a symbol of the past now a thing of the past. i'm kristin wright at the live desk with a big development out of south carolina. we'll show you the big moment. >> and breaking news a big news from virginia's former governor. what a judge decided whabt whether he will go to jail. >> a spectacular day. a look at changes for the weekend coming up. >> plus new details just coming out about that massive data breach. why the government says it couldn't protect everyone from potential hackers. news 4 midday starts right now.

well right now the confederate flag is no longer flying at the south carolina state house. the honor guard took it down just a little while. it was a brief, short ceremony of huge crowds to watch the historic moment. let's listen in for a second. [ cheering ] >> the flag coming down just a little after three weeks of the killing of people at a church in charleston. in that renewed calls for this moment, for the confederate flag to be removed from the south carolina sit capitol. the flag was handed over to the director of the south carolina confederate relic room where it will be displayed after 54 years of flying above the south

carolina capitol. >> thank you christen. there will soon be a legal challenge to virginia's decision to remove the flag from the license plates. it go go to court to keep the state from banning the plates. the governor asked the attorney general to work on phasing out the vanity plates. >> breaking news right now. former virginia governor bob mcdonald sentence up held. we have more from the news room. >> the ruling handed down by judges in richmond. we've been reviewing it this morning. it appears to us the appeals court judges didn't just reject some of the arguments. they rejected all of them including his claims there were instuff jury instructions in his case and there were problems with the selection of jurors and problems with the government's evidence. in each case the appeals court

said no. all of it was sustainable and suitable and correct. this is not just a repud dags of bob mcdonald. people are arguing this case sets a bad precedent. no lunch with a lobbyist is safe if this is up held. >> it is up held. >> thank you scott. the mother of two missing germantown children is not competent to stand trial. a judge ruled her not competent. police say she was the last person to see a four-year-old and two-year-old. the kids went missing in september and she refusing to see where her children are. we were inside the courtroom for this morning's hearings. we'll have a live report later this hour. >> hackers stole data belonging to a staggering 21 million

people. that's one in every 15 americans but only son-in-lawme of them will be getting help in monitoring their credit. what are we learning today? >> reporter: we are learning the protections are only going to be extended, at least the free credit monitoring are only extended to the initial people in the breach group but 21.5 million people have been affected. that means among the next 15 people that walk along this sidewalk here, at least one of those people would have been affected. this breach extends not only to government employees but to the families and specifically applicants to government jobs that required security clearances. social security numbers and pass words that people used for the clearance applications may have been compromised. a lot of people use the same pass words for different things. this has called for heads to

roll. we talked to someone who follows cyber security and says privatization is not the way to go. >> i think this tells us that companies and federal agencies really need to slow down on the amount of personal information they're collecting and when these kinds of problems arise i think people have to say just stop. it's too dangerous. >> and we are hearing that what the government is doing is looking at some defendant of defense contractors to see if they can expand coverage to additional people under the contractors at the department of defense uses. some announcements are expected in that respect in the next few days. experts say to be vilkgilant and proactive about your bank account and your credit card numbers numbers. it's a quieter day today. take a look at this wild video.

we spotted a funnel cloud last night in upper marlboro. take a look at the damage left behind in new castle delaware. people say they spotted a funnel cloud at a mobile home park. a roof collapsed on an apartment building. it snapped utility poles and left about 3700 customers without power. they will see if a tornado touched down. we'll look at what we should be looking for today. tom, are we going to be clear of storms today? >> yes. gorgeous summer day underway and this picture tells the story. live view from the storm team 4 camera tower. way off in the distance is the washington monument the potomac river and under a blue sky we have lower humidity. excellent visibility. the humidity is dropping. no rain around now. temperatures are beautifully comfortable. near 80 in washington.

70s in the suburbs and rural areas. >> thauchg tom. talk about a show stopper. a breach of texting etiquette gets a lot of attention. and the confederate flag no s no longer. what happens next.

we are following your stories this morning. the next story sounds like a scene out of forest gump. a man is setting out to run coast to coast. what if we told you that he is a 91-year-old world war ii veteran and this is his second time making the cross country trek? he is officially the oldest man to run across the u.s. he is an inspiration indeed. how impressive is that. we want to remind that texting

during a theater show is a big no no. according to "the huffington post," lapone took a cell phone from an audience member when they were texting. someone tweeted saying she took someone's phone because they were tweeting. >> it's me. i'm free of mybuffiness. this video from wisdom tooth recovery health. i wanted to make a video to recover for the whole donut fiasco. >> billboard says arianna grande wants to apologize for her behavior. they lick donuts on sale. he says i'm 22. i'm human and have to

right now here come the world champions. you're looking at live pictures of the ticker tape parade for the u.s. women's national soccer team. more than 20 million people watched sunday as team usa dominated japan, winning 5-2. nbc news reports little girls wrapped in the american flag began lining up in the early morning hours to cheer on their team as they winded their way through lower manhattan. pretty exciting. first of this kind of parade in quite a long time. everybody is turning out to cheer on the wonderful women. >> beautiful day in new york and a beautiful day here. today's weather emoji is loving the cooler temperatures. heading to the pool today, wear plenty of sun block. strong sun this time of year. great beach weather. by 1:00 in the mid 80s.

lower humidity so it won't feel so bad and by early evening, increasing clouds, temperatures into the mid 80s. look at the rain chances for saturday coming up in just a few minutes. >> new today, the zoo has conducted an ultrasound on everyone's favorite mama panda. we're waiting to hear if she is pregnant. this morning's ultrasound took place at the zoo and you can see the instruments. she was artificially inseminalted in the spring. today's ultrasound was inconclusive. she could have a panda in the oven or it could be what they call a pseudo pregnancy. >> we have our fingers crossed. >> a heated presidential rival ri?

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a big announcement this morning in a high profile case. a special grand jury just issued an indictment in the more than year old shooting of a fast mart clerk. >> we are joined live from the sheriff's office with details. >> reporter: good morning. great relief here at the sheriff's department and in the western part of the county. the victim if you recall shot twice in the head. left bleeding on the convenience store floor by a man who fled

carrying the medicine cabinet out of the fast mart. 14 months later, a county man has been indicted for the crime. derek sprout is already in joil in north carolina for an armed robbery there. news 4 was the first to interview the shooting victim when she was released last year. though she was shot, she managed to call for help and told us her determination to see her family again helped her pull through. she still suffers from daily pain as a result of the injuries. it was a team of investors in the county the foib and the atf who worked together to solve the case. the sheriff says even after months went on it remained a top priority. >> it's just been a horrific case from day one, and i've been in the business 48 years. it's one of the cases that you think about every day.

>> reporter: now, again the suspect is jailed in north carolina. the sheriff says he expects no problem in having derek spout's extradited here. they said because this was a special grand jury that did this indictment, they are not able to reveal any details about how they connected this crime to him. >> thank you julie. a second celebrity chef is making plans to open a restaurant at trump's old hotel. the company employs many immigrants and trump's recent comments do not align with his values. another chef pulled plans to open a restaurant in that hotel. meanwhile the federal aviation administration wants nothing to do with donald trump. the agency says they'll rename

their navigation points. they're named after him because he has a home in the area. they say they usually choose names that are on controversial. >> a group is pressuring the president to take back an award given to bill cosby. a group started the online petition earlier this week. the metal has never been revoked and doing so may not even be legal, the white house says. >> tomorrow morning it looks like we'll get some rain across parts of the metro area and special to the south. this is as of 5:00 a.m. on saturday. showing the showers passing south and east of washington by 30u7 in the morning. this is tomorrow and then the showers move into the northern neck and southern maryland. some of them could produce a little bit of lightning. in the afternoon, a few

lingering sprinkles in northern virginia and the rest of the afternoon sun shine breaks out nice afternoon. afternoon highs today will be climbing. we have had so much rain. look at the size of this mushroom. it's about as big as a baseball. that posted on twitter. back to you. >> thank you, tom. it was a rare joint appearance by two former commanders in chief. george bush and bill clinton both speak to presidential leadership scholars and with both of them with loved ones in the heated battle for white house the meeting took on a whole new meaning for some watching. >> reporter: you'd never know the former presidents had a horse in the 2016 race. instead, it was more paling around than political trading stories about their grand kids. >> when i walked in the room she

said there's you're grand dad and she turned around and pointed at me. >> last night my granddaughter spoke to me in mandarin. >> and joking about their age. >> we are getting a little long in the tooth these days, clinton and i. >> this is the one month of the year when he's older than me. so speak for yourself. >> but the camaraderie between the democrat and republican demanderings in chief comes as the rhetoric is heating up between their families. >> they're on a spectrum of, you know, hostility, which i think is really regrettable in a nation of immigrants like ours. >> my record as it relates to immigrants is pretty clear. there's no hostility. >> reporter: could 2016 test their relationship. neither 42 or 43 has been a presence on the campaign trail

and president bush indicated he plans to keep it that way. >> i know jeb and i'm confident, secretary hillary will elevate the discourse. >> aids they president clinton will dive in but not far while. >> i know who i'd like to win but the more important thing for america is that we know what the heck we're deciding on and we make a pretty good decision. >> do you want to feel healthier in we'll tell you what you might want to add to your lunch today instead of eating less.

it wouldn't hurt to add an apple and celery to your lunch today. >> a new report finds we're not getting enough of fruits and veggies on a daily basis. fewer than one in five adults two do what they should. people in california tend to eat

more than people in mississippi and tennessee. public health experts say we should aim for about two servings of fruit and two or three servings of veggies each day. they lower the risk of cancer heart disease stroke and diabetes. >> a live look at the white house right now where the first lady is hosting the fourth annul annual kids state dinner. 55 kids arrived at the white house. they're all winner of the healthy lunchtime challenge. they had to come up with an easy healthy recipe. some of them will be featured at the dinner today. an 8-year-old from iowa created a recipe for vegetable confetti spring rolls. >> president obama has designated national monuments in texas, nevada and california. you can see them on the screen. the site in texas is where 24.

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be t man on trial in the colorado movie theater shooting will not testify in his defense. the defense for james holmes is expected to wrap its case today. the lawyers say he was delusional during the attack that killed 12 peel and hurt 70 others. holmes told the judge he won't take the stand. he pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. prosecutes say they will seek the death penalty. >> it is a perfect summer day. live view from the storm team 4 city camera overlooking washington. great visibility. the humidity drops overnight.

it's in place through the rest of the day. afternoon highs into the upper 80s and as we get into tomorrow, we'll likely only with up around 80 degrees and morning showers around dawn. south into northern virginia and southern maryland during the rest of the morning hours. then sun breaks out in the afternoon around 80. on sunday into the upper 80s again and partly cloudy and a little more humid. and then as we get back to work on monday hot and humid. the low 90s and storm team 4 4 -day outlook. >> changes for metro this weekend. the biggest change is on the red line from saturday morning to 3:00 a.m. on sunday morning, buses will replace a red line train. regular weekend red line service will resume at 7:00 a.m. on sunday morning. yellow and green line trains running every 20 minutes. orange silver and blue line

trains operating at a regular weekend schedule. >> you can catch a live baseball game in the air. jet blue passengers can stream mlb games on laptops, smart phones and tablets through the at bat mobile app. the app provides free access for jet new mortgagepassengers. you can only take advantage on the wifi equipped aircraft. a new recall lift for a scary reason.

right now d.c. mayor getting ready to sign a tough new law. it toughens penalties for businesses that sell synthetic drugs. >> they are linking the rice in crime with the sale of those drugs. >> reporter: good morning. it is an alarming trend. police say they've seen quite a jump in crimes related to people who are high on synthetic marijuana. and in about a half hour the mayor is going to sign emergency legislation giving police greater power and cracking down on businesses that sell synthetic drugs. >> scoop by snacks, spice, k 2 and bizarre-o. those are a few of the names and they're behind an alarming spike

in crimes. and on tuesday, at ten-month old baby was found abandoned. police believe the care giver left the child to go smoke synthetic marijuana. the chief says the the new law is needed to stop a disturbing new trend. >> i truly feel like if we don't get a handle on the synthetic drugs now, we are in danger of going back 20 years. >> reporter: businesses caught selling them face a $10,000 fine and can be shut down for 96 hours. that's for the first offense. repeat offenders can have their business licenses taken away. >> and that bill signing

ceremony set to get under way at noon. here at the wilson building, megan mcgrath. >> once again, katherine hikel appeared before a court judge and heard a report saying she's still not competent to stand trial. this time the judge said he wants to hear within two months about her status. we spoke to her mother and her attorney after the hearing. >> her mental health condition is so profound. i think in terms of the doctors and at least what we've observed. i don't know that she knows a lot. >> hopefully she has treatment man that will get her out and get her where she can tell us where the children are. >> katherine hoggle is due back

in court in mid september. news 4. right now at the live desk, getting in some very important information on a pretty big gm motors recall.recalling 780,000 suvs. you're looking at the ones on your screen. it covers the buick enclave, the chevy traverse, the gmc acadia and the sat earn outlook from 2007 to 2010. the problem the auto maker says is what they call the rear power lift gates. that means the rear hatch with suddenly close and fall on your head. they've had 56 reports of injuries. des moines gm dealers can fix the problem. >> investigators are looking into how a virginia couple ended up in the parties of the potomac river. search teams found the bodies of a man and his girlfriend where

the boat had been anchored. the concern began when the couple didn't return to the landmark yacht club. music was still playing on the boat and the boat was still running in the investigators say they are looking at weather being a factor was winds were bad on wednesday night. >> an man remains in crate cal condition after a shooting. he's been treated for multiple gunshots. it happened around 2:00 this morning on stanton road. right now no word on a suspect or a motive in this case. right now sunny. lower humidity. temperatures around 80 degrees in the metro area. off to the west now upper 70s near 80. beautiful day around the blue ridge. a few clouds in the mountains. they might get a sprinkle later on thing but just a gorgeous day around the bay. afternoon high temperatures will be upper 80s in washington and southern maryland.

the rest of northern suburbs in the mid 80s. mid to upper 80s around the bay and around the pennsylvania lower 80s. a delightful summer day. if you're going to the pool, make sure you put on the sun block. >> developing right know, new hopes this morning that greece will be able to make a deal to save its economy. this morning greece proposed a new $59 billion bailout. right now european leaders are reading through the proposal. european markets responded well. french leaders say the proposal is credible. if no deal is made there are gears the greece economy will tank. >> ever wonder where the missing socks and underwear go? my husband does. it may not all be lost in the laundry after all.

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way. the ball deflected off a line judge's chair and he catches the ball. he even gave the crowd a wave. >> even wearing a tie and jacket. >> look out. >> thank you. well this next story is getting a lot of attention on social media. we don't know what happens on mars but in mars, pennsylvania one dog is creating quite a buzz taking the black lab to a hospital with an upset stomach. they took an x-ray. it showed a mass. the vet could not believe what he found in surgery. eight pair of underwear and a bandage and 60-some air ties. >> he said he's found some unusual items when operating but this dog wins the award for the strangest taste buds.

>> and the owner is going, i swear i just bought an entire pack of hireair bands. >> the pope makes an unscheduled

our usual summer haze is gone. the lower humidity has moved in. looking off to the west, you can see excellent visibility. just a few clouds coming in from the right. that's coming in from the northwest. some of the clouds coming in a little bit later this afternoon. we'll have a gorgeous day with afternoon highs mid to upper 80s with the low humidity. overnight tonight after midnight maybe light showers and morning showers on saturday and then they drift into virginia southern virginia and into southern maryland. highs reaching near 80 during the afternoon with the sun back. warm comfortable sunday.

highs in the upper 80s and still not very humid. >> looks good to me. as pope francis prepares for his prip to d.c. some local students are giving him a sneak peek at the local sites. the pope said children with disabilities have a treasure that membership shared with others. >> we hope that the pope francis himself and some of his others will see it and might even want to meet with some of our children with disabilities. >> the catholic coalition for special education organized this very cool project. >> sometimes when you're traveling you have to get creative and the pope is no different. after spending a half hour in his pope mobile waving to fans

in bolivia, he needed to change to celebrate mass. the only place nearby was a burger king. the restaurant was not open to the public because of the pope's visit so nobody was inside. bk later put out a post thanking the pope for using that restaurant as his changing room. >> just a little pr for them. >> yeah. i wonder if he got to have a big mac, not a big mac. >> a whopper. >> i couldn't remember. >> whopper, whopper. the story that everyone is talking about. >> a piece of c

emotions are still raw in south carolina. the confederate flag no longer flies over the state house. >> an honor guard removed the flag. what is the reaction at the state house this morning? >> reporter: the emotion, the pride of thousands that gathered here but also how brief and simple this ceremony was after what for so many has been such a long and difficult fight. the trooper steps were slow and deliberate. just like the journey to get to this day, the stretched across decades filled with con flkt controversy, and in the end pain. >> i'm thinking of those nine

people today. >> reporter: nine innocent people gunned down inside their church. the gubman a self-ro claimed white supremacist. the lowering of the banner raising the curtain on a new day here. >> this is a positive step. this is a step forward. this opens the doors and opens the gates. >> we have some together as a state. you can look at the way south carolina responded and i think we can all say that hopefully the nine are looking down and feeling proud today. >> reporter: a pride share bid thousands who gathered to see the flag taken away though many hope the ceremony and all it represents will linger. >> i don't want this to go away quickly. i want people to remember what today feels like. >> reporter: a day that so many here will never forget. the flag is now moved to a

nearby state museum will weather it will be displayed in the confederate relic room. >> the decision to take down the confederate flag in south carolina is leading to other changes. 15 years ago the naacp started an economic boycott of the state when lawmakers decided to keep the flag. others joined the boycott. it banned south carolina from hosting any championship events. now that the flag is down, the bans have been lifted. the universities in south carolina are now eligible to host championship or march madness games. it'll be a while before that happens. most march madness sites have been chosen through 2018. south carolina can also host ncaa regional games and it's not just basketball here. football bowl games can also come back to south carolina.

charleston lobbied for a bowl in 2004 but was turned down because of the ban. this weekend the naacp will introduce an emergency meeting to lift the bab. the group could decide to hold an annual conference. for more on the flag coming down and what it has meant for south carolina and other southern states, you head to nbcwashington.com and search south carolina. >> let's take you back to live pictures from new york. the national soccer team rolling down the streets of manhattan for a ticker tape parade. more than 20 million people watched sunday as they won 5-2. little girls wrapped in the american flag began lining up early this morning to cheer on their team. very cool. >> a perfect summer day under way. temperatures now near eighty.

low humidity in place. with us for the afternoon. then the clouds come in over night. after midnight maybe light showers in the metro and parts of maryland and then through the morning an saturday they drift through virginia and the lower eastern shore and sun breaks out in the afternoon. highs around eighty. on sunday, partly cloudy. still not humid. another beautiful summer day. highs reaching the upper 80s to near 90. and then the heat and humidity return on monday. small chance of a storm mainly in the evening and a greater chance of an afternoon storm on tuesday and again on wednesday. low niecht90s on wednesday. >> now to a developing story that massive data hack of the office of personnel management. they will send you a notice if your information was stolen or hacked. >> people who knew people who went through background checks

are vulnerable. we have more on this. >> reporter: even the fbi director is at risk. every place i've lived since i was 18. all my foreign travel all of my family, their addresses. >> social security numbers, fingerprints, health records, financial histories of one in every 15 americans stolen from government computers. officials say the hackers had access for more than a year. >> lack of a single answer or even some sense of that answer overall from administration is very troubling. >> reporter: lawmakers grilled the head of the office of personnel management the first time it happened. >> i want to know why you didn't incrypt the information. >> an adversary possessing proper credentials can often decrypt data. >> reporter: she admitted they breached 10 million times a month. they're urging the president to

do something. >> fire the chief information officer and demonstrate that you're in control. >> reporter: the head of the opm says she's not stepping down and the government says they have no indication the information has been used against anyone. tracie potts in washington. >> the army will cut more than 4 00 soldiers from three bases in virginia. the forced budget cuts affects different bases. the closest base to us in the district will take the biggest hit losing about 250 soldiers. the u.s. army will lose around 40,000 soldiers because of the cuts. the army says unless budget changes are made, there may be cuts needed in the next few years. and while positions are lost the country may not be able to meet its current deployment.

you'll want to avoid the area around the third street tunnel earl lir tomorrow morning. they are installing a new water line as part of a project at third street and massachusetts avenue. there will also be lane closures in the area in place over night from 1:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. >> today you can get your hands on gnat star bryce harper. well, sort of. harper posed in the nude for this, issue i guess. he said he's always wanted to do the body issue. harper saying, quote, i want to put baseball out there. >> well that's interesting. >> you're looking at him like is he.

>> it's a move that could have families packing into theaters this weekend. >> one family not happy about the potty mouthed minion involved.

breaking news now into the live desk. the jw march yacht hotel near white house has just been evacuated. this is on 14th and pennsylvania avenue in northwest. you see a picture there tweeted by our jackie bensen. the women in blue are part of a sorority at the hotel for their annual convention. them as well as other people staying at the hotel evacuated right now. d.c. fire is there. the fire alarm went off. the smell of something electrical perhaps burning was reported. you can follow updates on twitter and on the nbc washington app. >> it is one of the shortest

interstates in the country. tonight we venture to meet the man responsible for a massive development of the areas. tonight on meet your street meet sam ieg, the man i 370 is named for. a father says a minion toy meal is cursing at him. they say the toy appeared to be saying i'll be dammed. other families have also reported the minion in their happy meal is using profanity. >> mc.any similarities of the english language is a coincidence, mcdonald's says. >> beautiful weather today and into the weekend. morning showers on saturday. have a great weekend.

>> lucas: i'm so glad i ran into you guys. i missed you so much little one. i really did. >> will: she missed you too, didn't you, sweetheart? >> lucas: she have fun at the picnic? >> will: actually, we had to cut it short. sonny--sonny's mom said that she needed to talk to him asap so he left, and i came home with her. >> lucas: oh. >> will: dad, doou have any idea why adrienne needed to talk to him? >> sonny: a divorce? >> adrienne: you know how things have been between your father and me for a long time, sonny. >> sonny: not that long, mom. only since you and will's dad got together. >> adrienne: no, that's not true. your father had an affair long before i ever got involved with lucas. which means he was unhappy with