in the low 90s. going to be a hot one. still have an air quality alert. have asthma, elderly, respiratory issues, you don t want to be outside for a long time today. not good for that. still hot by 7:00 p.m. a chance you can see a couple of isolated showers later. tomorrow a better chance for storms. take a closer look at it coming back. take a look at the storms. brand-new problem on the beltway. a report of an accident. we ll look at that one in a second. macarthur boulevard, again, because reservoir and foxhall, all lanes blocked. white haven parkway and foxhall road. live picture on that. 270 south from germantown down to the spur, we had a little bit of a problem in germantown. melissa, thank you. we continue our team coverage now of that water main break on macarthur boulevard with news 4 s megan mcgrath. problems this morning. oh, yeah. this is going to dog drivers again today. take a look behind me here. you can see the work that is still being done overnight.
thanks for joining us. i m melissa mollet. i m erika gonzalez. we start with president trump slamming the appointment of a special counsel in the russia investigation. he tweeted, with all of the illegal acts that took place in the clinton campaign and obama administration, there was never a special counsel appointed. the president goes on to call the investigation the greatest witch hunt of a politician in american history. with the man now in charge, ex-fbi director rub ert mueller is being praised by lawmakers. edward loorns hawrence has t details. the man who made the decision to appoint robert mueller special counsel said nothing while walking through reporters. deputy attorney general rod rosenstein briefed on the after appointing a veteran to head the fbi. got to give the american people confidence. we frankly don t have confidence that it can be done in the current situation. robert mueller is, i think, a fantastic person. i think this is a positive th
90-degree heat wave and erin como talking about the roads where we have some issues already. mike, what about this heat. yeah, hot, hot, hot. 90 s once again later this afternoon. we ll keep it dry but you ll notice the humidity upticks a little bit later today. erin. outer loop a mess. crash closes all lanes. i have your work around drive times all that when we come back. thanks erin. 5:01 is our time. we ll begin with breaking news from overnight. chris cornell the lead singer of audio slave and sound garden has died at the age of 52. a representative says his death is sudden and unexpected. crnell s family is working closely with the medical examiner to find out exactly what happened. turning to politics the white house reacting to the justice department appointing a special counsel to take over the investigation into possible ties between russia and the president s campaign. while president trump insists nothing will be found, the move is receiving bipar
is sudden and unexpected. cause of death is unclear. he does leave behind wife, just 52 years old. also back here in d.c. a tragic story developing this morning. a six-year-old boy killed after being struck by a car. fox5 s annie yu is live with new details. good morning annie. reporter: good morning allison and steve. this is so incredibly heartbreaking, the parents of a six-year-old boy mourning the loss of their child this morning. now this officially went out as a hit-and-run but we did learn this morning that the driver of the striking vehicle did turn himself in. he turned himself in to prince george s county police overnight and no word yet on any charges or when he ll be turned over to d.c. police. this video that you re looking at is from last night just after 8:30 police got that call a-six-year-old boy hit in the 300 block of livingston road southeast just inside the district line. and police chief peter newsham tells us it s unclear why the boy was in the st
a sneaker subsidy. there s a new proposal to get cash to computers willing to take walk rather than drive to work. bob barnard is hitting the streets. he ll join us live with all the details. and later, saying goodbye to sound garden s chris cornell. how the music world reactioned to the news of the singer s shocking and sudden death overnight. good day at 9a starts right now. 9:01 in the time. the thursday may 18th, wisdom martin, holly morris, steve chenevey, maureen umeh getting ready to bring us important news. tough start to the day. two shocking deaths overnight. first singer chris cornell we ve been talking about throughout the morning sound garden we just learned about minutes ago roger ailes former chairman and coe of fox news. maureen has more on his life and legacy now. good morning. difficult morning here for fox news. fox news sharing the news our former colleague their former colleague the head of fox has died. he built fox news channel into me