charges in the death of james brady.

>> the case is somewhat frozen in time. >> tragedy at a local summer camp. a teenager and tested summer drowns on his birthday. tonight the camp director tells us why it's a shock to his staff. a new declaration in the fight against ebola as two americans continue to improve. >> announcer: news 4 at 11:00 starts now. >> james brady's death ruled a homicide tonight. 33 years after he was shot in the head on the attempt on president reagan's life. authorities now believe brady died this week because of the shooting in 1981. experts tell news 4 it will be extremely difficult to bring new charges against john hinckley. jackie benson live at the hilton to explain. >> the medical examiner's ruling

brings back that chaotic day right here more than three decades ago. [ gunshots ] >> reporter: the now familiar but shocking video of the attempted assassination of president ronald reagan. a d.c. police officer and secret service agent were injured. james brady, shot in the head suffered the longest lasting injuries. four days after his death at 73 come it is the startling news. a virginia medical examiner determined james brady died as a result of the 1981 shooting. hinckley was found not guilty by reason of insanity. he's had growing freedom in recent years. supervised visits to his mother's home. >> is the united states attorney's office now going to prosecute john hinckley for the homicide death of james brady? >> reporter: ted williams,

defense attorney, said hinckley could be tried again despite the acquittal. >> he was never meaning john hinckley tried for the homicide of mr. brady because mr. brady was alive. >> reporter: prosecutors would have an uphill battle. >> all of the evidence the government would be able to bring forth would be evidence they had in the 1981 when this incident occurred. >> reporter: williams says in the end. the question is whether the verdict would be different this time. >> they had some of the best attorneys in this country involved. some of the best psychologists and psychiatrists in this country involved. as a result of that, they came back -- the jury -- with not guilty by reason of insanity. >> in a statement tonight a spokesman says the matter is under review. live in northwest, jackie

benson, news 4. >> reports out of iraq tonight that hundreds of women belo lolg to the yazidi minority have been seized and potentially enslaved by isis militants. a second drop was performed to tens of thousands of them stranded on a mountain top by the islamic militants. for the first time since 2011, the u.s. has take military action in iraq launching three air strikes on isis targets near erbil. critics of the white house say strike wills do little to slow down isis. >> we are doing empty political gestures that won't have a significant humanitarian impact p, won't prevent genocide. >> president obama insisted that the u.s. military action in erbil in iraq will be limited. he says the strikes will continue if isis threatens americans working in erbil. the crisis in iraq won't delay president obama's vacation to martha's vineyard: he and the

first family will leave tomorrow. national security advisers will brief the president on the middle east and ukraine. the president will cut the vacation short, returning a week early on august 17th. >> tonight we know the name of a maryland teenager who drowned on his last day at summer camp. it was his 13th birthday. dennis kim died today in baltimore county. shomari stone spoke to the director of the camp in silver spring where dennis was a fixture for five years. >> this happened recently. i'm in shock. >> reporter: david back founded camp sonshine 33 years ago and said this is the first time a camper has drowned. >> i have never had anything like this happen. i just told my wife i'm holding it together. i'll fall apart tonight. >> reporter: dennis camp, 13, died on his 13th birthday in

baltimore county this afternoon. today is the last day of camp. it was supposed to be a day trip cell operation. the young teen has attended the camp for the past five years. he was swimming with friends when he went under in a roped off area where swimming is allowed. officials say he passed the test in order to swim in the deep end. life guards immediately jumped in but didn't find him. a firefidiveghter eam searched for nearly three hours and found his body. any idea what caused this? >> i have no idea. i talked to the life guard. he said it could be a medical thing. >> reporter: the lake is now closed all weekend. meantime, camp sonshine is heart broken. >> we're praying for the family. >> reporter: in silver spring, shomari stone, news 4. >> the ebola outbreak is being labeled a public health emergency. the world health organization made the declaration today and said there needs to be a

coordinated international response. meanwhile, we are hearing directly from dr. kent brantley from the first time. he released a statement from his isolation room today saying, "i am growing stronger every day. i thank god for his mercy as i have wrestled with this terrible disease." nancy whitebol's husband spoke and urged action. >> not turn a blind i eye to what's happening. if we do that then we are in grave danger of losing our humanity. >> writebol asked today for a starbucks coffee. now to the trial of former virginia first couple bob and maureen mcdonnll and testimony that former star scientific chairman johnny williams sobbed after investigators arrived at his doorstep. on the stand today, former company executive paul perito said he didn't know johnny williams had given the mcdonnells money and luxury

gifts. he said williams called to tell him about the investigation and perito said the gifts were an egregious error in judgment. prosecutors hope the testimony will back up statements that he only gave the mcdonnells money for helping promoting a new supplement. now to the forecast tonight. we have clouds and showers down to the south of us. doug is out of the pool now, tracking it all from the storm center. hey, doug. >> from our backyard weather this afternoon, a beautiful afternoon. really, a great evening, too. temperatures are on the nice side of things. 75 now in d.c. 68 toward camp springs. 65 in buoy. a nice evening shaping up. i think it will be a nice weekend. the only system we are dealing with is down to the south. lots of showers roanoke to richmond around virginia beach. a lot of cloud cover. i'll watch this, monitor and track it as we make our way through the next couple of days. i'll let you know how it may

affect the weekend especially if you are traveling to the south. that and a lot of other things in a few minutes. >> thank uh you, doug. surveillance video shows robbers equipment from d.c. students. in they struck here monday, getting away with nine apple computers, just two weeks before school starts. the robbers got in through a side window. they hit the same school last september. they were never caught. that's when cardoza just re-opened after $130 million renovation. we checked with d.c. police. they say eight d.c. schools have been burglarized this summer. even as a loving mother and grandmother was laid to rest her family questions what led to her death. karen williams's car collide with a state police suv on the beltway in prince georges county. investigators say the 18-year-old cadet hit her after making a u-turn at an emergency

crossover. the family wants to know why he was behind the wheel. >> an officer who will have to come forward or will be brought forward to explain how the cadet did get to have keys to a maryland state police vehicle. he couldn't have gotten into the vehicle and driven off by himself. >> so far the cadet has not been charged. if you are traveling this weekend, be prepared to see extra police on the road. the drive to save lives campaign is under way. state troopers from maryland and virginia are looking for aggressive drivers including speeders, distracted drivers and people not wearing seat belts. the crack-down will run through sunday. a traffic alert for i-95 in virginia. detours will be posted at the hov lanes and the parkway interchange over the next few weeks. crews are doing final work on new express lanes that will run from stafford county to the beltway.

the detour could be in place up to four weeks. well, tonight it's official. republicans will nominate the 2016 presidential candidate in cleveland. the city was selected from a group of eight cities that bid to host the republican national convention. democrats were considering cleveland for their 2016 convention. five other cities are vying for the dnc. new tonight, a huge ruling that could be the first step toward college athletes getting paid. a federal judge ruled that college football and basketball players should be able to sell the rights to their names and likenesses. they weren't being company sated for the use of their images in ads, promotions and video games. the judge said the ncaa can cap the money as long as it's more than $5,000 a year. the ncaa is expected to appeal. a short break for hawaii before

a second major storm takes aim at the islands. up next, why the calm between the storms is coming at just the right time. plus a smash and grab theft goes wrong at a d.c. jewelry store. we'll tell you what stopped the thief in his tracks. and what's behind a disappearing act in

a robber hit a jewelry store. grabd 70 gold ringed and made a run for it thursday night. bystanders saw him, started chasing.

the robber slammed into a bus stop, slowing him down. people held him until the police arrived. the window at rose jewelers on mt. pleasant has been repaired. there is something disappearing along the cno canal. the business improvement district thought people may need a place to relax. they set out about 50 cafe style chairs. so far ten of them have already turned up missing. the chairs are marked with signs asking people not to take them. they cost about $100 apiece. the group is planning to purchase and put out about 50 more chairs. take a look at this video. it's a before and after of a waterfall in hawaii. after tropical storm iselle made land fall a peaceful stream turned into rushing rapids. a stronger storm could push in this weekend. jennifer is following the storm

from honolulu. >> the storm lashed hawaii bringing driving rain and tropical storm force winds to the southeast shore. >> you can hear heavy winds blowing and the crackling. >> reporter: first light brought relief. >> the storm smacked into these great volcanic mountains. it helped the to break it apart. >> reporter: weekend but still strong enough to down trees and power lines leaving 18,000 without electricity in the island chain. >> some locations southeastern and eastern on the big island received close to 15 inches of rain. >> reporter: turning once picturesque waterfalls into rapids. >> we have not had major injury reports, casualty reports. because everybody is working together. >> reporter: as the focus of the work moves to cleaning up what iselle left behind oh officials are asking residents and

tourists to watch for hurricane julio, churning westward in the pacific. >> we are not anticipating much because it is to the north. with a shift in the track there could be wind and rain. >> reporter: julio could bring wind and rain as early as sunday. this break between storms comes at a crucial time for voter turnout. saturday is hawaii's primary election day. in honolulu, i'm jennifer bjo are rkland, nbc news. >> we have clear skies for a preview of the super moon coming. >> sunday night this will be a cool scenario, if the clouds stay away. i think they might. we'll talk about super moon in a second. here's tonight's moon. a very nice one. almost full. 95% full. actually jim -- >> yeah? >> 95.8% full out there tonight. >> okay! >> we have a very nice night to view the moon across the area. clouds streaming by.

we'll see them across the region. currently at 75 degrees. winds out of the east under partly cloudy skies. what we are going to see are the temperatures will drop a little bit tonight. not a lot. down to 66. 70 winchester. 73 in fredricksburg. a nice night that will lead to a nice morning, too. saturday morning should be fine. no rain on storm team 4 radar. you don't have to look far down to the south. around richmond, roanoke, we have shower activity. an area of low pressure is trying to form down here. if it becomes strong enough it may bring moisture up. you see clouds around the region. you notice around philadelphia, new york city, back to pittsburgh. clear skies here. that's an area of high pressure suppressing all of the moisture to the south. if you're headed down to virginia beach over the next couple of days, cape hatteras, could be wet days for you. our region and our beaches are looking good. that's the good news here.

future weather picks it up well. they have a chance of a shower tomorrow. i don't think we'll see that. around 5:00 in the afternoon, chance of showers in d.c. no. i wouldn't be surprised if they are around fredricksburg, culpepper, orange. maybe as far north as royal. most of us will be dry. same deal on sunday. if you're back toward the mountains, doing some camping back toward front royal you may run into showers back into this area. that will be about it. you know we'll have the latest on storm team 4. 83 up in leesburg tomorrow. 83 down toward fredricksburg and 85 in d.c. more clouds to the south. more sun to the north. that's what we'll be dealing with tomorrow. in the middle of that, our beaches. ocean city, all looking great. nice weather, 82. partly cloudy and a few more clouds in the afternoon on sunday with a high of 80. a little bit of an easterly

flow. with that, cool evening hours. all in all, a nice weekend down there toward the beaches. virginia beach, heads up. a few showers. 85 on saturday. 86 on sunday with sunshine. then a little bitter more humid, not bad. once again we continue to see phenomenal weather here. monday, around 83 degrees. 84 on tuesday. we have a chance for showers. talking about the super moon right there. it will be 15% larger. 30% brighter. it's at the closest point in 2014. if you saw the one that came up a couple of months ago we had another super moon. this one will be bigger than that one, if we can stay clear. do you know what else? >> what's that? >> the moon rises at 7:55 which is almost a perfect time. the sun goes down around 8:10. perfect for that. >> all coming together for us. making it work. you're off the day it happens. >> i'm off all next week. is. >> well earned.

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it showed. a man on for justin upton. he's going deep to center. denard span can only watch. that's a two-run blast. 20th home run of the season for him. braves up 2-0. next inning his brother b.j. gets in on the action. this one another two-run shot over the fence. five innings. seven runs allowed. nine strikeouts for rasburg. top of the sixth now. the nationals are on the board, down 7-1. men on the corners for anthony rendone. they're not going down without a fight. how about this one -- a three-run shot right there. then the rain came. tarp's on the field for over an hour. they are back at it. the nats pulled within a run. 7-6 in the eighth. orioles celebrating their 60th anniversary. hall-of-famer and former nats manager frank robinson there. one of the legends on hand. they received a show against the

cardinals. this is manny machado going yard. that's a three-run shot. the birds take the lead. bottom of the fourth now. j.j. hardy at the dish. he has a home run in the game. go ahead and make it two. hardy jacks it to left. the two-run homer. orioles tie the major league season high with six home runs in the game. birds win this one tonight. your final score is 12-2. moving on now, the basketball hall of fame received dmv flavor. gary williams, former head coach and alonso morning, one of georgetown's best will be forever associated with the all-time greats the sport has ever seen. >> i would like to thank all the people here for their support. the hall of fame to support me.

this is as big a thrill as you can get as a coach. i'm really honored the to be part of the hall of fame. >> i am humbled, thankful and still uncertain how it all came together. this is not my day. this is everyone whose selflessness i try every day to repay. thank you for recognizing me and all of them. thank you so much for this amazing honor. god bless you all. >> to football now. an historic moment in st. louis. michael sam became the first openly gay football player to play in an nfl game. sam was codefensive player of the year last season. tonight he showed why. here you will see him making a play in the back field. he finished with a tackle. one hit on the quarterback. his team fell short to the saints. final score, 26-24. didn't want to short change hardy. i said a two-run home run. it was three.

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