"news4 today" begins with breaking news. >> we're still on top of that breaking news on top of the beltway here. maryland state police telling us that ramp from inner loop i-95 is closed down because of an accident in prince george's county. >> a tractor-trailer jackknifed. no major injuries. police aren't sure how long the ramp will be shut down. just into the newsroom a car crashed into a starbucks in alexandria. got to take a look at this. you can see that the car shattered a window at the starbucks. this is at the popular bradley shopping center on king street. alexandria police sent out these pictures in the last half hour. no one was hurt. and we know that the storms are gone, moving out. but the damage has been done. hail and thunderstorms hitting mclean, virginia, pretty hard

here. lightning in alexandria. while crazy, no other way to describe it. it gave people quite the show. news 4's derrick ward getting a closer look at the storms in fairfax fairfax. >> reporter: here in fairfax county, a close call, closer than you can imagine. not only did this tree come down and miss the house but it missed something much more precious. >> we were actually standing outside. my son was getting a ready to get into the car with his grandmother to go on a trip and we heard a popping noise in the vicinity. we looked to see what was happening and in slow motion it started falling. i was standing by the door of the house and i just could yell run run run. at first, he was stunned. he didn't know what to do. he took off running to the garage. thank goodness because he would have been crushed by the tree. he's standing where i was right now, which is where the brunt of the tree fell. nothing was damaged other than our friend's car and we're all

safe. >> reporter: and residents are crediting the fairfax county police with their quick response with chain saws to help clear this street. >> now, chuck bell says will be a scorcher, but there is the possibility of some more rain too, right? >> yeah, widespread coverage like yesterday, not going to happen. widespread severe weather like yesterday not going to happen. that being said we have that standard issue 20 to 30% chance of thunderstorms to bubble up. humid outside and temperatures will be well up into the 90s once again. that's enough instability to cook up a few storms but we aren't facing an organized widespread severe weather threat like yesterday. a quiet start this morning. temperates are mostly in the 70s and 80s. temperatures will be as i mentioned well up into the 9 0s as we head into the afternoon hours. looking out at the dulles international airport, there's the main check-in spot. a good looking day across

northern virginia. nothing on storm team 4 radar for now. we'll be dry over the next several hours. if you're flying up to providence today you may have some delays. temperatures already 85. 82 at reston and manassas and 79 in college park. maybe you're taking dad out to the ball game today. playing the pirates first pitch 1:35. it will be a hot, humid day at the ballpark. only an isolated thunderstorm chance by late in the game. they should have no trouble finishing it off. if you're doing outdoor grilling, peak time to watch out for the storms is 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. back to work forecast is coming up. right now the first worship service is underway at the church massacre in south carolina. this is a live look at the faithful inside the emanuel ame church in charleston. the police officers are stationed inside the church here. nine people were shot and killed when a gunman opened fire during bible study on wednesday. and we're learning more about the suspected shooter.

the fbi is investigating a website that may provide more information about the accused killer. nbc's dan schenamen reports on the investigation and how the community is pulling together. >> reporter: quietly, they marched. >> i was tired of feeling helpless and i wanted to preach with my feet. >> reporter: and mourned. hundreds gathering to make mare way to emanuel ame church to honor those lost including clementa pinckney who will lie in state next week. >> we should forgive him because clementa believed in a second chance. >> forgiveness for dylann roof. fbi are investigating a website with his name and his mother's home address. it contains roof holding pictures of burning an american flag, standing in front of the confederate history library and a manifesto that says, quote, someone has to have the bravery to take it to the real world and i guess that has to be me. the writing, in which the writer

lashes out at african-americans hispanics, asians and those of the jewish faith. ♪ but it's faith of all kinds that so many in this grieving community are relying on. >> let's hold each other's hand, let's cry on each other's shoulders and let's be here for each other this morning. and in the days to come. >> reporter: faith and perseverance as the church which has lost so much is once again opening its doors sunday morning. dan schenamen, nbc news. and right now we have an update on that breaking news on metro. we now know that heavy rain caused an arcing insulator incident on the red line. metro telling us this morning that there is no smoke or fire in the tunnel. trains are single tracking between friendship heights and medical center. the power is now shut down on the tracks. developing this morning out of philadelphia, one person is

now home. but six others are in the hospital following a shooting at a block party. philadelphia police say three children were hurt including an 18-month-old baby who was shot in the neck. they say the shooter had a shotgun. they're working right now to track him or her down. in detroit one person died at another shooting in a block party overnight. it hit ten people on a party on a basketball court. eight are in serious condition. one is in critical condition. police have not arrested anyone yet. d.c. police telling us the name of the man someone killed a few days ago. they say jewells johnson was homeless and he was stabbed on calvert street northwest. this happened friday night. derrick ward brought us the story yesterday. and a 16-year-old died following a shooting in southeast d.c. police say malik mercer died yesterday morning. investigators say he was shot in the back as he stepped off of a bus. it happened on wednesday near

the intersection of 28th street and naylor road. police arrested 22-year-old derryck decuir. he is charged with assault with intent to kill. coming up in the day ahead, the family of a d.c. reporter shot and killed by a stray bullet will hold a vigil. charnice milton was shot by a man on a dirt bike back in may. the vigil will happen at 3:00 this afternoon at marvin gay park. we're looking at seven after the hour on this sunday morning. in the week ahead, douglas hughes is heading to court. he's the man who flew that gyrocopter miles into the city, then landing on the west lawn of the capitol. right now hughes is forbidden from going near the national mall. coming up fairfax county schools could add sexual orientation andend gender identity to the classes this week.

they'll vote on it on thursday. then friday democratic presidential candidate hillary clinton will be in the region. she is visiting george mason university to speak at an event for virginia democrats. and we're going to be comin

you're watching "news4 today." >> welcome back at 10:10. maryland will not receive federal aid from fema for the riots in baltimore. fema denied a request for a disaster declaration. the state and the city have 30 days to appeal that deal. larry hogan asked for

$19 million to provide money. if your child took a faulty s.a.t. earlier this month they can take it again for free. we told you a section on the test told students they have more time than they had. the issue won't affect any schools. however, they say if you're still concerned your child can get a do over instead. well, coming up the emergency that got golf fans' attention at the u.s. open. if you don't want to feel the heat, well, just stay inside and crank up the a.c. seven days of straight heat. come back for that.

you're watching "news4 today." >> grief and shock turning to healing after the horrible church shooting. >> today, the church will open the doors for sunday service. but the debate about gun control and violence is picking up again in the u.s. joining us to talk about it is moderator of "meet the press" chuck todd. i know we a get to the debate and -- we'll get to the debate and discussion about race but right off the bat i want to talk about gun violence and gun control. is this another situation where we're seeing the conversation reignited after a national tragedy and it will probably be stuck when it is coming to reform. >> i don't buy the idea this is going to start -- if sandy hook didn't do it when somebody mows

down elementary school kids, this isn't going to do it either. frankly the political debate is held hostage for the gun culture and i think you could argue until that changes and you won't make -- you probably aren't going to make policy changes because that drives who gets elected and therefore who's making the laws. we have an interesting way, we're looking at gun violence, we have a video of convicted murderers who now regret and they have some testimonial that they give to camera, to their 12-year-old selves and the advice they would say about, you know, no matter what that gun makes you feel like you have, that make you feel more powerful or whatever it is, don't do it. and maybe that's where this discussion needs to move if you care about the gun violence issue. >> isn't it incredible that people are looking to the president to make the speeches

after the events and he's down four or five of them and he alluded to it the other day. >> there was a time that the presidency -- i think we see the president and when we elect him not just the executive branch of the federal government but sort of america's moral compass in many ways as well. so i think we do have that expectation of our president's now and he himself has alluded to this gun -- you know, that's the irony. like the crime rate is down overall, and yet there seems to be the massacres are up. right? it feels more frequent and it's just this sense of -- i think you could tell -- his frustration and i think there's a lot of frustration, even people who are big second amendment defenders you can't defend the culture when people are misusing the culture a little bit. it's certainly this -- you can see the president's frustration that's for sure. >> someone in the leadership position where this latest tragedy definitely hits close to home is south carolina congressman jim clyburn. i know you're speaking with him. specifically about the issue of

race and this conversation that really needs to be had on both sides. >> on both sides. why someone -- it's a powerful piece i read by president obama's head of the faith based initiative that are part of the white house. and he said, you know, we always call the conversations and you know what, maybe whites need have a conversation amongst themselves why some whites are raised not to be racist and some are and where does this come from and how does we get rid of this stain of racism? this is basically his argument, hey, this is on the white community to cleanse themselves of this racism and what can be done and is that where the next tough conversation needs to happen? >> right. not an easy conversation by any stretch of the imagination. thank you chuck. >> that's why we have "meet the press." to have the uncomfortable conversations. >> you can see "meet the press" every sunday right after "news4 today." well, take a look at your

screen here if you can. this is a picture from the u.s. open in washington state. a warehouse catches fire and spending up that plume of smoke there. the fire destroyed a lot of boats worth about $4 million. today it is father's day and lots of places you can go to celebrate. crystal city is holding the annual father's day car show this afternoon. in mount vernon you can take pictures with the father of our country, george washington. that's at 10:00 a.m. and montgomery county is having a family friendly fit father's day event going on right now in downtown silver spring. ♪ happy father's day to you happy ♪ >> well i didn't expect that everybody would be serenaded by my kids today, but that's them. my daughters june and annabelle. my wife sent me the video this morning because i had to get to work early here. >> oh, my goodness. >> the little one wants to be

like the big one so much. >> is that her microphone? >> yeah. >> i can tell dad is in tv. >> well, check out the nbc washington facebook page. we put up the best advice you ever received from your dad. so you can share your stories with us. >> wonderful. that was really good. you know, we talk about oh, we talk about what are the best father's day gifts. that right there is the best. >> yes. if you ask any dad what they want to do today, they want to go home and take a nap. >> they want to sleep. >> fair enough. >> but we toast you. we toast you and you. well, your issa's dad. >> my little puppy dog. >> exactly. they're just as messy right? >> and cost just about as much. right up until the college education part comes in. outside for this morning, man oh, man, sunshine back again but it's becoming quite the steam box to be outside today. be heat smart as you're out and

about. nice looking day outside. another great picture. lisa leonard sent me this picture, taking place right now out in bull run park. a great dad's fest out there from 11:00 to 7:00 today. if you want to be part of that, go on out there and enjoy. just remember to have your extra water and take your shade breaks. if you have a great picture of yesterday's weather or whatever you're doing on dad's day, share it with me. happy to give you some social media sharing out there. otherwise, it's not a bad looking day out there. plenty of sunshine. 85 already in washington. heat index close to 90 degrees. it is going to be a sizzler outside later on today. the rain has gone early. plenty of sunshine, temperatures low to mid 90s. heat index near 100 today. another chance for thunderstorms later on afternoon, but instead of the widespread thunderstorms like yesterday isolated thunderstorms. already 82 in frederick

maryland. 82 in west virginia. 85 in fredericksburg and triangle. 83 in culpepper. upper 90s to near 100 degrees for a time. again, future weather, cranking out by 3:00 a possibly of a few isolated thunderstorms. and then in 4:00 to 5:00, that threat moves farther down to the south and then 7:00 around fredericksburg and warrenton. better chances are across virginia and especially northern maryland into pennsylvania. any of the isolated storms could be on the strong side, but not initiate near the coverage of yesterday. going to the baseball game plan on it being hot and humid. a slight chance for a storm late in the game. hopefully give another near perfect performance on the mound from the pitching team today. outside, 95 today.

93 tomorrow. 97 tuesday. storms tuesday night bring in more typical june air. highs in the 80s later in the week. >> you're right no-hitters never get old. >> nope. >> thanks, chuck. we have some breaking news to tell you about. a suspect in that new orleans shooting has been caught. >> yeah. we're getting more details on that right now. we'll explain what we're learning from police. also, we'll talk about the big games coming up. >> world police and fir

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got some breaking news into the newsroom. our nbc affiliate in new orleans says police have arrested a man suspected of killing a police officer. they say travis boyce shot and killed the officer yesterday. they say he somehow got a gun while handcuffed in the back of the police car. they found him an hour ago. well, we are days away from the 2015 world police and firefighter games in fairfax. one local competitor said his motivation to save lives stems from a time when he nearly lost his own. >> jim handly met up with him in fairfax where he talked about his inspiring road to recovery. >> ended up breaking three vertebrae. i was medevaced to the hospital. >> reporter: it was the last time he'd ever race his

motorcycle. but ben gehlsen fought and trained his way back. >> the stronger i kept myself the less pain i felt. that's where i began, you know, my firefighting career as a volunteer. i kept my upper body function. >> reporter: to this fairfax fire station, ten years later he has a new calling. >> i had this passion for something i couldn't do anymore. so i transferred a lot over into firefighting. >> reporter: it was after his recovery he decided to become a firefighter/paramedic like the ones who helped save him. >> after the accident i was exposed to the whole paramedic routine if you will. it definitely makes you appreciate more to be on the other side of things. >> reporter: now he's ready for another challenge. the ultimate firefighter competition. he'll be timed against others in four different events that

simulatel firefighting. you're competitive by nature? >> yeah. it will be a good time. >> reporter: in the back of his mind he'll draw strength from the obstacles he's overcome. >> i like to move by what i call stronger than yesterday. every day you wake up, just give it your all and just try to be stronger than you were yesterday. >> a big event for everybody. >> huge. absolutely huge. >> yeah. okay. try to stay cool out there on the father's day. >> there's going to do it for "news4 today." "meet the press" is up next.

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