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today we reached 105 degrees, one of the hottest days of all time in d.c. and tomorrow that heat could give way to powerful storms. good evening, everyone. the extreme heat has taken its toll across the midwest and up and down the east coast. at least 61 deaths have been blamed on the triple digit temperatures. ten of those deaths in virginia, ten in maryland. we have team coverage tonight. darcie spencer is taking a look at how people are trying to beat the heat. first, let's go too chuck bell in the storm center. we're dealing with heat tonight and storms tomorrow? >> that's going to be the case, jim. the only way to get out of this extreme heat is to deal with the thunderstorms before the cooler air can settle in. only one with of our reporting stations failed to cross 100 degrees today. lees burg, i hope you enjoyed your capitol hilly 99. it was 105 record shattering

degrees in washington. 103 in annapolis. how about the hottest days ever in washington? today ranks right up there with august of 1997, july 1936 and only two days officially hotter than today, 1918 and 1930. goes back a long time. tomorrow won't be quite as bad. it's going to be another steamer. it's 91 degrees here at 11:00 tonight. just a few sprifrpg els along the chesapeake bay for now. may have to deal with severe weather in the cooler seven-day coming up. >> we'll see you in a bit. anyone who stepped outside, instantly felt the roar of those triple digit temperatures today. some people tried to wait out the heat, hoping for a cooler night. they were out of luck. darcie spencer live in resten tonight. still out in the heat, darcie? >> i sure am. i'm the kind of person who can really take the heat. i like it, but i found myself trying to stay inside the air conditioned live truck as much as possible.

when you walk outside the heat is oppressive. tonight there wasn't much rel f relief. inside they're singing and dancing. outside the tables are empty. in fairfax county, the crowd is thin. after a day of record breaking heat, the night isn't much better. >> no breeze. the mind-set you have, you can either enjoy it or sit and be miserable. we chose to enjoy it. >> would you rather have sun or snow? >> snow. and sun. same thing at resten town center. those out on this hot night trying to stay inside as much as they can. >> what do you think of this weather? >> i think it should go away. i would like it to be winter again. >> reporter: earlier you can see, it was 104 degrees. 12:30 in the afternoon. those who ventured out on the mall experienced the blistering

heat. >> it is hot and muggy. we're from phoenix. muggy is getting us very hot. >> i had to go inside to get me some cool air. >> reporter: the folk festival still drew a crowd. for some, it meant staying out of direct sun. >> it is boiling hot, so i just drink a lot and bring my own shade. >> reporter: that's a great idea, to bring along your own shade like an umbrella. tomorrow isn't expected to be much better, so again, if you're heading out, make sure you take plenty of water. reporting live from resten, darcie spencer, news 4. >> just what you need, darcie, if you're going to stay out there. >> some people are sufficienting in all this heat without electricity and air conditioning. still pepco says it's just a handful of outages left from last weekend's storm, there are 21 outages that are heat related. beg has 200 outages remaining

from the storm. dominion's website has just over 500 outages listed at last check. most people who lost power because of last week's storms now have it back. one with group of residents are still in the dark. the people in this building spent their eighth day without power and ac today. pepco fixed the polls, someone stole the wires that lead into the house. they complained to the landlord but to no avail. >> he told me he would have someone here thursday. thursday comes, no one's here. now saturday. i called him this morning. he can't get anybody to come until monday. >> the residents say they were told they can't get help from d.c. because they're not on public assistance. we're getting our first look at the long dark walk for passengers evacuating a derailed metro train yesterday. a gazette newspaper reporter took this video which shows the

walk-through the tunnel and up several flights of stairs. officials say the heat caused a section of track to bend outside the west hyattsville metro. the heat kink is what caused the train to derail. green line service will remain suspended tomorrow. shuttle buses are being used in the meantime. more than 324,000 pounds of various frozen ready to eat meat and poultry products are being called tonight. the products may be contaminated with listeria, it's a serious infection that could lead to death. they include packages of frozen meat balls and meatloaf. all of them produced by buona vita located in new jersey. for a full list of producted go too usda.gov and click on the recalls tab. for the first time in 60 years, an historic election in libya. citizens voted in free national election day.

the first voting in the country since the overthrow and death of dictator moammar gadhafi. still ahead, congressman barney frank marries his long time partner. the unusual vows at their wedding. the accident that led to the olympic flame being snuffed out for a time today. the brave and foolish kick off the annual running of the bulls in spain.

more than 100 people are dead after flooding and landslides near the black sea in southern russia. heavy rain began falling overnight. rain expected to continue until monday. the emergency minister says some towns have been cut off by floodwaters or landslides. hundreds of people had to be rescued from their homes. back here at home, massachusetts congressman barney frank married his long time partner jim ready today, governor duvall patrick officiated. the vows said in the ceremony were with unique to say the least. they included the line, do you promise to love each other and be each other's best friend whether with democrats or republicans, whether the book is good or bad? frank is 72. ready is 42 years old. the ceremony was attended by more than 300 friends, family and colleagues.

it's a summer tradition in spain, the running of the bulls. and again, there were injuries. one with man was gored. five others injured, thousands raced the bulls through the streets of pamplona today. running of the bulls will take place daily until july 14th. the event draws thousands of on lookers each and every year. when could the storms arrive? how strong could they be? chuck's forecast is just ahead. ♪

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justin bieber is in the spotlight for a different reason tonight. on friday, the california highway patrol ticketed bieber for speeding in his flashy sports car. an l.a. city councilman says he called 911 after bieber blew past him on the freeway with doing more than 100 miles an hour. angie crouch has more. >> reporter: this new picture taken by a french tourist shows justin bieber getting pulled over by the chp. >> he was looking for the car first, that's why i took the picture. and then i heard that it was justin beeb he's. >> he came by like a rocket ship in that silver car. >> reporter: dennis saw bieber followed by a caravan racing through traffic. >> he passed me, weaving in and out of traffic. and then a number of other cars, five or six other cars following. and it was a chase, it looked like a police chase. >> reporter: once bieber was pulled over, the cars following

him took off before police could question the drivers. the traffic stop of one of the world's most popular teenagers drew a big crowd. >> ironically it was councilman zine who once proposed an ordinance to crack down on paparazzi. that's no excuse for celebrities to put others in danger. >> i told justin bieber, maybe he needs to obey the law and respect the law so he doesn't end up hurting himself or killing someone else. >> a bieber rep says the councilman is just looking for publicity. bieber was issued a ticket last year for going 90 miles per hour in his range rover. you've heard of the 100 meter dash and the 50 meter freestyle. this is a different competition. it combines the two, sort of. it's the annual wife carrying world championships which took place in finland today. the course was three football fields long, included a water obstacle, which you saw.

this competition dates back to 1992. for the fourth year in a row, the winning couple was from finland. >> they knew they were the winners because they crossed the finish line first. >> very good. >> couldn't resist. >> like those costumes too. >> the good news about being in finland running in that race, you wrn with with the here today. >> it was about 80 degrees? >> maybe 80 degrees cooler than here. what an ugly hot day it was outside. a record shattering 105 degrees. how hot was it? you know, sometimes a picture's worth a thousand words. josh owens sent this picture in on facebook. that's a plane sinking down into the melting pavement, that's how hot it was outside today. the pavement gets so hot, we often hear about the freeways buckling. asphalt does indeed soften up. if you get it hot enough and then put a heavy plane on it, it sinks. how mad would you be if that was your flight to alaska to get out

of here and it sunk into the pavement. ugly hot still at 11:00. 91 degrees outside, with a heat index of 95. at 11:00 at night? still 94 in annapolis, 89 in sullivan's island. 84 winchester, no break in the high spots today. 87 degrees up in hagerstown, 10 days in a row now, 95 or higher, that's a record. three days in a row 100 or higher for the first time since 93. that record is four days in a row, dating back to 1930. i don't think we can get to 100 tomorrow, it's going to be close. temperatures up into the middle and upper 90s. a steamy start, thunderstorms firing up not long after lunchtime. a chance for severe weather tomorrow afternoon. first pitch at the nationals, rockies game is at 1:35. 95 degrees at first pitch time, with a risk of thunderstorms before the game is done. not much going on on radar, a couple sprifrpg els along the inner tasher. that's about it. a pretty powerful line moved

through philadelphia and jersey shore. that's all fading away now. not a lot else going on across much of the country. just socked in with the heat. there's your slight risk area for severe weather tomorrow. a miserably hot and sticky night tonight. no doubt about it, as the front inches its way down into the steamy air mass, the thunderstorms will fire up tomorrow. not looking for a repeat of a week ago friday, but still thunderstorms tomorrow could still produce 50 to 60 mile an hour winds in isolated places. good news is, once the front settles down to our south, much cooler weather coming on in, beach weather for tomorrow. another steamy day at the beach, then turning cooler as we get into the early parts of next week. 75 to 83 for overnight lows tonight. and then tomorrow, high temperatures mid to upper 90s. fredericksburg, stafford, may touch 100 tomorrow. i don't think we'll make it into triple digits in town. that's it. temperatures back into the

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here's amber, bryce harper gets some big news today. >> 19 years old, and he's headed to kansas city. it was musical all-star chairs today. when the music stops, nationals rookie bryce harper had a seat. he's been chosen to replace john

carlos stanton. and next week's mid summer classic. harper becomes the youngest position player ever to head to an all-star game. harper met with fans before today's game against the rockies, it was hot outside, so here, have a popsicle. during the game, it was announced that ian desmond, who's out of the all-star game because of an oblique injury, he looked pretty good there. his 16th of the year. nats take a 1-0 lead. top of the 6th, tied at one with, geo gonzalez was on the bump today. he'll be in kansas city, because the man can deal. carlos gonzalez goes down swinging. geo goes six innings, struck out six. ryan zimmerman, he comes through, he shoots one into center. danny espinosa scores to put the nats up ahead. zimmerman has been raking lately. that's his 125th rbi in his last 10 games. next up, two on for michael

morse. facing josh renniki. zimmerman is safe on the steal. that throw allows bryce harper to come home. the nats go up 3-1. bottom of the 9th. tyler clifford on to close it out. he gets save number 14. chris nelson goes down looking, the nats win with 4-1 setting up tomorrow's rubber match after the game. davy told harper he's an all-star. >> when davy called me over there, i was thinking, i was going down. because rizzo was over there, or the all-star game. good thing it was the all-star game. it's exciting to go, and i'm excited to be around the top guys in the country, of course. and the top guys in baseball. i'm going to take it all in, try to enjoy with the family, try to be as mellow and calm as i can. >> let's move to tennis.

fred perry doesn't ring a bell, does it? >> most of us weren't alive when perry won wimbledon. this week he got a lot of pub, he was the last brit to win at the all england club. andy murray will face roger federer in the finals. to the women's finals, serena taking on agnesta radwanska after splitting two sets. serena was down at this point. there's within ace, how about another? and let's go for a third time. that one's a charm too. and now serving out the game. four aces in a row. serena had a record 102 aces in this tournament. unbelievable. championship point serena in the far court. serena is just too strong in this match.

she's your 2012 chal. her fifth title at the all england club. a williams sister has won ten of the last 13 wimbledon titles. also today, venus and serena teamed up to win the women's doubles finals. coke 400 at daytona, matt kenseth in the lead, nine laps to go, that's when denny hamlin gets loose, a big crash follows. 14 cars are involved, including hamlin. names like jeff gordon, kyle bush are involved as well with, and out cops the caution flag. now in the final lap, tony stewart and the lead in a multicar crash breaks out there behind him. stewart is unscathed. and he goes on to take the checkered flag and wins the coke zero 400. his third victory of the season. let's go to boxing. silver spring native tony thompson taking on world heavyweight champ vladimir

clichko in sweden today. thompson knocked down, he would continue to the sixth round. he's tough. but in the sixth it was all clichko. the ref would end up stopping this fight with with 2:60 to go in the round. he wins by technical knockout and retains the world heavyweight title. the olympics are just 20 days away, you can catch complete coverage from london right here on nbc 4. tonight we found out which 12 nba superstars will make up the usa basketball team. here they are, the guards include kobe bryant, chris paul, darren williams, russell westbrook, james harden and kevin durant lead a group of forwards that include carmelo anthony, blake griffin and andre iquodala. tyson chandler is the lone center on the team after a series of injuries knocked out dwight howard, chris bosh and

lamarcus aldridge. and speaking of the olympics, the olympic flame was carried on a whitewater raft near london today. and it doesn't take a genius to figure out what happens when you put a flame on a canoe that's in the water. it went away. it was extinguished, but it was relit with the backup flame. the torch has completed 50 days of its 0 day journey. opening ceremonies are are july 27th. flame in a water doesn't work with out. >> always have a plan b. chlgs that's our news for tonight. "saturday night live

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