12 hours and counting. a live picture from the senate floor where lawmakers are trying to force a vote on gun control legislation three days after the worst mass shooting in

history. >>. >> teaching me that anything is possible to do. >> he is 11 years old but speaks like a changed man. only on news 4 tonight, we will hear from a boy who's fighting his way to a better life and from the man showing him the ropes. i'm tracking showers and thunderstorms right now on storm team 4 radar moving in right now. there's a lot more on the way. i've got your forecast. news 4 at 11:00 starts now. we begin tonight with the latest out of orlando on the eve of president obama's visit. good evening, everyone. i'm jim handly. >> i'm wendy rieger in for doreen tonight. tomorrow the president plans to meet with survivors and families of the victims. the white house says he plans to meet with first responders to thank them for the dozens of lives they saved. a senate committee asked the fbi to hand over the materials from

investigations in to this gunman. they also continue to search for a motive in this mass shooting. we have team coverage on the aftermath of the terror. we begin with nbc's jay gray live in orlando. jay? >> reporter: hey there, jim. investigators are still inside of the pulse nightclub here but the fbi is focused on data pulled from the alleged gunman's phone and laptop, looking for any clue that may help understand how and why this happened. new cell phone video tonight. an explosion of gun fire as police storm the pulse nightclub. >> went toe to toe and face to face with a mass murderer. >> bodies laying around, stacked up and then you see that amount of death, that's pretty horrific. >> horror carried out, police say, by 29-year-old omar mateen.

and laptop includes downloaded terrorist propaganda but no clear indication of a motive. >> the fbi is reconstructing the subject's movements going back months, days, hours and minutes before the fatal act here at the pulse nightclub. >> reporter: agents are talking to mateen's wife who told them she pleaded with her husband not to carry out the attack when he told her he was going to visit friends hours before the killing spree these two men were inside pulse early sunday morning. >> scary being there. >> the last time they were together was at 2:00 a.m. inside the club. ten feet or so from the gunman as he opened fire. >> you have to be strong for the people that didn't make it. >> reporter: a strength, president obama and vice president biden hope to bolster when they travel here tomorrow to spend some time with first

families of the victims. >> many we talked to here say they feel like the president's visit is important to help this area begin to recover and heal. that's the 4r5i69est live in orlando, jay gray, news 4. live desk we are keeping an eye on capitol hill where a marathon filibuster is coming up on 12 hours. democrats have been talking and talking and talking, trying to force a debate on gun control. you are looking live at the floor of the senate where the filibuster started just after 11:00 this morning. in the wake of what happened in orlando, lawmakers have been trying to close a terrorist gun loophole. if both republicans and democrats say they want to prevent people from buying a gun if they are verdicted for links to terrorism but they can't agree on a deal. democrats are holding the floor as a she of force but the debate has gone on so long they have started repeating each other. >> senator se

earlier today made this point. he said can you imagine after september 11th doing nothing. can you imagine our response after that tragedy was to do nothing. to just move on to the next piece of legislation as if it didn't occur? >> reporter: the main hold up is republicans and democrats can't agree how to resolve situations in which someone is denied a gun but feels they have been wrongly put on a terror watch list. >> thank you. the voices of support for the orlando victims is extending to a popular watering hole in d.c. we have team coverage on how this particular chorus is helping the cause. >> we're outside of shaw's pub here on florida avenue in the shaw section of d.c. this is something they do every wednesday night. they havsing-a-longs in the piano bar and tonight they seem to be singing louder because

they are singing for a cause. >> on any given wednesday evening at shaw's tavern there's a regular crowd that can be found in the piano bar. they come to sing. ♪ >> reporter: they come to enjoy themselves but tonight there's a change in the decor. there's a balance to be struck between the usual joy and an under current of sorrow. >> i posted a little bit of each person that passed away over the weekend and i see as people are coming in they are reading and starting to see their faces. >> on this night, these vocalists, novices and professionals will raise money for the victims of the orlando massacre. >> we are donating 50% of the sales from toefd and everybody that sings a song, shaw's tavern will give $5 for every song people sing ♪ we could get together for a while ♪ >> i'm trying to think of songs that would reflect. most of them would be sad obviously. >> reporter: proceeds will go to the victims fund page for equality florida. the

transgender civil rights organization. ♪ >> after the events of the weekend, i got together with jill, who does the piano events for us and said we have to do something for the community to reach out. >> reporter: there's a silent auction. patrons bidding on gift certificates from local establishments to raise money for the cause. ♪ >> reporter: on this night even the songs about love and longing take on new meaning. daniel found that in the song choice ♪ >> to me it say she doesn't give up. she's going to keep looking for love. i feel everyone needs that love an the country right now needs some love. >> you figure $5 a song and half of the receipts of tonight's business, that will be quite amount of money going to folks in orlando. live in s

4. tonight, vice president biden weighed in on the issue of guns at a fund-raiser here in washington for a group called sandy hook promise. the nonprofit is named in memory of the 20 young kids and six teachers gunned down in 2012. it aims to prevent gun violence and crime. >> you would have thought several years later that on matters relating to rational gun safety we would have made some progress by now. >> biden said his original legislation that banned assault weapons took seven years to pass. it expired a decade ago. he said he will never give up efforts to institute a similar measure. our string of beautiful days might be taking a break for just a bit. we have rain coming in. doug? >> tracking rain right now on storm team 4 radar. most of the rain

in from the west. look at the rain around the frederick area. some rain in carroll county, baltimore, seeing rain in northern virginia here. that's the case as we move through the rest of the night. more showers and a rumble of thunder here. this one in loudoun county around the plu month area, north of 50 and faulkier county. it is part of a bigger system. we are widely scattered showers and storms across the region. more rain likely, possible strong storms overnight. and then a weekend outlook for you. the weekend looking pretty good if you like the sunshine. more on this coming up in a minute. >> the death of a toddler at a high-end disney resort is raising questions about whether the park has done enough to keep visitors safe. officers found the body of 2-year-old lain graves today. they believe he drown a

alligator pulled him in to a lagoon at disney's grand floridian resort. disney posted no swimming signs but the sheriff says the boy and his father were a foot off shore and there were not signs warning of gators. all that is left is skid marks and skraps of methodal but police say an incredible fete of strength at the crash aet the gw parkway likely saved lives. investigators believe 15 to 20 people helped to upright the shuttle bus that flipped on the gw parkway what after it hit a car head on. one person trapped under the bus died. several had the chance to now live because of those good samaritan. >> it's not uncommon to see people helping a bicycle that crashed but nothing that big but it was great. >> reporter: police want to find those good samaritans, two of the 17 chinese tourists are in

the first phase of metro's safetrack repairs ends tomorrow and that's good news for those in northern virginia. now on to phase two. tomorrow morning, metro gm will holdal news conference to talk about final preparations and travel advice. phase two work starts saturday between eastern market and minnesota avenue and benning road stations. it will last for 16 day and impact your commute on the orange, blue and silver lines. you will find details on our nbc washington app. just search safetrack. if you drive anywhere near the third street tunnel, it's hard to miss the capital crossing project taking shape there. the project is creating city blocks in the air, above the tunnel. the developer says this is the first large tunnel in an urban area since 9/11. the construction has caused fits for drivers of the estimated 60,000 cars who roll through that tunnel every day. traffifl

improve when the project wraps up in, wait for it, wait for it, 2020. tomorrow morning, a judge will take up a defense motion to acquit officer goodson who is facing the most serious charges among the baltimore police officers charged in freddie gray's death. the prosecution rested the case today calling 22 witnesses but no one definitely made the case that van driver goodson took freddie gray on a rough ride. if the judge doesn't grant the motion to acquit the defense will get a chance to make its case. tomorrow we will find out how long a former military lawyer will have to spend in prison for a violent home invasion in mclean. he was found guilty on tuesday of all of the charges against him. prosecutors say he broke in to this home of attorneys and tortured them for hours. they say it was an ak of revenge after fisher

his law enforcement. the five most serious charges carry a term of five years to life. when we come back on news 4 at 11:00, coffee, tea, whatever you choose when you wake up, an alarming warning about the dangers of drinking it too hot. he's fighting to make the grade and stay out of trouble. only on news 4, we will tell you how this 11-year-old went from handcuffs to high honors. >> they snow they don't have to worry about the other stuff, the

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thousands of the juveniles are arrested in the district every year, many of them commit crimes later in life but a program has been having tremendous success, making sure a first offense for a young person is their last. only on news 4 tonight, how boxing is helping one young boy turn his life around. >> reporter: like to many kids, bernard got in trouble at a young age. unlike many kids, he's getting a second chance and it starts here at this gym. like most days now, bernard's mom drops him off at this boxing gym on benning road. toefd was graduation day. the 11-year-old achieved high honors in his elementary school class. a few months ago, bernard and his mom weren't sure they would make it to today. bernard had been arrested for being in a knife fight at school. >> two boys and my

the bathroom. one had a knife and put it on a little boy's stomach. >> reporter: despite the violent nature of his offense he was allowed to enter a diversion program instead of charged with the crime and going before a judge. juveniles with criminal records are far more lakely to wind up in trouble again. >> it's like a new life, a new beginning. it's like i start over fresh. >> reporter: the ace program or alternatives to this court experience provides young offenders and their families counseling and other services and the youths are paired with a mentor and a community-based activity. >> we look at how they are doing in school, what's going on at home, how they are doing on a personal level to identify the services most helpful. >> reporter: bernard was sent to noma's boxing in northeast. >> we are more than boxing. it is one of the tools to get them in he. once they get in here they can identify with a positive role model. it's a safe haven and

have to worry about that stuff in here. >> reporter: the ace program has been helping youth for two years with impressive results. 90% of the youths that complete the program have not been rearrested for other crimes. >> it's extraordinarily high success rate that we have in this program. >> hands up. >> reporter: bernard says he has no plans to ever get in trouble again. >> they are teaching me that anything is possible to do. >> reporter: more than 110000 yoits have participated in the program. plans are to increase capacity by the end of the year. in northeast, news 4. >> go, bernard. after years of concern that coffee causes cancer good news. the world health organization says there's no evidence your cup of joe can cause cancer and may in fact protect you from youth rin cancer and lower the risk of liver cancer. researcher sass i be careful how hot ite

or more your risk of esophageal cancer increases because the coffee can burn the lining of your throat. >> that's why i have eat coffee ice cream inls stead. how's the rain looking. >> scattered showers, a couple of thunderstorms and that's what we will continue to see out there. around town not a bad evening. 76 degrees. mild for this time of the year. winds from the south at 7 miles an hour. 75 quantico. pick out where we have seen the rain. everybody in the 70s except areas that have seen rain. rain to the north, carroll county, frederick , montgomery county, baltimore getting a good amount of rain. back to the northern virginia area, we are watching this area that started to see an increase in the number of showers developing here. we will see these through the leesburg area and then right on to the potomac. you can see a couple of showers

gawkier county. we are in for showers overnight. tomorrow morning, i think we will be dry by the time bus stop time but maybe wet roadways, 72 degrees. 82 tomorrow afternoon. can't rule out a shower or thunderstorm any part of the day tomorrow. still a good idea to keep the umbrella handy. you can see what i'm talking about. look at the clouds in the region and areas of storminess. no big storm tomorrow. the big storm is coming. it's right up here toward portions of the great lakes. look at this storm up here. it's going to dive down. already doing so. this line produced in to michigan. that is going to drive to our region. tomorrow night, we will see it come through here. tomorrow, first off shorks showers and a couple of rumbles of thunder. high of 84 degrees. a little sunshine, too. not a bad thursday. be prepared for showers. future weather, 11:00 tonight, not much. 3:00, notice the heavier rain in

3:00, 4:00, by 8:00 it is gone. that's one wave. another couple of areas of showers tomorrow. more scattered showers an thunderstorms during the day. by 7:00 now we are watching areas to the west. that's the area that will come through tomorrow night. notice northern virginia, if you live in northern virginia you have the best chance of seeing strong to potentially severe storms. high winds will be a threat. the big deal is the heavy rain that could fall tomorrow in to friday morning. that would be friday morning. most of friday is dry, especially late friday. it gets r59er breezy. the weekend fantastic. father's day looking good. next week gets rather hot. toy hello

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this is the exfenty sports desk, brought to you by xfinity. your home for the most live sports. >> what a game today. jayson werth on fire. >> in fact, wendy gave me the fire ball. >> you know i did. >> and i said jayson werth is taking these. >> the way the hair is blowing, i can tell he's on fire. >> the atomic fire ball. we will call him thor. jayson werth plays in left field but gets chased in to right field field at the end of games and that's a good thing for the nationals. werth had a walk off single to beat the phillies and after pursuit in the right field by his teammates, and today seized heme

dusty baker celebrating his 67th birthday today. nats didn't give him an easy day. skip ahead to the bottom of the ninth. nats down one. ramos lines this to left center. bryce harper comes an and scores. game-tying run. rbi single. this will go to extra innings. in the 12th. cubs on top. a man on second and taylor smacks one to right center. danny espinosa rounding third and tied again. two batters later, jayson werth the dish and the bearded one, with the flowing hair comes through again, crushes one off the wall. taylor comes around to score. he is mobbed again. the left fielder mobbed at right field. the nats take the series and you better believe he was fired up.

a heck of a birthday present. one of the best birthdays i have ever had. >> you will remember it. >> orioles in boston taking on the red sox. a rough start for the orioles. hanley ramirez will add to the pain. two on. look out. he tees off on this one. this is go being over the green monster. three-run shot. 6-0 lead. orioles make a comeback but lose 6-4. all right, gang, final day of mini camp for the redskins, exciting about the vacation and jay gruden not on the field. will kurt cousins have a long-term deal by then? will the defense continue to get

the best of the offense? that was the case today and for their offensive minded head coach he's good either way. >> good thing about being head coach you are not picking a side. i was more on great job by the defense. they have played well. overall i have been impressed with both sides. great competition but they have learned to take care of each other, too. we had no injuries so to speak of an it's been pretty good. >> so far so good. no jerrys, knock on somethig. >> firne

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