employee admits to helping two inmates escape. why she's striking a deal with prosecutors. and it's a hot one. some neighborhoods in the triple digits right now. i will show you how much longer this high heat will be sticking around. first at 4:00 a story we broke in our washington app. asbestos found in railcars on the road on the tracks in service every day. as the service looks to get rid of the old cars it's also dealing with removing that asbestos asbestos. adam is in front of this story at the metro station this morning. adam, what have you learned? >> reporter: what we learned this afternoon is that 280 railcars in the metro fleet do contains a asbestos. those are the oldest known it was 1,000 series that you have probably heard so much on. asbestos is in a sealed area that is not accessible to

riders. metro says you can't touch it. you can't get to it or grab it. metro says it poses no risks to riders or employees. asbestos is known to be linked to a host of illnesses. >> i thought asbestos was almost completely gone everywhere. >> not in the 1,000 series. >> i will be avoiding those as much as possible. >> reporter: now metro says it is working to retire these 40-year-old railcars. we will have much more coming up for you at 5:00 and 6:00. >> thanks adam. storm team 4 tracking blistering heat and isolated showers coming this afternoon. feels like temperatures sored over the 100 degree mark today. veronica johnson is in the storm center. really steamy out there. >> we have had neighbors top out with heat index values in the triple digits and yes we are tracking more storms.

not quite the coverage as we saw yesterday. you can see them blossoming here and many more down to the south down i-95 even down through stafford county that's where the storms are that we will be keeping our eye on. check this out. the temperature and the heat index reading. so again, whether having an impact on our day and afternoon. travel there could be isolated storms. exercise? it's uncomfortable. could be some isolated thunder. few you're going be going out down around i-95 make sure you have the big golf sized umbrella. we are going the be getting a little bit of a break from the heat. i will show you when coming up. >> right now a water main that broke 18 hours ago is still causing headaches.

ongoing repairs will have part of bradley boulevard in bethesda shut down through the night. we have more details and ways to get around this mess. melissa? >> reporter: you have got to think about getting around this one for sure. it is still a mess. this is a 16 inch pipe that broke last night. it snarled traffic all morning. just a mess. as you mentioned going continue into tonight. we're just talking about that section of bradley boulevard there at huntington. we watched it all morning. it took a long time to drain the water. you can see the crews on the scene. we're taubing about gas lines and storm drains. we have 25 people without water there. just causing a mess for a lot of folks. best idea here i would say tonight is if you have somebody coming that way, tell them to avoid bradley all together.

take wilson lane and river road. anything but that section of bradley boulevard because you're going get stuck wiggling your way through the neighborhoods. and tonight tomorrow morning. >> sit is a busy intersection on a normal day but when a car crashed into a power poll. still closed right now. the crash left power poles and wires dangling precariously across the road. dominion power crews had been hard at work trying to fix the mangled mess. police are detouring traffic around that area. dominion hopes to have the problem fixed within the hour. joyce mitchell wept in court as she signed a plea deal today. she is the new york prison worker who helped two convicted murderers escape. mitchell is facing years in prison. she admitted to packing hacksaw

blades into frozen hamburger meat andleing them into prison. they captured david sweat near the canadian border. police today are trying to solve a murder that is more than one month old. the resident of this townhouse went out for a walk the evening of june 12th. bradley combs was beaten so badly that he died five days later in the hospital. today detectives went door to door passing out fliers and looking for witnesses. detectives shared with us new information from their investigation. >> the spectacle of 20 people watching a fight it surprises me that no one has come forward.

>> there is testimony that needs to come forward. crime solvers is offering a $10,000 reward for arrest or indictment. back to you. >> now the idea of a hit and run aspect. police say jose reyes was driving a truck that hit a man crossing the street. the vehicle was discovered in hamilton, virginia, but so far no sign of reyes. police say man attacked a woman while she was walking home. the woman caught off the attacker and escaped without getting hurt. >> the public response online has been a mix of praise and

encouragement. maryland governor is showing off his new bald head on twitter and facebook. as you know, governor hogan has been undergoing chemo therapy and posted this photo with a caption that says there looks like there is another white dome in the annapolis state house. i'm losing hair but i'm winning the battle. the first lady says i'll still sexy. you can go to our facebook page during the break to send your good wishes as he continues to recover. >> two teens vanish off the florida coast. why their mothers say the boys have the skills to survive. >> center stage, the strange sight inside a northern virginia theater. i'm jason pew here at the live desk. announcing that tom brady's four-game suspension has been upheld by roger goodell. the quarterback was suspended by

the league after proving he had knowledge of deflate gate. brady had his cell phone destroyed leaving investigators unable to retrieve important text messages. brady will lose out close to $2 million in salary because of 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.

good afternoon. steamy headlines for the next couple of days. the heat wave set to continue for many more days to come. right now temperatures are in the upper 80s. there are one or two lonesome showers out there ending around 7:00. there's the showers well down to the south and west of the metro area for now.

our hot pattern will continue at or above 90 degrees. >> the mothers of two missing boaters insist their 14-year-old sons will be found alive. >> the boys have been missing since friday when they left in a small boat to go fishing right before a storm rolled in. their overturned boat was found near daytona beach sunday. the coast guard has expanded the search north to savanna, georgia. both have grown up around boats and their mothers say they have the skills to survive. >> we know that they are doing everything that they possibly can to stay afloat and wait for us to come and get them. >> this isn't new to them. these boys have been doing this it's not even second nature at this point. it's in their blood. >> the boat was found with its engine cover and two life

jackets missing and the women believe their sons are using those items to stay alive until help arrives. witnesses describe a horrific sight this small plane spiralled out of the sky skrashed into the ground and burst into flames. they found four bodies inside the wreckage. the crash happened just before sun shoo set. >> what he did moments before the shooting. >> what happens next and what are the district's chances? >> oh dear. a buck takes center stage in northern virg

we're following a breaking story in rockville. four people hurt including two children after a crash on rockville pike. we're told all of the injuries are mineor. only one vehicle was involved. two lanes of the pike are closed. we will keep an eye on the situation and let you know when we learn more. >> you may be seeing the olympic flame on the national mall. the district is now back in the running to host the 2024 games. boston's support as been with

drawn leaving dc los angeles and san francisco as the finalists. we have been talking with people involved in the discussions to bring the games here. why is boston out? >> the boston bid was losing momentum but the final straw was when the mayor refused to sign a letter mandated by the u.s. olympic committee that the boston taxpayers would guarantee any cost overruns that came their way in preparing and getting ready for the olympics. dc has already signed that letter. they have signed those letters and gone through the bidding process. that is why dc is back in the running. >> what's next in the process? >> it's up to the u.s. olympic committee. everybody wants the mayor and committee to get out there and say we're here and we're still interested but it's not up to them. it's up to the u.s. olympic committee to decide one of two things. do they want to submit another city or drop out of the race all together. >> what are dc's chances? >> a lot better than they were

last week, that's for sure, but they are all very cautiously optimistic. that's the catch phrase. they have been through this before. they have come up short and they're not sure they want to go through it again. >> we're going to talk to people ramping up opposition. >> interesting. we did a poll here yesterday and i was surprised to see that the majority of the people we polled don't want it. >> i will tell you, that is what the leader of the grass root opposition said we will find. the black lives matters movement will take hold and also have opposition and you will hear from them at 5:00. >> interesting. thanks. >> thanks pat. >> and first at 4:00, the ntsb

puts the blame on the co-pilot. federal transportation officials says the co-pilot unlocked a slowing mechanism too early and then set the stage for the accident. the co-pilot was killed in the crash last october. the pilot was injured. the pair were testing a new space ship that hopes to one day offer sub orbital space tourist flights. and new video linked to the mass shooting in lafayette, louisiana. this is the accused shooter john houser checking into the motel six where he allegedly planned the shooting. it shows him walking through a hall just two days before he shot 11 people killing two of them before killing himself. the body of bobbi kristina

brown is being moved to a local funeral home. the service takes place on saturday. the 22-year-old daughter of bob bobby brown and whitney houston has been in hospice. this is one of the most read stories on nbc washington.com. the fda is banning imports of fresh cilantro because a recent government investigation found human waste and toilet paper in the fields where it's grown. it's the same region linked to stomach illnesses last year. the ban will continue until they can prove that the product is safe. >> it's almost second nature to call local crabs maryland crabs. >> but they should be called

virginia. all maryland crabs are actually from virginia. the call was made during a radio interview. >> the crabs are born in virginia and the only reason they end up in maryland waters is because the current carries them there. now he apparently also said with a chuckle many experts say this is basically true. >> no matter where they come from. >> they taste good. fine eating. >> we do love them and call them maryland crabs. >> it rolls off the tongue better. >> tell us about the weather. this would be a good night to sit down and eat crab? >> not until late. we have got wait until it cools off. it's very stifling out there for your afternoon hours. high humidity, high temperatures and heat index values running in the mid to upper 90s. also you can see them there down to the south. also watching some blossom

sliding right over 15 as well as around i-95 down south. and storms could pop. there you can see some that are trying to get going. moving from the east southeast with rain. now high for today. at least the trees weeds, grass, that count is low for today. the 101. other areas at least in the mid 90s. hot, humid, and hazy for a while. until we get to about 9:00 10:00 that's when temperatures will fall from the mid to low 80s and you will start to feel just a little better. . and this morning. . these are areas that could see fog early tomorrow morning. some fog there that will be building early. as early as around 2:00 a.m.

another day to exercise early your impact forecast. there's the feel-like temperature for wednesday at 99. going way up to 104 105 in some areas on thursday. so as we take a look at what you can expect on thursday, not only hot, very hot but also stormy between 2:00 and 7:00 p.m. the best storm chance that could bring some high winds and very heavy rain. as far as the weekend goes we stay in the 90s but less humid. check bell will have more on the prolonged heat coming up in a few minutes. >> all right. first at 4:00 take a look at the latest theater star in our area. a male deer made its way to the stage of the signature theeter in arlington yesterday. the deer just wandered on to the stage. they closed the door behind them.

out on to the loading dock and that's where the deer apparently got access to the building in the first place. >> daily show secrets. why was jon stewart invited into the white house? >> you know what beer can do to your

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just nine days left in his tenure on the daily show and stew war's secrets are coming out. it is reported that president obama summonsed him to the white house at least twice to talk to him about the happenings of the day. politico reports that aides understood that stewart's opinions mattered. saying cheers with beer, beer is big business in our area. the beer institute says the industry generates $253 billion and supports 1.75 million jobs a year in the country. in virginia, that translates to more than 44000 jobs.

in maryland it means 24,000 jobs or more. we're working several developing stories. a man suspected of killing women across the country is dead. a third term for the president. why barack obama said he would win if he were allowed to run. >> a medical milestone. why a little what's the most important thing your parents do for you? they buy me food. they make sure i'm never lost. well... they pay my allowance. encourage me. ♪ they sing us a lullaby at night... a lullaby at night. ♪ oh! now i remember...

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>> breaking news at the live desk, news 4 has learned a dc fire lieutenant has been charged with duty after a 1-year-old boy died from choking on a grape earlier this year. a 1-year-old boy was choking on a grape and dc fire did not send the closest available unit. a dc fire department lieutenant has been charged with ne glektive duty and failure to provide assistance to the public a 49 page internal report on the incident shows the lieutenant failed to properly notify dispatchers of the status of the medical units. there were problems with new computer tablets being used and that that lieutenant was not familiar with the new technology. in addition to these charges which are not criminal the

report reck meants changes in how the department communicates with the dispatchers. these charges are not criminal but similar to those brought against the firefighter involved in the death of mills. >> thank you. moments ago a contractor said part of bradley boulevard and bethesda will be closed all night and may not be open again until tomorrow. stay with us. we will follow this story through the night and on the air and on our nbc washington app. >> we now know the name of a man found dead yesterday afternoon in this house. police say jerome diggs suffered gunshot wounds to his chest. the house is on first street just a few blocks away from nationals park. officers are still looking for the gunman.

88 at college park. 89 at hunting town. so as you're planning out your evening, a few storms around. that's really about it. after 7:00 8:00 they will all be gone. temperatures will remain above 80 degrees. temperatures back down, low 70s in the suburbs. and tomorrow promises to be another hot one. high temperatures well up into the low and mid 90s. so a very uncomfortable day tomorrow. just down right oppressive as we get into the day on thursday. heat indexes could be up near

105 in addition to storm chances. more about that coming up. >> mike huckabee is doubling down on the controversial comments he made about the iran nuclear deal and the holocaust. he sparked a fire storm on a conservative radio show over the weekend. this morning on "today," matt lauer asked him if he would use the same language as president. >> as president of the united states would you use the same words march the israelis to the door of the oven? >> i would. let me tell you why. i have stood at that very place. >> huckabee is one of 16 republican candidates vying for ten slots in the first prime time debate of the campaign. it takes place next week. >> president obama told african leaders today that he loves his job and thinks he's pretty good at it and thinks that he could win a third term if the law

allowed him to run. he made the comments at the african union headquarters in ethiopia. although he spoke in jest his message was serious. he rebuked those who refuse to give up power and said that those who do not step aside at the end of their term risk destabilizing their country. a little boy asked the democratic presidential candidate this key question. >> what do you think is the most important part of life? like out of all of the things in life? such as health care education, and all that stuff? what do you think is the most important? >> what a great question! [ applause ] i think we have either a future philosopher or theologian. actually i think the most important thing in life is love.

>> and clinton said it may also be the hardest thing in life. they say they want more than prayers and sympathies from their elected leaders. survivors went to capitol hill to press for tighter laws. they are requiring background checks on all handgun buyers. there are loopholes that make it possible for dangerous people to get guns. >> it's appalling. i understand on a personal level what it's like to get that phone skpaul to call and be told that your loved one is dead. christopher was my only child. >> christopher martinez was standing in a convenience store when he was shot and killed during the mass shooting near the university of california last year. he was 20 years old. this little boy had his

hands amputated when he was 2, but that hasn't dampened his joyous spirit in the least. doctors recently performed the first ever pediatric double hand implant on zion were it isn't the surgery that is inspiring everybody it's the patient. >> a lack of hands didn't hold this 8-year-old back from much. playing guitar foosball and even peek a boo with his little sister. doctors were force to amputate his hands and feet at age 2 to save his life from a severe infection. he also endured a kidney transplant, the organ donated by his mother. >> it was a risk. >> the fact that he was already on anti-rejection drugs coupled with an amazingly upbeat

attitude made him the first candidate for the first pediatric hand transplant. it took a team of 40 doctors nurses and others at the childrens hospital at philadelphia to perform the intricate surgery. >> we had to be very careful that when we attached the donor hand to zion that we did not violate or injury the growth plates because we want his hands to grow and lengthen which we have ever belief that they will do that. >> zion is working hard to move his new hands. >> squeeze down. that's belttter. >> he should be able to feel with them within the next six to nine months. for now he is feeling home sick, dreeking of what he says will be his favorite thing to do with his new hands. >> pick up my little sister and wait until she runs into my hands and i pick her up and spin her around. >> doctors believe he will do

just that and so much more. nbc news. what a great story. >> brave little guy. >> really. sunken treasure uncovered. how a family found more than a million dollars worth of coins

so here we are about half

way through summer. it's a hot and humid one today. feels very uncomfortable. unfortunately we will be going in the wrong direction. today that heat index value at 101 tomorrow 102 and 106 expected for thursday and a weather alert day for us as well. we lose the humidity on friday with temperatures in the low 90s throughout our area. the sea gives up a century's old secret off the coast of florida. a treasure uncovered by a family of experienced treasure hunters. their biggest find ever estimated to be worth about a million dollars. the ship was caught in a hurricane 300 years ago this

week. among the booty? a coin stamped 1715 that was likely on its way to the king of spain. >> we were all hooting and hollering and we were happy as we could be and by the end of the day, i was like somebody come over here and get some more of this treasure. >> going to have to share the loot with the company that owns salvage rights in that part of the ocean and the state of florida, too, for its museums. >> a lot of local eyes will be watching tonight during the hit series hollywood game night. >> two local contestants will battle it out for the cash. winnie chen competes again lee from dc. the winner will buy the loser dinner. hollywood game night airs tonight at 10:00 right here on nbc 4. and this is scott mcfarland at the live desk. new video released of sandra bland in that texas jail why wr

she died there are still some conspiracy theorys about her death and the waller county texas judge said there are death threats coming in. bland is shown in the jail standing in the jail walking in the jail, being placed in a holding cell where she was found dead three days after this video was recorded july 13th. the medical examiner ruled her death a suicide. we will keep you upd

wearing a black and white striped uniform the woman wept. >> she could spend up to 7 years behind bars. >> removed from her shackles, she wiped away tears as she signed off on a plea deal for her role in helping two murderers escape the state correction center. >> she got in over her head in something she never should have started. she's paying the price now. she realizes that she made a horrible mistake. >> wearing a striped prison jump suit, her voice was soft and cracking as she told the judge she understood the terms of her agreement as she pled guilty. the prison seamstress admitted

to smuggling blades screwdrivers and other tools into the prison in frozen meat to help the inmates tunnel out of the facility. >> because the evidence was so overwhelming, ms. mitchell as acknowledged her guilt, obviously by appearing in court and entering a plea. she wanted to expedite her case proceeding and moved on. >> mitchell will spend up to seven years behind bars and pay a $6,000 fine. she will not pay any additional charges for any alleged sexual conduct with the inmates and allegations that she was involved in a plot to kill her husband who also worked in the facility. formal sentencing in the case is set for september. jay gray, nbc news. and an arrest in the death of a missing child found dead last night in california. a body believed to be that of madyson middleton was discovered in a dumpster. she had been missing since

sunday. in custody this afternoon, a 15-year-old boy who lives in the same complex. police say there are no other suspects. a day care center is out of business after two little boys were severely burned during a trip to a splash park. employees let the kids play outside all day without sunscreen. the boy is aged 5 and 7 suffered second and third degree burns. they are being treated at a hospital in texas. a picture of their injuries and blisters are just too graphic for television. this is one of the top shared stories on our nbc washington facebook spaj. imagine finding out your former roommate is a serial killer. her daughter posted an ad online saying she needed a roommate. neil falls answered the add.

she's the man who met up with a prosecute earlier this month. that woman ended up killing him in self-defense. falls was later linked to other prosecutes. his former roommate still can't believe. >> my daughter said he was like the creepy uncle. we didn't have a relationship. he just rented a room from me. >> police have linked him to the murders of four escorts in vegas. the woman went missing in 2005. the partially dismembered remains were later found in illinois. a 10 month old baby was found inside this suv in orange county, florida when a repo man came to get the vehicle. the father left the vehicle running with the ac on when he left the baby alone. the baby managed to sleep through the repossession of the vehicle. when the repo man noticed the baby he called police. >> i have been doing this 30 years. i have never found a baby in the backseat of a vehicle.

>> police say the father could face criminal charges. >> there are thundershowers bubbling up just south and west of downtown washington area. for now right over the national mall. just an abundance of sunshine. heat haze and humidity out there. we're at 93 degrees with heat indexes up near 100. only a light little breeze out of the south to help try and cool things off a little bit. pretty much happy on the western shore of the bay. annapolis in the mid 80s. >> as far as cooling rain chances there are a couple of showers around the metro area. most of the heavier thundershower activities way out

to the west, west of i-81 or down well to the south of fredericksburg. in and around the metro, there is andrews right there. this is a little shower on the belt way. mid to late afternoon and the blue ridge and then that may progress a little closer to the metro tomorrow evening but again your rain chances are pretty low for the rest of today and for tomorrow as well. now as we get into thursday, things change just a bit. a little weather front comes

through here and promises a better chance for rain. >> low to mid 90s all the way through the stretch. best chance for rain is thursday. as we get into the weekend hot but not quite as humid. >> verizon workers in dc maryland and virginia plus several other states could go on strike. the union is demanding concessions. the company says the concessions are an increase in health care contributions by the employees and a reduction of pension benefits. the union says 86% of verizon workers voted to strike. >> detectives were going door to door in this montgomery village neighborhood handing out fliers trying to find out who beat

bradley combs causing his death last month. they want to solve this murder mystery. >> the search for two teens missing at sea cover an area the size of west virginia. why the boys' mothers refuse to give up hope. two therapy dogs

the military has started the dell kate process of identifying the process of identifying the remains of the u.s.s. oklahoma. five caskets were exhumed yesterday during a solemn ceremony. >> 388 heros from the oklahoma in total will be tested by the end of the summer. >> organizers say they expect to identify the majority of the remains.

the process is expected to take about five years. this is day four in the search for two mothers' 14-year-old sons. >> although the navy and coast guard have searched nearly 30,000 square miles looking for perry and austin and still have not found them, their parents aren't giving up hope. >> we know that they are doing everything that they possibly can to stay afloat and wait for us to come and get them. >> so the mothers went on "the today show" to solicit the public's help. >> i don't believe they were headed to the bajahamasbahamas. something hand. we will ask them when they get in what happened. this isn't normal. >> authorities found their capsized boat some 60 miles off shore two days after the boys left friday on a fishing trip, heading out just as a storm

captured on video by another voter. >> nobody is trying to find any other gear. >> only one life jacket was recovered near the capsized boat leading authorities to believe that the boys may have created a makeshift flotation device out of the missing engine cover, life jackets and the cooler. >> here in florida the water is a little bit warmer than it is in other parts of the country so you can survive a little longer. >> so while the search continues now as far north as savanna, georgia, so will the vigils like the one monday where lanterns lit up the night sky as symbolic beacons to guide the boys safely home. nbc news. right here in herndon a little girl just waiting for a bus. now police telling us they are closer to tracking down their

suspect. >> a sizzling summer evening. storm team four's latest forecast on the new heat wave with the hottest stormiest days yet to come. >> plus breaking right now at 5:00 new punishment for a fire lieutenant after a slow response left a child dead. but off the top we have a story that is first on news 4. that metro train you ride in, it may be carrying as bess to. news 4 has learned that hundreds of railcars in the system in service right now have asbestos. we broke this story in our nbc washington app. adam tuss joins us live with exclusive details on this. >> reporter: that's right. a couple of things that we want to stress here. metro says that thes a s aasbestos is in an area that you can't get to and it is determined that it poses no risk to you. however it's still there.

>> in the cars in the 1,000 series there is asbestos. right now there are 280 of these railcars running on every line. >> very alarming. >> reporter: the asbestos is located in part of the heating system and metro wouldn't tell us exactly where that was but these systems located at the ends of the cars. a statement was sent saying these 40-year-old vehicles have a small amount of asbestos that is sealed outside the passenger cabin and not accessible. metro has known about the problem and determined that it poses no risk to riders or employees. still there is concern. >> i thought that asbestos was gone everywhere. >> reporter: not in the 1,000 series. >> i will avoid those. >> reporter: the cars have not been running since 2009 that have asbestos controlled. metro can get