the community erupted in a sea of outrage and protest. now the family is looking for answers. >> it's a horrible thing. it's a horrible thing to happen to him. he didn't deserve that. >> this must be answered for. it should not take national attention for us to get an answer about a man being murdered by police officers. >> now the shooting happened early tuesday morning, but most of the new developments have come today. the justice department just opened a civil rights investigation. >> louisiana's governor is calling for transparency. under pressure to resign, the baton rouge police chief says much like the public he, too, has the questions about the shootin shooting. >> reporter: baton rouge is a city on edge. a shooting during an arrest, all caught on cell phone video. confrontation shows two police officers tackling

alton sterling. seconds later, someone is heard saying he's got a gun. then police open fire. officers arrived at the scene after a 911 call, claiming someone had a gun. police chief says sterling was armed. something the family's attorney questions. >> mr. sterling was not reaching for a weapon. he looked like a man who was trying to get his head up and was actually fighting for his life. >> the convenience store owner said sterling hung out at the store, selling cds. he described him as confused during the incident. >> i don't think he knew what was going on. if they took the time to tell him what was happening, what fs going on, i think it would have ended up differently. >> reporter: emotions in the community are running high. sterling's son and his son's mother were clearly distraught during a morning news conference. >> he had to watch this as this was put all over the outlets. >> reporter: the police officers are now on administrative leave. >> i have very serious concerns. the video is disturbing, to say the l

to the u.s. justice department, including body camera video from the officers. >> there is a lot that we do not understand. and at this point, like you, i am demanding answers. >> we want to make sure that we ensure the integrity of this investigation. that's why i'm happy to see the justice department step in. >> reporter: city officials are pleading for calm as the community demands answers and braces for more protests. according to the washington post, sterling is one one of some 500 people killed by on-duty police officers this year. we'll talk more about this with troy johnson of whur coming up. >> we're also expecting the nypd to update us about that explosive in central park. recovering after doctors amputated his left leg below the knee. golden was walking with his friends sunday when he climbed on a large rock in central park and stepped

bag. inside that bag, police say, was some sort of explosive material. investigators think this blast was someone experimenting with fireworks, not a terrorist act. turning to the weather now. if you've been outside today, you know it is uncomfortable. >> it's hard to believe after yesterday, but it actually feels hotter outside today than it did yesterday. >> that's going to be the case tomorrow as well. joining us at the local pool. people are out in that. temperatures are extremely warm but not unexpected this time of year. now up to 88. sitting at 91. we're just a few degrees above average. at 92 a little bit earlier. right along the i-95 corridor, new york city at 90. 93, philadelphia under an excessive heat warning for us. this is the run-of-the-mill temperatures, heat and humidity across our region. first heat wave of the season is for sure here. we hit 92 yesterday,

today. heat index near 100 the next couple of days. we're tracking that weekend. that's when we have some changes. we'll talk about what those changes may bring in my forecast. >> thank you, doug. team coverage of the heat wave continues with news 4's chris gordon, talking to officials in maryland about what they're doing to help you and your family beat the heat. chris joins us live now from glenndale at a splash park where a lot of people are trying to keep cool. chris? >> reporter: the capacity here, pat, is 300 people. at 1:30 this afternoon, they put a sign up in the parking lot saying "closed." we've reached capacity. the people here really don't want to leave. there are families and there are kids and the kids are in the water and their families are over there, enjoying some shade. with the heat and humidity, everyone needs a good splash. at the rockville town square, it's all very informal, kids

cool. >> this is the best way for us to cool off. we like to come out here when it's so hot. we live right around the corner. this is the best way to keep them cool. >> reporter: montgomery county health department is checking on its elderly and disabled clients to make sure that the heat isn't posing a health danger. >> our homeless shelter system goes on a hypothermia plan. that goes into place tomorrow morning where our homeless shelters which are typically closed during the day remain open so individuals can stay indoors. >> reporter: prince georges county has activated its emergency operations center where they are closely monitoring the temperature. >> first thing we did was open 25 centers located throughout the county for residents to go to, to seek shelter, get out of the heat. >> reporter: now, ahead at 5:00, what d.c. is doing to help residents and visitorse

the heat. back to you. >> all right. thank you very much, chris. pretty close call for a 9-year-old girl in herndon after a bullet was fired into her home on monoghan drive. it missed her by inches and landed in her bed while she was sleeping. the little girl got out of bed because she heard some noise outside. while she was looking out the window she felt something on her arm, likely glass fragments. her parents found a hole in her window and police found a bullet in her mattress. new details this afternoon about a bank robbery in falls church. police have released images of the suspect. they say he's a white male in his 50s, six-feet tall with thin, gray hair and a ponytail. he walked into the td bank on arlington boulevard yesterday, demanding cash, claiming he had explosives in his backpack. a bomb squad

area was shut down for a little while. no one was injured. investigators believe this same man robbed the bbnt bank last month. they're offering reward for information. new details about that deadly fourth of july shooting at the deanwood metro station. police came to investigate a crowd setting off fireworks. when they got there, they saw a man with a gun who fired multiple rounds at officers. one of the officers shot the man, who literal died at the hospital. now police have identified him as a man named sydney washington jr. 29 years old. none of the officers were injured. revised plan for the troops remaining in afghanistan. >> president obama said they will be staying longer than he originally intended. why keeping them there is the right thing to do. and hover boards bursting into flames beneath people's feet.

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president obama said more than 8,400 troops will still be in afghanistan when he leaves office, more than the 5,500

he said they are needed in the fight against terror groups. >> the decision i make today ensures that my successor has a solid foundation for continued progress in afghanistan. as well as the flexibility to address the threat of terrorism as it evolves. >> the president says keeping troops at that level will help afghan forces to improve. james comey, fbi director, heads to the house oversight committee. many republicans in congress are irate over his decision. they say they don't understand how he made the recommendation even though the fbi found clinton's handling of e-mails was careless. speaker paul ryan said it looked like clinton got preferential treatment. the bay sox and governor hogan are teaming up to raise awareness for cancer. >> using bobbleheads to do

minor league baseball team unveiled today shows hogan with hair and without. hogan battled nonhodgkin's lymphoma, lost his hair during chemotherapy treatments. fans attending the baysox game will be able to choose which bobblehead they like best. the bobblehead with most votes will be declared the winner of bobble-election. what started out as a night at the play turned into a medical emergency. >> and we'll tell you what would have happened to a man, had it not been for the actions of two strangers. ahead, what happened when they met for the first time today. news for your health tonight. how to protect your skin when the heat is on.

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hover boards are being recalled. >> the safety of hoverboards today, ten companies are now recalling more than half a million of them. now the popular product among kids, and adults, has been sold across the country and even o

in the hoverboards that can actually overheat and explode. the cpsc has said nearly 100 reports of overheated battery packs. >> all of the hover board models, all of the models that are recalled were made with fundamental design flaws that put people at real risk. these are two charred cells. this is not what should happen with a consumer product. >> the affected hover boards include those sold between june 20th, 2015, through may of this year. we have a complete list of companies that have recalled the hover board. open the nbc washington app and search hoverboard. consumers should contact the company to return hover boards for a free refund, free repair or replacement, depending on the model. pat? >> thank

>> about 2 1/2 hours from now, alexandria police will hold a community meeting to address concerns about crime. this, after a man was killed early saturday morning near ohltown. the killer is still at large this afternoon. it's the city's fourth murder of the year. tonight's meeting takes place at the charles houston rec center at . this is love loudoun month at last night's my ard of super ac conoversial roke june lgbt pride month. instead the board passed a resolution that says all are welcome in the county and urges people to love and respect the diverse community. a pretty special reunion for a retired doctor today. he met two people who helped save his life when he suffered what would have been a fatal heart attack. mark sea segraves is l

>> reporter: a retired physician who lives in potomac, maryland, and has come here to the theater with his friends last month. as the play was beginning, kornfeld began feeling pains in his chest. he collapsed on the floor of what his doctor said would certainly have been a fatal heart attack. a call went out in the audience for help. two people stood up and went into action. >> i assessed him to see if he needed cpr. i started krst pr. dillon came down and offered to take over. we defibrillated him. >> you don't have any hands-on experience unless you're in a situation where it's necessary to keep someone alive. >> reporter: a young man lfr learned cpr as a boy scout. the other, an off-duty nurse. together, they save this had man's life. the three of them came together with a message for everyone. a message of gratitude and a

lessons for life. >> yeah. they learn them and stick with them. doug, a boy scout would know how to get through a day like this, wouldn't he? >> drink plenty of water. that's exactly what a lot of people are doing out there today. ice cream truck was here in front of our studios a little earlier. thank you very much for bringing that to us, guys. very hot day outside for sure. temperatures in the 90s all across the region. we hit 92 yesterday. 92 today so far. we'll hit it again tomorrow, friday and into saturday. 91 degrees, the current number. plenty of sunshine out there. the humidity is definitely way up. current numbers, 90, front royal. 92 over toward lorton. look at the heat index. you add in the dew point, you get the heat index. up to 101 in quantico, 94 ft. meade. this is the way it feels outside. if you're outside for long periods of time, make sure you take as many bks

and take in plenty of water. high and dry. going to stay like that all day today. not expecting any storms to develop. storm just down to our south. nothing but sunshine. just a few clouds from time to time. back to the west, tracking a little bit of a frontal system moving through. you can see that line of storms back here. it's not going to amount to much for us. by the time it gets to us, it will quickly fall apart. what do we expect here tomorrow? again, not much. few clouds during the day. kind of like today. an isolated shower or two popping up. i'm not expecting much at all. most areas once again will remain dry. barely putting it in the forecast. hot and humid tomorrow. heat index near 100 again. little warmer than today and warmer still as you make your way into the day friday and saturday. 94, d.c. 96, fredericksburg. everybody getting into the 90-degree range as we make our way through thursday. friday, even warmer. 95 on friday. this is where we have a 30%

it will be a late afternoon storm friday. saturday high temperature of 94 degrees. frontal boundary moves through, helping to bring down the humidity late saturday. so, right now looking at sunday and into monday, some really nice weather coming in. that, all the way through tuesday. and then we start to see the humidity creep back up toward wednesday, thursday and friday next week. temperatures back into the 90s. another heat wave most likely in the offing as we look toward that ten-day forecast. >> doug, thank you. many of us turn to sunscreen to protect us on hot days like these. >> is your favorite sunscreen actually doing the job? why some consumers aren't getting the protection they think they are. frightening moment for a mother of a 6-year-old after someone tried to abduct her daug

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the summer skin issues you may be dealing with as the mercury rises. in news 4 your health today, four skin problems and what to do about them when the heat is on. dr. jackie is here with us this afternoon. a lot of people get hives when it's this hot. they're allergic to the sun, right? >> they are. they really are. it depends on the wavelength of the sun many bottom line is you need to have unbelievable sunblock in order not to get that problem. >> you can get a rash from the cold water in the pool? >> right. you can also be allergic to water. where you really first see that sometimes is when you go to the ocean and the waves come up on the legs you get hives. where it gets dangerous is if somebody were to throw you into the pool and get submerged, you could have a life-threatening allergic reaction to the water. >> wow! eczema, another common skin problem whether it's hot or cold but summer actually helps with

summer is a great time for eczema patients. use bleach baths. same chlorine bleach in the pool helps to clean off the mrsa or staph infection. second is the sun. vitamin d is so very helpful for people with eczema. sometimes we even ask the patients to go get something called phototherapy, telling them to go into the sun and be exposed by those rays. >> chlorine? >> chlorine and sun, vitamin d. >> if you have had it, you know sunburn can really, really hurt. what are the four things we should do about that? >> pretty simple steps. act fast. cool the thing down. some kind of cool compress to get rid of thermal damage. second, moisturize. your skin is really quite dry. it's best to do this with damp skin so you lock in the moisture. don't use any sort of oil product. that will actually retain the heat. next use some

you can use that either as motrin, ibuprofen or hydrocortisone. don't forget to rehydrate yourself because you have been burned. number one thing we do with a patient in the burn unit is give back their fluids and electrolytes and you have been burned. >> the damage is already done? >> that's right. there's a slogan that says learn from the burn. which means the damage is done. you are already at increased risk for skin cancer. do not let that happen again. >> while we all love it, too much sun can eventually show your age? >> yes. that's something to think about, of course, when you're younger. interesting study looked at this. they categorized the different types of things that make people look old. people that have been exposed to the sun, they get more dark spots and definitely more wrinkles. why would you want to have that in your future if you're out there, burning and tanning away when'

to look like you're 80 when you're 40? think about this, too. at the end of it all, this is the money shot. you really need to be able to preserve that. 80% of the damage that you get from the sun will show up 80% on your face as aging. >> nobody wants to look 80 if they're 40. >> yes. >> thank you, dr. j. chris? an investigation is under way after an african-american man is shot and killed by police officers. it's our top story today. we'll have the latest on the case. plus, reaction around our area to this deadly police confrontation. phase three of metro safe track program gets ready to hit its second rush hour.

hillary clinton is back on the campaign trail today in new jersey. she's bashing donald trump's economic policy and his bankrupt casinos. this comes as trump ramps up his criticism of the fbi's recommendation not to charge clinton for her e-mail controversy. nbc's steve handelsman is here with a look at today's developments. steve? >> one thing is for sure. this e-mail issue will remain quite hot politically. even though hillary clinton, understandably, and donald trump mystifyingly, for republicans, are veering off on other issues. hillary clinton today outside the trump taj mahal in atlantic city, clear

but her judgment smeared. she tried to change the subject to donald trump bankrupting his casino, hurting employees. >> it's shameful. and every single voter in america needs to know about it so we don't let him do to our country what he did to his businesses. >> reporter: but after fbi investigators found clinton extremely careless with her state department e-mails, house speaker paul ryan demanded she not get the top secret clearance she is due when nominated. >> given how she so recklessly handled classified information. >> reporter: donald trump disappointed many republicans last night. >> we have a rigged system. >> reporter: focusing on fbi director comey not clinton. >> this is where he becomes a riddle wrapped in a headache, wrapped in a conundrum. >> i did not send or receive any information that was marked classified at the time. >> eight of those chains

contained information that was top secret at the time. >> reporter: trump and the fbi challenging hillary clinton's core claim of integrity, competent and good judgment. the issue will rage on tomorrow up here when fbi director comey comes to defend to defiant and angry republicans his recommendation that hillary clinton not be criminally charged. live from the hill, steve handelsman, news 4. >> thank you, steve. the justice department is opening a civil rights investigation into the videotaped police shooting of a black man in baton rouge. circulating online today sparked angry protests outside a convenience store where sterling was killed by two police officers. it reportedly shows officers pinning sterling down to the ground before being killed. nbc news has not

authenticity of this video. >> you will see with your own eyes how he was handled unjustly and killed without regard for the lives that he helped raise. >> reporter: >> that shooting is our topic for "talk around town" today. how are your listening reacting to that shooting and to see that video? >> chris, what i heard from many people were two words. shocked and angry at this situation. after that, the question that many people were saying was why? why did they see this man's life end on video just for selling some cds in front of a store? they were appalled at the fact that he didn't have an opportunity to get arrested. didn't have an opportunity for due process and his life ended on camera. so many people saw that. >> i had a chance to talk to janice today. she said she was just overwhelmed with

sight of the video. >> my voice is shaky because i'm very upset. we teach our family members to trust the law. and in instances like this, where we see a visual of a man's life being taken, is disheartening to me. my heartbreaks for the family. it pains me. and it leaves me confused as to what society -- how society sees us as black individuals. it doesn't matter if we're law-abiding. it doesn't matter if we're educated. it doesn't matter if we have a rap sheet. it doesn't matter. >> today, the mayor of baton rouge has heard from baltimore, lending her support. unlike the freddie gray case, in this case there is already a doj and civil rights investigation. is that affecting how people look at this? >> they're hoping tensions will ease because of that and

taking responsibility, saying this is my department. i'm in charge. the mayor calling for an investigation. they were saying that those kinds of responses -- even the governor of louisiana expressing there's something wrong in this situation. quick response from people i spoke to had them feeling hopeful about a possible quelling of concerns. but at the same time, folks feel like they definitely need to raise voices and express themselves. >> the thing about that is -- we toss that around all the time. they've launched a civil rights investigation. that is an extremely high legal bar to pass. >> sure. >> you have to prove that these officers knowingly used expressing force to violate the person's civil rights. not just maybe made a bad judgment, maybe made a mistake. you know, a civil rights violation, they launched these investigations all the time. in most cases, they never bring charges. >> right. and there is the

raising their voices. they're telling me you have to let people know that things need to change in terms of the way policing is happening in our communities. they were saying to me remember back in the day when an old-school police officer would walk a beat, lived in the community and had a better understanding of what was going on and who they were talking to, who they were dealing with on a daily basis? they would like to see some of those things. when you talk about the introduction to technology, now that we have body cameras and the move for body cameras for many police departments around the country. even in this situation, baton rouge police department had cameras deployed but the cameras fell off. they're saying if this is going to be the standard we need to make sure that things are working properly. >> we'll be looking into more of that as well. >> absolutely. >> lot to get to in this. pat? >> thank you. third phase of metro's safe track is causing some headaches today, impacting the blue and yellow

national airport and braddock road last night. they're tackling a new phase of its aggressive maintenance plan. the closures will last through july 11th. at braddock road, riders were boarding shuttle buses today, this morning, to take them past the closures. >> tons of metro people out here and there's confusion. and it's frustrating. >> should have been at work by now but not going so good. >> surge number four in the metro track plan will affect service to the airport. that starts next week with no train service between national airport and pentagon city. health concerns at the capital complex after the discovery of elevated levels of lead in the water. new this afternoon, what's being done to protect people who work there. another bump for the winning prize in the mega millions jackpot. how much is expected to grow before the next drawing. humidity levels for the rest

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it's accelerating testing in some of the other buildings they manage and also providing staffers with free bottled water. group of senate democrats is blasting a compromised bill on genetic food labeling. it preempts connecticut's law that requires labeling and replaces it with a national standard critics say is much weaker. the new bill exempts many products, uses tqr codes. >> the american people have a right to know what they're eating. we must adopt meaningful federal gmo labeling standards. this legislation is certainly not that. >> the food industry has been lobbying to block vermont's law, arguing that genetically modified foods are safe and labels could be costly for agriculture, and

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breaking news. a big three-alarm fire in alexandria. this picture of crews at al's steakhouse here in mt. vernon avenue in the delray section. the fire spread to the rear of the building. additional firefighters had to be called to the scene due to all the heat out there. we're working on getting more information for you. shamari stone is headed to the scene right now. we'll have updates as we get them. >> thanks, jim. sailor's death during a training exercise has been ruled a homicide. james lovely died last month in corps naudo, california. lovelace was repeatedly duvenged under water by an instructor during an exercise. he was taking part in an exercise called combat swimmer orientation. dunking is not allowed in

exercise. autopsy report said the cause of death was drowning and a contributing heart problem. more people die from drug overdoses in this country than car accidents. the majority of the overdoses are from heroin and prescription opioid pain killers. now the white house wants congress to approve more than $1 billion in emergency funding to address this crisis. erica edwards reports. >> reporter: the problem is clear. >> it's terrible. people are dying. >> reporter: less clear, how much money the federal government will allocate to battle america's opioid epidemic. congressional committees spent wednesday working to finalize funding that would go toward addiction treatment, stronger prescription drug monitoring and research on opioid and heroin overdoses. the white house has asked congress for $1.1 billion. >> if there was a natural disaster causing this kind of

congress would be on fire in terms of getting emergency funding. >> we have so much opportunity with this bill to do meaningful things now. >> reporter: meanwhile the obama administration said it is loosening restrictions on a drug that eases addicts' cravings. right now doctors authorized to describe buprenorphine have a cap. that number will increase to 275 patients. >> you're not giving another medication for addiction. you're giving medication to stabilize the person so they can work their recovery. >> reporter: government money to be used for treatment would be funneled directly to states. erica edwards, nbc news. there has been a crash involving tesla on autopilot. detroit free press reports it

driver told state police he activated the autopilot feature right before the crash. the car hit a guardrail, flipped on to its roof. in this case, no one was seri s seriously hurt. right now it's too early to tell if the software played a role in the crash. federal investigators are looking into a deadly crash involving a tesla that was in self driving mode. that case happened in florida back in may. turning now to the weather, which turned awfully hot. is it going to cool off any tonight? >> not tonight. overnight lows only dip into the 70s. very muggy out there. >> that ac is going to be blasting continuously. >> in full force. some of the windows kind of fog from all the heat and humidity. >> yeah. >> and we're not talking about a lot of rain in the forecast. best chance of rain will be later in the day, friday, especially during your friday evening. here are your weather headlines. we're in the midst of our first summer heat wa.

heat and humidity continues through friday. we start to see a little bit of a breakdown as we work our way on into the weekend. late-day rain and storms friday. not a huge severe weather threat. some heavy rain and gusty winds potentially with any storms late in the day friday. something we'll continue to track this weekend, looking fabulous. humidity levels in check. it's still warm. we'll have plenty of sunshine. really, not a lot of rain chances in the forecast. it will be hot again, though, next week. wait until you see the exclusive ten-day forecast. dining out forecast for tonight, not too hot. but not -- too hot i would say. not an ideal night to eat out. for tomorrow, hot and muggy. friday, some thunderstorms are possible. again later in the day. for saturday looking really nice for dining outdoors. the weather having a moderate impact on your day tomorrow. it will be the third day where we hit 90 degrees or higher, but feeling more like 100 and an isolated late-day thunderstorm tomorrow. again, we're real

heat and humidity. look how we start off the day at 7:00 am around 77 degrees. high tomorrow of 94. we'll hit that around 4:00, 5:00 pm in the evening. by 8:00, temperature of 88 degrees. very hot and humid tomorrow when you factor in the humidity, it's feeling more like 100. i want to show you the storm chance on future weather for friday. again, it's later in the day. notice 7:00 pm, some areas of rain and thunderstorms moving through the area as quickly as that chance moves in, it's already out of here to the east. the weekend looking mainly dry both saturday and sunday. let's talk about the humidity levels. through friday. tomorrow and friday, feeling oppressive outside. you factor in the humidity, feeling more like 100. as we work our way toward saturday the humidity levels start to go down. just below that annoying threshold. and sunday really nice outside and comfortable for the weekend. especially sunday. currently across the area, upper 80s and low

91 washington, 91 in leesburg. late day chance of rain and thunderstorms. for saturday really nice, plenty of sunshine. 94 for a high. sunday we finally leave the 90s. not by much. high of 89 degrees. low humidity. the heat starts to work its way back in next wednesday and thursday as we warm back into the low 90s, chris and pat. >> thanks. about 14 minutes before the drawing, doug kammerer ran out with a handful of money. we all threw in our money for the mega millions thing and just like that, all of our dreams -- >> are gone. >> -- have been dashed. >> just like that. >> plus the fact that we're all here at work today. >> that means the jackpot climbs again this weekend to more than half a billion dollars. so, you know, your chances of winning are slightly better because no one has won

millions jackpot in nearly four months now. jackpot has rolled over 34 times with no winner. but that being said, the odds of your hitting it big are still about 300 million to one. next drawing, friday night. guys, doreen, doug, chris -- if at first you don't succeed, you can always try again. i'm darcy spencer in winchester, virginia. a self-described small town attorney is taking on a titan, donald trump. delegate to the republican national convention being held later this month but he is not a trump supporter. his dilemma, virginia state law says he has to vote for trump or he could face a criminal charge, even jail time. he filed a federal lawsuit to challenge that law here in virginia. it's scheduled to be heard here in richmond tomorrow. >> if you don't vote for trump you're committing a misdemeanor. it's so absurd that the state government compels

private organization, has a vote in that organization. >> reporter: coming up on news 4 at 5:00, why he says he cannot vote for trump and what he will do if he wins this case. darcy spencer, news 4. frightening few moments for a 6-year-old's mom. >> caught on surveillance video. enat happed after the man

an attempted kidnapping in victorville, california. a woman walked into the store. suddenly a man snatched the child and ran out of the store. another customer and the store owner's husband ran after the man. they quickly caught him and police arrived shortly thereafter and arrested the suspect. oscar pistorius has been sent to prison for six years for murdering his girlfriend, reeva steenkamp on valentine's day 2013. >> the sentence that i impose on the accused for the murder of the deceased, reeva steenkamp, is six years imprisonment. >> reporter: the judge using her i

compelling reasons to come up with a sentence below the recommended minimum sentence of 15 years for murder in south africa. she challenged the prosecution's claim that oscar pistorius showed no remorse for this crime. saying in her opinion, he did. he apologized in court. he has also offered to meet with the family of reeva steenkamp on multiple occasions to discuss this crime. she also pointed out there are two different oscar pistoriuses, the one we've known as the olympian, paralympian but the vulnerable man, man with the disability. he did not even have to present himself on stumps as he did in court recently to show that there is this side to him, this vulnerability. she also said that a long term in prison would not necessarily serve justice but did point out that punishment is uncomfortable and unpleasant. coming up with a six-year sentence for the murder of reeva steenkamp. she sai s

appeal from either side. the prosecution or the defense. chapman bell, nbc news, london. now on news 4 at 5:00, a father of five pinned down and shot and killed by police officers. >> the individuals involved in his murder took away a man with children, who depended upon their daddy on a daily basis. >> reporter: and amid growing protests, baltimore's mayor has reached out to the leader of the city of baton rouge. >> now the justice department here in washington will lead another civil rights investigation into the death of a black man, shot multiple times by police. >> we're not here to hide anything at all and that we believe that justice will be served. >> good evening. first to that deadly police shooting in louisiana. the justice departmentno

looking into it. i'm jim handler. >> i'm pat lawson muse in for wendy tonight. you see two police officers tackle a man to the ground. seconds later you hear someone say "he's got a gun." then shots rang out. let's get to chris at the live desk with the latest information. >> reporter: since the shooting we have seen protests in the city of baton rouge. all of those have remained peaceful. we've also heard from the man's family as they start to search for answers, and the justice department has now taken the lead on the investigation. police say the officers had responded to a call about a man selling cds and threatening someone with a gun. you can see the officers pin alton sterling to the ground, struggle and then gunshots. the coroner said sterling had gunshots to the chest and back. mother of his oldest son became visibly upset when she spoke