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two police shootings just days apart have tensions growing across the country. in minnesota, protesters are camped outside the governor's house after a woman live streamed the moments after her boyfriend was shot and killed. i'm pat lawson, we'll have the latest on the investigation in both cases. and ooichl erika, watching a contentious hearing taking place right now on capitol hill. the fbi director on the defensive after recommending no criminal charges for hillary clinton. i'm storm team 4 meteorologist, it's all about finding ways to stay cool because mother nature is turning up the heat. i'll let you know when the heat will peak, coming up.
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and we start with the heat, chuck just talked about. we are warming up and quickly, and the feel-like temperature is expected to hit the triple digits later this afternoon. storm team 4 is staying ahead of what could be dangerous heat, chuck, and for how many more days? >> well, we have to go through at least today and tomorrow with the heat and humidity combination, but the cooler air may be several more days away after that. just all haze, heat, and humidity out there today. what you need to know about the weather. heat indexes up around 100 degrees again today, and even with temperatures in the mid-90s, it'll be hot, nowhere near the record. the record set four years ago in 2012 is 105 degrees without the heat index. tomorrow, promises to be a little hotter and a little worse than today. the humidity, greg, looks like it'll arrive here as we get towards sunday. but for now, the current heat indexes are already in the mid-90s out there. there will be a chance for a cooling shower or two coming up
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temperatures today in the 90s. we'll track out the arrival of this rain chance later today coming up later in the show. see you in a few minutes. extra pep co. employees are helping make sure your ac keeps cranking out the cool breeze. the utility is expecting a surge in demand, double check this morning to make sure you don't have any furniture blocking your vents. if you're trying to save money, leave your thermostat at 78. every degree below that mark comes with an estimated 6% cost jump. there are dozens of places to go, beat the heat today. cooling centers in the surrounding counties to find the one that's most convenient for you, check out our app. that's nbcwashington.com and search cooling centers. now live too montgomery county where police are announcing the arrests of two teens in the killing of another teen. the victim was christian antonio vegarna morales. he was 18. vanessa
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the homicide. police are looking for two more suspects. we are listening to the update from investigators right now. she'll are the latest coming up in our next half hour. right now brand new developments in the trial of lieutenant brian rice. he's one of the six police officers who were charged with freddie grey's death. this morning, prosecutors dropped one charge of misconduct in office. he's still facing a second misconduct in office charge along with charges of involuntary manslaughter, second degree assault, and reckless endangerment. he is the fourth officer to go on trial and the highest ranking officer charged. right now, there's a showdown happening on capitol hill, these are live pictures from the house oversight committee where they are grilling the director of the fbi. earlier this week, james comey made the decision not to recommend criminal charges against hillary clinton. even though he determined she was, quote, extremely careless with classified information on her
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secretary of state. he defended that decision less than an hour ago. we're going to have much more from this contentious meeting on the hill in just label the. we've been watching that closely. there's a big political divide of course, democrats including elijah cummings from maryland and others defending the director. republicans saying that he made a major mistake. this hearing could go for quite some time in response to the investigation, paul ryan, the republican speaker of the house said that he wants quote, appropriate sanctions against clinton. he asked the director of national intelligence to keep clinton from receiving anymore classified briefings for the rest of her campaign. oral arguments are under way right now in a class action lawsuit brought by a virginia republican delegate to the national convention. beau carell doesn't want to vote for donald trump, but according to state law, carell and other gop delegates are required to vote for the winner of the state's
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hearing, a democrat, is defending the state law saying carell knew the rules when he became a delegate. and he's now trying to undermine, he says, thousands of voters at the last minute. president obama is on his way to poland for his last nato summit. some are calling this nato's most important meeting in a generation. the leaders of the 28 allies are expected to discuss isis, the uk's decision to leave the european union and other issues. the president talked to russian president vladimir putin ahead on the phone touching on some of the same conflicts. suitland parkway is back open right now after a hit-and-run crash this morning. that happened about 5:00. we first brought that to you from the live desk this morning. this was on sootland parkway in southeast washington. we're working to learn the victim's condition at last check, that person will rushed to the hospital in some pretty serious condition. police have not released any information on the
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her home before sexually abusing her. he was arrested earlier this week. they say the 42-year-old forced at least three children to perform sex acts on her. they say it all happened in steel's home on clay place. if you think you know anything about these or additional cases, you're asked to call police. in virginia, a seven-year-old says she's afraid to go to sleep. the reason is that a bullet pierced her bedroom window. the shattering glass came flying inside and cut her arm. the bullet lodged itself in her mattress. police say they've been up and down the drive looking for clues since the incident happened on tuesday night. they say it does not appear the family was targeted. a d.c. firefighter is on administrative leave right now, norman brooks posted comments about the white police officers killing black men, specifically the deadly shooting in baton rouge earlier this week. according to our news
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a part of one of the posts said quote, those pigs in baton rouge deserve nothing short of a bullet in their heads, end quote. the post had been deleted, but police and d.c. fire and ems are both looking into what he said. brooks later said he was acting on his freedom of speech. he's been with the fire department since 2007. helping victims get justice. hundreds of rape kits at a virginia lab are finally being tested thanks to new grant money. news 4's megan fitzgerald takes us inside the forensic's lab. >> reporter: more than 2,000 sexual assault kits from across virginia will be tested inside this lab. some of the contents of these kits have been waiting to be tested since 1985. news 4 got an exclusive look inside the bode forensic lab in north. . the company is responsible from testing dna taken from sexual assault victims across the country. right now scientists are testing
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county and virginia beach. those also submitted to the attorney general's office, and then it will be entered into a national data base to try and find potential suspects. the attorney general's office tells us that the testing of those 2,000-plus kits should be complete in the next couple of months. megan fitzgerald, news 4. in the day ahead, bill cosby's case could be dismissed. the 78-year-old will be back in pennsylvania courtroom on felony sex assault charges. lawyers are asking to throw the case or force his accuser to testify before trial. cosby allegedly drugged and molested the woman in 2004. he says it was consensual. today the national capital planning commission will review a plan to stop people from jumping the white house fence. the commission will take a look at a plan to raise the white house fence from six to nearly 11
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the change was proposed after several security breaches where people have climbed over the barrier. last month, the commission of fine arts also gave approval. he's lucky to be alive. edward cornfield suffered what he doctor says would have been a fatal heart attack, but luckily for cornfield, there were two people nearby who knew cpr and the athlete her a defibrillator. today the three were reunited for the first time since that incident. we are shown, the reunion wasn't just about showing gratitude. >> reporter: they come here to the fol jer shakesspear theater on capitol hill for a matinee. none of the three had ever met. but they will forever be connected by what happened as the play was just beginning. >> the first outburst in the audience, i thought it was part of the play. and so did the people around me. soon there was a shout for a doctor, is there a physician in the room. >> reporter: edward cornfield suffered a heart attack. >> i'm a lucky guy. >> reporter: dylan mary had learned cpr as an eagle scout.
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i mean, there's someone dying on your hands here. >> a security guard points out where cornfield went down next to the stage. he went and got the theater' defrab later. michelle michaels was also in the audience, she's a nurse practitioner who knew how to accuse the device. mary performed cpr by hand while michael set it up. >> there was a light on the button, i pressed it and it worked. he received the energy that it delivered and it was not with that first effort that he got his pulse back, but he did. but when he left, he was awake. with me left the theater, he was sitting up. . >> without our good samaritans using their knowledge and courage, the good doctor, he would not have made it to the hospital. >> reporter: the 87-year-old retired doctor says he ignore the the warning signs leading up to his heart attack like so many do. >> i was very, very fortunate that there were people around me with the ski
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to take care of me because i just crumbled, and i don't remember what happened. >> reporter: while grateful, all three and the surgeon who performed quadruple bypass on cornfield want the public to learn from this story. >> it's not that hard to take a couple days out of your life to learn cpr and get prepared in case you need to save a loved one or a stranger. >> reporter: according to to the american heart association, the survival rate for people who suffer a sudden heart attack outside of a hospital is just over 10%. that number goes up to more than 30% if you're near a defib later and it goes up again if like dr. cornfield, off heart attack near people who know cpr. in the district, news 4. developing right now, this is video investigators will be watching over and over again trying to piece together what led a police officer to shoot and kill a man in minnesota. the girlfr w
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this on facebook. after the shooting yesterday. at one point, it appears to show a uniformed officer pointing a gun through the window. it's not clear what happened before that. we do know that ka steel died and both his girlfriend and a child were in the car. it's the second time a white police officer has shot and killed a black man this week. first in baton rouge, then outside st. paul. the shootings have sparked outcries, protests, and calls for justice across the country. here are melissa colorado and sarah roserio. >> reporter: good morning, protesters have gathered outside a minnesota governor mark dayton's mansion here in the capital of st. paul. there's about three dozen of them. this comes after a facebook live video went viral last night. the video appears to show the moments following the shooting of a 32-year-old black man from st. paul. the video shows a blood-soaked man identified by family as
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32-year-old phaldo ka steel. his girlfriend says he was carrying a weapon, but that he had a license to carry. she tells the camera and the officer that he was going to show the officer his id. >> i told you not to reach for it. >> you told him to get his id, sir, his driver's license. >> reporter: for now the incident is under investigation, as for the officer involved, he is now on paid, administrative leave. the interim police chief says they have not had a police-involved shooting in that department in over 30 years. at this point, it's unclear how long these protesters plan on gathering outside of the mansion. for now that's the latest here in st. paul. nbc news. >> reporter: i'm in baton rouge where many are unsettled after tuesday morning's shooting of alton sterling by police here. all while the justice department is now looking into the motive behind the shooting and
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deadly struggle and new video shows officer's shooting sterling after tackling and pinning him to the ground. but some say those clips, now viral, don't show everything. officers say sterling matched the description from an unanimous caller showing someone threatening for a gun. he only carried for protection. now with sterling's 15-year-old son inconsolable, protesters and family are calling for justice. saying the officer should be charged with murder. >> i for one will not rest. and will not allow y'all to sweep him in the dirt. >> reporter: for now, those officers, the three and four-year veterans of the department are now paid leave. in baton rouge, nbc news. turning now to the weather, we've got this heat wave here in washington. there are precautions that you'll want to take. we'll tell you how dangerous this heat can pose, how dangerous it c
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cosmonaut, japanese astronaut, and an american. kate ruben ares all joining the team up there. they're supposed to arrive some time on saturday. playgrounds can be dangerous in the heat. right now it's 88 degrees out there. so that means plastic and metal surfaces on swings, slides, and monkey bars can all get hotter than 100 degrees. that's bad for anybody, but especially for kids. they've got more delicate skin than adults do and it can be susceptible to burning. and don't know how to remove their hands from those really hot surfaces. trying to stay cool until these temperatures like we're expecting today can really cost you. susan hogan put together this report on how to protect your bottom line for the day's ahead. >> reporter: well here's the deal. if you have air-conditioning, and you set the temperature low, you're not only wasting a ton of energy, you're also wasting a ton of money. so here's a couple of cool tips for you. set your thermostat to
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degrees, according to energy experts for every degree a thermostat is set below that, cooling costs increase by 6%. use alliances at offpeak times, some utility companies actually offer a time of use rate, which will allow you to save money by using your appliances at hours of the day when most people aren't using electricity. extreme heat can also take quite a toll on your car and cost you big time if you don't check your fluids, coolant, this is the big one, folks, if your coolant or antifreeze level is too low, it can cause overheating. those belts and hoses, intense heat can cause cracking and blistering and other damage to them. get those inspected bay mechanic. and here's one other tip to keep cool, according to to the department of energy, ifout close all of your blinds and your shades, this could actually reduce the amount of energy in heat in your home by about 45%. susan hogan, news 4.
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know, people staying cool, how about animals? >> well the national zoo sent out this tweet, look at this, the alpacas got a chance to run through the sprinklers yesterday. everybody needs a shot at this in the summer time. >> you can say that again. >> meanwhile chuck is here to join us and talk about how much longer we're going to have these temperatures. we're really getting started. >> they're al pack m pa kaing t backs. >> it's a hazy and nasty-looking sky out there right now. lots of pollution trammed in the atmosphere. on top of that, it's hot and sticky. 88 degrees already down at national airport. winds for now out of the north, averaging nine miles per hour. you add in the humidity and look at these heat indexes at 11:00 in the morning. 94 is the feels like temperature in washington, 96 leesburg, even into the mid and upper 80s for feels like temperatures out in the valley. as you plan out the rest of your er
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there will be an opportunity for some showers or thunderstorms to come our way after about 3:00 or 4:00 this afternoon. rain chances are generally around 30%. little higher further to the south and west of the d.c. metro, and then just staying real steamy for the remainder of the evening. here's the rivet of rain chances that's moving through southwestern virginia. it's throwing a disturbance in the atmosphere. it's about four hours from reaching here. that will puts in between 3:30d and 4:00. between now and then, not much going on. here's the way they handle the arriving chance of rain showers. here's 3:00 on weather. blossoming of shower chances here. south and west of warrington and coal pepper. 5:00 and that rain chance coming into prince william and stafford. by 7:00, southern suburbs down into southern maryland. that's where the best chances will be. talking about an outside chance for a shower here in town. rain chances are higher down to the south and southwest, down into southern maryland. the next couple of days, 95 and
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tomorrow, and even warmer, 97 tomorrow. staying hot on saturday, but the humidity starts to drop on saturday, sunday, and monday are looking nice. >> thank you, chuck. as you head outside, layer on the sunscreen, you may not be buying the best one. >> reporter: as summer starts or it sizzle, we know we're supposed to wear sunscreen. >> go ahead and put on that sunscreen. >> reporter: but what we're buying might not be giving us the best protection. a new study found that of 65 of the sunscreen products with the highest customer reviews on amazon, 40% didn't make dermatologists requirements. spf 30 or more, water resistant, broad spectrum protection, but instead, researchers found consumers pay more attention to fragrance or how it feels on the skin.
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spread. >> i like to get one that smells nice. >> reporter: what do you think about when you're picking a sunscreen? >> the brand. >> reporter: waterproot might feel sticky, but dermatologists say it's important. >> people do tend to have increased number of burns when they're spending the day outdoors and in and out of water at the pool or the beach. >> reporter: however the industry says the fda regulates sunscreens for effectiveness and not all have to be water resistant, especially in cooler temperatures. the study also found you don't have to spend a lot. nine of the ten least expensive sunscreens met the guidelines. in fact, it's free in boston with sunscreen dispen or sos set up across the city. saving lives from skin cancer, the most common kind of cancer and one we can avoid. nbc news, new york. >> so important to put on that sunscreen. >> what a good idea to have it out on the screen. >> i know. >>
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you're going to be searching for ways to cool down today as we deal with this extreme heat and humidity. it's already pretty warm out there and the heat index will be flirting with the triple digits very soon. the heat is just one of our big stories at this hour. right now we are also keeping an eye on minneapolis where people are protesting outside the minnesota governor's mansion. demanding justice for phind phindro castile, both black and shot and killed by white police officers this week. both their deaths and the immediate aftermath were all recorded on cell phones. and those videos are being investigated right now. on capitol hill, lawmakers are finding out everything they can about a very different investigation into hillary clinton's e-mails. james comey the director of the fbi is testifying right now. >> given that assessment of the facts, my understanding of the law, my conclusion was and remains noso
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no reasonable prosecutor would bring the second case in a hundred years focussed on gross intelligence. and so i know that's -- >> on tuesday, coe my recommended clinton not face criminal charges even after the fbi found she shared classified documents on her personal e-mail server. republicans in in the house oversight committee are criticizing that decision. >> you're kind of making my point, director. the point being, because i injected the word hillary clinton, you gaiz me of a different answer. but if i came up to you and said that this person was extremely careless with classified information, exposure to hostile actors, used despite warnings created unnecessary burdens and exposure, if they said that they had -- >> that was a committee chairman jason chaffetz and is now running for president. this hearing could go for quite
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and watch for more updates on news 4 at 4:00, 5:00, and 6:00 tonight. new details about the killing of a teenager in montgomery county. police just announced two arrests in the case out of good faithersburg. we are there live. we understand people are looking for other suspects as well. >> reporter: that's right, pat. we just heard montgomery county police ask for the public's health in this june murder case at gaithersburg park. they are looking for two suspects. these two men they describe as very dangerous members of the notorious gang, ms-13, jose ventura and 27-year-old oscar ernesto. they are on the run, police say. they were last seen in the wheaten area, now two others are in custody right now. they are 19-year-old vanessa
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alvarado and 16-year-old suspect, juan gutierrez vazquez who has been charged as an adult. both of them face first-degree murder charges in the death of 18-year-old christian antonio morales. now police say they discovered the victim's body, he was stabbed more than 40 times in a wooded area at the park last month. malcolm king park in gaithersburg, the female suspect set him up as a romantic rendev rerks rks ous. >> once he was in the area, gang members came up to them and told christian they wanted to go into the woods and smoke marijuana. and unfortunately christian made the decision to go into the woods with them. he did not come out of those woods. >> reporter: now police describe the victim in this area as a hard-working young man from new jersey. who worked as a landscaper. >> they say
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of the notorious ms-13 gang. he apparently just got involved with the wrong people. now the two suspects in custody right now are in jail on a $1 million bond. now our kristin wright is following up on this story and have more for us later today on news 4. we're live this morning in montgomery county, news 4, back to you. >> thank you. switching gears now, push to ban smokeless tobacco at major ball parks across the country is making its wail right here to d.c. the goal is to set an example for young fans. news 4's megan mcgraph has more from the nat's park. >> reporter: according to to the campaign for tobacco-free kids, 25 and 30% of major league baseball players dip or chew tobacco. but it would not happen here at national's park, at the d.c. council passes a bill under consideration. a public hearing is being held this afternoon on a proposed ban that would affect not just sp
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the bill would ban smoking and smokeless tobacco at all sport ing venues in d.c. dugouts and locker rooms included, no chewing or dipping players. five cities have passed similar ordinances. new york, san francisco, los angeles, and chicago. there's also a second bill that's before the council that would raise the legal age for buying cigarettes from 18 to 21. public hearing is being held before the d.c. council later this afternoon. from national's park, megan mcgrath, news 4. gondola ride could become a transportation option if you live in this area. the georgetown business district is considering the idea it would travel across the potomac and roslyn and georgetown.
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to determine if people would even use a gondola. >> not much of an interconnected transit system is possible so that we're looking to get it close to the metro station as possible. the ideally you come in off the platform and go on to an escalator or elevator down to the metro station. >> reporter: the public meeting tonight starts at 6:30 at the roslyn spectrum theater. in a growing number of places you can text police in an emergency effectively. calling the cops without needing to talk or make any noise. even though more and more places have the technology, a lot of places still don't. tom is in loudoun county where they do use emergency texting with what's holding everybody else back as well. >> reporter: walk into any major 911 center, the tempo is the same. >> loudoun county 911, what is your emergency? >> there's a house
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with you until help comes. >> reporter: but in this age of instant messaging, only a handful of 911 centers can receive text messages. in orlando, eddie justice was draped in the nightclub restroom wi the gunman fast approaching. he texted his mom, please call police, i'm going to die. >> mommy, i love you. in the club. shooting. call police. i'm going to die. >> reporter: while orlando police were flooded with 911 calls, the department wasn't able to receive text messages, and it's hardly alone, out of nearly 6600 dispatch centers nationwide, only about 10% can accept text messages. new york, l.a., miami, dallas, and seattle are moaning the big cities where people can't send a text. >> if we wait for police departments to spend the money, it's not in their budgets, they're constrained about this. >> reporter: but in loudoun county, virginia, 911 text messaging began in march. operators now
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messages each week. >> this is what we see and we click on this. screen pops up. >> reporter: along with the message the call is gps accord pans in, so it is plotted the exact location of this longitude and latitude, and now you can send help. >> correct. >> reporter: whether it's a fire, medical emergency, robbery, or armed suspect. dealing with a caller over a text message instead of a voice call can take much longer. 90 seconds or longer. precious seconds losts in an emergency. and dispatchers say text messages often don't come bait urgency or emotion that they can pick up from a caller. >> taken control of emotions and say listen to me, we're going to deliver a baby. listen to me, you need to get everybody out of the house. you can't do that on a text. you can't. so it's definitely that human interaction of what's messing. >> reporter: call if you can, text if you can't. >> that was tom cost tell la
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maryland and alexandria all use this technology. emergency texting can send information as well as photos and videos to police. after the break, storm team 4 ten-day forecast and a look at when we need to watch out for some storms. we also need to look at the start of an annual dangerous event. the runninof the bulls.g
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well we aren't the only ones sweating it out today. temperatures in tokyo reached 98 today. that's the highest for them so far this year. tokyo hasn't seen mercury that high in july in 12 years. >> i feel like i can't complain about this, like me and the other texas transplants, we're like, 90, like -- >> in vegas over the weekend. so you know. >> there's another one that likes it hot. >> i was looking at the 90s and you could head to my facebook and twitter pages, but kparled the
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been lagging in our 90 degree days, so we're well overdue for this heat wave. we're in the midst of a five, maybe six-day heat wave. heat wave officially definaled by the national weather service as three consecutive days where we hit 90 degrees or higher. what i'm showing you right now not temperatures, but this is what it's feeling like outside when you factor in the mugginess, feeling like 94 in the district, and always feeling like 96 up in frederick. so the humidity levels today, tomorrow, and during the afternoon hours, when you factor in the humidity, it's going to feel closer to 100 degrees. now throughout the day on saturday. humidity actually lowers. so just below that annoying threshold sunday, beautiful. very low humidity levels, but today and tomorrow, you want to make sure you're drinking plenty of water, especially if you spend some significant time outdoors. here are your hourly temps through the afternoon hours, the suburbs today warm into the low 90s, districtrm
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and maybe some late-day thunderstorms south of washington. down around fredericksburg, king george, stafford county, parts of southern maryland. here in the d.c. metro area and areas to the north, we look to stay dry this afternoon. dining out tonight though, just too hot. storms possible tomorrow evening, saturday evening, looking spectacular, sunday brunch also looking quite nice. so the storm threat tomorrow, main concern's during the evening hours would be high winds and heavy rain. hail after that, the weekend looking gorgeous. saturday, a high of 88, sunday a high of 91. monday, a high temperature around 90 degrees, erika and pat. the bull fighting getting under way in spain right now. it's the annual festival. and that means, it's the running of the bulls. there are eight more days of this, at least 1,000 people putting themselves in danger, running from the bulls in the streets. and this morning's event, four people were injured. however, noeb was gored, nobody
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shows many drivers are clogging their car's engines by not using gas with an added deter jens. lesser gasser selected 19 time mrs. engine deposits than top tier fuels. that's after the equivalent of 4,000 miles of driving. aaa says gas with extra detergents costs three glans per more. three quarters surveyed by aaa say they buy based on price or where the service station is located. the d.c. location of pizzeria opened just last week. the pizzeria is known for rectangular pies and here to show us, the secret toe a great pie is jeff from there. thank you so much for joining with us making all of souse happy, look at this beautiful food here. so tell me a little bit about your pizzeria and what makes it so different and special. >> we opened up our first one
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and we've been doing pizza for a long time. it's trying to really refine our dough and you know, we cook in a wood-burning oven. it's lower than a traditional pizzer pizzeria. which gives the crust more crispiness. >> looks crispy, okay, darker spots on there. you guys are originally from philly, right? >> yes. >> we're happy to have you, but what brings you to d.c.? >> the restaurant's been booming in the past couple of years. >> it has. >> and there's been other philadelphians that moved to the scene, open up the restaurants, jose is coming to d.c. >> uh-huh. so we thought it was time for us to start to make a move this way. >> you're going to teach us how to make good pizza, and i would imagine it starts with the dough, right? good dough. >> yeah, good dough, takes 72 hours to make, start with a starter, it gives the yeast a lot of time to work and do its job. >> all right. >> it's not very forgiving. so you've got to be gentle with it. >> and is this the s
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pizzas, i'll let you keep working on that while sky you questions. this is the size what have you get when you go to your pizzeria. >> we have a couple different sizes. >> personal pies. >> yeah, one size, that's a traditional 12-inch pizza. >> okay. >> i ripped this one, but we can fix it. >> come on jeff, no pressure. >> yeah, the pizza, which is the one that's about three feet long. >> okay. >> that is about two to three people. and we have pie by the slice u. >> and this looks like it has preshoe toe, more of the margarita style. >> correct. that's the crab pizza for obviously for d.c. >> of course. >> for all of those maryland folks that love their blue crab. excellent. what is your favorite pie? >> well mine's, i'm a simple guy, i like the margaritas. it's probably one of my favorites. >> is there anything particular about your sauce? do you think it's so much about the sauce as it is the dough? >> it's everything. and the one thing about pizza, slesz more. the more stuff you pu o
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the soggier it gets. >> okay. >> the crust isn't crispy. so we try to put as little toppings on it as, you know, we can put a few slices of cheese. >> i'm not seeing gobs of shredded cheese on here. >> no, this will melt around. and it goes in a 700 degree oechb for about three minutes. >> okay. >> we make sure we season with salt and pepper. >> all right. >> olive oil on that. >> and quickly tell us where you guys are located so folks can come and visit you. you just opened, where can folks try this? can i steal a slither? >> absolutely. >> cut me a piece there, jeff. >> we are on the corner and 149 and florida. >> okay. 14th and florida. >> yep. >> all right, you can try some of these pies as well. all right. so that goes into 700 degree oven, and how long do you cook that for? >> that'll be for about, for about -- there you go. about three minutes. >> that's it? >> that's it. >> three minutes. >> yeah, that's good. that is really good.
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not too much. and i like the crispiness of it. >> and we don't cook the tomato sauce and we put fresh basil on the pizza when it comes out. >> jeff, new in d.c., thank you so much for joining us. thanks for the pies. everybody in the newsroom, stay back, stay back. pat, back over to you. >> lock the studio doors. we're going to introduce you to local brothers who are my son has meningitis b. but how did we end up here?
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now to the countdown to the rio olympics. a group of u.s. olympians has agreed to undergo monitoring for potential zika virus exposure. researchers want to identify risk factors and find out where the virus persists in the body. also evaluate how long zika lasts in the system. testing kits will be provided and training on how to use those kits. we're going to be hearing a lot about u.s. track and field olympic trials this week. >> and that includes a couple of brothers from our area who are on the right track to the olympic glory. we have the story of how brotherly competition is inspiring them to join big. >> race to the front seat in the car. >> exactly. >> race to get in the shower first. >> reporter: not just track meets, even during free workouts. it can be go time for brothers noah and
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if we're like racing yet. so we just hold on, should i go? you know what, warm-up, warm-up. >> calm down, calm down. >> reporter: the lyle's brothers are just heating up the two are going after every record and the best part, is that it's possible. >> my goal is to break the world record. keep breaking it as many times as i can. >> reporter: you intend to become the fastest man on the planet? >> of course. i think that's everybody's dreams and everyone's strive. >> for the most part, noah is the best, being that he's a little older than me. i'm going to give him that, but you know, just wait a couple years. >> reporter: the brothers competition is the camaraderie and that has made all the difference. >> just like going through a dream together and not just, you know, like the running part, like the training part as well. you know, you know if i'm on the track and you have a
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workout, i'm on the ground hurt and noah says all right, sir, bro, get up, i'm always here for him and he's always here for me. >> i love their spirit. noah completed in the hundred meters but didn't advance. the other is recovering from a strained quad, he's going to be watching this summer. watch out world, they are setting their sights on 2020. while these youngsters may have the right idea when it comes to keeping cool, area pools and fountains are a fun way to keep the stress of the heat from getting to you and your family. amelia. we need that, and we need more of it. >> absolutely. look at our temperatures already, pat, near 90 degrees. 89 right now in the district. highs today in the low to mid-90s. high of 95. when you factor in the humidity, feeling more like 100 this afternoon. there is the chance for some late day thunderstorms, mainly south of town and southern maryland around fredericksburg in the northern neck. a better chance that you're
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see some heavier rain and maybe gusty winds with highs in the mid to upper 90s, mid-90s on saturday, but the humidity levels start to the go down during the day, sunday, spectacul spectacular, low humidity, plenty of sun, highs in the mid to upper 80s, ladies. >> thanks amelia. the first family of tennis might battle it out. serena williams won her match this morning and vee us in is on the court right now. if they both advance, they will go head to head in the final set for saturday. which would be the first time in seven years. love to see them play. >> all be watching that. who doesn't? and that's news 4 midday, thank you for watching thus morning. we're back on the air this afternoon first at 4:00. remember news and weather updates any time with the nbc washington app. kwooel see you as pat said this afternoon at 4:00, until then, have a great afternoon everyone, we'll see you also bright and early tomorrow. >> see ya.
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