stopped escalators to get out of the station. anyone who had to do that can say there's no easy task. >> elderly women out of breath, i'm out of breath. it's a mess. >> it was crowded. i don't know what's wrong with the other side but it was crowded. i can't even catch my breath. >> i'm winded looking at that. metro said the it was never interrupted during the outage but that is hazardous on a hot day. >> yeah add heat and humidity. >> one of things you never run or do something strenuous to an open microphone. most people at home haven't had the experience, if you have to run and do the weather it's like -- >> you know from first-hand experience. >> it is trouble. anyway, outside for -- just thought i would throw that out for you. the showers and thunderstorms that we have moved through late last night are rolling on the eastern shore leaving us in a soupy air mass. temperatures in the low to mid-70s. you can see the lightning and rain showers rolling across on the eastern side of the chesapeake bay and leaving us pretty much alone. the bigger view here showed that little cluster of thunderstormses across the chesapeake bay. there's a big spot of rainfree air what we get for the first half of the day. that sunshine will destabilize things and we'll end up with another round of showers and thunderstorms around later this afternoon. some of those could reach severe limits. we'll keep you posted on that. jerry, you need to expect plenty of warmth and humidity today. >> already, chuck, we are ready for it. montgomery county reporting scattered power outages and traffic lights affected the east/west highway of jones mill road and part of a tree down blocking the jones bridge. on the capitol beltway inner loop towards i-66, be very careful. word of an accident there. and there is high water still left over from the storms last night. it could be very busy. use great caution if you're heading out. >> an autopsy will determine if remains found in fairfax county are in fact human. someone made the discovery on furnace road near route 1 in lorton. the person found several items, including what appeared to be a human skull. there's no word on how long it will take to determine if the remains are human. police are asking anyone with information about the case to call them. a game that was played inside a spotsylvania fire house is raising serious questions this morning. in the end, one firefighter was charged for accusations of inappropriate behavior of an underage girl. jackie benson spoke with the fire chief. >> reporter: the investigation into what happened in this fire house has resulted in the permanent suspension of nine spotsylvania volunteer firefighters and the arrest of a tenth. 20-year-old steven tyler perry of spotsylvania is facing charges for a may incident in which a 17-year-old volunteer firefighter said she was physically restrained by two other firefighters and sprayed with a fire house. she told investigators it happened after she refused to call a game called never have i ever. they have to remove a clothing item if they lose. the arrest warrant accuses perry of attempting to take indecent liberties with a 17-year-old after he carried her into a shower stall. >> our deputy chief started an investigation as soon as we heard about it. when he came to realize that there may be a minor or minors involved, he immediately called law enforcement. >> reporter: a 17-year-old volunteer firefighter was also indicted but not been charged. hybrid system of both volunteer and county paid firefighters. the investigation comes during a time of increased tension between the two. one resident told news 4 he does not condone the wrong doing but questions the punishment for knows not charged. >> i don't feel they are giving them a fair shake. they are trying to put black marks against them. it's not right. it's not all of them that's doing this. >> reporter: the spotsylvania volunteer fire department has the largest number of volunteers in the area. jackie benson, news 4. this morning a man is in police custody after barricading himself in a school bus in prince george's county for several hours. authorities say it started when the man tried to rob a woman at a bank in temple hill. when officers arrived, he fled to a bus lot and barricaded himself in an empty bus. the standoff ended after officers were able to stun the man with a taser. he was taken to the hospital for an evaluation and questioning. today the d.c. council will vote on whether the district will come to the rescue for the only hospital east of the anacostia hospital after the private company running the facility could not keep up with the cost. >> reporter: united medical center was called greater southeast hospital until three years ago. the city spent $100 million to help specialty hospitals of america upgrade the facility that serves a mostly poor population. the city retook control after specialty ran into new financial trouble leading to fears the hospital could close. the city is trying to keep it open. are you worried about it closing? >> yes, i hope they don't close it. >> reporter: a council hearing on saving the hospital erupted in angry exchanges after a member was accused of showing little interest until now. >> mr. berry, your ten-minute round -- >> i have another minute and i want to say anything. >> it has expired and -- >> reporter: a short time later tensions erupted again when attorney general peter nichols said barry had not supported the hospital and wanted to criticize the mayor's efforts. >> i think this is serious business east of the river. >> if you would just -- >> mr. barry -- >> reporter: dispute the bruised feeling they seem intent on going along with the mayor's plan to run the hospital as a non-profit until the city can find another buyer. >> the most important issue here is that we save the hospital. to date the council has been almost unanimous in that matter. >> reporter: in a key vote of support, chief financial officer said the city despite strains on the budget could take on the risk. >> united medical center is the only hospital east of the river and awards critical health care services to a particularly needy operation. >> news 4 washington. if the district does take over running the hospital, this will be the first time since 2001 that the district has run a hospital. in 2001 a financially struggling d.c. general hospital was closed by the federal control board that was overseeing city finances. >> 73 degrees on news 4 today. it could make you think twice before you dip a chip. a warning for salsa lovers. a new cap is in place now, but how well is it working? it was a stormy night. what to expect from the day ahead. your weather a good tuesday morning. it's 4:41. the overnight rain showers and thunderstorms have moved over on the eastern shore. we have several more dry hours in front of us at this point in time before rain chances creep back into the forecast around lunchtime today. temperatures right now are in the very mug where low to mid-70s. the thunderstorms are rolling out on the eastern shore of maryland and away from us. we'll see a little break of sunshine or two here in the late morning or afternoon hours before more thunderstorms come rolling in. wednesday and thursday, looks like thursday will be the better day down at the beaches. our four-day forecast very nice indeed. we get nice and hot and steamy the way jerry edwards likes it for thursday and friday. >> we have to deal with power outages and trees down in the roadway. this is east/west highway at grubb road. west of this point it is blocked at jones mill road because of trees down. also, connecticut avenue at east/west highway, the traffic lights are out. in arlington, north military road, be careful there. high water had been in the roadway resulting in an accident. be cautious heading out this morning. 4:42 is our time. critical vote today. the fda is taking up whether a popular drug should be pulled off the market. a local teen among knows injured in the terror attack in uganda. police reaching across cultural boundaries the d.c. council is expected to vote today to allow a stit-run non-profit to operate the united medical center. they seized control on friday after the privately-run facility failed to make payments on its debts. it is the only full service hospital in the district east of the anacost ia river. facing charges for inappropriately touching a 17-year-old girl at the fire house. the victim says steven tyler perry carried her into a shower stall and tried to groeb her back in may. she told investigators it happened after she refused to take part in a game that a group of firefighters was playing. nine other volunteer firefighters have been terminated as a result of the investigation. metro officials are increasing security days after a 19-year-old posing as a bus driver walked on the hot and drove off in a metro bus. william jackson was charged with unauthorized use of a vehicle and fleeing after he crashed the bus into a tree the they will begin further security checks of personnel on the lots. >> investigators are trying to determine if remains found on the side of a fairfax county road are human. someone discovered what appeared to be a human school near route 1 in lorton. an autopsy is scheduled for today. people of many different cultures in their search of people who killed a college student. vanessa pham was found stabbed to death in her car late last month. police have been canvassing the area hoping to look for clues. flyers in several languages hang at the fairfax county shopping center where she was last seen a life. >> we have officers that speak different languages. they are from different cultures. we can have interviews by phone, am anonymo anonymously or in person. >> they released the security video showing vanessa pham's car driving out of the parking lot. she is found dead, stabbed in her crashed car nearby minutes later. to the latest on the gulf oil disaster. here's a live look under water. oil is still gushing out there morning, but there is a new hope of finally stopping the flow. the new containment cap is in place in the leaking well and key tests today could tell us how well this is going to work. kristen dahlgren has the latest from venice, louisiana. >> reporter: on the floor of the gulf this morning, oil still flows, but this time only seems to be pouring through vents in the new capping stack. an 18-foot high, 150,000 pound structure sitting atop the leaking pipe. the vents will be closed one by one later today as engineers monitor the pressure in the well. >> in he is sensessence they wa confirm there is only one pipe coming from the pipe, that no oil is escaping from other spots. >> reporter: in a conference call bp explained what they are looking for. >> if we see high pressure it's a good sign, means the flow in the oil is fully contained in the existing well. if we see low pressures, that would indicate potentially oil is escaping out of the casing at some point. >> reporter: engineers will be watching for hydrates, the ice-hike crystals that clogged previous containment systems. >> we've anticipated the risk in the design, until we successfully completed it, that risk sits there. >> reporter: there is also hope the cap could soon be holding back all of the oil or pumping all to ships on the surface. today's test will also help determine how to proceed with plugging up the leak from the bottom with relief wells, which remain the one permanent solution. those tests could take another 48 hours or so. as work continues here, the obama administration issued a new moratorium on deep water drilling, hoping different wording has more success than the previous version set down by the court. venice, louisiana. this morning, a teenager girl from maryland is recovering after being injured in the world cup bombings in uganda. twin bombings killed 74 people gathered to watch the world cup final. a second american nature henn was among those killed. the militia group al shabab claimed responsibility saying it was retaliation. at least 85 others were injured in the bombings, including 16-year-old emily kerstetter visiting with her church missionary group. >> she didn't want to leave, extended her trip a week. she just had a great time. and unfortunately it's coming to an end like this. >> kerstetter was among many medevaced to south africa for treatment. today talking about the safety of a popular diabetes drug. avand avandia. brian moore has more from capitol hill. >> reporter: avandia, one of the most commonly used drugs goes on trial again today before the food and drug administration. an fda panel will decide whether the medication is safe enough to remain on the market. questions about an increased risk of heart attack remained unanswered for years. dr. steven nissan was among the first to raise the alarm. >> or death or stroke or heart attack. there was a 44% increase in those patients that took avandia. >> reporter: dr. nissan is not just critical of the drug but the food and drug administration itself. >> the very people that approved the drug in the first place are the ones that have to decide when to take it off of the market. >> reporter: back in february, a senate committee said they knew there was a risk for a number of years. they have conducted six clinical trials since 2007 and found avandia does not increase the risk of heart attack, stroke or death. three years ago, the fda panel, had stronger warnings. >> brian moore, nbc news, washington. let's check on our forecast now. >> we had so much rain yesterday, i thought it might cool us down, but all of this humidity -- doesn't feel better. >> we're waiting on a change of air mass to cool things down and i don't see that coming any time too terribly soon because it's july in washington. heat and humidity are always a part of our forecast it seems like. and we're going to have to deal with both of those things in abundance by later this afternoon. the cloud cover from late last night and clouds building up this morning should keep us out of the 90s for what will turn out to be the second day in a row. a beautiful morning underway. plenty of humidity. eun has been curling her hair over and over or straightening out. plenty of humidity, 75 degrees is the current temperature. there's the dew point back into the 70-degree mark. 83% relative humidity, rainfall in the last 24 hours just under half an inch at national airport. someplaces have seen a lot more of that. prince george's county, 1 3/4. temperatures this morning are now in the low and mid 70s. here's a check of doppler, no rain around the capitol beltway. the thunderstorms from this morning are heading out into the eastern shore of maryland and moving away from us. lots of warmth and humidity in the area. dew point temperatures in the low 70s from washington the way to memphis, so with that much humidity, little sunshine we get here this morning will fire up more thunderstorms by later this afternoon. some of them could reach severe limits. yesterday we had literally two thunderstorm warnings. we may have more than that later this morning. primary threat will be damaging winds. more organized chances for severe down to our south and west. breaks of sunshine this morning. we'll lead to thunderstorms this afternoon. tomorrow the sunshine returns. only a 30% chance of rain coming up for tomorrow. here's the all important extended forecast. today will be the rainiest day of the week, then the mid-90s come back for thursday and friday. all right, chuck. let's see how we're doing as the rush hour gets under way, south of ton to the wilson bridge, moving well. looks like they dried out on this side of town, good news. let's head over and see how we're doing for those traveling through any construction zones, do be aware, there might be a little ponding and high water in these construction zones that don't drain necessarily well. kenilworth avenue, both ways looking good. good ready to shell out more cash tofor passports. for an adult it will cost $135. teens under 16 will have to pay $105 instead of $85. visa's for foreigners are more expensive now, so are passport cards, which you can use when traveling by land or sea on trips to non-u.s. parts of the caribbean, to canada and mexico. 72 degrees, after the break, a magazine ranked one local city the second great best place to live in the nation. plus, wall hits the floor. a pre-season scare for the wizards' top draft choice. salsa safety, why a popular snack could be good morning, welcome back. here's news for your health this morning. the next time you order salsa or gawk mole lee, it may come with a side of food poisoning. a new study by the centers tore disease control, they act for one out of every 25 ford born illness breakouts because restaurants often make them in large batches so contamination would affect many people. they expect new efforts to educate restaurant workers about proper hand washing and proper food refrigeration. do both. >> i think i would rather get sick than give them up. >> oh, please. >> if you live in columbia or ellicott city, you have reason to be proud. money magazine ranked the howard county community as the second best places to live in america, behind eden prairie, minnesota. lower population and easy commute to baltimore and washington as reasons why it's an ideal locale. >> they looked at the entire country, best schools, quality of life, public safety and jobs and economic climate. we'll take it. >> beautiful here. you have so much history and people are super warm and friendly. for someone like me who has children, it's a great place to raise your kids. >> four other cities, gaithersburg, came in at number 25, centerville virginia at number 30. rockville, maryland is 31st. and alexandria, virginia came in at 37. >> we now know where northrop grumman's headquarters will be placed. it bought a complex on fairfax drive. it is relocating its headquarters from los angeles. the move to falls church will add 300 high-paying jobs. they expect to move in by next summer. stay with us, news 4 continues right now at 5:00 a.m. disturbing discovery, what appears to be a human skeleton found along a quiet road. stepping up security, metro is making changes after police say a teen stole a bus and took passengers on a scary joyride. good morning and welcome back to "news 4 today." i'm joe krebs. >> and i'm eun yang. we're taking a live look outside at 5:00 a.m. it is 72 degrees. plook at the very pretty sky. looks kind of dark and erie. after all of the storms that came through, we thought we would get relief, but no such luck. >> the morning commute will be rain-free, that's relief let there. any time it rains around here, that causes panic on the roadways. you don't need to worry about the rain. the rain showers are moving on out. 75 though here in washington. 72 degrees in arlington, this morning, 72 in manassas, 73 in rockville, maryland. 75 in annapolis. here's a look at the radar. you can get a sense that the rain showers and rumbles of thunder are heading out in the eastern shore of maryland and first state of delaware heading away from us. we'll have more chances for rain today. you have a break here in the morning hours, but i would not stray too far from your umbre a umbrella. any time afternoon, rain chances go back up once again. only scattered isolated chances for tomorrow and hot and humid and rain free weather return for thursday and friday and for sunday as well. over to you. an accident along interstate 66. this happened just minutes ago. live picture, 66 eastbound right at the exit for route 123. if you look carefully, you can see the vehicle hit the guardrail and the fire and rescue equipment for the scene. we'll keep a watch on that, but notice the