Open. That is the latest from the scene. Good to hear. At least were seeing in the live shot we do have the right lane still closed at the scene, the crash cleanup continuing. Three lanes by to the left. Occasionally the shoulder, as well. The delay back near New Hampshire avenue. So plan ahead. Big delays. Also we had activity on the red line early this morning. Better news is theyre no longer single tracking, but still slow traffic potentially in the area because residual delays will continue from that earlier track problem outside of friendship heights. Any better news or is the forecast horrible . During the day the forecast is looking okay. But later today during the evening and overnight hours, we will be under a storm team 4 weather alert as heavy rain impacts the area. Right now these showers continue to push east. Look to impact the d. C. Metro area if all else hours around 8 00, 9 00. So have the umbrella handy. Patchy fog and drizzle out there, as well. By 11 00, noticing the humidity with a temp around 79. So plenty of clouds today and po spotty showers. As we move into the evening and overnight hours, heavy rain moves in to the area. With that flash flooding concerns and maybe strong gusty winds that could produce wind damage. But we also cant rule out hail and any thunderstorms were tracking this evening. Ill have more on the Severe Weather outlook coming up this ten minutes. We are nearly done with phase one of metros safetrack program. It is set to wrap up today. And that means phase two is right around the corner. Megan mcgrath is live for us this morning with what you need to know about the next set of repairs. Reporter well, folks are really going to start to think about or should start thinking about what they are going to do, how they will get to work if you travel through the affected areas. No question about it, this is going to have a very large impact as phase two gets under way on saturday. Take a look at the area that is going to be affected this time around. Were talking about the area between Eastern Market and the plain minu minnesota avenue and benning road stations. Instead of single tracking hili we saw in phase one, this time we will have actual station closures. The potomac avenue and the stadiumarmory stations are going to completely shut down for 16 days. Starting on june 18 through july 3. Also as a part of the second phase, there will be no rail or bus service during peak hours between Arlington Cemetery and rosslyn. So folks will want to use the yellow line via Lenfant Plaza instead. Were expecting major delays on all orange and silver line stations. Folks will really need to make alternative plans. Sure what shell do yet. Dreading it. Worried about allow im going to get to work. Guess i have to figure out which train station to go to. Reporter later this morning, metro will talk about how things are going and possible ways that people can avoid tie ups as the work gets under way on saturday, this phase two. Back to you. Megan mcgrath, thank you. It looks like more of you are taking advantage of the Capital Bike Share Program while safetrack is under way. Bikeshare had more than 89,000 users last week. Up 6 . Overall bike ridership is also up. Weekday ridership is 31 higher on the 15th street cycle track, that is nearly 600 bike and you can find the details about phase two on the nbc washington app. Search safetrack. Now to the terror in orlando. This afternoon the president and Vice President will arrive in orlando, they will meet with victims and families of sundays shooting. The two leaders will also spend time talking with First Responders and medical personnel. 49 die 49 people died, 53 others surety. Meanwhile the investigation into the shooters past is intensifying. The fbi is working with facebook to up cover more about mateens social media use allege. On the morning of the massacre, he searched pulse orlando and shooting. And his final facebook post, mateen wrote, quote, in the next few day, you will see attacks from the Islamic State in the usa. End quote. We could learn as early as today if a grand jury plans to charge mateens wife in connection with the shooting. Npr reports that the grand jury has been meeting for s days. Back here at home, shaws ta tavern avenue held a tribute to the victims of the Orlando Night Club shooting. T they donated 50 of its sales and asked for donations from everyone who sang a song. There is also a silent auction where people can bid on Gift Certificates from local eateries. I deal like Everyone Needs some love right now. The country needs love. I posted a little bit for each person that passed away. And people are reading a little bit about them. All the proceeds will go to the official pulse victims fun page for equality florida. Lane graves was only two years old. Hes the boy who died in that gator attack in disney world the other night. P today the community that knew him in nebraska will remember him. Graves church is holding a mass ande theyre also asking for donations for his family. Now, in florida the Orange CountySheriffs Office has vowed to find the alligator that killed him. So far search crews caught and examined five different alligators, all without evidence of an attack. Graves was pulled into the water while he was wading with his family near a disney resort. There are signs there that do say no swimming, but nothing about gators. That has alarmed a lot of people. Never thought Something Like this would happen. I feel bad for the family that it happened to them. The Orange County medical examiner will perform an autopsy on graves body today to find on the exactly how he died. Right now hundreds of people evacuated and heavy helitankers and helicopters have been called into Southern California. This is the scene that we have been watching the past couple of hours major fire, this socalled sherpa fire reported late yesterday afternoon. And its already burned several Hundred Acres of land. Santa Barbara County Fire Department has set up a shelter for those that are currently being evacuated from their homes. Eun. Happening today, with see learn how long a former military lawyer will spend in prison for a violent Home Invasion in mclean. Andrew schmuhl was found guilty of all seven charges against him on tuesday. Prosecutors say schmuhl broke into the home of attorney leo fisher and his wife and tortured them for hours. They say it was an act of revenge after fisher fired schmuhls wife from his law firm. Schmuhl is facing anywhere from five years to l s ts to life in. Donald trump scheduled to be deposed in d. C. Today in a legal spat with a celebrity chef. He pulled restaurant after trumps comments about immigrants. Trump sueded for breach of contract. You may want to wait for that cup of coffee to schocool. Why the temperature could put you at risk for cancer. And we brace for serious showers later today. Amelia draper tracking the showers youre seeing now and when the heavy rain will arrive. Plus were watching conditions on the beltway right now where an accident near connecticut avenue has at least one lane blocked right now. You can see here live the left hand side of the outer loop, backups were seeing and when the accident could be cleared with your first 4 traff. Ic by supporting the doctorpatient relationship so more moms get prenatal care. Offer moms access to maternity nurse support around the clock. Empower local communities working to reduce premature births. And partner with governments by providing Actionable Insights to help treat kids at risk for asthma. Were built to do all of that. And more. 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As you move into the afternoon hour, were largely dry and noticing a mix of clouds and sun an during the Late Afternoon and early evening hours, spotty showers and storms are possible. Any storms could have heavy rain and then between 8 00 and 9 00 p. M. , very heavy widespread rain moves into the area. This will lead to flash flooding concerns. We could also see strong gusty winds that could produce wind damage. More on the timing of when this rain exits the area tomorrow coming up in ten minutes. Turning now to a developing story overseas, a french naval ship is ending its search effort for the egyptair jet that crashed. Another ship spotted and obtained images from the wreckage under water. The next step involves drawing a man showing the location of the wreckage. All 66 on board were killed. The cause remains under investigation. Prince georges county police want to find whoever is responsible for a homicide in hyattsville. This happened at a town home on 55th avenue. Chopper 4 flew over the crime scene baltimorewashington parkway. Police say a man was shot after 5 00 yesterday afternoon. The man later died at the hospital. Investigators to not believe the shooting was random. Officer goodson could have his kras dropped today. Hes one of Six Baltimore Police officers charged in the death of freddie gray. The prosecution rested yesterday and this morning the judge will take up a defense motion to acquit goodson. He is facing the most serious charges in grays death including depraved murder. If the judge does not grant the motion to acquit, the defense will get a chance to make its case. Police need help to find a thief. Take a look at these photos. Police are looking for this man who they say stole cigarettes from a rockville Safeway Store last month and then swung a knife at an employee. They say he got away on a bike. If you have any information, an eindependent review find that the Machinery Police department could he benefit from more patrol officers. They will use the findings for future budget planning. For some young people in the district, they are spending time in the boxing ring instead of in the courtroom. And that includes 11yearold bernard who was sent to this northeast boxing gym after he was arrested for a knife fight at school. But instead of being charged with a crime, he was able to join a diversion rprogram. The program has given him new skills. Once they get in here, then they can identify with a positive role model, its a safe haven. Teaches me that anything is possible to do. The alternative to the Court Experience program called ace continues to grow. Over the last two years, about 90 of the youth involved has not been rearrested for a crime. Philadelphia could start paying even more for their favorite soda. The city is expected to finalize a tax on sugary drinks. It would be only the first major city in the United States to pass a soda tax and the second overall following berkeley, california. The measure will charge 1. 5 cents for every ounce of diet and regular soda, iced tea and Energy Drinks along with some juice drinks. The tax is expected to raise 91 million. And great news for millions of couffee drinkers. The World Health Organization says there is now no evidence that your cup of joe causes cancer. It may in fact protect you from uterine cancer and lower the risk of liver cancer. But researchers say be careful how hot your coffee is because if its 149 degrees or more, you could risk Esophageal Cancer because the coffee can burn the lining of your throat. So are we supposed to put thermometer in your coffee . I guess you just have to make sure that either 00 cooled down enough to drink without scalding your mouth. I dont know how people drink it that hot. I need my tea to be scalding or its not tea. Tea has to be hot. I say keep drinking the coffee. Time 6 18 on this thursday morning. Lets get a check of your weather and traffic on the 1s. Amelia draper is here now to tell us more about the rain that were expecting. It looks like well have showers impacting the area around the mid to late Morning Hours. During the afternoon and early evening hours, were largely dry. But then between 8 00 and 9 00 pchl, heavy rain moves in to the area. And that will lead to some flash flooding concerns late tonight on into early tomorrow morning because of that, it is a storm team 4 weather alert later today. But throughout the day, were mainly dry. Were humid, a mix of clouds and sun. But because of that chance that youre dealing with a shower or two, weather having the rat moderate impact on your day. Currently upper 60s and low 70s. We could have a few popup storms during the afternoon hours that may be produce gusty winds and hail, but once the heavy rain moves in, were really going to focus then on really just the threat for some flash flooding especially on area roads. So we continue to track rain throughout the Morning Hours tomorrow and as we continue to track that rain here on future weather, here we are 1 00 this afternoon, notice by 5 00 p. M. , spotty showers that could have heavy rain, maybe some storms. But here we are 8 00, 9 00 p. M. , heavy rain moves in, maybe some embedded storms. Biggest concern will be flash flooding, maybe gusty wind. But by this time 9 00 as far as hail or maybe tornado, im not really seeing that threat. 5 00 a. M. Tomorrow morning, well contito quork our way throughout the day tomorrow, we will start to dry out. Highs today in the 80s, highs tomorrow will warm this to tint. Ill have a look at the next 7 days coming up. But of course we have fathers day weekend coming up and as the storm system moves out of the area, it will set us up for very nice weather on saturday and sunday with low humidity and plenty of sunshine. Early next week, we start to warm back up on monday. Well have temperatures near 90. Jack taylor thousand withnow wi the roads. Pretty solid from 95 toward Georgia Avenue which is normal for the morning rush hour. But the crash at connecticut area completely clear. So all travel lanes are open. But the culprit for the issue apparently now out of the roadway. We also had issues this morning on the red and blue lines. Red line residual delays both directions from earlier track be heights. Yellow line and blue expected delays because of a switch problem outside of braddock road. Back into you. New information about the risk of the zika virus. The new evidence on the impact the disease has on pregnant women and when the unborn child is most at risk. Plus are you dealing with a check anyone light in well show you which state know you can keep your financial big picture under control. Know you can see how much you have to spend and whether you should transfer funds. Know you can easily keep track of what youre putting away. And know youre budgeted for the great escape. Thanks to virtual wallet by pnc. Chinese embassys still work to working to connect tourists injured with their relatives. One killed and two in Critical Condition when the shuttle bus carrying 17 tourists collided with a car on tuesday. Many of the people on the bus are still being treated at the hospital. A neighbor says hes impressed by the more than a dozen people who stopped to help. Its not up common to see people helping a bicyclist crash, but nothing that big. But, yeah, it was great. U. S. Park police stwo samaritans who helped. The cause is still under investigation. One more week volkswagen is getting a little bit of extra time to work out the settlement over its emissions scandal. The company lied about fuel emissions in hundreds of thousands of cars. So far weve heard about a tentative agreement between volkswagen and the federal government to fix the problem with a vw will buy back or repair all those cars. That could 7 billion in the United States alone. They have a week to finalize the deal. And today you have a chance to take advantage of a free ride on trance itsit services in frek county. Its a day dedicated to raising a wearness that Public Transportation helps the environment. Free rides will be offered on all connector and shuttle routes. 2. 55 for regular in d. C. , 2. 33 in maryland and 8 virginia. If you need to get your car fixed, you may want to take a listening drive somewhe long drive somewhere. Maryland came in third place, that is the third most expensive in the country. D. C. Was also pretty high up there, tenth on the list. Virginia wasnt far behind. In all three, it cost horn 400 on average for check engine light repairs. And you can get a discount in West Virginia where the costs were closer fort to 375. Most expensive . California. And then wyoming. That one was sir risic surprisi. Turns out michigan had the lowest average cost. Always like a fear that comes over you when you see the check engine light go on. And my car is not worstth worth anything, so i dont want to spend money to repair himy c. Tough questions for disney after the alligator attack. Well go live to the resort wh place for the guests. And most of the area will be under a Flash Flood Watch 5 00 p. M. To 6