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new numbers coming in telling us how people heeded a huge warning from metro. metro riders are dealing with the second round of safetrack. >> this time there are total shutdowns along the blue, orange, and silver lines. according to metro, ridership today at station's east of minnesota avenue and benning redirect examination is down 65%. ridership overall today is down 4.5%. >> folks try to switch to different lines to avoid the headaches. ridership at the greenbelt station is up 23%. how is it looking at eastern market right now, adam? >> reporter: the numbers you just talked about, pat, paint a picture of what's happening today. people are shifting the way
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of this closure. you have a lot of people getting off the train and getting on these buses here at eastern market. this is where the closure point starts. you can't go from eastern market to minnesota avenue or eastern market to benning road. that is meaning a lot of people simply have to get on the bus here. as you head home tonight, you want to remember there is no blue line service between arlington cemetery and rosslyn in northern virginia. there certainly has been a lot of change today, but most seem to just take what's happening today in stride. do you think this is a good thing that metro is doing? >> it's a necessary thing, so i don't believe we have a choice. i'm just hoping that we have a safety culture in place by the people who are doing the repairs. that's why we need repairs. >> reporter: again, so maybe the most important thing that we're hear i
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shifting their commutes around. they're reacting to what's happening here on the rail system. we're seeing people make a new way, find a way. maybe perhaps the best news of all is staying home and teleworking. >> a lot of this work during phase 2 involves the aerial structure outside of the armory. why? >> reporter: we have seen issue after issue in that area. it is very old. it is a decade's old piece. it's been a sore spot for the transit agency so much that the federal government made that priority when these surge sequenti schedules came out. that's why we're seeing these shutdowns in this certain surge and metro is taking action to fix that part of the track.
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ways to get around during this surgery. open up the nbc washington app and search safetrack. we're hearing from donald trump's former campaign manager who was abruptly let go a month away from the gop convention. the move came amid campaign image problems and tension with other party leaders. lewandowski is best known for that incident when he grabbed that reporter. >> i never look back and say what i could have done differently. 14 million votes. running against 16 governors and other officials. what he's been able to achieve
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is extraordinary. >> paul manifort will step into the campaign role. chris gordon explains what both sides are hoping to get the judge to see. >> reporter: in closing arguments here today, prosecutors asked the judge to find officer caesar goodson guilty of charges, including second-degree murder and manslaughter. they say officer goodson gave freddie gray a rough ride running a stop sign, making a wide right turn into the far lane. goodson never seat belted. -- gray and never got him medical help. the defense argues there was no rough ride. they say freddie gray was combative, resistant, and uncooperative. goodson believed he would be in
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van compartment and tried to seat belt freddie gray. he didn't transport gray to the hospital because there was no objective evidence that gray needed medical attention until he suffered a catastrophic neck injury before the last van stop. then a medic was immediately called. what legal analysts think the outcome will be at 5:00. right now a church service just got under way in omaha, nebraska, for the 2-year-old killed by an alligator at disney world. his body was recovered the next day. an autopsy shows the ed ed t et died from drowning. disney has hadded
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repairs are finished on this. this huge water main break happened in prince george's county today. a damaged valve dating back to the 1950s is to blame for this huge rupture of a pipe in ft. washington. about six customers lost their water service, but the taps should all be running again. the bans on assault weapons in connecticut and new york will stand. today the u.s. supreme court refused to hear a case that challenged the gun bills. several gun rights groups are fighting that legislation. seven states and the district have enacted laws now banning assault weapons. tonight the senate will vote on four gun control measures. two sponsored by republicans. two by democrats. the votes are the result of an almost 15ur
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recall last week following the orlando nightclub shootings. despite outrage over such shootings, all the bills are expected to fail. >> we want you to weigh in. should the senate vote for any of the gun control measures now under consideration? that's our nbc washington flash survey of the afternoon. call or text the number on your screen. you can also vote on the nbc washington facebook page. thousands of you and your friends and neighbors rely it on it every day. one of our region's busiest bridges needs immediate attention. the summer solstice means summer is officially getting started. why there are already big concerns about children in hot cars this year. what the auto industry is doing to change that. the first day of summer starts today at 6:34 this evening. we have four chefs from the area doing some big time grilling for the uso t
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traffic is moving again along route 1 at 175 in howard county. it was shut down earlier today when a tractor-trailer carrying floor material overturned and spilled the load all over the northbound lanes. chopper 4 was over the scene in elk ridge just after 9:00 this morning. no one was injured and no other vehicles were involved. a high level inspection today for the deteriorating memorial bridge. >> regional officials hope they can help find millions in federal funds for the bridge that's called the worst federal bridge in the entire country. tom sherwood has our story. >> reporter: this is the memorial bridge. it's 84 years old. we're on the virginia side. it crosses the potomac to the lincoln memorial, but the bridge is in trouble. >> it was built for a 75-year life span. the bridge is 84 years old. >> reporter: the mayor and
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of the ageing memorial bridge that might be partially closed within five years if reconstruction is not approved by federal officials soon. >> we don't want to add 20, 30, 45 minutes, an hour commute for people who use this bridge. there are so many questions about the massacre at the orlando nightclub. how police are offering some clarity about what happened.
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it's our new intern, bart's first week here at td bank, he's a robot from one of those other banks. we're training him to bank human. i am banking assistance & registration technology. wait, wait, wait. but you can call me, banking assiance & registration technology. hi amy. thank you. thank you. that is not protocol manager jenna. that's ok bart, it is here. at td bank we do things differently, like having the longest hours of any bank. don't just bank. bank human. some church goers in texas got a real-life test of the sermon they were hearing. the cathedral of hope in dallas was evacuated during yesterday's services because three suspicious bags were found on the church
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members are predominantly lgbt. >> it's pretty ironic that our gospel this morning was do not worry, do not be anxious. of course, knowing we're not in our building and now outside that was a very timely message. >> the bags were eventually found to be harmless. the pastor says a lot of homeless people frequent the area and the bags may have been connected to them. today in orlando police and federal agents are sharing new information about what they have learned about the pulse nightclub gunman. >> jay gray has more now on the details that investigators had been refusing to share up until now. >> oh, my god. people are getting shot. >> reporter: today an effort at some clarity after the chaos at the massacre in orlando. police and federal agents releasing a more detailed timeline of the events from that tragic morning and transcripts from 911 conversations with omar mateen, the alleged killer. >> the killer 49
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53 others identified himself as an islamic soldier who pledged allegiance to an terrorist organization. >> reporter: the officers rushed to the scene just two minutes after the initial call of shots fired at the pulse nightclub and were inside engaging the gunman four minutes later, forcing him into a bathroom where he barricaded himself with hostages. >> our officers were in and out of that club rescuing people from inside the club. >> reporter: while s.w.a.t. team negotiators talked with mateen during three short phone calls, he told police explosives were planted inside and outside the club and warned that attacks would happen in the next few days. t the transcripts were
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unedited for the highest level of transparency possible as their investigation continues. jay gray, nbc news. the solar impulse two is back in the air now. the solar powered plane took off this morning from kennedy airport for a 90-hour flight across the atlantic. it is set to land at the seville airport in spain on thursday. it is hoping to demonstrate that the world can run on clean technologies. well, this is the first official day of the summer solstice. doug is celebrating. >> he is in his element and in short sleeves too. you're loving this stuff. >> you know that. summer officially begins at 6:34.
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this is actually the front yard here of nbc in northwest d.c. with me right now, i have chef ricardo willis. we're here for the barbecue battle. chef willis is not just a chef. he's an instructor at strafford university. >> we take the five branches of the military and have them cook chicken and pork for the whole weekend. they take donations which go to the uso. >> reporter: you have something like 50 chefs. >> yes, and our ininstrustructo military students.
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this. >> this is a ribeye steak with chimichurri. >> reporter: we're sitting at 89 degrees. temperatures now at 90 degrees in leesburg. 89 in fredericksburg. fortunately humidity not too big of a factor. 88 degrees at 6:00. 87 by 7:00. 85 degrees a great evening right around that 8:00 time frame. no rain to talk about. as we widen out, not much in the way of clouds right now, but back to the west we're tracking a storm system back towards chicago. that same storm system a frontal boundary is going to make its way here. that moves in and take a look at
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today it's back to the west. st. louis, cincinnati, right around cleveland. tomorrow that moves and shifts on down towards our area. that slight risk in and around our region, especially from d.c. south and in and around fredericksburg and maryland. the chances there for some strong to potentially severe storms. that's something we'll be watching. the biggest threat tomorrow will be strong winds most likely after 3:00. right up to 80-degree mark tomorrow. 89 tomorrow. 86 on your wednesday. 85 on thursday. thursday another day we could see some of those scattered showers and thunderstorms. friday another great day with temperatures around 83 degrees. what else do you have? this is potato salad. >> this is a red skin potato salad that my mom says is better than my grandmother's now.
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while you guys do what you're doing in there. we'll be back. >> you tell ricardo that i like mine medium rare. can you pass that on? >> reporter: this is medium rare. >> back off there, kammerer. >> you've got it, pat. >> we'll be checking back shortly. hot days like these sitting in the car without an ac can be sweltering. why recent tragedies have parents and automakers concerned. plus a rising star gone too soon. the new reaction and new informaton coimi
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this afternoon hollywood is reacting to the tragic death of a rising young actor. >> anton yelchin who played chekov in the new "star trek" films was killed in an accident at his home. scott, what do we know about anton's death, how he died? >> well, we know that he was pronounced dead at 1:10 a.m. on sunday and that eventually before that still very difficult to take.
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i'm sorry. >> yeah, i think his car was involved. his own car. >> the issue was he was at home in his car and was not arriving to a -- he missed a rehearsal. friends were trying to reach him. when they were unable to reach him, they went to his home. they found him pinned between the grand cherokee and the fence of his home, the brick mailbox of his home. he was supposed to be at a rehearsal with friends and co-workers. from what we understand at this point, the car was in the driveway. he apparently got out of the car thinking perhaps it was in park and when he got out of the car to walk behind it, the car rolled down the driveway
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pinned him between the car and the fence. >> what's been the reaction that you've heard so far? what are people saying? >> i think the biggest reaction is that people are just so surprised. this is one of those situations where it feels like almost a freak accident, if you will. we have seen from his co-workers and other celebrities reach out on social media. i think mostly people are just really concerned. we have seen a statement released by fiat chrysler, the company that makes the grand cherokee. a lot of people are really concerned about their own safety and how this can happen to him and it could have happened to them as well. >> such a tragedy. >> so young too. scott evans, thanks so much. >> we'll be watching "access hollywood" tonight. you can catch it
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weekday on nbc 4 at noon. summer is officially here. millions of you will head out for vacation and hit the road soon. from the roads to the rails, it's the first ride home for thousands of commuters impacted by today's metro's second phase of its safetrack process. >> going to work back and forth. confusing. >> it is very frustrating. it is
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now at 4:30, campaign shakeup. presumptive gop nominee donald trump has fired his campaign manager. it is intended to ease the concerns of republican leaders here in washington. you can expect a verdict in the latest trial on thursday. closing arguments wrapped today in the case against officer caesar goodson. local officials have just gotten a tour of the ageing arlington memorial bridge. it could close in five years without $250 million in repairs. the 84-year-old span was built for a 75-year life span. phase two for
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now under way. >> several lines are disrupted through july 3rd while crews make repairs. trains are not running from eastern market to minnesota avenue avennd benning road. there is no service on the blue line between arlington cemetery and rosslyn. we have a firsthand look at what riders are going through. >> reporter: before sunrise, dion starts his day in maryland and usually rides the rail all the way out to vienna. >> now i have to go from addison road to benning road. >> reporter: those shuttles are at eastern market. several volunteers helping point you in the right direction. >> i have a map for you. >> reporter: we decided to ride along going from eastern market to benning road. >> your sleep is important. >> repo
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thompson on his way home from work. he says this is frustrating. >> you have to change your route a little bit. >> reporter: they're off to camp. she's going to work. a little tired too. >> you have to get up early in the morning. >> how much earlier? >> an hour earlier. >> reporter: we just got off the shuttle bus. here we are at benning road. they have folks here directing people who are getting off the metro here at benning road to get back onto a shuttle bus. we have to do this. >> shuttle bus service right to your left. >> reporter: now we have to make sure we're getting on the right bus. that proved a little tricky. >> i'm asking her where the bus for the minnesota avenue station. >> reporter: i think it is this one here. a mostly smooth commute despite the heavy traffic. we made it there and back about an hour or so. that is roughly 20 to 0
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rail. we're back at eastern market. the evening commute could be tricky. >> if people can spread out their trip or car pool home, that would be great. >> reporter: one thing we noticed was this rack for capitol bike share was filled with bicycles. folks taking them up on the offer of a discounted fare, $2 for the whole day. it seems people are using that as another means. i'm david culver. news4. new details coming in tonight about a crime that terrified the landsdown community of loudoun county. that's where a man was killed, his wife left for dead when they were randomly attacked on their morning walk. it's been seven years now. julie carey reports on a man who faced a capital murder charge in the case and he's just learned
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>> reporter: not one, but four life terms for anthony roberts for a 2009 crime he committed that had loudoun county residents on edge for weeks. william and cynthia bennett were on an early morning walk in march of 2009 when a van pulled up, two men got out, and they were viciously attacked and robbed. anthony roberts was later arrested and charged with capital murder. prosecutors agreed to drop the prospect of a death penalty in exchange for robert's guilty plea to four of the charges he faced. a death penalty case would have dragged out for years. something the surviving victim and her daughter just couldn't face. >> even though all we're doing is waiting for this happen, it's really hard for me to move on with my life until it is over, said samantha bennett.
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much. they wanted it over. >> reporter: what the defendant did and said in court that might have convinced the judge to give him the maximum penalty possible. in leesburg, i'm julie carey. summer is the perfect time to hit the road. >> only problem deciding on a destination and somehow affording to pay for it. >> susan hogan joins us now with a new report on the best and the worst states for summer road trips. >> this is really cool. this is something that a lot of people can relate to. today a personal finance website released a report comparing the 50 states to find the most fun and wallet-friendly road trip destinations. walll california has the highest number of scenic byways, which is 22 times higher than connecticut and delaware which had the lowest. maryland ranked 45th for having the highest average price of
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three times higher to camp there than in nevada. virginia came in fifth for having the fewest car thefts per capita compared to washington state with the most. the most expensive state to spend the night, hawaii. an average of $438 a night. overall, virginia ranked in the top 15 for the best road trip state. maryland came in at number 24. coming up tonight at 5:00, we're going to reveal the best and worst gas credit cards, where you can get the most value with those gas cards. >> i'm dying to hear about this. i want to know if we're getting the bang for our buck. >> thank you. well, have you gone to a concert sometime in the past 17 years? there's a chance you could get
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to see your knicnext concert fr. why millions are eligible for ticket vouchers. we are looking at hot conditions out there right now and a lot of sun glare, but tomorrow morning maybe some rain around. we could have some storms
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years. the united states holocaust memorial marked the day with a naturalization ceremony. many of the candidates who took the oath of allegiance came to the united states as refugees from other countries. >> today on world refugee day we have a special responsibility to celebrate your citizenship and reflect on the peril and the loss you endured in order to reach it. >> there were an estimated 16.1 million refugees worldwide at the end of the last year according to the u.n. that's the highest level in two decades. why there's so much at stake in this intense new firefight. summer is just getting started, but there's already been a tragic rise in the number of deaths in hot cars. what you need to know and why th
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gun sales in the crosshairs. right now the senate is getting set to vote on four amendments that would restrict certain gun sales. >> just holding the vote is historic, but the measures are not expected to pass. steve handelsman live for us with the latest on one of the most emotionally charged issues in politics. >> reporter: it is emotionally charged and they're debating right now. they've done that before. and they will actually vote, which will make history, but they will almost surely not change any of america's gun laws because this congress remains so divided about what to do about gun violence. >> the senate will come to order. >> reporter: the senate gun debate was passionate. >> the american people don't feel safe. >> reporter: but passed new gun laws look unlikely. >> the democratic alternative would not ensure due process.
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to anyone on no fly or terror watch lists. republicans demand a hearing in three days or any sale goes through. >> oh, my god. people are getting shot. >> reporter: in orlando, the killer, omar mateen, had been taken off the watch list before he bought his assault weapon. donald trump said he could back no fly, no buy. >> i think the message is if the no fly list was a rock solid list, then nobody wants bad people to get guns, right? >> reporter: donald trump said friday good people at the club should have had guns. >> strapped right here to the their waist or right to their ankle. that would have been a beautiful, beautiful sight, folks. >> reporter: guns are banned in florida bars. trump today claimed he was obviously talking about additional guards. vice president biden kicked off a new white house bush. >> to ban
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from civilian ownership. >> reporter: sale of all new assault rifles resumed in 2004 after a ten-year ban. but outlawing those sales is apparently constitutional. the u.s. supreme court coincidentally today upheld two state bans on the sale of assault weapons in new york state and connecticut. those laws are similar to the bans enforced in maryland and d.c. earlier, we asked you should the senate vote for any of the gun control measures under consideration. here are the results so far. you can keep voting over the nbc washington facebook and twitter pages. it's only the first day of summer, but already there is evidence that accidents invol involving hot cars and children could be worse this year. earlier this year, a child in arlington died after being left in a hot car. now the car industry is taking steps to help prevent tragedies like these. >> reporter: she's 5 years
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this couple just happened to see her inside a locked car beneath a blazing sun in rosenberg, texas. >> the car was off. the windows were rolled up. >> she was drenched in sweat. it was awful. >> reporter: it was awful, but worse for small children in upstate new york, louisiana, ohio, and texas. a total of four children have been died after being left in hot cars just over the last two weeks. three since last thursday. >> and already we have just had a devastating year. >> reporter: it has advocacy groups like kids and cars dot org alarmed and emphasizing that drivers need to look before they lock. >> the idea is to open that back door every single time you park your vehicle and check the backseat. >> reporter: now the auto industry is trying to help. beginning with its 2017 akadia suv. general motors is equipping each t
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well as a chime that sounds. >> we want to challenge all of the automakers to include a reminder and some type of technology to prevent children from being left in a backseat. >> reporter: and prevent one of every summer's worst tragedies. for more information about hot car dangers and what you can do to protect your children, search cars on the nbc washington app. turning now to storm team 4. days like these you need to think twice about the heat. lauryn ricketts is tracking your forecast, but let's start with doug kammerer kicking off summer for us outside on the -- what are we calling this? you're not at the weather deck. you're on the barbecue grill deck. >> the storm team 4 weather deck is over that way. we're on the patio. this is nbc universal. this is our patio right here. today we brought out some grillers.
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they went away. this is chef derrick. where did you go? i go live on television and my chefs go away. he said it's a slow-cooking chicken he's making. we're going to talk to each of them coming up in the 5:00 hour. right now i've got some of uso people here. you just told me uso is a huge organization, but it is bigger here in the metro area than anywhere else. >> that's correct. this is the largest uso in the world. we serve over 300,000 active duty military and their families in our region as well as 130,000 who travel through our airports locally each year. >> reporter: this is a big event for you guys. we have the barbecue battle coming up. this is an event that helps to raise money for the uso. >> yes, absolutely. we're thrilled that giant has
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beneficiary of the barbecue battle next weekend. we have been participating with this event for three years now. many of the military chefs who will be competing in the military chef cookoff, they participate and volunteer at uso metro centers all yearlong. >> reporter: lauryn ricketts, we were talking a little bit earlier. we have a chance for some severe weather tomorrow. not today. the rest of today grilling weather is great. tomorrow severe thunderstorms might come through. >> yes, absolutely. enjoying that heat out there. if you want to go outside, enjoy it today. we have some storms on the way. things are going to change as we get into tomorrow. let's go ahead and get into the forecast. we are looking at temperatures as we go through this evening. max one, guys. temperatures are going to be in the 80s. then tomorrow morning we have some rain around unfortunately. we will continue
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rain. we'll roll with max two there. tower camera looking good. we have a little bit of haze out there, but the humidity has been in check. it is going to start creeping in as we go into the evernigoverni. we have storms possible on tuesday and thursday. it is going to be another great weekend ahead. temperatures around that 90-degree mark pretty much everywhere. we're looking at temperatures falling into the 70s during the overnight. you can see a few clouds entering the shenandoah valley, but more clouds off to the north and west. highs tomorrow right around 90 degrees once again, but we have those showers and storms. a few in the morning and again in the afternoon and throughout the evening. they are going to be strong at times. temperatures right around 90 degrees. let me go ahead and show this real quick. you can see some rain coming through tomorrow. again, it could be heavy at
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afternoon with damaging winds being the main threat. firefighters will have a long couple of days as they try to tackle an enormous wildfire. why the conditions they are facing just went from bad to much worse. >> you're watching "news4irst f
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a developing story in southern california where it's another day of brutal conditions for firefighters battling wildfires. they've been dealing with a heat wave that's now turned deadly. steve patterson shows us conditions just outside of santa barbara. >> reporter: as hotshot crews start to gear up to head to the front line of the sherpa fire, we're tracking a series of wildfires all over the southwest. there's about 2,000 firefighters that are checkin
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we had three of them as they had to be airlifted off the line. they have a 50% containment on this fire, but it is not the only fire in the region. in arizona the cedar fire has charred more than 12,000 acres. and in new mexico that dog head fire has burned nearly 24 homes and has charred more than 17,000 acres. >> it's terrifying. it is just like -- you can't imagine and you just want to run. >> reporter: not to mention just the heat alone. we're talking about four heat-related deaths in arizona. two of the victims were in their 20s. it really speaks to how dangerous this heat is. i'm steve patterson. nbc news. right now at 5:00, a woman murdered on capitol hill just days after she asked for a protective order. so how can this happen when she did everything right? it's
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commute on metro with a complete shutdown of some of the lines on the rail system. are you getting ready for a summer road trip? we have the best way to save some money for you at the pump. but, we're going to begin with a woman who was sexually assaulted in her own home in a neighborhood that may surprise you. good evening, i'm wendy rieger. >> and i'm jim handly. that attack happened in the middle of the night in a popular neighborhood in arlington. police tell us a woman woke up to a man with a knife in her apartment on fourth street. pat collins is live in arlington with details on how the victim managed to get help. pat? >> reporter: jim, you can imagine the kind of fear something like this brings with it. questions. how did the guy who broke into the apartment know that a woman lived there? and how did he know she was there all alone? at the place where it happened, a steady
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at the place where it happened, fingerprint dust near the point of entry into the apartment. at this place, the place where it happened, people are talking about that early morning assault. >> it was just pretty scary that that could have happened here. >> reporter: britney hayes out walking her dogs today at the boston park apartments. she heard about what happened here. in fact, she talked to the cops about it. has it changed the way you live? >> i don't want to say that i'm fearful. i wouldn't want to give him that kind of power, but i think you do sort of take a moment to reflect as you're walking around. >> reporter: a sexual assault in a first floor apartment here sunday morning. 2:00 a.m., the victim a 20-year-old woman was in bed trying to go to sleep. she rolls over and sees a man in

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