Between 13th and 14th is shut down. Kenyon street is your alternate. This will be one heck of a problem for those who use columbia road. Reporter yeah, a lot of people going through Columbia Heights use columbia road to 14th street, but as you can see its not going to happen today with the road completely shut down at 13th street. So its a oneblock stretch from 13th to 14th closed. You can see over there on the lefthand side of the roadway they have things all dug up and are doing emergency repairs. The closure will be in place through rush hour and perhaps longer. And we are also told when they reopen things there will be an impact as they expect to have partial lane closures and restrictions, even when they get some of the work done. So this will linger for a couple days in the Columbia Heights area. Its a popular cutthrough so folks just have to give themselves extra time to take a little detour through the neighborhood. Reporting live in northwest, Megan Mcgrath, news4. Back to you in the studio. Already 71 degrees outside and things are going to get steamy. Storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein is standing by. Keep that in mind, your weather headlines today, hotter pattern setting in. It will be a shortsleeve day today. Be prepared for a hot afternoon and also another code orange day today for poor air quality later this afternoon with all the counties in gray. Under the code orange alert that includes all of Southern Maryland and nearby suburbs, Northern Virginia and into maryland, up to philadelphia and delaware, they are under the code orange for unhealthy air quality during the afternoon. A little bit of cloudiness in the eastern sky. A little bit of a summer haze over the metro area. A live view from the storm team 4 tower camera. Temperatures outside heading out the door, rather cool near 60 for Shenandoah Valley. We are generally in the low to mid60s near washington and right by the chesapeake bay. A look at dramatic temperature warming throughout the day hour by hour over the next 12 hours is coming up at weather and traffic on the 1s. We are learning more about the death of cecil brown found dead in his backyard on colby avenue. Investigators now say the death could be a homicide. Neighbors heard a disturbance and called police just before 12 30 yesterday afternoon. Police say brown was not shot. The autopsy report is pending. Security changes are on the way for a popular maryland concert hall after two people died from drug overdoses. Two people died from apparent overdoses of ecstasy attending the music festival. They are asking security to review Safety Measures more close closely at concerts. And this 15yearold was last seen at 7 00 last night wearing the same clothes pictured and carrying a yellow purse if you have information, contact manassas city police. And later this morning prosecutors will question new witnesses in the Bob Mcdonnell trial. Johnny williams is done testifying after four days on the stand. After he stepped down, a former aide testified Maureen Mcdonnell tried to pitch the supplement to ann romney during his bid for campai campaign. 6 04 is the time. A verdict is expected in a stabbing and road rage case at the Montgomery County mall. Prosecutors say David Goldberg stabbed a couple after a fight at a stop sign. Goldberg is accused of following them into the mall parking lot and stabbing the man three times and stabbing the woman in the stomach. We are learning more now about a pedestrian hit near ridge road high school. The teen was up and Walking Around when the police arrived. If you are looking for something to do tonight, meet up with your neighbors. Neighborhoods in d. C. , maryland and virginia are organizing block parties, cookouts and candlelight vigils to take a stand against crime. For a full list of whats happening in your neighborhood tonight, log on to nbcwashington. Com and just Search National night out. We are following a developing story. New this morning, the drastic move israel made to try to keep the peace. And all about perception. Why women are more likely to be lied to as they try to close a business deal. Plus, the heat is coming. Storm team 4 meteorologist will tell us when it arrives hour by hour and keep your weather and traffic together for every ten all right. The next study is disturbing. Apparently people are more likely to lie to women than men when trying to reach a deal according to a joint study from the universities of california and pennsylvania. Researchers say women are more likely to be deceived in negotiations because were seen as less competent than our male counterparts. Another reason for the gender gap, women tend to be viewed as more forgiving and compassionate than men. That might be true but that shouldnt be a reason to treat us any differently, right . Absolutely. We are hoping we are treated equally in all fronts. That would be the hope. Well talk about the forecast now. Were talking about the cloudy skies overhead with humidity back in the forecast. Storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein is standing by with your forecast. Hi, tom. Good morning. When you step out the door, you will notice the air is a little bit damp this morning with dew on the grassy areas, on your car windshield, maybe your rearview mirrors. And temperatures right now are in the mid60s. Nearby suburbs, upper 60s. In washington, the upper 60s. In the air, we have a clear sky over the haze. 73 at reagan national. A couple minutes away from sunrise. At 8 00, bright and sunny near 70. High clouds, noontime, mid80s. 90 degrees by midafternoon. And it is National Night out tonight. If you are having a block party, should be good weather. Kind of a hot start to the evening, but 6 00 p. M. , back down to 88 and 10 00 p. M. , 80 degrees. Well look at the rain chances for the weekend coming up. But first, melissa has breaking news on the road. This is approaching shady grove road. Not many details at this point with police just getting on the scene, but you can see one vehicle with the air bag deployed. As soon as we get more information, well pass that along for you. Otherwise, we are looking quite good with a little problem here, but 95 in virginia and maryland are looking good. The bw parkway in and out of town, no major issues there. Remember the summit closures, 23rd between e and constitution and 29th between k and m are closed. You can find all the latest on nbcwashington. Com. Trapped in rushing water. The rescue that pulled an elderly couple to safety moments before their car was swept away. Plus, a simple bag of potato chips. How experts can use it to how experts can use it to evesdrop on oveimported from fourn million pouncontinents every year. N is and many food labels dont even mention where its from. One way to get a fresher chicken that hasnt crossed an ocean is to look for the label with my name on it. Perdue is the only company that has the usda go beyond their standard inspection to verify that all our chickens are raised on farms, right here in the usa. Because we believe thats what it takes to bring your family a freshertasting chicken. Perdue. We believe in a better chicken. It is now 6 15. New developments this morning in the israelgaza conflict. A threeday ceasefire between israel and hamas is in effect in the gaza strip. The truce was agreed to by both sides in the monthlong war. Over the next 72 hours, israel and hamas will hold indirect talks in cairo on a broader deal that will prevent future crossborder violence. So far nearly 1900 palestinians and nearly 70 israelis have died. The Culpeper Community will mourn the loss of a young family including three young girls at a church vigil tomorrow. Relatives found the victims late sunday night at their home in culpeper. They went to check on the family after they didnt show up to church. Investigators believe clarence washington shot his wife and his three daughters before taking his own life in an apparent murdersuicide. The family members say clarence recently made violent threats but none of them expected anything like this. Everything was fine, everything was okay. A loving family. That was my sister. That was my heart. My best friend and my world. Tomorrows vigil will be held at st. Stevens baptist where the family attended church. Tributes continue to pour in for former press secretary james brady who died yesterday at the age of 73. A joint statement from ten of the men and women who followed him as White House Press secretary said brady set a standard for them. Brady was also known for a champion for gun control ever since he walked in front of the bullet left for Ronald Reagan in the 80s leaving him paralyzed. Just in from the white house. President barack obama will announce today that u. S. Businesses are committed to investigating 14 billion in construction, clean energy, banking and Information Technology projects across africa. This announcement will happen at the african summit. And the white house says it will support jobs in the u. S. And africa. Thank you, angie. There could be more water problems on the way for cities around lake erie. Drinking water in toledo, oo, has been deemed safe but the algae blooms in the lake are not going away. They are the root cause of the toxins in the tap water that kept the city in a crisis for days. Scientists say the blooms are actually growing and will peak next month. Water managers added chlorine and carbon to the intake system to prevent further contamination. And if you think traffic is bad here, the weather is making it worse in las vegas. Right now counties around vegas are under flash flood warnings. Heavy rain fell last night causing floods that backed up traffic and even swept cars off the road. 6 18 now. Amazing new video into our newsroom overnight of a car trapped in that flood. You can see that car is halfway in the water submerged and the water is rushing and churning beneath it. That car is empty but there were more. Get out get out hurry what you just heard was rescuers screaming to an elderly couple who are trapped in that water. They couldnt make it out from their prius on their up. The water came up above their knees. The airmen from the air force base outside of las vegas waded in to help them. They pulled them out and moments after everyone made it to land the water began to sweep the car away. Made it just in time. Later today maryland officials will discuss ways the state can help unaccompany children coming to the u. S. From central america. The Maryland Department of Human Resources will hold a Conference Call with the Governors Office for children. The efforts are in support of a federal initiative to help children who are across the border to escape violence in Central American countries. Texting and walking can be more than a simple distraction. It can be deadly according to a safe study from kids worldwide. And head phones can be just as dangerous and distracting for teens. The study found teenagers are more at risk than any demographic of getting hit by cars while distracted. We talked to so many kids about this, but as kids get worried we dont really talk to them about walking to and from school, but those are the kids that do walk to and from school. And teens were just as distracted by wearing headphones as by texting. You really need to be aware of your surroundings. It is one thing to do in the hallways, but if you are inside you get hit by a car. Looking outside, we are talking about hot and humid weather returning. Tom kierein is telling us what to expect. Hoping we have a nice day, tom. Off to a wrather humid start. I was just scanning the latest visibilities around the region. We dont have the dense fog from yesterday, but a little light fog is hanging in the air. You can see that support iing he with the dew point high at 66. A light wind to play a role that the pollution will build. Well have air quality in the up healthy range this morning. The low to nearby 60s for the bay. And this afternoon it will be up near 90 degrees by midafternoon. Partly cloudy and turning less humid during the afternoon. Very light winds. Then overnight tonight, natio l nationals are here, a great night for baseball at nats park. 60s in the morning with afternoon highs near 90 for tomorrow. Likely not severe. Last the price well pay for a nice change moving in. Thursday and friday, both days low humidity, highs in the mid80s. Morning lows in the 60s. Now it looks to be more humid for the weekend with a small chance for a shower or thunderstorm on saturday. A greater chance on sunday into monday. Coming up at 6 31, the hourbyhour over the next 12 hours. Melissa is looking at a big problem this morning. We have breaking news in gaithersburg near midcounty highway heading away from shadiville road. One person at this point, im trying to get more information from police, but the midcounty highway just north of the beltway not so bad. 5 or branch avenue headed into town, a bit snow but the beltway is over Georgia Avenue moving right along at this point. And a summit closure, pick your alternate. We have a lot of closures like this at nbcwashington. Com. Remember to follow u us first4traffic for your chance to win a 125 gas gift card. Who doesnt like that . Do it. Follow first4traffic. Today neighbors in Southern California may get some relief from a storm system dumping on the region. So far its created flash floods that wiped out thousands of homes. And one resort time has rock slides up to their roof. A dozen volunteers were shoveling out the cars and removing large rocks by hand. The storms are heading to the north now to an area burned by wildfire. Its costing you more money to close on a mortgage loan. Closing costs rose 6 over the past year. Bank rate says new mortgage relations are the main reason for the cheapest cost in the country. And the price of airfare is not letting up. The average roundtrip ticket in the u. S. Reached more than 509 in the First Six Months this year up nearly 14 from the same period last year. Airfare has gone up 10. 7 in the past five years. And thats even after adjusting for inflation according to the press associate. The Top Party Schools are out. Syracuse university took the top spot. And the closest school to our area was the university of iowa. The rankings came from the princeton review. We have a few people here at news4 and news4 today like our executive producer who went to syracuse. Im sure people are paying a mindful eye. Well, the next story is hard to believe. Researchers believe they can figure out your entire conversation just by looking at one of these things right here. The potato chip bag. This is amazing how this works. Researchers use a highspeed camera to videotape an object like a potato chip bag while youre talking. Then they watch the video and study the tiny vibrations in the bag coming from your voice. If one experiment researchers reconstructed an entire conversation behind fireproof collapse. They also studied aluminum foil and a glass of water. It is like 007 stuff. Thats what technology is getting to these days. We are following the Ebola Outbreak as it develops this morning. An American Woman with the virus is now on a plane back to the u. S. Right now. And her son is very ready to see her. The emotional first words he has for her. Plus, new road closures slowing down the morning drive. From the africa summit, that is. And get ready for the heat. Well take you through the next 12 hours to show you when youll feel the heat. Weather and traffic on the 1s at 6 31. Grandma, your biscuits are the best these are from dunkin. Granny i have a life, you know. [ phone rings ] oh, thats for me. Ooh dunkins chicken biscuit sandwich is a tender breaded chicken filet on a southernstyle biscuit. Grab one for 2. 99 today. America runs on dunkin. Right now we are following two big traffic problems in washington that you need to know about before you drive to work. They are sure to create traffic problems across the district. First, ke a live look here at part of columbia road shut down in Columbia Heights between 13th and 14th street. A very businessdy section there. Megan mcgrath is live in 15 minutes to show us how long the road will be torn up. And second, new roads are closed for the u. S. Africa leaders summit. And if your ride was easy yesterday, that may not be the case this morning. Melissa mollet is watching all of these problems and others for you right now. Melissa . We are talking about road closures, parking restrictions and motorcades coming through. Kind of sporadic throughout the day to cause issues for folks. 23rd near e and constitution and 29th between k and m. And then columbia road shut down near 13th and 14th. Your alternate is kenyon street because of the water main break. Otherwise you can see it is kind of slow in the normal spots. No major issues right now. One thing we are dealing with, chopper 4 over the scene here in gaithersburg near midcounty highway away from shady grove road with the accident here and one lane still getting by. Tom, kind of a rough morning for folks in the city. Yes, it is. We have dry pavement around with kite a bit of dew. Look up from your granola. A live view from the tower camera on this Tuesday Morning. It is rather humid when you step out with dew in the grass and on your car. Temperatures are in the low to mid60s. A cool start for most of the region in the upper 60s around the bay. Near 60 for Shenandoah Valley and out into the mountains. Heres the hourbyhour breakdown that will be rapidly warning. By 8 00, most of the region in the 70s. Noontime, soaring to the mid80s. A shortsleeve day with opentoe shoes with highs near 90 degrees. Less humid during the afternoon. A look at hometown highs today in the next weather and traffic on the 1s at 6 41. Back to you. We have breaking news from prince georges county. A Fatal Shooting in new carington after responding to reports of shots fired. When they got there at 4 00 this morning, they said they found a man l