injuries right now. but we have a crew on the way to the scene. right now only the right lane of traffic is getting by. expect delays along 295 this evening. jonathan: right now at 4:00, most of us are under a heat advisory. we're on the national mall. you are flirting with the triple digits. it's oppressive here. we should let you know we have your covered with the team coverage on the national mall and across the d.m.v. alison: we will be helping you through the peak of the heatwave. nancy: absolutely. the weather center is busy tracking the storms out there. we have seam coverage. doug hill has a look at the storms. stephen tschida and melissa dipane is showing us how people are coping with the weather. the man of the hour, doug hill, with the storms. doug: don't count too much this afternoon and evening from

the cooling storms. the main story continues to be the excessive heat. we knew all week long this would be the hottest and the humid day of the week. we are not letting you down. heat advisory continues until 9:00 over the large area of the midatlantic. it feel like 104, 105 at times. 94 at reagan national. baltimore is 92. if you factor the moisture in and it feels like 104 in washington. 106 degrees in fredericksburg. leesburg is 105. farther west a couple of showers like culpeper. they have it cooled down to 86 degrees. the evening, slow drop of temperatures. very muggy. there are storms south of the metro area. more storms across western p.a., there is a chance later tonight we could see isolated showers. in the meantime, get back to the national mall and jonathan elias. cool as a cucumber on

jonathan: i'm not sure if "cool of the cucumber" works. it's warm. we put a warning out. you let everybody know it would be hot out and oppressive. it is. it has not stopped the flow of tourists, not even a little bit. the museums were packed. we have seen people walking by and the segway tours going on and people at the rental bike going by. this water here, show you. kind of funny. talk about branding and a promotion. it's the abc7 6:00 news promoting it. but we keep the cool air. people going by and they need water. if you don't have a bottle of water today and you are heading out, please just grab the water. you want to hydrate. when you start to get heat stroke it comes on quickly. we have a team of reporters out and about. we reporters to show us people are coping with the heat. stephen tschida in silver spring. how are people doing out there? stephen: all across the metro area, a lot of people are struggling. check this out. this is a way to bea

weather. >> ice cold water, $1. stephen: water is way to cope with the heat. there are people improvising for relief. people found an escape outdoors. >> hot and soupy. stephen: in the shade and with the breeze it's more bearable. still, most people aim to get indoors and into the a.c. as quickly as possible. then there are tourists who are stuck in line. >> it's really hot out. stephen: those who must endure today, there are not too many ways to describe how their day felt. especially guys like this one who had to wear heavy gear today. >> 100-plus. a little bit hot. stephen: a little bit hot? it's more than a little bit hot out

look at the fountain and the kids playing. it looks enticing. make me want to be a kid again. reporting live, stephen tschida, abc7 news. jonathan: thank you. one important thing we have a cooler of water. got it over the ice. if i see someone walking by us without water -- we're the hydrating police. come here. you need water. you don't have water. how are you doing this? she must watch another channel. anyway, the tips for the hydrating. if you leave the house, you need to stay this seriously. drink water. don't drink sugary or alcohol drinks. they can work against you. make sure you have water and you don't run into problems. some people are out

if you go to the website, there are the cooling centers on the website. easy to find to find locations to duck in and cool down and grab water. this is all about pacing yourself. this is not a day to charge and do a five-mile run. this does catch up to you. alison and nancy, you are lucky today. i have drown the short straw. nancy: you look good out there. jonathan: it's smoke and mirrors. i'm telling you. the camera goes off and i melt. alison: thank you. the heat could also slow your commute. >> the local agencies are monitoring the stress on the rail. expect delays on v.r.e. fredericksburg line. speed restrictions are in place. so far the heat is not impacting the evening ride home but we will keep an eye on

stormwatch7 weather app. you can get alerts and updates on your location. download it from google play or the app store as well. jonathan: the trial comes in the case of a murdered caseerer. alison: the man charged in the killing a it a wedding takes the stand. nancy: jeff goldberg has the new developments in court. jeff? jeff: kempton bonds is testifying now and he is describing the tense hours that led up to the moment that led to the stabbing of tyonne johns. kempton bonds on the stand admitting he did stab tyonne johns. staying she was physically attacking him. the jurors heard the 911 call that kempton bonds made after the stabbing saying that

heard yelling the caterer put her hands around my neck. then they received another call about a stabbing and the same address. the dispatcher asking if he stabbed anyone. he said they attacked me. i defended myself. she had her hands around my neck. the park employee was managing the property that night. tensions were high all night. the witness say that kempton bonds disrupted the party by disrupting the power and taking down the decorations and the folding chairs and then stabbing tyonne johns. when kempton bonds admitted to stabbing her the friends and the family members of tyonne johns were in tears in the courtroom. some had to walk out. this system will continue and i will go back inside the courtroom and have an update for you at 5:00.

goldberg, abc7 news. alison: see you at 5:00. thank you. corey stewart running for senate in virginia. stewart came within a point of running for governor earlier this year. the chairman of the board of supervisors announced a new campaign on facebook life this morning. >> i am going to run the most vicious, ruthless campaign to dethrone tim kaine for the united states senate. alison: stewart's campaign for governor focused on support for president trump, supporting illegal imgrace and fighting move of monuments. other republicans considering a run are carly fiorina and laura ingram. senator sanders formally endorsed ben jealous and his run for the governor of maryland. he is one of six democrats planning to challenge larry hogan. also in democratic race,

executive rushern baker. nancy: president trump meantime in paris for bastille day and business. spending the day in meetings with the newly elected french counterpart. that is as the controversy at home continues. the president's son meeting with a russian lawyer raising questions. emily rau with the president's defense of his son. president trump: from a practical standpoint most people would have taken the meeting. >> president trump had three talking points responding to the inevitable question about donald jr.'s meeting with russian lawyers with ties to the kremlin. >> it lasted for a short period and nothing came of the meeting. >> at a joint press conference he said that the meeting was short and nothing came of it. details haven't been verified but will be the focus of the various russia investigations. >> a meeting that most people in politics would have taken. >> on wednesday the president nominee for the f.b.i. director

>> any threat or the effort to interfere with our elections from any nation state or non-state is something we need to know. emily: he didn't directly answer. >> start off by saying fist of all, i believe that we will have a great f.b.i. director. >> even donald jr. indicated he thought attending the meeting was a mistake. >> in metro spect i would have done things differently. emily: he was joined by paul manafort, the campaign chairman and his brother-in-law jared kushner. the e-mail promised information that would incriminate hillary clinton as part of the russian government support of his father. emily: president trump and nmaahc are having dinner together at the eiffel tower. for the climate deal that trump pulled out of last month

something "could happen." nancy: and donald trump jr. is the cover that says, "red handed." that appears to be the e-mail he showed arrangement to collect dirt on hillary clinton's came pain. the president's son said the meeting never included that. alison: a scare today. former president jimmy carter reportedly taken to the hospital in a habitat for humanity build in winnipeg. he became dehydrated working in the hot sun. carter encouraged the builders out there to keep working. right now everyone with the group says that the former president is doing okay. we will keep you posted on any updates. nancy: good to hear he will be okay. still ahead at "abc7 news at 4:00" -- the changing landscape of big retail stores. alison: breakthrough in the search for four missing men. >>

could smell the four boys. alison: the grim discovery and how it will help the investigators piece this mystery together. nancy: it came out of nowhere. the land slide caught on camera. how many cars were trapped and the rescue efforts. that's next. steve: i'm abc7's steve rudin. what do you do when it's super hot and humid? you make ice july

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nancy: a bombshell development near new hope, pennsylvania. police believe they have found human remains in the search for four missing men. one of the missing attended loyola university maryland in baltimore. the search has been on for more than a week now. kathleen cairns is near the search site north of philadelphia and these are major developn'ts today. kathleen: that is right. human remains have been found. only one victim has been identified so far. that is dean finocchiaro. sources say they have been concentrating the efforts in a 12-foot deep ditch. they are digging at times by hand. it's a very tedious task but they have been working around the clock. >> new details are emerging about what has been found down this dirt road. on the grounds of a pennsylvania

painstakingly, reverentially recovering remains of people they don't know and never met. kathleen: neighbors have been stopping by to leave flowers. >> heart broken and feeling for the mom. kathleen: she has watched the police and the media invade her small town. >> for this to end tragically like this is devastating. i can't imagine what the family is going through. >> they are dean finocchiaro fin, mark sturgis, thomas meo and jimi tar patrick who just finished his first year at loyola university maryland in baltimore. >> terribly saddened that the four families have to go through this. and more. it affects the entire community. >> at this hour, the property

in police custody. he is not charge with homicide but he is a person of interest. the family is well known in this area. they own a concrete company. some of the employees work in this town. and the family has just hired a prominent lawyer to represent their son. reporting live in new hope, pennsylvania. kathleen cairns, abc7 news. alison: thank you. now take a look at this. this is in college park. demolition is continuing a building destroyed by fire. that needed prince george's county largest fire response ever to put it out. damage $40 million. >> the fire across the street forced closures there and evacuation at a senior center nearby. nancy: the crews cleaned up the vandalism at the cabin john regional park in potomac. at walter johnson high school student accused of spray painting and setting a small fire in a dug out

and the legendary d.c. sports writer. alison: must see video out of china. captures the moment a mud slide wipes out everything in its path on a road. look at that. incredible. the big truck slamming to cars nearby. eight cars were swept away. crews had to rush in. it's not clear at this hour if anyone was hurt. nancy: really see the chain reaction to all of that. alison: a crazy situation there. all things going on around the world right now, you realize it's hot. but we are still pretty lucky here. even though today does happen to be the hottest day of the year. >> you feel it the second you step outside. we want to give a unique perspective on just how warm it is out there. meteorologist steve rudin is outside with the visiting ice artist. steve? steve: it's hot out here. we talk more about the heat index values in a moment. but first, what we are doing, a 350-pound block of ice. we are carving it into

right now we have billy, from the ice lab. billy, you got some challenges here today, right? tell us about some of them. >> definitely dealing with challenges out here today. it's warm. we have the sun beating down on us. you can see we have this piece. hard to get a stick now. we are missing this guy's head. trying to get that. once we get that we'll have a round head for him. steve: the challenges make it fun? >> definitely make it fun. if it wasn't fun or challenging, why are we out here? steve: it takes an hour to do this? >> an hour to carve the penguin. we should have him looking nice. steve: awesome. we'll watch you transform this. but first talk about the heat index values out there. it's a sizzler, everyone. heat advisory continues for 8:00 for a portion of the d.m.v. take it easy and try to find cool areas to seek shade. stay well hydrated. the heat index values are around 100 now. even hotter in downtown d.c. with the c

updated on the progress of the ice sculptor on facebook live. join us there at the site on facebook. we are going to continue to watch the progress of this begins to take shape. it will have a lot of detail to it. doug, you are inside a cool studio. but this is cool out here. doug: fascinating to watch. i hope that they get it carved before it melts away here. believe me with the heat index values right now at 104, that won't affect the ice. the 94-degree temperature will do that. the 104-degree heat index exposed -- affects humans and exposed skin. it's hot out there. uncomfortably so. we have an advisory continue until 8:00. not just for us but the eastern shore, delaware, new jersey and new england. we are tracking a few showers that are rapidly dissipating south of washington. more in the cumberland area. through the alle

area of storms. make a movement southeast tonight. the computer model will pick up chance of showers and storms at 8:30. that may be overselling a bit but the potential is there. potential for isolated showers tonight. that is not going to change the weather pattern. tomorrow is back in to the heat. the high is 95. the heat index is only 100. but that is oppressive. five days in a row. then tomorrow afternoon it will change. with that, there is a possibility, a slight chance right now of the severe thunderstorms across the entire region. as a pretty significant cold front plows head long to the hot and the humid air mass. we have an area three and four and another area 7:30 to 8:00. this i

here. the news is the humidity. then we will go through the end of the period here and it's still hot with showers and storms. an interesting side note. on this day july 13 last year we began a string that 35 of the next 40 days in washington last year had temperatures of 90 or higher. don't gor if the repeat. alison: i hope that stays the record. not this time. still ahead at "abc7 news at 4:00" -- the repairman trapped in an a.t.m. see how he alerted the customers he needed help ahead. >> we now know who is booting barnes &

tim: i'm tim barber on mobiletrak7. we want to update you on news from the top of the newscast. we are heading southbound on 295 where we are on the way to a crash that involved a dump truck. actually, the dump truck spilled some concrete we are told, onto cars. who are driving southbound on 295. i want to give you a look at the behind us. so you can see how much it's backed up. this is southbound 295 near the suitland

look at the front here. we are just approaching the scene. when we get new details we will let you know. d.c. fire and e.m.s. on the scene. we are told there are no injuries. there is a mess to clean up here that is causing a backup here in washington, d.c. we will give you the details as soon as we get them on abc7 news. reporting live on 295 southbound, tim barber, abc7 news. alison: this is at the worst possible time. right in the middle of the commute. all right, tim. thank you. well, devastating news for bookworms out there. barnes & noble closing the bethesda location by year's end. >> this week landlord federal realty announced a new storm that will fill the space. kevin lewis is live with shopper reaction. i remember you were covering this and a lot of people were unhappy it's closing. to say

>> there were chatter about a possible massive under armour or a nike store. but like so much gossip, both of those turned out to be unfounded. instead, land lord federal realty announcing this week that upscale woman's clothing chain anthropologie will fear the three-story, 37,000 square foot space. it will include a restaurant with the sidewalk cafe style seating, bridal gown section, shoe salon and beauty boutique. there will be a furniture and gardening department. barnes & noble will shut the doors after christmas. anthropologie will open nine months later in fall of 2018. shoppers share a range of opinions. >> i will

>> i don't think it can take place of what a bookstore does. it's where one enriches the mind. we have enough clothing stores i think. >> do you feel anthropologie will fill the void? >> i'm skeptical. wait and see how it works. cool they will have cafe. >> it's different than most. new at 5:00, we will look at a new trend called retail and experience-based shopping. that is new at 5:00. live in downtown bethesda, kevin lewis, abc7 news. nancy: thank you. next at "abc7 news at 4:00" -- a murder that rocked two universities in maryland. a young army officers killed the indictment that just came down and what it leaves out. that is next. >> it's too hot for spot. what an 3458

animal control officers are doing to keep your pet safe. alison: new at 5:00, how penn station isn't is the only one with work this summer. how to avoid another station with work at home when larry and i join you at 5:00. nancy: a live look at the ice sculpture in progress. making a penguin out there. you can watch nonstop on the facebook live feed. there you

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announcer: you're watching "abc7 news at 4:00". on your side. jonathan: welcome back. i'm jonathan elias on the national mall. we have hit the hottest part of the day so far. we are up around 100 degrees when you factor in the humidity. yes it's a proseive. -- oppressive. we knew it was coming. we are gauging reaction from the tourists that are out and about. interesting thing i found. clearly unscientific. ireland, atlanta, canada some of the folks we ran into, they didn't seem to have a huge problem with this weather. maybe they are so excited to see d.c. it's all the locals we bumped into. that we ask about the weather, they hate it. >> it's hot. hot in atlanta. it's in the mid-90's. jonathan: it

>> you have to stay hydrated. jonathan: i notice you are overdressed here. tell me why. >> just getting off work. >> give me a weather report. >> right now it feels like it's over 100. it is blowing heat. >> when the breeze does come, there is hot air. we have a cooler full of water. how are you doing? take one of those. >> i will. thank you very much. >> you betcha. we are being the nice guys on the mall. here is another one. hold on a second. take it with you. >> thank you. >> you bet. the only thing to cool it down is the storms that come through the area. doug hill in the stormwatch7 weather center will give us an idea when the storms might come and when the cooldown will take place. >> it's later this evening tonight that there could be isolated shower. i would not count on it. right now where john is in washington up the road a couple of miles from reagan national. it's 94 with a heat index of

93 at quantico, joint base andrews. 92 in baltimore. the feels like temperatures to give you an indication it's 105 in leesburg. 103 at quantico. there is a chance there showers could affect out west. severe storms to the northeast. we will stay there. tomorrow is a different day. we have a slight risk of the severe weather issued tomorrow. that is the story. we will hit 95 first. tomorrow, watch for the chance. for today it's just hot. that is the latest. back to you. >> all right. thank you very much. we are still handing out water to folks here. here is the problem when the weather is like this. we are out here to illustrate that it's not only hot but take it seriously. if you are not accustomed or acclimated to this w

if you start to feel lethargic and you need to sit down, it's too late. another warning to folks is the animals. sometimes you take your dog or your hat and you have it in the car. you get out and you crack the window and think it's enough. it's not. melissa dipane is covering that side of the story. it's tragic if they leave a pet, family member, in the car for a few minutes and they come back and it's too late. melissa: absolutely! another thing the officer told me. tonight is not a day to let the pets stay out very long. another thing they are looking out for today people leaving pets in therca. when you run in a store like you were saying. the officer j.m. holden says it only takes a few minutes for the inde

become overheat and potentially deadly for any living creature. >> a dog cannot sweat. they relieve themselves by panting to cool themselves down. they don't have enough water in their system. panting. they can't get the heat out. it is important to get water to them right away. >> coming up we will show what the animal control officers are doing here to keep your pets safe. live in fairfax, melissa dipane, abc7 news. jonathan: all right. until the weather breaks we'll deal with the heat. stay a step ahead. go to wjla.com/text. if anything changes you will be notified on the phone to let you know what is happening. that is the latest from the national mall where it's steamy. back to

richard collins killed in college park. nancy: today the former student indicted but some are looking at what is left out of the indictment. brad bell with the story. brad? >> the indictment does not address motive or a hate crime. we are at the courthouse but the murder happened in front of a bus stop like this. the victim was standing here and the suspect appeared and stabbed in the chest. right about here with a knife. prosecutors feel they have a strong case. what is missing is the why. >> the murder did more than take the life of the officer. i rattled a campus community.

>> it's heading intact. i think everybody felt it. >> the accused sean urbanski, a maryland student had a facebook page which included what seemed to indicate the membership in a group called alt-reich nation. on social media, sean urbanski was accused of being a white supremacist. they announced the f.b.i. would be assisting in a hat crime investigation. this includes no hate crime language. the state attorney says so far there is not enough evidence to accuse sean urbanski for anything beyond murder. the investigation continues. >> we look at statute and we determine whether or not the facts as we find them meet the hate crime element. so far, we have to continue to

>> she believes if there is a conviction the sentence should be life without par role. that is the strictest sentence possible. coming up at 5:00, we go to the campus. the university of maryland campus to ask the students what the reaction is to this. i think you will find some of the responses interesting. upper marlboro, prince george's county circuit court, brad bell, abc7 news. nancy: thank you. we will see you in. this just in. in the last hour medstar hospital announcing that steve scalise has undergone another surgery today. this time it was to manage a deep tissue infection. congressman scalise is said to be in fair continue. he was one of the five people shot in the ballpark ambush last month.

does a muggy have trademark rights? you won't believe how far a lawsuit is going. michelle: still ahead, trapped inside the a.t.m. room. the bad day for the bank repairman. the creative way he notified customers that he ne

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michelle: up to a federal appeals court, animal rights group is trying to determine if a monkey can sue for copyright. he grabbed a camera and they are claiming that he is entitled to royalties for photographer's book. i can see why you'd want royalties. michelle: what would he spend it on? bananas? nasa is giving up a new look at jupiter. these are the closest and the clearest images ever. juneau showing off the great red spot, a massive storm. nancy: the clouds are 10,000 miles wide. so the storm itself is actually larger than earth. to give you perspective, nasa believes it may have been turning and developing for 350-plus years. incredible to look

michelle: yeah. storm for that long. it will be stormy. next for us at "abc7 news at 4:00" -- the afghan robotics team denied visas. suddenly gets them approved. the team coming to d.c. and we will tell you who stepped in at the last minute to make it happen. nancy: am zan upgrade offering competitors but they are on the prowl for packages on the porch. abc7 fighting back against porch pirates next. steve: heat index values are close to 100. a little bit of relief this everything. they are making progress on the ice sculpture here in front of abc7. update coming up in a minute.

michelle: president trump intervening after the state department denied a team visa applications. the story of heartbreak spread around the world when they realized they might have to use a video link to compete. back at home the metro budget

last month the service cut took effect. nancy: they are looking for new and creative ways to generate revenue. >> one of the proposed changes has riders paying more before getting on a bus or come out of a station from a train. this is what we are tooking about here. paying -- talking about. paying more for this. parking at metro lots. there are six proposals today that the board is looking to implement. this would have you paying more to park. it will call for expanding charging hours, and charge earlier in the morning on the weekday and charging on saturday. some are currently free. another proposal rates for

parking facilities and another charging a fee for the metro facilities near the special events. this isn't the only way metro wants to drum up more dollars. they are looking to expanding advertising or selling the naming right to station. controversial issue drew discussion monk -- discussion amongst board members today. >> we should look at ideas that are broader than just changing the names of the station. >> the parking would be a pilot program to last six months. the approval by a committee. if given approval we could see changes implemented in the fall. brianne carter, abc7 news. michelle: thank

newsroom. peter newsham just tweeted out this video of suspect in a shooting that injured 1-year-old. it happened monday in 1300 block of i street northeast. if you recognize anyone in this video, you are urged to call d.c. police. nancy: this is prime poaching season. michelle: in the last couple of days a lot of packages left on the stoop. horace holmes has a look. horace: it was like christmas in july. joy of getting a deal on the product from amazon prime day could be met by angezity if you will get it -- anxiety to get it from the hands of the delivery package. into yo

>> then this man showed up on his doorstep. watch as the thief picks up the package and calmly walks off. his online delivery shipment was one of 25 million packages stolen over the last 12 months off americans' doorsteps. >> operate knowing the crime is on camera. >> this does not have any ability to keep committing the crime. >> know there is a problem with the porch puerts. this is how they suggest you protect packageses. >> arrange for it to be sent to a relative. or have it sent to your house but instruct the driver where on the property you want the package left behind a garage or a bac

or have it sent to the satellite office. if you have a package to the front door and you are not home, tell the neighbor that you are expecting a package and then you can them listening to the delivery and pick it up and give it to you when you get home. great reminder. michelle: you might think being trapped in a room full of cash is a good thing but a contractor in texas disagrees. he was stuck at a bank feeding this a.t.m. in corpus christie, texas. he wrote messages like this on the customer's receipts. nancy: oh, no! michelle: it took a while. two hours he was stuck in there before someone called 911. michelle: this is going to be a penguin, right?

right now we are joined by billy from the ice lab. we are making a penguin. but the biggest challenge besides the heat today was getting the ice to fuse on top. >> getting the ice to fuse. we had another piece on top of here. trying to cut it. small piece. it ended up falling off the back. >> show us something cool. how to make an eye for a penguin to see something. we'll show it here. ready? steve: we are looking for tomorrow and slight risk of storms around the d.m.v. keep an eye to the sky and th

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michelle: tensions are rising with north korea. we have a look at the options left to slow their military ambition

>> at north korea test launched the first intercontinental ballistic missile they are calling for more sanctions against the rogue nation. >> we have had extensions sanctions regime against north korea, multilateral sanctions to the security council, there has not, not been adequate enforcement of those sanctions. >> the bipartisan bill aims to target chinese financial institutions funding the north korea economy. >> we will authorize the president to also sanction foreign governments that are evading the international sanctions on north korea. president trump has been pressuring chinese president to do more to curb north korea's nuclear program. >> we asked them for some assistance with respect to north korea. probability you could do more but we will find out. >> china is north korea's largest trading partner. trade between china and north korea rose by 10.5%

billion in the last six months. according to data from china customs. >> i don't have any confidence in the chinese government at this point. sanctions have failed. working with china has failed. at some point the military options are going to have to be on the table. >> for now the white house is holding off on military action. >> at the moment we are following a program of peaceful pressure. we will see if it works. >> on tuesday the u.s. successfully tested the missile system to shoot down an intermediate system from alaska. >> the u.s. officials say the latest demonstration shows the military ability to protect americans from the north korean threat. in washington, i'm michelle macaluso. >> now "abc7 news at 5:00". on your side. >> well, day four of the heatwave could come with storms across the region.

tonight of the hottest day of the stretch begins with chief meteorologist doug hill who is live in the weather center. doug: hey, larry, yeah. the heat and the humidity is a tough combination now. let's get to the numbers. across the region, it feels like 105 in washington. a little bit warmer than that in a couple of spots all because of the high temperatures and the high moisture levels. we still have the heat advisory in effect now that runs until 8:00 tonight across the area. there have been a few showers we are watching to the west. but in the past 15 to 20 minutes we notice there is action here east of town in anne arundel county. hefty thunderstorm moving across the bay to the eastern shore. there could be isolated shower or storm tonight. tomorrow we fast forward to another hot and humid day. the afternoon cold front could deliver thunderstorms and we could deal with the heavy to severe

happy to share those details in a little bit. >> this is oppressive and hot. we knew it was coming. some folks are taking it better than others. tourists we are talking to here. the locals have an issue with it. a jug of cold water. this is beard to give away water bottle when your mug is on it but hey. that's the way it works. stephen tschida joins us to show us how others are dealing with the heat. >> we found children frolicking in the nice cool water. >> the sun