night of protests and another day of mourning ahead as texas, minnesota, and louisiana continue to grieve. and with them so does the nation, so do many of you as we try to make sense of what unfolded in two deadly police shootings, and now the tragedy in texas. and on this saturday, july 9th, good morning to you. i'm david culver. >> i'm angie. following the two deadly shootings of black men this week and shooting deaths of five officers in dallas, texas. this was the scene just a few hours o

and baton rouge. >> we are working to get you caught up on all the latest overnight. first, we do want to start off on storm team 4 as we enter your fifth day of this heat wave. >> we got relief out of the way. starting off early on this saturday morning, we've got sun rise under way now and at dawn we have just a few clouds coming through. there's a live view from the storm team 4 national harbor camera, prince georges county. overlooking the capital wheel, see a breeze there streaking down this potomac river. it's a muggy morning. temperatures are hovering around 70. out of the mountains, it's comfortable this morning. down in the 60s most locations. western maryland, eastern and west virginia. close to washington, 70s. montgomery, mid 70s fairfax. near 80 in

upper 70s around the chesapeake bay. storm team radar, all clear. don't have any showers or storms anywhere for the mountains to the bay and the atlantic beaches starting off on this saturday morning. a look at your hour by hour forecast for the day ahead and the big changes on the way over the next ten days. that's coming up this next half hour. back to this protests across the country thousands took to the streets here in d.c. and many other major cities in response to the violent week. you're looking at the scene in baton rouge. that is where alton sterling appeared to be killed by a police officer on tuesday night. the video of his death sparking the viral reaction that sent shockwaves throughout the country. >> and his death is just one this week that is believed to have instigated the tragedy in dallas. president obama we're told cutting his trip to nd

the nato summit short. he's going to return here to washington tomorrow and visit dallas early next week. we're also learning more about the shooter. micah johnson, police believe he acted alone moving floor to floor while targeting white police officers from above. here's what we know so far about the 25-year-old. he was a veteran who left the army reserves in 2015. nine months after returning from afghanistan. police say he was a loner who had no criminal record but inside his home they found weapons, bullet proof vest, and bomb making materials. we've also learned johnson told a hostage negotiator he wanted to kill white officers after recent shootings of black men. meanwhile this morning we're also learning more about the lives micah johnson took. among the fallen a newlywed, veteran, and a grandfather. >> they were all assigned to cover what was a peaceful protest until this fateful shots raou

known as a cops cop. he received an award just for that from the dallas police association. smith was a father of two who volunteered at his catholic church and the ymca and worked with kids at risk. before joining the dallas police department back in 1989 he was a u.s. army ranger. >> angie, there was officer lauren aarons, served for 14 years, came to texas from the los angeles county sheriff's office. his colleagues say he was a big guy with an even bigger heart. >> 43-year-old brent thompson is the first d.a.r.t. officer to be killed in the line of duty. thompson served the rapid transit for seven years and had just gotten married two weeks ago. this to another transit officer. he also had six grandchildren and was a grandfather of three. >> michael krol loved basketball. in 2007 he moved to dallas to become a police officer because his home o

hiring. the 40-year-old had a girlfriend to whom he sent a message the night of the protest via text and told her everything was going peacefully. >> and this is patrick zamarippa, served in the navy, three tours in iraq before becoming an officer. his father says the 32-year-old would bend over backwards to help anybody and described him as a patient and giving person. his family rushed to the hospital when they heard about the shooting. >> met me and took me into a room and i just thought maybe we were -- he was in surgery or something. >> he was a father of a 2-year-old and stepfather to a 10-year-old. he joined the dallas police department five years ago and was recently assigned to the down attorney bicycle patrols. his father is calling to an end to the violence. >> all this hate has to stop. my son paid the ultimate price. i don't care if you're black, white, green, purple, it needs to sto we're all

>> and seven officers and two civilians were wounded in this attack. they are all expected to survive. in our coverage continues now as we take a look at the mood in dallas after a week full of tragedy. >> news4 is there this morning with the latest. >> reporter: anguish and unrest. a handful of dallas churches came together under one roof. >> i had two questions. where and when. ♪ looking at this sanctuary you would 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

what -- how to respond and how not to respond. >> reporter: the heaviest of the hearts saturates the room and questions of why and when does it stop are here. >> there's a hopelessness that have come over people in our communities, not just in dallas, nationally. >> reporter: demonstrations this week hands up in the church, tonight hands up, people trying to counter balance all they've seen on social media this week with something else, something more. the week's peaceful marches ending in peaceful prayer here, if only for a little while, tonight the tired got a chance to rest. dallas mayor mike rawlings saying he's pretty much done with press conferences for the weekend. now the focus shifts to the memorials of the fallen officers. we will of course be continuing our coverage from dallas over the next several hours. pl

today waas we continue our coverage. >> and for more on the tragedy in dallas, it continues this morning including the latest on the investigation under way and what may have sparked these attacks. the new details unfolding in the deadly police shootings of two black men. as you were following other headlines this morning including something a lot of athletes dream of, going to the olympics. but one just backed out over concerns about the zika virus. that story all new this morning. and 6:08. we do want to take a live look outside this morning. if you are just taking the dog out you're going to notice it's not as humid out there. storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein is back with a look of the when all that could change. ngod morni

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textbook arrival for the brand new soyuz spacecraft, docking confirmed at 11:01 p.m. central time. >> a russian soyuz separations craft has safely landed at the international space station. kate reubens is in the three-person crew. rubens plans to attend the first dna sequencing while in orbit. the crew will spend the next four months in space. doctors are reporting the fist death with the person infect we'd the zika virus here in the u.s. the salt lake city announced the person traveled to another country earlier this year where zika is spreading. the patient has deposited for the virus and died in late june. doctors do not know ifr

death. the person was elderly and had another underlying health condition. as the countdown to rio continues u.s. open champion dustin johnson saying, no thanks to the summer games. this morning we've learned he's withdrawn from the games because of concerns over the zika virus. it's costing golf three of the world's top four players for its return to the olympics after a 112-year absence. jordan speith is the only player from the top four who has not said whether or not he's going to brazil. and today you can get a look at the u.s. olympic equestrian riders in action before they head off to rio next month. the team will be competing at the land rover great meadow international in the plains, virginia. they built a $1 million arena for the event. it might be breakfast time but start thinking about dinner because it could be a night to eat out on the deck. storm team 4 meteorologist tom

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the four things to know for this weekend. hot and humid all throughout the day today. our afternoon heat index is going to be up around 100 degrees by mid afternoon. and then turns less humid tomorrow. gorgeous day on sunday. it will be a bit breezy tomorrow as well. a look at that and the big changes over the way the next ten days. that's coming up in just a few minutes. more now in the tragedy in texas. leaders there are paying tribute to the five police officers ambushed and killed thursday night during a peace march. the texas governor's mansion in austin right here lit up in blue last night in honor of the fallen officers. five officers were killed when mike xavier johnson opened fire. political response is pouring in after the police involved shootings in louisiana and minnesota and the tragedy in dallas. both presumptive presidential nominees reacting now to the killings. donald trump canceling his ts

condolences and calling the incident senseless violence. hillary clinton spoke with nbc's lester holt about how we can move the needle on race relations. >> i want white people to understand how african-americans feel every day. i want people to put themselves in the shoes of police officers and their families. >> nbc's chuck todd has a look now at what's to come and that's going to be tomorrow on "meet the press." >> you could argue it's easily the toughest week in america this year, between the shooting deaths by police officers against african-americans in louisiana, minnesota, and then the deaths and murders of five police officers in dallas. all within about a four-day period. we see now our politics and our nation wondering, are we hopelessly divided? we're going to tackle the topic of law enforcement, tackle the topic of polarization and racial politics, all on "meet the press" th

see you then. >> also on "meet the press" tomorrow a familiar face around the dc area, former dc police chief charles ramsey. he's going to weigh in on the violence around the country this week. you can watch right here tomorrow at 10:30 a.m. right after "news4 today." today if you plan to buy a gun at a show in virginia you may have to do a background check. it requires them to offer a voluntary criminal background check if a private seller requests one. before only federally licensed gun dealers could ask for one. the checks will take about three minutes and will cost $2. a northern virginia man charge with helping isis will turn 26 today. harris kumar was arrested on friday. he's accused of taking photographs of dc landmarks for what he thought would be a terrorist attack. according to court documents the fbi set up a sting operation in which kumar worked with a friend who was an informant. prosor

that person ideas of where to take pictures including the pentagon and other landmarks in arlington and dc. it took rescue crews from five different localities to try and rescue a teen from drowning in frederick county. officials confirmed 1-year-old of germantown died after he went under the water at nightingale beach in new market yesterday. he was swimming with friends when he became fatigued an disappeared. crews found him after a four-hour search. the investigation into his death is still ongoing. we're now hearing from the parents of a fairfax county teenager who lost part of his leg in a bizarre incident in central park in new york. 18-year-old conner golden was severely injured when he stepped on experimental explosives last sunday. his parents say conner's leg was amputated below the knee. now in good condition, in a statement released last night conner's parents thanked several folks for coming to his aid. they said, quote, their bra

of crisis may well have saved connor's life. nypd is still investigating the accident. well, today you can help the city of alexandria celebrate 267th birthday. that's a lot of candles. a huge celebration is planned at the park for this evening. people are invited to bring a picnic and chairs to the potomac water front. you can sit by the water and hear the sweet sounds of the alexandria symphony orchestra and other bands. >> we're all about celebrating with our children, our families, bringing multi-generations to the city. and we just come together as one on that day. >> the celebration gets under way at 5:00 p.m. this evening. a fireworks show is going to wrap up the night. that's at 9:30. and probably is going to be a good night for it. >> let's hope. we're, what, day five of this heat wave right now. people are going to be sweating a little bit. >> good news is this is going to be the end

we got another one coming a little farther down the road. i'll show you that here in a couple of minutes. right now though starting off, it's still humid. we've got warm and muggy conditions for the rest of this saturday morning. got some haze hanging in the air at dawn on this saturday. we're starting off with some clouds that have been cruising through from the west. so not much sunshine yet. there's a live view from our tower camera. and that's showing the capitol there sort of lost in a bit of the summer haze. we got it zoomed in on the capital. you can see the thick haze hanging in the air on this saturday morning. look at our temperatures. it's at 79. reagan national, upper 70s. out of the mountain, shenandoah valley, 60s. suburbs in the low to mid 70s starting off this saturday morning. storm team 4 radar, don't have any storms anywhere from the beaches to around the bay. we're all in the clear this morning. off to our west just a few clouds around but no rainy where around the

what to wear? you'll need your sunglasses until 8:30 p.m. short sleeves, shorts, you'll need the bug spray but put away the umbrella. will not need the umbrella today. and the storm team 4 hour by hour temperatures today by 8:00, 9:00 we'll be up around 80 degrees. mores of the region. by noontime, 80s. 90 by 1:00 or 2:00. and then in the afternoon hours your storm team 4 exclusive ten day outlook will be in the mid 90s. and then the lower humidity moves in overnight tonight. sunday a bit breezy tomorrow. we'll have afternoon highs in the upper 80s sunday afternoon. as we get into monday we'll be still not very humid. nice day, lots of sunshine. great beach and pool weather. we'll be in the upper 80s. upper 80s again on tuesday. but getting more humid on tuesday afternoon. so get into wednesday. chance of storms in the afternoon with highs near 90. then, yes, here comes another heat wave lingering all of the y

and next weekend, next saturday and sunday, might get storms around on sunday. and then hot again as we start off the following week. that's the way it looks. >> tom, thank you. 6:23. your time now on this saturday. changing minds and lives. how a basketball game hopes to give folks a different way to think about mental illness. and we have learned one winning ticket was sold in last night's mega millions drawing. so did you win? it's 6:23. prodders, shuckersers, and sniffers, all giant produce is triple checked. we're focusing on fresh... ...so you don't have to guess. my giant.

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depression. >> we are looking at how they are, through the game, changing minds. >> reporter: the crowd roared in delight as the two teams including several former college standouts battled up and down the court raising money for umatter, an organization that raises awareness of depression in teens and young adults. michael sweetney is the man who got them all here. his post from austin hill high school to greatness as georgetown to a ninth overall nba draft pick in 2003 to the new york knicks was derailed. he now realizes by untreated depression. >> it was a tough road. i struggled for five or six years in silence. the only person who knew was my wife. nobody really knew. i ended up gaining weight, getting depressed, i lost my nba career. >> reporter: enter sue rosenstock who lost her 16-year-old son evan who played basketball at potomac's winston churchill high school to suicide in 2013. his death

umttr. you had to know a charity basketball game was coming, right? >> the whole idea of what mike sweetney and i were hoping to accomplish was to be able to reach the segment of the audience anywhere from 12 to 24 who may be suffering and are not ready to show it, may not know the signs. >> reporter: both sweetney and rosenstock bring very strong support into this game, into this effort and they say combining those two is only going to make them stronger. in northwest, jackie bensen, news4. 6:28 on this saturday. we are learning more about the five officers killed in dallas. we're going have the latest on the tragedy unfolding there as well as the two other things that may have sparked it all. keeping a close eye on the weather for you as we enter the fifth day of this heat wave when things could start

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now in this half hour new information continues to come in out of dallas where the city along with the country continues to sit in shock after 12 officers were shot, five of them killed. >> the tragedy there sparked by the shooting death of two black

and we're learning more about those incidents and investigations into their deaths get under way. >> the men's deaths have prompting protests across the country including here at home. the message marchers hope to get across. >> protests continue in louisiana and minnesota over the deaths of philando castile and alton sterling. >> good morning, everyone. the time is 6:32. i'm angie goff. >> we welcome you back to "news4 today." we're going to get you up to speed but first we do want to begin with the current temperatures. look at your screen right there. in the mid 70s in some spots. only going to get warmer. >> that's right. it's going to get muggy. we want to get right to storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein with more on possible relief. >> it's a muggy

washington. at our nearby suburbs low to mid 70s we got a few clouds floating through but you're going to notice the humidity when you step out the door about the walk the dog this morning, maybe get in an early morning run. there's a live view from the storm team 4 dulles camera overlooking dulles airport. you can see the tower in the distance. and there's haze in the air. the bull run mountain there's in the horizon. that summer haze is going to be with us here through the morning hours as temperatures are in the 60s now. shenandoah valley in the mountains. beautiful there in and around the bay. great day for water sports and beaches and pools. we don't have any rain, no storms anywhere from the mountains to the bay and the atlantic beaches off to a dry start on this saturday morning. and the temperatures that are hovering in the 70s now are going to be gradually climbing as we get into the rest of the day as we look at your hourly temperatures today. by 9:00 we'll be in the low 80s. then by noontime mid 80s getting into the upper 80s to near

you're going to notice the humidity though beginning to drop by late afternoon. we'll look at that, a look at your sunday, and big changes on the way over the next ten days. that's coming up this half hour. >> tom, we will check in with you then. right now, the latest out of dallas where five police officers were killed thursday night. we've learned president obama will now cut his trip to poland in the nato summit short and return here to washington tomorrow and visit dallas early next week. new information also coming out about the shooter, micah johnson. police believe he acted alone moving floor to floor while targeting white police officers from above. hundreds turned out for a peaceful protest here at home. >> no justice, no peace. >> black lives matter demonstrators walked to the police department to the white house. while they condemned the killings of the dallas police officers they don't want it to overshadow the

and alton sterling. >> there has to be a stop to all of it sooner or later. >> many of the protesters thanking the d.c. police and secret service helping them exercise their first amendment right. two civilians also hurt in the dallas sniper shootings. one of those civilians was 37-year-old shetamia taylor who threw herself over her four sons to protect them when those shots were ringing out. none of her children were hurt. she's now recovering from a shattered leg. the sniper in the dallas shooting told police he was angry about the recent deaths of two black men in minnesota and louisiana. nbc's blake mccoy is following the investigation in both of those states. >> reporter: the faces of two black men, both killed by police, both deaths captured on video for the world to see. >> he shot four bull lites into him, sir. he was just getting his license and registration, sir. >> reporter: in minnesota today

friend. >> reporter: protesters continue to gather around the governor's mansion while the county attorney is promising a prompt and thorough investigation into the death of philando castile. >> i assure you that we will prosecute this case to the fullest extent of the law. >> reporter: the officer who shot castile during a traffic stop wednesday is identified as jeronimo yanez, a four-year veteran of the force currently on paid leave. minnesota's governor today defending his belief the shooting was racially motivated despite outcry from law enforcement. >> do you stand by those remarks? >> i said them. i'll stand by what i said yesterday based on the information i had. >> reporter: meanwhile in baton rouge, memorials and vigils continue for alston sterling, shot tuesday outside a convenience store with struggle with police. families from both men reacting today from the news coming out of dallas. >> hurt people hurt other people. it's not right, it's

justifiable, and it's not acceptable. this did not start with you guys. it did not start with me. and it will not end with us. >> i just dropped to my knees and i said, lord, this is -- this is ridiculous. my heart goes to everyone in dallas. >> reporter: today the mother of another young black man killed by police, michael brown, offed her thoughts in a "new york times" op-ed. death isn't pretty for anyone, but what these families now face is the horror of seeing their loved one die over and over, in public, in such a violent way. she goes on to say, so many told me, i am so sorry for your loss. after a while, all the sorries bled together and at the end of it nothing changed. >> well, there are many people returning to their faith for answers in the wake of this week's tragedies. last night hundreds of teens, parents, and police officers gathered to pray for peace. >> that was at the first

church of glen arden. >> one of the biggest things hurting me now is hearing young people say i always wanted to be a police officer but now i'm afraid to. >> to lose any officer is something that we feel in the same way that people feel when they lose an aunt or uncle or brother or sister. >> chief says as soon as word of the dallas police shootings spread he hit the streets to talk with his officers. >> our coverage of the tragedy in dallas continues this morning, including the way it all came to an end. why the robot used to kill the suspect is now opening an ethical debate. a metro train operator fired and wait until you hear why. the near misses that could have risked passengers' safety. take a look at this. current temperatures this morning where some of you are waking up close to 80. before 7:00 already, too. but will the humidity start rising along with the mercury? storm team 4 meteorologist tom

fired. metro's general manager said the operator showed a blatant disregard for safety when the operator put the train on the same track as oncoming trains causing a near miss. this happened last tuesday. metro says that two track inspectors were almost hit because of this. expect a faster commute on vre trains once the atlantic gateway project gets finished. the proposal will mean that scx trains will no longer have the right of way which slows down vre. governor topped in alexandria yesterday to talk the i-95 project. a team ofs astronomers discovered a planet unlike any other. artist animation of the planet

this is going to take you a while to get there. 340 light years from earth. the planet has the widest known orbit within a multi-star system. for some it may remind them of luke skywalker's home planet which had two suns in the sky. >> can you imagine the humidity with three suns? >> i know. we're dealing with just one and we're feeling it. >> holy molly. just as the end comes to this heat wave, another is on the way. >> when can we see the heat and humidity return? we'll find out when we check back in with storm team 4 meteorologist to m

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good morning. i'm storm team 4 meteorologist tom keernen. starting off this saturday morning, it's warm and muggy. there's a live view. storm team 4 prince george's county overlooking national harbor. it's showing haze in the air. you're four things to know for this second weekend in july. a hot and humid saturday afternoon. temperatures up in the mid 90s. and we'll have though some lower humidity beginning to move in after we have that heat index near 100. this afternoon that low humidity arrives this evening. and that is going to be in place during the day on sunday. so a very nice day tomorrow with a bit of a northwest breeze, too. winds gusting to 20 miles an hour with low humidity during the day on sunday. a look at when our next heat

humidity returns with a storm team 4 exclusive ten-day outlook. that's coming up in just a few minutes. >> all right we will eyou then. police ended the deadly siege on dallas, texas, thursday night using a robot with a bomb to kill the ambush suspect. nbc's tom costello reports, this appears to be the first. >> reporter: with five officers dead, 14 people injured, and unable to get a clean shot, dallas police turn to overseas battlefield tactics to take out the gunmen. using a robot to deliver, then detonate an explosive. >> other options would have exposed our officers to grave danger. >> reporter: in recent years s.w.a.t. teams have come to rely on robots sent in with cameras to locate a gunman to inspect explosives. now for the first time delivering and detonating a bomb. scott reese spent 30 years with the lapd, ten years on s.w.a.t. >> i think it was very

i think it was very innovated and made the correct decision. >> reporter: delivering a bomb was not in the original intent. robots have been around for decades but the battles in iraq and afghanistan necessitated a far more robust and capable product. now bomb swauds and police departments around the country are using this technology every day. outside of washington a montgomery county, maryland, bomb squad has a small fleet of remotely operated robots. >> this is our largest robot. basically a front end loadser. >> reporter: from very big to very small, equipped with cameras, microphone, climbing track, claw, whatever is needed. >> everything a human can do they can do. they have different kinds of collapses and everything they can pick up, pick up a small beaker of unstable chemicals. >> reporter: and in dallas to take out a cop killer. the question for s.w.a.t. teams nationwide tonight is whether dallas marks a watershed moment in police tactics. tom

washington. a man from d.c. charged with i'm persons nating a top aide to civil rights icon john lewis. the news4 i-team show that jarrett lewis claimed to be the congressman's chief of staff. lewis used the status to score all kinds of perks including field passes to redskins games, the scheme lasted from 2014 to 2015 and now the man is facing three years in prison. in reality jarrett lewis works for a non-profit housing organization in the district and his lawyer has not responded to our requests for a comment. 6:48. your time on this saturday. tom kierein joining us here. it's been a hot stretch for the past five days or so. some relief coming though? >> this is the time of year i call high summer here in washington. that's the highest temperatures of the year. typically as we get into mid july that's when it happens. and right on time we had one heat wave, this one coming to an

then we're going to get a break for a few days. then another heat wave on the way. after that as we get toward the middle of july typical heat and humidity building. look at that haze in the air. that's a live view from the storm team 4 tower camera from upper northwest washington. we're zoomed in on the capitol there. you can see that summer haze that is hanging in the air on this saturday morning. so warm and muggy start. temperatures right now, pleasant in the shenandoah. in the mountains, low to mid 60s. around the nearby suburbs northern virginia and maryland we're generally in the low to mid 70s. around the chesapeake bay, beautiful morning there. some clouds passing over. temperatures around the bay in the upper 70s. storm team 4 radar don't have any storms anywhere in the vicinity. all in the clear. don't have any rainy where from the mountains all of the way to the atlantic beaches. now for the day ahead your planner, what to wear today, you will need your

8:30 we'll have that sun in and out. comfortable in short sleeves and shorts and bug spray. you won't need the umbrella. no storms around anywhere throughout the day today. here's your saturday planner. by 10:00 this morning we'll be in the low agen 80s. notice the humidity still in the air. 2:00, increasing sunshine. climb in the low 90s. mid 90s by 4:00. by 6:00, 90 degrees. clearing sky. and then a lower humidity starts to move in. by this evening you're going to notice that. we'll be back down to the upp upper -- upper 70s and low 80s by 10:00 tonight. during the day tomorrow, we'll be in the upper 80s with low humidity in place. we'll have our temperatures in the upper 80s and near 90 again on monday but still not very humid. and then another heat wave. humidity starts building back in on tuesday. then the heat builds as well. wednesday all of the way into

we'll have our temperatures generally in the mid 90s each day. storms may not come until wednesday. and next weekend might get a few storms around on sunday. that's the way it looks. okay, ready? whoa! [ explosion ] nothing should get in the way of the things you love. ♪ get america's fastest internet. only from xfinity.

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back to the tragedy in dallas. sadly these tragedies have become commonplace. >> the question is how or when

here's nbc's harry smith. actually we want to go to a report by shomari stone who has more on the peaceful protests that continued as the nation continues to mourn. >> no justice, no peace. >> black lives matter. >> save my life. >> what do we want? >> justice. >> too much violence going on. too much senseless killing. >> reporter: melvin worries about his granddaughter. >> what's going through your mind? >> somebody might kill her one day because she's black. >> reporter: he allows her to witness history outside the white house as hundreds protest the two separate police-involved shooting deaths of philando castile in.society a and alston sterling in baton rouge. >> very fortunate we're here today that we got a chance to see how people react, not going to put up with the same kind of stuff continuously. >> reporter: the multicultural crowd demonstrates what they describe as police brutality.

the loss of the five officers in dallas, four of which are dallas police officers. one d.a.r.t. officer. marched outside the department of justice building to the white house. some protesters belong to the black lives matter movement but they say that does not mean that only black lives matter. >> can't do violence to replace violence. there has to be a stop to all of it sooner or later. >> shomari stone with that report there covering the peaceful protests in washington. as we've been looking at some live images out of dallas this morning where erika gonzales is. follow her on twitter, too. she has roots in dallas, in the texas area. she's covering on the ground. she arrived late yesterday and brought us coverage from that region. >> she does low the landscape very well. this as we continue to learn more about the victims. we know that 12 individuals were wounded, five of the officers were shot and killed. we're learning that some of these ivi

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night of protests and another day of mourning ahead as texas, minnesota, and louisiana continue to grieve. >> and with them so does nation, so do many of you as we try to make sense of what unfolded in two deadly police shootings and now the tragedy in dallas, texas. >> and we do begin this morning with a live look at dallas as the sun is beginning to come up over that city. a city that is in mourning on this saturday. >> and we know that the mayor and the dallas police chief not expected to make any more statements, at least this weekend, for now. but that doesn't mean we won't continue to follow significant developments in this developing story. >> shift is now focusing to the memorials and funeral services. but on this saturday, july 9th, we do welcome you to "news4 today." i'm david culver. >> i'm angie goff. we start with the protests across the country following the two deadly shootings of black men this week. and the shooting deaths of fi

this is a scene just a few hours ago in polices like phoenix, atlanta, and baton rouge. >> we promised to keep you up to date on the very latest developments coming out from overnight including the live report we'll bring you in a moment but we do want to begin here at home with storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein track what is the fitth day of this heat wave but the end is in sight, right, tom? >> we're going the get a break from the high humidity by late tonight and into tomorrow. but between now and then here comes another hot and humid day on this saturday. the second saturday in july dawning with some clouds floating through. that's a live view from the storm team 4 tower camera looking off to the north and west from upper northwest washington. those towers there in tinley town and in friendship heights and montgomery county in the middle, up in the horizon where the sky is clearing out nicely and the temperatures there are in the low 70s.