a presidential air scare that forced fighter jets to scramble over new york. a shooting at a religious center. >> there was no reason to believe he was capable of such violence. plus in london -- >> it's in! >> an incredible ending in women's soccer. alex morgan talks about the goal that sends the u.s. to the gold medal game. there is breaking news in the san francisco bay area. residents of three towns are being told to stay inside and don't breathe the air because of a fire at a chevron plant in richmond, california this evening and is still burning. the smoke can be seen from six miles away and there is a toxic cloud blowing toward oakland. back east in new york,

fighter jets had to scramble to keep two planes from flying too close to the president. the fighter jets were flying low. president obama was in connecticut for a campaign stop. the fighter jets ordered one plane to macarthur airport and the other continued to its destination. here at home the cheers erupted as katie ledecky returned home. the 15-year-old captured gold at the olympics. >> she is back in bethesda showing off her new medal. erika gonzalez has more on our golden girl. >> reporter: you are this year's youngest olympian. what do you do? you come here and start your sophomore year of high school. this is how you come home if you're an olympic champion. katie ledecky has traveled more than 3,000 miles for this

moment, being mobbed by friends, fans and a gator. >> i'm so excited to see katie. >> she is possibly the coolest person i have met. >> reporter: busting out an olympic gold medal at the dulles airport, priceless. the sight of gold in person this close, it's enough to bring a tear to your eye. hard not to be cliche but the 800 meter swimmer tells me it's surreal. >> it's fun. >> feel like a movie star? >> i don't know about that. >> reporter: the adrenaline gets her through pictures. but you can see it in her eyes, she's tired. >> hopefully relax and get ready for school. >> reporter: not tired to start dreaming. >> do you have your eyes on another olympic games? >> definitely. >> on august 27 whath will the first day of school be like?

>> i don't know what it's going to look like. shs a superstar. >> reporter: superstar indeed. i don't know. what do you think? >> i think they will need a new banner. coming up tomorrow on news4 at 6:00 we will have katie ledecky live in our studios. this evening her mom says they would go home and throw chicken and steak on the grill. pretty nice quiet evening for katie ledecky back home in bethesda. live at stoneridge, erika gonzalez, news4. >> and she probable conked right out. it is fueling interest in bringing the 2024 games to our area. the washington-baltimore region tried to get the summer games. and the leader of the effort says he might want to try again. local leaders says they need input from communities and businesses before moving

forward. dan hellie is in london for the summer games. a thrilling end in u.s. women's soccer. and a former basketball standout from gw playing for great britain. here in washington if you are sick of the heat you have good reason. temperatures above 90 degrees for the 41st day this year and we're not done yet. >> it has been on the hot side. if we hold the games in 2024 it will be warmer here than it was during the day today in london. 62 degrees when a lot of the track stars were moving around earlier. it's 81 at the airport with winds out of the south at 8 miles an hour. a nice night in many locations. down to 68 in frederick. 68 in martinsburg. 73 down in manassas. look at where washington is on the north part of the screen. down to the south a lot of showers and thunderstorms in the virginia and north carolina border.

they will make their way back up to our area. i'll let you know when and talk about the heat that is on the way. tonight there are new details behind a dedeadly attack at a sikh temple in milwaukee over the weekend. jim rosenfield is here with more on the shooter's past. >> reporter: the gunman is 40-year-old wade michael page. he was kicked out of the army in the late '90s with a drinking problem which led to a number of drunk driving arrests in several states. he was known for playing in racist bands. researchers say that wade page was on their radar for more than a decade not for advocating violence himself but for involvement in a subculture that did. >> he was a member of a racist skinhead group. >> reporter: but that association, says the fbi was

not enough to sound alarm bells at the agency. >> we had no reason to believe, no law enforcement agency had any reason to believe he was planning or plotting or capable of such violence. >> subject down. officer down. bring me the -- >> reporter: witnesses said when page entered the temple the priests were getting ready for services with the temple president. >> he said your father is here and he has been shot. and he said it is in the back. >> reporter: officials said his father died confronting the gunman with a knife. other heros are the police veteran, brian murphy shot as many as nine times at close range as he helped a victim. he's expected to survive. 800 miles away in rockville a special at the sikh spiritual center where members gathered to

find understanding. >> here in d.c. and across the country tonight, flags are at half staff. as for the gun that page used, he bought it legally about a week ago. wendy? >> thank you, jim. and a new billboard in downtown d.c. is raising eyebrows in the wake of the mass shootings in wisconsin and in colorado. that billboard advertises a handgun shooting seminar that is coming to this area later this month sponsored by the trade association for the gun industry. it says that the goal is to teach people how to shoot safely. the seminars will be the last week of august. it's new technology and save millions of dollars when planes go down but the vast majority of pilots refuse to use it. they are fighting the government on the use of newer emergency locator beacons.

tisha thompson gets lost in the woods to show you how it works. >> reporter: the maryland civil air patrol is on a mission. the target? the news4 i-team. >> i'm all by myself in the woods. i don't have a photographer. i'm supposed to be a pilot and that is supposed to be my airplane. the question is, where am i? >> reporter: the pilot is flying as close to the ground as he can. these examples show how hard is it to spot airplanes which is why the faa requires private planes to carry beacon. it sends a single that grows stronger as the rescue crews circle in. >> we limited the signal to this area. they find us. this is a drill. they knew to look for the signal. >> it may take days.

>> reporter: the 121.5 beacon used to be connected to a satellite that alerted search and rescue to a possible crash but the government shut the satellite down three years ago to transition to better technology. the national transportation safety board now wants every plane to carry a better beacon called the 406. >> it can be located as accurately as 30 meters. it tells you where to do the rescue. you can skip the search. >> we are going to arm it and see how long it takes to find us. it finds our coordinates, a description of our plane, our names and emergency contact information. >> the gps lotion was west of the lake. >> reporter: the ground crew beelines for our position. >> they can respond to someone much faster. >> are but only 17% of the

nation's private planes use the new beacon. >> we believe giving pilots the option to purchase the type of search and rescue capability they need is more appropriate than forcing everyone to go to one standard. >> reporter: $500 a piece the beacons are too expensive and pilots want the option to use cheaper devices and satellite phones. but you the taxpayer can foot the bill for the search. it took more than a year to find the body of steve fossett after his plane went down in nevada. >> $700,000 and that doesn't include the other searchers involved. >> reporter: people survive five out of six crashes. >> there are no false alarms. >> reporter: the trick is surviving the search. crews like the civil air patrol can rescue you. in frederick, tisha thompson,

news4 i-team. washington insider is called in to help vincent gray's staff. judy smith met with gray's chief of staff after three of gray's campaign aides pleaded guilty to federal crimes and a friend admitted to facilitating a $650,000 shadow campaign to get gray elected. up next, new pictures as nasa's rover lands on the red planet. you have heard of speed cameras and red light cameras, now police have a new weapon to catch people breaking the law. an airline catering to parents, delivering luggage to your door. and a surprise finish for gabby douglas. what she blames for her poor performance. ♪

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picture-perfect. that's how some at nasa are describing the start of this elaborate mission to maryland. shouts of joys as the rover curiosity survived the descent and landing. the rover is sending pictures back. curiosity will explore the red planet to see if life could exist or has existed out there. passengers who don't want to wait at baggage claim have

another option. american airlines is offering a baggage delivery service. one bag will cost you $30 or up to 10 bags for $50. the service is not available at reagan or dulles but it is at bwi. a city is going high-tech to crack down on graffiti. the hyattsville city council voted to approve graffiti cameras. aside from taking pictures they will blare an add recording warning vandals what they are doing is illegal. following back to back gold medals gabby douglas failed to medal in the uneven bar competition. she missed a hand stand. all the excitement and exhaustion affected her performance. she would have needed a perfect

score to get the bronze. on the verge of missing the gold medal game for the first time ever the u.s. women's soccer team gave a nail biting performance on the field today and great britain got its first basketball win in decades with the help of a former gw standout. dan hellie has more. >> reporter: this is one of the most dramatic soccer games we have seen in a long time. the u.s. women who have been dominant on the world stage trailed three times in the semifinal game only to come back and win in overtime. and it sets up a gold medal match against japan which is a rematch of the world cup final. in the 123rd minute the end of overtime and into injury time look who is there. alex morgan outjumps the canadian defenders and heads it in. the u.s. is back in the gold

medal game. >> we wanted to put everything out on the field. we wouldn't get the rematch if we didn't win. now we are up against japan. we have to recover our bodies. that was 120 minutes of soccer. recovery. team usa undefeated. they handled what was supposed to be a tough argentina team rather well. kevin durant was the leading scorer for the americans. great britain beat china for their first win here in london. the high-flying forward led gw to their first top ten ranking in 50 years and a 27-3 record during the 2006 season. that's the best record in school history. now pops has the responsibility as a ambassador of basketball in great britain helping athletes pick up the sport.

playing in london helps. >> making history by getting the first game in olympic history is big for us. we set our goals higher. but hopefully we made our country proud. >> pops playing for tel aviv just signed a two-year contract playing well and making a lot of money. that will do it from here in london. back to you in the studio. >> dan is having a good time. we are laughing at how tall -- >> what a shrimp he is. >> good stuff. >> so -- >> 41 days, huh? >> 41 days above 90. eight days above 100 and 26 days above 95. and every day this summer has been above 40. show you what is going on -- just another stat. out there right now temperatures are on the warm side. but yes today again above 90

degrees. high temperature today got to 93 at the airport. low this morning, 78. that's the current temperature with winds out of the west right now -- or out of the south as a matter of fact. out of the south at 8 miles an hour. 81 degrees is the temperature. the dew point is 72. we're in for a warm night and warm day tomorrow. nice and cool in martinsburg if you call 68 cool. 73 right now in culpepper and down to the south, fredericksburg at 76 degrees. the radar nothing to show you for rain in the region. it will be dry tonight and most of us will be dry during the day tomorrow. the showers and storms have been to the south today. that's where they remain tomorrow. there will be a chance to the north fredericksburg and southern maryland. that's about it. don't worry about rain tomorrow. the temperatures in the 90s. here's something they are

worried about in mexico and belize. this is tropical storm ernesto. look at the video there bringing winds of 40, 50 miles an hour. no real damage reports in the kingston jamaica area. is it not gaining strength. right now winds of 65 miles an hour and expected to potentially become a hurricane before it comes on shore. but that's about it. for isolated showers tomorrow. same deal on wednesday. i think a better chance of rain on wednesday especially around the chesapeake and making its way in to southern maryland. but i think most of us should be on the dry side. thursday and friday we could be in for a lot of rain and we need it around here. tomorrow afternoon partly sunny, showers possible but once again the best chance will be down to the south. if you are north of washington, almost no chance of rain for you. about 30% south of washington.

30% for everybody on wednesday and a good chance on friday with 60% chance of rain. if we get that rain we stay below 90 degrees and might have a nice stretch coming in as we make our way through early next week. let's keep our fingers crossed. >> summer to look forward to possibly. coming up next in sports, rg3 hopes to stay on his

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maloney. >> the astros have an opportunity to try to be the best but they have to get by the worst. the astros were standing tall early tonight. tied at 1, bases juiced for ryan zimmerman and he unties the game. over the head of lawson to left. danny espinoza. zim thrown out at second. bottom nine, 4-3 nats. tyler clippard on for the save. jose with two on rips this to left. the game is tied at 4. blown save for clippard going to extras. suzuki bunts. lopez first base collide and the wild throws begin. taking advantage coming home.

the throw is way off again. that's the difference, you guys. nats win a wild one 5-4. orioles fans with cool moves, birds hosting the mariners. bottom two o's up 1-06789 markakis get out. yeah, the two-run homer and his 11th of the year. and that was more than enough for chris tillman gets mike carp looking. tillman gives up one run over 7 1/3. if robert griffin iii is the future of the redskins franchise then the most important players on the field are the guys protecting him. another o lineman went down today. chris chester has a mild sprain of his left ankle. it's next man down out there

which rg3 hopes has nothing to do with him. >> to be honest if i don't get hit in the preseason i would be okay with that. it's football. you play it. hits are going to hurt. sometimes guys are going to unload on you. you have to be ready for that. i'm not going to go into the game saying i hope marcell dareus hits me as hard as he can. i look forward to playing. if i get hit, i get hit. if i don't, thank god. >> you may have heard that the pre-season is about to begin, thursday. [ ross ] we're in patagonia, and when you happen to be

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