Morning. More about the timing of the next thunderstorm chance coming up in a few minutes. Lets go to wtop and find out the latest. Thanks. Good morning. Hanging for another hour, this is northbound near 198. Crews blocking the right lane. That will be in place until 6 00. More volume and starting to turn orange so be careful. At the kennedy center, the right lanes blocked. One direction at a time. Aaron, back to you. Thanks. This morning, people in Howard County are dealing with the aftermath of a tornado. Take aays you can see the trees snapped like twigs around these homes. The Weather Service say as tornado with 80mileperhour winds touched down in the it was 500 yards wide, but stayed on the ground more than 12 miles. Chopper 4 saw trees down. No reports of injuries. Take a look at this. Look at the scene there. Rain turned the Cleveland Park metro station into a water fall move the water. The station is back open this mo morning. Turning to waldorf, the storms caused a house to go up in flames. It snapped a tree that sparked power lines. The tree fell on the garage. It took 50 firefighters to put out the flames here. The homeowner is left with 200,000 in damage. Devastated. I just moved in here a to come home to this, i lost everything. The red cross iscxcxcxcxcxcx fires are raging, getting bigger and close tore each other this hour. They have destroyed nearly 5,000 acres. Hundreds of homes in the San Gabriel Mountains are still evacuated. The sherpa fire is 80 contained and could be out by midnight tonight if weather and response go as planned. Southern california could have one of the worst wildfire seasons on record. Back to you. Millions to an accuser of sexual abu abuse. He was accused of abusing at least four boys decades ago in illinois. He was never charged because of the statute of limitations. The deadline for developers to submit proposals for the fbi headquarters. It comes as they replaced the project executive. The Washington Post reports dowd was reassigned for undisclosed reasons. It follows the remarks metro access would not decide the agencies new location in maryland or virginia. Turning to the latest on the attack in orlando. A federal official tells nbc news omar mateen bought plane tickets to San Francisco two days before the shooting. The purchase was made to see his failing motherinlaw. Mateen arrived at the club around midnight, left for two attack. They dont know what he did d during that twohour period. A measure led by Susan Collins would block people on two terror woch lists from buying gulf of mexicos. It comes two days of gun control measures failed in the senate. In the race for the white house, Hillary Clinton will be on capitol hill to meet with democrats. This is her first meeting with them since becoming the nominee for president. Nancy pelosi extended the invitation. Meanwhile, donald trump is expected to tear into Hillary Clinton in a speech this morning. Its the same speech planned for earlier this month but rescheduled after the attack in orlando. It comes after clinton said trump is unfit to manage the economy in a speech in ohio. Today is cleveland, the citys first championship parade since know, won the nba finals. This morning, the town is celebrating in a giant parade. Theres lebron James Holding up the trophy. How about this . They almost forgot the portapotties. They say everything should be good to go. The fans can watch lebron james and all his teammates this morning in the parade. Congrats. Keeping you safe on metro during the Safetrack Program. The controls going in place during the ongoing maintenance. The results are in the best and worst states for kids in the country, including where we stand. Looking live outside, where the sun is just starting to come up. We are in for a fantastic day. What does it look likeif you about 10 minutes after the hour right now. 69 degrees outside our studios. I think we need a break. The rain came down fast and hard and caused problems here and there. Just saying. Everything is quiet this morning. Quite a few problems. Many folks are dealing with no electricity here. That should be recovered fairly quickly. If you are traveling, showers across parts of new york and new england. Theres more Severe Weather across the midwest. If you are flying to detroit, cincinnati or chicago, be on alert. Big, Severe Weather threat out there. That will be arriving here tomorrow. Get everything done as far as cleaning up today. Skies are clear now. The radar is empty from rainfall. The Flash Flood Watch goes until 2 00 tomorrow afternoon. We could get rain tonight into tomorrow. Another inch of rain. When you are in a around, dont drown. Your commute today will be dry on the way in and home. Highs mid to upper 80s. Lets go to jack and check on traffic. So far, so good. We are looking good so far. Again, so far. Keep our fingers crossed. Traveling up in virginia good. 270 and 95, bottom of Washington Park bay, northbound 198, crews working up there. Left lane is getting by. Near 195, an accident activity apparently near the ramp to go west. Not affecting those trying to get toward the airport. Beyond the exit and debris in the roadway. Be careful. Southbound lanes delayed. Traffic near 175. Back to you. Jack, thank you. 11 minutes after the hour now. Metro Safetrack ProgramMeans Service ends at midnight, even on weekends when a lot of people stay out late. The d. C. Police creating night life safety zones around the city. Megan mcgrath is live with more on this. Megan, good morning to you. Reporter well, good morning. Its summertime, of course. That means a lot of people are out and about. A lot of people are useing alternate transportation because of the safe track program. Police want to make sure patrons and employees get home safe. They have five nighttime safety zones. You are going to see things like this. This is a temporary lighting stop here, solar powered, going to provide additional lighting in the area along connecticut avenue, one of these five safety zones. Now, police are going to have extra patrols out during specific times when people are out and about, leaving bars and restaurants late at night. Lets take a look at the area, the neighborhoods that are part of this program. H street, chinatown, dupont circle, u street and adams avenue, vermont avenue, 14th street, champlain street. Basically, they are going to focus on areas where folks are grabbing taxis, hooking up with ride share vehicles and the like between the hours of 11 00 p. M. And 3 00 a. M. We are talking late at night and Early Morning hours. The program is going to kick in. It will run during the week from wednesday through sunday at those overnight hours. So, people who are out and about who perhapsormally take the metro, but are now taking taxi cabs, these are the areas you can go to. Extra patrol and lighting. Back to you in the studio. Thank you, megan. 5 13. The third weekday morning commute for the second safetrack surge. Riders are listening to the call to stay away from the blue, orange and silver line. Along the affected lines. The second surge runs until july 3rd. Reduce congestion on a major road. The Virginia Department of transportation wants two lanes to four. Fairfax county parkway to old keane road. You can check it out tonight from 6 30 and 8 30 tonight. Police and the Lgbtq Community coming together to foster a better relationship. We are your Police Department. We are here to serve you, to protect you. Last nights meeting is believed to be the first ever of its type in the county. One of the questions he faced was about the murder of two transgender women the last 18 months. Im wondering what the Police Department is doing Going Forward to make sure theres not a the most vulnerable. People we spoke to say the meeting was a good beginning and there are more meetings being planned in the future. Happening today, former president , jimmy carter will begin a fiveday visit to annapolis as part of carter weekend. Hoping to promote democracy. He will be celebrating his 70th anniversary from graduating from the naval academy. He is the on president to graduate from the academy. Transforming neighborhoods. Thats the goal of a meeting in orlando where the police chief and county executive will be there to speak to legislatures. They will have ways to support communities to end the violence. Yikes in news for your health, part of an initiative to get kids to wear their helmets. Many kids dont. Doctors are going to schools to talk about the difference they can make. They have seen too many brain injuries. There are a half million e. R. Visits a year from bicycle accidents. Many include head injuries. Many injuries are preventable. Take a look. That is the difference you make when you wear a helmet. Thats your head and your brain. Be careful. Brandnew launch this morning. You are looking at the scene from india where a rocket carrying 20 satellites was sent into space. At least one of those is for the united states. One is a special observation craft from india. Of the best state to be a kid. They look at categories including economic well being, education and well being. The state that is rounded out the top five include massachusetts, iowa, New Hampshire and connecticut. Mississippi ranked the worst. Yikes. My boys have friends from minnesota. They are the nicest kids, just all around. I dont know if its growing up in a state that is good for kids. Quality of life makes a better person. I want to get you caught up on the forecast for today. Its going to be easier to deal with than yesterday. Tell us what to expect. Way easier today. Remain storm ready. More Severe Weather chances are back on us by tomorrow afternoon. Nothing to worry about today. Outside this morning, a camera looking westbound. Theres tysons corner. Thats fog over the potomac river. Could be pockets of reduced visibility. Culpeper, four miles visibility. No organized problems. Skies are clearing out. Here is the view from the city camera. Most of the clouds in the eastern sky moving away from us. Well be back in sunshine for today turning less humid and breezy. The weather, sunny and nice. Be ready for tomorrow. Another chance for Severe Weather moves in thursday afternoon and thursday evening. Pick up nearly and inch of rain yesterday. Nowhere near as much rain as we had this time last year. Five inches behind last year. With more rain on the way, a new Flash Flood Watch is up until 2 00 thursday afternoon. Winchester and points to the west are under the Flash Flood Watch. They may have to expand it to the d. C. Metro later today. Well keep a close eye on that. Could get another inch or so of rain tomorrow. Turn around dont drown. It will be a nice day to be outside. Temperatures mid to upper 80s. The high downtown, 88 degrees. If you are thinking about the weekend, saturday and sunday look perfect. Lets find out if route 7 is lucky 7. Okay, no traffic. Back to the news. All right, chuck. Thank you. It is a major change for rape statute laws. How bill cosby played a role. North korea launched two missiles. What we are learning about where they went. Department of home lab security was arrested. Good morning. Welcome back n. We have a couple spots on route 7. Utility crews doing emergency work. They have the right lanes blocked. The left lane is getting by. Hopefully they will finish things up. Washington parkway, again, northbound, the crews working. Right lane blocked, left lane is getting by. 175 headed toward 32 nothing reported. Early delay, starting things out. For now, knock on wood. Back to you. Jack, thank you. Its 5 23 now. New response to the north Korean Missile threat. This is video from japan where they rolled out Patriot Missile north korea tried two more launches overnight. This time, they are trying to shoot off intermediate range rockets which can go several hundred miles. South korea says one of the two failed. Its not clear how the other turned out. A man is in police custody. Walker was killed in a shooter on hayes street in d. C. On june 2nd. 24yearold hakeem burrows was arrested and charged with murder. The California AssemblyPublic SafetyCommittee Approved a bill that would eliminate the tenyear statute of limitations rape cases. It gives victims of Sexual Assault more time to report it. Gloria allred says many of her clients would benefit from the change. We have laws that provide rights for rapists, perpetrators of rape have many rights in the criminal justice. The bill will now go to the Assembly Floor for a vote. If it passes, it goes to the governors desk. A judge is expected to hand down a verdict in the case of goodson. Goodson drove the police van that freddie gray was in. He failed to put the seatbelt on him and call far medic. Officers checked on gray and he showed no signs of medical distress. After hours of storms, a lot of you are waking up to some gorgeous weather. Take a live look. It wont last long, sorry. When the Severe Weather will return. From a home shelter to college, the student from our area who good morning to you. It is the quiet after the storm. It is 5 28. Four things to know about the forecast this morning. Meteorologist chuck bell is in the storm team center. Chuck . Good morning. It is the quiet after the storm and you havently, the quiet before the storm. Another chance for Severe Weather comes our way tomorrow. The four things to know, know this, the sunshine making a comeback. On the breezy side. West to northwest breezes 20 miles per hour. No chance for thunderstorms today during the daylight hours, but a chance for strong tomorrow. Optimistic about how nice it is going to be. On the way out the door, upper 60s to around 70. A quick warm up today. 78 by 9 00. 83 degrees before lunchtime. Afternoon highs mid to upper 80s. You dont have to worry about the Severe Weather today. Later on, ill time out when the Severe Weather is most likely. Time for the latest. Its time for eun yang. Thanks so much. Only on news 4, a federal employee is possibly plotting an attack inside Security Headquarters in d. C. He was arrested two weeks ago when he was found carrying a gun on the complex. The feds asked to raid his home because they had probable cause to believe he was conspireing to commit violence against senior officials. He was carrying bullets, a spray. The day he was arrested, he was near a meeting of senior officials, a meeting he was aware of. Powerful statements in children of the cassillos. The jury recommended their father stay in life for killing their mother. Nicholas said, quote, a big portion of my life is gone. Lauden county jury recommended life in prison plus 16 years. Monday, they found him guilty of killing his estranged wife in 2014 and staging it to look like a suicide. Police in Montgomery County were in the middle of a manhunt. It started when a neighbor saw a suspicious car and called police. When police got there, they encountered a robbery in progress. The suspect ran out of the house and jumped the fence. Police looked for him in the area. Two suspects stole a car and drove it tlau garage door Crystal Spring drive. I saw the car going by and usually the girl who drives it, you know, waves to me every day. They didnt wave. It has tints on the car so i couldnt tell. I could tell there was a passenger in the car. There have been several burglaries in that area. In one, guns were stolen from a home. New information after one of the best golfers in the world withdrawals from the rio olympics. Roary mcilroy says he is not going to go because of concerns over zika. He did release a statement. He said after speaking with those closest to me, i have come to realize my health and familys health comes before anything else. The 27yearold say they are hoping to start a family in the next couple years. He hopes his country of a statement from the Olympic Committee of ireland. They are extremely disappointed not to have mcilroy on their team. Once again, this is an individual decision and they leave it up to the individual athletes. Thank you. A lot of changes coming to the Fairfax CountyPolice Department. It will be another year and a half before the officers begin wearing body cameras. The county board of supervisors approved an 18 month period. The Washington Post says at least one member of the board say they spent enough time studying body cameras and believe the police should use them right away. Another is how officers train and how the department communicates with the public. Other changes to know about in virginia. In arlington county, cameras on school buses will, again, be able to catch you illegally driving by. The department turned off the cost too much to deliver the tickets in person. Now they can mail the tickets to you. If you drive past a school bus that stops, the fine is 250. The cameras turn back on july 1st. Metros plans to bring a station to potomac yard is one step closer to reality. The Alexandria Council approved a master plan permit for the proposed station. Design work needs to happen. Construction is expected to begin late next year. The station would open in 2020 along the blue and yellow line. Marylands planned purple line took a step forward. The group of