>> high heat this afternoon. we're not talking fast balls at nats park. already 85 degrees here in washington. just past 9:00 in the morning but the humidity is a little bit lower than it was yesterday. right now, though, a little bit of haze hanging in the air. temperatures by noontime will be in the low 90s. we'll be in the upper 90s by 3:00, 4:00, 5:00, may get around 98 degrees. that heat index may be up to 101, 102. it's going to be a list of the week. today, we expect all the museums on the national mall to open back up. a power outage shut most of them down friday and a few closed

were too hot. crews were able to get the power back on. still not clear exactly what caused the outage. the d.c. parks and rec department is helping you keep cool. they are extending hours at some spray parks. 13 parks will stay open two hours later until 9:00 p.m. during the week. next few days, of course, going to be scorchers. did you know it's actually been a cool 2016? you can check out more about this in our nbc washington app, search heat records. developing right now, two men are wounded in the shooting that somehow involved an off-duty officer. this all unfolded near ingraham street and georgia avenue in northwest d.c. it happened around 8:00 p.m. in this cvs parking lot. we're told when police learned about the shooting, they found the two men injured but conscious and breathing. an off-duty officer apparently witnessed a shooting and intervened. police tell us that

bullets actually hit anyone. the victims made their way to the hospital. no word yet if there will be any charge filed in connection to the shooting. in the race to the white house, tim kaine is back in richmond attending church with his family. tim kaine brought the koud to its feet yesterday in miami. we have more on how he was received. >> the signs hanging above the ones hands of supporters, showing hillary clinton and tim kaine. together on stage in miami. >> i can't think of anybody better to have by my side, on the campaign trail, in the white house. >> she pointed to his years as richmond mayor, his time as virginia governor. current role as a u.s. senator. but is it enough to

she thinks so. >> when i say he's a progressive who likes to get things done, i mean it. >> the crowd got to hear from tim kaine, knowing well the south florida audience, he spoke at first in spanish. [ speaking foreign language ] then addressed the obvious. >> for many of you this is the first time you've heard my name. >> for 35 minutes, he went on to detail his personal life and career, making several references to his catholic faith and virginia ties. even checking -- choking up when discussing the virginia tech shooting. >> april 16, 2007, that was the worst day of my life. >> as the rally wrapped up, i asked some of those gathered what they thought. >> he seemed like a stable, ready-to-do the job kind of guy. >> before last night, you had no idea who tim kaine was. >> no, no idea. >> that changed for some today. >> i love who he is. i'm so happy he will be our vice president. >> were you hoping for a riskier

choice? >> yeah, i'm a bit of a gambler. who did you want? who were you thinking? >> probably elizabeth warren, someone with a diverse background, african-american or latino. >> the scene last night in richmond after tim kaine got back from his campaign rally in miami, hundreds of people gathered outside of his home where he's lived over 30 years. tim kaine and his wife spoke to the crowd and shared with them how the day went as he was formally introduced as the democratic parties vice-presidential nominee. just over an hour from now, virginia dmts will be heading to the democratic national convention, this week they will formally nominate hillary clinton and tim kaine for the democratic

fairfax democratic party headquarters and the folks you see behind me here are getting ready for a road trip. they are heading up to the dnc that begin tomorrow. that is the democratic national convention in philadelphia. next few hours are about heading north, up 95, they want to talk about plotting a course for the next few years. with tim kaine being the nominee for vice president, him being a former virginia governor, it also resonates among the people coming from here. he's seen as a moderating choice for vice president and perhaps even having a higher likability factor than hillary rodham clinton but not necessarily a party luminary. he fills a lot of bills there. this is all about what's next. now you have bernie sanders supporters columbus -- coalescing. it's about what direction the party says. >> we as

influence. we plan to do that by working with our hillary friends in developing a more progressive platform. >> now, they do take some baggage along and that's what people are taking from everywhere. it is the story about the leaked emails from the democratic national committee with some disparaging remarks and plans for attacking bernie sanders. a lot of people are having trouble with that, but they are still hanging with the party. we'll have more on that coming up on news 4 and we'll talk about some of these folks on what they expect to get when they get to philly. we're live in fairfax county. as derrick said, the dnc convention kicks off tomorrow in philadelphia. like the republican convention in cleveland, security will be tight. nbc's gabe gutierrez has a look at the measures being put into place. >> in the city of brotherly love, the stakes are high. >> the declaration of independence was signed, a lot

of history in this town, we want to make sure we maintain that history and keep it safe. >> with 400 miles of coastline to patrol, including one of the nations busiest ports, the coast guard in philadelphia is bracing for the democratic national convention, bringing in reenforcement, 21 vessels will morning secure areas near the wells fargo arena. we got a firsthand look. >> we got to prepare any type of scenario that might affect an event such as this. >> recent terror attacks around the world and police shootings in the u.s. have authorities here on high alert. today, barricades went up around the arena and there's already a heavy police presence downtown near the convention center. more than 10,000 demonstrators are expected in a city trying to avoid a repeat of the republican national convention 16 years ago when hundreds of protesters were arrested through clashes with police. >> th

for endorsing hillary. among those is drew who is a former bernie sanders campaign volunteer who is now part of a group organizing protests during the convention. >> i think it's different than any other before, because we're at a unique political moment. >> a moment he and the city hope will be peaceful. some differences between this past week's republican convention and the democratic one, philadelphia's police force is four times larger than cleveland and it already has last year's papal visit under its belt. valuable experience in tight security. and that's gabe gutierrez reporting. bernie sanders and hillary clinton supporters reached a deal on the role of super delegates in the party.

it came after sanders supporters protested outside of the rules committee meeting discussion the issue. the deal would significantly reduce the role of super delegates in future presidential primaries. both campaigns agreed to create a unity commission. a report by the commission is due by january 1st, 2018. one day before the democrats gather in philadelphia for their convention, the dnc is dealing with a controversy. more hand 19,000 emails hacked and posted by wikileaks showing dnc officials scoffing bernie sanders and in one instance questioning his commitment to his jewish religion. the chief financial officer has apologized for his comments. we'll have live reports from the democratic national convention in philadelphia starting tonight on news 4 at 11:00. it's a storm team 4 weather alert day. timing is everything if you want to get outside. tom is updating his forecast with when we can expect to break this heat wave. thousands of homes in danger. the new concerns in california

as neighbors rush to evacuate from a growing wildfire.

someone may have been killed by those raging wild fires out in california. a burned body was found outside of a home near los angeles where a fire doubled in size yesterday. investigators are trying to figure out if the person died from the fire or something else. a bus accident injures 17 people in anne arundel county. it happened near the airport just after 8:30 last night. when it was hit, the bus ran off the roadway, went through a guardrail, and into the woods. while most of the people suffered minor injuries, two people, a 17 and 20-year-old were taken to shock trauma. the sun is out and heat will

turn up the a.c. or hit the pool, tom is tracking some of the hottest temperatures we've seen all year. including a big impact for tomorrow. maryland's race for governor. the candidat being urgede fios is not cable. we're wired differently. so we wired the wagner's house with 100 meg internet. which means that in the time it takes mr. wagner to pour a 20 oz. cup of coffee, tommy can download 30 songs, and jan can upload 120 photos. 12 seconds. that's the power of fiber optics.

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with lower humidity, just use caution, but tomorrow that's when we'll likely see the humidity increase, the heat index may be higher than 105 on monday afternoon. dangerous heat likely tomorrow. a look at the end of this heat wave, when that's going to happen, that's coming in a couple of minutes. >> all right. thanks a lot, tom. suicide attack in baghdad kills at least 14 people this morning. police say a bomber detonated his device and killed at least 10 civilians and four policemen. at least 31 other people were wounded. isis is claiming responsibility for this attack, saying it targeted a gathering of security forces and shiite militia members. this morning, the u.s. department of defense released a video showing air strikes on isis targets. the vehicle shows on a vehicle-born improvised xp

iraq's defense minister says less than 10% of iraqi territory remains in the hands of isis. at its peak, isis had captured somewhere between 30 and 40% of iraqi territory. former maryland attorney general doug gasler says he's being urged to run against republican governor larry hogan in 2018. he says that democrats want the most viable candidate to beat hogan who is a republican. he says he is not ruling out another run for public but he says he is not organizing any campaign right now. he lost to then lieutenant governor anthony brown in the 2014 democratic primary and of course, brown, went on to lose to hogan in the general election. wow, it is absolutely going to be another steamy day. not as humid as yesterday but it's still going to feel pretty hot. >> tom is saying 101, 100 degrees. f

for the ball game, be careful if you are not in the shade and they were saying you could bring extra water, two bottles of water, and you ought to do that because last year i went to a game at this time of the year and it was like sitting on a frying pan. >> yes, it's going to be that hot out there. you want to be careful and take all the precautions you can because it can be dangerous and tom has been talking to us about that this morning, about the dangers of this kind of heat and how you've got to stay hydrated. you have to pay attention to all the signs that your body may be giving you. well, it's a weather alert day and tom is here to tell us what to expect. >> yeah, weather alert day because of excessive heat that we're going to have this afternoon, and not as much humidity in the air. you can see the vivlts are not quite as bad as they have been the last couple of days and we have the humidity though likely

going to be returning tomorrow. right now, we're in the mid 80s in washington. much of the region already hitting the mid 80s, so the temperatures are really climbing, and hour-by-hour we'll be getting pretty hot by noontime. the low 90s. upper 90s by 3:00 p.m. maybe to around 98 or so, around 4:00 to 5:00 p.m., back down to the mid 90s by 6:00 p.m., by 9:00 p.m., the upper 80s. right now, no showers or storms on storm team 4 radar, all clear now, but later this afternoon, might get an isolated shower or thundershower. that's going to be around 3:00 to 5:00. after that, a few clouds coming through the metro area during the latter part of the afternoon and into the evening. overnight tonight, that's when the humidity comes right back in, and the heat builds tomorrow. upper 90s on monday. pretty good chance of afternoon storms on monday and again on tuesday too. another hot day, so whether alert continues into tuesday. and finally the heat wave starts to end on

around 90 and next weekend some passing showers and storms around. that should cool things down nicely. we need the rain as lawns are getting pretty parched now. that's the way it looks. >> thanks a lot tom. taking lessons to new heights. how teachers are using new technology to get students excited about a growing field. one convention down, another one about to begin after the republicans four-day extravaganza in cleveland capped by donald trump accepting the republican presidential nomination. democrats will be gathering here in philadelphia and you can expect a star studded lineup with speaker including elizabeth warren, bernie sanders, bill clinton, michelle obama, vice president joe biden, president obama, and then, of course, the big event occurs on thursday night when hillary clinton accepts the democratic nomination. the convention comes as polls

small but clear lead over donald trump in most polls, but the same polls show that damage had been taken when she ended up during her email controversy, so can she repair some of her poll numbers and can democrats respond to the attacks that donald trump made? we'll be watching from philadelphia.

searching for the best undiscovered singers in the dmv. the signature theater in arlington held their signature voice competition saturday. our own aaron gilchrist was one of the judges. the winner got the chance to perform at the broadway on the plaza finale concert. >> cool. there is a push right now for schools to incorporate drones in their lesson plans. the goal is to get kids excited about stem fields. we got a deeper look at the foxcroft school in loudon county. >> good, good. keep going. >> teachers take flight. >> there's a lot of good that can be done with drones. i think it's important for the world to see that. >> educators flying drones. all girls foxcroft school in middleburg, virginia, hosted the da vinci challenge to build. workshop, to put unmanned

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 unmanned systems for locating and detecting sea turtle tracks. >> the teachers actually built these drones. >> foxcroft stem department chair, dr. maria evans believes teaching with drones helps their girls even better understand that stem isn't just for the boys. >> when the girls come back this fall we're going to be looking for missions for these drones, whether it's animal preservation or conservation, help what they use to solve problems. for girls, that's where they get motivated. >> sophomore hannah karat and her dad came from massachusetts. >> because usually it's all guys are interested and will girls aren't, so i think it's important to change that. >> carlos castro teaches enginri

he hopes this is the beginning of drone-based curriculum and the funding to do it. >> my students are going to see this and go want to know how we can do more. >> this week was amazing. i was completely impressed with all the teachers and how much they have learned. these educators say the sky is the limit. virginia senators mark warner and tim kaine just announced a nearly $1 million award to develop courses on unmanned aircraft at some colleges in the commonwealth. well, temperatures are rising and you will definitely need your sunglasses today and probably sun block as well. tom is watching what you can expect for your monday morning commute as well. the washington monument is closed. why the latest issue could take a few more days to fix. new developments in a deadly car jacking. the evidence that was recovered as police track down a suspect. news 4 today contins. ue

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be filed. after being closed by power outages, all the museums on the mall will reopen today. outages began on friday. crews were back out on saturday morning making repairs and they were able to get the power up and running again. security is tight in philadelphia as democrats converge on the city for the democratic national convention. more than 10,000 demonstrators are expected. and it is going to feel incredibly hot. today, we can't say it enough. you got to be careful out there today. it's going to be a steamy one. good morning, i'm kristin wright. >> i'm chris cordon. our tom kierein is out in it. he's out on the weather deck. >> it's in the shade here, feeling pretty good. i'm under the glory shade of this willow oak that's right above me. it's not bad. under the sun, it's uncomfortably hot. in the mid 80s.

the washington app. the heat index, we take a look at the feels-like temperatures already beginning to climb in the upper 80s. heat index in washington is 88. culpeper is at 90. the humidity is not quite as high as it was yesterday. the hour-by-hour temperatures through the afternoon climbing to the upper 90s by 3:00 and we'll be hovering there until around 5:00. then by 6:00, back down to the mid 90s. lots of sunshine. by 9:00, back down to the upper eight -- 80s. we'll look at how long the heat wave will last coming up this half hour. right now, the washington monument is closed again. the national park service says a faulty bearing caused problems with the elevator saturday morning.

we're told depending on whether they can get the parts, the monument will be closed until at least tuesday. today, the community will remember an alexandria man killed earlier this month. shaquan hall was shot on first street in early july. the suspect was arrested and is charged and awaiting extradition to alexandria. in prince george's county, police say they have found the car that was stolen in wednesday's deadly car jacking at a gas station in capitol heights. alonzo jackson had just filled up his black dodge charger. when a man shot him and drove off in his car. we learn that car was found abandoned and torched in the district. still no sign of the shooter. we now know the name of a man killed in a crash on michigan avenue. he's been identified address

36-year-old ever fuentes. it all happened when a d.c. police say a mount rainier city officer chased a suspect over the d.c. line saturday morning. during the chase, the suspect threw the gun out of car and slammed into a tree. it remains under investigation. this morning, we're still looking to learn the identity of a man struck and killed by a car friday night in capitol heights. he was walking along richy road about 10:00 p.m. the man was not in the crosswalk when the suv hit him. he was pronounced dead at the hospital. the driver stayed on the scene. we finally learned the name of the pedestrian killed last week in langley park. 20-year-old santos ramirez. a police cruiser hit him as he crossed the road. he was not in the crosswalk. two other drivers almost struck him before the police cruiser did. there are new details about the man who shot and killed nine people in

a search of the 18-year-olds apartment turned up documents on mass shootings and he didn't have ties to any terrorist group. he also carried 300 rounds of ammunition with him when he began the rampage at a mcdonald's restaurant before he fired inside a popular shopping center. it's another police shooting that sparked outrage. a caregiver in florida shot and wounded with his hands in the air as we tried to help a man with autism. this morning, the autistic man's mother is talking about what happened. morgan radford has the latest. >> reporter: this is the man police thought was armed and suicidal. 26-year-old arnoldo rios, autistic and nonverbal. seen here with the toy truck just like the one he was holding when his behavioral therapy charles kinsey pleaded for calm before being shot by an

officer, jonathan aleeta. today, his mother said her son is now in a psychiatric ward after seeing his therapist shot. she says he was handcuffed and held in a squad car for three hours. my son is a human. not a piece of trash, she said wiping away tears. arnoldo's sister says he's still upset and refuses to take off his shirt stained with his therapist's blood. >> he's not sleeping, he's not eating. he's not the same anymore. officer aleeta who is on paid administrative leave pending an investigation by the state's attorney. he says i took this job to save lives and help people. i did what i had to do in a split second. his commanding officer is on unpaid leave for giving conflicting accounts to investigator while the north miami police department tells nbc news they plan to review the case and learn from what happened. charles kinsey is

speaking to miami station wsbn earlier this week. >> i was really worried, more worried about him than myself because i'm -- as long as i got my hands up, they are not going to shoot me. >> but they did. leaving one man wounded and another deeply traumatized. morgan radford, nbc news new york. across the country and here at home, police departments are facing a growing problem of hiring enough officers. in fact, d.c. has faced low staffing and recruitment challenges for several years now. nbc's tom costello takes a look. [ sirens ] >> reporter: it's happening nationwide, police departments feeling under funded, under staffed, and under attack. in just six years, the san jose police department has gone from 1,400 officers to 855. now just 18 recruits are in the academy. >> there's a lot of fear in law enforcement. there's a lot of fear with our officers families as well. when they come to work every day. i don't know how there could be. we hire from the human race.

which is the point i think people forget that our officers are human beings too. >> reporter: the biggest issue in san jose, disputes over pay and pensions. departments across the country are losing officers en masse to retirements 30 years after they staffed up for the crack and crime epidemic. now with police tactics under scrutiny, morale is sagging and fewer recruits are signing up. baltimore lost 6% of its officers following last year's riots. detroit lost 5% this year. kathy lanier has been the washington, d.c. police chief for nine years. >> it's like any profession. when there's negative publicity around a profession, your recruiting tool goes down and we are seeing that and we have been seeing that for some time now. >> nationwide, nearly half a million local officers wear a badge. the average salary $61,270, but much lower in many cities. just $46,000 in baton rouge where three officers were killed. $52,000 in kansas city, kansas, where two have died this year

were gunned down this month. meanwhile, the demand on officers has only increased. >> there are more and more social issues that the police are being asked to deal with and quite frankly, we can't -- all the training in the world can't prepare you to train for all of those issues. >> in all 32 officers have been killed by gunfire this year, up 68% over this time last year. with front line cops feeling under the microscope and under siege, tom costello, nbc news washington. isis is claiming responsibility for an explosion that killed at least 60 people in afghanistan. on friday a man who police say was obsessed with mass shootings killed nine people in germany. three police officers killed in baton rouge, louisiana, and more than 80 people killed in a truck attack in france. these are just some of the recent deadly attacks that have shocked our country and the

world. the motivations for those attacks may have been different, but they shared a common thread and that's the killing of innocent people. last night, faith leaders joined people in the community to march on the national mall against hate. the vigil was a multifaith event joining people from the muslim, christian, jewish and sikh religions. it was organized by american muslim groups to fight terrorism and violence. >> we're standing here because some people have said they have not heard us condemning terrorism. we would like them to hear us today. terrorism is not a religion. it's a cult. terrorism, it destroys life and our religion promotes life. >> other social groups were also invited to the rally. ahead, it is quickly heating up and temperatures will be dangerously warm today. which days expected to be the hottest and

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the olympics athletes village opens officially today. just over two weekends before the -- weeks before the games begin. the 31 building compound has over 10,000 rooms, 18,000 beds. seven laundries and a massive gym. organizers are also providing 450,000 condoms. that's three times more than london did four years ago. they say it's to encourage safe sex but many think the reason is because of brazil's outbreak of the zika virus. a man trying to grab the olympic toh

bearer during a relay is knocked down and arrested. this was yesterday in southern brazil. the torch run was briefly interrupted but continued after the incident. the torch is supposed to arrive in rio on august 4th, the day before the games begin. the wnba took some heat last week after fining players who supported the black lives matter movement on the court. three teams were given $5,000 fines for wearing plain black t-shirts in support. the league said they violated the uniform policy. after they were fined. players then refused to talk to reporters about the game and only addressed social issues. but after fans -- after i fan outrage, calls and letters started coming in, on saturday the w nba rescinded the fines. it's one of the most unique places on the maryland shore. the effort to preserve a start

high heat at nats park this afternoon. they take on the padres. first pitch is at 1:35 and as you are arriving, it's going to be already into the mid 90s and then during the game it will be in the upper 90s. 7th inning, maybe 97 degrees. by the end of the game, 98 degrees. a little less humid today but still lots of sunshine. got to have the sun block, wear a

drink plenty of water. we'll look at when the heat wave ends coming up. devastating rains sweep through china, killing at least 154 people and another 124 are still missing. floods triggered landslides, destroying homes across the country. nearly 700,000 people were affected by these floods and as of yesterday some 250,000 were still trapped by the floods. u.s. treasury secretary jacob liu says the outlook for the global economy remains uncertain. there's a broad consequences is what's needed is growth. not austerity. he promised to defend against the shock waves of britain's vote to leave the eupe

we're taking a look at one of america's most beautiful natural attractions but it's under threat from mother nature herself. we're talking about assateague island. we have a look at why the rush is on to preserve it before it's too late. >> reporter: every day is a day at the beach for the wild horses of the assateague assateague island national sea shore. they are the star attraction on maryland's coast. mixing freely, they joined in the camp fire last summer. >> it was an amazing, mystical experience. legend says the horses swam ashore 300 years ago after a spanish galion sank, but the truth is it was colonists that was hiding them to avoid paying taxes that brought the animals here. now their home is dramatically changing. >> do the horses come up here? >> they do, yes. indeed. the horses are free roaming. >> bill is the chief of resource management. the barrier island remade by a three-day blizzard in january.

came over the dune, so it was pretty impact. >> the impact is far greater than just one storm. >> where was the waterline 40 years ago? >> if you take a look out to that white buoy. >> with storms, winds, and currents pushing the island west ward, the u.s. park service is trying to figure out how to manage it for the next 50 years. >> you can either try to stay in place. you can retreat or you can try to adapt. >> it is choosing adaptation. when nature reclaims asphalt parking lot, the service is bringing sustainable ones. >> the goal to keep the island accessible to 2 and 4-legged creatures. bill price is bringing his grandchildren now in case nature has a different plan. >> it's something they will have memories of forever. because they may not be able to visit this. >> trying to preserve this

magical mix of nature and man for generations to come. ann thompson, nbc news. assateague island, maryland. i've seen these stories for year. i've never been. >> i love assateague. it's quite a scene to go to. >> you have to go. you have to make a trip. >> i do. i would like to see those horses. >> see if you can get a story out there. >> great. you can go camping there too. it's a great place to go hiking as well. today, we've got the heat again, quickly climbing. this morning, it was all comfy. we were in the low 70s around dawn. now we're climbing into the mid 80s and upper 90s. it's a weather alert day due to excessive heat. there's a live view from our tower camera. not quite as much haze in the area as there was yesterday.

noontime, 90s. 98 by 4:00, 5:00 p.m. heat index may be up to 100, 101 or so. muggy and warm this evening. back down to the upper 80s. there is reston town center. you can see visibility is pretty good as well. out there around dulles is 84 degrees. reagan national is 85. mid 80s around the bay and shenandoah valley up into the mid 80s. storm team radar are not showing any storms around now. around 3:00, 4:00, this afternoon, we might get in this area in color a few scattered showers and thundershowers around the blue ridge and shenandoah valley. those track east. maybe a few as well, panhandle of west virginia and into west virginia. a few clouds around. heat will build and with us here for the

the heat wave will continue through thursday. finally gets cooler on friday. next weekend, some showers and storms. that will cool things down into the 80s. that's the way it looks. >> thank you, tom. and if you have pets, the extreme heat can cause some big problems even for the little ones. the issues owners are most likely to miss that could hurt their pts in the hot weatehe

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we have been warning you all morning that it is hot, hot, hot out there. >> it certainly is. and our bets -- our pets of course, feel it too. linda vaccaro tells us how some pet owners may be unknowingly hurting their four-legged friends. >> during the summer, the best time to walk your dog is early in the morning or late in the evening when it's typically cooler. be careful on the roads. >> they can get severely burned. >> roy says if you are thinking of running a quick errand and leaving your pet in the car with the windows cracked. you should know this? >> it's illegal in new york state to leave your pet in a car. in a matter of minutes in a warm day, the temperature can rise to 120 degrees even with the

windows cracks. what does he suggest you do if you have a pet locked in a car? >> to immediately go into the local store, try to have the manager page the person, get a license plate description of the vehicle, if they don't come out immediately, to dial 911. >> when giving your pet water to keep them cool. >> outdoors we suggest using plastic. that metal will be heating up quickly. you really need to have that dog supplied with cool fresh water at all times. >> if your pet has a lot of fur, this tip might sound counterintuitive. but it's good to know. >> don't shave your dog down to the skin. thinking they are going to be cooler, the fur protects them and prevents sunburn. all right. so you are going to need short sleeves for the next few days. tom is tracking how much longer we'll have to deal with this major

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stay. we're in the middle of a major heat wave that's not going anywhere. two wounded in a police-involved shooting. what d.c. police are uncovering about a dangerous situation involving an off-duty officer. party politics. tim kaine makes his debut on the national stage as security is tight ahead of the democratic national convention. but first we start with all of this heat. it's going to be another extremely hot day. good morning to you. i'm kristin wright. >> and i'm chris gordon. it is a storm team 4 weather alert day. tom kierein is tracking what we can all expect. >> here we are just past 10:00 in the morning. already 88 degrees in washington and not quite as humid as it was yesterday but still rather humid and as the day progresses we'll continue to climb. we'll be into the 90s here within the next hour or so and hitting mid and upper 90s during the afternoon. here's a live view of the storm team 4 tower