heating up. the washington monument could be closed even longer than expected. >> federal prosecutors have charged another in the 2010 campaign in the campaign of mayor vincent gray. we begin tonight with president obama upping the ante. today the president changed that threshold to $250,000. steve handelsman as the latest reaction. >> good evening from the hill. $250,000 was the original starting point for the original barack obama tax the rich plan. prominent democrats up here on capitol hill talked the president out of that. they said that was too low, but

the plan is back. to change the subject and be see on the side of the middle class, president obama again proposed hiking taxes on 2% of americans. >> i believe that anybody making over $250,000 to should go back to the income tax rates under bill clinton. >> but the former president a few week ago said that's not the right move now with the economy so weak. nancy pelosi, chuck schumer wanted the cutoff at $1 million. republicans say small busines

businesses. a romney spokesman said the president doesn't have a clue how to get america working again, and republicans vow a fight, butport parties agree that tax rates on the middle class should not rise. >> let's not hold the vast majority of americans and the entire economy hostage while we debate the merits of another tax cut for the wealthy. >> reporter: republicans say that's what barack obama is doing by demanding a tax hike. congress and the president have until this year to cut a deal and prevent automatic tax hikes that would be across the board. i'm steve handelsman, news4 live from the hill. federal prosecutors have charged a d.c. public relations executive in the ongoing criminal probe of mayor vincent gray's 2010 campaign. in felony court papers filed late today. prosecutors say eugenia harris

conspired. she's accused of disguising tens of thousands in contributions, and with reimburse something donors in violation of those laws. according to the associated press, she allegedly made straw donations worth $44,000 in connection with gray's campaign. harris is expected to appear in federal court tomorrow to please guilty to the charges. two other gray campaign workers have pleaded guilty to felonies in the gray campaign probe. the 5.8 magnitude equality that hit our region last august did extensive damage to the washington monument. this surveillance video showed the moments as tourists rushed out while debris fell from above. now, months after the extensive investigation, the national park service is anowen plans to move forward. shomari stone has details. >> reporter: this is

disappointing news for tourists who come from all over the world, finding out it would be closed for at least another 12 to 18 months. disappointing news. >> i'm lucky. i've been here before. >> reporter: tike a look at the -- it caused a love the damage to the structure. the outside and inside masonry, the protection system, the elevator, all need to be repaired. this estimated $15 million proposed project will secure loose granite and marble, seal cracks and installed a new lightning protection system. it will remain closed during the repairs. >> we're hoping to get it done sooner, but i think we have to be honest and say it could be 12 to 18 months. if it is the 18 months, that would take you into 2014. >> some tourists will be disappointed that you have to wait that long. >> reporter: the project could require the temporary removal of the granite around the actual monument. tourists will have to stay away.

it will also be blocked off. so if you want to see the monument you won't be able to get close, just have to snap photos on your cell phones and cameras from a distance. i'm shomari stone, news4. a small section of fredericksburg, virginia is almost unrecognize away today. several buildings there were pretty much sdloied last night when strong storms rolled through. people who live in the area that nobody was seriously hurt or killed here. the weather service surveyed the damage today, and now we know more about what caused all of this. doug joins us with the latest details. >> we have heard this term a lot of it was a microburst that came through the spotsylvania county a little earlier las night. a microburst is a sudden gust of wind out of a very strong thunderstorms, the winters estimated at 80 miles an hour.

we heard about the microburst. here's the radar from everything. just south of washington, look at the storms coming through there. big-time storms, a lot of purposing out there. we had hail -- and in many parts of the area. today is the last couple areas, notice where the storms are, well to our south. we are high and dry, and we will stay that way. something else, we are finally out of it. the finally over, that heat wave, the intense stretch of heat, we saw -- the last four days, 100 on thursday, 100 on friday, 105 on saturday, 102 yesterday, and today a high temperature of 86 degrees. what a difference a day makes. does it feel a lot better out there across the region. winds out of the east at about 7 miles an hour, looking at a lot of sunshine in a very nice evening, probably the nicest we have seen in about two weeks.

my complete forecast in just a minute. >> all right, doug, see you in a bit. those who lived through last night's storm say it's a miracle that no one was killed. jackie bensen has new video. jackie? >> reporter: well, take a look at what is left standing of this building here. imagine being inside that pitch-dark building filled with kids, as it's being torn apart around you with the to you remember with the force of a bomb, and then you lose sight of your child. >> i kept saying, my sharon, my sharon, where is my sharon? whew. >> reporter: these security images from the dealership showed what was happening, something terrible and powerful was blowing through downtown friday ricks burg. the skies darkened, debris started flying. 20 students and several parents were inside the cheer fusion cheer leading and dance studio

when the storm hit last night. the two-story industrial building was being pulled apart cinder block by cinder block. parents and coaching quickly herded everyone to safety to make sure the kids were safe first. >> miss connie was trying to patch up the window, because the rain was coming in the window, and she saw it and told everyone to go in the dance room. i looked in the mirror and saw the garage door fall. after that everybody started falling. >> connie allen is the owner. >> i saw it at the window, it was a funnel cloud going like this. it took the garage door, went up into it. as soon as the garage door went up, the whole buildings collapsed. >> reporter: allen says the safety plan was formulated during a storm warn about a month ago. she credits two students' fathers with pulling the children into safety with the only section of the building reinforced with steel beams.

one has a compound leg fracture. this student says it was really scary. >> she saw the tornado, so our coach was like everybody in the dance room action and we barely made it in there in time. it even hit some of us. >> just talking about it brings tears. >> reporter: you know, we find out that storms like this bring out the best and the worst in people. the man whose car dealer ship security cameras took those pictures says he'll make a donation to help those displaced and injured, but on the bad side, law enforcement say they have had seven incidents of looting just this afternoon. they say security has been increased. reporting live in fredericksburg, jackie bensen, news4. jackie, thank you. thousands in montgomery county lost power during the derecho storm. many are still feeling storm fatig

fatigue. roger berliner called on pepco to improve communication. he also said a $1 million fine levied against pepco last year was not enough. >> this system is antiquated. it doesn't work for us now, it will not work for us in the future. we need accountability. real accountability. no slap on the wrists. we need our public service commission to hold pepco's feet to the fire? >> pepco has said it had crews working around the clock to restore power to the customers. finally the record-setting temperatures are gone, but problems from the heat wave are still around. the rains and cooler temperatures aren't made a debt in the drought conditions through the country. nbc's jay gray has the story. >> reporter: as a record heat wave finally begins to break,

the concerns, damage and deadly effects still linger. after temperatures over 100 across much ofs country for the past two weeks. >> it's a dangerous circumstance. >> reporter: the extreme conditions are being blamed for at least 74 deaths across 14 states. today noaa scientists confirmed what many of us felt, the first six months have been the hottest on record. >> we've seen worsening conditions into the ohio valley, and that's having a lot of impacts on the ground, such as the wildfires we have been seeing, also with agriculture. >> reporter: a cold front could drop temperatures in many places by 10 to 15 degrees brigging relief and much-needed rain. though a violent clap of thunder and flash of lightning clearly rattled players last night in arlington, texas, is the hot, dry weather is no game for those who struggle to make their living from the land. >> our farmers right now are

hurting. >> reporter: drought conditions stretch across more than half of the country, creating what the scientists call the largest drought footprint in the 21st century. corn crops and many other crops have withered. rain now is little more than aniinsult to the farmers. >> rain today won't do us any good. it's over with on corn. mother nature hasn't been very good to us this summer. >> reporter: a blistering summer that's really only just begun. jay gray, nbc news. here at home the heat kink that caused a derailment on the green line has now been fixed. metro officials say the scorching temperatures caused the track to actually bend. that caused the train to derail. crews worked all weekend to fix it. now thanks to lower temperatures today, no heat-related speed restrictions in place at this point. coming up, fairfax police shot and killed a man after he claimed they fired on him first.

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. this is a day in mourning in russia. many residents have feelings of sorrow and anger, because the government admits that authorities didn't properly warn the residents about the danger. a foot of rain fell in one day, causing flash floods that swept through a renal are near the baltic sea. interinitial envoy kofi annan met with syrian president al assad today. as the meeting was taking place, new video emerged, purporting to show new attacks on the city of homs. annan traveled to tehran after the meeting, iran and syria are staunch allies. the united states has rejected iranian participation in international meetings on the syrian crisis. nato officials say seven american soldiers were killed in

afghanistan yet. the soldiering were killed in two separate attacks. a seventh american was killed during a battle with insurgent fighter in the south. sunday was one of the most violent days in the region in months. in addition to the u.s. forces, 28 afghan civilians and police officers were killed by suicide attackers in kandahar. cycling champion last armstrong may have come up short in his bid to save his titles. a federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit that armstrong brought against the u.s. antidoping agency. it seemed like the suit was intended, he said, to whip of public opinion and wasn't focused on the legal argument. armstrong's attorneys have 20 days to retile. it challenges the doping charges filed by the usada. if not cleared, he could be stripped of his wins.

at&t is dropping its legal fight against a businessman whose company had a million dollar phone bill. michael smith from massachusetts said back in 2009 somebody hacked into his small manufacturing company's phone system and made $9han00,000 wor of smalls to somalia. in a statement today, at&t says the company is no longer pursuing that claim. smith said if he had been force to do pay, his company would have gone bankrupt. a 10-year-old fisher in texas has earned the nickname "shark boy" here's why. hunter stevens reeled in this bull shark off the coast of galveston. his dad helped him pull in the shark. before they took pictures and released it back in the ocean. here, son, open his mouth.

>> apparently this isn't the first time he's call a shark. last fall they reeled in a 7-foot one. >> the dad was making the video, so that's why the son this to take on the jaw-opening lines? >> what's that line from "jaws"? "we need a bigger boat." that's a little shocking to see a little boy doing that. anyway, what a release this morning. >> it's over. it is over. >> forever? >> the longest, hottest stretch of history is where we've seen temperatures. >> we just barely survived it, too. thank goodness it is over. most of us, just about all of us have the power back on. last night, i was one of those people that lost power again last night. >> you didn't. you didn't lose power 6 fist time. not the first time, but last

night. >> for how long? >> 2 1/2 hours. >> my goodness, poor baby. >> it was horrible, i couldn't believe it. hot temperatures out there, you know -- yes, it was on the hot side across the area. 11 days in a row with 95 degrees or higher, that is an all-time report. four days of 100 or higher. that is a record tying our 1930 summer, a very hot summer in 1930, but so far this is the hottest ever across the region. we had 14 days of 100 degrees or higher. this is the most 100-degree days in a three-year period. well-just starting our summer. as a matter of fact we're talking five 100-degree days already. that's the earliest. it looks like 87 degrees. the coolest day we have seen in two weeks. 87 is only two degrees shy of

our average of 89. a very nice evening. still a bit on the humid side, but not all that bad. 90 in frederick, 85 in baltimore. and 81 in cambridge. temperatures will come down tonight, and they'll be into the 60s in many locations. no rain around our region. all thunderstorms are down to the south. that's where the thunderstorms are now. south of richmond, down around danville and farmville. they're going to continue to see thunderstorms there, and some of them will be strong to severe for them. high temperatures across the region. this is the first time in two weeks we haven't been showing you mid 90s. the hottest temperatures, state college today, only 82. mild weather to the north of this front. the heat is now down to the south. 96 was the high in atlanta. that's really it. no real 100s around the area.

and a chance for some shower activity, mostly north and west around i-81. this evening, a few clouds warm and humid, but nice, 76 to about 84 degrees when you walk outside tonight, a very nice night. tomorrow morning, partly cloudy, warm and rather muggy. temperatures 67 to about 74, so tomorrow afternoon, clouds and sun, we'll see that mixture. it will be warm and humid, a few showers, temperatures 82 to about 87 degrees. now a bad summertime day here in the month of july. if you're thinking of heading down to the beaches, not bad at all. a chance of showers both tuesday and wednesday, but once again most of the day should be on the dry side. all the way up towards rehobeth beach. 87 coming up on thursday, one of

the hottest numbers, 85 on your friday. as we move into the weekend, i think we see a better chance of stronger storms, and we see the heath return. 91 on monday. it does look like, so a possible heat wave, so right now it doesn't look anything like what we saw this past week. of course, this thursday, we'll be in somebody's backyard. there's not enough heat this week. >> okay. no bailing this time. >> have to do it. >> mandatory. >> got to do it. thank you, doug. police in the district will have another tool. also three young boys drowned over the weekend. police say it was an accident, the family is not convinced. coming up in sports, the all-star break is upon us, but no break for strasburg, gio matters. pioneers in outsourcing us jobs supports tax breaks overseas. insourcing. industry and favors bring jobs home. it matters. this message.

we have new information tonight about a deadly shooting involving police in fairfax county last night. >> please i filled the man.

pat collins has more. >> investigators working through the dark hours of the morning, and well into the afternoon, gatheren evidence in this police-involved shooting in the mt. vernon area of fairfax county. jennifer gomez was coming home from work when it happened. she heard the shots. >> we got scared, because you know, it's like right near our house, and we have little ones. now we're going to be more cautious about coming outside. >> reporter: police say it happened about frey road, two officers on patrol approached two men who were acting in a suspicious manner. as they did, one of the men they say ran down there. the two officers ran after them. they caught up with them, tried to detame then. at they did, they say the suspect pulled a gun. one of the overs returned fire. that suspect fell to the ground. he was taken to the hospital.

he was later pronounced dead. >> we saw a guy laying down there, before even the police came. >> reporter: that's janet quarby. she lives in the neighborhood. scary? >> very. >> reporter: thinking about moving? >> yes. >> a car was towed from here. there's a lot of shattered glass near the shooting scene. and a large rock sitting on some plastic. but it's unclear to what, if anything, these items may have to do with what happened here. anthony blake lives in the neighborhood. he has these thoughts on the police-involved shooting. >> he got a gun, could be out here shooting kids or robbing old people. until the whole story comes on the. for right now, i'm going to say they did their job. >> reporter: the officers involved in the incident, uninjured. what was the suspicious activity

the suspect was involved in? police aren't say. in fairfax county, pat collins, news4. president obama changing tactics in his tax fight with republicans. instead of urging tax increases for americans who earn a million or more, he's aiming for more who have -- republicans say raising taxes will not put americans back to work and could further stall the economic recovery. a scare today, forced to make an emergency landing. delta flight 2244 was on its way from detroit to national when the pilots reported a problem with the cabin pressure. they made a sharp descent from 39,000 feet. the plane with 158 passengers on board did land safely. washington's tallest structure will likely remain closed up 2014. today the national park service

announced plans to move forward construction should start in the fall. three one boys drown in a shallow creek over the weekend. what police are calling a tragic swimming accident. it happened in federalsburg, maryland. news4's chris gordon talk to the victims' relatives who don't believe this was an accident. >> reporter: the three haitian boys were playing basketball until about 5:00 p.m. saturday evening. they didn't come home that night and were reported missing. sunday after a massive search of the creek, the bodies of 12-year-old christopher gabriel, and hills 8-year-old cousin and close friend 12 years old vladimir jokotin were found. his cussing say they are as close as brothers. >> i would wish all three wishes on the three boys who died. >> reporter: authorities tell us what happened this way.

saturday was so hot. after they played basketball, the three youngster walked down to the bank of the creek. they took off most of their clothes and got in to cool off. the problem is none of them knew how to swim. members of the haitian community say the boys were so terrified of water, they don't believe the youngsters went to the creek to cool off. >> we do believe somebody killed those kids, put those kids in the water. >> reporter: the police say it is awaiting final autopsy results. >> right now the evidence is pointing to an accidental drowning. >> christopher gabriel's father is in pain. >> translator: it gives me a lot of trouble, and then the only thing i can feel good if my son can come back to life. he's not going to come back to life, you know i'm in pain. >> reporter: the haitian community is in mourning. >> the family they are very poor

and no insurance. even some of them not working, so you figure that out. >> reporter: the families will need the community's help to pay for the funeral services here. in federalsburg maryland, news4. a horse that provides therapeutic rides for disabled children and wounded warriors is recovering after another attack. someone climbed to the pad dock next to frying pan park in fairfax county, and stabbed this part. lucinda was also badly hurt during another attack by three horses in april. a teenager was already arrested on that case. lucinda's wound is not as bad this time, but frustrating for people who know how good-natured she is. >> what they do with the therapeutic riding is just amazing, you know, to work with really disadvantaged kids and see the smile on their faces, and how the horses work with them, sensing what their mood is

and what they need is just amazing. >> fairfax county police are asking anyone who may have seen anything speciuspicious to givem a call. tomorrow the council will vote on the issues of an action-packed agenda before the summer recess gets under way. tom sherwood has our report. >> reporter: hundreds of cab drivers demonstrated outside the city's johns wilson government building on monday. opposing a plan to installed systems to track whether cabs ignore distant and poor parts of town, and whether they take longer routes to enflay cab fares. along with other provisions to accept credit cards and uniform cab receipts. >> we support improvement, we support the credit card system. we support the system, anything that will -- except the tracking device.

that tracking device violates our privacy and the privacy of our customer. >> reporter: the cab fare collection system, which is still expected to easily pass the council on tuesday is only one of many issues in the last session before a long summer recess until september. council chairman phil mendelson said one major bill will allow the police to begin uses breath aleasesers again after a two-year absence. courts dismiss many cases after the tests proved unreliable. >> the program fell apart about two years ago. i think the executive was somewhat in denial. we're talking about 2010. about how serious the problem was. ultimately the plug was yanked entirely. mendelson and the d.c. police say they expect the new breath test machines to be back on the road by late august. in the district tom sherwood, news4. coming up, a new era begins

at the "today" show. >> doug, what about our weather? >> we have a frontal boundary drifting to the south. showers and thunderstorms. we'll talk about that. plus i'm taking you with me to london. i had a great time there, just a ♪

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that's right, baby! [ laughter ] >> don't be jealous, dan. you get to go in a week, man. could your head be any bigger in that thing? i guess you gather from that graphic that doug was recently in london, to get a preview of the olympic games. >> did you know there are just 18 days until the opening ceremony? the city was already buzzing. >> it really was. it won't be buzzing as much when dan gets there, trust me, but it really was buzzing. we went out there for a couple reasons. we went for the jubilee and to preview how london is getting ready for the olympics. take a look. from the day i was told they were sending me, the weatherman, to london, my excitement continued to grow. but the excitement that i would encounter one i crossed into england was completely overwhelming. everywhere i went, i heard about what an amazing time it was to be british. >> london truly is at the heart

of so much this year. the olympics, you know, preceded by the jubilee. it's given a chance to show the different aspects of the city. >> reporter: we were there for the queen's diamond jubilee as the country celebrated her 60th year on the throne. the patriotism was amazing to see, and i even got to partake in the festivities. >> 2012. >> fantastic. it really is. it's our year, this is the year for the uk. >> i think it's a year that makes you proud to be british. >> reporter: why not? with the olympics around the corner, 2012 is london's year. we took in the sights from big ben to tower bridge. we even brought a friend along. but we'll get to him later this week. our main goal? was to get a preview of olympic park. which sits at the city's east end the park is 600 acres strong, build on the site of an old industrial complex.

that site has nobody been trmpld into something beautiful, with lavish gardens and venues. >> the next couple days we'll take you back to the park, we'll talk about some of the venues there. i took along a friend as i mentioned, we took along flat dan, we're going to call it. we had a good time with him. >> was he carry-on? >> we fedexed him over. >> at great expense, i heard. >> folded me into pieces. >> you didn't make it back, unfortunately, but you're going to like it. >> i can't wait to see it. you're going to set the scene before the olympics even begin. >> the excitement is just overwhelming. more tomorrow. thanks, doug -- dan, doug. >> dan, doug, whatever. first we're going to talk about the wizards, badri shows off his new stuff, and adam oates is also going camping. plus the nats' all-st

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for the first time in two weeks, i can come on at 6:00 and tell you the temperatures are where they should be this time

of year. [ applause ] >> we're happy about that. just the heat we've been going through over the past couple days, and not just us, this has been two thirds of the nation. east of the rockies has been dealing with tremendous heat. chicago, st. louis, everybody is on the cooler side of things. 91 in rockville everybody but look alternate reston. 82 in camp springs, 85 in annapolis. you can see the frontal boundary. down to the south, the front has eased on down. we're seeing sunshine down, but clouds off and on as this front just kid of sit around the area. 70 in leesburg, 68 in martins burg. 72 in fredericksburg, and 74 in wart, so the air conditioners will not have to work nearly as hard. the highs tomorrow, very lard to where we were today, a mixture of clouds, some sunshine, best chance of rain will be down to

the south. but all in all, not bad. the heat wave is over. did we mention dan is back? >> gone for a couple days. >> where did you go anyway? people were starting to ask if you were ever coming back. >> i had to go down to orlando do a couple things for our brothers and sister at the golf channel, and then a family vacation. >> did you tweet so people could follow you? >> i did. >> maybe we weren't following close enough. >> oops? >> we're glad you're back. >> it's good to be back. coming back at a pri good time. the all-star game is tomorrow night. starting pitchers announced today. justin ver left-hander going first for the american league, matt cain gets the start for the

national league. the nationals all-stars, gonzalez, strasburg and harper made his wake to theall star game in turner's private jet. at just 19 years old, harper is the younger position player in all-star game history, and he's hoping for the best, but expecting the worst. >> i'm pretty terrible in all-star games. i don't know what they're going to see from him. i don't know. i was 0 for 5 five ks. so, i don't know, you know, i'm going to try to enjoy myself and have as much fun as i can. >> it's going to be a lot of fun. everybody i have met so far seems like great guys, extremely friendly. i just think it's going to be a good learning experience. >> it's awesome.

you know what? i wish i could bring the whole team. they all deserve to be here, to represent washington and be nest to steve and bryce harper is almost like a clown question. bryce harper's clown question getting a lot of play. the nats going into the break with the best report in the national league. they have a four-game lead over the braves. they start the second half with 13 straight division games. no trophies awarded in july, but so far the nationals are pleased with where they stand. >> you know, we've been playing good all year. a lot of guys have stepped up. i don't think anything really thought or knew what kind of club we were. we had a lot of new faces, we need we had a lot of talent, but i think we're all satisfied. >> we wanted to play good, clean baseball and just do everything that each individual is capable of, and worry about number one first. we did that, we obviously put up, you know, a good first half, but that's behind us, and we

have to look forward to going home, resting, and coming back strong. i think everybody feels good, looking forward to the break. they have battled hard. we've had a lot of close games. everybody on the ball club from the offense to the bull pen, starting pitchers have been outstanding. for the last few years i've been so jealous of my buddy in philadelphia, because they've covered the phillies in the playoffs during football season. i can't fathom -- i know i'm getting ahead of myself -- if they were to make the playoffs during football season. somebody asked if they win a series, the redskins are playing well, who's above the fold in the sports section? >> good question. >> i'm splitting it in half. >> the fans quite can't believe. >> and they're finally starting to go to the games. nice to see.

the home run derby starts tonight at 8:00 p.m. in kansas city. the wizards added former spurs' assistant don newman to the staff, and welcome bradley beal to the court. they're taking part in a four-game mini camp before heading to las vegas for summer league. beale is the guy the wizards wanted all along, and they expect him to play alongside john wall for years to come, but first he needs to learn the nba game. like wall, beale only spent one season in college averages 14 points were game at florida. today his first taste of a real nba practice environment. >> that's why he's good. he's got great confidence in who he is, and he came out there today like he knew what he was doing. he didn't have a clue what he was doing, if that makes any sense. >> personal goals is just to play basketball.

coach cassel, he comes up and says just play ball. he wants everybody to play heart, play smart, he said everything else will take care of itself. i'm going to find my role in the team, don't force anything. >> wizard bradley beal. see you south carolina, hello reading, no longer the south carolina-based, now it's the reading royals. now both in pennsylvania. closer to home, they opened their development camp this morning. it's a chance for young minor leaguers to turn heads and new opportunity for adam oates to get a look at the talent. for oates, it wassist first time on ice as the new head coach. >> it felt good. it's been an exciting two week. i feel it's a good hockey team.

they have some special players, very solid team. they did a great job last year, i thought. so they're very close, and i'm excited to try to add more dimension to it. back to the nba, where ode magic bigman dwight howard can finally be headed to brooklyn, the centerpiece of a four-team tread in the works between the nets, magic, cavs and clippers. let's hit the hellie pad. roy hibbard, as they say in the south, fixing to get paid. the pacers will purportedly match the contract. $58 mill. day wade union went surgery on his knee. six to eight weeks for recovery. and deon lewis and his brother arrested this week after pulling a fire alarm in an albany hotel. they were locked out and couldn't get in. go ahead and pull the alarm.

it's not going over well. alcohol was involved. no surprise. >> yes. >> thank you, dan. >> thank you, dan. c

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today marks a new chapter in the history of the "today" show. ♪ >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a. kicking off her new role, taking over, of course, for ann curry, who is starting a new role as a national and international correspondent. guthrie joined the "today" show last june as chief legal correspondent. you may recall her from her days here. and she also reported for news4 from 2000 to 2002. coming up at 11:00, we're gathering new details with the 21-year-old man shot and killed by fairfax police. and a deadly hug.

also president obama giving bryce harper a huge shoutout. what he says about the baseball star and the nats. that's at 11:00. one more check on the weather? >> cool and cooler weather. thank goodness. it's about time mother nature gave us a bit of a break. a look at the numbers over the next couple days. highs only in the 80s. 86 on tuesday, 85 on wednesday, 87 on thursday, 85 on friday. you can read the rest. saturday and sunday, a chance of showers, maybe a thunderstorm. we do warm up a bit back into the lower, maybe middle 90s, but for now enjoy this nice weather. >> we will enjoy every minute. thanks, doug. finally tonight a survival story. last month some people practices target shooting sparked a wildfire. one of the youngest casualties was a golden eagle. the male eglet does not fly yet. he had nowhere to go as the fire

consumed his nest. a volunteer who monitors the eagle family returned after the fire was out and found him. he suffered burns on his fade, head, wince, back and tails. he parents had continued bringing food to him, but he was too sick to eat it. he's recovery from his injuries in a wildlife rehab center. they've named him phoenix. he should be able to fly someday. they hope they'll be able to return him to the wild next year. sure looks like he can eat now. it was amazing he was still there. >> and that his parents were still checking on him, trying to keep him alive. let's see how he does. thanks for joining us," nightly news" is