who crafted that speech that some say was plagerized. news 4 at 4:00 starts right now. first at 4:00, a live look outside quicken loans arena here at the republican national convention, where you can see crowds of protesters starting to march around the area near the arena. so far, we have seen everything has been relatively calm and peaceful. but i can tell you, these are some of the largest crowds that we have seen up to this point. again, that's natural, given that we are getting closer and closer to donald trump's speech. back here now live inside the arena, everything is calm right now. there is a ton of work being done behind the scenes to prepare for what is shaping up it be a very big night for

trump campaign. just a little earlier, newt gingrich was on the floor. we caught up, saw him doing his walk through. he has been somewhat critical of the big-name republicans who did not show up here. he called the bush family childish for not coming. he says he encouraged trump to pick mike pence as his running mate in order to unify the party. earlier, we saw trump's son, eric, doing his walk through. he has a big speech planned for tonight. and out of the controversy with melania trump speech, eric said he use nod speech writers, that it will come from the heart and he wrote every word of it himself. donald trump arrived here in cleveland a little while ago. he met up with governor mike pence.

he told the crowd we're going to win ohio. >> karen, your whole family is an incredible family. we love having you with us in this endeavor. hopefully, we'll do an amazing job and an amazing job for the country, most importantly. so, thank you very much. and congratulations. fantastic job. thank you, everybody. >> we're also getting some new insight into why donald trump picked governor pence as his running mate. donald trump jr. said he's sort of the yin to his father's yang. quiet where his father is loud. he said his father is a larger than life figure and they didn't need two donald trumps out there competing for that stage. we'll stay on top of this. in about ten minutes from now we'll bring in nbc news political editor, mark murray, who will go over some of the final points for this pick and what tonight could mean for the

>> we'll see you in a few. chris lawrence. chris, thank you. a staff writer for the trump organization is accepting blame today for the plagairism controversy surrounding melania trump's speech. >> she said she offered her resignation but the trump family rejected. she said she asked mrs. trump to provide some messages she wanted to share with the american people. over the phone, mrs. trump read passages from mrs. obama's convention speech as examples, and they ultimately ended up in the final draft. ma krch mac gls guyver said i did not check mrs. obama's speeches. this was my mistake and i feel terrible for the chaos i have caused melania and the trumps, as well as to mrs. obama. no harm was meant. right now at 4:00, some people are still cleaning up after last night's storms. one neighborhood along

especially hit hard. a large tree demolished this porch after it came crashing down from the yard next door. and a large oak snapped like a pencil, landing on the rooftop of another house nearby, clearing the debris at this location is going to be a two-day affair. >> it's been heck all morning. this is a mess, back and forth. and getting trees off these houses, it's not easy. >> montgomery county fire says several homes in the four corners area were also damaged by lightning strikes. >> you know, the white house isn't immune to weather either. high winds snapped branches, leaving a lot of debris on the front lawn of the white house. crews also cleaned up the mess across the street in lafayette park. chris gordon is live in bethesda where a tree nearly hit a couple's home there. chris? >> reporter: yes. well, here, the 5900 block of

cleanup. take a look over here. power lines are down because of this big branch that fell down overnight, tearing them down. people in this neighborhood have been fearful of this -- what they call the dominant tree. it's big and it's old. they were afraid the next severe storm would tear it down and create serious damage. and that's what apparently happened here. tree crews cut and cleared parts of this branch, bigger than many trees in the neighborhood. it was torn down when the storm hit bethesda last night. power and phone lines are strewn across the drive. >> intense rain. lots of thunder. saw lots of lightning. at some point we heard a big crack. my wife said oh, that sounds like a tree. >> reporter: peter dolan and his wife were in the upstairs bedroom of their home when the branch hit the gutter on the corner of his

fortunate i feel. had the tree been ten feet farther to the left in our ho e house, it would have seriously damaged not just the roof but the structure as well. >> reporter: now lightning hit a ho home. [ lost audio ] how close it came to causing a major explosion. that's at 5:00. back to you in the studio. >> thank you, chris. the attention shifts from storms to something that will impact something that will impact all of us and in a big way. >> amelia draper, what's coming? >> high temperatures hitting the triple digits within the next few days. today a break from the heat and huptd. 80s right now. 88 in the district. suburbs, a little bit cooler. low to mid 80s. really nice out there this evening. you can expect for your planner, the humidity for the most part in check. 86 degrees

clear skies. low 80s at that point. 10:00, still around 80 degrees. we look through tomorrow, we're back in the 90s. tomorrow will be our 18th day so far this year we've hit 90 degrees. after that, the heat moves in, in a big way. i'll be breaking down what you can expect on into the weekend coming up in about 15 minutes. >> amelia, thanks. lots of local drivers say the tolls they've been paying are illegal. how they're fighting to get their money back in a story that's first on 4:00. >> because this dangerous heat that's on the way, it is more than just an inconvenience. it cn be a

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adam tuss has been reading through this new lawsuit and has details. >> reporter: this lawsuit claims a couple of things. first, it says drivers here along the dulles toll road are being charged illegally to help finance the silver line. certainly, there are plenty of drivers coming through here. but the other charge in this case is against the airport authority, which now operates the toll road. this lawsuit says that the airports authority basically has unlimited power to do what it wants to do. we talked to the lawyer in charge of this lawsuit today. >> if they're going to take money from you, you get to vote the bums out if you don't like what they're doing. and this authority is structured to be independent from all over forms of government. they have no check on them. no one can vote them out. they're like little emperors within their facility. >> reporter: coming up, much more on news 4 at 5:00. just how many people are involved in this class action

being requested from the airports authority? could you be seeing some of that money back in your pocket? back to you. an emotional tribute to the dallas police officers who lost their lives. an emotional look at the items left by strangers as well as what happens to those items when they are moved inside. get ready, folks. some serious heat headed our way. wait till you see how hot it will t for the wgeee

i'm chris lawrence. back here live at quicken loans arena with the republican national convention. a lot of people find this point in the convention rather boring. it's the walk throughs, the preproduction leading up to tonight. i find it one of the most interesting times, because it's one of the most unscripted times that you will find here, as people try to fine tune where they're walking, what they're going to say, who is going to go where. you see all the people preparing for what is sure to be a big

we are also joined right now by nbc news senior political director mark murray. i had a chance to talk to mark a couple of hours ago. we talked a little bit about the messaging coming out of this convention. mark, i want to ask you, what do you see when you see the trump family giving one image of him but yet some of the politicians seeming to give off a completely different message? >> you're right there have been two messages going on here in cleveland. from one hand we saw it from the trump family, friends, business associates, giving testimonials to donald trump, speaking about him as a man to make him look like a three dimensional presidential candidate. on the other hand, we've also seen some very tough speeches directed at hillary clinton. in fact, i would count by my count there were twice as many anti-clinton speeches as there were pro trump speeches last

republican convention and one trend has emerged where most of the anti-clinton speeches have been coming from republican-elected officials, party operatives, people who are a lot more comfortable going after clinton than they necessarily are giving full-throated endorsements of donald trump. those have been the two messages going forward. i wouldn't be surprised if i end up seeing more anti-clinton speeches tonight. >> yes. it's interesting, mark. at one point last night, i was hearing the name hillary clinton more than i was hearing the name donald trump. it's just an interesting point. when you look in terms of attracting voters, which is where this all has to lead to some time over the next hundred days or so, what does it tell you in terms of who has been brought to the stage and who is being highlighted during these prime time hours? >> well, you know, obviously the republicans have wanted to make a message on the people they've

particularly in the prime time hours between 10:00 and 11:00 have been attacks on hillary clinton. i was struck last night where you ended up having the senator from west virginia who ended up giving a really big attack on president obama and hillary clinton and talking about the importance of west virginia's coal industry. that is a play that donald trump has been making in coal country. coal country has a big role in pennsylvania and ohio. one of his big messages has been going after a lot of these disaffected workers, people who live in appalachia. not focusing on the diverse states like colorado and, of course, virginia. >> reporter: thank you very much. diversity within the party, that's something we're going to be diving into throughout the night here. i encourage you to follow mark on facebook. stay with us.

the bottom of the hour. i'll send it back to you guys in the studio. >> thank you, chris. turn to that weather. what a scorcher again. >> getting a little bit of a break today. doesn't seem to be quite as sizzling as it was the last couple of days. it's coming back, isn't it? >> yes, wendy. and in a big way. tomorrow it will be a bit warmer and a bit more humid. everybody is in the 80s. as you look toward friday, the heat moves in. it is extremely hot. dangerously hot friday through monday. because of that, all four of those days, including your weekend, will be storm team 4 weather alert days. frequent updates on news 4. you can find all the meteorologists on social media. as we track the extreme heat, there will be scattered, isolated storm chances later in the day. no widespread rain in the forecast. even next week, it still stays hot. i'll have that coming up in the ten-day forecast. tomorrow's weather, having a low impact on your day. kind of a

extreme heat. we'll have plenty of sunshine from start to finish. humidity, not so bad. it will be completely dry tomorrow from start to finish. whatever outdoor plans you have, the weather is cooperating for your thursday. we'll start off 7:00 am around 72 degrees. running in the suburbs, taking that bicycle ride. nice. in the 60s. lunchtime we're in the upper 80s. not too bad to grab some lunch outdoors. you'll need some sunglasses. then 92 by 4:00, 5:00 pm. 8:00 in the evening, nice, temperatures in the mid 80s. as we look to the next few days, here is your heat forecast. tomorrow really not a problem. it's summer. it's that typical heat we would expect. as we look to friday, starts to be the kind of heat where you want to use caution. dangerous heat over the weekend saturday, sunday into monday. when you factor in the humidity, saturday, sunday and monday will feel more like 100 to 105 degrees, potentially even warmer. here are the nu

101 on saturday. 102 on sunday. that's a record. 101 on monday. that's another record. with a chance for some scattered, late-day thunderstorms mainly on monday. tom will be coming up with the nationals forecast and more on how to stay safe during this extreme heat in a few seconds. >> yikes. >> thanks, amelia. the heat wave headed our way is nothing to shrug off. the heat's hidden health hazards and why it impacts some more than others. police in maryland are forced to take cover as we see on this video. what the dri

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the heat we're expecting this weekend will be dangerous. nationals set to play here at home. people are going to be in the stadium. what do you need to know? dr. jackie seghrari-sabet is here. >> green is good. yellow, orange, be careful. red. then there's purple. not a human should be outside. >> what is in the air? >> what that

what you need to worry about is this chemical reaction between oxygen and pollution. heat puts it all together and you get this thing called ozone, a caustic chemical. >> i see people jogging on the memorial bridge at noon on these nasty days. what's it doing to your lungs? >> it literally burns. >> really? >> people will have worse reactions to that burning. anybody who breathes needs to worry but certainlyasthmatics, young, old. >> hot and nasty one day and we have this rain and it's good the next day and then the heat returning, is it actually clearing out the atmosphere? >> no. remember, we're talking about a chemical reaction. that chemical reaction is burning. where you really see the results of that inflammation is usually

prolonged exposure will give you prolonged inflammation. it doesn't get better the next day. in fact, you're not going to see it for two days. >> will you feel it? if you're healthy, will you feel it? >> you can. it can zap your energy. you can be exhausted. >> that's why? >> yes. >> interesting. you always think it's just the heat. >> it affects other parts of your body as well. some interesting studies have been done where it affects your heart. you can see an increased risk of heart attack and stroke. it also affects your brain. in the elderly, they see a decreased cognitive effect. you get more forgetful the older you get. >> interesting. do we just stay indoors? is it just that easy? >> in some ways, yes. when it's really that hot, you should really just stay indoors. i would like people to change their routine. if you normally were mowing the lawn in that hot and breathing in the fumes in the pollution, do that when it's not so hot. do not exercise outside in the heat. do

you're going to breathe more of that burning ozone into your lungs. be careful about that. some people are more susceptible than others to having this happen. there is a gene that protects some people. unfortunately 40% of people don't have that gene at all. and some people are living in the wrong place. especially young children. if you're living next to a lot of pollution and a busy roadway, you're more likely to have asthma. >> what do people down in arizona and palm springs do in the summer when it's 115 degrees? >> they literally stay inside and with their air conditioning. but that can cause a problem, too. so there's no -- >> damned if you do and damned if you don't. >> no easy way out on this one with the air conditioning. >> what's it doing? >> i see an awful lot of people who will say i think i'm allergic to air conditioning. they will get a stuffy nose, runny nose, bronchospasm. they'll start to cough. air conditioning itself can pass around lots of germs

legionaire's disease. it was very good at making that bacteria go around or the mold and fungus that can grow in that system. so air conditioning is not a free lunch, so to say. you can have your own health problems for that. bronchospasm that people get to the air conditioning, there are sprays we can give you for thos those. >> delightful. dr. jackie, thank you so much. by the way, we just posted six ways to keep you cool on our nbc washington facebook page. take a look at it and share it with your friends. jim? >> come into our studio. it's a meat locker. >> yes, it is. >> thank you, both. traffic already a huge hassle. one stretch of highway that's already very busy could be getting only worse. where things could get even slower in just a matter of months. plus, we're live at the rnc. the big event

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i'm chris lawrence back here at quicken loans arena at the republican national convention. there's a sound check behind me. breaking news we're following from just outside the arena. a few blocks away from quicken loans arena, protests have been going on. we learn from police sources that they've made several arrests after several fights broke out between protesters. we're also told that several police officers were pushed. that is the word that is being used, pushed, in that scuffle. no police have been hurt. police have made several arrests. crowds we're seeing now gathering outside are probably the largest that we have seen since we arrived here for the start of the convention.

on behind the scenes right now to prepare for a big night for the trump campaign. i want to send it across the arena to my colleague, steve handelsman, with more on mr. trump's unconventional arrival. >> reporter: right. hi, chris. as you know, donald trump is not formally scheduled to address this convention, to give his acceptance speech until the climax tomorrow night. he came here to cleveland to try to amp up the energy of his party for that event and for the fight ahead. choppering over the convention site, the republican nominee came to cleveland for a rally with running mate mike pence. >> hopefully, we'll do an amazing job and an amazing job for the country most importa importantly. >> what begins in cleveland will end in the white house. >> reporter: melania trump's speech writer today took the blame for, she said, not noticing michelle obama quotes in melania's speech

donald trump tweeted all press is good press. mike pence gets pressed addressing the convention, to reassure conservatives about trump. when trump got the nomination last night -- >> congratulations, dad! we love you! >> the support from don, ivanka, erica and tiffany trump left an impression about their dad, donald, that lingers with delegates in cleveland and we hope with voters. >> if the kids that know him the best think that much of him, how can we think less? >> it's refreshing to see family values. >> eric trump speaks tonight, along with the tough primary rival, who donald trump used to call lying ted cruz. he has a lot of supporters here in the hall and across the country to wait to see and hear

enthusiastic endorsement to donald trump. live from -- well, this part of the floor, i'm steve handelsman. chris, back to you over there. >> reporter: there's a lot of fun to be had at the rnc. my colleague, tom sherwood, looked at some of the cool stuff you can pick up while you're her here. >> reporter: at the virginia after party reception late last night, republican delegates were relaxing and reviewing stuff they collected all day. i know that's water you're drinking. >> yeah. >> reporter: you have souvenirs. let me see what you've got. >> well, i got -- "make america work again." >> do you have a job? >> i do. >> good. that's one down. >> reporter: among those relaxed delegates, politico consultant from fairfax station who had been bus. >> i what's your best

the delegations. we went to a dominion party today, which was great. >> dominion power. got it. >> tennessee flag, house of blues. >> very important question. >> sure. >> what the heck are you going to do with all this stuff? >> well, i'm a member of the american political items collectors. >> reporter: that's a good reason. but he had a lot more. that's a lot of stuff. i think that's enough. >> okay. >> reporter: i don't have all night. >> i understand. >> reporter: in cleveland at the republican national convention, tom sherwood, news 4. >> reporter: all right. don't worry, guys. tom has been instructed to bring plenty of swag back for all of you back at the studio. couldn't make it here. we're going to go back to listening to this full-blown concert. jim, wendy, back to you. >> thank you, chris. it is a new tool that could change the way you shop. we'll see how and where. you can help test new retail innovation that could make a trip to the mall a lot

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i'm chris lawrence live here at the quicken loans arena for the republican national

him that, he can make in roads between african-american voters. we saw some of that. from the virginia delegation, the woman was very honest with me in saying she was initially repulsed by donald trump. >> i went to a meeting. i'm for trump. how can you be for trump? we always heard negative things. i have listened to his speeches, listened to him on tv and talking again to people about him and i've got a fresh -- different perspective of him now. i believe he can do the job. >> reporter: again, she went from being repulsed by him to wearing a trump t-shirt. nationally the numbers do not add up. according to a wall street journal/nbc news poll, he

getting 6% of the black vote and 3 out of 4 latino voters say they plan to vote for hillary clinton. a lot of work to be done there. we'll see if that will happen the next night or two, to make inroad inroads if he wants to flip the country from blue to red. from quicken loans arena, i'll send it back to you. >> thanks, chris. melania trump's convention speech. now donald trump jr.'s address is also facing some questions about plai plagerism. he said he wrote his own speech so it's not an issue and the campaign did nothing wrong. in prince georges county, one of the most

in our area, new casino at national harbor could make it worse. tracy wilkins takes a look at just how bad it could get. >> reporter: mgm national harbor casino is expected to open by the end of the year. aaa says when that happens, people who commute through this portion of prince georges county will be pretty miserable. according to their latest report, traffic here has increased some 26,000 cars per day since 2009. the highest increase along the entire beltway. they say this portion is a bottleneck. when mgm comes online it will get a lot worse. officials are looking at it in a very different way. >> i think what aaa is saying is that this is a major destination area for the state of maryland. >> that's fine. it's a bottleneck. and the big question is, what happens when the casino comes online? >> reporter: coming up o

numbers and what this means for people who live in this community. i'm tracee which will kins at national harbor, news 4. storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein. a nice break from our high heat and humidity now. waffle, refreshing afternoon under way. still pretty warm. there's a live view from our storm team 4 camera. few puffy light clouds floating in a blue sky. excellent visibility as a lot of that thick haze is gone. reagan national is at 88. the dry heat will be with us for the game tonight. play ball. nationals take on the dodgers. first pitch at 7:05. still be in the mid 80s. warm and dry. by the seventh inning stretch, under a just past full moon we'll be in the low 80s. beautiful night for baseball. by the last out it will be back down to the upper 70s under a clear sky with that bright moon. storm team 4 radar, all clear. unlike

those strong storms coming through. they produced marble-sized hail. this photo was posted on my twitter page by britt snider. certainly was loud, bouncing off the windows. here we go with our storm team 4 ten-day outlook. afternoon highs tomorrow, climbing into the low 90s. it will be more humid. friday, here comes the big high heat. it will be up near 100 on friday afternoon. just a small chance of an afternoon or evening thunderstorm, as well as on saturday and sunday. but hotter. maybe even up to 101 saturday. sunday, maybe 102. the record for washington on sunday is 101. so, that may be record heat on sunday and perhaps maybe even record heat on monday. so it's a weather alert weekend due to the excessive heat as well as the chance for afternoon storms from friday all the way into monday. monday's record high in

we may get up to 101. greater chance of storms monday afternoon. a weak front comes in. that will bring in somewhat cooler temperatures, but it's still going to be hot. we'll be in the 90s as we get into tuesday and wednesday. toward the end of the week, increasing chance of some storms moving in with highs in the 90s, all the way into the following saturday. heat exhaustion symptoms, if you feel faint or dizzy, excessing, have nausea or vomiting, rapid, weak pulse as well as muscle cramps. you definitely need to be careful out there. best thing to do is stay in for the weekend. >> tom, thank you. so, has the threat of triple-digit temperatures led you to change your plans for this weekend?

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thousands of people stopping by to leave american flags, personal notes and police badge s from departments all over the country. >> now it's time to make sure that some of those items get to the families of those fallen officers. kev kevin cokely has our report.

stuffed animals already. >> reporter: memorial items left at dallas police headquarters after the ambush that left five officers dead. flags with heartfelt messages. >> thank you for all you do to protect our city, state, region and nation. god bless you. >> reporter: now being sorted in the basement of the dallas public library. >> it's absolutely emotional. it's overwhelming because you feel so much love that everybody has left. >> reporter: hundreds of badges among them. >> the shoulder badges that go on the uniforms of officers of the they've left them here. they come from all over. >> reporter: any item with the name of a fallen officer will be offered to his family. >> anything that came inside, we're just assuming that they want each family to have one of those. >> the rest of the memorial items will be collected tuesday night. >> have an opportunity to lo

drawings that the kids have left for them and really have a moment to grieve and, i hope, heal, by reading all these words of love. >> right now at 5:00, extreme and dangerous heat. days of triple-digit temperatures. >> yogis, beware. warning from police after burglaries at near lay dozen yoga studios around the district. why area drivers say they're being charged tolls illegally and what they're now doing about that. first at 5:00, it is day three. for the republican national convention. and tonight donald trump's running mate will have a chance to address the nation. good evening. i'm wendy rieger. >> and i'm jim henley. we're learning about that speech from melania

apologized for including portions of michelle obama's speech, saying they mistakenly wound up in the speech. she offered her resignation, but trump denied it. trump himself arrived in cleveland, praising his children for their own speeches and giving a shout out to his running mate's wife. >> it's going to be great and ivanka tomorrow night and my whole family. and, karen i just want to -- your whole family is incredible. we love having you with us in this endeavor. hopefully we'll do an amazing job, and an amazing job for the country, most importantly. >> we'll hear from former trump rival ted cruz tonight, who has yet to endorse trump. we'll also be hearing from newt gingrich and trump's son, eric. just ahead in the next ten minutes we'll go live to cleveland with chris lawrence and tom sherwood.