post", welch's cousin says he helped him get two large duffel bags from the trunk of car in 1975. each weighed about 60 pounds, he said and they had red stains and smelled of death. the bags were then set on fire. mark seagraves joins us now live from wheaton where the girls vanished about 40 years ago. >> reporter: that's right doreen, lloyd welch, the man charged with the murder of the lyons sister is currently in prison in delaware, serving time for an unrelated child sexual assault x he will be extradited took virginia to stand trial, but prosecutors say that this case is far from being closed. the investigation continues and they are actually looking at lloyd welch for the possibility of other child abductions so they are going to start tracing his movements from when the lyons sisters disappeared in 1975 until he was arrested in delaware in 1997. police and prosecutors were clear, the investigation into the murder of the lion se lyons sisters

is ongoing and more people could be charged. >> the montgomery county police and all of our partners will work to hold every individual responsible who was involved with the abduction and murder of the lyons sisters as well as the ongoing conspiracy to conceal these crimes. >> reporter: prosecutors said they are also investigating the possibility that lloyd welch may have been involved in other child abductions across the country. so they are retracing all of his steps, starting 40 years ago. >> track welch's activities from the time that this abduction occurred through to when he was incarcerated. it's -- we are -- our investigators, that's part of what they have been doing all over the country. >> reporter: court records released today show investigators recovered bone fragments and remnants of a burned plastic bag on a hill side property in a remote section of central virginia where the welch family once had

property. as john and mary lyon, the parents of the two girls sat nearby and list and to prosecutors announce the murder charges the montgomery county state's attorney explained why the case is being prosecuted in virginia and not here in maryland. >> we think this is the best thing for the case and people who are interested in bringing justice to the lyons family we have talked to john and mary they next actually why we are doing it. >> reporter: now, lloyd. we will be extradited from that delaware prison to virginia within the next 30 days. shortly after that he will have his first court appearance, the trial could begin within six months, it could take up to a year before that trial wraps up. if he is convicted, he could face up to the death penalty in virginia. vance, back to you. for family members of the victims and others living in montgomery county, the]5 announcement today was welcomed. tisha thompson continues our coverage now with a look at the decades long investigation. tisha?

>> reporter: jim it is rare for a cold case to have as much of an impact as the lyons sister case had here in the d.c. area. it frightened so many people and it changed the way kids grew up in this town. it was spring break when 12-year-old shelia and her 10-year-old sister katherine, walked to wheaton plaza. they hung out at the mall. they ate pizza and then they vanished, setting off a massive search that would last for decades. >> you ask anybody that lived in montgomery county, they can tell you a personal story about how they or their family was impacted. >> reporter: montgomery county police chief tom manger was a college student went sisters disappeared. >> this was something that had an enormous impact on this community and the feeling of safety for your children in this community. >> reporter: chief manger says the break came when the cold case detective matched a mugshot of lloyd lee welch from 1977 with a sketch based on a description given by one of the girl's friends who had been with

them at the time mall. police interviewed welch seven days after the sisters disappeared. the 18-year-old drifter and carnival worker said he had seen the girls get into a car with a man and leave, but police at the time thought he was being untruthful, according to court affidavits. he would later be convicted in the '90s for sexually assaulting young girls in delaware and south carolina. >> non-cooperation has prolonged this investigation and made it difficult. >> reporter: investigators previously said welch's uncle, richard, worked as a security guard in the wheaton area when the sisters vanished. last year, news4 reported women who were teenagers in the '70s had told police about a male security guard who tried grab them in or near the mall accusing them of shop lifting. then this february, unsealed court affidavits described how lloyd welch now admits he left the mall with the lyons sisters in a vehicle, but it was his uncle who sexually assaulted one of the girls. the uncle has been named a person of interest, but so far,

has not been charged with a crime. >> leave with you the words the investigation continues. we have indicted one individual and the investigation continues. i think there's a logical conclusion you can reach. >> in today's news conference, prosecutors made it very clear that this is going to be a very difficult case to try. it's been more than 40 years. the young girl, for instance, with him that day, she would now be in her 50s that just puts it -- makes you realize that they are dealing with witness testimony from someone who was a little girl who is now going to be in her 50s. >> i know you have been covering this case for a long time, and you were a little girl. >> i was one of the blonde little girls that got told you can't walk home by yourself. i mean it really -- it changed everything and i don't think -- if you just moved to this area, it's hard to get that across that this was the case that changed everything for folks in the '70s and '80s. >> what about the statute, the murder statute? how does that play into -- i

mean it's been 40 years. >> 40 years, today learned something very interesting, which is that investigators have to use the statute from 1975. and i wrote it down here it's first-degree felony murder we are intent to defile, which means according to the prosecutor, that someone had to sexually abuse, exploit or mollest the victim during an abduction that resulted in murder. and so, they are going to try the case on the '75 statute and not today's modern day murder statutes. >> talk about the fact that investigators found bone fragments in the area where they once lived, the suspects once lived. anything other than that, that we know about? >> that's the interesting thing. so, that bone fragment is coming from an affidavit, a search warrant that was unsealed today. and there is language about bone framgt s fragments, but a lot of language

where they have a no-body care don't have an autopsy where somebody was murdered. no body case, you assume they don't have any remains as of yet they can definitively link. they said that is a real challenge because you are going to have to prove. >> a the lyons sisters are dead, as awful as that is then you have to prove how they died and without a body, that's very difficult thing. >> intend to defile part, the statute, all tough to prove as well. >> i have been told? one of the worst cases that investigators have ever had to look at. so -- we will find out more. >> more to come. coverage of today's murder indictment continues. in our next half hour chris lawrence will be looking through the warrants and have more on the evidence and the fear that gripped a neighborhood in maryland for 40 years. we have also posted our reports on our nbc washington app. at this hour, tracking major

delays on the red line t could continue well into the night. an unexplained track issue is to blame. metro says if you need to get to the twin brook or white flint stations, you will have to use an outbound train. inbound trains will be skipping those stations trying to reduce delays. we have also just learned that just downed line in wheaton, all escalators are down because of a mechanical problem there. the latest on a road side tragedy, woman hit and killed last night on the suitland parkway in southeast d.c. she was getting out to help change a tire. tonight, the driver who hit her is facing charges. family members say the victim, tomica early, was hit when she watched her boyfriend change the tire on her car. in the next half hour what you can do to protect yourself and your family if you get stuck on the side of the road with cars flying by. a metro station shut down,

crime scene tape put up again not the first time violence has rocked the wheaton station. and tonight, as we learn more about the figures in last night's deadly shooting, it's the pattern of violence that concerns neighbors. news4's chris gordon joins us there live. chris? >> reporter: doreen we have been reading the charging documents. here is what we are learning that's new. the two suspects fled from the garage after the shooting. they were stopped by police here in possession of a .38-caliber handgun. two witnesses to this shooting but their names are being withheld because the witnesses feared for their safety. the two men police apprehended on the scene are now suspects. they have been charged with first degree murder in yesterday's fatal shooting in the wheaton metro station parking garage. police identify them as 19-year-old douglas shannon chase from d.c. who is said to be the shooter and 18-year-old brent deion sanderson of rockville, maryland. police sources told news4

yesterday that investigators had recovered gun and tonight, police confirmed that a firearm was recovered in the possession of the suspects. police identified the victim of the shooting as 20-year-old eric melgar of silver spring. police say multiple shots were fired. investigators searching for a motive. >> we have no information what was transpiring before or after at this time. >> this is not the first violent crime here at the wheaton metro parking garage in recent months. just last december police arrested a young man who attacked women at gunpoint. he recently pleaded guilty in court, but that incident and now this murder has the community on edge. >> i would feel unsafe, i have been cat called before and people stop their cars makes me feel unsafe, i'm trying to walk, mind mike own business. >> reporter: norman parker has lived in wheaton for 17 years. you go back in that garage, will you feel safe? >> no i probably wouldn't.

>> reporter: montgomery county council member nancy navarro hopes to guy yet concerns. >> i've always felt safe and i think that is the message that i want to send that overall this is quite unfortunate incident and we are all, all obviously on top of it and very concerned, but wheaton is a safe place. >> reporter: now the suspects in this fatal shooting tonight are being held without bond at the montgomery county deans center. they could make their first court appearance tomorrow. that's the latest live in wheaton, jim, back to you. >> thanks, chris. president obama spoke at length today about the nuclear weapons deal with iran. he is trying to convince members of congress that it is, in fact, a good deal. once the members get all the specifics, the members will have 60 dies then decide whether to+ approve the deal. the president says the inspections that will be under way in uranium mines in that

country will be enough. >> if, in fact we are counting the amount of uranium that's being mined and missing on the back end, they got some explaining to do >> vice president biden will be lobbying democrats on capitol hill who are still sceptical about the deal. many republicans say them fight it as hard as they can. perhaps the most vocal opposition has come from israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. he told nbc's lester holt he does not feel betrayed by the president, but he warped about the consequences of a deal he feels will endanger both israel and the u.s. >> iran has killed more americans than anyone other than al qaeda. iran is building intercontinental ballistic missiles not to reach us. they already have those missiles, but to reach every part of the united states. >> you can see more of lester's interview with the prime minister on "nbc nightly news" right after this broadcast. coming up tonight from the

white house to the hollywood walk of fame, harsh words and new demands in the bill cosby controversy. nearly 1,000 homes surround what is kind of a natural preserve right here in haymarket bordering gainesville. a lot of those folks worry that all of this, this wetlands, will be destroyed and in its place, high powerlines so they are challenging dominion virginia power, but they are also offering a compromise. i'm tracking showers on storm team4 radar, check it out, right over my shoulder not going to last long, once they move out, oh, it's back to the heat and daily thunderstorms. i will tell you how

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jurors are deliberating in the trial of a man accused in the massacr at the colorado movie theater inaurora. >> reporter: the jury made up of nine women and threehether the gunman james holmes was sane at the time he committed the crime three years ago. they have been instructed to consider whether holm was incapable of knowing right from wrong or if he had a mental disease or defect. they got the case last night after closing arguments. >> the prosecutor emphasized the preparation and precautions that

holmes undertook in an attempt to show that he was, in fact not just mentally ill but a deceitful and evil person. that sounds like death penalty talk to me and the defense emphasis time and time again that he did not ask for this mental illness and but for the mental illness this shooting would not have occurred. >> reporter: defense argues holmes had delusions he could increase his self-worth by gaining human capital and killing people and he should be sent to a state mental institution. the prosecution claims holmes was legally sane and should be sentenced to death. there's no time limit on the jury's decision. if there's a guilty verdict the death penalty phase would follow. from centennial colorado, i'm leanne gregg nbc news. clear tonight that the maximum security prison that joaquin guzman, the one they call el chapo escaped from in mexico videotaped his breakout and still couldn't stop him. this is video of guzman in his cell last saturday night.

you see him sitting on his prison bed for a bit, then walk into the shower area. suddenly, the sinaloa boss dropped out of sight. he slip into an elaborate tunnel system and made his way to freedom. some say he is responsibliblee for more than half drugs in chicago. that city renamed guzman public enemy number one. on the second person to get that designation. the other one was al capone. to our weather now. veronica's here with a look at the heat wave that's headed right at us. hi, vj. >> haven't had many 90-degree days this month of july many more for the same time period, the month of june here we go a heat wave building. for today well, today a little wet, with some showers moving through storm team4 told you about. so traveling around for the next hour or so there will still be some damp spots, exercising a light shower or two but nothing that should stop you, if you got the green light on that out and

about you can get by with the small umbrella, i think with what we are seeing on showers storm team4 radar. you can see the movement north to south, right through our area. notice, too, the coverage is really starting to lessen. we are seeing fewer and fewer showers now one little cell moving through fairfax county this one southbound, out of fairfax and burke and around 123, right down toward lorton and woodbridge, you're going to get a little wet, quick passing shower too, for hughesville. that one now just north of you, play to a drop or two coming your watch so showers, i think will be ending around 7 8:00 or so looking dry. 80 degrees by 9:00, move away from that heat also moving away from the humidity for a while. sticky conditions is what we had today. we are going to drop all the way down to pleasant conditions for tomorrow. pretty nice 24, maybe 48-hour period. right now, looks as though the humidity will start creeping up the end of the week again. commuter forecast, good start to the day tomorrow, low humidity, 69 your temperature, we hit the mid-70s between 8 and 10 a.m.,

terrific conditions. going to be hopefully an easy morning to the range, 652072. 72, mor annapolis, near the water, 65 areas to the north and west of us. here you go we can see the locations that could start out around 60 degrees, gaithersburg, 66 in town, 64 alexandria, 65 camp springs. now, on future weather you can see the showers ending, moving out of our area. you can seat clouds too starting to part. this is 6 a.m., early tomorrow morning, clouds thinning, a lot of sunshine across the area, then for the afternoon, the clouds will try to go back, partly sunny areas east of i-95, might be a sprinkle around the area. we start out in the 60s, low 70s by 9:00, hit 81 by 9:00. best day of the workweek, get out swing the racket play a game of golf there is your start on the heat wave yes on saturday, 94 the high temperature, just the start of that heat wave will hit i think our heat index over 100 degrees.

monday, we will have more on your heat wave coming up in a couple of minutes. >> thanks, veronica. still ahead, new leads in a crime that spanned 40 years and really rattled our region. the evidence just unsealed in the lyons sister murder case and what is next in the investigation. new calls for change after federal workers

our scott mcfarland here now with our report from the i-team. >> members of congress for both parties tonight asking the federal government to spend more money on those internal watchdogs who watch our tax money and keep a close eye on rogue government workers. workers were golfing on the clock gambling or biking when they were supposed to be on the job and this woman managed the time sheets at the epa admitted during her time sheet and skipped out of weeks of work at the epa. congressman mark meadows, chairman of a house oversight

committee tonight is asking colleagues to consider incr budget of these federal inspectors general, the agency watchdogs who police attendance fraud. congressmaned me as the i-team story -- congressman manman meadows, as i-team investigation shows, more oversight is needed. chris van hollen commenting on our story tonight, saying -- dozens of people got the chance to tell the treasurer of states which woman should be fee chourptd new $10 bill. treasurer rosie rios melt with visitors at the bureau of engraving and printing in northwest washington. the redesigned $10 bill will be the first to feature a woman. some of the suggestions from the crowd were clara barton andrista mcauliffe.

the bill will be unveiled in 2020. still to come tonight new details in an awful crime. we will tell you what we are learning about the days leading up to an an attack on a young boy who was beaten to death for eating birthday cake. i'm darcy spencer along the suit land parkway in southeast where a woman was struck and killed as her boyfriend changed a tire. coming up what police say you should do if you find yourself broken down on the highway. and caitlyn jenner gets

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now at 6:30, our reporters are gathering new information on the stories impacting your neighborhood and we are also tracking the next heat wave headed our we begin with a major development and a mystery that has covered 40 years. a convicted sex offender now has been indicted for the murder of two sisters who disappeared from a mall in maryland. but police say the investigation is far from over and more arrests are possible. our chris lawrence in the newsroom now with more on today's story. chris? >> reporter: yeah jim this afternoon, authorities spoke of a conspiracy to conceal these crimes but would not say how many people mae may be involved. the "washington post" got access to search lloyd welch's cousin says he helped them take two large bags

out of the trunk of a dar the year the girls disappeared. he claims those bags had red stains and weighed about 60 pounds. welch's a child sex offender serving time in delaware. police have had them on their radar for year bus now indicted for the murders of the lyons sisters in 1975, shelia was 12 years old and katherine was 10. they went to the wheaton plaza mall to meet some friends and never came home. no one has ever found their bodies but investigators say today's announcement brings some clarity to a case that made parents wonder if it was safe to let their kids go outside. >> this was something that hadn't had an enormous impact on this community and the feeling of safety for your children in this community. and i think that's one of the reasons the police department just never allowed to case to get -- to just be filed away in a box somewhere. >> investigators think the girls were abducted in maryland and

then killed in virginia. search teams have been looking for the sisters' remains on a mountain in bedford county about 200 miles from went. police will hold another press conference tomorrow in bedford. we will be there and stream this it live on our nbc washington app. if welch's convicted of killing the lyons' sisters he could face life in prison or be put to death. at the live desk i'm chris lawrence. >> thank you, chris. more disturbing developments in that deadly birthday cake beating case. court documents show a history of abuse inside the hagerstown home where jack garcia died. today a judge order his mother and uncle held without bond on child abuse and murder charges. according to court record, the 9-year-old was handcuffed up to three hours a day before the beating. the documents also say the doctor who examined him before he died found head injuries and extensive bruising consistent with numerous beatings. last night a woman was killed while standing on the

side of the road while her boyfriend trying to fix a flat fire. a happened on suitland parkway near stanton road in southeast. our darcy spencer is at the scene now with some words of advice. darcy? >> reporter: today i spoke to aaa. today, i spoke to maryland state police, all the expert agree that the roads here in our area are much too dangerous for you to get out and change a tire. if you get a flat tire on a busy, dangerous road, experts tell news4 don't stop. they say the safest thing to do is to pull off at the closest exit away from traffic and call for help. or if your car breaks down don't stay in it. >> testimony tale signs of things you should do, like putting a flag or handkerchief on your antenna by raising the hood, by turning on the emergency blinkers, by using flares. >> reporter: 33-year-old tomica

early was struck and killed last night. family members say it happened as she watched her boyfriend change the tire on their car. they say he didn't realize at first that she had been hit here along the suitland parkway in southeast. he found her body 50 feet away. experts say often times people don't want to drive on a flat tire because it could ruin their wheel. >> the longer you drive on a in the tire the more damage you will cause to the tire but safety is paramount. and getting out of the roadway is more important than, you know, the cost of a tire. >> reporter: police say early was hit by a man who was behind the wheel of this blue pickup truck. the driver identified as 52-year-old robert paris of southeast washington. police say he was driving at a high rate of speed when he hit early. he kept going, smashing into another car, then hit a light pole. paris has been charged with second-degree murder, dui and leaving after colliding. >> it was just so sad, you know?

you know, when i got the call 5:30 this morning, it just touched my heart. >> reporter: bliss say you can call #77 for help. they will come and change your tire four. call for help. a lot of resources available to you. >> darcy spencer, thank you. right now, they are tweeting with the #fight the powerline. of prince william residents are challenging a proposal stretching from gainesville to haymarket. northern virginia bureau reporter david culver has the emotional response. >> reporter: battlefield high school, tonight, living up to its name, becoming a battleground pitting hundreds of residents against dominion virginia power worried a proposed powerline will ruin all of this. >> my camp david if you will. >> reporter: jim napoli live here for nine years, the president of somerset crossing hoa, 520 homes in his community

alone. >> i love to be able to come back, sit out on my porch or on my pat poe yoe and just be surrounded by nature. >> reporter: the nature is threatened, jim says, three of five proposed high-voltable powerline route could clear much of this. >> it's very difficult to come up with any routing scenario that's going to make everybody happy. >> reporter: chuck penn with dominion virginia power says they have been working on this project for about a year, but haymarket town leaders don't like dominion's approach. >> frankly i don't think they are listening to us at all. >> reporter: there is a window of compromise. this blue line, the hybrid route 66, it would be partially underground, jim and the town all for it. dominion's concern -- >> we expect that the hybrid route is going to be anywhere from 80 to $100 million more than any of the overhead routes. >> reporter: ultimate deciding factor here will be virginia's state corporation commission. now, check out my twitter handle if you want to see a map of some of these proposed route and while you're on twitter, keep close to my colleague shomari stone's account, because he is

inside this meeting right now and he will be bringing you updates. in haymarket, david culver, news4. some people are calling it a subprime day for amazon. social media has been buzzing with disappointment over amazon's prime day. the company promised big deals all day long to celebrate its 20th birthday there have been some bar gain such as a 32-inch tv for $75. in the meantime, walmart is taking a shot at amazon by launching its own online sale today. that retail giant had criticized amazon for only offering deals to prime members who pay $99 a year for free two-day shipping. next up a disclaimer from the smithsonian about their bill cosby art exhibit. how the controversy is impacting attendance. nine years in the making. and now, we can see incredible new pictures of pluto just

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president obama today weighed in for the first time on bill cosby and allegations that cosby drugged women in order to get them into bed. >> if you give a woman, or a manor that matter, without his or her knowledge a drug and then have sex with that person without consent, that's rape. >> the cosby scandal is spilling into an exhibits at the national museum of african art. cosby and his wife, camille,

loaned more than 60 pieces of art to the gallery. as our tom sherwood reports shall the museum has rebuffed calls to close that exhibit, but it is making some anxious. >> reporter: conversations at the national museum of african art, 64 works loaned by camille and bill cosby, 100 more from the museum collection. it opened last november after years of planning but amid intense outpouring of allegation cosby used drugs to subdue and have sex with dozens of women, there have been calls for the exhibit to close. instead the museum today put up signs declaring the museum in no way condones mr. cosby's behavior. >> the sign is up really primarily to explain our position. the exhibition is about the artworks in the exhibition and the stories that the artworks tell. >> reporter: attendance has reached nearly 175,000 visitors but some struggle with the accusations. >> i'm very disappointed if all the allegations are true.

nevertheless, i'm still happy that i'm able to see this big collection of a am-- african-american art in one place. >> if i'm one of the injured people, might object to it but i think it's important to separate the art and the artist and that knowledge. >> reporter: the music room is just one of five rooms in the large exhibit, but what about cosby? do you have any thoughts about that? >> no. >> reporter: exhibit runs until january. in the district tom sherwood, news4. cane lynn jenner is expected to steal the show tonight at the biggest celebration of the world of sports.

espn chose jenner for its arthur ashe courage award at the espys. the network is recognizing jenner for going public with her recent transformation from a man to a would she will be joined by her children at the ceremony. the award will be prevented by world cup soccer captain abby woman back. an outpouring support for a family of 13 who lost everything in a devastating fire. we will report how a local business is stepping in to help bring back a sense of normalcy. an unusual get away

build thieves on bicycles are beaking into cars in a glover park neighborhood. now, dredgeses are banding together to watch out for each other. the latest crime happened last night and one neighbor caught it on surveillance video. news4's meagan fitzgerald is live talking to the man who captured the crime on video. megan? >> reporter: that gentleman, along with other neighbors we spoke with say petty crimes like car break-ins and bike thefts are things that have been happening around here for years but the latest crime, they are hoping, sends a strong message to those thieves. if you ask the folks who live around here, most will tell you it's a nice neighborhood. >> young, singles, family grad students. >> reporter: but the reality is you have to be aware of crime anywhere you live and glover park is into differentno different.

we'd bicycle here on the porch, it was actually locked, too, somebody must have taken it. >> vandalism things happening, cars being vandalized. >> reporter: a car wasn't vandalized early wednesday more bug robert hyman's security cameras caught two thieves on bikes breaking into a car right outside of his house. >> so one subject's already inside the vehicle. the second subject is here, looking around. >> reporter: the thieves tried breaking into other cars on w street before pedaling off. hyman says he installed these cameras not only for himself but for his neighbors. they are hoping to send a message to prospective thieves that the neighbors around here will be watching. >> it's very i have already call the quite a few people. >> reporter: the owner of the car broken into tells us that he did file a police report and also gave them that surveillance video. police are reminding folks no matter where you park your car, it's important to lock it and to remove valuables or at least take them out of plain sight. jim? >> thanks megan.

some really good news for a local family of 13 that lost everything in a house fire last month. news4 introduced to you the muhanyi family when they were taken in by a marine family that they barely knew while searching for a new police to live. then the charity gracing spaces, helped furnish their new home in fairfax county. tonight, the family has a new 12-passenger van donated by she he ford. many of you have been helping as well. a gofundme account has collected now more than $23,000 to help them out. virginia's department of transportation is addings tos to i-66 and we will know who will fight project. vdot representatives met in richmond today to talk about who is going to be charged. the department could say it will work with an outside partner like on the beltway and on i-95.

the project could also be entirely run and financed by the commonwealth. schools in prince george's county are going to benefit from the new mgm casino in national harbor. the county council voted to use half of the taxes on gaming revenue for public schools, libraries and community colleges. that's according to the "washington post." schools and libraries stand to make about $21 million based on the casino's anticipated earnings. the mgm is supposed to open next year. nasa's new horizons spacecraft is speeding away from the planet pluto now but it is still sending back the most detailed images yet of the dwarf planet. one of the images zooms in on a small region at the base of pluto's heart they call it. it shows a mountain range with peaks as high as 11000 feet. that's higher than any mountain east of the mississippi in the

u.s. this is hardly the last close-up image we will see of pluto and its moons. the spacecraft will be sending them back for the next 16 months. may i note, i think i heard somewhere today, it is flying at rate of speed, it gets from new york to honolulu in nine minutes. >> wow. >> that's been going around for nine years. >> for nine years. >> self-generating, too. >> hard to fathom all of this. >> it is. posting a lot of those images on nbc washington. >> here comes the heat huh? >> here comes the heat, yeah. what's so interesting is that we had a number of 90-degree days for the first part of june and now here in july, only three. get ready for the heat wave now. evening planner forecast, stale faw showers out there one or two, but those are going to be ending soon. temps come on down into the low 80s between 7 and 9:00, nice conditions, clearing sky, mid-70s 13w50i 1 p.m. storm

team4 radar seeing a smarting of showers south of d.c. moving through areas of southern maryland, not much left i took that loop back you can see how the coverage has been shrink. woodbridge down route 1, 95 light shower now, and some showers currently around shirley duke headed down toward groveton in route 1. the higher humidity we have had and with all the rain as you might imagine, trees weed those are low. the grasses are moderate, but the mold count is high and with higher humidity starting again, for the weekend, well, we are going to see that mold spore count stick around. 69 to 74 commuter forecast tomorrow morning, absolutely delightful, wanted to show you some of those cool readings again, warrington, 65 62, manassas, 61, starting out in quantico, rook two days pretty nice then the 90s start this weekend. 30% chance of a shower thunderstorm, late saturday, we have got some afternoon storms on sunday chance early part of next week. this time, it's for four days,

our other heat stretch that was so long went for six days back in the month of june. guys? >> thanks, veronica. sports coming up, going to tell you why bryce harper is not concerned about his all-star struggles. first here is lester holt with a look at what is ahead on "nbc nightly news." >> hi jim and doreen. tonight, the president's unusually candid response to a question about the bill cosby rape accusations and the message his answer may have overshadowed. we will tell you about new studies that suggest more of us should be on statin medication and the story of how online behemoth, amazon is about to lay down a bigger challenge to its

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we love the facts that bryce harper has already decided he is going to be in the all-star game for the next couple of years. >> home run derby 2018. schedule for the next years or so. before the second half of the baseball season gets under wake it's important that we highlight the two players that have consistently carried the nationals thus far. we haven't done this enough the last few days. bryce harper and max scherzer. you can make the case that these two guys are the best in the sport right now.

harper for position players and scherzer for pitchers. made max threw out this pic today, fun few days to represent the nationals bryce harper, thanks for the love fans #a sg. for harper, another rough go at the all-star game 0-3, including two strikeouts, three all-star games he has i peared in harper 0-6 with a walk and three strikeouts. biggest impact from the local team, orioles manny match chad dough, through with an rbi double for the american league in the seventh inning. also scored a run. as for bryce harper, the lack of production in the classic, not really phasingfazing him. >> rather hit homers in the game that the home run derby. you want to get a knock during the all-star game first one is going to be pretty cool, but all in all, you just try to get your knocks during season and do

that. >> another d.c. star getting a lot of attention for some comments he made recently john wall talking contracts with comcast sports net said -- he has a point. >> i couldn't agree more. >> his value what he means to this organization, a bargain right now. >> defend it on twitter? >> a lot of people -- >> because everybody under 25 now does the -- >> a lot of people with him and the organization sign him to the five-year, $80 million a great move. >> good move. >> great move. getting getting their money dez bryant, $45 million guaranteed, he will not miss training camp or any games. he said if he didn't get a long-term deal, he was going to hold out. else where the redskins with the ninth most valuable sports team in the world. that according to a ranking from

" "forbes" one of three nfl teams in the top ten with the cowboys and patriots. for third straight year real madrid first, checking in at $3.26 billion. stage 11 tour de france. we know why the chicken cross the road, how about the cows? >> no! >> this runner good job avoiding the cows moo, too, the leader is british rider chris from, another growyellow jersey, leads tj vander garden by 2:52. >> you know the definition of no contest? a bicyclist -- >> and a cow. >> and a cow. >> could have been ugly. >> whoa. >> could have been ugly. >> nightly news next. >> see you at 11:00. have a good evening.

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