resign. >> i know who i am. i get up in the morning every day and i see somebody i respect, tom. >> tom sherwood has more on the latest scandal as this scandal gets worse, his political standing is taking serious hits. >> atlarge council member david catania minced no words. he told news4 -- >> the time has come for the mayor to step down. ran campaign that engaged in criminal activity. and he should not be rewarded with the benefits of that action. so whether or not he knew or not, he needs to step down. >> reporter: a short time later mary jay also called on ray to resign she said, joe, whether or

not he knew of the massive election fraud, he is responsible. on tuesday gray's longtime friend pled guilty to felony counts of helping to run a $650,000 shadow campaign to help elect gray, to say what he did or knew about his career-marred campai campaign. >> i perfectly understand that, tom. >> reporter: do you expect to return? >> i have no -- this is not the campaign that we intended to run, tom. i have said to many people, i got into shall for the right reasons. >> reporter: even aiding to the mayor noted his wishful -- >> i love the district of

columbia. >> u.s. attorney ronald machen with more prosecutions to come repeated his own stern warning. >> the truth will come out in the end. you're far better off if you come to us on your own rather than waiting for us to approach. the 2010 may i don't recall election was corrupted by massive infusion of cash that was illegally concealed from the voters in the district. the people of this city deserve better, they deserve the truth. again, two council members have now called on mayor gray to resign. doreen? >> it's not a good david catania has been critical of the mayor, but mary cheh is a bit of a surprise? >> yes. she brother where her ward, war 3, she endorsed mayor gray, and she has been worried ever since

this has happened. so for her to speak out was significant. >> i understand the mayor had a meeting are his staff this afternoon? >> that's right. doreen and jim, the mayor called in some of the key leaders, some of the deputy mayors, in which he said he's innocent, he's not resigning action and he told them to focus on the job, don't focus on this other stuff. it's important, because the mayor won't say i'm innocent publicly. his lawyer tells him not to speak publicly, but saying that privately, it sounds like he's trying to dig in his heels. a man charged with igk killing his estranged wife and her 11-year-old son wants a judge to throw out some of the evidence. he wants hi cell phone records to be barred. he's charged in their deaths,

their bodies were found about six days apart last october. the court hearing is scheduled for next week in montgomery county. a potential explosive report is to be released tomorrow in the scandal involving jerry sandusky. the university board of trustees ordered the investigation to determine whether university officials did anything to cover up the scandal. >> he was convicted last month. tomorrow morning the highly anticipated release of the report of the investigation led by former fbi director louis freeh commissioned by university trustees is expected to detail the facts and circumstances of the actions the penn state universal officials, and what they knew and rumors they heard

about 68-year-old sandusky abusing young boys on camp husband. it's expected to focus on joe paterno as actions after coach mcqueary informed him of seeing sandusky in the shower with a young boy. the families of the boys who testified at sandusky's trial add fined lawsuits against penn state may discover new evidence of the report. additional plaintiffs could sue. recently an e-mail reportedly from paterno to school officials that was partial leaked indicates the coach insisted on handling all discipline personally. the family wants an opportunity

to respond to the freeh report. the freeh report will be release online at 9:00, then louie freeh and his investigates will be holding a press conference at 10:00. in the newsroom cried gordon at news4. and chris gordon will join us tomorrow on news4. the cleanup is well under way after last night's storms. this evening some d.c. residents are angry about the flooding. this wasn't the first time the water has poured into their homes. they say the city should have done more to prevent this latest flood.

richard jordan is in the bloomingdale neighborhood, where some residents say they've had enough. richard? >> reporter: doreen there are two reasons with the area because of the low elevation and behalf poor drainage. the city says they clean out the drains once a year. yesterday was not enough warning. residents say that's not enough. the filth spilled into several hospitals. several cars stalled out, others were soaked inside. but those on rhode island avenue and first street northwest saw the worst of it. the conformbasins spilled over. these green stickers on the sewage tops indicate when work crews cleaned out the drains,

but most of them have faded off. district administrators say the tabs are not an accurate indicator of prior maintenance. >> we need huge infrastructure change. >> reporter: chris says the district needs to find a better way to stay on top of drainage. >> we're really getting scarce. every time it floods, the foundation gets unsettled, and, you know, it's one they to say sorry, but we have to fix it. >> reporter: the affected residents are fed up with the flooding. d.c. water says the old drainage selfis part of a massive overall project to reduce the backup and thely bring down the flooding. for the families living here, the problem pebss until it's complete. >> reporter: the city says the project should be complete by

2025. of course that's not good news for residents. they expect a lot of storms between now and then. richard jordan, news4. >> thank you, richard. clouds have cleared out for a beautiful day. enjoying one of the best days so far this month. he's at our weather patio. doug? >> it's just so great to work here. they have an ice cream truck parked right out front. you grabbed the spongebob square pants, and he hasn't started melting yet. that tells you one thing -- it's not too hot out here. humidity is on i low side. it's going to be an incredibly beautiful night. it really is. 88 in manassas, 84 down towards fredericksburg, but without the humidity it will be a very comfortable evening.

r through the morning tomorrow, coming in with a temperature of about 84 degrees. good night to get out and walk along -- is it n street? yeah, it is. >> oh, no! >> you country of field bad for the guy, don't you? i'll turn him around this way. the d.c. council is now looking into putting power lines undergrowth. mary cheh introduced his requires pepco to bury more lines. pepco has said the project would be extremely expensive. council is considering two bills, one to determine feasibility. >> pepco says it's one part of its plan to make service more reliability. the region's president answered questions on the radio. he said the utility company has

invested hundreds of millions in improvements, including underground lines. >> it's about a $910 million invest to improve service for our customers. part of that included collective undergrounding. there are other components, you know, replacement of underground capable. we've replaced several hundred miles of capable. we've trimmed 4,000 miles of tree lines. we've identified a couple locations in maryland, also a couple in the district. >> he says it would cost almost $6 billion for installed underground lines in the district, and that's smaller that the territory in maryland. the house voted to repeal the health care law. political analysts saying the vote changes nothing, but keeps

the issue alive. >> the bill is pass ed. >> reporter: it's a vote that will not change the law. >> we know it will die in the senate. >> but republicans wants to show their resolve to kill what they call obamacare. >> bills making our economy worse, driving up the costs, and making it harder for small businesses to hire new workers. >> reporter: democrats warned against repeal independents it closes a door to wellness that's just now being opened. >> reporter: they held at least 30 votes to kill the obama law. >> it's time for the republicans to end their relentless obsession for taking away health care. >> reporter: but like congress, americans are still divided. >> just because it's been ruled constitutional, doesn't mean all aspects of the law are great and we shouldn't discuss them. >> reporter: mitt romney kept up his attack, but he did it again

today at the naacp and got booed. >> i'm going to eliminate every nonessentially program i can find. i'm going to work to reform and safe. -- >> i probably would not have used the term in that crowd "obamacare" because that personalized it. all of a sudden it sounded as if you were talking more about the president. >> thank you. >> reporter: but romney figures keeping health care a hot issue will help you in november. that's why his how republicans staged another vote today. >> house will be in order. >> reporter: they made their point, but the democratically controlled senate will not debate or vote again on obama health care. i'm steve handelsman, news4, capitol hill. coming up. train cars derailed and exploded. more people are questioning the

mysterious illness affecting jesse jackson jr. some on capitol hill want answers. the murder of a student at the prestige out julliard school in new york has been livaned to an occupy wall street protest. a mother has four kids to thank for saving her little girl. >> nobody can understand the feeling of not having your child unless you're actually in that

a big fire in ohio sparked by a freight train derailment is burning more than 16 hours -- the train jumped the tracks at 2:00 a.m. in columbus. some of the rail cars exploded, two people were hurt, but both are expected to recover. the national transportation safety board will try to figure out what caused this train to derail. the questions, rumors and speculation are growing about jesse jackson jr. he's been on medical leaf for more than a month. his wife said she hopes to release information soon. she also noted that medical leave is protected status, but congressional leaders are

signaling they're losing patient. andrea mitchell is following the story. >> coming up tonight on "nbc nightly news" the mysterious illness and absence from congress. why has he missed more than 8 on votes? the growing pressure from leaders to provide answers to his constituents in chicago. about his reported health problems. i'll have the inside story from friends and colleagues. all that tonight on "nbc nightly news with brian williams." it begins right after this broadcast. cough i annan says the security council will announce its next tips in the syrian crisis in the coming days. annan just briefed the council on his talk with his assad and leaders in iran and rack. moscow is deploying a series of warships. russia's state news agency reports that the war ships will

be in place to evacuate russian citizens and other military asects in syria in the situation deteriorates, but some see it as a move of continuing support for syria's president. a possible big break in the murder of sarah fox. sources close to the investigation say they have new dna evidence from a chain left at a subway stop in march. it was left by occupy wall street protesters. investigators say the dna matched a sample found on a cd player at the murder scene. police are now on the hunt for a suspect. >> likelihood is high that the person who left that dna on the is the killer of sara fox. the case is close to being solved. >> reporter: so for the manhattan district attorney, nypd and the medical examiner's office are all refusing to comment on the investigation.

a toddler in california owes her life to kids who happened to be swimming nearby. 2-year-old alice avilas ended up in the canal. when her parents noticed her missing, they searched the water, but they couldn't find her. downstream, though, some teens were in the water cooling off. >> we saw a little figure floating in the water. >> reporter: face-up or face down? >> face-up. >> reporter: what did you say? >> i said look at the doll. he said, no, it's actually human, it's a little girl. >> i ran to the tree over there, and then i got her out. you carried her, gave her to his dad, i ran home and called 911. >> an adult at the scene performed krism pr and doctors say alice will be okay. it's so important to learn cpr

free classes, you can take it just about anywhere. >> and it can make a big difference. >> big time. >> so nice day out there. >> we earned it. >> we did. >> and then we go back to something else. out there right now, yeah, i'll show you in a minute. right now we have plenty of sunshine out there. nice temperatures, temperatures in the 80s after a high of 89 degrees. you sea the plane moving on by. just beautiful, but here you go, jim, heat is on the way. the heat is going to return, and we're going to see a chance for thunderstorms returning, as we head into the weekend. not the next couple days. 87 degrees, wind beautiful. maybe a good night to grill out or eat outside on the patio.

84 in fredericksburg. the cool spot right now, winchester. not much in the way of rain. they're well to the north and west of washington. do not worry about rain tonight. up toward the north we've seen some showers and a few thunderstorms around the hagu s haguerstown area. most of that rain staying up there. it's still down to the south, warm temperatures to the north of it, and high pressure starts to settle in. that will allow for a beautiful day tomorrow, another great day on friday, those friday could be a bit cloudy. we're going to watch very closely.

the other thing we'll watch out for, as the high pressure starts to move off, this frontal boundary does move back to the north as a warm front on saturday. it will bring in warmer air as we head into the weekend. this evening partly cloudy, a nice evening temperature. around that 7:00, 8:00, 9:00 hour. tomorrow morning, not bad at all. a great start. sunshine tomorrow at 5:53. 64 in some of the cooler suburbs. one of the cooler days we have seen out there as far as temperatures go. 86 to about 90. low humidity. a great afternoon with plenty of sunshine. tomorrow will be fantastic we'll be live. also some pretty nice weather down toward the beaches, thursday, friday and saturday. saturday does look like at least a chance for shower activity.

88 degrees on saturday. i think the beaches will get on the warm side, but not quite as hot as inland. temperatures the next few days, 89 tomorrow, 88 on your friday, 40% chance on saturday. i think that's the best chance for rain. some of those storms would be on the strong side. i would worry about the heat, at least a bit. 94 on sunday, i think the heat index could be between, saying, 97 and 100. same deal goes for monday, tuesday, and into wednesday. even though we're not sitting 100 degrees, i don't think we'll hit 100 with this heat wave. the heat index could be a bit of a problem. of course, we'll be watching it very, very closely. of course, tomorrow, i already mentioned it once, let's mention it again. backyards weather. send us pictures to nbcwashington.com. tomorrow we have a great house in the ft. washington area. that will be good.

>> a nice evening to enjoy it. >> it's going to be a great evening to enjoy it. in about a half hour, i know you are so excited about this. we went to london. we took somebody along with us. we couldn't afford to send the real dan, we sent flat stan -- or in this case flan dan. we had a great time. >> we're looking forward to it. >> he didn't get back across the pond. unfortunately we had to leave him there i want that's another story. >> another story. coming up at 6:00, virginia went days without 911 service. and now we're getting answers. >> we'll tell you about the one woman who wasn't afraid to break up an armed robbery. coming up in sports, one on one with bradley beal. speaking of first-round picks, rg-iii is talking contract. bryce harper finds out objects

[ scott ] i grew up playingcts with little toy trains

and now i build them. i'm a bigger is better kind of guy. i absolutely love building locomotives. i knew i wanted to design locomotives from when i was very young. [ jahmil ] from the outside it looks like such a simple device. when you actually get down into the bare bones of it, there's so much technology that's submerged. [ rob ] my welds are a signature, i could tell my welds apart from anybody's. to lay down that nice bead and you look at it, i love it. they don't go together by themselves. there are a lot of little parts, and everyone has their job. [ scott ] i'd love to see it out there on the open tracks.

and when i see it, i'm going to know that i helped build that thing. [ train whistle blows ] here it comes! [ bell clanging ] [ train whistle blows ] wow! [ charlie ] it's one thing seeing them being built, but then to see them out here, pulling freight across america, it makes us proud. ♪ david catania and mary cheh both issued stapes today asking

him to step aside. there was a shadow campaigns secretly funneling $600,000 to his campaign. the mayor said he has no plans to resign. council member mary cheh joins us in our studios to talk more about this. she's joined by tom sherwood. >> jim, mary cheh endorsed vinton gray. you've got worried for a while, but -- . >> i'm very, very sad. i admired him greatly. i thought he was a man of integrity, leadership and i think he's a good man. >> but he's not been charged with anything. >> that's right. >> but this campaign and the court yesterday -- and you're a law professor i should tell people -- laid out an incredible scheme that harris admitted to

that they funneled hundreds of thousands into the campaign. >> the dimensions of what was disclosed make it implausible to me he didn't know or engaged in willful blindness. he should have known, but even all of that aside, the fact is that the legitimacy of his election has been undercut. i have watched steadiless as the confidence of the people has been eroded. i said in my statement that i released today that i would ask him as a matter of public service to step aside. >> he's told us that he doesn't intend to step aside, even with the two council members saying so. the voteser were deceived. yesterday the u.s. attorney said if you are guilty of something, you should come forward now rather than wait for us to come after you.

this is far from over. >> i think that's exactly right. i mean. in fact, earlier when we had members of the council resigning f. i said at one point you know whoever you are, if you did something wrong and you should just come forward. we don't need you, the city doesn't want you, go away. we have to go forward, and we can't go forward with this huge cloud over us. it's become too much to bear rapidly. >> that's the tough public policy things you've got to do, and personally obviously feel badly for some of the people who have been caught up in this. >> i truly do. no one more than vince gray. as i said, i came to admire him greatly. i do think he's a good man, and this is extraordinarily painful for me. >> and good for the city not to stay. >> right. >> thank you very much for coming in today. i know it's a tough thing to do. >> thanks. >> back to you guys.

d.c. councilwoman mary cheh. what topped to 911 service after a powerful storm created a state of emergency. northern virginia leaders put verizon representatives on the spot today, asking what caused that failure. news4's jackie bensen has the story. >> reporter: without 911 for days last week, tens of thousands of northern virginiaance were asked to flag down a cop if they needed emergency help. >> i have a grandma who is by herself, and she knows if she could reach anybody, you know, that's kind of a bad things. it's obviously not acceptable. hours into the june 29thth storm which caused record havoc, the 911 system, the way we call for

help failed. >> it was the subject of a special session during a council of governments meeting. the fairfax county 911 director was visibly angered. >> what happened was approximately eight hours after the storm ravaged our area t. during which time 911 worked perfectly, 911 simply failed. >> some say the problem was complicated. >> three things occurred. >> reporter: jack jill benson,

news4. the fbi has added a former prince george's county fan form people say he left the country with his children after a divorce in 2011. he does not have customer you did i of his children. he was last heard from in november. he told his ex-wife that he and the two children were in knew felicia and would not be returning to the u.s. he's wanted for parental kidnapping. a controversial ruling that rules that pitbulls are inherently dangerous, is not in effect in maryland, at least according to the office of the attorney general. that move surge al delays the can -- a ruling this year holds owners of pitbulls liable for bites, even without previous evidence of the dog being dangerous. a task force of lawmakers is looking at ways to change the law to address concerns. a lucky guy is cashing his

second big check from the virginia lottery. >> i want to know this guy. also, doug, what's up with the weather? >> a great day today, a few showers and storms well back to the west, but nothing around our region. i'll have that in a minute. plus we took dan at least flat dan, to london with us. we had a good time. wait until i show you. all the things we

why does this make us laugh? >> every time. >> now we have the countdown. this is official. 16 days until the opening ceremonies. this was my attempt at a graphic, because i said maybe we were have a dry-erase board, but that's a lot better. >> it doesn't have a big picture of doug's head. >> is there something that -- >> no, not at least that we can tell. doug is back after his recent trip to the uk, and you brought along a friend, sort of? >> we met some grate people, and through the friends of ours here at visit britain, we went all around the olympic park, and took along -- well, we took along somebody that i think most of you should know. i know i know them. >> i knew my trip to london wag going to be great.

>> it was the coolest people. one of the best things we did was going up in the london eye. >> that's pretty cool. >> this is. >> checking out some of the city's main attractions. >> so you see big ben right there. when you go back in a few weeks, you'll head to olympic park on the other side of the city. >> that night we decided to hit the down, but first dan said he freeded to freshen up a bit. >> i think i'm okay, but something i know needs a lot of help. >> oh, yeah. >> that's not going to be nearly

enough. >> in order to go out in a fashionable city, we had to find some new clothes. >> dan, i found something good for tonight. what do you think? are you ready? the smile says it all, buddy. >> all in all. by the time it was all over, dan was feeling and wearing the pride of england. oh, that was great. >> yes, that's what i'm talking about! we had a great time taking flat dan all around town, probably one of the best things we did out there. you would love this. any time i would put flat dan down, leave him for a few hours, maybe days, but so many people would come up and take puckett turs. i got a class from purdue that sent me all the pictures they took. >> did they have any clue who he was? >> i told him he was a soccer

star from lithuania. >> they thought he was david beckham. >> i wish. i wish. >> no, i don't think so. >> a ticket for flat dan on the london eye? i want he made his way over to london, but did not make it back. i'm sorry. >> did you chop me into pieces? >> we did a pub crawl, and you didn't last. >> you should search for him. >> flat dan apparently has more fun that i real dan does. >> russ going to wear it. the all-star glow, a little too bright for bryce harper in kansas city, but not really. wizards rookie bradley beal, and matters. pioneers in outsourcing us jobs supports tax breaks overseas. insourcing. industry and favors bring jobs home. it matters. this message.

humidity is down. that's the good news. i think it will stay down. that means more nice weather here as we make our way through the evening. these numbers are really good been to come down.

and we do have some showers up around berkeley and jefferson county. your seven-day forecast is coming up in just a minute. the nats must be basking in the glow after the huge win. >> i think they're all feeling good after that all-star vict y victory. >> bryce harper, gio gonzalez

and stephen strasburg all made noise last night. harper probably wasn't as sharp as he would have liked, but in the end, it doesn't matter, as the national league just rolled. the nats all-stars getting early love from the crowd. there's harper and stephen strasburg. gio gonzalez tied for the major league in wins. bases loaded. pablo sandoval, he takes justin ver left-hander to deep right. this is a near grand slam after it bounces off the base of the wall. three runs come into score, and 's 4-0 national league. in the third, here comes gio.

gets hamilton to ground out into the double play. he allowed one hit and a walk. bottom of five now, the kid bryce harper in left field. mike napoli pops it up. harper says i got it, i got it, where is it? c'mon, harp. that's a clown catch, bro. you've got to get that one. he was also caught down in a base run as well. a rally, gets a good piece of this one, but not nearly enough. jay bruce makes the catch. the national league gets the 8-0 win, securing home field advantage. afterwards, harper talking about the catch that wasn't. >> nothing you can do about it. it happens.

i wasn't bummed out or anything. it will probably happened 40 more times in my career. whatever. it didn't hit me in the head, so i'm great. >> just being around all these great players, and watches everybody compete and see what the american league has to offer, it's just a fun time, and, you know, hopefully i can do it again sometime. >> the boys back in action on friday, taking on the florida marlins. redskins rookie quarterback robert griffin iii with the banquet circuit again this week, he's hoping to sign a contract very soon. he's impressed teammates and coaches alike, even had a group of receivers visit for workouts.

one of the 14 first-rounders who haven't signed the contract. he expects a signed contract by the 16th, which would be well before the start of training camp. they both know that not being in training camp on day 1 would certainly hurt both parties. bryce harper, now we have another one, bradley beal turned 19, the night he was -- like harper, beal comes from a strong stable family thathood mold and toughen him a bit. his mom used to bring him to the local ymca and take it to the hoop. >> getting bumped by another one, but i always wondered like why am i doing this?

at the end of the day, it was for my own good. it helps me to get balanced in the area and try to finish with the contact, year mom. >> my dad's more of the football guy, but he played basketball as well. >> my mom was the one who taught me how to shoot and play basketball. >> were you the mama's boy? >> not really. actually i am now. i didn't used to be. she had used to favor all my other brothers, but she'll probably get mad if she sees this. it will be funny. >> love the kid. he's an artist, he designed his own tattoos, a 3.8 gpa during his first year at florida. his two older brothers -- >> they sound kind of rough. >> they'll be living with him. nobody will be messing with bradley beal. he hayes built-in bodyguards.

i love the kid. he was pleasant to talk to. we'll have more with him on sunday on "sports final." where dwight howard will end up again is anyone's guess. venus williams is in town on business and to play for the washington castles of world team tennis. the home opener is tomorrow night. they are defending the first perfect season in league history. >> for me, when i'm playing for the team, i try to give 100%, i try to make sure the time i'm there, i win. i try to contribute to the team, so that way when i'm away, hopefully they can take some wins as well. i have family here. i have so many things i do here, family and friends. when i'm here, i feel at home action so it's some place that i love to come to. full disclosure, venus will not be playing tomorrow, but she will be playing on the 16th, the star players of world team

tennis don't play every match. >> when she's there, you step up the game. >> it's really fun to watch even when venus isn't there. crowd gets involved, you don't see a lot of trash talking in regular -- >> thank you, dan. coming up, a loyal lottery player hits another big jackpot. >> for all your news, be

mom is always watching. this is a lesson. a would-be robber in mississippi got foiled business his own mother. roy mitchell picking up some chips here, acting like he's getting ready to pay. there you see it. he pulled a gun. the cashier opened the register. mitchell's mom happened to be in

the store. she walked up to the front, snatched what turned out to be a toy gun and yelled at him to get outside now. as the two argued. the cashier called 911. coming up at 11, the calls for the mayor to resign are getting louder. and new details as a father account napped his kids and flees overseas. and a python is on the loose. that's at 11:00. >> that would put anyone on edge, i would think. nice weather tonight? >> it doesn't get much better. in the month of july, temperatures like this just about perfect. this evening will be a great night to get out and about. 88 on your friday. saturday and sunday, a bit warmer temperatures back, heat index most likely to the upper 90s. nothing too strong, i don't think. on monday, tuesday and wednesday, we get even warmer, with temperatures into the mid to upper 90s.

i think our heat index could approach 100. but nothing like we just came through. i do not anticipate us setting any records. >> better enjoy this break while we've got it i want yeah. joseph sylvester lives in arlington. he is a lucky guy. if you see him in line for a lottery ticket, in fact you might want to get in that line and buy the same ticket he buys, especially if it's the 3rd of the month. he won $100,000 this year, twice this year. the first time april 3rd, second time on july 3rd. he says going to lottery headquarters and posing with that gigantic check is just getting routine for him. by the way, he is uses easy pick and allowing the computer to select his numbers. it doesn't say anything here about whether he's single or what his story is. >> people want to know. >> i want to know. thanks for joining us.

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