"news4 today" starts now. >> right now on "news4 today," working on a hot day. an ice cream truck driver shot and killed on the job. we're getting new details about the victim and the search for a gunman. 92 was our high temperature yesterday. so just how warm and humid will it be again today? i'll have the latest in my forecast. also ahead, the explanation a father is giving after his son shoots up a dallas texas police station. good sunday morning, everyone. welcome to "news4 today." i'm gofangie goff. >> i want to start off at 6:00 with the forecast. a hot one yesterday.

do you think it will continue? >> yes heat and humidity, david, continue today and on into tuesday. high yesterday was 92. today a touch cooler but still extremely muggy outside. here's a look at current temperatures across the region. washington at 79 degrees. frederick at 70. manassas at 73. some thunderstorms moving through the area during the overnight hours. you could be dealing with more thunderstorms later in the day today. i'll have more on that in about ten minutes. here's a look at the high temperature in your neighborhood. 89 in washington. 87 for those of you in culpepper. here's the latest check of storm team 4 radar. you can see this activity continuing to push off toward the south and east, some showers south of fredericksburg. again, david, can't rule out thunderstorms later today. i'll have more on that and the potential for any severe weather coming up. >> all right, amelia, thanks. 6:01, new details in the

deadly shooting. he was out on the job bringing joy to kids on a hot day, but someone shot and killed an ice cream truck driver. brandon brown died at the scene. this started around 5:00 yesterday evening in frederick. witnesses say brown was working for big daddy ice cream when he pulled into vermont court. police say he left the ice cream truck was approached by a man who shot and killed him. police are asking for your help if you know the gunman or anything about this case, they're asking you to call them. today marks one month since d.c. firefighters found a brutal murder scene. savvas and his wife and child and housekeeper were killed. police say daron wint killed them and set their home on fire. police collected his dna from a piece of pizza left at the crime scene. he is the only person charged.

he likely had help in the murders. more than a year after an 8-year-old d.c. girl went missing, police may have new evidence. yesterday a volunteer dive team from new jersey found a bag in the anacostia river in kenilworth park. they say it's consistent with what police are looking for. >> we are looking for evidence that was -- at least had to get in the water to find it. but somebody must have caught on it with a fishing hook and brought it up. >> here's what's next in this case. miss there are going to process that bag in a bag. he was last seen with a janitor in the d.c. homeless shelter with her family were staying. he later killed himself in the park. a building used to investigate crimes is a crime scene this morning, full of bullet holes. >> a man opened fire on the

dallas police headquarters after leaving bags filled with explosives. we have the latest. >> reporter: it was a brazen attack on dallas police headquarters. >> we're being shot at at headquarters. >> reporter: just after midnight a man driving an armored van opened fire. the armored van rammed the police car before leading police on a 12-mile chase. coming to a stop in a restaurant parking lot. >> we didn't know what was going on up. next thing you know we're locked in and they're telling us to get down. assault rifles. >> reporter: fearing the suspect may try to fly, a police sniper disabled the engine of the vehicle. >> the snipers shot at the suspect through the front windshield of the van striking the suspect. >> reporter: killed 35-year-old james boulware from dallas. back at police headquarters, police found suspicious bags. one carrying pipe bombs that exploded when a robot tried to move it. then they used small explosives

to make sure the van was not rigged as well. boulware's father said when his son lost custody of his child, he went into an emotional spiral and blamed police. >> every one of us has a breaking point. some it's one point, some it's another. but we all have one. >> reporter: his father said boulware bought the van last week and discovered more pipe bombs packed with screws and nails. dan schenn ayman, nbc news. you have a new way to get down to the national mall. a new d.c. circulator bus route begins today. it will take you to one of 15 stops around the mall. you can get off the bus just steps away from the capitol, the smithsonian and the lincoln memorial. the cost to ride is just $1. ♪ while the party continues in

district today as the theme this year is flash back. today, you can head to the ladies tee or catch a concert on pennsylvania present by live casino. that concert starts at noon or head to the capitol concert stage for your 86 at 1:00. that takes place at "r" street northwest. share your photos on twitter at nbc washington. if you were hoping to bag yourself a ticket to watch this guy, prince, perform tonight in the district, sorry to report but you are out of luck. both shows are completely sold out. the concert was announced earlier this week as part of a hit and run concert series. the icon has spontaneously announced concerts across the country. tonight's concert takes place at the warner theatre. a community discussion to

add bike lanes to a busy street is going to get under way this week. county leaders want to hear from you. so they want to narrow the trying lanes on franconia road. looking to make room for the bike lanes. this is in the alexandria section of fairfax county. the meeting is tomorrow night at 7:00. on tuesday a former fbi special agent is going to be in federal court. davis faces assault charges for allegedly trying to crash a gate at the cia last month. she tried to reach toward a gun and threatened to shoot the guards. tomorrow, jeb bush expects to make a big announcement about whether he'll run for president. he'll make that announcement in miami. if he enters the race, he becomes the 11th republican running for president in 2016. on the other side of the fence, hillary clinton is heading to new hampshire. clinton wrapped up her kickoff

last night in sioux city, iowa. she told supporters it's time for struggling americans to move ahead. thousands of people attended the event held on roosevelt island. clinton told the crowd that it was time all their hard work paid off. stressing that prosperity and democracy is not just for ceos and billionaires. >> you have to wonder when does my hard work pay off? when does my family get ahead? when i say now. >> well, clinton will be on the campaign trail all week from new hampshire. she will head to south carolina and then nevada. we'll hear from chuck todd from "meet the press" later on in the hour. wedding bells end in fun fire at one of new york's finest hotels. the guest that started the unfortunate chain of events. and a couple says i dos outside the taylor swift

concert.

you're watching "news4 today." >> a wedding guest caused quite a disruption during one couple's big day. police say the man was playing with his gun at the reception and it somehow went off. take a look. the bullet grazed one woman in the head. you can see her being wheeled out. in all, several others hurt by broken glass. this happened at the five star waldorf astoria in manhattan. police have the man who fired the gun in custody, but they're still searching for that gun. okay. shifting gears a little. taylor swift made a super fan's special day even more special. a south jersey couple right here decided to get married right

outside the concert in philly. this is on friday. well katie harris posted pictures of her wedding on instagram. and taylor swift got wind of it. after the concert, she med the newlyweds newlyweds. she posted this, meet my new husband and best night of my life. the couple did keep some wedding day traditions. they actually drove separately to the concert venue. harris' officiated that ceremony in the parking lot. they show up to concerts often and they say they dress in costumes. you have something to add to this? >> i longed up when her concert -- looked up when her concert will be is next month. my question is how many people outside -- >> think this is going to work for them. >> we'll so so many weddings

outside. >> they actually considered getting married on her birthday. that's the real deal. talking about this weather. it's hot and humid out there. but amelia, it is quiet. >> it is quiet right now. but we did have some thunderstorms moving through the area during the overnight hours. impacting parts of frederick, montgomery counties, fairfax fauquier counties, continuing into southern maryland. right now, storm team 4 radar, not picking up any showers in the area. in the evening hours some thunderstorms and heavy rain is possible. travel today, i don't think there will be any major issues unless you get stuck under a slow-moving downpour. reduced visibility and hydroplaning concerns but for the most part giving that the green light. better to exercise indoors if possible. heading out and about, be prepared to potentially deal with rain. you have outdoor plans today i wouldn't cancel them, but i

would have a plan "b." be able to move indoors quickly. temperatures in the 70s. washington at 79. pretty uncomfortable for this time of day. 74 at dulles and 76 degrees over in annapolis. here's a look at the radar, where you can see we're quiet. a lone shower here south of fredericksburg having an impact on the northern neck. we'll be largely dry for the morning and midday hours here with future weather. notice that cloud/sun mix similar to what we had yesterday. notice how anemic future weather is. it's not bringing in a lot of rain later today. many communities i think are going to stay dry. but if you do see thunderstorms bubbling up in your area, they could be strong to maybe severe. i think there's a better chance we're dealing with severe weather later in the day tomorrow for monday evening versus tonight. so 7:00 a.m. tomorrow maybe a shower possible in the morning and scattered showers and thunderstorms potentially later in the day once again. a high today of 89. we return to the 90s tomorrow

92 on monday. heading back to work and school. tuesday, a high of 92. last day for montgomery county students there, at least. wednesday some relief from the humidity. a high of 88. it quickly returns by thursday. 6:16. next up is "reporter's notebook." >> we'll be back in 15 minutes. >> good morning. welcome to "reporter's notebook." i'm pat lawson muse. upset in alexandria. bill euille lost the democratic primary on tuesday in a contest that zeroed in on the pace of development in the city's historic district. vice mayor alison silver burg beat him in a race that also had karen donnelly. what do you make of this victory? >> it says that the voters were sort of split on which way do we

want to go, how do we want to see alexandria? as a new, modern, bustling city or the small old town feel of alexandria? they said, we want the old town feel. silver burg had been known to push back against development. you had the voters saying, he had been around for a while, change let's go back to president obama in 2008. let's get some fresh ideas and new people in there. it's not as simple as this but sometimes folks want to see someone different. i think silverburg is different in their view in terms of keeping development at bay. >> dave, it's been a long-standing outstanding issue and on going issue we should say in alexandria, hasn't it? >> it has. it has gone back and forth. there's been a strong opposition movement to growth and development on recent stories that we have done here. on the program. and yet one of the messages

coming through may be indifference. because so few people voted. how does that body politic really feel? although i was told by my political science professor in college, if people don't vote, that's a vote they don't care. even though she's apparently anti-growth to a certain extent the question is what kind of a council will she deal with? can she change their mind? you know, votes have gone against what she believes in in the past. >> she would counter she is not anti-growth. it's just that type of growth that she wants. >> i agree with that. >> the election was so close. he is not saying he won't enter the general election, independent as a write-in candidate. that's always out there also. >> what do you think of that idea, his prospect of him challenging here in november? >> well, we have seen it before. because the election was so close, you know, if he can sort of map out sort of a different platform to say, listen, i have been there before.

i hear what you're saying yes, we can slow down growth, but maybe we can do it in a better way, if he can sell the voters on that, it doesn't take much sort of to switch the line of votes if it's that close. >> 300 votes. what do you think about a possible write-in candidacy? >> if he can mount an effective platform, the people who thought they'd vote for him didn't get around to it it will be difficult. >> what about william howell who staves off a challenge from susan stimpson? howell won by 62% of the vote. >> well, this was a very interesting contest. very conservative district, and yet, she was saying the speaker is not conservative enough. you know, he's not for enough gun rights. he's got a big war chest and yet, he's not doing what we think he should be doing in this district. stimpson is saying basically i don't know what she's talking about, even though i have the

money, look at my record. i think what happened here and voters -- this is where i think money matters. that he was able to get his message out. i'm a little surprised that it was 62%. i thought it would be a little closer but i think she probably didn't have enough oomph in her campaign. i think she was running more against howell and maybe not putting enough out there what she would do drastically different from him. >> dave, did you think it would be closer? >> no. i wasn't really sure how it would turn out, but you have to remember a couple of things. first, eric cantor got some signals went down. they were going tea party way, no establishment way. he saw the signs and didn't pay attention, didn't get out and campaign enough. assumed he would defeat this candidate. and in this election, howell stood on his record and challenged tea party people to show where he's really selling them short. you know? and in the end, that seemed to get it for him. the challenge did not raise to the great height.

>> that's why i thought it would be closer because of the cantor issue. were now not surprised that the cantor tail winds didn't pick up enough for stimpson? >> i think it's hard to keep those things going. a lot of different variables in it. like -- in the end i didn't think it was that much like cantor. >> waiting for opening day in silver spring. it's been a long wait for the transit center to open but it could finally open for business later this summer or in early fall. county leaders tell us crews are putting the finishing touches on girds, beams, before inspections begin and then the building can be turned over to metro. we have seen years of cost overruns and delays and is this really real? >> we have been to this movie before, you know? you know bad construction, bad planning. overcosts, overruns. you can only hope they finally got their act together and they're finally going to open it up and it will work.

a lot of people are wondering did we spend a lot of money on something that is outdated. >> how will it impact downtown silver springs? >> they're hoping it will change the parking situation down there. the metro center is about 30 years old. so they'll have a lot more amenities for this site. i think one of the issues that you brought up is that the overruns is $50 million over. i think sort of what snuck in the story what is rising to the surface montgomery county is looking for lawyers to put a lawyer on this case in terms of trying to recruit some of that $50 million in overruns for contractors and subcontractors. which they say will not sort of go out of their way to give up this money in terms of this $50 million overrun. so the county obviously needs that money if they can get it. >> for metro, paper is out. plastic is in. metro is getting rid of the paper fare cards by early next year and metro wants riders to

switch to the plastic smart trip cards right now. most are using the cards. they cost $2 apiece. you get discounts on bus to rail transfers. many people didn't know that every time you use the paper cards you get charged $1. >> that's enough to switch on the front end, but for many of us who ride metro and i doo-doo too, with the smart card, if you lose it, you have to replace that card. that costs you $2 every time you replace it. for metro, the automated system where it has to run the cards through the machine, that costs money. if you have a card that's sort of magnetic and you pop it on there, that's a good thing for metro. i think for them it's trying to get the message out. they have to have a campaign to let folks know. you have people who still say i like using the paper card. >> some 37,000 commuters daily still use them. >> this seems like a good idea, win-win, we're improving our

technology, being more efficient. yet, the elephant in the room is that here is a system in disrepair. just this past week the congressional delegation from d.c. hammered metro for not putting on sleeves. these are devices to protect the third rail from dirt and rain. and the implication from them if this had been done more properly, the incident in january where the smoke came into the l'enfant plaza station that kind of thing might not have happened. smoke is a problem when you don't repair these things and disruptions of other kinds. that on top of the fact they have lost 50 of the $150 million in matching funds from congress that means the local jurisdictions might be giving them less funding. so they have a lot of problems. this is okay, but the big focus should be on other things. >> when we come back, d.c. scores.

d.c. united is staying in

d.c. despite a last minute pitch from terry mcauliffe, team officials confirmed this week that the soccer team will stay in the city and will build a new stadium near buzzard point. it's set to open in 2018. bremante sounds that may have helped d.c. score this deal. >> may have helped the team. if you're negotiating if you know you can go somewhere else and get a better deal, the one that was sitting there first, wait a minute, maybe we should rethink this. what was interesting about mayor bowser -- there weren't a lot of d.c. united folks there early on. but she was saying, okay the district has what it wants so we're ready to make a deal. it didn't come across as if they were giving d.c. united anything extra. i think what's interesting here is that she still -- and the city still has to get the land, you know, from akridge. if they can't get it, she's

basically come out and said we'll take it through eminent domain which never sounds good, but i think they're prepared to do it if they have to. >> how did you think she looked? >> very professional, being in control being a mayor. if anyone was wondering if she'd make the transition from the council to the mayoral thing, she's showing leadership. >> so how will the soccer stadium impact that area? >> i think that's the question. how much economic development are you going to get from that area where you're putting it from? i think from most of what we see, the consensus is you're not going to get a whole lot in terms of bars and development and residential areas because -- because you look at the nationals stadium. you're sort of getting some of that, but remember that property was taken through eminent domain and a lot of opponents are saying that the district is still on the hook with the money they had to put up there. so they're not happy about going down the same road with the soccer stadium. >> but soccer continues like baseball has, the feeling is those debts will be paid off.

>> the sky isn't the limit. the d.c. zoning commission has approved changes that limit how high residents can build the pop-up pop-ups. pop-up critics say they ruin the quality of life in certain d.c. neighborhoods. big victory for people who waged a long fight against the tall structure structures. >> i think the majority of rowhouses in the district i think are about 35 feet. so if you have something that's sort of popped up above that that goes 40 feet, it does -- >> it stands out. >> it stands out. i think those opponents who are against it in many ways aesthetically they're opposed to it, they think it's changing the nature of the communities. this rule only affects mostly the rv zone. like capitol hill and adams morgan. this might spread out, but i think the larger issue is the development. we talked about alexandria. and the district, you have more people coming in.

most of the single family homes are already set. so if you want more residents to come in, you have to go up. i think this is an issue that's going to be continued in some other form, whether it's pop-ups or something else. >> it's interesting. as one who moved in at a time when everyone else was moving out during the riots, i bought my first house then. we have come full circle where everything is either posh or it's extremely in demand. the whole city generally speaking is rising. the pressure can only go one way. more people demanding more houses. and then again you have the old argument coming back shall we go up and it will probably come back again. >> tightening the budget belt. montgomery county's interim school superintendent is recommending cutting hundreds of jobs, and delaying raises. and slowing down the plan to buy books for the classrooms. it would help erase $53 million in red ink. these are pretty big reductions coming on the heels of millions of cuts back in february.

>> i mean we talked about this in the budget -- the school district asked for more money from the school board. again, they got $53 million less than what they asked for even though the budget increased about 1.5% from last year. but i think a larger issue here is remember, governor hogan is holding back that 68$68 million that goes to districts like prince george's county and montgomery county where you have higher expenses. they're losing almost $18 million there. and so that $18 million would make a big big difference and again 370 of these jobs they're not filling. so in some ways they're not really cutting them but they're not filling these jobs. so they say this is going to go on for a few more years unless they can get more money. not just this year, but next year the interim school board director said this. >> these are tough times, dave. of course the impact will be felt in the schools. >> well that's it. where will the impact be felt?

will it be felt in classroom teaching, will it be felt in sports and will the young people in prince george's county get the kind of education they have been promised, they have gotten in the past? these are all coming under question, although the questions are not impacting on that. we have to see how it turns out. >> the school board will approve this next week. thank you for being with us. that's "reporter's notebook." i'm pat lawson muse. stay with us. "news4 today" continues. "news4 today" begins with breaking news. >> breaking news, zoo animals are on the loose in the country of georgia after a flood destroyed enclosures at the capital city zoo. >> i want to show folks this picture. this was tweeted by ann sherwood. this is video actually that we

now have in. this shows some of the animals that were on the loose including what you see right there a hippo. a pig. other animals like tigers, bears, also got out of the cages. who wolves escaped. heavy rain has been falling all night. floodwaters left dozens homeless this morning. no word on any deaths following the floods. while we continue to keep you updated on this situation, we did hear from the zoo spokesperson. he said that most of the animals either died in the flood or were killed by special forces. it's a story we'll continue to follow. a sad one at that. good morning, welcome to "news4 today." i'm angie goff. >> as we start off this i want to get a check of your forecast. amelia, the heat will continue yesterday? >> well, you were outside, david, immediately the mugginess hits you. we'll stay very humid not only

today, but through tuesday. some relief looks to arrive on wednesday. temperature right now, 79 degrees. showing you the dew point because this talks about the moisture in the air. when it's above 65 we say it's humid outside. it is muggy. when you factor the dew point and the temperature it's feeling like it's 82 degrees already this morning. here's what it will feel like at 2:00 p.m. 93 in manassas. much of the same as we head into the later afternoon and evening hours. 7:00 p.m., still feeling like it's 90 degrees in washington. another day where i think most of us will stay mainly dry. but any storms that do develop, david, we can see heavy rain and potentially high winds. i'll have more on this coming up in a little bit. >> all right amanda thanks. right now, metro is single tracking between grovs for and

friendship heights. we're learning there was no fire or smoke seen by the emergency team. metro maintenan checking out the track. a developing story this is in prince george's county. police are trying to figure out why someone would shoot a man to death. this happened on darnell place in forestville last night. when police arrived they found the victim already dead. police say this was not a random shooting. and they aren't releasing the victim's name right now or a suspect description. also right now, hundreds of law enforcement officials continue to search for two escaped murderers. it's been a week since they broke out of the maximum security prison in upstate new york. police believe they're still together, holed up in the woods. they used power tools to crawl through the steam pipes and escaped through the manhole cover. a prison worker named joyce

mitchell snuck tools into the prison for their escape. she has been arrested. it's been ten years and that's not stopping one local man for seeking justice for her son's murder. shirley bell made a dying promise to her son. she is still working to fulfill that promise. news4's darcy spencer has her story. >> reporter: they're playing basketball at the laurel armory. this is not about who wins or lose, but it's about keeping alive a memory. a memory of brian moses, a man who was stabbed to death ten years ago. >> the case is a cold case. probably considered a cold case, but to me i want to keep it hot. i want to keep it warm. i want to keep it out there. >> reporter: shirley bell is brian's mom. she organized a basketball game as a way to honor her son on what would have been his 30th birthday. he loved the game. >> i look at the calendar, yes, it's ten years. for me it's like it just

happened. >> reporter: bell remembers when the police arrived at her home, telling her her 20-year-old son had been stabbed. >> it was one stab wound from what i understand and it puncture his lungs and his heart. >> reporter: brian lived for three weeks an when the doctor said her son wouldn't make it through the night, she made him a promise. >> i said to him basically on his dying bed, you know, i will find out who did this to you and bring them to justice and that's something that haunts me every day. that i have not been able to get that closure. >> reporter: every year she does something to remember brian. she is still working to fulfill that promise she made to him a decade ago. >> darcy spencer with that story. bell believes that her son knew his killer. she is still hoping a credible witness will come forward. there's a $25,000 reward being offered in that case. decide if the cleveland police officer who killed a 12-year-old boy will face charges. tamir rice was shot and killed

while holding a pellet gun. in a report released yesterday, the officer said, quote he reached for the gun and there was nothing i could do end quote. we also learned tamir got the toy gun hours before he was killed last november. law enforcement on the scene said both officers appeared distraught after learning the weapon was in fact a b-b gun. a grand jury will decide if the officers will face charges. today the maryland department of agriculture will be working in laurel to protect you and the family from mosquitos. they're spraying to get rid of the bugs. you can reduce the amount of mosquito in your neighborhoods by throwing out standing water. once a week change the water in bird baths and your children's pools as well. 6:37. a special honor for a local teacher's dedication. we'll show you how her life and work will live on. a start-up company is making sure that loved ones take all their medications at the right time. what they're replacing the pth to

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you're watching "news4 today." >> hillary clinton made her first public appearance since announcing she's running for president. she gave a speech yesterday and got pretty personal. >> moderator of "meet the press," chuck todd, joining us now. is this a step in the right direction with her going the personal route. but i loved the tweet yesterday it sounded more like a state of the union as opposed to the announcement. >> it was interesting. she was trying clearly to answer answer -- i don't want to call it critiques from interest groups but frustrations from

some certain democratic advocacy groups like where is she on this, where is she on that. it felt like she was trying to say, okay, i'm going to answer your potential critiques so she gave something to everybody. when you do that, that's a very state of the union thing to do sometimes. then all of a sudden, i'm for this policy proposal which will help this group. she was almost name checking the interest groups as she went along. it gave it -- certainly was substantive. you can't say it wasn't. but when you do that, it takes away from any sort of soaring rhetoric or, you know, rallying around her and what you want from the crowd. it's a different kind of speech. >> you'll be talking about dynasty candidates as well. >> we are. look, she's -- it was interesting to watch her on one hand she was embracing one political family dynasty in the roosevelts. arguably trying to create the subtle comparison of bill clinton, hillary clinton eleanor roosevelt and franklin roosevelt. but there was a little distance from bill. he was no more of an influence

on her than barack obama. in fact, in ways she embraced the obama agenda much more tightly than the clinton agenda. then of course we have jeb today. he launches tomorrow but this morning we'll get a sneak peek at his campaign logo. all this stuff. let me just say, it's a guy named jeb running apparently. i don't know if there is anybody named bush running in this campaign which tells you how he's trying to reintroduce himself. >> we know you'll be talking about the president's recent decision to send more troops back to iraq. what does this signal because it's hard to say it's a shift in strategy when in fact we don't even know what the strategy is. >> it's not a shift in strategy, but an acknowledgment that the strategy is not working. while the advice he may be getting says you need more, this strategy isn't working maybe you need more troops, you could tell this is a decision of we don't know quite what to do but there definitely need to be a few more advisers on the ground.

this feels like an incremental patch while they decide the bigger decision on what to do. because it's not working. >> all right. we know you'll be talking about the trade deal as well. >> it's a packed show. >> oh, my gosh. >> wonky and fun, all those things i promise. >> watch it right here chuck todd on "meet the press" right after "news4 today." it will be at 10:30 this morning. some kids in the district have a brand new home library. that's all thanks to a very generous donation. every student at smothers elementary school gets to take home 12 new books to read this summer. the school's in ward 7 which has a literacy rate under 50%. the octo consulting group donated the books to help combat the summer reading learning slide. a special honor for a beloved music teacher is now open in alexandria. now generations of children will be able to play and learn at the memorial playground named in her honor. ruthanne lodato was murdered

last year. news4's derrick ward spoke to her husband about what this means to his family and the community. ♪ >> reporter: music and young people were two of her causes. the embodiment of those theme make a tribute to ruthanne lodato's life. >> my wife would be so pleased to see this and that kids would be exposed to music. >> we wanted to incorporate music, something fun for the children. and we thought of how best to do that and why not have a giant piano? >> reporter: it was february of last year when she was killed on the doorstep of her alexandria home. police believe hers was one of a series of murders. the accused, charles severance is on trial. the celebration of lodato's life began shortly after it ended. >> in brainstorming sessions and everything it morphed into this. we're pleased with it. >> reporter: this park accessible and interactive was

already planned when it was decided to honor lodato. she supported causes like kelly cares and alexandria's leader made it all official. and of course this feature the giant piano. it came late in the design. it was a surprise to a lot of people. but she would have approved. instead of hammers and strings, mallets and imagination make this music. many of those who came were former students. >> great that my daughter can be here and be playing in this. >> we knew of her and we're just happy to be able to celebrate with her legacy. >> she'll be smiling today. if you're planning to feast on blue crabs this summer, you may have to wait a while. crab season in maryland is off to a very slow start. leaving some restaurants still waiting for local supplies. others are shipping in crabs from out of state. the crab population in the chesapeake bay is up this year.

but still sluggish. commercial crabbers hope more crabs will move into the bay later this summer. the area's newest wegmans opens this morning in alexandria. in fairfax county. consumer reports recently ranked wegmans as the best supermarket in the country. news4's erika gonzalez explains what's different about this new store. >> reporter: this is the first time we are opening a pub in virginia. >> reporter: that's right an in supermarket pub with table service and alcohol. >> the buzz in northern virginia is really focused on our pub. you know, we have an in-store restaurant that has a wide variety of pub fare, along with both mixed drinks, seasonal drinks beer and wine. >> reporter: it will come from departments throughout the store like the fresh baked bread from the bakery and the fish from the seafood department. the beer selection is local craft beer. >> we are excited to get to know the craft beer market here. we're hoping to have a local brewer brew a beer for us that

would be featured in the pub. >> reporter: the store will feature similar groceries and selection of other wegmans and will be located at hill top village. erica gonzalez news4. >> two words for you -- hot bar. >> it was great. the problem with wegmans, you can't run in and just get groceries. you're so distracted. you want to go after everything. >> yes. you run in with one thing and walk out with a million. >> i love the european sandwich there. i want one. we are so hungry. ice cream is a good thing to eat today. >> yes. angie, it would be melting quickly if you're planning on eating it this afternoon outdoors. another day where the mugginess is here in full force. highs today a touch cooler than yesterday. yesterday we did hit 92. today we'll look to see highs in the mid to upper 80s. but still hot, still humid. yesterday, since we did top 90

degrees and on thursday and friday as well, that capped off second heat wave of the year. heat wave three consecutive days of 90 or higher and the heat and humidity come the chance for mainly afternoon thunderstorms and that will be the case today, tomorrow and thursday. some relief on wednesday, but then the humidity looks to quickly return for the end of the workweek. along with the nuisance thunderstorm chances. temperatures are in the 70s. 79 in washington pretty amazing for this time of day. 73 in leesburg. 72 for those of you in manassas. that cloud/sun mix today very similar to yesterday. a high in d.c. of 89. 84 in cambridge and martinsburg as well. as we get into the afternoon hours some scattered showers and thunderstorms right now. storm team 4 radar relatively quiet. tracking this lone shower. not picking up any lightning with it.

and i think most if not all of our days will be dry. however, because of the mugginess, any storms we do see develop could contain some heavy rain and they could be slow moving. leading to isolated flash flooding. this is from the storm prediction center. they're saying the greater risk for severe weather is going to be for the areas here in yellow. this includes parts of the panhandle of west virginia washington, frederick and carroll counties. the greatest concern there would be some strong damaging winds. widespread severe weather not in the forecast for today. i want to show you future weather. still dry, midday and early afternoon hours. 2:00 p.m. here that cloud/sun mix most areas dry. i think the best chance for rain today is during the evening hours. 5:00. notice this rain and thunderstorm activity. some yellows, oranges and reds, meaning heavier rain and frequent lightning. that threat of a few showers and thunderstorms around continues on into the overnight hours. unfortunately, it's not guarantee that you're going to get rain so maybe you want that

for your lawn or garden. you might have to water. monday, a high of 92. very similar. the chance of showers and thunderstorms mainly later in the day. tuesday, it's hot it's humid. a high of 93. the chance of showers and thunderstorms once again. wednesday, remember that's a break day, guys, and then the heat and humidity return thursday through saturday. >> amelia, thanks.

good sunday morning, everyone. nats fans probably still holding their breath. bryce harper know off to a career start but limped to the dugout and left the game. nats finally turned things around. harper took a pitch, just above his left knee. 95 mile per hour, and harper looked to be in some pain, limped to the dugout. matt williams hoping with some

ice and rest he'll be ready to go today against the brewers. virginia keeps rocking and rolling in the college world series. thanks in part to the big rbi double in the eighth. virginia takes it 5-3. they'll play florida tomorrow. the blackhawks now just one win away from their third stanley cup in six seasons. the hawks went down to tampa, took care of business in game five. lightning have lost four of the last home games. orioles are winners of six straight. they'll go for the sweep against the yankees later today. that's look at your morning sports. i hope your sunday's a good one. well, are you taking medication and take it at the right time? >> this is a big issue for many of you. especially those with multiple prescriptions. there's a new process for dispensing drugs designed by a young entrepreneur and he's hoping to take the confusion out of when to take them. nbc's anne thompson reports.

>> reporter: this ticker tape of pill packages is the daily challenge of managing 15 medications. the 72-year-old used to use pill boxes. >> this one has three pills in each day, so i'd go one, two, three. >> reporter: it took time and he made mistakes. >> being medically compromised is one thing. but being medically compromised with excess anxiety is a lot worse. >> reporter: enter 29-year-old t.j. parker, son of a pharmacist with an idea to up end the pharmacist business. it's packaging medicines by the day and the time you take them. >> we transfer the meds for you. we need to get in contact with your doctor, we call them directly. >> orders are put together in this factory. what's this machine for? >> so this machine is where we manufacture the pill packs. >> reporter: and this is it, huh? >> that's it.

that replaces those old cumbersome pill boxes with something much simpler. >> reporter: for quality control, every package is reviewed by a pharmacist before it is sent out. the 2-year-old business has shipped more than 1 million pill packs so far. why hasn't anyone come up with this before? it seems so simple. >> it's existed for a very long time. >> reporter: in seattle kelly ross pharmacy has been doing something similar for nursing home and a assisted living customers. >> as more people adopt the technology it will continue to help the medication adherence problem that's a real problem. >> reporter: in fact, half of americans fail to take their medicines as prescribed. pill pack helps fred rulen. >> it costs me the same. they have gone light years ahead of anybody else in terms of being able to make my life

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>> and welcome to "news4 today." i'm david culvert. he was out on the job working to bring kids joy on what was a hot day. but someone shot and killed an ice cream truck driver. this morning we're getting in new details about the victim and the search for his killer. angie? >> thanks david. get ready to bear another day in the heat wave. we're showing you the storm team 4 radar. things are clear right now but chances of storms later on in the day. so that's why we want to check in with amelia segal. she is in for chuck today with your forecast. and amelia, looks like we won't get any relief from the humidity again. >> very thick feeling outside today. the humidity going to last through at least tuesday. storm team 4 right now quiet in the immediate area though if you live in frederick, prince george's, parts of southern maryland. some heavy rain moved through the area overnight. leaving hazy skies right now. and some areas of fog up around

frederick. most of us dry this morning. that hazy sun continues through the midday and early afternoon hours. a high today of 89. the chance of storms for the afternoon, the big chance of rain though does look to hold off until the evening hours and because of the mugginess, can't rule out some heavy rain. i'll have more on the storm potential and also when you can expect relief in the full forecast coming up. >> we want to hear that. thanks. new this morning, police in maryland are looking for a man in connection with the deadly shooting in frederick county. brandon brown was shot in the upper chest. he died at the scene. police were called to vermont court in frederick around 5:00 p.m. yesterday. brown was working for big daddy ice cream when he pulled into vermont court. police say he left the ice cream truck and he was approached by a man who then shot him. if you have any information police would love to hear from you. today marks one month since

d.c. firefighters responded to a house fire near the vice president's home and found a brutal murder scene. savvas, amy and 10-year-old philip savopoulos and vera figueroa were killed. and police zeroed in on daron wint after he left dna on a piece of pizza. the police believe he likely had help in the murders. well more than a year after an 8-year-old d.c. girl disappeared, investigators may have found some new evidence. no one has seen relisha rudd since last year. a bag was found in the kenilworth park and they say that bag is consistent with what police are looking for. >> we are -- we are looking for evidence. i was -- i thought we'd at least

have to get in the water to find it. but somebody must have caught on to it with a fishing hook and brought it up. >> well, now, police will process that bag. rudd was last seen with khalil tatum. a janitor at the d.c. homeless shelter where her family was staying. he later killed himself, but relisha was never found. a building normally used to investigate crime is now full of bullet holes. a gunman opened fire on the dallas police headquarters yesterday. nbc's schenamen has the latest. >> reporter: it was a brazen attack on dallas police headquarters. >> we're being shot at at the headquarters. >> reporter: a man opened fire with an automatic weapons. the armored van rammed the police car before leaving them on a 12-mile chase. coming to a stop in a restaurant

parking lot. >> we don't know what was going on. and next thing you know we're locked in. they're telling us to get down. >> reporter: fearing the suspect may try to flee a police sniper shot the engine and disabled the vehicle. >> our swat snipers shot thousand the front wind shield of the van striking the suspect. >> reporter: killed -- 35-year-old james boulware from dallas. back at police headquarters police found suspicious bags. one carrying pipe bombs that exploded when a police robot tried to move it. then they used small explosives to make sure the van was not rigged as well. boulware's father said when his son lost custody of his child, he went in a spiral and blamed the police. >> every one of us has a breaking point. some is one point some is another. but we all have one. >> reporter: his father says boulware bought the van last week. police say they discovered more pipe bombs packed with screws and nails. dave schenamen nbc news.

today, you have a new way to get down to the national mall. a new d.c. circulator bus route begins today and that route will take you from union station to one of 15 stops around the mall. you can get off the bus just steps away from the capitol, the smithsonian museum. also the lincoln memorial. the cost to ride the national mall circulator is just one buck. the party continues in the district today as capital pride held over 40 years. the theme is flash back. today, you can catch a concert on pennsylvania avenue that's present by live casino. the concert starts at noon. or held to the capital concert stage at 1:00. the official pride closing concert sat 10:00. be sure to share some photos on twitter. tweet us @nbc washington.

if you were hoping to buy yourself a ticket to watch this guy, prince, perform tonight in the district, sorry. you're out of luck. both shows are completely sold out. that's not a shocker. it was announced earlier this week. he has spontaneously announced concerts across the country. you might recall baltimore also louisville. tonight's takes place at the warrener theater. look at your week ahead. go to a community meeting to discuss adding bike lanes to what is a very busy street in fairfax county. so planners, they want to narrow the driving lanes on franconia road. they're looking to make room for those bike lanes. this is in the alexandria section of fairfax county. the meeting if you're interested is tomorrow night. it will be at 7:00 at edison high school. on tuesday a former fbi special agent is going to be in federal court. tanisha davis faces assault and resisting arrest for allegedly trying to crash a gate at the

cia last month. davis tried to reach toward a cia security officer's gun and threatened to shoot the guards. tomorrow, jeb bush expected to make a big announcement about whether he'll run for president. the former florida governor will make the announcement in miami. if he enters the race he becomes the 11th republican running for president in 2016. well, you have heard of cops and doughnuts, but what about cops and pot? what investigators say some california officers are caught on camera here doing while on the job during a raid. and a wedding celebration turned into wedding chaos. a shooting erupts in the middle of a reception and the gunman was invited. a couple said their i do's outside a taylor swift concert. what they didn't expect to happen

you're watching "news4 today." >> for the second time in season, people on the legendary coney island cyclone had to make a treacherous trek from the top. yesterday, the roller coaster got stuck at the top of the 85-foot ride. park employees helped everyone make the steep walk down safely. now the same thing happened on opening day at that same park. turning heads on the beaches of california, but the slimy little guys are causing quite the stir. they're not hard to miss on the east bay beaches. they're big, purple, really slimy. this seems to be a bumper crop this year. well, despite the fact they can grow to get this 15 pounds and more than 30 inches long, they're not man eaters. so if you see one, david, no need to panic. i think that's easier said than done. all right, speaking of

panic, angie, this is not the scene you expect to see when you think of happy wedding days. this is a guest causing quite a disruption during one couple's big day. police say the man was playing with his gun at the reception and somehow that gun went off. the aftermath what you see right there, that woman being wheeled out. she was grazed by a bullet. in all, we're told several others were hurt by broken glass. this happened at the five star waldorf-astoria in manhattan. the man is in custody. they're still searching for the gun though. all right. another wedding experience of a different kind. taylor swift made a super fans' special day more special. this south jersey couple decided to get married outside her concert. this happened in philly on friday. katie harris, she posted pictures of her wedding on instagram and taylor swift got wind of it. swift actually check this out, she took the time out of her, you know, busy day, to go and

meet the newlyweds. harris posted this picture with the caption meet my new husband chris, and by the way, our new friend taylor. #hitched at swift best night of my life. the couple did keep some wedding day traditions. they drove separately to the concert venue and harris' brother officiated in the parking lot. all right. after a fire forced a man, dad and 11 kids out of their home, another family makes a huge sacrifice to bring them some comfort. a live look outside at 7:13. mother nature turning up the heat on us. when life's super scary sounds. and sneaking in without moving the bed.

life's super scary sounds.

and sneaking in without moving the bed. you're watching "news4 today." >> they escaped genocide and war becoming refugees before finally making it to the united states. but now the family of 13 is homeless yet again because of a devastating house fire. just looking at the front door, you can learn a lot about them. a marine corps family dedicated to country and god. walk through and you'll see what they mean. filling the couches, chairs and floor of the family room, 11 brothers and sisters. older brother clinton helping with the chores.

but this isn't the carlin family. they're the they're the muhanyis. and they're here because this is what the fairfax county home looks like. an electrical fire sparked in the middle of the night. >> i said fire fire fire. get out get out, get out! >> reporter: all 13 escaped safely but their belongings sit in a charred pile. >> it's tough. >> reporter: with nowhere to go an unexpected invite from the car carlin carlins. >> i didn't talk to my wife, but i said we've got room. come over and look and if you feel comfortable we'd love to have you in our house. >> reporter: they knew the muhanyis through school and the carlins made room with four kids of their own. >> i wasn't thinking with my head, but with my heart. >> reporter: a little more crowded right now. >> we didn't forget anybody today? oh, yeah we forgot nick.

i forgot mine. >> in our community, they make me strong. >> we're really thankful. >> reporter: for this marine dad, life at home, not all that different from his many deployments. >> the one thing that i do know we never leave anybody behind on the battlefield, you know? marines take care of their own. what we have learned in the 22 years isn't different here in my community or my church. we take care of our own. >> they're taking career of their own. unfortunately the family did not have renter's insurance. a friend has set up an online friend to give them help. if you want to learn more, head to our website, or check out the app. search fire family. and you talk about the online fund, one of the top priorities is buying a van to hold 15 people. >> as of now, what they have to do is essentially use a caravan of three different cars and the carlin family is helping to.

they're trying to raise money for the van and get a house. >> great story, david. well, stop raising money, sweet briar college is closing. that's the message to seniors, according to the times dispatch. seniors are raising money to keep that school open and the students were told through an e-mail, those who don't listen may lose credits. they cited declining enrollment and debt. and officers in trouble after getting caught on camera. surveillance video shows some santa ana officers eating marijuana laced edible problems at a pot dispensary. one officer is accused of making fun of one of the wheelchair bound workers at the dispensary. an attorney representing the dispensary say they have a lawsuit in the works. tough to argue when it's on

video. >> but this is my initial question. when you work in the field that they work in don't you know that everything is being recorded in a place like that be? >> you would think. everybody has cell phones out there too. okay, so switching gears hot, humid yet again. >> and a chance of showers again. >> yeah. talking to producer sarah trying to find out new ways to talk about the weather we're kind of in this pattern -- >> it sucks. >> we're running it of ways it's hot and humid. with that comes with the chance of afternoon showers and thunderstorms. is everybody going to see rain today, no, but because it's muggy outside it is so unsettled, that anything we do see develop could be on the strong to maybe even severe side. a better chance of severe weather tomorrow and i'll show that in a moment. low to moderate impact on your day. the heat index during the afternoon hours will once again be in the 90s. mid 90s inside the beltway. a few late day thunderstorms are

possible. i think the best chance of rain today is actually going to be the evening hours. maybe as early as 4:00 or 5:00 to about 8:00 or 9:00 p.m. right now we're at 80 degrees. dew point talks about humidity above 65. it's humid at 73. it is oppressive outside. you can see the hazy sunshine out there very thick feel to the air this morning. we were picking up some fog earlier. that has since broken up. petersburg still reporting visibility around a quarter of a mile. so fogginess out that way. here's skycast 4, showing you what kind of sky cover you can expect. here are the temperatures. by noon, we're already in the low to mid 80s. that hazy sunshine throughout the day, that cloud/sun mix 3:00. very similar. in washington, we're near 90. the suburbs in the mid 80s. washington at 85 the suburbs at 81. i think 5:00 p.m. the best

chance at that point when we could be tracking some thunderstorms in the d.c. metro air. skycast 4 at 7:00 p.m. wants to bring some rain into the district. the greatest severe weather risk would be slow moving heavy rain that can lead to isolated flash flooding. tomorrow, the weather risk would be high winds that can produce isolated wind damage and the commuter forecast for tomorrow, mainly dry during the morning hours. can't rule out some rain. but most of us making it to work without the weather having really big impact on that. 70s for the morning commute, for the evening commute scattered thunderstorms. temperatures return to the low 90s. tuesday, partly sunny. hot humid. a high of 93. afternoon showers and thunderstorms possible once again. of course, david, we'll be keeping a close eye on the

tuesday forecast. then the chance of showers and thunderstorms thursday through saturday. >> 88 a break. >> that's the break. that's the break. >> thanks, amelia. right now deadly floods in the country of georgia. zoo animals are among the dead. even more alarming -- there are some hippos which you see right there and lions on the loose. >> well, this video is very hard to watch, but we're learning what cause

you're watching "news4 today." >> back at 7:26. a hospice patient pushed off a stretcher be ea paramedic is sharing his story for first time. >> it's all caught on camera here. nbc's matt grant has the latest. >> reporter: disturbing new video released by the state attorney's office taken off an a officer's body camera. take a look. you can see former brevard firefighter and paramedic pushing the hospice patient off the stretcher. >> do you want to press charges? >> yes. >> reporter: james slater was interviewed right after the incident. >> he told me to get off, and then he lifted up the whole side and turned it over on top of me. >> reporter: this happened back

in february. it was at the hospital in rock ledge. he got in an argument with the patient. >> he was telling you -- >> i had to get up. that he was going to force me. >> reporter: slater says he was ordered off the stretcher to sit in the corner even though he was supposed to be wheeled in the back. >> what were you telling him? >> no they're supposed to take me back into the back. i was disoriented. >> reporter: watch as holenback flips over the stretcher. remember, slater is a hospice patient. he was later fired. >> the guys from behind the window said you can't do that. you just assaulted him. >> your patient is the whole concern. you're focused on the safety and welfare and protection of your patient. >> that was matt grant reporting there. the man will head back to court next month. we're monitoring a frightening situation, this out of the country of georgia. zoo animals escaped in major flooding. some of the animals have

drown unfortunately. others are still on the loose. and then after ten years a local mom still looking for justice for her son's murder. how she's keeping a promise she made to him on that weekend that would have been his 30th birthday. we want to talk about the weather a little. continues to feel like florida outside in washington. amelia se

at 7:30 in our top stories this morning, police in

frederick maryland, looking for a man who shot and killed an ice cream truck driver. brandon brown died at the scene. if you have any information, police are looking to hear from you this morning. a gunman opened fire on the dallas police headquarters yesterday after leaving bags filled with explosives. after a series of events involving sharp shooters and explosive robots, james boulware was shot and killed. his father said boulware went into an emotional downward spiral after losing his children. and capital pride celebrates 40 years. the theme this year -- flash back. still lots of events to head out to today and you can check them all out on the nbc washington app. get more information there as well as some closures that may be affecting you. breaking news right now. zoo animals on the loose after a flood destroys the enclosures. a hippo on the loose in the

streets. other animals like tigers lions and bears also got out of their cages. pigs as well. two wolves also escaped. helicopters are circling the city right now. >> that's right, angie. trying to get a head over visual on how many are roaming right now. flood waters left dozens homeless out there. eight people we're learning have been killed in the flooding. >> very sad story there. welcome back, everybody. i'm angie goff. >> i'm david culver. let's start off this morning and check in with amelia segal, in for chuck bell. she is trying to find some way different to describe the forecast. have you come up with one? >> no, it's humid outside. highs today near 90. with the mix of clouds and sunshine, very similar to what we saw yesterday. the humidity sticks around for at least tuesday. here's a look at other current

temperatures across the region right now. petersburg, pretty comfortable. 62 degrees. elsewhere, 75 in leesburg. 77 for those of you in annapolis. high temperatures today warm and into the mid to upper 80s. 89, 90 degrees in washington. 87 for those of you in culpepper and 88 for a high temperature in he play that. some scattered showers and thunderstorms are likely. rain isn't guaranteed for everybody but because of how muggy it is outside you can't rule out some downpours and lots of lightning. great idea to download the nbc washington app or get the radar there in the palm of your hand. so if you have outdoor plans you can check the radar frequently to see if those storms are bubbling up in your neighborhood. right now, as the radar scans the skies tracking a shower around the northern neck, some

activity up in pennsylvania. angie i'll have more on the storm potential coming up in a bit. >> thanks. we continue to follow a developing story out of prince george's county. police are trying to figure out why someone would shoot a man to death. now, this happened on darnell place in forestville last night. when police arrived they found the victim already dead. police say this was not a random shooting. and they aren't releasing the victim's name right now or a suspect's description. hundreds of law enforcement officers continue their search for two escaped murderers. it's been a week since they broke out of the maximum security prison in upstate new york. they believe they're still together holed up in the woods. the convicts used power tools to cut through and escape through the manhole cover. a prison worker named joyce mitchell snuck the tools into the prison. and a police officer who shot and killed a 12-year-old

boy said he had no choice. tamir rice was shot and killed. he told a fellow cop, he reached for the gun and there was nothing i could do. we also learned he got the gun hours before he was killed. both officers appeared distraught after learning that it was a b-b gun. a grand jury will decide if they'll face any charges. an suv hit the side of this evergreen school in silver spring. look at this. medics treated one person near georgia avenue and -- in the wheaten neighborhood. the suv hit the school at the historic hughes street entrance. it's been ten years but that's not stopping one local mom from seeking justice for her son's murder. shirley bell said she made a promise to her dying son, brian moses. on what would have been his 30th birthday, she is still working to fulfill that promise. news4's darcy spencer has her story.

>> reporter: they're playing basketball at the laurel armory. but this game is not about who wins or who loses. it is about keeping alive a memory. a memory of keeping alive a memory of a man stabbed to death ten years ago. >> this case is probably considered a cold case, but to me i want to keep it hot. i want to keep it warm and out there. >> reporter: shirley bell is brian's mom. she organized the basketball game as a way to honor her son on what would have been his 30th birthday. he loved the game. >> i look at the calendar, yes, it's ten years. for me it's like it just happened. >> reporter: bell remembers when the police arrived at her home telling her her 20-year-old son had been stabbed. >> it was one stab wound from what i understand. and it punctured his lungs and his heart. >> reporter: brian lived for three weeks an when the doctor told bell her son wouldn't make it through the night she made

him a promise. >> i said to him, basically on his dying bed, you know, i will find out who did this to you and bring them to justice and that's something that haunts me every day, that i have not been a i believe to get that closure. >> reporter: every year she does something to remember brian. and she still is working to fulfill that promise she made to him a decade ago. >> darcy spencer report there. now, bell believes that her son knew his killer. she is still hoping a credible witness will come forward. there's a $25,000 reward being offered in that case. well, today the department of agriculture will be in laurel working to prevent you and the family -- protect you and your family from the pesky mosquitos. you can help reduce the amount of mosquitos in your neighborhood by throwing out standing water in planters, also those recycling containers. once a week, change the water in your bird bath as well as any kiddie pools you might have. so today swimmers from

across the region are headed to the great chesapeake bay swim. the annual event involves almost a 4 1/2 mile swim from sandy point to four miles south of annapolis. money raised helps the march of dimes and the campaign for healthier babies. all swimmers are required to preregister. more than 2.5,000 people have completed that swim. a u.s. embassy will open in havana. the opening is eminent. several u.s. senators checked out the process on talks to restoring diplomatic relations between the two countries. a young woman lucky to have her hand after a terrible accident but it's the smile on her face that really tells the story. it all happened during surgery. a special honor for a local teacher's dedication. how her life and work will live on. paper or plastic

you're watching "news4 today.." >> a special honor for a beloved music teacher is now opened and now generations will be able to play and learn at a memorial playground named in her honor. >> ruthanne lodato was murdered outside her home last year. derrick ward spoke to her husband about what this means to him and the community. >> reporter: music and young children were part of her causes. >> my wife would be so pleased to see this and that kids are doing to be exposed to music and that was really her passion. >> we wanted to incorporate music. something fun for the children. and we thought of how best to do that and why not have a giant piano?

>> reporter: it was february of last year when lodato was killed on the doorstep of her alexandria home. police believe hers was one of a series of murders. charles severance is now on trial and a motive is yet to be determined. >> in brainstorming sessions and everything it sort of morphed into this. we're pleased with it. >> reporter: this park accessible and interactive was already planned when it was decided to honor lodato. she also volunteered supported causes. alexandria leaders made it all official. and of course this feature, the giant piano. it came late in the design. it was a surprise to a lot of people, but ruthanne would have approved. instead of hammers and strings, mallets and tone bars and imagination make this music. many of those who came were students of lodato's. even those too young to celebrate her legacy. >> it's great my daughter can be

playing in this. >> we knew of her and we're happy to celebrate with her legacy. >> may she be smiling today. >> what do you think of this, being wide awake during surgery? >> oh, no thanks. but it might sound strange but that's what helped an avid athlete who

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you're watching "news4 today." >> welcome back. the "today" show is next on nbc4 at 8:00. >> let's see what they're working on. erica hill and carson daly joining us. >> good morning. just ahead, we'll be following up on that new information in the new york prison break. the alleged accomplice a female prison employee, had a specific role in this get away plot. find out what the job was supposed to be and how the information could affect the hunt for the two fugitives. a wild scene unfolding in georgia, sending lions and hippos prowling the streets. coming up, the very latest in the live report. just one week until father's day, you're in luck. we have some great gift ideas for you. carson is already starting a list. >> by the way, nothing wrong with ties and golf clubs. and an internet pioneer spending

$100 million to build "star trek" inspired offices. we'll show you those when we get started. back to you. >> a behind the scenes look. we can't wait. thanks guys. all right. well, meet a 16-year-old virginia girl whose aspirations of playing sports in college were nearly crushed after she almost lost her hand in an accident. >> can you imagine being awake while being operated on? well doctors use this unique type of surgery to get her back on the field. >> reporter: a patient is smiling during surgery, but here is ashley, while she is wide awake during surgery to fix her hand. >> i could hear everything. i was sitting there and, you know, i could -- you could actually kind of feel them cutting into your hand. >> reporter: ashley's hand was crushed last summer when the utility task vehicle she was riding in was flipped over.

her hand was caught under the roof and she suffered some serious lacerations. broke four fingers, her wrist and forearm. >> i never felt that pain in my life. a lot of conversation came up about amputating my hand. >> reporter: a softball player says she was a little kid. ashley said she was devastated who learn she could lose her hand. doctors in maine where she was on vacation tried to fix it, using plates and screws but after weeks of therapy, she still couldn't move it very well. that's when physicians at medstar georgetown university hospital took another look. dr. michael kessler is an orthopedic hand surgeon. >> her bones were not set properly. when she tried to open or close her fingers to obtain an object she wasn't able to have appropriate motion to do the activities. >> reporter: dr. kessler reset the bones in her hand wrist and forearm.

once she had healed from the surgery she couldn't move her fingers very well. that made it impossible to do most activities including catching a softball. ashley wasn't ready to give up yet though. >> she's a tough girl. she doesn't mess around. she has her mission set on playing softball and there wasn't anything that was going to get in her way. not, you know, a broken bone or anything else. >> reporter: that's when dr. kessler said he could do wide awake surgery. patients are only given local anesthesia so that they can actually move during surgery. that's important in ashley's case because doctors were working to free the tendons around the joints in her fingers that helped them move. >> so you know they pulled the curtain down, i got to see my hand and my bones. i got to see the plates, the tendons. it was awesome. >> reporter: so here's ashley today. she's back out on the field, practicing catching and hitting. she says she's still trying to get back to where she was, but she is feeling confident.

>> it's very important. softball and basketball have been my life for almost ten years and it's been so much fun. it's what i love to do. it's what i want to do. and i'm really hoping to take it to the collegiate level. >> doreen gentzler reporting there. today you can visit a new supermarket in alexandria. a new wegmans is open for business. the store offers similar products and selections as other wegmans, but it also has something no other wegmans has in our region -- a pub. the full service restaurant will offer meals made to order, plus wine, mixed drinks and local craft beers. and it's funny, i just posted a picture, a resident there, marisa, she was bowing down to it. and someone snapped a picture of her saying -- this is mine. that's pretty cool. a pub. >> pretty good idea to be inside

to avoid this heat. >> yeah a lot of people will be taking advantage of the air conditioning. another hot and muggy day. you can see plenty of sunshine outside right now. that cloud/sun mix throughout the day today. high temperatures in the mid to upper 80s. the weather having a low to moderate impact on your day. travel, no major issues however, it's beginning -- at the later hours of the day that's when thunderstorms are most likely. when you're caught under any rain, that could reduce your visibility. also lead to some isolated flash flooding concerns. so we'll continue to track that throughout the day. exercise, because of the mugginess, because of the heat, if you can, maybe a better idea to stay indoors and get the workout in out and about. thunderstorms possible later on today. if you have outdoor plans, that birthday party or a graduation party, something like that, have

a plan "b." be able to move indoors quickly. i wouldn't necessarily cancel them. because rain for everybody is not a guarantee. but know you could be dealing with rain later on today. it could be on the strong side because of how muggy and how hot it is. temperatures already in the 70s. even 80s. 80 in washington. 73 in winchester. petersburg still coming in at 62. cumberland up to 70. on storm team 4 radar i'm tracking this line of rain. some lightning with it. developing in west virginia. as this continues to advance towards the east we'll see how much it falls apart as it moves over the mountains. this it holds together this could be our first wave of showers that moves through in the afternoon hours. here's updates, noon, still keeping us mainly dry. that hazy sunshine out there. 3:00, we start to see some areas of rain developing across the

region. that hit and miss activity where not everybody sees rain. 6:00 p.m., notice some heavy rain moving through the d.c. metro area. and brighter colors heavier rain. 9:00 p.m., fairly quiet weather, but still a chance of a showerer a thunderstorm overnight tonight. severe threat today, greatest for areas in yellow. we're right on the edge of that. that mainly involves ohio and pennsylvania and back into indiana as well. frederick county, carroll county and washington counties you have the greatest risk for severe storms. a break

at 7:56, we want to send you off with four things you need to know. we just got off the phone with frederick city police. a man is in custody charged with the murder of an ice cream truck driver. larnell lyles was arrested early this morning in walkersville. brandon brown was shot in the upper chest and he died at the scene. it's been a week since sweat and matt broke out of an upstate prison in new york. a prison worker was charged with helping them escape. and capital pride celebrates 40 years. the theme this year is flash back.

still lots of events to head out to today. check out the nbc washington app for more. and today you can ride a d.c. circulator around the national mall. you can get off the bus just steps away from the capitol, the smithsonian museum and the lincoln memorial. all right. we're about to go off the air for the "today" show, but we'll be continuing to make calls on that ice cream truck driver killed up in frederick. we'll have more on the possible evidence that has renewed the search for 8-year-old relisha rudd. >> thanks fo

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