welcome in. i'm adam tuss. >> i'm jummy olabanji. aaron gilchrist and eun yang have the week off. are working for you this morning. melissa mollet is standing by with first 4 traffic. >> b let's start with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell who says you can do pretty much what you want outside today. >> pretty much. i think today will be cooperative with your outdoor plans. little chance for a pop-up shower or two. that chance was there yesterday and i mentioned it and i'm glad i did because it popp up right on top of my house yesterday around 6:30 in the evening. yame story again for today. most of the da will be dry, comfortable, low humidity, plenty of sunshine.lo at these numbers this morning. all of the shenandoah valley in the mido upper 50s. the western suburb in the low to mid six. even national airport a relative cool 67 degree. yo planneror today, plenty

of sunshine. there will be a bubbling up of cloud later in the day and rain chances are not all the way down to zero today but rain chances, just lik yesterday, are under 20%. it's not likely that you'll get rained on but that doesn't mean that it's imressible. ths a big difference between a low and a zero percent. i know. i know. thank you, chuck. inner loop and outer loop belt hale ced out of the way on to. you don't have worry about that any more. this work zone out of the way as well so quite helpful. this one clear too. as we look at 295 here, after the beltway, that is now out of your way. good news. 66 and 95 nice and open. new this morning. a virginia man face chargeser aft a store employee fod

child pornography on his cell phone. police arrested 46-year-old jose luis torres of blue ridge and said the employee found that y pornograph the phone at the sprint store last saturday. the store manager called uthorities after it appeared the pornography belonged to torres. he was later charged with possession and is being held without bond. the search is on this morning for a group of teens who brutally attacked a mande outsi of the washington hotel. thrn u this could be tough to watch. suspects are all believed to be 13 to14 years old. she violently kicked and punched that person. the man suffer injuries to his head and his eye. a witness was also hurt here. both were treated at a local hospital. no word on a motive for that ac attk. a quick look now at some ofs the morning top stories. a dramatic rescue just steps

away from by restaurants and bars at the district wharf. a woman went into the water there and did not come back up. police found her after 25-minute search tnd she was taken the hospital in critical condition. >> financier jeffrey epstein isd on sue watch. sources say he was found on the floor of a jail cell in a fetal position and reported semiconscious with mark on his neck. epstein is held for his trial for conspiracy and sex trafficking and he deniese allf thcharges. his next court date is wednesday. san juan, puerto rico, residents there reacti-sr overnight from the announcement of the governor rossello saying he will rhine. he say his resignation will be effective next friday. he is a u.s. comontmonwealth fi governor to resign. i stick with the language that you have in front of you.

it's not in my purview. a matter being handled by others at the departmen of justice. >> just a sampling of what we heard repeatedly yesterday. former special counselobert mueller deflecting all sorts of questions from lawmakers. >> mueller said back in may his report was his testimony and he to that vow, refuse to go elaborate. >> this morning, both republicans and democrats are claiming victory re. democrats are seizing on mueller's confirmation his investigation did not exonerate president trump of wrongdoing. >> the president still continues to call this russian attack on our democracy a hoax, spomethin that mueller directly today. >> cowe will have more on this five minutes.

la>> a teenagered at a ditch in mclean. it happened tuesday night. another man was also hurt in that accident. he is expected to be okay. the teen that died is 16 and in virginia, you can work construction at that age. the permit for construction is licensed to tom dig. we have heard that an investigation is launched into this accident now. the opponent of the professional boxer who died after ight last weekend at mgm national harbor will not be back in the ring quite a while. he has been suspended for 30 days. he won in a knockout. after that gfi, maxim passed out and in a coma and later

tied. we have posted this in our nbc washington app. the d.c. mayor muriel bower and others will tell us what is behind the recent rash of shootings andomicide re. yesterday, we learned of a heartbreaking connection between two killings. 11-year-old karon brown was gunned down last week. now we know a man who was a coach in the sports program brown attended was also shot and killed. jamal bandy died sunday. michael xanders knew both victims. > we can't give us because these are ourbaby. these are our young people. this is our future. >> xanders said he has buried members of his sports program before but it's something he'll never get accustomed to. happening today, friend and loved ones will say final aiod-byes to sterling tucker. yesterday, many p their respects to the former d.c.c ouncil machairn.

last week, tucker passed away at the age of 95.h services start later this morning at 10:00 a.m. at washington national cathedral. quarterbacks with broken legs and a team with broken dreams. fans with broken hearts. that is how the redskins ended the 2018 season. >> was a tgh one. that is all in distant mery now, at least hoping the team that we are just hour away from the first practice o the 2019 training camp.w have in richmond this morning to explain the team's focus on day one. >> reporter: new year. same goal for the redskins. make the playoffs. that journeyretarts s now it looks like the burgundy and l gold wi be trying to do that without pro bowl left tackle trent williams who is still holding out. head coach jay gruden expecting eventually. be back, >> hope is not a word i'll use. expect him to come back and he

understands what this franchise has done for him and he understand what he hasdone for this franchise. >> the plot thickens at quarterback. log time redskins backup colt mccoy is 100% healthy after suffering a broken leg last season and he will compete withv nine-yeateran case keenum and this year's pick dwayne haskins. >> it the end of the dayt's our job to figure out which one, week one will give us the best chance to beat a division rival. >> reporter: gruden has a laundry listf owant's in his starting qbs meaning thi battle could extend past training camp. in virginia,bu sherree russ, "news4 today." next on "news4 today," a popular local coffee shop is closing its doors. we will tell you how much time you have to enjoy dean and deluca. >> do you want to mak extra cash? a new side hustle combines both

of those things.

a creative idea. a new start-up inng stran lan f looking for homeowners with backyard space and they want to build what they call granny units. the homeowners would get 50% of the rental income and the start-up would get the other half. >> we are baated by really gre investors that are willing to sort of put the money in now and wait for it to point back in the future. the idea th being the rent is really high in the bay area so we are even only 50% of the rental value able to make our money back pretty quickly. >> 20 homeowners have already expressed i interest this idea. >> kind of see it working.

>> air bnb, in a way. >> absolutely right. maybe you're beach over the weekend? pretty good idea. temperatures in the mid-80s tomorrow and mid to upper 80s over the weekend. no chances for rain. got to love that. our weekend forecast is coming up.

repeatedly claim your report found there ucs no obson and that it completely and totally exonerated him but not what your report said, is it? >> correct, that is note what th report said.

>> this morning, we are dissecting former spe al counsel robert mueller's testimony before congress inri that exchange there with house judiciary chairman jerry nadler, mueller said his report did not totally exonerate the president of sfroobstruction of justice. >> but what does all of that mean? aot to digest, tracie potts rive on capitol hill. >> reporter: afte of it six hours of testimo. here is what we can take away from mueller's testimony. first of all, it wasn't the smoking gun that democrats had wanted. what they wanted washim reading large portion of what they thought was very damming evidence in his report. instead they got short answer, yes, no, is that that is what the report said, that's not what the report said and we bring you back to the report that type of thing. it wasn't the drama they were looking for.e th other thing, he did say that president trump could be indicted after he leaves office.

that was interesting in the middle of, again, what were very short answer straight from the repot. then, finally, where democrats going next with this? democratic leaders say they are suing the white house and trump to get former lawyer don mcgahn to testify that came out in thh aring and the report that president trump tried to get mcgahn to fire mueller during the investigation d covering it up. democrats are taking the white house to court to get mcgahn to testify. >> never a slow day out there on capitol hill. this morning, facebook is payi the price for mishandling your personal information. the federal trade commission slapped facebook with a $5 billion fine. the biggest t finehe ftc has ever issd on a tech company. facebook has to create new board level committees to oversee

privacy. the agreement also extends to oft's app and instagram both which facebook own. >> this widens the number of people looking of pcy of facebook and they elevate the privacy of facebook. when problem arraez, mre people will hear about them and more people will be empowered to tako act >> critics say the $5 billion fine is a slap in the face to a huge company like facebook. investors will be watching facebook stock today to see how all of this news impacts its earnings. >> but the fallout for facebook goes well beyond losing money here. the company has to make changes, including taking more control over third-party apps. the popular face app is one example. they have to tell users how it will use facial rognition technology. facebook must establish, implement, and maiain a comprehensive data security program, and it has to encrypt all user passwords and regularly

check to see if they have been compromised. new this morning, dean and deluca will qlclose its doors i georgetown on august 1st. it has been a staple on m street since 1993. the first dean & deluca in that area. they are still trying to cut costs and does not plan to reopen anywhere else in the district. >> end of an era there. >> yes. you might be one of the millions using tsa precheck for a smoother travel experience this summer but some flyers are telling the "news4 today" i-team they are not getting what they paid for. >> reporter: scott macfarlane explains. >> reporter: if you're part of a tsa precheck program you spend extra money to make easier to t through security but some travelers tell the "news4 today" i-team they are not gettg what they paid fo i john morriss one of 20 million americans with a mobility issue but a wheelchair after a 2012

car crash morris never thought of giving up his passion for traveling the world. >> i am the rare person who love to fly. >> reporter: to make things simpler he enrolled in tsa precheck for a faster trip throughcurity. but washington national is one of the a handful airports nationwide are not wheel-chair accessible. >> the down side now you have to remove he items that you're suppo d to be able to leave into your bag. >> reporter: often shifting him to the standard line where he says has undergone the pat-down and slow downs he paid not to have. >> definitely not what i paid for. >> reporter: a spokesman says new tsa checkpoints are under completion and 2021 they will have that approved. for now, scott macfarlane, "news4 today"i-eam.

here is something we do not see often on the bay. craigelton sent us this video her about 24 hourago. people on the bay reported geeing several water spouts tuesday ni. we don't see them every day b this is the time of year they tend to show up on the bay. interesting. >> i tweeted, if you follow me on twitter, back to my feed yesterday. hthey had a severe we up on cape cod. they actually had a tornado which is rare. it's only the fourth tornado on cape cod since 1950. they had a great video of the 80-mile-an-hour wind gusts going through chatham harbor. you would have thoug they were in the middle of the raging ocean. all of the boats still on their morning lines there and tossing and turning.t perfeceather for a three-hour tour! >> it did good like gilligan's island for sure. >> if you're on twitter, go back

to mytwir feetter. >> we love twitter. >> i guess. a very popular thing to be on, i discovered. > 31 days this year 90 or gher but two in a row without making it bove 90degrees. we might have two more as well. we won't be 90 today. rrow of us won't be 90 to either. we did get rainfall yesterday at national airport. sonow the month total up to 6 1/2 inches of rain for july. that is 3 1/2 inches above average for july rainfall. skies have been clear overnight. it is a gorgeous morning in shenandoah valley today. 55 winchester and strasburg and 56 in warrenton and another good day for baseball. they did play both games inc pletion in all fairness but i said yesterday they would able to play without interruption but there was a rain delay in the second game. here is your warning. a chance after shower today. they will still get this game in

at 4:00. the odd of a rain delay are even lower than yesterday. our pressure back out to west is providing that little bit of co air at the upper levels of the atmosphere and when that cool air rides over us during the peak of daytime an heating you c bubble up a stray shower or two. this is a long radar loop over what we saw yesterday over the course of the day. look how few and far between the showers are. that is what a twe20% of rain ls like. same pattern today. nothing, nothing, this afternoon untilbout 3:00. then there is a chance for a few atowers between 3:00 and 7:00. game starts 4:05. maybe i should change that forecast and say at least 1% chance of a rain delay on that game today.

i like the next feud. silver spring northbound georgia after 16 street left lane is getting by the work zone there. here is a question for you. what would you do for a case of ga gator aid? cameras captured theat gorade thief. >> if someone tries to steal something, the workers can lock them in. erthat is what happened h dy tthhrew kicsqzeroeism b fo

ough that hole. he put the gatorade on a ride share bike and took off. needless to say this stunned the owner. >> the guy who put that lock in assured me that lock would not break. it didn't. the door brokere befohe lock did himp did. he says that tactic has made thieves his store drop. search for gatorade man continues. coming up at 5:00 on news4, usually a hot spot for d.c.ni t life but yesterday was a search and rescue.w e have the latest on a woman pulled from the waters of the wharf. >> people need help to find the ple who brutal attacked this man outside of a d.c. hotel.

's about00 on thisay thurs morning. here is what we are following for you. a woman fell into the water near thear whf. a vicious attack outside of a d.c. hotel and police are hiping you can help them find the teens be this beating. mueller takes the stand. he talks with congress in an

hours' long testimony and lawmakers on both yides are tr to spin it in their favor. thank y for being here with us. dark and early on thisthursday morning. good morning to you. i'm adam tuss. >> i'm jummy olabanji. aaron gilchrist and eun yang have the week off. thank you for wake being -- waking up with us. most of washington was glued to the tv yesterday te former special counsel robert mueller's congressional testimony. ng >> we were doi the same thing here and we will have much more on that aring. but, first, we are tracking what you need to know for your thursday morning. of course, lissa mollet is tracking the road ahead of your morning commute. >> let's start, though, with chuck bell. are we going to see some sunshine today? >> we will have plenty of sunshine the first half of the day. mu like we saw yesterday, some cloud billowing up in the middle parts of the afternoon and there is a very small chance, but not zero, but a very small chance for a few showers today like yesterday. not everybody saw rain er

yesty. but it sure did rain at my house. just as i was about ready to warn the car, i saw the cloud start to darken so maybe i'll get that car washed today. a lovely morning. humidity values are nice and low. after these low rain chances dry up later today we are dry for friday into the weekend. right now look at those numbers in the shenandoah valley inthe s. 62 now in springfield, virginia. 59 columbia. 59 in germans town thimorning. your commute, dry weather for the early and middle part of the day. 20%hance of a shower or two after. say between 3:00 and 7:00 but no major weather worries at all. the car washing forecast? maybe i should move it back to take your chances because a tiny -- melissa mollet, you wash that car you increases the chances you'll get rained on. >> i don't thinki've washed my car in five years! >> what? >> my poor car. no hope. ite inside and outside is a mess.

nly gets washed when my husband does it. outer loop and inner loop lookinokay. northbound in your way nothing if you're heading to the airport today. bw airport is also looking good. 66 and 95, don't have any big complaints there. travel times looking good in and out of town. this morning, the search is on for a group of teens who brutally attacked a virginia man outside the washington hilton hotel. >> justin finch is joining us live from there with new sveillance video that is pretty incredible, right, justin? >> reporter: really a shocking piece of video. ore shocking that the people who are inv