now, at 11:00, a busy signal at one local county's 911 center. >> i called them like 10 or 15 times. >> what happened when the system went down in the middle of the

remembering heroes in dallas. a huge crowd at tonight's candlelight vigil as we hear from the shooter's father for the first time. and virginia senator tim kane addressing speculation about a vice presidential nod before he campaigns with hillary clinton. first tonight, a local family says they called 911 over and over last night and got no answer. >> all while their loved one was suffering a medical emergency, and he later died. this happened during a two-hour stretch when callers to montgomery county's 911 got a busy signal. only news4's jackie benson spoke to that family and she is live. jackie? >> reporter: 40-year-old jack

was undergoing kidney dialysis. late last night, he had trouble breathing. >> he said, help me. >> reporter: he describes his brother marlin's pleas last night as the family dialed 911 over and over and over again from their rockville home and from their cell phone. >> every time he was calling 911, he was being disconnected. >> reporter: they estimate the agony of waiting, trying to help the 40-year-old as he gasped for breath lasted well over an hour. in the desperate drive to his parents' house, louis says he finally called city of rockville police directly. they dispatched an ambulance that was there when he arrived at the police station. >> they said, i'm sorry, but your brother is gone. >> they received radio

>> he's having trouble breathing. >> yes, sir. they called us. >> reporter: they said the system that failed was actually a backup for the primary system which was being upgraded. >> we'll have answers as to whether or not there was a correlation to the deaths, and what we have done wrong, if anything. and how we can prevent this in the future. >> reporter: marlin's family is still in shock. >> i never in my life knew that 911 phones were not working at all. >> reporter: the county executive's office confirms a second person, a 91-year-old woman, died during the 911 outage. the circumstances of her death were not immediately available. live in rockville, jackie bensen, news4. wendy, back to you. last night's outage started at 10nu

night and lasted until 1:09 this morning. and it didn't just affect 911 calls. it also affected the dispatch center's non-emergency line. investigators think an air-conditioning failure in the i.t. room caused the system to shut down to prevent overheating. county officials say they did their best to notify people through the alert montgomery warning system, but if you're not signed up for that system, the only way you can find out is through social media. the county did activate its 311 call center to help answer those emergency calls, and that has since been deactivated because the problem has been fixed. in dallas tonight, thousands came out for a prayer vigil to honor the five officers killed by a sniper on friday. tomorrow president obama will travel to dallas. he'll be joined by former president george w. bush at an interface prayer vigil. also tomorrow there will be a public visitation for sergeant michael smith. the funerals form

held later this week. rallies against the recent killings of black men by police are not slowing down. tonight hundreds gathered for a black lives matter protest in chicago. police were out in force. but demonstrations were peaceful. protesters also lined the streets of atlanta tonight, and in louisiana, some are criticizing police for arresting too many peaceful demonstrators during rallies there. here in our area, police and city and county leaders say there is a renewed focus on strengthening the ties between officers and the communities they serve. news4's shamari stone is at the white house where some of those leaders gathered today. shamari? >> reporter: good evening. president vice president biden met with local law enforcement officers, including those from maryland and loudoun county, virginia. here in the district a few hours ago, mayor

chief frank sowinski met with them on a panel, and they were also talking about ways they can bridge the gap between the community and law enforcement officers. >> they don't know what to think. >> reporter: walter kirkland drove his son there. even though jordan has never been in trouble, he says he may run away if police stop him. >> because of history as in police brutality, you think that they're going to come after you next. >> reporter: the police-involved shootings of alton sterling and philando castile reinforce that fear. t they sparked protests around the country. tonight prince georges county police chief hank

marylayor marian bowser sat on panel. they said it starts with respect from both sides. >> if you have a respectful interaction, you can expect that interaction to go well. >> when police officers and the community know each other in good times, they can better work with each other when there is a challenging time. >> reporter: walter kirkland told me the panel was productive. >> i think what you're hearing today with these folks is that we got to really deescalate the situation. >> a law enforcement officer on the panel wanted me to tell you that two potentially deadly interactions that police have with the public are doing domestic calls and traffic stops. i wasn't going to say routine traffic stops because no traffic stops are routine. live here, i'm shamari stone, news4. for the first time tonight we're hearing from the parents of micah johnson, the gunman in the dallas shooting. police say johnson was no novice and was determined

investigators are now combing through his past to figure out why he did it. in an interview with the blaze.com, johnson's parents say they saw their son transform from a fun-loving ex ttrovert io a recluse following his military service. >> i don't know what to say to anybody to make anything better. i didn't see it coming. >> he was a good son. >> i loved my son with all my heart. i hate what he did. >> blaze tv will be airing that entire interview on wednesday night. two more lawmen were shot to death today, this time in an escape attempt at a michigan courthouse. it happ

during a court hearing for the suspect. law enforcement sources tell nbc news he grabbed a bailiff's gun and started shooting. four people were shot. two bailiffs and the gunman all died. 27 law enforcement officers have been shot and killed in the line of duty so far this year. already up 16 from a year ago. sto and a young man who worked for the democratic national committee gunned down a block away from his home. it happened in the bloomingdale neighborhood in northwest d.c. 27-year-old seth rich was walking down w street, talking on the phone with his girlfriend about 4:00 in the morning on sunday. before he got home, he was jumped and shot in the back near flagler place. news4's pat collins spoke to rich's mother by phone. >> they never took anything, so it even -- on top of being totally ridiculous, if it was a robbery, they didn'tve

>> the acting police captain of the fifth district says he can't comment on whether the killing was related to some recent robberies in that neighborhood. two more illegal guns on d.c. streets. tonight the fbi and d.c. police are trying to recover two guns that were stolen from an fbi vehicle in northeast washington. the fbi says somebody broke into an agent's car and took one handgun and one long gun. the fbi will not give the exact location where the guns were stolen, nor the types of guns they were. it's also not clear if the agent was on duty at the time. we usually are complaining about the heat of the night right about now, but it doesn't get much better than this in july in washington. but that heat is coming back, right, doug? >> it is coming back, and wendy, hard to believe today, we actually hit 88 degrees across the area. that's close to our average high temperature. but without the humidity, today was rather comfortable. take a look at the numbers across our region. this is wher

i mentioned that 88-degree number, but take a look at all these other 88s. hagerstown and others all at 88. waking up, a great start. 73 degrees. a nice one out there. if you're taking metro on in, it will be nice. another great day tomorrow. still on the warm side, upper 80s to around 90, but the humidity still not a big problem. tracking our rain chances. they will increase on wednesday. the heat returns and we're talking about another heat wave. we'll show you how long that one last and see how high the temperatures get in a later forecast. after a judge's ruling on a virginia law about how delegates are required to vote at the upcoming gop convention. bo correll argues that a law requiring him to vote for donald trump or face criminal penalties was unconstitutional. the judge agreed, but that may not change the outcome for trump at the convention, because the gop has its own set

to be allocated proportionately based on results from the primary election. hillary clinton and bernie sanders will be campaigning together tomorrow in new hampshire. the two campaigns issued coordinated statements today. they will be speaking at a high school in portsmouth and sanders is expected to officially endorse clinton for president. later this week, clinton will campaign with tim kaine in virginia. he was asked about becoming her campaign for vice president. >> it would be nice to speculate about it. i'm not going to pretend otherwise. my gut feeling right now, i will stay in the senate and continue to battle on armed forces and budget issues that make me a happy senator every day. >> kaine says he will be lobbying hard for clinton in virginia whether he's picked as a running mate or not.

including members of the nra. a bullet shot into this northern virginia home for the second time in a week. one ended up in a little girl's mattress and the family says, enough. why is pok

some northern virginians are considering moving away from their family-friendly herndon neighborhood after a gunman hit this house with bullets twe

both incidents happened last week. bullets going through windows and walls. two adults and their 7-year-old daughter inside. neighbors say they're terrified. >> my mom doesn't let them, like, play outside ever since that happened. and my dad is thinking about moving somewhere else, too. he's thinking of moving towards west virginia now. >> a suspect has not been identified yet. anyone with information about this case should call fairfax county police. private car services like uber could soon be used in place of ambulances in the district. it's a plan the d.c. fire chief tells news4 he is considering. engine 30 in northeast d.c. is the fourth busiest engine in the nation. it receives over 7600 emergency calls a year, and many of them are not actually emergencies. so the police wants a nurse to screen those calls, and if that nurse determines they don't need a visit to the er, the nurse would call a car

doctor's office. the chief said he would implement that this fall. mere islam admitted to releasing the private information of celebrities on a website. it included kim kardashian, justin timberlake and p. diddy. islam also swatted public officials. that's the practice of having police send swat teams to home. swatting victims included the head of the national rifle association and a congressman from michigan. torp it's called pokemon go, and it is taking the world by storm. this popular game app is now on more android phones than tinder. people are using it daily, spending an average of more than four hours daily playing it. that's more than facebook or messenger. what in the heck is pokemon

>> we can't explain it. we're going to let jo ling kent give us a crash course. >> pokemon go is a game you play on your smartphone. they played monsters inside and around the real world around you. you catch this ball to catch it and move on to the next level. >> gotcha! >> got that? it hasn't been all fun and games. some teens have been injured already, running into trees and poles trying to go after those things. others dangerously close to oncoming traffic as they try to catch the virtual traffic. it even prompted the government not to play while driving. the national park service is reminding people to be respectful as they play around our national monuments. it's addictive, too. >> so play with your inside voices. >> i went to dinner with my brother, my cousin and my son and all three of them -- wait, i got one over here, i g

hold on. we were 10 minutes late to our reservation. >> it's dangerous. >> let's take a look -- wait a minute, i got another one, i got another one. let's take a look at the weather. weatherwise today, it's looking good. take a look at the temperatures today. first off, a beautiful night out on the town. this is a ft. reno concert series. this is a free concert going on from june to august around the area. really just a great night to be out and about. the weather was fantastic about this. the concert schedule goes from mid-june to august. it shows monday and thursday evenings from 7:15 to 9:30. winds out of the south at 70 miles an hour. in our weather underground numbers, 72, justin, maryland, riverbrook 76 degrees, bull run coming in from twin county at 72 degrees. a very nice night. a dry night. plenty of clear skies for the most part. that's going to lead to ae

you can see clear skies in d.c. all the way to the west. a wider view showing major flooding going on around the minneapolis area, maybe even a tornado or two up that way today. that will move up and over this ridge. for us we're going to start to get in on a little more moisture wednesday. tomorrow a few clouds but not too many showers. we'll see an isolated shower but that's really going to be about it. on your wednesday, we're going to be talking about a chance for showers in the afternoon, maybe thunderstorms in the afternoon. look at these storms coming in around 2:00. wednesday is the day to take the umbrella with you. i do think you'll need the umbrella if you're going out and about in the day on wednesday. not going to be a washout but take it just in case. the forecast, 88 degrees, a stray shower. a little more humid. a day kind of like today, just a little more humidity. not a lot, but you may notice it by tomorrow evening. 90 fredricksburg, 85 towards annapolis. what kind of impact will tomorrow have on you?

that's what we're calling for during the day tomorrow. outdoor activities, all good. you have 88 on tuesday. 87 on your wednesday. we're all good, we're all green. wednesday we might run into a couple orange periods with some of that rain coming through. 87 degrees there, then here comes the heat wave on thursday, friday and saturday. temperatures will be into the 90s. even 95 degrees is what we're going for on friday. hazy, hot a humid weather. best chance of storms on wednesday and then possibly sunday for our weekend. that's something we'll continue to watch for you. baseball's best putting on a show in

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carol says she's paying close attention to the all-star game. and we're all wondering why. >> i think you guys know, because it's in san diego this year and it's in miami next year, and where is it after that, 2018? >> here, i guess? >> d.c.! >> you know how fast time flies, so it will be here in a blink of an eye. petco park game tomorrow. the home run derby chicks did the long ball. mike trumbo tried to become the first bird to win the derby since 2004. the orioles slugger won the majors with .212. trumbo hitting jumbos. he crushes it to the roof of a western metal

left field. after hitting 16 homers in the first round, his teammate loving it. in the semi-finals going up against someone else's power, stanton slammed at least three balls out of the park, including this monster. stanton finished the second round with 17. so mark trumbo has to match 17. got off to a great start, too. stepped out there all calm and doing something no one has done on this night before, knocking this ball off the scoreboard. yes, your hearing is right. he went off the scoreboard in left center. but trumbo was three home runs shy of stanton. stanton putting on a show against the reining derby champ, todd frazier. 61 home runs traveled the distance of over five miles. meanwhile, bryce harper declined an invite to participate in the derby this

that fun since 2013. but fear not, nationals fans, it is coming. harper told reporters today no for this year and no for next year. but 2018, when the midsummer classic comes to d.c., he is in. nothing would be better than trying to win it in front of nats fans. meanwhile, harper revealing more interesting nuggets about himself during today's media session, including something serious. what animal does he best identify with? >> i like pandas. they have a huge area for the pandas in the d.c. zoo. lions. those animals are incredible. just beautiful animals as well. probably definitely probably a lion. >> what a politician. >> he answered it. >> he did a good job. >> what about the all-star hair he's got going on? >> he has an interesting look. meanwhile, no

tim duncan announced his retirement. the number one overall pick in the '97 draft, duncan helped turn the spurs into a powerhouse. they reached the playoffs in each of his 19 seasons. duncan won titles in three different decades. also noted on his resume, 15-time all-star, simply one of the best. he announced his retirement via a press release. guys, i'm giving him a lot of credit, but when i retire, i want a big

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