had disappeared while boating early saturday. deaths have also been reported in the district, new jersey, north carolina, ohio, west virginia, and kentucky. and at the peak of the storm, there were more than 4 million people across the country without power. >> in montgomery county, maryland there are still a lot of people without power. the citi of gaithersburg has canceled its fourth of july celebration. chris gordon in bethesda with more. >> good evening, the damage here is typically of what you find throughout montgomery county. trees toppled over power lines, blocking roadways, residents expecting to be property damage that could take months to repair. all around, you see crews clearing debris. not far all john ullr showed me

the tree -- ironically it's at the very same spot where last year a tree downed by hurricane erenal damaged the same room. >> nobody's hurt, so we'll start over again. >> what's your reaction to the fact you had just finished repairs, what, two weeks ago? >> it's part of life, one of the challenges. you play the hand you're dealt. >> reporter: on seneca lane, where trees fell on neighboring homes, the affect in this house left fearing it may be so unstable it could collapse. in silver spring, the manor country club neighborhood was hit hard by the high winds friday night. downed power lines and streets blocked streets. how many owners removed debris at their own expense to get the neighbor ready. >> pepco told you they -- so now the tree's removed and all that's laying there is telephone poles and wires. still can't get pepco out.

taking out part of her home and totalling a car. >> this room was more of the kitchen/great room area. on the other side, we've had damage to the porch area, our porch area is gone, the patio has had damage. in the widewood manor neighborhood, two trees took out power lines. when pepco crews arrived here to assess the situation, the first thing they had to fit out was how to get to the pole. >> they told my nib here that it would probably be three to five days just to get the street power on, and then probably ten days until they get the houses hooked up. so we'll just have to wait and see. >> reporter: a final note. we travel around montgomery county in our live truck, and a woman came up and saying, are you pepco? we can tell you that pepco crews will be warmly welcomed when

they do arrive. that's the latest in montgomery county. chris gordon, news4. >> what a letdown when they found out it was you. montgomery county executive ike legget got a good look at senior centers. generators are keeping the lights on, but it is hot for the 140 seniors who live in the silver spring building. he says senior and assisted living areas are on the priority list, but he believes that's not enough. he says there should be more utility crews available to work to restore the power. now, with a look at the latest numbers. pepco says it has more than 211,000 customers in the dark, dominion more than 135,000, bge is more than 61,000 in montgomery prince georges and an arunle.

. and northern virginia just over 2500 judges still out. derrick ward is in northwest d.y. with more on the efforts to get the lights back on. >> reporter: jim, take a look. that tree is off of the house. that's a major part of the work that's done. the overhead wires there, and it's just like -- that trips a few or circuit breaker back at the substation. now they were starreding to fan out in the community, but just the beginning of a long process. >> it may be an inconvenience, but these overhead crews are like the cavalry. it's a sight that should become

more common. >> the utility industry is very interesting in that we help each other out so much, but when everybody has their own problems, so we had to go past where the damage was, so we had to go past indiana, we had to go further south into carolina, georgia. and as far north canada. >> they're burning up in there. you see everybody has their windows open. >> they sent a bus to cool folks down. >> i was wondering why the buses was sitting here. nobody told me until this morning. i've been in this bus ever since. >> reporter: what they really want to see is repairs and restoration. some of the work has already begun. here at 45th and verplank,

ironically the house hit by the tree didn't lose power. >> despied the downed wires, because the how is itself this power, that we were not a priority. >> reporter: pepco officials say they can understand the frustration that customers are feeling, but the crews are on the way. >> when customer cuss look out the window and see 36 inches of snow, 24 inches of snow, they can understand why it may take time, about you when it's as beautiful outside as it is, it's heart to say the storm is gone, why isn't this back? it takes time and effort to make the repairs, so i understand why customers are a bit concerned. >> instead the concern continues. as we said, the how that the tree actually hit did not lose power, so those crews are working. now far from here. they caught up with several of them. they are fans out.

so usual start to sxekd to see them in your community that will begin the process. pepco is saying it won't be until probably friday. we're live in northwest, now back to you. >> derrick ward, thank you. there are still problems tonight with 911 service in northern virginia. officials say they're still having trouble with 911 calls from wireless calls. calls from land line calls appear to be working but if you need to please use this number indeed if you use a wireless phone. 703-741-3035. the issue is connect to do verizon outages across the reasons. jim rosinfield is in false church, and has a look at they phones problems and the cleanup efforts. >> the problems and the clean

up, we've been looking around today. coincidentally, verizon calls the outage of the primary and backup power a rare occurrence, but with lives at stakes, officials just say that's unacceptable. >> operator bravo. medic 109, respond to 1239. >> reporter: the emergency call center has been swamped since friday night's storm. 2,000 more calls than normal poured in over the three days, but a major glitch from a verizon service outage meant countless callers couldn't get through. it's a failure of major concern to officials here. >> i'm extremely concerned. i have never in my career seen anything quite like this. the racket from this chain saw,

a welcomed intrusion here. >> because the upstairs of all these houses, this whole area, are way too hot to sleep in. >> donna zadnik is opening -- where a chain reaction of utility pole collapses caused this destruction. this is something that virginia dominion tries not to do anything longer, snaking utility policies through wooded areas. a dozen snapped on friday night, leaving 60 homes in the dark. a backup generator has been bringing lights to this senior living facility. there's no ac and only limited plaintiffor service. that brought a -- whose granddaughters are taking her away for a -- >> it's awful hot.

i'm on the eighth floor, i think we get the heat first, but it's miserable everywhere. dominion says restoring senior centers is a big priority. they're going to get more help tonight. 200 crews from canada will be arriving in about an hour or so after driving over the past two days. live in falls church, jim rosin field. >> anticipating the problem that's created by the fact of no power is the fact that it is so very hot out there. doug joins us with a look at the kins. >> out there right now, but the good news today is at least we're not dealing with humidity. that does mean anytime we're around 92, that lahti was right. overnight tonight, current

temperatures in the 80s. we'll continue to see that heat. we're not going to see any rain. though. -looking at the numbers. 99 in st. louis, 94 in cincinnati. one thing for sure, this heat is not going anywhere anytime soon. we'll talk about that and yours july 4th holiday coming up. thanks, doug. d.c. mayor vinton gray toured several areas affected by the storms. he began this afternoon by checking some with city residents. the mayor also stopped by the city's emergency operation center and met with crews, removing trees. >> if you worked for the federal government, you have the option once again to take tomorrow off. the office of personnel management announced that employees can take unscheduled telework or unscheduled leave on

tuesday. this is for non-emergency workers. opm says employees have to notify their supervisors if they plan to take leave. on wednesday federal offices are closed for the fourth of july holiday. streets blocked by power lines and trees are forcing metro to due tour around more than 30 usual bus routes. metro is warning there could be major delays. on the rails all 86 station are open, but some are rating on backup power systems. virginia railway express reports there are ten-minute delays because of heat restrictions. am extra reports that service in its northeast corridor is operating on a regular schedule. am track says that passengers who choose not to travel today can receive a refund or voucher. select tickets that are booked online but not printed can be changed or canceled. if you have any questions about any of this you could kale

800-usa-rail or visit am track.com for alerts. stay with us. we'll have continuing coverage. also another live report from the district on how you mayor is responding to the work that pepco is doing in the aftermath of the storm. coming up, the battle against an historic firestorm out west continues. for the first time thousands were finally allowed to see what's left of their homes. the navy has figured out what caused one of its jets to crash into an apartment complex in virginia. nasa reveals the future of space flight. and our team coverage after the storm continues. i'm tom sherwood, washington is known as the city of trees, but right now it's a city of tree stumps. how the city is doing three days after the big storm.

the navy says it has determined what caused an fa-18 jet to crash into an apartment building back in april. a rare dual engine malfunction caused the jet to lose thrust and crashed into that complex. the jet had just taken off from oceania air station when the problem began. the two-man crew managed to esqulekt at the last second from only about 50 feet in the air. the impact and the fire

destroyed 27 apartments and injured seven people. the investigators say no disciplinary against the pilots is warranted. in colorado springs, colorado, that massive wildfire is still burning. yesterday thousands of people were allowed to go back home for a few hours. last tuesday, 32,000 people had to evacuate from those flames. those flames destroyed nearly 350 homes. two people were killed. this fire is the most destructive ever in the state's history. >> there's no house, there's no place you can call home. >> my friend and i were talking. she looks and me and is like, i want to go home. >> reporter: do you want to go home, too? >> yeah. >> 1500 firefighters are on the scene right now. they say the fire is 5% contained. coming up on "nightly news "there will be more coverage of the fire in colorado spring. that report at 7:00 right after

this broadcast. the severe storms that hit north carolina killed three people near the coast, a hundred and wife died when a tree fell on their golf card in bo fort county. about 50,000 people in north carolina are still without power. back in the district, the work to clear the streets is a struggle. while crews work on those, homeowners are facing problems of their own. tom sherwood is live on capitol hill with that story. tom? >> reporter: you know, thousands of people in the city are still without power, and trying to keep without damage. >> built in 1900. >> these were the steps to this capitol hill home, built in 1900. here 112 years, gone in a flash. >> that's the original ironwork. that's pretty sad.

very sad, because very few if any do that kind of work. >> reporter: crews fanned out. power saws were giving out. >> i've been told that many of the chainsaws have worn out and we've had an emergency procurement. >> the mayor was briefed on the storm's damage to the city. more than 12,000 emergency calls. a city decision to open libraries and rec centers to help out about 41,000 homes still without power, including his own. mayor gray joined criticism of pepco. >> i think people been fed up with power outages. we need a game changer. we need an approach that's going to address how we stop this in the first place. >> while people to be up on water and supplies. >> i'm bringing it wo to work. >> reporter: work? why? >> into you we need it.

>> reporter: the park service announced the fourth of july fireworks on wednesday are still on. chief lanier says her officers, all right working 12-hour shifts are ready. >> we're planning on god forward. you should see plenty of presence. the officers are working in very tough conditions. they're on traffic posts, we've been running water around to them, trying to relieve them as quickly as possible. >> reporter: and if you need any assist tansz in the district, the police are asking you to call 311. they would like you to leave 911 for life-threatening situation. >> what's a wild set of circumstances? >> a wild set of circumstances that happened from chicago all the way to our area friday. it did happen again yesterday, moving through parts of the same area. we saw some of those storms last night, fortunately for us it was

not nearly as severe as it was off to the west. another line of straight-line windstorms came through indiana yesterday, and these were the same storms that mod through here late last night. upwards of 40 to 50-mile-an-hour winds, and down towards ocean city. that was this morning. this was indiana yesterday. 80-mile-an-hour winds yesterday for the second time in three days, simply amazing. it all has to do with the heat, these storms moving up and over the ridge, bringing down these very strong storms. the intense heat just continues across our region. 104 on friday, the 7 on saturday, 99 on sunday, 94 today. the big difference today was the humidity, a little bit let than the way -- when you see the temperature and the heat index, the exact same number, you know you're objection as far as the humidity is concerned.

temperatures in the 80s. 90 in baltimore. and 90 in manassas still. temperatures will come down. storm4 radar, the rain is not going to be falling any time soon. then we move into the fourth of july holiday. i do think we could see some scattered thunderstorm activity through the day. behind it we did see clears skies and plenty of sunshine. high temperatures hoar at 94, 94 in roanoke. that's why we had the northerly winds helping to take that dew point down. tomorrow, however, i thurl oy binds shift and that brings the humidity back across the region. we will have a better chance of storms to the west. in the mountains of west virginia and maryland, most of

virginia i think will be dry, but expect the show, make a strong thunderstorm or two. once again, then on wednesday, a front all boundary. that will try to kick off some showers and thunderstorms. we're going to watch out for this scenario very, very closely. right now about a 40% chance of rain and 40% chance of thunderstorms. you want to watch out. this evening, mostly clear and warm, temperatures 80 to 86 degrees with winds out of the north at about 5 to 10 miles an hour. mostly clear and not too muggy. some areas will be in the 60s. for those of you would definitely recommend opening up those windows. winds out of the north at about 5 to 10 miles an hour. tomorrow asp we moved into the 90s once again. 90 to 96, a little more humid, but still not too bad.

let's talk about that fireworks forecast down along the mall as the fireworks go out, we'll be seeing numbers a lot like this. the next four days, throw 96, 94 on thursday, and the heat really builds back in. 97 on friday, 98 on saturday, 94 on sunday. with the heat index we could be over 100 degrees, so hopefully by that time we'll have the power backed on, because next weekend the ac will really, really be needed. >> let's hope, tonight you say open the windows this a bit of a breeze? >> a little bit, and temperatures in the upper 60s. people are looking for all the

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the state department is monitoring the investigation into the death of an american journalism student in mexico. armando montag in a was an intern in mexico city. his body was found early saturday in an elevator shaft in an apartment building near the play where he was staying. he was a recent graduate of grenl college. after his internship he was set to start a adjournism internship in spain. the circumstances of his death are under investigation. the military is grounding firefightering plains after a c-130 plane crashed last night. it had been helping to battle the wildfires in south dakota.

it had six crew members on board. there's no word on the condition of the survivors right now. the cause of the crash is still being investigated. gas prices are almost at their lowest level in six months. d.c. has the highest price in our area. maryland comes in next about 3.32. storm damage has forced 15 schools to closed. downed trees are causing major problems such as this one. the city-owned tree came down taking down power lines with it. neighbors have to navigate around live wires in the roadway, and waiting for utility crew toss safely clear those wires out of the way. >> upset, because my husband was walking the dog when the storm struck, and he could have been killed. >> neighbors are coming

together. some share generator power, while others have cookouts to salvage food that would have otherwise spoiled. there was a four-car crash in tiesens corner where the traffic signals were out. it was at the intersection of leesburg pike and chambers farm road. no injuries were reported reported. this is just one of hundreds of intersections where the traffic lights are not working. all over prince georges county, businesses and residents remain in the dark. >> darky has the latest. >> they sure are. the best way to describe life here is miserable of the it's hot. a lot of people don't have power. a number of businesses are closed. sometimes when you go out to try to find something to eat, those businesses are not open. you can see that several power poles were toppled in the

storms. they are being replaced. i asked bge when they will get the lights back on. bge officials say they have restored power to 66% of those who lot it three days. >> there was very severe damage. so we had widespread outages. we certainly understand their frustrations. i sigh we are working as quickly and as safely as possible. scott and hendra have lived in lawyer for more than three decades, and have never seen it this bad. >> what do i think about them? they were good until right now. >> reporter: winds packed a powerful punch. dozens of traffic signals versus out for days. police directed traffic at old gunpowder and powder mill roads, and many other intersections.

some barriers have been set up to prevent left turns. among the worst of the damage route 1, knocking out power in this busy corridor, forcing businesses to close and traffic to snarl. >> i think they're all overwhelmed and trying to do the best job they can in a very bad situation. >> reporter: fierce winds ripped the rooms off some of the buildings forcing residents from their homes. both say they have crews working around the clock and are getting help. still, restoration could take days. pepco has made it quite clear, seven days. what's bge saying? >> at this time we're still telling customers that we expect to have all customers back into service by this weekend. >> reporter: so by this weekend, bge officials say they have

about 1200 out of say utility workers helping them get power restored, but you see with all the devastation, all the problems it's going to be several days before things get back to normal. reporting live from laurel, darcy spencer, news4. >> thanks, darcy. here's a look at the latest numbers. pepco reports more than 205,000 customers without power. dominion has more than 132,000 in northern virginia. bge has just under 61,000 here in the area. po thomas edison has -- and novec in virginia is at about 2500 customers. pepco says for many of its customers it would be friday before a majority have their electricity turned on. joining us is marcus beal.

are you there? >> i am here. >> i think we have all by now heard the explanation of where is the worst damage that you guys are struggling with and the biggest problems your crews are dealing with? >> we definitely sustained damage to all the jurisdictions that we serve. all have pretty given damage we're working to basically restore power to everybody. >> there are some people who did not lose power during the storm, but they did lose power either last night or today. what's up with that? >> right. right. that can happen for a few different reasons. one, we may have to temporarily take customers out of service in we're working in a tick particular area, so shorter

outages. we also have a weakened system in terms of damaged trees. so those are still sort of happens now. initial, you still have the normal causes of outages. >> we're hearing from people who are upset, because they say they're calling into pepco and there's no record of their outage in your system. what do you say? >> we encourage customers to continue to call and report. we have a few different ways to report outages. we have the online methods. we also have a mobile app now for android use, apple iphone users, blackberry phone users, and of course you can call 1-877-pepco-62. really we want folks to pay attention to their area if you

notice your neighbors have power, but you don't, then you want to call in. you're saying that we should call pepco to make sure that you have us in the system. >> yes, correct. >> marcus beal with pepco, thank you. >> thank you. now that the damage is down, people want to know who is supposed to fay po a downed tree that damaged, let's say your home or somebody else's. >> it's a messy problem, but the answers are pretty straightforward. it may possibly pay to tree remove. if your neighbor's tree falls on your house, well, it is your insurance that will pay until the rules. if a tree fell on your car, comprehensive auto insurance pays for the damage. if a tree fell and didn't damage any property, in that case you'll likely have to pay to have it removed.

there is a warning tonight for people relies on generators for power. it only takes minutes before it emits carbon monoxide levels. keep generators far away from windows and vents and also never burn charcoal grills indoor. i don't know why you would. it also produces deadly carbon monoxide levels. if your food has gone bad, there is not anything that's salvageable. if you live in the district, you don't have to wait until trash day to get rid of it. the d.c. department of works has deciding nated six city schools as food drop-off sites. you can tail your spoiled food

there. one of the country's biggest drug companies is pleading guilty. >> nasa's orion team revealed the unmanned space capsule. we have storms off to the west, and when they may get to our area, plus some more cancelationses farce the fireworks are

glaxosmithkline will pay the longest fine of its kinds in u.s. history. the company will pay $3 billion to settle a health fraud case. the justice department says it promoted off-label -- it is also accused of failing to disclose information about avandia, which has been linked to heart risks. gsk officials have agreed to plead guilty to misdemeanor charges, and also closely monitored by federal officials for five years. two children tried to glad the flame out of a torchbearer's hands in england today. the boys breached a security corden. oh, the nerve? the boys managed to avoid security and god that i hands on the torch before they were

ushered away. crews are hard at work rebuilding the ice that melted over the weekend. the caps' practice facility is in boston. it doesn't have power for a couple days. the rink melted. so they're working to clear the surface and to rebuilt the ice. here's a look at what we're working next. what do we have? >> we have something special. katie ledecky doesn't do too many interviews, but she becomes the youngest member of the u.s. olympic swim team. and an upset today at the

right now things are calming down. a lot of cleanup still going on. every timely we do have more cancellations. these are in montgomery county. the einstein high school in kensington and the metroplex in germantown, all canceled as a result of the severe weather. and really anything that's going on out there, they need to make

sure they keep everybody safe. 92 degrees, winds out of the north at about 6 miles an hour. it's on the hot side. humidity not a factor. so we're not dealing with the heat index. that i think we'll deal with later this week. clear skies, a few storms down to the south, though. they will not affect us. tonight open up those windows, temperatures into the 60s to the west. tomorrow i think we move back into the 90s, 94 in washington, 95 in manassas, with a slight chance of a few showers or storm. i'll tell you what i'm happy for. i'm happy for that girl's parents, when all of those mornings, in the middle of the night, when went to the pool. >> swimmers do start really

ridiculously early. >> but it's paid off. >> and so quickly for her. katie ledecky. 15 years old from bethesda maryland is taking the pool by storm. her winning time in the trials in the 800-meter freestyle. 2.09 seconds faster. so she has two seconds in eight years on another local, kate zigler. zigler from great fall, virginia, ledecky in the blue. ledecky in lane 5 was aggressive at the start. she led the race almost the entire way. final stretch we'll see right here. ledecky and zigler way out in front of the pack. she finishes the first with the fifth fastest time in the event in u.s. history. she qualifies for her first olympics, while zigler is making

her second consecutive trip. she told me by phone a few minutes ago that she never took her victory for granted. >> i never told myself i had it locked up. i just kept trying to push it throughout the swim. i felt really good. i was hitting pace faster than i had all week, so my confidence was at its highest for the whole week, and, um, i felt like i could swim well. whether it was good enough to make the team or not. >> reporter: has it set in yet? that you're going to london at the age of 15? >> not quite. my whoem family has been saying we need someone to pinch us, wake us up. it's so incredible. >> reporter: all the folks back home, your family and friends, just want to give you a big high-five right now. one final question.

when you were getting out of the pool, you saw your brother. what was that moment like. >> that was a great moment. i saw him there. i couldn't do anything but hug him. he got me in swimming. i couldn't do it without him. >> so excited for her. national league all-star team has been named. it's not complete. three nats are definitely going to kansas city. bryce harper, call me maybe, he needs the fans' help to get the invite. steven strassberg, geo gonzalez and ian desmond. bryce harper is up for a vote. fans you have until thursday, july 5th to vote on mlb.com. he says he's voting for chipper jones. pretty smart move. >> i think it will be fun to be around guys like that and stuff,

but, you know, i think taking some time off and going home for a four, five days would be great also. i hope chip gets in there. if i don't, hopefully it's chip. >> it's going to be a tremendous experience and huge honor for me. it's amazing to think where i was a year ago, so it's great to see the hard work has paid off. but it's not done. only a half point in the year. day 7 at wimbledon. the women's top seed falls while serena williams is still going on. she's facing yuislava. think trade some ground does that stock exchange. williams coming to the net with a pretty drop shot. second set, sheveteva finds her rhythm. no, no, she breaks her, takes

the second set. third set williams up it seemed like it wouldn't reach her, but it does. a lob shot pebbly takes two of three sets to advance. so her next match is against petra kivitiva. tough day for ma rera sharapova. second set. now lesiki not looking like one who's lot three times before to sharapova. a 108-mile-per-hour ace. she collapses to her knee you, overcome by emotion. just a matter of time is what tiger says about his game

getting back on track. just a matter of time for him to make it to the top of the leaderboard. out at congressional for the final round. those downed trees came in handy for someone. the putter working pretty well. here at 9:00, he and co-leader bo van pelt, would each bogey 16. van pelt's approach not lost in the rough, no, not good. he would bogey 17 and 18. then on 18, tiger just a short putt. he drains it. tiger wins his own tournament at 8 under, two strokes ahead. he takes a nice trophy, with his 74th career victory. >> it feels great to get to 74 wins. obviously past jack, and i did it at 36 years old and something i'm very proud of. so is it just a matter of time? just a matter of time until sam

snead's record drops. >> all those people saying i was done, and they were saying that six months ago, and here i am. . way to go. good for him. coming

doug's back with one more check and what we can expect tonight. >> tonight's actually going to be a good night. i'm glad you started with tonight. open up the windows. i think temperatures will be a lot cooler tonight. i think with lower humidity, it may actually help those of us without power out there. let's show you the temperature. 94 degrees tomorrow, 96 on our wednesday. it is going to be hot. i think the heat index will be near 100 on wednesday. it should cool a bit and we could see thunderstorm activity, so watch that activity, too. 97 on friday, and 98 on saturday. temperatures will be close to 100 in some locations. maybe 100 to 10 a, so moving back to a hot and humid pattern. as far as the storms go, keep it

right here. we'll continue to keep you posted. thank you, doug. today scientists at in aa unveiled the next step in space exploration. it's called the orion capsule, designed to carry humans to the moon and beyond. nasa officials say it will carry humans further than any spacecraft since our astronauts went to the moon 40 years ago. they have an ambition schedule. nasa is planning to make an unmanned flight in only two years. the ship will travel to aan steroid by the 2020s, and then to mars within another ten years. does it look small? >> it looks awfully small and reed mind me of the think in "space odyssey." anyway that's another story for another day. i loved that movie. "nightly news" next. one of my favorites. >> see you at 11:00.

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