storms are a coming. >> steamy conditions contribute to high winds and heavy rain. >> that will kick off a few scattered showers and thunderstorms. the big deal today will be the high temperature. 95 in dc. that's the highest we have seen so far. the heat index got to 103 earlier this afternoon. a very warm day. we do have showers and storms. take a look at the wider view here and you notice this line right in here. this is the frontal boundary that i'm watching. it will make its way down across our region. that will make a way for thunderstorms this evening but it will also bring in some welcome changes. i've got that forecast coming up in a minute. >> right now police in montgomery county are looking into what led to a little boy

dieing in a fiery crash and the woman driving the car is in the hospital with burns. police have not said if she is the little boy's mother. the pair were in a car that crashed on the high about 3:30 this morning. news 4 has a report from the crash scene that is coming up. new and chilling tmt. grace's own roommate is accused of strangling her. today one of the other roommates took the stand. one of her house mates sent text messages on the day that she dies in april. the roommate says he texted that he was in mann's room and made a mess. now that the man accused of killing a mother, father, little boy and their housekeeper in a mansion in northwest dc. tonight he has not one but two

new attorneys. the change came during a court hearing today. >> the dc superior court where wint the only suspect charged made an appearance before a judge today asking the judge to replace his lawyer which had been represented by the public defender's office and now he has a private attorney and an immigration attorney. his attorney said at some point during the trial his immigration status will become an issue so now they have hired an immigration attorney. wint's sister, brother and mother are paying for the new attorneys. >> reporter: today a group of local senators blasted metro for lacking leadership mismanagement and basically a host of safety issues that the transit issue has been dealing with lately. we know about problems on the track. smoke and fire incidents

seemingly non-stop day after day. today these senators basically said enough is enough. coming up on news 4 at 5:00 and 6:00, going to tell you about an upcoming safety report that is going to point to big problems. >> and a judge today sentenced omar gonzalez to 17 months in jail for jumping the white house fence and running into the mansion. he made it all the way into the east room with a knife. gonzalez nodded as the judge said no more nods, guns or machetes. the federal court judge recommended he be transferred to a prison in california where his father lives. with the time already served gonzalez could be released in december. >> this afternoon we have learned the name of a woman who was pulled out of huntsman lake hchlt she was 22-year-olds old from fairfax and found by kayakers in springfield. right now police are awaiting

autopsy results to learn how she died. >> and the side of a sushi shop smashed. a driver lost control and slammed into a restaurant in mcclean this morning. >> there have been some developments in an investigation involving major league baseball. the fbi is investigating the cardinals for allegedly hacking the houston astros. the "new york times" report stolen information includes scouting reports, statistics, internal statics about trade. this is the only known case of espionage of one team hacking another. >> and a former ravens cheer leader accused of having sex with a teen aged boy just pleaded guilty. she is face gsing up to 15 years in prison. the 48-year-old mother of three will have to register as a sex

offender. she is accused of having sex with a 15-year-old boy at a beach house last summer. >> and now the search for estate killers. right now they are stopping any car that drives by as they look for david and richard. a team of 800 officers is also combing through woods in the nearby town. the convicted killers broke out 11 days ago and now a prison worker is facing charges that she helped them escape. >> and developing in california, most of them students from ireland confirmed dead after a balcony collapses. what the victims were doing just moments before this happened. >> she resigned after she was outed as a white woman. now a former civil rights leader is sitting in the hot seat. >> i identify as black.

boy, it is hot and it is sticky and we still could see a few thunderstorms today. look at this. here are the heat index values across the area. that is the highest heat index value that i have seen. look at this.

we have got slightly cooler readings. sliding out of southern maryland right now. we could see storms fire this afternoon. these are moving out of the area but we could have move coming into the area. big story from the heat to an air mass change. i will tell you how long it will stay cool before the next heat waive. we have got a detailed look. >> they were supposed to spend the time learning what life is like in another country when this balcony collapsed. six people were killed and seven others seriously injured when the fourth floor balcony collapsed during a party in an apartment in berkley. most if not all the victims are irish students here for the summer on temporary visas.

all of them got together to celebrate someone's 21st birth day. we will bring you any updates as soon as we get them. >> al qaeda released a video pubically confirming the death of its second most powerful leader. she was killed in a u.s. drone strike in yemen. in addition to being the number two, the second in command, he also led the al qaeda affiliate in yemen. >> her parents say she misrepresented herself and her race. what she has to say in response and how she's handling the criticism. >> i really don't see why they're in such a

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she says it's complex. in her first interview since resigning from the naacp in spoe

can rachel dolezal had her first interview. >> the debate is far from over. >> are you an african-american woman? >> i identify as black. >> rachel dolezal told matt lauer that even though she was born as a caucasian, her self-perception changed. >> at one time married to a black man and the mother of black sons, her self-description and portrayal as black has prompted controversy. >> when did you start deceiving people? >> i do take exception to that. it's a little more complex than me identifying as black or answering a question of are you black or white? >> she defended her change dm appearance in adulthood. >> this is not some freak birth

of a nation black face performance. >> she is esstranged from her parents. they revealed her roots last week and reacted to her resignation last week. >> it's our hope that she will take the steps necessary to come to embrace her true identity. >> the ncaap national president said her lack of candor is a bigger issue than her her teenage. >> it's not about color but the the -- >> her sons are supportive. >> mom, racially you're human and culturally you're black. >> but the discussion continues about what being black means. nbc news. rachel dolezal has been

trending worldwide. you can read what kareem thinks. another tweet says that racial identity is complex. and other people think she got off too easy. if a transgender can identify as a male when in fact female why can't she identify as black when she's white. tune into nbc nightly to hear more on dolezal. right now heavy rain from tropical storm bill is bringing flooding to the streets of houston. schools and businesses are closing up as eight inches of rain is expected across the southeast portion of that state. coming up, jay gray has a live report on the threat from bill and that includes the possibility of devastating

tornados. there is strong winds that knocked down a few trees and those trees took out two power poles. traffic is right now they are diverting it between lawyers road and hunter station. >> let's get the latest on our weather because we have the storms popping up out there. >> we hope that the storms will come through. we are done with the heat and humidity. look where we are right now. that heat index of 101 right now that is one of the hottest we have seen. earlier today was 103 so a very hot day for sure. 91 in annapolis back down towards the river. so the heat is on. one thing you notice 77 in

maryland. we do have a couple of showers. not many. and i'm not expecting to see too many showers or storms. look at the storms just dying off here. that's what i think will happen for the rest of the night. we do have a little bit of a lid on the atmosphere. some big time storms up north. all in all. this is a cold front. what else will it bring? notice around 2:00 we have got clouds. slight chance of a shower. most of the day is going to be on if dry side. look at 6:00 and watch what happens by about 8:00 tomorrow night this could be with us late tomorrow night and into the

overnight hours. we will stay in the 80s over the this next few days. 87 on thursday. a chance for showers and maybe a thunderstorm. 88 on friday. 87 on saturday. and then, well, and then we go right back into the 90s. and speaking of bill, you guys were talking about tropical storm bill, that rain could make its way up here in the way of thunderstorm activity. >> 80 is going to feel pretty good there. all right. it wouldn't be the fourth of july without fireworks but some say there may not be enough to go around this a year. stores are scrambling to fill shelves. some of the larger companies bought so much and put in orders early enough that they should be

fully stocked through the forth. first lady michelle obama visited to have tea with the british prime minister. the first lady also visited a girl's school to promote her let girls learn initiative. telling students that she understood their struggles and wanted them to succeed. >> here's the thing. with the education from this amazing school, you all have everything you need to rise above all of the noise and fulfill every last one of your dreams. >> the united states and the uk are joining forces to support girls everywhere but especially in areas in crisis. some big changes from what you eat at home to what you eat when you are dining out.

what the government's transfat ban will mean for you. and an iconic brand closing more than 100 stores. this is news 4 at 4:00.

d.c. fire ems put one man in

an ambulance and droef away. we are at the homeless shelter. four to five people have been transported to the hospital. fire ems tells us they do not know if they are under the influence of synthetic marijuana but this looks similar to what happened on june 5 when 11 people overdosed on synthetic marijuana. we don't know if these folks used synthetic marijuana but right now police are still investigating and trying to figure out what is going on. synthetic marijuana can cause aggressive behavior. it's similar to what can happen if you smoked or dipped pcp. officials are really trying to get a handle on this. the city is trying to crack down on this at different convenience

stores. we will try to confirm if these folks, these four people overdosed on synthetic marijuana. a child killed in a horrible crash in maryland. rescuers described the efforts to save the boy and why the cause of this is such a mystery. >> skate border take-down. why a deputy said he was forced to stun a 13-year-old boy. >> and an iconic clothing retailer decides to close

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the less of a storm threat that we will have. doesn't mean that we won't have any but take a look at storm team radar. we have storms coming through. we have got more down south. and of course the few that are firing up here coming through areas of west virginia. so looking at dc, quiet conditions here. but where i think we will see a chance for more thunderstorms will be down through this area here. fredericksburg around bridgewater for the early evening. could bring isolated winds and downpours. our storm chance will be ending as we drop out of the 80s. less humid air will be moving in but then it's back with tropical storm bill's remnants. >> and right now at 4:30, tropical storm bill lashing the texas coastline. winds are gusting up to 60 miles an hour there and torrential rain soaking an already

saturated area. we will go live to jay gray in texas in just a bit. >> a ball kany collapse and now six people are dead and seven more have been seriously hurt. police say the victims were celebrating somebody's 21st birthday. we will have a new report from the bay area in 24 minutes. near 28th street and naylor road. someone followed the boy and shot him twice. he's going to join us with reaction in just a minute. >> a crash tied up traffic in montgomery county for hours. questions remain as police try to figure out how a little boy

died in the backseat. we're not sure where the car was headed but there is more on that investigation. >> the passenger and the area was consumed in fire. >> this was the charred area where the young boy's -- >> it was a pretty significant fire. >> the driver of this toyota corollo crossed the center median. the car then caught fire. the woman who was behind the wheel survived. but the boy in the back passenger seat never made it out. >> we have no information of speeds or how fast the vehicle was going or the direction of travel. we're still trying to piece that together. >> on the way back from a different call spotted the fire. rescuers used fire extinguishers to put it out. >> they were unable to reach the

child that was in the car. they were able to knock down the bulk of the fire. the accident reconstruction team spent hours taking measurements and taking pictures trying to figure out exactly how and why the driver crashed. six hours later the car was towed away. >> his identity has not been released. news 4. >> after years of toying with the idea he is officially in. donald trump says he's seeking

the republican nomination for president to make the country great again. the reality tv star made that announcement at the trump tour in new york city and he is pledging to create jobs. >> i will be the greatest jobs president that god ever created. i tell you that. i'll bring back our jobs from china, new mexico, japan so many places. i will bring back our jobs and bring back our money. >> and that's not all. during that speech trump repeatedly called u.s. leaders stupid and said he can use his own money to run for office, not lobbyist money because he says he's quote, really rich. tramp plans to campaign in iowa, new hampshire, and south carolina. >> you won't see it or taste it but there will be important changes in your food. and this could impact your long term health.

as tom reports the food and drug administration is banning transfats from the nation's food supply. >> for years cardiologists have warned that artificial transfats are killers. manufacturers have been required to list transfats on their labels but with the fda accused of reaching into american's kitchens. . you scrape some out of my cold dead heart. >> but dietitian and mom is always watching the labels. >> if you see partially high droj nated soybean or cotton seed oil or that word high droj nated there's a good chance that that's transfat. >> since 2003 food manufacturers have voluntarily lowered the

amount of transfats in their food products but 86% and companies continued to reduce them. today you can still find them in donuts, cookies pizzas, popcorn, pies cakes and icing. nine years ago new york city banned transfats in restaurants. now the fda is going one step further. >> this is the fda saying finally get it out. we don't need it. it's harmful. >> while food manufacturers could petition for a transfat exception they warn that food prices could rise but dietitians warn that every gram of transfat adds up. >> we can do a lot better to eat higher quality foods fruits and vegetables. >> so far california is the only state to ban transfats prohibiting products containing transfats from being bought or sold. food manufacturers would have three years to eliminate all

transfats or petition the fda for a petition. >> two kids hopsed and a warning that was issued for east

we told you yesterday, one more hot and very humid day and that's exactly what we have. 95 degrees. the record is 99 so we're very close to that. 95 in fredericksburg.

we are looking at a couple of showers and that's going to help. 101 in dc for the heat index. we're watching our frontal boundary right now. that front is going be draping down. that's what could kick off a couple of scattered showers and storms although i am not expecting much at all. ver ron ka is going to cake a closer look at what's expected for the weekend. the remnants could come our way this weekend. >> all right. thanks. now to a video that is being shared all over social media. it shows a police officer using a stun gun on a run away teenager and raising questions about the use of force. the kid is 13 years old and his mother reported him as a run away. the sheriff's deputy found him saturday skate aborting with friends. the deputy said he refused to go home and the boy bit him.

>> well, honda is adding more than a million cars to the growing recall of defective takata air bags. some of the air bags can spray shrapnel. we have posted a link to the search tool. and it's going to be harder to go to the gap. the gap is closing nearly 200 stores as that company tries to boost its struggling brand. gap says it will close about 140 stores by the end of this year. the ones that remain open will depend on performance. factory and outlets are not affected by this decision. >> and collapsing four stories to the ground. multiple people are dead and we have new witness accounts as well as what investigators found when they got to the scene. >> high winds, heavy rain and

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we're following all of today's big stories for you. >> we will start with jay gray life in texas as tropical storm bill comes ashore. jay? >> reporter: hey there. we're on the west side of houston. take a look behind me. three weeks ago it was filled with debris and water. the reason is buffalo bayou here. it had overflowed and still up to the banks right now. they're expecting five to six inches of rain. a foot of rain in some areas. can't take it right here. so that's the big concern. the storm came ashore around noontime. that's not the issue. . they see the flooding here three weeks ago. everything still saturated. most of the rivers bonds, lake, still filled with water so there's a very big concern about

flooding. the problem here the rain is going to continue. we could see rain over the next couple of days. definitely what they don't need. emergency management centers they're up and running not only here but in key parts across the stay. >>. >> with we could see rem innocents. storm team four is tracking not only rain but of course what bill is doing right now. as you heard it's making its way right on in through areas of texas. that system will start to bear off to the north and east. we do have a few areas.

no thunderstorm bus there are pockets of some light moderate rain showing up. we could still see some storms filling in. some scattered storms as we get into the evening hour s hours more clouds will start filling back into if area tomorrow. i will take that compared to the 100 degree heat index values that we have had today. it will not be as hot and dry until we get into the evening hours. let me show you what i'm talking about. here is 7:00 a.m. here are the clouds. we have an east northeasterly wind. you can see a few showers will start to show up by around lunchtime. for the most part it's during the late afternoon, evening

hours. coming right through some of these showers and storms. could be fairly intense right up until about 9:00 to 11:00 p.m. on the other side the humidity starts to return back into our area wednesday night into thursday morning. so once again it's a watchful eye on the sky as we get into the weekend. it's split 87 to 93. both days we could see some showers and storms. we have got a lot more on what's developing on the radar coming up in a couple of minutes. >> thanks. people going to the beach in north carolina are staying close to shore today after more sharks were spotted off the coast. one at holden beach, another near the island. beaches remain and they are telling folks to be extra careful if they do venture into the water. the area is still on edge after two teenagers lost limbs in

separate shark attacks and both are still in the hospital. >> working several developing stories including the one in which a man is charged with killing an ice cream truck driver. he says he was stalked by that driver for months. he had been trying to find and kill his client over a debt. he was surprised when he saw brown in the truck. prosecutors have video of the shooting. i made a mess. that text came from steven's phone just before the house mates discovered one of the house mates dead. the judge sent the university of washington murder case to a grand jury. >> they provided disturbing testimony. it came right after accuse edd walked out of the bedroom and

said what would you do if grace never came back? he told them that mann lunged at him, bit him. the roommates found her body hitten under a comforter. there was a bag over her head and i pulled it off, screamed and came over the room. right bf they came home to find her dead. >> can you believe the. >> day one of minicamp in ash purn. making it different. the chance to get more practice in before training camp begins on you bet it's going to be a hot july 30th. head coach jay gruden wants the players to know what to expect. >> coming out here and

establishing a tempo that we want to establish in training camp, show them what it's going to be like. let them know what it will be like. >> minicamp will be running for three days from now until thursday. and we continue to work the awful story. six people most of them students dead after a ball co-ny collapses near the cal berkley campus. what the victims were doing just moments before that accident and how their classmates are mourning this afternoon. and a murder suspect has a new attorney. why he ditched his public defenders ahead. >> i'm in downtown washington. donald trump announced for president in new york today but already made a big impression here on pennsylvania avenue. i'll hav

more than 200 people have had to evacuate and take shelter as a fire is still strong. crews not determine how many homes have been destroyed. governor bill walker flew over the air kra and credited firefighters for saving as much as they did. >> and a kiss their kids good-bye and sent them off for what was supposed to be a summer adventture. tonight those parents are in agony avenue a balcony collapsed. stephanie is there on the scene. >> we heard a loud sound and then we heard the ambulance fire fire. >> reporter: 14 people fell from the ball co-ny this morning. the structure seems to have snapped off. >> we just heard a bang and shouts. we didn't know what was going

on. i was shocked really. >> i was in shock. nobody can like -- my parents personally they're just in a state of panic. and my dad said it was the worst hour and a half of his life. >> the 21-year-olds are here on work visas to spend the summer in the bay area. friends who attended the birthday party of a 21-year-old female student here from ireland working at a san francisco restaurant. there was one noise complaint just about half an hour before the deadly collapse. >> it's not an uncommon thing for us to receive. >> so there was no response here? >> we hadn't responded yet. >> reporter: one neighborhood said it was a preventable tragedy. >> they would have been in on this thing before it happened. if there is a security guard

walking around here, they would have seen this going on. >> throughout the morning more irish students mostly in their early 20s came to see the horrific scene for themselves. the bay area is a popular summer job destination, almost a rite of passage to work abroad. >> when you come out to work for the summer in california you don't expect a tragedy like this. it's horrific. >> news 4 at 5:00 starts now. we start with a heartbreaking seen a woman trantically crying for help. >> she escaped as it went up in flames but he did not. despite the efforts that just happened upon the wreck. more on the crash in the investigation. chris? >> catching fire inside closing i-370 in both directions for several hours.

montgomery county blams was driving, returning from a run to shady grove hospital. the crew of emergency medical technicians inside saw the vehicle fire and responded. >> a woman was indicating that there was somebody still in the vehicle. the car was locked or the doors that they initially tried to enter were locked so they were able to get tools, break out the window and pretty quickly knock down the bulk of the fire. >> reporter: they used fire extinguishers but were unable to save the boy in the backseat. a fire engine arrived as calls came in. the woman driver suffered burns and smoke inhalation. she was transported to a hospital with life-threatening injuries. the accident reconstruction team will determine how it happened. they believe she was driving east on 370 when she veered left over the concrete median. >> for reasons still under investigation, crossed over to the westbound lanes and even

left that portion of the roadway and was just off the road when fire rescue found her and the vehicle. >> reporter: coming up the critical questions the police and fire investigators are trying to answer tonight. the cause of the crash that occur ed occurred the fatal fire and the death of this young boy. that's coming up at news 4 at 6:00. breaking news. several people rushed to the hospital after apparently overdosing on an unknown substance. >> we understand this is very similar to an ins kent dent that occurred just a couple of weeks ago. >> it's very similar to what happened on friday june 5. moments ago a unit arrived here