we could tie that moving into second place tomorrow. 11 the record in 1930. don't think it's any way or i certainly hope that we do not see that this season. at 99 now. we cooled down a degree. it's still pretty humid out there. the heat index throughout the area, 98 to 112 down in warrenton. many neighborhoods tomorrow will feel like 105 and 106. that's the reason that heat advisory has been issued for tomorrow. we'll talk about the possibility of some strong, maybe even severe storms coming our way tomorrow coming up. >> all right. get back in here. the extreme heat is creating big problems for metro. news 4's erica gonzalez joins us now live with the evening rush is a lot slower tonight. erica? >> reporter: this is exactly what riders and commuters do not want to hear. hey, fyi, heads up, your commute is going to be a lot slower this evening because of, yes folks, hash tag heat. all right. so here's the scoop. this is what metro told us. this is only going to affect the

trains once they are going above ground. it's not going to affect them once they are underground. but they're going to be slowed down to 35 miles per hour because of the heat. metro doesn't want there to be any kinks in the lines which is what happened a week and a half ago in west hyattsville. they want to prevent that. they're slowing all trains down on all five lines once they come above ground. we talked to some folks today. we told them pack your patience. this may be in effect until tomorrow. [ no audio ] >> i'll have to wait longer. we're on a schedule. so definitely not good. >> reporter: all right. so metro has told us that they're going to check the tracks about 8:00 this evening. a lot of the tracks are at least 135 degrees if not hotter. so they're going to check them

at 8:00 and see where they stand. they may lift the speed restrictions this evening. they may be put back in place tomorrow morning. that could affect your commute tomorrow and also they're going to go ahead and lift the water bottle restrictions. pack that as well. tomorrow expected to be another hot day. we're live in bethesda, erica gonzalez, news 4. >> with more than half the country under drought conditions, we're seeing heat taking a big toll on crops. darcy spencer went to a local farm to see how it is affecting the crops. darcy is live with more. darcy? >> reporter: the drought has affected farm across the country. we checked in here at homestead farm. we've been here all afternoon talking about the drought. this is a place where you can go and pick your own peaches and fresh black berries. the problem is a lot of people don't want to come out and pick their own in this heat. this laurel couple and their daughter are picking black

berries at homestead farm. the temperature in the upper 90s. but for dad and his little girl, it's not bad. what's it like out here picking? >> it's a lot of fun. we thought it would be very hot. there is a nice breeze. >> reporter: not hot at all? >> number. >> do you think it's hot out here? >> no. >> reporter: they picked a box full of berries. mom disagrees about the heat. >> i'm feeling hot. i know they're not, but i am. but i hope we get some rain. >> reporter: here at homestead, they say high temperatures and dry conditions aren't really impacting the pick your own crop. >> reporter: what effect does the heat have on your crops? >> it's hard on them as it is on everything. our secret is water. >> reporter: the u.s. agriculture department declared more than 1 thou cou,000 counti states disaster areas. at homestead, they're not calling it a drought just yet. owner ben alnut says the farm's

drip irrigation system is saving the crops. two of the ponds are very low. he recently tapped into this new one. he hopes it the gel him through the season. >> i think we have enough water to last about another month. hopefully it will rain by then. so far, so good. >> reporter: the biggest impact on the farm is high temperatures. they're driving away some customers who don't want to pick and eat in the heat. >> how many ears of corn? >> six. >> reporter: good thing there is a market with freshly picked fruits and veggies just not by your own hand. >> it's kind of hot to pick out there right now. >> it is. we recommend you come out in the morning time or before it gets too hot. >> reporter: i spoke to a montgomery county official who deals with the local agriculture community. he says we probably won't know the true effects of the dry conditions until later on during the next harvest period. now if you want to come out to one of the many area farms that have pick your own, it suggests you come out first thing in the morning or later on in the

afternoon. reporting live from poolesville, darcy spencer, news 4. >> not just here the heat and lack of rain are driving up farmer's crops all over the country. more than half of the u.s. is now in drought. so what does that mean for food prices at the local grocery store? liz crenshaw is here with that answer for us. >> jim, more of the country is in moderate drought than any other time than the last few years. but we won't know the real impact of this drought until august or september according to the u.s. department of agriculture. crops that are being affected, soy beans and corn. they have both already sustained permanent damage. so in the grocery soy bean oil is used in salad dressing. that might go up. corn is not just eaten on the cob. it is used in 74% of the foods that consumers buy in the supermarket according to usda. but, again, it's not clear if and when we're going to see higher prices in those foods.

one thing we do know, lower prices for beef and pork. ranchers are selling their herds because their hay fields and drinking ponds have dried up. that means livestock is going to be slaughtered sooner and grocers will see a greater supply. they could see good deals on beef and pork in the coming months. now we did speak to safeway today. they say that the analysts don't see any price increases in the near future. also spoke to the university of maryland today at the ag extension service. it told us that feed corn and soy beans on the eastern shore are being damaged and harvests will be down on the eastern shore. but if you're looking for that maryland sweet corn and other produce that you see when you're driving over to the beach, supplies and prices should be fine because those farmers irrigate. so if you're worried about your sweet corn, don't worry about it too much. back to you. >> thanks, liz. a husband and wife attacked in their own home in charles county. police believe the woman's son shot them before killing

himself. the woman called 911 early this morning to say her son and his stepfather were fighting when officers could the g officers got to the home, they found the man and woman in the road with gunshot victims. they're both at the hospital with serious injuries. police warned neighbors to stay inside their homes believing the gunman was still inside the house. >> our emergency services team and hostage negotiator responded. they attempted to make contact with somebody inside. after no contact, at 9:15 the officers actually made entry into the house and found an adult male in an upstairs bedroom. he was deceased. >> late this afternoon police identified the son as 33-year-old shea proctor. they have not released a motive for the shooting. in the district today, mayor vincent gray fended off more questions about the on going federal investigation into his 2010 campaign. and the mayor said he appreciates a citizens' rally planned for him tomorrow to combat several calls for him to resign.

tom sherwood joins us how with details. tom? >> jim, merit didn't plan that rally. it comes as this investigation keeps nagging at him. mayor gray was celebrating new traffic controls in a busy part of northeast washington. >> three, two, one! >> reporter: but even as he cut the ribbon, a reporter for "the new york times" soon cut to the campaign scandal which is becoming a national story. >> since we have a moment here, can i ask you about the federal investigation? >> reporter: the mayor bristled when he asked when he first knew of the shadow campaign at the heart of the federal investigation. >> sir, you know how many times i've been asked that question? >> reporter: gray didn't answer this time and repeated he has no plans to resign. organizers of wednesday's rally say they don't know whether mayor gray is guilty of anything or not. but they do know as of yet he hasn't been charged. >> whether they think he's guilty or innocent, they respect the process and respect him as a person.

and because he has not been charged with anything at this point that people should just wait and let him do his job. >> reporter: reverend wilson of the union temple baptist church and the reverend of plymouth congregation, veteran activists are leading the wednesday rally. they differ with gray on some issues but say he should be treated fairly. >> i appreciate the fact that people are standing up, you know, and speaking out on the issue. i don't know what they're going to say. but it's nice of them to do that. i appreciate it. >> the mayor says he won't be attending tomorrow's rally and he isn't promoting it. jim? >> thank you, tom. now to decision 2012 and the race for the white house. while the candidates hit the campaign trail today, ben bernanke gave his midyear report to congress. he told the senate banking committee that slow job growth and weak consumer spending have led to a sluggish economy and he warned that another recession could happen if congress fails to reach a budget deal.

republican mitt romney campaigning in pennsylvania today says the fed's report is more proof that president's economic plan is not working. president obama courting voters in texas says the answer is not tax benefits for the rich. >> i want to end tax breaks to companies that are shipping jobs overseas. let's give tax breaks to companies that are investing right here in texas, right here in the united states of america. let's put american workers back to work. >> his policies do not help create jobs. they depress job creation and that's why we're still struggling with so many people out of work. >> bettrnanke said the fed is ready to take more steps to boost the economy but he ghave o specifics. >> construction of the silver line hit a milestone today. they laid the final span of aerial track bed for phase one today in tis onz corner w that in place, the line is connected from the orange line to wheelie avenue in reston. now crews can finish the track installation which is already

65% done and then it's on to the actual stations. zbl >> we got all five of our stations under construction. the phase is completing the stations, doing the fit out and also connectsing ining into the existing system. we have to run in our communications, train control and our traction power. >> phase one of the silver line is expected to open sometime next year. federal aviation officials are still trying to figure out what caused a plane crash that killed one man and critically injured another in montgomery county. 79-year-old flight instructor frank schmitt was killed when the plane crashed near davis airport last night. one of his closest friends says that although schmitt's death is tragic, he died doing the one thing that made him happy. >> for him to go out and in an airfield that he not only cherished and spent a lot of time at and also just by flying and doing something he loved, i think that's the way he would have wanted.

he wouldn't have wanted to go out, you know, like i said in just some horrible hospital room depressed with nobody around. >> the faa is investigating what caused the plane crash. authorities have not identified the man who was flying the plane at the time of the crash. still ahead on news 4 at 5:00, a new way to test to see if getting that perfect smile would be worth the price. the snap on smile next. mother nature creates quite a sight over the skies in arizona. a national breast cancer group closed its doors for g what happens to the thousands of

. ever wanted to try out a brand new smile? now there is a new dental procedure that allows the patients test drive the work before they buy it. it is called the snap on smile. >> i had a little accident fourth of july. i chipped my tooth. >> that's when the 26-year-old decided to fix a problem that had been bothering him for years. his crooked front teeth. >> sometimes i got self

conscious, you know, if i'm smiling too much. i think i tend to smile a lot. >> but instead of spending thousands of collars to fix the problem right away, he decided to do a smile trial first. >> the way i think of it is like you're able to test drive your teeth. it's called the snap on smile. a 15-minute procedure where the dentist makes then attaches model teeth over your actual teeth. it's supposed to simulate what your smile will look like after cosmetic dental work. >> it's the first time after 26 years of doing this that we can actually get a preview of the smile. so it's a temporary smile that the patient gets in advance. >> dentists say the procedure allows patients to decide if they really want to go through with the expensive dental work before they spend the money. treatments like very nears or bonding can cost anywhere between $1,000 and $2,000 per tooth. >> you don't want to get into such a big investment and then be disappointed with the final result. >> patients are charge $5dz 00

for the smile trial which lasts a few weeks. but that cost is then applied to the final dental work. josh joan got his snap on smile just in time for a vacation to mexico. >> you are ready? >> i'm ready. >> go ahead. >> wow! >> can you see the difference between his old and new teeth. he says he won't be hiding his smile any time season. >> it's awesome. i mean i can't believe they fit well. i feel like i can't even feel them. so it's great. i can smile year to ear. >> smile looks pretty good. it looked good before, too. he told us you can treat the snap on smile like real teeth. can you eat most foods and brush them regularly. but patients are supposed to avoid chewing hard foods like carrots or ice cubes. >> we're frowning over this extreme heat, out west there was extreme rain. this is what it looked like in

arizona. storm put on a wild light show in the skies. the storm passed through tucson causing serious damage to the area. officials say several roads became flooded and hundreds of people lost their power. hundreds. when you're in the thousands, then can you start talking. you know we've been through a lot worse. >> we can have empathy, right? >> speaking of empathy, it's a reminder of the lightning we had during the storms. that was nonstop. >> complete show. you know, you fell. did you hear about veronica on sunday? firsthand experience with how dangerous this heat can be. you were overcome gardening. >> doing hard work. cloud cover. you know, it can be a little deceiving. you know to drink the water when you're out there doing work if it's for a couple hours. really, i think it's so important so that you don't get overcome by heat and pass out. it is so important to start drinking beforehand if you know you're going to be out for several hours and still drink afterwards. my event happened afterwards. you think you're fine.

maybe not. >> were you okay? >> i was okay. i'm here. i'm fine. but i'm here to say firsthand, how important it is really to hydrate way beforehand and even to continue to afterwards. yeah. people like me, right. i know better. exactly. and still. all right. let's talk about what's going on across the area right now. high heat again today. the humidity at some lower levels. we're going to see high humidity again tomorrow. remember, wear the light weight, light colored clothing. drink the fluids early on in the day, too. not caffeine. take the breaks. of course, never leave kids or dogs in the cars. check on the elderly and your friends, elderly, those that maybe are in your neighborhood that live right down the street. we're at 98 degrees right now at reagan national airport. the wind out the southwest at 7 miles per hour. look at the range in temperatures throughout the area. 95 to 100 degrees our friends up i-95 in baltimore with a heat index right now at 103 in leesburg, 106 in mt. airy.

105 currently in aberdeen, maryland, where you think it would be a little cooler. showers and storms don't have any right now. we're seeing some build across ohio, areas of eastern kentucky. dry conditions here. mostly clear skies. but this time tomorrow, our radar storm 4 radar will show many more storms building into the area during the afternoon. with that heat and higher humidity. the stem will temperature will w 90s to high 80s. again, a mostly clear sky with clouds coming up for the afternoon. that southwest wind acting like a heat pump. the storms will be cooling us down. the best chance of storms is around the maryland-pennsylvania line. dropping down for the late afternoon and evening. we do it all over again for thursday. main threat right now for tomorrow will be damaging winds and downpours between 2:00 and 9:00 p.m. even quiet but warm. 86 to 92 degrees tomorrow

morning. again, we start out warm, too. mid and upper 70s throughout the area. 72 to 79. 72 to our north and west. sun is up tomorrow at 5:58. we're going to be getting a lot of sun tomorrow. right now our threat of showers and storms at 50% even higher for thursday. but i like the fact that at least when this front does come through we're going to see cooler conditions coming up for friday and especially the weekend. >> a couple more days to be careful about. >> for sure. >> you be careful. >> i will. >> thanks, veronica. >> when we come back on news 4 at 5:00, a ban on baby bottles and sippy cups with bpa. >> the mystery couple captured in this photo found. we'll hear the real story behind this image. and coming up in sports, nats park catching up with our all star pitcher. >> and a local animal shelter has olympic fever. find out how the summer games find out how the summer games

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. big week for baseball. dan is down at nats park. mets again tonight. >> the mets in town. they're going to be seeing a lot of this team over the next, i don't know, two or three months. they're going to meet 12 times in the second half of the season. the nationals, of course, back from miami where they split a four-game set against the marlins. stephen strasburg busted out of a mini slump. he lost three games in a row. he gets his first win in a while which is his tenth win of the season. we got a chance to catch up with strasburg a few minutes ago. he said that goal for this team is the same as it's been since spring training -- playoffs. >> you know, obviously, the goal is to get there, number one. but it's not necessarily the team with the best record that, you know, wins the whole thing. you look at st. louis last year. so, you know, we just got to keep on trying to get better, keep on trying to win as many as we can and do our best to, you know, be playing our best

baseball at the end of the year. >> and common theme seems to be that you will get even better once the bats get going which they have a little bit and people get healthier. would you subscribe to that theory? >> absolutely. i think we definitely held our own through all the injuries and i think that's, you know, what good team do. we still find a way to win. guys step up off the bench and whether they get their chance to fill in and do their job. so you know, we've been able to overcome adversity so tfar. we just have to keep focused, keep trusting each other and just really go out there and enjoy this experience and, you know, really just compete as hard as we can every single day. >> you weren't completely comfortable being in the spotlight yourself your first year here. how is having g.o. an worth and brice to take that spotlight off you? >> i think you can think what you want. i would say i was comfortable being in the spotlight. i mean go out there and pitch in

front of sellout crowds and the expectations and the hype. that's just the nature of the business. it's something i was accustomed to my junior year in college. i think having guys in the rotation that you can really just have fun and really learn a lot from, i think that's the great thing about it. we're relatively close in age and gone through similar experiences. jordan and i both have tommy john and g.o. being a standout pitcher already, it's been a good combination and, you know, i really enjoyed the experience so far. >> why do you think your innings limit is such a big deal now? >> i think because we're winning. i think it's something that, you know, obviously i'm very honored that a lot of the fans and people within this organization have a lot of faith in me. you know, i really like all the pressure that has come to this town and come to this team especially now that we've been winning this year.

you know, i think it will be different if we were in last place and, you know, they shut me down. i mean it's going to be interesting. i'm excited to, you know, be going back out there in a couple days. i'm not going to shut it down any time season. >> he still hasn't had that conversation with mike rizzo about whether exactly he's going to shut that down. i love the wax poetic about strasburg. i'll right in the line of fire here right behind first base. almost got decapitated a couple minutes ago. we're going to toss it back you to in the studio move our chair over a little bit and see you again at 6:00. >> looks like you already had one hair cut today. >> i don't need another. >> no you don't. we'll see you later. >> in our next half hour, thieves storm a grocery store overnight and cops think they have done it before. we're with a group of female golfers and they raised $16,000 to send to a national breast cancer support group only to

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. a terrifying night on the job for a harris teeter employee in virginia who witnessed two armed robbers hold up his store overnight. now police want to know if this is part of a string of other robberies targeting that grocery store chain. pat collins has our story. >> i see he has a mask on. and he just has a gun pointed to me. he walks up to me. he's like get down on the floor. >> we call him kevin. that's not his real name. we agreed to protect his identity. well, he was on duty at this harris teeter store when it happened, when those gunmen came in to rob the place. >> just so scary. >> very scary.

>> yeah, it was. >> did he point the gun right at you? >> yeah. he was on my shoulder. >> what did he say to you? >> get down. that's about it. >> reporter: it appears that somebody, make that at least two somebodies, has it in for harris teeter grocery stores. you see since last christmas, ten harris teeter grocery stores in north carolina have been robbed. robbed in the early morning hours by two masked gunmen taking money from customers. taking money from the cash boxes at those self-checkout counters. but what does that all have to do with us? i'll get to that in a minute n north carolina, harris teeter added security patrols and posted a big $75,000 reward. and all of a sudden those robberies stopped. until now. until 2:00 a.m. this morning, until this harris teeter in

aldy, virginia where two masked gunmen go inside and rob two cash boxes from two self-checkout registers. >> i think they know about harris teeter. i don't know if they've done it before. but they were pretty good. they weren't even in the store for a minute. >> reaction from customers. >> people just anywhere can go in and rob anybody. >> i wouldn't think it would happen around here. >> scary for the neighborhood. >> reporter: the question tonight, did those north carolina robbers make their way up to virginia? or are these just copycats familiar with the harris teeter hold up scheme? the loud on county sheriff's are investigating the case. in aldy, virginia, pat collins, news 4. howard county police arrested ten men using a reverse prostitution sting. that sting took place friday in laurel along the route 1 corridor. female officers posed as prostitutes, men who approached and offered money for sex were promptly arrested. the men range in age between 24

and 47. they're all from maryland and northern virginia. an alexandria police officers are remembering a four legged colleague, retired canine bear has died. he served as that department's explosive detection dog from 2001 until his retirement in 2008. the highlight of his career came in 2004 when he beat 15 other dogs to become the crowned champion of the national explosive detector competition. after retirement, bear lived with his partner lieutenant john zuka and his family in woodbridge. >> good news tonight for potomac national's baseball fans and commuters thanks to a public-private partnership, the potomac nationals will build a new stadium at the stone bridge town center. vdot will build a park and ride garage. that garage will have 1,000 spaces and will provide direct access to the hov lanes on 95. the county gave the land for the

stadium. >> this is already becoming an entertainment hub on i-95 attracting residents not just fromwilliam county but from northern stafford and especially fli southern fairfax and even up into arlington and alexandria. >> the project still needs environmental approval and the public will get a chance to weigh in, too. the stadium expected to be completed by 2014. the abrupt closurest national breast cancer support group called y-me left hundreds of breast cancer survivors and volunteer counsellors from our area in the letter mucl lerch. julie carry joins us with this story. >> dor reen, why-me was unique among breast cancer organizations because it provided around the clock hotline to answer women's questions about diagnosis and treatment. on the other end of the phone, especially trained cancer survivor. there are questions in our area

about whether money raised to sustain why-me ever went to help breast cancer victims. the past four years kathy and her fellow golfers with the pine crest women's golf association spent months organizing then staging a charity tournament. the proceeds benefited y-me and the 24/7 support network for breast cancer victims. this year's june 2nd event with supporters and contract yobz raised more than $16,000. this e-mail from the chicago-based y-me director shows they received the check on june 25th. wrath learned less than three weeks later y-me suddenly closed its doors, turned off the hotline and took down the web page. >> it's like i was kicked in the teeth. my stomach sank all the effort, all the time, all of the effort from my committee members, from our league, from the community, from so many of our friends that donated to help y-me. >> debbie haze is also reeling from y-me's shutdown.

a brst cancer survivor herself, she served as y-me's volunteer coordinator. but on june 27th, just days after she set in the check, y-me administrate jurors callors tol is being eliminated. >> my greatest concern has been the callers and constituents who reach out to try to receive our services. and i think since the moment i was removed from my position and later on went on to find out that y-me closed its doors that's been my concern is who's providing services? >> reporter: wrath and her organization had the same worry for women in our area. but they say y-me's chicago directors owe them an explanation, too, about their $16,000 contribution. >> we want to know what's happened to this money and how it can help? did it help others? who is it helping? we want accountability for that. >> now y-me has not provided

specifics about reasons for the closure saying it was due to a cash flow crisis. now kathy wrath says she is calling an emergency meeting this week to decide how to inform the golf tournament donors about y-me's closure. when we come right back on news 4 at 5:00, two years after secret meetings, the boy scouts talk about a policy on banning gays. plus, hear from the man who caught a young girl who jumped out of a windo [ obama ] i'm barack obama, and i approve this message.

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. the food and drug administration banned the controversial chemical bpa from baby bottles and sippy cups. manufacturers had already started making bottles without bpa. this is why the american chemistry council asked the fda to change rules to lower health concerns. the chemical industry hopes this

will keep away tougher laws that ban bpa from other types of packaging. people jump from balconies when an apartment complex caught fire in woodbridge last night. more than 50 people have to find a new place to live after 12 apartments were damaged year. there were only a few minor injuries. fire fighters are still trying to figure out what caused it. >> the bow xoiscouts will conti to ban gay scouts and leaders. officials say it was a unanimous decision to keep the ban in place. the controversial policy was held in 2,000 by the supreme court citing the group's first amendment rights. they released a statement saying while all the board members might not agree with the ban, they agree it is the best policy for the boy scouts. next on news 4 at 5:00, if pepco built underground power lines woshgs that alleviate the massive power outages?

plus, we'll hear what the white house says about the kiss cam drama at the verizon center last night. and we hit 100 degrees today at reagan national. we now cooled to 99 degrees. could we do it all over again tomorrow or will the storms come first?

. pepco is asking all of us to conserve power to day because of the extreme heat. the utility company is still working on solutions to the huge loss of power after that big storm early this month. pepco acknowledges that burying the power lines could be part of the solution. >> reporter: the severe storm day struck on june 30th, toppled trees and crushing cars and leaving this neighborhood without electricity and air conditioning for a week. >> i'm very much in favor of

protecting the wires and burying them would be a good way to do it. of course, it would be expensive. that's one drawback. >> reporter: this real estate agent thinks undergrounding lines could be a good idea for older neighborhoods with mature trees. >> i can tell you when that storm hit the first thing i thought was how many trees on our listing are down and what are we going to have to do about it? >> reporter: but does jound grou undergrounding really help the power outages? this neighborhood was build 20 years ago. with all of the electrical lines underground and yet when the storm hit two weeks ago, it went without power for five full days. >> even though we're underground, for this part of the neighborhood when power outage occurs on some of of the feeder streets, then we go without power. >> with today's heat, pepco urges all customers to conserve energy between 2:00 and 6:00 p.m. for pepco's energy wise rewards program customers in maryland, pepco today is cycling the air

conditioner compressors off for short intervals. fans continue to run so temperatures should climb by no more than one to three degrees. in montgomery county, chris gordon, news 4. of course at 99, it's tough to think about conserving at this hour. >> yeah. just whatever you need to survive. >> yeah. >> veronica, how hot is it going to get? >> tomorrow is going to get just as hot as it was today. the temperatures just as high. and on top of that, tomorrow we could see some storms around our area that could be bringing some high winds to the area. take a look behind me. these are the current temperatures throughout our metro region right now. 99 degrees. cleveland park and foggy bottom, you're up to the north. 100 degrees. potomac and wheaton, maryland, 96 right now over around areas of reston and around herndon and 98 degrees currently over mt. rani ranier. so temperatures at this hour fairly high. we're not going to cool to the 80s until about 10:00 or 11:00

p.m. this evening. so it's going to be a very warm evening. 92 by 9:00. 89 degrees at 11:00 p.m. mid and upper 70s for tomorrow morning. we're going to start the day warm. we're going to start the day humid. we did today but we saw drop in that humidity. we're not going to see a drop in the humidity tomorrow. it's going to continue to rise. storm 4 radar right now is all quiet. tomorrow with that higher humidity and a weather system coming in from the north, we're expecting some thunderstorms around the area after about 2:00 p.m. so quiet right now. ocean city right on down to the south around maryland's eastern shore with the water temperature at 82 degrees. that sounds cool when you're up around 100 degrees. 90 the forecast high there tomorrow. 89 degrees at the beach for thursday. 79 degrees for friday. increasing threat of rain as we move through to the end of the week from showers and storms to just plain old rain on friday.

20% chance for tomorrow. a 60% chance for thursday. even higher threat probably 70% to 80% chance for friday because of that northeasterly cool wind out there for friday. here's a look at your highs for around the area tomorrow. 9 culpepper. going for 99 degrees right now in d.c. could hit 100 degrees again. again, with that high heat, the possibility of thunderstorms and some high winds throughout the area, some downpours and hail, frequent lightning with the scattered storms that will be coming in from north to the south between 2:00 and 9:00 p.m. tomorrow. here's a look at your four-day forecast. 99 tomorrow to 92 degrees on thursday. more clouds and a greater chance of rain we're going to see the temperature drop. the heat is going to ease up on thursday. and then at least friday some rain showers around the area. the weekend, though, looking fantastic and great for getting back outdoors. 82 to 85 degrees with highs in the low 90s. so we got one more day, guys, of

this extreme and dangerous heat coming our way. >> all right. we can do it. thanks. let's check on the stories trending online today. >> the mystery couple behind that photo that went viral has come forward in a way. the picture was snapped at the d.c. war memorial on july 2nd by a nevada tourist who says she saw the airman slip a ring on his companion's finger. she assumed she was witnessing a wedding proposal. the air force has now released a statement from the couple. they say the picture does not show a proposal. the couple got engaged two weeks earlier. they were simply scouting locations for their wedding. they also say they do not plan to come forward. a lot of people are talking about the missed kiss between the president and the first lady at last night's basketball game at the verizon center when the couple appeared on the kiss cam. this is obama appeared to shake her head no but later in the game when they focused on them a second time, the president planted not one but two kisses with malia looking on.

today the white house said the couple didn't realize the kiss cam was on them the first time around. they say reports that the president was rebuffed by his wife are false. pressure is on. we now entered the final countdown for the 2012 summer olympic games. today marks 10 days until the games get under way in london. athletes from countries all over the world have already begun to arrive and prepare for their events. the opening ceremony is friday, july 27th and can you catch all the action where, dor reen? >> right here on nbc 4! >> wow. who knew? >> we love it. >> watching it all. new york city bus driver is winning praise for quick action that's may have saved his young neighbor's life. >> the little girl is 7 years old. she climbed out on the air conditioner outside her third floor apartment window. her neighbor stephen saint bernard, he just came home from work when he saw the little girl. he was on the ground 30 feet below whether she jumped. >> please let me catch her. please let me catch her.

that's all i could say. let me catch the little baby. i picked her up and carried her. i was holding her and rubbing her and she more or less just kept looking around. >> the girl was treated for minor injuries. police say she has autism and may not have realized the danger she was in. steve saint bernard tore a tendon in his shoelder when he caught herment wow. >> amazing. for both of them. >> yeah. >> coming up next on news 4 at 5:00, more than a dozen people shot inside a crowded bar. the latest on the shooter. coming up at 6:00, two million jobs are on the line if congress fails to come up with a solution to the budget crisis. also there's an element to the olympic games in london that just can't be controlled. and some details about a new iphone are

. one man is behind bars tonight accused of opening fire at a crowded bar in alabama injuring 17 people. police say one of the victims was targeted by the shooter. nbc's chris clakam has the

latest. >> reporter: police were gathering evidence at the copper top bar in tuscaloosa, alabama. six hours earlier, a gunman caught on security video and carrying a military assault rifle stood outside the bar and opened fire on those inside. most of those inside and several of the 17 people injured in the rampage are students from the nearby university of alabama. witnesses say there were two distinct separate bursts of gunfire and police believe the gunman had a particular victim in mind when he started shooting. >> we believe based on what we've seen in the video that there was possibly the targeting of an individual who was inside the bar who the shooter thought was inside the bar. >> reporter: after the shooting, the gunman walked back down the street, the same way he arrived. for the next 12 hours, he became the target of an intense manhunt until he turned himself in tuesday afternoon. police say 44-year-old nathan van wilkins walked into a business in a small town north

of tuscaloosa and told employees there he was the one police were looking for. chris clamam, nbc news. two of those shooting victims remain in intensive care tonight. now at 6:00, the extreme heat is having a major impact on everything from your crops to your commute. tonight the extreme heat is affecting the evening rush hour. metro is restricting rail speeds on above lines. virginia railway express is also slowing trains down because of the heat. the hot, dry weather is hitting much of the country and in places like arkansas, the drought may be shifting some homes right off their foundations. home owners in little rock say the ground is so dry underneath their homes it is created cracks in the foundation which has created a costly problem. good evening, everyone. i'm jim rowsenfield. >> we begin our coverage on the extreme heat tonight with a look at conditions at this hour. veronicait