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WRC News4 Today At 430 July 6, 2016

Security compound near the International Airport in yemen has killed at least ten people. Officials say militants stormed the compound and were clashing with soldiers. Yemen was also attacked on monday and comes at a time when theyre marking the end of ramadan. No group immediately claimed responsibilities for todays attack. 4 31. New overnight, nobody waking up a multimillionaire this morning. That means you still have a shot at winning the Mega Millions jackpot. Could be 508 million. Play on, america. Play on, america. Half a billion dollars will be on the line in the next drawing. The odds of winning are 1 in 259 million. The Powerball Prize of 1. 6 billion . Crazy. That was back in january. People i one. That means i still have a chance. I have to buy some tickets. Why are you laughing at me . Keep hope alive. Nearly six months after that historic powerball jackpots, there are three tickets not claimed in virginia. You have until next tuesday to claim your prize. Now, those tickets were sold at a 7eleven on a richmond highway in morton and at a mart in coburn. Its a slim chance. Meteorologist chuck bell is here now. Greater chances of getting struck by lightning. Actually, yes. Yes, actually. Lightning kills many, many people every year. Weve had over 30 fatalities this year alone. When you hear thunder, go indoors, go to the nearest place and buy a lottery ticket. Some like it these are the days that will keep you happy. If youre one of them, heat index up near 100 degrees and could be higher than that later into the week. The heat wave continues to build with each passing day. Almost no chance for a cooling shower today. Looks like well be sweltering well into the weekend as well. Outside this morning, have had a few lonesome sprinkles. Our temperatures will be up into the mid80s by 11 00 and near 90 by lunchtime today. Dont forget your spf. If youre working outside, drink that extra water. Ill give you the tenday forecast at 4 51. Lets go to jack taylor now and find out how the rock creek parkway is coming along. Its one of those longterm projects. Crews usually hang out until 6 00 in the morning. Volume usually light at this hour. Doesnt cause a big delay. Pressed aou 6 00. If youre an early outer, if you will, you will basically find it still in place. One travel lane getting by. Also, this is our first morning rush hour of surge number 3. The blue and Yellow Line Service will be shut down between braddock road and National Airport. A lot of information. Keep track through the day and plan for alternates, alternates, all the nas. A Community Meeting on a homicide t killed 23yearold jiuquan hall. The victims mother told our bureau chief that she believes her sons death is related to a nearby murder from a few weeks ago. The meeting begins at 6 30 at the charles houston recreation center. New video in this morning of a highspeed chase in north carolina. The suspect is a wanted man in our high yachtsville weaving through traffic at nearly 110 miles an hour. This is yesterday morning. Police eventually stopped and arrested him. Hes wanted for stabbing a Police Officer at a Grocery Store last month. Lawrence is also wanted on strong arm robbery charges in prince georges county. Were learning more about the former National Guardsman accused of plotting to help isis and stage an attack. He made a First Federal Court Appearance on tuesday. He is suspected of buying an ar15 from blue ridge arsenal in chantilly. The store disabled the gun before the purchase after talking to the fbi. He seemed very calm. According to court documents, he unknowingly met with an undercover fbi informant whom he believed was an isis supporter this spring. Authoritie National Guard after listening to a former al qaeda leader. He is back in court. What will be the political fallout for Hillary Clinton after the fbi recommended no charges against her for her use of a private email server as secretary of state . Clinton did not mention it in her appearance with president obama in charlotte yesterday. But donald trump used it in his attack of the likely democratic opponent while he was in raleigh. Nbcs Edward Lawrence will have more on what it all means in a few minutes. P hogan will not attend the convention. Instead hell going to the crab and clam bake in chris field. He will not be voting for donald trump. There will not be an lbgt pride month. The critics said that would promote homosexuality. Instead, it will be love loudon month. They sounded off in a meeting last night. Republicans whispered in my ear, oh, jonathan, were not antigay. Show me if youre against this resolution or if youre against the gay lifestyle youre somehow ignorant. The new Resolution Says all are welcome no Loudoun County and urges people to love and respect the diverse community. Today, were expecting a major announcement about a product recall from the Consumer Product safety commission. We dont know whats being recalled but its some sort of childrens something that adults and children use and once that announcement comes around, around 10 00, well send an alert to the nshs washington app. The water scare at the u. S. Capitol. House lawmakers and their staff will be allowed to take free blood tests. Doctors are looking to see whether elevated lead levels are the capitol. Officials shut off the water in the Canon House Office building after tests showed lead levels slightly above national standards. The current temperatures around here this morning. A lot of you seeing the 70s right now. But it is about to get even hotter. A closer look at that and your what to wear forecast when we check back in with chuck bell. The Fairfax County man who lost his foot after stepping on an explosive in central park. What we expect to learn in a few hours. Changes are on the way again for some of you when it comes just into our newsroom. Oscar pistorius has been spendsed to six years in prison for the murder of his girlfriend. The double amputee olympic runner killed Reeva Steenkamp in 2013 and the legal drama has been going on since then. A couple of years ago, he was acquitted of murder but found guilty of culpable homicide. So he was sentence today five yers years in prison which was more like a year of house arrest. An appeal after that brings us to where we are today in this case. The blade runner sentenced to six years in prison for the murder of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp. Back to you. Erika, thank you. Commissioners are listening after the oneday trash pickup program. The programs director says if they miss your street call 311. Larger trash bins will be given to homeowners between september and december. Lets go to meteorologist chuck bell now. Folks are trying to figure out what to wear. A little steamy already. You bet. Very warm outside already. Temperatures low to mid70s as you step out the door for your morning jog or run. Definitely shorts and sunglasses and tshirts today and also new on the what to wear list, Water Bottles that you strap on to your waist, id suggest one of those to stay extra hydrated. Perhaps youre going out to the nationals and brewers today. Its a 4 00 game. Man, is it going to be hot. Temperatures near 93 degrees at 4 00 this afternoon. Staying in the mid80s past 8 00 this evening. Going to be a warm one for sure. Well talk about how long it will last and which day is the most likely one youll get a cooling range on. Thats coming up now go over to jack taylor and find out the latest on the wednesday morning commute. Thanks. We have a couple work zones hanging in there. Prince georges county nero owe authorities are working there. The left lane getting by. 7 westbound out of the dulles toll road. Work down there. Should be in the wrapup stages and clear by the time you hit the roadway. Dont forget, this is morning number one of phase number 3 of the continuous work. Yellow and blue lines closed down between brad ak and national. Its an unspeakable crime. A mother accused of using her own child as a weapon. She put her newborn for her boyfriend. The National Convention a couple of weeks away. Were learning about changes being made in ohio. Who is hey, theyd be lucky to have you. Dont be nervous mommy. Youre so smart. Good job. Just like bunny ears. Do i . Really . Come on nature valley. With you every day. Everywhere. With the energy you need. Know youre budgeted for the expected, and the unexpected. Know that at least the process of buying a new home can be clear and simple. Know your investments can make retirement closer than you think know. The one word behind all the guidance we provide, tools we create, and services we offer. Because when you have insight, you know. Today is the best evidence ever that weve seen that our system is absolutely, totally rigged. Its rigged. Donald trump in raleigh, north carolina, last night reacting to the news of the day. The fbi director not recommending charges against Hillary Clinton for her use of a private email server while serving as secretary of state. That tops our decision 2016 coverage. Lets get to Edward Lawrence who is tracking the latest. Does the fbis decision mean that Hillary Clinton is in the clear now . Eun, if you ask Clintons Campaign folks, they think it is. She put out a statement yesterday saying that this case is over. Its not quite over yet. Now the case has been turned over to the attorney generals office. The attorney general will have filed against Hillary Clinton. However, its very unlikely that will happen. When the fbi recommends no charges, prosecutors generally follow what those recommendations are. We just heard donald trump calling the system rigged in reaction to the decision. Do you think thats the argument Going Forward well see from him and the other republicans . It is. Paul ryan said clearly it shows that clinton feels shes above the law. Donald trump questioned clintons judgment also. Youll hear that a lot Going Forward. She said the fbi director came out and said there was clearly, quote, extreme carelessness. Were talking about handling this classified information by Hillary Clinton. So donald trump came out and said thats bad judgment on her part. Thats probably the debate Going Forward. Edward lawrence live on capitol hill for us. Edward, thank you. Cleveland is getting ready for the republican National Convention. Even the Municipal Court is the court will be open until 1 00 a. M. T normally closes at 4 30 p. M. For the third time in a week, somebody vandalized the sign in hay market, virginia, a sign that supports donald trump. We told you about a group of young Trump Supporters declaring their private property trump country. They made a new sign after someone spray painted it. They plan to put up a new sign as soon as possible. We should learn what kind of explosive materials seriously hurt a Fairfax College student in new yorks central park. Its being analyzed in the lab. Connor golden stepped on a bag of homemade explosives on monday and lost part of his leg. Hes in serious condition. Police believe it wasnt left there to intentionally hurt anyone. Theyre looking for a man who robbed a bank in Seven Corners and triggered a bomb scare there. Officers say the man robbed a td afternoon and ran. Police say as he fled, he took off his backpack and put it in front of the bank. Officers evacuated several businesses in the area and called in the bomb squad. The backpack was disposed of safely but the investigation caused huge traffic problems in that area for hours. Maryland hopes to save the lives of Police Officers with the purchase of new body armor. Governor larry hogan announced departments across the state would give funding for this. It approves funding for police. Baltimore prosecutors are facing major hurdles ahead of the trial of lieutenant brian rice. Rice is one of several officers charged in the arrest and death of freddie gray. Judge Barry Williams ruled yesterday that evidence involving rices Police Training cannot be used in the trial scheduled to start on thursday. Prosecutors alleged that the officers knowingly acted against Police Department guidelines in their arrest of back of a police van and died a week later. New legal consequences for parents who allow teens to drink at their home. Any adult who hosts an Underage Drinking Party in maryland can now be sued in an underage drinker is hurt or hurts someone else after leaving the party. Decision comes from the court of appeals that ruled yesterday in favor of two lawsuits brought by victims of drunken driving incidents. Metro is offering some students a discount this fall. The general manager says American University students will be the first in our area with the option to use a upass. It costs 130 a semester. About a dollar a day for the estimate. The passes allow students to take an unlimited number of rides on metro trains and buses. Metro is offering the passes to undergraduate, graduate and law school students. Thanks to new money from the government plans to the p grant yesterday. We showed you that its falling apart last year. It will not cover the repairs that are expect today cost 250 million. No word where the rest of the money comes from. But this 90 million will allow them to start the planning process, which can be expensive and do some of the work on the outer edges. Looks like a big job for sure. 4 51. Time for weather and traffic on the 1s. Get ready for this heat wave. This is what d. C. Summer feels like. Im blaming you. It was fine until you came back. Now its hot. I know. I want it hotter. Im not going to complain. I like hot weather. It was pretty steamy, though. 90degree day yesterday. That was only the sixth this year. By last year, we had over 20 of those. Two full weeks of less 90degree days. I personally have been enjoying it. A lot of people out here the hot weather. Skies are mostly clear. A few lonesome sprinkles out there. Those are long gone. A dry and quiet start this morning. If youre traveling, your flight takes you to cincinnati, chicago, st. Louis, Severe Weather out there could slow down flights a little bit. May want to call your carrier if youre changing planes in chicago today. Not much of an issue today. Temperatures will zoom back into the 90s once again. Heres future weather. I dont have much of anything in the way of a rain chance. Around the metro area today, our rain chances are generally 20 or less. I would not count on a cooling shower today. Temperaturewise, were in the low and mid 70s across the area now. Heres the way the next 12 hours will go. Full sunshine. 74 at 7 00. 88 degrees by 1 00 in the afternoon. With heed indexes near 95. By 4 00 this afternoon, heat baseball game today, be ready to sweat. Its going to be a hot one inside the stadium this afternoon. Meanwhile, tomorrow, more of the same. Highs tomorrow up into the mid90s. The one change for tomorrow is i really do think there will be a scattering of thunderstorms around tomorrow afternoon to help start cooling things off. Our best chance for rain this week in the scattered afternoon thunderstorm variety comes up on friday. Boy, is it going to be hot. Im forecasting 97 degrees on your friday. 95 on saturday. And each 90 on sunday. With temperatures trending down, well turn a little less humid sunday and monday. Temperatures closer to average. Upper 80s to near 90 into the middle part of next week. Lets go to jack taylor at wtops enclosed nerve center. Good morning, chuck. Well look at the rock creek parkway. Still working. Be there about another hour and ten minutes. Clear about 6 00 in the morning. Rock creek parkway at the kennedy nt working until 6 00. Beltway still quiet. A fabulous start for a wednesday morning. This is morning number one with continuous work plan number three. Blue and yellow line shut down between National Airport and braddock road. Jack, thank you. A mother is accused of using her newborn son to attack another person. The disturbing allegations and how the baby is doing straight ahead. How much time do you get for poisoning a cow florida this morning. A mother is in jail after police say she used her infant son as a weapon against her boyfriend. 18yearold Tatiana Allen is charged with hitting the babys father with the child and then throwing the 5monthold face down in the sand. This all happened in Daytona Beach on the fourth of july. Witnesses called 911 saying the baby boy was crying and couldnt lift his head. The baby was screaming. It was face down in the sand. It cant hold its head up by itself. Thats how little it was. Saw her pick up the baby, hold it like it was a bat, a weapon and hit the male. The suspect denies using the baby as a weapon and says her boyfriend hit her. Shes being held without bond right now. If released, she cannot have contact with the child. It is a tragedy weve seen in our area into the growing problem ro announce that hes making americas opioid and heroin ep dem he can a top national priority. We learned that the white house is asking for more than a billion dollars in funding to help people dealing with this problem. The money would go toward more Prescription Drug monitoring. New research on opioid misuse and expan

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