a killer on the loose near auburn university.ed a shooting left three people dead and three others injured? gabrielle giffords makes a rare public appearance. what brought the former congresswoman out today a year and a half after she was nearly shot to death. but first, another scorcher. it's the hottest day we've had this year. i'm jim rosen field. the hottest day of the year? that was yesterday. temperatures have reached record highs in back-to-back days.

chuck is th chuck? >> yes, indeed, record temperatures still near 100 degrees. 93 right now near waldorf and la plat a, still 90 in frederick, maryland. back-to-back 90-degree days so a summer siz ler of a weekend for sure. it's the first time we've been 90 or better on a saturday or a sunday since last summer. last august, the 6th and 7th of last year, that's the first time we had back-to-back 90s on a saturday and sunday. your evening planner is a warm one. back to the 70s by 11:00. another hot place? on the pavement of pennsylvania avenue and that's where we find abby spencer. >> the scorching heat is the beat for parents. we found a little spot of shade

here on pennsylvania avenue. you can see the main shade right behind us, debra coughlin getting ready to perform at any minute. ets been a scorcher out here and it's great to be here when the ladder trucks come by to cool them down. at the capitol pride festival on pennsylvania avenue, singers and dancers performing in the heat before a crowd of thousands. scorching temps couldn't drive people away. >> it's hot, but i'm here, you know what i mean? like, i have to, you know, celebrate my pride. >> but a cool shower from a ladder truck certainly helped make it more tolerable. >> that's good. the water is definitely helpful. i just got here and was pretty hot, and then this was a blessing coming out. >> yeah, it was extremely fun. >> the girl scouts picked a wicked hot weekend to celebrate their 100th anniversary. their motto? be prepared. and you had to be to handle the heat during their trip to mt.

vernon. sdplz the leader of our group brought cases and cases of water, made sure every girl that got off the bus had a water, kept a hat on, sunscreen, because heat is an issue. we don't want anybody getting sick while we're here. >> we found the perfect place to cool down at 38th and washington, this lemonade stand. how much for the lemonade? >> 25 cents. >> here's your quarter. i'll take my lemonade. hits the spot. george and stel la mcbride are earning money for their toy fund. what's it like for you guys out here in the heat? >> we have had a lot of customers, so it feels pretty good. >> reporter: at the alexandria waterfront, beating the heat was survival. >> we tried to rest indoors when it it's really hot and go back

outdoors later. >> reporter: yesterday on the mall, d.c. fire and ems had to treat dozens of people for heat-related illnesses here at the pride festival. we haven't heard of any problems. a lot of people we spoke to say they're definitely cooling it down with water and playing it safe today. the festival is continuing as we speak. reporting live from northwest washington, dorothy spencer, news4. tonight auburn university is in shock. three people are dead, three others injured after gunfire broke out at a party near the campus. this all happened, as we said, near the campus of auburn about 50 miles east of montgomery, alabama, about 30 miles west of columbia, georgia. here's more on the search for the gunman. >> reporter: a gunman opened fire during a fight at a party held at an off-campus apartment complex near auburn university on saturday night. >> it happened so quick. >> reporter: three were killed in the shooting, including from former auburn university players. three more were injured in the gunfire, one of whom is a

current football player for the university. >> aiit's a very sad time for t auburn community, auburn university athletic department. >> he released a statement saying, in part, my thoughts and prayers are with their families and all of the victims involved in this tragic incident. >> it's not only university students and athletes, but it's young people. it's six young people that have been shot. >> reporter: authorities are hunting for the suspect, desm t desmonte leonard, who is charged with capital murder. >> we won't rest until this investigation is completed. >> as search for the suspect continues. >> i don't know what to do. i might live a long time. i grew up with him. sdp

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57-year-old judith meyer of pow hat on, virginia. a big construction project gets under way tomorrow along the u street corridor. look for that work to begin between 9th and 14th streets along u street northwest. the project is similar to one that's made life difficult in adams morgan earlier this year. when it's finished, there will be more parking and more sidewalks, but until it's done, it's hard to get around. >> we just hope they let us know what's dwg to be done so we can alert the clients. >> most of the work will be done between 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. coming up, a big shake-up at uva. while the school's pifirst president is stepping down. what the megachurch pastor says what really happened during

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the university of virginia's first ever female president is stepping down. teresa sullivan took office back in 2010. in a statement today, sullivan said she and the school board had a philosophical difference of opinion. uva officials say they need someone with a clear and

concrete strategic vision for the school. sullivan's last day is august 15. school administrators say they will have an interim president in place before students return in the fall. megachurch pastor dowell addressed his child cruelty arrest on friday. he was arrested friday after his 15-year-old daughter accused him of punching and choking her. he said he did spank his daughter and wrestled her to the floor, but he says she hit him first. he told the grocongregation it' hard to raise children in a, quote, culture of disrespect, end quote. his church has 3100 followers in the maryland area. chuck will tell us when to expect a cool-down. tonight at 11:00, a sign of the times. psychologists say they're starting to see patients who are convinced they're living in a reality show. hmm, it says here that cheerios helps lower cholesterol

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gabrielle giffords visited a phone bank to drum up support for her ex-aide ron barber.

he is running for the seat left by giffords after she was shot in 2011. the voters will head to the polls on tuesday for a special election to fill the seat. barber is running against jesse kelly who lost to giffords in 2010. returning to the race for the white house, president obama backtracking now on a comment he made about the economy. it's a comment that republicans are using to try and prove that the president is out of touch. brian moore has our report. >> reporter: it's safe to say these are six words president obama would like to take back. >> the private sector is doing fine. >> reporter: and you can bet those are six words mitt romney and the republicans will not let him forget. >> we've seen layoffs, cutbacks. >> when it's all said and done, i'm making $200 a month. >> i've been looking for a job for two years, haven't found any. >> reporter: after a news conference on friday, president obama tried to clarify himself.

>> the economy is not doing fine. there are too many people out of work. >> reporter: and two days later, his campaign is still struggling to say what the president meant. >> bottom line, is the private sector doing fine? >> the private sector, we need to accelerate job creation in the private sector. the president called the press conference to say that because of the storm clouds that are rolling in from europe and elsewhere, we need to undergird our economy. >> reporter: due to an uptick in unemployment, it was a sizeable gaffe. it could hurt him in swing states like north carolina, arizona and nevada where unemployment is worse than the national average of 8.2%. president obama hopes his comment will be long forgotten by election day, less than five months away. brian moore, news4 in washington. firefighters are working to control a massive wildfire in

colorado that has now grown to 22 square miles. hundreds of people are to evacuate their homes yesterday and this afternoon. within 24 hours, the blaze has damaged or destroyed 18 buildings. air tankers are now dropping retardant on the flames, but at this point the fire is not contained at all. the cause remains under investigation. it's very dry out west. here we're dealing with high temperatures, a little break in the humidity today, but a little uncomfortable. >> we had dew points in the mid-60s, so it probably felt pretty hot. we nixed the moisture out, so it probably didn't feel that bad. humidity dropped to only 31% during the peak of the afternoon heating, and that allowed the evaporation of sweat off your skin to take effect and be a little more effective had it would have been if the humidity had stayed in the 50 to 60% range. as you look live over the

potomac river, ronald reagan national airport. what a beautiful day, motor boaters and jet skis, kite flyers, everybody enjoying their sunday afternoon. 89 degrees right now at national airport. 60 degrees now with the dew point. we'll continue to put wind in the air so tomorrow will be even more humid than today. 90 in annapolis, 89 degrees in port balfour, no raindrops to cool us off this evening. it will be 100% dry for the rest of your sunday evening. so as you make some plans to get outside shs some sidewalk dining, no problem this evening. it's going to be hot and humid tomorrow. probably not as hot as today, but noticeably more humid and rain chances start to sneak in southern end of the shenandoah valley, southern virginia late in the day tomorrow.

where is the rain coming from? right down here across the deep south. another heavy rain day across mobile and pensacola, places that smashed rainfall records yesterday. they're getting inundated today. if you have friends and relatives flying, big airport delays at hartsfield-jackson. all this rain is racing towards parts of central georgia where they really do need the rain. a couple thundershowers just to the west of downtown new york city. that may slow down some shuttle flights in and out of new york airport, so a lot of challenging travel around the mid-atlantic here for the next couple hours, at least away from us. for us, high and dry in our area. that's welcome news. a little weather boundary off the delaware coastline. it's never going to make it to us but it will focus on another little chance of showers to our north and east. mugginess moving in and rain chances starting to increase by 5:00, 6:00, 7:00 tomorrow afternoon out to our west. by tuesday morning, raindrops

likely across the capitol beltway and heavy rain possible late tuesday into the morning of wednesday. going to the beach monday and tuesday, no complaints. a couple showers by tuesday afternoon but on the whole good weather. dry weather for us in the overnight hours. tomorrow becoming cloudy and quite humid, showers likely way late in the day tomorrow out to the west and south of washington. in town, rain chances ramp up for tuesday and wednesday, may linger into thursday, and there's a lot of clouds at the end of the week. a little bit of low pressure trying to develop off the delaware coast. that could drag raindrops into thursday.

i think you called it, right? didn't you predict it yesterday? i think you heard it. he didn't want to be too decisive but he called this one. brice harper was not in the line-up for fenway, but he did pinch-hit in the 9th and scored the game-winning run. harper has been nursing a sore back for days and they want to give him a break. he dived for a ball earlier in the week. he is receiving treatment. harper is expected to be just fine. nats expected to sweep the red

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win 5-4. it is their ninth straight win in extra innings, which is a major league record. all right, to tennis. the winner of the french open is -- you're going to have to wait until tomorrow. those of you pumped up to see a novak in the final instead saw only four sets today because rain got in the way, and the nats will resume at 7:00 a.m. eastern time tomorrow, not at nbc4 but at our sister station nbc sports network, so check that out. nadal looking for a record french open, number one. jokovich trying to be the first man to win 48 grand slams. still looking good, and nadal whips jokovich to take the game. jokovich slammed his rakt cket

disgust. he would dig himself a hole, and the serve would win the fourth set. he goes for two games to none, and he gets it done. he was not happy with playing in the rainy conditions. he showed the ump how wet the ball is. he said, hey, take a look at that one. play had already been stopped earlier, and after the next game, play is suspended once again and it would not resume. the match is called, the french open will resume tomorrow, as we said, on nbc sports network at 7:00 a.m. to nascar, the pocono 400, joey lagano of joe gibbs racing. lagano retakes the lead. he started the day and he goes on to win the pocono 400. today he gets his first sprint

cup series win since june 2009. he's also the first driver to win from the pull. finally shock in the boxing world. champion manny pacquiao took on timothy bradley. it looked like pacquiao was going to win this one, but two judges decided otherwise. everybody upset about this one, even the promoter said he probably won't have a rematch because everybody thinks pacquiao already won, why would you go see a rematch? what a debate. corrupt sports, but i didn't say that. nightly news is up next. we'll be back here at 11:00.