We want to begin this morning with updates on two accidents that had major impacts on the morning commute. The first on the outer loop of the beltway. This is between university boulevard and New Hampshire nvga t. Clpd e thhcr leavasing morning commuters sitting in a six mile backup. Still no details on the victim or how the crash happened. And the other accident was also on the beltway. Chopper 4 on thecene on the inner loop just after connecticut avenue. E e there. You see a truck split open spilling bundles of magazines on to the road. The lays remain. No word yet on what caused this crash either. That is how it sounded and looked yesterday, mt. Airy was under a tornado warning. Peoplh waking up wit a big mess to clean up. You cane see on of yesterdays storms blowing right across the district. Severe weather being blamed for one deathn maryland. A tree fell on a home in carroll county, killing an 89yearold man inside. There are tree branches down ale across t area. Including right here in northwest washington. Our cameras got a look there, firefighrs in tenleytown overnight. Drivers all over the region had a tou time navigating the nasty rain. Today should be the start of much better weather. Who betr t ask about that weather than our very own lauren ricketts. The rain sticking around today, but the tem tours are going to drop. You can see our temperatures are in the 70s right now, were going to see w this coolather out there today. Average temperature for this time of year, 88 degrees, we are seeing those temperatures well belowormal for july standards, which is fine, because we spent a better part of last week above normal. You can see thatrain, the steady rain sking south of i66 in virginia, and really south and east of the beltway and i95. And a lot of earing, dry air trying to work its way in from the northwest to the soueast. You can see this front right here. All the way back down to south west and virginia, its all the way back down into north carolina, its eventually going to sink down to the south, well continue to watch it go that way. Weve already got a good amount of rain. Todays rain, just about anywhere from a quarter to half an inch of rain. Lets talk temperatures, when this rain will be out of here, even though the steady rain is moving out, showers and thunderstorms possible this afternoon. Well show you that coming up in 20 minutes. In the meantime this morning, a gesture ofod will for a family whos coping with tragedy. Ne an onli fundraiser has raised nearly 2,000 for rachel parkinsons family, she died this weekend while hiking in the intense heat in Montgomery County. The heat index that day was 106 when she collapsed. Parker son was fr a mother of three children. We are under attack. What are we going to do . People living in southeast washington walked against gun violence last night in the district. This comes afterour da of gunfire that killed seven people, including 11yearold caron brown. Police arrested tony mcclam for bkilling that young. According to charging documents, mcclam admitted to police that he fired his gun into that car in selfdefense. He said he didnt know the boy was in the car. Thats just one case from the very violent outbreak, and district leaders arer urging fo your help this morning. The mayor pleaded with the community to turn anone in w has an illegal gun, even if it means your relative could goto jail. Its better to be arrested for having a gun than for murdering a child. Call us. D. C. Police urge anyone withi informa about any of these recent shootings to give them a call. Today mary chase is trying to ban the sale of elephant ivory in thedistrict. This is her fourth attempt to do it since 2015. He says its encouraging the inhumane act of poaching the animals for their tusks. A news cference on this proposed bill just wrapped up, megan, good morning. Good mornin thats exactly right, Council Woman shay says d. C. Has been branded as the hu t for sale of ivory, which encourages the slaughter of these animals, thats something that she is trying to stop. I want to get to some video and show you inside that press conference, where chencil woman along with leaders of the Humane Society showed an undercover video of what theyre calling illegal activity in d. C. , local veors at antique shops, selling tusks inside their stores. Many pieces of ivory carved into pieces of statues, even jewelry. Kitty block is the president of the Humane Society of the united states, these sales or potential sales atlocal stores are t happening wihout any documentation to show when this ivory was created. Take a listen. This is to ban the domestic sale of ivory and rhino horns. Its got to stop, these anima are being slaughtered for their parts. The federal government has said this is unacceptable. Yet there isnt the strength within the district to stop the interstate sale ofhese products. Our investigators founvory all over the district. Reporter the Council Woman says she will introduce her bill again for the fourth time when they reconvene in september. Back to you. Megan fitzgerald joining us live, thank you, megan. Tomorrow is a big day on capitol hill. Former special Counsel Robert Mueller will be in the hot seat. Tracie pott reports, that the Trump Administration is trying tout the brakes on what mueller can say. Reporter new from the justice department, this letter tellg russias special counsele robrt mueller, any testimony must remain within the i boundar of your public report. No testimony concerning the redacted or blacked out portions of also off limits tomorrow, privileged information, decisions made during the ti investiga and any communication with the president. No, im not going to be watching, probably, maybe ill see a little bit of it. I think i the president s terrified. Mueller is set to spent five hours with the judiciary and intelligence committees talking about his report on Russian Election interference. It didct not in or clear President Trump on obstruction of justice. P muellersomise he wont say anything new. The report is my testimony. I would not provide information beyond that which is already public in 234i appearance before congress. Reporter docrats believe most americans havent read the 448 page report and will be shocked to hear the details. It will be important for ust go through that evidence of conspiracy, co because it is damning whether it can be prosecuted or not. N reporter while they disagree on hthat, theres somg democrats and republicans do agree on, your money and how washington needs to end it. President trump announcing a twoyear budget deal with congressional leaders that would also send the nations debt limit. Americas credit is about to max out. Thank u, tracie potts, well have live coverage starting tomorrow morning, can you tune in and watch it all right here on nbc 4. New York Firefighters in the meantime are in d. C. Today waiting on the senate. They want to make su the Victims Compensation fund related to the 9 11 attacks never runs out of money. Were going to have the latest on an important vote. Ai the informaton a judge wants released in connection to these massive protests in puerto these massive protests in puerto rico. Z3a5wz z16fz y3a5wy y16fy developing this morning, the associated p that a puerto rican judge has issued search warrants for the cell phones of governmentic offls involved in a leaked chat. In that chat, the governor is accused of making personal attacks on rival politicns, jokes about the victims of Hurricane Maria and an antigay slur directed at rickyn. Mar its all causing massive protests in the streets of san juan, as you can say here. He says he wont run for n, and is stepping down as the head of his political party. New this morning, Boris Johnson has been elected new conservative leader and will become the next u. K. Prime minister. The former mayor was chosen by party members. Thank you all very much for the incredib honor you have just done me. I will work flat out from now on with my team i will build in the next few days to repay your confidence. In the meantime, the campaign is over, and the work begins. Theresa may congratulated johnson and promised her full support. A 9 11 Compensation Fund is expected to pass in the senate today but not without controversy. Rand paul blocked it last week, he says lawmakers need to focus on the nations debt and any new spending should be offset by tting something else. Yesterday new york city firefighters blasted pauls decision. If he was so fiscally responsible he would have announced it before then instead of keeping it secret until the moments before senator gillibrand brought the vote up. Tn fund will out of money next year, once the bill passes, President Trump is expected to sign it next week. Thisweek, the news 4 i team is working for you. Highlighting specific, sometimes even dangerous concerns with air travel. A mothers near death experience on a flight back fr vacation is now raising serious questions here. Scott mcfarland the i team explain. A a womann a flight home from orlando says she nearly died aboard the airplane, because of what was circulating in the recycled air. Tric powell has a severe allergy to nuts. She says that didnt stop a Flight Attendant to serving nuts to other passengers. What runs through your mid . Oh, my god, oh, my god. Unable to breathe, she used her epipens d received oxygen, but stillt wennto anaphelactic shock. The crew went into an einrgency land the i team wanted to know how often these allergic aions happen on flights. The airlines wouldnt release internal figures. We even found members of congress who had difficulty getting answered. Mauninable that the airlines cant respond appropriately. Reporter tonight as partf our full news 4 report, what airlines are doing to protect passengers with severe allergies, and whys may impact more people than you think. At Reagan International airport, scott mcfarland, news 4 i team. Today former Supreme CourtJustice John Paul stevens is being buried in private funeral at Arlington National cemetery. Yesterday he lied in repose at the supremcourt. President trump and First Lady Melania Trump paid their respects. So did most of the Supreme Court justices, including elena okayingen who replaced stevens on the high court. He was a brilliant ma a who deep commitment to equal justice for all. Former d. C. Council chairman Sterling Tucker is lying in repose at the wilson building. You can pay yo respects until 3 00 this afternoon. T later served as hud assistant secretary underhen president ekmmy carter. He died last wet 95 years old. Its been arly 400 years since the firstta represenve ssembly was held in jamestown, virginia, next week the commonwealth wil pause to mark that occasion. President tru has been invited he may attend and that may keep some lawmakers from actually going. Our cory smith explains. Reporter nexteek marks the 400th anniversary of the assembly the new world. Is is the original deed that freed g myreat great great grandfather Simon Fairfax from slavery. It reminds me of thei ncredible journey not only my family has taken in virginia, but weve all taken and how hope can inspire us to be better to get through dark times. And i think we need a reminder of that now, more than ever. Thats why fairfax plans to attend next weeks celebration, even if President Trump shows up. Some of its democratic colleagues say theyll boycott any etrent president mp attends. The current president does not represent the values we would celebrate at the 400th anniversary of the oldest democratic body in the western world. We offer three words of advice, send him back. Too often we get caught up in social media mobs and justice and we dont really take a step back and think about, what is the Bigger Picture here. For vivian watts, that Bigger Picture is learning from the mistakes of the past. I only wish that President Trump could be there for the full three days. Republicans have seized on the difference of opinion. Todd gilbert called the boycott disappointing. And accused democrats of putting politics ahead of an historic occasion. This transcends politics. This isnot about him at all. This is about all of us and our collective journ and who we aspire to be. Cory smith, news 4. The morning rain is s wly clearing out of here. Good news. Lauren will let us know if we will see any sunshine today. Coming up next, a local man finds himself in a dangerous spot. And you may have his dogs to thank a man h pleaded guilty for raping and kidnapping two intellectually disabled women. He was a behavioral specialist at an organization thd provi therapeutic and Work Opportunities to disabled adults. Wh one case, the woman was unable to say assaulted her. In the second case, the woman identified him as her attacker. He faces up to life in prison. Sounds like something out of a movie. You get stuck in a quick sandke limud. Or my worst nightmare. Thats what happened to an 87yearold man yesterday at the Potomac River near the brook mont dam, he was trapped for an hour before Good Samaritans found him. What to do ifdyou fin yourself stuck in that situation. It looks like this man may be wearing long socks. Te aloser look, and thats actually mud. It shows you just how deep in he was trapped this afternoon, luckily his two dogs captain Eddie Russell with the Montgomery County fire department. He had waders on. Hes one of the people that t helped man get home safely. Ll russe says hes been mired in mud before too. Fo you dont realize when your shoe or feet be stuck, the more you move, the worse youre making it. What to doif you find yourself in that sticky situation . We dove in and got a look at the responders can use. Imagine this bucket of water is filed with mud. Her right boot is stuck in the mu firefighters woule take th two pipes and blow bubbles underneither. It breaks the suction and creates an air pocket betwe the mud and her boot. Its rare they have to use this type of tool, but they like to have it o hand just in case. Luckily the man who got stuck today is going to be just fine. Thanks to his four legged friends and soit good samars. This truly is a good story start to finish. In bethesda, amy cho, news 4. Very lucky. I dont know how i would react. They say youre not supposed to move. How could you just stay calm in that situation. When you get stuck in the snow, we have three feet of snow and you cant get out. Its the worst feeling ever. Your snow boots, they get you you know too. Ng. Listen, no snow today. 102 chance of no snow. Good. Well take that. Is the sun going to come out at all . G we mayet a few streaks of sui thats abot. Most of us are going to see the cloud cover throughout the day. The steady rain is pushing to the south and east riht now. But we are looking at some cloudy conditions out there, and you can also see weve g just a few raindrops out there as well. 72 degrees is our temperature. Oh, man that chilly compared to the last couple days, now, heres your weather question, is it going to rain the rest of the ray . No, steady is moving out. We will have an isolated chance of a shower or storm continuing through the rest of the day. Is the humidity am coulding back . No. Maybe this weekend youll feel an uptick in humidity, but not as oppressive as it was the last several days. That will be much better for that morning commute,y,hopefull do we heat back up . Looks like the temperatures will go back to seasonal temperatures for this time of year,per 80s, so again, well head back into that direction. But were not going to have that added humidity. Look at our 24 hour temperature change. It is chilly out there compared to yesterday. Yesterday we made it up to 96 degrees, and with the humidity, it felt about 4,10 105 out there. Current temperatures out there right now, can you see we in the s, 74 is the warm spot. The afternoon planner, were headed into the mid to upper 70s foi daytime hs today. The steady rain will continue through the south, maybe a storm or an isolated shower for the us. T of were drying out as we continue through about 6 00, 7 00, listen, if youre headed out to union market. Come see me, im playing at the Castle Charity tournament. Well have a Little Information on that, its maybe a stray shower. Im going to keep my fingers crossed that well get to play on the roof there. Its the charity tournament, come out and say hi, were going to be out there. As far as what were talking about right now, rain pushing through the area. This is all with a cold front that continues to sag to the south. We did get a good deal of rain yesterday, and today, weve seen a quarter inch of rain in some l spots,s time out the rain, it looks like its going to end this afternoon, i cant wait to show you this ten day forecast, it looks spectacular. Let me show you that coming up in a few minutes. The 2020 olympics are a year away. Coming up, though, t four new sports making their debut in tokyo. Plus, a sports event a lot of people are going to be talking about in d. C. In the coming weeks, the city open. Were going to tell yoabout the changes this year from yo, what . Are you on a bird scooter on the highway . What are you doing . Bro. What are you doing . Yep, guy riding a scooter during yesterdays morning rush hour in dallas. A city ordinan doesot prevent scooters from being used on the interstate, dallass website says scooters can only be used on streets with speed limits of 35 Miles Per Hour or lower. Dont do that here. Especially dont try th on i95. In virginia, you can help improve that roadway if youve beven on it, you know it can a mess. A study found the worst bottleneck on the entire river state. People spend 1. 2 millio