roads with a deadly outcome. now the search is on the for the driver who did it. >> i'm kristin wright at the live desk tracking to breaking stories. a big moment for a virginia student and a campaign shakeup just announced. >> zeroing in, brand new photos of two escaped convicts as new details emerge about the prison employee involved in the case. >> and with the humidity it's feel like temperatures in the low to mid 90s. when we'll get a break from the heat and humidity and the latest on thunderstorm chances over the weekend. news 4 midday starts right now.

we start with a student's arrest. he says he is ecstatic that charges against him have been dropped. he was arrested outside of a charlottesville pub in march. pictures and videos showed him pinned to the ground his face bloodied. the commonwealth attorney decided to dismiss the two dis misdemeanor charges.ice investigation. >> thank you. right now d.c. police are searching for the driver who caused a deadly crash. one person died and several for hurt and the cared crashed just after midnight. it happened on first sterling avenue southeast and in the berry farm area. we are live with more on the search for that missing driver.

>> reporter: well, police believe that dreyer was likely hurt in this accident but despite the injuries he was able to get himself out of the car and run away, and he's still on the loose. the mangled cars speak to the violence of the collision. a witness tells police that the striking car, the volvo was traveling very fast. at first sterling slammed into another car turning left. both vehicles ended up in a field of debris in the intersection. several people were trapped but when police arrived the driver of the volvo was nowhere to be found. he ran away. one of the passengers also tried to run but hurt he didn't get far. police found a loaded gun on him. >> the driver of the vehicle is still at large. there was a passenger in the vehicle who tried to flee as well and he didn't make it far

because of his injuries. he was stopped and had a weapon and was police placed under arrest. >> one of the persons hit died at the hospital. police are trying to track the missing driver. there are surveillance cameras at the intersection that may have captured the crash. >> reporter: police have not released the name of the person who was killed. they have still trying to contact the person's next of kin. anyone with information on the driver who ran away you're asked to call police. in southeast, megan mcgrath, news 4. and temperatures in the mid to upper 80s across the area. washington at 86. hazy hot and humid. day two of the heat wave. this is how it feels outside already close to 100 degrees in leesburg. feeling about 94 in washington.

heat advisory in effect from noon until 8:00 p.m. today for washington, arlington, al alexandria. everybody needs to be cautious because of the heat. reloose the outdoor activity and make sure to drink plenty of water. coming up in ten minutes we'll have the high temperature in your neighborhood and the late check with isolated thunderstorms possible this afternoon.ed to a shooting last night. we brought this to you breaking last night at 11:00. someone shot two people near route 450. it's not clear how badly the victims were hurt. we learned that cameras may be going up along both the gw parkway in virginia and the bw parkway in maryland. a recent investigation revealed

some officers are worried about blind spots. they expect to have six new cameras on the bw parkway by january but they are not police cameras. they belong to the state highway administration for monitoring purposes. a developing story in upstate new york. the search for two escaped murders is in its seventh days. there are new details about how they broke out. we confirmed this morning that a female prison worker did provide them with some kind of contra tra band. she had already been investigated for being close to one of the convicts. schools are still closed. a blood hound recently picked up the scent of one or both men. a live look at capitol hill this morning where barack obama will make a final appeal to democrats ahead of a vote on the pacific trade bill. the transpacific partnership

would help smooth out the trading process again the rim nations and the u.s. many republicans are backing the bill while democrats say they plan to vote against the new legislation claiming it would outsource american jobs. in decision 2016 big news. the iowa straw poll is cancelled. the republican party of iowa's state central committee voted against holding. several candidates did not want to compete in the tradition. they are concerned about the expectations that follow the straw poll into the iowa caucuses. the vote today unanimous. the straw poll was planned for august 8th. >> former international monetary fund chief dominique strauss kahn is cleared of pimping charges. the charges hinged on six

parties that took place in france. he told the court the sessions were much needed recreational sessions and he didn't know they were prostitutes. a young girl's dream come true but it's what happened next that has everyone talking. we'll show you.

following the stories you're clicking on this morning. jurassic world is here. ahead of the movie release it's "jurassic park" website that's causing a story. the 1990s website still exists and according to "the huffington post," it's a treasure-trove of adventure. you can check out dr. hammond's office to find someone

interactive items. >> and it seems tom people will do noiganything to get out of jury duty. a man showed up wearing a black and white jump suit and he was dismissed. social media is lighting up today with this news story. have a look at this one getting all kinds of media attention. a six-year-old girl is gaining fans worldwide. she was presenting flowers to the queen of england when she was knocked in the face by a saluting soldier. there were a few tears but she took it in stride. and she was wearing a national costume. he was carrying on a british tradition.

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heat wave, the temperature now 86. a high in washington of about 94 degrees. it already feels about 94 degrees outside when you factor in the humidity. we will have a breeze at times during these midday afternoon and evening hours. that will help to move the hot air around. high temperatures today in your neighborhood in the low to mid 90s. 92 in faithgaithersburg. late day showers are possible. storm team 4 radar scanning the sky and we are dry in the area. coming up having a look and showing you future weather showing the isolated storm chances today and a bit of a better chance for a shower on saturday zblmplt a new law takes effect today banning the use of e cigarettes. the new law affects any public place that bans regular smoking. the ban passed last march.

councilmembers said they could lead young people to start using real cigarettes. >> the u.s. women's national soccer team is back on the field today. it's a bit of an awkward reunion. they're playing against their former coach in an april interview the coach said u.s. go golygo lee hope so low is a challenge. she says the u.s. women's team has taught her a lot. taught her to deal with world cup pressure. >> you can join the crowds watching the game tonight. the sweetish embassy in washington is hosting a viewer party. >> marching through the streets, the big event this weekend that could jam the traffic up th

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right now at a live desk, sorting out the details of a fraud case that stretches from maryland to florida. this involves growth hormones sold online as body enhancing. the owner of a florida company has been indicted. the drugs are not approved for human souse by the fda. gavin smith got caught in an undercover sting and allegedly shipped the drugs to locations promising a better fa seek.

he faces prison and a $250,000 fine. the indictment also seeks the to to if iture of $2.1 million. >> an alexandria man will be in court facing charges that he set fire to his own baby's cream. >> he and his wife are charged with failure to report five fires at their apartment. court documents say one of the fires resulted. it's unclear who started the fires or who put them out. they told investigators his apartment is haunted. >> one of d.c.'s favorite parades is happening this weekend. preparations are underway for capital pride. we are telling you how to get around the crowds out there. going to be a big one. >> reporter: absolutely. you cannot go far without notice noticing rainbow pride.

this marks 40 years and a larger appeal. along the parade rout colors of pride adorn many store fronts to cheer on a festival growing in popularity. a native, the capital pride festival is a big deal. >> i'm bringing all of my friends. i'm always smothered. it's always 20 or more. >> reporter: he will join many others dressing up for the occasion that celebrates the diversity of the area's lgbt community. >> educate people on the way life is changing, the world is changing. >> reporter: this year there's a bigger focus on families which could attract even more people. >> foams who, you know, with two moms or dads with kids who will be there and we'll be there too if it's at a good time for us. >> even with the kids. i love that we can have fun with each other without drama.

>> reporter: the festival winds through an already busy area into dupont circle and through the logan circle area. special event signs are up warning drivers about parking restrictions. now, this festival is an all day event. the parade rolls at 4:30. the no parking restrictions will r in effect from 2:00 until 6:00. we'll put the information of the parade rout and the road closures on our website. and unfortunately for the capital pride parade tomorrow, we can't rule out a thunderstorm but mostly hot and humid. notice the area of showers and thunderstorms west of washington. impacting parts of frederick, loudoun counties. the best chance of a shower or thunderstorm today is to the west of the beltway. hey rain is possible just

because of the mugginess. tomorrow morning it's a try start. we'll have sun shine. overall partly sunny skies and scattered and evening and afternoon showers and thunderstorms. not everybody will see rain. it could have strong winds if you do see it and heavy rain. i'll have more on sunday coming up. >> i'm sure a lot of folks wish they could get cooling rain today the city of rockville is hoping to bring cooling centers at lincoln park community sen tefr, rockville senior center thomas farm community center. keep in mind if you want to use some of these special amenities at these places you might have to pay. also you can keep cool by drinking a lot of water using fans, and planning your time outside thoughtfully. metro transit police arrested the man caught on video

attacking a rider on a metro train. this video is disturbing. police say 52-year-old william nelson is seen punching a man repeatedly. it happened aboard a southbound green line train around 1:00 on sunday morning the co-pilot accused of crashing a german wings flight researched how to get ahold of deadly drugs. we're also learning he visited $41 41 doctors. it's still not clear why he took down that flight. his family says he was spiraling toward a mental disaster. we're learning that some doctors told prosecutors they thought he was too unstable to fly. >> here's a live look now over the capital where a lot of folks who work are concerned about a breech of federal worker's privacy. we're learning all federal workers may have been targeted

in a recent data breach. they say it's worse than the administration wants to admit. they came they stole all personnel data and social security for every federal worker but opm claims the hack affected just over 4 million active and former federal workers. a record outpouring of support for a student who needs a life saving surgery. she needs a bone marrow transplant. we told you about her last week. our friends held a drive to find a match for the 17-year-old. the station says they broke their record for swabs at one event. all of swabs are sent to new york story help someone across the country as well and we'll keep you posted on how they do. >> that's a wonderful great. >> it's great and it's wonderful that so many people came out and volunteered to be that person who would give her the

life-saving surgery. >> we're back in 60 seconds with a weekend traffic alert.

starting a big project in bis toe this weekend. it's going to be closed both directions. we're talking about some friday, some saturday, some sunday night to install this storm suer line. the closures are 9:00 at night to 5:00 in the morning. there's going to be a detour in place. you're going to want to take that. >> the annual congressional ball game was a last-minute decision this year. president obama made the last-minute call to attend aiming to persuade lawmakers to vote in favor of the pacific

trade bill. he headed to the gop side hoping to gain a few votes. lawmakers are expected to take the vote today. it wasn't all work and no play. >> the president tweeted this photo saying i challenged them to a trace. there it is. there's the picture. look at them. >> that's pretty funny. >> is the president out there? >> he's in the middle. >> i couldn't see him. >> yes. >> the music legend that you can see in washington for free. >> and we'll give you the who and when.

it's a prime whale watching time in coastal california but keep your distance.

some people got too close for comfort. they warn when the animals go under the water, it's hard to keep track of them. noaa guidelines say keep at least 100 yards from animals. if you break the rules you can face a fine. >> and the temperature at 86 degrees. a high of 94 degrees at 2:00. breezy at times. right now and on into the afternoon and evening hours, 5:00 p.m., 8:00 p.m. warm with the temperature around 88. today when you factor in the humidity, it's feeling oppressive. tomorrow the dew points remain high. dew points will drop a little bit on sunday so it will start to feel a little bit better. overall, still feeling sticky outside. there's the chance of a few widely scattered showers and thunderstorms saturday and sunday. more on that in about ten minutes when i take a look at the next seven days. >> we now know barry man low

will headline the independence day celebration. he's planning a special medley. he first performed it for the tatue of liberty nearly twitter years ago. we'll keep you posted. the debate over free range parenting takes a turn in the area. you're watching news 4 midday.

a developing story this

morning. we're starting to see tweets about president obama's last-minute trip to capitol hill. tracie potts is on the hill with the latest for us. >> reporter: we just got word president obama heads capitol hill this morning to fight for this trade deal with the pacific rim. he's going to be talking to democrats, interestingly they're on the other side on this one. he's been trying to convince democrats to support him. they're worried the trade deal which would open trade ware barriers between the u.s. and other nations could cost american jobs. two critical votes on that this morning. one about fast tracking the deal. . the other is for assistance for the people who lose their jobs. something democrats would support but in this case they and the unions who are lobbying them feel if they can get rid of that the whole deal they don't like will fall apart.

president obama is here making a last ditch attempt to get this done. we'll continue to follow it as the votes unroll today. >> thanks. a rhode island man is due in federal court today in connection with with a foiled terror plot in boston. a man was arrested last night. the specific charges against him are unclear. this is part of the same investigation that led members of a terrorism task force to shoot and kill in boston last week. police say he charged at them with a knife. raheim east family disputes that event. the fbi says he and another man were planning to behead police officers. >> reporter: take a look at this. a huge rock slide happened yesterday. you can see in the top right of your screen, the camera appears to shake. eight boulders each weighing around a ton fell onto the road. the soil became loose after heavy rains.

an affiliate reports no injuries. >> and right now temperatures across the area generally in the mid to upper 80s. leesburg already at 90 degrees. rockville coming in at 89. a high today around 94. when you factor in the mugginess, it feels closer to 100 degrees. heat advisory for washington, alexandria. limit your time outdoors and drink plenty of water. tomorrow we continue with the heat wave. a high of 92. scattered afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms in the forecast. one of those days not everybody will get rain. in fact it looks like most of us will stay dry but if you have a thunderstorm moving over your home, it could contain heavy rain and strong winds. the chance of showers and thunderstorm with a high around 90 degrees and next week, it looks to remain hot and humid with the chance of mainly

afternoon showers and thunderstorms that we've become accustomed to in the summer months, today we expect a clarification on maryland free range parents. a maryland was investigated after letting their six and ten-year-old walk home alone and they are at the center of the debate. essentially the maryland child protective services is saying it's not considered neglect. it's a parenting choice. officials clarified the stance saying we see our role as responding when a child is at significant risk of harm or harmed. >> reporter: two d.c. police officers could have to pay the district more than $200,000 for enrollment fraud. the officers claim they lived in the district and sent their children to d.c. public schools between 2003 and 2013. they lived in maryland and virginia. district law says nonresidents have to pay for each student

attending a d.c. public school. they filed charges against the hills asking for $224,000 in unpaid division plus penalties. >> a civil rights activist and naacp leader in washington state under fire for lying about being african american. those accusations of lying are coming from her own parents who say she's white and lied on her job applications. we have more on this race identity crisis. >> reporter: the question city officials in spokane, washington want answered this morning did this woman lie about her race on a job application? she serves as chairwoman at a commission where she identifies herself as black, white, and american indian. she's the head of the local chapter of the naacp. >> she wants to recreate

reality. she wants to just invent it herself. >> now her parents who are both white have come forward telling khq that their family ancestry is sweetish. >> she knows it's false but i think she's told herself as well as she's told others this identity of hers enough that by now she may believe it more than she believes the truth. >> she made headlines back in february when she said racist and threatening letters had been sent to the naacp post office box. when she was interviewed she was asked about her racial background. >> is that your dad? >> yeah. that's my dad. >> this man right here is your father?

right there? >> do you have a question about that? >> i was wondering if your dad is an african american man. >> that's a very -- i mean i don't know what you're implying. >> are you african american? >> i don't understand the question -- i did tell you that yes, that's my dad. and he was unable to come in january. >> your parents -- >> i refuse. >> the story quickly went viral trending worldwide on twitter overnight. many asking for her to be removed from her job saying don't talk to me about how she understood, knew the black struggle when she could pick and choose when to be black. >> nbc news was unable to reach rachel. a source for the naacp says there was an executive board meeting last night and right now nothing has changed.

no one knows what will happen. videostreams, what diva will enter athis morning.

mariah carey is the new face of game of war. she's getting a reported 7-figure deal. the game rakes in about a million dollars a day. made any plants for the weekend? plitny our social media editor is checking out what's going on. >> there should be no excuse to be bored this weekend. there's so much today. prince is headlining a concert and the beer festival is happening in baltimore. we want you to have the best summer ever.

you'll find out more details on our app. it is hot out here. back to you, barbara. >> it is hot out there. you're right about that. how long does it take to catch your attention? apparently about 20 seconds. the new 20-second deadly adoption trailer is creating quite the buzz. they star in the lifetime movie set to be released on june 209s. the movie is inspired apparently, by a true story. lifetime describes the story as a high stakes dramatic thriller.

the tennessee bureau of investigation con officials it is looking into the death of randy wourd. he was killed in a gunfight with a bounty hunter. howard reportedly opened fire and was killed when the bounty hunter fired back.

a woman who suffered burns after an explosion in australia has died. the mother of two died earlier today. this shows customers running for their lives. a car plowed into gas bottles on tuesday causing a huge explosion. seven people are still in critical condition right now. police are still trying to figure out why the driver lost control of the car. and today the weather having a relatively low impact on travel. need the sunglasses. exercise, remember, washington arlington, alexandria under the heat advisory until 8:00 p.m. best to exercise indoors today if that's possible. drink plenty of water. heading out and about know it is going to be hot and humidity and mainly dry. great weekend to escape to the beach. the water temperature now at 67 degrees. tomorrow afternoon showers possible. cooler and mainly dry on sunday

with partly sunny skies. ocean side, around 7 5 degrees. coming up in about ten minutes, another look at the forecast. >> a mother's worst nightmare her car stolen with two children inside.

right now on news 4 midday, we're watching several stories.

a second straight day of june heat. it's hot out there. we're also tracking the chance of rain with thunder showers. >> kriswe begin with the intensifying man hunt for two escaped inmates in new york. >> reporter: this morning more officers are moving in to help out with the man hunt and investigators are learning a lot more about what happened in the prison before the escape. for the second straight day the man hunt is focussed on 20 to 30 acres, about three miles from the maximum security prison they escaped. >> everyone has shotguns and rifles and pistols. >> reporter: more than 500 officers and federal agents pushing through the thick brush that could provide countless places to hide.

as heavily armed teams continue their work investigators are pushing for more information. >> each day we're learning more and more information from her as far as her involvement and her relationships with both matt and sweat and from that we're just developing leads that we continue to investigate. >> reporter: this is what we know. mitchel was supposed to drive the get away car but backed out at the last minute. authorities say she did not provide the power tools the men used to cut their way out but did give them what they call contraband contraband. and before the prison break she was accused of getting too close the sweat. he was removed from the tailer shop. while so many try to find the violent escapees. again, that effort focussed on an area not far from the prison where officers have found

bedding, candy wrappers but not the two men who have been on the run for seven days. that's the latest. developing now, d.c. police are looking for the driver involved in a deadly crash. a witness tells police the driver who left the scene was speeding in this silver volvo when they slammed into another car at firth sterling avenue. this was just after midnight. one person in the car that was hit died at the hospital. police are trying to trace the missing driver for the rej trags. there are also several surveillance cameras at the intersection. turning now to the weather. keep the lemonade and the iced tea handy. you're going to need it as we suite

sweat it out again today. how hot is it right now? >> when you factor in the humidity, it's feeling like the mid 90s and even feeling like 100 degrees leesburg. feeling about 95 in winchester. we're in for at least a three or four-day heat wave. yesterday the high was 93. today the high is 94. low 90s on saturday and right around 90 on sunday. an isolated late day shower or thunderstorm is possible today but looking like most of us remain dry especially inside of the beltway areas east. some scattered showers and thunderstorms possible tomorrow afternoon. can't rule out a morning shower on sunday and then possible once again because of the heat and humidity and a cold front trying to make its way toward the area. next week looking hot and humid with a chance of showers and thunderstorms just about every day. when an aviation correspondent calls it one of the most exhilarating

experiences of his life, it membership something especially. >> they are practicing loops and rolls off the east coast. >> reporter: they're one of the world's elite teams, precision, speed, daring and perfect synchronicity synchronicity. based in france the jet team performs at air shows around the world. they've come to america and invited me to come can along. my pilot, a french fighter pilot for 22 years. the plane a check built l 39 albatross uses to train fighter pilots around the world. this is my first time and i'm worried about losing my breakfast. >> how many g rzs are you going to put me through today? >> i think maybe four. we're going to be smooth. >> you promise? >> reporter: after showing me how to show the eject handle,

we're off. >> here we go. we are up. we are about 100 feet, 200 feet. >> reporter: the sixth aircraft in a formation of seven. that's what sets this team apart. very few teams fly 7 aircraft this close in loops and rolls. left barrel. a left barrel is a twisting roll up and over the top. the ocean sliding over my head. wow. that is unbelievable. at 4 g it is blood runs from your head to your knees. i was hoping not to get sick. >> you okay? >> yes, sir, i'm fine. >> reporter: but i was more nervous how about were to the other planes. >> how close are we? >> about ten feet. >> reporter: it's a tightly cover yo graphed ballet that they're taking to air shows across the country.

maximum speed 464 miles per hour and 8 gs. flying next to us navy pilot mark kelly. >> to fly seven airplanes like that in a loop, that's remark able. >> they're good together and special pilots. >> reporter: back on the ground, the air feels good. that was fantastic. fresh air after the ride of a lifetime. four today, tom costello, nbc news. east haven, connecticut. >> it's a parent's worst nightmare. you turn your back for a second and your child is gone. it happened in tennessee when someone stole her car with her son inside. the woman ran inside her house for a minute and when she came out her three-year-old son and his friend were gone. a man got into the car and took off. he punched the ten-year-old boy in the face and threw him out on the curb. the suspect's mother says he suffers from mental illness and

when he stole the car, he was running away from teens who had tried to beat him up. >> the guys jumped on him for no reason at all and he was running saying they trying to kill him. i just hope he gets the help he needs so he doesn't do this to somebody else. >> both mothers today say the suspect should be punished for his actions.

getting around the national mall is about to get easier. >> the d.c. sirklator bus system will add a rout there. it will take people from union station to 15 stops around the mall. the cost to ride the national mall's sirkulator is just a dollar. >> the green belt station will

be closed on the metro for track work. orange line trains will run every 18 minutes. a grand opening unlike any other in our area. >> why you may want to get up a little early this sunday.

zblanchts first of its kind for our area that could have some of you waking up early on sunday morning. morning. wegmans is opening in alexandria on sunday. they'll have similar products as other stores in the area but pub. the stores will open sunday at 7:00 a.m.

>> today is day two of our heat wave's hot and humid weather. this afternoon maybe an isolated shower or thunderstorm but a better chance of scattered showers and thunderstorms tomorrow afternoon. we have the pride parade later in the day. can't rule out a thunderstorm there but you're mainly going to be contending with the heat and humidity. a high tomorrow of 92. on sunday a high of 90. still muggy and once again the chance of the late day showers and thunderstorms. any thunderstorms we see bubble up over the weekend could have heavy rain and some strong winds especially tomorrow on saturday. here you can see this afternoon at 3:00 p.m., any showers and thunderstorms mainly west of washington. >> we'll try keep it cool today. thanks for joining us. we're back tomorrow first at four. >> have a great day. we'll see you monday.

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