breaking right now at 6:00 gunshots end that weeks along search for a prison escapee. we are live near the can need yap bored we are how it all went down. ex- experts explain the dangers of a flooded basement after a mother and daughter were electrocuted in their own home. look at the final moments of a space x rocket that exploded soon after liftoff. breaking tonight, they got him. a few hours ago, a state trooper shot david sweat near the canadian border after 23 days on the run. sweat is now in custody. he is in the hospital right now and we are working to find out his condition. police captured him just a few

miles south of the bored we are new york state. he apparently had been shot in the head twice. nbc's jay gray is live now. >> reporter: search is over. shot by new york state police a few miles from the can needad canadian border. how long is it? >> can you get a little bit closer to the camera? thanks. >> reporter: the manhunt ended in constable new york two miles from the canadian border when officers closed in on escaped killer david sweat and opened fire. more than 1200 police and federal agents have been focused on the thick woods and rugged terrain in this area of upstate new york after sweat's accomplice, richard matt, was killed friday by an agent with the u.s. customs and border protection tactical unit. as sweat fights for his life in an area hospital, an autopsy report released today indicates

matt died as a result of three gunshot wounds to the head. the exam also revealed bug bites on the lower extremities, blisters and minor abrasions, consistent with living in the woods three weeks. on the run since the pair carried out an elaborate escape plan, breaking free from the clinton correctional facility june 6th, a race to freedom that ended this afternoon not far from the canadian border. >> that was jay gray reporting. stay with news4 on air and online as more details emerge about how police caught sweat and we will send you push alerts on our nbc washington app. back here in the district tonight, the hunt is under way for two women who police tell us shot a taxi driver. the shooting happened here at 4:30 near sixth and massachusetts avenue northeast. we are told that taxi driver is okay. no word tonight what sparked the attack. a day after a mother and daughter were electrocuted outside their home, we are learning about the dangers of a flooded basement and what you

can do to keep your family safe. news4's darcy spencer live now in chevy chase, maryland where she just learned the names of the victims. darcy? >> reporter: jim we are going to get to that safety information in just a moment. first, yeah, montgomery county police confirmed the names of the mother and daughter who died right here at their home in chevy chase yesterday afternoon. they are 29-year-old crystal pewter ball and her 4-year-old daughter lily. we want to show you some video of what a such pump looks like, there is interesting how this can be avoided. a lot of people have such pumps in their basement. they were electrocuted outside their stairwell andmp pumps in their basement.

they were electrocuted outside their stairwell. a gfi, a minicircuit breaker was told was needed to prevent injuries. >> anything with electric that's in water is never good. never work with a such pump that ismp pump that is plugged in. there is all sorts of leak ritz roll -- electricity running through this thing. gfi, have that inspected by a professional. and make sure your system is working correctly, the right system for your house. >> reporter: it is very hard to give solid advice in terms of this situation because we don't know exactly what happened here. the inspector we spoke to say it's very important, if you have an odor in your basement -- >> that was darcy spencer reporting. we are learning new details about a deadly crash on i-270 in germantown. a driver called state police

early this morning after he saw a car going about 80 miles an hour, weaving all over the road. that car overturned near the ramp to middle brook road. it ended up about 15 woods. maryland state police identified the driver as michael steven bolton from frederick maryland. he died at the scene. the liftoff -- >> access for future american rockets. that liftoff was a success but the mission failed spectacularly. spacex's falcon 9 rocket broke up in that fiery blast minutes after it launched today. on board was a cargo capsule headed for the international space station. this is the third fail your of the space station resupply mission in eight months. >> this is a blow to us. we lost a lot ofh equipment on this flight. >> we will all pick ourselves up.

we will watch the spacex team i'm sure, sort through this anomaly and figure out the cause and get back to flying. >> spacex says an overpressure in a liquid oxygen tank may have caused the explosion. we continue to follow our top story for you tonight, police capture escaped killer david sweat. we are working to get new information on the takedown. and maryland governor larry hogan gives us an update on his cancer battle. find out how marylanders are showing their support today. and comfortablehumanity. in my foreca

43 families with no justice, no answers. today, they gathered in northeast washington to pray for the d.c. murder victims whose cases remain unoffed. they made a powerful statement marking each life with a single cross. solved. they made a powerful statement marking each life with a single cross. >> each and every one of these is a family right now suffering. they can't go to sleep. they walk the halls. they go to work and they feel like zombies because when they go home at night, no one has given them word on who killed their baby. >> a man on a dirt bike shot and killed that young newspaper reporter back in may. her case remains up solved.

particle of i-95 near the i c -- part of the i-95 near the i c. c shut down this morning. the driver flipped over, landing on median. he died after being thrown from the car. the fast lane was shut down but everything is open now. right now, a prayer for governor hogan's quick recovery. many of you suffered through scenes like this during yesterday's record rainfall. storm team4 meteorologist amelia siegel is next to tell us when this stuff is going to return. we have all become aware of

how deeply offensive this image is. >> a leader at the national cathedral taking a stand on the confederate flag debate tonigh

here is a live look now at the national cathedral in northwest. there can be some changes to their spectacular tape issed glass windows and it has to do

with a national conversation sparked by the charleston church massacre. two two of to their windows have the confederate flag put up by the daughters of the confess radke in the '50s. they were meant to honor confederate generals. derrick ward reports why the panel does come down. >> reporter: there are stories in the glass, windows dedicated to space exploration, and of course biblical themes, but these windows, fixtures at the national cathedral since 1953 are dedicated to robert e. lee and stonewall jackson, tuck aid way in the south nave they are now front and center. >> like it or not, the confederate flag has become the symbol of white is up people were -- supreme massey in america. acy in america.

>> the fact so many find it so offensive should be enough of a reason to fold it up and put it away. >> reporter: not like the decision to take the windows down will happen immediately and if they are indeed taken down they won't be destroyed. they will be placed somewhere else on the cathedral ground because different context. the decision will go before the church's governing body and a decision on what will replace the windows. reverend hall says the space should be dedicated to the civil war but in a more circumspect manner. >> i don't want to celebrate a cause whose primary reason for being was the preservation and extension of slavery in america. >> reporter: there is still the issue of the mississippi state flag. some parishioners are mixed about the decision to remove the confederate flag and costs and logistics involved. others say the decision is overdue. >> i can see with it being held in a museum or over some sort of confederate people mollmemorial. i don't see it has a place here.

some parts drying out after all the rain yesterday. look at the scene in prince george's county this morning. the pat tuckset river rose above flood level. some drivers took their chances and drove through it helps when you have, what is it a range rover? a big one. the water has now receded. amelia joins us. breaking records all over the place. >> all of the airports yesterday either tied the record rainfall amount for that day or broke it. a lot of rain fell. now at reagan national the second rainiest june on record. we need about two more inches on tuesday to be the rainiest june on record. i don't think that's gonna happen. regardless though it was beautiful today after all of the rain we received yesterday. the humidity was low. our high was 82. we did have aittle bit of cloudiness. tomorrow, near perfection. comfortably cool overnight. tonight, you can open up the windows, give the air conditionary break. throughout the day tomorrow the humidity is low, the sun is

shining a great pool and park day for the kids. with the increase of humidity comes the threat of late-day showers and thunderstorms. that is going to be the story the rest of the workweek, humid with a possibility of some showers and thunderstorms. no soaking widespread steady rains in the forecast. really summer-like pattern. then looking ahead to the fourth, this coming saturday, there is a chance of storms on the fourth. we will continue to monitor that. not a definite right now. i can't say that it is going to be completely dry. flood warnings for the mon knock cassie in frederick until 6 a.m. on monday. temperatures in the 7s. 78 in washington. 5 a, manassas. 57, gaithersburg 64, annapolis and the district. beautiful this evening. great night for grilling, maybe you can't get to it tonight, do it tomorrow night. another lovely day. 6 a.m. tomorrow morning the suburbs are in the 50s. washington's around 64 degrees.

temperatures into the 70s at noon, 74 lunchtime hours have your lunch outside tomorrow. notice tomorrow sunshine throughout the day. we get into the afternoon hours, temperatures will warm into the upper 70s in the suburbs low to middle 80s inside the beltway, tomorrow evening tomorrow night, walking the dog, going for the run or walk after work, going for the bicycle ride just beautiful. tuesday though, this is when the humidity arrives and a weak cold front is going to move through the area later in the day. future weather here at 8 p.m. notice some hit and miss showers and thunderstorms are in the forecast. a high temperature on tuesday near 90 degrees. 88 for a high on wednesday with the chance of afternoon showers and thunderstorms once again, thursday, the best chance of showers and thunderstorms does look to be south of washington, areas of southern maryland,

northern neck, down around fredericksburg, 85 a high on thursday, the chance of showers and storms on friday and saturday, high temperatures, jim still for the most part in the upper 80s. thanks. some stiff competition out at national harbor today. those are public safety officers from all over the world competing in dragon boat races. it's all part police and fire games hosted by fairfax county. the competition runs through july 5th and you can watch all the action. for scheduling and ticket information, go to our website or the nbcwashington.com and search police and fire games. coming up on news4 at 6:00 tonight, stephen strasburg red hot as the nats play well, this

is the strasberg we want to see all the time. >> yes, we do. he is healthy and you can tell. stephen strasburg with his second strong start since coming off the dl. great command in a 98-mile-an-hour fast ball. and just as important today of all days, with that day doubleheader, how long he could go. bryce harper back in the lineup,

missed the last two games after tweaking his hamstring. depp hard in span, also out there he had some back spasms recently. strasberg was just plain dealing. bottom four up 1-0. man on, gets ashy swinging to end the inning. now, needs his offense to get going. young outfielder answers the call. michael a. taylor. the a stands for awesome. bringing in robinson. rbi double for taylor. nats 2-1 lead. bases loaded for espinosa, wild pitch, past the catcher, dan uggla to the plate. the nats run, 3-1. strasberg still on the mound in the seventh with two outs. dominic brown at the dish goes down swinging nine strikeouts and two runs allowed, seven innings for strasberg. in the ninth nats clinging to a one-run lead. roth lines one short desmond is there. a long throw. just in time. and that is it. nates hold on for their

season-long eighth straight win, taking game one today, 3-2, made sweeter by what we saw it from stras. >> nice that's healthy. nice that he feels good about going out there. hasn't -- had no issue which is great. and when he doesn't you can see that can be the result. i thought it was important for our whole team, for him to get deep in a game for us. he provided that. now this is game two, row walk, rough for him. man on for herrera, two outs. line it is to second. great scoop by espinosa at second, throw to first, past moore. brings in blancos. in-field single phillies up 2-0. up the middle, desmond a diving play, too late, another run scores on an in-field single. phillies plate four runs in two innings. but in the fourth, nats offense

wakes up desmond, a man on desi jacks this deep. where did it go? way out there. two-run shot, seventh of the year for him. nats within a run. the phillies up 7-3 in the fourth. orioles the doubleheader today, too adam jones, game one, back against the indians, in center the first time since june 15th. he had been out with a sore shoulder. bottom three man on jimmy parade des, crushed to center, two-run shot, 2-2. two rbi two walks for him in the game. wow. jimenez dealing for the birds today. top four facing carlos santana. santana so smooth, seven strikeouts on the day for him. bottom of the sixth, has to love seeing this. manny machado at the plate, doing what he does just being manny, taking one to left sails over the wall solo homer, nine-game hit streak, good enough for a little dance. you got it going on. orioles shut out the windance,

game one. 4-0, the final. game two for the birds tonight, 7:00 start buck showalter has that garden gnome night. you know a hot ticket, get your hands on. we have an intern heading there now to tray to get one for the sports office. the mystics look to get back to their winning ways at home, always having a good time at verizon center. oh, yeah, got it going on. mystics taking on the chicago sky. mystics are up 9 at the half. in the second, still rolling, pass to dollson off the glass and in. 19 points, 10 boards for her, purple hair and all. fourth quarter, this time, emma eastman. drives the baseline, up and under and gets the two. she had 22-20. mystics take it 86-71. now 6-3 on the season. nascar at sonoma raceway in california. the road course, interesting one for driver david reagan in the 55 car 32 laps to go fighting for position about carl edwards,

the 19. locked up both guys, end up in the tire barrier, reagan involved in two incidents today. he wouldn't finish. edwards also knocked out of the race. 12 laps to go trouble for casey mears, driving along, loses an entire wheel. the axle on mears' car breaks off and the -- we got a runaway tire going into the fence. two laps to go in the race, kyle busch with a late lead overtook jimmie johnson. sonoma, always one of the toughest road courses in sprint cup. going to have it all at 11 and sports final. >> your busidy of the week. >> he is like you got the whole sports office here. >> don't even need us, do you? >> we could do tit. >> could you go, go, go. amelia tomorrow will be nice, huh? >> tomorrow will be spectacular, even this evening, gorgeous out there. this is how low it's going to drop in your neighborhood with clear skies, temperatures in june, late june, in the 50s in the suburbs, areas by the water,

inside of the beltway, the low to middle 60s. definitely open up the windows tonight. tomorrow a high temperature of 84 degrees, mostly sunny skies. humidity and those summertime storm chances return tuesday right on through next saturday, which is the fourth. >> let you know that nightly news is up next, they will have much more on the escaped convict captured today and we will see you again with more information on news4 at 11:00. have a great night, everybody.

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