suicide but the controversy suspect over. how it is reigniting the debate about your rights when pulled over by police. metro under fire transit agency officials grilled today for not following their own rules to keep riders safe. we begin with politics though. tonight donald trump once again dominates the headlines. the presidential hopeful traveled to the u.s./mexican border for the first time since he made those controversial comments about undocumented workers. he was melt by protesters and bay supporters. nbc's jay gray was there as well. he joins us live from laredo texas. jay? >> reporter: hey there wendy jim. and trump's last stop on his south texas swing was this reception ham, a trip that started with the group that invited him here actually pulling out of the tour. it is a dry, rugged and in many places, desolate region, but make no mistake, the border between texas and mexico has been fertile ground for donald

trump. >> there's nothing more important than what i'm doing. and i'm the one that brought up the problem of illegal immigration. >> reporter: trump traveled to laredo this afternoon for a tour of the border. border security continues to be a corner stone, trump's unorthodox and unapologetic presidential campaign, a run that began with this controversial comment about undocumented immigrants. >> they are bringing drugs, they are bringing crime, they are rapists and some, i assume, are good people. >> reporter: a handful of protesters followed trump during his visit and former texas governor, now fellow gop contender, rick perry, blasted trump wednesday, calling his candidacy "a cancer for the republican party." >> donald trump, the candidate, is a sore of division, wrongly demonizing mexican-americans for political sport. >> reporter: as the controversy

swirls this morning, the group that initially invited trump to laredo, the local union representing border patrol agents, pulled out, saying in a written statement --swirls this morning, the group written statement --ritten statement -- >> they canceled, because frankly, they don't want to get involved. >> reporter: trump refusing to cancel his trip or back down from an issue driving his run for the white house. and with growing criticism within his own party, donald trump has said he will not rule out the idea of running as a third party candidate if he feels like he has to. that is the latest live here in laredo, texas, i'm jay gray. relieving a day of terror on the witness stand. it happened in a fairfax county courtroom as the woman who helped police track down accused severance testified about the day she was shot and her employer was killed. bureau chief julie carey joins us live with some important

rulings in this triple murder. julie? >> reporter: here's what was at issue today. these are copies of six photos, including one of charles severance, that were once part of a police lineup in the case. now the defense was seeking to block these from use in trial in hope it is would keep the surviving victim from identifying accused killer, charles severance. so, she had to take the witness stand today to talk about what she remembered on that terrible day in february 2014. charlesself reps listened as the woman whose description helped lead to his arrest described the heart wrenching day when her employer, ruth ann lodato was killed and she was shot.described the heart wrenching day when her employer, ruth ann lodato was killed and she was shot. severance is charged with killing lodato and two other well-known alexandria resident

during a ten-year period. most of the family's family and friends were in tears when the testimony finished. >> i will never know what it is like to go through what they have gone through and to have to relieve that in open is understandably hard. every day is hard for them. today was very hard. >> reporter: the judge did not permit photos of the witness as she took the stand. she was caring for ruthanne lodato's elderly mother that february morning when she heard a loud noise and rushed to the front door. she went across the street to a neighbor's and returned to take lodato's mother to safety. >> caregiver ran to the house and was hysterical. >> reporter: after she got the mother to safety, she went back to the scene of the crime to be with a dying ruthanne. she broke down on the witness stand sobbing. the judge called a witness. >> she witnessed a murder. she was shot. she put her own life at risk and returned to ruthanne to be with her until help arrived. the family is deeply and forever grateful to her. >> reporter: franco was asked to testify as the defense wanted to block use of that photo lineup at trial.

it was created based on franco's descriptions of the shooter but when a detective show it had to her, she lingered on theself reps photo but could not positively identify him as the man who shot her. that uncertainty underscores his belief that police arrested the wrong man. # new developments in the issue of a woman found dead inside a jail cell in texas. the medical examiner in texas now confirms that sandra bland

died of suicide by hanging. autopsy results were revealed today. they revealed that bland had a large amount of marijuana in her system but unclear when she smoked it or ingested it in whatever way. examiners found about 30 cuts on bland's wrist they say were likeliself inflicted two to four weeks before she was arrested. bland told her jailers she tried to commit suicide last year after having a miscar raj. one week after a gunman opened fire in chattanooga one of the marines killed is being honored by his homehometown the body of lance corporal squire wells was escorted from an airport in atlanta today to kennesaw. people shut down an overpass so people could gather and pay their respects. some of the marines who survived that shooting are talking about the incredible outpouring of

support. >> overwhelming, the support and the people from the smalle influence all the bay up to retired servicemen, to show their love and support, it was very overwhelming. >> funeral services for lance corporal wells is planned for sunday. since a woman's death underground caused the federal government to take a new look at our traps silt system each layer that is pulled back reveals new trouble. today, a new parade of high-ranking officials got an earful. to adam tuss, why is this message any different? >> reporter: we have heard the big issues with metro, the thing us like the transit agency not following its own safety protocols. today we heard about some of the smaller issues things like employees not knowing how to work their own radios and all around, there's frustration.

>> many agencies need to go back to the basic to us get a grasp on their employees. >> reporter: safety leader after safety leader sat down with the transit agency's board. the federal transit administration delivered a blistering report detailing metro's lapses. therese mcmillan is the acting head of the fta. you guys are basically telling metro that it's not following its own safety protocols a the agency that's supposed to be ensuring that they do follow those safety proelt comesment is doing a good enough job. what are riders supposed to take away from that? >> as i mentioned before rks. >> it is not an unsafe system. >> reporter: inside a tunnel --

>> after about 200 feet, that success rate if you will, dropped off by two carriers. now you can only access 911 by two carriers not four. and it was reduced to about a 28% reliability. >> reporter: bottom line safety leaders say metro has to do better. now, metro says it is putting new safety programs in place but that takes work and for riders, that means more delays and single-tracking as the work takes place. wendy back to you. >> adam tuss. two years, more than four miles of work underneath d.c. now completed. the goal, to prevent neighborhood flooding and make our rivers clean enough so you can fish, even swim in them. it is going to come at a cost to most of us. mark segraves takes us inside the big dig. >> reporter: today was a milestone for the d.c. clean rivers project that will be complete in 2022, as the

enormous bore head from the underground drill was removed from the tunnel. >> about four and a half miles taken several years to do on time, under budget. >> reporter: that budget is more than $2 billion, which will be paid for by everyone who gets a d.c. water bill. >> an item on everybody's bill, next year, going to be $20. it is going to continue to go up. >> reporter: while water bills will continue to go up each year, our rivers and creeks will continue to get cheaper. the new tunnels will supplement the existing tunnels, which were built in the 1800s and can't handle all the rain and sewage, which leads to massive flooding in d.c. neighborhoods. >> for a long time that maintenance was deferred. the bill has come due now. >> reporter: flooding suspect the only thing these new tunnels will fix. the existing sewers become overwhelmed each time we have a big rain forcing billions of gallons of sewage and rain to be dumped directly into our rivers and creeks every year. in the district, mark segraves,

news4. >> and we have more information on our nbc washington app, including a map that can tell you if the undergroundwork is happening underneath you. just search d.c. big dig. coming up, acknowledgment from the director of the fbi who says isis is a bigger threat to our security than al qaeda.

(gong) slather your ribs with kikkoman for that rich mahogany sweetness. (taiko drum beat) (taiko drum beat)

there is growing concern tonight about the threat of identification sis for americans the home. the director of the fbi says isis is a bigger threat than al qaeda. that is in part to an aggressive social media campaign. critics are blaming the president. steve handlesman on capitol hill now with more on this story. steve? >> reporter: the white house said al qaeda is much less a threat here in the homeland because it has been des mateded by the obama drone program. cimated by the obama drone program. but it to many it is looking like a winner. the fbi is investigating how mohammad youssuf abdulazeez might have been inspired by isis, but isis is stepping up

its already intense effort, on the web and twitter, to urge attacks in the u.s. in the past six to eight weeks. suspects being arrested, as many as ten isis-inspired plots broken up this summer a big increase. head of homeland security jeh johnson, confirmed today that the bigger worry than a 9/11-style attack by a team from overseas. >> we have got to be now concerned about the home-grown threat, which is harder to detect. >> reporter: need until a haystack said fbi director comey, giving isis credit. >> they have invested in moments and -- months and months of pushing this message and it resonated with troubled souls. >> reporter: why just now call home-grown terror the top threat? it's lag to bang time says an administration critic. >> you see the flash but the bang doesn't come until later. why is that? the administration's reluctant to acknowledge that its strategiment is working.

>> reporter: terror ex-officers stay is the battlefield successes of isis the u.s.-led coalition is failing to stop making the online appeal of isis increasingly effective. the fbi says isis is now up to about 21,000 english language handelsman news4. most federal workers don't believe the government will protect their personal information in the wake of these recent data breaches. a survey by our news partersers in at federal news radio find that nearly half of federal workers have changed their behavior since the hacks at the office of personnel management. less than 2% are confident in opm's ability to give enough protection to the victims. about 40% think those impacted by that breach should be compensated with money. the recent hacks impacted 22 million federal workers contractors and their families. looking at our weather now doug is going to tell us what we

can expect, but right now probably after he burps or what ever else he has to do after all that food he has eaten. he is out there in brambleton with black yard weather with backyard weather today. >> we have answer the, hard to get everybody up, we were all just kind of, feel so good. the weather has been fantastic. this is jamie, app brinker. you wanted to say hi to someb see you. a couple weeks. saw you at doug's party. >> whoever needs to know. >> need you and doreen to come out here. >> yeah. good stuff. totally remembers you. totally remembers you. did i hit you hard? >> yes. >> you said the one thing about this community was there was no kids here. >> i don't know who any of these kids are, they are multiplying. faking a look at the weather, guys, show what you is going on come back in a second. you guys are on tv now, look over there. temperatures right now, a

beautiful afternoon temperatures looking very nice, sitting at 87 degrees at the airport. those temperatures, they are going to come down just a little bit as we move on through the rest of the evening hours, 86 right now. we move on through the rest of the evening down into the upper 70s by around 7, 8, 9:00 tonight. 79, gaiftersburg frederick, maryland, 84 culpepper now 81. storm team4 radar's clear, you can tell by the clear skies, no chance of rain tonight the weather absolutely fantastic dry, the next couple of days the frontal boundary, well down to the south, you can see some showers down around kentucky, but that is it now. heading out this evening, travel, no problem dry pavement there, green all the bay through, if you're exercising, low humidity the factor, you move through the evening. out and about tonight, thinking about maybe doing up some hot dogs as we did, a beautiful night for that. very nice. we still have about 84 hot dogs left. you make your way through the next couple of days, 80 degrees tomorrow at nan, perfect to get out there for lunch, temperatures 9 90 in the d.c. metro area.

once again low humidity, not that big of a factor. heading down toward the beaches, that water temperature now up to 82 degrees, heading toward bethany dewey ocean city looking good. 81 friday, 83, saturday. sunday, temperatures also into the low 80s, so really a pitcher perfect beach weekend this maybe the best beach weekend we have seen so far this year. 89 on your friday, 92 on saturday. 93 on sunday. monday, coming in with a little more humidity. temperatures around the 93 91-degree mark. that seven-day forecast for you coming up a little bit later on. guys? i'm chris lawrence at the live deck. right now, jurors are refusing to rule out the death penalty for the colorado movie theater shooter. it is the first phase of sentencing and the jurors agree with prosecutors that james holmes' crimes were heinous enough to bar rant execution.

now, holmes' attorneys will argue that life in prison without parole is an appropriate sentence despite those crimes. we will keep an eye on the

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.

get out of the car. i will light you up! >> wow. wow. >> sandra bland was found hanging in a jail c he will in texas three days after she was taken out of her car. today, the autopsy report concluded she killed herself. in the aftermath of that case, many people are still wondering how that traffic stop went so bad so quickly. >> we talked to some local experts who say there are things you can do to keep a traffic stop from turning confrontational. news4's megan fitzgerald is live in northwest d.c. with more on this. meagan? >> reporter: and doreen, we do have rights when it comes to being pulled over by an officer during a traffic stop, but legal experts say hey look there are things that you can do and the officer should do to play a role

in making sure that these confrontational interactions don't occur. the assumption is if you follow the law you don't have much to worry about. >> follow all the rules. just anything to avoid getting pulled over. >> reporter: the latest example raising questions about police interaction with drivers is in waller county texas. sandra bland pulled over for not signalling a lane change. and all of america has now seep the dash cam video that plays out next, a police officer asked bland to put out her cigarette. she is irritated for being stopped and refuses. >> i'm in my car. why do i have to put out my cigarette. >> she says i'm in my car, i can do whatever i want. you are now confronting the officer, now telling me you can't tell me what to do. >> reporter: the president of the fraternal order of police for the metro area says while bland had a right to smoke a cigarette, not putting it out started to escalate the situation. >> you can step on out now. >> reporter: that's when the

officer orders her out of her car and again bland refuses his orders. according to monica hopkins max billion with the aclu of washington, d.c.s bland should have complied. >> officers do have a right to ask individuals to step out of their car. >> reporter: the officer could have deescalated the situation by issuing a citation and moving on even after bland refused to put out her cigarette. and the aclu says drivers have to play a role as well. >> i think that there is you know respect that has to happen on both sides. unbridled level of authority and i think it's the constitution that keeps that in check. >> reporter: now, there is a couple of other things to keep in mind if you are being pulled over during a traffic stop. he says have your hands on the steering wheel, just so they are visible to officers. have the window rolled down before the officer approaches the car. if it's dark outside, go ahead and throw on a light inside your car. of course, those are just

suggestions but says it is a way to sort of deescalate things automatically before an officer even approaches your car. and again, remain respectful. if you feel like an officer is being unprofessional or disrespectful to you, you can take their badge number and you can also file a complaint with the police department or seek legal action if you feel it's necessary. wendy, back to you. >> meagan fitzgerald. thanks, meagan. next, a serial burglar strikes just as people are heading into work or getting off the clock. tonight the new clue that could finally lead to his arrest. a tragic crash claimed two young lives, students the this loudoun county elementary school. i'm david culver. coming up, i will show you how the school is planning to help other students grieve. what people who live in this hyattsville apartment building experienced they say was worse than a fire. i'm tracee wilkins. coming up on news4 an

this guy is a thief, a serial thief. >> and over and over again, he has hit office buildings and stolen computers. pat collins tells us now that this guy often hides in plain sight. pat? >> reporter: wendy, he strikes just as the office opens or right before it closes. he goes in, picks up a laptop here, a laptop there and he is gone in a flash. police describe this man as a serial computer thief. they say he goes into offices in arlington and rips off laptops. they say he has done it about 20 times in the last 14 months. >> nobody wants to work for their money anymore. that's the hard part about it.

so -- >> what do you do to protect your laptop? >> i take it home with me every day. >> reporter: this guy is not bashful. one of the buildings he targeted is close by misheadpolice headquarters. they could walk to the scene. >> quick in, quick out with whatever devices he can carry in a backpack. >> reporter: the suspect carries a backpack and wears a.can a. not many clues there. look at his hand. he keeps a towel wrapped around his hand. >> we believe that is to reduce leaving fingerprints behind. >> reporter: we find many people keeping a close eye on their laptops. >> never leave home without it. >> nope. >> never leave work without it. >> nope. >> keep it with you at all times. >> sure thing. >> reporter: now if you recognize the suspect arlington

police, they want to hear from you. now back to you. >> thanks, pat. a guilty plea from an accused bank robber today who sparked a massive eight-hour manhunt all over the area. wussen asigh was arrested for a string of bank robberies but escaped from police custody in march while he was being treated at innova fairfax hospital. he carjacked two drivers during the chase and eventually arrested in the district. asigh faces a minimum of 32 years in prison. he is to be sentenced in october. a woman says bed bugs forced her 87-year-old mother to sleep in a chair for six weeks. now she is demanding that the people responsible pay up. bureau chief tracee wilkins is live in hyattsville to tell us how she is fighting back. >> reporter: she is one of a number of complainants that filed suit in this lawsuit and one of those complaint tants provided me dozens and dozens of

exterminator worked orrers that show at one point this apartment building had a serious bed bug infestation. >> my legs a feet were swollen. her chest and back of her neck was all built up by the bed bugs. >> reporter: when tanya stokes and her 87-year-old mother ethel lived at the kings park plaza apartments in hyattsville, they say their apartment was invested with bed bulls and they were not alone, according to what a maintenance man told them. sorry to tell you, but the bed bug problem is underneath you. >> reporter: instead of the property managers moving them out of their apartment, they stayed, through weeks of bed bug treatments. tonya says management removed her mother's infested bed and promised to replace it. meanwhile, her mother slept in a chair, for six weeks. >> just miserable. that's all i can say. >> the records that we show they have been treating this building since 2010. >> reporter: debra mcdaniel moved into the stokes' apartment after they moved out in 2012. she wasn't told about the bed

bug issues but soon found out for herself. >> everything was infested. >> reporter: the three women filed suits against the berkshire property advisers, owned the building when they lived there, under new ownership now. they are asking for $20. mcdaniel says she knows it is a lot of money but trying to make the point. >> not the point of what we going to get, the point of everyone knowing what was done to us. >> reporter: the stokes say since they moved out of kings park plaza, their prayers have been answered. >> i asked the lord, all of his mice were creeping. creeping bugs turn them out another way. >> reporter: we talked with a spokesperson for the berkshire apartment managing group and they said that they have a strict policy when it comes to dealing with bed bugs but they don't know exactly what happened in this case. they are going to investigate and they did not have a comment on this pending lawsuit. reporting live in hyattsville, i'm tracee wilkins, back to you in the studio. >> thanks. a new effort to track down a

bear that attacked a family pet in northern virginia. police put up cameras in a wooded area near river park lane in great falls today. a dog returned home with claw and bite marks on tuesday night. our chris gordon interviewed the owner yesterday. he said the dog is going to be okay. fairfax county animal services will be monitoring those new cameras. in the meantime, police just posted pictures on twitter of yet another bear sighting, last night, on saigon road in mcclain. coming up, two brothers killed in a crash. tonight, what we are just learning about the young victims and the help for their friends who are still coming to grips with this tragedy. the fire ripped through a popular tourist december at this point nation, as crews from our area arrived to help fight the flames. i'm taking on the kids and so far i am winning! this is awesome! we are going to do a backyard weather right now, the weather also awesome. going to talk about that coming up. if you've got weekend maps shall

don't want to miss this

a huge fire destroyed four buildings in the historic area of hampers ferry, west virginia today. fire departments from maryland and west virginia helped fight those flames this morning it happened on high street, a popular tourist december at this point nation. those buildings there date back to the 1800s. they have shops and apartments in them. no word yet on what caused that fire. harpers ferry, of course is a national monument where abolitionist followers of john brown tried to spark an armed revolt among slaves during the civil war. a loudoun county community is mourning the loss of two young boys this evening. the 9 and 10-year-old brothers were killed in a crash just outside of charlottesville this week. bureau reporter david culver shows us what the kids' school is doing during midsummer break to help the other students cope.

>> reporter: this wooded road outside charlottesville shut down. police say it started when this white expedition suv veered across the rains on gordonsville road slamming head-on into the now-up recognizable nissan altima. inside the sedan, four people, including a dad and his two young sons, the crash killed the boys, three days since, and tonight, the emotional impact being felt here at cardinal ridge elementary school and the surrounding neighborhood. students on summer break, now dealing with two sudden losses. a classmate shared yearbook pictures of 10-year-old quincy holmes, a rising fifth grader, his brother desmond just a year younger. their dad and a fourth passen -- passenger in critical conditions tonight. they don't know what caused the suv to cross the yellow line. i spoke to a young girl in the third grade with desmond holmes she was too sad to go on camera

but wanted me to say he was kind, he was nice and he liked to share. now, the school is bringing in a crisis team, even though it's summer, they are going to be here starting at 8:00 tomorrow morning. they will be here throughout the day to help any students who feel as though they need to grieve. in loudoun county, i'm david culver news4. still ahead alternatives to being locked up. tonight, the changes that could be coming to fairfax county after local leaders learned about a successful program in

patients recently rated their care experience at over 3,500 hospitals nationwide in a survey conducted for the centers for medicare and medicaid. only seven percent received five stars. including four of ours.

learn more at cancercenter.com growing momentum to make big changes in fairfax county to keep some of the mentally ill offenders from going to jail. it comes days after a delegation returned from texas. our bureau chief julie carey, was on that trip and reports it's lifting hopes of some here who have loved ones locked up. >> reporter: joanna walker says her son michael has come a long way since 2011 when in the midst of a psychotic episode, he began ranting as she drove, hitting her with a water bottle. michael was taken to the fairfax county jail where his condition worsen worsened. >> i really feel he should not have been taken to jail. he was clearly in a psychotic crisis, in a mental health crisis and should have been taken to the hospital. >> reporter: once released, it

took michael years to reconcile and begin to recover, with the help of medication. that's why joanna says she is thrilled to learn that fairfax county leaders just traveled to san antonio to see a model program that diverts mentally ill offenders into treatment instead of jail. right now, there's some momentum and i'm really hoping that this jail die versionversion initiative will be put into practice. >> reporter: the headquarters is already equipped with a sally port and other secure areas where police could make handoffs to treatment. >> there's going to be a cost but there's also going to be tremendous rewards and benefits for the people that are suffering from mental illness as well as our community. >> reporter: one key to the success in san antonio the fact that almost every first responder took the 40-hour crisis intervention team training course. the fairfax county police department is now picking up the pace of its training, while some deputies are joining the class.

brian wolf has made full cit training of deputies a corner stone of his campaign. >> all these other jails have adopted cit, a fantastic program, the officers buy into it it's effective. >> reporter: kincaid's motivation for change, the death of mentally ill offender natasha mckenna last winter after she was tased. this is the sheriff's promise to the mcken in family h >> i want them to know at a we are very very sorry. i want them to know that we are doing everything possible to ensure that this never happens again. >> reporter: julie carey, news4. >> the board signed on to a national answer nishtive called stepping up, aimed at die verging the mentally ill from jail. we have more resources online and that includes a map to help you fin resources where you live.

just go to nbcwashington.com/changing minds. doug having himself a feign old time out there in brambleton, virginia, now backyard weather working. what's up partner? >> what's going on, vance? i tell you, a beautiful, beautiful afternoon out here now. really been quite nice to come out here to your home. i want to thank the brinker family for bringing us out here jamie and anna. we graduated together i said 2003. and you know, some people called me out on twitter. it was really 2001. [ laughter ] all right. fine, it was '93. we had 20 years you were one year behind us there. there is my buddy. are we face timing with him? i played baseball with her husband, who right now is going to the nationals game. i'm glad you're a nats fan, james, thanks for coming, buddy. appreciate it show what you is happening there the rest of the night, you guys have a nice night plan, back from here to the brambleton town center, you a band playing tonight, perfect for that 86 now, heading down

towards that area, cooler there, rather 81 degree buys 9:00. a very nice night. going to be comfortable move through the day tomorrow another fantastic friday as you move on through. temperatures right now, 79, gauts gaithersburg, 81 in dulles. we have the jets flying over us. you know the radar's clear. we have got no chance of rain coming up not just today but during the day tomorrow too we are really looking at some fantastic weather all day and that's why i like to call it a fantastic friday with low humidity, going to be great. temperatures could get close to 90 in the d.c. metro area, no problem there is at all. saturday, more of the same, it will be warmer as you make your way out. how about the trend for the day tomorrow? take you hour by hour 7 a.m., 72, a little bit on the cool side, 82 by 11 then by 3 and 7:00, we are warm, but once again, not talking humidity heat index, not a factor tomorrow. it will return this weekend. thinking about taking the bike

out tomorrow, 76 at 9 a.m., 85 by 1, a perfect afternoon. look at that seven-day forecast for you, we move on through the next couple of days temperatures 92 on saturday, 93, sunday, yes, we will see more humidity, sunday monday tuesday gets really hot in the middle of next week, highs in the mid-90s. again, if you want know come to your backyard, all you have to do do what app did, go on my facebook page, and maybe i can do the weather in your backyard. another backyard weather coming up tomorrow. you guys want to come to that one? okay. i will call the family, ask if you're invited. back to you guys. they are invited. thanks, doug. nats have some good news on the industry from the for a change. carol's g

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.

all kinds of good stuff, including good news. >> you can't blame nats fans if therapy. ing themselves now, a great day. this first of all, headline in the "new york daily news," says worse loss ever for the mets,

that was from -- late rally, because -- late july, but because instead of a one-game lead you know with the division rivals, yeah, the nates have a three-game lead going into pittsburgh today. also, there's some great news on third basement yunel escobar. manager matt williams says ct scan on his injured hand and wrist came back looking so good. he will not start but able to come off the bench tonight in pittsburgh if needed. williams says he is not going to be hitting but from the look of pain as escobar exited the game after that checked swing against the mets, we have to think this is a case of the baseball gods being very, have he good to us. buck showalter for the o's, opposite end of the spectrum, looking to avoid a sweep by the yankees. jimenez did not help that course. bases loaded for chase headily, almost chases this out of the yard. stays in, but boy, does it do

some damage. a bases-clearing triple. the yankees third baseman. new york up, 3-0. get worse for jimenez. down 5-1 in the third, facing steven drew. he takes this one into right and two more runs come to score. yankees, they are up 7-1. jimenez two and a thirds, eight hit, seven earned runs, buck comes up, takes the ball, sends him on his watch sorey. a blooper, chris davis flying to left, brett gardner, he is checking it out the sun gets in his eyes and -- almost takes his head off. check this out. am gets the win 9-3678 the first time the yankees have swept the thestthe os in the bronx since 2010. ali krieger's remarkable journey has come full circle. the woman's world cup star defender grew up in this area

learned to love soccer here, now she returns as a champion and her goal is much bigger now than one title. krieger is back on the practice fields this week in germantown. she admits it's tough to come off the victory tour and then get right back to business with the washington spirit. but she refuses to take any time off for the good of the game. >> right now my folkcus is here. i want to be solid with this team and bring that motivation, intensity and excite.from the world cup back here to this field and to this team and to this club. and the league, we need to continue to grow women's football around the country shall the world and i think right now, we have such a good platform to do that. >> from the world cup glory to making regular season headlines, that's the new goal. also back from the world cup, the spirit's keeper maybe in the top five of my all-time favorite interviews. even without your world cup win and your amazing talent on the

soccer field i think people would notice you if you were just joe schmo. >> really? >> yeah. >> is that a compliment? the biggest pickup line i have had so far. >> that's how it went. that's how it went. ash lynn harris is her name, another member of the world cup team. and goally for the washington spirit. she was a blast to talk to as you can imagine. check out her entire interview and ali kriegerers a entire interview on our nbc because app. just search spirit. of forth d.c. united newest member of the black and red, alvaro salve var rio taking part in practice today. he was acquired in a trade with real salt lake last week. that was tough. how will he help united the 33-year-old is one of the best scorers in the league. in six seasons is, he has 63 goals and 13 assist and united they do not want him to

tonight, blazing fast. dramatic escapes as wildfires explode across the west. >> fast, dad, go. >> families flee for their lives with no time to spare. homegrown terror, startling warning from the fbi director as armed americans stand guard to protect our troops. trump threat as he visits the boarder. a new possibility emerges. would he run as a idate? why it's a nightmare scenario for the republican party. the rising cost of cancer, for many patients getting treatment means spiraling into bankruptcy. tonight the nation's top cancer doctors say enough is enough. they are urging patients to fight back. and earth's cousin, nasa makes an amazing discovery.