. . . a piece of history reduced to ashes. evidence in question in three high-profile murders. what's at stake for charles severance and the courtroom int rungs moments ago? heading to the south. a controversial campaign candidate gets ready for a south texas tour that everybody will be watching. coming up in my forecast, when high humidity levels return and the latest on storm chances for sunday. news 4 midday starts right now.

i'm megan mcgrath live in harp percent ferry. if you look behind me you can see the damage caused by this early morning fire. this is the business district along high street. all four historic buildings were destroyed. >> actually, that's my shop. >> history up in flames in harpers ferry. cindy dunn's shop the vintage lady is no more. the building which dates back to 1840 is now a burned-out shell. >> what this has done not just to me personal le but to the fabric that is harpers ferry is devastating. >> reporter: flames raged through a section of the historic business district on high street this morning. four buildings, home to several businesses and apartments were destroyed. it is quite a blow to this tight-knit community.

>> when it actually phappens in a small down like this it is affected. now who the poor people are. you know everybody. >> reporter: while the loss of property is extensive, cindi dunn takes comfort in the fact that no one was hurt. >> people love this town. it is heartbreaking to think how it is going to change harpers ferry.r: firefighters are still here on the scene. they are putting out some of the hotspots making sure this fire doesn't flair up again. when they arrived early this morning, they say the bulk of the fire was in the area of some very long wooden stairs and then the flames spread from there. at this point they say it is just too early to say what caused this fire. in harpers ferry, megan mcgrath, news 4. right now charles severance is back in court, the man accused of killing three people

in alexandria over the course of ten years. the defense and prosecution going back and forth over various motions. the rules for what will happen at trial. most importantly, whether a photo lineup shown to a witness, a witness who was the caregiver of victim teacher ruth ann ladato's mother. whether that photo lineup shown to her. she could not positively identify severance when shown his pick krur inture in that photo lineup with five other men. the defense wants this in. the prosecution wants it out. jewelry carry julie carey is live. he had a bit of an outburst in court where he said, your honor where is the jury? she told him, there are no juries at hearings the father of a woman allegedly murdered by an undocumented immigrant who had a criminal record is speaking out. the murder sparked national outcry, because the man accused

had been released by police after drug charges. that's despite a request from federal immigration authorities to hold him. the house is set to vote today on whether to withhold funds from states and cities that do not cooperate with federal immigration agents. democrats are calling it the quote, donald trump bill. the presidential candidate quickly pointed to the murder as evidence that his focus on the threat posed by illegal immigration was on target. trumps comments about immigrants set off a firestorm. he is heading to the u.s./mexican border. he will land about 1:00 local time there. this comes on the focus of an interview with the hill where he said he might launch an independent bid for the white house if he doesn't like running as a republican. >> today the prisoner who escaped from federal custody at a northern virginia hospital is due in court. he is accused of getting away

from u.s. marshals back in march. he is expected to plead guilty to several charges including bank robbery, escape, assault and kidnapping. his driltrial is supposed to begin next month. he faces at least 122 years in prison. >> temperatures right now in the 70s and 80s. once again, low humidity. a gorgeous thursday. 81 degrees in washington. 77 in leesburg. here is a look at the high temperature today in your neighborhood. highs today, once again, in the mid to upper 80s. 88 for a high in you go wawashington. 86 in la plata. i will be walking you through your evening hour by hour exactly what you can expect for whatever you may have planned. hopefully, it is something, whether it is dining or walking the dog or going for a run. the weather continues to look nice. humidity, though, erin, will start to creep in. i'll let you know when that is going to p ha.

>> we'll see you in a built. >> a developing story about isis. the director of the fbi says he now considers the terrorist group the greatest threat to the u.s. homeland ahead of all qaeda. at a forum, he said isis effectively crowd sources terrorism. its reach is specially dangerous. they recruit skron line. they arrested several radicalized americans in the last few weeks. many planning attacks for the fourth of july. >> the area around a lot of metro stations could be changing where neighborhoods are about to transform. plus, a high-ranking member of congress gets the last laugh turning a breach of privacy into a viral vid

we are following what you are clicking on iphones and ipads and next icars. apple has hired a fiat executive. that is sparking rumors that the company wants to make its own car. apple keeping quiet about that, at least for now. it tends to work that way. don't get your hopes up just yet. if you ever wondered how to destroy a flip phone, take a look at this video. senator lindsey graham took out his on on o the cell phone after the phone number was blasted out by donald trump. the video was released and almost 1 million of you have already clicked on youtube to take a look and get a lesson. we won't talk about the fact phone. whole different story there. a police officer in minnesota spent hits last day on the job handing out presents instead of tickets. bribe brian peters says he wanted to give back to the community he loves. he bought about $500 worth of gift cards and headed out in the streets one final time. he had been on the job f

81 degrees is the temperature right now. i'm showing you the dew point temperature at 55. because this is all about humidity. if you are watching news 4 midday yesterday we were talking about this. dew point, 65 or higher. it is humid outside. we are at 55 degrees. very comfortable. plenty of sunshine right now. a gorgeous day and a nearly perfect evening in store. here is what you can expect. mainly clear skies throughout the evening. at 5:00, 87 degrees. 7:00, great night for firing up the grill. a temperature of about 85. 9:00 p.m. a comfortable 77 if you are going to be out late tonight, early tomorrow morning and you get chilly easy, you might want to grab a light jacket. aaron, coming up in ten minutes when the humidity starts to make

it feel warmer than it actually is outside. >> we will see you then amelia. new information on why a deck collapsed in howard county. the baltimore sun reporting the joints holding that deck to the house were rotted and that caused the deck to fall away from the house. five people were on that deck when it went down tuesday night at a townhouse on wind rider way in colombia. everyone is expected to be okay. >> big improvements to half a dozen stations in maryland. developers descended on college park to reveal their plans. looking at five other proposed project sights across maryland including sights at largo and prince george's plaza. they hope a new hotel and additional retail will encourage a development boom. developers are also looking to build a 300-unit apartment building near college part metro. we will talk about a big invasion of

right now, the secretary of state, john kerry and other top cabinet members are being grilled on capitol hill. in this hearing, kerry and the energy treasury secretaries are making their case to the senate foreign relations committee to get congress to pass the nuclear

deal with iran. you have heard a lot about this. agree to draw back the nuclear activity and cooperate with inspectors in exchange for the lifting of sanctions. oppositions mostly from republicans. kerry right now trying to convince lawmakers that the administration will take action if iran doesn't do what they say they are going to do. take a listen. iran has agreed to refrain from producing or acquiring highly enriched and plutonium for at least 15 years and if they begin to do that, we will know it. >> secretary kerry referring to the energy secretary. congress has two months to review this plan. they can reject it. then, president obama can veto their decision. >> all right thank you so much, kristen. metro transit police are searching for a rider that pulled an emergency switch on a train have the officers say he was the reason why a lot of you were stranded on metro tuesday

evening. the man apparently missed his stop. he pulled the lever on the train leaving the station. the incident led to some serious serious backups on metro during rush-hour on tuesday. metro safety culture was the big topic at this morning's boardransit administration officials presented today and said, metro is not following its own safety program. the group that's supposed to oversee metro safety isn't doing a good enough job. fda officials noted employees are not getting adequate training. there is a lot coming out of this meeting including what we learned about your chance of getting through to 911 in case of an emergency. you can find much more about this story on the nbc washington app. your storm team 4 forecast. >> low humidity levels solo it will feel a touch cooler than the thermometer is actually reading this afternoon. as we work our way toward friday, saturday and sunday humidity will slowly make its way back into the area.

highs around 90 degrees each day. when you factor in the humidity saturday feels like 94 degrees. sunday feeling like 96. the humidity really starts to kick back in on sunday. but for the most part, the weather having very little impact on whatever your outdoor plans may be. this is a great time to get the car washed with a stretch of dry days in the forecast. great for lawn and garden. exercise, as long as you are hydrating, you are going to be just fine. coming up in ten minutes the chance of a thunderstorm on sunday. i'll have the latest timing, aaron. new today, the first shots fired in a legal battle between several u.s. movie studios and the european union. the e.u. opened up an anti-trust case. the european union claims blocking tv services and films in certain parts of its territory is illegal. the union says it violates

competition rules. students and math are not adding up in montgomery county. new data showed 3 out of 4 high schoolers flunked algebra 1 test. in all, 74% of high school students in the county failed june's algebra 1 semester and final. some educators have linked the poor exam performance to a lack of preparation and the district's grading policies we are not sure if you are ever going to hear another story like this one again. this is about a burglary. police in northern new jersey arrested this man. they charged him with breaking into somebody's home. that's not the good part. they say after he made it inside, the man spent three days hiding under a bed. the bed was in a spare bedroom. the homeowner eventually finds him there. police say that the man even was able to charge his phone several times while hiding under the bed. they charged the man with burglary, theft of services criminal trespassing. where do they come up with this stuff?

>> got to check that spare bedroom, i guess. >> new twist in the case of a woman who died in police custody in texas. authorities now saying they found marijuana in sandra bland's system. we are hearing a voice mail she left from jail and each new detail seems to race more questions than answers. nbc's john yang has the latest from texas. >> late wednesday night authorities asked sandra bland's family to preserve her body for more testing. >> there have been reports in the media that marijuana was found in miss bland's system. i can confirm that. asry out of new information we discovered today, the district attorney, mr. mathis asked the civil attorney to please preserve the body. >> the prosecutor also said there is evidence she tried to cut herself one to two weeks prior to her death. on her first night in jail, bland left a voice mail message

struggling to understand what was happening to her. >> i'm still just at a loss for words honestly about this whole process, how switching lanes with no signal turned into all this. >> the voice mail was gotten from ktrk. earlier that day, she told jail officials she tried to kill herself in 2014 after losing a baby but said she was not suicidal on that day. her family's attorney says they were unaware of the past attempt and that in any event, it doesn't matter. >> she had just gotten two texts the day before and she was about to start a job. >> others were wondering how this traffic stop went so bad so fast. >> get out of the car now. >> texas state trooper brian ensino said bland kicked him in the leg during the incident which lasted about 15 minutes. >> why am i being apprehended? >> once the fuse is lit, it is

not good. >> we watched the video with houston defense attorney, rusty harper. >> she is not entitled to physically resist him. he has certain to make the situation not escalate out of control. >> get out now. >> for a failure to signal. >> she feels she is being treated unfairly. he knows of traffic encounters that end up to be something bad. >> that was john yang reporting from nbc. a wild animal roaming the streets of a big city.

disturbing deals out of oklahoma. five members of a family found stabbed to death in a tulsa area home. one remaining victim is in critical condition. two teenagers have been arrested. police found the victims about

11:30 last night following a 911 call when someone dialed for help but didn't speak. >> take a look at this fire. we showed it to you as breaking news yesterday. believe it or not, it is still burning. the fire smoldering at a warehouse in northern new jersey totally gutted the warehouse. today investigators are working to find out what started the blaze. one firefighters was hurt. we are told he is expected to be okay. >> is that ir a lion roaming the streets of milwaukee? it is the question city officials are trying to get to the bottom of. walk wag police following up on cell phone videos showing an animal that appears to be lion ish. officers checked the neighborhood. they didn't find anything. even though there is no evidence of one, police are taking the report seriously. the milwaukee zoo says it is not one of their lions. all their animals are accounted for. >> if you love ellen you are going to want to hear this. we are offering fans the chance

to win tickets to ellen's popular 12 days of giveaway shows. during those shows, members of the studio audience get all kinds of fabulous gifts. every day for 12 days, we are awarding one ellen viewer with a ticket. you can enter at nbcwashington.com and search ellen 12 days. >> just fired up the app here. hang on a second. i can't enter can i? a famous face gets behind plans to bring a new memorial to our city. we're back

tom brokaw is getting behind an effort to build a memorial honouringing president dwight d. eisenhower. he is joining an advisory committee along with bob dole. brokaw says he learned while writing about world war ii that veterans very much want to see

eisenhower honored. design and funding problems have slowed the project down. temperatures right now in the 70s and 80s. high today in washington of 88 degrees right now. we are coming in at 81 with low humidity. plenty of sun. pretty much a repeat performance for tomorrow. another gorgeous day with a high around 90. a little bit humid on saturday but nice. hot but not too humid. a high of 91. then, on sunday, there is the chance of a late day shower or thunderstorm. most, if not all of your day, is really looking mainly, nothing you should cancel or change plans over. a high of 90 to feeling the humidity more on sunday and specially feeling the humidity next monday tuesday and wednesday, with a chance of showers and thunderstorms on monday and tuesday. highs around 90 aaron. amelia, thank you. safe liftoff and docking for three astronauts this morning. the new members, a three-man crew that blasted off from

kazakhstan. you can see the hug as they arrived. one astronaut is from our area, shell lingren is from fairfax county and will spend five months in space a big event. a huge 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.

♪ ♪ ee-e-e-oh-mum-oh-weh ♪ ♪ hush my darling... ♪ ♪ don't fear my darling... ♪ ♪ the lion sleeps tonight. ♪ [snoring.] ♪ hush my darling... ♪ [snoring.] ♪ don't fear my darling... ♪ ♪ the lion sleeps tonight. ♪ [snoring.] take the roar out of snore. yet another innovation only at a sleep number store. i'm megan mcgrath live in harpers ferry where an early

morning fire did quite a bit of damage in the business district along high street. if you take a look behind me, look in between these two buildings, you can see that charred line there. there used to be a long wooden staircase there. firefighter it is say when they arrived, the bulk of the fire was concentrated in that area. the flames then spread from there. a total of four historic buildings were gutted in this fire. there were several businesses inside those buildings as well as a couple of apartments. everybody was able to get out okay. no injuries in this fire. a tremendous amount of property damage. those businesses are not going to be able to salvage anything. more than that property loss is the loss of the history here. these are historic buildings that date back to the civil war. >> this is not disneyland. my two buildings are 1840. all of these buildings are preserved buildings from the civil war era. they are ir replaceable.

>> reporter: firefighters are still here on the scene keeping an eye on high spots and flare-ups occurring throughout the morning. as for the cause of this fire, they say it is just too early to figure out exactly what caused it. they are going to be here the bulk of the day. we have road closures. the mark twain station still closed. megan mcgrath, back in harper's ferry. the smithsonian continues to stand behind the exhibition. dozens of e-mails are calling for that collection of african art to be removed. others are threatening to boycott by canceling memberships. the protests come in a wake of a deposition that reveals that cosby admitted that he obtained drugs and gave them to women when he wanted to have sex with them. plenty of your neighbors are taking action after what appears to be a bear attack. blue, the 6-year-old labrador is recovering after a possible bear

attack earlier this week. it happened tuesday night in great falls. neighbors are taking action by putting up cameras in the area to monitor any type of suspicious activity. right now, crews are pulling parts of a massive machine out of the grown. the machine was digging tunnels for two years. mark segraves is live. >> reporter: that's right. they call her lady bird. for the past few years, she has been crawling underneath the city from underneath the an ta kosta river coming above ground today part of a $2 billion river restoration project. here is what it looked like when it came out of the ground earlier today. this weighs 200,000 pounds. this is just front portion, the drill bit of a football length field drill that has been

underground. it is one of two tunnels being build. now, what this means for people in the district of colombia, by 2022 when this project is completed you will see much cleaner streams and rivers. the potomac and the annaacostia. we dump millions of gallons in those tunnels and streams. your water bills will be going up. you see this now as a line item on your water bill. $20 a month. that's the latest here in southeast. mark sea marks segraves. friday, saturday, and sunday, weather looking great. plenty of sunshine. high around 80. 10 degrees cooler than back here at home. the water temperature now at about 82 degrees. coming up in 10 minutes, i'll be talking more about back here when the humidity will start to return and how hot that will make it feel outside, aaron. >> all right, amelia.

thank you. directing right now, the director of the fbi says he considers isis a bigger threat than al qaeda to the united states. kr is kristen welker tells us why that is and what makes the group such a threat. >> isil is not your parents al qaeda. it is very different. it is the current threat we are worrying about in the homeland. >> reporter: that's fbi director, james comey, telling an audience that isis has officially become a bigger threat to the united states than al qaeda. their radicalization efforts have been specially effective reaching thousands of americans through social media. urging followers that can't travel to kill where you are. >> they have adopted a model to crowd source terrorism. >> he added that they have arrested a significant number of radicalized americans over the last few weeks. he did not say how many.

they include some planning attacks in the july fourth holiday. as recently as last september, senior intelligence officials were down playing the group's capacity to attack the u.s. earlier this month president obama held a press conference on the growing isis threat. >> this will not be quick. this is ai long-term campaign. isil is opportunistic and nimble. >> reporter: comey's remarks to inspire violence. >> what keeps me up is the isil threat in the homeland and i worry very much about what i can't see. in other news, zoo animals and good beer the perfect night out

what's hot and what's not this morning? social media editor, britney johnson, is here. we are already buzzing about this event. we are at the zoo, the national bund raising event. there will be tons of different activities, lots of food trucks craft beer and a chance to meet and greet some of the friendliest zoo animals. if you are heading out there, tweet us picks and you can find out more information on our facebook page. >> the message is clear. it is not a good idea to get close to a wild bison. >> a mississippi woman that tried to take a selfie with bison in the background was tossed in the air by the bison with the flick of its head. the animals were about six yards away when she tried to take the selfie with her and her daughter. she is the fifth person to be hurt trying to get a little too close to bison in yellow stone. luckily she was not badly injured if high-priced airfare is stopping you from traveling the world, listen up.

this 25-year-old is traveling the world free, f-r-e-e. he has managed to outsmart airlines and their frequent flyer programs. he started traveling in first class at a low cost when he was' teenager after discovering the hobby website flyer talk. if you want to know the secret to his success. head to his blog one mile at a time, aaron sf. >> as fast as we could say cloudy with a chance of sharknay does. a lot of people talking about shark nado 3. oh, he will. will. no. i tried to give a little more oomph. the latest installment in the sci-fi franchise took elsewhere else, right here in washington. the third installment ended with a bit of a cliff hanger. you, the fans, get to decide the fate of one character and

whether that person will make it to the next film. >> no. it seems so unbelievably bad but it is so good. >> that's w

highs today in the mid to upper 80s. 84 in petersburg and the humidity, the dew point, solo today that it actually might feel a degree or two cooler than the thermometer is actually saying. friday, the humidity starts to creep in. still, very manageable specially for washington in summer. saturday, sunday, feeling a bit humid specially on sunday. high temperatures still around 90 degrees. when you factor in the muggyness, it will feel about 5 degrees warmer than it actually is. on saturday, feeling about 94. on sunday, feeling about 96.

erika, there is the chance of a thunderstorm on sunday. i'll have more on that in a little bit. >> we will not think that far ahead. we'll just enjoy the good weather. thanks, mel. >> growing dissatisfaction among conservatives with pope francis. 45% view francis favorably today. the decline may be due to his high public stances on climate change and social justice issues. the number of those that expressed no opinion a lot of people just said this he don't know him well enough to vote on this. you could read it with the goose or maybe a moose. my friends, let's call it a truce. there is a brand new dr. seuss on its way. >> well done, well done. a long lost dr. seuss book is going to be published next week 20 years after the death of the author theodore icele. it is called what pet should i

get? if you are a fan of the books you will recognize some characters. 1 million copies will be presented. it was written in the 1950s or 1960s. look out for that. are we alone? the out of this world question that

right now on "news 4 midday." scam alert. thieves targeting your using your mailbox. i'll tell you what to watch out for coming up presidential candidate, donald trump on his way to texas for a high-profile visit to the u.s./mexican border. he is circling back to comments that created the first uproar in a campaign full of skirmishes. >> reporter: mr. trump will speak behind me after a tour of the border this afternoon, one that will not include at this point federal border agents after they said they would first attend. early this morning, they decided it was not in their best interest. donald trump travels to the border later today. some think he has crossed the line in his run for the white house. >> let no one be mistakeld trump's candidacy is a cancer on conservatism and it

must be clearly diagnosed, excised and discarded. >> in many polls trump is the leading republican contender. his brash campaign centered on hot button issues like border security. >> they are bringing drugs. they are bringing crime. they are rapists and some i assume are good people. >> trump stands by his comments about illegal immigration. in fact, they have become a rallying cry for his campaign. the real estate mobile says he will win the latino vote because, he will, quote, put them to work. his unapologetic style will put them to race. after publicly releasing lindsey graham's personal cell phone. he answered the call with this tongue and cheek video on how to destroy. >> would you want to give him the nuclear code sns if he had a bad day he might put them on

the negligent work. >> one that other candidates and voters can't seem to take their eyes off of now. >> reporter: with controversialcy swirling within his policy, he said he will not rule out running as a third-party candidate. that's the latest. i'm jay gray. back to you, erika. news 4 is working for you. you could be the target of a mail scam. if you live in montgomery county and you have received this, we want you to be cautious, please. it looks real. it has the maryland state flag logo maybe there in the corner. it is a fake. the letter tells you to send $99 to petition for a tax assessment review. that is actually free for homeowners in montgomery county. the investigators tracked down two people spop forresponsible for this. they are required to pay back all the money they received. take a look at some of the images here. strong winds pushing these

flames making it really hard for firefighters to get them under control. 6,000 acres have burned so far. the california department of forestry and fire protection says it is only about 5% contained. 200 homes are threatened as well. amelia. >> aaron back here it is a nice finish to the workweek. relatively low humidity. plenty of sunshine. humidity does increase over the weekend. really noticing it on sunday. humidity we are so familiar with back to the area. minor storm chances. there is the chance of a late day shower or thunderstorm on saturday. all of your weekend is looking mainly dry. s of rain in the forecast over the next seven days. that is through at least next wednesday. the suburbs at 62. by 9:00 a.m., temperatures in the 70s across the area. noon tomorrow temperatures in the low to mid-80s. another look at the seven-day in ten minutes. >> in this week's wednesday

child, we want to introduce you to three siblings. they have different interests and personalities. one thing in common. they all benefit from a permanent, loving family. >> signs of peter pan flying high above our area these days. >> you excited about seeing the show. they couldn't wait. you get to do something the others don't get to do. >> what's that? >> you get to meet the stars of the show. >> inside the giant tent brought all the way from england we made our way from the lobby into the theater where waiting to welcome us peter pan, wendy brothers michael and john, dad, george darling and even nana the dog. above the stage tinkerbell was rehearsing. down below, cassie, erin and emily got to see how magic was made on the stage. as foster kids, cassie,er erin and

emily know what it is like. ten-year-old emily says it is not easy. aaron hopes they can find a family. >> 15-year-old sister cassie agrees. >> love. that's what most parents and families should give to their kids. >> we are looking for a family that will adopt all three of them. >> adoption recruiter says the kids have had a rough start in life but they survived with wonderful, individual personalities. >> cassie is a typical oldest child. she tends to mother the younger ones. she took care of a lot of the mothering responsibilities in their birth family. she is protective. aaron is a typical 9-year-old boy. he is very ener skret tick, loves to be outside and play outside rkts any kind of sports. emily is the quieter one. she is a little shy, very sweet.

>> what's the most important thing parents can give their kids? >> to me love, really, just love. >> for aaron, there is just one more thing. >> having a dog in our house. >> reporter: all kids need something and someone to love and someone to love them. barbara harrison, news 4 for wednesday's child. >> there is nobody that can tell these stories better. if you have room for cassie, aaron and emily or another child who is waiting, please call 1-88-to-adopt-me. or you can search wednesday's child on nbcwashington.com. we are just a few minutes away from getting some pretty exciting news from nasa. at noon, they are set to hold a news conference to talk about the kepler space telescope and they are hinting that they may have found an earthlike planet. talk about a pick me up.

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starbucks wants to take customers for a ride. they are teaming up with lyft. they have announced similar tie-ins with spotify and "the new york times." amelia says it is going to be a perfect day outside all day, which means perfect day for hotdogs. >> absolutely that. it is national hotdog day today. if you've been waiting, it cob a good time to fire up the grills. they are also providing some dog discounts including 7-eleven and sonic. they enjoyed some free hotdogs on capitol hill yesterday. that's because the national hotdog and sausage council, there is a thing a council for that.

they say it is actually supposed to be celebrated on the third or fourth wednesday of the month. obviously today is thursday. yesterday should have been the official day but this date the 23rd is what sort of took over. >> did you hear how they said fire up the grill not fire up the app. >> fire up the app aaron. fire up the app. couples in our area may be a little morrow man tick than the rest of the country. we're going to tell you where exactly. there is plenty of love to go

# you may be living in one of the most romantic cities in the u.s. according to proflowers, alexandria ranks as the most romantic place in the summertime. it ranks as the fifth most romantic and the only east coast city on the list. it says the high concentration of shops and restaurants lining

the comebblestone streets adds to the romance a wide range from 73 in gateto gaithersburg and tomorrow, 90 degrees. mostly sunny skies. saturday, we'll bump the high up 1 degree. a high of 91 on saturday. the chance of a late day shower or thunderstorm on sunday. really, most, if not all of the day, is looking dry. you are going to notice the humidity on sunday with a high of 92. the chance of some showers or thunderstorms next tuesday. otherwise the muggyness returns. >> thanks, amelia. that is it for "news 4 midday." we appreciate you joining us. back this afternoon first at 4ment you can get news and weather updates any time with the nbc washington app. until then, have a great day. we'll see you

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