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.

around 70 degrees. out of the mountains. generally in the 60s. around the metro area nearby suburbs, montgomery, prince george's, fairfax counties, mid and upper 70s. beautiful morning around the bay as well. low to mid 70s. it's rather muggy. and the storm team 4 radar scanning our sky don't have any showers, any storms anywhere from the mountains to the bay and the atlantic beach is off to a dry start this morning. a look at our next chance of storm and another heat wave on the way coming up this half hour. it's 7:01. back to the 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 are looking at the scene in baton rouge. that is where alton sterling appeared to be killed by a police officer tuesday night. the video of his death sparking viral reaction that sent shockwaves throughout the

country. >> his death is just one this week that is believed to have led up to the tragedy in dallas. that's where five police officers were killed thursday night. here's what we know this morning. president obama is now cutting his trip to poland and the nato summit short. he's going to return here to washington tomorrow and is expected to visit dallas early next week. we're also learning more about the shooter. micah johnson, police believe he acted alone moving from floor to floor targeting white police officers from above. >> and we want to get right to the very latest out of dallas. sarah is live at the scene. good morning, sarah. >> reporter: good morning to you both. and as you mentioned, that gunman, 25-year-old micah xavier johnson, police are telling us he acted alone but you may remember it was initially thought his gunfire was mistaken for snipers which is why police are now calling him a mobile shooter. today we're learning a little bit more about him. while he was killed by a police detonated bomb we'

war in afghanistan and he had a serious grudge against cops and white people. right now most of downtown dallas is still shut down while police still search for evidence. police here are calling it a well-planned attack. taking the lives of five officers and wounding seven more including two civilians. police say that he had a written manifestos on how to shoot and move and he did just that. he wreaked chaos in what started out as a peaceful protest, shooting -- protesting the deaths of black men in minnesota and louisiana. now again, downtown dallas is shut down as investigators look for evidence. the president is expected to be here next week to meet with the governor as well as victims. live in dallas, back to you. >> thank you. meanwhile this morning we're also learn more about the lives that micah johnson took. the five police officers. among the fallen, newlywed, veteran, and grandfather. >> they were all assigned to co w

protest until the fateful shots rang out. 55-year-old michael smith was known as a cops cop. he even 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. >> officer lorne ahrens served on the dallas police department for 14 years. he 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 a first d.a.r.t. officer to be killed in the line of duty. thompson served the dallas area rapid transit for seven years and had just gotten married two weeks ago to another transit officer. he also had six grown children and was a grandfather of three. >> michael krol loved basketball and known for helping others.

become a police officer because his hometown of detroit wasn't hiring. the 40-year-old had a girlfriend to whom he sent a text the night of the protests and told her, everything was going peacefully. >> 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 to a room and i just thought maybe we were, you know, he was in surgery or something. >> zamarippa was the father of a 2-year-old a stepfather to 10-year-old. he joined the dallas police department five years ago and recently assigned to the downtown bicycle patrols. his father is calling for an end to the violence. >> all this hate has to stop. my son paid the ultimate price. i don't care if you're bla

to stop. we're all god's children. >> seven officers and two civilians were wounded in this attack. they are all expected to survive. > our coverage continues now as we take a look at the mood in dallas after a week full of tragedy. >> news4's erika gonzales knows the dallas area well and she's there with the latest. >> reporter: anguish and unrest. ♪ a handful of dallas churches came together under one roof. >> i had two questions, where and when. ♪ >> reporter: 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

closure and some type of answer and some type of direction as to 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 brought here. >> there's a hopelessness that has 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 that they've seen on social media this week with something else, something more. the week's peaceful march is ending in peace nul prayer here and 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 be continuing our coverage from

several hours. please keep it here on "news4 today" as we continue our coverage. i'm erika gonzalez, back to you. we do continue to cover this story out of texas this morning. including the very latest on the investigations under way and what may have sparked the attacks. the new details unfolding in the deadly police shootings of two black men. >> we are also keeps tabs of the other top stories i colluding the olympics. but one just backed out over concerns over the zika virus. that store all new this morning. let's go ahead and open up the door and take a live look outside. if you're getting up having breakfast and you're opening the window, you're going to notice it's not as humid as it's been starting off the day right now. but storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein is back with a look at when everything can change. stay with us.

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good morning. i'm storm team 4 meteorologist stop kierein. it's a rather warm and

start. live view from our tou wower ca. four things to know this weekend on a hot and humid saturday. heat index by mid afternoon is up around 100 degrees as the temperatures hover in the mid 90s. feels like temperature will be getting dangerously hot, up here 100. then low humidity will be moving in during the day tomorrow. in fact, it will begin to arrive by late this evening and you'll notice much more comfortable weather in place during the day on sunday. a little bit breezy, too, tomorrow. we'll have winds gusting up to around 20 miles an hour on sunday afternoon. look at what our next heat wave arrives and our next chance of storms coming up in a few minutes. tom, thanks. more now on the tragedy in texas. the leaders are paying tribute to the five police officers ambushed and killed thursday night during a peace march. the texas governor's mansion in austin here lit up in blue last night in honor of those officers. five officers were killed when micah xavier johnson

police involved shootings in louisiana and minnesota earlier this week. >> angie, political response is pouring in after those police involved shootings as you mentioned in louisiana, minnesota, and the tragedy in dallas. both presumptive presidential nominees reacting now to the killings. donald trump canceling his events yesterday tweeting his condolences and calling the incidents senseless violence. hillary clinton spoke with nbc's lester holt about howie 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. >> here's nbc's chuck todd now with a look at what's to come tomorrow on "meet the press." >> you can 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

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 this topic, we're going to tackle the topic of law enforcement, tackle the topic of polarization and racial politics all on "meet the press" this sunday. see you then. >> also on "meet the press" tomorrow former d.c. police chief charles ramsey. he's going to weigh in on the violence around the country this week. watch "meet the press" right here at 10:30 a.m. after "news4 today." if you plan to buy a gun at a show in virginia you may have to do a background check. virginia's new law requires virginia state police 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

turn 26 today. harris komar of burke was arrested on friday accuse 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 komar worked with a friend who was an informant. prosecutors say komar gave that person ideas of where to take photos including pentagon and other landmarks in arlington and dc. it took rescue crews five different localities to rescue a team from drowning in frederick county. 18-year-old andrew of germantown died after he went under water at nightingale beach in newmarket yesterday swimming with friends when he became fatigued, went under the water and they couldn't find him. four hour later crews locate him. we know the investigation there is still ongoing. we're now hearing from the parents of a fair tax teenager who lost part ofs;k his leg in t was a bizarre

18-year-old connor golden was severe severe injured when he stepped on experimental explosives last sunday. his parents say connor's leg was amputated below the knee. in a statement released last night connor's parents thanking several folks saying, quote, their bravery and clear-headedness in a moment of crisis may well have saved connor's life. the nypd is still investigate that accident. it is 7:20 right now. and you can help the city of alexandria celebrat its 267th birthday today. a huge acceleration is planned at oronoco bay park this evening. people are invited to bring a picnic and chairs to the potomac water front. there you can sit by the water and hear the sweet sounds of the alexandria symphony, orchestra, and other local bands. >> we're all about celebrating with our children, our families, bringing multi-generations to the city. and we just come

on that day. >> well, the celebration gets under way around 5:00 this evening and then a fireworks show is going to cap off the night at 9:30. so if you missed them during the fourth of july here's your chance. >> hopefully the sky will be a little bit clearer than it was the night of the fourth. >> a beautiful night, too. nothing like hearing a symphony playing outdoors in the summertime. just wonderful weather for that because we'll have somewhat more lower humidity coming in, more comfortable weather for this evening. between now and then, hot and humid saturday on the way. good morning, starting off with haze hanging in the air. there's beaumont mountain behind dulles airport, live view from our camera overlooking dulles airport on this saturday morning. and that haze with the humidity hanging in the air. it's going to be a mild and muggy morning as temperatures are hov verge around 70. shenandoah valley in the 60s around the mountains. upper 70s around the chesapeake bay as well. storm team 4 radar not showing any

in the vicinity from the beaches to the bay. metro area all of the way to the mountains, a dry start this morning. and what to wear today, well, you'll need your sunglasses all of the way until sunset today. short sleeves, shorts, have the bug spray handy as well. you won't need the umbrella as we won't have any storms around during the day today. your hourly temperatures are going to be quickly climbing. in fact, we will be in the low 80s by 10:00 this morning. and then mid 80s by noontime. near 90 degrees by 2:00. hitting the mid 90s around 4:00 this afternoon. and we'll have the humidity still with us, steamy afternoon coming up. then low humidity moves in, a bit of a blustery wind during the day on sunday. sunday afternoon's temperatures in the upper 80s and comforta e comfortable. a beautiful day tomorrow. the winds will be gusting around 20 miles an hour. that's going to be great for sailing on the bay. up near 90 on monday. still not very humid but then it gets more humid on tuesday and all the way toward the end of

wave up near 90 on tuesday. wednesday is our next chance of storms. up around 90 in the afternoon. some passing thunderstorms are possible. hazy, hot, and humid weather. thursday, friday, saturday, and sunday. next weekend, there's a chance of storms around on sunday afternoon up near 90 degrees. heat wave continues into the first part of the following week. and that is the way it looks. >> tom, thank you. changing minds and lives. i'm going to show you how a basketball game hopes to give folks a new way to think about mental illness. and we've learned one winning ticket was sold in last night's mega millions drawing. so did you win? ♪

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a unique charity basketball game was held in the district last night. >> the driving forces behind it were a potomac maryland mom who lost a basketball loving son to suicide. a former georgetown great whose nba career was derailed by depression. >> new news4's jackie bensen shows us how together through the game they are changing lives. >> reporter: the crowd roared in delight as the two teams including several former college standouts battled up and down the court raising money for umttr, an organization that raises awareness of depression in teens and young adults. michael sweetney is the man who got them all here. his past, from austin hill high school to greatness as georgetown to a ninth overall

new york knicks was derailed. he now realizes by untreated depression. >> it was a tough road. i mean, 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 led to a creation of umttr. mutual friend introduced sweetney and rosenstock. 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

going to make them stronger. in northwest, jackie bensen, news4. 7:28 your time now. and we are continuing our coverage out of the tragedy from dallas. we're going to have the latest on the five officers killed as well as the two other deaths that may have sparked it all. and we are also keeping a close eye on what's going on outside for you as we enter the fifth day of this heat wave when things could start cooling off when we check back in with storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein.

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now at 7:30 new information continues to come in out of dallas, texas, where the city along with the country continues to sit in shock after 12 officers were shot, 5 of them killed. >> the tragedy there sparked by the shooting deaths of two black men killed by police officers and we're learning more about those incidents as the 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. it is 7:31. good morning. i'm angie goff. >> i'm david glover. we welcome you in on this saturday, july 9th. we're going to get you up to speed to all the news in dallas but first, though, take a look at your screen. you're about

upper agency nasdaq some spots. it's just 7:30 this morning. only going to get warmer. >> yep. the mercury is going to climb. let's get right to storm team 4 meteorologist tom keernen who has more on the relief coming. >> it's already near 80 around the region. when you're about to head out the door and away from your tv you can check the latest forecast where you are with the storm team 4 radar as well as the forecast for your located nbc washington app. there's a live view from the storm team 4 national harbor camera in prince george's camera overlooking the capital wheel. wilson bridge. a breeze in the potomac. humidity hanging in the air. temperature in the 60s, near 70s shenandoah valley. beautiful morning around the bay. upper 70s nearby suburbs. around the metro area. and storm team 4 radar in the clear. no storms anywhere around. the look at the next storm chanc chances and another heat wave coming up this half hour.

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 and 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. >> on friday, 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 deaths of castile and alton sterling. >> can't do violence to replace violence. 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 rights.

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 new'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. >> you shot four bullets into him, sir. he was just getting his license and registration, sir. >> reporter: in minnesota today -- >> that was my brother, not a 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

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 alton sterling, shot tuesday outside a convenience store with struggle with police. families of both men reacting today from the news coming out of dallas. >> hurt people hurt other people. it's not right, it's not 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 out to everyone in dallas. >> reporter: today the mother of another young black man killed by police, michael brown, offered 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 sorrys bled together and at the end of it nothing changed. >> that was nbc's blake mccoy report ing there. there are many people who are turning to their faith for answers to in the wake of this week's tragedies. last night hundreds of teens, parents, and police officers gathered to pray for peace at the first baptist church of glenarden. >> 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

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. in other news, a metro train operator fired? and wait until you hear why. the near misses that could have risked passengers' safety. plus, before you step out the door take a look at this. current temperatures close to 80 in some sports already this morning. but will the humidity start creeping up along with the temperatures? storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein

a metro train operator was 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. 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 taut the i-95 corridor project. angie just weren't you just in indiana? >> no. >> somebody in indiana is a winner this morning waking up a multi, multimillionaire. $540 million jackpot had one winning ticket sold i

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good morning. i'm i'm storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein. hot sun in the summertime. national harbor, live view. a little bit of a light breeze there on the potomac there. prince george's county and your headlines, four things to know here for this weekend. hot and humid day today. our afternoon heat index and how it feels temperature is going to be up around 100 degrees by mid afternoon. but then tonight, relief is on the way this evening. lower humidity will be moving in and it will be in place during the day on sunday. a bit of a breeze tomorrow, too. we're going to have winds gusting up to around 20 miles an hour on sunday afternoon. look at our next heat wave and next chance for storms with your exclusive ten h-day outlook in a few minutes. >> tom, we'll check in with you then. thanks. back now to tour coverage of the tragedy in dallas. police ended the deadly siege in dallas, texas, thursday night by using a robot with

kill the ambushed suspect. as nbc's tom costello reports this appears to be the first. >> 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 be cameras to inspect suspicious bags. now for the first time delivering and detonating a bomb. scott reese spent 0 years with the lapd, ten years on s.w.a.t. >> i think it was very unusual. i think it was very innovative. and i think they made the correct decision. you have to contain the individual and neutralize him. >> reporter: robots have been around for decades but the battles in iraq and afghanistan necessitated a far more robust and capable product.

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. it has basically a front end loader. >> reporter: from very big to very small, equipped with cameras, microphone, climbing track, claw, whatever is needed. >> anything a hue pan can do our robotics can do. they have different kinds of clasps to pick up things or we can pick up big box or open a car door. >> reporter: 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 costello, nbc news, washington. 7:46. police now investigating a deadly house fire in prince william county. chopper 4 flying over the scene here over manassas park. when firefighters got to luxor street yesrd

floor. investigators say they found someone dead inside and are looking into how this fire started. a man from dc charged with i'm person nating a top aide that civil rights icon john lewis. news4 i-team obtained court documents that showed jared lewis claimed to be the congressman's chief of staff. lewis used that status to score all kinds of perks including field passes to redskins games. the scheme lasted about a year, 2014 to 2015, and now he is facing three years in prison. in reality jarrett lewis works for a non-profit housing organization in dc and his lawyer has not responded to our requests for comment. a team of astronomers led by the university of arizona discoughed a planet unlike any other. nasa released an artist animation of the planet and it, yeah, count them, three suns. orbiting in a system a good the distance from

340 light years from earth. the planet was the widest known orbit within a multistar system. that's what they believe it to be. may remind some of you from luke skywalker's sky planet. >> brush up on your "star wars." >> my star waus dial elect is not very strong. i'll work on it. three suns though. that would be a little op pressive. >> we think we're hobbit one, right? >> right. >> so we're on a facebook live chat. we were talking a it, everybody is talking about the heat. all saying hi to you. they have a lot of questions. the biggest one is when that relief is coming, when we can expect it and we've added a new word to their weather vocabulary, high summer. >> high summer is the typical time of year, hottest heat and humidity and we're now come right into it. mid july. typical time when we have 90-degree days day after day after day. this is day five of another 90

but we're going to get a break. and the lower humidity just hours away coming in in about ten hours or so. it's going to be late afternoon into the early evening you will notice much more comfortable humidity arriving. here's how we're looking for the day ahead, hour by hour planner for this saturday. temperatures by 10:00 this morning, the low agencys. and quite humid as we get into early afternoon. low 90s by around 2:00. mid 90s around 4:00. that feel like temperature will be around 100 degrees by mid afternoon. by 6:00 p.m., back down to around 90 degrees. by then that's when you're going to notice the lower humidity will begin to move in by this evening and then by 10:00 beautiful evening, low humidity in place. back down to around 80 difficult 10:00 this evening. a few clouds coming through overnight tonight. the low humidity still in place as we get into tomorrow. what to wear? you will need your sunglasses until sunset.

you will not need your umbrella. no storms anywhere. there's a live view of our dulles airport camera. you can see the tower at dulles and bull run mountain in the distance and the summer haze hanging in the air. dulles live camera showing the humidity with us and humid in the shenandoah valley, too. low 70s. out of the mountains, many locations now upper 60s to near 70. the metro area, mid 70s, low 70s, upper 70s around the chesapeake bay. storm team 4 radar all rain free. no storms anywhere in the entire region from the bay and the beach, beautiful day at the beaches today. and all the way into the mountains, too. we don't have any storm anywhere around the region. storm team 4 exclusive ten-day outlook. we have a lot of numbers on here, a lot of days. two weekends in view. this weekend we'll have it hot and humid today. up in the mid 90sthis afternoon. then tomorrow breezy. in fact, we're going to have winds tomorrow afternoon gusting to around 20 miles an

bay. noticeably less humid. cooler as well in the upper 80s. and lots of sunshine just a few clouds around. then monday still not very humid. we'll be up near 90 degrees with lots of sun but then the humidity does return on tuesday. up near 90 tuesday afternoon with clouds building. next chance of any storms, that may not come until wednesday. wednesday afternoon's highs right around 90 degrees. then as we get into thursday here comes another heat wave. hazy, hot and humid weather. thursday, friday, saturday, sunday, all of the way into the following monday. each one of those days will be in the 90s. hottest day may be on thursday and friday. mid 90s both of those days. and another chance of storms over next weekend that's next sunday a week from tomorrow, we could get some storms around with highs right around 90. and that is the way it looks. hey, they'd be lucky to have you.

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become commonplace. >> the question is how or when will it all end? here now the nbc's harry smith. >> reporter: it was like a death wish. the images of dallas last night. police being picked off like target practice. we feel like we are living in a time and a place we don't recognize, a place that frightens us. >> people say black lives matter, that doesn't mean blue lives don't matter, it just means all lives matter. >> reporter: just two days ago a routine traffic stop in minnesota turned into something it should not have. >> please don't tell me my boyfriend just went like that. >> keep your hands where they are, please. >> yes,ly, sir. >> reporter: how is it that events like this keep

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just so senseless. the time for an armistice is at hand, for only together can we ever find peace. now a final look at our forecast. >> over the next several days we're going to get a break from the high heat and humidity. after today, mid 90sthis afternoon. then sunday, monday, not too humid. and a little bit cooler, high oughtities both days with sunshine. next chance of any storms around looks to be on wednesday. then we start another heat wave all of the way to the end of the week to next weekend. could get storms next sunday, the thank you so much. did you say honey? hey, try some? mmm that is tasty. is it real?

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