are coming to a busy stretch of road. >> three people have lost their lives crossing this street in college park. now safety improvements are on the way. i will have the story coming up. the crisis at the border

reaches a fever pitch. now some of the children could be coming our way. ready or not, get ready to feel the heat. storm team 4's tracking how hot it will get and whether we could see some storms. >> news 4 at 11:00 starts now. a hot spot in college park is considered a threat to public safety. cars have run over and killed three people on route 1 just this year alone. changes have been made, but local leaders say not enough. news 4's darcy spencer is live in college park. do they have a new plan of action? >> reporter: safety officials -- city officials here say, like you said, not enough has been done. as you may know the recent colle college graduate was struck and

killed here. here's some safety improvements made. no pedestrian crossing on the curb and you can see signs not to jaywalk but that is still happening. city officials here say they want to see more done before students return to classes. these three young people, two of them students, died this year doing the same thing, crossing route 1 in college park, just steps from the university of maryland campus. >> never happened that we have had this many over the course of one year. it really woke us up in the need to address this problem. >> reporter: safety officials have changed the timing of the signals to give walkers more time to cross and put up no meds pedestrian signs in the median to discourage jaywalking. >> i don't want to endanger myself. i'm trying to have a good time, not get run over. >> patrick is a city council member who says more safety

improvements need to be made before students return to class in september. that includes lowering the speed limit here from 30 to 45. >> there are a lot of statistics that show that speed difference can really make a difference in terms of whether or not the pedestrian does get hit and if the pedestrian does get hit the chances the pedestrian will survive. >> reporter: the highway administration is evaluating the overheadlighting and signs. designing a barrier to preevent jaywalking and plans to put countdowns on the pedestrian signals. >> see the sign, walk park college park. i guess the university is tasking action to make things safer for students here. >> reporter: students say the bars need to be part of the solution, too. >> bouncers kick people out on to the street and sometimes they fall in to the street. i think that's a bad policy. when they kick people out they need to send them out with a friend. >> reporter: that city council member we spoke to said he's interested in the idea of putting out speed cameras right here on route 1.

that's something that will be discussed at a meeting here sometime next week. live from college park, darcy spencer, news 4. we are following breaking news in montgomery county. a tractor-trailer caught fire as it sat at the loading dock in a giant food store. this is along georgia avenue in olney. a viewer tweeted these photos. people in the store were forced out as smoke poured n. we don't know how the fire started but we will bring you new details tomorrow on news 4 today starting at 6:00 in the morning. violence is flaring up in the middle east. this time between israel and lebanon. late this evening, the israeli military opened fire on southern lebanon in response to rocket fire from the north. no groups have claimed responsibility for the attack, but israel fears that as its conflict with gaza escalates militant groups in lebanon may be trying to open up a second front. the u.n. security council has

called for an immediate cease fire. back here at home, ten people have been forced to find somewhere to sleep after a massive fire and five of them are children. it broke out in bowie. investigators say it started on the deck of a townhouse and spread to two other homes. flames were so strong at one point firefighters had to pull out. they were afraid the roof may collapse on top of them. tonight storm team 4 is tracking big changes on the way. you will feel a difference when you step outside tomorrow. our high temperature today 90 degrees. our high tomorrow 94. it was a little humid today. you are going to notice the humidity tomorrow. down right muggy. the weather tomorrow having a low to moderate impact on your day. not only will it be hot and humid but likely scattered showers and storms around. mainly during the afternoon hours. temperatures right now in the 70s and 80s.

washington still at 80. lees bufrg 81. gaithersburg 75 as well as frederick . a look at the high temperature in your neighborhood tomorrow, d.c. warms to 9. manassas 95 and leesburg 94. some showers and thunderstorms are in the forecast for tomorrow. i'll have the timing on this coming up in ten minutes. >> thank you. a massive fire destroyed three town homes in maryland. folks in brunswick pulled out their cell phones and started rolling. somebody posted this video on facebook. you can actually hear the flames crackling. it took firefighters 45 minutes to get a handle on it and one was slightly hurt doing so. investigators are trying to figure out how it started. the city of m more is in the middle of a national border crisis. the federal government is considering a plan to send hundreds of immigrant children to westminster in carroll county. they want to use a vacant army reserve building as a shelter. officials expect to tour the

facility soon. a congressman andy harris has promised to block the plan. he says using the building as a shelter could pose a danger to the community. president obama calls the situation a humanitarian crisis. here's whiechlt since october, 52,000 children from central america have illegally crossed the border and most of them have nowhere to go. no laughing matter but big progress for tracy morgan after he survived a serious crash. diners at a popular restaurant forced to take cover in the middle of their meals. and police think they have a solution for when

diners in a potomac bar got a shock when a honda civic came crashing through the front door. it went through the french doors and nearly mowed people down. we're told an 80-year-old woman and her husband were in the car. they were parked nearby and accidentally accelerated in to the restaurant. four people had to go to the hospital but they weren't too badly hurt. d.c. continues to find new ways to make money off of folks that speed through the district. just be fully aware five new cameras are activated and looking for lead foot drivers. the speed limits are 25 to 30 miles an hour and if the cameras catch you going faster, tickets can cost up to 300 bucks. tracy morgan is out of the hospital and recovering at home. he broke his legs and ribs last

month when a wal-mart tractor-trailer smashed in to the back of his limo. one of his friends died in the crash. his publicist said he will undergo an aggressive out patient program and is suing wal-mart for negligence. the suit alleges the driver fell asleep at the wheel and wal-mart let him work despite he hasn't slept in 24 hours them driver pleaded not guilty to criminal charges. it has been 150 years since the civil war battle was fought here in d.c. and it could have changed the city's history. the battlefield encountered a new fight today. get ready to feel the heat. gewithout the internet i would probably be like a c student. internet essentials from comcast has brought low-cost internet access to over one million low-income people at home. internet essentials is going to transform the lives of families.

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>> fire. >> cannon fire marks the moment when the civil war came to the district. hundreds of people turned out today for the 150th anniversary for the battle of fort stevens. it was the only time in u.s. history when a sitting president came directly underen enemy fire. it could have changed the history of d.c. if not for ordinary washingtonians who defended their homes. they held the fort and kept confederate soldiers from capturing the capital. >> the house i grew up is just down the street. this is really my neighborhood. it's home. >> this was literally saving washington, d.c. from confederate capture. >> one group was forced to stand on the sidelines today.

they represented confederate service wouldn't allow them to participate if they brought their confederate flags even though they are historically accurate. they came to protest but did not disrupt the reenactment. v. the 4th of july has come and gone but that didn't stop one more celebration. the city celebrated the 256th birthday. looks good for someone that old. families brought lawn chairs and blankets to watch the show. the alexandria symphony orchestra played chai kov ski's 1812 overture as the fireworks went off. >> if you were out there tonight, the weather was beautiful. not too humid. temperatures were comfortable. also something putting on a little -- >> can't you dial that a ufor another day. >> oh, sure. how about this.

i will order that on wednesday. putting on a beautiful show tonight also the moon. pretty much a full moon. early this morning. >> wow. >> we will)ju)qq) it a full moon. it was spectacular. here we have video of it. i'm retweeting amazing pictures people are sending me. hop on twitter and check them out. it had a nice orange tint to it earlier this evening, as well. it is called the super moon because it is passing closer to earth than usual. it looks a little bigger and brighter. in to tomorrow, it will be a mainly dry start to the day. afternoon hours, scattered showers and thunderstorms will be likely. about a 30 to 40% chance that you are dealing with a late-day thunderstorm or some rain but most of your sunday will be dry. storms are likely on monday and tuesday we will keep a close eye on these days for the potential of strong to severe weather. after that, refreshing.

wednesday on through next saturday. the humidity is low. the temperatures are comfortable. relatively speaking for this time of the year. currently in the 70s and 80s. 73 lohr ray. 77 annapolis and 80 in washington with fair skies across the area, really not tracking any rain. tomorrow morning, there's a slight chance of an isolated shower for those of you in southern maryland and the northern neck. notice future weather putting in out at 7 a.m. everybody else is driechl there's only a 20% chance that that actually happens. as we get in to the midday hours, it is dry for your sunday lunch. starting as early as 1:30 in the afternoon, areas along the i-81 corridor could see a shower or thunderstorm develop. threat arrives at 3:00 in the metro area and could be heavy rain and thunderstorms moving through tomorrow. notice how much dry area there is on the map even at 6:00.

so it is hit or miss kind of summer-like activity. . and the threat of showers or thunderstorms overnight on sunday. high temperature tomorrow, 94 degrees. it will be a little breezy with partly to many mostly cloudy skies. monday high of 93. it is humid on monday, as well. some afternoon showers and thunderstorms are likely. some showers, thunderstorms and even rain likely on tuesday, chris. a high of 89 and then this is the refreshing air i'm talking about. feel like early june highs in the mid-80s. 50s and 40s potentially in rural areas. some nice, comfortable weather to look forward to. >> as soon as we get through the next few days. if i say bars on the beach, you probably think of someplace to get a drink, not a jail cell. folks will get rowdy at a resort town could end up behind bars within minutes. dewey beach is considering

buying portable detention units like this to curb bad behavior. they have one holding cell that can hold six people. people say a jail on wheels can free up space and roll to wherever it is needed. fewer than 400 people live in dewey. during the summer, upwards of 20,000 descend on the beach town. still ahead, one of the wizard's veteran leaders is heading out o

for a team that is mired down near last place, the phillies have been putting up a heck of a night here. >> coal ham cole hamels. the nationals are battling for first place in the division whooit while fighting with the phillies this weekend. game two set tonight. nationals has been the case, they have a way of making things interesting. matt williams is not comfortable in philly. his team has only won there once this season. bottom four, strasburg on the hill and here he is getting marlin nine strikeouts, two runs for straussburg. top six, it is jayson werth. a man on for him. the former philly delivers deep to right center. and it is gone. a two-run shot for worth. nats take a -0 lead. bottom of the 8th.

phillies within one. . cody comes in to score. the rbi single ties it at three. we go to extra innings. pick it up in the top of the tenth. zimmerman, you know what his nickname is, don't look at the prompter, go ahead, captain clutch. thank you, chris, for playing. >> you said don't look. >> i wanted you to guess. >> waiting to google it. >> nats add another. they win in ten innings 5-3 snapping a two-game losing streak. now this is what you call the nose bleed seats. watch the orioles taking on the yankees. top three. two on, two out for mark teixeira. all the way down the right field line. you see nick chasing it down. one comes in. can another come in? derek jeter, you're out. ryan flaherty with the throw. a perfect throw and jeter is out

at the plate. yanks get one but the o's get out of the inning. a walk off hit last night and nine strikeouts. yankees shut out the orioles 3-0 lebron james is coming home but for how long? details of his deal with cleveland have been released. lebron signing only for two years. 42.1 million and he can opt out after one year. the washington wizards are putting up the help wanted sign back up. it is trevor reez is a going to houston. he is going to the rockets after agreeing to a deal worth 42 million, 8 million a year. comcast sportsnet reporting the wizards were offering the same money but texas doesn't have a state income tax. we were talking about this earlier. >> a lot of players looking at this. >> he was a three-point

specialist who shot 40% from beyond the arc, averaging 15 points a game. he took to twitter saying, i want to thank the wizards and ted leonsis, i will always be grateful. much love. >> shortly after his former teammate john wall congrats to my bro trevor ariza. he pushed me every day. good out luck out. >> he is stepping up. third quarter, tied at 47. he knocks down the j. wizards up 7 later in the quarter and over to porter. it's a four-point play. he made the free throw. wizards take it 90-74.

the capitals end their developmental camp hosting fan fest and introduce their prize catch and we hear from the owner ted leonsis whose team bolstered the defense so much this season it impressed the boss. >> right now i think this is the deepest defensive core we have had since i have owned the team. it also gives a lot of comfort to alex ovechkin and they see teams with good goal tending do well in the playoffs. the capitals future stars showing off their skills today. they got to shake hands with the new head coach as well. and then got to watch the young pros in style.

a busy day at the ice plex. fans loving it. less than three months until the capitals open the season. >> defense wins championships. >> i have heard that once or twice before. >> a lot of those players are savvy now. they are looking like $30 million with d.c. tax rate are, versus a state with no tax. >> living expenses here. >> yeah. >> i wish i had that problem. >> 32 million.

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