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we see the men and women in our nation's capital up on the hill exhibit. when i saw him at the rnc in cleveland, he had on a happy face even though the pressure is on. >> reporter: donald, then daughter ivanka trump, came to the convention hall this afternoon. >> i love cleveland and they are doing a great job and the police are doing an incredible job. thank you very much. >> reporter: checking out the view, the mike, the teleprompter. for donald trump, tonight's speech is a critical performance. >> i don't know if the guy feels pressure but this is big. >> i think the american electorate has decided that hillary clinton is not honest or trustworthy. every poll shows you that. they just want to know that the other guy is not an irresponsible pick. >> reporter: after last night, convention chaos. ted cruz booed when he did not endorse trump. the nominee is getting kudos. >> what donald trump
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having cruz on there, it says i'm not afraid. >> reporter: he went after heidi and rafael cruz. >> i am not in the habit of subpoena porpting people who attack my wife and attack my father. >> reporter: trump raised eyebrows today saying as commander in chief he might not keep the u.s. commitment to defend nato allies against any russian aggression. look at the shot here in baton rouge, he said. we've got to fix our own mess as he tries to convince voters tonight that he's the leader who can do that. millions and millions who will watch tonight have only seen donald trump in short sound bites or in rallies off the cuff. so he could reboot and show to the american people a fuller picture of a donald trump, the president. live from the rnc, steve handelsman, news4. >> steve, thank you. some tense moments
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after ted cruz delivered his speech last night. his wife actually had to be escorted out of the arena amid the chorus of loud boos aimed at the texas senator. our coverage continues with chris lawrence and tom sherwood in cleveland. good evening, gentlemen. >> reporter: doreen, yes. we're starting with getting new information about exactly what happened during that fractious. i spoke to ken cuccinelli about what it was like down on that floor. with some republicans screaming insults, virginia's former attorney general had to grab heidi cruz by the arm to escort her out of the arena. >> reporter: how worried were you for mrs. cruz? >> it was just an uncomfortable environment. it was very threatening from behind us and so getting her out of there quickly was the most comfortable thing to do. >> reporter: were you disappointed in what some of your delegates were saying? >> i was disappointed with how she was tre
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think families are out of bounds. >> reporter: ken cuccinelli knows where last night's speech went wrong. >> vote your conscience. vote for a candidate up and down the ticket who you trust. >> reporter: he hasn't been here so he doesn't know that the word conscience has become a buzz word this week in the rules. >> reporter: it became a rallying point for the never trump movement. >> it's the first speech i wish i had been able to vet because i think we could have easily improved it for the audience in the room. >> reporter: cruz getting booed off the stage. >> we were talking about coming together as we head back to virginia. >> reporter: despite what happened to his preferred candidate, cuccinelli promises he'll be on the convention floor tonight. >> obviously in the context of getting donald trump elected. >> reporter: and you hear those words, getting donald trump elected. that is exactly
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delegates wanted to hear ted cruz say. >> that's right. it takes all kinds of people at a convention. some people love donald trump. some don't. and some, they just want to look like him. there are all sorts of characters for trump and the trump name is pretty easy to find around here. but a virginia delegate ran into this trump impersonator, the only one we've heard about so far this man from alexandria spotted him. you're out on the street and what happened? >> a lot of our guys saw him, a lot of media saw him. he was getting quite a buzz. >> reporter: he says he's trying to enjoy the sometimes fractious fun. >> no matter what position you're on, this is a lot of fun to do. i was very impressed yesterday. had a great time. i didn't expect that personally. but it was a lot
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>> reporter: i'm very happy about how things have gone. when he picked pence, he did a very good thing. pence is a very decent guy. but it's the real donald trump that we're waiting for here tonight. >> and we're getting closer and closer, tom. just a few hours away. jim, doreen? >> guys, you were saying earlier in the week that you thought security would be ramped up on this night. have you been seeing that? >> well, these conventions last four or five days. it takes months to prepare them and then you go from monday to thursday night and things get tighter and everyone gets tired. it's really much tougher here. >> reporter: we think it's going to be hard to get back in. you saw last night on news4 at
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11:00, how police formed the funnel and cone for the crowds to come out. >> reporter: and at some point, and this happened in previous conventions, the secret service says no more. >> don't want that to happen. >> no, not going to happen to us. >> reporter: sending it back to you. jim, doreen. >> thanks, guys. stay exactly where you are. appreciate it. this convention has been a week of unscripted drama on the very first day. something of a revolt from grassroots republicans sparked a fight on the floor and the colorado delegation even walked out. on monday night, melania trump's speech went over well until some observers spotted some of the strikingly similarities from michelle obama's campaign from 2008. p paul manafort spent tuesday afternoon
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and ted cruz stole the headlines when he refused to endorse trump. all together, a week of unforced errors but donald trump's speech tonight will leave the final impression in the voters' minds. our nbc news coverage will begin tonight at 10:00. now to the democratic side, by this weekend we should know who hillary clinton's choice for vice president will be. there is increasing buzz that it could be virginia senator tim kaine. david culver caught up with the senator today as his national profile is on the rise. >> reporter: selfies and a handshake, all of it amid rumors that senator tim kaine could be in for a title change. >> why did you want to get a selfie? anything to do with the new attention surrounding him,
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>> yes. yeah, sure. first, when i go places, i get selfies with different people. if he becomes vice president, i already have my selfie. >> reporter: are you thinking ahead to that? >> yes, i hope so. i hope he gets the vice president position. >> reporter: and virginia's senator and former governor downplaying the suggestion that he'll be clinton's choice. >> i'm in a little momentary bubble of attention but it will be normal again. >> you anticipate that? >> well, we'll see what happens. >> reporter: the senator spent the day on two roundtable discussions. earlier, it was an immigration reform focused discussion in arlington. he did take the time to sign his autograph for a young man with big dreams to be president but dismissed questions regarding his own veep aspirations. >> i'm a happy senator and i'm not
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>> reporter: but today the what if remains top of mind. shirley's got her photo just in case. david culver, news4. in prince george's county today, a veteran police officer is facing charges of upskirting women. prosecutors say officer james sims recorded some of the women during traffic stops. one of his victims was an off duty cop. bureau chief tracee wilkins has a message from the police chief. >> reporter: this is a very unusual case. the prince george's county police officer who was entrusted to do the right thing, who was now accused of doing the wrong thing multiple times and, as you said, unsuspectingly to a fellow police officer. the prince george's county police chief says he wants accountability. >> we will hold individuals who have betrayed the trust of this community accountable. >> reporter: prince george's
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is charged with six counts related to taking upskirt pictures of unsuspected women. >> in this case, we have four victims. two of these victims had their photos taken while they were pulled over on traffic stops. >> reporter: one of the incidents happened here in bowie and the victim was an off duty police officer from another jurisdiction who noticed what sims was attempting to do. she watched him run to his marked police cruiser. >> it was her complaint that got the investigation started. >> reporter: it was the investigation that led to sims' charges. >> i did three things. i suspended that officer, i launched an internal investigation and contacted the state's attorneys office. >> reporter: this led to additional photos on sims' phone and the women who he allegedly victimized during traffic stops. >> in our interaction with him, it was clear that whether they had come forward o
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had concerns. >> reporter: the state's attorney office and chief are promising accountability. >> this is our commitment to this community, that when we find the conduct, we will degrees it effectively head-on and immediately. >> no special privilege will be given. this officer will be treated like we treat every other defendant in a criminal case that we prosecute. >> sims is going to be presented with a summons and then the process will play out from there. there's no telling how much prison time he could receive. but these charges go with a year's worth of conviction time. i'm tracee wilkins, back to you. a terror plot foiled two weeks before the beginning of the olympic games in rio. why authorities are downplaying the threat. coming up on news4, they are calling for 100-degree temperatures this weekend.
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how d.c. fire is getting ready to keep you safe. and as mark said, our high today is 90 degrees. tomorrow and into the weekend, about ten degrees wormer. but how much hotter will it feel
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some troubling questions about a police shooting in north miami when police responded to a call about a man threatening suicide. the man sitting in the street has autism. he walked away from a group home. the man lying on the ground is a therapist from that home, charles kinsey is his name. he was trying to calm his client when police showed up. kinsey thought as long as he kept his hands up, the police wouldn't shoot him. an officer shot three rounds and hit him in the leg. the police chief has asked the florida department of law enforcement to handle the investigation. >> this shows our commitment to transparency. >> i am in total shock of what i saw. >> charles kinsey says his client was shot and it took 20 minutes for an ambulance to arrive. >> authorities say they have broken up a terror cell that was trying to come up with a plan to attack the olympics. police
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southern brazil today. government officials describe the group as absolutely amateur and officials say they have not prepared an actual attack. instead, the suspects were contacting each other through instant messaging apps and talking about possible acts of terrorism. all the suspects support isil. well, we feel a lot of this today. hazy, humid-looking weather and people using umbrellas to shade themselves from the hot summer sun. temperatures climbing higher the next few days. fire officials are taking steps to keep us safe. mark segraves explains how all new at 6:00. >> reporter: medic units will hit the streets starting tomorrow morning. >> we're going to put out five additional units. the medic units will allow us to be able to address if we have
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heat. >> reporter: as storm team 4 calls for additional heat, the krus will help as well as the public. >> it allows our members to come in at the same time. >> reporter: just recently, chief dean himself jumped into action when an 86-year-old woman collapsed outside of his office building from problems with the heat. >> went back to the office and we went out there the ambulance got there. >> reporter: people will be looking for ways to stay cool. he's asking the public to resist the temptation to open up a fire hydrant for relief. >> reporter: those are the good old days where everybody has the hydrants open but the reality is there's a cost to that. we want to make sure that when we get there, we actually don't have to turn the hydrant on and
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>> reporter: the private ambulance service to help transport patients will help keep up with demand. in the district, mark segraves, news4. some local post offices need to be cleaner and safer. an audit reviewed by news4 looked at 20 post offices in maryland, virginia and north carolina. nearly all of them violated one or another type of law with the occupational health and safety administration. the problems with roofs, with lights and with the floors. instructors say the landlords who own the facilities are failing to make some of the needed repairs. a man carjacked and killed while pumping gas. tonight, hear from the victim's neighbor as she talks about why the car was so important to the
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>> well, when you factor in the humidity, temperatures will be around 100 and we only go up from there. notice when you factor in the mugginess, it's out in full force on saturday feeling about 100 to 108 during the afternoon and evening hours on sunday and monday. similar, 100 to 105. our weather alert days, the mugginess, again, you're noticing it on saturday and monday as well. currently, temperatures right now in the 80s. we have 88 degrees in washington. our high today, 90. making it the 18th day so far this year. we've hit 90 degrees. 88 up in hagerstown and 90 in leesburg with mainly clear skies. here's your planner for the evening hours. mid-80s around 7:00 p.m. still warm and humid out there. mainly clear skies overnight tonight.
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into the 60s and 70s across the area. suburbs largely falling into the 60s overnight. the heat forecast for tomorrow, use caution outdoors. make sure you're drinking plenty of water. probably want to avoid exercise during the heat of the afternoon. as we look to the weekend, through monday, it's that dangerous heat where you want to stay indoors in the air conditioning. keep your pets, kids obviously, elderly neighbors in mind. the heat indeces is feeling anywhere from 100 to 105. tuesday, it's still hot but not as humid. you want to use caution outdoors with high temperatures still in the upper 90s. some record heat is possible over the weekend, saturday and sunday. tomorrow we start off around 74 degrees. by lunchtime, low 90s. 4:00, a high temperature of 99 degrees. it must be ten degrees warmer than yesterday. feeling like
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maybe an isolated shower during the mid-morning hours if you're north of town during the afternoon hours, not only tomorrow but through the weekend. we can't rule out scattered to isolated late-day thunderstorms because of the heat and humidity. saturday, a high of 101. sunday, 99. monday, best chance for late-day thunderstorms as a weak cold front moves through. the front really only impacts the humidity on tuesday. notice the highs still around 98. wednesday and thursday, we're in the 90s. coming up, we'll talk about how the heat will impact outdoor activities and what the nationals are doing as they have home games throughout the weekend. i'm chris lawrence live at quicken loans arena. we're taking you behind the scenes on the final night of the rnc. a 68-year-old man is fatally shot during a carjacking here in prince george's county. ahe,
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that car meant so much to the victim. it's a big change in the way fairfax county patrol officers deal with domestic violence calls. they must ask 11 key questions that can trigger immediate action. coming up, we'll
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now at 6:30, all eyes are on donald trump as he accepts his party's nomination for president. >> donald trump finished a walk-through with his daughter ivanka by his side. our chris lawrence is inside quicken loans arena in cleveland with a closer look. the grand finale is tonight. chris? >> reporter: yeah, that's right. you said closer, and we're bringing you closer. this is where you will see people that have packed this arena. we are hours away from their gavg
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teleprompter. this is what donald trump will be reading off of later tonight and look at that row of cameras all aimed on that stage you can hear them pointing at the teleprompter and hear donald trump talking about, wow, i really like that font. i like that. that's nice and clear. you could hear ivanka trump saying i think i need it a little bigger. thighs are all of the details that you will not see tonight but that we get to see when we see these walk throughs. and donald trump said just don't let anything go wrong. it's a very natural human moment that we rarely get to see. lester holt got to speak with two of trump's sons about how this speech came together. >> i asked him
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planning went into this speech and they said, sure, well, lots of suggestions but it is his speech and they are mindful and he is mindful of what got him here and what got him here was the free-wheeling donald trump who was plain talking, who poked us in the eye sometimes with some of his more provocative statements. we're all going to have to wait and see. >> reporter: so here's a little taste of what you will be able to see tonight. donald trump, obviously, and his daughter ivanka are the headliners but we'll hear from oklahoma governor mary fallin, the liberty university president jerry falwell jr. donald trump not only has to unify the party but reach out to every day americans and prove to them that he's prepared
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presidency it is a tall order but a lot of effort has gone into that speech tonight. >> chris, thanks. >> a man was shot and killed while pumping gas in capital heights. the gunman wanted the man's car but that man refused to give it up. chris gordon has reaction from those who knew the victim. chris? >> reporter: jim, alonzo jackson leaves a wife, three grown sons and grandchildren. i'm told they are in too much pain to speak publicly. neighbors, however, told me today that mr. jackson was a wonderful man and they share the family's sadness. >> reporter: mary says she
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neighborhood but he was fatally shot at this bp station in capitol heights yesterday. he was caught on camera wearing a black mask. he drove off in the black dodge charger with d.c. tag df0113. jackson was a lifelong resident of the advidistrict. that car was a prize for him. >> it was a gift to himself something that he thought back in the day he could not afford because he was not a college grad. >> reporter: police released this surveillance video of the alleged gunman. >> we're asking for the public's help in identifying him. he's armed and dangerous. we consider him a very serious threat. if you see him, call 911 immediately. if you see the car, call 911 immediately. >> reporter: police say any of us could be the victim of a carjacking.
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the warning is in loss at the gas station where yesterday's carjacking occurred. >> i never pump gas at night and then when i do pump gas, i make sure i have someone with me. >> it doesn't take for a man to lose his life. if you want a vehicle that bad, you get out and get a job and work hard for it. you don't have to kill someone over it. >> reporter: a reward of up to $25,000 is being offered for information leading to an arrest and indictment in this case and you don't have to give your name to the police in order to qualify for that reward. that's the latest, live from prince george's county. >> chris gordon, thank you. metro's largest union is suing the transit agency in an effort to reinstate a worker who was fired after last year's incident. the mechanic was blamed for
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an arbitration wohearing grante the worker his job back. one woman died from smoke inhalation after the train got stuck in the metro tunnel in january 2015. some rather surprising findings tonight about one of the greatest domestic violence threats in fairfax county. this comes one year after a program was put in place to help victims. julie carey explains how a piece of paper with 11 questions can be a lifesaver. >> do you think he or she may try to kill you? the answer to that is yes. >> reporter: no one asked this woman these very specific set of questions when she was abused from her ex-husband from 2008 to 2011. she called police several times. >> has he or she tried to choke you? the answer to that is yes. >> reporter: she's encouraged by the county's new
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assessment program, or l.a.p. it brought patrol officers special training and requires they ask the victims these 11 questions at every domestic violence call. >> this is a good tool. i feel like if i had it provided to me at the time, it really would have helped me get out of the situation sooner. >> reporter: when the answer is yes to a certain number of questions, the victim is screened as high danger. officers use a flip phone to connect the victim right away with one of the domestic violence counselors. >> it's not a police officer that's trying to coach someone, it's a professional counselor that builds more rapport and trust with the victim. >> reporter: that counselor helps determine what is needed to help protect the victim. in the first year, half of all women screened were high dangers. 51% feared their abuser might try to kill them and 71% had a history of strangulation. >> that's a very lethal crime.
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sometimes to pass out and longer than that and somebody could be dead. >> reporter: but since the program has begun, fairfax county has recorded just one domestic violence death. julie carey, news4. high drama under the big show in tysons. how this is causing growth in northern virginia. he calls himself a caregiver but left a 95-year-old woman to live in filth. jose bacon was sentence today. and look how hot it will feel in your neighborhood around 3:00 saturday afternoon. 107 in the district. i'm breaking it down for you
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the cirque du soleil show is taking center stage in tysons. >> also, a place where you might want to live, molette
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reports. >> reporter: how does a cirque du soleil show fit in tysons? >> the cirque du soleil show will bring over 250,000 visitors who will fill our hotels and restaurants and shops and many will be seeing tyson for the first time in a long time. >> reporter: the show helps sell tysons as a place to live and enjoy life. kaplan points out the new 400-unit apartment just a stone's throw from the big show in town. >> this is a major new residential center. thousands of new apartments are being built here and we're eager for people to be reintroduced to whatever they think tysons used to be, it's a whole new story now because it's the biggest redevelopment project in america. >> 150 local people were hired to work the show, which runs
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>> i think we need to go. >> i think so, too. we're just two days away from the second annual clear the shelters event. this is a look at the presidential pets through the years. we want to see photos of your pets. post them using the #furryfriend. they will waive or discount fees as part of the one-day adoption drive. we have a special page dedicated to the event on nbcwashington.com. coming up tonight, we'll tell you how people from all over the country are coming together to help a teenager injured in a freak accident up in central park in new york. also tigonht, his job was to care for an elderly woman but his actions
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he was supposed to be carrying for a 95-year-old woman. instead, he stole from her and left her living in filth. meagan fitzgerald is live with more on the story. meagan? >> reporter: the conditions the
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as the worst possible scenario and jose bacon hasn't taken responsibility for his actions and investigators say this woman could have died. montgomery county investigators say from january 2012 to october 2015, jose bacon jr. was stealing money from an elderly woman. >> he was in the neighborhood and able to get his foot in the door, so to speak. >> reporter: bacon was the only caregiver for 95-year-old helen. investigators say she trusted him which is how he was able to forge and cash 16 checks in a month totalling more than $11,000. investigators believe this video shows bacon withdrawing money from her atm. what police found inside her home was a scene particularly troubling. >> he left this 95-year-old victim toss
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own urine and leave the house to be unkempt. >> cat feces, old food covered in ants and rats on the bed. a special task force was sa designated to protect the elderly. >> they are cross-trained in both financial crimes and elder exploitation. >> reporter: they are hoping the seven-year sentence given to bacon will send a strong message to the community. >> reporter: we're told that helen is in an assisted living facility and she's 98 years old and doing well. >> thanks, meagan. roger ailes is out at fox news. the company announced that ailes officially resigned today. he was the ceo of the station and he's been under fire after
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former anchor gretchen carlson filed a suit against him. ailes has declined doing anything wrong. rupert murdoch will be the acting ceo. in a statement, rupert murdoch says ailes made, in his words, a remarkable contribution to the country. a teenager in fairfax county who was injured in an explosion in central park is getting help with his medical bills. 19-year-old connor golden stepped on a homemade explosive back on july 3rd. doctors had to amputate one of his legs below the knee. a gofund me page has been created to help with his expenses and as of this after nan, more than $60,000 has been donated. police believe the explosives
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yi ist and was not intended to hurt anyone. a night of frustration for southwest airlines passengers. last night turned into a day of frustration today. there are still long lines across the country after yesterday's big computer glitch in addition to last night's cancellation. southwest canceled 450 more flights today. they say it's mostly because of the displaced flight crews and planes. amelia, i'm wondering how far would we have to go on a plane to escape from this heatwave? >> canada. >> it's hitting all over the country, isn't it? >> yes. we're talking about extreme heat. tomorrow, over the weekend, monday, high temperatures, around 100 degrees when you pack for in the humidity, feeling even hotter. this is dangerous heat we're talking about. here are your weather headlines. because of the heat, tomorrow through monday, storm team 4 weather alert
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our facebook and twitter pages. with the heat and humidity comes small chances for late-day thunderstorms. but any thunderstorms that do develop because it is so muggy could have very heavy rainfall. it's still hot next week and no widespread rain in the forecast. tomorrow, because of the increase in heat, it's going to be about ten degrees warmer than today. the warmer having a moderate impact on your friday. it's humid as well. feeling like 100 during the afternoon hours and again maybe an isolated late-day thunderstorm across the area. if you're north of town, can't rule out the shower during the morning hours. temperatures in the 80s. for the most part, 88 in the district. 88 right now in manassas. this is what it feels like saturday afternoon. 107 in washington. 105 in leesburg. you can see the corridor and temperatures still feeling like they are in the upper 90s. if we hit 100 over the weekend, it will be the first time since 2012 that we've hit 100. activities the next
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morning run, it's already hot. heading to the pool, make sure kids are in the shade when they are not in the pool and nats park they are allowing you to bring in an extra bottle of water. they are going to have misting fans out there. there's the weekend. 101 on saturday. 99 on sunday. sports is coming up. steven straussburg has been on a roll but he's perfect no more. why he was double-trouble for the nats star today. first, lester holt has a look on "nbc nightly news." >> we'll look at donald trump's most important speech and ted cruz getting booed off the stage. it's official. the head of fox news is out tonight taken down by scandal. and summer at its worst, cripple heatwa
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i'm thinking that is straussburg went up against any other team -- >> they played at 12:05 today. that's too early. why are you playing baseball that early? they didn't wake up until the 7th inning. 1986, the last time a starting pitcher began the year with 14 d consecutive wins.
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september of last year. it's the longest loss-free streak since 1912. early start game at the ballpark. one strike from getting out of the inning but justin turner had other plans. a big day for turner. dodgers take the lead at 2-0. he gets up and gets it. that's a three-run blast. dodgers lead it. gave up six runs over six innings. in the ninth, ramos trying to keep things alive. man on third. dodgers double up and the nats are
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>> you know every streak and that's the best streak i've ever seen, i think. and so it was just untimely. you knew it was going to end some day and so now we go back to the drawing board. >> there's been games where i feel like i probably deserved a loss and the team picked me up. so just couldn't get it done today but i'm going to learn from it and hopefully give him a better chance to win next time. orioles visiting the yankees and that would be a strike, too. tough break for him there. no matter what, he's seen better days. that's
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one run is going to come in to store. misplays the replay there. another one slides in. a two-run double. they are up 4-1. chris tillman was having no pro problems on the mound today. improves to 14-2 on the season. the birds take this with the final score, 4-1. i'm moving on to college basketball. troubling allegations being made against like lonergan. anonymous players claiming that they were emotionally and verbally abused by the coach. according to this report in early april, he visited a title 9 coordinator on campus to log complaints against the coach. the coordinator said the school looked into his behavior and that the issue had been handled. 13 players have transferred out of gw in
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at the school. their response is "the washington post" article is full of lies and half-truths. they looked into allegations and after a thorough investigation, concluded that the coach had not violated the university policy and that no further action would be taken. elsewhere in the nba, the association announcing this afternoon that they are moving the 2017 all-star game out of charlotte, north carolina. the league made this decision because of the so-called bathroom bill, a state law that limits anti-discrimination protections for lesbian, gay and transgender people. they will revisit charlotte as a site for 2019 but only if there's resolution to this matter. >> that lonergan thing is fascinating. i wonder if it's a generational thing. >> i played football. i played college football so -- >> coaches get rough. i don't
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