time to time. she watched, she took notes, she heard it all. today, new autopsy results. a detective at superior court says savava savopoulos and the family's housekeeper, vera figueroa, were murdered by strangulation. they were two of the four victims in this horrific quadruple murder at this mansion in woodley park. also killed savava savopoulos' wife, amy, stabbed to death and their 10-year-old son, phillip, burned to death. there is evidence they were tied and possibly tortured. police say the weapons include a baseball bat samurai swords and an unthen sharp object. charged in the case, darren wint. police say his dna was found on a peas of uneaten pizza at the murder scene. today they say wint's dna was also found on the scene of this burning porsche car, stolen from the mansion on the day of the

murder and later found torched in prince george's county. police say in that car, they found a knee i don't green construction vest with wint's dna on it. police detective says there a he is a theory that others may be involved in this, but so far, no evidence linking anyone other than wint to this horrific case of murder. now, there was a $40,000 cash ransom here. what happened to the money? more on that coming up at 6:00. jim, back to you. . pat collins. meanwhile, we are in a weather alert mode this afternoon, folks dangerous heat soaring up into the upper 90s and that's without the heat index. it feels like it's more than 100 degrees thought in some spots. doug kammerer is tracking it all for us. doug, we are not through with this just yet, huh? >> we are not, going to go through the evening tonight, excessive heat advisory continues until 8:00 for the area you see highlighted, even

areas that are not highlighted, still dealing with very warm temperatures 95 degrees, the current temperature in d.c., not the heat index current temperature. 91 hagerstown, 91 leesburg. here is that heat advisory. once again it includes the i-95 corridor and everybody down to the soo south and east, frederick, back toward warrington and leesburg area, not under it still on the hot side for sure. we are going to see this continue through 8:00 tonight but even after we will be on the humid side. 91 by 7:00 88 by 9, 84 at 11, a very humid night tonight but then, we start to see some relief, a little cooler tomorrow and then a lot cooler as we end the workweek. i have got that forecast for you coming up in just a minute. >> going in the right direction because it was all about beating the heat today with those temperatures soaring past 100 degrees and the feel-like category. news4's zack quiche is live in alexandria with how folks are trying to stay cool along the water u took your jacket off, i

don't blame you. >> reporter: they tell me take off that jacket, we don't want you to have a stroke out there, so i took off the jacket trying to stay cool out here. i can tell you this wendy, not a whole lot of people having lunch or dinner outside here in old town alexandria tonight, the type of heat almost unbearable. i was just talking to my photographer here seems like the last couple of hours just gotten warmer and warmer out here. we had chance to run around downtown, talk to folks and figure out how they are dealing with this what we found is a little bit of everything. old mr. sun, we couldn't deny your presence out here today. one word, relentless. i found william and his buddies under a shady spot in columbia heights. what's the worst part about this heat? heat? >> this heat, man. >> reporter: trying to dodge the sun, that was only half the problem, humidity will eat you up on day like this one. these youngster also the right idea, just enjoy it. but some people had to work,

they say you learn how to drink lots of water and just deal with it >> getting tired, really wears you out. >> reporter: on connecticut avenue, could you see the heat rising at 12:49 19 degrees. the water in dupont circle's bath never looked so good. everything said warm, the runners, the lunchers, the shady spot hideaways. >> oh man, it's bad. this time of year i don't know. august ain't got here yet. only know what's going to happen come august. >> reporter: coming up tonight at 6:00, want to talk to a group of men who are refinishing floors. they say the equipment inside the homes has it up to 110 degrees. they are trying to stay cool. we will try to stay cool too. back to you in the studio. thank you zach. a broken water main is going to cause problems for people who live along north capitol street and northeast. this is a look at the scene just about an hour ago near kansas avenue. d.c. water crews are now working to fix this main, but it's too early to say when repairs are

going to be made so avotedid the area, if i can. an 18-year-old man in fairfax county facing charges after an incident with a 13-year-old boy in a locked room. he was in the changing room when he was approached by the 81-year-old, arrest and charged with indecent exposure. this incident happened on cavalier landing court in fairfax. we just learned the name of a man killed in a motorcycle crash in gatorsburg. he was riding his motor bike on south bound frederick road saturday night when, according to investigators, he hit a suv that was making a u-turn. the three people in the suv were not hurt. police want to hear from anyone who may have seen this accident. gunfire on a local road sends one man to the hospital and now, police are looking for the shooters and they want to know why the two cars were traveling on route 50 south of landover road early this morning.

tracee wilkins as soon as live in college park with an update on this. >> reporter: police are trying to figure out exactly why this shootout happened. they talked to a few of the people who were in that vehicle, finding out where they were and what happened before they got on the road and it's not making sense, not yet. just after 4 this morning, a man suffering from gunshot wounds shows up at doctor's hospital in lanham. >> they drove to doctors community hospital and dropped off an injured party. >> reporter: according to maryland state police, the man whose name has not been released was riding in the back seat of a jaguar route 50 heading from d.c. 202 in landover when -- >> described as a black or dark blue honda accord drove past them and fired several shots into the vehicle. >> reporter: police say there were three men in the car but only one was shot in the leg and treated for non-life threatening injuries. why the shooting happened is still unclear. police are in the process of trying to interview everyone who was in the victim's vehicle. >> still trying to finds everyone who was in the car, cause they dropped the passenger

off and left. right now at 5:00, a controversial war of words hits home. all new at 5:00 tonight what people in our area are saying about donald trump's claims that john mccain was not a hero. a local family fighting backed in wake of a tragedy. their claims against amtrak after that deadly derailment that dominated the headlines. emotional moments here in washington as the flag is raised above the cuban

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on news4 tonight brand-new details about an explosion at a government lab. learned chemical used to make meth were found at that blast site. this happened saturday amount campus of the national institute of standards and technology in gaithersburg. news4's jackie bensen there live with exclusive details for us. jackie? >> reporter: odd behavior, keywords here. sources tell news4 after police and firefighters arrived here after 7:30 that indicated an alarm and explosion at building 236, they observed odd behavior by one of the members of the institute's police force, a lieutenant who had recently acted as acting chief of that police force. now, sources tell us he was seen

throwing something into the trash and putting a duffel bag in his car and was trying to leave the scene. now the sources say that that officer appeared to have been burped on his hands and arms and had to be convinced to be transported to a local hospital. inside lab, according to investigators, investigators found the blast shield blown a considerable distance, possibly as far as 25 feet. we are told by those sources that the investigators also found sudafed drain tablets drain opener and other chemicals and a recipe to make met -- met amphetamine. we are still investigating and this could be a chemical reaction due to the manufacturing of drugs. >> reporter: at this time no arrests have been made. the lieutenant did resign over the weekend. at 6:00, we will tell you what

he told investigators when asked what he was doing in that lab. back to you. jackie bensen, thank you. take a good look, the cuban flag flying high above the nation's capital here the first time in more than 50 years. >> cuba officially opening it's about on 16th street today a powerful symbol of the start of a new erafter two generations of hostility own both sides. end of diplomatic ties does not signal an end to our disagreements with cuba, secretary of state john kerry said. >> it does reflect the real that the cold war ended long ago and that the interests of both countries are better served by engagement than by estrangement. >> despite the full restoration of these dip blow mattek ties, the american flag not great flying over the u.s. embassy in havana. secretary of state john kerry will be pry siding over the raising of that flag as he travels to havana august 14th for a ceremony.

the resumption of these says to prompting some strongn on both sides. >> as news4's david culver reports now, diplomacy is one thing but learning from the lessons of the past is quite another. >> reporter: shouting yes to cuba but no to castro, it is not a happy day. >> i just believe they are likely unaware and ignorant of the situation in cuba and how ordinary civilians suffer. >> reporter: an equally large mass of supporters playing castro and president obama for re-establishing relations a divide more than a half century old not easily mended. >> i feel like part of my childhood was taken from me. >> reporter: inside her fairfax home, mercedes diaz dash recalls life in cuba right after the revolution.

>> i remember the defense coming to our home and checking, doing random checks in the middle of the night. >> reporter: she and her sister sent to the u.s. in 1962 without their mom and dad. they lived with foster parents for three pain-filled years. we don't forget. it's impossible to forget. >> reporter: she is eager to move on. >> i do distrust the castro regime? of course. but we need to take a chance. i mean it's been half a century. >> reporter: cubeens i spoke with on a recent trip agree. this woman tell neg hering me in her havana church she is excited. behind me what has become a tourist december at this point nation of sorts today arcsight we haven't seen in this country since 1961, the cuban flag flying over a newly reopened embassy on 16th street. one thing that the cheers and protests both point to is that truly normalizing relations is

still a long ways off. in northwest i'm david culver news4. >> you recall david visited cuba this year for a special visit with his family. watch his entire special report in our app, just search rediscovering cuba. right newt 5:00, a celebration of a civil rights milestone. president obama hosting a veeps at the white house marking the 25th anniversary of the americans with disabilities act. the ada was signed into law july 26th 1990 prohibiting discrimination against people with disabilities in all areas of public life. and there is growing support for the u.s.-brokered nuclear deal with iran.

>> this is our strongest approach to ensuring iran doesn't get a nuclear weapon there is broad consensus around this issue. the u.s. and five other world powers reached this agreement last week. iran is agreeing to curb its nuclear program in exchange for relief of sanctions. chopper4 over the scene in loudoun county after a tanker carrying hot tar spilled its load along with diesel fuel on route 28 at 606 this morning. road and ramp closures in the area still in affect. we are told it could be -- it is expected to be opening soon though. the driver of that tanker did suffer minor injuries. an hour from now, you will have a chance to weigh in on traffic improvements on route 28. v dot hosting a public program from centerville road to liberia

avenue. tonight's meeting is from 6:30 to 8:30 at centerville and another meeting wednesday night in manassas park. you can hop aboard and ride met trees newest metro's newest cars on the orange line. the 7,000 cars made their debut on the blue line in april. the cars have electronic signs, padded seats but no carpet. they also have closed-circuit cameras for added security. one of the eight people killed when a train going eight miles per hour derailed outside of philadelphia's family has filed a lawsuit. the train engineer, brandon bostian, was reckless in operating that train the lawsuit claims. it claims amtrak knowingly and intentionally failed to equip both the train and tracks with a safety device that could have prevented the crash and did that to save money.

we reached out to amtrak today but they haven't returned our call for a comment great. here at the live desk we are following some breaking news. a marc suspended all brunswick line traffic after the it hit a truck. it was carrying passen jury no one on the train was injured, although the engineer being checked out but train traffic is completely stopped. chopper four is on its way to the scene right now. it should it will be within the next few minutes. we are going to come back live, bring you up to date and live pictures as soon as it get there is. at the live desk, i'm chris lawrence. we have a first four traffic alert going to affect a lot of d.c. commuters for a while. 27th street in northwest d.c. is going to be closed between military road and broad branch. d.c.'s department of transportation says it is replace the 27th street bridge that runs over the broad branch

stream and that means that road's going to be closed to cars, to bikes and pedestrians until some time in september. there will be some detour signs to help you get around it. developing right now drought-stricken california, oh it so needed expect anything like this. the heavy rain turned dangerous washing out roads tearing down trees, even bringing down a bridge. in san diego yesterday, the rain left roads and cars under water, causing sink holes and mudslides. fire officials across the southern part of the state say this weekend rainfall was some of the heaviest ever seen. the man who confessed to the charleston church massacre must provide handwriting samples to investigators. dylann roof is believed to britain the notes and lists that authorities collected after his arrest. the judge's order says handwriting sample is needed to determine if roof really did write those documents. roof faces murder and attempted murder charges for lastment's

mass shooting at emanuel ame. he goes to trial next july. bun of japan's largest companies has made an unprecedented apology to a former american prisoner of war. mitsubishi executives publicly apologized to 94-year-old james murphy for wartime atrocities. murphy was one of about 12,000 american p.o.w.s in japan used as forced labor during world war ii. murphy praised this apology, hope it is will inspire other japanese companies to do the same thing. the ceremony sunday was in los angeles. pope francis and technical difficulties. tonight, why the pope's visit to the u.s. just caused a few hiccups. weather alert tonight, extreme heat dominating the nation's capital. doug is in storm team4 tracking the wind. when we will get a break and who might see the showers.

adding a new position when it comes to handling smoke and fire episodes and the whole thing supposed to make you

on the hot side for sure once again temperatures into the mid-90s cries the area heat index well over 90 to 100 degrees around the region. take a look outside now, look at how things are shaping up we

had cloud cover, not much, seeing a lot of sun, 95, heat index over 100. 101, current heat index inside. the heat index is the temperature and the relative humidity combined to give us that index. that's how we get the heat index, pretty much what the -- what your body feels the actual temperature is. so 88 degrees currently in gaithersburg the temperature, 91, leesburg, 91, manassas, 94 hunting town. a very warm day, heat advisory extends until 8:00 tonight for all of the areas highlighted but even back toward lovetsville frederick county, still hot and very humid tonight, the heat advisory at 8:00. tomorrow, no heat advisory but still going to be rather warm. storm team4 radar not showing any storms out there now, that is going to be the case as we move on through the rest of the night tonight. we are watching one system back to the west and then another system well back to the north and west, around the chicagoland area. this is a cold front man do we wish this was a cold front that's really going to bring in some changes. it will bring changes starting on wednesday, tomorrow, bring us showers and storms.

talk about that, future weather showing not much going on tomorrow morning watch the cloud cover develop around 10:00, a few more clouds tomorrow morning that could help keep temperatures down a bit, around 1, most of the area dry i think lunch will be dry. notice back to the west, starting to see some storms developing here and they will move across parts of northern virginia, parts of maryland, around 3, 4, 5:00 tomorrow afternoon. so heads up for those storms, any storms that develop as they normally do this time of year could be on the strong side, we will be watching out for that that. hour by hour forecast, 7 degrees, the humid side for sure tomorrow morning, 88 by noon, 92 a chance of thunderstorm activity tomorrow afternoon 89 degrees by 8:00, yes, still on the hot side. if you're thinking about washing the car, you may want to wait, but i would say tomorrow, yeah, go ahead and do that great weather moving in especially when you get home tomorrow evening that is going to be once that cold front is moving through, we have some fantastic weather coming up wednesday, thursday and into friday. 89 on wednesday 89 on friday, that's hot for this time of year but that's actually the

average high, with low humidity talking about great weather wednesday, thursday and friday. now coming up this weekend, a little bit of a different story i think the humidity starts to increase, so does our chance for storms, especially on sunday, high temperature of 88, monday, a high of 89 degrees. so we continue the heat wave one more day before we start to see things at least become a little bit more comfortable, if not cool a whole lot at least with less humidity looking pretty nice out there. guess? >> thank you, doug. right now at 5:00, we are tracking some breaking news. >> marc service suspend opted brunswick line right now after a train collides with a car. take a look. chopper4 live over the scene. we will get an update for you next. plus, donald trump getting a little personal in the race for the white house. i'm tom sherwood at the vietnam memorial. what do the people here from all over the country think about donald trump and john mccain? is mccain a war

here at the live desk following breaking news a major commuter line in our area, the service has been suspended with no word on when it's going to reopen. chopper4 now live above the scene in forest glenn where you can see a train a commuter train, a marc commuter train has collided with a vehicle there you can see first responders on the scene now as well as some of the engineers. now this happened at the crossing on forest glenn road

and seminary road that's in forest glenn. this happened just in the last 30 minutes. now, we were told there were passengers on board that marc commuter train but at first report there are no injuries to them, although they are checking out the engineer. also, train traffic stopped. the driver of that vehicle was reportedly not injured as well. right now, investigators on the scene trying to figure out how this happened. the crash did occur at a grade crossing. we can tell you that news4's shomari stone is just arriving it the scene right now. he is going to be updating this story live on the ground in the next half an hour. for now, live at the live desk, i'm chris lawrence. >> thank you, chris. seems like smoke and fire issues have become a daily issue for metro. now the transit agency tells us it has taken an important step to improve your safety. >> for the first time a uniformed fire official is now sitting inside metro's control center. our transportation reporter

adam tuss is live at the new carrollton station in maryland with a look at how this new k. adam? >> reporter: that's right wendy. you know, smoke and fire obviously something you hope you never have to deal with on metro but if something major does happen, metro now says it will be better able to respond. having an actual fire official with extensive knowledge of the metro system here inside metro's rail control center, seems like a no-brainer but only just now has it become reality. the fire chief in prince george's county county -- >> i know that moving forward it is going to make a difference for everybody. >> in terms of minutes in terms of possibly saving a life? >> in terms of getting the right information to the right place and the right time. >> reporter: on the first day this fire liaison was on the job, handled 16 incident much the new position will be the eyes and ears of all local fire departments directly linked to metro's nerve center. it is supposed to cut through

confusion it is supposed to pry vent tragedies like the la fant pant plaza smoke incident where passengers were trapped and a woman died. here we are 40 years in the metro system and just now getting this position. did it take too long? >> i think take sealing a good way to say it. >> reporter: fire leaders say they have been asking for this position for over a decade. riders also reacting. >> there is definitely a major concern. >> reporter: smoke is a major concern for this man, he has a hard time breathing carries an inhaler. riders are making adjustments to deal with potential issues. >> some people sitting closer to the doors. some people are considering taking other methods, things of that nature. >> reporter: the new fire liaison position started at the beginning of july. metro put up $250,000 to get it going. now, even though this is a positive step, it won't be a full-time solution yet. that's ahead at 6:00. jim back to you. >> adam, thank you. sales of rail passes for the

pope's visit to philadelphia are on hold now after a flood of people overwhelmed the website selling them. ten minutes after tickets went on sale today, more than 900,000 people were trying to snatch them up. that's many more than the southeastern pennsylvania transportation authority had expected. pope francis will visit d.c., new york and philly at the end of september. i'm not fan of john mccain. he's done a terrible job for the vets. >> i think he may owe an apology to the families and of those who have sacrificed and conflict. >> today senator john mccain responded to the controversial comments that presidential candidate donald trump made about his war record. on saturday, trump said mccain was only a war hero because he was captured. trump told the "today" show this morning that he is not going to apologize. so what does the public make of this emotional trump/mccain clash?

news4's tom sherwood sought anticipates at the vietnam veterans memorial. >> reporter: vietnam is ruled by the chinese until the 19th century. tour guides are busy today explaining vietnam memorial. >> had to make no political statement. >> reporter: many visitors here didn't think much of presidential candidate donald trump, his comment that john mccain a prisoner of war for nearly six years, wasn't a hero because he was captured. >> he is not a bar hero. >> he's war hero. >>'s war hero. he is a war hero 'cause he was captured. >> reporter: a tourist from california, is mccain a bar hero? >> absolutely. and donald trump is an idiot. [ laughter ] >> reporter: a tourist from florida. >> i think john mccain's definitely a war hero. i think donald trump is entitled to his own opinion. >> reporter: at the nearby vietnam missing in action souvenir stand. heroism there, service to all gallantry in politics. >> reporter: there was a reluck taps to talk politics at the

memorial. because you don't know or don't want to get into it? >> i don't want to get into it. # comp nald trump is a big enough fool by himself. >> reporter: we asked this man what makes a hero? >> someone with valor. >> reporter: get a sense you don't want to comment on donald trump because you are trying to be poe light. >> yes. polite southerner? >> yes. >> reporter: more fitting here than the current presidential trail. in the district, tom sherwood news4. >> so tell us what you think. this is our nbc washington flash survey this afternoon. we have been asking you whether donald trump should apoll jichlz the overwhelming majority says yes, he should. you should keep voting on the nbc washington facebook and twitter pages. you have been wand, by this time next week, one more camera in fairfax county making sure you don't run a red light. next monday the newly installed

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filled about flowers, american flags and balloons. the world's largest defense contractor is landing the company that makes black hawk helicopters. lockheed martin is spending $9 billion to acquire sikorsky aircraft. lockheed martin is based in bethesda. it plans to add the company to its mission systems and training unit. financial analyst says this acquisition cements lockheed martin's dominance as a weaponsmaker. in fiscal year 2014, the company received more than $22 billion in u.s. defense department contracts. we now have new information on a deadly midair collision between an f-16 fighter jet and a cessna airplane. the pilot of the air force fighter jet was warped about a -- about traffic ahead moments before impact. that crash happened above charleston, south carolina, earlier this month, you recall. the ntsb released its preliminary reports saying the f-16 couldn't maneuver in time to miss the smaller plane. the father and son aboard the

cessna airplane died. the air force pilot ejected and survived. you may have heard about the montgomery county judge who released a murder defendant from jail. tonight why police say they were right to question that decision. it's the video you're going to want to see, giant balance loops towering in the air. they are no match for a force of nature. veronica? >> oppressive for yet another day before we get some relief in here. and thunderstorms in the forecast. i will show you if those storms will be severe or not, all coming up. staying on top of live, breaking news, live pictures here from silver spring, where a passenger train collided with a truck there marc's brunswick line at the height of the evening rush, g

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yoplait! we are following the breaking news in silver spring where the marc commuter train hit a dump truck and that cause and entire line of service to be shut down with no word when it will be open. the brunswick line on haas been shut down live pictures from chopper4 right around the area of forest glenn road and seminary road. that's in silver spring. now to a different shot, those are images what it looks like with the collision from the train. we could see the train itself has a pretty sizable dent in the front of it. no word on how that truck ended

up on the tracks there. we have spoken with officials with montgomery county fire department. they say none of these 600 passengers who were on board were injured. they were checking out the engineer of that train but so far, no injuries to him either. the ones werebrunswick line is the longest. silver spring is the first stop once they leave union folks trying to get a long way out of here that line completely shut down. news4's shomari stone is now on the ground there. he is going to be providing updates from the ground in the next 15 minutes. at the live desk, i'm chris lawrence. >> thank you, chris. only on news4 tonight a follow-up to a story we told you last week thatting anered an awful lot of police officers and prosecutors. >> news4's chris gordon reported on the release last week and has new details. >> reporter: it took a fugitive task to rz to find him made up

of montgomery county and prince george's county deputies, u.s. marshals and maryland state troopers. we were the only ones to till you about the decision of this judge to release the defendant of a murder case from jail. the montgomery county shed tracked down murdered defendant deionion sabotker who after the judge ordered him release and electronically monitored. >> about accident know where he was, considered him a public safety risk. >> reporter: sobotker was charged in last year's murder of 26-year-old jonathan harris a successful kidney transplant recipient strangled in his home and robbed. flee suspect were arrested, including dion sabotker. he was held in jail without bond but his trial was delayed at this coming december at the prosecutor's q last wednesday, the judge ordered sobotker released and monitored on home detention saying -- #he didn't

get fitted with a gps and he was gone. saab bolter can was the target of a massive manhunt. >> fortunately, he is back in custody this morning. >> blessed through the professionalism of the men and women that went after him, we had a successful apprehension. >> reporter: ahead, why police say they felt that the decision to release this defendant was a mistake right from the start. that's the latest live at the montgomery county circuit court. jim and wendy, back to you. >> thank you. boy is it cooking out there today, vj. and through the evening, you are talking? >> through the evening, the high temperatures high humidity factored together 7, 8:00 folks wondering. >> play tennis outside. >> exactly. no, don't do it.

don't do it. the heat index. >> save yourselves. feel-like factor still around 90 degrees at that time. relief is on the watch hold on. we have -- relief is on the way. hold on. day 24 of seeing temperatures 90 degrees or higher. for this year, 14 days last year. it was just stifling yesterday. 106, 107 can't get over that heat index for several hours. radar quiet. showers now moving away from y. all we saw today, just a little isolated shower. could have scattered thunderstorms for tomorrow. we are at 95 degrees right now. again it is hot. still going to be hot at 7:00. companies at 9:00. finally down to the low 80s by 11 p.m. but still going to be sticky. for tomorrow, traveling just fine. so, here's how the weather's going to have an impact on your day, for exercising make sure you minimize your activity outdoors tomorrow. make sure you hydrate and stay cool some kind of way, even if

that means seeking shelter under a tree for a little period of time. let me take you hour by hour, sky cast tomorrow you can see some clouds there moving through. we have got hot conditions at 11 a.m. then at 92 degrees for 3:00, upper 80s to around 90 even by 7:00. so those temperatures stay way up there even for tomorrow evening. best chance of rain really is between 2 and 7 to 8 p.m. tomorrow where we could see again just some scattered thunderstorms come through. an unhealthy day for air quality today and will be, i think, tomorrow, so limit that activity and your time outdoors, improved conditions starting at midweek. so from wednesday on. now, saturday, humidity will be get bagging into the area. look at the temperatures mid-90s, upper 80s, with it comes sunshine. looking ahead a pretty nice weekend this time. upper 80s on sunday, too with chance of late-day thunderstorm coming our way for sunday. let's take a look at your storm

team4-day forecast now. you can see the heat wave ends tomorrow, upper 80s, the remainder of the workweek, around 90 degrees, again, a lot of sunshine a few clouds coming through our area the first part of the weekend. all in all, looking nice. another chance of rain monday this time, high temperature of 89. while we have got a heat wave going on now you can see the next couple of days highs stay around average we have got a lot more coming up on news4 at 6 to talk about the thunderstorm chances for tomorrow. and again, that relief that's on the way. >> thanks vj. more than 400 volunteers paying tribute at arlington national cemetery today by making the grass a little greener. it is part of an annual day of service called renewal and remembrance by the country's landscape and lawn care industry. the volunteers treating the grass to keep it healthy and green in this blistering hot summer sun. it is very humbling to be out here, i will be honest with you, when you kind of come and take all this in, you know, there's

funerals kind of going on around you, it is a constant reminder of you know, folks that are both grieving and for a nation, we are very lucky to have this kind of you know, equity. >> arlington is the final resting place for more than 400,000 active duty service members, veterans and families. oh, no. no no, no no, no. >> an unexpected and wild ride at this balloon festival in wisconsin over the weekend. two people were inside that basket of that hot air balloon when high winds carried it away. the gust carried the balloon across a field even dragging an suv that it was tethered to. the balance loop's pilot and passenger were not hurt but several others did get some scrapes and a number of cars were damaged. well, it was once the patriot center, now it is the eagle bank. the signs were installed both inside and outside over the weekend. earlier this year eagle bank agreed to invest nearly $7 million in george mason university over the next decade so it have could have the namingthat

campus stadium. country music fans singing the blues over the split of blake shelton.and miranda lambert. their divorce trending on twit and people showing sur bryant news. shelton and lambert were considered country music royalty. blake sheltonson a judge on nbc's the voice. the singers started dating in 2011 and married four years ago. they leased a joint statement this evening saying this is not the future we envisioned. and it is with heavy hearts that we move forward separately. tonight the news4 i-team is getting results. >> capitol hill is taking action after our scott macfarlane found that army mothers and father in the ranks respect being paid quickly enough for their child care. we are breaking down what happens next. a scorecard for surgeons. the i-team has new information helping people find the right

last week an i-team investigation reveals dozens of army parents filed formal complaints about the fee assistance program, claiming backlogs red tape late payments from the feds. >> after seeing scott macfarlane's report, a member of the senate education committee is launching his own review.

>> reporter: the army fee assistance program is for parents who can't find child care on their army post. instead, they are allowed to go into the community and use pricier day care. the jenner is advices administration oversees the program and cuts the parents a check to help pay the cost. the news4ism-team investigation found parents aren't always getting their money on time. >> there was a a lot of night writes would sit down and cry because it was could frustrating to -- and it was bad. it was very bad. >> reporter: we found more than 30 army families filed formal complaints with the jenner is advices administration about late checks or red tape and we found internal auditors uncovered a backlog of more than 11,000 unreturned phone calls, e-mails and records requests to army families use the service. >> it's outrageous and it should be unacceptable to everyone here. >> reporter: after seeing our story, pennsylvania senator bob casey formally requested the jenner is advice administration hand over details about why there's such a backlog in the

army fee assistance program and asked the agency to detail what step it is taking to get benefits those families. >> when families serve the country, a soldier in harm's way and family back home, the least this country can do is make sure a program supposed to help them in this case child care is there for them reliable. >> reporter: i-team learned internal auditors with the jenner is advice administration is now investigating whether that backlog of unreturned calls to families has grown even larger in recent weeks. >> late today, virginia senator tim kaine says he, too, asked the army and gsa to review the i-team's findings and backlogs in the child care program. gsa tells us the program is facing challenges in part because the number of families using it has grown enormously in the past year. more than 1500 local families alone. keep watching. scott macfarlane, use four i-team. >> check out the i-team report

that prompted senator casey's response on the nbc washington app. >> just click on investigations. now at 6, team coverage of the top stories and the heat wave that has us all in its grip. dna evidence in a torch car shedding lighten the mansion murder case. new clues as the victims' daughter face the accused killer in court. a murder suspect allowed to walk without bail a few hours later, he broke the law again. tonight, we will tell you about the impact that could have on his criminal case. a new erraz the cuban embassy opens in washington. a as the cuban embassy opens in washington. chemicals used to make meth found at a government lab. >> tonight, questions how a federal police officer might be involved in all that. that explosion happened at the national institute of standards and technology in gaithersburg

over the weekend. our jackie bensen is there now with our report. jackie? >> reporter: jim, sources tell news4 that the police officer told investigators he was burned trying to fill his by cane lighter. sources tell news4 that shortly after firefighters and police arrived at building 236 for an alarm this and i cated fire and explosion, they observed some odd behavior by one of the members of the institute's police force, a lieutenant who had recently served as the acting chief. sources tell us he was seen throwing something in the trash and putting a duffel bag in his car and trying to leave the scene. those sources say the officer appeared to have been burned on his hands and arms and was convinced to be transported to a local hospital. inside lab, according to sources, investigators found the blast shield blown a considerable distance. those sources say