hits home. the new twist in that tennessee shooting spree. that could spring the victims to part of our area. >> and right now, some ominous skies over the area. are you dolinge dealing are rain later today. >> and first a shocking scene. two securities targeted in the middle of the night. >> and we are following interesting developments in that area. megan mcgrath starts off. what are you learning, meghan? >> reporter: well there's been a lot of police activity at this participant complex. take a look at this video. we shot this about an hour ago.

police returning to the central gardens of apartments. this is where the two security guards were shot overnight. you can see the officers are putting three men in handcuffs. these three individuals were then taken by police from the scene. now this happened just about an hour ago not far from where the shooting happened. these men were over by the pool area just behind the building where the shooting happened. police, we should say, put out a tweet just a short time ago saying that there have been no arrests in connection with the murder of a security guard in capitol heights and they will announce any significant updates as they happen. it was 1:00 in the morning. two security guards were here doing their jobs. they were working when somebody opened fire. >> this woman lights a candle near the spot where the two security guards were shot.

she said the guards were friendly and there to protect them. >> they were kind. they just had to do their jobs. >> reporter: it was 1:00 in the morning. the security guards were on duty at the central gardens apartments when someone opened fire. one of the guards was killed and police say this was no random act of violence. >> at the time of the shooting, it appears the guards were inside their vehicle doing paperwork. >> and it appears they were targeted? >> yes, ma'am. were two cars were towed from the scene. investigators left with several bags of ed as well, includeing what looked like a bullet proof vest. regulars say the guards are armed. it's unclear if either of the victims returned fire. >> it's so sad. >> reporter: this woman didn't want her face shown but she says the guard who was killed was a

young man and a dedicated father. >> the sad thing about it, he was so young. his daughter is about two or three years old. he would talk to us. >> reporter: and police say that after the murder, a black dodge charger was seen speeding away from the scene going toward central avenue. they are asking any witnesses to come forward. police saying at this point no arrests have been made. back to you. >> also happening right now in prince george's county firefighters going through an apartment building that burned this morning in new carrollton. just off annapolis road inside the beltdway, we're waiting to here what caused the fire and whether or not anybody was hurt. >> and this just breaking now. we understand that five vehicles carrying the four marines killed in chattanooga are on their way to virginia from tennessee. we do not know exactly where

those bodies are being carried to. we understand that the suspected shooter's body is also in this caravan being accompanied by police cars. at the same time, we're learning more about two of the marines who were killed. skip wells was 21 years old and from georgia and thomas sullivan was 40 years and from massachusetts. served two tours of duty in iraq and earned a purple heart. a againman opened fire on thursday killing two marines. we are working to find out more about the other two marines who were killed. the t gunman was killed in a fire fight with police. this morning the fbi is digging into the the life of mohammad youssuf abdulazeez. they say he was not under fbi surveillance and was not on any

watch list. the fbi is looking into his past travels to the middle east. officials say several years ago his father was investigated for a potential connection to a terror organization. nothing was found. this morning childhood friend say they never expected anything like this. >> i want people to know that he wasn't always like this. he was a completely different person growing up. >> you can usually get a creepy vibe off of someone. he did not put out that kind of vibe. >> in our next half hour, we'll have a live report from tennessee where more on how investigation v investigators are looking into this suspect's social media activity. looking outside right now, some ominous clouds across the area. you can see here a live look with the capitol. no rain in the storms. scanning the sky, everywhere is dry. lone showers in maryland and for the most part dry today, maybe a mountain shower or thunderstorm that would be west

of i- 81. a mix of clouds and sun shine into the afternoon hours. here's sky cast at noon. some peeks of sun shine. the humidity is back. coming up in about soten minutes more on temperatures and what you can expect for the high and this weekend potentially a six-day heat wave. >> not looking forward to that. right now police are trying to figure out how a woman lost control of her car before killing and hitting a mother of hit. it happened yesterday wheaton. the 83-year-old driver lost control of her car and hit a utility pole and struck the woman. we're learning several pedestrians have been hit and killed by drivers in that area. police could like to hear from you if you were in the area. we are two hours of the from

a nasa releasing two new images of pluto. nasa is taking questions today from the public. you can tweet them your questions using the hash tag ask nasa glnchts nasa nasa. a terrifying tornadoes new today on news 4 midday we're hearing accounts from people who say the storm destroyed

we following the stories you're clicking on this morning. the lock necessary monster might not be real. shocking i know, but there's a marine expert who says it is likely a very large cat fish. specifically, it's most likely a

wells cat fish which can grow up to 13 feet long and weigh more than 800 pounds. you can't eat that one. if you stay at the henna hotel in japan it features a robot. the robots greet you and pour your coffee and do the cleaning. the hotel also says it uses face recognition instead of room keys. henna translate into strange. tms noticed earlier this week if you were trying to use the hash tag caitlyn jenner nothing would column column column. instagram blocked the ability to see recent texts and photos because there was a comment of awful uploads. we're back with m

it was just destruction. there's nothing left. the everything are flattened. there's houses moved off their foundations. i mean, it was a big one. right now people outside chicago are cleaning up the mess left behind from a massive tornado. lis police say the twister caused major damage. right now no one except emergency personnel is being allowed in the town. so far no significant injuries reported reported. tomorrow, not focussed on severe weather. we are focussed on the heat and humidity for tomorrow. today the calm before the storm. temperatures in the 70s. 79 in washington. and a high of 86 degrees and sun

shine into the afternoon hours. feels like temperatures starting this weekend on into monday over 100 degrees sunday and monday when you factor into the mugginess, we could be under a heat advisor on sunday and monday. we have your first 4 traffic and weekend work. green line trains running on regular weekend schedule. saturday yellow line trains every 15 minutes between hunting ton and mount vernon square. sunday yellow line trains running every 15 minutes between hunting ton. saturday and sunday buses replacing orange line trains between eastern market and new carrollton carrollton. vandals strike a local place of worship for a second time in

a week. >> and something in your freezer

right now police in manassas are searching for the person who targeted a northern virginia mosque. we are joined with more on the investigation. >> now this unit is done. >> reporter: the latest apparent act of vandalism took out an ac unit. workers just fixed it after

someone cut into the pipes and the one right beside it days ago. >> this was monday morning. >> reporter: worshippers discovered the second incident including an electrical box found pried up during evening hours. two days in the same week during this mosque and some no longer doubt the motive. >> i am starting to plooefbelieve it's a hate crime. somebody knows what they're doing. >> reporter: it's easy to get access to all three air-conditioning units from the road. they're fast tracking a security plan to add lighting and cameras. >> we're not sure at this time whether it's a biassed motive. >> reporter: still they say addressing the issue before it gets out of control is the right thing to do. >> it's incumbent on our nation's political leaders to speak out against the kind of islam phobia that's growing in our nation and can lead to these kinds of attacks.

>> reporter: the police stepped up controls and are on heightened alert. they tell me at this point there's nothing to indicate these cases are more than typical vandalism. in manassas, news 4. >> the anger and frustration very clear last night. a federal worker's whose data was stolen confronted staff. hundreds of workers gather for one of one assistance. many questioned how effective credit monitoring can be since it is publicly known the monitoring lasts only 18 months. we know this breach affected a lot of people in our area. if you are one of the victims trying to safeguard your data from here on out we have a list of ideas on our website. you can go to nbcwashington.com and search opm. take a look at this nasty fight at a softball tournament in maryland.

this video was taken two days ago. police say the argument started over a player being kicked off of a new jersey travel softball team. both men are now charged with second degree assault and disorderly conduct. george hw bush took a tumble. doctors say the fracture to the vert bray will heal on its own. it didn't lead to any other injuries and we're working to find out when he'll be released from maine medical center. president obama called mr. bush yesterday to wish him a speedy recovery. here's the latest radar image. you can see the clouds continuing to form as we work into the midday hours. this is a sign of the humidity streaming into the area for the most part, mainly cloudy right

now as we head into the afternoon. i think we will start to see a little bit more sun shine return. partly sunny skies. looking ahead to tomorrow there's a chance of a shower during the morning hours. scattered showers likely during the afternoon and evening hours. it's hot and humid. because of the humidity some heavy rain is possible and that could lead to flash flooding concerns later in the day tomorrow but aside from that, high winds and hail really not in the forecast with tomorrow's storms. i'll be showing you future weather, timing out the storm potential in about ten minutes. >> new today, let's take a look inside your freezer and refrigerators. aspen foods is recalling 2 million pounds of chicken. they say the raw chicken might be contaminated with sal manila. these are the ones to watch out for. the recalled products include chicken that's stuffed and bred and it also may appear cooked

but it's really raw. three people have been infected so far. earlier this week barbara foods of maine recalled 1.3 million pounds of chicken over concerns. >> the trial of james holmes is heading into the sentencing phase now. jurors will decide if he gets the death penalty. a jury found him guilty on 165 counts yesterday h.. he killed 12 people and wounded dozens of others. jurors rejected the idea that he was legally insane. if a single juror disagrees with the death sentence he'll be sent to prison for life. new details about the brazen escape of a drug lord. it was 18 minutes before anybody was alerted about the escape of the man. that's according to two mexican lawmakers. we know the story by now.

he sneaked into a mile-long tunnel saturday night and now a massive man hunt is underway. mexico's interior minister says anybody who helped him will be punished. suge knight is headed back to court to argue his bail in his murder case should be reduced to $10 million. right now bail is set at $25 million million. they say it is excessive. they say it is appropriate given his failure to appear for hearings from previous cases. he has been in court for allegedly running over two men with his truck. one of the men died. knight has pleaded not guilty. police are asking nicely for you n if you scooped up any of the money that fell out of an armored truck, please return it. thousands of dollars flew out of the truck wednesday night in the baltimore harbor tunnel.

drivers stopped and began picking the money up. they say the door security malfunctioned. they say anyone who took some of the cash can return it without being prosecuted for theft. the led deddeadline is 5:00 p.m. tomorrow. the mishap in the air that could have been a disaster.

suddenly it was all trees and then it was fire. >> we're hearing from a drive 16-year-old girl who lived through a small plane crash in washington state. she was flying home with her step grant parents who were killed when the small plane went down. she was with her grandparents. saturday they plane flew into bad weather. she messaged her boyfriend at the time if i die remember i love you. she survived and her grabd

grandparents did not. she's sharing her remarkable story. >> my instinctual was to go straight downhill. i got this surge of will power and it was like there's no way i can die without hugging somebody again. >> she went two nights in the forest, fell down a cliff and scaled water falls on day three, in the woods she found a road and followed it to get help. >> what a story. well, this is not what you want to see in your house. a plane propeller. that's what you're looking at that. it smashed through the roof of a home in new york yesterday. the faa says the small single engine plane developed mechanical problems but they're not sure why the propeller fell off. the pilot and everyone inside the home is, at the time, we're told, are okay. where you can take in a movie under the stars this

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if you like movies and the outdoors, we have an event for you. the city's 13th annual film festival begins today. it wraps up tomorrow at water front park. on friday the city is showing how to train your dragon two. saturday is x men, days of future past. it's free to get in but popcorn and drinks you can purchase. don't forget to bring your chair and blanket. films start around 8:30, when it gets dark. and here's a look at future weather. no starting off at 5:00 a.m. the chance of showers. otherwise a mix of clouds and sun shine. most of the area is try. partly sunny skies throughout the day. a little bit more cloud cover than sun. it's hot and humid, and with the heat and humidity, i think we will be tracking some thunderstorms during the afternoon hours. here we are at about 2:00.

notice the brighter colors on future weather. 4:00 p.m. is heavy rainfall moving through the area. it's not a washout tomorrow but if you have outdoor plans, have a plan b. be able to move indoors quickly and when you factor into the humidity tomorrow, it's going to feel like 100 degrees. in about ten mipnutesminutes, we'll have a look ahead. japan's prime minister says the government will select an entirely new design for the 2020 oh limbiclympic plans. building costs swelled from an initial budget of $1 billion to $2 billion. the prime minister says he's confident the stadium will be finished on time for the games. and right now, a consumer alert for you. >> scammers posing

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we are live in capital heights where a deadly shooting happened early this morning in this parking lot at the central gashdens apartments. two security guards were in their cars filling out paperwork around 1:00 this morning when they were fired upon. one of the guards was killed. now, investigators say this was no random act of violence. they say the security guards

were targeted. in speaking to residentings here, they say that security guards around here are armed but it's unclear if the victims tried to return fire. the police who live here say the guard who was killed was a dedicated father and that he was great with the neighborhood kids too. >> he would interact with the kids all the time. he was very good with the kids very good with the kids. he was a good guy. >> reporter: and a get away car is believed to be a black dodge charger. it was seen going out of the parking lot and heading toward central avenue, and i should also mention that police say at this point they have made no arrests. reporting live in capitol heights, megan mcgrath news 4. developing right now at the live desk police are drying to figure out how a virginia man ended up dead. police were called to his house

last night in the springfield area. police got there and they found the plan with gunshot wounds outside on his front step. he was taken to the hospital and died. police investigating the circumstances surrounding his death. they believe this was an isolated incident and there was another man involved who they believe knew the victim. >> this is unsettled to see the least. friday prayers in the capital terrain were interrupted by chants of death to america. this was after the signing of a landmark deal. this is being chanted from several hundred hard liners. many others in iran have welcomed the agreement. we know who will be running the d.c. dna testing lab. jennifer smith will take the helm of the troubled agentcy. she has served as a special

agent the last director of d.c.'s office of forensic sciences was fired after a damming report on lab practices. temperatures up and noting an increase in humidity. yesterday a perfect 10. right now 79 degrees in washington. in the mountains, a good place to be. plenty of sun shine. most of us looking at plenty of cloudiness and as we go into the afternoon hours the clouds still win out. i think we'll start to see a little bit more sun shine. a high today around 87. heat wave begins tonight with the high of 94 and we keep 90s on the board through next thursday. when you factor into the humidity, it will feel like 100 degrees tomorrow afternoon. feeling like 105 on sunday and monday. you want to limit outdoor activities on those days and drink plenty of water. thunderstorms in the forecast, especially tomorrow afternoon and evening. >> thanks.

things are moving forward for maryland east purple line. we have a tentative start date for the construction. "the washington post" reports the board of public works will pick a contractor by january 15th. the purple line will connect montgomery and prince george's county. if you get a call from the sheriff's office asking for money, it is a scam. the sheriff's office says it never solicits funds over the phone. if you've received a call from anyone claiming to be from the sheriff's office, they want to hear from you. they're calling it the donald trump effect. trump apparently has made a much bigger impact than expected in the race for the white house. now there is a spiraling war of words between trump and his rivals. our white house responsibility has -- correspondent has the latest for us.

>> reporter: taking on his challengers. >> hillary raised a lot of money. the good news is, i got, well, the good news is how much do i have? 10 billion. the last thing we need is another bush. >> reporter: jeb bush, the target of his grenades as consistently fired back and sources say he's taking trump seriously expecting attacks in next month's debate. >> i have a big disagreement with mr. trump about his tone and what he's saying. >> reporter: rick perry who is lagging in recent polls also had harsh words on tuesday writing what mr. trump is offering are not conserve tim. it's trumpism. for all of his controversial rhetoric polls show he's surging putting him ahead of the republican pack.

analysts say he's on top now but the lead might not last. still lesser known candidates are paying a price. >> it's not bad for the top guys but for the men below, it's very much. >> the one person who seems to be enjoying it all, hillary clinton. she's trounsing trump in a general election match up. >> i have just one word for mr. trump. basta. enough. >> reporter: well just on time for the return of the heat and humidity, we'll tell you where you can cool you have with free ice cream this weekend and getting excited about a big animal adoption event in august. today we're asking you to share your pictures of the cats you have rescued.

here are some of the stories lighting up social media this morning. buzz feed is all abuzz with the next story. you've heard the saying always a bridesmaid, never a bride. these sisters of the bride were determined to be in the spotlight. >>. ♪ you know johnny bust the door notice ♪ love is the reason we're all here ♪ ♪ that's what you posted for ♪ ♪ now you're never going to be lonely. you're with the best guy of all time ♪ buzz feed described it as the most epic wedding toast song ever. not too bad. it's friday. the sun is shining and ice cream is already catching your attention on the nbc washington facebook page. social media editor brittany

johnson has the scoop tomorrow is union's market's free scoop event. this year over 15 creameries will be there to have you try cream. there are test booths and also sunday is national ice cream day. we have a whole list of places to check out. just open up our app. >> you can head to the nbc washington app for that and a lot more ideas on what to do this weekend. thank you. good luck in congress can can meet life's morning multitasking.

it's multiple ideas for growing families and drawers with many layers to show exactly what you need. life's the food that brings us together. and kitchens where every meal is the most important of the day. welcome back. a live look outside at the restonarea. you can see plenty of clouds across the region and as we work into the afternoon, some peeks of sun shine. the temperature at 79 degrees.

5:00 at 86. the humidity is here. it's bearable today but it is going to be oh prezppressive over the weekend. highs in the low to mid eights and again an increase in humidity. i'm going to have more on the weekend forecast in about 10 minutes including the pool outlook. gridlock in congress can mean your commute won't be shorter any time soon. we are reporting local transportation projects could be put on hold if congress doesn't come up with new highway funding. that according to virginia's transportation secretary. congress might end up passing a short term extension that could keep construction going at least through the summer. you ready for that? australia saw a record snowfall today. snow. look at this. this is what people woke up to this morning.

green queensland is usually nicknamed the sun shine state. winter in australia lasts from june to august. two inches of snow fell last night. that's the most the area has seen since 2017. >> a weekend traffic alert impacting a busy road in our

right now the four marines and another person killed at two tennessee military centers are on the way to virginia. >> the gunman was never on a terrorist watch list but the fbi says this is an act of domestic terrorism. dave wagner is following the latest developments. >> reporter: well i can tell you that 24 hours after that rampage yesterday these are still active crime scenes. we also have new details about the gunman who took a long trip to the middle east last year. >> we will ask you to take a moment of silence to remember those fallen. >> reporter: today chattanooga and the nation are mourning for the four killed and at least three others injured. >> this is your community. this is where we live. and something happened here that should never happen. >> reporter: the violence erupted mid-morning thursday. >> i saw him take one shot and

then consistent shots after that. >> reporter: the suspected gunman mohammad youssuf abdulazeez drove to a naval reserve center and ran through a fence and fired again. >> we have no idea of his motivation. >> reporter: that motivation just part of the intensive investigation. last night authorities searched the family home. neighbors are shocked. >> seemed like a good kid, quiet kid. not any problems in the neighborhood or anything like that. >> reporter: friends describe him as funny and kind. >> it's awful. i want people to know he wasn't always like that. >> reporter: the fbi says they didn't have him on a watch list but they're now investigate a blog. they hope it leads to a motivity for the attacks. as the community continues to mourn their tragic loss. and nbc news has learned that

the gunman took a trip to jordan last year from april to november. jordan is the home of his father but they're checking to see if he went anywhere else on that trip. they also searched his home and car and took his electronic devices. those devices have been sent to the fbi crime lab. dave wagner news 4. >> and now here's storm team 4 forecast. planning to heading to the pool this afternoon? not a lot of sun in the forecast. partly sunny skies but a nice pool today. tomorrow a storm could threaten a pool day. sunday is hot. we could be under a heat advisory on sunday. drink plenty of water. a great place to go and cool off the pool. 84 in leesburg. starting to notice more peeks of sun shine into the afternoon hours. and generally in the 70s.

most spots flirting with the 80 a look ahead to the next seven days in about 10 minutes. >> we have a developing story from japan now. two people drowned in a strong tropical storm that's slamming the western part of the country. more than 23 inches of rain has fallen since the storm began yesterday. merely 100,000 people have been asked to evacuate due to flooding and landslides. right now people outside of chicago are cleaning up after this massive twister. it caused major damage in the small town of cameron. only about 600 people live there. right now no one except emergency personnel is being let in. so far no significant injuries being reported. new dates for the randolph road project. we're talking about a week-long

closure. it was supposed to happen last yeek. it is now happening this week. randolph road will be closed in the industrial area for a csx track maintenance. the roads should be shut down from saturday j july 18th to the 24th. thank you. we have a very cool event to tell you about happening tonight. the usda is holding a farmer's market tonight. this is from 5:00 until 8:00. the theme is hot and cold. it'll feature brazilian music, food trucks and free blueberry ice cream. >> this weekend story time with the washington nationals. the players will be at the library on wisconsin avenue on northwest and reading to kids participating in the summer

reading program. kids in that program who meet their summer reading goals will get two free tickets to knee the nats. our very own reporter will be the subject of a weekly q and a column. take a look at the cover photo. they talk about misconceptions about news anchors to if she's ever frozen up on the air. the online version is already up. look for the full interview in this sunday's washington post magazine and magazine. >> well could streaming your favorite shows, could they get less anoiping? >> we'll tell you how to skip the ads.

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hulu is considering something for its streaming service. currently users have to sit through ads and services even if they pay for the service. netflix and amazon prime don't have ads in their content. "the wall street journal" says the could cost $12 to $14 a month. that's your news report. >> a new study shows one of the more surprising possible effects of what happens when toddlers watch a lot of tv. researchers found they're more likely to be bullied later on. researchers say this could be because tv time eats into time of interacting socially and might need to poor eye contact habits. >> this sounds pretty low but it's true. an 18-year-old man is behind bars for ripping off a lemonade stand. the sheriff's department says

two 13-year-old girls set up the stand on wednesday and a man came up and said he had no cash but wanted some lemonade. the girls gave him some. he pushed off the stand and took off with the box of money. it took deputies only a few minutes to find the man and the $30 inside the box. >> today is world emoji day. take a look at the way that some are celebrating tweeting out custom posts. you may be asking why is today emoji today? it turns out july 17th is famous sli ly displayed on the calendar. some people posed like their favorite emojis. i like the tango dancer in the red dress.

>> an nfl star tackles a fan and it's all caught on camera. what led up to the dramatic video may not be what you think. we'll tell you in 60 seconds. iran keeps their nuclear facilities. military sites can go uninspected. restrictions end after 10 years. then iran could build a nuclear weapon in two months. iran has violated 20 international agreements and is the leading state sponsor of terrorism.

there are some station closures this weekend on metro. stations from eastern market to new carol ton will be closed. buses will replace orange line trains and blue and silver line trains between eastern market and benning road. the station closures will last through closing on sunday. it may look painful but that cincinnati bengals star aj hawk fulfilling a fan's dream. the fan asked him to tackle him

while catching a ball. the fan says it was worth it. this isn't the first time he obliged to an odd fan request. last year someone asked him to tackle him. >> the things people ask for. so today it's a little bit humid out there. it feels like 90 degrees this afternoon but the heat and humidity set in over the weekend. this could be a six-day heat wave. feeling like 100 on saturday own 105 on sunday and monday afternoons. a high tomorrow of 94. 97 on sunday. there's the chance of a shower tomorrow morning. scattered thunderstorms are likely later in the day tomorrow. sunday mainly dry, hot and humid and a chance of late day thunderstorms on monday. >> thanks so much, amelia. that is it for news 4 mitt day. thanks for joining us. we'll be back on air tomorrow afternoon. >> you can get news and weather meredith

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