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WRC News4 Today At 5 May 17, 2017

Traffic can get to route 1, westbound and north. Northbound 270 after old hundred, left lane getting by some work there. Inner loop braddock blocking the left lane. And main street at rogers avenue has a water main break there on main street. Lanes blocked and a sinkhole there in the ground causing issues for folks as well. Got to tell you, guys. Im very happy with you today. I love this heat. I can tell just based on the dress she picked out. Big flower print. Light and flowing. Thats what i said when melissa walked in today. Summerlike, melissa mollet. Its gorgeous outside. You just like to like it hot. Thats true. Record heat. Were standing outside, because its so mild. You dont need a light take a look agency s we go throe day. By 7 00 a. M. , 64 degrees. And look at the afternoon, mid to low 90s. By 7 00 p. M. , still near 90 degrees. 63 in the gaithersburg. And the heat continues for the next couple days. Were coming back with a look at that forecast. Sheena, thank you. Its 5 02. Another Bombshell Development rocking the white house this morning. Nbc news has confirmed that former fbi director james comey wrote a memo claiming President Trump urged him to shut down the investigation on Michael Flynn and his ties to russia. The story was first reported by the New York Times. According to a course close to comey, the memo was part of a paper trail, documenting what he believes was the president s attempt to investigation to the campaign. Comey wrote it on february 14th, the day after flynn resigned. It was also after comey attended a meeting with the president at the white house. Comey quoted the president saying, quote, i hope you can see your way clear to letting this go to letting flynn go. The white house denies asking comey or anyone else to end the investigation. Now, this latest development has led to a flood of reaction from capitol hill. Some lawmakers saying President Trumps attempts to shut down the administration raised questions about obstruction of justice. Republican congressman jason chaffetz, the head of the Oversight Committee sent a letter to the fbi asking for all communications between comey and the president. He said they have until next week to turn it over. Then, quote, if we need a subpoena, well do it. Coming up, well go to capitol hill where news4s tracie potts is telling us why john mccain is comparing the late of the to to angie goff. Eun, the damage is deadly, this morning, very widespread after tornadoes were reported across five states. The midwest taking it hard. Look at those homes ripped apart by strong winds and thunderstorms in oklahoma. We know entire trees were uprooted. Some of them, in fact, cut in half. You can see right there. Two People Killed and dozens were hurt. Storm chasersch kaing some of the twisters on camera here. And many schooled closed as the clean up continues. Eun. Were following a developing story, three men are on the run after murdering a man at an apartment in waldorf. Right now, detectives believe the victim may have known his killers. Chopper 4 was over the scene last night as police collected evidence. Heres what clis say happened three suspects entered an apartment shot a man. Were also working to find out the name of a woman shot and killed by d. C. Police. This happened around 7 00 last night near a popular rec center where children were plays. Police chief newsham said police were called to juliet street. When officers arrived they saw a woman with a gun, told her to drop it. When she didnt, two d. C. Officers fired. The police told her to put it down. When she didnt, we heard four or five shots. Well, of course, take a look to see if the body cameras were activated. There are multiple cameras in the area. Police are also looking at a camera on a metro bus driving by. The woman died at the hospital. There is a search for a man accused of grabbing a woman on a bike path. The woman was walking near tall cedars parkway and edgewater around noon when the man grabbed. This is a composite sketch. Police think he was driving a silver honda civic. Now, take a good look at these pictures. The st. Marys Sheriffs Office said these men were behind two armed robberies. A m an hour and a half later, the deputies received a call that the same men robbed a cab driver at gun point. If you recognize the men in the surveillance pictures call the Sheriffs Office. Chelsea manning will be released from a military prison 28 years early. The army saints once manning is freed, shell be unr on unpaid active duty. Former president barack obama granted her last year, manning tweeted that she planned to return to maryland after her release. But its still not clear if that is still the plan. Now, despite new security measures at the white house, the secret service had to deal with another wouldbe fence jumper yesterday. The secret service said the person who jumped over a bike rack on pennsylvania avenue was arrested before getting on to white house grounds. According to the news4 iteam, two other people were recently charged with jumping the fents or security scares at the white house are scheduled to appear in federal court yesterday. What you see happening here is the transformation of an old metro railcar. The retired 4,000 series car is now being turned into a retail kiosk outside of the grosvenorstrathmore metro station. Nine popup vendors are open for its part of a test program for food and retail stores. In a fuew years this is wha it will transform into including everything from restaurants to hotels. It is a huge boost for Prince Georges County. News4s justin finch is live there with a look at whos behind this big plan. Justin, good morning. Reporter aaron, good morning. It is just a strip mall now but soon this spot on Central Avenue in the beltway will be catching your eye when it transforms into a tall suite mixed use development, that developers are hoping will bring a lot of energy and opportunity to Capitol Heights. The new development called hampton park will open in about three years. Hampton park will offer retail space, hotel space, restaurants, medical offices as well. The Ground Breaking was held yesterday. And Business Owners in Prince Georges County leaders are looking forward to the park project and what it can do to this community. I think it will bring more business. Im happily for the community. Were going to have health, human services, all of our healthrelated industries are going to be right here. Reporter a lot of benefits coming this way. The original owners here the sanctuary of kingdom square bought this property about ten years ago with the very hope of it transforming into Something Like this. Back to you. Justin finch live this morning. Thank you. 5 09 right now. Cicadas are emerging on an unexpected schedule. Maybe youve seen them taking over your front porch or sidewalk this morning. They are harmless, though. According to our News Partners at wtop, these bugs typically fall out of the ground in 17 and 13year cycles but local experts were not expecting them until 2021. They say theyre not sure why theye them. And people eat them, too. Yeah. Heres my thing. I know theyre harmless. I know, im an intelligent woman, i understand this. I still think theyre so disgusting, chuck, i cant handle it. If cicadas on the menu i would have walked out. You can see on future weather, by 3 00, 4 00, there might be literally one or two showers but most of us are not going to get rained on until friday. Sheena is helping to plan out the rest of the week. Coming right up. Get ready for recordbreaking temples as chuck mentioned. He went looking for love and his family says may have met his untimely end instead. The concern for a missing d. C. Man and the story youll only see on news4. And our series, theres an breaking news right now. First alert traffic here. 95 northbound main has just reopened before a bad crash. Been down for a couple hours overnight. Erika gonzalez is on the scene. Erika, what are you now. Reporter hey, melissa, we are in fact on the scene. Were driving just past exit 152b and rains are moving once again this morning. This after a pretty nasty crash turned the traffic around. Were in the express lane since this morning. This crash happened this morning well before the 4 00 a. M. Hour near dale city. Exit 156. It was apparently a collision between a tractor trailer and another vehicle. I think a van. We understand that metdevac was on scene. Unclear if somebody was transported. The traffic remains flowing this morning, but you should expect some sort of residual delays. Back over to you guys. And storm steteam 4 talking about record high temperatures. Live picture there clear sky outside this in quite comfortable but its going to warm up fast. 93 in washington. That would be a record high there. Sheenas got that forecast coming right up. Its 5 15. And a grieving family has a warning for parents to make sure home day cares dont have guns anywhere near kids. The 4yearold was killed monday in rural Orange County virginia. The toddler had somehow picked up a loaded gun and shot himself. The babysitters fiance is a Stafford County sheriffs deputy still in the training program. Their mother and father are planning the task of burying their child. Ill be burying my son. Theres no reason a child should be in reach of any keep weon in time. A gofundme page has been set up to help the family with funeral expenses. The family is also waiting to see if any charges will be filed. It is against the law in virginia to leave a loaded unsecured firearm in a place where children can find them. Now to a story youll only see on news4, a d. C. Man is missing. And investigators are now focusing on the contacts he made on a tpopular dating app. His name is marty mcmillen, he left to meet a woman he found on the dating app plenty of fish. And later, his car was found abandoned near this familys home. The family believes the car was driven after he disappeared. Now his grandmother fears the worst. If he is, we want closure. We want to be able to put him away. I dont want him to be outre in some field somewhere. Detectives told the family, they interviewed the woman from the dating app. He last called. The Woman Told Police she never spoke to or met him. And that someone else must have used her phone. Bring him home emotions raw at a candlelight vigil last night in franklin, massachusetts. Hundreds of people gathered to show their support for the family of a missing college student. Police have been looking for 20yearold Michael Dougherty since sunday. He was last seen leaving a party early that morning and then returned home. A diver is recovering after being bitten by a shark. This happened monday at the zoo in washington. The aquarium said the diver was doing Maintenance Work in the shark tank when the shark bit the divers finger. But the aquarium has to suspend all diving in the shark tank. Its the first bite since the tank opened 28yearold. And President Trump will deliver the commencement at the u. S. Coast guard academy. Every year, the president delivers the commencement address at one of the academies. Sheena, a nice warmup. It is very nice outside. I walked outside like this. I dont need the long sleeves. I dont think many people around here do either. Wait until tomorrow morning, its going to be even warmer. Record heat in the forecast. Weve been talking about it for quite a few days now. And its not just today that will be unseasonably hot, tomorrow, we will be in the 90s again. The 90s we continue tomorrow, well be close to 90 again on friday. And also as we go into friday that heat and approaching cold front. And were going to feel thunderstorms for the end the week. Dont think the week is going to be in the 90s, were actually going to be cooler by then. 63 in the district, 59 gaithersburg. 56 manassas. If youre dining out today, by lunchtime, it will be nice. 83 degrees by lunchtime. Mostly sunny. We go through happy hour, 93 degrees. That is unseasonably warm. Almost 20 degrees above normal for this time of year. Even at dinnertime, were looking at temperatures near 90. I dont know if you want to sit outside, by then, its going to be pretty hot. Speaking of hot temperatures, the record high at reagan national, 92. The forecast, 93. Dulles, 89. Dwi, looking at record highs very close. The heat continues even as we go into friday. Then youll see that cooler air moving in for the weekend. So, 93 today, 92 tomorrow. As we go into friday, 88, chance of thunderstorms. For the weekend, were about mid70s coming up. Well take a closer look at the forecast coming up. To the roads with melissa mollet. Good morning, sheena. We have that update on the situation on knife. Were going to pull the camera up for you and show you exactly whats going on right now. Before dale city, we dont have that delay. That is getting much better. Northbound main lanes are open actually, we are seeing a little bit of a delay. I was looking at the express lanes. We are seeing a little delay but everything is open. And the work zone there in the right lane, indian head before kirby hill in the center lane. The news4 today team showed off cooking skills. Look at uses with our aprons. You should see aaron with that. Look at him. 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Ek. anyone can dream. Making it a reality is the hard part. Northrop grumman command and control systems always let you see the complete picture. And were looking for a few dreamers to join us. Right now at 5 30, get ready for sweat. Temperatures are already climbing as you wake up on this wednesday. The record highs youll be feeling today. Plus, casting aside a Conspiracy Theory about a dnc staffers death. What his family is saying about alleged dies to wikileaks. Plus, uber tracking public transit. The new technology thats linking the Ride Sharing Service with your daily commute. Announcer news4 today starts now. I think youre safe to leave the jacket at home. Perhaps pack an extra water bottle for the kids today. It is going to be hot. Youll start feeling it as soon as you head out to the car. In a second but first for the storm team 4 forecast, we sent chuck bell outside. Its nice out. Very nice. Good morning, sheena. Good morning, chuck. And the camera is facing the wrong way but theres a bunny rabbit running across the grass in front of me. Good thing my dog isnt here. Would go badly. Meanwhile, air quality alert, high ozone levels meaning people with heart or respiratory issues they want to limit their outdoor exposure altogether. Keep that in mind. Look at that bright morning color. Records likely to fall again today, poor air quality. Today, were in the 50s and 60s now. Its going to be a scorcher, everybody. 93 in washington today. The Current Record at National Airport is 92. Looks like that one may fall this afternoon. Well take a look at the weekend which will be cooler. Coming up in a few minutes, for now, lets go back to melissa. Good morning, taking a look dale city. We are still a bit full here this morning. This is a combination of that earlier crash and just those normal delays headed northbound. It really is not quite as bad as it looks. Northbound, though, after triangle, a broken down vehicle in the center lane. Its going to be start to add to the pain there for folks. 66 ask fine, agency you back up and lee main routes in and out of town youre okay as well. 270 southbound, its a little low after 70. Youre all the way down to the spur. M

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