up, actually in july 2015, this month. and they say that the last six years, they have been terrorizing specifically prince george's county. according to police sources, this is an example of the work of the simple city criminal organization. when backs are turned at the gas station pump, they would open the passenger door and take a purse, cell phone computer or whatever they could grab. >> essentially running their own little crime school, where they would discuss with each other what they were doing what worked, and what didn't and talk about the schemes they had in mind. >> reporter: this morning, fbi agents stormed the homes of 12 people believed to be members of the alleged ring known as the simple city criminal organization. most members lived in southeast d.c., but are believed responsible for the majority of car thefts and many i.d. thefts in prince george's county for the past six years. they also operated in montgomery county and d.c. >> there were members who would go out and steal the cars, the purses and wallets smartphones and tablet computers. there were other members to whom they would sell or transfer the

stolen access devices, credit cards, atm cards and those folks would then use the credit cards and atm cards to commit other fraud schemes and get money from banks and financial institutions. >> reporter: today in federal court members faced one count of conspiracy to participate in racketeering enter prize. charges included motor vehicle theft, robbery, sale of stolen property wire fraud, bank fraud, identity theft and bank robbery, among other charges. most of the members of this group were in federal court today being charged and facing their charges. two of the members are already in jail and they are looking for some additional folks that are going to be putting out information to get help from the public on trying to catch them. coming up on news 4 at 6:00 this group operated for six years. why they were allowed to go on that long and how police were able to connect all these crimes together. reporting live in greenbelt i'm tracee wilkins. back to you in the studio. breaking right now at 5:00,

officials have just identified the man who opened fire at u.s. marines at two military facilities in ten a source tells the associated press his name muhammad youssef abdulazeez, 24 years old and believed to be from kuwait originally but he had been living in hickson, tennessee, just across the river from chattanooga. police say this morning, went to a military recruiting office and opened fire from his car. then, drove to a naval and marine reserve center where he killed four marines. officers shot and killed abdulazeez and the governor of tennessee just spoke to reporters and said at first, there was concern this could have been a larger attack. >> initially were reports not just of the two location bus several location of gunshots being fired so i think the security here, there was a concern that there might be some larger, coordinated effort going on. i think they reacted to that as well. >> three other people were also hurt in that shooting including another soldier and a

chattanooga police officer. abdulazeez is believed tonight lone gunman. we are going to stay on top of this story and keep updates coming. jim? >> chris, thank you. now back to new developments on the crash that killed a woman on the sidewalk in wasn't a car hit her as she was walking near randolph and veers mill roads. shomari stone is there live with details. shomari? >> reporter: police are investigating this case. randolph road has reopened here by veers mill road in wheaton. behind me is where this crash occurred that woman was on the sidewalk. a man told me she was minding her owner bish the car jumped a curb and plowed into her. let's show you video from moments ago. montgomery county police told us the car was going east on randolph road. for some unknown reason that driver lost control. she hit a utility pole and the car kept on going. that's aes's when she hit 495-year-old woman on the sidewalk. the woman died at the hospital. medics drove the driver to the hospital. she is going to be okay. she has minor injuries.

back out here live, we also talked to a man who actually works at a barber shop right on this block and he tells me that this woman was on the sidewalk and a lot of folks are trying to figure out why this car jumped the curb. of course, montgomery county police crash scene investigators, they are investigating and we will figure out what exactly happened. live here in wheaton shomari stone, back to you in the studio. >> thanks, show marry. the first time tonight, we are hearing from the detectives who cracked the case of the missing lyons sisters, the ones who vanished 40 years ago in montgomery county maryland. our david culver is in bedford county, virginia where investigators think the girls were taken and word about others possibly involved in the case. >> reporter: with the face of the young victims hanging next to them, a new phase announced in the 40-year-old mistystery of the leeyons sisters. authorities from bedford county virginia and montgomery county maryland, pressing forward with

the prosecution of lloyd welch jr. >> that the purpose of this abduction and ultimate murder of the lyons sisters was for a sexually -- for sexual exploitation purposes. >> reporter: scope winding tonight. police naming another person they believe may have sexually assaulted katherine and shelia lyon, the suspect's uncle richard welch, stopping short of calling him a suspect. >> richard welch remains person of interest in this case, as do other people. and i underline other people. >> reporter: despite their progress, police say some are creating roadblocks in their investigations. >> it's frustrating. it's disconcerting. it's upsetting to know that there's people that know and wouldn't do anything. parents out there that have their own children that are keeping things from us. >> reporter: these two police detectives take it bernlism it's their work that's led to welch's indictment. this is the first time we are hearing from them. >> we literally dedicated our lives to this case. >> because it helps that --

>> reporter: detective mark januariny is used to making the trip to delaware where welch is being held on an unrelated crime. his interactions with welch -- >> cord kbralial and lengthy. >> reporter: as prosecutors move forward eager to add others to the docket. >> we will continue to be relentless until every single person that harmed those girls are held responsible. >> reporter: david culver, news4. a manhunt under way for a guy accused of running down a prince george's county police officer with his car. this is the second case involving a police officer being intentionally hit in less that 24 hours. news4's pat collins live on oxon hill for us. pat? >> reporter: jim, the cop in this case ended up with a broken leg, but trust me this could have been far far worse. you can see the broken car glass. you can see the car tire tracks.

you can see the scarred tree nearby. this is the man they are looking for. the charge attempted second second-degree murder the victim, a prince george's county police officer. district heights, todd and alberta drives. this is how police tell the story. it was about 5:40 last night. a police officer recognize man in a car, a man who they say was arrested just a few days ago on a serious drug charge. he wants to know more. he goes to talk to that man but then, it gets ugly. they say the suspect won't answer any questions. they say he won't even get out of his car. the officer reaches in through the driver's side window to keep him from driving off. but as he does, the man put the car in gear, the seatbelt traps the officer's arm. as the car lurches forward the officer is dragged along the

side, as the car hits the tree and ends up on the lawn. and that crash free the officer. the suspect gets out and runs away. the officer tries chase him, but he can't. he can't because his leg is broken. the suspect in this case, identified as 26-year-old danny lee harvell. >> that suspect is still outstanding. we are actively searching for him. we know who he is. and officers along the east coast are now aware of who we are looking for. >> reporter: now, eight hours after the the district heights case, at a gags station heres station on wheeler road, a police officer tries to arrest a suspect with a stolen car when that officer is run down. i will have more about that coming up at 6:00. now back to you. >> thanks so much pat. just days after commuting the sentence of a local man on drug charges, president obama went to a prison today to announce an overhaul of the criminal justice system. while at the federal

correctional institution in oklahoma, he called for more job training and better prison culture. the president wants to crackdown on sex assaults and limit solitary confinement. he says we need to distinguish between those who are dangerous and hose who made bad choices. >> these are young people who made mistakes that respect that different that the mistakes i made and mistakes a lot of you guys made. >> republicans in congress say they support his plan. they hope to finalize a bill before president obama leaves office. as part of that prison overhaul plan, president obama commuted the sentence of 46 prisoners this week. among them a man from hyattsville, maryland, norman o'neil brown has been in prison since 1993. he was grieve an life sentence for the possession and sale of crack cocaine. president obama says brown would not even be in jail in the first place because of the change in our gun -- or drug laws. we are learning new details

tonight about the first heat-related death in maryland this year. it was a 2-year-old child left in a car in baltimore for at least 24 hours last month. the child's father is the one who left child in the vehicle and later discovered her. he is under arrest. police urge parents to check their vehicles before walking away from them. and we are getting a little bit of a break from the heat and humidity now but it's going to be a brief one before the heat wave rolls in vj. >> that's right. going to move into some sticky conditions, then down right oppressive. this upcoming heat wave could very well be one of the longest ones they have had for the summer so far. today with the low humidity temperatures topping out, but again, weekend, a lot of heat and high humidity, pleasant conditions, fleas you are your sticky or more uncomfortable conditions for friday, friday night, oppressive for the

upcoming weekend. i will show you how high the heat index values will be topping out and how strong those storms could be this upcoming weekend. i will have that in a couple of minutes. guys? >> thanks. right now the evening commute is faring far better for the morning on riders on the red line a foam spill on the tracks yesterday was still a problem for several hours today. take a look, some trains lost their power which meant no ac. they were single-tracking between grovner and twin brook. that meant crowded trains and delays more than 30 minutes. angry riders took to twitter today, some say metro needs to do a better job of notifying people about problems. improvements are under way on a congested loudoun county road that cost commuters a lot of time. route 606 is a krit nal north/south link between the dulles green way and route 50. it is bordered by dulles airport, homes and businesses. this morning, officials broke ground on a project to widen route 606 to a four-lane divided highway. right now the road carries three times the traffic that it should

and sees hundreds of accidents each year. >> it is probably the biggest challenge that we have right now you have a road during the rush hour times where people are stuck for almost as much as 45 minutes. >> that project is expected to last about two years. coming up, this looks more like the waterfront in miami here but it's going to be the district in just a couple of short years. we will show you more of this dramatic change to life on the banks of our potomac. plus, outrage after a murder suspect in montgomery county is allowed to go free. find out why the judge let him walk. and if you have seen the #remembering rebecca, we have the story of how one young woman changed lives in virginia and across the world with one bucket list.

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almost never do people accused of first-degree murder walk out of jail before their trials but that's what happened in our area yesterday and tonight there is frustration and bewilderment in the police and prosecutor ranks. >> chris gordon joins us live in

montgomery county with one judge's controversial decision. >> reporter: judge gary bare released this murder defendant because the trial had been delayed until december and he would have had to stay in jail until then and because the defendant had only a minor criminal record, a drug charge back in 2008. but montgomery county police and prosecutors are upset tonight that a murder suspect they say has been released back onto the street. let's tell you how this all came about. the murder happened last december, the silver spring home of 26-year-old jonathan harris. he had been a successful kidney transplant patient who had been profiled on nbc news. harris was strangled during a home invasion and robbery. three suspects were arrested and charged with first-degree murder including 32-year-old deion sabotker. he had been held in jail without bond since december but at a hearing yesterday morning, montgomery county judge gary bare decided to release the

defendant on a $500,000 unsecured bond, which means he puts up no money. he is under home detention with electronic monitoring. judge bare said i don't believe the bail system is fair when you set a bond in an amount that no one can make, it doesn't make sense to me. state's attorney john mccarthy tells us he is looking into the handling of this matter. >> i am going to spend this afternoon talking to the attorneys that were involved in that case, that issue has been brought to my attention. obviously, there are public safety concerns that the police have brought to my attention and i share regarding that particular individual, but until i'm fully briefed on the case, i'm going to reserve comment. >> reporter: this afternoon, i went into judge bare's chambers and left my card with his secretary giving him an opportunity to comment saying we were going to do this story tonight. she freerd us to the administrative board here at the courthouse. coming up on news4 at 6:00 we will see what the administrative

judge has to say about the handling of a case in which a murder defendant is released and we will hear from police chief thomas major who says he has never seen anything like it in all his years of police. that is at 6:00 back to you in the studio. jim? d.c. police just raised the reward money to $5,000 to help catch the group involved in a violent robbery of a cyclist. take a look. this happened saturday but this video was just released. the robbers pulled the victim off his bike, knocked him to the ground and then one of them literally jumped on the victim with both feet there they took off with his bike. this happened saturday night in northwest near 11th and r streets. >> hard to watch. meanwhile, an executive for a popular chain of restaurant us in maryland will go to jail after pleading guilty in a peeping tom case. kyle mule houser was charged with secretly videotaping is several women as they used the bathroom at the rams head tavern in savage. he pleaded guilty today.

ed judge sentenced him to 90 days in jail mule houser was arrested in february, a few months after a woman found a small camera in a bathroom stall. a federal judge rejected the government's effort to throw out a lawsuit over the no fly list from a local family. government lawyers argue it had would be impossible to try the case without exposing state secrets about the individual involved and the prosecution used to put people on the list. galette of mohammed of alexandria timed suit after he was stopped from boarding aly if the from kuwait to dulles in 2011. since then the government says it has changed its procedures. there's new support tonight for a move to get rid of the english-only ordinance in frederick county. english became the official language for all county actions back in 2012. two council members recently introduced a bill to repeal thatted or mance. the immigrant rights group, casa demaryland praised the bill because they say it serves everyone to honor the county's

diversity. a public hearing is set for tuesday. former president george hw bush is expected to make a full recovery after a fall that broke a bone in his neck. that's the word from a neurosurgeon in maine. mr. bush is 91 years old and suffers from a form of parkinson's disease. the doctor says bush will be fitted with a neck brace and have to undergo surgery. >> the president never lost consciousness in the injury he established neither imbinged on his smooipsal cord nor resulted in any neurologic deficit. >> after being shot down over the pacific in world war ii mrs. bush says that is a small bump in the road for the former president. we showed you video of how this man tried to fight off his attacker in the district. now, he is telling his story to news4 tonight. find out what he tried to do to escape. and transitioning in the military, a service member tells her story about being

transgender in the military and how there are still so many challenges she faces every day. >> legally i'm a woman. but will the military

an osprey family in the district is enjoying a specially made high rise.

construction workers noticed the nest in the midst of a building project in southwest washington. the osprey had first built its nest on a working crane. that wouldn't do of course so, it's a protected species so they couldn't just tear it down. the nest will remain until the baby ospreys grow a little bit more and they can fly away. >> nice high rise. we have had some pretty nice weather today, right? clouds will be increasing turning back to our area and then get a little storm maimed very hot for a pretty long time. we have got a pretty hot stretch coming up probably our longest heat wave one of our longest that we have had for the summer so far. 7:00, temperature drops about 80 degrees mid-80s right now mid-70s by 11 p.m. clouds will start increasing throughout our area as winds start to shift around. so we have got high pressure now, around that high pressure system, more clouds start to build in too, and tomorrow that's what we are going to see is more cloud cover, higher

humidity, higher temperatures as well. as a matter of fact we have put together here the heat index, what it will feel like the next four days. while this is the next four days with that high humidity even after monday we are still looking at temperatures topping out over 90 degrees, heat index value right now, 90. 100 degrees what it will feel like on saturday. 101 on sunday and then 101 on monday. so of course, these are the types of conditions that we have coming up where it's real easy to do anything outdoors get tired, fatigued, you can suffer heat exhaustion or cramps so be mindful of that, temperatures topping out over 95 degrees. why we always stress never leaving your -- never to leave your pets in the car or of course, any kids never, never never. just 10 minutes in the car that temperature at 95 degrees up to 114, 124 for 20 minutes inside of a car with the windows up. 79 degrees tomorrow the commuter forecast for early day is going to be pretty nice. sunshine around the area after the fog burns off, mid-70s for temperatures between 8 and 10

a.m. here is a look at the fog that will be building across the area starts early, around 2 a.m. by 9 a.m., a lot of the fog will start to burn off, keep that in mind, might want to get an early start on your day 86 the temperature inside the beltway 87, 88 degrees fredericksburg, 85 to the north, so it's going to be a little sticky tomorrow and start to feel a little uncomfortable. i'm calling it a day that's going to be quite warm. you can see the future weather throughout the day tomorrow, clouds rotating through partly sunny mostly cloudy in some areas, especially near the mountains recreational impact, going to be outdoor 80 degrees by 11 a.m., we stay in the 80s for the afternoon with that higher humidity, still, i think a good day to get out and get a run n scattered thunderstorms for saturday, 49 degrees, those storms could be any time during the day a lot of times we tell you, during the afternoon, but this time, saturday, any time. so a 50/50 weekend. best day of the weekend if you want to call it that, i still think it's really going to be a good day to be inside maybe catching a movie 'cause again

it's going to be hot, start of our heat wave. let's take a look now at the extended forecast what you can expect the next few days four-day forecast here, from 96 on sunday to 95 on monday and remember, i mentioned that the humidity was going to be high right into the early part of next week but look at the temperatures even after that the humidity may drop but we are at 90 degrees on tuesday, 95 degrees on wednesday. and just a couple of minutes, we will have a look at what you can expect at the beaches for the next couple of days in your full forecast as well. >> thanks, vj. "game of thrones", the hit show, has a long list of emmy nominations. finds out how this award-winning show has a connection to montgomery county, maryland. we have been telling you about the danger of laundry detergent pods for kids. but now, "consumer reports" is taking a new step.

you may have seen this video by now, a 61-year-old man fights off a wannabe robber outside an apartment building here on 16th street in northwest d.c. >> tonight, news4's derrick ward and myself talked to the man about how it all went down. >> reporter: a local man is bruised and frightened but he is okay after fending off a pair of muggers. it was all captured on video. the bruises still sore after a week but it could have been worse a lot worse for this mugging victim. only wants us to use his first name pedro. his faceoff with a would-be

attacker july 10th was call the by surveillance cameras. the video released by the metropolitan police department. speaking through a translater, he talks about how he was coming home from his second job, it was late sew walked a co-worker home for his own safety. he didn't know soon his own safety would be in jeopardy. he says after seeing the co-worker off safely he missed his bus and wasn't familiar with the neighborhood or bus route social started walking. as he walks along 16th street near euclid two men approach him from the street corner and they ask for money. he says he has none and keeps walking. as he crossed the street, he noticed he was being followed. he picked up his pace but so did the people following him. they were running. news4's erika gonzalez translates. >> he says that one of the men cut through like a bushy area to try to get to him before he realized he had him behind him attacking him. >> reporter: he trounce the nearest place he might get help this apartment building. >> he ran to the nearest building because he knew that there would be somebody there.

>> reporter: neither he nor his attackers, especially his attacks, knew they were in view of the building's sur vale lens camera. in the view, you see them frantically pushing door the buzzer, pulling at the door one of the muggers tries to take his backpack and lets loose a flurry of punches. pedro fending for himself as best he can. luckily, gets the attention of the two people inside. >> two people came out. >> reporter: the muggers ran out without getting anything. he went inside the building, bruised and but safe. an effort aimed at reducing sex assaults among teenagers and on college campuses is a step closer tonight to becoming law. virginia senator tim kaine's bill called the safe relationships act passed today in the senate. it would require high schools that receive federal funding for things like safety and mental health to provide students with training on consent and what to do if they were a victim of violence. >> the problem is most accuse for 16 to 24-year-olds and so, why not? why not equip our students with more tools and more knowledge so that they know you know, how to

avoid, how to report how to seek help if they feel like they are in jeopardy? >> the idea for the safe relationships act came from students at uva in the wake of that now-debunked "rolling stone's" article. the measure now heads to the house. even though she was just a teenagers, rebecca townsend already had a bucket list, it included saving a life. she died doing just that saving the life of a friend. but as news4's mark seagraves reports, her story is inspiring people here in our area andgraves reports, her story is inspiring people here in our area and around the world. >> much as she has saved lives here, she saved lives across the world. >> reporter: rebecca townsend just graduated high school. fourth of july in her hometown in connecticut rebecca and a friend were crossing the street on the way home from watching fireworks when she saw a car headed toward them. rebecca was able to push her friend to safety, but she was killed. her friends weren't surprised that rebecca would sacrifice

herself for someone else. but what did surprise the young girl's family and friends was a letter they found after her death. a bucket list for the future rebecca to complete. a kiss in the rain. to fly to spain. and to save a life. it turns out rebecca townsend was well on her way to saving lives long before she pushed her friend out of the direct path of that car. she has many times over she has many, many times over. she has made lives possible. she already has given theme future. >> reporter: town send had been raising money for a non-profit here in our area, the arlington academy of hope to help fund a school in u began d.a. the teenager from connecticut had formed a connection with a young ugandan girl named joy, who she sponsored. the two never met, but they had been exchanging letters. rebecca townsend had not only touched the lives of many

children in africa, schull she helped save young girls like joy and provide them a future long before she gave her own life to save a friend. >> it's a touching story but for me it's an affirmation of the goodness of the kids in this country and the people of this country. >> reporter: the foundation is raising money in rebecca's name to continue to help provide schools and medical assistance to joy and her classmates in u began d.a. mark segraves -- uganda. mark segraves, news4. >> like more information about uganda and how you can help, go to nbcwashington.com and search remembering rebecca. another clear warning for anyone using those laundry detergent pods. plus, he may be king at table tennis but it would be hard to believe that this guy is suffering from parkinson's disease. find out how this local dad has overcome more than just the medical challenge, jim. and don't forget news4 at 5:00 is on the air no matter where you are0bóñóñçoñl@ú

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simple dose liquid laundry detergents are convenient and easy to joyce eust but they can be poisonous. 19-month-old wyatt had to be intube baited and airlifted to a pediatric intensive care unit after biting into a laundry pod. wyatt is not alone. in the first six months of this year, poison control centers have received more than 6,000 reports of young children ingesting the pods or getting them in their eyes or on their skin. >> "consumer reports" has been warning about the pods since 2012. >> reporter: they have tried to make them lech accessible containers opaque instead of clear and some of the pack plunging is hard to open. recently, some manufacturers, including procter & gamblemaker of tide pods sun corps, maker of almighty packs and cotton washmaker of drops now says they plan to coat their laundry packs

in a bitter tasting substance procter & gamble says it will increase the strength of the pods to make it harder for them to break open and release the highly concentrated detergent. >> we applaud these changes, ngful decrease in the number of injury, we are not recommending liquid laundry pods and we strongly urge households with children under 6 years old to avoid them. >> the american cleaning institute issued a statement saying aci takes every incident of accidental exposure with cleaning products seriously and remains to committed to keeping kids safe with a strong reminder all household cleaning products should be kept out of reach of children. we have got much more on this story and more comment on our nbcwashington.com. search laundry pods. the pentagon took a step toward accepting transgender service members. >> it sure did but, but we talked to the one woman who transitioned and said the military sometime has -- sometimetill has a long way to

go. those walls over there are holding back the river. what's happening here? i will have the story coming up. heat and humidity arrive for the weekend. when

here at the live desk, following that story in tennessee four u.s. marines shot and killed, several others wounded, including a police officer and president obama just came out at the white house to talk to the country about what happened. >> i just received a briefing

from fbi director comey, as well as my white house team about the tragic shooting that took place in chattanooga today. we don't know yet all the details. we know that -- what appears to be a lone gunman carried out these attack we have identified a name. and at this point, a full investigation is taking place. the fbi will be in the lead working closely with local law enforcement. we have also been in contact with the department of defense to make sure that all our defense facilities are properly attentive and vigilant as we sort through exactly what happened. as details of the investigation proceed, we will make sure that the fbi, as well as local law enforcement, are providing the public with all the information that's involved. my main message right now is

obviously the deepest sympathies of the american people to the four marines that have been killed. it is a heartbreaking circumstance for these individuals who served our county great valor to be killed in this fashion. and although the families are still in the process of being contacted i want them to know that i speak for the american people in expressing our deepest condolences and knowing that they have their full -- they have our full support. >> in the last hour, vice president biden also promised that the united states will get to the bottom of this shooting. he is asking americans to pray for the families of those marines. at the live deck, i'm chris lawrence. right now, a group is

working out the details of how transgender service members will felt into the armed forces. >> news4's meagan fitzgerald talked with the current transgender soldier about the challenges she is still facial. she joins us now with her story. ing me aen? -- megan? >> many of those soldiers say they have been living a lie and in fear for years, but for one woman we spoke with who is officially transitioned to being a man the journey has been both devastating and rewarding. >> i was originally born as michael mason. >> reporter: ever since michael mason was 18 years old, he has lived his dream of being a soldier in the u.s. military. i joined the navy then switched over to the army. >> reporter: serving five tours in iraq and afghanistan where he was recognized for his bravery. >> you served everybody before your own. >> reporter: but this 2010, michael made the decision that

being a brave soldier also meant a being true to who she was. >> i persisted and was able to get prescription hormones so that i could further my journey into womanhood. >> reporter: in her quest to become mia mason she says the military discovered her attempt to transition and she was discharged. >> you are what we call transgender, transgenderism and we can discharge you on this. >> reporter: after completing her transition as a legal woman -- >> my current social security number of mia is female. were she fought to return to the national guard arguing with the latest policy changes that protect federal employees against being discriminated against for gender identity, she was wrongfully discharged and says the army agreed. >> now chef change it had to sergeant mia mason and they should have it as sergeant mia mason, a female. >> reporter: mia says even though the ban on transgender soldiers serving openly is lifted, there is still a long way to go to make sure they are

treated with dignity and respect. >> i have a voice and i want that to be shared. >> reporter: mia will return to her -- the d.c. national guard this weekend. it will be the first time since she was discharged. but even though she is legally a woman we will explain at 6:00 why she might be forced to serve as a man when she shows up for duty on saturday. back to you. >> megan thanks so much. he is known as the bionic man in the table tennis world. a montgomery county athlete has already overcome the challenge of a partially mechanical heart to be one of the top players in the world. as melissa mollet reports tonight, now as he tries to qualify for the paralympic games in rio, he finds himself facing yet another battle. >> life has been about defying the odds. >> reporter: for table tennis liver and a half vein cue mark the odds have been stacked at times, five open heart surgeries a pacemaker, a partially mechanical heart and most recent

lakers diagnosis of parkinson's disease. it's the parkinson's disease that brought 41-year-old and a half vein here to the maryland table tennis center in gaithersburg. he is part of the u.s. paralympic program and is the first person with parkinson's to qualify at the olympic level for any paralympic sport. his go, to represent the u.s. in the summer paralympic games rio 23016. and a half vein loves the rush of the game, his wins, but place for his health. table ten his takes stamina, it takes focus. he believes this is what it takes to keep his parkinson's disease from getting worse.

>> something when table tennis and what it does for the brain that is really beneficial. >> reporter: same game, new reason to play. as a boy naveen played the low-impact sport because it was something his little heart could handle. >> gave me some confidence in myself, being able to actually play something physical and enjoy it. >> reporter: naveen says the proof is in the power of the paddle. just watch. >> right now, i have to deal with the shaky happened. go figure. but how do i compensate? take this beautiful thing here i have in my hand this ping pong paddle, stick it in my hand and guess what, hocus pocus the handshaking is goneehand shaking is gone completelism. >> reporter: naveen now has a world ranking thanks in part to coach larry hollins. >> the naveen today would absolutely not like the naveen a year ago. >> reporter: between now and then each serve forehand or

back hand, naveen is a tiny bit closer to the games and his goal of keeping his heart and hands healthy. but being this good actually takes lot of practice. naveen is here about 20 hours a week and typically plays against somebody who actually knows what they are doing. >> you think my hands are shaking from the parkinson's but scared to death playing melissa here. >> reporter: in gaithersburg melissa mollet news4. >> he is amazing. >> he would smoke you. >> off the table. amelia is here with join us with forecast. how are things looking? >> tomorrow, a break from the heat and humidity, but it arrives on saturday and it is going to stick around through next wednesday. so five-day heat wave. tomorrow will be a little bit more humid than today. today's weather, guys, a perfect ten, low humidity, plenty of sunshine. a bit more humid tomorrow. overall, a nice day. hot and humid for the weekend, tracking the possibility of some

thunderstorms on saturday. sunday is looking dry. your weather impact forecast for tomorrow, the weather having a low impact on your day. a touch more humid and a bit more cloud cover. right now temperatures generally around 80 degrees, 81 le78 an nap poly washington warm sports, 85 degrees. beautiful this evening. 9 p.m., temperature around 76. midnight, in the low 70s. the suburbs tonight are going to dip into the mid to upper 60s, you can open up the windows, give the air conditioner a break. tomorrow morning at 8 a.m. we will warm up quickly. at that point, a temperature of 75 degrees and some pa to deal. any fogginess burns off 8, 9 a.m. isolated shower over the mountains, most of us a, a dry day mix clouds and sunshine. mid-80s, 4 p.m., 86 our high tomorrow a nice friday evening, if you're going to the nationals game tomorrow night weather looking good for the game, 8:00 temperature of about 79 degrees. so the pool outlook, tomorrow looking great, saturday, storms

are possible. if you're trying to decide what day out of the weekend to head to the pool, definitely recommend sunday. know it is going to feel like 100 degrees sunday afternoon when we do factor in the humidity, maybe even a little bit warmer inside of the belt way, heading to the beach to escape the heat, water temperature, 78 degrees tomorrow at the beach, looking good, maybe an isolated thunderstorm there saturday and sunday, otherwise, temperatures at the beach this weekend jeeply if the upper 80s. back here at home on saturday, a high temperature of 94 degrees 50% chance that you're dwelling some thunderstorms, that threat not only confined to the afternoon hours, you could be dealing with a thundershower saturday morning as well. but not a washout by any means, sunday hazy, hot and humid, high of 96 the chance of some late-day thunderstorms. on monday, hive 95 the thunderstorms a cold from the moving through that will help to rem the humidity from the air. tuesday and wednesday, it is still hot, guys, nice the throw mid-90s, plenty of sunshine. >> thanks, amelia. the emmy nominations are in and the big winner is "game of

thrones." the hbo drama received 24 nominations. joining them in the race for best drama is "better call saul," "downton abbey"," "homeland," "house of cards" "mad men" and orange is the new black. "game of thrones'" producer and writer brian cogman grew up in potomac. he told us in a skype interview today his success began when he started doing afterschool place at churchill high school. >> i don't know what i would have done or where i would have been if i hadn't had those opportunities to do plays write plays, perform in plays, learn about the arts and about the history of the arts. it informed everything i do to this day, so yay, montgomery county public school art programs. >> he is in belfast, northern ireland ireland, shooting the sixth season of "game of thrones." d.c. waterfront about to get a dramatic facelift. find out why a lot more folks

are about to go down there for more than just the fish market. day care dilemma, the news4 i-team reveals why military families are forced to use their own money to pay for a program

one of the most popular places in washington is the old seafood market down on the southwest waterfront. >> now it's part of a $2 billion makeover of the entire waterfront. news4's tom sherwood shows us how this massive transformation

has reached a new milestone. were respect seafood market well known to commuters, tourists and residence just a small corner of the southwest waterfront, a waterfront being remade as the steel bulkhead holds back $200 million gallons of water. the size of the 25-acre project is hard to imagine until you see it up close. >> this is actually one of the very largest mixed use developments in the country. >> reporter: this is what it will look like after three phases of construction. the first businesses and homes will be ready in early 2017. mayor muriel bowser and other officials today marked a new phase in the construction. the land is finally ready for actual building. >> nobody is going to tell georgetown, but this is going to be the crown jewel of our waterfront. >> i was born and raised here. >> reporter: carl skoal a sixth generation southwest res debt. he remembers when the wharf area was a thriving market and community. now, it will be back. >> i knew this would happen.

i've never lost faith in it. >> reporter: the last of 30000 truck loads of dirt was hauled out today. when done the mix of hotels homes and retail is expected to create house to stands of jobs and bring in $50 million a year in new tax revenue. in the district, tom sherwood, news4. now at 6:00, we are following three big stories unfolding at this hour. first, breaking news in colorado, a verdict has been reached in the movie theater massacre trial of james holmes. >> that announcement is expected in just a few minutes much the jury made its decision after two days of deliberations. holmes pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity in connection to the shootings that killed 12 and injured dozens more. we are monitoring the situation inside the courtroom. we will bring updates as they happen. now to tennessee and the search for a motive in a deadly

attack at two military facilities. >> the gunman opened fire at a recruiting center in choochattanooga this morning then drove to a naval marine center where he shot and killed four marines before being killed himself. >> the fbi is raiding the suspected shooter's home right across the river from chattanooga in the up to of hixon. his name is muhammad youssef abdulazeez and he was 24 years old he is a naturalized u.s. citizen and originally from kuwait. witnesses say they heard 25 to 30 shots at the recruiter's office this morning but never actually saw the shooter. now, that makes sense because police say he was firing from a car. investigators say abdulazeez went to a reserve center and gunned down four marines. he wounded t