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WRC News4 Today At 6 May 17, 2017

Four thinks you need to know before you head out the door, lets head inside. Yes indeed, its about the sweat factor for today. Suns already up. Came up a couple minutes ago what is going to be a very sunshinefilled kind of a day. Man, oh, man, is it going to be warm. As sheena mentioned likely to break recordhigh temperatures for tomorrow. The records tomorrow are higher i think. I dont know well have as much of a risk of breaking records tomorrow, though it will be equally as hot. Friday, thats the leading edge of cooler air set to arrive for the weekend. Well give you that weekend outlook coming up in a couple minutes. Now, Melissa Mollet, trouble on view from chopper 4. Look. A big old problem here. This is in Ellicott City. Chopper over main street and rogers avenue. Take a look at that, as chopper zooms out you can see the water main break area of roadway here. Having a much bigger sort of puddle here here. A little bit south of where that vehicle is now. Hopefully, that vehicle is just parked there. But you can see the road is messed up through that area. Northbound 95, thats the right shoulder. Northbound 28 before yorkshire lane, a crash there. Beltway, overall, other main routes into town and out of turn to are okay. Well get a look at travel times and another view from chopper coming up in a couple minutes. It will no doubt be another busy day at the white house. The Trump Administration is pushing back on a second bombshell report in as many days. This one involves former fbi director james comey. News4s angie goff is in the newsroom. This is a story first reported by the New York Times and then confirmed by nbc news. Heres what you need to know about it sources confirm that james comey wrote a memo urged him to shut down the investigation into former National Security adviser Michael Flynn and his ties to russia. He wrote that memo following a meeting with the president back in february. All of this is leading lawmakers to demand answers. Boy, oh, boy, this pace doesnt seem to be slowing down. And the sooner we can get all of this information out, the sooner we can see the actual hard copy proof of memos or tapes or transcripts. Well, republicans also want information on the communications that took place between the president and mr. Comey. John mccain is also getting a lot of attention this morning. At an even last night, he said, quote, weve seen this movie before. I think it appears at a point where its of watergate size and scale. End quote. The white house denying comeys account of what happened. Despite security measures at wouldbe fence jumper. The secret service said the person who jumped over actually a bike rack on pennsylvania avenue and was raefarrested bef getting to the white house grounds. Two other people recently charged with fence jumping or security scares were in court yesterday. A grieving family. 4yearold Cole James Clark was killed in rural Orange County virginia. The toddler had somehow picked up a loaded gun and shot himself. The babysitter or the day care providers fiance is a Stafford County sheriffs deputy still in training at the academy. The Orange County sheriff said the gun used was not a service weapon. Now the parents are facing the heartbreaking task of planning a theres no reason a child should be in reach of any kind of weapon at any point in time. A gofundme page has been set up to help the family with funeral expenses. The family is also waiting to see whether any charges will be filed. It is against the law in virginia to leave a loaded unsecured firearm in a place where children could find it. Five minutes after the hour. Were following this developing story, three men are on the run after murdering a man at an apartment in waldorf. In a twist, detectives say the victims may have known his killers. Heres what police say happened. Three suspects entered an apartment on promenade place and shot a man. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Police say the victim is in his 30s. Were working to find out the name of a woman killed. Police chief officers were called to the rec center on juliet street northwest. The woman had a weapon and asked her to drop it. When she didnt, two officers fired at her. Angie goff at the desk with a water main problem. Melissa mollet giving us our first glimpse, courtesy of chopper 4. What you see is a vehicle looks like embedded in the ground. Some kind of sinkhole. We do know nobody was injured. Nobody was in the car at the time this happened but this is impacting traffic as melissa said. Main is closed between rogers and klein avenue. If you live in the area, this is very important for those of you in Ellicott City with your televisions on right now. Police are ask you if you live in this area, safely try to remove your car as the water continues to flow. Right now, they have responders in place to try to fix the water and shut off the water but at this point they really cant give us a timetable. We dont know how long is this going on. Main street in Ellicott City. You might recall this was pretty much the same area that was rampaged by flash flood back in 2016. Recently, they recovered and reopened businesses. Now this morning dealing with another problem. Eun. Angie goff, thank you. Today, Chelsea Manning will be released from a military prison 28 years early. The army saints once manning is freed, shell be on unpaid active duty fending a final appeal in her case. President obama granting her clemensy before he left office. She was known as bradleyan known for giving documents to wikileaks. This is a story you will see only on news4. A d. C. Man is missing. And investigators are now focusing on the contacts he made on a popular dating app. His name is marty mcmillan. Hes 22 years old and hasnt been heard from since april 22nd. He left to meet a woman on the dating app plenty of fish. Detective its told the family they interviewed the woman from that dating app that marty last called. The Woman Told Police she never spoke to or met marty and someone else must have used her phone. And a beach tribute. Why families are fighting to keep the memorials they say they paid for. And whatnot to do on your next beach vacation. How that luxury car ended those commercials, you got to be careful. Those are professional drivers on a closed course as they say. 50s and 60s as we step out the door. 93 coming your way today. To take on the tom Insurance Companies and the Credit Card Companies and the wall street banks. Thats what Tom Perriello is about. Progressive causes have been my lifes work. Im Tom Perriello. And before and after congress i led nonprofits to battle climate change, poverty and president bushs attacks on civil rights. Now im running for governor to reduce economic inequality. Because together, we really can build a virginia that works for everyone. Angie goff here. We are following breaking news here at the live desk. Deadly storms out west in the midwest and plains. More than two dozen twisters were reported last night. This was across five states. Weve learned that two people have died and dozens were hurt after tornadoes blew through southern oklahoma. You can see right there, that one car totally crosses the median and spins out. A close call there. Very dangerous driving conditio lot of these twisters on camera. And in addition to ripping apart houses and uprooting trees, one town in oklahoma saw an entire Mobile Home Park completely flattened. Once again, two dozen twitters reported or, no, we had dozen twisters reported across five states. Now, back to you. And good morning. I know its hump day. That means its a downhill slide into the weekend. Theres a quick peek at your weekend forecast. Were talking record highs for today. But by the time we get to the weekend, it will be nation and cool once again. Weekend highs in the 70s. So far, were still able to keep the rain out of the weekend forecast. But theres a lot of heat and a pretty good chance of storms between now and the weekend. Sheena will detail that coming right up. Big slow down in Ellicott City. A water main break. You can here. It seems like this car was parked in the area and washed down the street. Outbound, fourth street. Center lane. New crash, southbound 95 before the beltway just reported. Yu eun. Four teachers and students are still in the hospital after that bus crash. We know that a 20yearold man from college park was driving the other vehicle involved. Police say he tried to pass the bus, clipped the front of it and caused the bus to overturn. Counselors will be on hand for students today because schools were closed yesterday. The driver has not been charged. This morning, theres a search for a man who is accused of grabbing a woman on a bike path. Take a look at the map here. The Loudoun County Sheriffs Office said the woman was talking mere tall cedars parkway in chantilly on monday where that man the woman said he took off south on edwater street. The Sheriffs Office believes he was driving a silver honda civic. Bill cosby is breaking his silence. He spoke with michakchael smerch yesterday. He talks about the allegations of women. I think that the numbers came because the numbers prior to the numb numbers didnt work. Only two accusers will testify at the trial. It is expected to start by june 5th, in norristown, pennsylvania. Ocean city, you probably have sat on one of the hundreds of benches lining the board walk there, many families bought them and dedicated to families they lost. Now, some families are being told to pay more than 1,000 or lose their bench. This includes the seton family which paid 1300 for the bench. They wanted to honor their 17yearold stacy who was murdered in 2005. I just think its a wrong way to do business. Youre retro actively going back in time saying weve made this policy. Okay, that bench is now ten years old, send them a bill. Now, ocean city says it is now assigning benches for a tenyear span because the benches are not holding up in the ocean air. Families can either pay the maintenance fee, donate the bench to a town or take it with them. And the seton family is leaning towardsak bench home. We hope you enjoy the warm weather but this is not the way to do it. He drove to the shore, literally. He parked his suv right at the end of the water, jeagenius, of course, it got stuck in the stand. The car didnt wash away. A tow truck came in and saved. But the man said he wanted nice photos of his car with the ocean backdrop. I can understand. I wonder at the time it was low tide and it became high tide. Looking at the beach. I thought about that this morning. Just thought he was going to drive up on to the ocean. Instead of getting nice pictures, we have great video to show people whatnot to do. Exactly. If you get outside and enjoy the water around here exactly, lots of outdoor things you can do, on the potomac, the weather is going to be hot. I think we want to show video. Is that the plan here . All right, well lets do this first. We just had to make sure aaron knew what he was doing. The news4 today showed off their cooking skills. You were really good with the microphone. Chuck bell is there. We went to the academy in bethesda to learn how to cook. Delicious carrot soup. I think melissa had four helpings. It was excellent. Chicken saltimbocca. Chocolate souffle. There was batter left over in the cup. Our thanks to the chef and cedric. We had a great time. The food was good. By did a great job, didnt we, sheena . We did. I learned things. Really good. A lot of us learned tricks we didnt know before. Today if youre heading out, one thing youll need to know youll probably need the ac on lat on. Exercise, extra water today. Lunch is heating up to the mid80s. And then the 90s. So recess kids should probably stay under the shade. Theyre going to get sunburned out in the sun. 62 currently in the district. 54 in manassas. 57 in gaithersburg. Its going to hget hotter quickly. If youre walking the dog, pogo here needs a home. And by noon, 83 degrees. Thats where we heat up. Low 90s. Look for record highs, 92 degrees, close to that or well beat it by tomorrow, middle 90s. The hot air is here as we go into friday. Over the week, that cool air comes back. So the 90s will not be lasting for the weekend. Well be seeing changes. Storms theres your weekend forecast. Lacking dry but mid70s. Now over to Melissa Mollet for a look at the roads. Good morning, chopper 4 is in Ellicott City. Take a look main street at rogers avenue. A very wet situation there with a water main break and partial sinkhole with a lot of water on the roadway. Definitely avoid this entire area. Inner loop and outer loop looking quite good. Southbound, 95 before the beltway, crash on the shoulder. Green line. Travel times to 70 look goods. Top of the beltway. No worries there. 66 inbound. 95 northbound is a little slow from earlier issues. Remember to listen to wtop 105 fm when you shop in the car today. Thank you, melissa. Stylists that come to your home for a makeover that takes just minutes. Restaurants, retail space, doctors offices and more set to rise at the Capitol Heights mall site. Well tell you when. Today on ellen Reese Witherspoon stops by. Shell play a game and talk about her hbo show big little lies. You can watch narrator to do time is what is right. Ralph northam. Army doctor during the gulf war. Volunteer director of a pediatric hospice. Progressive democrat. 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To have a glam squad doing hair and makeup within an hour. Reporter with the app, book an appointment, a short time later, a local glam squad made up of professional hair and makeup artists is ready to get to work with whatever your desired look may be. It varies. Like here, we have the bomb hair. It goes from big fancy hair. To, like, sleek looks. To curls to updos. Reporter and payment is all do before your glam squad even arrives. About 50 for a blowout. 75 for makeup. For your on demand glam squad, thats not a bad price at all. Guys, back to you. Five guys has unseated in and out as americas favorite burger chain. Five guys is the most beloved burger. Thats according to equitrend study. And innout now at number two. Did you know the first five guys opened right in arlington in 1996. And the fries are so good. Shake shack is number three. Love the burgers. 6 26 right now. One of the biggest names in hiphop music said she was a rising star. Now, the family of a local after her sudden death. And take a look at this video ahead. More on this close ca,ll turning up the heat. Look at that bright sun. Temperatures could reach record highs. Let it go. Those three words at the center of another damaging allegation at the white house. It comes after the Russian Investigation and memo from the fbi director. And booming business in prince georges county. New jobs, shops, restaurants, change coming to your neighborhood. Announcer news4 today starts now. Its 6 30 on this hump day. Get ready, folks, its going to feel like summer around here. Our news4 team getting you ready for what you can expect. Chuck bell out ton the storm team 4 weather deck with a preview. Hey, chuck. Good today. Its going to be really hot. Poor air quality and high ozone levels, if you have to gas up your car or mow the lawn, wait very early this morning or wait until very late in the afternoon and evening hours to keep air quality at its best. Record highs today, 92 is the record at national airport. 89, the record at dulles. And 93, tomorrows records are a little bit higher. If were going to break records, sheena, its going to have to be today. All right, chuck. Ill take it from there. Taking a look at traffic right now. Chopper 4 main street at rogers, a big problem in Ellicott City. Look at this. This water main break happened a couple hours ago. Now were dealing with sinkholes in various parts of the roadway. Northbound gw parkway, disabled vehicle. Beltway, loop, no problems. And southbound on the beltway, a crash reported on the shoulder. Taking a look at 66 and 95 there in virginia. 95 northbound out of fredericksburg towards quantico. And red line delays just kicking in. Melissa, thank you. Its 6 32. Heres a look at the mornings top stories, multiple sources tell nbc news that the fired fbi director kept a paper trail claiming President Trump asked him to drop the russia investigation into former National Security adviser Michael Flynn. The white house denies the report. Now lawmakers are directing that the fbi give them the memo or face a subpoena. And now arrests outside of turkish ambassadors home. The video shows people shouting and taken away by police. This cups just hours president erdogan. A d. C. Man is missing. Investigators are now focusing on the contacts he made on a popular dating app. His name is marty mcmillan, hes 22 years old and hasnt been heard of since april 22nd. He left to meet a woman he met on the dating app plenty of fish. His car was found abandoned near his grandmothers home. This is a story weve been following for a year now, d. C. Police debunking a myth that linked a staffer to wikileaks. Seth rich was killed last year and

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