krcriminals hit a local church. what they stole that is making worshippers very uncomfortable. >> and what was going on at this house just before it came crashing down. and no end in sight in iraq. questions emerge over what is next for the u.s. military. good evening. i'm chris lawrence. the u.s. launched a second round of air strikes in iraq and president obama warns they could go on for months. the president spoke to the nation and called the air campaign a long term project. he authorized the operation to protect u.s. personnel in northern iraq and says in two days, the air strikes have

destroyed the militanmilitant'ss and equipment and 16 isis fightsers have bef ers b killed. >> reporter: one day after the military unleashed its first air strike against isis militants in northern iraq, president obama spoke to the nation. >> so far these strikes have successfully destroyed arms and equipment that isil terrorists could have used. >> reporter: bringing humanitarian aid to tens of thousands ofrefugees. >> they have delivered thousands of meals and gallons of water to the desperate men, women and children. krrt critics say these efforts may not be enough to beat back isis fighters who have overtaken a wide swathe of iraq and syria and recently launched attacks

against neighboring countries. >> isis is a threat to lebanon. it poses a major threat to jordan. the strategy has to be to destroy isis in and of itself. >> reporter: but president obama insists this intervention will not lead to u.s. boots being back on the groun >> mahe lt an american military solution to this problem. >> reporter: a solution that some fear may turn a limited air campaign into another long term military commitment. dan schenamen, nbc news. president obama left will the white house to start his two week summer vacation. the first family arrived in martha's vineyard this afternoon. president usually keep as low profile, but this vacation won't be all that relaxing. he plans to go to a democrat he can fundraiser on monday night and will return to washington midway to attend some white house meetings. on his way there, the president made a last minute phone call to angela merkel. both agree that russia will face

more consequences if it intervenes in ukraine without that government's okay. the worst of the situation may be in the eastern city of donetsk. today a top rebel leader said his forces were willing to accept the cease fire to stave off a humanitarian catastrophe. soo far ukraine's government has not responded. we'll stay on top of things for you. for what happens next, tune in to n"nbc nightly news" with lester holt coming up next at 6:30. video in of a car that crashed right through the front of a building. this happened on the d.c. side of southern avenue in southeast. right near ridge road. we were there as crews pulled the car out of the building. still work to learn what caused it and if anyone was hurt. new at 6:00, the roof caved in as a building that has been s

v vacant for years. roof and part of a wall collapsed on 10th street in northwest. debris rained todown on the apartments next door. >> they banged on the door, didn't get a chance to really make any observations. however, when we got outside, there was a black line across. my mom and i debating whether or not it's a streak or a crack in the wall. hopefully just a streak. >> no one was hurt. neighbors say a construction crew had been working on the building before it came down. and now the district has issued a stop work order. new at 6:00, some local worshippers had topt through services after burglars hit their church at the shiloh church of god. darcy spencer is live there at the church. da darcy, what didy ay with?

>> reporter: these thieves were very determined. they saw the huge condenser units that supply air conditioning to the church building. they still had services this morning. it was very hot. so they decided to cancel the afternoon services for the safety of the congregation. >> this is or cage where we hold all of our air conditioning units. >> reporter: associate pastor daniel ray shows us the damage. >> came in and methodically dismantled four units. >> reporter: they supply air conditioning to the sanctuary. about how hot did it feel in here? >> at least a good 90 or close to 100 degrees in here. >> reporter: pastor ray says the thieves climbed the cage and ripped out the units. >> it was well planned, well executed. >> reporter: they weigh hundr of pounds a piece. >> the fence was went a little

bit. could have been a rope or something that they used to pull them up. not sure. >> reporter: pastor ray believes the thieves we aer the copper inside the condenser units can be sold for cash. >> people are desperate and it didn't hear whether it's a church or commercial property, people will do what they want to do. >> reporter: the morning service di go on with the help of handheld and oscillating fans. >> the service was very hot, but we did have a good service. something that we had to endure, but we did it. >> reporter: and while parishioners suffered through the service, pastor ray says he's thankful no one was hurt. the units can be replaced. here is his message to the thieves. >> and that's what we want to let everybody know that we love them, we forgive you whoever you are, we forgive you. >> reporter: and that is what everyone said that we talked to here, that they do forgive the people who committed this crime here. the good news is that this church has insurance, so it

should cover the cost of replacing these units. they hope to have those new units in place by the time of their next service which will happen on saturday. they'res investigating ways that they can improve the security here so once they get those new units, that they're not stolen, as well. reporting live from hyattsville, darcy spencer, news 4. >> great spirit of forgiveness. police are still actively searching the scene of a deadly shooting about dondre dyer was gunned down. we first told you about it on "news 4 today". dyer is from northwest gooes d. policeffg up to $25,000 for information that leads to an arrest. a new look at the damage as hawaii bears the brunt of two major storms. a storm that could still affect the state. and a show washington complaint get enough of, the film shoot happening right now that could give us a glimpse of

what is next. i'll have the latest on julio and i'll show you up close and personal storm team 4 radar hit and miss rain showers.

you still have time to get down to the national mall to check out production crews eason three. tourists and fans got a behind

the scenes look today. the netflix series usually films in baltimore. it came to d.c. for a motorcade scene. they had a fake presidential limo complete with a realistic seal. it will be there until about 10:00 tonight. believe it or not, summer is winding down and local kids head back to class in just a few weeks. that's why prince george's county held its ambac to school fair today. it was a one stop shop for parents. they can register their children, buy supplies and get their shots. the school ceo says students can expect more rigorous lesson plans this fall. >> one of the parents said he saw the new elementary math and he was very pleased and said it's the right math. so makes you feel like we're going down the right road.

>> prince george's county students come back on a tuesday, first day of school is august 26. an apartment up this flames forcing dozens of people out of their homes. >> my neighbors' houses were destroyed. >> we'll show you how despite the odds, their luck

one community in the district is coming together to help sgdozens of people who hav

nowhere to live. the fire ripped through their building thursday evening. since then, families are being put up in hotels, but they need a more permanent place to stay. and as derrick ward reports, if didn't take long for folks in columbia htont y 'r he to help . >> reporter: they leave on the next leg of a journey into an you were certain future. a second wave help came from the community. >> as soon as the fire truck pulled up, we had neighbors coming out asking what they could do. >> reporter: a neighbor running for the city council ward one seat joined forces with workers from jim graham's office. a call also went out for interpreters. sydney wilson called upon her spanish language lessons from it her bilingual elementary school to traverse the language

barrier. >> first response, their eyes open up like what, you can speak spanish? >> reporter: residents were put up at the recreation center. red cross and a number of city agencies were there. so the last of the displaced families have been moved from this temporary place to another temporary place. but the goal is on get them back into permanent housing so the work is far from over. >> we want to keep these families together and close to the resources. >> reporter: work has been begun on repairs. >> i don't think people realize that this could take several months. >> reporter: but those reaching out for their neighbors in need see this as a time to get them toward go back home. even though they're not in the building, residents need to form a tenants association. >> this is a good way for the people to come back to the building. >> it's been nice to help out. >> reporter: derrick ward, news 4. people of hawaii have been bracing for the worst as twin hurricanes head their way, but

tonight, a sigh of relief. iselle passed over the big island as a tropical storm. did dump heavy rain and knocked out power, but did not cause the kind of widespread damage people expected. and there are no reports of any injuries. julio has been downgraded to a category 2 and is expected to miss the island by a few hundred miles tomorrow. sure they will probably get some rain. >> more importantly for the surfers, the north shore will get big waves for the next couple of days. and i'll show you the latest track on hul i don'julio. but f now, most of the rain was supposed to line up south and west of the metro, but it moved just far enough in where yes it rained on my clean car as well as yours. outside just a couple light sprinkles. no heavy rain, no thunder and no lightning. and no flash flooding. no concerns like that. just enough rain to interrupt some of your late afternoon and early evening plans. as we zoom into your

neighborhood here, again, the coverage is fairly sparse across the region. all corners of the beltway are dry now. there were a few sprinkles in northwest. most of the steadier showers are out here just to the west. there is dulles airport. so literally right down through manassas park. most of the rain is in prince william and charles county. this is loudoun county here, this is prince william. haymarket, manassas park, down towards woodbridge. town into charles county just south near port tobacco, and northern st. mary's county. these showers are not moving much. but most of it will be a miss. so your weather headlines, hurricane julio will miss in the hawaiian islands. but the forecast track for the national hurricane center keep

it is well off the north side of the hawaiian island chain. but waves will be up. our planner, turning into a sunday morning, kind of cloudy with spotty showers. that should be gone this evening. mostly cloudy. 75 at 10:00. 7:00 a.m. tomorrow morning, partly cloudy. so we'll clear out just a bit overnight tonight and we'll have more sunshine tomorrow. rain chances rpts quite down to zero. as the super moon, one of the largest moons of the year is coming up tomorrow. our closest encounter in 2014. so hopefully our skies will clear out so you can get a good picture of it tomorrow. for now, just cloudy skies. 80 currently in washington. where it's been raining, a little cooler. 82 this leesburg. the one little ribbon of clouds. so future weather, by 8:30, the raindrops out to the west.

and "7-day forecast," tomorrow only a slight little chance for a shower. not even worth -- we don't put a number up there if it's not 30% or higher. but it's not 0 either. so just a spot shower chance. real rain chances come back monday afternoon. tuesday looks like the rain crest day. by wednesday morning, it's coming to an end. wednesday afternoon, thursday, friday, fantastic weather returns. >> already looking forward to it. redskins get back to work and get a big boost at practice.

some of the biggest questions of training camp always have to do with not how a guy is playing, but who is hurt. you have to keep people healthy. making sure they're ready to go. a few quick updates from richmond. jordan reed missed practice because he was sick. running back roy helu junior has a mild knee spranin. he's listed day to day. jason hatcher practiced the

first time the entire training camp. he's one of the key defensive free agents brought in from the cowboys. the nine year rowe had been recovering from knee surgery. he was placed on thes if will he unable to perform list at the beginning of training camp. he did not participate in team drills, but he did some individual work. coming off the injury, hatcher is slowing his way back into the rotation. >> just the mental point. my knee is good. just go out there and playing as hard as i can. once i did that i was able to get over it mentally. from the looks of it, we will have a great against and that's exciting to me. so that kind of motivated me to work hard. this is a special group of guys and they want to win. >> i would wait until week one. but i'm not the head coach. but we all know what hatcher can do. we need him 100%. so we'll be ready to go. we'll be loetded.

>> also back at practice, desean jackson. he was not a full participant.l. >> also back at practice, desean jackson. he was n frtade >> ackt aedean jacon he n a fl icantd >> ackacdean jackson heasot fl rtip. ao ckacdean jackson heasot fl rtip bood to see him back on the field after an ankle injury. training camp will come to a close this tuesday in richmond. august 18 the next preseason game. redskins hosting the cleveland browns. let's go down a level now to cling footba coe football. maryland three weeks away from kicking off the season, first as members of the beg ten conference. here are three names to watch out for this falieg ten conference. here are three names to wat out foth fl.te confenc here renas ch oufothl. first up desean diggs. he's been named pre-season all-big ten team along with a handful of others. next quarterback, c.j. brown, sixth year senior. health an issue. he missed two games last year due to injury. and finally, head coach randy

edsall entering his fourth year at the helm. he will look to improve upon last year's 7-6 record. they open up their season august 30 against james madison. in baseball, braves took the opening game of the series against the nationals. they have 3 1/2 game lead in atlanta in the division. elsewhere, orioles hosting the cardinals. when your team is playing as good being a buck showalter's, you can sit back and enjoy the show. bottom of the second, os down a run. joseph changes that with one swing of the bat. this one a two run blast. joseph now with home runs in the last five games. orioles take a 3-2 lead. later on in the third, nelson cruz, his 30th home run of the season. a monster shot there.

this game still going on in the 7th enininning. orioles lead 9-3. finally, jay gruden has a different way of approaching things. it showed at practice today. former quarterback decided to try his happened at corner back. gruden covering guys like santana moss. but did he put forth a better effort against andre roberts. check this out. incomplete pass. there you go, coach. show off a bit. moss, though, he couldn't figu out the veteran. moss just too good. jay gruden a little bit too slow. he was asked about his coach's coverage skills. >> when you're a receiver, man, you just have to try to get the job done. when the coach is in front of you, you want to make sure you don't hurt the coach.

do what you have to do without hurting the coach. >> having fun. don't hurt the head coach. >> great to see that. thanks. we want to catch you up on breaking news. military conducting operations in iraq. they just announced four more air strikes in northern iraq. all in an attempt to stop the militants from hurting civilians. "nightly news" has all the details in a few minutes. that will do it for us. we will see you at 11:00.

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