coming in here. Yeah, we have our fiers crossed, but there is the chance of rain. Of course if we have bad weather, they will clear the area if theres lightning. Were just hoping that doesnt happen. Back to you. Megan, thanks. 5 05 now. A more than Million People from our region are expected to uly, and r fourth of that means crowded roads. News 4 justin finch picks up our Team Coverage now live along route 50. Justin, good morning. Hows it going . Reporter hey there, eun, aaron, good morning. Thats right. Ee holiday wkend means a lot of travel and also busy roads as well. Were looking right now at eastbound route 50, which i five miles from the beach and the bridge. And looking right now, as you can see, just us and a few trucks out here. At thats whhappens when youre able to leave early. So if you can, i would advise you do that because as the days wear on, we get closer to the fourth and the weekend. Youll see some backups. Lets have a habreakdown of w we know so far. As you mentioned, more than a Million People are expected to travel from the d. C. Area this fourth of july weekend, thats up 4 from last year. And most, as always, are going to drive perhaps due in part because gas prices on avere e lose to 20 cents cheaper from last year. Your busiest day here might surprise you, going to be sunday morning between 10 30 a. M. And 12 00 p. M. You could start seeing backups as early as 9 00 a. M. Sunday on wnrthbound 95 with speeds dropping do to 28 Miles Per Hour. Then again on southbound 95 starting at 10 00 a. M. With speeds dropping to 39 Miles Per Hour on average here. Your trouble spots here no surprise going to be the beltway. 270 and route 50. As we come back out here live, we are seeing the police out here as well stopping people, but also again, pretty clear and open roads, but notice, too, if youre flying into or out of agan national onhe fourth of july, keep this in mind, the faa will have a ground stoppage of air traffic betw 6 15 and 7 45 p. M. And 9 00 and 9 45 p. M. For that military jet flyover as well as fireworks. Big change this yr ar foe fourth of july for air travel, too, as well. Were live reporting on route 50 im justin finch, news 4. Back inside to you. Justin, thank you. Eight minutes after the hour now and the battle to get president trumps tax returns is heating up. The house waysndeans committee is now suing the Treasury Department and the irs. The lawsuit alleges the administration defied a congressional subpoena to hand over six years of trump financial records. In may, treasury sec stair steve the in told the committe request lacks legitimate legislative purpose. He president maintains he cannot releasehis documents because hes under an irs audit. Tens of thousands of people protested tside of migran Detention Centers across the country, calling for their cl sure. This comes as newly released pictures from the Inspector General show the extent of senior managers at several facilities have raised security concerns. One manager described the situation as a,quo ticking time bomb. The Border Patrol says it is facing an unprecedented surge of migrants being apprehended. There were 144,000 in may. Thats the highest monthly total in 13 years. Those undocumented immigrants are the people these white hou. S. Ed to identify in the lensus but the Trump Administration move forward with printing the 20 census forms without theal controversi citizenship question. The suprem court ruled last abouthe census cannot a ship. Sons citiz the president considered delaying carrying out the census in an attempt to include that equestion. Thonstitution mandates the governor conduct the census every ten years. We are working for you to find out why Vice President mike pences trip to New Hampshire was ccelled. Pence was supposed to travel there yesterday to talk about the opioid crisis. T his plane nk off and he returned to the white house to meet with president trump. The white house says the Vice President needed to be in d. C. , adding there is no cause for alarm. Another setback for the Worlds Largest aerospace company, boeing 737 max jet will be grounded for longer than expected because of a new safety concern. The problem was discovered last week. Southwest airlines hoped to bring flights back october 1st, but now says cancellations willp continuet that date. American and united havegr unded max 8 jets through at emast early septber. This morning a neighborhood son edgen after three m were shot in two separate locations in Fairfax Count Police officers found a man shot in a parkin lot on telegraph road yesterday afternoon. Minutes lat a they rece call for another shooting on james drive just a coue miles away. Two other men were found shot at the second scene. All theteictims are expecd to survive. Right now police are trying to figure out whether these shootngs are gang related meanwhile, we learned a deadlyshooting inside a Pentagon City parking garageas an act of self defense. Arlington county polic now say the man who was shot and killed was trying to rob another ma olice say the suspect pulled out a gun and tried to steal the victim cell phoneinside a garage on Army Navy Drive on monday. The victim fought back and during the struggle the gun went off and hit the suspect. Police say he died at the hospital. His name has not been elreased. A community is callingfor change after Prince Georges County police cosed dzens of people on dirt bikes and atv from maryland into the district. If you look at some of the video here, you can seerince georges county Police Officers weaving through traffic, trying to catch these people who are driving atvs illegally on public roadways. One officer crashed into a chain link fence. The riders we able to get away. It happened on saturday in southeast d. C. Along southern avenue. D. C. Community leaders are upset. We have another Police Department coming into our neighborhood doing something that we would not expect from mpd to do, its a problem. Prince georges county Police Released a statement saying, quote, it is not pgpd policy to meet reckless behavior with eckless behavior. The Department Says the chase was a violation ofdepartment policy and did not say whether the officers would be disciplinedn an icoof the Automobile Industry and one of the countrys highest profile executives has died. Lee iacocca passed away yesterday at his California Home as a ford Marketing Executive in the 60s, he helped launch the mustang. Then in the 80s, as a ceo of chrysler, he rescued the company from near bankruptcy. Ed iacocca di from natural buses. His funeral will held on july 10th in michigan. 5 12 our time right now. Still ahead, businesses that rely on metro crowds are feeling the pinch during the summer shutdown. How theyre getting by while the major work continues. And your grill could be more dangerous than the fireworks if youre not careful. Some helpful safety tips before you fire up that grill for the fourth of july. Thats next onews 4 today. Lauren . Well, were heating up once again and once aain were going to have that chance of storms. Average temperature 88 degrees. But look at this, those temperatures above normal plus wetyave the humidi going to feel closer to 100 degrees. Listen, lets time out those ms stor. We have them today. A lot of things going on announcer youre watchingew ns 4 today. Welcome back. Some packaged vegetables are being recalled wination because of possible listerial contamination including butternut squash, cauliflower and zucchini. Most of the affecteds product have a best if used by date of july 26 to the the 29th. If you have any of these packaged vege obles get rid them immediately or return them to the store for a refund. If you love maryland blue crabs, this story will make you happy. A new report shows the blue crab population in the Chesapeake Bay is booming. The annual blue crab advisory report shows its up 60 from last year. Source managers attribute part of that increase the waters not being overfished. Other factors include responsible harvesting of female blue crabs for the past ten ti consecu years and cleaner water. The report helps scientists set bluecrab fishing regulations. Summer is not summer if you havent had blue crab. Load up this summer, right . I cant wait. You dont understand. Two, three more weeks. Imagine no wait for a table atau rent or no trouble getting a reservation. Metros summer shutdown of the rail system in virginia has made that a rlity in alexandria. Some Business Owners arent happy about it. News 4 drew wilder dropped in some well known hot spots that have gone cold. Repter inside one of old towns staple restaurants the same Delicious Food thats brought people in for years but this summer theyre not coming in. Eve seen a stagnant dropoff, a sharp dropoff. Reporter it dropped off when ontro shut downhe kinig at to king street,s on it cut their lifeline. We always joke about how its right across the bridge but when it comes down to the metro not being there, that bridge feels like it might as well be miles away. Reporter they conducted a survey of local businesses three weeks after the station shutdown. Why would we take the pulse three weeks in, righ we didnt want to know about it after the fact, in the so there were still adjustments to make. On reporter theyll csider adjustments now because the survey finds 4 and 10 businesses are losing money. The closer you get to the metro station, the worse it gets. As you can see, there is a on buffet and i dt have a single guest sitting in the building. Reporter he says his restaurant has taken a 30 to 40 hit. He and the others will have to dure because this shutdown just started. Blue and Yellow Line Service swont flow through kineet again until september 9th at the earliest. Ef until then, we should be able to survive, hopully. Hopefully. Hope is the word. Reporter reporting in old town alexandria, drew wilder, news 4. That would be a shame if they couldnt come back because of ctros issues. Hope they bounce back quickly once the shutdown is over. A lot of folks will be grilling for the fourth of july. His morning were working f you with some food safety warnings you need to know about before you fire up the grill. Le four simp rules from the sda, clean,separate, cook and chill. Wash your hands frequently while coolyng especial if youre ndling raw meat and keep that meat away from cooked foo whe it comes to cooking, make sure its done properly, especially with these hot temperatures. Bacteria grows more quickly with warmer temperatures. Generally see a spark in the number of foodborne illnesses like salmonella or e. Coli during the summer mons. We want our burgers to be cooked to 160 degrees internally and we want you to use a food thermometer. Finally, the usda says any leftovers should be refrigerated within an hour. I love fourth of july. I do too. Cant wait. Hot dogs, hamburgers, all o that. All of that stuff inside this year. Exactly. One because it will be so hot. When its frth of july and not muggy . D also we have storms out there. I mean, yesterday we had those storms. Today 60 chance. Tomorr 60 chance unfortunately. Look at that sunrise, 30 minutes before the official sunrise in d. C. Official sunrise is at 5 48. Youll walk out to s ame fog dampness definitely because of that rain that we had overnight. Temperatures out there right now in the 60s and s. Yeah, were weather alert out there. Youre seeing that because of the chance for some scattered showers and thderstorms later on this afternoon. Its going to be hot. By the early morning, 9, 10 00, thngse temperatures pushi into the 80s. Well top out low to mid 90s th that heat index around 90 degrees. If youre headed to the beach, just know today not too bad. Its going to be muggy there as well. Temperatures in the 80s for your thursday, friday, saturday, maryland and delaware behes each hold a small chance of rain, better chances of rain as you head into the weekend with some stormyns conditio but fourth of july may be all right at the beaches later on. Again, as far as were looking at radar, few sprinkles up through western maryland. Im watching this little disturbance coming into West Virginia right now. Its weakening as its moving over. There could be a shower in the shenandoah valley, for the mos art a lot of that will dissipate as it moves to the east. Now 2 00 p. M. , were stillry but after 2 00 p. M. , yeah, here we go, start to see some of those storms develop and theyll continue to push down to the south and east, damaging winds, heavyou downp all being primary threats. Now, fourth of july planner, youre going to start off very similar to this morning with s temperature the 70s. And its going to be mild and muggy, damp once again. Some fog othere. But as we go through the afternoon, better chance of scattered showers and thunderstorms after 2 or 3 again and well keep that chance as we continue into the late evening. So fireworks,