Washington and baltimore area. Stay weather alert today and have our nbc washington app and have it ready to go and we will send push alerts as many more warnings or watches coming out. A Flash Flood Watch at 2 00 p. M. This afternoon until 2 00 tomorrow morning ides all of the metro washington area. Its steamy outside this morning. Te teratures are already inhe low to mid seventh. Fternoon high close to 90 defoees bere thunderstorms get going today. Increase just in time for the evening commute. A lot of possibility to snarl the ride home from work today. Lets try to get through this morning. At least for now, dry. We thank you for that. Unfortunately a closure in place for a while. Due to mondays lstorms, ca road you see at the tv right now is off to left. You can see the cone up in place. That roadway is closed and canal roads blocked between reservoir and foxhall and unfortunately damage from mondays storm and no word when the roadway will reopen. O cinuing our coverage of that crash on pennsylvania avenue. Police say two people were killed in that accident. News4 Megan Mcgrath has arrived at the scene and has the latest on this. What is going on. Reporter can you see the scene behind me here. A pennsylvaniavenue is closed in both directions between a20th street 21st and 2000 block of i street in northwest closed because of this deadly accident that happened. Around 11 45 when a car traveling west on pennsylvania avenue, for whatever reason, left the roadway and actually went upto i james monroear p its dark but hopefully you can make out there is a car in that park on its side. Twoeople were killed. A short time ago, i talked to a Woman Working in the area at the time that this happened. She sayshere were people pretty much everywhere. There were people in the park, there were people on the sidewalk when this car just left the roadway and went into that park. Now,he two people who are dead at this point, we dont know if those victims are from the c or whether it was someone who was in the park. Still trying to sort out all that information but two people have died as a result of this crash and a third person has been hospitalized. We don have an updated condition. A lot of questions here, why did this car leave the roadway . We are told itas a singlecar accident so no other vehicles involved. But for whatever reason, that car did fly off thero way and into this park and landing on the side. For the time being, all of these road in the immediate area are closed and we have a tow truck on the scene and i believe the edical examiner may be on t scene as well. We start seeing some of the road open up but, at this point, thee entirrea is still cordoned off so we will stay on top of this and give you the latest as soon as we get it. T backyou. Megan mcgrath, thank you. Now more on the Traffic Alert that has canal road closed this morning for sinkhole repairs. You may remember this scene where people stood on top of their cars surrounded by rushing water. They made it out safely butthe road was pretty badlydamaged. News4 today justinl finch is e there with more on the repairs. Reporter some of the cordoned off ars along can road here, the rain has come and gone. We are mostly drying out at this point. But now its time t repair one of the most damaged road in our area. Again, that is canal road. Take a look at what the flash storm on monday that came through, what it did with rain and floodwaters that stranded drivers andsubmerged their cars and trucks and their vehicle. The flooding is now gone. We can focus on the other major issue. What we have been left behind. A sinkhole here along this stretch of road on canal that crews will be tackling today. Take a look at a map up here for you now. Et canal roaden arizona and foxhall roads northwest will be fclosed repair. They are set to continue those repairs at least through the thursday morning rush. Look out for that. We come back out live. If you depend on canal road and drive through here every , morning know the morning rush this stretch of road is set to be closed. Arizona and foxhall along canal road. This could really tie up the morning for a lot of people so leave early and give yourself time. Back in tou. Yo justin finch, thank you. In Montgomery Countytou wrive on parts of belfast road. Weather permitting they will start to repair the road this morning. A stream runs under the road there and led to the sinkhole you e here. Shuttle service is available for people in that area. You can park at the bethesda metro and potomac village shopping fr. Or the lot across from old anglers end. The road is expected to reopen sometime on saturday. The declaration is a key step in requesting state and federal help for recovery. That is good news for residents who are just finding out their traditional insurance pocies may not cover their damages. A massive cleanup effort continues in this area. Heavy rain covered streets and covered cars. Insi many homes, furniture was tossed around and destroyed and basements were filled with mud and debris. We were upstairs on the main level and we heard this crash. I mean, explosion. Four feet of water was the and all of that rushing io the basement. Within 30 seconds. The place was flooded and cominviinto the li room. Some residents face property loss and repair costs that run in the tens of thousands of dollars. Ton county is asking residents to submit damage reports by friday. Today is relisha rudd reimbrance day. S been more than five years since the little girl disappeared and d. C. Police say they will not stop searching for her until the case is closed. An age progression photo from last year shows what she mighli have looked ke at the age of 12. Ye she was 8 s old when she was last seen in surveillance footah at a motel walking wit khalil tatum. He was a suspect in the case ank later to his own life. No one hainbeen charged rudds disappearance. A ceremony will be held today in her honor. This morning a d. C. Mu comnity is mourning after a man was shot and killed inside a barber shot in anacostia. He had been shot multiple times. People around that barber shop described a haotic scene when the shooting started. I saw people running out from that building. Just taking cover and trying toh hide from the ooter. Lly had to take cover myself to see what was going on because i saw people going evywhere. The detectives hope that Surveillance Video will help them identify the suspects. Right now all we know is four men were seen running from the sop after the shooting. Prince georounty police are trying to find possible witnesses in a murder that shot devonta dixon. His body was found in a burning car along aiken avenue in ig capital hes. News4 talked with dixons mother. O said her son was a small guy with a big heart i lost my sister five months ago and he was helping me with my sister who left five kids. She was very well known and very respected and not a disrespectful child and did everything the right way. Investigators have not revealed any possible motives in this case. Today, House Democrats are expected to turn up the pressure on President Trump. Members of the House Judiciary Committee plan to authorize a dozen subpoenas. This is part of the committees probe into possible obstruction of justice by President Trump. Lawmakers want to subpoena 12 current and former trump inistration officials, including the president s Senior Adviser and soninlaw Jared Kushner and former attorney general jeff sessions. Labor secretary alex acosta is defending his handling after major sex crimes case more than a decade agriculture as a growing number of lawmakers call for him to step down. As miamis top prosecutor, they say acosta went easy on Jeffrey Epstein in a plea deal. Epstein pled guilty in 2008 to c staterges including prostitution for a minor in exchange for avoiding a much more serious federal charge. He was sentenced to 13 months behind bars. We did what we did because we wanted to see epstein go to jail. Simply put, the Palm Beach State Attorneys Office was ready to let epstein walk ee, no jail time, nothing. Acosta said the local prosecutor was not going to give up steen jail time. But a former Florida StateAttorney Says that account is, quote, completely wrong. He said heayed no role in negotiations with epsteins attorney. He adds that acostas Office Dropped a350page federal indictment which is later niandoned. New this morng a former redskins player is asking for help. In an Instagram Post last night, former redskins ability haynesworth is battling kidney disease. His kidneys faid on monday. He took to simple to ask for a generous kidney donation from fans. He played for d. C. About ten years ago and me two pro bowls during his career. A new metro ad is getting attention for calling out a problem too familiar for most riders. Its called man spreading. Its when men take up your personal space on metro but we should point out this is not exclusive to guys. Anyone can spread out a little too much in their sist. The ad art of a metro manners campaign. Neighbors in prince geoeres county walready unhappy about a new Amazon Warehouse posirbly going up near the homes. Now amazon says it wants to make that warehouse bigg than it first wanted. We are working for your health this morning. More on a new drug for bringing relief on people who suffer from migraine headaches. Dog walking best done early this morning because its a gorm afternoon. I to meet jackie yesterday as our pet of the week feature. A sweet girl and 3 years old and make everybody at your house calm, cool, collected. 70s and steamy this morning and new reports that Developers Want to make an Amazon Fulfillment Center in Prince Georges County much bigger than first planned. The Washington Business Journal says a new proposal for the center is more than 1 million square feet larger than suggestedhree months ago. The Prince Georges CountyPlanning Board is set to consider the new plan at a meeting next week. The new warehouse is set to go into the westphalo upper area f marlboro. Starting today you can weigh on in the Amazon Headquarters in tlar arlington. Ea they had to hr from the reps last night. They saw some of the rendering as well as a map to get a better sense of amazons development plan. You can read more about amazon arriving in the nbc washington app. The search isn for several suspects accused of setting an armored van on fire and injuring three people in ncf the van belonged to a transportation company. It was found on a highway leading to the airport. The suspects also set fire to their own van before driving off. We are working for your health this morning with details on a new medication for migraines. It is still waiting for fda approval and could be a gamechanger for migine sufferers. Researchers tested the drug in clinical trial. People were painfree within two hour compared to thoseho took a placebo. The study was published in the new england journal of medicine. President trump wants to help people who have kidney disease. President signed an executive order yesterday with itious goals. The order directs the department of health and Human Service to come up with a plan to better educate and treat people in early stages of the disease. It also calls for an Incentive Program for people who donate organs with reimbursements for lost wages and child care. The president says help is also needed for dialysis patient. Crucially, our new system will ensure that more patients undergoing dialysis can do so from the comfort of their own home. Hhs will also launch an Awareness Campaign since 40 of those with kidy disease dont realize they have it. The American Red Cross is saying its blood supply is dangerously low. They say the summertime is usually a slow season for donation but this year is more challenging. The red cross is short by about 17,000 donations. One donation can save the lives up to three people. You can find the Donation Center in your area by searching nbc washington app and search red cross. A people awe alligator at a popular park in chicago. It has been hanged out at a park. A woman saw it and started taking pictures. There it is. They estimate its ftr to figh feet long. I first thought i was a toy and then it sunk down and then it resurfaced right there. Animal control brought in a reptile specialist, gator bob, who took over the effort to place live humane traps, maybe e take t alligator where it belongs. So far, the gator has not been caht. Its not interested in whatever the humane solution is. Just throw a tbone steak on a hook in a lake. Hen youre stuckith an alligator on the end of the line. We face Severe Weather today and, unfortunately, flash flood threat is high because of the rain on monday. The ground is saturated and as a sult the rain today will not e have anywher be absorbed and become runoff. Sunrise 6 before0 a. M. And cloudy outside this morning and way more humid start to the day today than we had the last coupled. 75 now. He souty wind are bringing in a lot more humidity. That is the reason we have a much higher chance for thunderstorms today th we have had the last feud. Already 79 in quantico. 80 in annapolis. Warmer now. Wwud. 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Future weather, High Resolution model develops storms along the blue rindge between 2 00 and 3 0 and 4 00 to 5 00 Dulles Airport and the capital beltway and 95 corridor betwe 5 00 and 6 00 today. Hen that opportunity for heavy rain moves into baltimore by 7 00. These storms arent going to fade awaor sunt. The flood watch including the maryland and Northern Maryland and baltimore and metro area starts at 2 this afternoon and continues until 2 00 a. M. Friday morning. Here is your extended forecast. Stormy ursday today. Sunny, hot, humid. Sound like a typical summer weather. Not a great start this morning. A live look at canal and foxhall. Youre looking on the tv, to the left cones and carols across the roadway. Canal road is closed and will be until further notice bas ally between reservoir and foxhall. The roadway was compromised from mondays sorm and the roadway is closed until further notice. Only right lane getting by in this area. Not good. Backu. To yo thank you, jack. Some teens are glued to video games. Others are building businesses. Meet the local teen entrepreneur who is trying to help others xt on news4 today. Were the slowskys. We like drip coffee, layovers and waiting on hold. What we dont like is relying on fancy technology for help. Snail mail we were invited to a y2k party. Uh, didnt that happen, like, 20 years ago . Oh, look, karolyn, weve gur a mathematician on oands check it out now you can schedule a callback or reschedule an appointment, even on nights and weekends. Todays xfinity service. Simple. Easy. Awesome. Weekends. Id rather not. Welcome back. We want to introduce you to a local teen who is using his skills in the kitchen to make a difference in his community. This is not the first time he has been be on tv. Molette green is making sure Everybody Wins when you buy one of his cupcakes. Reporter michaels cupcakes. I guess the idea for flavors kind of comes from up here. Reporter from the tart hart, michaels dessert is kebusiness bad for the community. When the 13yearold fills his online orders. Every dessert sold buys the dessert for someone in need. People are less fortunate than me and cant get the things i get. Reporter his Facebook Page is filled with all of the flavors he can dream up with giving back a key ingredient. Mwith some help from his in the kitchen and a little interference from his brother, the young food advocate runs michae desserts out of his home in bowie. He decided he wants to leaveo the astrophe out to remind people he is doing this for others and not himself. Reporter baking from scratch. Topping every one with his homemade icing. There is sweet potato pie. There is mint chocolate chip. Every 50 cupcakes that i sell, i do a giveaway where i give away me cupcakes. Reporter so o order up and help michaels desserts give to someone in need. In bowie, molette green, news4. They look delicious they do he is doing good with his work. Nice job still ahead, footing the bill. D. C. Mayor Muriel Bowser says President Trumps fourth of July Celebration cost the city big bucks. Marking the lunal landing with a color spectacle in the district. Details on that ahead. A weather alert for day but if youre headed for the beach tomorrow or for the weekend, weather will be near perfect for your b ch going plans. More details on did you know comcast business goes beyond fast with a gigspeed network. Y. Mplete internet reliabil adnced voice solutions. Ep everye connte o ke tvideo monitowiring. Fi thats