shamari? >> reporter: the girls' parents released a statement basically thanking prince george's county police for their great due diligence with this investigation. police say the suspect charles amofa confessed to sexually assaulting the 6-year-old at this playground near those swings yesterday afternoon in lew lewisdale. he found the 6-year-old inside the nearby value village at university boulevard in hyattsville and offered her a toy after she got separated from her father. now here's what's interesting, a prig prig police officer was doing the right thing driving around. he saw the suspect in his police car around 15 minutes later at the playground. police say he was walking with the child near the playground. now police arrested him and then officer castro reunited the child with her father. >> he wasn't even able to get

out of his car while the girl was running towards him. he started somewhat crying and got down on his knees. he hugged the girl. at this point the only thing i can say is it's only one in a million. i've done so many things, i've responded to so many calls. but overall this was that one in a million. >> reporter: that's right. he means one in a million in terms of the cases, the chances that he was able to catch this suspect. now detectives say the suspect also admitted to sexually assaulting or attempting to sexually assault an 8-year-old girl on july 9th. investigators are continuing to question him, asking him if he's responsible for other alleged sexual assaults in the area. they're continuing to question him. and police say this is a good reminder for parents to make sure that when you're in a store, keep a close eye on your children. it takes seconds for a sexual predator suspect to grab them. live here in lewisdale, shamri stone. >> we have a tornado warning in

our area. let's go straight to the storm center. >> yeah, right now in the weather center, tornado warning. right now in effect. let's go to graphics 29 if we can, please. we have this tornado warning that is in effect for areas of calvert county and also including st. mary's county to the north and also charles county and extreme southern prince george's county. this is right now around better burch. this is a confirmed tornado near holland point and moving west at five miles an hour. once again, not very fast. this tornado is confirmed by law enforcement around golden beach. please take cover immediately if you are in this area. again, hallowing point, golden beach at 5:56, a confirm tornado reporting. i was moving northwest at 5 miles per hour. this tornado once again has been confirmed to be on the ground here. a tornado warning for this area

until 6:30. this is eastern charles county in southern maryland. northern st. mary's county in southern maryland. western calvert county in southern maryland. but again, extreme southern calvert county. ver veronica johnson in with me now. >> we're seeing the cell south of the prince frederick area. it's about ready to make the way north and northwestward over 231. it will be making its way up near hughesville. from what i understand this is based on radar? >> this is confirmed. this is a confirm on the ground tornado right now. once again right around the hallowing point region. can you see that around birch and along 231 here. if you live in this area, if you live in this area, you need to get inside. not only inside, but in an interior room in your house. if you have a basement, get to

the basement right now. once again, a confirmed tornado on the ground. here's the good piece of this. we're talking about this tornado. but these types of tornadoes are going to be fairly weak. we're talking about tornadoes of 80 to 100 miles an hour winds. we're not talking about major tornadoes. again, any time you have a tornado, 80, 90 mile an hour winds will take down trees. it will break windows. it will produce some damage in that area. so please, if you're in this area, is right on the border here southeastern prince george's county. southeastern or southwestern portions of calvert county and also to the northwestern portions of st. mary's county -- northeastern portions of st. mary's county. take cover immediately right along 231 here. let's turn on the storm track here just to see what is coming out. show you exactly where this is here. moving only at 5 miles an hour. make your way through here in the next 17 minutes, you're talking about areas like birch. this is where the center of that

storm is. not exactly sure where that tornado is located within this storm. but once again, a confirmed tornado. and probably with a storm like this, a lot of rain around that tornado. could be a rain wrapped tornado. it could be fairly hard to see. also a lot of trees in this area. you could see some trees down. you may not see it coming. make sure you stay there for the next half hour or so. once again, tornado warning in effect for this area until 6. 306789 tonight. we're going to be watching this very closely here. let's go over to storm mode here as far as the radar is concerned. take off the composite. let's go to radar and show you exactly where this is here. as we zoom on down. we're looking at it right herement right to the north along 231. down around the bowens area. put the radar back on there if we can. so once again, here it is right here. this is the area that we're going to be watching out for. around bowens and along 506

here. that looks like 506 to 508 and then 231. if you're along those areas, get in an interior room of your house. get to the lowest level of a floor. if you have a basement, get in it f you do not have a basement, the interior room is most likely going to be a coat closet, maybe a bathroom of some kind. you really want to make sure you take cover. this is a confirmed tornado. this one is confirmed by law enforcement. so somebody in law enforcement has now seen this tornado and it could be causing damage in this area. not a very big storm. not a very big storm at all. the storms move up and down. they pulse up and down. easy to get rotation here towards southern st. mary's county and calvert county. we'll continue to watch it for you. we'll have the latest for you coming up in about the next couple of minutes. we're going to keep our eyes on this very closely. with this kind of a storm, these may come down. the tornadoes may come down and then right back up in the

atmosphere. this is not going to be a long lived tornado. >> all right, doug, thank you. >> jared loughner, the accused gunman in last year's shooting in arizona will not face the death penalty. that is part of a plea agreement. loughner today told a federal judge he is competent and understands the charges against him. nbc's jay gray is live in tucson with more on today's hearing. jay? >> jim, yeah. he had closely cropped hair, wore a khaki prison jump suit. he spoke softly and answered briefly when questioned by the judge. but what jared loughner said inside the courthouse today spoke volumes. jared loughner was rushed back to the federal courthouse in tucson today behind the tinted windows of this suv. but this scarred community, the victims and their families, can't hide the pain that lingers more than a year and a half after the attack. >> it's never going to bring closu closure.

>> no closure but during a competency and change of plea proceeding, perhaps answers. it began with testimony for from a forensic psychologist who treated loughner since his arrest. she described the 23-year-old as an aggressive yelling psychopath who heard voices and rambled incoherently at times when she first met him. after a year of counseling and treatment with drugs, he "has become human." she described loughner as crying for the victims of the attack, especially the child, that's 9-year-old kristina taylor green. the judge agreed with the doctor's assessment that loughner was competent and quickly moved forward with the plea hearing explaining the charges and outlining the plea agreement, life in prison. he described in detail the violent offense of the day six were killed and 13 injured. and when loughner was asked his plea to each of the counts, the judge again using the victim's names he responded each time, i plead guilty. >> we feel that this is a certain, just and appropriate

resolution of this case. >> this is no victory for the defense. this is no victory for the prosecution. it's simple justice for an individual who is mentally ill, committed a horrendous act and now will be locked up away from everyone for the rest of his life. >> as survivors still struggle to move on with theirs. many of those survivors including gabrielle giffords agreeing with the plea deal and say they hope it helps them and this community as they all continue with their recovery. that's the latest live outside federal courthouse here in tucson, jay gray, news 4. the federal aviation administration is now banning a procedure nationwide because of a close call that happened in the skies here in our area. air traffic controllers are no long area loud to do a traffic reversing procedure.

two outbound usairways flights came close to colliding last week. controllers redirected them because of weather. the faa expects to have a new policy in place next month. >> a pedestrians accident on i-66 in virginia this morning created a nightmare for commuters. the pedestrians was struck near the intersection of with fairfax county parkway. it happened around 7:00 this morning. it shut down the eastbound lanes of traffic here. traffic was diverted on to route 28. the pedestrians was taken to the hospital with life threatening injuries. traffic was backed up for mile during the investigation. there's a new effort tonight to help ease traffic in northern virginia. construction began today on the new express lanes along i-95. 30 miles of road will run from edsall road to garrisonville road in stafford. it will also add new commuter lots and access ramps. the road will be free for vehicles with three or more people. others have to pay a toll. officials tell is it will

eliminate one of the worst traffic bottle necks in our region. >> people go a lot of different directions. not all of them go into d.c. people go all around this great economic hub here in northern virginia. and so they have to use the automobile. they use it by themselves. and so this new project will help immensely with that. >> it is expected to be completed in late 2014. coming up, bethesda's golden girl is home. katie ladecky, the youngest member of team usa is joining news 4 live after winning a gold medal. d.c.'s mayor calls it irresponsible and offensive. there is a gun debate. >> a tweet so serious that it could force a social media site to identify the person threatening a batman style shooting. and after being dormant for more than a century, a volcano has come roaring back to life. i got the chance to start my own business.

i know what it's like to hire people and to make ends meet. from those experiences, i had the chance of running the olympics. the games were in real trouble. there'd been way too much spending. and in massachusetts i found a budget that was badly out of balance. our legislature was 85% democrat. and every one of the four years i was governor, we balanced the budget. i want to use those experiences to help americans have a better future. we believe in our future. we believe in ourselves. we believe the greatest days of america are ahead. i'm mitt romney and i approve this message.

. welcome back. i want to mention that tornado warning once again. there is for calvert county. this is also for extreme northeastern st. mary's county, charles county and extreme southern prince george's county. right now this storm is only in calvert county. this storm right over 231 here around the bowens area and adalina region just to the east, east of birch. one thing you notice here, there are no yellows. there are no oranges. there are no reds. this is not a super strong thunderstorm. so what this is, there is a tornado on the ground. this is a very weak tornado. but what we're looking at here from law enforcement was a confirmed tornado on the ground. if you live aren't bowens area or back towards birch, make sure you're in a basement if you have one. if not, stay indoors. do not take a look out the

window. you will not see this tornado coming if it's moving your direction. the storm itself, not moving very fast. as a matter of fact, the tornado warning only says this storm is moving at about five miles per hour. it's not moving very fast. i would not expect it to stay on the ground the entire time. so once again, this entire area under a severe thunderstorm -- a tornado warning right here until 6:30 this evening. we continue to keep our eyes on this and let you know exactly what we hear from news 4. >> oh, yeah. that was the scene lst friday. students in bethesda stone ridge school of the sacred heart cheering on their classmate turned olympic gold medal winner katie ledecky. the 15-year-old swim sensation won gold in the 800 meter

freestyle. the youngest gold medal winner at the london games. we're very proud of her. >> we sure are. we're happy to have her in the studio with us. you got back from london last night. welcome home. >> thank you. >> has it sunk in yet? how are you spending your first hours back? >> it's just starting to sink in. i've been trying to just relax here. but obviously i've had some commitments. i'm enjoying being back. and enjing spending this moment with my friends. >> what are you doing home? i mean you could be in london posing for the paparazzi and wining and dining and signing endorsement deals and all kinds of stuff but you came home. what's that all about? >> i went to the opening ceremonies. i felt like i didn't need to stay necessarily for closing. so i wanted to get back home, get ready for school. help my brother get ready to go off to college and just relax a little bit before. >> that's right. you're a rising sophomore. he introduced you to swimming at the age of 6. he was the first to hug you out

of a pool. what is that relationship like? what does he mean to you? >> he's the best big brother. and we're such great friends. and great, great siblings. i just loved having him there with me at every moment and spending time with him. >> so proud of you. >> and being able to spend the olympics and olympic trials with my family. >> this looks like pictures of your family seeing you after the race. >> yeah. that was the first time i saw them i think. >> what about the first time you got to see the video of the actual race? >> i think it was actually during an interview that night. and they showed the end. and then later that night i saw the whole race. and that was fun listening to the commentating. >> i love listening to the commentators and actsing like in the race you pulled out in front and stayed there the whole race. which is something that

commentators weren't expecting you to do. how did you feel listening to them? >> that's something i've always done in my races. i wanted to even. but i just went out and tried to stay with it. >> your mother said when you got to 600 and you were still in front she knew you were -- you had it. did you feel that way? >> that's basically when i felt i had it, too. i just wanted to put the finishing touches on the race and make sure i had my hand on the wall first. >> katie, you talk about commitments. i want to get a sense of the new normal for you. has your phone been ringing off the hook with endorsement deals and interviews? what is life going to be like for you now before school starts? >> i think it will be somewhat normal. that's how i want it to be. i'm just -- i just want to be a typical girl going to school, going to swim practice and getting right back to work. >> we're going to show the medal ceremony. you have it on you right now.

your long term plans. >> i never, ever held one of these. it must weigh 10 pounds. >> oh, my goodness. a lot heavier than it looks like on tv. what do you think long tierm bi picture. you're going on swimming back in spring. do you think of college? do you think of the next games? >> i definitely want to swim in college. i'm going to set some goals here in a few weeks probably, sit down with my coach and figure that out. and we'll see where it takes me. >> you know, you were racing against seasoned athletes, those wiley veterans who trained full time for years for this race. you trained around your ninth grade schedule. there must have been pressure on you before and there certainly will be now to go to a training camp in florida or, you know, something like that. >> no. i haven't felt any pressure at all before or after.

i've just been committed to my schoolwork and to my swimming and just doing what i needed to do. i think it's all paid off and it will continue. >> i have watched you in these olympics and through the eyes of families all over our area who have kids swimming in summer swim weeks. >> that's how i started out. >> and everybody is cheering for you. >> i really appreciated all the support i ever see from this area and throughout the country. it's meant a lot to me. >> you could feel it over there in the olympic village? >> definitely, yes. >> you your talk brg ying befor came out here. we know a lot about michael phelps. he gave you a shoutout. we know what he eats. we know his whole regimen. tell us what your diet is like. have you caught up on sleep and things like that? >> my diet is just what you would expect healthy and what i needed to eat before races.

continues to be the same. i've just tried to stick with my own plan and preparation and it worked well. >> well, we wish you -- we hope you get some time to spend and relax with your family before your brother goes off to school. and we hope the school year ahead is going to be wonderful and know that you got a lot of fans pulling for you. >> thank you. >> thank you, katie. >> you did us proud all over this region. we appreciate it. >> we can't wait to see what you're going to do next. >> thanks. >> thank you, katie. >> well, there is still a lot more to watch tonight. so many more events. it's the final day of competition for gymnastics. gabby douglas goes for her third gold. jordan weavieber and in track, o jones will try to rebound from her misstep in beijing in the 100 meter hurdles. all the action starts at 8:00 on nbc 4 tonight. coming up, drink boxes at

the enter of an airport security takedown. >> a metro escalator scare sent people screaming and running for safety today. coming up in sports, the nationals kick off the road trip with the wild one in houston. the redskins receivers get ready for their debut. plus, who says that training camp can't be more like summer camp?

. doug is back with more about this tornado in charles county. >> this was right on the border there. it is really on the pax river. you get the pulse thunderstorms that develop. this formed kind of like i thought it might, a water spout. it forms as a water spout over the river. then it moves on land. that's what we have confirmed reports of that tornado that was on the ground. fortunately for us though, it does look like that storm almost completely gone now. right now we'll take a look and show what you is happening on

the radar picture. as we look at this, we're going to continue to see those -- continue to seat chane the chan showers and thunderstorm. you can see the cloud cover. and that cloud cover will continue to stick around here. the radar picture right now showing where the storms are. all of them south of washington, especially into southern maryland here and out there sordz the eastern shore. here's the storm right here that has that severe -- or that tornado warning associated with it. look at how it pulse yates up and then begins to pulse down. the strongest storms now are around leonardtown and into portions of the northern neck. let's zoom right on in here and show you sensitive mode. once again, when this tornado was confirmed, it was confirm as a wear the spout on the pax river. that is right here on the mouth of the pax river and making its way on land either on the st. mary's side or on the calvert county side. moving to the west. most likely on the st. mary's side. wouldn't be surprised to see some damage here. but any time we have a tornado like this, we're talking about 60, 70, 80 mile an hour winds.

we're not talking about a monstrous storm here. the tornado warning still in effect until 6:30. i'm still waiting for the national weather service to drop this right now. we'll have to wait and see about that. to the south, a much stronger storm. this one you can see the yellows and oranges here. right around leonardtown. this one has had lightning with it. just like the storm to the north, it's pulsing up and down. it the send a boundary to the north. you could still see showers from the storm. all in all, southern maryland, be on the lookout. our 42nd day at or above 90 degrees today. right now we're at 86 degrees. most of us are on the dry side. that's where we're going to to remain. 88 in manassas. only 82 in winchester. 86 in fredericksburg. we're sitting at 80 degrees. high pressure to the north, we have that boundary to the south. that boundary will be staying to

the south during the night tonight. but tomorrow it may actually move back to the north. we're going to watch a better chance for showers and storms tomorrow. around fredericksburg and areas like that. the rest of us will see a chance for those scattered storms. now to hurricane ernesto. it is making its way across the yucatan peninsula. could be some damage here. this is a very weak hurricane. it is strengthening right now though. we'll continue to watch out for that. could actually make its way towards mexico city. and that could be a problematic spot there. mostly cloud dwli morning. warm and humid. temperatures 79 to about 85 degrees. tomorrow, 30% chance of showers and storms. i think we get back to 93 on thursdayment again, a 30% chance of storms. but that chance is closer to the d.c. area. friday, much better chance of

rain for everyone. i think friday could be a washout. we're still going with a high of 90. the rain moves in earlier. i don't think we'll get that high. then really nice weather coming in late saturday into the day on sunday. sunday morning, if you have games planned, maybe softball games or maybe your kids got a t-ball game or soccer game, could be rained out saturday morning. sunday, however, looks much, much nicer. >> all right. sounds good. thank you, doug. >> yes. >> nearly four pounds of cocaine was found hidden in drink boxes and a spice bottle at dulles airport. they made the discovery saturday night. they found the drugs in the luggage of two men arriving from el salvador. the two men were traveling together. they told customs officials they were curriers on business. they're facing drug charges. a scary moment on a metro escalator this morning. five people were injured after a mishap that caused a woman to fall on to several other riders. it happened at the l'enfant plaza this morning.

chris gordon has more. chris? >> reporter: good evening. at this hour the escalator which is underground with the accident occurred during morning rush remains out of service. pending an investigation and a safety inspection. investigators are focusing on this metal strip. how and when it separated from the base of a metro escalator may determine the cause of today's accident. ambulances took three injured people to the hospital, two others were treated on the scene. the escalator accident happened just before 8:30 a.m. metro says passengers bag or garment was caught in the side of the escalator which caused her and others to lose their balance and fall. you can see a section of metal that was parentally pulled from the base of the escalator. this woman was riding an escalator as the accident happened. she told us about it. >> i was heading upstairs on the kaes latorment i heard a very loud screeching noise.

it seems to come from one of the escalators going downward. once i got to the top, i noticed a few people were screaming. there were a lot of people running upward and running downward on that particular escalator. it came to an abrupt halt. there was a lady. she had fallen at the bottom. she appeared to be injured. i believe her leg was cut. there was bleeding. and it took a couple minutes before metro employee arrived at the scene. >> metro is investigating. police took pictures of the metal strip lying on the escalator steps. we spoke with some passengers riding metro after the accident as they walked past the escalator which remained fenced off for hours. >> they should be able to be able to fix this stuff and keep it maintained so that people won't get hurt all the time. >> reporter: there's a yellow warning posted on the escalators that says stay clear of sides. she showed us a rip in the bag she we'lls behind her when she rides metro. >> i have this big bag. that happened on metro.

fortunately, i didn't get hurt. >> do you think metro should be able to maintain the escalators better? yeah, we pay enough to get on the train. >> reporter: metro says safety remains its top priority. but tonight metro riders who pay more and more for fares are again wondering about metro safety records. that's the latest live, chris gordon, news 4. you may remember back in october of 2010 six people were injured when an escalator speeded up and then stopped suddenly throwing people off. metro says the weight on the escalator caused that malfunction. it was the weekend of the john stewart rally to restore sanity and there was high ridership. >> the new york city police department revealed the user who threatened an attack similar to the colorado movie massacre. the user tweeted they would open fire similar to the theater where mike tyson is currently performing his one-man show.

detectives asked twitter to turn over the user's information after noticing the post. but twitter refused. nypd dispatched officers to secure the theater until the twitter user is found. the case of a missing d.c. woman is now being classified as a homicide. today police in prince george's county identified a body found last week as 22-year-old shaygon phillips. she disappeared after dropping her child off at a daycare in northeast d.c. two days later, somebody found phillips body wrapped in a bag in a if the washington creek. somebody broken into her apartment after her disappearance. there is no word on possible motive. a giant billboard in downtown d.c. is drawing criticism from mayor vincent gray. the sign promotes guns and gun safety. that is not illegal. but as tom sherwood reports, the mayor says the message is it irresponsible and offensive. >> reporter: you can see all kinds of promotions and announcements and signs of all

sizes on the streets of downtown washington. but this particular sign with its bulls eye as part of a 30 by 60 foot billboard supporting gun safety is drawing criticism. >> i think it's offensive. you know, we work very hard to be able to enforce our gun control laws. it really is not responsible at all. i think it's very irresponsible. you know, to promote the use of guns in the city is anti-safety. >> the group obtained the $550 permit for the sign at 12th and massachuses avenue northwest. the foundation told nbc 4 it promotes gun safety and formal training at sites aren't country. and in the washington area. no spokesman was available for an on camera interview. in 2008, the supreme court struck down the outrite ban on handgun ownership. the city eased its gun laws

since but still requires registration and gun safety training. passers by on tuesday had differing views about the billboard and the legal ownership of guns. >> i think it's very important for citizens to have access to guns, to protect themselves. and that you should have to be trained. i do feel that. >> well, given d.c.'s history of violence, i'm not in support of guns in washington at all. >> reporter: in the district, tom sherwood, news 4. >> coming up on news 4, nasa's >> coming up on news 4, nasa's mars rover is

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the broadway smash of "chorus line." he won emmys, grammys, oscars, tony, golden globes and a pulitzer prize. he was also the pops conductor of the national symphony orchestra. he was 68 years old. tonight we have our first color photo from nasa's latest mission to mars. this is from the rover curiosity which seems to show a golden hugh hued shot of the red pla t planet. the black and white part is a computer generated nasa rendering of what the rest of the landscape would look like. it shows the rim of the gale crater which spans 96 miles in diameter. curiosity will attempt to explore that crater as it searches for possible signs of life. a lot more to come. >> that's an exciting thing. >> it is. here's a look now at what we're working on coming up next in sports. carol maloney is live at redskins park. hi, carol. >> that's right. we're live out here. redskins straining camp. the shanahans are out here. they weren't the only family around.

plus, wide receiver josh morgan, what he says he's going to do anything to get on the field in buffalo. whatever it takes. and we mean whatever.

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plus, a special financing offer. final days! only at the sleep number store, where queen mattresses start at just $699. . welcome back, everybody. no more warnings out there. nothing else to worry about. temperature 86 degrees. winds out of the southeast at 6 miles an hour. we only have cloud cover. the last two days had doreen walk through my shot yesterday. today i had katie ledecky. take a look would is next. >> that's it. you hit the top. >> that's true. that's all can you do right there. take a look at temperatures across the region. 82 in camp springs. redskins park, we're now 86 degrees. radar still showing thunderstorm

activity down in towards southern maryland. that's about it. these storms dying out very quickly. there is still heavy rain. so if you're out there around leonardtown, seeing heavy rain. lightning and thunder is gone. no more watches or warnings for that area. most everybody in the upper 60s. tomorrow, back into the 90s. a chance for showers and storms. your seven day forecast is coming up again in a couple minutes. >> redskins park two days before buffalo. >> i know. it's hard to believe. here we go. carol maloney is live at redskins park. how is it going? >> reporter: could it be any more exciting? the party behind us ended. the preseason party is just beginning. two days until buffalo, as you said. everybody's counting down the days. nobody can are more exciting

than this gichlt although we did have to drag him away from the water slide to join us from redskins park with the latest. chip hernandez from comcast sports net. that is drenching from the water slide. >> no, it's just pure sweat. >> the hardest worker out here. >> yeah, sure i am. the hardest workers are the guys. as you know, 11 days of training camp. they finally get to hit somebody else, just like i feel like. anyway, we're talking about in the off-season one of the major questions is the wideout position. they went after a player from minneapolis and josh morgan of san francisco. you may remember josh morgan is a d.c. native. went to virginia tech. here he is. he has a sore hammy. yesterday was his first day back. is he going to play thursday night? well, you ask him -- >> i want to play the game all the time. just being competitive as you are. but you always want to be smart. you have a long season coming, too. >> are you ready to play thursday? >> i feel like i can play.

but that's me being the competitor. i'm going to say i can play if i had an ankle cut off. i'm going to think i can play. give me a fake foot, i can play. >> we've been able to evaluate a lot of the players over the last eight, nine, ten days. now you get to see them in game situation. all the preparation during the week leads up to how they perform. so you're hoping he can show us something that stands out. >> how's this for first class travel? it was family fun day here at redskins park. the snapper found a way to cool off with the slip and slide. go to daddy's work. it's all good. >> i think it's great. any time they get to come and see what their daddy do and run around and have water slides and funnel cakes. what kid wouldn't want to do that? it's always good to see your family in the middle of training

camp and brake up all the football. better than running around down here than in my house. >> you hear that cackle. that was carol maloney. five kids between us. if our kids were around here, there would never be the game plan? . >> i have the loudest kids, that's for sure. a lot of fun to see the kids out there. we could not get mike shanahan to come over. >> they already took the slip and slide down. >> thank you, chip. >> my pleasure, carol. >> thursday can't come soon enough. nbc 4 is your official redskins station. you can catch the preseason action against the bills this thursday 7:00 p.m. on nbc nonstop. we'll have complete highlights on news 4 following the olympics. thank you for the rabbit ears. i appreciate it. to baseball and when things are going your way, you find a way to win. and when things are not going your way like the astros, you

find ways to lose. last night prime example, after launching a late inning come back against the nats, extra innings proved to be extra embarrassing for the stros. we'll take you to minute maid park. pick it up. bottom nine. the nats up 4-3. tyler clifford on for the save. already put two runners on. and this is going to make it worse. jose altuve. last one to left. that brings home the game tying run. blown save for clifford. we're going to go to extras. the top 11. astros wilton lopez facing kurt suzuki. he bunts. check this out. a collision. lopez and steve pierce crash into each other. then pierce throws it into the outfield. roger bernadina hustling on the play. the throw to the plate is way off. worst team if baseball and you can see why. nats win fifth time in six games. here davey johnson.

>> everything conceivable that could go wrong went wrong. he stepped on up and then went over to the catcher. he was able to hold on. enough about this game. >> getting on to the next one. time for your olympic spoiler alert. the point in our show where -- don't say anything. i'm going to stop talking, i promise. you do not want to note results of the events at the olympics, then look away. this is your final warning. enjoy the music.

>> all right. there we go. there's your results. earlier today usa women taking on canada in the basketball quarterfinals. the u.s. up 22. they give it to sue bird. foul. ter the u.s. will face australia in the semifinals on thursday. good for them. and back out here at redskins park. first preseason game in sight. >> i'm still here. >> he's heckling. a quick walk through in the morning. and then they're going to travel to buffalo. of course, we're all waiting to see what happens under the stadium lights. >> you're so cute. >> in a couple of days. >> not too much pressure on those guys for thursday, is there? >> all right. the whole world will be watching to see rg-3. >> and who will be joining us in the air conditioning tonight at midnight? >> that is right. that is a quick shower. >> are you going back? >> all right.

>> we'll see you then. thanks, guys. >> thank you. >> hot out there. >> they're getting punchy. >> i think. >> too many days in the heat. coming up, a volcano awakens from a century long slumber. and for all your news, be sure to follow news 4 online.

. okay. we're about to see if doug can do the forecast with a mouthful of food. >> peanuts. >> yeah. >> go! >> almonds and cashews. i'm okay. you need to give me a glass of water. i'd really appreciate it. take a look. the next couple days, we're going to show what you is going on. 93 in washington tomorrow. 93 on thursday. about 30% chance of showers and storms. 70% though on friday. friday's the day to watch out for as far as the storms are concerned for everybody. so watch out there. we look towards saturday, 86 degrees with that 50% chance of showers. most likely be in the morning. and there is nice weather coming up on sunday and monday.

that storm system begins to pull out. hopefully we're not talking about a widespread severe outbreak on friday. it doesn't look quite that way. i do think we'll see a few severe thunderstorms on friday. we'll watch out for that. does it look like, however, once this moves through, sunday and monday of next week could be some of the nicest days we've seen in quite some time. how did i do? >> you did well. >> you made it. surprisingly. we didn't catch you this time. maybe next time. >> do you have any floss? >> no. >> tmi. >> finally this evening, it was quiet for more than a century, a volcano in new zealand roared back to life. this is the view from the sky as steam and ash billowed. it exploded with booming noises and bright flashes last night. experts say a recent increase in seismic activity caused a buildup of gas inside this volcano and that is what triggered the eruption. the ash cloud led to flight delays and cancellations. before yesterday, the volcano's last eruption, 1897.

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