those would have been beneficial to us had we had access to them. >> the report which ames to help coordinate the response during future attacks also points out that the navy yard base commander never communicated with d.c. police because he was working out of a different command center. it is important to note, as the chief said, the reports that have access to the video likely would not have saved any lives. ten of alexis's 12 victims were killed within the first six minutes of his rampage. brand new details about kidnapping and sex assault case. >> police have just released details, including a photo of a person of interest. that's news 4 jack where i with the latest on this. jackie. >> reporter: police are careful to refer to this man as a person of interest in this case. they want to talk to him about a disturbing sex assault that happened april 1st in archibald

park. the witness told police the man abducted her by force about 8:00 p.m. at the georgetown waterfront. when and where the images of him were taken. now, i can tell you that initially after the april attack the victim told police that her attacker had a very distinctive tattoo, and we will tell you more about that coming up on news 4 at 6:00. live in georgetown, jackie, news 4. >> jackie, thanks. >> she shows up at your door and says he is with a cable company and needs to reboot your system. so far at least two homeowners have let him in only to have their valuables stolen. among the victims? the parents of mayoral candidate

muriel bowser. reaction from the councilmember. >> this is the man police want to talk to. they say he hit two homes yesterday morning in northeast d.c. including the home of muriel bowser's parents. >> according to the police report the man knocks on the door, says his name is mr. joe and he is upgrading their cable system and needs to come in and reboot their tv. once inside, the man grabs any valuables he can and then leaves. >> her parents still live in the north michigan park home where the councilmember grew up. it's where she held her mayoral campaign kickoff last year. >> we're just very grateful for that the police responded very and are investigating very vigorously, and we hope that this person is off the street just as soon as possible. >> police are offering a $1,000

reward for any information leading to an arrest. firefighters say smoke was pouring out of this manhole near the intersection of 11th and u in northwest, and crews believe an underground power line failed causing that smoke. pepco is working to repair it, but says there are no outages associated with this failure. zirchlg the man accused of kidnapping a montgomery county judge has been indicted. rickly is accused of assault and then kidnapping judge audrey creighton back in may. creighton, who admits she was having an affair with the 24-year-old, was able to get away. he escaped to florida where he was caught. in addition to assault and kidnapping charges, he was also indicted for auto theft and dui. he is being held on a half a million dollars bond. police made a quick arrest after a guy with a unique haircut allegedly robbed a woman at a local mall.

his name is jeremiah johnson. a woman says he confronted her yesterday inside potomac middle. he says she eventually walked away and then followed her out to the parking lot. when she took out her phone to call 911, he apparently grabbed it and ran off. sxwlirchlgts a water main break is underway in prince georges county. it's left part of martin luther king parkway flooded since yesterday afternoon. crews couldn't begin work until today. wsse says it took them 24 hours to find the right valve to shut off the water flow to get to that pipe. some people who live nearby still don't have water. they say the problem should be fixed by 7:00 tonight. some people are using skimming devices at atm's and goning access to consumers ae

accounts. >> reporter: the suspect hit that atm just five days ago. the latest stop in their stealing spree. the easy money may be drying up soon. that's because today fairfax county police has some very clear photos of the suspects to share. we'll show you those in just a minute. since early june, atm's at three sun trust banks have been hit. a customer's bank card -- the skimming devices, rather, are put into atm slots. they're used to copy the customers' bank card information, and then the suspects can gain access to the customers' bank account. they can be quickly identified. in the meantime, though, police have warned that anybody who uses an atm should be paying close attention as they make their transaction. >> as they're growing in popularity, really the public

needs to be aware of it so that when they go to make their financial transaction, they know what to look for. they know that these skimming devices are placed many times on with scotch tape, and you can jiggle them, and they'll come right off. you have to be aware of that or you wouldn't be looking for it. >> coming up, we'll show you exactly what some of those skimming devices look like so you can keep ab eye out. i'm julie pairy, news 4. right now the city of cleveland, ohio, is rocking, folks, with news that nba star lebron james is heading back to the cleveland cavaliers. this story has been dominating social media all day today. news 4's diana russini has the latest. king james is heading home. >> yes. we've been waiting and waiting four years after leaving his hometown team. lebron james is heading back to the cavaliers. his tie to cleveland too strong to keep him in miami.

lebron won two nba titles. in his four years with the heat. he became a free agent this offseason, and announced his decision to return to ohio this afternoon. james grew up in akron and played seven years with the cleveland cavaliers before joining miami. he told "sports illustrated" "my presence made a difference in miami, but i think it can mean more where i'm from. i'm ready to accept the challenge. i'm coming home." heat owner mickey aaronson took to twitter with his thoughts. i'm shocked and disappointed. however, i will never forget what lebron brought us for four years. thanks for the memories, king james. coming up later in the show fresh off his w deal, wizards martin jones me to talk about how the move affects the rest of the nba. including the wizards. guys, back to you. >> and you're standing right next to him too. we want to see that picture, diana. >> 11 inches on me. you can just imagine the excitement tonight in the city by the lake.

people in cleveland just elated to see this headline across sports illustrated's website. cavaliers fans were running and cheering that lebron is coming home. >> it's about time. four years in the making. >> thank you, lebron. you have done a wonderful thing for cleveland. we forgive you. we love you. >> there she goes. hey, we want to hear from you. chime in on nbc washington. is lebron james making the right move by returning to the cavs? you can vote by texting or calling 202-601-3444. that's 3444. one for yes -- 3444. two for no. so far there we have it, 78% say yes, it is a good idea. the number shrink, but still overwhelming.

>> it has been a headache for drivers today. you know what we're talking about. the downtown sinkhole, well, it has gone away. it's been filled. no one knows what caused it, and no one knows how to stop it from happening again. news 4's derek ward is live at 14th street with a look at what's being done to get to the bottom of it. derek. >> the bottom, indeed. this is the scene of the sinkhole. it is now just a bump in the road. the question is what caused it? you know what the answer is? well, there is no answer. nobody really knows for sure. >> reporter: crews put the finishing touches on a solution for now for muters. at the intersection of constitution avenue and 17th street. the break with d.c. water says before they could tackle the problem, they had to make the hole even bigger. >> in order to access our sewer pipes that the location. >> then they sent colored dye down the line to help find possible ruptures. it became clear, though.

>> the investigation found that our sewer pipe is in proper working condition. there are no defects in the sewer. there was no collapse in the sewer. >> they've checked with the gsa and other utilities, and no one seems to have anything in the ground here that could lead to a sinkhole like this one. there is good reason to suspect a failure due to age. >> it's been underground for 30 years or better. >> reporter: a few months back north on 14th another sinkhole opened up. there's probably no connection between the two, but d.c. water concluded that wills no connection with their distribution system either, as far as they can tell for now. what mystery lies beneath this rabbit hole? we asked a local historian that question, and the answer may lie quite literally buried in the city's past in a canal that used to be where constitution avenue is today. >> it could be, you know, the canal under there. >> reporter: could be indeed. coming up at news 4 at 6:00, more on the old canal.

why it was there? why it failed? you may not be seeing the last of sinkholes and the bumps that follow them after this. coming up on news 4. we're live downtown, derrick ward, news 4. back to you. sxwlirchlgts a house of worship is among many places that saw some serious damage from last night's storm in our region. crews have been keeping more water from getting in the roof. jason few hours. you will be paying up if you put the pedal to the metal. heads up before you make the weekend plans. metro is planning work that can slow you down. more than three months in captivity recuperating. today the bird spreads its wings and flies again. we'll go live at news 4. the storm team 4 x 4 in backyard weather. it's friday. it's a beautiful friday. what about that weekend? i'll show you that weekend forecast. plus, an awesome ba

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a new way to commute in our area. today virginia's transportation secretary said increasing the funding for the street car plans along columbia pike. the commonwealth is now giving up $65 million or up to $65 million to fairfax and arlington counties for this. part of that would be to improve the skyline area in fairfax to pentagon city in arlington.

arlington officials say that part of columbia pike is the most lively traveled bus corridor in virginia. five new reasons to slow down this weekend while you're driving in the district. new speed camera wills start issuing really fines. not the warning tickets that have been given out the past few weeks. here's a look now at where those new cameras are located. they're all in southeast d.c. adding to the more than 170 speed cameras across the district. fines can cost you as much as $300. well, imagine a dangerous disaster forcing you out of your home or building. that's exactly what emergency responders and a group of volunteers did in upper marlboro today. they practiced how to respond to evacuations that could be prompted by hazards like serious flooding. crews also tested procedures for setting up temporary shelters so evacuees can have someplace safe to stay. back to the wild for one lucky hawk who was found badly injured at a local park.

he is now flying high thanks to a good samaritan. kristen wright was there to see the bird return to its home. >> she's one tough bird. >> we're walking down the path like we usually do, and saw the bird. >> they stumbled across the red shouldered hawk in trouble barely moving. stein got help. >> i think he was absolutely terrified, and in shock. we tried to move around. you could tell something was wrong. it began three months of roer and rehab. >> the hawk was mooing likely hit by a car. it had a very bad concussion. it was really dazed and also had scrapes on its legs. after x-rays, ant bikts, fluids,

and food, today she's ready. >> one, two, three. at turkey run park perching on a tree for the first time in a long time. >> different bird. completely different bird. >> flying very strongly, so i'm confident she'll do well. >> thanks to a good samaritan and a successful recovery. at turkey rub park, kristin wright, news team 4. >> what a beautiful sight, huh? doug knows where to be. he is in kensington for tonight's edition of backyard weather. that's a heck of a backyard you're in, huh? >> a heck of a backyard, for sure. it's so different. that's why i love doing these backyard weathers because you see some great back yards. last week we were in waldorf at mike's backyard. this backyard a lot different. now, i'll show you that in just a second. take a look around. first off, i'm with mike and sue. you guys have lived here for a

long time. how many years? >> 37 years. >> out of that 37 years, i would say you have been working on this a lot. you really have worked on this a ton. >> about 25 years worth. >> what do we have here? >> we have a hobbit house for our kids to play in. two stories. it's connected to a slide. >> our herb garden. >> we have a herb garden. we have a fish pond over here. we have a set of roman ruins that was -- >> i love the roman ruins. get the roman ruins right there in front of you. right in front of you. that's it right there. my camera man. the arches there, those are phenomenal. those are concrete. 50,000 pounds each, right? >> they were brought over directly from rome. >> brought in from rome. that's not true. they're actually stir row foam, but they look real, guys. i got to tell you, really, really cool. it is a beautiful afternoon across our area. here we are in kensington on a beautiful day. take a look at the numbers across our region. temperatures right now in the 80s. we're sitting at the 85 degree mark.

at least we are earlier. now we're at 86. winds out of the east with partly cloudy skies. 82 degrees in gaithersburg. nice and comfortable. look at frederick, though. 88 degrees. same thing down towards fridayed ricksburg with a temperature of 88 degrees. as we look towards the next couple of days we're going to be noticing that temperatures will get a little warmer, but we're not going see a lot of rain. storm team 4 radar is dry for now. it will stay that way as we move on through the night tonight. you have a good, if want great evening on your friday. that's a cold front across our region, and that's why now we're going to be seeing our temperatures go up. today or tonight. tomorrow a little warmer. 90 in d.c. 8 gaithersburg. tomorrow beautiful. no impact as far as the weather is concerned. your impact forecast, really nothing to talk about. nice and warm. your saturday will be gorgeous. sunday, a little bit different. it is going to be a little bit on the warmer side on your

sunday. high temperatures will be into the mid 90s. 95 on sunday. 93 on monday. looks like clouds will be on the increase on your sunday with isolated late day storms. once again, most of us should remain dry. it will be hot on sunday, monday, and tuesday. tuesday we have a good chance for severe weather, and then look what happens wednesday, thursday, and friday. not just on the cooler side, but lower humidity, and just some fantastic weather as we move into the middle part of next week. we've fwot some cool air coming up from canada that will make things about five degrees cooler. take a look. just one more thing they got here. they've got a l of different dragons. you actually -- not just dragons here. we'll take a look. we're actually doing a scavenger hunt. i forgot the words. there are 40 some items that we're trying to find here. me and the kids are all going to find it. you guys are going to find it with us, right? the adults, they're doing it. i made them do it on television. now you have to. now you have to do it. we're all finding a black spider with red eyes, a bearded gnome and blue butterflies. we're finding them all, guys.

>> we have those right here behind us. we find those every commercial break. >> having fun. good stuff, doug. the nation's capitol is in the running to host the summer olympics, but is our city ready for the spotlight? i'm erica gonzalez. how to make sure those smartphones and tablets stay dry and in one piece during your next vacation. coming up.

some girls in arlington felt the burning of their muscular where's, this was the first of their three-day fire camp. they dragged a mannequin to safety and knocked over traffic cones with water from a fire hose. those hoses get heavy. the summer event let campers experience some of what it's like to be a firefighter, including the physical fitness. they're looking forward to rides riding in a fire truck and making new friends. >> it was really cool to just jump right in, but i think my favorite part was meeting everybody because everybody is my age or around my age, and everyone connects. >> i'm looking forward to learning a lot of new stuff about fire and how to be a first responder. >> the experience may lead some of the girls to consider a career in fire service.

arlington hired the first career firefighter in the nation back in 1974. you can expect longer trips to most places if you are taking metro this weekend. beginning tonight at 10:00 there will be track work delays on red, orange, and blue lines. wait times could be as long as 15 minutes between each train on the red line. orange and blue line trains will only be running every 20 minutes. well, someone who knows a thing or two about this is weighing in on d.c.'s chances of winning the olympics. the district is among the four finalist cities that could bring the summer games to the u.s. in 2024. despite the many sporting and event venues we already have, bill knight, a former world cup venue manager, saysç d.c. need to start preparing for possible construction and changes across the area now. >> you have to demonstrate that you can really get ahead of the game and your planning because this is -- when you are talking about olympics, you are talking

about new infrastructure, and there's a lot of urban planning and city planning that gets involved in all that. knight also said he thinks d.c. has as good a chance as any other city to win that olympic bid. boston, l.a., san francisco are the other u.s. locations in the running to host 2024. it's not one of the more famous moments in the civil war history, but 150 years ago today marked the start of the battle of fort stevens right here in washington. during the battle, president lincoln came under direct fire from confederate sharpshooters. it is the only time in american sitting president has been under direct threat from an enemy during war. all weekend there will be events to commemorate the battle, including an historic walk, canon firing, and a program to honor the union soldiers who died. right now at 5:00 a new law could be coming, and it has a lot of beach businesses crying foul. help is on the way after a problem for homeowners that we first told you about here on

news 4. a traffic stop nearly turned tragic. now a big step forward for an officer hurt in the line of duty.

>> now at 5:30. >> an officer returns to work after a dramatic incident on the road that almost cost him his life. >> but, first, it's a growing

problem in our region. criminals taking advantage of the home foreclosure crisis. >> now cracking down on squatters who police say are trying to benefit from others' misfortunes. prince georges county bureau chief is live in upper marlboro with more on this new operation. tracy. >> reporter: a couple of things today, actually. a woman who was supposed to be sentenced today for taking advantage of these foreclosed homes and pleading guilty to several charges did not show up in court. this comes as the county is just getting a new task force to conquer these issues off the ground. >> reporter: shannon lee was due in court after pleading guilty to multiple forgery and burglary charges. this after the state's attorney says she rented out foreclosed homes she did not own. >> the burglary case involves her going and finding this property that's a foreclosed property, entering it, taking photographs, using it almost as if it were her own, posting this on craig's list, advertising

this property as a rental property. >> reporter: but she didn't show up in court today and could be looking at new warrants on monday. her case has sparked concern among county officials who are trying to figure out how to deal with new schemes connected to foreclosed homes. >> we've identified six cases that fall into this category of squatters. >> reporter: gary cunningham is head of inspections and enforcement. his agency partnering with police, the county office of law, and the state attorney's office to manage the growing problem. >> what we're going to do is look at these cases and determine which path they should take. criminal prosecution or something that should be done in civil court. >> in this case there were a number of families that thought they had legal leases, but have since had to move and start over again. cunningham says people in those situations are not to blame. >> they're victims of the crime, and that's the way they're treated. >> reporter: as for squatters, who knowingly and illegally take up residence in homes, the task force is tackling that issue as well. >> we've got a system in place of when those cases come in, we

start to address them. now, we're told that lee told her attorney that she was in the hospital today and that's why she wasn't able to come to court. they're saying that if she does not produce documentation supporting that by the close of business on monday, she's going to be looking at a bench warrant. meanwhile, coming up on news 4 at 6:00, residents who are very happy to hear that now there's a task force that can funnel their complaints. we'll have more information also on how to access that task force coming up. reporting live, i'm tracee wilkins, news 4. the fbi is trying to track down a guy who has been threatening to blow up banks in our area if he doesn't get cash. surveillance video here shows him inside the capital one on university boulevard in silver spring last week. investigators tell us he held up another location in silver spring last month. in that case they say he actually put a device on the counter and said it would explode as he left. turns out to be a hoax. they're part of the boardwalk experience at ocean

city. some arcade operators are upset because of some proposed regulation that is would affect their games. according to the baltimore sun, those regulations would create different categories for games. from the low to the high-tech and from those based on skill and chance. those games would all need to be registered and carry a lottery agency sticker. there would be extra fees for certain games such as the claw machines that offer higher valued prizes. well, if you have a vacation coming up, chances are you'll be packing a lot of electronics. >> the news 4 consumer report erica gonzalez joins us now with ways to keep those tablets and those smartphones dry. >> that's right. >> and in one piece. not all buried in the sand. >> it's a very good point. that's exactly what we're talking about. a consumer report survey found 94% of us don't leave home without at least one device, and vacationers take along not one, not two, but three on average. here are some of the best ways

to protect those pricey possessions. >> so many devices to bring on vacation. smartphones, tablets, ereaders, lab tops, gps devices, cameras, ipod and speakers. they practically need their own suitcase. if you are thinking of checking them at baggage, think again. >> nearly so% of people in our survey reported damage to a laptop, tablet, or digital camera that was in a checked bag. >> consumer reports recommends carrying on your electronics instead, and if possible use a padded bag. if you must, check your devices, wrap them in soft clothing. nightmare scenario. about 10% of survey respondents say their device got wet on vacation and 19% said sand or dirt was a problem. it's so easy to let a device slip from your grip. >> obviously be careful, but if you are looking for a simple and cheap way to protect your electronics from sea and sand, use a zippered food storage bag. they're just as effective as pricey water proof cases, and can you even use your touch screen through them. >> another common complaints

from half of those in a survey, batteries dying. >> conserve power by lowering the skrin brightness on your phone or tablet and reduce text and e-mail updates to once every half hour. >> if there are no bars, turn everything off or set to airplane mode. no sense in burning through battery life trying to connect to nonexistent service. the ultimate protection? leave some electronics at home. in fact, nearly one-third in the consumer reports survey said they prefer their kids didn't bring along any gadgets on vacation. you know, keeping kids off electronics, not an easy task. in a consumer reports survey, half of those parents who set up a new electronics policy on vacation, well, they caved to cranky or bored children. by the way, if you have a story idea for the consumer watch of course we would love to hear from you. send us an e-mail to consumerwatch@nbcwashington.com. you can also give us an old-fashioned telephone call at 202-885-4884. >> you don't want cranky on vacation. >> you don't want cranky on

vacation. your parents say you want a happy meal? you better get happy. >> i remember all we had was an etch-a-sketch, and that was high-tech for our generation. >> if that was buried in the sand, then what happened? >> it was all buried in the sand. those were tough. a page out of the harry potter series will make its way to virginia this fall. this november the snitch will be somewhere for the u.s. quidditch mid-atlantic. it's the popular game from j.k. rowling's wildly popular wizard series. it includes parts of rugby and dodgeball as players run with bro broomsticks between their legs. this will be a qualifier for the next quidditch world cup. yes, there is one. that's skenled, you'll be happy to know, next april in south carolina. road trip. >> i am signing you up right now. we've got a lot more to come on news 4 at 5:00.

the news 4 i-team found that not everything was as it seemed as a local boys and girls club. now surprising answers from the person in charge. and from one player making a return to another. the wizards marchand is weighing in on lebron's big news. live in kensington for backyard weather. >> in kensington. >> hey, guys. what a beautiful backyard. we've got a little bit of -- you go first, emma. you go first. you go next. i'm going to go, and then that's the kind of backyard we got here, guys. i got to tell you, kid in a candy store. we have the forecast and a lot of people having a great time. of people having a great time. we'll be right back with m

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welcome back to news 4 at 5:00. with me right now is wizard center marchand. yesterday was your day. five year, $60 million deal to stay here in d.c., but you're old news now. today is all about lebron james. when you heard the news that lebron is going back to cleveland, what was your first reaction? >> well, obviously, it was a shock because nobody expected that he is actually going to go to cleveland. obviously there was a lot of rumors, but nobody actually believed that he is going to really go back to cleveland, the

team that he actually left, and obviously it was the whole drama. a lot of different stories about him and the owner, and all of a sudden he decided to come back. it's a crazy news, but at the end of the day it doesn't change anything. we still got to get better as a team, washington, and we got to continue to fight. >> days and days we were waiting to find out where lebron would land. how do you think this is going to change the landscape of the nba now that he is back in cleveland? >> well, it's a good obviously for us because miami became a weaker team than they were last year. we have a bigger chance to win the division, but lebron decided to go to a team that was really talented. they have a lot of young pieces that in the future they can be a really good players. he actually went fom miami to that was a good team to a talented team, and in probably a few years they can be much better. >> you are saying, though, lebron going to cleveland helps d.c. helps the wizards. >> it definitely helps the wizards. >> thank you so much.

guys, back to you. >> all right. anything that can help us. coming up, he was just doing a traffic stop and nearly didn't survive. >> now local police officer is beating the odds after nearly paying the ultimate price.

sdwleerchlgts a prince georges county police officer is brack doing what he loves. he was in the middle of a traffic stop earlier this year when he was hit by a minivan.

news 4's chris lawrence joins us with his story. chris. >> yeah, wendy. the officer says he feels good, like he could come back to work tonight, but make no mistake. today he showed up at police headquarters for the first time since may. lucky to be alive. >> by all accounts he shouldn't be here. back with his fellow officers, standing, smiling. >> i'm glad to be here. guess i got a second chance. >> not even eight weeks ago a minivan ran into the officer and crashed to a stop on top of him. one minute he was standing outside his cruiser handling a trofk stop on pennsylvania avenue. the next he was pinned underneath 4,000 pounds of steel. >> there were several scenarios that played a factor in my survival. the way i was positioned, the way i parked my police cruiser. >> and the ground was so soft from a lot of recent rain. his body sunk into the mud and kept him from being completely

crushed, but he doesn't remember much about the actual collision. >> i do remember waking up underneath of a vehicle. i do remember waking up and my squad mates being there. i remember blacking out. i remember waking up in a helicopter. i can remember being at the hospital and then i guess the first four or five days were literally just a blur. >> his fellow officers are glad to have him back but have vivid memories of that day. >> we were talking to him, trying to reassure him. it was hard when he was in the car screaming. trying to keep him calm. >> that was may 22nd. it gives you an idea of how far the officer has come. you know, he is still dealing with very serious burns, his ribs, and knee are in no shape for police work right now. you can bet when they are, he will be back at that station in uniform. >> wow. that's a quick recovery so far considering it's only been like

a month and a half or so. wow. >> thank you, chris. good to see you. >> let's head back out to backyard weather. >> what kind of slide or swing set are you on now? >> i wish now -- i mean, i'm 6'2". i wish i was like 3'2" because there are so many other things that you could find here. we've done a little bit of the scavenger hunt. hello, everybody. we got the grill going back there. i took mike off the grill for a minute. you guys have some really great sauces. i cannot wait to have some of that. what kind of sausage is it? >> italian sausage. >> you're from where? >> italy. >> my family is from italy. sicily. >> i see you're also a photographer. >> photography, yes. >> this has been something kind of a love for you guys, and it's not just coming from yourself, but also for your grandkids. >> exactly. exactly. my grandson valentino for his

second birthday we had a ten foot transformer, optimus prime. >> take a look at this train right here, guys. i love this train. i'm going to be riding this -- no, i won't. i'll be send it off just a little bit later on. it goes all the way through parts of the backyard. let's take a look and show you what's happening out there weather-wise. once again, a beautiful night for a backyard barbecue. that's what we're doing right now. currently sitting at 86 degrees. beautiful weather. temperatures dropping to around 84 by 7:00, and then right down into the mid to upper 70s at around 9:00, 10:00 tonight, down to about 11:00. what are we seeing? not much on the radar. not much as far as temperatures go either. we're not too hot. 86 in washington. notice that rockville temperature. i think that's a little too high because gaithersburg coming in right now at 84 degrees. as we move towards camp springs, also sitting around the 84 degree mark. if we can see what is going to be happening right our way, storm team 4 radar, well, it's clear. it's going to stay that way

right on through the next couple of days. some great weather on your saturday and on your sunday. it does look like tomorrow it will be a little bit warmer. back to around 90 degrees on saturday in d.c. 88. 89 over towards camp springs, and the next couple of days looking nice and warm. once again, the next seven days, really looking on the warm side. >> that front will bring us two things. one, it will bring us a chance for stronger storms, and then it brings in some much cooler air late next week. now, we're not talking about highs in the 70s, but some of you may be around 79 to 80 degrees. highs in the low 70s very nice for summer. it is going to be fantastic out there as we move into the middle of next week. once again, looking good. if you want me to come out to your backyard, go to facebook.com/doug, and can you find us right there.

send me pictures of that yard. that's what mike did. they sent me pictures of that backyard, and they sent me one of these pictures. look at this right here. this is a picture that they sent. italian sausage. you got everything in there. i appreciate that. i'm going to send it back into you, because i can't -- my mom told me not to eat with my mouthful. >> you're making us hungry. thank you, doug. there is a major change coming to one of the most popular boys and girls clubs in our area. all as a result of a muse 4 i-team investigation. it's the laurel city council that held a special hearing last night and asked for explanations about what trisha thompson and the i-team discovered is really happening behind the doors of the laurel boys and girls club. she's got the surprising answers that they received when they started asking some hard questions. >> reporter: the laurel city council wanted club president nancy lily to explain why the laurel boys and girls club spent so much money on its now defunct basketball prep school when it didn't have enough money to fix a long list of building and fire code violations and why the club

was housing the school's players in violation of city codes. >> who made the decision to house individuals in the building? >> mr. levitt made the decision. >> lily explained the man holding the notebook behind her, levitt brown, made most of the decisions and controlled all of the money. >> you're $192,000 a year in the hole. >> uh-huh. >> did sd that sound like a good business decision to you? >> no. it's not a viable business. no. we cannot continue running that way. yes, we need to get things in place to make it viable and to make it right. >> reporter: that's when lily says she wasn't even going to be president much longer. she explained that in the wake of our investigation, the club's membership held a special election, voted her out. the club's executive director harriet cox also quit and a new board will now take over in the next two weeks.

>> are you going to give over the passwords and the checkbook and all access to finances? >> absolutely. i mean, that's -- you got to do that. >> are you going to have any role in the club in terms of the board or being in the leadership? >> no. i've been doing this nine years. i'm burned out. >> the mayor did write a letter to the maryland comptroller asking for an investigation. he says he is concerned about -- he uses words like corruption, tax fraud. very serious accusations. i want to give you an opportunity to respond to that kind of language. >> there's no corruption. >> it's a miracle that we're -- >> with that levet brown walked

away from the meeting and perhaps the laurel boys and girls club for good. in laurel tissue kwla thompson, news 4 i teenl. >> the story and the sing tip from a viewer. if you want trisha thompson and the i-team to check out a problem in your neighborhood, click on the tips link on our website, nbc washington.com. you can call our tip line at 202-885-4444. a mistake in the lab that could have been deadly. now a new plan to make sure something li

>> here's what's trending on-line. how long could go without logging on to facebook? 99 minutes? 99 hours. he has done it 99 times since the show started. 99 days of freedom want you to try this. they say it's a response to that recent controversial mood experiment where some users found more positive or more negative posts in their news feed. the group says they want to see how life without facebook impacts happiness. >> by the way, go to jim hanley on facebook and click like or follow. thank you. thank heaven for free 7-eleven. the chain is offering free slurpies to celebrate today being 7-eleven or july 11th.

hey, you've got another hour or so to get your free slurpy. if the drinks aren't your thing, that's okay. 7-eleven has previews through store in the boston suburb. yesterday the security cameras showed a deer jumping through, oh lordy, one of the store windows. the owner says no one was hurt. the deer looks like it's not injured, and it was able to get out through the front door. while only damaging a few bottles. totally unacceptable. that's what the director of the cdc is describing recent behavior at some of its most secure labs. a shipping moratorium on all sample of biological materials. until an intense safety review is completed. here's the story. >> reporter: an internal investigation at the centers for

disease control and prevention has revealed several serious errors in cdc labs. >> i'm disappointed about what happened, and, frankly, i'm angry about it. >> reporter: during a press briefing on friday cdc director tom friedman referenced incidents starting with the anthrax scare that potentially exposed at least 80 cdc workers. >> the scientists failed to follow a scientifically derived and reviewed protocol that would have assured that anthrax was inactivate and that the material was confirmed to be sterile before it ever left the lab. that should have happened, and it didn't. >> reporter: this week another government health agency discovered decades old vials of what we now know are viable forms of smallpox.

these errors coupled with mistakes in 2006 involving live anthrax and botulism lead to one key question. >> how could this have happened at the cdc that all these agents were released in the last decade? >> i ask the same questions. >> reporter: dr. friedman is likely to face that question again next week. he is scheduled to discuss the latest anthrax scare in front of a congressional committee. erica edwards, nbc news. now at 6:00 new details emerging about the mass shooting at the navy yard last fall, and a critical piece of information d.c. police should have had in their search for the gunman. we have findings of a new report. >> door even, d.c. police wrote the reported and said they could have seen live video of of move the navy yard shooter was making if the security guard had just picked up the phone. the guard was locked in the room with surveillance video monitoring the man that went on

a shooting ram page. it's unclear why he never contacted police. police chief cathy leneer said within the last hour the inability for her officers to see the video feed puts them at a disadvantage. she also says her officers never had trained for an active shooter situation on a military base. >> all the military folks, but none of that stuff -- we never did an active shooting training or drill inside of the base walls because i think because we all made the assumption that because it's a military base, everybody in there is armed, and in reality there was just a couple dozen people in there that were armed, if that, and i think none of us realized that. >> reporter: the report does ak