A chance of wind damage. Brief heavy downpours as they move on through. No problems weatherwise for the morning commute. Wear your short sleeves. Waiting for the bus, 70 between now and 8 00. Between 8 00 and 10 00, upper 70s to near 80 with steamy humidity. Have an umbrella for the afternoon showers coming through. A look at the hourbyhour heating as the day progresses. Melissa checking on the thursday morning commute. If youre hopping on 95 northbound, youre pretty good until you make your way through triangle. Slow approaching woodbridge. Inner loop and outer loop just fine. Just as you pass 66, fairfax, slow. It opens back up again. Prince georges county side of the roadway looking good. Pennsylvania avenue, everything rolling along. A live camera. New hampshire avenue at washington circle. The west bound of the circle is still close as this tow truck tries to get two vehicles out of the way. Remember to follow u us first4traffic. 6 02. 13 years ago our his chand in those 9 11 attacks. Megan mcgrath was one of the first people to arri at pentagon moments after the attack. She joins us live with what is planned there today. Reporter good morning; eun. It is turning into a beautiful mornin pentagon. We are seeing a little bit of pink in the clouds above the pentagon. This is a regular day of work for the folks who work here at the pentagon. We have seen a number of people walking down the sidewalk, making their way to their offices this morning. Certainly an emotion day especially for those who were here 13 years ago. There are a number of tributes and ceremonies planned for today. Take a look here. First we are expect to go see a moving tribute here in about 45 minutes at dawn, right around 6 46 or so. A large flag is going to be unfurled from the roof of the pentagon. It will be draped down along the wall there. That is something we have seep. We saw it the first day after the attack. Then at 9 30 this morning, theres going to be a remembrance ceremony. Its going to actually happen at the memorial itself here. It is closed to the public. Only open to survivors and their famili. At 1 00 this afternoon, a second ceremony is taking place at the courtyard at the pentagon for pentagon employees. It is close this morning by will reopen at 11 00 to people can come and pay their respects sometime after 11 00. Well be keeping an eye on things at the pentagon. We will bring you live pictures of the live report as they start to unfurl the flag. Megan mcgrath, news 4. Eun, back to you today is also the 9 11 national day of service. There are a couple of Service Projects in d. C. Volunteers will help restore engine 19 and the department of parks and recreation in southeast. And people will build a playground at the public charter school. The school does not have sufficient playgrod equ for its 300 students. 500 troops will be headed to iraq to combat the threat of isis in the middle east. The president addressed the nation with a fourtier approach. He said america is n back to work. Our own safety, our own security depends on our willingness to do what it takes to unhold the values. The president also mentioned secretary of state john kerry. His trip to the middle east to rally support. Richard jordan at the live desk with more on a meeting. It started just a minute ago. We just got new video of secretary kerry in saudi arabia. This is his latest stop in the middle east. He will be met with the gulf cooperation cou to discuss isis terror threat. Later today he will meet with the saudi king. Yet was a meeting with al azadi. The first u. S. Official to meet with the new Prime Minister to discuss ways to improve relations. Thats the latest from the live desk. Richard, thank you. Meet the press Moderator Chuck Todd will weigh in on the president s isis strategy. Look for his strategy at 6 45. Sentencing is under way for olympian Oscar Pistorius. Why it may take hours shy say a verdict decision is happening now. It may take hours for the words guilty or innocent there. A solar flare means you could have cell phone issues in the next couple of days. Take a live look at the only nice skies. The vo ours is a world of passengers. The redeyes. daughter im really tired. vo the transfers. Well, thats kid number three. vo the copilots. All sitting. Trusting. Waiting. For a safe arrival. Introducing the allnew subaru legacy. Designed to help the driver in you. Care for the passenger in them. The subaru legacy. Its not just a sedan. Its a subaru. Know that chasing performance and fewer choices in retirement. Know that proper allocation could help increase returns so you can enjoy that second home sooner. Know the right Financial Planning can help you save for college and retirement. Know where you stand with pnc total insight. A new investing and Banking Experience with personalized guidance and online tools. Visit a branch, call or go online today. Welcome back. If your cell phone or radio are having a few issues in the coming days, the sun may be to blame. A new solar flare launched f the sun. Scientists are still working to fiut strongly it will impact the earth. We should find. They emit tons of el energy and cause dis the magnetic balance some disruptions in your cell phone service. How about that . The solar flare has nothing to do with all the heat returning to the area today. But it is going to be hot. Lets check in with storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein. Not great weather. Low dark clouds racing through the predawn sky over washington. A live view. Theyre not producing any rain now. Temperatures are hovering here 70. It is very humid. Hair styles by mr. Humidity today. High soaring into the 80s. 90 by 3 00 p. M. Storms coming through. Some of them could be steer with damaging winds in the metro area. Storm team 4 radar not showing any storms here. We have showers here in the midwest. They are tracking east. A look at when storms will arrive coming up next on weather and traffic on the 1s. Melissa, how is the commute . Overall pretty good. Washington circle, everything out of the way. Good news there. 95 at the beltway, you can see our normal volume from chopper 4. 270 in frederick, slow through urbana, clarksburg. Finally opens up in the clarksburg area. Whier look at the area, looking good. Pretty slow 95 northbound. It will take you 18 minutes. Youre runni0 miles per hour. Aaron and eun . Thanks, melissa. The complaints for your kids that mean you do need to keep your kids at home. Why a district banned lip balm and a girl who is working karen i think its deplorable that the Koch Brothers would want to take away minimum wage. Joyce i think they got Better Things to do with their time than worry about the minimum wage. Karen it irritates the crap out of me that i would have to listen to somebody that has billions of dollars determine what the lowestpaid person could possibly make. Joyce thats a misuse of wealth and power and i really think its amost evil. Right now a weather alert day on nbc 4. This is why. The storms near ohio and kentucky heading our way. Storm team 4 tom kierein will go through the timing when it will hit your neighborhood at 6 21. And the september 11 memorial. Live to erica hill in 15 minutes to tell us how this years ceremony will look a different. Breaking news in the district. A bad crash has part of washington things started clearing up moments ago. Reporter aaron, yeah, traffic is moving again along washington circle. But we still have a couple of police cars at the New Hampshire avenuee theres a d. C. Water track at the impact site near the park where the two cars ended up in. The two car crashed earlier this morning. Speed was a factor. Seven passengers involved. Three in one car, four in another, all taken to the hospital, listed in stable back to you. Breaking news in the Oscar Pistorius trial. Court has just gone into recess. Before that, going into a striking statement from the judge. She does has ruled out premeditated murder. The double amputee is charged in the death of his girlfriend reeva steenkamp. Prosecutors say he intentionally killed her. The defense has been arguing he thought there was an intruder in the house that he shot four times in the bathroom there. The judge did also say while going over some of the testimony and evidence that she does not believe he was incapacitated as the defense claimed, claiming temporarien sanity. She does not believe that argument still waiting the final verdict. Court is in recess. Thank you, richard. 6 17. A fight between neighbors in Prince William county has now turned into a hate. They have been in di six or seven months. He came home to find slur written on his. Now he and his famil their home out of fe safety. This is like a si. Basically what it sa basically is, okay, warning. The next time i may in my front yard or a bullet in my front win there is no evide who wrote the slur. No one well learn about new developments in the ebola outbreak. Doctors will hold a News Conference about the american man being treated. You can see him sitting up in his hospital bed and talking to his wife throu they are making specially made troops to stop the spread of ebola. It is shipping hundreds of hazmat suits to liberia treatment centers. They are trying to help health care workers. Since they can only be worn once, more are needed. Firefighters in maywood are told they could not have any stickers of any kind, including american flags, on their helmets or lockers. We felt this was important to stand up for. I want everyone to be clear, that that was never an issue of exposing the flag. Yes. The chief said flag stickers are okay. Other stickers will be reviewed. The suspended firefighters are allowed to return to work 19 minutes after 6 00. We want to get you up to speed on this weather alert day as we are anticipating storms. Tracking the. Good morning to you, tom. We have all the in greed kwreps in place. A cool front sweeping through the region. All combining to give us a likelihood of storms later this afternoon. We have a weather alert day. Which means we will have frequent storm tea well keep you fully informed. They will be lingering until mid evening. Keep up with the storms and storm team 4 radar on google play and itunes. As we look at radar now, dont have any storms or rain locally. Getting some showers. No storms. These are showers in ohio and kentucky. They may weaken into the mountains. By later this afternoon, thats when we will likely see some of these firing up. The areas that will likely see the stronger storms appear to be Prince William county, stafford, spotsylvania, culpepper, southern faulkier. St. Marys, southern calvert. They could see the strongest storms between 5 00 and 9 00 p. M. Tomorrow, a beautiful day. After we get to near 90 this afternoon before the storms arrive, tomorrow highs in the 70s. Pleasant pattern next week with highs near 80. Bus stop forecast at 6 30. Melissa getting some delays in virginia. We are getting delays in virginia as you ned 95 northbound. Very slow from an earlier disabled car. It is now out of the way. Slowdowns north as you approach that area. 270 at democracy. Not seeing it on the camera. A warning there southbound. We look pretty good. A little bit slow just as you pass georgia avenue. 66 at lee highway is moving along. Prince georges coun looking good. A tiny bit slow here as you head to the bet way. But that is typical for this time of the morning. Follow us for all your traffic updates on twitter. Melissa, thank you. 6 22. Thousands of Superstorm Sandy victims might have to give back some of the money recd fema. Fema is scrutinizing 4,500 households that rece thousands of people pay back some of the. So far they have ret collective 5. 8 mill some of those were i for aid because the properties were not primary residences. Others double dipped than one household m getting payments. A Daring Rescue camera at lake michi take a look. Lifeguards and good rushed to rescue a k fell out of his boate caught up in choppy. At one point he made of letting go of the preserver, thinking enough to shore. Rescuers managed to get the preserver back to you and mappinged to get him to the shore again how sick is too sick to send your child to school . Doctors say there are important clues to help you make that call. Kids should stay home with fever over 101 degrees. Also, if theyre actively vomiting or have diarrhea. But things like colds can be trickier. Without a fever i would air on the side of caution. If kids are constantly saying theyre sick, they may be afraid to go to school, dont want to go to school. A ban on lip balm is no match for a fifth grader. An 11yearold came up with the idea after being denied lip balm when her chapped lips began bleeding. They eve now reviewing her request. The School System said it is in place for sanitary reasons following a previous disease outbreak. Maybe just allow it you cant share. But kids in school they would share just about anything, including chap stick. They are afraid she will lose it and a smaller child might get it. She could go to the bathroom. Or Nurses Office could have individual chap sticks. Like they hold other medication. New calls for the nfl commission to step down. The controversy about the league knew about the tape of ray rice hitting his girlfriend. Were hearing about some security changes for people who work at the capitol. We are watching storms move our way. How things will look before the storms a mmm ring ring ring ring progresso you soup people have my kids loving vegetables. Well vegetables. Shh taste better in our savory broth. Vegetables . No. Soup oh soup loaded with vegetables. Packed with taste. And now try new progresso chili. Slowsimmered, homemade taste. Remembering the september 11th attacks that happened 13 years ago today. A live look at the World Trade Center. Well go live to erica hill to hear how this years ceremony will be different. At the pentagon, a private memorial for the survivors of the attacks. On the morning we remember our history, we will also look ahead as to how the u. S. Will fight isis. We go to chuck todd to hear about about the implication of president obamas speech. First, though, storm team 4 weather alert day at nbc 4. Right to meteorologist tom kierein to get us ready for the day ahead. Good morning. Yeah. That is part of a strong cool front sweeping the ream in the hour triggering storms. At the school bus stop, partly sunny. Short sleeves. Between 7 00 and 8 00 a. M. , 70. When you get off work you may need the umbrella. We have the summer haze over washington. Humidity is in place. Have the umbrella ready. Storms likely this afternoon and this evening. A weather alert day today, meaning frequent storm team 4 updates. That is the timing when storms will be coming through. Chance of wind damage, brief heavy downpours when they do roll through. A look at the timing on that and wh they end the next weather and traffic on the 1s, 6 41. Is Traffic Building now . We are definitely seeing volume build at 6 30 this morning. 95 northbound, triangle area, youre okay. Very slow through dale and war ton. Just a nasty day for you. Im sorry about that. 66 at sudley road, that is moving along just fine. Otherwise, looking pretty typical. A little slope top of the beltway. Slow southbound inside the beltway as well. Beltway at landover road, volume building there. Travel times. 95 from skagville running 15 minutes. Not too abouted there. Thanks, medical sis sa. A live look at Lower Manhattan this morning as we remember the 9 11 terror attacks. Few hours the annual ceremony erica hill has a look at the days events. Erica, good mog to you. Reporter good morning to you, eun. Once again or the names of the nearly 3,000 victims will be read by family members. This has become less of a large media event over the last few years. Part of that is by design. The city of new york will not organize the event. It is done by the september 11th museum and memorial. You will see and hear the names being read. That just after this moment of silence. It commemorates the moment when the nort. In d. C. , the pentagon, the president will be there later this morning. He will lay a wreath, make brief remarks. And commemorations of course in shanksville, pennsylvania where flight 93 went down, remembering and honor the crew members and passengers on board that flight. The congressional gold medal will be on dis there, which is a little bit different. And the memorial will be open to in new york city for the first time they will be able to visit the National Memorial on the anniversary on this day. That will open up to the public at 6 00 p. M. Until midnight. It will be just open for family members and first responders. The Museum Opened in may. Nearly 1 Million People have visited the museum. And since the opening of the memorial, 15 Million People have visited. It gives you a sense of how poignant these events, not only of 2001, but of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, how important they are. People do come from around the world. People ask you most often here in new york, how did they find their way to Lower Manhattan and to the museum. Erica, thank you. Capitol police on high alert today as the 9 11 events get under way. You can expect tighter security. Park police will not share specifics. They will have enhanced security measures in place. Some staffers have been told to be prepared for the possib 6 33 right now. The ravens take on the steelers for the First Time Since the new ray rice tape surfaced. Were learning a new independent investigation has been launched by the nfl. Former fbi director Robert Muller will try to figure out whether the nfl had this tape and when it may have had that tape. He will have access to all league records. The announcement comes after a Law Enforcement officials tell the Associated Press that he sent the riceape to an nfl executive in april. The official played a 12second voice mail confirming it arrived. Executives maintain they did not see it until e. The ravens owner spoke out on camera about why he didnt take things further stpwhrfplt i was picturing her wailing on him and him smacking her and maybe her head was this