a grand jury handed up an indictment in a controversial shooting. that nine-person panel indicted former police officer adam torres on murder charges it is connected with the shooting death of a man named john gere. gere was killed during a standoff with bliss at his home in springfield in 2013.er. geer was killed during a standoff with bliss at his home in springfield in 2013. he was standing? a doorway and had his hands up at the time. fairfax paid $3 million to the geer family to settle a civil suit related to that case. other news tonight, tributes still pouring in for a true hero. >> lenny robinson who visited sick children dressed as batman, was killed in a car accident over the weekend. he died when another vehicle hit his baobile along i-70 in western maryland. pat collins caught up with the man who knew him and has more

about the man behind the mask. >> reporter: wendy, he lived outside baltimore, but his reach went far beyond that. he would visit sick children in hospitals all around our area. his name, lenny robinson, but you may know him as batman. >> anybody who knew him, he was batman. for my kids, to the neighborhood kids and they loved him. ♪ ♪ batman >> reporter: i remember some time ago seeing lenny robinson in action. he dressed like batman, he drove a batmobile weaned go around to hospitals trying to cheer up sick children. this is lenny robinson's bat cave, a prestigious home in the owings mills section of baltimore county. his neighbors very proud of their batman and sometimes, they would play alfred to help him get ready for his exploits. >> high wife and his wife would

have to help him dress into the costume, literally, have to come up, zip the costume up, the rubber suit, and then he would struggle to get into the car and he would wave and honk and say good-bye and a few hours, he would come back and say, i had the greatest day of my life, i made these kids happy. >> reporter: last night, batman died in a bizarre accident. police say he was hit by his own batmobile after it was struck by another car on the highway near hagerstown. they say the bat car broke down. batman got out to check out the engine and that's when they say he was hit. now back in the bat cave neighborhood, tonight, there's a lot of sorrow. >> people say that god takes the good ones early. it's a shame. they could do so much good. he helped people. and the little kids used to love it. >> we lost batman. all the kids are gonna miss him. >> reporter: lenny robinson, he was batman. he was a super man.

he was a good man. jim, back to you. >> pat collins. thank you, pat. local police and fire departments are offering their own condolences to lenny robinson. the chestnut ridge volunteer fire department in maryland posted an image featuring the iconic bat signal over its building. in howard county, police shared this image of an officer with robinson and alexandria sheriff's department thanked him for inspiring kids during a safety visit there. there have been hundreds of condolences. you can read them and share your own on our facebook page. there is new video just into our newsroom of some suspects in that weekend murder of an american university graduate that occurred near the shaw howard metro station. the mayer and the d.c. police chief just wrapped up a news conference less than an hour ago. investigators say two groups of young men started shooting at each other on the corner of 7th and s streets northwest late

saturday afternoon and matt shlonsky was hit and killed. police tell us he was not the intended target. and they want witnesses to come forward. >> and i will say, we have very good participation by our community members. they do call. they do provide some information, but i need them to step it up. >> police have recovered stolen burgundy chrysler 300. they believe this car may be connected to this killing. d.c.'s mayor also addressed surge in violence going on on the d.c. streets. one of the latest victims a local deejay is ho is recovering after he was robbed and stabbed repeatedly in du pont circle. mark segraves is live with more on what the mayor is saying about this increase in crime. mark? >> reporter: nestor lopez is a popular deejay in club. he is home now, recovering at home. he counts himself lucky to be alive and praying that one else

those go through with what he is dealing with now as for mayor bowser, she says she and the police are working to stop the violence. working hard to get ahead of any problems in all neighborhoods, so the police have been very active. >> reporter: nestor low spetz face of one of the newest victims of violence in d.c. he is best known as dj nestor heard on el zol radio and local clubs yes m s where he mixes mu >> we are vulnerable that time of night, coming in and out of club could have happened to me or any of us. >> reporter: despite being willing to hand over his money, nestor says the man began stabbing him over and over again, in the face, in the throat and in the head. >> at least you say thank god he is alive. we get the news he was almost dead, at least we didn't get those news, it was really shocking. >> reporter: district leaders

deploying more police to high-crime neighborhoods. mayor bowser says despite the more than 20% jump in murders this year and similar increases in other violent crimes, d.c. is not headed back to the days of the crack cocaine epidemic when the district was known as the murder capital. >> we are not headed in that direction. this city a very different city from those days. i lived here. i lived through it. doesn't feel like it. and it's not like it. but at the same time, any homicide, any shooting, any robbery, is too, too much. >> reporter: nestor tells me after he regained, consciousness in his car from being stabbed, he used his gps to find the closest hospital. he drove himself to gw where he crawled into the emergency room. he woke up the next day. he says he is doing better and hopes to get back to work soon. he doesn't have health insurance. his friends set up a gofundme page. we have a link at the nbc washington app. search nestor. vance, back to you. >> thanks, mark.

a 3-year-old child was found trying to cross a busy street by himself. his mother was asleep at home. her name is carol white. they arrested her on friday after a call to the police that took the police to dale boulevard and forestville avenue in woodbridge, virginia. whoever called said that child was trying to cross dale boulevard. the baby was not injured. police arrested white and charged her with felony child neglect. the child is now in the custody of other family members. some of the top republican presidential hopefuls stumped in iowa today. but the man they are all chasing in the polls was 1,000 miles away, serving jury duty in new york. steve handelsman join us live with more on the race for the white house. a strange one, steve. >> reporter: it s wendy, such a big shot being called is actuay not such big news in manhattan, where the likes of spike lee, madonna, a couple of sitting new york mayors have

already done what the donald today finally did. donald trump reported for jury duty in new york because everyone has to. even billionaires leading in every republican poll. >> he is going all the way! >> turning around, looking very presidential, waving to the crowd. >> reporter: big crowds apparently because of trump's radical stand on key issues. >> it seems as if these people who would otherwise be sort of recoil at some of these positions see it as refreshing. >> reporter: take immigration. trump told chuck todd on nbc's "meet the press," he would end automatic citizenship for every child born in the u.s. and reverse the obama order allowing students brought here illegally as kids to stay. the whole family gets deported. >> we are going to keep the families together. we have to keep the families together. >> but going to keep them together out. >> they have to go. >> reporter: too strict said

republican mercedes schlapp and bad for the party. >> it sounds very mitt romney-like, which we know did not work in 2012. it would not work in 2016 with the latino community. >> reporter: in iowa, trump's rivals have to play off his energy. >> donald trump has part of it right. there's no question we should be defunding sanctuary cities if they won't enforce the laws. >> reporter: wisconsin governor scott walker is running on his record. >> i said what i was going to do and then i went out and did it. >> reporter: but the non-politician has gone out and taken the lead. before he ran, for five years, trump failed to show up for jury duty and was fined $250. that fine was waived today. his lawyer says the notice was sent by the court to the wrong address. so far, trump has not been seated on a jury, but his obligation, apparently, continues maybe tomorrow. i'm steve handelsman, news4. here at the live deck, keeping an eye on new developments coming out of thailand a bomb exploded outside a shrine in a busy part of bangkok. right now at least 18 people are dead and 1 117 injured.

the bomb went off in the evening rush when the area was filled with tourists, shoppers and office workers. the device was made out of a pipe wrapped in cloth. u.s. embassy officials say they don't think any americans were caught in that attack but so far, no one has claimed responsibility. at the live desk, i'm chris laurence. >> thanks, chris. a data breach at the internal revenue service is having an impact on more people than first thought. the irs now says hackers stole the personal information of an additional 220,000 people. that means the total number of victims is up to about 334,000. we first learned about the data breach in may. the irs says hackers used stolen personal data to access a computer program that shows tax returns. the agency will begin mailing letters to potential victims and will offer free credit monitoring. anticipation and excitement turns to anger and frustration

after metro's debut of its new railcar doesn't go as planned. the 7,000 series was set to roll out on the green line this morning, headed to green belt, when one of the older trains in front of it broke down. passengers had to wait while that train was pulled from service. >> this is ridiculous! i have a job to be at! this is crazy! >> the delays lasted about a half hour. that's significantly less than other incidents this month. on august 6th, you will recall a derailment at the smithsonian station delayed thousands of passengers on the blue, the orange and the silver lines for more than nine hours. the following day, passpassenge had to walk the tracks after a power outage at the east falls church station. turning to weather now, if you have been outside at all, we don't have anything to tell you, at least i don't, doug does, 'cause he has got information on when you might get some relief s that right, doug? >> that's right, vance.

i think the relief coming during the day tomorrow, much-needed relief, the hot side the last couple of days and heat wave making its way in, started the heat wave on saturday, high temperature, 90 degrees, yaerkd high of 94. today, hate high temperature of 95 degrees. that heat index today approached 101 a little bit earlier this afternoon. so, it was a hot day for sure. we move on through the rest of the overnight into the next couple of day the heat wave ends, that's one thing for sure. rain chances, they are going to be on the increase the middle of the week. then talking about that weekend weather. some of us, last weekend before the kid goes back to school. talk much more about all this coming up in my full forecast. a crowded bus and a deadly confrontation. what we are just learning about the moments that led up to that deadly stabbing. that board back there left after bullets were fired into this office building. it's happened four times now in the herndon/reston area. what the police want the public

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a dispute was spark $when a man bumped into a little girl and it led to deadly stabbing here in the district. according to court documents, a man named eric smith got into an argument with a woman when he bumped into the woman's

daughter. it happened when he was getting off a crowded bus on h street earlier this month. witnesses say during the argument, smith he was backing up and he was hit by an suv and then witnesses say another man stabbed him. the suspect was named hector felix, charged with murder. hundreds of people in fairfax county walked into work with reminders of a disturbing or some disturbing incidents that have been going on. there are still -- bulletholes in office buildings pierced by gunfire in recent weeks. julie carey is in the herndon area with the latest on the search for that shooter. julie? >> reporter: you can see the boarded up windows back there covering the damage from the bullet holes a this the office building. it is one of four location hit. at the other three office buildings, the brits fired into the -- the bullets were fired into

high rise. some residents are uneasy. here is the view that startled employees at one herndon area high rise office a few weeks ago, cracked glass marring several windows. the damage is still visible from the outside, too. this map shows the cluster of shooting incidents in this tech corridor off the dulles toll road. the four shootings all took place overnight. the first discovered july 24th. the most recent, august 5th. no one has been injured. this women womb who lives and works in the area hospital heard anything about the gunfire until we told her. >> that's a little scary. doesn't feel real good. >> reporter: herndon is handling two of the case, fairfax, the other two, and despeeded to spotlight the gunfire as part of their crime solvers program to offer information could lead to a suspect. >> appears the suspect is driving up in front of the business, discharging the weapon and driving away. >> reporter: shell cations were found in the parking garage across from one of the buildings

struck. this woman who lives just blocks away is alarmed to think someone is driving through her neighborhood shooting. >> i have three daughters. they play outside. outside the house, house don't have fence. of course it boris. >> reporter: she will be keeping a lookout and listening. >> reporter: once we told the woman about what was happening, she was thinking about when she was sitting with her husband and heard a gunfire but surprised when she didn't hear police sirens afterwards. if it happens again, she will probably be calling police. back to you now. >> all right, julie carey. these two have been getting reacquainted. you have both been on vacation. i think you haven't seen each other in like a month. so touching. >> we had a big hug back here. off camera. >> anything i can do to maintain

my composure. we have got another sticky week ahead of us. sticky, but not too bad. we had this heat wave, three-day heat wave, after today, just about over. tomorrow, back into the 80s, some areas may flirt with 90 that's about t national harbor camera shows you hot, humid, hazy, potomac, woodrow wilson bridge, looking okay, yeah on the hot side for sure. another vantage point looking other way, always on the green side here during the summer months, down to 91 now, dew point still at 69 degrees. so, that dew point's quite hot. look at the heat index. here we are at 6:00, feels like 96 in d.c., feels like 98, leesburg, 97, frederick, 95 down there toward fredericksburg. on the radar, not much to show right now, but, but notice how all of us are dry except for this guy here, one little shower in montgomery county, parts of loudoun county seen that shower, now making its way through the darn estown area, river road,

around darnestown, zoom in and say hell throat friends thought toward darnestown, along the 112 here, that will continue, along spring meadow drive right there, if you live off spring meadow drive, seeing nice little shower and nice refreshing shower, too, we saw a couple others toward baltimore. that was about it. it helped drop temperatures in baltimore down to 79 degrees. here is the latest though. notice the cloud cover to the west. and then as i widen out a little bit more, notice more moisture and more cloud cover moving our way. so that moisture is about going to come in here, the clouds will make their way in during the day tomorrow. with that, i think we will see cooler temperatures. we can say good-bye to the heat wave, very good news. tomorrow morning, no problems. you will have no problem for that early morning rush. tomorrow afternoon, say around noon, go ahead, take a lunch outdoors, i think just some cuds, isolated shower, yeah, it's possible. i think most of us remain dry during the day tomorrow. this is the latest computer mold, 4:00 in the afternoon, notice a couple of storm does form. they will be dying off as they move off toward the east. we could still see some shower

activity around 5, 6:00. i think the rush should be okay. but you know around our area does not take a lot to help with the rush hour in our region. watch out during the evening hours, once again, most of us will remain on the dry side. can't rule out a couple of swers, better chance move on through the day on wednesday, more wide showers on wednesday and better chance as we move through the day on thursday. tomorrow, better chance of storms off to the west, high temperatures upper 80s to right around that 90-degree mark. could we hit 890 in d.c.? yeah but not nearly like it was during the day today. next couple of days, 85 on your wednesday, 87 on thursday. i think thursday, the best chance to see some storms, but even those not too strong and right into the weekend. we stay into the mid-80s. guys, not a bad forecast there after three consecutive days above 90. all right. a man is killed confronting an armed robber inside a local hotel. tonight, the accused gunman is on trial and we are hearing new accounts of the victim's bravery. a bittersweet reunion as a

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♪ hundreds of people today got real lucky, got hear the one and only stevie wonder doing what they call a pop-up concert near rfk. he did the show with very little promotion. it was free. tom sherwood was one of those lucky souls of which i refer. he heard about it through social media. >> reporter: stevie wonder checking out his keyboard as the crowd near rfk kept growing. >> so, this is how we do when we first go to rehearsal and stuff. >> reporter: and he was off. ♪ you can feel it all over ♪ you can feel it all over people ♪ ♪ you can feel it all over >> reporter: wonder played an hour's set promoting his songs

in the key of life tour here october 3rd. d.c.'s school chancellor kai ya henderson couldn't wait. our nbc 4 periscope caught up with her. the free concert was advertised just hours before it happened. >> i heard about it on twitter about 7:00 this morning. i thought it was a beautiful thing. >> i heard about it at 8:30 this morning. i had to rush to get ready and commute so it was amazing. >> reporter: eric moses runs the city's events d.c. >> happened in 48 hours and a call from the pro-moernt ftor o friday. >> reporter: he says d.c. is shedding its image of a difficult bureaucracy. >> a musician or pro-near the wants to do something fun in d.c., we are going to help do you it. >> bun, two, three, go. ♪ >> reporter: tom sherwood, news4. >> very cool. twitter, 7:00 in the morning. >> i saw it. i saw it. yeah. yeah. 10:00, he was performing. tom sherwood streamed part of that concert live on periscope

today. if you want to see him stream events live in the future, 'cause you knows ''s where it's happening, follow him on twitter. next at 6:00, new information tonight about a motive in a murder in a park in northern virginia. an accused gunman is on trial for robbery and murder. most of it caught on videotape. why the defense is saying the state can't convict him. they changed the lives of a handful of families and firefighters across the county. today, fate got them back today. media converged on frederick, maryland, converged

there's chilling surveillance video, it shows a man pointing a gun at a pregnant hotel clerk during a robbery. just a few moments later, that manager was shot and killed as he tried to stop the gunman from escaping. >> tonight, we are hearing some of the first testimony in the murder of the clarion at the hotel. tracee wilkins what has be-- ha in court all day and she joins live. >> reporter: we see the video of the rob rained the gunman pointing that gun and video of the confrontation between him and the man who was shot and killed in the act of all of this. but the defense attorney is

saying they have a solid defense. our version of the surveillance video shows how aggressive the armed robber was. it does not show how people in the hotel lobby ran away when they heard the worker screaming for help and it does not show jesse chavez, the only one brave enough to confront the gunman as he tried to run out of the hotel. today, in the murder and armed robbery trial of deandre weems, the accused gunman, the defense argued that the robbery was over, that the robber was trying to escape when chavez interrupted and fought the gunman before the gun accidentally went off. he is saying the state can't prove murder but possibly, manslaughter, suggesting they have overcharged the suspect. in 2013, chavez worked as manager at what was the clarion hotel in oxon hill. on october 21st he came between an armed robber and his get awake fighting gunman until chavez was shot and killed at point blank range. surveillance video before the shooting shows the armed gunman jump over the hotel counter

pointing his gun at a pregnant worker, demanding money. today in court, the worker testified that the gunman said shut up at least two times, grabbed her hair, pointed a gun at her pregnant belly and then demanded money from the cash drawer. police say this is deondre weems, the same gunman who would kill chavez minutes later. police released the video of the suspect's vehicle as they searched for weems and his two co-conspirat co-conspirators, william, believed to be the get away driver and washington, believed tonight lookout. weems is charged with murder, armed robbery, assault, use of a handgun in the commission of a crime and conspiracy to commit armed robbery. the trial will continue tomorrow. the two co-conspirators go to court in october. we just learned of a possible motive in the murder of man in huntington park and fairfax county. the victim's name was khalid abu

malik. police found his body near the entrance to a park earlier this month. newly filed documents reveal that somebody stabbed him several times and then tore the pock else in his pants. that led a detective to surmise it might have been a robbery attempt. a 19-year-old named michael pal has been charged with second degree murder in that case. we have an update on the breaking news we brought you at the top of our newscast. we are hearing reaction now to today's indictment in a deadly police shooting in fairfax county. news4's jackie bensen just spoke to john geer's father. he told her -- about an hour ago, a special grand jury handed up a indictment against former police officer adam torres. he will be facing a second-degree murder charge for the murder of geer.

geer was killed after a standoff with police in springfield in 2013. this is the first time in the 75-year history of the fairfax county police department that an officer will face criminal prosecution in connection with an on-duty shooting. the white house has a new plan to help fight heroin addiction. the obama administration just announced a $5 million initiative in 15 states, including maryland and the district. half the money is going to be used to pair up police and health officials so they can focus on treating heroin users, not just punishing them. the number of people who died from heroin overdoses quadrupled in the united states from 2002 to 2013, college is a time of transition and change and for a lot of students, that can mean problems with mental health. >> i start to cry and then my -- the palms of my hands sweats, then i start shaking. >> you're stopped from being who

you really are. >> these college students are describing just how crippling their anxiety can be. according to new research, they are not alone. anxiety is the most common mental health complaint on college campuses. experts told us with academics getting more competitive along with more worries over the financial strain of tuition, students seem to be suffering from greater levels of stress. doreen gentzler will have more on this, including how to know when people should seek help for their anxiety. that's tonight on news4 at 11:00. for a list of mental health resources in our area, head to our special changing minds page. it is at nbcwashington.com. we are getting now our first look at the altar being built for pope francis and his visit to washington. it is taking shape inside a cabinet shop up in frederick, maryland. our chris gordon was there today as the catholic university students who designed the altar watched as their drawings came

to life. >> reporter: a large contingent of media crowded into this cabinet shop in frederick, maryland to see the progress on the altar being built for the pope. the world will see this altar at the mass led by pope francis at the basilica of the national shrine of the immaculate conception on september 23rd. it will later be installed as the church's permanent altar. the design was conceived by three students at catholic university to upon a contest in june. joe taylor is from eldersburg, maryland. >> my first -- my first design will actually be built to be something that the pope will use, a piece of papal furniture, i mean it's going to be -- the bar is definitely set high and going to be tough to top that. >> reporter: doug owns carriage hill cabinet. sincemakers he has been working seven days a week. >> it is the pope. so you can't be late.

>> reporter: they are just beginning to build the chair for pope francis. today, they shared a secret. the cushions will be covered with bridal gown material. >> and i thought how fitting that is, since we consider the church the bride of christ and here we have our holy father coming. >> reporter: design team member adrian of bethesda was overwhelmed today, seeing their concept come to life. for the pope to give mass and to, um, canonize a saint with -- standing behind the altar that i designed, sitting in the chair that i designed, it's such an honor to be part of such an important convenient. >> reporter: the people here say it is a labor of love. in frederick, maryland, chris gordon, news4. allegations of a cutthroat work environment. tonight, the ceo of amazon fires back against a scathing newspaper article. also, more headaches for the people in northern virginia

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the university of virginia says its computer network is back online after a cyber attack shut it down for the past two days. federal investigators think the hack originated in china and targeted the e-mail accounts of two uva employees. school officials say they have upgraded internal security regarding further breaches. the ceo of amazon is jeff bezos and he is not happy about an article in the "new york times." in fact, he is defending his company and its culture now following that article. the article portrayed the environment at amazon as cutthroat, callous and cold with instructions on how to send secret feedback to each other's bosses. the article also details a lack of etch think for workers with health issues. in a letter to his employees, bezos said that is not the company that he knows, nor the people he works with on a daily

basis. bezos said he would leave a company like the one described in that article. bezos also owns the "washington post." a step towarding about the the commute on i-66. today, the virginia department of transportation is meeting to decide whether improvement should be paid for by way of a public/private partnership that project would widen 25 miles of i-66 between the beltway and haymarket, a partnership would mean less money from taxpayers but it would lead to toll lanes on the highway. if it is approved a contract would be awarded in september of next year. a second day of repairs impacting people in one fairfax county neighborhood. crews worked all day to fix two big sink homes in annandale, off miss app lane and duncan drive, south of tollhouse road. fairfax county's water department was out fixing the pipe yesterday when the road

fell apart under their trucks. neighbors sent in these pictures to news4. no injuries. that road is expected to be back open by tomorrow. a deadly midair collision involving an army veteran who served five tours of duty. a reunion nearly 30 years in the

we are learning more about the army skydive here died after a midair collision with another jumper on saturday the video of what happened after collision is, in fact, difficult to watch. corey hood was his name. he lost consciousness and then hit a building before he fell to the ground. later, he died. hood was performing at the chicago air and water show. he had served five tours of duty in iraq and afghanistan. the other jumper with him at the time suffered a broken leg. there was joy and sadness today as a woman who survived a horrific crash in maryland 29 years ago was reunited with her rescuers. as news4's derrick ward reports, that crash not only altered the lives of those involved, it led to safety changes on our roads and in the fire house. >> reporter: this hill, this woman, these teenaged friends and these firefighters, all of

those factors emerge safer roadways and better equipped first responds, countless lives saved but born out of tragedy. 1986, a dump truck's brakes failed here on good luck road. the truck rolled down the hill and into the car lisa beers was driving. gloria graham and janine everhart, passengers in that car died. lisa survived a traumatic head wound and today, got to hug and personally thank those who showed up on the scene. >> the fact that i have this opportunity today is beyond what i could ever imagine. >> reporter: rich anderson is a chief in upstate new york now, but he was a rookie here and on his way home on that day in 1986 and he saw it all unfold. he was first to get to the crumpled wreck and others would come in short order, working valiantly but unsuccessfully to save graham and everhart. >> it was i guess maybe more of the frustration of not being able to help everyone. >> reporter: there are a lot of things in the aftermath of that accident, memories, nightmares, but some tangible changes as

well. this truck was specced out after the accident but some of the equipment on board represents the experience that firefighters had on that day. these winches can now handle the weight of a loaded truck, like the one in the good luck road accident. and there's more electrical and hydraulic power available. >> nobody, you know, in our wildest dreams would have thought we would have seen that sort of incident. but happy to say we haven't seen one quite that way in all those years. >> reporter: as for other trucks like dump trucks, they are more thoroughly inspected now, even driver testing was inspected. gloria graham's sister was among those at the ceremony today and sees her sister's legacy almost every day on the roads. >> it's a start and for 29 years, done something. >> reporter: and a good way to honor lives lost is through lives saved. in riverdale, derrick ward, news4. doug another update on your forecast, a break later in the week, huh? >> a break, 95 today, heat index well over 100 this afternoon. not going to be the case as we

move on to the next couple of days. rather hot and humid tomorrow a nice shot, out there towards that one lone shower off to the right there producing some cloud cover out there toward montgomery county and loudoun county. you can see the sun going down behind those clouds. right now, currently sitting at 91 degrees at the airport. we will drop to about 90 degrees next hour. 86 by 9. down to 81 degrees. rather nice by 9, 10:00, great to take the dog to a walk. 90, leesburg, 90, manassas, 93, camp springs. every not be 09s for the most part, the exception all day has been annapolis, nice little bay breeze came in, helped to cool things off along the water, produced some storms in baltimore. now, all the storms are gone for the most part, one little bitty cell here just toward northern montgomery county, to the north of olney here, making its way toward p toward the patuxent, very, very slowly moving, bringing rain showers there. more rain down to the southwest, what we will be dealing with as we move through the next couple

of day better chance of shower activity just about each day. tomorrow, going about a 20% chance, most of us should stay dry but may want to take the umbrella just in case tomorrow. high temperature around 89, more cloud cover. 85 on your wednesday. 87 on thursday. that increase in rain right on through the day thursday. and then a little bit lower on friday. temperature around 86 degrees on friday. saturday and sunday, right now the weekend looking pretty good. right now, got saturday, dry, a high around 86. not too bad. one day, quite a few years ago, i was walking down the hall here at nbc, humming a tune by an artist from what used to be called a west coast school of jazz. the guy behind me, how didn't know was there right away, started humming the same tune. threw in a little bit of harmony. so we had us an impromptu set, like a street corner, there in the hall. then we started talking about events of the day. i remember talking about al sharpton and tawana brawley,

then he told a joke, a practice poe nothing, that had me rolling on the floor. the guy was julian bond. i had not seen him in several years, since the last time i needed a concise, precise, on-point perception regarding the state of race relations in america. julian was there in that regard and few people had the credentials to offer that perception. the man devoted his life to fairness and justice and not just for black people. his latter day support for gay marriage was as bold and righteous as many of the causes he espouse and eloquently defended back in his days with the group called sncc. julian was something of a superstar back in the day and while the luster faded after the bruising, nasty battle with john lewis for a congressional seat, his commitment to the speaking to the power did not wane. the credit of both men, they

mended the tear in the fabric that had bound them in the early days of the struggle. i have always found it interesting that julian took a philosophy course at morehouse college taught taut by martin luther king, jr. and while that was the only course martin ever fault, julian has been sharing his wisdom for years at both uva and american u. his loss is significant. it is yet one more in the pantheon of strong, brave, gifted and committed men and women who literally changed this country for the better. for him and all the others, the gospel song comes to mind, "well done, faithful servant. done, faithful servant. now come on home a

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camp and carol maloney there was for it all. >> reporter: camp is closed. from here on out, all practices in ashburn. but as they leave richmond, a reflection on how far they've come. >> team waiting for the seeing sea somebody is eager and was eager to play, not eager to play against detroit. we just love being around each other, like a family. you do blood, sweat and tears with each and every day, now get go back to ashburn and do the same thing again. >> i feel great about the team, we will see thursday when we play -- i mean, i'm ready for miami, we play detroit, see how we are progressing. each week, we want to get better and we have been doing that each day and haven't taken any steps backwards. >> eager to get back to the house and see the family and wife and kids and kick the cats, so we are excited to get back home. great experience. love coming here as a football team and getting a lot of work done. training camp is all about football and nothing else. >> reporter: and what makes training camp worth all that effort? turning around last year's 4-12

season. moving out of richmond, carol maloney, news4 sports. >> thanks so much, carol. talk some baseball now for a moment, balls the nationals, they are really struggling right now. so bad, manager matt williams possibly could be fired, at least people are talking about that at the end of this season. here is the thing, coming out of the all-star break, led the met buys 2 1/2 games. not the case anymore, they trail by 4 1/2 and 9 1/2 back in the wildcard thanks to an 11-20 record since the break. the best bet is to chase down the mets to get to the postseason. after being swept by the giants over the weekend this team's below .500 for the first time since may 6th. six straight losses tied for the longest skid all season. this next story, i need your opinion on this everyone's opinion on this one, james harrison, pittsburgh steelers linebacker, took away his two sons' participation trophies because according to him, they didn't earn them. here's part of what toad say on instagram over the weekend.

these kids are 6 and 8 years old. 6 and 8 and you take away participation -- >> yes. >> yes. >> that is ridiculous. >> you begin teaching your children from the moment that they come into -- >> 6 years old? >> yes. they come into this, it's child abuse to give a kid a trophy -- >> what? >> yes. a trophy that he has not earned. it is not -- that -- that's -- if a parent's responsibility -- >> of course you do >> a parent's responsibility is to teach a kid how to deal with the real world, then that is child abuse, 'cause that's not the real world. you don't get something for

showing up. >> that's what he said, doesn't want them to feel entitled. >> entitlement came along+o#a( participatio

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