a.m. and more now on the failed votes. a divided senate rejected proposals from each side last night. democrats hope to end private gun sales without background checks. they also hope to push through no-fly/no-buy legislation banning gun sales to anyone on the no fly oig or twor watch wrists. opponents say loose gun laws are not the source of attacks on innocent americans. >> we should make this about the fight to eliminate islamic extremism which is the root cause. >> lawmaker voted mostly along party lines. democrats called the gop proposals unacceptably weak while republicans say the democratic plans were overly restrictive. today loretta lynch will travel to orlando for an investigation briefing on the worst mass shoot in u.s. history. her have i visit comes one day after the fbi released a full transcript of the gunman's 91

call. in it omar mateen pledged allegiance to the islamic state and mentioned other known terrorists. they are investigating how he passed a psychological test to become a security guard and carry a gun. >> dozens of fairfax county police and firefighters gathered for a group photo last night outside p jeb stewart high school. people waved rainbow flags. people in montgomery county are reaching out to lgbtq members of their community in light of the tragedy in aerorlando. a public forum starts at 7:00 tonight and they hope to talk about resources this they can offer and foster an open conversation about any police bias involving the lgbtq community and plans

cooperation. today a preliminary hearing in mohamed khweis' case. he became disillusioned after a few months and surrendered to kurdish forces. his attorney says his change of heart proves he's not a threat to the u.s. he's being held without bond. i think chuck is right. yesterday was hot, not that humid, but i think it will be worse day. >> four things to know about our forecast this morning. >> back up the it tape. what did you say, "up"? >> i said you were right. >> oh, thank you eun. i've waited to hear that my entire life to hear that from a beautiful woman. we're near 90 again today. a

after noon in the metro area. still tracking a chance for showers early this morning. thunderstorms in the mountains of west virginia are only about two hours or so away from the i-81 corridocorridor. we'll time out the they have ju heavier storms coming up. dave, good morning to you. >> good morning. off to a quiet start ts morning. look at that, that sums it up. just west of this camera 066, they are picking up a work zone near haymarket. no longer diverting, so all lanes are open and that is it. back to you. right now a big fear that two filwildfires out west could soon become one massive blaze. hundreds of firefighters working to knock them down. at least one is

they haven't made any progress. so far nearly 200 people have been forced to leave the area and then in nearby santa barbara county, firefighters there working through the night to try to stop the spread of the sherpa fire. that is more than half contained. and there is hope this morning that they can lift the man todayer to evacuation order in the area as soon as tomorrow. we'll keep you posted. it's 4:34. and today a maryland man will be sentenced for the drunk driving crash that killed his wife and sister-in-law. jerome wiggins rear ended a pickup truck. his car slid on its roof for 200 feet. wiggins had a blood alcohol level of 1.09. safetrack trains are not run from eastern market to minnesota avenue ande

that essentially cuts off a lot of direct rail service from prince george's county to the district. the aerial bridge that carries blue, orange and silver line changes has been the site of repeated break downs oig and delays. no service between arlington cemetery and rosslyn on the blue line. you can find a man of all the changes on our nbc washington app. search "safetrack." a 2-year-old boy will be laid to rest today. it's been a little more than a week since an alligator attacked lane graves. there are now temporary barriers up and new signs warning about alligators and snakes. beach is closed. and a 5-year-old boy and a mountain lion attack. colorado parks and wildlife officials confirm the mountain

boy is now dead. deputies say the boy was playing in his yard friday night when the animal charged. two mountains were seen in the area earlier in the day. officials say both were tracked, shot and killed. closer to home, montgomery county police are asking again for help as they investigate two serious crashes. a woman died when she hit a tree in the colesville area of silver spring on friday morning. investigators are trying to figure out if another wreck one minute later is connected to the crash on randolph road. the driver in that crash slammed into a utility pole near new hampshire avenue. officers found drugs in the wrecked suv. turning now to the race for the white house, hillary clinton will once again take direct aim at donald trump in a planned speech today on the economy. aids say clinton will make the case that trump is unfit to manage it. meanwhile the associated press says her search for a running mate is moving into a more sbebs phase as her

the list of candidates. one name, tim kaine. >> thank you, thank you officers. >> the man arrested saturday during a donald trump rally after he tried to steal a police officer's gun in an attempt to kill donald trump, that is according to a federal complaint filed on monday. it is not clear whether trump knew about the attempt. 19-year-old michael sanford faces one count of attempting to commit physical violence. he was denied bail during court. donald trump is explaining why he fired his long time campaign manager. in an interview, trump said cory lewandowski was let go because it was time to run a different kind of campaign. lewandowski had been with the campaign since the beginning. two sources tell nbc news that convention manager paul manafort will movein

manager role. >> well, it is going to be another hot day. chuck bell tracking how soon thunderstorms will be in your neighborhood and what you should wear out the door. left alone on a hot school bus, what a mother is now demanding on this doesn't happen to other children. and the latest county trying to raise the minimum wage. how muchorkers could soon be w

welcome back. time for weather and traffic on the 1st. well, it is summer, right? >> it is. it is more humid. thunderstorms will be in here this morning luray 7:07. temperature-wise, it is mild outside this morning. temperatures way warmer than yesterday. mid-70s on the way out the door. have your umbrella ready for later this afternoon. but now it's traffic time. >> very

no need for wipers yet thankfully. but on the rails, we are keeping a close eye on the orange and silver line. no service between benning and eastern market and blue line trains essentially no blue service downtown whatsoever. rock creek parkway, northbound blocked near the kennedy center. they usually wrap that one up around 6:00 a.m. back into you. the mother of a d.c. second grader says it is unacceptable that her son was left a school bus in dangerous heat. antonio boarded the bus at 7:00 a.m. yesterday. school officials say antonio fell asleep before he arrived at school. the driver did not notice and parked the bus at a nearby lot. after waking up, antonio managed to pry open the bus doors and someone passing by took him to his school in northeast

picked him up, a lot of kids die in cars. >> school officials are investigating how the boy was left on the bus. school bus drivers are supposed to walk the aisles after dropping off students. tonight you can give your input on the plan to raise the minimum wall in montgomery county to $15. it would increase to $12.50 no n. 2018, 13 ppts $75 this 2019, and $15 in 2020. the hearing will be at 7:30 tonight at the council office building th building in rockville. frustration with lawmakers.

. when literally our enemy is telling people to exploit these holes to kill us, we've left these loopholes open. new jersey senator scocory book booker. lawmakers from each party are blaming each other. nbc's tracie potts is live now on capitol hill for us with where this issue goes next. tracie, good morning. >> reporter: they are pointing fingers. democrats say they're upset they couldn't get something done but the republicans say the focus is off. as they debated this on the senate floor and one by one rejected these measures, two of them democrat, two

is that we should be focusing more on terrorism overseas and isis keeping those ideas and those plans to hurt americans out of the united states. but gun control not the answer they argue. the brady campaign, gun control advocates say that they are hopeful even though they're disappointed that they didn't get it done this time, they see a consensus building around keeping guns out of the hands of criminals, out of the hands of terrorists even though it hasn't quite happened this time. meantime we have reaction from at least one presidential candidate, hillary clinton tweeted "enough" after the votes failed. so these proposals yesterday came there bofrom both sides oi. will they try again? >> reporter: when it comes down to the details, what qualifies as mentally ill,

should we be in terms of banning people from guns if they are terror suspects. they can't seem to agree on the details. so it's not clear that we will get thinking done especially in an election year. >> tracie potts on the hill for us. remington arms is asking a connecticut judge to dismiss a lawsuit against the company. several families of the victims killed in the sandy hook massacre filed a lawsuit against the company, they say it knew the ar-15-style rifle was dangerous but sold to the public any war. adam lanza used that gun to kill 20 first idea tograders and edu. braulio castillo and his wife were locked in a bitter custody battle when she was found dead in her pavement. prosecutors convinced the jury dna and autopsy evidence proved castillo

estranged wife and staged the death to look like a suicide. michelle's friends and family cheered after the verdict. >> pleased, thrilled, just pleased for the children more than anybody and for the victim's friends and family who are here and supported us throughout the entire five weeks of the trial. >> several witnesses will be called for the sentencing hearing including the couple's oldest son. also happening today, well-known rabbi is trying to overturn his voyeurism convictions. he was a rabbi for 25 years. he was convicted of secretly recording woman in a ritual bath at the national capital in georgetown. he pleaded guilty to 52 misdemeanor counts of voyeurism and sentenced to 6 1/2 years. his lawyers want it reduced to 1 year. a man shot yesterday in northwest is expected to

okay. the shooting happened on p meridian place. .victim is now in stable condition. police are searching for a suspect. and we now know the name of the man found dead yesterday morning in northeast d.c. police say someone shot 59-year-old wayne daily multiple times. officers found his body in an alley. police are still looking for the person responsible. new this morning, mount st. mary's university has appointed an interim president, tim on any trainer is coming to the school from west point. simon newman stepped down in february after comparing struggling freshmen to bunnies that should be drowned. is a spectacular sight marking the start of summer. >> a pretty rare full moon. this is what it looked like from chopper 4. known as the straw berry moon because of its color.

first time that the full moon has fallen on the summer solstice. you have to wait 46 years for this to happen again. >> so gormg ygeous. >> and it's drstrawberry season. so that's the name of the moon. just like the frost moon in october is when we usually get the first frost. >> at the orchard, the strawberries were so good. >> right out of field, that's the best. outside today, we'll be dealing not so many with the police an an fridays of summer, but the ugly sird de of the chance for storms. storm chances increasing with time during the day. peak risk for severe weather will be between 2:00 and 8:00. temperature-wise near 90 a

rain chance stands at 60% and another chance coming in on thursday. so today and thursday by far the two busier days of the week weather wise. thunderstorm outlook, this area in yellow here, that is a slight risk from the storm prediction center. and again the main risk is damaging winds and risk for hail that could be as much as an inch in diameter. most likely timing for that is after about 2:00 this afternoon. so here is radar this morning. thunderstorms up to our north, out to our east and back to our west. so literally all sides of us. this near fairfax, west virginia, this is going southeast bound here. so again out toward woodstock by 10 chlt 5678:55 and luray by noontime. so a chance this afternoon in

breaking up as the storms come east of the mountains. but watch what happens later on today. get just enough sunshine there 9:00 to 1:00 or 2:00 to destabilize things. here is 1:15. an opportunity for storms. but most likely 3:00 up through about 6:00, 7:00 this evening. so keep that in mind. have your umbrella ready to go. not a guarantee that you will get rained on, but if you do get the rain today, it will come down fast and furious for a time. so risk for strong to severe storms. another stormy day coming up on thursday. but look at that weekend, sunshine and highs to mid to upper 80s and dry both days. that is good news for the weather department. let's have good news in traffic. >> you got it. easy said ease done. on the rails, we're watching the orange and silver line that service suspended next two weeks between eastern market and benning

two. blue line no service downtown. rock creek parkway, work zone near kennedy center. otherwise work zones are picking up and moving on. back to you. well, if you had an emergency, would you have the money to cover it? the generation who says they may have the most challenging finances. and reunited with olympic gold. how a mission to find

raccoon made a not so stealthy entrance into a south florida home. security cameras caught the raccoon falling through the ceiling. and that wasn't the only critter. turns out a baby and another adult raccoon with also up there. family maybe? a trapper has since caught them all. >> yuck. i don't know if i could go back in my house after that. >> look at that face. >> no, that's not a panda. a judge has eased house aria strikess for a mother who helped her son flee to mexico after he allegedly violated his parole. a judge ruled tonya couch can leave the house to look for a job and consult with her lawyers. couch and her son ethan fled to mexico earlier this year after video surfaced of him at a party with alcohol. couch was on probation for a 2013 drunken driving crash that killed four people. her case dre

after lawyers said he was too rich to know right from wrong. if you haven't started saving for an emergency, you may not be alone. a new report shows more than 66 million americans have not saved anything. bankrate.com survey shows those in generation x are the worst. 3% of people between 36 and 51 years old have no savings. while those over 71 years old save the most. only 28% of all people surveyed had saved the recommended six months worth of expenses. tonight the dumfries town council will consider banning bee bee and other guns operated by air or gas. that is according to potomac local.com. according to virginia state code, cities, towns and counties are allowed to ban those types of guns. the council is expected to take up the issue tonight at 7:00. investigators are trying to figure out whether anton

a massive car recall. yelchin was found pinned between these grand cherokee and a gate at his home.vehicle was in neutral. the it's the same model involved in the recall for hundreds of people said their shifts didn't work properly. chrysler right now doing an investigation, but it says it's too early to tell if the shift on the jeep was at fault in yelchin's death. if you're not a fan of more high rise buildings, tonight is your chance to let fairfax county leaders know. the planning commission will host a public meeting on zoning law changes. they would affect 22 areas in the county. most of them are near metro stations or are along major roads. rezoning would essentially allow developers to build larger skyscrapers rather than be limited to apartments and smaller buildings. an union date for you now. an olympian from bethesda has been reunited with will his gold medal. >> he won it in 1992 for the

the megd was stolen out of his car in atlanta two weeks ago and this weekend a little girl found it on the side of the road. can you imagine? the base and ribbon are still missing. hope it turns up. right now at 5:00 a.m., protests through the break of dawn. the effort outside the nra headquarters as frustration rose over the gun control debate. good morning, i'm aaron gilchrist. >> and i'm eun yang. we want to check our forecast. the return of hot and a little humid, too. >> chuck bell with our weather headlines. >> good morning, every. back up to near 90 again this afternoon, but unlike yesterday when it was not all that humid, you'll notice the change today. increase in humidity is also generating some storms out here in the mountains of west virginia. they're only about two hours or less from reaching i-81. so winchester to luray, your rain chances are going up between now and 7:00 a.m. most of those are