downpours is not going to affect the crowd. and a fairfax county teenager seriously wounded in an explosion in new york city park. now what is being said about that blast. let's start with lauryn ricketts. >> reporter: we just saw that live shot and it's coming down. >> it's coming down. right through d.c. and points to the north and east. but the good news is, we're getting a little bit of clearing to the south and west. so let's go ahead and get to the radar and let you know whether you can see the fireworks tonight. you can see, the back edge of that rain is now pushing to the north and east and moving through our area. look at this. we just have light showers out there. a little bit of drizzle as we continue through the evening. we are seeing sunshineak

portions of the central shenandoah valley. not necessarily good. might be all right for a barbecue but it will create instability west of here. if we go into the evening, most everybody else will have light rain and showers to deal with. this is what we're going to have to deal with as we get into the overnight. we're not done yet. temperatures right now at 72 degrees and it's muggy, it is cloudy and it is rainy and on the breezy side as well. we'll continue to time out that rain for not only tonight but tomorrow as well. guys? >> thanks, lauryn weather has caused cancellations for fireworks tonight but the national mall is still a go. >> is weather keeping people home? we saw it coming down a second ago. >> reporter: i know. i wish we had better weather but

lot of folks' decision to come out here and enjoy the holiday. typically this time of year you'll see people all around here. it hasn't stopped everyone from coming out and having a good time. most would agree that the national mall is one of the best places to be on the fourth of july. >> want to hold this? >> okay. >> awesome. >> reporter: this year, a few dark clouds are looming over the day, which is why it isn't as packed as it usually is. >> it's different because there isn't as many people. now we have more room to have more fun. >> everyone usually comes for at least five minutes. >> reporter: and more room to set up the perfect shop. but at this point, there's still a question as to whether or not the fireworks show will go on. >> we're keeping an eye on the

weather. >> reporter: the national weather service is hoping that the much-anticipated event will kick off at 9:09 like it always does. if the weather doesn't cooperate, they may have to make a last-minute decision to delay or reschedule the show for tomorrow. >> not a formula, you know, that it looks like we can get it off within a reasonable amount of time, we would make that. >> reporter: now, the national park service says it's been two decades that they've had to cancel the show and they hope it's not something they have to do but we'll tell you later about the determining factors that they consider as far as whether or not they will cancel the show or if it will go on. officials have canceled local fireworks show. in prince george's county, they will postpone until tomorrow night and in montgomery, they've pushed it back until friday. the

mall will be decided last minute. have your breaking news alert turned on. the obamas will welcome military families at a concert tonight and it will take place inside the white house. bruno mars performed last year. tonight, performances by kendell lamar and it's also malia obama's 18th birthday. coming up at 4:15, we'll look at how security sis impacting the thousands of people who may or may not be heading downtown. new details about an explosion in new york central's park that seriously injured a teenager from our area.

news conference a short time ago. let's go to news4's darcy spencer with the details. >> this was a devastating injury. we just heard from new york city police that they are working to find out what materials were used to make that explosive. it's been sent to a lab. results, they say, are expected by the close of business on wednesday. 18-year-old connor golden suffered a traumatic leg injury and jumped off a rock in central park and landed on that material and that's when it exploded. he was taken to the hospital where part of his leg had to be amputated. connor and his friends were in new york for the holiday. authorities say these young men had nothing to do with the explosives and it appears that they had been there for at least a day and it was not connected to terrorism. it's something that could be made. >> what seems likely, at this oi

explosive hobbyist. the fascination gross around the fourth of july, for obvious reasons. you can test very small amounts in your home and your lab or where you made it but in order to test a larger amount, you have to go somewhere. that might be your backyard. if someone lives in that vicinity, their backyard is central park. >> very frightening there yesterday. police also addressed why these materials may have been made and why they may have been left there in central park. more of that coming up on news4 at 5:00. >> thanks, darcy. authorities are trying to figure out how a contra costa student died in rome. he went missing last friday. sullivan was 19 years old, a personal finance manager at wisconsin. investigators say someone stole

credit card in milan. presumptive republican nominee gop is throwing out criticism and taking heat for the controversial image on twitter t shows what appeared to show money, hillary clinton's picture, text, calling her corrupt. trump called the news media dishonest for depicting that star as the well-known symbol of jewish faith. clinton called it disturbing and part of a pattern that should concern voters. more of the criticism and the back and forth from both candidates ahead in the next half hour. still to come at 4:00, we knew he wasn't going to come home to the wizards but kevin durant sent shock waves through sports. and we'll take you around to some of the

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attractions down constitution avenue. and playing out inside because of the rain, the music, dance and story telling vacated the national mall. this highlights the traditions being kept alive. the festival continues through sunday. tomorrow's mega million jackpot will be the largest in three years. $449 million. that's a cash payout. just $313 million if you take the lump sum. no ticket matched all six numbers on friday. this is the third largest jackpot in the history of the game. four people matched five of the numbers. two of them won $2 million because they played the mega player. well, the opening ceremonies in rio are one month from tomorrow. first at 4:00, why police are getting up close and in the people as they arr a

in addition to all of the security around the national mall, the rain making things a little bit tougher to get down

right now, you're looking at the bay bridge. maryland transportation officials reporting no major incidents so far. they have advised the best time to avoid

tonight will be after 10:00. well, the rain has added to some of the security restrictions as people make their way around today. >> that's right. adam tuss is joining us live from the metro station. how is it looking out there? >> reporter: you might call this the soggy foggy bottom station. i'm sorry. hi to say that. the guy who is making out is the guy selling umbrellas. they are getting a $5 umbrella. it's complicating things a little more and there are serious restrictions, especially for cars around the national mall. a lot of people simply turning around when they encounter a road block. metro buses being used to block many of the roads down here. meanwhile, we were able to catch up with d.c. police chief cathy lanier who was riding h

she said they are ready for many scenarios even if rain continues to be an issue. >> we've planned for just about everything you can imagine. park police have exercised safe haven before. fourth of july here is always typically very, very hot with a threat of rain and many, many times we've had big thunderstorms here. so we've exercised them all quite a few times and there's plenty of police, as you can see, so we are in good shape. >> and the chief said that they are prepared for anything that could happen. right now, it's soggy and a bit wet. things are going on as planned. it's going to be more challenging than normal. we'll check back in with you in the 5:00 hour and let you know how it is going then. back to you. >> sounds good, adam. phase 3 begins tomorrow for the safe track. commuters get a one-daybreak. the blue and yellow

be shut down for a week. and fewer trains will be running along the blue and yellow lines. officials expect those trains that are running to be extremely crowded. >> well, we were under a torrential downpour when we came on the air but i know these things can change minute by minute. >> hopefully they are changing for the better, lauryn? >> yes, they are. we had heavy rain. you're absolutely right. just about 3:30, 4:00, a lot of heavy rain. i saw meagan fitzgerald getting poured on down there. the back edge is coming through right now and we may be looking good for the fireworks. let's get to the forecast so i can show what you is going on. through midnight, light rain and drizzle. if you see a little bit of sunshine, then you will have a chance for some thunderstorms. but until then, we're calling for light rain and drizzle. rain and storms return overnight. we get another batch of rain all through kentucky, coming through west virginia. that will

the overnight. we could even have flash flooding and fog around and rain as you make your way back to work but we'll clear by tomorrow evening and then hello humidity and heatwave. we're heading into the 90s. possibly the first heatwave of 2016. there's the leading edge of rain pushing through the region and it will continue to lift towards the north and east. you will be the last to see it arrive and the last to see it go as it moves to the north and east. spotty showers out to the west. there's the heavy cell that came through d.c. but just light stuff. again, plenty of clouds with a little bit of clearing, especially through the shenandoah valley, right in there. that's where we could have a few thunderstorms as we get sunshine and increased instability. coming through kentucky and into west virginia, this is our next batch of rain. that will move in during the overnight hours. again, we could have flooding. we're talking about a lot of rain. we have a lot of humidity out

there. could create torrential downpours. it's going to be muggy and foggy. temperatures are staying put in the 60s. if you get sunshine between now and the time the fireworks go off at 9:00, there could be storms which i think will be to the west. if you're grilling out, not looking too bad. once we get to around dinnertime, temperatures in the low 70s and it's going to be muggy and foggy out there. for the next 12 hours, we're looking at isolated storms. fog arrives south of there but it could stay and continue through the overnight and we'll have to watch for that flash flooding threat. all right. 7:00, you can see we're looking good across the region. maybe a few storms. otherwise, spotty, light rain. we continued until 1:00 on tuesday. rain showers in the morning and then we clear out during the afternoon.

and temperatures in the mid-to upper 80s. for tomorrow, we get the sunshine back by the time we head into wednesday. all in all, not looking too bad. we're in the 90s tomorrow and upper 80s and rain and storm first part of the day and then clear during the afternoon. here's a look at your seven day again. look at those 90s all the way through saturday. guys? >> thanks, lauryn. keeping our fingers crossed. the biggest fish in nba free agency has found a new pond. prince george's county native kevin durant shocked just about everybody deciding to go play with the golden state warriors. >> reporter: it was a decision that had everybody wearing out the batteries on their phones. kevin durant has decided to sign with the golden state warriors. he penned a statement on the player's tribune saying he's made the decision on the

"potential for my growth." he signed a deal worth more than $54 million. with durant's arrival, the warriors can be considered a pretty good team. se steph curry there as well. durant leaves oklahoma city after spending eight of his first nine seasons with the thunder. he was originally drafted by the seattle supersonics before they moved to okc. >> thanks, george. police and firefighters in brazil are staging protests at rio's airport now just one month from the opening ceremonies of the 2016 olympics. they shouted and carried banners that say "welcome to hell." some complain that they have not been paid in a month and don't know when their next check is coming which they say will lead to security problems in rio. olympic officials say there

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fairfax city starts off the holiday with a parade around the center of town featuring the traditional marching bands and the shriner's cars. weather permitting, fireworks will kick off at 9:30. >> let's hope they can get it in. >> let's hope. >> it's the biggest encounter with our solar system. >> nasa just gave an update on the juno spacecraft spinning towards jupiter as we speak. juno has been on a five-year journey and just made it past the moon. they hope to get it around

to jupiter and tell us more about the planet. >> it's a gorgeous planet. it's about looking beneath that surface. we've got to look at what is inside, see how it's built, how deep these features go, learn about its real secrets. >> other instruments were kicked off for the arrival. there won't be pictures at the moment. scientists have promised close-up views during this $1.1 billion project. pretrial motions start tomorrow for lieutenant bryce. gray died in a police van which sparked unrest across the city. goodson and nero have been acquitted and aer

ended with a hung jury. there have been ongoing and repeated calls to dismiss the remaining cases. dominion, virginia, customers can expect to pay lesson their next bill. an average of $4.35 will be saved. the change went into effect on friday. we're a couple of week ace way from the big political convention. coming up, brian mooar will look at the big twitter controversy over the weekend. and tonight may be more of an indoor celebration for the fourth of july if that involves a few drinks. we'll tell you how you can gea free ridt e

now at 4:30, it's going to be a last-minute call for the national mall as people wait for tonight's fireworks. some local shows in college park and gaithersburg, they have already been canceled. and new york city police are working to find out what materials were used to make that ex pros sif that caused a fairfax teen, connor golden, to lose part of his leg. what police are learning about where and how they were made.

and we're watching the rain move out of here. it's going to be a humid night and on the foggy side. here's that back edge of the precipitation moving towards the north and east. we're seeing spotty rain showers now across the storm team 4 radar. if you get sunshine, which i think is going to be through the central shenandoah valley, that's where we'll have a chance for some thunderstorms. sunshine, not necessarily a good thing as we continue through this fourth of july. got to get your festivities in without worried about any lightning. however, most of that lightning is far away from our area. the next system is in kentucky and we have lightning and thunderstorms overnight. again, that rain is lifting to the north and east and moving out of here. i think we'd be able to get the fireworks in. temperatures right now in the low 70s and that's where we'll stay throughout the remainder of the evening and we're into the 90s.

full force. >> thanks, lauryn. as america takes the day off, we're weeks away from the national conventions for democrats and republicans. and as nbc's brian mooar reports, members of both parties are awaiting word on who hillary clinton and donald trump will choose as a running mate. >> reporter: indiana's governor mike pence -- >> nothing was offered and nothing was accepted. >> reporter: also on that short list along with new jersey governor chris christie and former house speaker newt gingrich. hillary clinton's picks include tom perez and cory booker. >> you're not goin

good partnership with trump to lead this country. >> reporter: hillary clinton is ahead but being dragged back with controversy. trump tweeted that the star of david could be a sheriff star or a regular star and the media is being dishonest. clinton was interviewed this weekend by fbi investigators looking into her private e-mail and she says she's done talking about that subject. >> i'm not going to comment any further on the review. >> reporter: clinton is hoping to change the subject with some july 5th fireworks in north carolina as she hits the campaign trail with president obama for the first time in this race for the white house. the president and secretary clinton will be appearing together in charlotte and donald trump will be answering them back with a rally in raleigh. on capitol hill, brian mooar, news4. the killer behind alexandria's fourth homicide of the year is

a man was found shot along first street and died a short time later. the victim's mother tells jewel julie carey that she believes her son's death is connected with another shooting. we'll have more at 5:00. there was another shooting at 18th and monroe. a few hours later, john williams iii was shot and then last night, omar lindsey was killed at third and b. police haven't made any arrest in those shootings. tomorrow morning, some local parents will be marching to the capitol to push for change for gun safety legislation. their march will start at d.c.'s lincoln park just after

tuesday morning. fairfax county has cleared more than 27,000 illegal signs along roads. the people who put them there are getting the bill. some for more than a thousand dollars. owners can be fined $100 for each sign. >> just to a minder, starting tomorrow, new metro construction will affect people using a park and ride in herndon. they will be doing utility work to make room for the silver line. buses that normally use those areas will be posting signs to alert riders on where to find them. when it comes to traffic deaths, did you know that the fourth of july is the single deadliest day of the

a free ride home. >> the fourth of july has a more dubious distinction. it's not about fire or burn injuries either. >> it's the most dangerous day of the year for traffic fatalities. >> reporter: the bottom line is, the statistics bearing out that this is a dangerous holiday for motorists. >> reporter: teaming up with nine local companies, it's a silver ride program like they do for new year and will run between 10:00 p.m. monday evening and 4:00 p.m. tuesday. people 21 years or older who have been drinking can call 1-800-200-taxi. 65,00eo

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who knew the kenny chesney crowd would be this rowdy. police say it was mostly for intoxication and the injuries were mostly related to drinking. crews had to clean up more than 40 tons of garbage. this concert left behind 30 tons of trash and 70 arrests in pittsburgh three years ago. it comes to our area on august 18th. a woman from northern virginia is now a guinness world record holder. this weekend, she broke the weekend for consecutive single tennis matches. she played 38 in a row continuously over the last three days. she did not take longer than a five-minute break in between. she says she was not planning to win many of her matches. she was simply focused on

families. >> i'm thinking about all of those people that i can draw inspiration from and what they do. i mean, this doesn't even begin to compare what they go through every single day. >> she raised $70,000 for the organization called thanks usa benefiting military families. >> an inspiration. >> you know what she used for fuel? >> pickle juice. >> wow. >> pretty cool. still to come first at 4:00, a look at the fourth of july where it's not quite so soggy. how the rest of the country is celebrating inat t celebrating independence day. and

muslims are celebrating the end of ramadan. suicide bombers set off explosives in medina, outside of one of the most holiest sites. isis is responsible for killing nearly 200 people in a shopping district. bill neely has more. >> reporter: saudi arabia has been hit by three suicide attacksin

in the latest, a television network is reporting that a suicide bomber detonated his device targeting security officers near the prophet's mosque in medina killing at least two policemen. that's the second holiest sites in islam, a place visited by millions of muslims every year. this is the start of the festival, the end of the holy month of ramadan. two explosions occurred in the highest concentration of shia mu muslims and isis has attacked there in the past. earlier this morning, what looks like an

jetta. a suicide bomber getting to within 30 feet of the walls of the consulate and blowing himself up after being challenged by two security men. three bombs were then found in his car. no one in the consulate was hurt but the holy month of ramadan in one of islam's holiest places in bloodshed. back to you. some of the wild weather that beach goers at the outer banks in kill devil hills in north carolina, someone got individual kbr video of it from a fishing pier. storm team 4 meteorologist lauryn ricketts is keeping track of the rain. >> it's moving out of our region. a lot of our area is drying. we're just seeing isolated showers. that is good news for those who want to cook out and maybe get

we have rain for a good portion of the day. rain north of d.c. but, don't worry, hopefully we get it before the sunset. it is foggy, gray fourth of july. light rain and drizzle. area of low pressure moving out of kentucky which will bring us rain and storms overnight. after midnight and in through the first part of tomorrow, now, some of those could bring heavy downpours. we're going to have to watch for flooding overnight. when you wake up tomorrow morning and head back to work, we could have some. we're going to clear by tomorrow afternoon and get sunshine. we start the heat. oh, boy, in the 90s wednesday, thursday, friday, saturday and maybe even on sunday. here's a look at the radar. isolated light stuff through virginia and going up through northern virginia. if we get sunshine, you can see it breaking out down

not good. because then we have a chance for isolated thunderstorms. that's going to be south and west through the shenandoah valley. again, we'll have to watch that as the night goes on. oth otherwise, light showers roll through the region. this continues to lift through the northeast up and out of here. all right. temperatures now pretty much staying in the low to mid-70s. some areas in the 60s. quite cool for fourth of july. not breaking any records, though. not bad for the 40s. we had our lowest daytime high, 68 degrees. we're not far away from it for the fourth of july but we're in the low 70s. not too bad as we continue into the evening. dense fog is possible overnight and we could have some storms west. in the next 12 hours, light showers here and there. it's going to be foggy. heading into the overnight and possible flooding overnight as well and into early tomorrow morning. 4:00, this model has a look at what is going on. rain moving up towards philadelphia and

here and there looking good in baltimore towards southern maryland. the next batch of rain arrives after midnight and heavy at times. we clear out by tomorrow afternoon, tomorrow evening. we're looking at clear skies and then we head into your wednesday with the heat and humidity. so tomorrow's forecast, temperatures are back in the upper 80s. it's a chilly weekend. part of the day is clearing. storms in the first part of the day. maybe leave yourself extra time. hot on wednesday. temperatures in the low 90s. first heat wave. 92, 93, 94. here in d.c., we have to have three consecutive days of 90 or above to con institute a heatwave. we get the humidity out of here by

from backyard barbecues, americans are celebrating our 240th birthday. >> all under the watchful eye of police to make sure that everybody stays safe. chris pallone has more. >> off and running! >> reporter: in atlanta, it was the 47th running of the peachtree road race. in boston, people scrambles to get views of the fireworks show. up to half a million people are expected for a celebration that dates back more than 40 years. >> i'm so happy i made it here. god bless america. >> this is like christmas for us. >> they enjoyed some hot dogs. >> he had 70 himself before lighting up the east river tonight with more than 56,000

there is no known threat to the july 4th celebration but security will be on high alert. 20 more citizens in the statute of liberty. thousands of people will become citizens this week. >> we were in search of the american dream. >> reporter: while many spent the holiday at the beach, others attended parades like this one in philadelphia not far from where the declaration of independence was drafted and adopted. chris pallone, nbc news, boston. well, you don't want to risk the chance of getting rained on tonight, you can watch it here in d.c., the annual macy's fourth of july spectacular from home. live from new york city at 8:00. the fireworks show will be synchronized to a performance of the u.s. air force band. watch that tonight right

we're working on developing stories on this fourth of july an nfl player is teaming up with consumer safety officials to warn about the dangers of fireworks. he lost part of his hand during a celebration last year. ahead at 5:00, what you should know if you plan to use fireworks tonight. thousands of people lined the streets today at different parades in our area. one parade had some partygoers booing a presidential nominee. mark segraves has more in about 40 minutes. i'm tracee wilkins. prince george's county fire crews were dealing with one an accident while they were a victim of another one. this apparatus will be out of service because it had $10,000 of damage to it. fire and ems crews were called to an accident on 2010 that involved a fire. while this was blocking the cr

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a 3-year-old boy died after falling out of an apartment building in new york city yesterday evening. paramedics were able to revive the toddler and rushed to the hospital but he ultimately succumbed to his injuries later that night. investigators are looking into whether the windows would improperly secure. there is more evidence about the alligator that took the life of a 2-year-old last month. the boy's father told police a second alligator attacked him while he was trying to save his little boy. gabe gutierrez reports. >> reporter: chilling new details about the horrific attack at disney world. according to public records obtained, the father of lane graves told authorities he was attacked by a second alligator while trying to save his son. in an e-mail, the captain said that m

despite needing stitches and antibiotics, he refused to leave the area but finally sought medical attention. the father described the experience on the way to the hospital telling how another gator attacked him as his son was being pulled into the water. >> what's your emergency? >> someone is drowning in the lagoon. >> reporter: during the 16-hour search for the boy and these five alligators were found and killed, the toddler's body was found in tact just 15 yards from the shore. the medical examiner said that the 2-year-old died from drowning and traumatic injury. the captain also told supervisors about the parents' heartbreak and love for this child. this incredibly sweet couple insisted on showing us pictures of their happy son adding that the mother just kept referring to him as her happy boy. they held a

last month and they are not commenting. they had been visiting disney on june 14th staying at the grand floridian spa when the attack occurred. since then, disney world has put up a fence and put up signs warning of the alligators and snakes throughout their resorts. live right now a. rainy fourth of july is forcing communities to call off their fireworks plan but the big show on the national mall is still on for now. >> live team coverage on everything. all of this is being impacted by the weather. >> that's why we want to start with storm team 4 meteorologist lauryn ricketts. what do you think? >> i think we'll be able to get the fireworks in, thank goodness. we'll have to watch for a few isolated showers but the heaviest rain

north and east. let's go ahead and show you the latest radar. if you're headed out and about and you're getting an isolated shower, you know it's difficult to figure out where those will pop up. go ahead and download the app because we have a radar that will show you the exact location and let you know if any showers are headed your way. heaviest rain is pushing to the north and east. if we get sunshine, not a good thing. sunshine mainly going to be concentrated south and west, especially in the shenandoah valley. it will create instability and we could have thunderstorms popping up around there. i looked at the line neghtning composite as we go into the evening. rain lifting out of here and, again, just some spotty stuff. we'll be dealing with drizzle as we continue through midnight and then this arrives after midnight, heavy rain, possible flood threat as we get into

it out for you, coming up. >> thanks, lauryn. about an hour ago, folks were under a downpour but things are beilooking better as of now. meagan, a huge difference from 45 minutes ago. >> reporter: the rain has significantly let up. if you look at it in the optimistic perspective, you can say that you can have the best seat on the national lawn to watch the fireworks so long as they go off. the national park service tells us that there's a few factors that could potentially stop the show. there's so many reasons why people choose the national mall to celebrate the fourth of july. >> it's always fun out here because you're with family. >> the environment is incredible. >> reporter: what makes the holiday so memorable for most is 9:09 p.m. >> light the fireworks. so, yeah. >> definit t