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deductions on ragan smith's floor exercise, 14.5. that is not how it felt in the building. gabby douglas is pacing back and forth. she is on the balance beam. gabby can make some progress. she wants to keep things heading in the right direction with her new main coach. >> pretty good night for gabby. she can be a little bit better just about everywhere. but this is a routine. this really separates athletes, being able to be right there. she is supposed to connect that into a leap. she second guesses herself.

back flip with a full twist. that was awesome. another opportunity here to connect. >> a little bit off on all of these connections. >> of all skills in the entire routine that was the easiest sk

>> obviously a deduction, a full point off. the dismount, combination. >> heading towards the finish line here, not time for andrea joyce's post night interviews but they will be available shortly at nbcolympics.com. there are certainly things that happened tonight that you want to know what the reaction to that is.

>> a simple full turn. it is require today do one of these in your routine, but just wow. >> what do you think happened there? >> to be honest i'm not quite sure. yes, she was off a little bit. her back heel dropped below the beam. this is something that every coach tells you to do no matter what try to save it. don't fall off the beam. fight for every single thing you have. >> during the replay that we were watching coach tried. >> he can try but that does not make it feel any better. >> nothing can take

>> absolutely. we said at the top of the show that, you know, she is virtually a lock for the olympic team. but mistakes like that could make her unlocked. >> i am not used to saying 13.7 after gabby douglas's name at all. here are the final standings after night one. simone biles continues to be the best there is. laurie hernandez and aly raisman. gabby douglas drops down to seventh place, 3.3 points back. so costly for some. a rising night for others. sunday night it all concludes here on nbc when the women's gymnastics trials conclude and we find out who will represent team usa in rio. tomorrow night

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♪ ♪ castile. now at 11:00, the healing begins in dallas, 24 hours after he learned a sniper was taking aim at police officers in an otherwise peaceful protest. >> tonight, demonstrators are still marching in solidarity in two communities rocked by police shootings caught on

leaders tonight trying to make sense of a difficult and painful week. the suspect is dead. now we can move on to healing. that's what the mayor of dallas said tonight, 24 hours after the worst attack on american police officers in recent memory. >> the governor of texas called it an act of cowardice by an assass assassin. president obama is cutting husband trip to poland short. he'll return to washington on sunday and visit dallas early next week. >> we're also learning more about micah johnson. they think he acted alone, moving between elevated positions and targeting white police officers from above. we know the names of four of those five officers who were killed, one was recently marry. >> we've got team coverage tonight from dallas and here in washington. let's start with the

nbc's jay gray. there is an erie silence in downtown dallas tonight. just over 24 hours after this chaos and carnage. five officers shot and killed, even more wounded by a sniper targeting police from an elevated perch downtown. >> this was a mobile shooter that had written manifestos on how to shoot and move, shoot and move and he did that. >> investigators now say that man, 25-year-old mie ka xavier johnson was the lone gunman during the killing spree. he was cornered in a parking garage and eventually killed by s.w.a.t., officers detonated a controlled explosive, the first time it had ever been done in the u.s. >> it seems as though the sole suspect has received his justice. and what will be

ensure that there are no other potential coconspirators. >> police detained three people but have not said what if any role they played if the attack. the shots rang out at the end of a peaceful protest. hundreds caught many the cross fire. >> i couldn't tell where it was coming from, what building. all i was people running different ways. >> the center of the city remains locked down right now, investigators searching for evidence and answers while dallas and the nation search for strength. >> texas is a tough state. but just like we have yofr come so many challenges in the past, we'll over come this challenge with the future being better than the past. >> this now includes the most deadlytt

9/11. jay gray, nbc news dallas. several faith communities came together in dallas tonight to try to start the healing process. >> news4's erica gonzalez went to one gathering and said this friday night looks a lot like a sunday morning. sounds like it was packed. >> reporter: yeah, chris, people here in dallas tired of seeing the flashing lights, tired of hearing the gun shots. tonight they're looking for hope. ♪ anguish and unrest. ♪ a handful of dallas churches came together under one roof. >> i had two questions, where and when. ♪

>> reporter: looking at this sang rare, you'd think it were a sunday morning. but it's not. on a friday night in dallas, texas, people are here together. >> i think we need some type of closure and some type of answer and some type of direction as to what -- how to respond and how not to respond. >> the heaviness of hart satch rates the room and questions of why and when does it stop brought here. >> there's a hopelessness that has come over people in our communities, not just in dallas, nationally. >> reporter: in demonstration this week, hands up in the church tonight, hands up. people trying to counter balance all that they've seen on social media this week with something else, something more. the week's peaceful marches ending in peaceful prayer here and if only for a little while tonight the tired had a chance to

dallas mayor mike rawlings saying that he's done with press conferences for the weekend. now the focus shifts to the memorial for the fallen officers. live in downtown dallas tonight, back to you. >> thank you, raerica. tonight, outside police headquarters in fairfax county, officers posed behind a sign they made for the community in dallas, fairfax stands with you. people here in d.c. are leaving flowers at notes at the national law enforcement memorial. on the walls of the monument are the names of more than 20,000 officers who have been killed in the line of duty. earlier today d.c. police and district leaders held a wreath laying ceremony. we're getting more reaction to the deadly shootings that sparked that

sterling died tuesday after a police officer shot him outside a convenience store in baton rouge. we don't know what led up to it but police say they responded to a complaint about a man threatening people with a gun. and in minnesota the medical examiner has ruled casteel's death a homicide. an officer shot him during a traffic shot on thursday. kas tooel's girlfriend said t@0 officer shot castile and she was reaching for his id and they had just told that officer that castile had a gun and a permit to carry. protests over the shootings continued across the country today and tonight. the largest one in atlanta where thousands 0 people marched peacefully downtown, brought traffic to a downstill. there was also another peaceful rally here in d.c.

that they condemn what happened in dallas. they mourn over the lives of the five officers but they say they will not allow it to overshadow the recent police-involved shooting. >> no justice, no peace! >> save my life! >> what do we want? justice. >> there's too much violence going on, too much senseless killer. >> this man worries about his granddaughterer. what's going through your mind? >> that someone might kill her one day because she's black. >> hundreds protest the two separate police-involved shooting deaths. >> very fortunate that we're here that she got a chance to see how people react. not going to put up with the same thing continuously overand over again. >> they demonstrate against what they describe as police

a lot of folks tell me they're mourning the life of the five officers in dallas. they marched from outside the department of justice building to the white house. some of these protesters belong to the black lives matter movement but they say that does mott mean that only black lives matter. >> can't do violence and replace violence. has to be a stop to all of it sooner or later. >> reporter: and tonight many of the protesters tell me they thank d.c. police and secret service for helping them exercise their first amendment right. live here outthe white house house, news4. the violence we've seen this week is difficult to take in and understand. that's why some are turning to their faith for answers. tonight hundreds of teens, parents and police officers met at the first baptist church of glen ardon to pray for peace. >> one of the things that's hurting me is hearing young people say i've always waed

be a police officer but now i'm afraid to. >> the lose any officer is something that we feel in the same way when people lose an aunt or uncle, brother or sister. >> the police chief said that as soon as the word of the dallas police shooting spread, he hit the streets to talk to his officers. earlier tonight i did a facebook live conversation with a retired d.c. homicide detective. dewayne stanton is an army veteran and security expert and we talked about some ways to build bridges between mifpolice officers and the community they serve. >> i would like to see them bring more young people in, do what we're doing now, dialoguing so they can understand why some of the police officers do some of the things they do. >> you can turn on breaking news alerts on the nbc washington app and like us on facebook. we'll be following up on the tragedy in dallas throughout the weekend. the forecast now, our heat wave is going to co

but doug says we've got some changes coming this weekend. >> i hope so. >> yeah, we all do, even though we're going to hit the 90s tomorrow and maybe into sunday and monday. humidity is going to come down big time but not quite yet. what we saw today, 90 degrees. so we just barely hit the 90 degrees mark before we saw the thunderstorms roll through. that cooled the temperatures down. we were around 80 this afternoon. 93 in fredericksburg, another hot humid day. no rain now. all of the rain we saw earlier is out of the picture. coming up, one more hot one, temperatures into the 90s. still muggy tomorrow but not as humid tomorrow evening. great weather in store but then we're tracking another possibly longer heat wave. >> thanks, doug. after everything that's happened this week, this story feels like it happened a month ago. but it was just last sunday when a teenager from fairfax county stepped on a

tonight we're getting a new statement from his parents. a local man accused of using civil rights icon john lewis's name for perks including redskins field passes. and a charity game i s

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police are investigating a deadly house fire in prince william county. chopper 4 flew over the scene in ma nas says park. and when the firefighters got tl the this morning, smoke and fire were pouring out of the second floor. ve

inside and have looking at how the fire started. new at 11:00, for the first time we're hearing from the parents of a fairfax teenager who lost part of his leg. 18-year-old connor golden was severely injured when he stepped on interment tall explosives on sunday. his leg was amputated below the leg. connors parents have thanked several people for coming to his aid. their bravery and clear headedness may well have saved connor's life. nypd is still investigating that accident. a man from d.c. has been charged with impersonating a top aid to civil rights icon john lewis. the i team obtained court documents that claimed that jared claims to be his chief of staff, using that to score all kinds of perks. the scheme lasted f

through 2015 and now he's facing three years in prison. in reality, jared lewis works for a nonprofit housing organization in d.c. hisawyer has not responded to our request for comment. a unique charity basketball game was held in the district tonight. the driving forces behind it were a potomac maryland mother who lost a basketball loving son to suicide and a former georgetown great whose nba career was derailed by depression. jackie benson shows us how they're changing minds. >> the crowd roared in delight as the two teams, including several former college stand joits, battled up and down the court raising money for you matter. an organization that raises awareness of depression in teens and young adults. michael sweet any is the man who got them all here. his path from austin hill high school to greatness, 9th overall nba

knicks was derailed. >> i struggled for five or six years. the only person that knew was my wife. nobody knew. i ended up gaining weight, getting depressed and i lost my nba career. >> enter sue her lost her 16-year-old son to suicide. his death led to the creation of you matter, a mutual friend introduced sweet any and and rosen stock and you had to know that a charity basketball game was coming. >> we were hoping to be able to reach the segment of the aug audience, anywhere from 12 to 24 who may be suffering and may not be ready to show it, may not know the signs. >> well seat any and rosen stock bring strong support systems into this game. and

going to make them stronger. jackie benson, news4. >> that's great. and that organization you matter has done some terrific work in the schools. >> great to see that much honesty about the topic as well. so your weekend is underway, doug, and some of it is going to be better than the rest. >> their weekend is underway. we still have 12, 14 minutes. >> almost. >> i think it's going to be a really nice weekend. as hot as it's been, you're going to notice a difference 1:00, 2:00 tomorrow afternoon. the humidity will go down. take a look out there. a muggy night across the area. as a matter of fact we're still sitting at 80 degrees at this hour after a high temperature of 90. winds out of the south. we want the wind to switch out of the north giving us some drier air. i think we'll get that tomorrow. current temperature 76 were ma nas says

whole lot tonight. we're not going to see a whole lot of cooling. no rain to talk about. we saw some thunderstorms earlier today, that coming with a storm system that moved through. you could see some of those as they moved on through the region, starting to the north an west moving right through d.c. we went from 90 down to 80 degrees and then back to 88 before the daytime heating was all said and done and now we have mid to high level clouds, these clouds coming from big storms down toward the south, the carolinas. this is the relief. where is the air coming from? canada. we love canada this time of year. january we don't like canada. but canada great the time of year because it's going to give us dry air late tomorrow into the day on sunday. enjoy that. tomorrow's forecast, still hot tomorrow, 94, still muggy early but then not as humid tomorrow evening. i think you're going to notice a difference. if you're getting dinner outsides tomorrow, it's going t

warmer down to the south. a little cooler to the north because the front will come through a little sooner. only chance of a shower or storm close to the chesapeake bay tomorrow. tomorrow's impact, i've got you on the low side. we're on the green for sure. the reason being, well, once again still hot but lower humidity late in the afternoon and becoming a little breezy. a great evening all the way around. and then take a look at the next couple of days here. sunday high temperature of 89, breezy on sunday, very nice, low humidity on monday, high of 89. open then we go back into the 90s during how many days in a row? >> seven. >> all right. she remembers. 6:00 news we talked about it, tuesday all the way through next monday i've got in the 90s, may even prolong that. and we've got a few days that are not just around 90 but maybe 95. three of the seven at 95 degrees. some of the computer ls

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to see stephen strauszburg back on the mound. he didn't allow a hit. tonight he followed up with another unhittable performance against the mets looking to become the first pitcher to start a season 12-0 since at least 1913. the game delayed 37 minutes due to rain. strauszburg bringing the thunder and the lightning. four more innings of untouchable baseball. that marked over ten straight innings without giving up a single hit. nine strikeouts for strausburg tonight. one run off of two hits for seven innings. making history in the process. the offense provided by clint robinson, his fifth home run of the year. in the third, nationals all stars, daniel murphy continues to tear rise former team, an rbi double to center. nationals win it 3-1. the oriels honoring the 50th

championship team tonight in baltimore as they start their series with the angels. baltimore starter having another outing to forget. takes it deep, just a single but a run scores, 1-0 angels. in the second, baltimore down 2-1, giving up the single. he gave up five runs in two innings. his replacement, mike wright doesn't do much better. giving up four runs in just over four innings of work. the oriels fall 9-5. the wizards start their summer league swar ray tomorrow in las vegas. that's sha rel eddy who was wiped out in a few spots last season. the how he performs in the summer league may determine if he's back. and this guy last year's second round pick, aaron white played overseas after being drafted.

developed enough to make the roster. all right. olympic track and field qualifying. t.c. williams, high school graduate continues to impress. see the guy in front, the fastest one? 20.26 seconds, good enough for first in this heat and moves one race away from reaching the olympics. he clear 7 feet and a quarter inch. catch the finals right here on nbc this saturday and sunday, look to see now what laos. a lot of local heros this year. >> so exciting. >> we were just talking about how the trials run right up to the games almost.