Today. Today and tomorrow, both, the heat is on. Not much of a rain chance today. Better chance for tomorrow. More about that and beach forecast coming up in ten minutes. For now, lets go over to jack taylor at wtov and find out how things are going in prince georges county. Its a painting project going northbound as traffic moves from left to right on the right to left, excuse me. Traffic on 202 getting by single file left on the northbound side. You see the vehicles getting through there. Can only get one lane to get through. Not a big delay so far this morning. Be aware its out there. On the rock creek parkway, crews are working until 6 00. Traffic gets by one direction at a time. Also, this is the first morning of the continuous metro work along the blue and yellow lines. It will be shut down for the first morning between braddock road and National Airport. Jack, thank you. Metro officials are starting their first morning rush of the next phase of their program. The emergency maintenance officially began at 8 00 last night. But we could see its real impact over the next few hours. Metro is urging riders to carpool or find another way to get to work today. The concern is that Northern Virginia is already notorious traffic could get worse. Ladies and gentlemen, service to continuation to the blue and yellow lines. Metro workers will be out again in yellow vests this morning districting riders to where they need to go. Extra shuttle buses will be on hand to offset the route changes here. Blue and yellow line trains will not run between Reagan National airport and braddock road until next week. You can expect delays around the roosevelt bridge. Vdot will do inspections through friday. They will focus on the bridge itself and the ramps leading up to it. The inspections shouldnt start until after rush hour, 10 00 a. M. But done by 3 00 this afternoon. They return from the jul 4th recess today. One thing not on the agenda is gun control legislation. Four gun control measures were introduced in the Senate Last Month but fell short of the 60 votes needed to move ahead in the legislative process. Meanwhile, House Democratic leaders will call for a vote on gun control today. This comes after dozens of local families march on capitol hill on tuesday. Families of gun violence victims held a sitin demanding Congress Take action on gun control legislation. Six people were arrested House Speaker paul ryan says ella lou a vote on a gunrelated bill. That measure would allow the attorney general to to delay the sale of a gun to a suspected terrorist for three days. Some democrats say its not real gun control and will oppose it. In the day ahead, there will be a Community Meeting on alexandrias fourth homicide of the year. The shooting on first street last saturday killed 23yearold hall. No one has been arrested the victims mother told our bureau chief julie carey believes its related to a murder. New video into the newsroom this morning of a highspeed chase in North Carolina. You see it here. The suspect is wanted in our area. Police say thats Klein Lawrence weaving in and out at 110 miles an hour. Police eventually stopped and arrested him. Hes wanted for stabbing a Police Officer at a Grocery Store last month. Hes also wanted on strong arm robbery charges in prince georges county. Its now 5 04. Turning to decision 2016. One day after the fbis decision not to charge Hillary Clinton for her use of a private email server while secretary of state, the big question now is, did it help or hurt her chances for the white house . Clinton did not mention it in her appearan but donald trump used it to attack her in raleigh. Edward lawrence will have more on what it could mean in just a few minutes. Maryland governor larry hogan will not attend the republican convention. Instead, he will head to the 40th annual jay miller crab and clam bake in chrisfield. Hogan has already said he will not be voting for donald trump. A water scare is developing at the u. S. Capitol. House lawmakers and their staffs will be allowed to take free blood tests. Doctors are looking to see whether elevated lead levels in the water are affecting anyone who works in the capitol. They shut down the water after tests showed lead levels slightly above national standards. In a few hours, were expecting a major announcement about a product recall from the Consumer Product safety commission. We dont know whats being recalled, but were told its something that kids and adults use. Once the announcement comes out well send an alert to your nbc washington app. New overnight, nobody waking up a multimillionaire in morning. That means you still have a shot at winning. Six numbers. Fridays jackpot could be 508 million. Play on, america. That is half a billion dollars on the line in the next drawing. Turns out, your odds of winning the Mega Millions, well, 1 in 259 million. You might remember the highest ever u. S. Jackpot was a Powerball Prize of 1. 6 billion. That was won back in jana cross three states. Wow. Nearly six months after that historic powerball jackpot, there are still three tickets worth 50,000. Not claimed in virginia. Thats a lot of monday. You have until tuesday to claim your prize. They were sold at a 7eleven in morton at the la bodega supermarket and another one in coburn. Were standing by toee metro riders are faring as the thirds phase of the safetrack plan is well under way. New details about a student from the u. S. Killed in rome who we just learned his family met with. You can see the sun starting to come up there. Youre going to watch the air on want the air on full blast. The mercury is rising. A closer look at that get ready. We are going to have a heat wave in our area coming up. Thats right. We sure are. Temperatures in the mid70s and the sun is not even up this morning. Skies are partly cloudy. Well have a fair amount of sunshine today. Not much, if anything, in the way of a rain chance to cool things down. Im forecasting 93 for a high today with a heat index up near 100 degrees. Rain chances, if any, are below 20 and even there probably only Southern Maryland and the Northern Neck near the richmond area. Not much of a rain chance our morning jog will be a sweaty one for sure. Very muggy outside. At the pool today, good pool day. Dont forget your spf. Its going to be a hot game today. Drink extra water if youre spending time outside. Good time to think about going to the beach. It will be warm but mostly dry at the beaches for friday, saturday into the weekend. Well look at the weekend forecast in ten minutes. For now, its time to go to jack taylor in a glass enclosed traffic center. Chuck, thank you. Rock creek parkway crews continue to work at the kennedy center. Traffic down it one direction. Paving project on 202 headed northbound at bright seat road. They should be wrapping up. They finish usually by 5 30 in the morning. Fairway cones still in the roadway. Also, this is morning number one of phase 3 metros continuous work, blue and yellow line shut down between braddock National Airport. There may be a serious crash. Well keep you posted with more information coming up. Jack, thank you. More on the latest phase of the safetrack just mentioned. Starting to i am pangt morning riders. Blue and yellow line users are affected. Derrick ward is live at the Braddock Road Metro station in alexandria. How are people dealing with the changes . Reporter it seems like theyre able to deal with them. The folks that weve talked to today, they kind of know this is happening and taking in stride. It was a long line at that shuttle bus you see there. You see folks getting off to try to make the other one. There are a lot of people here from metro. A lot of signs and folks in yellow and blue metro regalia to let you know who to talk to and ask you any questions. For the next six days, the yellow and blue lines are essentially shut down between National Airport and braddock road. There are shuttles between limited Shuttle Service between braddock road and National Airport for airport customers. We actually talked to someone today who was riding that shuttle. Walk down here to the metro and take it one stop down which is really nice. Apparently its closed. Ill hop on the bus here. Hopefully, i should still make my flight on time. Not too worried. Reporter theres also free metro service. Those are the blue buses here. They will take you to braddock road, crystal city and Pentagon City from this station here. Essentially, what you need to know it is if youre riding a blue or yellow line, anywhere west of the plaza, expect crowds and delays for the next six days. Live at braddock road, derrick ward, news 4. Thank you, derrick. People are getting creative. These are bike trains, cycling advocates and volunteers will lead groups every day from the braddock road stations. For more ideas routes, open up our nbc washington app. Were following development in yemen where at least ten people are dead after a suicide bombing. Soldiers and militants are fighting in that area, we understand. Its not clear who is behind this attack. So far, no one has claimed responsibility. There are more details into the arrest of a former National Guardsman who staged a ft. Hood style attack. Mohamed jalloh made an appearance on tuesday. Hes accused of trying to buy a gun without proper i. D. As a chantilly store. When he returned the next day, the store sold him a disabled gun after talking with the fbi. From my understanding, he was very calm, no issues. According to court documents, jalloh unknowingly met with an fbi informant this spring after he thought they were an isis supporter. Authorities say he l to lectures by a former al qaeda leader. Hes back in court next tuesday. Rescue efforts still under way in north china where more than a dozen miners are trapped. This has been going on since this weekend. First, the coal mine flooded and now were learning a fire has further trapped the miners that were nearly free. Emergency officials are working as fast as they can to free these individual who have now been without food for several days. Well be watching the situation right here from the live desk. Back to you. Erika, thank you. Its 5 15 now. A developing story. Pope francis is meeting with the parents of a 19yearold American College student killed in rome. Police believe that solomon was robbed walking to a riverbank under a bridge and got into a fight with a homeless man over the weekend. That man is now under arrest on suspicion of aggravated homicide. Police say the suspect pushed solomon into the river. The wisconsin native arr his murder. The Credit Card Company realized that thousands of dollars had been charged on his card. An amazing kid. When he grows up he want to be a politician. Solomons bo was found in the river on monday. Thousands of dollars as his brother were said were charged to his credit card after his death. Its now 5 16. We expect a verdict today in the vaticans controversial trial hoefer release of confidential information. Two journalists are accused of having published books about this. The nflgs is based in part on confidential vatican documents. Time is running out to find a victim of the devastating floods in west virginia. Search crews have not found a 14yearold girl even though theyve been searching nonstop. Eight hours a day for eight days straight. 64 hours working time on a bloodhound is tremendous. Everybody is wore out. Wereal the entire team is wore out. But we dont want to give up. The missing girls name is michaela phillips. Rescuers were trying to save her along with her two siblings when a cord snapped and they were separated. As you heard there, its been eight days since she went missing. Its known that unsaturated fats are good for you. Now, new Research Shows that replacing butter in fat with plantbased oils like canola could lead to a longer life. A study followed the people for more than three decades and found those who ate more food with trans and saturated fat had a higher death rate. Premature babies might not be getting the lifesaving care they need. Research done across 11 countries found that only 58 of preemies received proper care. Researchers say better care could reduce their death by 18 . Four members of the Washington Nationals are allstath night. Allstar selections ties a record. Bryce harper was voted in by the fans. No surprise there. Hell start in right field. Steve strasburg had a chance. 11 wins and 0 loss this is year. Second baseman, Daniel Murphy who had a crazy awesome year. Catcher wilson ramos, wilson. Are chosen. Murphy lost by 88 votes out of more than 2 million. A lot of people were hoping that danny he is pespinosa would get after that grand slam. Well represented. I started my life as a marlins fan. I know. I do remember. Back when you were young. I feel a song coming on. Come on. Team weather center. Good morning, chuck. Good morning everybody. Youre almost halfway through a week here and already time for a big time heat wave coming our way. We made it into the 90s yesterday. That was our sixth 90degree day of the year of the well have number 7 for sure today. Outside, its already plenty warm and humid. 73 in winchester at dulles and 73 ingate urs burglary. 77 in annapolis also. A very mild start to the day. Current temperatures 70s, well be in the 80s for most of us before 9 00 a. M. This morning. Getting close to 90 degrees by lunchtime. Afternoon highs today, likely to be low to mid90s areawide. Not much on storm team 4 radar this morning. If youre traveling today, could have flight delays, detroit, cincinnati, chicago st. Louis. Be on the lookout. That cluster of thunderstorms there is diving and should stay t not much of a rain chance coming up today. Tomorrow, at least we get back into the usual afternoon thunder shower chances. Heres future weather. If were going to have any chance for a showert will be in Southern Maryland, stafford, richmond, those will be the areas that might get a shower chance. Northern maryland into the Shenandoah Valley likely to be completely dry. Planning out the day for tomorrow. Tomorrow at least we get back to the typical 30 chance for a thunderstorm. Highs tomorrow also in the mid 90s. Friday is actually going to be combination of the warmest day and i think our best chance for storms. Forecasting 97 on friday. 95 saturday, turning a little bit less humid towards the second half of the weekend. But wait, theres more. Coming up at 5 31, ill give you the four things to now. 5 41, well talk about the peak of the heat and 5 51 our exclusive tenday forecast. Lets go over to jack taylor at wtop find out coming along. Montgomery county authorities, a lot of equipment headed to the scene along cedar lane in kensington near everett street. This may have been a headon collision. We have both travel lanes closed. Its a twolane road. Be aware of the fact that if this is in your neighborhood, you may have to reroute. Rock creek parkway to the kennedy center, traffic alternates one direction at a time. Theyll be working for another 40 minutes or so. This is morning number one of metros continuous work surge number 3. Blue and yellow lines shut down between braddock road and National Airport. Jack, thank you. A trump supporter says she was refused service because of her president ial pick. The restaurant say otherwise. Why she was recently turned away. The new mdiae a woman in Orange County new york says she was kicked out of a Mexican Restaurant because she she was wearing a mange America Great again hat when she stopped into the cancun inn on sunday. She says a waitress told her and a friend they could not serve then and asked them to leave. When she went up to leave, she said the coowner started yelling at herment. We dont serve trump supporters. I want you to get the hell out right now and never come back. I said wait, when donald trump wins, were going to kick the mexicans out. The restaurant denies the story and says people have made threats against the restaurant following the incident. She and her friend plan to sue. A new deal that could make it hard to get off the couch. Comcast customers will soon be able to watch netflix through their cable box. The new company says the deal should be finalized by later this year. Its likely that comcast will get a cut of each subscriber that signs up. Com i blackberry will no longer make its classic model featuring the iconic tactile keyboard. Blackberry, i remember that. Theyre working on releasing new software next month in an attempt to recover its brand. Blackberry was an early leader in the smartphone arena. But took a big hit after apples iphone hit the market. My mother was been resisting. She has a blackberry. The Company Wants to switch her to the iphone. It took a while to learn to type without the key pad. I know a few people will be no, not my blackberry. Would you let a complete stranger stay in your home . The new trend helping families with Sick Children in the hospital. Another live look outside this morning. Pretty shot for you here of the district. Were off to a hot and humid start, though. Storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell says its going to be sweltering by the new details expected about the Fairfax County man who lost his foot after stepping on some kind of explosive in new yorks central park. What we expect to learn in a few hours. Opening your heart and home. Why some families are letting people they dont even know stay with them. But first, its going to be hot. How hot . So hot its july, its going to be that hot. Okay. 5 30 your time right now. Good morning everyone. Im eun yang. Im aaron gilchrist. We want to start with fou