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and summer in the city. tonight, the steps being taken to keep people safe as our temperatures climb into the 90s. first at 6:00, growing outrage over a deadly police shooting in louisiana. cell phone video of the incident went viral last night. it shows a black man tackled and pinned to the ground by white officers and then gunfire. >> tonight the justice department is launching a civil rights investigation as the victim's family demands answers. chris lawrence has the latest on this from our live desk. chris? >> doreen, the baton rouge police chief says the man was armed but still has questions about that confrontation. tonight the community is peaceful but tense and protesters are demonstrating in the street as the family demands some answers. police got a call for a man with
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officers wrestle sterling to the ground. we hear someone yelling he's got a gun. seconds later at least one of the officers opens fire. now the mother of sterling's child is telling everyone that she is thankful that video got out there. >> as this video has been shared across the world, you will see with your own eyes how he was handled unjustly and killed without regard for the lives that he helped raise. as a mother, i have now been forced to raise a son who is going to remember what happened to his father that i can't take away from him. >> batten runl police say there is
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it's not sure what we'll see from those. all of this has been turned over to the justice department. keep it here on news 4. we are expecting to get new video that shows a tighter, different angle of what happened. that will be coming into the newsroom very shortly. meantime, sterling's friends and family are holding a vigil later tonight. we'll have more from baton rouge in about 15 minutes. vance? >> chris, thanks. to politics now. tonight, hillary clinton trying to take the focus off her e-mail controversy and put it back on donald trump. meantime, republicans are still angry over the fbi decision. they're also annoyed with trump. some of them say he's not taking advantage of clinton's missteps. steve handelsman is on capitol hill with more. >> reporter: thanks, jim. despite donald trump maddeningly in the view of many republicans and hillary clinton more
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talk about other things. hillary clinton today outside the trump taj mahal in atlantic city, cleared of criminality, 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 today demanded she not get the top secret clearance she is due when she is nominated. >> given how she so recklessly handled classified information. >> reporter: donald trump disappointed many republicans last night. >> we have a rigged system, folks. >> reporter: focusing on fbi director comey, not clinton. >> this is where trump becomes sort of a riddle wrapped in a
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conundrum. >> but hit today with a new ad. >> i did not send or receive any information marked classified at the time. >> aurt of those chains contained information that were top secret at the time. >> reporter: challenging hillary clinton's core claim of integrity, competence and good judgment. while that videotape was running, major breaking news in this story. u.s. attorney general loretta lynch, obsensibly the boss of the fbi drkter, stirred controversy by meeting with bill clinton a few days ago has just announced that she has accepted the findings of the fbi investigation team, looking into hillary clinton's treatment of her e-mails and that the case is closed. so, comey's recommendations of no charges have resulted in the justice department deciding not to charge hillary clinton and, again, case closed. steve
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doreen? >> thank you, steve. it is not exit strategy he hoped forment president obama says 8,400 u.s. troops will remain in afghanistan when he leaves office. that's down from the current 9,800 but more than the 5,500 he announced earlier this year. the president says the situation in afghanistan remains precarious because of ongoing threats from the taliban and struggles by the afghan military. >> the decision i'm making today will ensure that my successor has continue pd progress in afghanistan. addressing the threat of terrorism as it evolves. >> john mccain, who chairs the senate armed services committee says he welcomes the president's adjusted plan but still questions removing any troops given the situation. a bullet pierced through a bedroom window inches from a little girl looking outside. that bullet was lodged in the
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mattress of her bed, where she had just recently been sleeping. all that happened last night on monaghan drive. kristin wright just spoke with the little girl about that scare. kristin? >> reporter: yes, we just spoke with this 7-year-old girl. she told us how she walked over to her window, thinking she was about to see some fireworks. instead, it was a bullet. >> there was like sound and i didn't know what was it. then i told my mom what is it and she said maybe it's fire works. >> reporter: a 7-year-old girl tells us about the frightening night a bullet came through her bedroom window on monaghan drive in herndon. >> really loud noise came to our window and like some glass came on my arm. and my mom said to get down off the bed. >> reporter:
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her arm. she is a second grader at hutchinson elementary, a neighborhood of children. few doors down jenny correas is raising small children. a near tragedy like this does not sit well. >> it's scary. i have three kids play outside every day. >> we thought it was fireworks. we didn't pay attention. the second one we're like oh, my god, what is it? >> reporter: police searched the area. they don't know where the bullet came from. they don't think the family was targeted. the 7-year-old is afraid to sleep in her bed tonight. >> because i'm not sure if it's going to happen again. >> reporter: that bullet was lodged in her mattress. doreen, such a close call. >> indeed. scary. scary situation over there. thank you, kristin wright reporting from herndon. breaking news right now. emergency crews still on scene of a multi-car accident in the hill east neighborhood at 18th and c streets right near elliott hill
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were taken to the hospital. one is in critical condition. d.c. police are still investigating the cause of this crash. turning to our weather now. the heat is on, temperatures past the 90-degree mark today. it is uncomfortable but it can also be dangerous. >> already some cooling centers have opened up as a precaution. tonight, we have team coverage of the conditions out there. we begin with chris gordon in glendale. hi, chris. >> reporter: hi, doreen. they've closed down now and will reopen at noon to the public. with this heat wave the most important water is what you're holding in your hand, the drinking water. how much do you need to be hydrated properly during this heat? and how dangerous is it if you don't drink enough? the heat is making all of us sweat. as we learned today, that can be a good thing. >> start sweating, get
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dehydrated. one of the worst things for heat stroke is you stop sweating. because that means that your body temperature has gone up and you're dehydrated. that's when the stress on the heart and the brain and can really cause a problem. >> reporter: prince georges county paramedics are told to drink a glass or bottle of water every hour. they are ready to treat people with heat emergencies and showed us how. >> we're going to get them out of the hot environment as soon as possible, use ice packs to cool the patient's core temperature down, start an iv and give fluids. one of the main reasons they're probably having this heat distress is they're low on fluids. get vital signs and transport them to the closest facility for further evaluation. >> reporter: prince georges county emergency operation center is open and monitoring temperatures. >> we've established 25 cooling centers throughout the county. >> reporter: these kids in
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keeping cool in the fountain. >> good to get them out with other kids especially on a hot day like this, where they can play and be cool together. >> reporter: checking on elderly and disabled clients to make sure they're okay with the heat and making arrangements for the county's homeless. >> homeless shelters are typically closed during the day, remain open so individuals can stay indoors and out of the heat and &pchumidity. >> reporter: this evening, we got an e-mail from petco, warning customers that these high temperatures can cause a strain on the electrical system, causing power outages. they say they have scheduled service if you lose power. that's the latest tonight. doreen, back to you. >> chris gordon, thank you. certainly feels like summer out there. serious summer. hot and humid for all of us. it looks like it will stick around for a few more days. the latest from
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studio. you wanted to experience8> i did not. >> they sent you out there, huh? >> that was the question when i came in. hey, do you want to go outside? no. no, thank you. not only have i been outside -- the heat is on, too, but i'm&fp getting bitten all over by mosquitos. you need the sunscreen and bug spray as well. very hot day for sure. you know that if you've been out there, especially in the sun. heat index temperature, 98 r(t&háhp &hc% degrees. @ extremely hot day. hot and humid weather continues. this is the first heat wave of summer. tomorrow once again, 90. the heatphrm index will be near if not above 100. changes coming in for the weekend. i think you'll like them. we'll talk about that coming up in a little bit. right now,
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>> good plan, doug. before you head out, be sure to check out the weather oníx nbc washington app. not only will you see the temperatures but it will also tell you whatgç feels like outside. new details on a deadly police shooting that unfolded on the fourth of july here in d.c. it happened near the deanwood metro station. transit police say they arrived at the station< monday night to investigate reports of a large crowd setting off fireworks. when they got there, they saw a officers. metro transit officer then shot and killed that man. police identified him as 21-year-old sydney washington jr. none of the officers were injured. it's the first full day of metro's safe track surge, yellow and blue lines are shut down between braddock road and"$z rm national airport. some commuters told us even though thee
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there was still confusion and they were still running late. >> tons of metro people out here and there's still confusion. and it's frustrating. >> should have been at work by now, but not going so good. >> reporter: some people told us they're going to look for another way to get to work tomorrow. if biking is an option foryou, there are volunteers leading rides around the closure. house to spontaneously combust. plus a mother's call to action to members of congress. what she's demanding in the wake of her daughter's death in an effort to save lives. news 4 got an exclusive look inside a forensics lab in lorton, virginia, where scientists are actively testing more than 2,000 sexual assault kits part of the backlog of kits coming up, the message that the attorney general ha fors v
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tighter angle. the man who shot that video said officers pulled a gun out of the man's pocket after the shooting. the justice department has announced that it is opening a civil rights investigation into this case. police chief has questions about what led to that shooting. >> reporter: a city on edge, [, following a police fatal shooting following an arrest all caught on video. tackling 37-year-old alton sterling. seconds later, someone is heard saying he's got a gun. then police open fire. officers arrive at the scene after a 911 call, claiming someone had a gun. sterling was armed, something]d the family's attorney questions. >> he was not reaching for a weapon. he looked like a man who was trying to get his head up and fighting for his life. >> reporter: convenience store owner said sterlinu
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the store, selling cds, described him as confused during the incident. >> he didn't know what was going on. i think if they@ tell him what was happening, what was going on, i think it would have ended up differently. >> reporter: emotions in the community are running high. sterling's son and his mother were clearly distraught during a morning news conference. >> reporter: police officers are now on administrative leave. >> i have very serious concerns. the video is disturbing, to say the least. >> reporter: city officials are turning over the investigation to the u.s. justice department, including body camera video from the officers. >> there is a lot that we do noi understand. and at this point, like )j(f 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
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community demands answers and braces for more protests. of the capital today for a vote on gun legislation. among those in attendance, parents of allison parker, the virginia reporter and her cameraman were shot and killed on live television last year. parker's mother and others at today's event are demanding tougher gun laws. >> nothing is going to bring allison back to us.éuh but we will not c> republican leaders held their own news conference today, where house speaker paul ryan suggested that democrats are trying to violate the second amendment. ryan says he will allow a vote on separate legislation aimed at preventing gun sales to
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%w in ameri. working to finalize the funding package. it would go toward addiction treatment, stronger prescription drug monitoring programs and research on heroin and opioid overdoses. if it is approved, washington, d.c. would get up to $4 million in funding over two years. maryland and virginia would each receive [1"m$17 million. news 4 got exclusive access into a verirginia forensic lab where backlogged rape kits are being processed. there are thousands of them, some dating back to the '80s. news 4's megan fitzgerald has the details. >> most
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>> only hope for many frustrated sexual assault victims to get justice. in 2014, virginia received a $1.4 million grant for the more than 2,000 backlogged rape kits in the state can be stored here and tested. news 4 got an exclusive look at the process. >> try to take the equivalent of one swab for our sexual assault individual identification number. after it's tested, scientists say it goes back into the envelope and is sealed again. it's a process that can take up to two hours for each kit. commonwealth attorney general mark herring says once the process is complete, the results will be entered into a national database. >> reporter: herring says scientists are working quickly so some of these crimes may finally be?m+oñ solved.
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reasons. first of all, it can help us identify additional crimes that known perpetrators may have committed. >> reporter: reporting in lorton, megan fitzgerald, news 4. some new information is expected today(tqm what caused n explosion that left a teenager from fairfax abowith a trauma t leg injury. police in new york are trying to find a person responsible. coming up on news 4, it was supposed to be an evening out at the theater. it almost turned fatal. i'm mark segraev
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the three h's in full effect. hazy, hot and -- what was it again, amelia? >> humid. >> humid. oh, yeah, yeah. hazy, hot and humid. trust me, i know them. we'll be getting those three h's 93 with 6-mile-an-hour winds. earlier today that wind was just calm and it was stifling hot. it will continue to be through the evening. even a 5-mile-an-hour breeze will help a little bit. 88 in quantico. 91 fredericksburg. look
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98 d.c. and 95 over toward cl(d49 around joint base andrews. very hot day. we expect tomorrow to be a little bit hotter and friday still a little bit on the hotter side. nothing on the radar yyv ture. we're all dry now. not going to see any rain. pretty good storm over ocean city, with a little bit of a seabreeze that made its way in over ocean city. got a couple of pictures of that over ocean city. rest of us, high and die. watching this area of storminess. little bit of a boundary that will move off north and not affect us at all. tomorrow another day on the hot side for sure. 95 degrees is what we're going for. hot and humid. heat index near 100 tomorrow. maybe even surpassing 100 in the d.c. area. actual high temperature, 92. martinsburg, 95. 94 in laplata. forecasted highs of the and everybody in the 90s
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even down toward the beaches we get to the 90sed fr friday and saturday. can't rule out an isolated sea breeze that could produce a thunderstorm or two. locally heavy downpours. but much nicer saturday night like a day at the beach. offshore flow, 85 degrees. little less humid. as far as that is concerned pretty good beach-going weather. tomorrow's impa impact tomorrow because of the heat. that heat sticks around. you know it does. 95 friday with a chance of thunderstorm activity in the afternoon. 94 saturday. front moves through saturday. that helps to lower humidity. much nicer sunday, monday and tuesday. three really nice days. then we get back into the heat and humidity. another heat wave in store for next week. doreen? >> we ought to just shift the weekend over to monday and tuesday. >> i agree with that. >> thank you, doug. a hidden fe
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tens of thousands of dollars in damage. tonight the i team shows us how easily a common household item hpr you can do to prevent i i'm darcy spencer in qoá" winchester. delegate to the republican national convention is suing because state law says he's got to vote for trump at the national convention even though he doesn't want to. i'll tell you what he will do if fight. cars up and down i-95. sound like a pipe dream? probably closer to reality than you might think. state of virginia is about to make a huge investment toward that and other transportation projects.
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contains jail time rather than vote for donald trump. by state law he is required to vote for donald trump !? convention later this month. problem is, he doesn't want to. >> almost everything he speaks about is just highly ignorant. changes positions day-to-day. he has no core principles and other than that, he is pretty good. >> reporter: virginia law forceñ delegates to vote for whoever wins the primary. that would be donald trump. even though correll supported ted cruz in the primary. get this, if he doesn't vote for trump, he could be charged with a misdemeanor for voting his conscience. >> if you are for donald trump here today, you're almost for certain defeat in a hillary clintonz(nr presidency. >> reporter: attorney general mark herring is supporting the law. he is a democrat. he says this delegate knew the rules when he became a delegate and now he's trying to change everything and undermine the voters at the 11th
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virginia trump for president told news 4 this lawsuit filed by mr. correll is baseless and represents the epitome of arrogance, egomaniacal publicity stunt with no foundation and no chance of success and voters we spoke to said they support correll's fight. >> our right to vote for who we feel is right for the job shouldn't be dictated by anybody else. >> reporter: in winchester, darcy spencer, news 4.m÷#x we should know soon what type of explosives seriously injured a fairfax college student in new york city. 19-year-old connor golden stepped on a bag of homemade explosives sunday in central park. he lost part of his leg after that accident. those explosives are currently being analyzed in a bag. golden is in serious condition right now. police don't believe the device was left there to intentionally hurt anyone. alcohol may have played a role in a deadly crash in
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it happened about are 5:00 this morning off cedar lane and everetz street. 35-year-old sandsgmr crossed t center line and crashed into another car. he was killed. the other driver was taken to the hospital but is going to be okay, we're told. no word yet on what caused that crash but police believe that alcohol was a factor. i-95 corridor in virginia is one of the most congested places in our region. the state now says it will spend more than $1 billion to improve the commute there. that includes extending the express lanes and high-techj?rvd upgrade. tuss is inç"j2ju)j )q&d with details on this. adam? >> so much fun driving out here every night, doreen. take a look at how things are going along 95 tonight. traditional road and rail improvements are coming to this entire corridor. high-tech upgrades, how about
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when you talk about improving the 95 corridor commute, you don't get much disagreement. you think they need to do specifically, like 95? >> sure, sure. >> one of the innovative ways the state wants to help is with new pavement, designed to test and then deploy so-called autonomus self-driving car. >> on the highway you'll be hands off the wheel, feet off the pedales. >> in 2017. you still have to watchrrzz in something goes wrong but you can sit there and relax. >> reporter: virginia leaders say they have about $1.4 billion to put in to road, rail and technology improvement along the 95 corridor, d.c. line to fredericksburg, allowing freight trains and amtrak trains run faster, better bus service, even
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the river. we talked about it all on the phone with governor terry mcauliffe. >> reporter: all-encompassing mass transit project opening up our corridors. >> reporter: robert jiminez says something needs to happen and soon. >> you never know what you're going to encounter on 95. >> reporter: the governor says he's ready to break ground on these new transportation improvements starting next year. when we talked to the governor on the phone today, he pretty much took a victory lap, saying he accomplished most of the let's just hope the plan here for 95, guys, makes a difference. jim, back to you. ed. >> adam tuss, thank you. a hospital can be a lonely and depressing place. that's why one of the hospitals in our area is adding some new employees to help patients cope.
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center now has two therapy dogs that visit the intensive care unit. many patients say just spending a little bit of time with those dogs helps to ease some of their pain. nbc's joe fryer paid a visit to the hospital. you can watchyks his full repo next on "nightly@d"x news" at 1. 7:00, that is, at 7:00. american exchange student was killed hours after arriving in italy. touching reunion. tonight, a local man met the strangers who saved hiss2 after he collapsed inside a local theater. hot, hazy and humid across the area today. it could be even warmer tomorrow and friday. how long does the heat really last, though? i'll show you. we'll talk about it in a minute.
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police found the 19-year-old's body in the tigre river over the weekend. on suspicion of murder. he was killed hours after he arrived in rome for summer wisconsin madison and had survived childhood cancer. a man learned cpr as an eagle scout and became recertified a few years ago. he never had to use it until a few weeks ago when a man suffered a heart attack inside a localijjútheater. a nurse, who was also in the audience also helped. with the person they helped save. mark segraves has our report.
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marvelous. from a crusty old man. >> reporter: that crusty old man, as he calls himself, is alive today because these two people who are also at the folger theater where he had his heart attack during a play knew cpr. dillon merry has knownp> the thing with cpr, you don't really have any hands-on experience unless you're in a situation that's necessary to keep someone alive. >> reporter: he says yes, he was nervous. >> you're dealing with a real human that's dying. you don't have a second chance here. you have to go out there and perform. >> reporter: michelle michaels was also in the audience. even though she had performed cpr hundreds of times as a nurse practitioner, it was a little scary for her, too. >> i think for the audience, it was probably very scary. completely different situation, doing cpr in an out-of-hospital situation than it is when you're supported by
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equipment. >> reporter: ironically, the only doctor in the house when cornfeld had his heart attack was cornfeld himself, who practiced medicine for more than 40 years. he said he wanted to meet the people wholbñ saved him, not ju to say thank you, but also to urge others to learn cpr. >> i owe my life to these people. it's the least i can do, if i can help someone else.wgl+hr(t&% because that's what we live for, to help other people, i believe. >> reporter: cornfeld is one of the lucky ones, vast majority of people who suffer a sudden heart attack don't survive. in the district, mark segraves, news '4. a local family lost their home and everything in it. up next, i-team looks at the ho caused this home to go up in flames and the
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a massive fire last month left a family and their pets homeless. and it happens more than you know. >> simple steps you can take to protect your home and family. >> reporter: this will be the first full summer she and her family are in their new potomac home. >> you lose your home and everything in it. >> no knick knacks. >> it takes time to fill up those shelves. >> no family picture. >> those are all gone. >> reporter:sñhíñ her family lo everything in a devastating fire inap
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>> i hear my husband screaming and can't make it out.í$"uo cf1o then i hear him screaming again, fire, fire, fire. >> reporter:she and her husband, along with the kids and the dogs, got out. theá intensity of the fire the watched burn their house down. >> only thing that happened that day out of the ordinary was contractors were working on our deck. >> reporter: that's where the fire started, according to investigators, that the cause was spontaneous combustion. >> a fire that is self driven. it actually lights itself after some internal heating. >> reporter: battalion chief frazier says these types of fires are not uncommon. they've responded to dozens just since 2015, including connelly school of the holy child in potomac last may, and a home on a renovation in horseshoe lane in november that caused $750,000 in damage. >> we do see a lot in single-family homes when we have construction eh&ñ workers worki homes. >> reporter: spontaneous combustion leads to an estimated 14,000 fires each year,
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administration. oily rags not properly disposed of, one of the biggest contribute efrs, according to fire officials, where shannon said workers left rags used to stain the deck and other trash underneath the structure. ndry, they actually produce heat inside. it's a chemical reaction. >> reporter: master firefighter donnie boyd showed the team how hot oily rags can get. >> all that heat is compressed inside, it can't escape, it gets hotter and hotter and hotter. >> reporter: rags in a common wood sealant inside a plastic bag with newspaper allowing it to sit. >> one hour 85 degrees at the center of the bag. then 142 degrees. >> reporter: two hours later a big jump.ccf1 o >> now 358 degrees. >> reporter: four hours into the experiment, core of the bag sits at 345 degrees. gas and science is still hard at work here. >> reporter: even seven hours after we started temperature inside the bag is still more than 200 degrees. >> all the materials are
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charred in the center. >> know the products you're working with. all these products have labels on them. >> reporter: chief frazier does his best to lay any oily rags outside to dry naturally. >> it's a simple solution that would would have saved us a lot of pain. >> reporter: shannon is reading all the labels and hoping to fill up this new house soon. >> we're looking forward to getting those things back on the shelves. >> reporter: with brand new memories. scott mcfarland, news 4 i-team. >> not all fire departments in our area keep track of spontaneous combustion as a cause. many, like prince georges county list those as accidental. >> good information. >> surprising information. >> indeed, it is. >> to all of us. and pretty timely, too, as we're in the start of a heat wave. aren't we?
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cover. nothing but sunshine out there. that will continue to be the case as we move through the next couple of days. >> whoops! is that your y7o microphone? >> yeah, but i don't -- is that on now? is it on now? you're not doing the weather again, man. you're not doing the weather again. i tell you. >> i'm ready. >> it's almost like you're sabotaging me twice in one week here. let's take a look and show you what's happening out there right now. looking pretty good. sunshine across the area. temperatures in the 90s. 93 degrees d.c. again that heat index has been up koes close to 100 across the region. nothing on the radar. as vance would tell you, it's all clear. don't say anything. >> i'm cool. >> 8:00 am, muggy. 80 degrees. 90 at noon. lunch outdoors probably not the
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95 at 4:00. a degree or soz'!/y higher than were today. that will lead us right into the next couple of days. moderate impact for tomorrow, i think so. the reason why? third day in a row of x6dhn90 ds or higher. maybe an isolated #pewstorm. we think most of the area will stay on the dry side. better chance of storms friday. high temperature friday of 95 degrees. we get saturday and sunday, cold front moves through saturday. 94 glees with the temperature. ta drops the humidity. saturday night a lot better. next week wednesday, thursday, friday and saturday, another heat wave. whole bunch of guys going to the all-star game? that's really cool. why this one is
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and download speeds, tv and phone for just $69.99 per month online. cable can't offer internet speeds this fast at a price this good. only fios can. the brewers. 37 wins for the brewers. >> what's going on? >> they lost the series to them a week and a half ago. today, they're trying to sweep the nats right out of their home park. looks like the nats have other ideas. let's have a look at the game going on right now. one of the lucky ones escaped the jaws of joey chestnut. we're efforting the story there, actually. bryce harper getting rewarded for his efforts. looking like he
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opposite field. that is a three-run shot for ír% harper, tying espinozg8ñ in third, brewers coming back and tie it at 4, man on for stephen drew. not a home run. bounces over the wall for a ground-rule double, guftrbi for drew. nats take the lead back, up 5-4. bottom of the fifth, looking for some insurance, zimmerman has been heating up, taking advantage of a breaking ball that did not break. it is gone. sails over the fence. nats up 7-4. the game just went to final. that score, 7-4, final. they win it. weekend. before the game, all-stars were announced. strasburg, this game extra special. it takes place in san diego,unçs hometown. 11-0 this season. next outing friday against the mets. as for the
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after that, he acknowledges that thisvzqçs is cool. >> yeah, i was pretty excited. especially having it in san diego this year. it should be a lot of fun, coming home, seeing family again. >> good for stras if he gets that start. i think he deserves it. 11-0, 12-0 before he gets there. be able to go home to san diego, of course, in front ofdéq his homewould be awesome as well. >> excited to see it. rocking the hawaiian shirts in l.a., u orioles. mark trumbo, hammers this ball to center. gone. tied the mlb lead in the sixth, trumbo, another jumbo from bcv trumbo. he takes the league lead. bottom seve
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loaded. dillon bundy, nerves of steel.u÷ 3-0 count but this payoff pitch. bundy catches him looking. huge strikeout for bundy. orioles and dodgers are tied at 4 in the tenth inning. roger federer highlights day fourka;' wimbledon and what we learned. seven-time champ is still pretty last one at wimbledon four years ago. today he rallied big time to stay alive. federer trailed 2-1 in this match. back he comes fourth set. great shot here. chilic can't get there, pushing this one to a decisive fifth set much to the delight of the u1$w crowd. match set for federer. has his arms up in celebration. federer wins. those celebrities there also impressed, david beckham, br
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love. he will face milos branic. here's hoping for a federer final. d.c. saying bye-bye to e 9. >> no. >> brazilian signing a one-year contract with the houston rockets, spending the last four-plus seasons with the rockets. he was backup center. 14-year vet has been plagued by injuries recently*yrx despite that, he is the number one rim protector in my mind. we'll miss him. he's off to houston. >> good for him for hanging in as long as he did. >> yeah. this is very cool. sending four guys to the all-star game? that's pretty special. >> exciting. so, we -- harper, it's his fourth. stras his second.
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