>> and i'm aaron gilchrist in for jim handly. our team is covering the weather conditions right now at 5:00. >> david culver here riding along with fire and rescue. one is en route. you may hear the sirens. we'll show you how they are not only battling fires but also dealing with this heat. coming up on news4, this local jail has reached 100 degrees. what is being done to give relief to the inmates and correction officers who work here. >> those stories coming up at this hour. let's start with storm team 4. >> amelia draper and lauryn ricketts, they are preparing for a scorcher. ladies? >> wendy, it was hot today, even when you factor in the humidity. temperatures are in the triple digits in spots. right around 100. tomorrow, we're talking about warmer temperatures and higher humidity

dangerously hot tomorrow. i want to walk you through the midday temperatures. about 104 in the district, 105 in leesburg and 102 in frederick. this is the kind of temperatures that you want to limit your time outdoors. make sure you drink plenty of water. as we head into the afternoon hours, feeling about 107 in washington and 108 in leesburg. we'll be under a heat advisory tomorrow. even at 5:00 in the evening, around 104 in washington. now, right now when you factor in the humidity, feeling about 101 here in washington and outside of our studios in northwest washington, that's where we find lauryn. what's it like out there? i came to work at 2:00 -- between 1:00 and 2:00 and it was already feeling bad. >> absolutely. our makeup artist nicky was talking about just how hot it was when they were coming

work. it's 101 right now and as you showed it's going to get worse tomorrow. it's feeling a little warm, obviously, out here right now. we've got a break but don't let that fool you. the heat-related illnesses can sneak up on you very quickly. it really messes with the heat and the body's ability to cool. if you get any of these symptoms, make sure you are really drinking water, you go inside, get some air conditioning and shade because it is really life threatening. now, we are talking about the dangerous heat, amelia. we're going to talk more about that in a few minutes. amelia? >> exactly, lauryn. because of the heat and humidity, i'll breakdown the rest of the weekend and monday any thunderstorm chances in 15 minutes. >> thanks, amelia, thanks lauryn. the safest thing to don

indoors and drink plenty of water but what happens when your job requires you to be out in the heat and wear layers and layers of gear? david culver spent time with the ems fire and rescue. >> reporter: if you step outside, you feel the heat and humidity. if you think you have it bad, think about what these guys are dealing with. fairfax county fire and rescue in the midst of some training and drills. look what they have to wear. several layers. in addition to that, others have to wear air packs. all together, about 60 pounds worth of material that they have to wear on them in this heat, in the humidity. i tried it on a little earlier. i was in the shade. you can see suiting up, already i was starting to feel the sweat come down. >> the one thing we do, we wear it so often that our bodies have become conditioned to it and we react to the heat and perspire a little more.

it's pretty warm. we're used to it. >> reporter: for some, they are able to at least get some relief as they are cleaning up, wearing shorts, as you see, that was a change a few years ago that came in under the current chief, allowing for that kind of uniform when they are out in this heat. still, though, doesn't make much of a difference when you go in and fight a fire. there can be a struggle, no question. coming up on news4 at 6:00, we did a ride-along and you'll hear what they recommend for you. in the alexandria section, david culver, news4. breaking right now at 5:00, a manhunt is under way for three gunmen after a shooting at a shopping center in mun nirk, germany. we're just learning now via a unit police tweet, the death toll is at

include only the victims. we have video that believes to be the shooter. they appear there to raise a weapon and then you heard shots. authorities do think that this could be terrorism. the shooting started at a mcdonald's and then continued inside the mall. witnesses do report seeing those people with guns. now, the u.s. state department is telling americans not to go to the u.s. consulate. everybody is being told to stay put. isis claiming responsibility for a knife and ax attack that happened on a train in germany on monday. >> kristin, thank you. into ba back here in the states, all eyes are on florida where hillary clinton could possibly reveal her running mate. hillary clinton will first send out a text before announcing her vp pick.

for her to arrive at a rally here at the state fairgrounds there in tampa, florida. there's been a lot of speculation over the last few weeks about the finalists. among them, of course, virginia senator tim kaine. we'll have reaction to that in less than ten minutes. and right now, several museums on the national mall are closed because of a power outage. that includes the american indian museum and several other smithsonian locations, also closed, the holocaust museum. they will remain closed until tomorrow. the folks at the smithsonian say the natural history, american history and air and space are opened. news4 broke the story about excessive heat at the d.c. jail and the death of an inmate there. nowwe've learned another jail is dealing with similar heat issues. news4's mark segraves takes us inside st. mary's county where workers say temperatures can reach triple digits.

week have reached above 100 degrees, according to the warden who has worked at the jail for more than 30 years. he says this has always been a problem. he says the jail was built with no air conditioning. >> every summer, we have issues with inmates that we have to take to the hospital. >> reporter: they have brought in huge fans and ice water and allowing the inmates to wear shorts and t-shirts and have opened up the windows to the cell gls we have to put floor fans through the chutes because they do not have windows so there's no air circulation. >> reporter: news4 recorded temperatures in the mid-90s. you can feel the heat. he says the fans offer some relief but create a safety issue. >> you hear that constant hum. we can't hear calls for help. which is very scary. >> reporter: the st. mary's board of commissioners has approved $18 million

upgrades and expanded facilities as well as air conditioning. john o'connor spoke to us by phone. >> we're fully committed to fully funding every single project that we put into the budget. like i said, that includes the pods, air conditioning. >> reporter: while county commissioners have approved local funding, the state must also prove matching funds. commission o'connor says that he and the governor are committed to completing the improvements but the soonest it would begin is in two years. there's new information about the shooting of the unarmed black man who had his hands up over his head. the department's police commander has been suspended. he allegedly fabricated information about the shooting. the city manager made that announcement today and did not go into specifics about what was or not fabricated. video of monday's shooting shows therapist charles kinsey laying

patient who has autism and had wandered into the street. we have learned the identity of the officer who shot kinsey in the leg. >> the officer involved in monday's shooting is jonathan, a member of our s.w.a.t. team and has been employed with the department for four years. >> reporter: the initial cal came in for a suicidal person that had a gun. the police union said that the officer who shot kinsey was actually aiming at the autistic man believing that he was threatening kinsey. the officer missed and hit kinsey instead. dejuan clark shot and killed sequan hall two weeks ago. clark is in custody out of state and charged with first-degree murder. they have not released a murder

here. another man was killed in that area three weeks prior. prosecutors have dropped all charges against the woman accused of luring young boys into her home and sexually assaulting them. all five child sex abuse charges have been dropped against larona steele. the police report said that she lured boys into her apartment last month offering them ice cream and popcorn. again, all charges against the woman have been dropped. >> donald trump is specifically calling out the district but is what he said last night at the rnc actually true? in our nation's capital, killings have risen by 50%. >> well, political chea

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a lot of people were fact-checking donald trump's speech last night and not in a positive way. tissue thompson and the

i-team did checking and got the d.c. mayor'spo th speech. >> reporter: when he accepted the republican nomination last night, our city found itself in an uncomfortable spotlight. >> homicides last year increased by 17% in america's 50 largest cities. in our nation's capitals, killings have risen by 50%. >> trump didn't give any specific dates and used the broad term killing. so we decided to take a look at homicide numbers for washington, d.c., starting in 2007. at 181 murders, that's the year that police chief cathy lanier took over the d.c. police department. the numbers then declined until 2012 at just 88 murders that year. the next couple of years, they were right about 100. t then in 2015, we did see a 54% increase in homicide.

uncommon. and so i want to be clear about that nobody comes to d.c. to cherry pick the numbers. >> reporter: d.c. mayor muriel bowser stood in front of the old post office pavilion where he's ren nating t renovating the building into a hotel. >> unfortunately, sometimes we see that and 2014 we had an historic low. >> reporter: when you compare homicide numbers from this time of year in july to now in 2016, the numbers have dropped about 9%. and the mayor's staff says they are really hoping to keep these numbers low. so tonight at 6:00, hear what the city is doing to keep that number from increasing. tisha thompson, news4 i-team. and the race for the white house has now shifted its attention to the democratic side

she decided to choose as her running çmate. among the candidates, tim kaine from virginia. julie carey has more about the excitement about the possibility for this. >> reporter: a lot of folks are keeping an eye on their text alerts to see if hillary clinton choosing tim kaine as her running mate. they are not waiting for the official word of hillary clinton's rnning mate. they have a ploet poe type created for all contenders, these buttons with a clinton/kaine ticket on pins. >> i'm so excited to get to know him. he is a very honest and very

going to be a stable force in the democratic party and for the country. >> reporter: the executive director is eager for the news, too. the first person he ever campaigned for is tim kaine. >> he's a sincere guy. he knows his stuff. he knows virginia. he speaks spanish. he has a connection with the latino population. >> reporter: this man worked for governor kaine as he washington liason. >> he's intelligent, pragmatic and not dogmatic and incredibly kind. >> reporter: congressman jerry connolly -- >> he will be quite competent. no on-the-job training needed. foreign policy as well as domestic experience. >> some liberal democrats call kaine too moderate.

attack dog. >> reporter: to under estimate him is do to do at your own peril. >> reporter: in fact, tim kaine has never lost an election. coming up on news4 at 6:00, i'll take a closer look at his life and career. back to you in the studios. >> julie, thank you. will selecting tim kaine help hillary clinton's campaign? weigh in on the washington flash survey on facebook and twitter right now. we're getting our first look at the stage where hillary clinton and her running mate may make their debut. this is the dnc convention stage in philadelphia and construction on the set started nearly two months ago. we will bring you live updates from the convention floor all next week. stay tuned all next week as well, lester holt will

site of the democratic national convention. and keep an eye on your pets this weekend and on the elderly and watch yourself because we are in for a dangerously hot spell here. amelia will tell us just how bad and dangerous it's going to be over the next few days in our

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today was the 19th day so far this year. we hit 90 degrees or higher and we'll continue through the weekend and next week. this weekend, in fact, the hottest of the year when you factor in the humidity. feeling extremely hot, dangerously hot tomorrow and still pretty bad on sunday. it's not until tuesday when we start to see the area cooled down somewhat. still extremely hot on monday. storm team 4 weather alert through monday because of the heat with the heat and humidity among other factors. there are some late-day thunderstorm chances, mainly on saturday and monday. i'm tracking cooler temperatures on our ten-day forecast. you'll see that in a moment. but i want to show you the feels like forecast over the next few days. tomorrow and monday, looking to be the worst of it. on saturday, feeling anywhere from 100 to 108 during the afternoon hours. the humidity levels are not

bad on sunday. around 100. monday, we're right back up into the 100 or 108 range. we'll likely be under a heat advisory tomorrow and monday on tuesday, temperatures feeling like they are near 100 degrees. your planner for tonight, as we work our way from the evening hours, we'll fall into the 80s. overnight lows, only in the 70s for everybody. 7:00 p.m., around 91. most of us completely dry this evening. only a small chance of an isolated shower or thunderstorm, mainly around the i-81 corridor. mainly clear skies overnight tonight and temperatures at 10:00 around 83 degrees. this is the heat index. most of us feeling like temperatures are in the mid-to upper 90s. that includes culpeper and frederick feeling like 101 and easton. here's the latest from the storm team 4 radar where you can see everyone is dry in the immediate area. we start off the day at a

77 degrees. by lunchtime, low 90s. 4:00, we hit a high of 98 and scattered, late day thunderstorms between 2:00 and 7:00 p.m. by 8:00 p.m., it's still hot. at about 90 degrees at that point. activities over the next few days, if you want to do some outdoor exercise, do so during the morning hours. the earlier, the better. it's already going to be hot and humid both saturday, sunday and monday. if you're heading to the pool, make sure you're drinking plenty of water. it could be deceiving, you don't know how much you are sweating. dining out, heading to the nationals game, the nats are letting you bring in two closed bottles of water. they will have two cooling stations and misters at the game to help you combat the heat. here's a look at the next ten days. sunday, a high of 97. monday, record highs around 100 degrees. it's extremely muggy and th

later in the day. the cold front tries to move through. when it's hot that hot and humid, the storms could be on the strong to severe side. hefty winds impacting the area. on tuesday, 95 for a high. a lingering shower or thunderstorm. wednesday and thursday, in the 90s. finally, some 80s on the board. >> i'm shomari stone here at the capitol mall. i'll tell what you is being done to help fix the power outage. this is scott macfarlane in germantown. the school district is talking about shifting vacation for thousands of school kids. up, up and away. how drones are

we've been telling you about a big announcement that could come at any moment. hillary clinton getting ready to name her running mate and it could be virginia's own tim kaine. >> and another attack on a soft target. this time, in munich, germany. gunmen opened fire on a shopping center and the death toll is at eight. >> we'll tell you how things could be changing for schools and faculty. >> and southwest left passengers stranded across the country because of a computer issue. new details on a carjacking

they have released new pictures. officers responded to a gas station in the 4900 block of marlboro pike. jackson later died at the hospital. investigators believe he had just filled up his car when a man came up and shot him and then sped off in the victim's car. if you have any information about this shooting, call the police. at the live desk, kristin wright, back to you. it's going to be a dangerously hot weekend here. we're expecting the first 100 degree temperatures of the year. >> there is a power outage at the capital mall. shomari? >> reporter: right now i'm outside the national

closed right now due to the power outage, a lot of tourists from around the world like to come during the summer. let's roll some video. smithsonian officials say that the national museum of african art, the ripley center will stay closed for the rest of the day. around 2:00 today, d.c. had reached 92 degrees with a high expected to reach 99 degrees. the power outage issue is an underground equipment problem near the museum. crews are trying to fix it. the museums will remain closed this evening, expected to open tomorrow morning. if you're watching this saying i'd like to go to some of the museums, is anything else open, i have the list. e

national air and museum is open along with the national museum of american history. so if you want to check out those museums, they are open and you can cool off in air conditioning. live here on the national mall, i'm shomari stone, news4. >> well, yes, it is indeed dangerously hot but it's been a fairly school year so far. check out more about this and our nbc washington app. right now, just search heat records. montgomery county public school students have one more month of summer vacation left. in the future, the summer break could be shifting for kids and employees of the county's 250-plus schools. shifting closer to may. scott macfarlane is finding out some parents and teachers are thrilled at the idea. others are not. >> reporter: aaron, at the splash park in germantown, it's been packed here all day because this is the halfway point of summer vacation in

county. the halfway point is today. come the 2017-2018 school year, the timing could be changing. on this sunny, brutally hot friday, we were surprised by how many people wanted to talk about school. smelly says she likes the idea she's hearing from montgomery county public schools. >> i think the weather in june is far better than in august and gives us an opportunity to do vacations when it's not as crowded. >> reporter: school officials tell news4 they will meet in november to decide whether to shift summer vacation one week earlier beginning in 2017-2018, letting kids out closer to memorial day and having them return earlier in august. >> we wanted to let the community know about this proposal as early as possible because it affects their summers and they really do care about this time and spending time with their families. >> reporter: some have been lobbying for

this would force changes with so many people with government worker who is travel closer to labor day and do the same to the county's popular soccer leagues and summer camps that must be ready to open the minute school let's gets out for the year. summer vacation moves so quickly, already the school district received 1300 e-mails and they are passionate. you'll see it tonight on news4 at 6:00. scott macfarlane, news4. wendy, back to you. >> thanks, scott. there's a gun show since the new law about

are passed at gun shows. previously, only federally licensed gun dealers could do that. both the buyer and seller have to agree to that. they will be running those background checks this weekend. more about the big heatwave coming to our region. >> temperatures will be hot in the triple digits. and in a society that constantly burn as candle at both ends, staying up to study, work and have fun, there are

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ah, the elusive sleep. we could use more of it and a lot of us don't get enough. it could impact your quality of life. >> and it could take a financial toll as well. doreen? >> approximately one in three of us suffer from insomnia and that may be one of the three of us or if not all three of us. americans spend billions

over-the-counter treatment surfing the internet frequently at work or checking out periodically during the day could be signs of sleep deprivation and affect employers and the economy in a big way. >> undiagnosed sleep disorder is causing the u.s. economy several billion dollar as year. >> reporter: this doctor at the university of maryland school of medicine recently looked at available research on the economic impact of insomnia and other sleep disorders. >> about 75% of the money that is spent on untreated sleep disorders -- >> far more common in the case of insomnia, for example, is what we call i show up at work but i am not as

now, from an employer perspective, this is costing about eight work days per employee per year. >> reporter: the effects of sleep disorders can be more than financially dangerous. they can have catastrophic consequences. >> if you look at major global disasters ranging from an explosion in ind dee yeah, things like three-mile island, they all have a sleep deprivation and a middle of the night cause as a factor. >> reporter: the doctor says 24-hour professions where sleep deprivation is built into the job, for example, medicine, transportation, law enforcement, firefighters, people in those jobs need to be monitored closely. >> employers in high-risk okay indicati occupational settings should have sleeping centers and it's also cost

sleeping, it could be very worthwhile to talk to your doctor about it. there are strategies and treatment that don't involve taking any drugs and you could find out if you have sleep apnea that interferes with your sleep and is also very treatable. aaron, wendy? >> great advice, doreen. thank you. customers and crews of southwest airlines continue to cope with the third straight day of traveling chaos. how the air carrier is working to overcome a technical glitch that brought its entire fleet to a standstill. and nbc 4 responds. help viewers get their money back this week. and also, it's going to be warm. if you're headed out to nats park but these numbers are going to continue to go up throughout the weekend. we're going to plan it out by hour and let you know how hot it's going to get comi up in jungst

right now, more than 100 million americans are experiencing this extreme heat. >> storm team 4 calling it dangerous and issuing a weather alert for this weekend. lauryn ricketts is joining us to tell us what to

it's going to be unbearably hot. >> it really is. and it's only going to get worse from saturday to monday. you factor in the humidity, as we always do here in the summer, and you get a higher feels-like factor. it is july. we've been hearing that all over. it's july and it's d.c. but we haven't had temperatures like this since july 2012. we haven't had triple-degree temperatures since then. we're due for it. it's going to be dangerously hot. it's going to be hot and the humidity will drop a little bit. the humidity is not dropping today. it's there. you probably felt it come up, especially last night and through this morning. the temperature is 93 degrees at reagan national

gaithersburg. you factor in the humidity and you get this number. it feels like 101 in washington. i was just outside so, yes, it does feel like that. it feels like 95 in gaithersburg. that's the number we're going to pay attention to as we go into the weekend. tonight, the temperatures fall into the 70s. that's upper 70s for d.c. temperature is right around 80 degrees and only going up from there. not much to cool us off. we had a few showers but they died out in the blue ridge mountains. most of us, if not all of us, will stay dry. again, not looking too bad. tomorrow's forecast, 98 degrees. dangerously hot again. isolated showers in the afternoon. this is a number i want you to pay attention to, the

temperatures. for saturday, it's going to feel like 100 and 108. by sunday, it's going to feel about 100 degrees. that's because the hume mit tea is going to drop. by monday, we're back up. the humidity comes back in and it's going to feel like 100 to 108 again. that's why we're in a weather alert mode. now, tuesday, that temperature falls into the mid-90s. heat index is near 100 degrees. take a look at this. by 10:00 a.m., it will feel like 97. by 4:00 p.m., it will feel like 106 degrees and not getting too much better as we go into saturday and doing better on sunday with the lower humidity. temperature is around 90 degrees at the beach. again, weather alert all the way through monday with the temperature at 100 degrees. by monday, please, please hydrate and drink water. limit your time outside because it's going to be warm. we're warm all the way through next week before we end up in the 80

wendy? >> thanks, lauryn. if you're going to the nats game, come prepared. you can bring in two sealed water bottles instead of just the one. this heatwave could really drive up your electric bills. so pepco has tips. >> close your windows and doors if your air conditioning is on. yeah, really. and if you -- we had to say that. we're going to go down to hillary clinton. >> it was kind of perversely flattering. it's hard to believe they spent so much time

jobs or health care. no matter what your political leanings, i think we can agree that never in the history of conventions, certainly, but i think even more broadly have we moved forward together by pointing fingers and scapegoating and blaming people instead of rolling up our sleeves, getting a plan together and then working to achieve it. now, something has gone terribly wrong when they say vote your conscience and they get booed. >> there had been reports earlier in tampa. nbc news how reporting that they are hearing from sources that the announcement may come via

text message to supporters right after this event and then we might see that person at some point tomorrow while hillary clinton is still in florida. we're going to keep an eye on this obviously for you and if that happens during the speaking engagement. >> susan hogan has a weekly round-up of the refund. and a local man for the crowd-funding site of a high-tech product he never received. >> reporter: he invested $260 into a company developing a new high-tech mini drone and doing it on a crowd

ronald from maryland had a lean on his property for $14,000 because of tax relief company never sent his payments to the state. when nbc 4 response got it lifted, a laurel, maryland, family was charged for repairs to their car but they didn't get the repairs and news4 got them the refund that they had been looking for. and her call to us got her the $90 refund and she also got a $50 gift card. now, since the launch of nbc 4 responds, we have recovered close to $300,000 for our viewers and if you have a consumer problem you need help solving, o

washington app and search responds. i'm susan hogan, news4. a local man's life changed forever after he thought he won a jackpot on social media. he was told he won hundreds of thousands of dollars but the so-called bluff caused him to delay his retirement. tonight at 11:00, susan hogan has a warning about lottery scams. new at 11:00. no relief for southwest passengers. hundreds of flights canceled again today because of the computer glitch that occurred on wednesday. southwest says it has fixed that network. but the cancellations continue because a lot of the flight crews are still stranded in other cities and unable to get to the flights that they are supposed to be working on. southwest is recommending passengers to delay their travel until after the weekend. passengers with tickets for wednesday until next tuesday can

fare. learning with drones. how the use of unmanned aircraft is taking off in the classroom and right there behind me. tonight, on news4:00. . i'm tracee wilkins. these students are working in prince george's county to help improve some of the most troubled neighborhoods and they are doing that by talking to the people who live

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probably wouldn't be expect to see this in baltimore. a couple of bulls here walking around town. the pair got loose from the old meat company in the west part of the city this morning. it stayed on the run for more than three hours before police were able to corall them in an apartment complex a few

away. the goal is to get excited about stem field. kristin wright has more from loudoun county. >> reporter: teachers take flight. >> i think it's important for the world to see that. >> reporter: educators flying drones, all girls, fox crop school in virginia hosting the da vinci challenge, build a drone workshop to put unmanned workshop in the hands of teachers from the d.c. area and around the country. now they take what they learn back to their students to get them excited about science, technology, engineering and math. and the world of possibilities. >> and our new project is to use systems for locating and detecting -- >> reporter: and the teachers built

>> fox crop department chair dr. mar maria evans believes it helps the girls understand that stem is not just for the boys. >> when the girls come back, we will be looking at missions for these drones. how could they use drone technology to solve a problem. because for girls, that's where they get motivated. >> reporter: a sophomore and her dad came from massachusetts. >> because usually guys are interested in drones. girls aren't. so it's important to change that. >> reporter: carlos castro teaches engineering in virginia. he hopes this is the beginning of drone-base curriculum and the funding to do it. >> they are going to see this and go, ooh, how can we do more? >> this week was amazing. i was completely impressed with all of the teachers and how much they have learned. >> reporter: these educators say

in middleburgh, virginia, news4. >> mark warner and tim kaine made an announcement about using drones at school. >> they will be developing courses on drones. it's on. less than 24 hours after the close of the republican national convention, hillary clinton is ready to shift the focus to her campaign. she's about to announce her running mate and we expect to know very soon whether virginia senator tim kaine has been chosen for the job. >> reporter: more on politics in a moment. first, we're going to talk about the weather. it is really funky out there. down right dangerous, in fact. and it's only going to get worse in the days ahead. amelia draper, what are we looking coming our way? >> as you look to tomorrow when you factor in the heat and humidity, it's going to feel like temperatures arean

because of that, we're on storm team 4 weather alert right on through the weekend and into monday we continue to track dangerously hot conditions. look how hot it's still feeling right now at 6:00 p.m. 98 in the district as well asthas in manassas. and then after that we fall into the 80s. 70s overnight tonight and still balmy overnight and by lunchtime tomorrow, this is how hot it's feeling with intense humidity across the area. the humidity was bad today. far worse tomorrow, feeling much hotter tomorrow. everybody -- just about everybody in the triple digits around noon. 104 in washington and 105 in leesburg. i'll breakdown the rest of the weekend, what you can expect in 15 minutes. doreen? >> amelia, thank you. to politics now and the next phase of the presidential race. the democratic national convention getsn