we are following this story on n nbc4's washington app. first of all, it is 9:00. we are calling it father's day eve, right? >> it's a big weekend out there. >> hope you're having a good one so far. i'm adam tuss. >> and i'm angie goff. let's check in with tom kierein because we have fog to start off our saturday. things are burning off by now, right? things are starting to dissipate. but we have low clouds stubbornly hanging over the region. but they are lifting gradually. in fact, an

hour-by-hour we'll move up in temperatures. we'll see the lower 80s this afternoon and the storms will move in as well. we'll look at that in just a minute. and here are 4 things to know this saturday morning. while you were sleeping, investigators in prince william county looked for evidence. they say that a man was hit and killed by an amtrak train. this happened after 7:00 last night at the woodbridge station. passengers had to wait for two hours. everyone was patient due to the tragic circumstances. police have not revealed the man's name. and hundreds of

jeronimo yanez was found not guilty after the shooting of philando castile. this led to protest outside the courthouse. the police department says it will part ways with the officer. and the search is underway off the coast of japan to find seven navy sailors who disappeared after the u.s. ship and container ship collided. they were thought to have been thrown overboard or trapped inside a damaged part of the ship. at least two crew members were evacuated and that includes commander bryce benson who was in stable condition. commander benson earned a master's degree from george washington yooumuniversity. and jurors in the bill cosby trial have resumed deliberations after being at it for 52 hours with no

yesterday jurors askedaccu brother-in-law. the defense team has asked several times foralo be called. and now to the latest concerning that shooting that rocked the nation this past week. >> here is a recap of the chilling moments. on wednesday morning just after 7:00 investigators say james hodgkinson opened fire on 22 gop lawmakers at a ballpark in alexandria. the congressmen were practicing for the annual congressional baseball game. four people were shot including house gop whip steve scalise who is in critical condition right now. police shot and killed hodgkinson. and pete williams reports on the concerning list that hodgkinson wrote down. >> reporter: while james hodgkinson was firing at members of congress wednesday morning, he was carrying a handwritten list in his pocket, names of se

adding a some advance. according to officials briefed on the fbi investigation, the list included trent franks of arizona, jeff duncan of south carolina and mo brooks of alabama along with a few others that officials wouldn't reveal. adding to the uncertainty of the list, franks was not on the team. congressman duncan says hodgkinson talked to him during wednesday's practice. >> he asked me if this team was the republican or democrat team practicing. i responded that it was the republican team practicing. and he proceeded to shoot republicans. >> reporter: investigators say they have yet to find anything indicating hodgkinson had an attack plan in mind. they say he told his wife earlier this week he was heading back to illinois and he canceled his membership in the ymca the day before the shooting and talked to a local garage about getting his van ready. doctors treating congressman steve scalise wounded in the shooting say while he remains in critical condition,y

for an excellent recovery. >> there's still aotat road we may not even see yet. >> reporter: and that was nbc's pete williams reporting. a teenager just down the street from where the shooting was still needs to beinterviewed by the fbi. the manager said he had a brief encounter with james hodgkinson the day before the shooting. he went to the station to ask for help putting air in his tires. he said he mentioned to hodgkinson that he had to work six days a week. and from there the small talk took a quick turn. >> at that point, he lost it. he went from a normal conversation to, well, have you seen what that [ bleep ] trump has done to our taxes? he's like, i mean, he just went off. and it was abnormal the way he flipped out about trump and some group and stuff, but he didn't say he was going to hurt

find complete exandria littlean information on our website under gop shooting. and 9:06 as we turn our attention to the white house this morning where the legal team is stepping in to clarify a tweet from president trump. this all has to do with the federal investigation over russia's election meddling. after the first time last week, they underwent a federal investigation. the person says this is in reference of an earlier news report. however, nbc news has confirmed the special coup sensel robert mueller is looking into whether the president obstructed justice. and covering prince george's county, there's a celebration today at walker mill regional park, but the official

juneteenth day is on monday. at 1965. organizers say there's something for people of all ages and the event is free. well, if washing the car is on the list of errands to run this weekend, you may want to hold off. storms could hit the area. we'll check back in with tom in a minute to see when that could potentially happen and talk about the humidity. and it is the condition more common than you think. and this morning we are learning it was a factor in the death of the latest actress carrie fisher. and the fight to keep honeybees alive comes to a local university. we'll tell you what all the buzz is about.

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fans and loved ones ofctor he also said fisher suffered from heart disease. she s in december. she died on december 27th. her mother long-time actor debbie reynolds died the next day and the man who directed some of the iconic films has died. the man was behind the films of "rocky" and "karate kid." he died in l.a. from pancreatic cancer at the age of 81. and the official good-bye for a bus driver on the last day of school in montgomery county. this is a great story. melv melvin spent 20 years behind the bus. and the community surprised him with a special send-off. he received a book from his studentsnd

you put y somebody else's shoes. he's now sleeping in and enjoying retirement. we wish him well. he's awesome. he says even sometimes he brings his momma flowers along his route. >> he's good to kids and his momma. good for him. 20 years, he must have seen a lot of the kids grow up. we'll take a look outside. it's a bit of a muggy start to this saturday. tom will let us know how long the humidity will stick around as well as what to expect for father's day when we check back in with him. and we have an

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good morning. i'm storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein. on this saturday morning, we're all dry except one little shower in the eastern shore. if you plan on getting a bike ride today, getting in a run or

and drink plenty ofmi thundershr during the afternoon. and by 6:00 p.m., back down to the low 80s. then thundershowers around dissipating by early this evening. a look at the severe chances for the start of the workweek in a few minutes. thank you. 9:15 right now and the only target in the district currently barred from selling any food right now. the d.c. health department issuing a violation against the columbia heights target location after someone spotted rodents inside. both the cafe and starbucks inside the star are currently closed. but the rest of the store does remain open. earlier this year, you might recall that whole foods had to temporarily shut their doors at the glover park location for a rodent and insect infestation. and from rodents to bees, 12 hives, 15,000 bees and each one of these in georgia mason i

get it? >> we are very happy. >> if we have bees thriving at a facility like this in fairfax county, that's a great indicator that our environment is in good shape. >> reporter: we first told you about the project back in march when these were being built. so some bees can be deadly if they are allergic enough. but for some of us, they are just t life. and that is exactly what the

>>sx, did culver, news4. nbc f you want to en bee,he washington app. well, it looks like a lot of you have been sharing the story about z.d.c.'s fat cat on the n washington page. if you had thoughts on adopting him, you'll need to find another kitten. it turns out that a family has now adopted little simba. can we call him little? 35 pounds she is. and she was sent to the humane rescue alliance there after her owner went to an asissed living facility. and the

work to do as the heavy >> double garfield. i mean, that's a big cat. the cat needs to get on the treadmill. >> it is important to play with the cat and run around. >> that cat needs a marathon. >> otherwise it just lays around and sleeps. >> it looks like he got a lot of love and is on the right path. we'll see. we'll check back in in a month. well, today, a lot of people may be getting up and saying, it looks like it might rain. we have clouds hanging over us, but we really don't have any rain here. so you're fine for outdoor activities. you're going to mow the lawn be day today. that's the good thing, you can get that in this morning. and into the early afternoon. but we may get some storms. there are those clumpy gray ou

area now. a live view aren the moderate range in the mid-70s v there in the mounta we have one shower near in northern kent county on the eastern shore. going hour by hour into the afternoon, by noontime, the little pockets of green and yellow, these are some isolated showers that may be popping up west of the 95 corridor. but it is in the mountains where you see the oranges and yellows with the heavier downpours with thunder and lightning near 3:00 to 4:00 this afternoon. then that drifts closer to the shenandoah valley around 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. then it will break up, maybe a few scattered showers around that same time. maybe between 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. t

perhaps a little thunder and 80 around noontime. and then 90 and more humid. t on tuesday. maybe a few showers wednesday and thursday. next weekend, a week from today, maybe afternoon storms. that's the way it looks. tom, thank you very much. the metro maintenance program that derailed a lot of people's commute, maybe even yours. but

foods, but what does that mean for you store and your wallet.

walmart is offeringre they check your blood pressure and give you body mass index tests. the event runs from 10:00 a.m. and goes until 2:00 p.m. and whole foods getting a lifeline they say. >> absolutely. amazon rang up a surprise mega deal purchasing the food giant. we'll explain how this is eating up the grocery wars in an intense battle for your money. >> reporter: a new battlefield emerging in the all-out war between the retail rival amazon and walmart. this time at the supermarket. amazon bought whole foods for $13.7 billion in cash, attempting to catch up to walmart's successful grocery distance. >> amazon is taking over pretty much everything. >> i hope it means i can

quickly. >> repoods getting a lifeline after losing dominance in heon have lower pricing. here will be two really, really big players making that happen. it will be walmart and it will be amazon. >> reporter: competitors took a big hit today as amazon moves in on their turf. kro kroger, target, costco and walmart shares falling on the news. >> from the general grocery store, boy, it's stuff. >> reporter: this is the latest ambitious move by amazon founder and ceo jeff bezos expanding his empire into traditional stores and upending the shopping cart. it's a warning for parents in northern virginia. the area thieves are targeting that can make you vulnerable. and new details in

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welcome back to "news4 today" on this saturday. hope you're having a good one so far. thank you for joining us. i'm adam tuss in for david. >> and i'm angie goff. it will be another h

>> it was a we stepped outside, tom. we get the humidity and heat in here. we are looking at the intersection of this road in downtown rockville in montgomery county. a live view on this saturday morning. the low clouds are not producing any rain. we just have temperatures hovering in the low to mid-70s. reagan national is at 75. hour-by-hour temperatures are up near 80 by noontime. a little sunshine breaking out as we hover in the briefly low to mid-80s by mid to late afternoon. we'll get the storms developing. i have the timing coming up this half hour. thank you so much. 9:29. the community continues to up search for answers in the murder of two northwest high school students. the community held and vig

their high school inwoust hours after montgomery county police held a press conferenceoo police are now investigating the report that he owed money and that a debt collector stopped by his house. my wife heard some noise under the door. and it was about 2:00 in the morning. and she said, the back door is open. weap we didn't see nobody. >> police believe one of the teenagers may have known the shooter. they urge anyone to spe afraid meanwhile in northern virginia, some people who live in this building here have to find somewhere else to

no word on what led up to that crash. well, it is what you have waited a year for. the end of safetrack. well, it's almost the end at least. the last maintenance surge is underway on the red line between tw twinbrook and shady grove. derrick ward is live with how long this is going to last. >> reporter: good morning. what a year it has been and how fast it has gone. we are at the twinbrook station in rockville. this is where surge 16 is getting started. the folks here are the men that have been doing this. they are all contractors. some come from as far away as new jersey, baltimore and these have been the people who have been hands on on the rails. they are about to start this work on the

red e sttle buses that rough j will take people among those stations that are closed. and metro is asking for the red line trip usually starts at shady grove. you do twinbrook or the grove station as well. trains will be running close to the usual schedule while the surge take place. you might add two to three minutes on the red line. the other lines are not affected. after the end of the surge, you will see new hours on metro. and this will be to allow regular intervals of preventive maintenance, which has been the problem here and why the surge was necessary because the preventive maintenance has been put off. you won't see any more rush hour disruptions. those repairs will be planned. now, if there's an emergency, all bets are off. they will have to do that, but

prevent that sort of hotel. we are now seeing the facebook post that led to bryan moles being arrested again. it shows headlines on wednesday's shooting at the ballpark in alexandria. and he came back to the washington, d.c. area to violate the conditions of his release. moles was arrested last month after police found guns in his car at the trump hotel. he must stay behind bars before the next court appearance scheduled for later this month. a warning for people visiting loudoun county. thieves are targeting cars temporarily parked at schools and day care centers. last week several thefts happened

patients at a medicali building in prince george's county. tracee wilkins describes why police may say more victims could be out there. >> there are rehab places in here and doctor's offices across from the hospital. so there are a lot of elderly people. >>er t >>er. >> reporter: two men walking back and forth here blend in and appear to belong here. so does this woman. but police say all three are pit pocketers targeting unsuspecting medical patients. >> we do expect there is a high likelihood of some additional victims. >> reporter: police say on may 15th at the rural medical arts pavilion across from the hospital, these three walked in taking credit cards and debit cards out of purses of patients. it happened between 10:40 a.m. and 12:40 p.m. then less than an hour later, security footage captureshe

most of the time, very fter>> victim realizes that t ao the items were stolen from them. >> reporter: police are concerned that other patients were unknowingly targeted and they think they mismaked something actually stolen. >> they do think this could be, have happened multiple times. >> and there's a third one, too. >> reporter: when we showed tho facility, the reaction was shock and disgust. >> that's pretty unsettling that when you're coming to a doctor's office, which is primarily what is in here, that you would have to worry about your things being taken or being taken advantage of. >> reporter: if you were here on may 15th in the morning hours or if you think that you know the people you saw in that video, contact plins george's county

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boyfriend encouraging him to kill himself. which he did. >> it's a sad story. morgan radford has more on this closely watched case that is giving new power to words. >> reporter: michelle carter in tears as the judge convicted her of involuntary for encouraging her boyfriend, 18-year-old con ray roy, to commit suicide. the basis for the judge's decision, thousands of text messages and phone calls with roy who previously attempted suicide. it's now or

texted, i'm freaking out again, way. the judge found thateronsible. >> she said she did nothing. >> reporter: legal experts said the verdict goes that a message sent via text is as powerful as one delivered in person. >> she didn't actually turn on the gas in the car, she simply told him, turn on the gas, get back in the car. so she is two steps removed and 30 miles away from that actual scene. >> reporter: the defense argued that carter's behavior was caused by a bad reaction to antidepressant she was taking and that roy was determined to take his own life. >> he chose to breathe in the fumes. >> reporter:

royts t better himself and find his way. ,> reporter: as the roy family any e struggling with depression to get help before it's too late. morgan radford, nbc news, massachusetts. and if you know someone struggling with mental health issues, we have posted a list of resources on the nbc washington site or search changing minds. and 9:42 on this saturday morning as we take a live look outside. depending on where you are, you may see some fog still. when that will burn off and what dad's day on the golf course is going to look like for father's day when we check back in with tom kierein. absolutely. and where are you going for your summer vacation? if you are like some, it's where. whyno f

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it is a mild and muggy saturday morning. i'm meteorologist tom kierein. we are showing it all dry all around the region under the cloud cover, except on the eastern shore there in kent county. there's one lonely shower there. if you're heading out to the mountains, it will be cooler the

highs reaching the mid to upper healthy. the american heart association says it's a bit of advice to say it is packed with saturated fat that can raise cholesterol. it is usually sold as a health food, but the world food organization says there are no studies to back that claim up. >> a lot of people will look at that for sure. i know a lot of people that use it. >> i don't know if they will change their habits necessarily. if you have ever worked with a physical therapist, you know it can be a slow process that does require a lot of work. >> sure. but now there is technology that makes it more efficient. news4's showing us the latest tool to track sports injury and helps prevent and develop better recovery

little more work. georgetown university hospital. >> sometimes you can't see that with your eye. nor can you see the speed and the metrics with the technology, wearable technology. it's reducing the objectivity in the process. this gives us a lot more real data. >> reporter: here's how it works. the sensors have similar technology through an iphone and provide numbers for the body's twists, turns, seymmetry and speed

>> reporter: he's seeing this patient for lower attaches thcs her jog on the treadmill. >> she was almost an 8% difference left leg very us the right leg. she's had back pain and pain down the left leg. we can see that with the naked eye and now technology supports that. >> reporter: this technology was developed in us a trail yi aust. he brought this to the center last year and says it helped his patients get better faster. >> i'm figuring out things faster than i would have before because i have realtime data to do it. and can administer it early on in the rehabilitation process. you view this a few

pg so, consider yourself just like everyone else. >> 50,000 people said they can't afford a vacation or take a lime off from work. and a very small number of people, 3%, said they just don't like to be away from work, to which i say, what is wrong with you people? yes. so requiring women to cover-up at the beach is not violating the constitution. that's the word from the maryland attorney general's office. earlier this month, the beach patrol memo reignited the issue of women going topless in ocean city. the memo directed lifeguards t

document women sunbathing toplen wh the opinion from the ap's office sometimes you feel like you need a vacation from the vacation. there's a lot that goes into it. today, a lot of people are live on facebook joining us to tell us about a barbecue happening on national harbor. out ins reston there are a lot of events going on. a lot of events are going on. as we look at the sky, it is still looking ominous and gray. but no rain. this is the live view from our tower camera peering into maclai

it is 80 degrees. easton, 81. hour by hour into t afternoon, this is the latest hour-by-hour forecast here just coming in. by around 3:00, this is when all of this area is where we could get the isolated thundershowers popping up. you can see it is widely scattered area-wide. thundershowers are through the rest of the afternoon, but by 6:00 p.m. much of it breaks up and dissipates. we could have the isolated thundershowers 7:00 to 8:00. for the most part, they will be done after that with low clouds

earntime. but then on monday, that's when we have the likelihood of strong storms. some of them with damaging winds and hail and heavy downpours. before then, near 90 and humid. but less humid on tuesday and partly cloudy. maybe a few showers midweek. and again, thundershowers possible next turday. wesa'r

you can catch the wounded warrior softball team playing tonight at 7:00 at george mason university. >> this is their super bowl. so we are wishing them a lot of luck. all this week they pushed the limits of some very happy campers. sherree burruss has the story. >> reporter: there are something very different about this camp. >> it's amazing because we are all the same. we all have some kind of missing body part or something. >> warriors on three. one, two, three, warriors! >> a great friend of mine came up to me and said, hey, what do you think of doing this for the kids? i travel around the country and noticed the children were fascinated with watching these gu.

many people like . wririce is a missing part of his leg. >> i was depressed but learned to cope with that by setting small goals, proving myself that i could do anything still. now i'm here still and can hit farther than most guys with two feet, two arms and everything. >> reporter: now teaching from a very unique perspective. >> i thought i was going to be a horrible hitter. >> it make bs it easier for me to understand. because they teach it because we know how it feels. >> it's very rewarding. i get to help the kids out, show them that they can do anything. and they see me hit the ball far and are like, whoa. i tell them, you can do the same. people say

these kids inspire burruss, news4 sports. >> they can hit the ball farther than i can. a home run, unbelievable. >> for so many years, they would see them come through the city and then it was just one idea. why don't we connect you with the kids and make it happen and look at all the inspiration and impact that was made. good luck today. >> good job by sherree on that one. get ready for the three h's, hot, humid

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heading into the 10:00 hour, and we have a man opening fire at a congressional practice. >> and a frantic u.s. destroyer collides off the coast of japan. and who is going to feel the impact of the final surge beginning today. and we have breaking news out of southeast washington where d.c. police say two