now at 6:00, people say they were the type of guys who would help carry in your groceries and tonight they're victims of a double shooting. we are standing by with the story. plus how you can get a peek inside this brand new museum even if you missed the rush for tickets today. a day on the job goes terribly wrong for one construction worker. we'll let you know how he's doing tonight. news 4 at 6:00 starts now. first tonight two murders in northeast d.c. neighbors are talking about the men who died as police try to track down the suspect. we have new information and we are joined from oid

what can you tell us? >> reporter: police have just identified the two men killed last night, a 40-year-old and 27-year-old man are both believed to have lived in the neighborhood where the shootings happened. that's the 300 block of 34th street northeast. last night around 11:30 police were called for reports of a shooting but the circumstances that led up to the shooting are not clear. news 4 spoke with a cousin of the deceased man this morning. >> he was always looking for jobs and things like that. he did things in the neighborhood. he cut grass. he'd take groceries in. he walked people home. he was really a good guy. >> reporter: right now very little information as i said is available about the circumstances that led up to

this double homicide last night. live at d.c. police headquarters news 4. >> thank you very much. an arrest in a shocking and gruesome murders of two munns in mississippi. police have charged a suspect with two counts of murder. they say he killed the two nuns, their bodies found in their home after they failed to show up for work. police have not said whether the man knew the nuns or why he allegedly killed them. and the heat continues at least today it wasn't as bad as yesterday. we were only a few degrees cooler though and still kind of humid out there as we head into the evening hours it stays muggy. by 8:00 around 84 degrees so if yoo ur taking the dog out still going to notice how uncomfortable it is. by 10:00 we're around 80 in washington. still need the a/c

74 degrees at 7:00 a.m. and you need the sun glasses and we warm up quickly. by 10:00 a.m. 80 degrees. tomorrow we're in the 90s and the heat for the most part continues but i'm tracking a mini cool down. right now there is concern growing for a missing 12-year-old boy from prince george's county. look at your screen right now. this boy is 3'10'' and weighs about 50 pounds. he wears glasses and has a scar on his left hand. he was last seen on 18th avenue. if you've seen him, call police. a construction worker is recovering after falling into a seven-foot hole. the worker was in a bobcat machine doing excavation work at a building. fire rescue spokesperson says the bobcat went forward falling into the

that heavy piece of machinery ended up on top of the worker inside the trench. amazingly the worker was not trapped or hurt, but it did take a couple of hours for rescuers to be able to get him out of there. charges are pending against a virginia driver accused of hitting a maryland state police car. police believe the driver was underst under the influence of alcohol. the trooper was doing a stop before 7:00 this morning when his car was hit. the car that hit it flipped and caught fire. the trooper was able to pull the driver out. we know the driver was hospitalized but is expected to be okay. going to lower taxes on businesses large and small so companies in virginia can compete with companies all over the world. >> republican vice presidential nominee mike pence pushed his plan to improve the economy to a crowd today.

3:00 this afternoon. pence says donald trump will end what they call the quote war on coal. he also says big issues are at stake in this election, including abortion and the second amendment. hillary clinton took the day off the campaign trail. she stayed in new york and tim kaine spent the day touring small businesses in florida. nbc reports. >> reporter: 72 days until the election and the candidates are hitting battleground states hard. republican donald trump joined iowa senator joni ernst saturday. the polls show the race is in a dead heat there. >> we are going to win the white house for the american people. >> reporter: erns says she wants to see both candidates tone down their rhetoric and wants specifics from trump on immigration. >> on day one i'm g

illegal immigrants from country. >> reporter: he promises to clarify his plans in a week or so. trump kept his attacks on hillary clinton, her time at the state department and her e-mail and her involvement with the charity her husband bill clinton started. >> the clintons have had their time on the stage but now it's time to close that chapter in the history books. >> reporter: no campaign appearances for hillary clinton saturday. instead she went to an fbi office near her new york home for her first national security briefing as a candidate. trump had his first briefing earlier this month. tim kaine played the role of attack dog during a stop in florida claiming trump's statements about allies abroad. >> there's a sharp distinction between hillary clint

donald trump. we are just weeks away from one of the most anticipated museum openings in the direct. the african-american history and culture museum opens september 24th. tickets to opening weekend sold out within hours. the museum has an amazing collection of artifacts highlighting centuries of history and you can get a sneak peek tomorrow morning here on news 4. set the dvr or park yourself in front of the tv sunday morning at 11:30. we have the pass inside the museum of african-american history and culture. here at the pentagon today the first of many remembrances of that day 15 years ago when everything changed. i'll have details coming up on news 4. the changes you'll want to know about as we start another surge of metro's safe track

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you've gotta stop and look around a little. come, shed life's layers in asheville. asheville. discovery, inside and out. a look at metro this weekend. that's because safe track surge number eight starting saturday running through sunday september 11th. this is a blue line situation for surge eight single track with additional closures on the weekend. we'll be updating you of course as that progresses. on the red line this weekend trains every eight to 16 minutes here this weekend. on orange,

lines, a normal weekend service and lookinge yellow line regular service saturday and sunday with limited hours. kids and adults laced up the skates for a 1970s themed party part of the national parks service celebration. the celebration came complete with a giant disco ball and skaters showed off their moves. people across the country are celebrating 100 years of our national parks. some are doing it using some virtual reality. of course you can look at that with our nbc washington app and our photo gallery there. search virtual reality. storm team 4 is tracking hot temperatures as we hooed into

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it's been nearly 15 years since terrorist hit the pentagon and some of the brave men and women who helped save lives on 9/11 have returned to the site of the attack. we talked to them about what this he remember most about that

day. >> reporter: the buildings in the background is what happened here 15 years ago and those pictures are etched into the memories of these firefighters, search and recovery teams and ems workers. >> the first thing i noticed was smoke. >> reporter: he was on the parkway heading for a meeting. the flight had just hit the pentagon. he never got to the meeting. >> i had a bag in my car so i stopped and grabbed that and started taking care of folks. >> reporter: things were still falling. secondary explosions were going off. >> a generator or something, a fuel tank exploded. i remember hitting the ground and some of the debris just remember it sounded like when rain first starts and stuff falling and hitting the ground around me. >> reporter: they've come before the actual anniversary of the attack but the crowd

each time it's easy to frame te fewer of them, members move on or retire but they still carry the memories of that day. this was mike's first time at the memorial itself and hestill grappling with the enormalty of what happened here. >> there's a chapel inside where the plane hit and they rebuilt it. i've been there. >> reporter: after the pictures some of them went inside to see what it's like now but in a way these men and women have never fully left this place even after the time has passed. >> a lot of people are worse off than we are here obviously but we lost a little bit here too physically and emotionally. >> reporter: news 4. >> so hard to watch those scenes today. arlington county police hosted a park today. it took place at the middle

school. they had bounce houses for the kids and safety demonstrations, including a distracted driving course. the goal was to help neighbors and police get to know each in a positive environment. now, your storm team 4 forecast. hot today, hot tomorrow, in fact it's going to be hot right on through wednesday, but a lot of people saying is there in he relief in sight, i'm ready for fall. we're going to have a mini cool down thursday and friday and you can you believe next weekend, labor day weekend, it's been hot enough but i can't believe it's moved by so quickly. right now it's looking dry saturday, sunday and monday as well. here is a look at our exclusive weather. riverdale at 88, the district at 90 and our high today 92 and the national weather service saying today that so far our average temperatures over the summer make this t

on my twitter and facebook pages. here is your planner tomorrow. we're starting off the day at 74 degrees here in the district. that's a little bit uncomfortable that early in the morning. the subjeurbs a little bit cool. we will have cloudiness around during the early morning hours but you need the sunglasses as the day worz on. it's going to be a mostly sunny day, a little bit humid. 8 6 at lunch time and a high of 91. similar to today. by 8:00 in the evening it's mild and kind of muggy but it wouldn't be too bad if you wanted to fire up the grill tomorrow night. we're keeping the entire day dry. outdoor exercise, the earlier the better with temperatures warming up quickly. brunch outdoors is going to be on the hot side, probably a little

we have nats game tomorrow afternoon. one of the days where you start to stick to the seat after a while. heading to the pool, awesome weather for that and yard work, the latest allergy report, weed pollen comes in at moderate. rag weed sufferers i feel your pain. as we look to the forecast on monday, not too bad but it's still hot and it's still summer here in the direcstrict. want to make sure the kids have on a t-shirt and not long sleeves for tomorrow and recess near that 90 degrees mark. by the time school winds down temperatures will be in the low 90s. best chance for a shower here in the metro area is going to be later in the day on wednesday but that is only about 30%. 93 and then finally the relief we're looking for, i'm track ag wonderful cool down.

i'in it crisp on friday during the morning. you can open up the windows. 83 during the afternoon hours. another great start next saturday with a high of 86. >> plenty of days to eat outside. thanks. dusty bark

a full 23 games over 500 in an eight-game lead. it's beyond time for us to look at the nats as a world series contenders. every game is a test to see if this team is ready for the post season. colorado came to visit in a game that felt like it was the playoffs coming down to the wire. you could feel the tension. they're down by one in the bottom of the ninth. jason at the plate in the big spot proving his wortds. rbi double. ties the game. so we go to extra innings. bottom of th tenth inning still a 4-4 game. bryce harp with a chance to come

ball outside anri quickest ejection, harper's eighth of his career. blackman launches the second home run of the game. nats lose in extras 9-4. having a splaectacular seas today. gary sanchez having a legendary start to his career. it's 5-2 yankees at the four. he's the home run king of 2016. that's his 39th home run of the year. he makes it 5-3 new york. chris crushed davis. his second home run of the afternoon, his 32nd of the year. back to back in baltimore down just one. bottom half of the inning, the yankee's get that

swing. this 2-1 shot part of it. they have the 13-5 victory. fans in college park remember him as the number two all time leading score. fans will remember him for his fact pack. he handed out hundreds of backpacks and supplies at the college parks community center this morning. his third annual bash included free hair cuts for the kids and a bunch of fun and games. the six year nba star come back and helped back in his college stomping grounds. >> i love the dmv. i love maryland. i love the fact that every time i come back and i remember my days here, it seems like it was yesterday so i can't ever forget where i came from and being here on a saturday with my family, my kids, it's a blessing. i'm thankful and i'm blessed to help others through a great foundation so i'm excited. i' h

forward to the redskins beat th in the preseason game on friday night. kurt cousins played the entire first half. cousins tossed three touchdown passes in the second quarter. he has only thrown three in a quarter once in a his car yeeer. he seemed sharp and ready for the opener against the steelers. >> we're going to have slow moments at times and we'll have to find a way to regroup so by the end of the four quarters we put together a good performance and the work over all was productive night but there were moments where it wasn't as good as it needs to be and a lot of stuff a easily correctible and will even itself out. if anyone was worried about the redskins third round pick last night he put those concerns to rest. he came up with the game e

win. he missed most of the final year after tearing his meniscus but clearly he's helping now and ready to contribute. >> i'm really getting in position on the field and making sure everything is in front of me and readying the quarterback. it feels good to get out there and not being out there since september and getting plays understood under my belt. >> one guy who won't be ready to contribute at the start of the season is the cowboy's quarterback. he's out six to ten weeks. t the rookie will begin the season as the qb. the redskins cut ten players this afternoon. they have to get the roster down to 75 before tuesday. the big date is next saturday when the tough decisions have to be made in washington. they have to gh

so 22 more guys have to go. >> thank you so much. a reminder that this next week is going to be really nice to dine outside. >> it's going to be in the low 90s through wednesday and then after that the humidity starts to drop, upper 80s, spectacular on friday. we look forward to friday. >> one more reason. >> and then labor day weekend is looking dry. >> coming into september. thanks for joining us. that's the nice for now. nightly news is up next and we'll see you again at 11:00 ♪ know time and effort can lead to something special. ♪ know the best things in life are achieved by working together.

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