an tried to blend into the crowd as people scrambled for the exits, but turned the gun on himself as police closed in. tonight new revelations about the killer's criminal past as the faces of the victims emerge. >> this is a great country. these kind of tragedies pull us together, it is going to be tough. that movie theater shooting raising new questions tonight about gun control in light of all the recent violence. >> here's what we know right now that gunman, 59-year-old john houser is described as a drifter with a criminal past and a history of mental health issues. there is still no clear motive. two people were killed in the attack, nine others injured. nbc's jay gray begins our coverage now from lafayette, louisiana.

>> reporter: police rushed in just after the first shots rang out. >> it was just loud, like one big, loud bang, made my ears ring. i knew it was a gunshot. >> reporter: witnesses say a 59-year-old drifter, john russel houser, stood up in the crowded theater and opened fire. >> he looked like he was very calm, standing there, kind of walking down the aisle and firing. >> reporter: two people were killed in the attack, nine others wounded. >> shock. shocked. i don't even know what to say about the situation. >> reporter: today, as their investigation continues, police are learning more about the man they say is responsible. >> he clearly knew what he was doing, clearly had some kind of a plan, because he bought the ticket, in the theater, he had the gun. >> reporter: a plan that according to officers, became more clear as they searched the hotel he had been living in. >> we found wigs and glasses and disguises basically in his room. it is apparent that he was intent on shooting and then escaping. >> reporter: things apparently changed when houser spotted officers in the chaos as he was trying to leave. >> he saw the law enforcement, local police officers, went back inside, that's when he shot and killed himself.

>> reporter: as makeshift memorials grow across this shattered community, police have released the names of the two women killed, 21-year-old mayci breaux and 33-year-old jillian johnson. >> don't lose sight of the fact that these two individuals, they had a vision, they had a name, had a future. it wasn't to die as they did horribly in this theater here. >> reporter: now, police and so many here are trying to understand how and why it happened. and police say there is no clear indication at this point of a motive in the attack. the theater remains closed as they continue their investigation here. jay gray, nbc news, lafayette, louisiana. houser was hospitalized repeatedly for mental health issues he also had domestic violence complaints against him and an arson arrest and he had a gun. steve handlesman joins us from capitol hill where the debate over gun laws and mental health is back in focus tonight. steve? >> reporter: it is wendy, thanks. up here in congress after the sandy hook school massacre,

tougher gun control was defeated. tougher gun control was defeated. at the same time, many states have cut their funding for mental health care. now, both issues are from the burner. lafayette is the third u.s. mass shooting in 37 days by a suspect said to have mental or emotional issues. in charleston, where nine died, it was dylann roof. in chattanooga, where five died, mohammad abdulazeez. but all three accused killers got at least one gun. president obama says his failure to tighten gun controls is the greatest frustration of his presidency. but in lafayette today, some suggest the fix is better mental health care. >> in order to hopefully avoid situations like this occurring. >> reporter: experts say our nation's mental health system is overburdened and poorly funded. >> we probably have 3.5 million adults in the united states with serious and sometimes disabling psychiatric conditions, like schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, who aren't getting any

treatment at all. >> reporter: but caring for everyone might not mean spotting potential mass shooters. >> we do not have the data that would show that improving mental health for the jeep population would have any impact in terms of these very rare, isolated, high casualty mass violent incidents. >> reporter: so, colin goddard says focus on the guns. he is a survivor of the virginia tech massacre in 2007. 32 people killed. >> unfortunately, i think a lot of elected officials in this country after mass shootings talk about mental health as a pivot to getting away from the real issues of how to improve gun policy. >> reporter: an urgent debate with 16 dead in back-to-back-to-back mass shootings. but the advocates of both tougher gun control and better mental health care say far more americans die every day in ordinary incidents of gun violence and mental illness than are killed in all of these high-profile, mass casualty massacres. i'm steve handelsman, news4.

>> steve, thank you. $the gun control issue is once again thrust into the spotlight large crowds expected at the dallas expo center for a gun show. in our next half hour, derrick ward takes us inside the event to talk with people on both sides of the debate. that teenager ordered to undergo a psychiatric evaluation. a judge ordered jasper spires held without bond this afternoon. mark segraves was in the courtroom as the defendant began laughing during the serious proceedings. mark? >> reporter: that video was played in court this afternoon.

it shows the suspect who prosecutors say is jasper spires hanging out in the metro station, following people and just before boarding the train where kevin souther land was killed the suspect is seen putting gloves on and then when that train stops, the suspect is again seen running out of the train station. his defense attorney says it wasn't his client. and on the stand today, a detective testified that, in fact, one of the witnesses on that train identified someone else as the suspect. prosecutors are sure that jasper spires murdered kevin sutherland, the two men were on a red line train july 4th. spires' medical i.d. card was found at the scene. police who had arrested him in the past recognized spires from surveillance video. spires' attorney says it's a case of mistaken identity. >> none of the witnesses have been able to identify him up in of the witnesses on the subway have identified my client as being the perpetrator. >> reporter: owner oath, one of

the detectives on the case confirmed that no witnesses from inside the train have identified spires and, in fact, one witness picked someone else from a photo lineup. he also testified that while the murder weapon was found with the victim's blood on it so far, they have not found the suspect's dna or fingerprints on that knife. the judge found there was enough evidence to go to trial and ordered spires held without bond. during the hearing, spires often smiled and even laughed. at one point interrupting the hearing. the jim said because of spires' demeanor in court he was ordering a mental evaluation. outside the courthouse, kevin sutherland's cousin said the family is still dealing with the loss but is prepared to forgive. >> we all lose you know, a little piece of ourselves when we see something so brutal like this. and you know, for the defendant's family, too. >> reporter: we will get the rules of that mental evaluation late august. there's been a lot of

speculation that spires was on drugs at the time of the attack. there is no mention of that in court today. jim, back to you. >> mark segraves thank you. during part of his time in d.c., kevin sutherland interned for connecticut congressman jim i'm hines. his release from jail two days before the murder raised questions but he blasted new jersey governor chris christie for blaming liberal sutherland's death. said it was liberal policies that caused the death of kevin sutherland. no it was a deranged individual, deranged or drugs, we don't know. agree or disagree with liberals, that's who devon was and who his parents were. by the way his funeral had been several days earlier. >> the congressman says sutherland's death points to a larger issue about the overall level of violence in our society. we have seen a spike in violence in the district over the past several weeks. there have been 78 murders so far this year compared to 66

this same time last year. that's an 18% increase. police have said an increase in synthetic drug use may be a contributing factor. no word yet on a motive or suspects in the most recent murder murder. it happened southwest in southeast d.c. someone killed a man not far from patterson elementary -- elementary. the victim was 25. donald trump gaining ground despite some damning headlines. meanwhile democratic hopeful, hillary clinton, is making headlines of her own tonight. the justice department has been asked to start a criminal probe into whether she improperly stored classified e-mails on her private server while serving as secretary of state. nbc's chuck todd has the latest. >> reporter: ever since we found out publicly that hillary clinton had a private e-mail server and that's how she conducted some business when she

was secretary of state, it was clear this was a story that was going to be a cloud that would constantly sort of hover over the clinton campaign and every once in a while, rain down some problems on her. today was one of those days where it looked like the rain was gonna be pretty heavy and she might even be struck by lightning when the "new york times" first reported there maybe a criminal investigation in how classified documents were handled regarding the e-mail server and what was on there, versus what was at stake. obviously, we now find out it wasn't and isn't necessarily a criminal probe but a little more of a standard procedure when there -- the justice department has to look at these things when there are questions about misuse of classified information. big picture though the question is does this knock her off her game for 2016, right now, probably isn't. but her bigger concern is what's going on inside of her party and frankly, seeing in the republican party, that is this rise of populism and on the left, in the form of bernie sanders. on the right in the form of

donald trump. but all of it has to do with the larger hangover and issue of economic anxiety with working-class americans who feel as if they have been squeezed out of this economy and distrust of political elites and frustration with political esheets hurting clinton and that's why sanders is doing well and hurting every other republican, which is why trump is doing well and that is the big story, i think, that we are all missing here in american politics and we need to be focused on and certainly something we are going to focus on this sunday. >> all right. chuck todd. several people overdose on synthetic drugs near a metro station. so what is behind this growing problem? emotional testimony from the grandmother of a 2-year-old murder victim. how a new task force is making it easier to investigate these crimes and get justice for their families. and a popular warehouse store cracking down on a problem that was first exposed in a hidden camera investigation by

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tonight, a maryland man is heading to prison the next 50 years for murdering a toddler who gave him a disrespectful look. it is a horrible case and one of the reasons the top prosecutor in prince george's county is refocusing her office on domestic violence. our county bureau chief, tracee wilkins, live in upper marlboro. >> reporter: this has been a problem for prince george's county and the state's attorney's office has been trying to figure out how they can help with the solution. now, they are hoping that this new task force focuses on cases like this one and domestic violence issues could help make an impact. as prince george's county experience experienced a decrease in homicides, they had an increase in dommest innic violence.

>> it is affecting children. >> reporter: in 2013, 2-year-old jam mere was one of those victims. i will never get to see him go to high school never get to see him go to college and i will never get to see him get married. >> reporter: 2-year-old jam mere was killed at the hands of his mother's then-boyfriend, 28-year-old clifton bernard. he was sentenced to 50 years in prison today for his murder. bernard was baby sitting the toddler while his mother was at work. >> somebody like mr. bernard should not have ever had the opportunity to be in the presence of any child, let alone being alone with a child like this one. >> reporter: cases like this that have inspired prince george's county state's attorney to begin a domestic violence task force within her office. it will bring 11 attorneys who handle domestic cases together in one room. >> and now, we will talk, discuss our cases, to make sure that when a case of domestic violence occurs for example if there is any indication that there may be some abuse related to a child, we will have an attorney come over aed deal with that. >> reporter: the hope is with

more concentrated resources, families won't have to feel the loss and pain jam mere's family now has to live. >> i will never get to hear him call me grandma, 'cause he was just learning how -- how to talk. >> reporter: in court it came out that the defendant had some mental illness and some anger issues that no one was aware of until this case happened. in upper marlboro, tracee wilkins, back to you-all in the studio. thank you. a popular warehouse store is taking action against potentially illegal activity with cigarette smuggling. it follows a news4 i-teamfarlane joins us with the since you may notice the next time you go shopping. the i-team showed you how virginia tax officials were concerned about cigarette traffickers buying cigarettes and selling them on the black market. they can make a huge profit selling the smokes in other

states for more than they paid at the big box score stores. our cameras found them buying huge loads, tens of thousands in cash worth so much product, they needed help wheeling the cart loads out of the stores. you could see it there on your screen. we traced some of the addresses listed for these businesses back to a private home even to a vacant lot. virginia tax officials say after our stories, costco started posting these signs in virginia requiring, in part tobacco purchasers show more i.d., complete specific irs forms for some purchases of more than $3000, and provide their license plates for transporting cigarettes. we reached out to costco today about why they posted those signs, haven't heard back great, but to see all that undercover video from our original smuggling series on the tobacco trail just visit our nbc washington app and click on investigations. scott macfarland, news4 i-team. turning now to our forecast,

doug's live in tacoma park maryland. >> how are we looking for the bond? >> looking awesome. you have a great backyard or you just want to go out in the city, a perfect, perfect night. we are in pat's backyard. look at all the food. these are from the neighbors, some of the friends that came by a little bit earlier. i have been eating all day long. i got to tell you guys, probably the most i have eaten in a while. i'm not done yet pat. people keep coming. >> oh, yes, we want people to come out and play until the street lights come on. >> you put on events and do it monthly in tacoma park. >> yes, we do we held a splash and play pool party indoors in january and then a midwinter play day in february held at our community center. let's see. >> and all of that is free. you said you had 130 people come out to that first one in january? >> that's right. the indoor pool? >> yes. >> you don't need the weather to be good there we have all kinds

of activities they have been playing out there today. as far as the weather is concerned, again, another picture perfect evening. look at the numbers around our area, current temperatures 89 in d.c., we are at 88 in frederick. these are the highs today, 89, d.c., 86, leesburg, 86, warrenton. again hot but not humid. very comfortable all afternoon. temperatures around the region now sitting down at 86 degrees, that dew point still not much of a factor, but it will be increasing, that means the humidity will be going back up. at this hour, 84 leesburg 82 culpepper. we move on through the rest of the evening hours, thinking about getting out there do not worry about any rain, not worried about that at all, through the next couple of days, got some fantastic evening weather, going to be outdoors, maybe walking around the verizon center perfect tonight 86 at 7:00, 84 by 9. 11:00, coming in around that 80-degree mark. move around the next couple of days what are we going to be seeing in take a look, no clouds, a beautiful beautiful night tonight another great day

tomorrow. high temperatures tomorrow though will be climbing a little bit, we move on through the day tomorrow, 85 at noon. by 8:00 tomorrow night, we are back down into the upper 80s after a high of 92. let's hit that seven-day forecast for you if you are thinking about washing the car, yeah, do it dry throughout the day, really throughout the weekend. let's look at that seven-day forecast here it is 93 on your sunday, the hot and humid day 91 monday, 40% chance of showers, does look like the heat does return as we move back into wednesday and thursday. temperatures into the mid-90s. all right guys, i got to give one shoutout here before we go on out. what do you think, double or nothing right here, i just got beat. >> oh, you made it look easy buddy. that's the kammerer we know. and no injuries. i think i saw an edit in that. >> you're having fun out there, doug. thanks so much. when we come right back tonight on news4, our coverage of the movie theater shooting

continues. what we are learning now about the gunman's troubled past, his history of mental illness and the call for action here in washington. the measure is on for them to open this brand-new elementary school in just six weeks. i'm david culver in arlington tell you when it is going

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mornings are going to be kind of noisy for people in one arlington neighborhood. >> the school set to open this fall still under construction. the county board just gave the okay for construction to begin at, get this 7:00 every morning, even on weekends and holidays, until that school is finished. bureau repavid culver is live with more on this project. david? >> reporter: less than six weeks until schools here are slated to

start and that is when discovery elementary school which you see behind me is expected to open. you look behind merck not exactly a finished product. it's for that reason that neighbors in this community here are going to have some noisy weekend wakeup calls starting it may be tough for you to hear us so we will just wait for a break in the noise. those are the sounds that will greet the neighbors beginning at 7 a.m. on weekends and holidays, at least until this project is done. >> i'm thrilled. i'm thrilled about the new school. i'm thrilled about our new commute. >> reporter: mother of three, caroline dana, lives across the street from what is taking shape to become discovery elementary school, says it has not been too noisy. >> not been too bad, been pretty good with obeying all the ordinances. >> reporter: the hammering and sawing worth it assuming it means her son, addison will get to start fourth grade at the new school. >> i'm really excited. >> reporter: sherry brown's got

three slated to go to discovery. she is trusting the county will get it done on time, less than six weeks to go. the noise, not a bother. >> the school's got to get open, i think we all have to be willing to give up a little bit and sacrifice a little bit so the school gets open and kids respect in trailers. >> we are doing everything to make sure it is done on time. >> reporter: we met with the assume who oversees the new construction. john chadwick says winter weather and spring rain put crews behind the new earlier weekend hours approved by the county board should help them catch up. make sure we gave the crackers as much time as possible to be able to finish the site. >> reporter: what happens if the school isn't completely finished come september 8th the school system tells me that they will still be able to bring students in here assuming of course, it is structurally safe. they will also hold classes but some of those last-minute finishings have to work out. the moms i talked to about that they seem fine with that.

ing of so long as the the kids can start school come september 8th. >> all right david culver. >> more calls for gun control after that movie theater shooting in louisiana. we have a gun show in town. we will get reaction from the people there. a 4-year-old boy suffering from seizures brought to a hospital emergency room. why what doctors found

tonight, police are looking through the gunman's online postings in the hours after the deadly shooting inside a louisiana movie theater. john houser was described as a drifter with a history of mental issues that included depression and bipolar disorder. police say he has been living in a nearby hotel for less than a month. >> there's still no clear motive for yesterday's shooting that left two women dead nine others injured. the shooting is also renewing the gee bait tonight about tighter gun droll in this

country. >> news4's derrick ward takes a closer look at that issue outside a gun show that is under way in northern virginia. >> reporter: there was a time a few years ago when this annual gun show would have been packed with those who came out of fear and not necessarily fear of crime. >> make a comment, you know that so-and-so's going to take our guns, gonna do that. >> reporter: that fear has subsided but this man has heard it but has a business to run. >> try not to get involved in that, not into politics. >> reporter: one of his biggest regrets of his two terms is he could not get what he called common sense gun control passed. is it common sense or extra gun laws? we already have a lot of gun laws we need to enforce the ones that we have. >> reporter: you might think with so many guns around and such a big space that it would be sees i do get one. well, not necessarily so. a lot of policing going on by the authorities and often by the dealers themselves. they have to go through the national background check through the state police and get

approval to do it. >> we screen a few things before it gets to there, like the odor of alcohol or just, you know, just the fact that somebody may be buying one for someone else. >> reporter: there's also an emphasis on licensing and training. >> this is my grandson. he has got a new .22 rifle. we are going to teach him how to shoot how to arm it correctly, keep safe. just be safe and never point it at people and whatever you kill you got to eat. >> reporter: among those in this line, you will find differing opinions on how much or how much more gun control is needed. there is agreement on why they come. >> just to see and to have the right to buy things that we wanted to buy. >> reporter: in chantilly, virginia, derrick ward, news4. 14 possible overdoses reported in d.c. today alone, all linked to synthetic drugs like k 2 or spice. news4's meagan fitzgerald live now to tell us what neighbors want to do about this disturbing trend. meagan? >> reporter: jim, we spoke with

one woman today who says she called 911 because she feared a man like on the street was about to die. meanwhile we are told four of those 14 calls for possible overdoses of synthetic drugs came from right where we are here, close to the columbia heights metro center. it's what many d.c. officials are calling a frightening problem, firefighters and first responders rushing to help people suffering from possible sippet thissic drug overdoses, at least 14 calls in the district before 4:00 on friday afternoon. >> his feet stretched out, he was drooped over, hunched over. >> reporter: ellen sul vap saw this man who first ran from ems crews. witnesses say he was high on synthetic drugs so sullivan immediately called 911. >> i couldn't do anything for him but as a christian, i had to call 911 for him. >> reporter: an hour earlier, first responders were next to the columbia heights metro station to help this man who was quickly carried off and rushed

to a nearby hospital. >> it's kind of ridiculous that they do it. >> reporter: it may be ridiculous and hard for people like daniel dyson to understand but he says he helps out users all the time. >> i have tried to run and give him water and it takes more than the water to bring the high down. >> reporter: dyson says it takes neighbors helping neighbors to hopefully save lives and stop this alarming trend from continuing. >> it needs to be stopped. it needs to be eliminated. >> you're hurting yourself not only yourself but hurting the people that you love at the end of the day. >> reporter: mpd says over the last month, they have made 29 synthetic drug arrests. now the u.s. attorney's office says they are prosecuting these cases but their main focus is going after the stores that are selling it. wendy, back to you. >> mecken fitzgerald. we have heard a lot about this after the deadly amtrak derailment positive train control. well, now, a federal

transportation bill could delay that safety technology for another three years. the ntsb says positive train control could have prevented that deadly amtrak derailment in philadelphia this past spring because it would have slowed down the train. and pennsylvania senator bob casey wants an amendment to that transportation bill. it would keep the current deadline at the end of this year and add half a billion dollars to help transit agencies comply. the transportation department is also looking into whether some of the country's largest airlines took advantage of travelers who were stranded by that amtrak crash in may. the investigators trying to figure out if delta, american, united, southwest and jetblue raised airfares in the northeast right after that derailment. one traveler was forced to pay $2300 for a ticket from new york to d.c. in the days after the derailment. we checked that same flight path for tonight and found tickets between $300 and $500.

former virginia governor bob mcdonnell has once again filed an appeal to his conviction on corruption charges a three-judge pam unanimously upheld the decision this month but mcdonnell's attorneys say the panel did not sufficiently outline the difference between bribery and political courtesies. last year, a jury, you will recall, found mcdonnell and his wife guilty of giving a business executive political gavers inlightolitical favors in exchange for gifts and lopesans. a young boy having seizures rushed to the hospital, but the tests revealed something that led to criminal charges against his parentants. a plan to lead to gridlock could lead to head ages for drivers this weekend. no headaches this weekend as far as weather is concerned. a fantastic night tonight. the weekend looking pretty good as well. how of the often do you goet to play corps hole twi

someone is using about b guns and eggs to vandalize homes and cars in loudoun county. they have dammed property in leesburg, hamilton and percival and the sheriff's office has increased their pat froms in those areas. the vandalism began late last moment and has topped on and off since then. and a warning for drivers in montgomery county, a weekend traffic shift is planned at the intersection of georgia avenue and randolph road in the glenn

month area. news4's molette green takes you through it. >> you see the morning rush hour traffic? it is one lane. that's ridiculous. we still got to go to work. >> reporter: now, drivers and pedestrians should prepare for a new twist around all the orange cones that could make your drive here more complicated when traffic shifts to just one lane in each direction on both georgia avenue and randolph road. this driver says he will now find another way. >> the intersection needed some upgrading a while ago. usually had a lot of traffic, especially in the afternoons and mornings, usually very tight around here. so i usually avoided it. >> reporter: the new traffic pattern kicks in tonight at 9. it will allow for left and right turns, but drivers beware, expect delays while crews apply new double-yellow lines and turn off existing traffic lights and activate new ones. >> if it's the one lane where you have to wait for them to signal you to go while the others are stopped that is

ridiculous. >> reporter: state highway tells me one of the biggest concerns are about safety for the construction workers and for the drivers during this traffic shift. so, your best bet is to try to avoid this area, if at all possible, until after the weekend, when all of the traffic lanes are expected to reopen. coming up, parents facing charges after their 4-year-old tests positive for illegal drugs. how the crime was uncovered. a promising sign as maryland

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a more in stafford county arrested after her young child was found about drugs in his system. as northern virginia bureau chief jewel had i carey reports this discovery came after the child was rushed to a hospital with seizures. >> reporter: a young couple in big trouble after their little boy wound up at the hospital with drugs in his bloodstream. they took the 4-year-old to stafford hospital's emergency room on july 16th after he began having seizures. tests revealed in his bloodstream were opiates and thc the chemical in marijuana. the sheriff's department was notified and began to investigate.

now, the boy's parents, christopher hilliard and olivia hernandez, have been charged with felony child neglect. hernandez tells investigators her son was staying with relatives. when she want to visit him, he began having seizures much the couple took him to the hospital but hilliard had left by the time police arrived. he was convicted of a drug charge last year. when she want to visit him, he began having seizures much the couple took him to the hospital but hilliard had left by the time police arrived. he was convicted of a drug charge last year. residents we spoke with near the courthouse today say whether the boy ingested the drugs accidentally or was given them, the parents need to be held responsible. >> i don't know what kind of idiot parents either the parents are idiots or they are criminals, but i feel bad for the boy and i hope he is okay. >> how did the child get it like the drugs in their system, you know, a 4-year-old? you know, what was going on? >> reporter: as for that 4-year-old boy, a spokesperson from the stafford sheriff's

department tells me he is being cared for by relatives out-of- out-of-state. larry hogan finished his second round of chemo this week, the phone call today the tumor shrink by 87% after two rounds of treatment. the governor left university medical center in baltimore yesterday. in june, he announced he was diagnosed with aggressive non-hodgkin's lymphoma. doug is having fun with his backyard weather this friday. he is in tacoma -- >> we are running out of time but not running out of games, got plenty of games here left to play and pat, again you are the play lady you said this is something you have what's the website you want everybody to know? >> let's play america. >> let's play america. a non-profit. you want people to get out in their own communities and just play. absolutely. >> so tacoma park, what do you

guys say to everybody out there? >> let's play! >> well, no that's -- [ laughter ] not what i meant. that hurt. take a look and show you what's happening out there as far as the weather is concerned. i thought we talked about this. out there right now, temperatures looking good. hey, not another one. looking pretty good as far as the weather is concerned. plenty of sunshine. look at the numbers, across the area now into the 80s, 86 low humidity once again absolutely perfect. no i'm done. i'm done. we move on through the night temperatures back down to about 80 by 11:00. right now, 82, leesburg, 86, fort belvoir, 87 baltimore, tonight do not expect any rain a beautiful night and evening and let's just continue that rate on through tomorrow morning, waking up to a great start, sunrise tomorrow at 6:03. if you want to get out there on the bike, no problem. 82 degrees at 9 a.m. 89 by 1, by about 5, a little bit on the hot side, it will be a little bit more humid tomorrow afternoon, but still, not all

that bad. heading down toward the beaches, high temperatures there, into the low 80s as i don't the region, the best thing about this, look at that water temperature, up to 83 degrees. not only nice on the beach, but in the water, temperatures looking good there too. next few days, high temperatures, 92 on saturday, i'm going to need this water on me on sunday, 93 a heat index close to 100. monday and tuesday still very warm and humid, high temperatures around 91 but that heat index up around 95, 96 degrees, we actually get to 95, 96 on wednesday and thursday not just heat, but humidity as well, that heat index coming up on wednesday and thursday will be up over 100 degrees. guys, again, i got to tell you this has been so much fun, they are still going right now still going with a nice little water fight that i guess they started here. thank you to them. thanks, tack doma park, having me out tonight. you want me to come to your backyard, go to my facebook page, put a picture of the

backyard and let us know why you want me to come to your backyard. i need to get a new shirt. >> good stuff. thank you. next in sports, beast is back. braden holtby happy to resign with the caps but not for the reason you might think. here's what's coming up on nightly news. on our broadcast tonight, what we have unraveled about the troubled mental history about the man who shot up that louisiana movie theater last night. more questions about private e-mails and classified data force an unwe will copped change of something for hillary clinton. and an eye-opening look at what our crumbling highways are costing with you car repairs and what the worst cities are when (gong)

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here's what i want to know, what does one have to do to be called the beast? >> the beast. >> the braden holtby is his name and career highs and win shutout and games played. so holt beast, the way he played. >> not tearing up forests or anything like that? >> he probably could. his beard looks like it. contract talk never so exciting, the caps aepg long-term deal. a top goaltender in the league last year, now getting paid like one and not going anywhere for a bile. the caps get five more years of

holt beast after holtby this afternoon, agreed to a five-year, 30.5 million deal to stay in because. just recently, reports surfaced that the two sides were far apart. holtby was asking for 8 million a year, deal 6.1 per. and the goaltender said in the end living in this area is worth taking less. >> keeping this edge in school, all that you want to be part of the community and i think the last few years, mixed with hockey and personal life, we are becoming part of the community and but what want as a family. it doesn't mean your' here guaranteed for five years so i know i have a lot more work to prove this contract but it is nice to be able to really be a part of the community. >>ment is that nice? next order of business for the caps, marcus johannson,

restricted free agent also filed for arbitration, his hearing is set for wednesday. a very important piece for the capsing, set career highs in goals in points last season. johnson is coming off a two-year, $4 million deal signed back in 2013. are you ready for some training camp? >> yeah. you better be. training camp begins next week and since it's probably your last quiet weekend for a bile, we have put together the four, 'cause we are channel four, the four things you need to know as you prepare for camp, it starts, of course, with the quarterback. >> number one, robert griffin named the starter back in february, so no controversy coming in. but can he develop into the pocket passer jail gruden wants him to be? a retooled o-line should give him more time to get rid of the ball, but how much time will gruden give him to work out his issues? number two, an all new defense under joe berry the new defensive coordinator is

emphasizing putting pressure on owe posing quarterbacks. new nose guard terrence knighton, aka pot roast, will be the focal point. he says the d-line's new name is capital punishment, but they hope to dish out. number three, a make or break year for alfred morris, a three-time 1,000-yard rusher is entering a contract year. drafted in the sixth round in 2012, it is time for morris to get paid. the skips drafted matt jones in the third round, plenty of pressure on morris to sec your the job and his future. number four, which wideouts will we see? desean jackson coming off a huge first year for the redskins. six games with more than 100 yards receiving. will we see it again? training camp is less than a week away. talking about pot roast and wendy is like, yeah. >> his way. >> pot roast.

>> better names here. >> bell. a long year. max sher zbhercherzer taking the mound against the pirates. last time he faced the buccos? nats hoping for a similar outing in june, nats park, scherzer dominated striking out ten, retiring the first 26 batters until that fateful moment against jose taba bchlttabata. see any perfection tonight, first pitch 7:05. tabata playing in aaa. no chance for revenge, 'cause he is not there, but i don't think scherzer would do it anyway. he gave kudos aft the game needed what he needed to do. >> so close. i wanted to throw something. my tv. >> a lot of fans did. >> hang in there. >> carol thanks so much. thanks for joining us. nightly news coming up next.

>> we will be back at 11:00 and looking for you then. have a great ni

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