need. we'll begin with chief meteorologist doug in storm center 4. 104. >> that's the current temperature at reagan national airport, sitting at 104 degrees out there right now. the hottest temperature ever recorded in the month of june. guys, we have only seen 104 degrees ten times in the last 140 years. that is simply amazing. the heat index right now is at 112. the current temperatures around the region, right now 104 in through washington, sitting at 97 in gaithersburg, 100 in leesburg and in manassas and towards fredricksburg, a temperature there of 100 degrees. what are we seeing as far as the heat index is concerned? the heat index coming in at 110 in fredricksburg, 114 in leesburg, 109 in gaithersburg, 112 towards frederick, maryland. so an incredibly hot day today. we're not just talking about temperatures in the upper 90s to around 100. the heat index is over 110.

you really want to limit any outdoor exposure during the day today. if you're outside, make sure you're drinking plenty of water. that's why we had the excessive heat warning. the hee heat index of 110 degrees plus. notice the line of storms making its way through parts of ohio. we have recorded winds of 70, 80, even 90 miles an hour with this. it looks like it's going to try to move into our region throughout the evening tonight. yes, it could bring us some relief. it could bring us dangerous, severe thunderstorms. we'll talk much more about that in a few minutes. right now let's head outside. derrick ward is live right now. derrick, i'm sorry we have you outside. you're there to tell us how hot it really is. >> reporter: i appreciate the sympathy. it cools me down about that much. we're out here along the capital crescent trail. take a look. that trail is relatively

desserted. anybody out on the trail right now would probably be doing it for exercise or recreation. you know there are a lot of folks out today that didn't have a choice because they had to be out to make a living. this was the response to a heat-related incident on the water when a hiker was over come by the heat on the billy goat trail along the potomac, he was rescued byboat. all over people who had to be out were doing all they could not to become casualties. at this construction site in prince george's county, some of the earth movers had air conditioned cabs and some did not. you can put the dump truck in the no ac category. >> 150 degrees in here, bud. >> reporter: his best way to keep cool was to drive with the windows open. >> got to make a living. >> reporter: kevin smith has a hole to fill near his home. after the stormed downed a tree. he waits till the sun goes down. he's a retired landscaper who knows a thing or two about working in the heat. >> pretty much i'm telling the guys to drink a lot of fluids.

they've got to take breaks, got to get in and out of the sun. you've got to do a fair day's work for a fair day's pay. >> reporter: for some that fair day was cut short by the high temperatures. >> it's get together the point where you can't touch your tools, it will start burning your fingertips and then you can't do anything done. unless you want to put your tools in water. a lot of our work is metal. torch work today, put ag flat roof on, you have to call it off. >> reporter: another contractor couldn't end his outdoor job early, so it's all about hydration. >> i was trying to push this off until next we're. they've got to have it done by fourth of july. >> firefighters almost have to get as much water into themselves as they purt on the fire. >> our personnel are well away of the situation at hand with the heat. we're advising everybody to stay inside. >> reporter: if not, if outdoor work is a must, wisdom is as

well. >> the humidity and heat factor gets up to 107, 108 degrees, you don't want nobody out there no way. it's just too hot. >> reporter: the metropolitan washington council of governments has actually issued its code red warning for the day. that means it's actually out here for o zen pollution, saying anyone with a compromised respiratory system, asthma, lung disease shouldn't be out and certainly not exerting themselves. other folks should take care as well. mowing your lawn, use an electric mother instead of a gas mother, that will help with the ozone and of course helps keep you cool is if you don't mow the lawn at all. live in bethesda, derrick ward, team 4. our continuing coverage continues throughout news 4. at 5:15 we'll be hearing from pat collins. >> ooh! >> reporter: on a day like today who is your real best friend? is it your boyfriend? is it your husband? is it your dog. what is it?

>> water. >> reporter: i'm pat collins beating the heat in washington. coming up on news 4. well, this heat is making it tough for crews to battle two huge wildfires on national park in virginia. this is in shenandoah national park. chopper 4 shooting this video about an hour ago. the other fire in warren county. for now they say no homes or businesses are threatened and no evacuations needed, but that could change. in addition to the high temperatures, the terrain is steep. it's rocky and it is remote. that makes it extremely hard to access this fire. so it's challenging for them out there. out west president obama is touring the devastation caused by the colorado wildfires, the blaze burning near colorado springs is the most destructive in that state's history. it scorched more than 350 homes and forced 30,000 people to evacuate. nbc's jinah kim is live in colorado springs with the latest.

any improvement out there, jinah? >> reporter: well, jim, 32,000 people, a big chunk of them were allowed to go home. the evacuations are slowly being lifted. that is definitely good news. the fire, we're having a second day of calmer, cooler weather. that's also good news. firefighters have been able to get a 15% containment line around this fire now. they really feel like the threat has gone down e tremendously. on the other side we have confirmed that one person has died in this fire. they were found in the remains of a burned-out home. we may have 10 to a couple dozen people possibly missing at this point. officials are still trying to work that out. who was here as a tourist, whose family member is urn accounted for? as you also said, president obama did make about a three-hour stop here in colorado springs. he got briefing from the firefighters who had been fighting this fire nonstop. he thanked them, called them

heroes, then toured the worst-hit areas. as he saw a home standing next to a home that had been burned, he said it was just devastating. he promised federal funds will be there and relief for the people of colorado is on its way. >> good news there today. jinah kim, thanks so much. it came down to the wire, but congress prevented student loan rates from doubling on monday. the house and senate passed that mega deal today that locks the rate at 3.4% for the next year. the bill also secures highway funding through 2014 and flood insurance through 2017. this bipartisan bill now goes to president obama. in the district residents hoping to ban corporate donations in city politics are facing a deadline to turn in thousands of signatures. the citizens group is angered by ethics problems and hopes to get the ban on the november 6th ballot. tom sherwood joins us with the story. >> jim, the group has thousands

of signatures and volunteers have one more week to wrap it up. supporters of initiative 70 have been fanning out around the district, getting voters to sign petitions that would help ban corporate donations to city campaigns, political birthday parties and other fund-raising for politicians. brian weaver, a leader of the initiative told wamu radio the city has been battered by ethics scandals, felony convictions of both former council chairman kwame brown and harry thomas. citizens need to do something. >> just trying to find a way to sort of come out of this crisis of confidence that we're having. >> reporter: initiative 70 supporters must turn in 24,000 valid voter signatures by the end of the day july 9th and need many more just in case of errors to get on the november 6 ballot. weaver says the group is near its goal but will work through july 4th holiday week.

mayor vincent gray returning from china after encouraging trade agreements is under federal investigation for his 2010 campaign for mayor with rumors swirling that he could resign at any time, rumors so far with no firm basis but that disrupt the flow of city politics. >> i think now everyone is sort of holding on to what's coming next. and there is a little degree of everyone holding on to their seat saying what's the next shoe to drop? >> about 21 states already ban corporate contributions to local campaigns. jim? >> thank you, tom. when we come right back on news 4 at 5:00, a story that has left parents afraid to let their children play out in the streets. in a news 4 exclusive, we'll hear from the mother of a 6-year-old child who was shot on his first day of camp. plus why a local county is telling residents to conserve their water during this record breaking heat. big entertainment news. tom cruise and katie holmes

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right now a worker is still missing after the roof of a massive warehouse collapse in

cheverly. authorities are fearing he's trapped under 50 feet of debris. the structure crumbled about 10:00 last night at a document storage company on cabin branch drive. jackie bensen is there to tell us what's happening there now live. >> reporter: the scope of this rescue operation is difficult to imagine. chief mark ba shore is going to help us understand. what's going on over there right now? >> right now we've got the two cranes you can see in the background that i have set up to begin the operation to actually begin cutting at the top of the roof. >> we'll have the photographer zoom in a little bit there and show what that looks like. >> they will begin an operation to cut the steel and cut the roof members and begin to pull them out one by one. there's a third piece of equipment that required permitting. it's here now getting into position. it will take about an hour to set up. they will piece by piece, section by section take that away. >> reporter: this isn't just a house collapse, this is an unbelievable amount of debris.

you believe that, as you said, it's a rescue operation at this point. you believe there's the possibility that this man that we're looking for is alive. >> absolutely. you can look to the chilean mine disaster, the earthquakes in haiti and japan. people have survived two and three weeks in some of these types of collapses, same types of collapses. we're going to continue to operate as though it's a rescue operation. >> reporter: this case has captured people's hearts. they feel a lot of sympathy for this man. you say for your people this is very personal for them. they've been working nonstop. >> they've been here since 10:00 last night. we've been rotating crews in and out. hottest day of the year, 102 degrees. they're whipped. we continue to move them in and out. >> chief, thank you for joining us. reporting live from cheverly, jackie bensen, news 4, back to you. despite the warnings about this record breaking heat, many folks are still braving the elements. >> boy, when you're out, you know you are out. pat collins is out on the

national mall. how is it feeling out there? >> reporter: wendy, here i am, pat collins, your human weather station where here on the mall it is sweltering. this weekend this should be your very best buddy, mr. water. don't leave home without it. hot people show me your water. how hottest? >> real hot. >> you don't even want to see this. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: on the golf course, on city streets, down on the mall, on a scorching hot day like this, you have no better friend than -- ♪ water >> reporter: i say water yourks

say? >> more. >> reporter: hey, kids, do we like water? >> yes! >> reporter: cold water? >> yes! >> reporter: on a day like today? >> yes! >> reporter: the magic fountain in columbia heights, it goes up, it goes down. where is it going to be next? at the folk life festival on the mall, free filtered water even if you don't have a bottle. hot dogs. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: hot dogs, hot dogs. not these kind of hot dogs. paging dr. bowman, paging dr. sarah bowman. when it gets really hot, what do you do for fido? >> never leave them outside. make sure they have plenty of water. heat stroke can happen really fast. >> reporter: that's good advice. hot plants. >> feed me now!

i'm starving! >> reporter: at a time like this, plants can't do it on their own. ginn co-gardens matthew robbins, you a green thumb? >> pretty much so. i try. >> reporter: what should people do with their plants? >> water more often than you would otherwise, preferably in the morning rather that than after work. >> reporter: they'll survive? >> they will. plants live in the real world. they'll make it. >> reporter: so no matter what you do this weekend, make sure you take your buddy with you. stay thirsty, my friend. live on the mall, pat collins, news 4. >> you're lucky someone didn't steal your hat out there. oh, nice cool drinks of water. >> washing those hot dogs down. pat collins on the mall. doug, you have been a busy man. they've been all over the place today. >> the heat is the big thing we're worried about right now.

later this weekend we should have a dangerous situation play out with thunderstorm activity. we'll show you that coming out as well. take a look outside first off. i had somebody say, hey, doug, if it gets this hot, isn't it easier to have strong to severe thunderstorms. the answer to that is yes, if we have something to trigger the storms, they are able to get stronger and, yes, become more severe. i think that could be the scenario overnight tonight and into the day tomorrow, too. right now 104 degrees. the highest temperature we've ever seen in the month of july, dew point of 69. winds out of the west at 8 miles an hour. a hot day today. we shattered the old record for june 29th. 101 was the old record setback in 1934 and 1874, we hit an all-time record high of 104 for the month of june. 102 in martinsburg, 102 in frederick, 102 in la plata, 100 in fredricksburg. you get the heat index of 114 in la play that, 112 in culpepper,

110 in fredricksburg. feels like 112 outside. pat collins out doing the right stuff, light-colored clothes, the hat on, drinking plenty of cool water. the excessive heat warning continues through 9:00 tonight. you see the heat advisory in the red, that's where the heed warning is. that's also the same area under an excessive heat watch for the day tomorrow. we need something to cool us down. it's going to come in the form of rain. look at this line of storms. this is what's called a meso scale convective system, mcs for short. also a bow signal, a lot of weather words. all that heens is very strong to severe thunderstorms. we have seen 9 4-mile-an-hour wind gusts in indiana, 92 miles an hour in dayton. that is moving our way. you can see how many severe thunderstorm warnings they have

associated with this. i expect this o to come through late tore night. take a look around 8:00. we start to see some activity here. by around 11:00, that's when this thing is moving right through the i-95 corridor. right when we're on the air, i expect to see very strong storms coming through. the biggest scenario will be strong to severe winds, winds upwards of 60, maybe 70 miles an hour. tomorrow the heat will be back and i think the thunderstorms will be back, too. best chance to the north and west of washington. we could see strong to severe storms during the day tomorrow as well. even on sunday could see some of the storms. very hot and humid this evening under mostly clear skies. then the storms try to rumble through here. they should be out of here by tomorrow morning. temperatures 70 to about 79 degrees under the very muggy conditions early in the morning. tomorrow afternoon, possible severe storms again. high temperatures 97 to 101. 101 is the record. we could get there. i think we'll bet around 100.

99 on sunday. it looks like we cool down a little towards the july 4th holiday, a chance for thunderstorms. we'll get more on that later. i'll keep you updated all night long for the heat and the storms coming in. also our coverage on this record-breaking heat. it continues on nbcwashington.com. if you're away from your tv, you can look it up on your smart phone or your computer. you'll find a list of the cooling centers as well as the latest forecast. it could be changing. stay with us again for live updates at the top of the hour. coming right up on news 4 at 5:00 tonight, is this a toy or a weapon? can you tell the difference? i went down to fairfax today where police have an eye-opening warning for us. ♪ >> and adele has some baby news. in sports, tiger begins his move up the leaderboard at the at&t national. we'll go there live to see how

he's faring in all our heat. stay tuned for news 4 at 6:00, we'll talk a

we have breaking news right now. evacuations are under way where the pot manning nationals play, that's in woodbridge, virginia. >> that's because i guess of the fire that's out there. there's a lot of smoke from the fires in the shenandoah national park. we'll keep you posted on that. meanwhile, speaking of hot out there, tiger woods up on the leaderboard with a great round in this heat. >> carol maloney joins us live at congressional. >> hot enough for you? that's one of the best lines of the day. 109 the heat index at 4:00 p.m. on the course. the heat is on. literally and figuratively tiger woods, he is out there putting

on the pressure on the leaders, lurking in the shadows. he was four shots better today than he was in his opening round. so making his way up the leaderboard. let's take a look at some of the highlights at day two of at&t national at congressional. country club picturesque as always, even in 100-degree heat. it didn't bother tiger woods, 48 feet away for eagle on 16. he sinks it to get off to a good start. going from one over to one under. tiger starting on the back nine this morning. jimmy walker who entered the round in second place also took advantage of an early tee time. his chip shot rolls within three feet and he's able to tap in for par. back to tiger, par 4 eighth hole, his approach goes just beyond the hole. it's going to roll within three feet right here. here is his approach. this will allow woods to birdie

to go to two under for the tournament. hunter mahan, he was a big mover up the leaderboard today. hunter mahan, who is still on the course as we speak, number nine right here, 18-foot birdie putt. four under for the day. tied for the lead with walker and others at five under par. on number nine, tiger had a shot to make at three under par. his 12-foot birdie tried -- you hear the crowd. tiger finishes with a 68 today, three shots behind the leaders. he was certainly satisfied with today's round considering the conditions out here at congressional. >> i thought that today i got more out of my round and that was -- on a golf course like this, you're not going to hit it perfect all day. it's too difficult. it's one of those days where just be patient.

shoot something 60s. i think that would have been a good score. i shot 68 today which i thought was a very good score. i'm only three back and right there. >> reporter: tiger woods is on the hunt. four golfers tied for the lead at five under. of course, everyone out here hoping for a little break from the heat tomorrow for round three. >> don't you know everyone in here looking for a little break from the heat as well. still ahead, the "today" show names a new co-anchor, someone near and dear to our hearts. plus what caused major damage to this sign on i-395. a news 4 exclusive. we'll hear from the

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record breaking heat for sure. we've seen those numbers well above 100 degrees today. 104 the high temperature, the highest temperature ever recorded in the month of june right there at reagan national airport. 104 there.

102 in fredricksburg. leesburg coming in at 100 degrees. martinsburg, west virginia at 102. out towards the eastern shore, a temperature there around 99 degrees, close to the 100-degree mark. this is what we're watching now. we know it's hot out there. right now we're watching a severe line of thunderstorms making its way through ohio. that line is most likely going to progress across our region throughout the rest of the evening into the overnight hours. stay with us with this line. this is a very dangerous line of storms. we'll continue to watch it here on nbc4. a water alert is on for people in howard county. residents are asked to conserve water to prevent a possible shortage in the coming weeks. the problem stems from upcoming repairs to a major water delivery main. during these compares there could be water shortages or even outages. for now residents are being asked to wash their dishes and clothes in the morning if possible and are asked to minimize their lawn washing and car washing. short showers instead of baths also advised.

officials are asking you not to top off your pools unless absolutely necessary. it's hard to be given those restrictions in the middle of a heat wave. police still looking for the gunman who shot two young boys and a camp counselor in southeast washington monday. tonight the victims' mothers are speaking out for the first time. news 4's darcy spencer has the exclusive. >> reporter: jim, you can only imagine how these moms felt monday afternoon when they received these phone calls, one that her 6-year-old son had been shot, the other that her 7-year-old son had been shot, and they were just down the street here with a bunch of other kids participating in a day camp when the shots started firing. they were in the line of fire. just four days after he was shot in the back while at a summer day camp, this 7-year-old shooting victim is ready to return to camp. >> you want to go back? >> uh-huh. >> reporter: you're not scared? >> huh-uh. >> reporter: the boy and his 6-year-old cousin who is now in a wheelchair were shot and

wounded while lining up with about 30 other kids in the orchard park day camp. >> he got shot through the back and came through his shoulder. he's doing good. not no broken bones. >> who would think their child would get shot at a camp? it's scary. >> reporter: it happened at 19th and savannah in southeast. their counselor was also wounded. the 6-year-old was shot in the ankle and there's a bullet lodged in his thigh. doctors say it's safer to leave it in. he's in a lot of pain. >> of course it's scary. he's 6. i would never expect my 6-year-old to be getting shot. never. >> reporter: we're not showing their faces because the gunman is still on the loose and there's fear in the neighborhood. on thursday there was yet another shooting three blocks from the original scene. this time near a day-care center. >> whoever it is, you need to be ashamed at yourself for shooting at a gang of kids. come on now. it could have been your child. >> reporter: police say in the day camp shooting the gunman was

showering the victims and several parked cars with bullets. many parents have told news 4 they're not allowing their kids outside this summer. >> it needs to get better. your child can't even go to camp. it's terrible. >> it's not worth it. nothing is. it's not worth it. i could have been burying my son instead of celebrating him. >> reporter: the mother of that 7-year-old boy says that she is going to allow him to return to camp here in this neighborhood. but mother of the 6-year-old, she says no way. he has a lot of recovery to do. she is keeping him very close, keeping him home. as a matter of fact, she says she's hoping to move out of the neighborhood. live from southeast, darcy spencer, news 4. massive house fire in d.c., flames shooting through the roof gutted the home in northwest near american university. cell phone video shows the home going up in flames. this blaze was so intense

firefighters had to run extra hoses. no one was home when the fire started. a neighbor called 911. the house had been undergoing some type of construction recently. investigators looking to see what the cause of that fire could be. an accident just above i-395 snarled the commute for drivers in fairfax. a dump truck clipped an overhead highway sign near edsel road earlier this morning. crews had to close down the two right lanes of the highway in order to get the sign repaired. the lanes reopened just before 7:00 a.m. a long day in a florida courtroom for the man who kald trayvon martin. george zimmerman was hoping a judge would grant him bond. circuit court judge kenneth lester decided to hold off on the decision until he reviewed new evidence presented during the hearing. prosecutors played a tape that showed zimmerman reenacting his encounter with trayvon martin in february. zimmerman's bopd was revoked by judge lester earlier this month because he wasn't completely hon

oeft about just how much money he did have. the woman who led the failed attempt to oust uv president theresa sullivan will stay on the board of visitors. today the governor reappointed her. he said now is the time for reconciliation. the board unanimously reappointed sullivan following a huge backlash from students, staff and alumni. mcdonald named four new board members and created two advisory positions. an arrest in a case that had police warning senior zints to be on alert. investigators released this surveillance video that shows a man they believe pretended to be a maintenance worker at delta towers in northeast d.c. they say that man tied up and robbed a resident, first on june 19th. on tuesday, another elderly man at a senior high-rise in southeast was tied up and robbed by a man who said he needed to come in to make a repair.

47-year-old anthony ford is charged in both of those crimes. the victims were not badly hurt. coming up on news 4 at 5:00, tonight small children fighting like adults, egged on by a man who is old enough to know better. a big hollywood split. tom cruise and katie holmes, they're divorcing. a small restaurant with a big taste. stick

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even the trained eye of police to distinguish. >> they feel like the real weapons, they function like real weapons, they look like real weapons. >> reporter: 14-year-old friends jordan and brady play in their back yards with their fake rifles. >> it's a 400 fps sniper rifle that is bullet action. >> it's good to stay on your own property because going out into like public areas, people can think it's dangerous. >> reporter: to raise awareness for kids and parents, police from around northern virginia put the fake with the orange tips alongside the real guns and reminded kids and criminals in moments of uncertainty, they treat both the same. >> police officers are trained to respond to every weapon as if it's a real weapon. if you see a weapon, assume it's a real weapon until you know for sure. we train officers, make the

situation safe. give appropriate commands. >> reporter: two key things for kids to keep in mind when using one of these replicas, a safe environment and supervision. >> it's a toy. it's a game, and we present it as such to the kids. i guess it's so important to tell them, and they know, if the police officers do come around, you got to do exactly what they say. >> reporter: some officers are seeing more and more criminals using fake guns to avoid a stiffer penalty that crimes with firearms can carry. they are still, however, charged with the initial crime, be it robbery or attempted assault. >> just because it has an orange tip doesn't mean it's not a real gun. obviously a very confusing situation and very difficult to decipher in .38 seconds. >> the parents and kids i spoke with today see these replicas as an extension of paint ball. police tell us one of the concerns is if kids step away in the back yards and woods and walk out in the public with

these fake weapons. an update for breaking news, chopper 4 live above the park with the potomac nationals play in woodbridge. the area is being evacuated because of a fire. we're told the nationals are away so they're not there. live pictures from chopper 4. let's get the word on all this heat. doug? >> that heat is still out there right now. you talk about record breaking heat. that's exactly what we're seeing outside with the heat upwards of 100 degrees. 104 right now at the airport with the heat index of 112. winds out of the west at about eight miles an hour. the wind is not helping much. here are the local temperatures around the region. 104 in rockville, st. belvoir at 102 degrees. 100 an manase sis, 101 towards dulles. dulles's old record today was 95. we've shattered that record. out there right now, the heat index 114 in leesburg. 104 in college park, 112 in rockville and washington and 110

towards st. belvoir. extremely hot day and this somewhat we're looking at next. any time you have heat like this, you talk about instability in the atmosphere and we're watching this severe line of thunderstorms. this line of thunderstorms has a history of 60 to 80-mile-an-hour winds, significant structural and tree damage, and this line is going to make its way our way over the next few hours. you want to stay with us right here at nbc4 for the remainder of the evening. you can follow me on twitter and follow me on facebook, too. we're going to be talking about this right here. watch what happens as we extend this time. around 9:00 around the i-81 corridor, could be a little faster than that. this is moving at about 60 miles an hour straight to the south and east. could be around the washington, d.c. area, down through fredricksburg and richmond by about 11:00. over towards the del marva, around 2:00, 3:00, 4:00 in the morning here, should be after off the coast by about 5:00 in

morning. a severe line of thunderstorms making its way our way. we'll watch closely to see if it sticks together. temperatures overnight into the 70s. very warm and very muggy. if we get this rain coming through, not only could we see downed trees across the area. it's going to help produce higher dew points. with that you're talking much warmer conditions tomorrow morning, extremely muggy conditions tomorrow. high temperatures will not be affected. a high of 100 in washington, 100 in manassas, 101 in culpepper and fredricksburg. we'll watch this play out in the next couple hours. down toward the beaches, temperatures around 90 on saturday. a chance for strong storms both sunday and monday. here is the next couple days here. another chance for severe weather tomorrow. about a 30% to 40% chance of storms. same deal goes for sunday. temperatures go back down to the low to mid 90s monday through friday of next week. fourth of july looking for a high of 93 degrees with a chance of afternoon storms.

>> thank you doug. time for what's trending now. tom-cat -- we know tom-cat. they're calling it quits. talking about tom cruise and kat difficult holmes. one of the most popular singers in the world is about to become a mom and a presidential party rock celebration. >> those are what's trending today. let's start in hollywood. after six years katie holmes has filed for divorce from tom cruise. the two married in november of '06. it was her firsted marriage, his third. they have a daughter suri. holmes' lawyer issued a statement saying this is a personal matter. singer adele sharing good news with the world today on her website saying she announced she and her boyfriend simon are delighted to be expecting their first child. adele is 24. she didn't release any other details but did asking for privacy during this precious time. adele is best known for her songs on "heartbreak" and relationship woes.

her song "rolling in the deep" won six grammys. savannah guthrie has been named as co-anchor of the "today sho show". savannah reported for news 4 from 2000 to 2002 when she was a student at jornl town law at the time. she graduated with honors in 2002. i remember her on our weekend show. >> did you see president obama's reaction to the supreme court ruling? you could see he was feeling pretty good about it. here he is. ♪ ♪ >> looking limber. folks are getting a really big kick out of the president. look at these moves. leno also poked fun at mitt romney and cnn for initially reporting the court's decision incorrectly. it's going to cost you more to ride if metro. starting this weekend, rail

fares go up 5%. bus fares go up ten cents and parking rates go up about a quarter. using a paper card will cost you an extra dollar for every trip. the good news, the peak of the peak surcharge will be eliminated. the extra money will balance the transit agency's operating budget. self new laws in virginia and maryland are about to take effect this weekend. pat lawson muse is at the news 4 super screen to break them down for us. >> each of the new laws takes effect sunday july 1st. starting in virginia, next time voters go to the polls in the commonwealth, they'll need an i.d. acceptable forms range from your driver's license to your voter registration card or water/utility bill. one of the more controversial measures is the ultrasound mandate. this requires women to undergo a sonogram before undergoing an abortion. this draw drew huge protests as state lawmakers debated and passed it. anyone convicted of drunk

driving will be required to have an ignition interlock device installed in their car. that goes for every vehicle owned or registered by the person convicted of dui. in maryland beginning on sunday residents will be paying more on their sewer bills. the so-called flush tax means an increase of 30 to 60 bucks each year to upgrade wastewater treatment facilities. it's part of an effort to reduce pollution in the chesapeake bay. and you will see a full list of all of these new laws that are taking effect this sunday on our website, nbcwashington.com. just search new laws. >> all righty. always good to have a toilet shot. >> isn't it? we apologize, right at dinnertime. internet video that has left

disturbing video here. a 6-year-old being recorded fist fighting with a 7-year-old. it happened in california while a crowd watched. tonight police are looking for the man who was also caught on camera, egging the kids on. annette ariola has the story.

>> reporter: this is the troubling video that sparked an investigation by the san bernardino sheriff's department, two young boys, no older than 6 or 7 years old involved in a smackdown fight and being filmed as a crowd of children cheer them on. >> what's most disturbing is the fact that there are adults that are nearby that aren't stopping it. >> reporter: in fact, you can see one man in the video directing the young spectators to get out of the way so they won't block the shot. you can hear the person behind the camera egging the two boys on. >> again charlie. >> reporter: they threw kicks and wild punchless. after wrestling to the ground yourks see one boy choking the other. the video surfaced on facebook. the title red my nephew messed him up for picking on his home boy. sheriff's investigators believe the fight took place in an apartment complex somewhere in san bernardino county. with few leads so far, they're asking for the public's help. >> the adults that are seen in the video are not setting any

kind of example for these children. so it's our responsibility, if we have information, if we know who these people are, to call in. now at 6:00 tonight, the latest on our record-breaking heat. doug is tracking the storms. a news 4 exclusive. the mother of two camp kids speaks out today after the kids were shot in their neighborhood. grim news out of colorado, wildfires have claimed yet another life. several people there are missing. millions of college students and their parents can breathe a little easier. a burst of bipartisanship on the hill has prevented student loan rates from doubling. good evening, i'm wendy rieger. >> i'm jim nance. we begin with recorded breaking heat. a hiker at the billy goat trail was over come by the heat. it is, in fact, the hottest day in june in history here. the weekend is yet to