No heavy rain early this morning. There are raindrops here across northern Baltimore County and a couple of drops also west of nwarrenton. Heavy rain yet. That will be much more of an issue later on in the day. The flood watch includes all of tothe metro washing area, southern maryland, metro baltimore, frederick and hagers town today and gusty winds along with the storms today. Its steamy. Mid70s this morning and afternoon high up to 90. Afternoon commute likely to be hardhit by heavy ra and thunderstorm. Jack taylor has issues before that gets going this morning. Ly certaino. Unfortunately, from mondays storms we are still dealing with those. Canal road is closed until further notice betwn reservoir and foxhall. F tunately, with the Structural Integrity of the roadway, this will remain blocked until further notice. We also had activity on the beltway out of the Prince Georges County. Up at kenilworth avenue. The tractortrailer has been dghup ateon he shoulder throughout the rush hour traffic. Early delay 270 at clarksburg. A late night crash on pennsylvania avenue. We know twopeople were killed accident. This is video from the Traffic Camera there showing the crash scene. This is at 21st street and va pennsyla Avenue Northwest after midnight. Ire Officials Say a third person is treated for critical injuries and we will update as youle rn more. Now more on the Traffic Alert that 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 but thet road was prebadly damaged. News4 today justin finch is live there with more on the repairs. Reporter the burst of heavy rain and flooding came and went on mond but the effects are still lingering all the way now on thursday. Behind us here, you will see tht sh of canal road is cordoned off with tape and that is so, this morning, crews here can begin work on thatnk sile here off the roadway here. But as you mentioned, it was thiscene thate saw earlier in the week that heavy rain, that rising flooding that we saw here along canal that left us in the situation that we are now in. Drivers were stranded on top of their vehicles. The vehicles submerged inhat water. That brings usohat we are trying to focus on today. The repair stage of all of this. We take to you a map a show you again the area we are talking about. This is canal road roughly between the area of arizona l avenue alhe way down to foxhall that has been closed off, so that repair can begin on that sinkhole. We are told this so last at least through the morning commute today and possibly gol weleyond that, depending on the wk they accomplish in that time. Back live. Drivers who go up and down canal road every single day, today is different. You might get turnedound at certain points so the work can continue. Macarthur blevard and other stretches around here will likely fill up fast because of tis major and critical closure happening hereis morning. Back to you. A lot of work to be done there. Justi finch live for us there on canal road, thank you. In Montgomery County, you wont be able to drive on parts of belfast road. They are repairing that road as the road was washed out east of macarthur boulevard. A stream runs under fel belfastl led to a sinkhole. 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 otlicies mayover their damages. A massive cleanup effort continues in this area. Heavy rain covered streets and covered cars. Inside many homes, furniture was tossed around and bastroyed and ements 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 there and all of that rhing into the s,sement. Within 30 secondhe place was flooded and coming into the living room. Some residents face property loss and repair costst run in the tens of thousands of dollars. Arlington county is asking residents to submit damage reports by friday. Today is relisha rudd remembrance day. Its 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. Ange progression photo fro last year shows what she might have looked like at the age of 12. She was 8 years old when she was last seen in Surveillance Footage at a motel walking with khalil tatum. He was a suspect in the case and cter took his own life. No one has beenharged in rudds disappearance. A ceremony will be held today in her honor. 6 06. This morning, a. C. Community is mourning after a man was shot and killed inside a barberhop in anacostia. He was found dead at new creation shop yesterday afternoon. He had been shot multiple times. People around that barber shop described a chaotic scene when the shooting started. I saw folks out in front of the ilding runningand taking cover. Trying to hide from the shooter, im assuming. I actually had to take cover myself to see what bes going on ause i saw people going everywhere. E detectives hope that Surveillance Video will help them identify the suspects. Right now all we know is four men were seen running from the shop after the shooting. Prince georges county police are trying to find possible witnesses in murder nearly two months ago, someone shot andilled devonta dixon. His body was found in a burning car along aiken avenue in capital heights. News4 talked with dixons mother who with says she wants answers. Put a report outor f everybody on social media to say that my son was deceived before i was even notified, so somebody knows something. Investigators have not revealed any psible motives in this case. N today, House Democrats are expected to tur the pressure on president trump. Em mrs of the House Judiciary Committee plan to authorize a dozen subpoenas. This is part of the committees probe into possible obstruction of justice by the president. Polawmakers want to subena 12 current and former Trump Administration 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 of a major sex crimes case more than a decade ago 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 is currentl facing new sex trafficking charg i pled guilty2008 to state charges including prostitution for a minor in exchange for avoiding a mh more serious federal charges. He was sentenced to 13 months behind bars. We did what we did because we wanted to see epstein go to jail. He simply put, talm beach state Attorneys Office was ready to let epstein walk free, no jail time, nothing. Acosta said the local prosecutor was not goi to give epstein jail time. But a former Florida State lytorney says that account is, quote, complete wrong. He said he played no role in negotiations with epsteins attorney. He adds that acostas office op drped a 53page federal indictment which is later abandoned. New this morning, a former redskins player he asking for. In an Instagram Post last night, rmer redskins Albert Haynesworth is battling Kidney Disease. His kidneys failed onday. He took to cial media to ask for a generous kidney donation from fans. He played for d. C. About ten years ago and made two pro bowls during his career. A new metro ad is getting t attention for calling ou problem too familiar for a lot of riders. Its called man spreading. Its when men take up your personal space on metro but we should point out this is not exclusive ton. Me anyone can spread out too much. The ad is part of a metro manners campaign. I dont do what she is doing. You want to man spread . Lets go at it. You want me to rub your leg . E that is what we doing. Everybody can be comfortable how about that . Or nobody 10 after 6 00. Neighbors in Prince Georges County were already unhappy about a newmazon warehouse possibly going up near their homes. Now amazon says it wants to make bat warehouse evenger. We are working for your health this morning. More on a new drug that is bringing relief on ffople who su from migraine headaches. I got to meet our dog of the week jackie who youll see on news4 add midday. A real calm cucumber and cool cucumber as they say and make a great addition for your family. Get the miles walked in thet firsart of the day with the dog because it will be absolutely raining and storming later on into the afternoon and evening. Were the slowskys. We like drip coffee, layovers and waiting on hold. What we dont li 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 got a mathematician on our hands check it out now you can schedule a callbackul or reschedan appointment, even on nights and weekends. Todays xfinity service. Simple. Easy. Awesome. Id rather not. Welco back. 6 13. New repos that Developers Wanto make an Amazon Center in Prince Georges County much bigger than first d. Plannein the washon Business Journal says a new proposal for the center is more than 1 million square feet larger than suggested three months ago. The prince georlas county pnning board is set to consider the new plan at a meeting next week. The new warehouse is set to go in the Westphalia Town Center in upper marlboro. Starting today you can w gh on in theamazon headquarters in arlington. They had a chance to hear from the amazon 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 arrival in the nbc washington app. The search is on for several suspects accused of setting an armored van on fire and injuring the people in france. The van belonged to a transportation company. It was found on a highway leading to the airport. Irthe suspects also set fto their own van before driving off. We are working for your h health this morning witdetails on a new medication for migraines. The drug is still waiting forva fda approand could be a gamechanger for migraine sufferers. Ugsearchers tested the drn clinical triar fo more than a thousand people. People were painfree thin two hours compared to those who took placebo. The study was published in the new england journal of medicine. President trump says his administration wants to help people who have Kidney Disease. President signed an executive order yesterday with ambitious goals. The order directs the department of health and Human Services to come up with a plan to better educate and trt people in early stages of the disease. It also calls for an incentive ogram for people who donate organs with reimbursements for lost wages and child care. The president says help is also needed for dialysis patients. Cruciay, our new system will ensure that mo patients undergoing dialysis can do so from the comfort of the own home. Hhs will also launch anes awarens campaign since 40 of those with Kidney Disease dont relize 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 donations, but this year is more challenging. The r cross is short by about 17,000 donations. One donation can save the lives up to three people. You can find a Donation Center in your area by searching nbc washington app and search red cross. A mazda recall. The company isor recalling me than 260,000 vehicles here in the united states. The japaneys automaker sa there is an issue with the software in the computer that could cuse your engine to stall unexpectedly. It affects certain cx 5 models from 2019 and 2018 as well as mazda 6 midsized sedans and 2019 mazda 3. So far no c ashes or injuries have been reported. The deaeprship will rair the software for free. A pretty unusual site in chicago. People saw an algator at a popular park in chicago. A woman spotted it tuesday and began taking pictures. Police estimate its about four to five feet long. I first thought it was a toy and then it sunk down and then c it resurf right there. You can see why she thought it wasnt real. Animal control brought in a reptile specialist, gator bob, who took over the effort to an place humtraps, maybe o they dont hurt the alligator. So far, the gator has not been caught. This is what happens when nou liveear a desert and youre an idiot. An arizona man accused of driving drunk into a cactus. Thar guy is facing a dui ch right now. She say his sports car hit a contact ss while cros cactus while crossing the median. It ran through the passenger seat and lucky nobody was tting there. What if the cactus had gone on the drivers sid n you imagine . Boink weather alert. A busy afternoon. Severe weather wise around here. Ecause of the rain on monday, the ground remains pretty close to saturated and means any dditional heavy rain we get today could cause more flash flooding concerns. Keep that in mind. If you have a little extra time today, plan an extra route home in case you end up in one of those flash flood events on monday. Always have backup plans ready to go. Preparation is always key. 76 in washington this morning. Southerly breezes have brought up way more humidity. Youll notice that the minute you go outside this morning, much more humid day today. That humid will be turned intoer thundorms fuel for later on in the day. A couple of showers possible as early as lunch time but really the peak for thunderstorms will start about 3 00 or 4 00. Near 100 chance for rain between about5 00 and 8 00 this evening. Temperatures today topping off right around 90. Theevere Weather Threat zone today it is highest around the d. C. Baltimore area and northbound into pennsylnia. Everywhere in the news4 nation could be hit with severe storms today. Most of the thunder and lightning for now is nearby pittsburgh, pennsylvania. Storms showng thund you how potent the weather system arriving here later on in the day. A couple of drops this morning. The flasflood watch goes into effect at 2 00 in the afternoon and continues past midnight tonight. Let me show youre fu weather. Along about 2 00 or 3 00, storms will develop along the blue a ridge as early as 3 00 or 4 00 we could have storms in montgomery and Loudoun County. Ju in time for the evening commute between 5 00 and 7 00, we could have powerhouse thunderstorms along i95 and the capital beltway. Those thunderstorm chances will continue well into the evening hours tonight and any individual storm there could drop a quick 1 to 2 or 3 inches of rain. All right, ck taylor, over to wtop. Canal road is closed from arizonal to foxhal road northwest. A sinkhole so the roadway is blocked until further notice. Find a lot of traffic on macarthur. We have delays early in dale city 95 northbound toward millington with a broken down vehie before the beltway is moved over to the right shoulder. Back to you. Some teens are glued to video mes. One young man is building a business to help himself and those in need. Meet the team working to help others next on news4 today. Stick with us all da a catch elle3 00 this afternoon and stay tuned for your news at 4 00. Did you kn comcast business goes beyond fast with a gigspeed network. Complete internet reliability. Ad nced voice solutions. Wifi to keep everyone connected. Complete internet reliability. Video monitoring. Thats huge. Did you guys know we did all this stuff . No. Im not even done yet. Wow. Business tv. Cloud apps and support. Comcast business has the solutions you need. Get start with fast, reliable internet for just 39. 95 per month. Its everything a Small Business owner needs. Call 18005016000 today. Welcome back. Its 6 24. We wa t to introduce you a local teen who is using his thills in the kitchen to make a difference in e community. Molette green shows us how michael is making sure Everybody Wins when you buy his cupcakrt. Repoer michaels cupcakes. I guess the idea for flavors kind of comes from upere. Po rerter from the heart, michaels dessert is a business baked for te community. When the 13yearold fills his online orders, every dessert sold buys the dessert for someone in need. Its me just thinking that people are less fortunate than me and cant get the things i get. Pageporter his instagram is filled with all of the flavors he can dream up with giving back a key ingredient. L with some from his mom in his kitchen and a little interference from his brother, the young food advocate runs michaels desserts out of his home in bowie. He leaves the apostrophe out to remind people he is doing this for others and not himself. Rep ter baking from scratch. Michael connects every flavor to a Freedom Fighter superer h or civil rights activist, topping every one with his homemade icing. Theres sweet potato pie. There is mint chocolate chip. Every 50 cupcakes i sell, i do a giveaway day. Reporter so time to order up. Nd help michaels desserts give to someone in need in bowie, molette green, news4. T i want order all of the cupcakes so talented. He is giving back at 13 and already has his business. I hope he makes red velvet for you. Footing the bill ahead. D. C. Mayor Muriel Bowser says the fourth of july event the president held is costing the district bigging bucks. Marking the lunal landing with a colorpectacle in the district. Details on that ahead. Chuck . Severe thunderstorms are possible and Flash Flood Watch has been issued. Storm team 4 weather alert day and we will talk about the mipacts and ti