arlington where the frustration level keeps rising. darcy? >> reporter: doreen, not a lot of people can say they've been married for 50 years, but a couple who lives on this very street in arlington celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on saturday. they had a big party planned. there were dozens of people here from all over the country. but then friday night, disaster struck. 50 years. >> yeah, 50 years. >> reporter: waited a long time for this. >> well, we won't ever forget the 50th year. >> reporter: this is frank and kay gallagher on their wedding day 50 years ago. they were planning a huge celebration last saturday. but a gigantic tree fell on their arlington home friday night, forcing them to cancel. >> renew our vows and also then we had a party planned. >> reporter: all that got cancelled? >> tents. yeah. no power, no air conditioning. >> reporter: while the gallaghers won't be able to come home far while, others are

getting back to normal life. >> yes. whooo! great! the power is on. >> reporter: nora and her dog, jean-pierre, have power in their arlington home for the first time since friday night. it was a canadian contract crew working in her neighborhood for hours that got it going. that deserved some hugs. >> miserable. very bad. but it's very difficult to go to a hotel when you have a pet. >> reporter: still, more than 70,000 dominion customers are still sweating it out. a 100-year-old oak toppled onto the garage and roof of rick harsh's home. lit likely take months to make all the repairs. >> heard the bang and actually the tree hit our house and put a big hole in it. and our car is right over there, actually. it got totalled, as well. >> our next big goal is thursday where we hope to have about 90% to 95% back. and after that, that's when the work gets really hard. there are going to be people who go into the weekend. >> reporter: many are preparing

to spend what could be the fifth night in their hot homes. >> reading. trying my best to keep cool. staying in the shade. it's not much fun. >> reporter: back to the gallaghers' story. there is a little bit of a silver lining. they say they're not out a ton of money and that's because the whole cancellation was not their fault and they did cancel, but they're considering rescheduling for sometime in the fall. reporting live from arlington, darcy spencer, news 4. >> let's hope they get to have their celebration. thank you, darcy. crews arrived today from all over the country to help restore power here. workers from a florida utility company drove up and repaired power lines on river road in bethesda. that part of bethesda was hard hit. >> trees and power lines fell on a car in silver spring, maryland, today, sparking a fire that spread to at least one other car. it happen this morning in the 2900 block of woodstock avenue. firefighters quickly put out that fire before it spread any

further. trees down all over the place, a lot of people chipping in to help out. today we found members of d.c. fire and ems cutting up trees in the middle of a road. there was a huge tree blocking the road between 30th street and the 2900 block of brandywyne street. >> we're also seeing neighbors helping neighbors and sharing power where available, but the steamy days and long nights are wearing thin for even the most patient people. steve handelsman is on capitol hill with more. >> reporter: hi, doreen. thanks. good evening. in d.c. and the maryland suburbs pepco, to put it mildly, the not popular tonight, especially on some streets. it's miserable on margaret drive in tacokoma park, maryland. a tree that tore town wires friday has not been touched. some homes got power back, then lost it.

and their pets are sweltering in lynn's home. >> first of all, i'm definitely worried about my cats because, i mean, heat isn't good for any animal and lot of them are suffering right now. i'm more worried about myself. >> maggie sterner blacked out since friday got power from neighbors till theirs went off again. >> i feel outraged and totally beside myself about this. >> reporter: she's furious at the power company. >> i've called pepco every day to report my situation, the tree down around the corner, the downed wires across the street. every time i called them in the last four days they act as if it's the first time they've heard this information. >> reporter: pepco regional president thomas graham. >> we do take responsibility. we know there are things that had to be changed. we're just working through it as best we can. >> reporter: power companies in the mid-atlantic had to bring in repair crews from as far away as florida. they're working 16-hour days, but the job is gigantic. 4th of july fireworks have been canceled by many municipalities. and the holiday predictions, the

twin predictions are terrible. three more days at least before almost all of the power is restored. and on each of those days, temperatures approaching 100 degrees. from capitol hill, i'm steve handelsman, news 4. >> thanks, steve. so, how about relief from the heat on the 4th of july holiday? maybe, maybe not. doug, what do you say? >> that's exactly the forecast, jim. it's maybe, maybe not. it depends on whether you get a shower or thunderstorm that may help to cool doings down for just a little while. but the heat will be there for everybody throughout much of the day. temperatures outside of 94 degrees, but notice the clouds. they have moved into the area as some storms are just off to the west. we have a brand-new severe thunderstorm warning, waiting for my beeper to go off any second, hampshire county, storms making their way from washington county into frederick county. there's the severe thunderstorm warning. back to the west, 87 in

martinsburg, 88 in winchester. as we look at the radar, we'll show you where the storms are. we have one to the south. this is in rappahannock county. this has some lightning with it, not severe, though. this is the severe storm making its way towards pawpaw and down around springfield through hampshire county and another storm in the north towards pennsylvania getting ready to move in toward washington county and frederick county. we'll watch these storms very closely over the next couple hours to see if they will make their way into the d.c. metro area. right now it looks like most of them have been dying out as they've made their way to the east, but we could be in a different scenario in the next few hours. i'll continue to keep you posted. the extreme heat is taking a toll on our food supply and agriculture. the virginia poultry federation says hundreds of thousands of chickens and turkeys have died since friday's storms. the widespread power outages have left farmers with no way to keep turkey and chicken houses cool. in the midst of the storm

and all the cleanup since last weekend, the d.c. fire department, at least some members of it, found time to go out and fill up a private pool. fire chief kenneth ellerbe says he's looking into that. tom sherwood has more on the story. tom? everyone knows there were thousands of public safety calls last weekend but only one to fill um a private pool. utd's just a modest row of duplex houses in northeast washington. and 324 55th street sits quietly among them. but the backyard is filled with four outdoor tables and lots of chairs and this, a 1,000-gallon swimming and wading pool big enough for at least ten adults. now news 4 has obtained an internal d.c. fire department document that shows the private pool was filled last saturday just hours after the big storm hit the region.

[ sirens ] crews from engine company 30 about a half-mile away. firefighters said an engine had to make two trips to deliver 500 gallons each. all while public safety crews were scrambling to respond to emergency calls in the wake of the storm that has prompted thousands of calls for emergency and other help. >> it's a highly unusual request and highly unusual on a normal day much less given a state of emergency such as we had on saturday. >> reporter: ed smith is president of local 36, the firefighters union. >> we can't lose sight of what we're here about, and that's to respond to emergencies. >> reporter: news 4 attempted to contact the owner of the home, but no one came to the door. and someone inside ordered news 4 off the property. d.c. fire chief kenneth ellerbe says his department did a good job responding to the storm. the pool incident? >> first, i would think the fire, you'd be talking about the great work that the members did over the weekend responding to

the storm. we don't open high dranls ordinarily for anything other than firefighting operations or training. so got to look at what happened, investigate it. >> the union says it's anxious to know the results of that investigation. jim? >> i'm sure. thanks, tom. for another thunderstorm warning, back to doug kammerer in the weather center for an update. >> this one washington county and frederick county in maryland under a severe thunderstorm warning until 6:45. let's show you the map on storm 4 radar. what you can see here is two severe thunderstorm warnings in our area, one around hampshire county in west virginia, that until 6:45. then here's this one-a lot of lightning soeshed with this storm, right now just starting to come over the mason/dixon line, coming into maryland. hagerstown, you folks are in this areas just to the and west of frederick also in the severe thunderstorm warning until 6:45. the other to the south in hampshire county, west virginia, and also strong storms around portions of jefferson county or

morgan county in west virginia until 6:45. we'll continue to keep you posted on these storms. but once again, nothing, nothing like what we saw the other day. i'll continue to keep an eye out for you, though, throughout the rest of the nigh. >> our coverage of the storm aftermath continues. up next, thousands of people in prince george's county are still in the dark. we'll check in with bge to find out how much longer before everyone there has power. a medical first. the fda gives the okay for the first over-the-counter hiv test kit you take at home.

she was the first black woman elected to virginia's state legislature when she won a seat in 1938. she broke the same barrier four years later in the state senate. miller would have turned 78 tomorrow. in montgomery county, they locked a man up in connection with a deadly stabbing. it happened this afternoon at the towers apartment building on

13th street in downtown silver spring. sources tell news4 the victim and the suspect knew each other. police say the victim is an adult male, but they're not releasing any other details about him or about the suspect at this time. today the u.s. food and drug administration approved the first-ever over-the-counter home test for hiv. it's being hailed as a milestone for prevention because people will be able to test themselves quickly and easily and safely and get results in the privacy of their own homes. brian mooar has more from capitol hill. >> reporter: the fda has given the green light to the first over-the-counter hiv test that allows people to test themselves and get results at home. it's called oraquick. as simple as a quick mouth swab and a 20-minute wait. no more complicated than a home pregnancy test. >> it's a very big deal because it puts complete privacy in the hands of everyone to be able to get an hiv test at home with no

inconvenience whatsoever. >> reporter: more than a million people many the united states are believed to be infected with hiv. and it's estimated 1 in 5 don't know it. experts say accurate testing is the principal reason new hiv cases are holding steady at about 50,000 a year. >> this really puts the power to stop the hiv epidemic in the hands of every one of us. >> reporter: the test is about 92% accurate, meaning about 1 out of every 12 people with hiv might get a false negative result and a false sense of security. home tests have been available since 1996, but most have involved blood tests that have to be mailed off the labs. activists are hailing this new way to detect hiv, yet they worry what happens after someone tests positive. >> we're concerned that people won't have the information or the counseling they need to really deal with a positive result on a home hiv test.

>> reporter: but in the absence of a cure, it's a giant leap toward preventing the spread of hiv. the fda says this is a screening tool and a positive result needs to be confirmed by a doctor. on capitol hill, brian moor, news 4. americans remain divided about the nation's health care reform law, but a slim majority supports the supreme court ruling that upholds the law. the kaiser family foundation said 47% support the ruling, 43% opposed. however, 56% of those polled say they would like to see the laws' dre tack or thes stop their effort to block it. 38% say a poents should continue trying to block the law's implementation. uprooted trees and downed power lines are still causing major problems across arlington tonight. this neighborhood off of washington boulevard and route 50 still dealing with widespread

damage and power outages four days after the storm. >> a tree and a pole that is in danger of doing further damage. we have a basement that's fin h finished and it's cooler so we've been sleeping there. >> power companies are urging all customers who have not seen a utility crew in their area to contact them again. the majorities of out jajs in prince george's county are customers of bg&e. mr. gould is the spokesperson. are you there? >> yes, i am. >> how many customers are out now? do you know? >> we have about 145,000 customers that are out of service. let's face it, that's the number i can come on here and talk about the half million we've restored. but that's where the rubber meets the road and we're working hard to get this done. >> and mr. gould, what are you telling people in prince

george's county about how long it's going to take them to get their power restored? >> well, we've been consistent. first of all, just want to also -- a suggestion, we are not asking our customers to call us at all. we do not want our customers to call us after they've reported their outage because that will clog up our system. but what we are telling them is that this restoration -- and this has been consistent from day one, we've been very clear, this is going to go deep into the weekend, and what we're saying is prepare for the worst but hope for the best. and the reason we're saying that is very simple. our concern is there are a lot of variables with this unique storm that we don't have control over. we done have control over the storms coming in from the west not just tonight, but we understand there may be more severe storms tomorrow night. and that adds to the restoration time frame. rather than do what we did during irene, which is get some dates certain and then not meet that, only to have the frustration and anger grow, we thought it better just to put a

worst-case scenario out there and let customers know that this is where it could end up but we'll work hard to get you back sooner. >> can bg&e tell individual customers how long it's going to take? >> well, we have jobs that we're on the site, and we're starting this tomorrow, where we have eyes on the job or working it and we have high confidence that we're going to be able to restore and finish the job by a certain time, we are going to start giving those individual restoration times. but absent that high confidence, we would only be setting the customer and us up for a fall. >> rob gould with bge power company in prince george's county. for the latest on the power outages and the storm cleanup, we invite you to visit nbcwashington.com. on top of all of this, we still have the possible of another storm coming our way? >> not going to help at all. >> it's not. we have some storms moving in now that have to potential for 60-mile-an-hour winds. anytime those storms move in, crews that are up in the bucket

trucks, they know they have to come down, take a break, wait for the storms to move through, then things have to dry out before they deal with the power lines again. it's going to be very problematic over the next couple days when we do have these thunderstorms that are going to be moving through. then you add in the heat here. we're telling people and obviously these workers to take a little bit of a break here when you have 100 death grooe heat. we're close to that today. we hit a high temperature of 98 degrees out there during the day today, so yes this heat continues. unfortunately after one of the strongest storms in our history, it really was one of the strongest storms here because it not only affected one little area. it was everywhere. right now we have a few storms out there, but these are fairly strong storms. the strongest storms up there towards pennsylvania and the maryland border, then another one moving in toward west virginia right now. one more down to our southwest. let's zoom into this one here. a lot of lightning associated with this just to the north and west of hagerstown. you can see it right along route 70. there is a severe thunderstorm warning in effect until 6:45 from washington county and

northern portions of frederick county. frederick, maryland, you are not included in this, but just to the northwest of frederick you are included. if this was to stay together, we would see that severe thunderstorm warning exteblded too. down to the south and west, this is a very intense storm here. a ton of lightning with this. there could be 60-mile-an-hour winds. there could also be quarter-inch hail out of these storms. you want to watch out for this. this is in hampshire county, west virginia, right around the pawpaw area, making its way towards route 50 and northern virginia. we'll continue to watch that northwest virginia around frederick county, virginia. another storm down to the south, this is around washington. this is rappahannock county around little washington here. this storm not severe but it's also not moving a whole lot. it is producing some fairly heavy rainfall, slightly trying to move the the east but only at about 5 miles an hour. this one could have some problems as far as potential for quick flooding out there. watch out there. couple of lines of storms.

this is a line that's making its way through us. we have a little bit of a frontal boundary in the atmosphere that's making its way our way. that's why we're seeing these storms. nothing like what we saw the other day. i do not expect more in the way of power outages for most of us, and most of us will not be seeing these thunderstorms. i do xp most to die down before they hit our region. doesn't mean we're not going to see them, but i don't expect a wide outbreak of severe weather like we had. high temperature today 98 degrees, average high temperature around 88 degrees so well above average. 94 the current temperature right now, but no heat index although that dew point has been coming up just a little bit. it's expected to come ip over the next day or so. that's going to add to that heat index and we'll see a heat index i think over 100 degrees in the next couple days. 91 in manassas, 95 in frederick, maryland. the heat continues. 100 degrees in st. louis, 99 in atlanta and 99 in raleigh. you know what's coming our way. it is going to be more heat over the next few days, and here's what we're forecasting.

tomorrow for your 4th of july holiday, 96, but i think a heat index around 100. tomorrow will be more humid. expect some showers and thunderstorms. some of those could impact our 4th of july fireworks displays tomorrow night. going 99 on thursday. 97 on friday. and 101 on saturday. i think we will easily be over 105 with that heat index on saturday. the good news here is, though, we do see at least some break, high temperatures back into the 80s as we move in towards wednesday and thursday or -- i'm sorry monday and tuesday of next week, back into the 80s. hopefully we can remain there for a little while. >> it's going to be a little while before we can catch even a little bit of a break. >> it really is. going to 101, that's not even a record high temperature, but saturday could be nasty. >> thank you, doug. still to come on the broadcast tonight, hollywood and others remembering tv legend andy griffith. and local pet shelter in the dark. they're asking for your help. coming up in sports, serena williams goes for the knockout

against wimbledon's defending champion.

it was a very close vote today on bringing metro rail out to dulles airport and beyond. loudoun county's board of

supervisors gave green light to sharing the cost of the project in the end. news4's jim rosenfield has the reaction to today's vote. >> reporter: with the prospect of more loudoun county development like this hanging in the balance -- >> the day has finally come for this board to make a decision about the future of loudoun county. >> reporter: nothing subtle about the rhetoric leading up to today's vote. >> i will not yield. >> i can't in good conscience live with a decision to move forward with this bad package. >> can say 10, 20, 30 years from now i was a visionary -- >> reporter: the $270 million commitment helps extend metro another 11 miles out to dulles and beyond with six stations along the way. proponents say easing traffic congestion and boosting development on the way to ashburn. the county shared the project funned by a new tax district

designed to tax future concerns and developers, not home owners. the close 5-4 vote yes thanks to a change of heart by supervisor ken ne reed. this is a lesson on be flexible. >> well, we always need to be flexible. >> would it make it more attractive for people to come out this far? would it make it easier for people to get back and forth, especially alleviating traffic on the main roads, you have to weigh the pros and cons. i think it's not a bad idea at all. >> i think it's a good idea, but i don't think we've got a full solution on how to raise the money for it. >> reporter: it will be years, of course, before the railcars are actually rolling beyond this point in reston, about five years, to be exact, once the extension contract is approved, likely next spring or summer. in reston, jim rosenfield, news4. security checkpoint agents arrested a woman for carrying an unusually concealed weapon at bwi airport this morning. transportation security

administration says the woman had a bright green comb tucked away inside a notebook. the handle of that comb contained a four-inch blade attached. tsa says the woman was not boarding a flight but she was escorting her young daughter to a gate. she was allowed through, but the knife was confiscated. she was cited by state police. taking a look now at the latest power outage numbers in our region, there are still more than 189,000 people in the dark. pepco has the most with more than 96,000 customers with no air conditioning. dominion has more than 54,000. and bge more than 38,000 outages in our region. at the height of the storm, more than half of pepco's customers were without power. it's expected to be friday before electricity is restored to most of those who still don't have it. today, the president of pepco responded to criticism that the company was unprepared. >> over the last couple years

we've trimmed over 4,000 miles of tree line. we've replaced hundreds of miles of cable. but in spite of all that, when you have an event of this nature, it will cause damage. so all the work that we've done, it's frustrating on our part. for two years we've been committed to improving reliability for our customers, and we have a significant storm that comes in and destroys system. >> graham says options to make the system more reliable, such as putting wires underground, are extremely costly. he says it would cost $1 million to $3 million per mile to do that. >> the power outages aren't only frustrating for residents with no lights and a.c. they're taking a toll on the area's busiest shopping districts. chris gordon is in montgomery county with more on that. >> reporter: most bethesda residents their tall trees until they topple and they have to pay to remove debris.

>> the biggest part is gettinging it off the house because we have to be real careful, then disposing of the large pieces. of course that's a lot of heavy lifting. but, yeah, about $1,600. >> reporter: most of the stores at the wildwood shopping center are closed because they have no power, posting a sign of the times in their windows. cvs is running on generator power, and so is ballducci's, where people without power come to eat. blue mercury makeup and skin care spa is open despite having no power, posting credit card purchases by hand. >> we came in saturday morning and had no power but we've been open every day since. we're just plugging along and trying to make the business work without power right now. >> the chevy chase supermarket is closed. without power they've lost their frozen food, maes and dairy products. they're still assessing the damage. some families have left neighborhoods where there's no power incurring high costs for hotel rooms, most of which are sold out. >> it's frustrating to be told friday and you have no power, i have a 2-year-old who requires

asthma medicine twice a day. the fact we can't give it to him, it's scary as pa parent to know thank god we have the means for a hotel, but what if we didn't? >> some of the residents of kemp mill say they got a call from pepco at 3:00 a.m. telling them that power was back on. some returned to the neighborhoods to discover temperatures inside their homes reaching 89 degrees today. >> it's hot. we're one of the lucky ones. we've got a generator. we're polite. we don't run it at nighttime so our neighbors can have their windows open. but it's hot. we're one of the lucky ones. since the storm hit, many people are complaining about potential price gouging at the gas pumps and hotels. price gouging is against the law in d.c. and in virginia only after a state of emergency is declared. that is exactly what happened following the storm last weekend. but in maryland, there is no law against price gouging.

the attorney general there told us his office has received a handful of complaints about a sudden spike in hotel and gas prices. >> we don't get gas from this area. there's no actual justifiable reason why the gas prices would go up because we had a storm in montgomery county, maryland. it doesn't make any sense. we should do something about it. >> consumer who is want to complain about greis pryce gouge canning do so. go to our website, nbcwashington.com. once you're there, search price gou gouging. you'll find links to each state's attorney general's office. the washington an million rescue league she felter in northwest d.c. lost power in friday's storm. some of the older animals have been moved into foster homes but about 150 dogs and kaptds are still at the shelter. the pets aren't in danger. they're being kept cool with generator-powered fans and they're drinking ice water. shelter officials say they've already gotten some help but could use more supplies. >> a lot of our friends and supporters to come out and they've donated, come through strong with donating ice.

we still need more ice. they've donated blankets and towel s because we can't do laundry. we're keeping them comfortable with fans. we have some generators that are powering those fans but at the moment we're still waiting for the air conditioning to come on. >> if you'd like to donate supplies, they're at 71 oglethorpe street in northwest d.c. they're asking for ice, towels, and gas to keep the generators going. some damage is not having an impact on our region's biggest 4th of july celebration. preparations still under way downtown on the mall for the capitol fourth concert including performances from two stars from nbc's "smash" and "the voice." erika gonzalez reports. >> i have the lucky job of opening the entire ceremony. >> reporter: no pressure, right? nbc's "smash" star megan hilty tells me what it's like to be part of pbs' 32nd annual capitol

fourth production. >> i always prefer performing in front of a live audience, and this is the biggest one i'll ever perform in front of. ♪ god bless america >> reporter: if practice makes perfect, hilty's performance should score big with fans. she's been rehearsing for days now. the 90-minute show produced by michael colburk will be on the west lawn of the capitol for thousands of people and millions more watching from home. dress rehearsals begin tonight at 8:00 and are open to the public. doors opened since 3:00 this afternoon. the same type of procedure will go on tomorrow for the big show. doors will open at 3:00, and the excitement begins at 8:00. but you better get here early. >> i had no clue this was going to be in the way. >> reporter: construction on the mall between third and seventh streets where there's typically audience overflow is taking up a huge chunk of space and could pose problematic. ♪ meanwhile, the band is warming

up. >> we've got 13 olympians from team usa. >> reporter: and with the london games just 24 days away, there will also be some special guests. and what's the 4th of july without paying tribute to our servicemen and women? "voice" winner javier colon will be honoring them in song. with the mid-atlantic recently hit by such a devastating storm, hilty says this 4th of july will prove one of the many things america is best known for -- pulling together in time of crisis. >> i think tonight will be a nice departure for everybody to just, you know, kind of, i don't know, leave everything behind for a couple hours and have a good time. >> reporter: erika gonzalez, news4. coming up next on news4, he played sheriff andy taylor. even the white house reflects on the life of andy griffith. and a patriotic thank you to men and women who fight those wildfires in colorado. >> doug, what about our weather?

firefighters out in colorado springs come home to a nighly thank you from that town's si zens. cheering crowds and signs greet the exhausted crews who return from fighting the blaze in waldo canyon. some parents say they take their

kids to teach them absacrifice and appreciation. more than 300 homes have been destroyed in the wildfires. they say that fire is now 70% on contained. tributes are coming after the death of a legend today. andy griffith died at his home today in north carolina. he was 86. he's being mourned by co-stars, fans, and even the president. nbc's chris clackum has the story. no place is more grief stricken over the death of andy griffith than his birthplace of mt. airy, north carolina, the fiction gnat selling for his legendary television show. >> we consider andy to be family. >> reporter: the griffith museum is where family released the statement confirming his death tuesday morning at his home on the north carolina outer banks. he had already been laid to rest. >> he died in his home

peacefully and he's been laid to rest. >> reporter: wife cindy was at his side and in a separate statement said andy was a person of incredibly strong christian faith and was prepared for the day he would be called home to his lord. in hollywood, where all 249 episodes of the show were recorded, there's a makeshift memorial on his star on the walk of fame. >> opie, ip you to understand -- >> and from ron howard who played his son, opie, a tweet that praised griffith's pursuit of excellence, then later this. >> approached everything with such a commitment to excellence and a desire to earn people's respect. >> reporter: even president obama weighed in with a statement that said andy was beloved by generations and revered by all who followed this his footsteps. >> no. >> reporter: although his career also included stand-up, radio, movies and music, it was his role as america's sheriff that

will live on if just in reruns. chris clackum, nbc news. >> he was, indeed, iconic for sure. carol, what do we have coming up? >> an all-american sports cast, baseball and hot dogs. >> we like that. >> up next, the nats facing a big test before the all-star break.

hello, everybody. i'm meteorologist doug kammerer. new warnings for washington county, extreme northern jefferson county and a new severe thunderstorm warning for frederick county, virginia, and hampshire county, west virginia, as these storms continue to move on down to the south and east. very strong storms here, but we're not going to see widespread damage like we did the other day. we could still see winds upwards of 60 miles an hour, more toward the south. let's zoom in and i'll show you where they are right now, just to the north and west of frederick county right along virginia and west virginia and moving into the panhandle of west virginia towards the haguerstown area. seeing these storms move to the south and east at about 15 to 25 miles an hour. more storms moving in towards faulkier county around warrenon

and more back to the west making their way in towards shenandoah valley county, some of you around the luray region. this is a line of storms making its way our way. i do expect these to kind of sizzle or fizzle out as they make their way into our region. hopefully that will be the case here. but we do need to see some rain and a lot of you would like to see cooler temperatures. still sitting at 94 degrees. we'll see temperatures moving back to around 100 degrees over the next couple days. i'll update you on that plus when the humidity pokes back up in my full forecast. okay. so here's what we want all nats fans to do and all fans everywhere, act them like folks from chicago used to act. we want them to vote early and often, over and over again and get that youngster in the all-star game. >> you have until thursday.

everyone's talking about the all-star game, still a week away, but still. the nationals have real work to do before the break. in fact, many think tonight giants/nationals' series is an nlcs preview. still, the team wanted to recognize their all-stars as they made their way into the park this afternoon back from a ten-game road trip. the press conference called and the three amigos got together with a lucky fan for a photo-op. first it's the all-star trip for steven strassburg. gonzalez has been there before and tells us his teammates need to soak it up. they never know when they'll get back. they all agree it's an individual honor, they didn't do it on their own and they hope another teammate, like jim vance, gets the nod as well. >> i think it's important to remember that, you know, because we're in first place we were able to get three guys in the all-star game, and, you know, we wouldn't be in first place without, you know, a lot of the other guys in the clubhouse. so i think it's great, you know,

that we get all this attention and stuff for three guys that made the all-star team, but at the same time, you know, we're not the only guys who are having great years. >> i wish the whole team could come with us because every one of those guys deserve to be there with us. i hope that we represent them well and hopefully we come back with some nice gifts for them. >> let's not forget that, you know, we've got a 19-year-old kid in our clubhouse who's obviously been a huge impact on our team this year. you know, he's been out there every day grinding for us. he's obviously put up great numbers, whether it's offensively or defensively. but, i mean, this guy deserves to go to the all-star game so, you know, whatever we got to do to push him to get in there we've got to go the extra mile. >> ian chipper hoo desmond there. american league action last night, o's in seattle, top four, o's down 1-0. chris davis at the plate. he jacks this one to the right field. a three-run shot. davis' 14th homer of the year. but that was all the offense the o's could muster. where'd the power go?

bottom seven, jason hammel on the mound facing casper welles. welles slaps this one into the gap, right center, and it keeps on going. to the warning track. all three runs would score. the mariners add two more home runs, beating the o's 6-3. orioles 42-37 on the season. wimbledon, fair to say that serena williams blew away the competition. williams a former number one taking on petra. four-time winner serena williams undefeated against her, and williams back in top form today, especially her serve. watch this. an ace right here. one of 13 for serena. later first set, serena with the serve, she'll return this one, pretty drop shot. she takes the net, takes the set 6-3. second set, pick up midrally, serena playing well on the baseline, up and right at petra. right there. back and then serena with the

point makes it 5-5. match point, love the one. big serve. clocked at 116 miles per hour. serena, big smile. makes it look so easy onto the semis. well, look who's at the all england club. it's ovi watching his gifford kirilenko. third set, long rally. >> go, cheryl. >> kirilenko with the smash. radwanska, she holds it off as well. it's so long we had to edit it. kirilenko ties it up at 3-3. next game, kirilenko serving far court, ace and a battle tied it at 4-4. suspended because of rain. umbrellas out for this one. mardy fish and tsonga, fourth set. this is today. fish near court, blame it on the rain. he falls down. so tsonga the point and fish --

the ball boy to the rescue, touching moment there. doesn't it make you want to say aww? come on, pull him up. what happened later doesn't seem fair after that. fish serving, it's wide and it hits the line judge. watch this. in the face. right in the eye, we think. the serve 118 miles per hour. she'd be a sport and walk it off. match point, tsonga beats mardy fish, three sets to one to advance to the quarterfinals. golf pros are used to putting on clinics, but hunter wood is putting on a very special one today. he's golfing 24 straight hours to raise money for the american cancer society in memory of his best friend who succumbed to the disease three years ago. hunter started bright and early, 7:00 a.m. this morning, on the first hole of the regency at dominion valley golf course, haymarket, virginia. the marathon is in memory of his best friend, steve winnick. they were best friends at age 7,

always played golf together, sometimes 54 holes a day. hunter estimates he's going to play 240 holes of golf on this day before it's over. that's a lot of walking and a lot of time to remember those that he's playing for. >> been thinking about anybody who's been affected or anybody we've lost. >> tonight on news4 at 11:00, we'll see how hunter fares in the dark. he says club members will line the fairways with glo sticks as he plays through the night. tonight, less than 24 hours out from the famous hot dog eating contest. today defending champion joey "jaws" chestnut and sonya "the black widow" thomas, they faced off at a weigh-in.

chestnut, 210 pounds. he's the men's world record holder downing 68 hot dogs and buns. the black widow is from alexandria. she weighs in at 100. she set the women's record at 41. they will eat tomorrow at 3:00 p.m. da, da, da! >> i wouldn't bet against her. >> i wanted to ask what she sates on a date? >> a little dainty salad. ♪

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talking about more thunderstorm warnings. >> now we have one very small storm but a powerful one right around warrenton and faulkier county. let's look at what's happening. severe thunderstorm warnings in effect for washington county and frederick county, maryland, until 7:30. then you have frederick county and hampshire county sh west virginia, until 7:15. a new severe thunderstorm warning for the faulkier county as well as prince william county and the city of manassas. this until 7:30 tonight. that storm moving off towards the east. could be some strong winds and the potential for some hail there. not a whole lot of lightning with that storm. but again, we'll continue to

watch these storms throughout the rest of the night right here on nbc 4. 99 degrees is the temperature for thursday after a high of 96 tomorrow, could be more strong storms during the day tomorrow, friday a high of 97, 101 on saturday. we do cool off after that. >> and that will be welcome. >> sure will. thank you, doug. >> yes. it's not all that unusual to see guard dogs at museums but a museum in western japan has made an unofficial choice . two poodles were sworn in today as museum guards. they are toy poodles. museum officials say we should not be fooled by the dogs' mild-looking demeanor. they already have plenty of experience. they were certified as official police dogs last year. since then, they've worked on the traffic beat, they've taken part in a safety awareness campaign. probably written up a few tickets. if they drum up a little extra interest in the museum exhibits, well, nobody will complain. how do they get them to wear those silly outfits? >> they look like they're going to lick you to death.