it's a big day in the district ypecifically on capitol hill. robert mueller, ave heard of him, he is set to testify this morning in front of two house commhtees. >> tis is all after that 22-month investigation into russian involvement in the 2016 presidential election. it led to 34 indiments and it all comes down to today. we do have complete coverage for you ahead of the day, but first we want to start withck a che of that forecast and the commute. >> that's right, melissa mollet is standing by with first 4 traffic but we begin with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell because we have good weather to report today. >> yes, absolutely right. no weather alert needed for today. now if we could just keep melissa mollet and first 4 traffic in line today, yesterday so many problemsaround. probably still waiting to get to work from yesterday still. temperatures this morning have fallen into the 60s in tee wes suburbs. very comfortable indeed from chantilly and falls church, a few spots down close to the 50s now. front royal downto 61.

we'll see if anyone can get below 60 degrees this morning. your commute for the day today, a very easy go from the weattr departm there's only the tiniest chance for a stray mid afternoon shower or two. no thunderstorms, no heat, hasz or midity. on the whole, melissa mollet a fine-looking day coming our way for today and looks like the great weather will hang arou to the weekend. ten day forecast later in the half hour. no troubles . today, mollet >> i'm trying. wouldn't i love to tell you no troubles. we have a brand new problem right w.no inner loop near van dorn street two left lanes blocked. so warning for you if you're headed out some time soon, we have a little bit of a slow down from t bottomf the belt road. brandywine street, tree down. still have that road closed right now. as you look at,washington northbound 295 between the beltway and overlook avenue southwest there two le lanes getting by that milling project. adam? >> melissa, thank you very much.

this morning, fairfax county police are investigating the death of a young construction worolr. >> we're this young man who was younger than 18 years oldie while simply doing his job. this was a construction site on solitary lane in mclean. police say a second construction worker was also injured. the ditch that they were working in somehow collapsed. chopper 4 flew over that site and you can see it right here on your reen. news 4 spoke with the man who lives near that site and he says he often sees those workers and never noticed any unsafe conditions. >> t seemed be really managed, coordinated type of effort going on. personers go out for th who lost their life. >> here is more video from that scene. you see the police tape there. it's not clear how old the worker was who died, but virginia child labor laws say you have to be at least 16 to work in construction. the other worker who was trapped

peis excted to be okay. >> wow. plus say the same person isa behind se burglaries in maryland. they're trying to stop this suspect before another businest is acly targeted. first, on the fourth of july in the early morning the suspect smashed in the glass or of the exxon on mccar they are boulevardand bethesda. three days later, the same suv backed up to the front door of the spicy americainternational grocery store on lockwood drive in silver spring and smashed in the glass door there and tooksh carom the register. less than two hours before that break-in, police in buoy say he was spottedng brea into beijing cafe along crane highway. there's a $10,000 reward in thae ca a pro boxer who fought at mgm national harbor on friday night has died. maxim's trainer stopped that fight in the 11th round after watching his fi ter take several hard shots to the head and body.

he was rushed to prince georges e had hospital where surgery for bleeding on his brain but he died tuesday. he is originally from st. petersburg, russia, but fought xclusively here in the u. since turning pro in the 2016. the russian boxing federation will announce whether anyone is at fault for his death. northern virginia man is accused of secretly filming women in a public restroom and dressing aroom. >> frederick policearrested him last month. he tried to record or take photos of women undressing inside an oldor navy st in may. a second incident happened two weeks later at ahobby lobby as an employee was using a restroom. she noticed a man pointing his phone over the top of the stall. a tow truck driver is facias ult charges. he tried to tow a car with a woman and two children and a dog still inside.

he was working for a&a towing. last thursday night he tried to remove a car while the driver was inside and nearby business. police say the driver came out. there was some st of confrontation and ziod punched him and caunhooked the and took off. police caught up with him and then arrested him. you're time right now is 4:35. look at top stories we're working on this morning. ri aht now d.c. police trying to find the man who shot a firework at an officer. this is video that wasco rerded on the fourth of july in a neighborhood in southeaff. the oer had to go to the hospital but rvd suive. the man in this video right her faces a felony charge once he's arrested. a violence sttch ofdays in the district continued with a shooting on nanny helen boroughs avenue in northeast d.c. a man was shot multiple times yesterday in the middle of the street right in the middle of the day. right now it's believed the man is going to survive. police say they think they're looking for two peopleut no motive is known at this time. meanwhile, friends andmi of an 11-year-old killed

last week in the district gathered r a vigil. brown was killed on thursday not far from his home in southeast. those who attended the vigil also spoke out about the gun violence. brown was one of eig people who were shot and killed in d.c. in less than a week. today, boris johnson will take over as primeis minter of the uk. the britishpress had a field day with all the headlines here. johnson is a flamboyant and controversial politician known for his full support of brexit. one of the papersed his plan to get the uk out of the eu quote divorced from reality. johnson will replace theresa may. you know you can get a lot on amazon and the company is proving to be a go-to spot for everything including an online home. t y arepartnered up to create a new service called turnkey. this rvice will allow customers to begin their home search and link to real estate brokers. if you use the service to buy a

property, you will also receive a credit to spend on selection services. home > no word if the home will be delivered to your front door. come on >> maybe by a drone. drop it right there on the spot. >> coke and pepsi are getting grriopr about eventing plastic solution after een piece started a campaign that named e the beverag giant as the top two defenders on the planet. bottles from coke and pepsie ar causing the most solution. they'll end their memberships with the plastic lobbying group they say they'll look at other ways to distribute the beverages without using plastic or other single e containers. still ahead on "news 4 today," history will no doubt be made on capitol hill in just a matter of hours. we are looking ahead to the testimony of robert mueller. plus, sharing his story. the man whose dogs got him help after he became stuck in the mud on a hiking trail.

he is talking to news 4. we'll hear from him. we'll be right back.

welcome back at 4:40 on this wednesday morning. for the last week we have been celebrating 50 years since we landed on th moon. the folks at the ohio state fair decided to honor the historic mission in their own special way. this year's fair featured life size butter sculpturesof the three astronauts who forever changed history. pretty good. neil armstrong, who by the way is an ohio native, buzz and michael collins were all featured here. pretty cool. >> okay. very cool. well, we are one year away from the start of the 2020 tokyo olympic games. we're getting a look at the masco for the olympics and paralympics. the blue one is named nira based

on japanese words tt mean future and eternity. the pink was is semity. its name is derived from a chair blossom variety and phrase that means so mighty. it comes complete with cherry blossom sensors. very cool. stay with nbc 4, of course, for all of your olympic coverage. >> it will be a lot sure. n for this morning, an update to a story we first brought you yesterday. we're now hearing from a man who had to be rescued after he was stuck in the mud. i know you love this story. >> i do. i love thedogs. 87-year-old lavar became trapped near the brook mount dam in bethesda. pictures show his legs up in knees in mud. he was stuck for nearly an hour before his dogs helped catch the attention of nearby cyclists who then came to help. >> if they hadn't been with m i don't know whether i would have gotten anybody. i was totally stuck i that mud. it wasn't just sand and dirty

sand coming down there. it was deep mud. >> amazing. man's best friend to the rescue. now firefighters can use the h device like if you do find yoursf stuck. they demonstrated how taking tws pipnd blowing bubbles underneath can help loosen your legs but chuck just another reason that dogs are the best. >> totally. >> man's best iend. >>me on. loyal to the end right there, sticking by him and going and getting help. lassy all over again. >> if i let my two dogs loose in the woods, they're not coming back. see you later, chuck. >> they're not coming back. there's got to bere a squir out there somewhere and they're going to find it. gardening weather for today, perfect time to spend great t qualityime in the yard today getting everything pretty for the second half of summer. 60s this morning. only into the low and mid 80s for highs today. your garnding tips, mowing your lan, 3 and 3.5 inches to keep everything nice and green and promote healthy roots. >> chuck, thank you.

robert mueller in the hot seat. we're looking ahead to what will no doubt be aistoric day on capitol hill. we'll tell you what you need to keep an eye out forhen "news 4 today" rurns. 4:4et2

>> announcer: you're watchinge "n 4 today." welcome back. after nearly two years and more than 30 indictments, it all comes down to this, today, just hours from now former special counsel robert mueller is going re congress e during two hearings that will no doubt find their way into the history books. and we know that those hearings will last much of the work day today. >> yeah. bethat, though, what will happen is really anyone's guess. news 4 tracie potts joins us now from pitol hill.

tracie, what can we expect to see today and what should we keep an eye out for today? >> keep an eye out for someone you have ner seen before likely that is aon zebley, a long-time aide to robert mueller will come with him to advise him during the testimony. this was a last-minute approval by democrats. although, mueller seems as they talked about it a week ago, president ump tweeting that it's very unfr to allow him last minute to come in. he is not expected zebley is to be sworn in or testifyt all. he'll be the guy in robert mueller's ear being fired questions from both democrats and republicans. democrats want him to detail what they believe is lots of vidence of obstruction of justice in his report on russian election interference. on the other side, republicans will be honing in on why that investigation started ifithe st place based on what they think is bad information and fbt miscondu.

the fireworks gets started at 8:30 this morning. five t hours,wo hearings, two da committees toy. >> big day in the district for re. thanks so much tracie potts for us live hon theill this morning. we'll all be nbc news will provide special covera of the robert mueller entire testimony today. coverage begins at 8:15 this morning as we were mentioning. extiected to cone well into the afternoon. and join us afterwards right here for news 4 at 4 and we'll recap it all for you. staying on the hill this week more than 150 distillers from across e country were on the hill, but it wasn't in hopes of seeing robert mueller. no, they're calling on congress to authorize a craft beverage tax cut. now, this tax cut was first enacted in 2017 but it is set to expire indecember. many say they fear they'll have to cut costs and even staff if it isn't passed dpe one business owner says itsa ved him more than $110,000. 4: 7. and developing this morning,

speculation is runningan ramp in puerto rico after the island's largest newspaper reported that the governor's resignation was, quote, imminent nd that he would release a video statement by noon today. >> wow. the resignation is unconfirmed by nbnews, meantime. but according to the report, secretary of justice wanda vasquez will be his successosl d is now waiting to see whetherroseio was indeed step down by noon.nd hureds of thousands of people across thesland have brought san juan to a standstill with protests. >> we have been rampant corruption and we ed a change. we need the governor toresign. >> these protests began more than a week ago after pages of a private group chat were leaked. in the chat, he is accused of making personal attacks on rival, jokes about hurricane maria victims and anti-gay slur anks to hgtv, the concept of tiny houses has become

increasingly popular. in the coming months we may see more of them in our area. the monomery county council unanimously approved zoning ordnance to allow adus on smaller lots. now supportest say it will create more affordable housing. adus are limited 10% of the lot and must be less than 1,200 square feet. the change is expected to take effect at the end of december. 4:49. on the other side of the potomac, lawmakers are backing a plan that would expand a major roadway that connects virginia and maryland. the louden times mirror is voting to widen 15 north of leesburg tobecome a four-lane roadway up to the river and also include a bypass. the plan cnge is expected to cost upwards of $217 million. this week the news 4 i-team is working for you.

we have been looking into all the ways that you can keep you and your family safe while you're flying. >> that's right. we know hackers are after credit card and social security information but as investigative reporter found ou that information is at a greater risk actually when you ravel. >> reporter: when most of us come here to the airport, we're thinking about that business trip or better yet vacation. you're not inking about where to plug in your phone or who might want the information inside. it can happen in just a few moments while your phone is still in your hand. >> when you connect upf to one o these power charges, you'reco nnecting up to a computer you can't see. >> at the airport, hotel room and renta car or ride share, anywhere you connect with a usb port could put the data stored on youri phone at k. using a traditional plug is safer. >> you have to be savvy. wherever there is thility for somebody to siphon off your data, they're going to try and you need to protect it.er >> repo cyber security expert james lee says stored

pass words and pin numbers are most valuable but even legitimate businesses also want to know your screen names, email addresses, where you shop and what you buy, like when you're prompted to log into your our unts while ordering lunch. >> it can be hard because there's a lotve of connience obviously on your iphone and a lot of information collected that's hard to see. >> reporter: thetr elecic privacy information center says that data is then shared with other third parties and almost impossible to stop today on "news 4 today" other common places that put traveller's information at risk and what you need to know before you go. jody fleischer, news 4 i-team. check this out. a rare tornadotouched down on cape cod yesterday. you can see that itft a mess behind for homeowners and businesses. the twister snappedtrees, knocked out power, portions of a hotel roof were actually ripped off here. the last confirmed tornado hit cape cod was october of last year. >> wow. hope everyone is okyey. >> ah. our weather kind ofng new

elandish. chuck, a little cool. i like it. >> average high temperature 88. we'll be 4 degrees cooler than average. that would be just about average r our friends and neighbors up in the boston area. here on a wednesday morning, skies still some cloud cover out there, but no rain on storm tead 4 rar and rain chances fory tore somewhere between slim and none and then there's no chance after this for the rest of the week. so, yesterday's igh, only77 degrees. our coolest afternoon high temperaturf since the middle o june, but our 90 degree day count is actually pretty high. 31 days, 90 or higher for the whole year now. that is top 10 finisher so far cod with plenty of summer left to go it d be one of our higher counts for 90 degree days. jusulhere in the month of j now, the month is 2 eg1/2 drees warmer than average and more than 3 inches wetter than e avge. most of that surplus coming on that one deluge flash flood event couple mondays ago.

right now all is quiet in the nation's capitol hill. 70 degrees with a light north westerly wind. that northwest wind will keep humidity levels in check for the next few days. so comfortable weather for sure. 60s to around 70 this morning.ou hour by hour planner, highs only around 84 degrees. so, really nice weather. there's that big area of high pressure that's going to be building on in, so there's only the tiniest little chance for a stray shower or two today really along the western shore of the bay down into southern maryland, but eventually even that rain chance will begin to dry up. u can see on future weather today, again that tiny little chance for a stray shower, but 20% oress rain chances. then dry weather here all the way through the rest of the week and all the way through the weekend and into early next week as well. in fact, i think our next best chance for area-wide afternoon edunderstorms doesn't probably show up until wsday or thursday of next week. so, wonderful weather here to finish out the week. great weather for all of our weekend plans as well. temperatures back up to around

90 degrees by but 90s one thing, melissa, it ain't no 99 degrees. >> i got to tell you, these next few days look quite good. thank you, chuck. alexandria, inner loop van dorn street trtor trailer crash with two left lanes blocked. nothing that will slow you too much this morning. another issue on the beltway, anandale right lane gets by that work zone. northwest, broad branch brandywine, tree has that lane closed. two left lanes get by that milling project. adam? >> melissa, thank you very much. happening today, the redskins reports to the first day oftraining camp. football is coming back. among those who won't be there, though, linebacker mason foster. he's been released frothe skins. his agent making that announcement on twitter. coach jay gruden is expected to announce this in a press

conference later this afternoon. fans can attend camp in richmond. we have you covered. our live coverage starts today on news 4 laterthis afternoon. we always hear how important it is to wear sunscreen. health experts want you to check the date on that bottle. they say putting on expired sunscreen is risky and it may not protect you from the sun. experts say if the sunscreen doesn't have an expiration date on the bottle or if it has changed color or c ahead and throw that aw y. you may be among those who bring your dog shopping with >> you. and here is something that you want to check out. there's a new high-tech dogth house at shoppers can actually rent. while it's not in the region yet, the air-conditioned dog houses are in use in portland, oregon. this comes with cool features like a puppy cam. you can download an app an watch your dog while you shop. when the dog exits the house, it actually cleans itself.pa the com called dog spa makes

these high-tech houses. we checked the website says the dog houses will soon be coming to your area here in the . distri so, good news for your four-legged friend who needs a place to hang out. >> why didn't i think of that? >> not a bad idea. time right now, 4:56. next on "news 4 today" this morning, we'll show you the moment a police pulls a person from a burning car. plus, talk about trade and tariffs. icould sound boring, but these are issues that could have a big impact on your famil's bottom line. we'll take a look at what a trade war would mean for your back to school budget when we come back.

>> announcer: "news 4 today" arts now. good morning to you just at 5:00. aaron and eun he the morning off. >> thank you so much for joining us. today is the day former special counsel robert mueller is going to testify on the hill. there's much more news to get caught up on before that. melissa mollet getting you off to work with first 4 traffic, but we want to begin with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell has a great w forecast for you. >> i think you're goiedngny tod the way today is going to turn out. plenty of sunshine and temperures we lo to say this in the summertime, a little bit cooler than average. that is great. very lorain chances for today as well.

i can't rule out one or two little stray popupor showers two, but no thunderstorms, no severe weather. no 100 degree heat dexes. that's good stuff for sure. more nice weather ahead in the next couple days. right now it's down to 61 in warren county and clark county, virginia. 66 in prince georges county, maryland. yoer plann for your hump day today, partly to mostly sunny, a few afternoon clouds and again that could leado an isolated little shower, but i think about 99% of us won't see narry a drop today. and warm, highs only in the low to mid 80s, melissa. that is the good stuff to save money on ourti air-condiing bill. >> i know. twhoont be nice here. working overtime the past week or so. van dorn street still have the tractor trailer crash with left lanes blocked. any slow down we were seeing has disappeared. outer loop between nd66 little river turnpike right lane is getting by the work