impacts for the storms that we are expecting today, i think heavy rain, downpours is going to be the greatest issue. we will also see strong damaging wind and i can t rule out any isolated hail. now the timing on this is going to be between 2:00 and 9:00 p.m. the window we are working with. it s a critical hour for fireworks. i ll break it down and then we will take a look at a few regions coming up. for now, back t you. rain could threaten tonight s fourth of july celebrations. president trump salute to america and a concerts happening but you may want a backup plan. justin finch is live along the national mall for us this morning. good morning to you, justin. reporter: happy fourth. it might be smart t bring a poncho if you come out later. so far the weather is holding up. we got here a few moments ago and we have been watching police clear off this area for all of the celebration set to begin later today. a line of police cruisers out here clearing away a lot of the
move in, in the afternoon and evening. any storms we do see could be severe. ooking at the radar right now, it s fizzled out and just turning into light rain in southern marand. right there we actually saw lightning, heavy rain. that was a thunderstorm bubbling up this early in the game. kind ofag setting the st for what we re going to see later in the day. temperatures right now already on a race to the high. 87 in the ditrict. 88 in gaithersburg. all the way up to ederick, really hot. we re going to the low 90s this afternoon. it s going to be a hot and humid soupy kind of day. shows and stormsagain really beginning after 2:00 p.m. more widespread. for your fourth of july outlook, the morning iexercs, if you re waking up now, getting ready to hit the pavement, it is muggy out there. barbecue parties, be able to moveindoors. fireworks, some of us, not everyone, but some of us will be impacted. we ll talk more about the rain chances and i ll take it hour by hour. thanks, so
for tomorrow. before tomorrow, we re dealing with storms tonig s. what happening across our area. nothing around the d.c. metro area but around hagerstown, coming no parts of west virginia and western maryland along 70. if you draw a line and move down, heads up next hour in through frederick, over tooward winchester and northern virginia and montgomery county. this will be wh we watch through the rest of the evening. very unsettled and warm and humid. everywhere across the mid-a lantic region and that why we think this going to happen again tomorrow. but we expect it to be a lot more widespread, tracking storms tonight. if you have any plans tonight, there s a locate of things goin. more widespread on the 4th. take you hour by hour. now severe possible with heavy rain. heavy rain is the biggest potential for tomorrow. doug you re thinking the storms we see tmorrow will be much more widespread, will they be severe? i think they could be severe and the biggest thing abo
coming back from being out back to back days with an illness. we have to talk about nick foles because he s been through every high and every low and from almost retiring now he s at the cusp of bringing home a super bowl trophy to philadelphia. being in the position i was in as backup, that s a different role than a starter, um, from a standpoint of, you know, the offense and just your prep. you re still doing a lot of prep, you re preparing like you re the starter but it s different. so when you step into the starting role, um, you really talking more about the scheme that you like, different plays lou like so that s the big difference. starter, backup, whatever you want to call him, nfl on fox analyst tony gone sol less is impressed. i think it s him. the way nicky is out there throwing that ball now so much more confidence where it wasn t there before. did he something when he was playing horribly. he played that great game and went somewhere else. and i applaud him
a good tuesday morning and a happy fourth of july to you all. i m diane macedo. and i m nick watt. we begin with another provocative act by north korea just days before a major meeting of world leaders. just hours ago north korea launched its tenth missile this year, but this one is a bit different. it could be capable of reaching alaska. abc s emily rau joins us now from washington with the latest. emily, good morning. what do we know so far? reporter: good morning, diane and nick. well, u.s. officials say this missile did not pose a threat to north america at any time but this is a big step. north korea claiming this as its first intercontinental ballistic missile potentially pushing closer to the goal of reaching american soil. [ speaking a foreign language ] reporter: the latest missile launch from north korea, an act of defiance from dictator kim jong-un. president trump tweeting, does this guy have anything better to do with his life then going on to suggest chi