president. mike pence is his choice but trump says he's not sure. hillary clinton seems to be testing out potential running mates. senator tim kaine joined her at an event at a community college. >> you want somebody that's steady. that's been there. that's bonafide. do you want to take a chance with anybody else? this is as steady as it gets. >> while at the community college, she rolled out her new plan to make debt-free college available to everyone. she also spoke with immigration reform. voters are leaning toward hillary clinton. a nbc news marist

ahead in virginia, 44% to trump 35%. florida, 45%, trump 37%. news 4 has complete coverage of both party conventions starting with the republican national convention next week. look for tom sherwood and chris lawrence's live reports. scary moments. powerful storms forced george w. bush and bill clinton had to rush for coverage from a storm. no one was hurt. we're in the middle of a heat wave. >> we are. our 13th 90-degree day so far this year. 4 things you need to know.

not as bad as yesterday. today, when the thermometer is reading 95, it will feel more like 95 versus 105. good news there. there's a slight chance of an isolated thunderstorm. 93 in the district, 95 in the district. i'm tracking a small thunderstorm chance. let's head over to wtop with dave. >> good morning, amelia. on route 50 in new york avenue, eastbound at the an costa river. it's just about cleared. so far minimum delays. virginia, inner loop of the beltway, the work has been cleare

corner. we're following breaking news out of baltimore. police officers kill a man after they say he shot at them with a military-style gun. according to the baltimore police department, four plains clothes officers heard gunfire in west baltimore last night. drove toward that sound and the man started shooting at them. two officers shot back and at least one hit and killed that suspect. police tweeted out a photo of the gun they recovered on the scene. the officers are on routine administrative leave. dive teams will continue recovery efforts for a 17-year-old swimmer. he was out with friends on lake barcroft. one of the friends talked to us after learning his friend was

second he's there and the next second he's not. it's just too much. >> friends tell us that the parents of the missing teen are out of town. his identity has not been released. right now, d.c. police are investigating two violent attacks on women in southeast washington. both incidents happened on 19th street southeast within minutes of one another and just a block apart. around 9:30 last night, officers found two women who had been shot in the 1500 block of 15th street. police believe the suspect was carrying a shotgun. minutes later, police rushed to the 1600 block of 15th street and found the woman was stabbed. both victims were conscious when taken to the hospital. and hearing today for the person in the

american university student. marcio gonzalez stabbed a man days before christmas in 2014. the two men new each other. they connected him from a bloody fingerprint and sneaker print left at the scene. the former campaign driver for former mayor d.c. gray. he drove him. he's accused of illegally picking up cash in his car. long pled guilty as part of a plea deal. mayor gray has not been charged with any crimes associated with his campaign. today, we expect to learn new information in the shooting death of a prince george's county police officer. this morning there will be a news conference at the coin courthouse about his

michael ford opened fire in an ambush attack outside the district 3 police station. his brother recorded it on a cell phone. all three brothers have been indicted in his death. a maryland home owner will face charges but not for murder after police say he shot and killed a prince george's county firefighter and wounded another during an emergency call in april. a grand jury has indicted him on multiple weapons charges. he was not supposed to have a gun because of a previous assault charge. d.c.'s lgbt community will honor the life of a transgender woman. she's been on life support. her death has been ruled a homicide. d.c. police don't believe

still investigating. 4:37 is our time right now. today, we're going to find out if the guy who led the redskins to a division title will be here long term. >> several reports are saying that negotiations aren't close right now. cousins will be the skins quarterback this coming season. if they don't reach a deal, it will be a one-year contract for nearly $20 million. >> not bad if you get that job. we're watching temperatures rise again. another hot day on top. amelia is updating her forecast with what to expect for your commute. new concerns as a wave of prisoners are set to be released. the problem officials in

4:40 your time now on this friday morning. sort of a steamy start here. >> amelia see gel is here. amelia draper. >> it's before 5:00 a.m. it's a friday. i'll let it pass. >> thank you for understanding. >> as far as the humidity levels go, it's feeling a little bit humid out there but by far more comfortable than it was yesterday. overall today, the weather having a pretlow impact on your day. temps still running a good five degrees aboveor

especially during the afternoon hours and a slight chance that you are dealing with a late day thunderstorm. only about 20%. i want to show you this on future weather. notice noon, a mix of clouds and sun. there's that minor chance. don't focus on placement but how much of the area stays dry. the evening is looking nice. i'll have your hourly forecast for today coming up in ten minutes. also taking a more detailed look at the weekend. what you can expect saturday and sunday. for now, let's send it over to david. wtop. >> okay. we're watching a nice clean and green traffic pattern around the beltway. no signs of any heavy traffic and plenty of free-flowing travelers in maryland and virginia. work zone on the inner loop toward 50, that's been picked up. all lanes are open. road work has been cleared on university boulevard as well. an ato say i can't river -- anacostia river, the crash has

been cleared. that's the very latest from the traffic center. back to you. >> dave. thank you. we're still waiting to find out whether the company behind pokemon go will remove locations from its in game map. some places such as arlington national cemetery and hoe low -- holocaust museum aren't happy with people wondering looking for characters in areas that should be respected. we should use common sense here. >> not the holocaust museum or the arlington sem are tarry -- cemetery. >> there are two more pokemon hunts coming up this weekend. they are led by park rangers and they are basically history lessons all around the national

characters while learning about the sites along the way. they both start at 2:00 p.m., saturday and sunday. donald trump is voicing how he would take action against isis. the familiar debate as the presumptive presidential candidates weigh in on national defense. gun control may again be a priority on capitol hill. how soon a

donald trump says if he's elected president, he will ask congress for a declaration of war on isis. this comes after the deadly truck attack on nice, france, and as h

announcement on a running pate. tracie, good morning. >> one more day of anticipation about the trump running mate. sources told us it was mike pence, the indiana governor. he flew on a private jet in new jersey to stay on a trump golf course overnight. because of what happened in nice, it's been postponed. for the overnight hours, we have colorado, virginia, north carolina, and florida with hillary clinton in the lead beyond the margin of error in all of those states. the nbc marist wall street journal post poll coming out thu morning. we're expecting to hear officially over the weekend his pick. >

cleveland as that city prepares for next week's republican national convention. a fenced off security zone is up around the security site. police are anticipating protests too. news 4 will be in cleveland to bring you complete coverage starting sun night. politicians in washington are blaming each other for failing to pass a funding bill to fight the zika virus. house members are on summer recess and lawmakers won't be back officially on the hill until september. democrats wanted the bill to include funding for planned parenthood. house democrats want to make gun legislation a priority when lawmakers return in the fall. some of them held a national speak-out on the steps of the capitol last night. a mother who lost her only child to gun violence,

jeffries calls for change. it is not acceptable. >> jeffries daughter was one of five young people killed and nine wounded over an eight-day period in 2010 along south capitol street in the district. today, dallas police officer michael krol will be laid to rest. he was one of five officers killed when i amman started shooting at police after a downtown protest. krol served with the dallas police department for nine years. he was 40 years old. the shooting in dallas took place right after a peaceful protest over the death of two black men. one of them alton sterling will be buried today. he was killed during an altercation with police officers in baton rouge. those officers are now on administrative leave. no justice, no peace! no racists for me. protests with the

lives matter group led a prost on capitol hill. a resolution calls for change citing the names of ten black men killed by police. it includes freddie gray, alton sterling, and trayvon martin. none of those incidents happened in d.c. >> these people did not die at the hands of police officers. we have trayvon martin who was killed by an armed zen. >> it's not all about the police. i made my point clear in my resolution. >> members of the group will not support the re-election of the council members who support the resolution. it will be next week before the fourth officer on trial in the death of freddie gray learns his fate. closing arguments wrapped up yesterday in the trial of lieutenant brian

prosecutors say as shift leader, he should have been aware of the danger when officers did not put a seat belt on gray in the back of a police van. he died from injuries he sustained while in custody. parole and probation agents in maryland say they are extremely under staffed. maryland must hire more agents to deal with this influx. they say an average agent should have about 82 cases but many are carrying more than 100. state officials estimate that 1,600 prisoners could be released under a new act. and officers pepper spraying students is humiliating. yesterday

suspended and the entire force will be undergoing training. this is body camera video. officers used pepper spray twice after responding to what turned out to be a fake call about a fight at an apartment. >> you can argue well, i thought it was going to get worse. the bottom line is it never should have gotten to this point. ever. >> the university of maryland's president praised the police chief's decision. charges against the people arrested at the party have been cropped -- dropped. it's time for weather and traffic. amelia, it is hot and sticky out there. >> already near 80 degrees in the district, but the good news it's more comfortable in the suburbs is and it won't feel as hot as yesterday. today, it will be our 13th 90-day -- 90 degree day so far this year. the heat is

temps stay in the 90s, today, tomorrow. some isolated storm chances during the afternoon hours. i'm not really impressed with what i'm seeing. a better chance that your dealing with rain tomorrow. it's not a guarantee. a little bit humid this weekend but at least it's not oppressive. next week, it's still hot, still muggy. currently we're in the 70s. today, 7:00 a.m., 79 with mostly to partly sunny skies by lunchtime. by lunchtime, we're at 90. 8:00, still at a warm 88 degrees, with more humidity levels, more balmy than uncomfortable. >> notice some widely scattered activity around the region at 5:00 p.m., but potentially impacting the metro area and by 8:00 p.m. as the sun goes down, the threat diminishes. the chance you are dealing with rain today only about 20%. not even enough for me to put it on the ten-day forecast. the high

on saturday, tomorrow, scattered late day showers and thunderstorms possible. 91. sunday, a high of 92. monday, a high of 97. coming up in the next 30 minutes at 5:01 talking about the humidity. 5:11 i'll have your morning planner, and 5:21, another look at the 10-day forecast. how are you roads this friday? >> not bad at all. we've got our most popular work zones to detail for you. rock creek parkway, traffic alternates by using the northbound lanes, one lane at a time. southeast-southwest freeway traffic nice and easy this morning. in maryland, prince george's, heading to buoy, past the concrete work, in two left lanes without delay. >> that's the very latest on the roads. back to you all in the studio. a break-in at the scene of the orlando nightclub shooting. what police are now saying why someone forced their way in. new rules could be

fantasy sports, how maryland

well, soon, you'll be able to walk from the potomac riverfront to the kennedy center. two federal commissions have approved plans for a pedestrian bridge that will link the kennedy center to the river. it is part of the center's $175 million expansion project set to complete in 2018. it will connect to a river walkway. it

country will get to test out their homemade drones in loudon county today. they will put them in flight later today at the fox kroft school in middleburg. your student may be stuck in the middle of a money fight. the prince william county board of supervisors is threatening to take back $1 million it promised if the school board won't sign off on how to spend the money. the county grant is meant to help to reduce class sizes. the superintendent announced tuesday the money is in the budget and that the school decision is on board. restaurants in alexandria are working to help a competitor rebuild. several eateries held a event to support big al's steak house. a stove was not instal

maryland could be the next state to regulate those fantasy sports games. their comp stroll -- comptroller peter franchot wants to present the plan to the general assembly. untreated groundwater in maryland could be dangerous for your family. the water pumped through wells could carry lead through pipes. a million people in maryland get their water through groundwater. police are investigating the break in' nightclub in florida. someone forced fly wood -- ply wood to get inside the pulse nightclub. one of the owners believed someone wato

break-in came in after hours after police returned control of the club to its owners. terror in france, a tractor-trailer swerves into a crowd killing dozens and leaving others wounded. what investigators are doing as they piece together what happened. >> good morning, i'm aaron gilchrist. >> and i'm eun yang. >> meteorologist amelia draper is in with a look at our weather headlines. >> we're starting off the day very mild. temps right now in the 70s. 78 degrees in washington. even oil in -- 80 in annapolis. 70 in dulles. this is how we measure the humidity. 65 or hire it's muggy. when the 70s, it's oppressive outside. notice there's investigatorsburg, frederick , and culpeper, we're in the 60s, feeling more comfortable thanl it was yesterday morning

not as oppressive. yesterday, the hottest day so far this year. today, just a touch cooler. here's another check of storm team radar. in ten minutes i'll have your morning planner hour by hour what you can expect but for now we'll send it over to dave at wtop. thanks. just details, we saw the update on the kennedy center kpanction project on the pedestrian bridge. no delay on rock creek parkway either way between virginia avenue and the roosevelt bridge. lots of space between the head lights and traffic continues to move well through montgomery and fairfax counties. 95 and 395 north of wood bridge toward springfield, the 14th street bridge, absolutely no delay. two left lanes are getting by at speed.