taking a stand, the large demonstration on capitol hill today that's expected to draw thousands of protesters. plus a virginia teen believed to be in danger. this morning, the amber alert issued to help find him. >> good morning. and welcome to "news 4 today." i'm richard jordan. >> i'm chris tin bright. that amber alert issued from danville, virginia. >> first here? d.c. we have much more humidity on this sunday. >> storm team 4 meteorologist amelia segal joins us with the first forecast. hey, amelia. >> good morning, guys. the weather today having a low to moderate impact on your day. it will be hot and humid.

a high temperature today of 94 degrees. in addition to that, scattered showers and thunderstorms are likely later today. now in storm team 4 radar i am tracking some rain. this developed about an hour ago right along ana run dal county through southern maryland but pushing out towards the eastern shore. dry morning with partly to mach skies across the area. mild already. temperatures at 76 degrees in washington. by 9:00 a.m., we're already in the low 80s. noon we're around 90. 3:00 we're at a temperature of 93. some scattered showers and thunderstorms are possible this afternoon and likely this evening. i'll show you the timing on future weather coming up in a bit. >> thanks. today hundreds plan to protest at the federal energy regulatory commission. several religious groups are protesting exporting fracked gases from u.s. coastlines, fracking when crews drill into the earth to release natural

gas. the commission plans to build a new export terminal for the gases at cove point in lusby, maryland. they will meet at the capitol at 1:00 and march towards the commission headquarters on new jersey avenue. there is an amber alert for 15-year-old dustin shaver. virginia state police say he is in extreme danger, last seen yesterday in hurt virginia in the southern part of the state. police say dustin's mother, 39-year-old denise shaver and 34-year-old kevin parish may have abducted him. they may be traveling in a 1995 green jeep with virginia tag vac 5770 according to police. if you see them call virginia state police. new video in this morning of a deadly motorcycle crash in upper marlboro on john rogers boulevard. prince george county police say the driver lost control of the bike, hit a curb, hit a tree. rescuers took him to the hospital where he died.

police have not said exactly what may have caused that driver to swerve off the road. some leaders consider a busy road near the university of maryland in college park a threat to public safety. this year three people have been killed on route 1. changes have been made but leaders in the area say it is not enough. news 4's darcy spencer reports. >> reporter: traffic combined with pedestrians often not following -- these three young people, two of them students, died this year doing the same thing. crossing route 1 in college park of maryland campus. >> neverç happened that we've d this many over the course of one year and we -- it's really woken us up and the need to do something here to address this problem. >> reporter: safety officials have already changed the timing of the pedestrian signals to give walkers more time to cross and put up the no pedestrian signs in the median to discourage jaywalking. >> i don't want to endanger

myself, trying to have a good time, not get run over. >> reporter: patrick is a city council member make a difference in terms of if a pedestrian does get hit and the chance they will survive. >> reporter: the state highway administration is evaluating all the overhead lighting and signs designing a barrier to go in the median to prevent jaywalking and plans to put countdowns on the signals. >> see the signs walk smart college park. i guess the university is trying to make things safer for students here. >> reporter: students say the bars need to be a part of the solution too. >> the bouncers kick people out, kick them on to the street and sometimes they fall into the street and that's a bad policy. i think when they kick people out they need to send them out

with a friend. >> reporter: that city councilman said he's interested in the idea of putting speed cameras out here on route 1. that's something that's going to be discussed at a meeting this week. in college park, darcy spencer, "news 4 today." we are working to find out what started a fire at a giant food store in montgomery county. take a look. a viewer tweeted these photos from the store along georgia avenue in olney. the fire started inside a truck that was parked in a loading dock last night. the spoke was so bad that people were forced out of that store. in bowie a two-alarm fire destroyed a home there. the fire broke out yesterday afternoon on grenfeld court. investigators say it started on the deck of a townhouse and spread to two other homes. firefighters had to pull back a few times out of fear the roof would collapse. firefighters tell us the weather made this fire difficult to put out. >> this hot, the firefighters when they work, they get

exhausted much more quickly than they would on a typical day. as a precaution we almost always with this quantity of fire. >> ten people, including five children, were displaced by the fire. happening today, nasa scientists are expected to launch a rocket from wallops island in virginia to the international space station. the launch is expected to happen just before 1:00 this afternoon. the rocket is carrying food, supplies, scientific equipment and experiments for astronauts. nasa managers have delayed the rocket launch several times. to a traffic alert. driving through downtown bethesda is going to be a mess beginning tonight, crews will shut down lanes to pour some new pavement. the closures will happen overnight on wisc between bradley lane and old georgetown road. crews will close up to two lanes between 9:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. it's sunday through thursday. $2.5 million project is expected to be finished in the fall. what would you do if you saw this? that's a 6 1/2 foot python.

wait until you hear where the snake popped up. thunder, lightning, and very strong wind gusts. amelia is tracking a chance for severe weather in the coming days. we'll get her forecast right we'll get her forecast right

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celebrates its birthday with a spectacular fireworks show. the skies lit up for the city's 265th birthday. the alexandria symphony orchestra provided the music as the fireworks went off. i actually saw that from a distance, i didn't know what it was all about. obviously not fourth of july anymore so i was wondering what it was. >> happy birthday to alexandria. more humidity in the forecast today. >> yeah. >> let's check in with amelia segal, she's got the forecast for us.

hey, amelia. >> good morning, guys. you're right, kristen. it will be noticeably muggy today and a little warmer than yesterday. our high yesterday 90 degrees. today high temperatures will be around 94. we are however going to have partly to mostly cloudy skies. the best chance of storms holds off until after the sun sets, 8:00, 9:00. you will see that timing on future weather. starting the work week, thunderstorms and rain likely monday and tuesday. there's the potential for severe weather on monday as well as tuesday. i'm keeping an especially close eye for the severe weather potential for your monday afternoon and evening. the storminess is a cold front that moves through tuesday evening, allows refreshing air to arrive on wednesday and that low humidity, comfortable temperatures, will hang around through least friday. here on the satellite and radar,

partly to mostly cloudy skies across the area and we're going to continue to have this mix of clouds and sunshine for the rest of the morning hours. getting into the afternoon hours, plenty of clouds around, 3:00, notice this isolated shower activity down around warrenton, 5:00 you can see that potential for some activity north of washington. so very isolated chance that you're dealing with a shower or thunderstorm during the afternoon and early evening hours. once we hit 8:00, 9:00, 10:00, this is when thunderstorms will become likely. as they move through the area they can produce heavy rain and strong winds, the threat for severe weather tonight will be low, maybe some isolated wind damage. temperatures right now are in the 70s. 76 in washington. your high today again 94 in d.c., 95 in manassas and 91 in annapolis. tomorrow a high temperature of 93. it will be a dry start on your monday but as we get into the

afternoon and evening hours, showers and thunderstorms as well as rain become likely. the biggest threat with any thunderstorms tomorrow will be high winds producing wind damage, maybe some hail as well. there's a low risk of flash flooding, it would be unlikely we would see a tornado tomorrow. can't rule out an isolated tornado. tomorrow a day you need to stay weather ready. monday a high temperature of 89 degrees. rain and thunderstorms also likely on monday. this is when we start to see a bit of a change with our weather. hot air is pushed out as cool air filters down from the north. what does this mean for you? cooler air moves in. feeling like early june for wednesday, thursday and friday with low humidity. as we look to next saturday, the chance of rain, maybe an isolated thunderstorm, otherwise the humidity starts to creep back into the forecast and a high temperature on saturday of 85. kristen? >> okay. thank you, amelia. next up, is "reporters notebook," a look at stories

affecting our community. >> back in 15 minutes with more of the top stories. >> good morning and welcome to "reporters notebook." i'm jim hanley. got a lot to get to this sunday morning and start out, talking about marijuana in montgomery county and d.c. first up in montgomery county there's confusion over decriminalization of marijuana there and not only pot itself, but drug paraphernalia still a crime. what's going on there? >> well, whoever wrote the law wasn't paying attention apparently. i mean there's still confusion. paraphernalia is against the law but the other things that have been eased. i think what they have to do is go back to the drawing board, clear things up. people are going to get in trouble. they don't mean to be. the state seems to have an on again/off again love affair with pot, but oo, you know, they wano go in certain directions and they don't want to. the governor is not thrilled

about decriminalizing it but they seem to be in the trend of other states moving in that direction. >> this is not a huge thing. this goes on in legislatures all over the country, called a technical error. they wrote the law, realized there was an unintended consequence and they're going to fix it, at least they shouldp. doesn't make sense you would decriminalize marijuana but maintain a prohibition against one of the primary vessels in which people use marijuana. >> and then it could very well be the fact that those people who write the law don't use the products. so therefore -- i may be a little naive here, but the other argument is that they will say to you, some of the paper or the pipes can be used for other things. and so they hesitate to do it all at one shot. that's a lot of times what happens. let's take it piecemeal, one at

a time, see how it -- you'll run it up a flagpole, see who salutes this, the decriminalization or the legalization, and then we'll come back and get the other product. >> but quickly, i mentioned, that presents the state with an enforcement problem. do you really want to expend resources to enforce the laws prohibiting a pipe when we already have the marijuana decriminalized. that's just a resource question. limited resources. >> on the same topic, the d.c. canfy bass campaign collected more the signatures that they needed. does this thing have a real chance of passing and what about the influence on capitol hill? >> i think the influence on capitol hill, dave would know better than i, but when i saw the story on nbc 4, the first thing that came to my mind is that congress is going to jump on this with all fours and here we go again. the second thing i thought about having twice the number of

signatures also speaks to how the demographics of washington has changed. it's a much younger demographic. and they clearly have a different attitude as it related to marijuana. >> let me say quickly, twice the number of signatures, have we validated these signatures are what they say they are? i mean they may well have more than enough to get this on the ballot and that's fine, but i'm just concerned perhaps there may be some overselling. there's a second issue here and that sort of generational. to your point with regard to the changing demographics of the city and the city in some respects is becoming younger, i would not be shocked if this was a very close vote, notwithstanding the overwhelming signature turnout if this is to be believed because we don't yet know how everybody feels about this. we have inklings, probably going to pass, but going to be closer than we do think. even if it does pass congress is going to make a mess of this.

>> the republican who represents maryland's eastern shore we've discussed this before on the program signaling he's got an amendment out to oppose it. i was wondering how long it would take to do it and didn't take them long. probably enough support in congress to raise a lot of red flags and if they did decriminalize marijuana there would be a strong push to reverse the law. >> we have to be mindful of the results of the falls general elections because if the republicans take control of the rkkñcz attaching an amendment on our

capitol hill and influence attaching an amendment on our what's goinglp on there? >> yeah. as we speak. they're having debate on what's called the sportsman bill. a bill generally about people who hunt andjf fish and public d private lands but they've got an amendment to it. they're trying to get an amendment. i don't want to get into the weeds here, but they're -- the best waye1 to get an amendment passed in the senatet(xd is to it included in the basic legislation. majority leader harry reid has stopped that one. he has what they call -- he's allowed as many amendments on thew3 sportsmans bill as he this are necessary. they call it feeling the w3tree. you capitol hill folks get that phrase. means that's it. if you get another amendment

that'sxd it. the republicans are angry. how much they'll make a fight over this remains to be seen. how stronç

this is also very phony on his part. he talks a lot about local control and the importance of making -- of local decision making and opposing the imposition of federal policies. he wants to have an amendment passed on this bill that would remove local control and replace it with federal powers. that's the first point. secondly, he's very concerned about the denial of gun rights and he mentioned that in the statement that his office released. he doesn't really say much about voting rights for the residents of the district. i think he's real phony on this and hopefully he will be -- he will reap what he sows on this. >> you're absolutely right. a couple other points too. we have more law enforcement agencies in this town than any other city in the united states of america. i forget what the last number was, but it's just shocking when you think about treasury department, hud has a law

enforcement, secret service, park service, as well as the d.c. police. but i was just laughing when dave was saying how they've labeled this the hunting sportsman bill. we don't hunt in d.c. i mean -- >> no elk running down the avenue. >> not a whole lot of that. >> deer hunting. i mean we have a lot of deer, but we don't hunt in d.c. >> very good point on that. hey, while we're in the district, d.c. mayor vincent gray's goal to remove about 500 families out of public housing and shelters and into some subsidized housing, rather out of shelt nears subsidized housing. he's not going to meet that goal. he's got a couple hundred still to go i think, all stemmed from back in the winter when we saw the numbers swell, number of people in shelters. >> it's a major problem, not going to get better. it's a byproduct at least in my

view of what has gone and exploded residential housing costs in the district. there used to be a universe of people on the council and concerned citizens groups that would make sure that more was being done and that as much as possible was being done to help deal with these kinds of issues. we have a city council right now that's far more concerned in my opinion with chasing down development than they are in trying to make the city livable for everybody. and as a result, we're seeing insufficient leadership and results on what i believe to be a budding humanitarian crisis. we cannot have people homeless, we can't have families homeless this winter. it's an abomination in the nation's capital, especially one doing as well as this city is right now. >> and the thing is, that there are laws on the books right now where each development is supposed to have a certain percentage of affordable housing. that's not getting enforced. there in lies the problem and

developers are a big problem when it comes to that. these new elected officials, new city council members this is where they have to read marion barry's new book. this is why he is known as mayor for life because one of the things he did, he took care of people who needed homes. the elderly in particular. so you are 100% right. we worry about marijuana in the city. there's nothing more embarrassing than to come to the nation's capital and see this immense number of homeless people that are on the street panhandling and begging and you wonder, what kind of country you live in? >> yet people tell me that time has passed. there's no constituency for the homeless, no mitch snider, there's not -- you don't have the stock of housing anymore that you can have. you got to build new stuff or refurbish something and the focus is not there. >> we have land we can do it. it can be done. you have to have the political will. >> real quick, 270,000 names on a petition for marijuana.

we couldn't get half of that or a fraction of that for homelessness. >> a sad point there. we will have to take a break and when we come back much more to get to in virginia and back to maryland too. stay with us.

welcome back to "reporters notebook." bragging rights for silver spring, maryland, one of 16 cities where women earn more than men. surprised? were you surprised by the average salary there? >> i think there were surprises. 53 grand roughly and 50 for men. >> right. >> it's not a huge salary by many people's standards but it shows based on that, that women are probably doing fairly well in other salary ranges and in other jobs, and silver spring has long said it sought to have a good economic model. it was one of the things doug duncan wanted to revitalize the silver sprinarea, and this is more evidence of how the fruits

of that are being borne, women doing better than men. >> this also should be discussed in the context of development. the silver spring has been doing a great job in developing residential housing, particularly in terms of condos and apartments. they tend to be more attractive to women and as a result, you have more of a universe pipe for educated women who are able to help bring this about. it should be noted there are large corporations, discovery channel, tv 1 in silver spring and those who like to walk and be closer to work it makes sense with mass transit. >> i read a story this week where the number one demographic group with college education, college enrollment, african-american women, they beat all women, all demographics, all men, women, african-american women, so more power to them. >> wonder if maybe reading this will inspire people in other jurisdictions to even up the

salaries. >> let's hope so. >> let's talk about bikes and virginia, maryland and d.c., but in d.c., it's ignited a bit of a firestorm. a column from last week where the word terrorists was used in the column, don't know if he was quoting someone or came up with that on his own. a protest at "the washington post." only worse before it gets better because we have mile after mile being added around our region of bike lanes. >> right. as somebody who almost hit a bike on the way over here today. >> in broad daylight. >> yeah. i tried to get him, but i just -- you know. >> e-mail him. >> i will tell you, again, i'm concerned about, you know, where we're going as a city. again, we're protesting about bikes and marijuana and not concerned about homelessness and don't appear to be as concerned as we should be about education. >> i think there ought to be equal enforcement and that's what it boils down to.

forget the name calling. understand equal enforcement. what frustrates drivers is you have bikers who break the law. i mean they have traffic laws they have to follow too. and then you have the bikers who say, well you guys break the law. so it's equal enforcement. how you bring that about i don't know, but that's how i think things -- >> with all the burdens on law enforcement today you have to wonder, are they really focusing on bikers and what courtland malloy is saying. i hope courtland has police protection at this point. he may have to watch out for a few things. >> we thank you there. we have to roll out. thank you, gentlemen. good to see you as always. back to "news 4 today." enjoy the rest of your weekend, everybody. "news 4 today" starts now. good morning and welcome to "news 4 today." i'm richard jordan.

i'm kristen wright. it may be not the best hair day today. >> we are expecting more humidity. let's get your sunday forecast with storm team 4 meteorologist amelia segal. hey, amelia. >> good morning, richard and kristen, and good morning to you. happy sunday. we are looking at muggy conditions today, it's already feeling pretty humid outside. when we talk about humidity it's about the dew point temperature. a dew point temperature of 65 or higher we say it's humid out outside. low 70s throughout the day today. that means mugginess. temperature right now 76 degrees. notice the winds out of the south a little breezy at 14 miles an hour. it's that southerly wind that will help our temperatures warm into the low to mid 90s. today a little bit warmer than yesterday. storm team 4 radar, dry across our area. some rain over on the eastern shore. now later today, mainly after sunset, we'll see some scattered thunderstorms and rain moving

through. not really a severe weather threat today but could be high winds in the storm. more on the timing of your day coming up in a little bit. >> thank you, amelia. we are following developments in the middle east. israel is warning people to stay away from hamas operatives and sites connected to the group in the gaza strip. israeli forces are sending out leaflets, recorded messages and text messages. two civilians in certain neighborhoods to beware. israel says it is targeting sites where militants are launching rockets from gaza to its territory. the u.n. security council, the european union and the arab league are all calling for the latest violence to stop between hamas and israel. we've been watching rocket fire crisscross the sky above gaza and israel. the israeli iron dome anti-missile system is working. hamas fired at least seven

missiles at tel aviv and the iron dome tracked those missiles and hit them head-on destroying them. coming up in a few minutes we will talk with moderator of "meet the press" david gregory on the latest violence. two candidates in afghanistan's election agreed to audit the results. secretary of state john kerry announced the teal in kabul. without the agreement both candidates could have set up competing governments at a time when the u.s. is pulling most troops out of the country. both candidates agreed to stand by the results of the audit and form a unified government. the federal government will not be sending immigrant children tour area. an empty military project was proposed as a holding site for thousands of kids. the carroll county began protesting the obama administration's idea. the u.s. health department assured the commission yesterday children from the border would not be brought there. since october, 52,000 children from central america have illegally crossed the border and

most of them have nowhere to go. president obama is calling the situation a humanitarian crisis. this morning, investigators are trying to figure out what started a massive fire that damaged three townhouses in frederick county, maryland. take a look at video posted on facebook. you can see and hear the flames coming from the homes on orndoff court in brunswick. it took firefighters about 45 minutes to get a good handle on it. one firefighter was hurt. take a look at this. a car crashed right into a restaurant in montgomery county hurting four people. this happened yesterday afternoon at hunter's bar and grill in potomac. the car went right through the french doors and nearly mowed people inside down. investigators say an 80-year-old woman and her husband were inside of this car. they were parked nearby and accidentally accelerated right into the restaurant. it's been a deadly weekend in chicago. two people were killed and 19 others shot in just 48 hours.

police say a domestic argument led to one of the murders. a 27-year-old man and his mother were shot multiple times. the 27-year-old did not make it. the other murder was the result of a drive-by shooting. so far this month, 23 people have been killed in chicago bringing this year's murder rate to 207. the 15-year-old texas girl who survived an attack that killed her whole family says she'll get through it. >> i would like to thank all of the first responders, nurses and doctors that have taken care of me. i'm feeling a lot better. i am on a very strict forward path to recovery. >> cassidy stay was released from the hospital friday two days after a bullet fractured her skull. she survived wednesday's brutal attack by playing dead. nbc dan shenman tells us how her community is rallying around her. >> reporter: hundreds gathered in the quiet suburb of houston to pause and remember six lives

lost and to celebrate the amazing courage of 15-year-old cassidy stay, the lone survivor of the horrific shooting that took the lives of her parents and four siblings. >> as soon as it was safe, despite the terrible things she must have seen, at that moment she called police and told them we were in danger. >> reporter: that call helped police find and after a three-hour standoff arrest ronald lee haskell, who faces multiple murder charges. >> without her courage and quick thinking, we might be mourning the deaths of 20, yes, i said 20, people today including myself. >> reporter: less than 24 hours after being released from the hospital, stay thanked first responders and the hospital staff who took care of her. >> i'm feeling a lot better. i am on a very strict forward path to a full recovery. >> reporter: despite so much grief she says she has found comfort. >> i know my mom, dad, brian, emily, becca and zach, are in a

much better place and that i'll be able to see them again one day. >> reporter: an uncommon strength as a family and a community trying to begin to heal. dan shenman, nbc news. lightning strikes killed two people and injured two others in several days in colorado. lightning struck twice inside the rocky mountain national park. two different groups were hiking when they were struck by lightning on friday and saturday. kyle patterson from the rocky mountain national park shared some advice on what to do to stay safe. >> this time of year, you know, we encourage our visitors if they're hiking to summits, for instance, to be starting really when it's dark, when it's 2:30, 3:00 in the morning. >> and patterson says anyone who is above the tree line and sees dark clouds rolling in should take cover right away. imagine popping the hood of your car and seeing this guy. in new mexico, a good samaritan was helping a woman who was having engine trouble.

well when he looked under the hood he found this. 6 1/2 feet long, 20 pounds, a python. the snake was wrapped around the engine. a police officer here got the job of getting the reptile out. the python was taken to the animal shelter. and we both lived in florida, richard and i both lived in florida. >> there are a lot of snake problems there and they just get about everywhere, even in your car engine. >> they do. look how big. i would be absolutely terrified. >> i don't think i've seen one that big before. >> all right. glad we're here. that's not a problem. right now u.s. secretary of state john kerry is overseas hoping to help broker a deal on iran's nuclear program. we will talk about the negotiations next with "meet the press" moderator david gregory. >> marking the moment when the civil war reached d.c. the group forced to stay on the sidelines of this re-enactment. that is next.

in the week ahead a race against time for a deal with iran. next sunday marks the deadline to reach an agreement over the country's nuclear program. >> david gregory will discuss this with a special guest on "meet the press." david joins us now. thanks so much for being here. >> thanks, good morning. start with iran's nuclear program. secretary john kerry is in veena right now with six world powers and iran and they're meeting to negotiate a long-term deal. is an agreement likely to be reached in time and what if they can't break the stalemate. >> this is a high stakes issue. went to vienna to speak with iran's forren minister. also hearing from him about the breakup of iraq and violence in gaza. it's a really important moment. these pictures of the secretary of state actually in afghanistan. hopefully brokering a political deal there. the world thinks iran wants a nuclear weapon. that would be incredibly dangerous for the region and the united states. the u.s. wants to head this off. how they do it, they've got to get iran to dismantle a lot of

their capacity. iran doesn't want to do that. you'll hear this morning from the iran nan foreign minister on "meet the press" who says these are unreasonable demand the west should be showing iran a lot more respect. also his views about the future of iraq quite interesting. >> you mentioned gaza briefly. we've heard so much this week about the tensions between the israelis and palestinians. what's the situation like there? what's the chance of seeing peace? >> it's difficult. you had a peace process the u.s. was engaged in. big failure for the administration as they try to move that forward. now you have all-out war that's occurring. you might see a ground operation, commandos going in earlier today in gaza. so you don't know where the end point is here as this continues to unravel and becomes very dangerous for both sides. i'm going to speak to martin indyk the former middle east envoy to the administration about his fears of what could be coming next there. >> this week we talked about

immigration, children crossing from the border from central america. president obama has asked congress to authorize $3.7 billion to help deal with this crisis. will politics get in the way of a deal here? >> yeah. this is in limbo. on both sides you have issues. republicans are more apt to work with the administration who want to tighten up the laws and allow a lot of these folks, including the children to be turned back and sent back to where they're coming from. democrats i think because of pressure on the left from immigration reformdvocates are less apt to do that. getting the money the president wants, getting the new law that he wants, really puts him kind of in limbo between both parties right now. >> a great round table to discuss that issue. >> we'll talk about that and some of the other politics of just the real challenges for the president, foreign policy cri s crises, immigration crisis at home, stuck in the middle of his second term here. >> thanks a lot. remember see "meet the press" every sunday with david gregory right here on nbc 4.

it's right after "news 4 today." edward smith is among the four candidates running in the first elected d.c. attorney general's race. he launched his campaign from his grandmother's home on rhode island avenue in northwest. smith grew up in congress heights. public policy attorney latifah williams and paul zuckerberg and carl rayseen announced their candidacies. before voters made the d.c. attorney general an elected position, the district's mayor would appoint the top lawyer in. you can cast your ballot in the november election in the district. today organizers of the 2015 world police and fire games will begin their one-year countdown. the games are one of the biggest multisport events for first responders in the world. it will be held july 30th of 2015 at the reston town center in virgia. the event draws more than 12,000 police, fire and public safety officer athletes from 70 countries. for the tenth year in a row

a non-profit is operating its without hunger givenaway. immediate and temporary help known as faith provides three months of free groceries to families in need. the next giveaway is thursday at 5:00. this weekend dozens of people are marking the 150th anniversary of the battle at fort stevens in northwest d.c. the battle happened during the civil war. news 4's derrick ward talked with re-enactors giving us a living history. >> reporter: it's been a century and ha half as the cannons echoed amid the fortification. in 1864 the guns roared in defense of the capital against the confederate jen whole may not have intended to take the city. >> he knew if he attacked parts of washington, that grant would ve to pull part of those troops which he did away from richmond. >> reporter: before grant forces could arrive it was up to

citizen soldiers to defend their homes. >> there were citizens, government workers, invalids, maybe somebody from jail, whatever it is, who came out to defend this fort. >> i have my grand daddy's old musket from the war's independence and that's what i'm using to defend washington. >> reporter: on this day they got farther than they did during the battle but 150 years later all is not forgotten or apparently forgiven. >> they told us the national park service did, that we could participate, but not with our flags. so we're here in a form of protest. >> reporter: but they still came not far from their line a camp like those that would have been common at a union fort with one notable marilyncon's seam stress who had concerns about the president coming to an active battle. >> i have talked to his wife about it and he doesn't want to listen to whatever she's saying and i know she has told him. >> reporter: he showed up an got shot at some accounts tell us. fewer accounts tell of the owner needed to expand the fort and

her plight. >> she's an unsung heroin. >> reporter: she was promised compensation for land but it never came. >> she became a community activist and did a lot of things for the city of washington. >> reporter: acquired a place about a mile up georgia avenue, testament to the true cost of war and the battle for fort stevens. derrick ward, news 4. abbreviations of phrases on social media are practically their own language. we are social.com monitored twitter for three months and came up with a list of the most used acronyms. take a look at some of them, lol of course. that means laugh out loud. more obscure ones, nsfw, not safe for work. ootd, meaning outfit of the day. never seen that one. lms, like my status, and faik, as far as i know. those are tough to decipher

every now and then. >> i have not heard of some of those. >> it's unusual. i remember back in the day when you had a pager and you could only put in numbers and there were codes for that. >> yeah. >> it's kind of similar in a way. >> it is. >> yeah. >> some of them are hard to figure out. >> smh shaking my head. >> shaking my head at this list and at the weather today. >> storm team 4 meteorologist amelia segal joins us to look at that. >> hey, i was just checking out my pager, richard. i think you texted me, 2, 3, 4, 5, whatever that means. >> all right. we'll try to figure that out. >> why do you still have a pager? move on. get an i phone. >> for today, the weather having a low to moderate impact on your day, it's hot, humid, and there will be scattered showers and thunderstorms around today. good news as far as the thunderstorms are concerned as i'm continuing to check the

latest radar and models coming in, it's looking like the storm that really holds off until after the sun starts to go down. if you have outdoor plans it's looking for the most part the weather should cooperate. however, because of the heat and humidity, if you need to get something done outside, cutting the grass, weeding the garden try to get it done early because it will be stifling this afternoon when you mix the heat and humidity together. temperatures now in the 70s. 73 in reston, rockville and gaithersburg, 72 camp springs. temperatures in the mid 70s in washington. our high today 94. here on the satellite and radar image, some showers moving off to the eastern shore. these developed in ana run dal and calvert counties this morning. you can see our area is dry right now. we're really going to be dry through at least the early afternoon hours, if not longer. so future weather, here we are at 10:00 a.m. notice dry conditions but plenty of cloud cover around.

partly to mostly cloudy skies today. 3:00, just an isolated shower developing, same thing at 5:00. notice how dry it is. until we start to get into the later evening hours. 8:00, 9:00, 10:00, this is when i think we'll start to track scattered thunderstorms on storm team 4 radar. you can see some of them potentially containing heavy rain, maybe some strong winds that could produce very isolated wind damage. the threat of some showers lingers on into the overnight hours. so for today, 7:00 a.m., temperature of 74 degrees. a little bit breezy throughout the day today. we hit our high of 94 at about 3:00 this afternoon. and getting into the later evening hours. just after 7:00, that's really when the chance of thunderstorms starts to make its way into the area. future weather tomorrow, 6:00 a.m., heading to work, it's a dry morning commute. even through the midday hours tomorrow it remains dry. as the cold front starts to work it ways toward the area, we'll

start to see scattered thunderstorms develop, first around the i-81 corridor then heading into the afternoon and evening hours. these are going to push east. there is a severe weather threat tomorrow, mainly for high winds producing wind damage and hail, but we can't rule out some heavy rain that could lead to some isolated flash flooding and maybe a weak tornado. tomorrow a day you do need to stay weather ready. the threat of rain starts to wind down after 8:00 p.m. tomorrow evening. a high temperature of 93. 89 degrees for a high temperature on tuesday. rain and thunderstorms are likely on tuesday. potentially some severe weather on tuesday as well. right now, though, i'm keeping a really close eye on tomorrow for that severe weather threat. wednesday, plenty of sunshine and not only that, but it is gorgeous. low humidity, a high temperature of 84 degrees. comfortable weather continues through at least friday and then starting on saturday, the humidity will start to return.

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as for the rest of the team, it was a late night in philly. the phillies fought the nats to extra inning but ryan zimmerman came to the rescue, knocking in the go-ahead run. nats win it 5-3. final game after the all-star break today at 1:35. and don't forget a month of thrilling world cup action and today, germany, argentina in the final at 3:00. that's a look at your morning sports. i'm carol. hope your sunday is a good one. if you want to check out that final world cup matchup today, there are viewing parties all over our area. >> this will be fun. in virginia the arlington cinema and draft house is inviting people to watch the game with them. the doors will open at 2:00. here in the district, the smithsonian is hosting a party in the courtyard of the national portrait gallery across from the verizon center. in maryland pack a picnic basket and head to the world cup watch

event showing the match on a 32 foot led screen by the potomac river. >> are you going to watch? >> of course i'm going to watch. i bet the crowds will get rowdy out there. should be a good game. nasa is counting down to a major launch not far from our region. >> new this morning three people shot in the district. what police are saying about the overnight violence. you will feel it. a muggy morning across the region. your sunday forecast from storm team 4 meteorologist amelia segal at the top of the hour. stay with us.

"news 4 today" starts now. shots fired, three people hit, now the hunt to find the gunman. the violence new this morning in the district. plus, a traffic alert. the road work that could slow down your daily commute for the next few months. >> good morning. welcome to "news 4 today." i'm richard jordan. >> i'm kristen wright. we could see storms later today but not quite yet. >> let's take a live look outside, our camera at national harbor looking at the potomac river there. it is a great morning to get out and enjoy the weather while you can. >> yes. let's get the sunday outlook with storm team 4 meteorologist amelia segal. good morning. >> good morning kristen and richard and good morning to you. a good idea to get out early today, not necessarily because of the thunderstorms threats but because of how hot and humid it

will be this afternoon. our high tomorrow yesterday 90, our high temperature today will be 94 and the humidity on the rise. temperature right now at 76, so you're going for that early morning run you're definitely noticing the mugginess already in the air. the temperatures aren't so bad yet. the dew point at 69. this is the humidity. whenever it's above 65 it feels humid outside. this afternoon temperatures will be in the low 70s. menially of cloudiness around today, partly cloudy, mostly cloudy skies this afternoon, the high temperature of 94 and the threat of some scattered thunderstorms later today. i'll have the timing on that thunderstorm potential coming up in a bit, richard. thank you. new this morning, d.c. police are investigating a triple shooting in northwest washington. three men were shot on north capitol street at t street in the bloomingdale neighborhood. this happened just after 2:00 a.m. near st. martin's church. police say the men were shot

inside a car. we're working to find out their condition and also to find out what led to that shooting. new video this morning of a deadly motorcycle crash in upper marlboro on john rogers boulevard. prince george's county police say the driver here lost control of the bike, hit a curb and tree. rescuers took him to the hospital where he died. police have not said what may have caused that driver to swerve off the road. right now there is an amber alert for 15-year-old dustin shaver. virginia police say he's in extreme danger. he was last seen yesterday in hurt, virginia. police say jus dustin's mother 39-year-old denise shaver and 34-year-old kevin parish may have abducted him may be driving in a 1995 green jeep with virginia tag vac-5770 according to police. if you see them make sure to call virginia state police. today hundreds plan to protest at the federal energy

regulatory commission. several religious groups are protesting exporting fracked gases from u.s. coastlines. fracking is when crews drill into the earth to release natural gas. the commission plans to build the new export terminal for the gases at cove point point in lusby maryland. they will meet at the capitol at 1:00 and march towards the commission headquarters on new jersey avenue. some leaders consider a busy road near the university of maryland in college park a threat to public safety. this year, three people have been killed -- hit and killed on route 1. next week leaders in college park will hold a meeting about this. news 4's darcy spencer reports changes already have been made but leaders say it's not enough. >> reporter: these thee students died doing the same thing, crossing route 1 from college park steps from the university of maryland campus. >> never happened we had this many over the course of one year and we -- it's really woken us

up and the need to do something to address this problem. # >> reporter: safety officials have already changed the timing of the pedestrian signals to give walkers more time to cross and put up the no pedestrian signs in the median to discourage jaywalking. >> i don't want to endanger myself, trying to have a good time, not get run over. >> reporter: patrick is a city councilmember who says more safety improvements need to be made before students return to class in september. that means lowering the speed limit from 30 to 25. >> a lot of statistics that show that speed difference can really make a difference in terms of whether or not a pedestrian does get hit and if a pedestrian does get hit the chance that pedestrian will survive. >> reporter: the state highway administration is evaluating all the overhead lighting and signs designing a barrier to go in the median to prevent jaywalking and plans to put countdowns on the signals. >> see the sign right there,

walk smart college park. i guess the university is trying to make things safer for students here. >> reporter: students say the bars need to be a part of the solution too. >> the bouncers kick people out, kick them on to the street and sometimes they fall into the street and that's a bad policy. i think when they kick people out they need to send them out with a friend. >> reporter: darcy spencer, "news 4 today." we are working to find out what started a fire in a giant food store in montgomery county. a viewer tweeted these photos inleny. the the fire started inside a truck that was parked in a loading dock last night. the smoke was so bad that people were forced out of that store. in bowie a two-alarm fire destroyed a home there. s this is the damage. the fire broke out yesterday afternoon on grenfeld court. investigators say it started on the deck of a townhouse and spread to two other homes. the flames were so strong, firefighters had to pull back a few times out of fear the roof would collapse. firefighters tell us the weather made this fire difficult to put out.

>> any time it's this hot, the firefighters when they work, they get exhausted much more quickly than they would on a typical day. as a precaution we almost always with this quantity of fire. >> ten people, including five children, were displaced by the fire. happening today, nasa scientists are expected to launch a rocket from wallops island in virginia to the international space station. the launch is expected to happen just before 1:00 this afternoon. the rocket is carrying food, supplies, scientific equipment and experiments for astronauts. nasa managers have delayed the rocket launch several times. construction crews are about to start a major project on one of the busiest roads in the region. where and just how long this work could impact your commute. plus the bold souls who dare to run with the bulls. it's not just in spain. where people here in the u.s. are brave enough to take on the challenge. and saving money on summer entertainment. cnbc is sharing the secret to

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10% the day before the event than they are the day of the event. waiting as long as possible is the best solution if you want to grab the cheapest tickets. >> it's a gamble. you might be priced out or have a bad choice of seats. take advantage of promotions, banks tend to offer credit card holders access to key games, concerts and other events. plus you might find special summer deals on week night, even concerts often have lawn passes where you might not be at the front of the stadium but you can hear the music and get a great deal. don't forget the box office. even if a show sells out initially often times there are seats that open up at the last minute, seats held for promoters and sponsors so they're great deals and at face value helping you beat any of the inflated secondary market prices. a modern day amelia earhart. her once-in-a-lifetime journey she's celebrating next on "news 4 today".

>> to our amelia, amelia segal. >> high temperatures in the mid 90s. it's going to be hot. also some storms in the forecast. i'll have the timing coming up.

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new this morning, four people were hurt running with the bulls in pamplona, spain. no one has been gored so far. during today's run a bull tossed two runners and the points of its horns came this close to hitting them.

three runners ended up in the hospital with injuries to the head and chest. the festival in spain lasts nine days and today is day seven. back here in the states, meanwhile, thousands signed up to get chased by bulls through suburban chicago. it's called the great bull run and it's the first of its kind in the chicago area. the organizer wanted to run with the bulls in spain, but found it was a little too expensive so he created his own run at home and no one was hurt during this one. crews will move a wrecked cruise ship off the italian ship. they will float the "costa concordia" and ten tugboats will trag it for demolition. the ship's captain is facing multiple charges including manslaughter, causing a ship wreck and abandoning ship. it's been 77 since amelia earhart vanished while attempting to fly around the world. >> seven decades later

31-year-old pilot amelia rose earhart took on the challenge and competed -- completed the 24,000 mile journey. nbc's joel fryer has her story. >> reporter: there was much anticipation surrounding the final landing of this modern day amelia earhart. it seems certain her around the world flight would end smoothly. >> my girl. >> reporter: this odyssey was about something deeper. >> i feel like it's a part of me, it was what i was born to do and now, we did it. we finished the flight around the world. >> reporter: amelia rose earhart recently learned she's not related to her namesake, she has always felt a connection, even as a kid. >> she thought, maybe i can fly around the world. wouldn't that be awesome. >> reporter: it's why she got her pilot's license ten years ago and why she decided to recreate the 1937 journey that ended with amelia mary earhart disappearing over the pacific

ocean. she called this the amelia project, a way to get girls excited about aviation. we were with her before the flight. >> the view outside will be amazing and for a lot of it, we'll be staring out at just the big blue ocean. >> reporter: in the past 77 years years, airplane technology has greatly improved. >> we're taking off. >> reporter: human nerves of remain as fragile as ever. >> happy tears. >> reporter: began her emotional voyage she had a special goal in mind. >> personally i want to see the sunrise around the entire globe. >> reporter: why every takeoff was scheduled at sunrise and this is what they saw. using social media earhart and her co-pilot shane jordan shared all kinds of images from their two-week adventure which spanned 17 cities and 14 countries. from brazil to senegal to singapore and beyond. toward the end they circled tiny howland island where her namesake was supposed to land but never made it. >> i was trembling as we flew

over. fumbling with my camera trying to capture the moment and finally set everything down and just looked. >> reporter: their trip finally ended where it began. >> where's dad? >> reporter: in oakland at the same hangar where the first amelia started her quest. >> and i feel like we've brought her home. >> reporter: a once-in-a-lifetime journey for which the sun has now set. joer, nbc news, los angeles. alexandria celebrated its birthday with a spectacular fireworks show. the explosion of light lit up the skies last night for the city's 265th birthday. the alexandria symphony orchestra performed and they played the 1812 owe va tour as the fireworks went off. >> good way to celebrate such great history in alexandria. >> definitely. >> see if we have any fireworks in the weather department. s to amelia segal. hey, amelia. >> in all seriousness actually, keeping a close eye on monday and tuesday for severe weather including thunderstorms that

could be producing some high winds and heavy rainfall. now last night, a beautiful showing of the moon as well. the super moon, you could catch it. if you didn't get to see it i've posted a lot of pictures on twitter and a fabulous picture on my facebook page. head there and check it out. here are your weather headlines. some storms are possible later today, about a 30% chance. but some good news with the 30%, it's looking like it's going to hold off until mainly after the sun goes down. maybe you're trying to eat your sunday dinner outside tonight, it's going to be hot, it's going to be humid, and it should be mainly dry. storms are likely on monday and tuesday. again potentially strong to severe. especially on monday. after that, though, refreshing air arrives, low humidity, temperatures more typical in early june. here's a live look outside with our city camera. you can see some sun light this morning. partly to mostly cloudy skies across the area. this will be the case as we work our way throughout the day

today. 10:00 a.m., we're dry. some sunshine in areas, more clouds in other spots. getting into the afternoon, just notice this lone shower here on future weather. similar situation at 5:00. so very isolated showers and thunderstorms around during the afternoon and early evening hours. it won't be until 8:00, 9:00, 10:00 when i think we'll really start to see some scattered showers and thunderstorms on storm team 4 radar. exactly what future weather is doing here at 10:00. notice the potential for some heavy rain as well. maybe some strong winds than any thunderstorms today that could produce some isolated wind damage. temperatures right now are in the 70s. we're at 72 in lorray, 73 gaithersburg, 75 annapolis, petersburg at a comfortable 64. not only is the humidity on the rise today, but the temperatures as well. by 10:00 a.m., we're already in the low 80s. 2:00 we're in the low 90s. 91 this afternoon at 2:00 p.m. by 4:00, that's when we hit our high of 94.

here's future weather for tomorrow on your monday. it's a dry morning commute. but getting into the afternoon hours, as early as 1:00, 2:00 p.m. we'll start to track some thunderstorms moving through the area. areas of thunderstorms and rain continues through the evening hours. starting to wind down around 8:00, 9:00 p.m. and after midnight, we should be mainly dry. more showers and thunderstorms, though, are in the forecast for tuesday. a high temperature on tuesday of 89. not as hot but still humid. as far as the severe weather potential for tomorrow, let's take a look at it. and again, it's a good chance that you're dealing with afternoon and evening rain and thunderstorms. so not a great pool day for the kids tomorrow. the biggest threat with any storms tomorrow would be some high winds, about a moderate threat. some hail is also possible. a low to moderate chance that we're seeing some isolated flash flooding across the area. can't rule out a weak tornado. wednesday, plenty of sunshine, low humidity, simply gorgeous,

high of 84. we repeat that then on thursday and friday. richard? >> all right. thanks. to a traffic alert. driving through downtown bethesda will be a mess. beginning tonight crews will shut down lanes to force new pavement. the closures will happen on wisconsin avenue between bradley lane and old georgetown road. crews will close up to two lanes between 9:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. sunday through thursday. the $2.5 million project is expected to be finished in the fall. >> she was badly hurt. spent three months in recovery. now, how this hawk is able to spread her wings and fly once again. >> the border crisis hits home. the new response after word that some children who traveled to the u.s.lone could be brought here to the washington region.

a hawk is back in the sky today after spending months recovering in captivity. the red shouldered hawk spent the past three months being rehabilitated at the raptor conservancy of virginia. found badly injured at a local park this past april and i was there as the hawk took her first flight to freedom. >> i'm going to let her go so she doesn't get too stressed out. we want to make sure she has a great day. >> reporter: it's a new day for the red shouldered hawk. >> one, two, three. >> reporter: back into the wild at turkey run park. the bird flies again. her wounds are healed thanks to

mark and his dog mocha. >> i think it was absolutely terrified and shocked and we tried to move around you could tell something was wrong. >> reporter: they stumbled across the wounded hawk this past april. she was barely moving. stein got help. the national park service and u.s. park police intervened. >> the hawk was taken from the wild to the raptor conservancy of virginia to begin three months of recovery and rehab. >> the hawk was most likely hit by a car. it had a very bad concussion. it was really dazed and also had scrapes on its legs. >> reporter: hello. after x-rays, antibiotics, fluids and many meals, she's ready. >> different bird. completely different bird. >> she was flying very strongly so i'm confident she'll do well. >> reporter: she perched on a tree for the first time in a long time. and now, the sky's the limit.

>> before the hawk was released, the conservancy made sure the predator could fly and hunt the way she could so she will survive in the wild now. we're going to show you the damage done when a car crashed into a restaurant this weekend. plus, caught on camera, see israel's so-called iron dome in action as it blasted rockets headed for the ground. and meteorologist amelia segal tracking the chance of some storms today. your forecast from storm team 4 coming up next.

just one minute now until 7:30. back with a question many of you have first thing in the morning, what's the weather going to be like today? >> so far we're off to a mug gee start on this sunday morning and could see rain later in the day. >> get ready to get sweaty. find out what we can expect throughout the day. go to storm team 4 meteorologist amelia segal. >> good morning, richard and kristen, and good morning to you. richard, i have to say, unfortunately you're exactly right. it is going to be hot and humid today. high temperatures will be around 94 degrees when you factor in the humidity, temperatures will feel like they're in the upper 90s this afternoon. in addition to that, some storms are possible later today. talk more about timing coming up in a little bit. some good news there. storms, though, are more likely for monday and tuesday as a cold front moves through the area. that cold front, it is going to cool us down for the middle and latter part of the week.

we're talking about low humidity. a live look outside with our city camera, you can see some sunshine. we're looking at partly to mostly cloudy skies today. we'll be dry through the midday and early afternoon hours. but getting into the later afternoon and evening hours, some isolated showers and thunderstorms are possible. more on what the storms could mean for tomorrow coming up in a bit, richard. >> amelia, thank you. we are following developments in the middle east this morning. israel is warning people to stay is warning people to stay israel is warning people to stay away from hamas operatives and sites connected to the group in the gaza strip. israeli forces are sending out leaflets, recorded messages and text messages to civilians in certain neighborhoods to beware. israel says it is targeting sites where militants are launching rockets from gaza to its territory. the u.n. security council, the european union and the arab league are all calling for the latest violence to stop between hamas and israel.

we've been watching rocket fire crisscross the sky above gaza and israel. the israeli iron dome anti-missile system is working. hamas fired at least seven missiles at tel aviv and the iron dome tracked those missiles and hit them head-on destroying them. the two candidates in afghanistan's election agreed to audit the results. secretary of state john kerry announced the teal in kabul. without the agreement both candidates could have set up competing governments at a time when the u.s. is pulling most of its troops out of the country. both candidates agreed to stand by the results of the audit and form a unified government. the federal government will not be sending immigrant children to our area. a vacant army reserve building was proposed as a holding site for thousands of the kids but the carroll county board of commission quickly began protesting the obama administration's idea. according to the baltimore sun, the u.s. health department assured the commission yesterday

children from the border wouldn't be brought there. since october, 52,000 children from central america have illegally crossed the border and most of them have nowhere to go. getting a deportation hearing can take years. president obama is calling the situation a humanitarian crisis. this morning investigators are trying to figure out what started a massive fire that damaged three townhouses in frederick county, maryland. take a look at video posted on facebook. you can see and hear the flames coming from the homes on orndoff court in brunswick. it took firefighters 45 minutes to get a handle on it. one firefighter was hurt. check this out. a car crashed right into a restaurant in montgomery county hurting four people. this happened yesterday afternoon at hunter's bar and grill in potomac. the car went right through the french doors and nearly mowed down people inside. investigators say an 80-year-old woman and her husband were in the car. they were parked nearby and accidentally accelerated right into the restaurant.

it's been a deadly weekend in chicago. two people were killed and 19 others shot in just 48 hours. police say a domestic argument led to one of the murders. a 27-year-old man was killed after he and his mother were shot multiple times. another person was killed in a drive-by shooting. so far this month, 23 people have been killed in chicago bringing this year's murder rate in the city to 207. a 15-year-old texas girl who survived an attack that killed her whole family says she's taking it one day at a time. >> i would like to thank all of the first responders, nurses and doctors that have taken care of me. i'm feeling a lot better. i am on a very strict forward path to recovery. >> cassidy stay was released from the hospital friday two days after a bullet fractured her skull. the 15-year-old survived wednesday's brutal attack by playing dead. nbc dan shenman tells us how her community is rallying around her.

>> reporter: hundreds gathered in the quiet suburb of houston to pause and remember six lives lost and to celebrate the amazing courage of 15-year-old cassidy stay, the lone survivor of the horrific shooting that took the lives of her parents and four siblings. >> as soon as it was safe, despite the terrible things she must have seen, at that moment she called police and told them we were in danger. >> reporter: that call helped police find and after a three-hour standoff arrest ronald lee haskell, who faces multiple murder charges. >> without her courage and quick thinking, we might be mourning the deaths of 20, yes, i said 20, people today including myself. >> reporter: less than 24 hours after being released from the hospital, stay thanked first responders and the hospital staff who took care of her. >> i'm feeling a lot better. i am on a very strict forward path to a full recovery. >> reporter: despite so much

grief she says she has found comfort. >> i know my mom, dad, brian, emily, becca and zach, are in a much better place and that i'll be able to see them again one day. >> reporter: an uncommon strength as a family and a community trying to begin to heal. dan shenman, nbc news. lightning strikes killed two people and hurt several others in two days in colorado. two different groups were hiking when struck by lightning inside the rocky mountain national park. both friday and saturday. kyle patterson from the rocky mountain national park shared some advice on what to do to stay safe. # >> this time of year, you know, we encourage our visitors if they're hiking to summits, for instance, to be starting really when it's dark, when it's 2:30, 3:00 in the morning. >> and patterson says anyone who is above the tree line and sees dark clouds rolling in should take cover right away. imagine popping the hood of your car and seeing this.

a good samaritan was helping a new mexico woman who was having engine trouble. when he looked under the hood he found this. a 6 1/2 feet long, 20 pounds, a python. the snake was wrapped around the engine. a police officer had the job of pulling it out. no one was hurt. the python had damage to its tail and was taken to an animal shelter. scary to find that. >> yes. >> got muggy weather now, possible rain this evening, but that's nothing compared to the weather changes we're going to see later this week. >> storm team 4 meteorologist amelia segal is tracking the cooler, more comfortable air moving in. that's coming up. >> extreme flooding in the midwest. we're going to show you more of the huge mess that's left behind. >> the new plans at a popular beach to lock up people who break the law.

this morning the floodwaters are receding in parts of

illinois. heavy rains there caused water to rise in neighborhoods and cause some streets and highways to close. you can see there, cars stuck, people wading in waist deep water. there will be a mess to clean up today. much of the country will feel a big change in the weather in the week ahead. >> it's been called a summer sequel to the polar vortex although not the same thing. we heard that phrase a lot last winter. >> the polar vortex allows it to make it ways down to the south. >> i don't think in my years of standing here i've been this cold. >> now that we are in the next deep freeze and next polar vortex, the next thaw, could be a long ways off. >> now get ready for another gush of cooler weather. >> storm team 4 meteorologist amelia segal joins us outside on the weather deck to explain this one. hey, amelia. >> good morning, kristen and richard and good morning to you. we're not looking at the polar vortex, although it's been widely publicized on the internet that's what's going to

happen this week. regardless, we are looking at cooler, more refreshing air to move in. that air actually coming from kind of the pacific northwest. that's why it's technically not the polar vortex. we're splitting hairs. who cares. it's going to be hot and humid, today, tomorrow, on tuesday, wednesday, thursday, friday, even saturday, temperatures below average with low humidity. something not super common this time of year july in washington. here's what we're looking at monday and tuesday. this is the weather pattern. it's hot and with that heat we're looking at storms to be likely monday and tuesday. a cold front moves through the area tuesday night. that allows cooler air to filter down from the north and will remain quite comfortable through at least friday. it will feel like early june, wednesday, thursday, and friday. if you don't have plans outdoors yet later this week, you need to find something to do. it is going to be beautiful.

this afternoon there are isolated thunderstorms in the forecast, severe weather threat today is really low, maybe just some strong winds and maybe heavy rain in any hit or miss storms we see later today. i'm back with a look at the temperatures on the seven day in a little bit. >> all right. thanks. he is 95 years old and just now getting the military medal he earned. the special honor for this world war ii veteran. >> where you can join soccer fans to see the final game of the world cup. we're back in a moment.

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listen up, you may want to mind your ps and qs next time you are at a popular resort town. leaders in dewey beach in delaware are thinking about buying portable detention units. they only have one cell that holds six people. during the summer, upwards of 20,000 people head to that beach town and apparently they don't all behave well. >> apparently not. isaiah austin was a standout college basketball player until a rare disease destroyed his hopes of going pro. yesterday in baltimore, the baylor university grad announced he will be the new spokesman for the foundation. marfan syndrome is a genetic disorder that affects the body's connective tissue.

any type of extreme physical activity could kill a person with this disease. he was diagnosed before last month's draft and had to quit basketball. he will now work with the foundation to raise awareness about this disease. the "today" show is coming up next on nbc 4. let's find out what they're working on. >> erica hill and lester holt join us live from new york. good morning, guys. >> hey, good morning to you. just ahead here on a sunday morning on "today" we'll take a look at increasing concerns over the possibility of war in the middle east. israel may be close to launching a ground invasion into gaza and the two sides are escalating their strikes against one another. live in gaza. >> we'll share the powerful words of a soul survivors of the deadly texas massacre as she remembers her family at a memorial service. >> a look at the growing on-line movement to demonstrate the dangers of leaving children alone in a hot car, a demonstration you should not try. one police officer did lock himself in his car himself. and he'll tell us why. >> and we can't wait to share this update with you.

what started out with one baseball game has turned into so much more for dylan's brother. how he's helping the wounded warrior amputee softball team on an important mission around the country. more on that when we get started on a sunday morning on "today." send it back to you in washington. >> we'll see you in a little bit. 70 years after a soldier's heroic actions in combat he's recognized with the highest honor. >> northern virginia bureau reporter david cullvert introduces us to this war hero who received his silver star. >> reporter: it took nearly seven decades, retired lieutenant colonel ralph keyfy is wearing his silver star. >> one of the main things i lived this moment to receive it. >> reporter: the reason for this humble ceremony, dates back to world war ii. september 22nd, 1944, as allied forces withdrew all around him, keyfy got orders to hold the line. he organized plan that

ultimately pushed german forces into retreat. >> we stopped the counter attack and set up a defense at that point. >> reporter: but he was never recognized for the daring actions. in fact, initially the silver star for the heroism was awarded to someone else. 70 years ago the army awarded the medal to the wrong guy and it's taken this long. >> reporter: with the help of senator mark warner's office that wrong was righted. alongside keyfy his wife dorothy, they met as he was recovering from war wounds. that hasn't slowed him down much. >> i did 40 sit-ups this morning. the last 15 i held for a count of five each. >> is that your daily routine? >> daily routine. >> reporter: when i asked what he had planned for the rest of the day, dorothy chimed in off camera. >> watch spogun smoke. >> watch gun smoke. i do watch gun smoke at night.

kind of enjoy it. >> reporter: in arlington, david cullver. news 4. >> plug that in. 40 sit-ups. i don't know if i can do 40 sit- sit-ups. >> i know i can't, not in a row. better break them up. >> you can try that. let's get a check of the forecast now with amelia. hey, aheel ya. >> good morning, guys. we are looking at a hot and humid day. i was just outside. you can feel the mugginess in the air. the temperatures not that bad right now. in the 70s. but when you factor in the humidity, well this afternoon, it might feel oppressive outside for some of us. the weather today having a low to moderate impact on your day. not only because of the heat and humidity, but because of the threat of some isolated thunderstorms this afternoon. and then we will be tracking scattered thunderstorms during the evening hours. so the good news for today, during the day, it's looking like we'll be mainly dry. but as the sun goes down, that's

actually when our thunderstorm chance today starts to go up. here on the satellite and radar, just some thin clouds across the area. that hazy sunshine out there right now will be partly to mostly cloudy today with more clouds around this afternoon. a temperature right now of 76 degrees. by noon, a temperature already around 90. that was our high yesterday. 3:00, we continue to climb. 93. 94 will be our high. we'll hit that at about 4:00 or 5:00 this evening. the uv index today despite a little bit more cloud cover, still very high. what that means, sun burn is possible in 15 minutes. so spf 30 at least every two hours. and if you are planning to head to the pool today or be outside for an extended period of time, try to get that done earlier in the day because shower and thunderstorm chances increase this afternoon, you wouldn't want to have to cut your pool time a little bit short with the kids. future weather here, as we work our way throughout the day on monday, this is not today, this

is tomorrow, plenty of cloud cover around. it's a dry start to your monday. as we get into the midday hours, the d.c. metro area still dry. but we'll likely be tracking showers and thunderstorms developing along that i-81 corridor. those continue to push east during the afternoon hours. thunderstorms tomorrow afternoon and evening have the potential to be strong to severe. that evening commute tomorrow it could be a slow go because of the rain. rain chances start to drop off at 8:00 p.m. tomorrow evening, but there's still that chance of some isolated activity around right on into the overnight hours on monday. here's your planner for tomorrow. plenty of clouds around. it's a humid day. 7:00 a.m., we're already near 80 degrees. so you have that early morning run, boot camp, walking the dog, no. when you step out early tomorrow morning, it's not going to be refreshing outside. mid 80s for the lunch time hours. low 90s as we get into the afternoon hours. 3:00, we'll start to track the

chance of storms. again potentially severe. rain and thunderstorms are likely around 7:00 and then again that threat starts to drop down. with thunderstorms tomorrow, the biggest concerns i'm forecasting would be some high winds producing some isolated wind damage and some hail that could be on the larger side. potentially up to a quarter-size hail. maybe, maybe some isolated flash flooding because some heavy rain is possible tomorrow. again we're really looking at high winds and some hail. tuesday, potentially another severe weather day. a little bit cooler. a high of 89. rain and thunderstorms are likely on tuesday. really at any time, but especially once again later in the day. that's when the cold front will push through tuesday evening. that front kind of wipes us clean. it drops the temperatures. it drops the humidity. it allows sunshine to return to the area wednesday, thursday, friday. just absolutely spectacular days. again, kristen, potentially some severe weather for monday an tuesday. >> we'll be watching your

forecast. thanks. today germany will take on argentina for the final match of the 2014 world cup. the game begins at 3:00 this afternoon and so there are viewing parties planned all over our area. >> out in virginia the arlington cinema and draft house is inviting people to watch the game with them. the doors will open at 2:00. that theater is on columbia pike in arlington. in the district the smithsonian is hosting a party in the court-yard of the national portrait gallery. in maryland, pack a picnic and head over to basket and head to the world cup watch event showing the match on a 32 foot led screen by the potomac river. this could be the last chance a lot of people have to wear their soccer jerseys. everyone has got one if you noticed. another four years to bring that out. >> this is it. >> okay. >> many of us speak a you new language and don't realize it. how something you do every day is influencing how you talk. >> a reminder about our series celebrating summer. this month we are visiting your neighborhoods and sharing the

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here's a look at today's top stories. d.c. police investigating a triple shooting. three were shot on north capitol at t street in the booming dale neighborhood after 2:00 a.m.

police say the men were shot inside a car. we're working to find out how they're doing and what led up to the shooting. >> police are trying to figure out what caused a deadly motorcycle crash in upper marlboro. the crash happened on john rogers boulevard. prince george county police say the driver lost control of the bike, hit a curb and then a tree. rescue crews took him to the hospital where he died. >> today more than a dozen religious organizations plan to protest at the federal regulatory commission. the groups are protesting exporting fracked gases from u.s. coastlines. the demonstrators will meet at the capital at 1:00 this afternoon and march toward the commission's headquarters on new jersey avenue. abbreviations of phrases on social media are practically their own language, right? we are social.com monitored twitter for three months and came up with a list of the most used acronyms.

lol, that means laugh out loud. >> fomo, fear of missing out. >> lmk, let me know. >> hmb, hit me back. >> fbo, facebook official. >> i'm a little behind on those. >> can't keep track of this. anything you want to say just pull up the couple letters and make it work. >> lol the most popular used, over a million times in three months. >> that's a lot though. >> pretty popular. >> i got a text message yesterday and it had one of those abbreviated words and had to go to google and type it in to see what it

good morning. on the brink. israel launching dozens of hair strikes over night as hamas leaders fire back sending residents in t-aviv fleeing for safety. israeli troops made their way into gaza this morning. we're live in gaza. wild weather. lightning strikes killed two people at a national park in colorado while the midwest prepares for the possibility of more flash floods, damaging winds and return of unseasonably