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 cold weather.

and strength of a survivor. she speaks out for the first time since that day. >> i know that my mom, dad, bryan, emmy, beckett and zack are in a much better place and i'll be able to see them again. >> remembering her family as the community comes together to support her today, sunday, july 13th, 2014. and welcome to "today" on this sunday morning. i'm erica hill. >> and i'm lester holt. we want to begin now with our top story. the escalating crisis in the middle east. overnight, israeli troops led a brief raid into gaza. fears mounted that it could turn

into an offensive on the ground. >> amy is live in gaza for us this morning. >> reporter: we've said it time and time again, this isn't a water between two equal sides. fighting against a palestinian militant group. but the concern is the kbroeing casualty toll here on the ground. today, there is indication that a ground invasion is just within a matter of hours as it warned people to leave. daylight in the scope of israel's overnight attacks become clear. many palestinians waking up to scenes of destruction. isra israel's military dropped leaflets. >> translator: we are being attacked by land air and sea. >> reporter: it was a close call in tel-aviv last night as well.

hamas promised it was going to attack israel and it delivered on its word. waiting was the defense system iron dome intercepting them in the skies above tel-aviv and saving lives. overnight israel raid add rocket launching site in gaza. residents feared this was the beginning of the ground invasion. many fled, but it wasn't. israeli troops are still on the border, israel intensified its air strikes, targeting the home of the islamic police chief. he survived. but many people died, including women and children from his family. hospitals struggled to cope with the injuried. for some like this doctor and his family, the violence has become unbearable.

today, they were among 300 americans evacuated by the u.n. and the u.s. embassy. >> 3 billion every year. i feel like they're putting us in danger. >> reporter: they were here on summer vacation visiting family when the war broke out. leaving was a hard choice. >> my heart is staying back home. my heart's staying in gaza. >> reporter: an escape to safety for one american family that very few palestinians in gaza will have. now erica, the united nations is calling on both sides to exercise resnt in place a cease fire as quickly as possible. but neither side shows signs of backing down. they are saying they are prepared for a ground invasion and caught in the middle are the civilians where the death toll continues to rise every day.

erica? >> thank you. david gregory is moderator of meet the press. good morning. >> good morning. >> like to tee up the conversation with some of your conversation about the crisis of the middle east. let's play it. >> the united states and the rest of the members of the security council have a moral and legal responsibility to put an end to this and regret the fact that they haven't taken action. >> that's often the call. where is the u.s. what about the iranian role here. they have long been seen as a benefactor of hamas. >> yes, and they don't deny that. they denied actually providing weapons fired into israel. but israel claims they indeed are the source of those weapons. this is certainly more moral support from hamas from a part of the world that's influential.

but the administration right now has been pretty strongly behind israel. there's high anxiety about a potential ground operation. but never theless, i think israel feels like it has the backing from the united states because it's responding to a threat from hamas. and they may well take advantage of the opportunity to go in on the ground and take out the sites. >> when we saw this back in 2012, then secretary of state hillary clinton helped broker the cease fire deal. would the u.s. try to do the same in this case? >> i think there's ever reason the united states would. you've seen a failed policy in terms of negotiating a peace process. in this moment -- and i'll be speaking to the mideast envoy this morning. there is real fear that you've gone from bad to now worse. united states does not want to

see a further unraveling especially with everything going on in iraq. it's a very tense time. >> we'll look for more of your interview and we'll join you a bit later on. thanks very much. >> turning now to the severe weather system in the middle of the country. strong storms expected to hit the mit west today. there's also a bizarre cold snap in the forecast. there's some talk of a polar vortex. dylan is following all this. >> it's fun to call it the polar vortex because it will be unseasonably cold. first, let's look at the flooding we saw in illinois yesterday. look at how high up this water came. people and residents were wading through the water. they saw inches of rain yesterday. in dixon, illinois, a little bit further away, look as these

storms were trying to gather. you saw that swirling rotation in the dark clouds there. we didn't have any confirmed tornados, but it was very ominous looking. we do have the chance of some of those storms today producing isolated tornados. you can see moving through central illinois and indiana right now. the best chance of seeing the stronger storms today is a little further east than they were yesterday. southern illinois and back into pennsylvania. we could see damaging wind gusts and hail and isolated tornados. then it expands a lot into monday. from new york city right back into arkansas. that's what we'll focus on tomorrow along with the colder air that's going to move in. it's the same setup but not cold enough to be a polar vortex. but it is going to be fairly

cold chltd look at some of our temperatures here. duluth about 68 degrees. temperatures only around 69 on monday in chicago. so it certainly is going to cool down. we'll talk more about that. turn now to the powerful words of a sole survivor of that massacre in texas last week. the 15-year-old that helped track down the man charged with the killings spoke out for the first time at a memorial service for her family. >> reporter: 15-year-old cassidy stay showed remarkable strength. >> i'm really thankful for all of the people that have been praying if he more and keeping me and my family in their thoughts. >> reporter: cassidy is the only one to survive the attack at her spring texas home. >> i'm on a straight path for recovery. >> reporter: police say she was shot execution style along with

her parents and four siblings. cassidy survived. the suspected gunman ronald haskell was reportedly looking for his ex-wife when he broke into his former sister-in-law's home. >> she had the presence of mind to remain quiet and play dead. >> reporter: then cassidy called 911. police say she saved her grandparents believed to be the shooter's next part. in court, haskell's knees buc e buckled as he heard the murder charges against him. a dramatic contrast to the resill yans of a teenage girl. >> i know that my mom, dad, bryan, emily, beckett and zach are in a much better place. >> reporter: with her family gone, a community steps in. for tood, nbc news, los angeles.

>> right now let's get you caught up. >> da na is here with those for us. >> good morning everyone. lightning strikes have claimed the lives of two people in two days in colorado's rockery mountain national park. a group of people were struck while hiking a trail about 11 thoir ,000 feet u7. >> the lightning remains one of the most danrous things in rocky mountain national park. >> now on friday, a woman from ohio was killed in several others were hurt as well. united airlines is investigating one of its newer jet liners, a boeing 777 after an ordeal on friday. it was forced to make an emergency landing on a remote island in the pacific. >> reporter: frightening moments

inside the cabin of a united airlines flight carrying 348 passengers and crew. the plane was on its way to guam when it had to be diverted to midway on thursday. united issued a statement saying it was due to quote, a mechanical issue. some reports of an odor in the cabin. the tiny island of midway was also called on in 2011 when a delta flight had to make an emergency landing due to a cracked wind sealed. midway island is less than 2.5 square miles in size. just two weeks ago, the evacuation slide opened in the middle of a flight from chicago to southern california. no one was hurt and the plane landed safely. meanwhile, some have taken to twitter with this latest incident. writing, i thought they meant chicago not the pacific.

luckily everyone is okay and have skins traveled onto their final destination. nbc news. comedian tracy morgan is finally out of rehab a month of a deadly car crash left his with some serious injuries. the former saturday night live star will continue his recovery at home with an aggressive outpatient program. the limo he was riding in was hit by a walmart truck. james mcnair was also killed in the crash. walmart has been sued. we watched, waited and wondered what would lebron james do. he chose to return home to cleveland to play babbsketball d now it's time for the cavs to pay up. he could have taken a four-year

contract worth more than $88 million. but this deal allows james to negotiate a better contract in two years and gives him the option to become a free agent next summer. that will be fun. good times. and finally, the running of the bulls took place this weekend. exactly like the one you know, only different. thousands of people turned out. this one was in illinois. a close second. took place just outside chicago. they gathered and weren't supposed to move until the bulls got closer. they doctor. they moved. to finish off the events, they hurled tomatoes at each other. i'd look that up just to make sure. >> i can't believe we missed that. >> we were off yesterday. >> yeah, i know. >> we could have been there. >> we could have been -- >> and those bulls look faster. >> american bulls -- >> spanish bulls, i don't want

to get into it. >> dil la lan is back. we have a look at last night's super moon. >> it's going to happen in august and september too. it's the brighter of the full moons. when you take a look at these incredible pictures. this is the super moon last night in greece.

forecast. erica? >> we're getting a new look at the growing crisis at the u.s. border with mexico this morning and the thousands of children coming into this country. many of them making that long journey alone without an adult with them. >> reporter: ride wg the u.s. border patrol in south texas, it doesn't take long to find a group of immigrants who've crossed rio grande. they are all women and kids. amongamy. a nervous little girl who says she's traveling without relatives hopeing to find her mother in the united states.

when asked where she lives, she shows them a piece of paper. a few miles away, we run into a larger group that seems exhausted from their ten-day journey. >> we have a mixed bag here of folks from guatemala and elsaliva doer. >> reporter: they're taken by bus to a processing center. back on the road, we hear about the apprehension of 19 more people. the difference between this group and the family units we've seen who turned themselves into the authorities is pretty obvious. first, they're older, mostly male, and they tried to hide from the authorities. agents used atvs and a helicopter to find them. they are starting to see fewer immigrants now. too early to tell though if it's just temporary or the start of a downward trend.

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>> are you ready for some football! >> not the american kind. we're talking soccer. they will face off at the world cup finals in just hours. >> the world cup's been in play for almost a month now. we've seen a rise in the number of soccer fans in the united states. with t u.s. run a distant memory, we're wondering if anyone here still really cares. it's one of the most watched sporting events on the planetwi expected to tune in today. that's an audience about eight times that of the super bowl. with the u.s. long gone from the competition, is anyone in this country paying attention. >> i know argentina is till in it. >> i'm not going to be watching the world cup. >> germany is playing. >> germany's in it. >> argentina.

>> that's the bad thing. >> argentina features arguably the world's best player in messi. then a defeat that reduced many in the soccer crazed country to tears. >> i think argentina are the underdogs in not only the way germany dismantled brazil, but them being the most consistent world cup team we've ever seen. >> some are calling it the game of two popes. but don't expect a papal party. according to the vatican, the two don't have plans to watch together. as for the devastating home squad, it was insult to injury on saturday with brazil losing to the netherlands in the battle for third place. >> the fact that these brazilians are going to have to go to the cathedral of soccer

and watch one of their bitter rivals play against germany is going to be tough to stomach. lebron james wanted to get his deal wrapped up and finished so he could leave for brazil to watch the finals. he said he believes germany has the better team. different from lester and erica. >> are you going germany? >> i'm going argentina. >> you guys have been into it post u.s.? >> when the u.s. was in it, it was huge. >> it was more exciting then, but the matches -- >> it was more exciting then, but the matches -- >> i watched carmax is the best place to start your car search. >> it was more exciting then, byou can test as many makes >and models as you need to find the perfect one. great for tim, who's quite a thorough man. he's a big fan of knowing what's out there. likes to weigh his options.

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good morning. it is 8:27. i'm richard jordan. an update to a virginia amber alert. 15-year-old dustin shaver has

been found safe in north carolina. he had been missing since yesterday from hunt, virginia. police say does continue ace mother 39-year-old denise shaver and another man 24-year-old kevin parish abducted him. those two have been arrested in custody. police have not said why dustin should not have been with his mother in the first place. 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. police say the men were shot inside a car. news 4's derrick ward will have a live report from the scene at 9:00. we're going to check your forecast next. stay with us.

good morning. i'm meteorologist amelia segal. temperatures right now in the 70s across the area. 78 in washington, 75 in martingsburg and 73 in manassas. partly sunny skies today. it's hot and humid, high temperature of 94 degrees.

mainly dry during the daytime hours, just a slight chance of a late day shower or thunderstorm. but expect scattered thunderstorms tonight. for tomorrow, showers and we're back on this sunday morning, july 13th, 2014. checking out the nice crowd on the plaza this beautiful morning. so glad they are here and sharing some of their pictures up on the big screen there. let's get you caught up on this morning's headlines. thousands of people fleeing gaza as the attack continues to escalate there. israel launched dozens of air strikes overnight. residents in the midwest are cleaning up today after strong storms brought heavy rain and lightning. another round of severe weather is expected today. and the sole survivor of a deadly massacre in texas speaking out for the first time in a memorial service to honor

family members. hundreds of community members came out to support her. still to come, camping goes high tech. we're going to see a way to keep our phones charged even when you're in the middle of nowhere. . it involves flame. >> nothing to be concerned about. and coming up, a story so close to my heart. my brother mike has had a whil wind year paying with the wounded warrior softball team. how they are inspiring people across the country. also ahead, it's the final days of the super simple series of chicken. >> easy for you to say. >> this morning, we're making barbecue chicken. believe it or not, you only need five ingredients for this dish. >> that's a big chicken. >> yeah. >> check out the picture after

friday's chicken thigh recipe. >> i don't think that's it. >> no. that's the chicken we are making. >> there we go. >> that looks -- >> so let's see what you're cooking. it is easier than saying it. >> it is really difficult to say. >> we had a hard time on the break. >> let's begin this half hour, with the lengths some people are going to show the dangerous consequences of leaving a child alone in a hot car. it all comes on the heels of the death of lts cooper harris whose dad is charged with murder after police say he left cooper in his suv for hours. 17 children have died this year after being left in hot cars and now outrage is growing online. we're going to talk to one police officer about why he put himself in a hot car. >> 20 minutes in, sweating a whole lot.

it's a little hard to see. >> reporter: for this north texas police officer, it was voluntary. >> i can't imagine being strapped in here with no way to get out at all. >> reporter: a demonstration to show just what happens in a hot car. finally after 30 minutes, it's too much for the grown man. >> my body's telling me to get out. >> reporter: he leaves with a warning to parents. >> pay attention, please. pay attention. >> reporter: but the internet is now filled with videos of others putting themselves in danger. >> i want to know how it feels to be left in a car. >> reporter: there's north carolina dad terry williams on a sweltering 90 degree day. >> the next fool on the news talking about you left your kids in the backseat. >> reporter: his hot car challenge has gone viral. >> that's as high as it would go. >> reporter: the posts come from

across the country. >> i rif in portland, oregon. >> they can be extreme. this woman brought her children and dog. she posted no one was hurt and that the dog wasn't with them long. >> the child can't imagine right now what they would be feeling. >> reporter: putting themselves on the line to show just how hot it can get. >> i'm dripping sweat off of my body. >> reporter: nbc news, new york. >> corporal jessie beater son is with the high land police department in texas. how are you doing? we see all of these videos and this one challenge as it's being referred to. that's what's disturbing to a lot of people. that someone would put this out there. why was it important to you to do this and to put that video out there? >> yeah. you know, for me, as a police officer, obviously we are

extremely focused on safety. for myself, with the way the media has been showing the children that have been left in vehicles, especially with the large media story about the dad that did it, it was important for me to find out for myself how it felt and -- and be able to put that on for other people to see. i did it in a safe environment, obviously. but for me, that's the reason why i did it. >> but you wouldn't advocate someone else trying this i would imagine. >> yeah, not at all. i know now that i've done it and i've had the experience, i know what it feels like for, you know, 30 minutes. and i definitely wouldn't want other people to do it now that i've experienced it myself. i can see how it can be very dangerous for somebody, especially if they don't have safety precautions with them. >> so you documented this. a child's body temperature

increases at five times the rate of that of an adult. at 20 minutes you say it was rough and breathing was getting harder. what was the most surprising part of this experiment for lack of a better word for you? >> i think just the rate in which the temperature rose. you know, i started with the air conditioner on full blast just like it would be for a parent driving around with a child and turned the car off and left the child. so i started with it really cool in the car. i thought i was doing pretty good. five, maybe up to ten minutes it wasn't too bad. but it started getting really about around the 15-minute mark. >> there's so much talk about awareness these days especially in the wake of the death of little cooper. do you find there's more awareness that you're seeing, especially in a place like texas where we know how hot it is?

>> i think that parents and caregivers in general are aware. it's kind of like beating a dead horse, but at the same time, in order to consistently get people to think and think and think and even know it might be common sense to get people to pay attention over and over and over and over again, i think it's very important just for the general message. again, not advocating going out and doing the hot car challenge. i would ask people not to do that. but the message in general is something especially in texas and other states that it gets super hot, it's a good message and something that people need to be reminded of. >> appreciate your time this morning thank you. dylan is out on the plaza let'check in with her again now. >> good morning, everyone. seems like everybody is celebrating a birthday from orlando. you're turning how old today? >> we're turning 70. >> i'm turning 21.

>> will you come back on your birthday. >> heck yeah. >> we'll look for you down the road. going to see pretty warm temperatures in parts of the country. it's humid too. that humidity will fuel some of the storms. best chance of strong storms, western new york stretching back into western kentucky. we could see isolated tornadoes but more the hail and damaging wind gusts. we are looking for that to start to spread eastward more tomorrow, expand a little bit, arkansas, to new york city. we could see some of the strong storms. it is going to be chilly. michigan, 58 degrees in the heart of summer. that's that cold air surging from the north and it is eventually going to replace the 77 in chicago and by tuesday, chicago should only top out in the 60s. it is going to be very much below average across the north and northeast as we go into early next week. that's a look at the weather across the country. here's a peek out your window. >> i'm storm team 4 meteorologist amelia segal. temperatures 78 degrees. by noon already at 90. a high today of 94. now most of the day will be dry.

just a slight chance of an isolated shower or thunderstorm. but after 8:00 p.m., that's when we'll start to see scattered showers and thunderstorms likely across the area. hot and humid today. storms are likely tomorrow and tuesday, potentially severe. hot and humid tomorrow as well and that's your latest forecast. lester? >>. coming up next, last minute hotel deals that pro caste nay tors will really love. we're going to tell you how to save big bucks after these i'm j-a-n-e and i have copd. i'm d-a-v-e and i have copd. i'm k-a-t-e and i have copd, but i don't want my breathing problems to get in the way my volunteering. that's why i asked my doctor about b-r-e-o. once-daily breo ellipta helps increase airflow from the lungs for a full 24 hours. and breo helps reduce symptom flare-ups that last several days and require oral steroids, antibiotics, or hospital stay.

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last year, we're talking only 14. this year, 31. and that's just one online network. we're going to see a lot more making investments into their own original programming. the biggest thing that struck me was the chairman ceo said basically that we are flat form agnostic. in other words, everything is coming together and digital programming has had its strongest year. >> a lot of people like these new shows. when they come out, all the episode. >> and a lot of new services are showing up too. you have comedians in cars. amazon and hulu didn't get any nominations this year. >> i want to move over here and talk about a cool new app for people that are traveling. they want a hotel deal. you have a new one. >> i love this one. they've been out for a couple of years. it's called hotel tonight.

what we're looking at are london hotels because the deals happen the same day as of 9:00 a.m. your current time. if i wanted to pick on a particular hotel i was interested in, i could go ahead and click on that. i'll see images. what's different about the services is they're not trying to compete with the hotels.com of the worlds. this other thing i really like is that you can get information instantly on what you need to know about the hotel. >> by this is our low price and it's available right now? >> absolutely. if you look at the beginning of it, you'll see the discounted rate. so significant savings. maybe not as much as you would expect on cheap booking sites. this isn't to me for someone looking for a cheap place. >> there's nice hotels in here. >> that's the whole point. >> anybody got a match? no, we're not going to really do

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pack. >> you can actually travel with this through tsa. it's approved. it's okay. >> all right. thanks very much. let's turn it over to jenna in the orange room. >> all right guys. we are with melissa from hartford, kconnecticut. she's here at a mommy leave. i'm sure, give me time and i will be. >> afy more months. >> will you tell us what's coming up? >> from the battle field to the ball field, dylan talks to inspiring heros including her own brother. >> that's after these messages. >> very nicely done. my mother made the best toffee in the world. it's delicious. so now we've turned her toffee into a business. my goal was to

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so that was a really great moment that we got to share. dyl dylan's brother when he played with some of his personal heros last year. a fair amount has changed. >> a lot has changed.

it has been the best year of his life pretty much. mike is now a pitcher for the wounded warriors softball team. they travel all across the country inspiring people of all ages. one year ago, my brother never could have imagined that he'd be playing with his heros. it all started with a moment bigger than any of us when he took to the field at fenway. invited to play with the wounded warrior am pie tee softball team. but it didn't end there. this time last year, you were a huge fan of this team and now all of a sudden you're playing with them. >> i love it. i never thought i'd play ball again. play wg these guys, it's the greatest thing ever. >> and at this game, neither has the fanfare.

in its third year, the team has played more than 100 games in 85 cities. why do you think so many people are interested in your guys? >> we have a pretty good comeback story. the guys have persevered. >> each soldier and amputee with a story of their own. this man was injured in afghanistan. >> i lost both my legs. when i saw these guys playing, i couldn't make any excuses for myself. >> what has being on this team taught you? >> push through it and good things are going to happen. >> the players and this team, a lesson for everyone on the power of mind, body, and spirit. >> and if you guys can go to their website and find a game near you, i promise you it will be the coolest thing. it's not only inspiring, but they are awesome to watch. there's this one guy greg who

lost his left arm. he catches the ball, tosses his glove in the air, catches the glove. >> thank you for sharing that story. >> i get choked up. i'm very proud. >> dylan, thanks. just ahead, if you're looking for a super simple dinner for tonight, about you in luck? we continue our super simple luck? [ jennifer ] do you reallyle have time for brown spots?

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simple chicken. today, we tackle barbecue chicken with the host of man food fire on the cooking channel. our tasting panel is gearing up for the main event. okay. they're already sampling. >> they cheated. >> they are cheating. we're about to make this. this is your sweet chile barbecue chicken. >> super simple and it starts with the whole chicken. >> basically you take the back of the chicken. >> it breaks up pretty easily. >> you take out the backbone and separate the skin. >> i heard the bone there. if you're a little squeamish and that's not your deal, you can ask your butcher to do it for you, right? >> you can ask your butcher to do it. i just like to do it in havls

like this because i like big hunks of meat. >> so we have five ingredients. >> fish sauce here. soy sauce. this is a sweet thai chile sauce. i love this. this is the only thing -- they only make that in trinidad. >> how many drops do we do? >> three, four splashes. >> like that? >> just like that. now i'm going to mix that up really good. i'm going to score these. this, i learned from my grandmother. >> i love a tip from a grandparent. >> and it's super legit. >> so we scored the chicken. this is all mixed up. pour it over? >> pour two-thirds of that on this side. make sure you get it inside the

k cracks. >> this is going to marinate for how long? >> truth be told, to go back to the grandmother thing, she would put this in the fridge for 48 hours. >> 30 minutes is good? >> my grandmother says two days. >> when we have the time, we'll follow your grandmother's rules. >> absolutely. it's realry be rly best to do i outside to have the circulation of air. also the chile sauce has sugar in it. >> so we're going to check in with the panel downstairs. guys, what's the verdict? >> very good. >> i can't eat barbecue chicken without picking it up with my hands. this is delicious. >> so this is super simple to eat. >> very simple to eat. >> dip it in the sauce on the

side too. >> that's really good. >> we can find all of this at today.com. i love the added tidbits from the grandmother. you can catch him on the cooking channel. >> lester? >> they do cook in the kitchen. >> they do. > lest check in with david gregory. >> i'm never invited to brunch. serious news in the middle east this morning. israel bombs gaza. hamas fires back. and a key voice in the region, my exclusive interview with iran's foreign minister. plus, how cleveland is scoring wins. >> i'm told we're putting your chicken in the box for you now

that's going to do it for is. have a great day. thanks for watchin shots fired. the violence new this morning in the district. >> new information, we are learning after an overnight search for this virginia teen. >> good morning, everyone. welcome to "news 4 today". i'm richard jordan. >> i'm kristen wright. >> we could see storms later today but not yet. >> we have our camera at national harbor, a look at the potomac. it is a great morning to get out and enjoy the weather. >> it sure is. 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. not a bad morning. it certainly is humid outside and we are looking at muggy and hot conditions today. our high yesterday 90 degrees.

our high today 94. because of the heat and humidity, the weather having a low to moderate impact on your day and also because of the chance of some scattered thunderstorms around the area later today. temperatures right now, around 80. we're right at 80 in washington. high temperatures today 94 in d.c., bethesda and fairfax, 93 upper marlboro, partly sunny skies today and again the threat of some storms later. i'll have the latest on timing with the storms coming up in a little bit, richard. >> thanks, amelia. new this morning, police are trying to figure out who shot three people in the district. the shooting happened around 2:00 this morning on north capitol and t street in northwest in the bloomingdale neighborhood. derrick ward is live where police are still on the scene. hey, derrick. >> good morning. this shooting actually happened at about 1:23 and i've spoken to people who live on the block and they didn't hear anything. the vehicle has come to rest