getting started. >> yeah same-sex marriage is now the law of the land you have probably seen all kinds of reaction in your facebook feed. >> but more celebrations about to take place tonight in the district. it is already legal but a lot of local advocates joined the celebration outside of the supreme court today when the decision was announced. we have team coverage this afternoon. david culver has reaction from around the region. we begin with steve handlesman and what it all means. steve? >> reporter: pat and chris thanks, good evening. not all the affected states are rushing today to actually begin performing same-sex marriages but six already are and the rest will soon have to after this decision here at the supreme court. [ cheering ] the crowd outside court exploded as they exchanged songs and hugs celebrating same-sex marriage rule the constitutional right and instantly legalized in the 14 states where it was still banned, like ohio.

laura woolly. tell me about that? >> i'm super excited about it. >> reporter: opponents still protest. >> a marriage is a union of one man and one woman. >> reporter: but the plaintiff from ohio said the term gay marriage can be dropped. from this day forward it will simply be marriage. >> reporter: he got a call from president obama and mr. obama came out to praise the ruling. >> when all americans are treated as equal, we are all more free. >> reporter: owe posing the 5-4 decision, chief justice roberts complained the constitution had nothing to do with it but for the majority justice anthony kennedy wrote, "same-sex couples seek not to denigrate marriage but rather live their lives or honor their spouse's memory joined by its bond." and he wrote, "bans on gay marriage harm and humiliate the children of same-sex couples." one couple rushed to get a marriage license with their kids in mind. >> we don't have to think about

explaining our family to the school district or anything. >> reporter: this was mobile, alabama, today. back in court, they sang the national anthem. in fact, most americans backed the right to marry for anyone. 50% in the latest nbc news/wall street poll and now it is a constitutional right. live at the supreme court, steve handelsman, news4. i'm david culver outside the arlington county courthouse. this is the spot some of the first same-sex couples in virginia lawfully married last year and today they are praising the high court's decision. it is a decision that reverend emma chatten and her wife, heather james, feels gives national legitimacy to their marriage of five years. >> when that moment happened, everything really seemed much more real. and much more validated by the society in which we live. >> reporter: others we spoke with warning of a very different outcome concerned the decision by the supreme court will force

churches to suppress their traditional values, arguing some will even have to go underground. at 5:00, you're going to hear from some of your local churches, how they are responding to the supreme court's decision and as you can see behind me we are just wrapping up our press conference with virginia's attorney general. you will hear how he says this will impact all virginians. in arlington, i'm david culver news4. our coverage of this big story is just getting started. in the next half hour reaction from one of the biggest religious organizations in our area as couples around the country race to the altar. and why this decision may have you noticing something different on your smartphone this evening. i'm scott macfarlane at the life desk, monitoring a new potential terrorist threat against the country reportedly time around the fourth of july holiday. nbc news has learned from multiple intelligence and law enforcement sources there's heightened concerned about isis-inspired attacks within the u.s. and that extends through independence day.

analysis of the threat, we are told is based in part on the use of social media by eyes is to encourage small-and large-scale attacks worldwide. sources declined to share other details of this threat but say the information they got came in advance of today'ser to attacks in france tunisia and kuwait. pat and chris. >> thanks, scott. right now kids and parents at a local high school are in mourning. they woke up to discover two of their classmates the wooten high school were killed in a car crash in north potomac. as news4's chris gordon reports, police think they know how it happened. it was quite clear to us that speed, alcohol and a lack of seat belts by the back seat passengers were directly related or factors involved in the collision of this nature. >> reporter: the car crashed through a fence hit trees, knocking the top off this one. it went airborne landing upside down in this driveway. the neighbor whose fence was hit heard the crash.

>> all i heard was a loud explosion. i didn't hear anything before it. like any screeching tires or anything, just a very loud explosion. it rattled the house. >> reporter: police say the passengers sitting in the back seat were killed. calvin lee and alexander murk, both 18 and recent graduates of wooten high school were not wearing seat belts, according to investigators. the driver of the car, 18-year-old samuel ellis is hospitalized with life-threatening injuries. police are not identifying a 17-year-old who was sitting in the front passenger seat. friends gathered at the crash site, leaving moment toes, a football, basketball and a cross with an american flag bandana red, white and blue being the school colors of the wooden patriots.

patriots. too often. just too often this happens and they were good kids. >> reporter: these students were driving home after attending a party where there was underaged drinking nearby here in north potomac. i will have that part of the story coming up on news4 at 5:00. that is the latest from montgomery county. chris gordon, news4. preacher by 13 pastor by 18 public servant by 23. what a life clementa pinckney lived. >> president barack obama just delivered the eulogy at the funeral for clementa pinkny the pastor and state lawmaker remembered today along with the eight others killed when a gunman opened fire in their church last week. after the service today president obama was set to meet with victims' families. morn more on the mood of the day coming up in a live report in the next half hour. all day, the sun and the

clouds have been battling it out, now, it looks like the clouds have called in some reinforcements. doug, you ready to call this one? >> a good way of putting it. clouds calling in some reinforcements. come on, guys, bring d.c. a lot of rain over the weekend. exactly what we have got. right now, a couple of light showers mostly toward culpepper county and farther down toward the south. if you are going out on your friday evening, i think you are okay here. look what's coming back toward the west. here are the reinforcements, chicago memphis, big-time moisture making our way, and flood watch in effect for the entire region, exception, southern maryland northern neck not there but even there heavy rain with severe storms, too, notice the chance for severe weather all across the mid-atlantic, maryland d.c. right on through virginia over toward the eastern shore, a good chance for some strong storms. flooding is a major threat tomorrow, but so will be the damaging wind gusts could even see an isolated tornado. be back in a few minutes and

veronica johnson and i will talk about what expecting this weekend. all right doug. time of the year we start planning for the fourth of july. why so many of you could be shelling out a lot of money in the days ahead. and there is definitely something in the water. a shark encounter at a popular beach. this is news4 first at 4.

the fourth of july is right around the corps and spending is expected to go up from last year. the national retail federation says we will spend well over $6 billion just on food. when it comes to fourth of july celebrations about two-thirds of us will head to a cookout, barbecue or picnic and factor in lower gas prices and more of us will drive to the beach or go visit family compared to years past. the chance of flooding for half of the weekend and even the possibility of some severe storms. we have gotten a overcast sky out there right now and yes, there has been a few showers mainly south of i-66 where it is 81 degrees right now reagan national airport, we will fall to the mid-70s by 9:00 still looking dry by your evening, showers coming our way after night and by early tomorrow morning and the roads are just gonna start to deteriorate as we have some moderate rain in here by late morning, heavy rain by tomorrow afternoon as well as

tomorrow evening. so the best time to go out for saturday is early in the day. by midday heavy rain possible and i think ponding low visibility by your evening hours. we will talk about how much rain we are gonna get and where some of the higher amounts will fall in a couple of minutes. >> all right, vj. the rig is big convenient officially under way. after months of preparation, an event that rivals the olympics has started right here in our area. and the video that could have you thinking twice about a

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in north carolina they are looking into reports of a shark attack off the coast of the outer banks. several people reported seeing a man being attacked near the avon fishing pier in dare county. the manager at the avon pier says red nagflags are flying alerting people about a shark attack. this comes just a day after we told you about a shark spotted

off the coast of ocean city. it didn't attack anyone. this has been more of -- one of the more -- the most popular stories on nbcwashington.com this week. that shark in ocean city was a hammerhead which is said to be relatively harmless. now to a developing story on the manhunt in upstate new york. we just learned a prison guard arrested a couple days ago won't be back in court until monday. gene palmer's original lawyer said he could no longer represent him because the case is just too high profile much the attorney said his small-town office can't handle all the media attention. >> this are people parked outside of my house. there's people going to the office. we are just not equipped to deal with that. i'm a small attorney. >> palmer's lawyer says he did give richard matt and david sweat ground beef but didn't know tool also been smuggled inside that meat. palmer also allowed them to have access to the catwalk behind their cells and they used that catwalk to escape. palmer told investigators he helped the inmates in exchange

for matt's paintings and more importantly inside information on other prisoners who were breaking the rule. right now, we are less than two hours from the start of the world misand fire games. news4's derrick ward is live at the rfk stadium armory. what are we learning at in terms of the opening ceremony? >> reporter: we will know in a couple of hours what is going to happen. nbc4's aaron gilchrist will be among the people there and performances by the band sugar ray. a lot of things on tap. look here we are in the parking lot of the national guard armory. usually we see this many flashing lights and this much emergency apparatus it is a bad thing this is definitely a good thing. athletes from 60 countries 12000 athletes in all, will be participating in some of the games. some of the events have already begun already but the kickoff ceremony will be a lot like the olympics' opening ceremony, a torch lighting ceremony a parade of athletes and of course entertainment and things like that. as i said this happens every two years. the last one was actually held

in ireland, but a big get to get this in fairfax county, manassas and all over the place, going to be going on until july 5th. and so it is a lot of opportunity for people to come out. people from the public safety sector, police officers firefighters from different countries to get together. it is a competition but they also share a lot of information. i talked to a couple of firefighters from south africa, actually, who say they get together they have a couple of beers, find out they have so much in common. i talked to some police officers from brazil who actually say they find they don't have a lot in common. so you find that kind of simpatico, but a lot going on here. again this gets under way in a couple of hours and bring you more on this as it happens. live at the national guard armory complex rfk stadium, derrick ward, news4. >> unfortunately, looks like the first full day tomorrow is going to be a soggy one outside. >> yeah doug, starting to get mossy. >> yeah. yeah. that's exactly right. it is just damp across the area. we don't need to see any more

rain. baltimore already the wettest june ever, d.c. now in the top five. one of the wettest out toward dulles as well. the unfortunate thing we are going to get a lot more rain. but what have we seen over the past couple of moments, a special coming up during the day tomorrow and this is one of the pieces you will be able to see tomorrow morning at 10 a.m. as hot as it has been lately, it is hard to think that just over three months ago, we were in the freezer. the start of march was cold. we saw highs in the 30s the first few days and saw nearly five inches of snow at reagan national in the fifth, with nearly ten inches falling at dulles. the low at dulles just two days later was only two degrees a new record low. but then fast forward just one month and the warm air started moving in quickly. we hit our first 80-degree day on the 13th of april. that month would end up well above average. but that was nothing compared to what we would see in the month

of may. this past may was the warmest may ever in d.c. we had seven days at or above 90 degrees with the warmest being 92. the heat topped right into the month of june with a six-day heat wave from june 11th through the 16th. during that stretch the heat index was over 100 at times, making feel quite oppressive outside. that's one of the pieces that we will have during the day to be sure to watch storm team4, tracking summer, tomorrow morning at 10 a.m. here on nbc4. that, of course, is after news4 today. one thing that we are tracking this summer is going to be the amount of rainfall we get. june has been incredibly wet. i don't think we will see that july and august but you can check the rest of that out during the day tomorrow with the rest of the summer outlook coming up. 81 degrees right now, temperatures way down today as a result of the cloud cover. dew point still in the 6 0s. 78 martinsburg, 78, culpepper, 77, easton and cambridge. not talking about 90,

temperatures well below average today as a result of the cloud cover but those clouds no the producing any rainfall, boil down to the south light showers around the portions of the area most of us will stay dry. if you have plans tonight, do not worry, i think you will be okay. the rain well back to the west boy, a lot of it look at this system, another system here and then watch what's coming up from the south, even more rain down to the south around portions of alabama and georgia. that rain moves in tomorrow. so, tomorrow morning, this is what you can expect early in the morning, 7:30, look at the rain around our region, it gets heavy, we have a chance for severe thunderstorms as well during the day tomorrow. tomorrow, not a nice day at all, maybe a day to stay indoors. if you're thinking about heading outdoors tomorrow maybe you can sell those plans and make it for sunday sunday, not bad, 80 rather breezy, sunshine 84, monday, back to 90 as we make our way into tuesday. all right, thanks, doug. metro track work could affect your ride this bond. what you need to know before you go.

today's big news from the supreme court to the wet forecast for the weekend. the best way to know about everything first is with the nbc washington app. we will send you push alerts,

it could be your big break. metro is holding auditions for singers dancers at the and other artists who want to perform outside train stations this summer. the auditions take place tuesday evening from 5 to 7 at metro headquarters on a first come, first served basis. now, performers who make the cut will get to demonstrate your talents at the left station entrances, won't be paid and tough pass a background check. if you plan to take metro over the weekend be aware about the weekend track work on the silver line east. eastbound travel stops at the east falls church stop. to continue your trip east tough connect to the orange line at that stop. on the yellow line trains will

operate only between franconia springfield and mount vernon square. buses will replace yellow line trains between huntington and king street old town and don't forget, you can always check it all out on the nbc washington app. our area needs workers with digital skills. in fact, it needs twice as many as the rest of the country. a survey that just came out in virginia shows 80% of midlevel jobs now require digital skills. and those jobs paid 46% more than their non-digital counterpart. this morning governor terry mcauliffe joined business and community leaders in tyson's corner to highlight the role of digital jobs in virginia's economy. kimberly bryant talked about her group, black girls cove a tech center non-profit that just launched locally. >> our focus is really to introduce girls from underrepresented communities, ages 7 to 17 to technology and computer programming. >> over the past ten years nationwide, job openings have

required digital skills have grown 2 1/2 times faster than non-digital jobs. it's a fourth of july tradition that is no laughing matter. dramatic video showing why you should leave the fireworks to the experts. and the race to the altar is on. more reaction to the supreme court's ruling that same-sex couples can get married in any

this is scott macfarlane at the live desk, breaking news now. multiple reports the inmates in that group stake new york prison, prison break, one has been shot and one is currently being chased by police. again there are multiple news outlets reporting that, including cnn and the "new york times." the inmate shot according to the reports is richard matt. the inmate being chased is david sweat. this is happening reportedly in the community of malone, new york, about 40 minutes and 40 miles from the clinton

correctional facility from which they escaped in dandannemora, new york, police actively chasing david sweat today. multiple reports, richard matt has been shot by police, the buffalo news reporting, they have a story that richard matt was killed in the shootout. this is a developing situation. we will keep our eyes on it closely, break back in with details as soon as we get them. for now, chris, back to you. >> we will push out any alerts on our app as well. keeping a very, very close eye on the weather. storm team4 is tracking rain moving into our area. that is just the beginning. vj what are you seeing out there? >> radar right now not seeing too much in and around our area, boy this storm system will really be gathering a lot of moisture as it makes its way into our area, through on saturday, could be producing some severe weather. i'm going to show you the timing what you can expect throughout the day saturday and important severe storms. here is the radar, quiet now, showers north of petersburg, tomorrow morning, rain impact, showers likely, isolated

moderate. that will be impacting roads some, some slick conditions. as we get into the afternoon hours that bar starts to fly with travel becoming slower and slower. rain likely heavy at times with some gusty storms. then as we get into the evening hours, ponding and flooding, we could have late in the day, between one and two inches of rain with some isolated three-inch totals. that is not all we have to deal with, we can't rule out an isolated tornado what we get tomorrow that is what we are looking at with again rain pushing into the area. give you the timing of the storms, each line in just a couple of few minutes. storm team4 chief meteorologist doug kammerer will have that. nbc news confirming new york inmate richard matt shot by authorities after escaping the clinton correctional facility new reaction to that landmark victory for gay rights activists today and advocates today.

it was decades in the making. progress on social issues is slow at times when justice arrives like a thunderbolt. while it may take time for states that ban gay marriage to work out the situation, in michigan is ready. two men together 25 years first in line to receive their licenses today. naturally, not everyone agrees with the decision, the catholic archdiocese of washington releasing a statement this afternoon noting the ruling in effect redefines the civil definition of marriage nationwide. the same continues, marriage is a union of one man and one woman is a truth that predates courts and constitution and today's decision changes none of this. the archdiocese also noting there may be times when the church's teachings and practices of marriage appear to conflict with the law and those situations will be considered on a state -- a case-by-case basis much pat? >> thanks, scott. uber appears to be

celebrating the court's ruling. if you open up a uberapp on your smartphone this afternoon you may notice something different. the drivers nearby all have small rainbow flags on them. the company has been tweeting messages all afternoon supporting the supreme court's decision with the #ride with pride. there are big decisions ahead for the high court. we are awaiting a decision on lethal injections. the case centers on what is used in oklahoma and case on political maps much the justice those decide whether non-partisan commissions should replace lawmaker in redrawing congressional districts every ten years much the court is scheduled to anoun those rulings on monday. gentleman first at 4, a deaf man spent six weeks in jail accused of stealing something now the man accused him recanted the story. the man jailed in arlington for six weeks after being accused of stealing an ipad from another

homeless man. roberts admitted he was mistaken, part of a settlement. abraham is suing the sheriff for not providing a sign language interpreter so he could understand what was happening to him. he is from ethiopia and can't communicate effectively in written english. well, they are a summertime tradition, but the number of accidents related to fireworks that we see every year has also made the dissipate we are about to show you now a necessary part of getting ready for the fourth of july. news4's megan mcgrath shows us what we all need to keep in mind about firework safety. >> reporter: this sparkler is a piece of americana, a symbol of fourth of july fun. but did you know that a sparkler burns at 2,000 degrees? that's as hot as this, a blow torch. look at this inflorida red heat image the sparkler and the blow torch are the same color. >> you don't allow your children

to run around blow torches we highly recommend you don't allow your children to run around with spark letters. >> reporter: the consumer product safety commission held its annual demonstration illustrating the dangers of fireworks. look what this m-1,000 can do. it is illegal for a reason. an m-80 can blow off your hand. and a bottle rocket, if used improperly once it launches off that stick, it can go any -- any where including someone's eye. laws about what's legal and what's not vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. to stay safe this holiday you may want to leave the pyrotechnics to the experts. and all those different laws and rules can be confusing. if you want to know what's legal where you live, we have got some information for you on our website, nbcwashington.com. along the national mall megan mcgrath, news4. fallon benched. why the late night host had to

undergo the knife and call off an episode of the show. and a traffic alert the project that could ham

take your kids, take your sense of adventure along but don't take your selfie stick. walt disney world is now banning selfie sticks from all theme parks. the new policy takes effect next beek. park officials say the sticks have become a growing safety concern for both guests and disney cast. last month, disney just banned them from rides. now it is the entire park. disney joins a growing list of museums, music festivals and sports venues that have all had enough of those selfie sticks. a busy afternoon for storm team4 on this friday. what is the latest right now doug? >> right now, tracking the rain back to the west we are not seeing it right now around our region. we have dealt with the clouds most of the day, breaking out

into some sunshine most of the area, but there is our storm system back to the west. you can see all of that rain making its way our way. we move on to the next 12 hours or so, take a look, early tomorrow morning, there's 7:30 notice the rain around d.c., gaithersburg, back toward hagerstown around 270, down toward quantico and fredericksburg. watch what happens during the day, enhanced rainfall, thunderstorm activity around 11, everybody seeing the rain. then by 4, we start to see some storms really developing. we could see severe weather during the day tomorrow and look at 8:00 tomorrow night, inundated with rain around the d.c. metro area some locations picking up one two even three inches of rain. the good news, out of here during the day on sunday. that's why we have a flash flood watch in effect until 2 a.m. on sunday. once again, areas around town, one, two, even three inches of rain during the day tomorrow. here is that hour by hour forecast, 72 degrees, just showers early, but then storm mir, 11 a.m., 3:00, just plain old rain tomorrow evening. think that is the best chance to

see very heavy rain. continue to watch that for you move on to the next 24 hours, chuck bell will be in tomorrow night. if need be, veronica johnson, she is on stand by you know that right, vj. >> oh, yeah. the >> she knows. news flash, first at 4, exactly the kind of news a lot of us don't want to hear as we deal with the hot summer days. >> the trip to the pool is making more and more people sick. the health concerns seem to be spreading. and we are following breaking news right now. nbc news reports one of the escaped prison inmates in new york has been shot and killed. we are checking on reports that one of the inmates has been killed richard matt. keep it right here we will continue to follow this story and bring you updates on the nbc washington app.

this is scott macfarlane at the live desk, a lot of developments in the last two or three minutes. nbc news now reporting one of the inmates who escaped that

maximum security prison in new york has been shot and killed by law enforcement that's richard matt. other media organizations reporting the other inmate who escaped, david sweat is being actively pursued by police as we speak. what's more, the last minute or two nbc news is reporting that some of the evidence that brought police onto the trail of these two men the last few day, they say there was dna evidence matching those of the inmates found near a summer camp in owl's head new york, not far from where this shooting reportedly happened today in malone, new york about 40 miles from dannemora, new york, where the clinton correctional facility is. again, nbc news reporting inmate richard matt has been shot and killed by law enforcement. other media organization reporting the other inmate david sweat, being chased by police. more to come. i'm scott macfarlane. he was a good man, how president obama describes pastor and state senator clementa pinckney kill aid long with

eight others at their church last week. >> president obama called for the removal of the confederate flag from the state house grounds in south carolina and says it is time to toughen up some of the gun laws. jay gray is live in charleston. jay, what stood out to you during that emotional ceremony? >> reporter: chris, pat, what stood out throughout this the dig knit and grace of the families of the victims here and the communities and just a rousing emotional eulogy from president obama. strong messages delivered from the pulpit here. look, it's gain of memories, it's been a day of mourning like i said this community, for more than a week now, has leaned on one another for their strength and that's how they got through things together by being together. so many here say today's service -- ♪ >> reporter: -- so much like the man. >> mr. pinckney walked the talk. >> he walked the talk. >> reporter: defined by faith, hope, unity and love.

>> when clementa pinckney entered a room, it was like the future arrived. that even from a young age, folks knew he was special. >> reporter: president obama delivered the eulogy to an arena filled with politicians, dignitaries and thousands drawn here to make sure reverend clementa pinckney and eight others gunned down during a bible study at the emanuel ame church did not die in vain. >>ed families of the fallen, the nation shares in your grief. >> some of my something around the country and around the world that even in the midst of tragedy, something good can come out of it. >> reporter: it's that focus that silenced the divisive message of hate police say 21-year-old dylann roof hoped to deliver when he allegedly carried out the massacre. >> we have seen too many

victories to let defeat have the last word. >> reporter: instead, the last word here comes from those most affected by the tragedy. the families of the victims and this grieving community who responded to the heartache with the dignity and grace that serves as a tribute to their faith and the nine pillars of this community lost. yeah, we were told that president obama met with reverend pinckney's family before the service and following today's funeral, met with families of the other victims here. that is the latest live here in charleston. i'm jay gray, news4. all right, thanks so much, jay. the confederate flag is facing a lot of scrutiny and that's leading to some changes in maryland. as of now, you won't see confederate flag merchandise at the antietum national battlefield in sharpsburg. the national parks service says it will stop selling confederate flags t-shirts and magnets at the gift shop. the "baltimore sun" reports the

workers just took them off the shelves. park service officials say books, exhibits and videos that feature images of the battle flag will, of course, still be available. a traffic alert for you right now if you travel on route 1 south of d.c. beginning today, all lanes of route 1 will be shifted across the new bridge over the creek. this is in southern fairfax county where route 1 crosses the fairfax park watch this work will continue through the weekend and should be finished by monday. it is all part of the route 1 widening project. >> going to be working in the rain tomorrow, i tell you that >> they will be pretty sloppy too. sloppy work veronica. exactly, sloppy work for tomorrow afternoon. i think road companies will be at their best early in the day on saturday, through early afternoon but by mid, late afternoon, definitely for the evening, it is going to be sloppy roads slick even standing water on area rads. right now, we don't have much going on on storm team4 radar

showers around charlottesville, we could see a few showers coming through our area this evening, very light, mainly south of the d.c. and i-66, but for tomorrow about the heavy rain and about the severe thunderstorms that could roll through. during the afternoon hours a real high-impact day for us, again, we are going to have chuck bell here. i will come in should need be, and we are going to be covered, too on wtop radio. 74 temperature between 8 and 11 a.m. roads will be wet. heavier stuff in the afternoon hours. 1 to 4 p.m. the temperature doesn't rise a whole lot during the day tomorrow mid to upper 70s by the afternoon. the best time to get out if you want to exercise, folks early in the day going to be real soggy by the time we get to around 2, 3:00 in the day and if you have plans on going out, the big umbrella you're going to need, the golf-size umbrella for tomorrow afternoon as well as tomorrow evening going to be going out.

not 120, not a beach forecast for tomorrow. but we are going to be saying the beach locations at their worst on saturday temperatures the low 70s, we get into the early part of next week, monday tuesday, there is your temperature of 90 degrees. a lot more on the rain coming our way in just a few minutes. thanks, vj. tonight nbc will have to air a repeat of jimmy fallon's show. the tonight show tweeted that produce hearse to cancel today's taping after fallon hurt his hand. fallon's rep put out statement saying he injured the hand in his apartment this morning and had to have minor urge surgesurgery no word how it happened but he is expected to be okay. before you take the next dip in the pool, news you need to know about big new concerns about your trip to the pool. why a lot more people are getting sick trying to beat the heat. they were schoolmates at wooden high school. tonight, two of them are dead after this crash in north potomac. ahead, police tell us about the

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staying on top of breaking news right now the search for the escaped prison inmates in upstate new york, nbc news has learned one of the inmates, richard matt, has been shot and killed. the other inmate, david sweat, reportedly still on the run. we are gathering details right now and bring you the very latest in just a few minutes on news4 at 5:00. we associate the smell of chlorine with sum other and swimming pools but it could also mean you're at risk of catching something bad while swimming. cases of water-borne illnesses linked to bad hygiene are on the rise. nbc's tom costello explains the dirty truth behind this new warning. >> reporter: good day. we want to first of all say that this pool we are at in bethesda, maryland, has a very good health

and safety records, but pool managers tell whether you a neighborhood pool, resort hotel or backyard pool whatever, it is a very big challenge to every day make sure that the pool water is safe and healthy. and a warning here, this topic is just a little gross. it's every pool manager's nightmare, made famous in "caddyshack" 30 years ago. >> want some? >> give me some. >> a dood >> reporter: a doodle in the pool. >> there it is. it's no big deal. >> reporter: but it is a big deal for the nation's health department. a new cdc report finds 69 water-borne illness outbreaks over a two-year period. 1300 nope parents, probably many more, 73 hospital zbhagss and one death. the vast majority involve pools and hot tubs and very often, a parasite called cryptosupport

rid yum, found in fecal matter and not easily killed by chlor reap. could be a swim they're a swimmer has die rielle incident in the water or someone failed to shower before getting into the water and it washed off of their bodies. >> reporter: that cryptoparasite can cause serious gastrointestinal illness. keeping the water clean means constantly monitoring the pool. >> this side is for ph this is for chlorine. >> reporter: here is something surprising if you smell the chlorine that is of the annan indication that is mixing with urine. if your eyes burn, others may have peed in the pool. >> community pool. they wear goggles religiouslism they do open their eyes and goggles well fitted and don't get water in their eyes. >> reporter: the advice to the experts, talk to the kids about bathroom hygiene make sure everyone in the family showers before and after they go swimming and never swallow pool water. >> to make sure there's good hygiene for the kids, if they are sick, don't get in. regular bathroom breaks, tight-fitting diapers, all those

things help prevent these outbreaks from happening in the first place. >> reporter: the cdc says when they looked at bodies of water, whether they were lakes or rivers or for that matter oceans near pieces of land or bodies of land, they very often found the same thing, high bacteria counts and sometimes e. coli. the recommendation is the same, if you're swimming in those environments shall don't drink the water and when you get out make sure you shower off. i'm tom costello for news4 in bethesda. we have breaking news, one of two escaped killers has been shot in upstate new york. >> the big break in the hunt for these two coming with the last hour. our chris lawrence at the live desk now following all the developments coming in at this hour. chris? >> reporter: jim, nbc news confirmed the inmate shot was richard sweat and he is now dead. it appears police quickly closed in on the two inmates near lake titus. now, that's just south of malone, about 30 miles west of dannemora. that's where matt and david sweat escaped the clinton

correctional facility nearly three weeks ago. just about three weeks ago today. just hours ago, police intensified their search in this area after more dna evidence was found in a cabin that the two apparently had broken into. nbc's john yang is in that area and explained the scene a few minutes ago. >> we have had a number of state police cars racing through here with lights and sirens going. when i got here yesterday, it seemed like the activity was slacking off, keeping up today rks picked up very, very quickly and cull lynnminated they killed richard matt. >> reporter: they believe they were moving at night, trying to cross the bored near canada. what they don't know is where david sweat is, no reason to believe the two men had slipped up. all the updates for you,