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WRC News4 Today At 5 July 14, 2024

It is very niceut there. We will stay in the mid70s as we go through the 7 00 a. M. Hour. Plenty of sunshine once that sun comes up and that will take our temperature into the upper 80s today. Now yesterday weere about 94 degrees where we topped out. Looking a lot better out there today. Not a lot going on in radar. High pressure over us and give us blue skies out there throughout the day today. Looking pretty good. Now, head down to our friend in ae south. Tropical depression,ng probably dowded there throughout the day today. A lot of moisture still associated with and heavy rain working its way up through the missivyippi valley and h rain down through louisiana where i see a Flash Flood Warning pop up down there. We are watching the rain that will make the way through midwest and to the middle east and midatlantic and extremely hot temperatures. The hottest we have seen so this summer. We will talk about that coming up but lets talk about the road with melissa. Good mornind gmorning. Beltway still having delays. Inner loop and outer loop some of the construction may be out of the wayut still a lot of slowdowns. So we will keep an eye on that for you. Probably until this finally to repair that sinkhole on canal oa r no update on these. Beltway ok at the overall just that slow down inner loop and oer loop near gallos. Montross road has delays because of the road construction. At immion raid are under way around the country right now. The planned sweeps started yesterday, at least ten major cl cities, ing baltimore. D. C. Was not one of those cities. Immigrant communities and their supporters remained on edge and angry abot the roundups promised by President Trump. Montgomery county is reminding people of their laws if ice agents showed up. Montgomery county is reminding undocumented immigrants of their rights if ice shows up at their home. The county does not ask about anyones immigration status. In Prince Georges County the police are telling their officers they are barred from serving immigrants with federal civil warra deportation order. S d. C. Police have a similar policy. We are here to build trust on a daily bays and safeguard you and the community. We have a longstandingolicy that prohibits us from asking about citizenship or residency status when we interact with the community member. The bottom line is mpd does not enforce federal immigration laws. The white house is defending the raids, saying ice has deported fewer people under President Trump than it did under president obama. We know there is a lot of concern and confusion when it comes to the immigration raids, so we are work for you and news4 and our sister station telemundo 44 on holding a phone a thon day. Operts may answer the questions you have about theration and connect you to resources and services that are available. A controversial tweet from President Trumpas many calling him a racist again this morning. Hme president tweeted that the four minority fres congresswomen should go back and fix the countries they came from. The president didnt name anyone but it was clear he was naming four congresswomen, co ocasioez, pressley and omar and tlaib. We will have more in the next half hour. D. C. Policeay a routine traffic stop turned into a wild policchase in d. C. The driver lost control and causing the vehicle to flip. Firefighters had to free the driver from the suv on v street near lincoln road. The driver was arrested. A dog was also in car but was not hurt. This morning, the Fairfax County Sheriffs Office is holding an autopsy and to plain how an 18yearold died in custy. Shakez amir green was found and he was taken to the hospital and pronounced dead at the hripital. Authoes said they found no signs of foul play. We are tracking the latest images from tropical depression barry. Water was everywhere as you can see in these images. Water was everywhere. News4 Jummy Olabanji is in the newsroomo with m dramatic images of barry. Reporter even though barry did not unleash catastrophic flooding down there but it did pack a punch. Take a look at this rescue on saturday. The government of louisiana says dozens of rescues like this one have been made. Thankfully, though, no stormrelated deaths have been reported, no serious damage reported eier. But the gulf coast will have a lot to repair. The storm surge there involved some louisiana neighborhood. In alabama, r majoroads were consumed by water and workers are strugglingo restore power to thousands left in the dark. Ithe big easy, there is a sigh of relief this morning. We absolutely made it through the storm. Beyond lucky, we were spared. Reporter themayor heard there say that forecasters say that folk across the gulf coall are sti facing threads of tornadoes and Flash Flood Warnings today as the depression moves north and coinuing to dump rain and a small sign that things are getting back to normal. Flights at the new orlns rport did resume last night. First responder in our areah are ready toad south, if needed to help with the storm recovery Montgomery County tweeted out these pictures over the weekend. Maryland Task Force One has itss baacked now. Team leader are monitoring the storm. Hethey will determine whetr this urban search and rescue team is needed. Ng this morni, officials in new york city still do not know what caused a fivehour blaanout in manhaver the weekend. First responders i couldnt do people trapped in elevators. Our heroes new york mayor bill de blasio toured the conedison control ay. Ter yeste ed the outage was not a result of terrorism. Saturdays outage affected 73,000 customers and it included times square and broadway. Coming upon the today show, we will get a t look at power grid and its vulnerability. A billion care sexually accused of sexually assaulting young girls is in jail. Jeffrey epstein pleaded not guilty. Prosecutors want to keep him in jail while he awaits trial but sethe defense is wanting h arrest. It is the black fr. Ay of summer today millions of people will flock to amazons website for prime day. Amazon is rolling out two days deals. Ele sale bonanza features thousands of ectronics, entertainment, and techs, item and shipping is fr e. Last year, the company sold 100 million products on prime day. There is a hitch. This is open to prime members only. Others have annound their own sales including ipad and smart tvs and furniture. Later in the show, susan hogan takes a look those sales and how to make sure you dont miss out on any of them. There are some m yland residents who are not so happy about amazons plans to build a warehouse in Prince Georges County. The new warehouse is expected to be a million square feet larger than firsanned and set to go in the town center in upper marlboro. Even though the warehouse will bring hundred of jobs to the area, some residents think the facility is just too big. They havee a chanc tell Amazon Official and developers about that latertoday. The meeting will be held in clinton later on today. Amazons arrival could accelerate some improvementns plain crystal city. They have had proposed to close the tunnel for the city sector plan. It runs route 1 and connect the underground mall to area restaurants. The board is asking vdot tpp formally sut the plan. Once approved, removal of the tunnel is expected tth begin fall. D. C. Residents can take their kid today to receive free imnizations. An event is held on Georgia Avenue in northwest and it starts at 11 30 this morning. Yo the ma will be there and remind you that immunization pa forms are a of the enrollment forms for school. The state is adding electronic sports as a school competition. The Virginia High School league has approved oneyear Pilot Program for esports. There are several teams that can compete and each with a different set of rules. Teams have bween three and five members and travel, if necessary. It doesnt include physical activity so im concerned about the whole thing. The competition are online. It is a bona fide sport now. People recognize it as a real thing. And students can major in these sorts of things and become billionaires. Filthy rich. Good for them. Good new for panda lovers this morning. The national zoo says i shan is starting to build a nest which could be a sign she is pregnant. Its still very early. She was inseminated back in march. Bei bei is still at the national zoo but time is runningout. Three is not enough . Aaron, i cant believe you had that. Are there ever enough baby pandas in the world . Neve never tian tian is the dad. Only three pandas. We can only on dream having more pandas at the zoo. That would be amazing. We are working for you. You may be paying fees and you dont know about it. We will take a look at the hidden fees. A special ceremony had several people dress inside white at the lincoln memorial. Take a look at the rare sight that is happening there. Youll walk out this morning and ow its little less humid out there. Thank goodness. Plenty of sunshine out there today. Beautiful with temperatures topping out right around 80 as we go to the 9 00 hour. The heat is at bay today but really heating things up this week. Did you know comcast business goes beyond fast with a gigspeed network. Complete internet reliability. Advanced voice solutions. Wifi to keep everyone connected. Video monitoring. Thats hugeu did ys know we did all this stuff . No. Ev im not en 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. 15 affair the uho we are working for your health thl morning. Ding a Healthy Lifestyle is the most effect way to preventive dementia. Cesearchers found people who make healthy choiike to diet, exercise, not smoking and not Drinking Alcohol or drinking it in moderation are less likely to develop dementia. One say following four Health Lifestyle factors could cut dementia by 50 . People are most likely to reinjuring their acl if they return to sports too soon. Researchers at cincinnati Childrens Hospital followete180 injured ens when underwent a battery of leg strength and fitness tests. Those who scored less than 90 before returning to play were three times more likely to suffer an acl injury within two years compared to those who scored higher. Its better to just wait to fee like you 100 before heading back into the game. Smart way to do it. We are working for you this morning. One of the most aggravating parts of buying a ticket is the hidn fees. Legal action is being taken. Here in washington, the attoruey general sd marriott, accusing the hotel giant of charging deceptive fees. Experts say its not just about one case, its about fixing the system. Its not Just One Company acting badly. Its a marketplace where me consu are losing power. Advocates say they want retailers to provide ll disclosure up front. Some are lobbying government enforcement policy. Ith an no matter you are, you cant ignore the scooters zooming in and out of traffic. Yesterday, people in fairfax attended this free e scooter safety class at town square. People learned the basics of balancing, starting, stopping, and how to use the app. If you missed out on this session, dont worry. T e Pilot Training program will run through nexmmer. If you happen to be walking near the lincoln memorial, you may have seen a rare sight. Baptisms took pl e there. The light of the world church held a religious ceremony yesterday. The church has a following of 5 Million People worldwide and located in guadalajara, mexico. A sight you dont necessarily see a lot of the time in washington. It was nice out there yesterday. The good thing about today, the humidity is a lot lower. So more comfortable to be outside today. Ki lo good. Even though we are getting ready to head right into the d oh, no. Look at that sunrise out there right now. Sun coming up. 5 55. Its just below the horizon right now and givingus those beautiful pinks out there. That c burnt orangeor and we will see the sun come on up. Its going to be a Beautiful Day. Clear skies out there and comfortable. Tomorrow, the heat moves back in. A few more cloud. A chance for some showers and athunderstorms tomorrowernoon through tomorrow evening. Late wednesday night we are tracking barry. That will move through on thursday but the heat is not going anywhere and sticking with us. Today, not bad. Six and 70s out there as make your way out the door this morning. There could be a patch of fog in some spots. Heading tough the day to top out at 89 degrees. That is average for this time of year. Sunny skies out there. Just absolutely gorgeous. Tomorrow low 90s. So warm front will lift through the area. We are back in the low 90s tomorrow but feeling close to 100 degrees. In fact, over the next severa days, we are going to have that heat index of around 100 degrees. Tomorrow feeling like 97. By wednesday, we are at041 rain on thursdayith that trical moisture moving through the area. Friday, 106 and keeps going into the weekend. By the weekend, we could feel 110 out there and wouldnt be surprised if the national eather Service Issues heat advisoriies out there. We are draw here for tomorrow. Warm front push through tomorrow afternoon. We could have a few showers around tomorrow afternoon. About 30 chance. All this moisture will start moving through Late Wednesday night and through the day on thursday. Scattered showers and thunderstorms as we get into friday. Friday, plenty of sunshine but the heat is not going anywhere. It is going to be warm out there so we are looking at very warm conditions out there as we go even into the weekend. Good morning. Southbound 29 after fairland drive, we have flashers here in the road. We have a delay there southbod ecause of a crash. Kind of at the intersection. Gallows road deay hanging around on the inner loop and outer loop. The rest of the beltway looks okay. Ahead, we are working for your health. What to know to slow the signs of aging and lower your risk of skin cancer. We are talng about sunscreen in your makeup. Be sure to watch entllen 3 00 and followed by the news at 4 00. All this week, Doreen Gentzler show us simple and fun things parents can do to keep their kid mentally sharp we know the importance of reen but for those of u who wear makeup, we may think because some of it has spf its enough to protect us. We are working with your health this morning with help that may decrease your risk for skin cancer and slow down the sign of ages. Reporter scan the aisles of Department Stores and youll see most of the makeup and tinted moisturizers have spf built in so are you one of those people mao think youre covered like me . Dlogists say we are probably not and makeup should never be a substitute for sunscreen because youre simply not using enough of it to protect your skin from the suns harmful rays. You should be using one wholo teaspoon sunscreen four face and neck. That is a lot. You probably will not be able to apply that much foundation without looking like youre wearing a makeup mask and, chances are, youre not going to reapply it every two hours. Reporter your morning st routine shoult with a layer of Broad Spectrum sunscreen. The American Academy of dermatologists recommend spf of 30 and some local eerts say f 50 is best and suggest looking for ingredients like zinc and titanium for the best protection. Apply the sunscreen and wait for it to dry before you put on your makeup and then finish with a setting powder to help absorb any oil and sign. Remember, layering spf 15 sunscreen over a foundation does not add up to spf 30 protection. Its not cumulative. It doesnt work that way. Back to you. D ghan markle and harry ha a date night. They left archie home adr essed up for the london premiere of the lion king. Beyonce and jayz were there and benone say is the voice of nola. They met the royals at sundays premiere. You see elton john there too. T we dont know what they thought aboue movie. Did they watch it . They watched the premiere. Yes. I cant wait to watch it. Im excited. Less ttn a week af flash flooding ripped up road across the region, 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 got a mathematician on our hands check it outw you can schedule a callback or reschedule an appointment, even on nights and weekends. Todays xfinity service. Simple. Easy. Awesome. Id rather not. Only 1 billionth of 1 is filtered turally. And emerges crisp and refreshing enough to be called deer park 100 Natural Spring water. Born betterĀ® just about 5 30. Good morning. Im Aaron Gilchrist. Im eun yang. We want to start with your traffic and omte. News4 today Jummy Olabanji is taking a look at how the district is preparing to help people stay cool. Lets begin with storm team 4 meteorologist Lauryn Ricketts with a look at your forecast for this monday. Hello, guys. The sky out there right now, on fire. Look at thi the sun coming up in just about 25 minutes. 5 55 is the official sunrise re in d. C. An its going to be a Beautiful Day out there. The good thing about today, the humidity is going to be on the ow side. 75 is the temperature right now. You walk outside, its perfect. North wind at 5 miles an hour. An we got clearing skies. If youre taking the kid to camp later on this afternoon and through this morning, lower humidity. Temperatures will still be warm. Seasonable for this time of year. Upper 80s. We are dry out there throughout the day but not the case this week. We are talking about the heat. Dangerous heat headed our way. We will talk about how hot its going to get around here. First, lets talk to

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