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WRC News4 Today At 6 June 23, 2016

Inner loop in the express lanes, a vehicle spun out. Authorities on scene. So be aware it will be well, give yourself extra time. If youre leaving at normal time right now, probably going to be a little bit late. 50 east before 197, earlier vehicle fire, we believe the vehicle fire is out, but two right lanes remain blocked. Westbound unaffected. Back to you. Breaking news right now. D. C. Police are investigating a it and run on minnesota avenue in southeast washington. This happened just off pennsylvania avenue in between burns and 27th streets around 1 00 a. M. Our camera crews were there as the Accident Reconstruction Team was processing the scene. You can see here the bike was still in the roadway. Were told a man was hit by a car. The car took off before police arrived. The man is in Critical Condition right now and police have not r car that hit him. Big water main break has paralyzed an alexandria neighborhood for northern 12 ho more than 12 hours. Megan mcgrath is live on edsall road with the latest on the repair effort there. Reporter well, you can see crews are still here on the scene and that the rain has now moved into the alexandria area. Not sure whether this will slow things down or not. Certainly when the lightning were expecting heads into the area. But for now you can see that theyre starting to pump some of the water out of the gaping hole, this is the area where that 12inch main burst yesterday afternoon. And it was a real gusher when it was going. Take a look at the video. Water just sprayed up out of the pipes, created this large hole in the middle of edsall road. We have everything shut down here between van dorn and south whiting street. They have not yet begun the repair work on tpi time. Certainly they have to dig down to that pipe, swap out the section that is broken and then they have a lot of repair work in terms of fixing the road itself. We have all the erosion and they will have to fix the asphalt, as well. So this will be with us no doubt into the afternoon. There were many people in the area without water for a time yesterday. What i was told is that they have basically minimized the area that is impacted here. So a lot of people should have their water back online, although still some folks in a smaller air may be located. But theyre, working on that, as well. Back to you in the studio. If you dont already have it, remember the nbc washington app is a great tool for a day like today. Not only can you find up to the meant traffic conditions, but its also great on the storm team 4 weather alert day. Just search news 4 in the store. We will not be happy, we will not be satisfied, we will not be pleased until we do something in a major way. Make a major we are following a developing story from capitol hill. Take a look at these live pictures right now. House democrats vowing to press on after mounting an unprecedented sitin protest demanding a vote on gun control legislation. The house has adjourned, but some democrats are still on the floor demanding votes. And outside people gathered to support the democratic lawmakers. Our numbers increased and so did yours. House Republican Leadership is standing fast on their position to not call any vote. Speaker paul ryan called the protest, quote, Election Year grand standing. Pass gun reform from mayor bowser and chief lanier. A News Conference will be held at 10 45 this morning. They will ask kochk to pass what they call common sense gun reform while discussing gun violence here in the district. It is 6 05. Police are on the lookout for this 9yearold girl. They believe Sophia Proctor is with her mother, julia. She was last seen tuesday afternoon on 14th street northwest. Her mother last seen driving a 1998 volvo with d. C. Tags. Contact police if you spot them. A verdict is expected today for the Third Baltimore Police officer on trial in the death of freddie gray. Caesar goodson faces seconddegree murder charges. He drove the van that transported gray after his arrest. Gray later died from a broken neck. Have the nbc washington app and well send out an alert when the verdict new t new details in the case of a man who walked in to a tv station with a take bomb. Alex brizzi walked in wearing a hedgehog suit and life vest that looked like a suicide bomb. He was eventually shot by police. Brizzi will now be sent to a State Hospital for schizophrenia treatment. Today there are millions of dollars in prize money up for grabs in the quicken loans national. Golfers are taking part in the tournament through the weekend. Tiger woods is the host. Golfers at the time started at 7 00 a. M. At Congressional Country Club in bethesda weather permitting i would imagine. So they might not did get started basically. Members of congress will be on the field at Nationals Park today playing in the annual congressional baseball game. Democrats versus the republicans. All play to go raise money for charity. We had video from last years game. But the first time they played a Congressional Ball game was in 1909. So sort of a tradition here. First pitch tonight at 7 05. And we checked the list. Don beyer from the virginia only one from our area playing. If youre just turning on your tv this morning, we want to let you know its a storm team 4 weather alert day. Looking at the radar, you can see why. Chuck bell is putting together your commuter forecast. Another show of support for the victims of the Pulse Night Club shooting and it comes just as were learning more about the man who shot them. The latest details coming out of orlando this morning. And where do we go from here . The speech siblgb its our new intern, barts first week here at td bank, hes a robot from one of those other banks. Were training him to bank human. I am banking assistance registration technology. Wait, wait, wait. But you can call me, banking assistance registration technology. Hi amy. Thank you. Thank you. That is not protocol manager jenna. Thats ok bart, it is here. At td bank we do things differently, like having the longest hours of any bank. Dont just bank. Bank human. Take a look at storm team 4 radar. You can see the rain rolling into our area right now. And some of it could be severe. Lets turn things over to chuck bell. I feel for people who have to stand a bus stop or walk to anywhere this morning. You got that right. It will be an ugly wait for the bus or train here early this morning. Your ride in and out of work could both be affected by rain. This morning very stormy, lots of chances for wind and lightning, temperatures near 70. There is a chance we could have another round of thunderstorms later this afternoon, but im thinking probably after 5 00, 6 00, 7 00 tonight as opposed to 2 00, 3 00 like we had the other day. For now though, light rain here in the washington area, but reports of thunder and lightning now. You can see the flashes off to the west of heaviest of the rain in our area is this Little Pocket of heavy rain just down to the south and west of fredericksburg moving on to i95. So going to be hit hard by heavy rain within the next 15 to 2030 minutes. Over to jack taylor now. Edsall road remains closed as the repairs continue. You add water to a morning rush hour, it reeks havoc, so plan for extra time. May want to head out early this morning. Also looking at the beltway, starting to fill in. Top side of the beltway outer loop starting to fill in quickly from 95 to georgia avenue, starting to slow 66 east early getting in to fairfax. Also moving in to the district both directions on 295 toward the 11th street bridge. So far all travel lanes are open. It is now 6 13. Today a u. S. Congressional committee will order an official review wasted based on a iteam investigation. It involve as department of Homeland Security employee possibly plotting an attack. Scott macfarlane has more on todays hearing. Reporter good morning from martinsburg. At 9 30 this morning on capitol hill, the u. S. House Homeland Security committee is expected to have a hearing and discuss the case that unfolded behind me a few days ago. News 4 broke the story, the feds wanted to raid the brick duplex behind me, the one with the green shutter. They wanted to raid it as they investigated whether an employee of the u. S. Department of Homeland Security headquarters in washington was plotting an insider attack against Senior Agency officials inside the headquarters. After our report, u. S. House committee on Homeland Committee called the findings troubling and said they would launch their own investigation. It will come up c hearing at 9 30 this morning. As for that employee, he face as charge of unlaufwfully carrying pistol. Hes pleaded not guilty. Owners of the Pulse Night Club will hold a massive street party just blocks from the night club in order to raise money for the clubs employees. Organizers say it is in part a celebration of the community and also a memorial to honor the 49 people killed. This event will have a latin theme as was the case on the night of that mass shooting. On the morning before the mass killing, the shooter changed his appearance. An a anonymous person told roiters that mateen shaved his head and face and he seemed agitated. Mateen pledged allegiance to isis during a call to three socalled drug vigilantes arrested after being found with a collection of weapons and Tactical Gear at new yorks holland tunnel pled not guilty in court wednesday. They each face multiple weapons charges including Unlawful Possession of a shotgun and handgun. Police found the weapons during a search after does thatting the suspects for driving with a cracked windshield. The three were allegedly driving to new york to rescue a 16yearold girl from a hotel room in brooklyn. One of the suspects is part of the group enough is enough take rescued dozens of addicts. Hes on a day to day mission to save as many kids that he can and as many parents from getting that phone call that their child has died. Authorities say the accident was not terror related. All three suspects are being held on 75,000 bail. New details this morning in a deadly shooting investigation. Police believe its connected with a deadly shooting that happened monday. 59yearold wayne daily was killed there. It appears to be a silver four door sedan with a sunroof. Police did not reveal a make or model. Montgomery county police have arrested 22yearold Gregory Holland in a case of car and resident dep shal burglaries. It started when a neighbor saw a suspicious car and called police. When police arrived, they encountered a robbery in progress. The suspect jumped a fence. Police say there have been several burglaries in that area in the past couple days. Bernie sanders will give a speech today and address what he wants the democrats to enacts. Likely not be the democratic nominee for president. Donald trump and Hillary Clinton engaged in a are wwar o words. Trump hit clinton on a variety of issues and called her a, quote, world class liar while clinton hit back during a speech in north carolina. Hillary clinton wants to be president , but she doesnt have the temperament or as Bernie Sanders said very strongly the judgment to be president. She does not have the judgment. Now think about it, hes going after me personally because he has no answers on the substance. Trump heads to scotland today while clinton has no Public Events scheduled. Maryland lawmaker wants to boost Retirement Savings across the state. Today bill fricke will part in a discussion sponsored by the pew trust. They want a state sponsored retirement sav p access to a workplace savings program. The law takes effect next week. Employees would need to make contributions and they can opt out if they want. Concerns continue to grow over lead in d. C. Water especially schools and libraries. Unacceptable lead levels were found at souza middle school this spring. They were discovered after a group of students returned from volunteering in flint, michigan. Lead was also found this seven water outlets in four libraries. No one expected it. And i think to have just returned from flint and seeing the severity of the crisis there, it really hit home. Filters are being installed in all of those facilities now. Lack of exercise may increase a womans risk for Ovarian Cancer and death from the disease. One new study said women who had done no physical activity during their lives were 34 to get Ovarian Cancer. Experts say regular exercise can help. Smartphone apps and other visual aids might improve emergency carry for heart attacks and strokes. A swedish study found an s p thapp helpeded to get faster treatment. And another app that lets e. R. Doctors send images to heart specialists improved the speed of diagnosis. New this morning, an airplane that flies without fuel only solar power is back on the ground. It finished a three day flight across the atlantic from new york to spain. This is brand new video of the landing here. The Solar Impulse was attempting to fly around the world using only solar power. Its journey will end in the middle east. It is a big day for the class of 2020 at the Naval Academy in annapolis. Abut inducted today. The day will end with an oath of Office Ceremony at 6 00 p. M. Congra congrats. Lets turn to chuck bell now and get us up to speed on this forecast as we have been seeing rain already popping up. What was all dry no more than an hour and a half ago is pretty much all wet. Just had a flash of lightning in prince georges county. And this is going to continue to increase in coverage as we go oeft next hour or so. So just know that it will be a very wet ride in this morning. Temperatures are hovering near 70 around the metro area right now. So what to expect . Two chances for some strong storms today. Chance number one is taking place right now. The next chance for any strong storms may be about 12 hours from now. So keep that in mind for later today. Sun will be out this afternoon. Rain, but there could still be a few showers around on your friday. For now the rain and fog has lowered visibility. And wet roads. This will also slow down air travel. So if you have a morning flight, its likely to be delayed. So call ahead. Heaviest rain right now is just on to the west sides of fredericksburg. This is the one that is putting down the most lightning right now. And the path that its taking here, it will go right on to i95 here down through chancellor and brokenburg. So be ready, that will make a slow ride in. The strongest of the storms really are just down to the south and west of rich month and another powerhouse line out here in west virginia. Fortunately we will be missed by those, but a lot of instability around here, so there could be periods of very heavy rain. Here is future weather bay 7 15, 8 00 this morning, pockets of heavy likely this morning. And then we break up in sunshine. Could intensify the storms that come our way this evening. Friday chance for a passing shower. The weekend still looks dry. And then back up to near 90 with more humidity typical of summertime as we head into the early parts of next week. Lets go over to wtop, jack taylor looking at the capital beltway. Nobody will be saved from this, we will be wet all morning, so give yourself extra time. Nothing wrong right now on the beltway. Top side filling in very quickly. Getting heavier down neear the wilson bridge. You will find activity on the inner loop in the express lanes up at 466, someone was overdriving the conditions. We did have the left side blocked. We believe that that vehicle may have been cleared over to the shoulder. So at least travel laneou back in to you. Success at the south pole. This morning two people are getting medical attention after a Risky Rescue Mission and were getting an upclose close look at how it all unfolded. And will metros next phase of safetrack derail your commute . What we expect t learn aboou man hey baby, how are you . Woman i have a surprise for you. Man you have a surprise for me . Narrator at dominion, 1 in 5 new hires is a veteran. And when theyre away, they miss out on a lot. 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The walk will be at the flight 93 a plane has rescued two sick people who were working in an r antarctica. Conditions were incredibly dangerous to fly in. This is the toughest time of year we could possibly be going into antarctica. Its dark 24 hours a day. Very cold. The temperatures were at below 75 degrees fahrenheit, which can disable a plane. Sick workers were part of the Research Project in antarctica, but that is all we know he abkn about help so far. If you dont have the nbc washington app, take our advice and download it now. You will need it on this storm team 4 weather alert day. And this morning is not our only chance for severe bell back with that and the 4 things to know about your forecast. The weather out west not helping wildfires that continue to spread and are now being report

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