white house. >> president obama officially threw his support behind his former secretary of state, hillary clinton. but the timing of that announcement is raising some eyebrows coming about an hour after bernie sanders met with the president at the white house. >> and sanders made it clear after that meeting he intends to stay in the race through next tuesday's primary here in d.c. steve handelsman live at the white house with the latest. >> reporter: aides here at the white house says president obama taped his formal endorsement video on tuesday and released it today after what they described as a productive meeting between the president and hillary clinton's fierce primary rival. barack obama and bernie sanders walked close together, but aides say the president gave the senator room to ease out of the primary battle he lost to hillary clinton. but soon after, mr. obama moved quickly, endorsing hillary clinton in a video. >> in fact, i don't think there's ever

qualified to hold this office. she's got the courage, the compassion, and the heart to get the job done. >> reporter: sanders say he will still contest the final primary on tuesday and fight at the convention on his issues, but sanders said he will work for hillary clinton. >> i look forward to meeting with her in the near future to see how we can work together to defeat donald trump and to create a government which represents all of us and not just the 1%. >> reporter: a focus on trump is what president obama wants as he will tell jimmy fallon tonight. >> and to remind the american people that this is a serious job. you know, this is not reality tv. >> mr. trump, come talk to us. >> reporter: donald trump meeting with republican donors tweeted, obama just endorsed crooked hillary. he wants four more years of obama, but nobody else does.

sanders met with senate democrat leader harry reid on a day when the president endorsed his rival. >> senator sanders was not surprised by today's announcement. >> reporter: hillary clinton tweeted honored to have you with me, potus. fired up and ready to go. live at the white house, steve handelsman. news4. >> right now sanders is meeting with vice president biden. have you heard any specifics on what the democratic leadership are offering him to get his full support? >> reporter: you know, i think they are just so happy, chris, that sanders came out here and say i'd going to partner up with hillary clinton, that they are perfectly happy to keep to their plan "a," which was not to try to lever him and hustle him. he's going to try to win the

to make sure his issues, his movement, gets proper hearing at the convention. whether it will matter to her campaign or not, you know that biden, president obama, when he talks to hillary clinton, they're all going to say, bernie, thanks a lot. we're going to listen to you on your issues. you're going to get to speak on your issues, and he's going to be happy to hear that. a fairfax county elementary school is revising its recess supervision policy after a kindergarten wandered away from the school this week. the child made it more than a mile before a good samaritan called 911. >> reporter: well, this little boy's parents sounded the alarm about what happened this week at london town elementary because they fear it could happen and he wanted school wide notification of the incident. it was late tuesday morning when this 6-year-old boy got

but when he got back to his classroom, the other kids had gone for recess. the little boy went out the back door and started walking down busy stone road. it made a little over a mile before a good samaritan spotted him and called 911. police picked him up and took him home. that's when the school released he was missing. the father didn't get the response he wanted from school administrators. >> worst case, we wouldn't have christian here today. that's part of the reason i wanted to meet with you is to make sure the community is aware, to heighten the level of vigilance against this sort of thing happening again. >> reporter: now, when we talked to him earlier today, what the father really wanted was a school wide notification so that other parents would know about this incident. just as school was dismissing ab

showed us the e-mail they received from the principal. i'll tell you how they are revising their security policies here in response to this. any minute now we expect to get an update from prince george's county police about a man found dead early this morning. his body was found outside a home in castlewood place in upper marlboro. he did live in the community, but not in the house where he was found. so far police are saying this was not a random killing. a brazen shooting in broad daylight has neighbors in alexandria worried. the police department will be holding a meeting tomorrow to address some of their concerns. pierre clark was shot multiple times thursday afternoon. the shooting on montgomery street near old town was the city's third homicide of the year and the community meeting with police starts at 6:30 friday at the charles houston recreation center. a local manmade international headlines after admitting he tried to

he was eventually caught and today appeared before a federal judge in alexandria. mark segraves joins us live with what happened in court. >> reporter: yeah, good afternoon. he made his first appearance before a federal judge today. he left america last year, headed to syria, and then ultimately iraq to join isil. he has now been charged with aiding a terrorist organization and he is facing 20 years in prison. his journey began when he left here and flew to london, eventually making his way to turkey, then syria, and ultim e ultimately iraq where he trained with isil fighters. mostly he said he was religious training. he appeared on kurdistan television after he left isil and was captured by kurdish military. he became disenchanted with the people there who were running the camps where he was training. he's been taken back to the

told fbi agents that he agreed to wear a suicide bomb. he says he thought that was a test from his recruiters and he told them what he thought they wanted to know. he said he was being trained to come back to the united states for an attack on u.s. soil. today was the first time his family has seen him since he left last year. they didn't have a chance to speak, but they did wave to one another. his family has refused to talk to reporters since news broke of his capture. he'll be back in this courtroom next week facing a detention hearing. he didn't have to enter a plea today. coming up at 5:00, you'll hear more from his attorney about what they think about the charges facing this young man from alexandria. that's the latest here. it's been billed as the most important trial in the death offend freddof freddie gray. the

coming up. a young man serves nearly ten years in prison for a crime he didn't commit. what he's got to say about the people who put him behind bars and what he's looking forward to now that he's a free man. a beautiful afternoon. t go from coolo hot this

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court near richmond highway. a 20-year-old woman tells police a man grabbed her from behind and then took off. if you recognize his face, you're asked to call fairfax county crime stoppers. a teenager just moments away from being sentenced in the death of two of his friends. sam ellis' trial has been going on for nearly three hours. he's about to hear his fate after pleading guilty to two countri counts of vehicular manslaughter. the car went off the road, airborne, crashed, and flipped. two teen boys died in that crash. kristin wright is in court right now. the faa is working with airlines and pilots unions to improve mental health evaluations and encourage pilots to voluntarily report their mental

this move is coming after last year's deadly germanwings crash in which a co-pilot concealed his mental illness. it's important to make sure pilots are able to report and be treated for any mental health condition. in march of last year, the co-pilot deliberately set the plane on a collision course with the french alps, killing 150 people on board. they gathered by the thousands today to say farewell to boxing legend muhammad ali. we'll take you inside the first funeral for the american icon. the controversy surrounding a former swimmer ♪ stand by me vo: for dominion, part of delivering affordable energy includes supporting those in our community who need help. our energyshare program does just that,

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a big day in presidential politics continues tonight right here on nbc 4. this afternoon president obama said he's endorsing hillary clinton for president. he made the big announcement after meeting with senator bernie sanders. later tonight, mr. obama will appear on "the tonight show" where he's going to talk to jimmy about the future of the campaign. could a conversation with donald trump be next? >> yeah. >> but has he called and talked to you? >> no. no, he hasn't. no. >> no? >> not that i know of. >> do you think the republicans are happy with

>> we are, but i don't know how they feel. >> very dry, dead pan sense of humor there. you can catch the president's appearance on "the tonight show" at 11:00. some legal analysisanlysts is the most important trial in the death of freddie gray. chris gordon is in baltimore covering the trial for us. >> reporter: before the trial even began, the defense asked the judge to dismiss all the charges against officer caesar goodson. they argued that prosecutors failed to turn over information that would be helpful to the defense in a timely manner. the judge gave prosecutors a tongue lashing, warning them to turn everything over, but then he ordered this trial to

officer goodson is charged with second-degree depraved heart murder and manslaughter. prosecutors say officer goodson gave freddie gray a rough ride, causing the spinal injury that led to gray's death. >> this is the first time the state has committed in these trials that the injuries occurred not just because a seat belt wasn't applied to freddie gray, but because of a rough ride. >> reporter: the defense says goodson is the last person you would say has a depraved heart, that he cares about people. goodson says if freddie gray hadn't stood up and banged his head against the van, he'd still be alive today. >> even as the two parties gave their opening statements, i sat there thinking, yeah, this probably would have been a bad bet to take this in front of a jury. >> reporter: why community leaders feel that this trial may be

conviction against one of the six baltimore police officers charged in the death of freddie gray. reporting from baltimore, chris gordon, news4. a man from virginia is facing a number of charges after an apparent case of road rage. as pat collins reports, police arrested timmy dubois for attacking a woman in pentagon city. >> reporter: a strange and scary encounter here in arlington. you see, a woman is driving in her car. she has her son with her. she's going past the cosco here when all of a sudden a man in another car pulls up behind her and starts yelling, you're in the wrong lane, you're in the wrong lane. then he throws something at her car. she keeps on driving, but down the road she comes to a stop so does the man in the other car. then he assaults her. he bites her. he bites her finger. and then he drives off. what happened to that

and what should you do if this happens to you? i have some answers for you coming up at 5:00. >> that's scary stuff. >> no kidding. we all know driving around here can be tense sometimes, but that is quite the story there. >> the only good thing about that story was pat's very cool hat and the beautiful blue skies behind him, doug. nothing but blue skies out there today. today just a beautiful, beautiful day. started off on the cool side. if you woke up and maybe stepped out the front door to do a little jog, look at the numbers this morning. it was chilly. 48 in frederick. 46 manassas. 53 downtown. but we have warmed up very, very nicely with low humidity. we're able to warm up a little bit faster. right now we're sitting at 81 degrees. winds out of the northwest at 14 miles per hour. nearly a 30-degree temperature

morning. the winds will start to subside tonight. it's going to be a very nice night once again and not quite as cool. 79 in frederick. 82 in manassas. 83 in quantico. temperatures tomorrow will be a little bit above that. we're not going to see any rain chances over the next couple of days. the next best chance for rain will most likely be on saturday. this is why. clear skies all across the mid atlantic. you can see some rain and clouds around that area. these clouds will stream on down across our region overnight tonight. we'll call it partly to mostly cloudy skies tonight, but then that same system works its way on through tonight. then tomorrow partly sunny skies. 83 d.c. 80 gaithersburg. 80 back towards the winchester area. abundant sunshine tomorrow with low humidity. friday a fantastic day. really a perfect af

out tomorrow, no problem. what about that walking forecast? think about going down to the mall? a great start. 67 degrees by 9:00 a.m. get outside around noon. a great day to eat lunch outdoors. temperature at 78 degrees. 3:00 temperatures around 83 degrees. 83 on your friday. 91 on saturday. we do have a chance for some shower activity. show you this on future weather. here's 3:00 in the afternoon. not much going on. so most of the day looks dry. now we're going to be tracking a frontal boundary that's going to move down from the north. this computer model i think a little bit overdone here, but we have a chance for some storms during the afternoon. here we are at 6:00, 7:00. what does it do for sunday? not much. temperatures going up a little bit on sunday to a high of 92 degrees. we get some heat. 91 on saturday. 92 on sunday. the first

this year. guys? meanwhile, a new effort to help combat domestic violence in prince george's county. plus, a man wrongfully in prison for a murder he didn't commit. today he walked out of jail a free man and talked about the thing he's most looking forward to. and coming up, which party is most unified now that the primary season is almost over? >> it's our nbc washington flash survey this afternoon. you can call or text the number on your screen or head over to the nbc washington facebook page to cast your vote.

right now in d.c., an effort to help the father of two missing children, sarah and jacob have been missing since september of 2014. friends of the children's father are holding a fundraiser until 2:00 a.m. at the blagert on 18th street in northwest. the young children were last seen with their mom who is now in a psychiatric facility. >> a

he wants to learn how to drive now that his murder convictions have been thrown out by a judge. dav davonte stanford was released from prison yesterday. he apparently didn't commit those crimes. the convictions were dropped after problems were discovered with the detroit police investigation. stanford was only 14 years old at the time, but he confessed to the crimes. two weeks after he went to prison, a hitman, who was already in custody, said he was responsible for the killings, not sanford. today the young man talked about his plans for the future. >> i would like to take time to reunite with my family and try to get my life back on track. i'm not about to play the blame game. it's over. i'm out. put all this behind me and go from there and live life,o

things i've never been able to do before like learn how to drive. first meal was chicken, egg rolls, and shrimp fried rice. i have been craving chinese food for about four years. i told my mom you're wasting time cooking something i'm not going to eat. if you know you're in prison for something you didn't do, don't roll over. don't let them break you. >> wow, nearly ten years. sanford also thanked everyone who helped free him and now the prosecutor in michigan is being forced to defend how her office handled that case. we continue to follow news from the white house. the endorsement of hillary clinton by president obama. we're going to have the reaction from the campaign trail.

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the boy's father not happy about how the school handled the incident. and a local man who made international headlines after admitting he tried to join isis, was in court in alexandria today. he made his first appearance before a judge. he is facing 20 years in prison, a quarter of a million dollar fine, and lifetime supervised release if he's convicted. first at 4:30, a developing story in decision 2016. the presumptive democratic nominee just got a very big endorsement. >> that's right. in an announcement that you may have already seen president obama is putting his full weight behind hillary clinton. the clinton campaign released a video a little more than two hours ago in which the president says of clinton, quote, i don't think there's ever been somebody so qualified to fill this office, end quote. >> yeah, guys. that endorsement

bernie sanders. after that meeting, sanders said he intended to say in the race through next week primary here in d.c., but he'll meet with clinton soon to discuss how they can work together to defeat donald trump. meanwhile trump tweeted his response saying, quote, obama just endorsed crooked hillary. he wants four more years of obama, but nobody else does, end quote. that drew a response from clinton saying donald trump should delete his twitter account. clinton told reuters it means the world to her that the president has her back and it is a joy and an honor that they have gone from fierce competitors to true friends. that's it from the live desk. i'll be back at 5:00. this is a line forming outside of rfk stadium in southwest d.c. where a bernie sanders rally is being planned for tonight. his supporters already gathering for that big rally. sanders has pledged to keep

primary here in d.c. which party is most unified now that the primary season is just about over? it is our nbc washington flash survey this afternoon. so far most of you think the democrats are the more united party, but a lot of you say we're still about five months away. it really doesn't matter right now. lawmakers want to get more information from the lgbt community so they can create policies that benefit its members. they introduced legislation in the house today that would require the u.s. government to enhance data collection on the lgbt population. >> recognizing people for who they are and what they are and they're americans entitled to our focus, our consideration, and equal treatment. >> want to show you a live look now at the white house. president obama will host an lgbt pride month reception there in about 30 minutes. prince george's county has the h

violence in maryland, but today there's a new resource for families living in that nightmare. tracee wilkins is at the opening of a new family justice center. >> reporter: it's a one-stop shop for families in crisis, for teens who are in abusive relationships, children suffering with child abuse, domestic violence issues, all that folks need inside of this one building 100 yards from the prince george's county courthouse. the prince george's county family justice center has been in the works for more than four years now. all working together to come up with a one-stop shop where folks can have all of their needs met inside this building and also allowing for better communication between the agencies that help folks who are in crisis, families who are in crisis as well. coming up at 5:00, what families can expect once inside the door

i'm tracee wilkins. firefighters in loudoun county have launched a fundraiser to help a fellow firefighter. engelhart and his young son were injured in an accident in pennsylvania. he could be out of work for nearly a year. they launched a go fund me campaign to raise money for his recovery. if you would like to help out with that, you can head over to the nbc washington app and search firefighter. i'm in northwest with developing news about an emergency community meeting that's been called by police in the wake of a quadruple shooting in from the big ben liquors. police returned to the scene early this morning. they were here passing out fliers, letting people know about this meeting, and asking people for information about what happened. now the meeting is happening tonight at 7:00 p.m. at the fifth district community room. police are going to be

they are also looking for help in identifying this man. take a look at this surveillance video. police want to talk to the person in this video. now the images are not the greatest. you can see that the man has covered his face. he's wearing a hoodie covering his head, but police hope someone recognizes his body language or his clothing. the shooting happened wednesday around 4:30 in the afternoon in front of the big ben liquors. the gunman shot a man on the sidewalk. three others in the area were also wounded. and a police officer on bike patrol was hit by a car as he responded to this shooting yesterday. now everybody is going to be okay. all of the injuries are said to be non-life threatening, but the shooter is still on the loose and police say they need help in this case. back to you in the

sudden turn when an adult gets distracted. coming up how a teenager and child helped save a toddler from drowning. and the change officials in virginia are making to help people going away for the summer and how it's going to impact your morning commute. 80s today. 80s tomorrow. 90s over the weekend. you could be dealing with a shower or storm. when the best chance of some rain is coming up in my full forecast.

a police officer with 25 years on the force says she's never seen anything like it. a woman died in virginia beach after being hit by a beach umbrella. the umbrella was anchored in the sand yesterday when a strong gust of wind blew it across the beach. the tip of it stuck the woman right in her chest and she died at the hospital of cardiac arrest. police are looking into it, but right now they say it just appears to be a tragic, freak accident. the great summer road trip is back thanks to cheaper gas prices this year. now your trip on 95 could be a bit less congested. transportation officials are allowing drivers to head south on the 95 express lanes an hour earlier every morning. starting tomorrow, the northbou e

three 95 hov lanes will close. the goal is to ease that late morning congestion during the summer months. metro is considering bus service that would connect national harbor and alexandria. the route would operate fr. buses would run seven days a week. if the metro board approves the plan, the pilot program would start in october. you know those micro chips they can put in your dogs so you always know where they are? a family in chicago had their heartbroken when their dog went missing four years ago. they have him back. the chihuahua wandered away from their

well, he wandered away during a family party, but just last night they got a surprise phone call from police. apparently someone spotted the dog nearly ten miles away from home. that person called police and they were able to track down the owners. a woman posted video of a young trespasser, but it wasn't to get him in trouble. the security video caught the boy sneaking into the garage to give her dog a hug. she posted the video on facebook to let her neighbors know the boy was welcome to hug the dog any time. he snapped these selfies with the dog doing the very thing he was given permission to do. >> it is hard to beat a dog being found after four years, but if you just didn't beat that with the little boy. that was so school. >> awesome story. it's gone viral now. >> i believe it. beautiful weather outside. how much more of it though are we going to see? we're g

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peace, blessings, welcome. >> thousands of people from all faiths and from all around the world paying tribute to muhammad ali. the week of memorials and tributes continue today with a traditional muslim prayer service in the champ's hometown of louisville, kentucky. >> ali made it known he wanted that service to be open to everyone and there's a public memorial tomorrow that will be streaming live in the nbc washington app. >> reporter: good evening. good to talk to you. preparations for that memorial continue. it is tomorrow. today, members of the muslim faith asked the world to join in as they prayed for a hero lost. a crowd gathered early outside the kentucky expo center. >> people come from all over the world to pay

much to everyone. >> reporter: 16,000 or more at this convention hall turned makeshift mosque for a traditional muslim funeral prayer, a service that before his death muhammad ali insisted be open to fans of all faiths. >> he was a gift to his people, his religion, his country, and ultimately to the world. who has filled the world with more hope, more inspiration, more empathy, more humility, and more goodwill than muhammad ali? >> reporter: the ceremony was 30 minutes. tomorrow there will be one final trip through his old neighborhood, past his childhood home and down the street that now bears his name. the procession that will end with a public memorial in this arena. hollywood stars, sports heros, heads of state and thousands of fans will say go

wanted to encourage everybody to do the same. >> reporter: just one of so many reasons that so many people remember ali as the greatest. now, former president bill clinton along with billy crystal and bryant gumble are the among the ones to speak tomorrow. a teenager and a 9-year-old boy acted quickly. probably saved a toddler from drowning in a pool. look at what happened last weekend at an apartment complex in florida. nobody was supervising a 3-year-old girl. she tried to swim, struggled to stay afloat, and went under. her 9-year-old cousin hauled her out and then another performed cpr until medics arrived. >> i felt

life. >> paramedics helped rush the girl to the hospital. police have charged the toddler's aunt with neglect. >> incredible. coming into more 90-degree temperatures. the start of 90s. here comes the summer. bring it on. >> it's only the beginning. heat and humidity is sure to -- >> waking up to that cold dreary start to spring. >> exactly. it's been quite sometime since it's taken us so long to get to the 90s. it's been since 2009 that we have waited this long into the year to hit 90 degrees. spectacular tomorrow. the humidity is low. the sun is shining. the temps are comfortable. we're talking 90s saturday, sunday. around 90 on monday. and 90s again on tuesday. now the good news, as the heat

humidity, but we'll stay hot next week. we'll start to cool off by wednesday. right now we're at 81 degrees. 7:00 p.m. still in the upper 70s. 77, dry this evening. perfect for firing up the grill, walking the dog. 71 at 9:00. by 11:00 p.m., we're down to a comfortably cool 68 degrees. another refreshing start to tomorrow morning. 61 as you step out the door on your friday morning. we'll have mostly to partly sunny skies throughout the day. low humidity by lunchtime. we're in the mid 70s. perfect day to have the lunch outdoors. a touch warmer tomorrow with a high of 83. tomorrow evening on your friday night if you have plans to head out, it is going to be perfect. 77 degrees at 8:00 p.m. you might want to turn the air back on by the afternoon as the heat moves in for the weekend. on saturday, we unfortunately can't rule out a shower

thunderstorm. the chance of about 30%. not going to be a washout, but the threat is there. 2:00 still mainly dry during the afternoon. 85 on saturday at that point. 5:00 p.m., 91. that's really when we could see a shower or thunderstorm during the late afternoon and early evening hours. otherwise a bit humid. 8:00 still a balmy 86 degrees at that point. your weekend outlook. yard work is going to be better on saturday. it will be a bit breezy during the afternoon. perfect weekend to head to the pool. sunday brunch, hot but not humid. it is going to be a little bit humid on saturday. not the case on sunday. if you're headed to the beach, water temperature now at 69 degrees. temps at the beaches tomorrow in the 70s. sunday will be in the mid 80s. a little bit breezy on saturday and sunday at the beach and keeping the forecast there completely dry. monday a high of 89. tuesday a chance of a few showers or

a high of 90 degrees. wednesday a high of 81 with a chance of some storms. thursday partly sunny and a high of 83. the match making app tinder changing its rules. the company says it will no longer provide its service to anyone under 18 starting as early as next week. current rules allow anybody over 13 to use the app. there's two separate communities. one for 17 and under and one for 18 and older. the department analyzed a group of human food recalls reported to the fda and found the agency did not have appropriate policies and procedures in place to initiate voluntary recalls in a timely fashion. health and human services wants fda to be tougher when it comes to human food recalls. coming up at 5:00, a local couple having car problems

like many of us, they trusted the experts. the mechanic supposedly replaced a few parts, but the car still wasn't quite right. that's when they decided to take it to another dealership. that mechanic found the problem and something else. the parts allegedly placed by the other dealership still on the car and still taped up. we contacted the dealer. we have their response, plus how we got results for the couple. a mother jumps into save her daughter after someone brazenly tries to abduct the

there's a new controversy surrounding a former swimmer at stanford university. court documents show he may have lied about his past. brock turner was convicted of sexually assaulting an unconscious woman at a frat party. the prosecutors cite multiple text messages from turner referencing drinks in high school and college and smoking marijuana. during the trial, turner wrote the judge saying he had never partied with alcohol or done drugs. his attorneys are not commenting on the allegations that he lied. last week turner was sentenced to six months in jail which outraged critics who say the star athlete got off lightly. with good beha

be out of jail in 90 days. a man tried to grab one woman's young daughter, but she fought back. the whole thing was caught on the store's surveillance camera in florida. >> reporter: the mother who fought off a would-be kidnapping and her 13-year-old daughter are reportedly doing well physically, but are getting counseling after their frightening ordeal. >> very, very, very brave. if my child was being taken, i'm going to attack somebody too. she did what she had to do for her baby. >> reporter: police say 30-year-old craig leslie tried to grab the 13-year-old from the dollar general store. she is in jail after a judge ordered him held without bond charged with attempted kidnapping and child abuse. his lawyer says his client is a veteran with deep psychological problems. he did not enter a plea pending a

he was captured almost immediately. an off-duty deputy was at the store buying cleaning supplies when he witnessed what happened and jumped into action. the deputy says he's often in that store with his own children and he is stunned that anyone would try to snatch a child in broad daylight with other people around. >> i'm glad that it worked out the way that it did because who knows what he would have done later on in the day or a week from now. >> reporter: a thought that's likely crossed every mother's mind. >> that's a mom's instinct to jump in there and save her child. that's what she did and thank god for that. i know how hard this job can be. that's why i know hillary will be so good at it. in fact, i don't think there's ever been someone so qualified to hold this office. >> and with that, president obama makes a

endorsement hillary clinton today only hours after meeting with senator bernie sanders at the white house. good evening, everybody. i'm jim handly. >> and i'm erika gonzalez. more endorsements are rolling in just a couple of hours before sanders' rally here in the district after a pivotal meeting with the president in the oval office, senator sanders will speak to his supporters at 7:00 tonight about the future of his campaign. tom sherwood is already getting reaction from sanders' supporters. he join us live near rfk. tom? >> reporter: let me first show you this crowd here. this is a big crowd right here. the white tents are the security station. beyond that is a small area where the flags are. that's where bernie sanders will be speaking, but this is only part of the crowd. right over here is another segment of the crowd waiting to be allowed into the parking lot. and this crowd wraps all the way around the block for hundreds of more people. the democratic primary campaign for president may be

still fired up. the crowd for bernie had started growing early outside rfk. this baltimore man came at 7:30 this morning, ten hours ahead of time. >> i want to hear it from him. i don't want to hear it from people on facebook or my friends who are trying to convince me to vote for their candidate. >> vote bernie. bernie sanders. >> reporter: the crowd filing into the bernie rally was upbeat even the obama meeting was followed quickly by hillary clinton video in which the president endorsed her. >> secretary clinton and senator sanders may have been rivals during this primary, but they're both patriots who love this country and they share a vision for the america that we all believe in. >> reporter: the rfk crowd wasn't just impressed. >> i don't want a coronation for someone i'm not going to vote for. i'm a woman and