afternoon chris. a bit of an unusual situation here. we learned about an hour ago, maryland governor larry hogan will be holding a news conference at 4 p.m., which means he is going to speak at any minute. we are being told the announcement he will make is personal in nature. there have been reports that hogan has been canceling some of his public appearances since returning from a trade mission trip to asia to visit a high-speed rail facility and with business there is that happened earlier in the month. governor hogan just marked five months in office after a surprising win over former lieutenant governor anthony brown last november a republican governor in a heavy democratic state. as soon as governor hogan steps to the podium, you will hear his comments live right here. pat and chris? first at 4:00, a young virginia man found dead in his bed hours after his birthday. >> yeah, police think it may have been a random bullet and neighbors fear officers missed a chance to save his life. >> the 25-year-old was discovered dead early saturday morning at the fall hill apartments on graystone court in

fredericksburg. >> reporter: fredericksburg police responded to a call of shots fired 4:30 saturday morning much they found this bullet hole and this bullet hole. but it wasn't for several hours later that they discovered that the man sleeping behind this wall was dead. the victim had been celebrating his 21st birthday with his friends on friday night. police say he had gone to bed and was asleep when the shots were fired through the wall around 4:30 saturday morning. other residents in that apartment building are upset because when police responded to the scene they checked with the apartment's other occupants but never went inside. it wasn't until after 8 a.m. when residents found a bullet casing on the stairway and called police again that the apartment occupants came out and told police their housemate was dead. on news4 at 5:00, i will tell you more about the victim desean dorsey and what police think happened here. i'm tracee wilkins in upper marlboro. today a former prince george's police officer seen on video

beating a juvenile who was handcuffed in a holding cell received probation. jerry thomas has now resigned from the prince george's county police department but just a few months ago, he was seen here on videotape beating a juvenile who was in custody. he said that he felt threatened by this kid and thought that he was going to kick him or spit at him. the state's attorney's office says that there's no evidence supporting that claim. chief of police says this behavior was unacceptable. thomas entered an alford plea in the case and today was sentenced to probation. he is also going to have to do some community service. if he violates that probation, it could mean jail time. first at 4, a man accused of raping two women within a matter of hours is now off the street. police arrested al bell on saturday. investigators say around 8:00 friday night he raped an acquaintance inside her apartment on st. barnabas road in temple hill. just two hours later, police say he attacked again. this time he allegedly grabbed a woman walking on silver hill

road and raped her in a vacant home nearby. coming up at 5:00, pat collins takes a look the a how police were able to catch him so quickly. so breaking news now we are waiting for south carolina governor nikki haley to come out and we expect her to call for the removal of the confederate flag from the grounds of the state house. there you can see, she is speaking now. do we want to dip in and hear from her? okay, we don't. we are waiting for her to come out. that would be a reversal of her position on what's been one of the most divisive issues in south carolina's modern history. steve handlesman is monitoring that story for us. he is going to have a live report from there in a few minutes. now to a significant break in the search for two killers who broke out of prison 17 days ago. right now, that search is concentrated on a remote hunting cabin in upstate new york. it's about 20 miles from the prison. the man who owns the cabin noticed a break-in saturday and saw someone running away. sources tell nbc news that when investigators examined the cabin they found dna from one of the escaped killers. coming up in a few minutes, we will find out what's making this

search so complex. a worried father helped the fbi arrest a teenager plotting an isis-inspired attack in north carolina. agents began investigating justin sullivan back in april when his father called 911 to report violent behavior. detectives arrested sullivan last friday after she say he asked an undercover agent to build him a gun silencer. the teen lives in morgan ton, about 60 miles east of asheville. the fbi says sullivan talked about setting off a car bomb or chemical weapon. the man who landed his gyro copter at the capitol rejected a plea deal. douglas hughes was in court today here in d.c. he says he is not taking the deal because it includes significant jail time and that's not right for what he calls an act of civil disobedience in which no one got hurt. hughes faces six charges now and has to come back for another hearing next month. a hot summer afternoon and there's even hotter weather on

the way. let's turn to storm team4 meteorologist veronica johnson. ville j, a bit of break today, respect we? >> a little bit of break for sure, light breeze pushing through the area, yes, the temperatures across the area have been in the upper 80s to low 90s, what you are looking at right now from that 88-degree reading in hagerstown around martinsburg to 92 right now inside the belt ways, it is hot out there humidity not too bad, it is reasonable but both the temperatures and the humidity are going to be going way, way up tomorrow as this weather front that we are already tracking in southern areas of west virginia will start to make its way to the north and east and even move through our area so higher heat tomorrow. yes, it's going to be oppressive. in fact, i'm calling it dangerous heat for tomorrow and that's going to also be the setup for some storminess at least this evening. no the too bad. still hot out there. a look at your walking the dog forecast, going out still hydrate. we go from 87 to 83 by 9:00. just a couple of minutes, i will show you who will see storms

first coming up tomorrow. >> thanks, vj. he says he feels great. former congressman jesse jackson jr. arrived at his home in du pont circle today and now rue reunited with his family. jackson was released from a halfway house in baltimore this morning. before that he served more than two years in federal prison, punishment for spending hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign money on personal items. >> i've experienced and i've accepted the consequences of my behavior, my poor judgment and my actions. there's no excuse for poor behavior. however, i have experienced some things on this journey for which i will write about and dedicate the rest of my life to. >> jackson will be on home confinement for the next 90 days. he showed off the ankle bracelet that will keep tabs on him. jackson was also wearing a batman belt buckle from his daughter. in his family his nickname is batman. at some point, it will be his wife's turn to serve out her

prison time on a related conviction. back here at home, the district opened a memorial park to pay tribute to nine people who died in a metro crash. legacy memorial park was dedicated today in northeast at new hampshire and north dakota avenue. the site is between the tacoma park and fort to then stations lining the red line. nine stone pillars represent each of the victims and a woman who lost a family member says she finds the memorial comforting. >> it's gonna have to take some time. # going to take more time to go by. >> some don't agree on the memorial but others say they are happy the way this turned out. millions of phones at risk. the threat is fright thing. why hackers could be spying on your private moments through your phone. the president sounds off. the public weighs in.

and it's not just a matter of it not being polite to say [ bleep ] in public. i'm scott macfarlane at the live deck, troubling news out of annapolis maryland, larry hogan announced moments ago he has been diagnosed with, aggressive non-hodgkins lymphoma, cancer of the lymph nodes. he is joined at a press conference that just began a few moments ago with his family making a personal announcementful,announcement fulannouncement, just five months into his term as governor of maryland. we will get

we continue to follow now breaking news about larry hogan, the governor who is speaking now. >> let's go to the news conference. >> being candid and transparent about my battle will -- i will be able to help raise awareness that could ultimately benefit others. this weekend, like the rest of maryland, my family celebrated father's day. for me, even though i had some really tough news to deliver to

them it was a special and heartfelt time to be with family with the first lady, our daughters, and with my dad larry hogan sr. my role model. in the midst of this struggle, i was reminded once again of how truly blessed and how truly lucky i am. as i climb this hill, i remain comforted by my abiding faith that the lord continues to bless me and will be by my side with every step, granting me the strength to defeat this disease and the wisdom and the judgment to be the public servant, public steward that i was elected to be. over the coming months i will

be receiving multiple, very, aggressive chemotherapy treatments. most likely, i'm going to lose my hair. you won't have these beautiful gray locks. [ laughter ] i may trim down a little bit. but i won't stop working to change maryland for the better. i will be working hard and making the decisions that the people of this state elected me to make. the fact is that i'm just like the more than 70,000 people diagnosed with lymphoma every single year who fight it beat it and continue doing their jobs at the same time. with my faith my family and my friends, i know that i won't just beat this disease but that i will be a better and stronger

person and governor when we get to the other side of it. so i thank you for being here and i would be happy to answer any everybody everybody everybody's questions. >> are your doctors both republicans? >> that is a great question. i asked the same question joking. this has all come up pretty quickly and just the last week, i -- it was shocking news to me i had gotten these mris that showed this cancer kind of spread throughout my body. i had three different doctors who i just met for the first time that day and they spent a couple of hours with me. and i said that to them. and the guy said, we are all huge fans, governor. [ laughter ] we think you are doing a great job. they wouldn't tell me if they were republicans or democrats but did say they were supporters anyway. that doesn't really matter to me. i just know i'm frying to get the best help we can get. i have got a tremendous group of the best professionals we can

find and they seem to have a good idea of a plan of attack and we are going to aggressively go after it. >> how are you feeling now governor? how are you feeling? >> you know, i actually feel pretty good, although i have been having procedures every day. you know there was a -- there was a story in "the post" on saturday saying i was under the weather, not feeling well and thought maybe i caught a bug on my trip. actually, i have been feeling fine and i did about half of my schedule over the past two weeks but i missed things because they were sending me for required things. i had to do a cat scan, a pet scan, an mri. i had a minor surgery last week, they did a biopsy and removed a lymph node from under my arm so they had to put me to sleep and it wasn't a big deal, but today, i had a bone marrow thing where they actually stuck a 12-inch thing in my hip and cored out some bone marrow. so that hurt a little bit. [ laughter ] and i'm actually taking some

painkillers. and the doctor said i wouldn't advise you to make any serious decisions -- [ laughter ] -- i think you ought to just rest up and stay home. and i go, well, i'm doing a press conference at 4:00. they go, that's really bad idea. [ laughter ] but i'm feeling pretty good. i mean, this -- this stuff is -- you know, is kind of spread. i have got a lot of them in my abdomen it's pressing up against my spinal column. it's difficult to eat because it's -- i'm kind of full with -- but i'm not -- i'm not terribly sick. you know, just -- just something i have got to go after before it gets worse. >> governor could you, for people who are anxious about this illness and not familiar with it could you characterize how you became aware of this? >> yeah. yeah. well it was very strange and i think this is typical of this particular disease. it just sneaks up on you. you don't have a lot of symptoms ahead of time. i will tell you my story as succinctly as possible. had no symptoms whatsoever. felt great. we were on a trade mission.

we did 50 or 60 meetings in three countries in 12 days. i mean, i was working 15 hours a day. we were on 12-hour flight. 12-hour time difference. and people couldn't believe the energy i had. i didn't feel sick at all. but the day before we left, i was shaving and i felt a big lump in my neck. didn't hurt at all. like a golf ball here, you can probably see it. and i was like, that's very strange thing, some kind of a cyst or a bump or something. so i went to see my primary care physician when i got back. primary care physician sent me to get an ultrasound who then sent me to an ent guy ear, nose and throat doctor, who said i want you to get some mris and some cat scans, which they did and then they found 12 more of these things in my neck and chest. and said we want to do a full mri. they found 20 or 30 more in my core area and my groin area. and you know, it was just one test after another after

another. i -- this -- it was like peeling an onion. let's send you for this test. oh, that's bad. let's send you for this test. that doesn't look so good. let's send you for this test. it's even worse than we thought. but i didn't really have any symptoms. i saw one thing pop out. i had a little bit of pain in my back, which i thought was, like a pulled muscle. it turns out it was a -- it was a tumor pressing up against my -- or still is pressing up against my nerves and that was causing the pain. but you know, i still feel good. i got energy. and other than i don't have much of an appetite i got -- i'm not tired and i'm not in terrible pain. >> governor, do you know what stage it is? >> what stage and how long will it take? um on the stage, we are not quite sure yet. some of the tests i did today will probably give us that answer and by the way, i'm working with a team of doctors

from anpp a anne arundel and others that are going to be a second or third opinion and review all these tests i've done. it's at least very advanced stage three, if not stage four. and we will find out the details of that probably this week. as far as the treatment, it's -- they want to be -- i want to be as they want to be as, aggressive as possible and because of the fast-growing nature of this thing, we can't waste any time we can't wait. they want to immediately start chemotherapy treatment and they want to go as aggressively as possible. as i understand it they try to give you as much as they can possibly take without killing you. they want to kill the cancer and keep you alive. so, i believe the plan is they are going to put me in the hospital for four days and shoot me with chemotherapy for 24 hours a day in intense sive care and then start a -- a six-round

process, where they zap you for a day and then they let you rest up for a few weeks and then they zap you again and all together, it is about an 18-week process. all of the experts tell me they believe i will come out of that completely clear. they also tell me it's going to beat the hell out of me. they say, honestly, you're going to go through hell and back again but you're going to love it when you get back and the rules are going to be good. so rks so it is not going to be easy things. i'm going to miss a few board of public works and miss a few meetings but i'm going to be constantly involved. there's probably two, three days every week -- every month where -- every three weeks that i'm not going to be feeling so well, probably and i will -- we will see how that goes. the rest of the time, i will be working. anybody else? yeah. >> how will the lieutenant governor's role change?

>> well, the lieutenant governor, the role has changed ever since he has been elected lieutenant governor and we keep piling more and more work on him. i think he's got more responsibility now than any lieutenant governor in history, but i think you know, he is you know, boyd has my back there's no question about that he is the most capable guy to ever serve as lieutenant governor. he is going to step up and do even more, i guess. he is going to fill in more at the board of public works, he is going to have to fill in for me on some other meetings as will our entire cabinet. they are going to step up and do more things and fill in when i can't be there. if i am in a situation where they put me to sleep, which they did last week and we you know, the lieutenant governor was ready and prepared to sign documents and make decisions if i wasn't able to. luckily, there was no major decision during that one hour i was asleep. [ laughter ] so the lieutenant governor -- he didn't make any crazy

decisions. but we -- he has my utmost confidence. >> is your plan to remain governor throughout? >> yeah. absolutely. i mean, this is -- you know it's a tough time to go through and i'm going to miss a few meetings, but you know i'm gonna have every -- every capacity to make decisions. i will be in a lot of meetings. you will still see me at events. i'll be still working most of the time and you know, my residence across the street is 100 yards away and i have been -- what's been happening even with my treatment in the past ten days they are shuffling piles of documents back and forth, like every hour. i mean i say to state trooper, are you kidding me, another pile of homework? [ laughter ] so i'm making decision and getting things done even when i'm not here. but i don't see any reason why we are not going to keep -- look, some people would say -- some people think i'm crazy, the kind of hours i put in. i'm a workaholic. people around here know it. we work people to death.

we go seven days a week, 12 hours a day, 15 hours a day you know, i -- i would venture to say -- some people have said we got more done in five months, which by the way, today is five months since we have been governor, we got quite a few things done. i think even if i were to work halftime, it would be twice as much as any other governor's worked. [ laughter ] >> governor, talking about that workload, you went through a grueling campaign as well less than a year ago. >> yeah. >> did your doctors give you any indication of did that contribute to any of this? >> no, i mean they really -- they haven't given me any indication as to what -- how it happened, when it started or what contributed to it. but yeah, i didn't take a day off for a year and a half. so i mean, i'm sure stress and hard work exacerbates problems but it didn't cause the situation. it was -- this is something that just doesn't seem to have been around a long time, it just hit me, you know, in a very short

period of time. >> governor we are all obviously concerned about you personally, but fair to say at least some commentary about access to health care and other things. >> yeah. >> i just want to know if you might want to offer some thoughts about the value of access to health care and reflect on that debate in our country and in our state. >> well, i mean, i -- on the pain medications i'm on today, i'm probably not going to get into a detailed debate about the entire health care system, but access to health care is critically important. i'm lucky enough to have access to the best health care and not everybody is and it's an issue that we have got our great health secretary here with us today. and we are making tremendous progress. and it's an issue we are still waiting to hear what happens nationwide with respect to health care and how we are going to provide it. but i would hate to be someone without access to health care, without access to insurance to get the kind of news that i got last week. >> last question. governor, any circumstances

under which you can see the lieutenant governor taking over for you long term? i mean is there a threshold where you feel or any circumstances where you feel like this is -- [ inaudible ] a long period of time? >> i mean if i died? [ laughter ] i would say he probably is going to take over. i mean, that's hard to foresee unless i'm completely incapacitated and you know, unconscious and not able to make decisions, then i'm sure that would take place but i don't foresee that happening. >> thank you. >> thank you. [ applause ] >> thanks, governor. >> boy, so the governor of maryland has cancer. pretty advanced. he is going to get some, aggressive chemo to treat it. it's hard to undersell how much courage it takes to stand up there at a podium and make such a public announcement within just a few days of not only hearing it yourself, hearing the news yourself, but having to share it with your wife and family. >> yeah. quite a blow, not only to his

family and a surprise to him but certainly, to the citizens of maryland. let's go to news4's chris gordon who has been listening and watching. chris, we are all pretty surprised by this. and the governor went into a lot of very personal detail. what's your read on this, on his -- his -- his mood and the fact that he was so very personal about what he shared with us? >> well he is 59 years old. and you heard he -- he was in great spirits, in great humor. in fact at one point, he said that the good news is even though this is an aggressive cancer, it responds to chemotherapy, so i have a strong chance of success, of survival, of beating the cancer and my odds are better that they gave me to beat democrat anthony brown in the election. and the reporters applauded and there was laughter and it -- it -- i go back to what chris lawrence just said, what

strength, what character, what poise, grace under pressure. and then he talked about how he is going to continue to bork with his partner, lieutenant governor boyd rutherford, craig williams, his chief of staff. he says he has the best cabinet and governor's staff in the state of maryland and that he is going to meet this challenge with the same determination i've used to overcome every obstacle in my life. >> and chris i mean, you have covered maryland politics for years. just so the people of maryland are clear, he will still be making decisions. he will still be the governor. but there will be points where he may have to hand off to the lieutenant governor temporarily. do i have that right? >> yes. he mentioned that, you know, he was put to sleep for an hour and the lieutenant governor had to assume the duties. now boyd rutherford is 58 years of age. he had never run for elected

office before he ran as the hand-picked candidate of larry hogan. he served in both the state and federal governments. he served under george w. bush in various departments and so, he has intellect and he has experience. and he will, according to larry hogan, be ready to assume duties when necessary. >> all right. chris gordon. thanks so much. let's go to the live desk now and scott macfarlane. scott he talked a lot about how he has worked day and night. he has quite a heavy workload and that's going to be quite a lot, too, for the lieutenant governor to assume. >> among the things the governor must do publicly, among the things he must tend to are board of public works meetings. that may sound trivial but the board of public works is a pivotal agency in maryland it decides where and how money is spent and the governor alluded to the fact the lieutenant governor may sit in on some of those meetings and the governor

was asked point blank are you gonna keep serving, are you going to keep working? and he said absolutely. lieutenant governor boyd rutherford, as chris alluded to has a long series of work in both state and federal governments. he worked under bob ehrlich when he was republican governor from 2002 to 2006. he also was a federal appointee of the u.s. department of agriculture. he also was an appointee of the jenner is advice administration. the governor must make a subset of public appearances as part of his duties and governor hogan made clear, the lieutenant governor, in his words, is going to have to step up and do more. >> all right scott macfarlane at the live desk. we will continue to follow this breaks news about larry hogan this announcement that's suffering from, aggressive non-hodgkins lymphoma, cancer of the lymph nodes and itten to cover it here on air and on the nbc washington app. we want to move to a different story now, something that's been -- people have been talking about not only here but across the country. hours after president obama reignited a national debit on race relations by using a highly

charged racial epithet south carolina's governor is changing her position on the confederate flag. steve handelsman has been tracking this for us on capitol hill. >> reporter: the confederate flag has flown at the south carolina capital for 54 years but after the massacre in charleston and the revelation that racist dylann roof used the flag as his symbol, the push to remove it is urgent. >> that is an affront to me and a lot of other people in south carolina. >> reporter: now, the world's watching. >> the symbol of taking down the flag would be a great step forward. >> reporter: south carolina's governor, nikki haley, and the state legislature could act this week. president obama's statement on race was like a grenade, using the actual n-word in a podcast interview to say racism still plagues america. >> and it's not just a matter of

it not being polite to say [ bleep ] in public, that's not the measure of whether racism still exists or not. >> reporter: news rippled out. our first african-american president used the n-word. >> sometimes you have to say things just to get somebody attention. >> is that what he was doing here, you think? >> that's what i think. >> i don't like the word. i don't think it should be used. and i really don't think we have a racism problem in the country. >> reporter: many disagree after ferguson and baltimore and charleston. and the president is winning praise. >> america only responds to shock and awe. >> reporter: that flag coming down in columbia would show the church massacre was both. >> somebody vandalized a confederate memorial in charleston and now police are trying to find out who. over the weekend, someone stray painted "black lives matter" and "this is the problem, #racist" on the base of the statue. this is dedicated to the

defenders of the confederacy but today, the parks department came out and cleaned it up. a sad end to the search for a former white house chef who went missing of.a oging of a hike. rescuers found his body today, off a trail sunday night. he set off for a solo hike last weekend. information about how he died has not been released yesterday. he was the white house chef for 11 years. the clintons put out a statement expressing their sadness saying he used his talents to represent the very best of american cuisine. investigators from the national weather service are looking at the damage from saturday's severe weather in manassas to determine if it's from a tornado. the team is looking at a trail of destruction between lynton hall road in bristow and god win drive in manassas. remnants hit the area after

tropical storm bill rolled through the region. didn't have to deal with that severe today but boy, oh, boy, it is going to get hotter. >> today we are due to top out well over 95 degrees tomorrow. also talking about this time tomorrow storms across the area. and i will tell you what we could see from those storms in just a moment. 92 your temperature at reagan national airport. what it feels like 93, humidity not having a big factor what it feels like. humidity on the rise overnight, will feel sticky. by tomorrow afternoon, it gets oppressive. some dangerously high heat will start moving in. here's a look at the heat index values starting with early tomorrow morning at 6 a.m. so, we are in the 70s, mid-70s to low 80s early on. watch what happens by 9:00. a lot of locations feeling like it's 90 outside. this is at 9 a.m. in the morning. by lunchtime, 11 a.m. noontime it will feel like it's 100 outside. very high humidity is expected tomorrow. during the afternoon that heat

index value somewhere around 104 to 105 throughout many neighborhoods. this is tomorrow afternoon. and then, the storms start marching in. but one thing about the heat, for several hours tomorrow that temperature over 95 degrees. just ten minutes in your car, your dog, if you leave your pet, it feels like 114. 30 minutes 129. another reason we tell you never leave anyone in the car. here's a look. hottest day of the year coming up tomorrow. stormy conditions, 3 to 6 p.m. tomorrow. could go a little longer a little later across southern maryland. your four-day forecast from 98 degrees expected tomorrow with a 50% chance of some showers and storms during the afternoon. we hit the 80s by midweek. for the rest of the week it is looking quiet right now. the stormy conditions that we have tomorrow, again, mainly during the afternoon, i will tell you what we could see the most from those storms. it's not going to be like what we had saturday afternoon and saturday evening march through here but some area does get quite a bit of heavy weather moving through.

i will tell you between the heavy rain and the lightning and the dangerous winds what we have the highest potential of seeing tomorrow and where. it's all coming up in a few minutes. guys? >> thanks, vj. the van ness metro station is getting new, more reliable escalators, a major installation project that is going to take years to finish and that means entrances could be closed with little to no advanced notice. in fact it already happened during today's morning commute and caught some riders off guard. news4's molette green with what you need to know for your next trip. >> reporter: a metro bus lets a load of passengers off just steps from the west side van ness escalators near starbucks. doesn't take long to read the entrance is closed. some appear a bit puzzled about where to go next. this entrance is closed so you got to go across the street there. >> i didn't know that. >> reporter: so off we go to the east entrance which is a walk across connecticut avenue. we did notice some riders did not use the crosswalk to get to

the other side here. where there's a set of moving stairs going down, one set of moving stairs going up. escalators? >> they need to be fixed. they need to fix more than just the escalators, if you ride the red line. >> reporter: the project installs four new escalator entrances, replacing 35-year-old escalators that have outlived their usefulness. metro calls the new ones more reliable and durable. that's welcomed relief to passengers frustrated with the system's chronic escalator problems. >> i hope so although there's frequently outages as well. i know some trains were taken out of rotation for doors opening during the ride last week. so, i'm taking uber more and more. >> it will be. when it is all done it will be nice. >> reporter: to be able to keep the station open during this long installation process each of the four escalators will be replaced one at a time and that

process takes 40 weeks each. we are talking about a three-year-long process a heads up to all you riders who use this station, metro says at times, there will be temporary closures with limb notice to try to prevent overcrowding. at the van ness metro station mollette green, news4. we continue to follow breaks news this afternoon, news about the health of maryland's governor, larry hogan, and the tough, tough battle he is now facing.

we continue to follow breaking news now, maryland's governor, larry hogan, diagnosed with non-hodgkins lymphoma. the cancer is very, aggressive

and you heard him say it is the at stage three, possibly stage four. begin chemotherapy treatments right away. >> the governor made that announcement five months to the day after he took office. he says he just got the news last week but plans to continue to work as governor but he is going to be prepared to turn things over temporarily to lieutenant governor boyd rutherford, if he needs to be unconscious or put to sleep for any procedure or treatment. he says that has happened already once in the past week, he had to be out for an hour. >> stay with us for breaking news coverage here on air and on the nbc washington app. today, crews inspected the windy run bridge on the parkway in arlington. the work shut down a single southbound lane this morning. the federal highway administration moved up the inspection because of several potholes. engineers will try to determine where water is getting in and if there are other factors that are

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our breaking news is some we wish we didn't have to bring you. the governor of maryland has at least stage three cancer possibly stage four. he is going to be getting some, aggressive treatment with chemotherapy over the next 18 months to deal with that. he admits that it has spread to various points in his body and there will be times when he undergoes certain procedures that he will have to temporarily

hand off the reins of power, so to speak, to the lieutenant governor of maryland. again governor larry hogan, just five months after taking office, has announced today, within the last hour that he has a very, aggressive form of cancer. we will stay on this, we will get reaction from around the state coming up. now to the search for those killer convicts on the run in upstate new york. a fresh new lead today could be the break police have been waiting for. richard matt and david sweat have eluded police since they broke out of prison 17 days ago. today the search centered on a hunting cabin about 20 miles from the prison. nbc's chris pollone has information about dna found over the weekend inside the cabin that could be linked to one of these men. >> reporter: new york state police are now searching for escaped murders richard matt and david sweat in a rural area about 20 miles best of the prison they escaped from. the search is centered around a

hunting camp in owl's head new york. >> we have developed evidence that the suspects may have spent time in a cabin in this area. >> reporter: the dna of at least one of the escaped prisoners was discovered sales in a cabin that had been broken into. called police after approaching the cabin and seeing a man run into the woods. police have set up check points in the area. helicopters are circles overhead. >> it's confirmed lead for us. it has generated a massive law enforcement response, as you can see. and we are going to run this to ground. >> reporter: police spent part of the weekend searching a town near the pennsylvania border in southwest new york state. a woman spotted two men who fit the inmates' description walking along some railroad tracks. >> they were around that area. they were just coming up. my dog barked and that's when they turned around and ran back down. >> reporter: that search turned up nothing. meantime nbc news has learned the investigation of prison workers is expanding. while one prison worker joyce mitchell, has been charged with

giving matt and sweat tools to aid their ascape, now, several guards are also under investigation and one has been put on administrative leave. the attorney for corrections officer gene palmer says palmer had no advanced knowledge of the escape plot. chris pollone nbc news new york. if you have a samsung galaxy phone this is something to pay attention to the company says it is working to fix a flaw in the phone software that allows hackers to take control of your phone, even spy on you. that means someone can delete all your photos and other data, even look at you through your cell phone camera. sam says the flawed software was installed on every model since the 4. that is 6 million devices. >> from a consumer standpoint, scares the hell out of me, someone knows were you are, knows your data all the time. >> so what do you need to do to protect your phone? samsung says a security update is coming out soon. you should look out for it and by all means when it does come

out, install it. we are continuing to follow breaking news about the health of maryland governor larry hogan, who has just announced he has stage three cancer. we are going to talk to the senate president now. mike miller is joining us by phone. are you there, senator miller? >> yes, we are. >> can you just give us a reaction? this certainly comes as a huge and very surprising announcement to everyone. >> well, it's a shock. the governor has always been a picture of health. i have known him since he was a teenager. he has always been vibrant. very outgoing. this past week he shot hoops with some youngsters in baltimore city and they were amazed that he still had a jump shot. he has got a great personality and this is -- this is a tough time for the state of maryland because people put their faith

in him, elected him and remains very popular with the people of the state of maryland. we will put our faith and trust in god and the state of maryland. we have our friends that have gone through similar circumstances, tough times, chemo galore, much sacrifices he and his family, but he has a lieutenant governor in place, cabinet in place and both the speaker of the house myself stand very supportive. >> and senator miller, do you think this at this point will all of you have to sort of sit down as a leadership group and sort of come up with a new way to work? if this happens, then this is who we are gonna call first. if this happens maybe we bring people together for consensus. how is this -- this is a very difficult situation obviously most of all for the governor and his family, but also for the fact that the state of maryland has to continue to function as well. >> you know this is not a

dictatorship, not a despot in place, this is a democracy and the governor has chosen wisely in terms of his friends and associates. i mean, a number of my former colleagues in the state senate are his advisers and people that work with him on a daily basis. in act if a, i heard the news from a former senator from carroll county and prince george's were in my office today. served in government for years, part of his family, his cabinet. they advise him on a number of issues. sometimes we like what they come up with in terms of the final decision but they are there. they know government. and the government will continue to function. he has a lieutenant governor in place, a cabinet in place full of people who served in government before and he is going to be top of everything, truly, i don't expect him to be out of touch with anybody. in act if a, i have got a call

in today that i'm going to talk to him later on this evening but he is with his family right now but, you know he -- the people elected him. it wasn't a close election and he worked hard. he ran for office before, lost. answered said i'm going to change maryland. he worked for a couple of years to win answeredd he did. a resounding victory. a lot of people and with him, house of delegates and the senate. nobody's going to give up on this. we want him to succeed. want him to prosper. want him to get healthy and continue to bring good government to the state of maryland. >> senator miller, you ared longest serving president in maryland's history and the longest serving state senate president in the country. is this a crisis for maryland and has maryland faced anything like this? >> we had a governor go to jail. you know, not funny to laugh, but i mean, spiro t. agnew marvin mandell i was there when

that happened hurricane i was there in the '60s when that happened, a staff person when it happened, in public office with mandell. and those were crisis times. but this hasn't reached that stage yet. this is just a diagnosis, treatment hasn't yet begun. we have all the greatest confidence in the world, we have the number one hospital in the world in johns hopkins. people -- people -- when they know about hop kips before they know about maryland. and he is going to be intense civil for a period of time, chemo galore. he has his family by his side. very religious person, i no that he for a fact, he has his prayers the people of the state of maryland and confident he will be successful, friends that have not a dissimilar situation pulled through and all the confidence in the world he is going to pull through as well. all right, senator mike miller president of the senate, thank you so much for being with us. our prayers are with him and all of those of you who are doing a very tough job there in

annapolis. thank you so much. >> it is tough to hear something like that and go through what we have heard in the last hour and talk about weather, but with the heat out there this is also something very very serious that could affect a lot of folks across our region. it is hot now and seems like it is just going to keep on getting hotter. >> veronica heard you say tomorrow will be the hottest day of the year so far? >> that's right. going for a high tomorrow of 98 degrees. and with very high humidity, you can just imagine what it's going to feel like across the area. really starts during the overnight, as humidity starts creeping upward. look at the temperatures. that he is are the overnight temperatures, first thing tomorrow morning. 76, what it will feel like around manassas around warring ton, falls church, 78 around d.c. 80 all it cools off to annapolis, maryland, 80, pax river, quite warm the start of the day tomorrow and the best time, in fact, if you are going to try to get out and exercise and do anything, exercise impact forecast for tomorrow exercise

early, you know, even during the afternoon, we have that oppressive heat way up to 95 degrees by 1:00, that the heat index values again right well over 100 by that time 105 or so. here's a look at the future weather, show you the timing of those afternoon thunderstorms that will be bringing some lightning, some heavy rain to the area, even the potential for some hail. start to the north and west around hagerstown, winchester about 3:00. and then by 5:00 marching right through our area down to the south, southern maryland, the window is between 3 and 7. there could be, even in isolated tornado tomorrow, so, damaging winds really the highest threat for tomorrow. they will be moving pretty quickly, so i doubt we see any flooding, but some brief, heavy rain. 98. there's when the front moves through. we drop to 82 degrees. a look at your four-day forecast here. we stay in the 80s for the remainder of the workweek. look at this cooldown the early part of next week, in fact, the weekend, 76 to 78 degrees more on the details as the weather moves in and severe weather

chances for tomorrow coming up. >> thanks veronica. right now, we are working several developing stories in our newsroom. a former prince george's police officer was sentenced today to probation and community service for hitting a 17-year-old while the teenager was handcuffed and in custody in a cell. jerry thomas has acknowledged prosecutors had enough evidence to convict him for the attack in november of 2012. at 5:00, we will reveal what the state's attorney wanted to happen in this case. the massive third street tunnel project is about to take a huge step forward with its construction in the district. crews are about to start building the huge deck that will support new buildings. remember, all of this is happening above the traffic along 395. new lane shifts and changes are coming. transportation reporter adam tuss will have more on the impact for drivers from all over d.c., maryland and virgin

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mary lands governor larry hogan just announcing he has a very advanced and very, aggressive form of cancer. the republican, who has only been in office for a fewant moss, says he was shocked by this diagnosis. he only got the news a few days ago. ago. the governor says this is b cell non-hodgkin's lymphoma. >> he said it could be stage four. governor hogan was surrounded by family and friends in annapolis when he made that announcement less than an hour ago. he says he's tumors that have spread through his on doughmen and pressing up against his spinal column. his doctors have told him he has a very good chance of beating the disease and will soon be taking time off to undergo, aggressive chemotherapy treatment. >> all of the experts tell me they believe i will co