now at 11:00 -- >> it's unthinkable. >> mourners remember the innocent people shot out of the sky over ukraine. tonight, why the victims still have not been recovered from the crash site. a bold crime happens again

in virginia. the new face caught by surveillance cameras targeting your money at atms. and news 4 cameras capture a life-saving moment. what we are learning about the guard pulled from the shack and the crash that trapped him. >> announcer: news 4 at 11:00, starts now. 36 hours after malaysia airline flight 17 was shot down there are still so many questions. >> and the biggest one is who fired that surface to air missile that brought down the plane? president obama said the u.s. has specific evidence that it was fired by pro russian separatists in ukraine with technology that could have come from the russians. some believe the plane may have been mistaken for a nonpassenger aircraft. european recovery crews returned to the site. rebels have been restricting access to the crash site, forcing some of the europeans to

leave by firing a rifle into the air. >> an asian airliner was destroyed in european skies filled with citizens from many countries. so there has to be a credible international investigation into what happened. >> american investigators have not yet arrived at the scene. to put into perspective how much the rebels are holding up the process, the pieces of the plane and almost 300 bodies on the ground spent a second night in the open in the grassy ukraine countryside. >> tonight for the first time we are hearing from a relative of an american on the plane. so far quinn shansman is the only confirmed american on the flight. he was warn in new jersey but lived in the netherlands and had dual citizenship. he was on his way to a summer vacation with his family in bali is. >> we want to know why. who shot. at the moment they are -- what you call it -- giving the fault

to each other. >> another passenger had connections to the u.s. carline kaisser was a dutch citizen working on her chemistry doctorate at indiana university. most of the passengers were from the netherlands. by population the loss of life here is comparable to 9/11 in the united states. while in malaysia flags have been lowered to half staff for the secondary line tragedy this year after the disappearance of flight 370 in march. countries all over the world are mourning including this one with. chris lawrence is live at the malaysian embassy in northwest d.c. with the story. chris? >> just in the last few hours a vigiled at one embassy and ended at a second. it started with a woman who moved here and lost her friends when the plane went down. the memorial at the malaysian

embassy was built by people with a personal stake in the crash are. >> some of the people in the plane, i knew. >> reporter: berber kramer is dutch. she feels sad and lonely and came to the vigil hoping it would help her cope. >> the ocean in between the states and the netherlands seems big. >> reporter: she knew two of the aids researchers killed in the crash on their way to a conference in australia. >> it's horrible. these are people that have nothing to do with the conflict. >> reporter: one mother came because she can't stop thinking about the children who died. >> it's frustrating. at least we can bring flowers. >> reporter: masha morton is from moscowment she knows some blame her country for providing the missile launcher that took down the plane. >> it's hard for me as a russian, especially. of course you can't be responsible for what your country is doing. you do feel it's your country. you're part of what's happening, even though you don't want it.

>> reporter: their reasons are their own. the way this crash affected them, personal. what binds them together is this walk, holding candles, talking, as they make their way through northwest d.c. from the dutch embassy to the embassy of malaysia, the two nation who is lost the most. >> there are no words to describe the injustice that was done to the people they live behind. >> reporter: it's a reminder that a lot of folks have a personal connection to the crash. it's one reason why the dutch embassy will open a written registry so people can come leave condolences. chris lawrence, news 4. >> just a few minutes ago we spoke to a woman who was at the international aids conference in melbourne where several of the passengers were headed. a moment of silence honored researchers and other victims. he was considered a giant in the community for his work to stop

hiv and aids. kimberly carbaugh is the executive director. she's at the conference. i spoke with her via skype. >> we lost the leading researchers, leading activists. we know within the international aids community that bench is deep. that will further strengthen the resolve of those researchers, activists and clinicians who are still with us to continue this incredible site. we will honor them by doing so. >> stay with us for up to the minute developments on malaysia flight 17 crash. check nbcwashington.com and follow us on facebook and twitter for late developments. a little girl will be okay after she was hit by a car while riding her bike. chopper 4 was over the scene in rockville late this afternoon. tuckerman are lane was shut down at kings riding way for two hours. the 10-year-old was taken to

children's national medical center. rescuers say her injuries are serious. she is expected to recover. police haven't said if charges will be filed against the driver. >> new at 11 a new clue in the search for robbers trying to break into your bank account. fairfax county police have photos of a woman along with a man wanted for atm skimming. police believe there are at least three men involved. they installed secret card readers at atms in fairfax county and leesburg. if you see a machine with something loose around the card slot, notify the bank immediately. >> a capitol hill staffer is in jail tonight, waiting for his first court appearance tomorrow for having a handgun inside a house office building. ryan shutcard works for tom marino. police say he went into the office building and security guards found a .9 millimeter handgun and ammunition during a

briefcase search. darcy spencer talked to him by phone. he said it was an accident. he's an unpaid leave. carrying a handgun without a license is a felony in the district. >> developing tonight, more israeli troops amassing outside gaza as the military threatens to expand the ground campaign. israel says the mission is so destroy tunnels. both sides continue to exchange rocket fire. nearly 300 palestinians have been killed so far. about 60 of them, children. they are trying to avoid civilian deaths but gaza is so densely populated, residents have few places to go. >> the surge of children crossing the u.s. border with mexico is slowing. according to administration sources, border patrol agents found fewer than 500 undocumented children at the border in south texas this week. last month, agents were stopping

as many as 2000 a week. illegal crossings tend to slow during the summer. next week the presidents of guatemala, el salvador and honduras will visit the white house to discuss ways to slow the crossings more. after a long week of huge developments on the border and overseas, president obama is getting out of town. chopper 4 spotted marine 1 taking the first family for a weekend escape to camp david. it's their first trip to the mountains near the maryland/pennsylvania border in almost a year. >> turning to weather now, we have had a break from the summer heat. how much longer can it last? doug has a first look at the weekend forecast. hi, doug. >> hi. we'll see changes. the president flew right over me today during backyard weather. i think he waved, i'm not sure. we are dealing with more cloud cover. look at this. rain. satellite and radar picking this up well. a lot of cloud cover moving in

across the region. down toward the charlottesville area, most of the rainmaking its way in from the southwest across the region. it may affect your weekend. i will update you in a fuls. >> the countdown is on. you will soon be able to ride the silver are line. m metare ra will have six days of simulated service without passengers as a test. it could mean longer waits on the blue line with with trains potentially running 12 minutes apart. >> if you plan to ride the silver line we have a look at where you will park your car or bike. this is the new parking garage. . it doubles as a transportation hub with shuttles to dulles, a kiss and ride and a bike locker room. the facility will have an open house tomorrow. >> consider this your warning. new speed cameras will be up and running in northeast d.c.

two cameras will make sure you are at or below 25 miles an hour while another makes sure you obey pedestrian rules. if the cameras catch you, you will get a warning during the first 30 days. after that, you are looking at a fine. >> the floating gas station will have to set up shop somewhere else. after neighbors raised concerns about a mock gas station in the middle saying the art display wouldn't add anything to reviving the river's reputation. it was part of a larger art project known as five by five. no word yet on where it will be. tonight, a man rescued from a terrifying crash. >> picking up the tab. how arlington county wants to address safety issues during popular bar crawl ares. and one man is dead. two new york cops are off the street.

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booth. he works at this apartment complex. residents say it's a miracle. >> i'm glad he survived. >> reporter: medics drove him to prince georges. tonight he's recovering from are the emergency room. >> a car ran up in there. >> reporter: we showed his neighbor video of the scene. donna smith is amazed. >> i would assume he's dead. oh, my god. >> reporter: he survived. >> he's a very nice person. >> reporter: fisher was conscious and communicating with crews trying to get him out. >> that's very good. very good guy. >> reporter: the driver stayed on the scene. he'll be okay. now the unanswered question, why did he crash? >> it's shocking to know someone actually rammed into there. all this space and you run into the booth with. >> reporter: police are investigating the crash. james fisher is expected to be okay. his neighbors along with people who live in the community where

he works hope to see him soon. >> there is new controversy for the new york city police department tonight. a 43-year-old man died after he was put in a choke hold by a new york police officer. cell phone video shows the officer with his arms around the they can of 6'3" , 350 pound eric garner. garner who had asthma suffered a heart attack and died. choke holds are prohibited by the nypd. mayor bill deblasio postponed his vacation to address the city. he promises a full investigation. >> more legal challenges for taxi alternatives uber and lyft. eight taxi companies want a judge to stop them from operating in virginia. the companies are the subject of a cease and desist order in the commonwealth. both are operating. bar wood taxi is suing uber in

montgomery county. d.c. cab drivers protested as well. >> around this time on a friday night the bars in arlington are packed. leaders don't want things to get out of hand during pub crawl ares. they will foot the bill for extra police and security. >> it falls outside of our special events policy. we will deal with a recommendation to put the burden on those who are benefitting. >> last month police arrested charles mac after he allegedly led police on a chase through the streets while he was naked. this occurred in the middle of a pub crawl. >> desperate work under way in washington state tonight to stop the wildfire that destroyed a hundred buildings. the fire exploded in size today because of high winds. it's covering 170,000 acres. firefighters say it is at 0% containment.

hundreds of people are out of their homes and waiting to see where the flames will go next. it started as more fires merged. hot weather is making it more difficult. >> that's what's going on. they will cool eventually. that means we'll go on the warm side of things next week. we have changes coming to the forecast. if you loved the last couple of days you are not alone. what fantastic weather we have had. temperature temperatures averaged five degrees below average. wednesday, thursday, friday, beautiful. temperatures got into the low to mid 80s. some cloud cover out there. the clouds will continue to stream in across the region. winds now out of the southeast at 5 miles per hour. as far as temperatures are concerned, 70 degrees in gathersburg.

72 in fred are ricksburg. they are going to cool but not that much. because of the fact that we have clouds coming. a few showers down to the south. around charlottesville, showers coming across the region. you see it on satellite and radar. look at the rain. the wider view are shows it well. it looks like rain to the south. this is a weak system. it doesn't have a lot of moisture. the moisture is streaming our way. we have an area of high pressure over new york keeping us dry at the surface. most of this is coming in. drying out before it hits us. that will be a dry weekend. we'll see showers but mostly see the clouds from this. a lot of cloud cover tomorrow. don't expect much sunshine. on saturday, look at that. clouds throughout the afternoon. that's going to be about it.

sunday an isolated shower. an easterly wind developing. we could see a shower two sunday afternoon. not a wash out. don't be surprised to see a shower in your area. sunday evening they get out. could have a repeat. then temperatures go up. 83 degrees in d.c. 79 in martinsburg. much more in the way of thick clouds to the west. more sunshine out there towards the beaches. at least hoping so. i'm headed there tomorrow. your impact forecast, none. not going to see much impact. if you are thinking of heading to the pool you need the sunscreen. the sun won't be that warm. 83 on saturday. 86 on monday. here come it is heat. 80 degrees on tuesday. 95 on wednesday. we stay into the 90s on thursday. we do see heat come back into the forecast. it doesn't last that long.

we are going back down below average by friday with a high temperature of 86. as always, any time we get that hot, and every time we have gotten that hot this year we get strong storms. that would be wednesday. >> okay. we know the drill. >> right. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> still ahead, basketball is

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this is the xfinity sports desk brought to you by your home for the most live sports. >> well, they lost. i asked if it was a good game. you said, no, not really. it was a nice night at the ballpark. the food was good. >> they got a lot of hits but not a lot of runs.

they lost the game and the division lead. the braves won. baseball more than any other sport gives a team the ability to build on success or put failures behind them. it's the latter for the washington nationals opening up the second half of the season in disappointing fashion. there was one big highlight we have to show you. fans happy to see the team back on the field. happy for an autograph from bryce. strasburg on the mound. top one, second batter of the game. scooter janet in it. out of the park. a solo shot to right. brewers with the early 1-0 lead. the brew crew up 2-0. two on for ramirez. he takes one to right. this one drops in front of jason worth. brewers up. nine strikeouts and four runs allowed by strasburg. now for your viewing pleasure, harper in the ninth. up with the new relaxed batting stance. and it pays off.

crushes it to right. too bad nobody was on. it's a solo homer. three hits in the game for bryce including the homer. got to love how harp was swinging it tonight. >> looked good up there. hit the ball hard tonight. just missed the ball he popped up, too. he's seeing it good. certainly the homer gives him confidence. the other two hits are taking what the opposition has given him. that's a good sign. >> orioles fans in oakland. bottom three. man on for john jaso. he makes the orioles outfielders chase-o. thank you. a's take the lead. it's the same score now in the fifth. i'm a poet and didn't know it. the weather at the british open is supposed to turn ugly for tomorrow's third round. phil miso says it opens the door

him. clearly today the sun was shining on one golfer. it wasn't lefty. it was rory mcilroy. the birdies were finding him. how does that happen? he was just that good. in the long grass on ten. mcilroy's shot, punches it out. gets a nice roll. it stops within a couple feet of the cup. rory birdied the hole. nine under. tiger woods would like a few shots back including this one on 16 out of the grass. he's out of the grass and going back in. tiger sent it into the other rough stuff. not happy with that. he did make the cut at two over, barely. rory kept cruising. the tee shot on the par 3 15th. he'll take it. another birdie. six under, 66 today. mcilroy now 12 under with a four-shot lead. phil is teeing off for rory at

9:00 a.m. >> weather permitting. >> yeah. >>

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>> steve: from studio 6b in rockefeller center in the heart of new york city, it's "the tonight show starring jimmy fallon." tonight, join jimmy and his guests -- dan aykroyd, chaz ebert,