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uncomfortably hot now. it's already climbing into the 80s. here just past 10:00 in the morning. we can thank these clouds for breaking up to cause that to happen. stay mostly cloudy all throughout the morning. now there is the town in the foreground. montgomery county. you can see the thick summer haze hanging in the air on this father's day morning. yeah, it's already hitting the low 80s everywhere from the shenandoah valley all the way to the bay. ragan national is up to 82 degrees. still going to be pleasant to get out and get a bike ride. there's a lot of trees there and be comfortable. noontime temperatures in the mid 80s. in the low 90s even right there during the afternoon hours. a slight chance of an isolated thunderstorm in the afternoon. new hour-by-hour timing coming up this half hour. thank you, tom. we are staying on top of that breaking news from overnight. >> three people arrested in the shooting death of two montgomery high school
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police headquarters with more on this case. derrick? >> reporter: well, you know, first there was shock and horror at the deaths of these two teens just hours before they were set to graduate high school. then the questions started to come in about why. looks like they were not random victims. and then the information started to flow and that's when montgomery county police turned a corner in this investigation. that happened just yesterday. take a look, three arrests have been made. the suspects 24-year-old edgar garcia-gaona, 19-year-old roger garcia and jose ovilso ovilson canales-yanez. they were arrested yesterday for the murders of adi najjar and artem ziberov. this is just hours before both were set to graduate high school. police started to get help, tips from people involved here and a possible motive has emerged. police have been told that one of the victims, adi ar
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the victim of that robbery was the girlfriend of one of those suspects. the suspect yanez. they say that najjar was planning to sell a graduation ticket to yet one of the other suspects, roger garcia. investigators say najjar had been in contact with roger garcia not long before the murders. in fact, they say that was the last contact he had. now this has been fleshed out and it's still being fleshed out by investigators. that continues. the father of najjar spoke to channel 4 earlier and he talked about some of the questions that he had. >> why did they kill our boys? what there is? what's behind that? drugs? the drugs caused my son life? is it jealousy? we don't know and i need an answer. you know, whatever reason, no one deserves it, no. >> reporter: and it appears that the other victim, ziberov, may have
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in this murder rouse web. each suspect faces two charges, a first degree murder charge and conspiracy charge. there's a bail hearing on monday. derrick ward, news 4. >> thank you, derrick. following breaking news out of prince george's county. a trooper is hurt after having to jump over a jersey wall to avoid being hit by a car. this all happened on the alan town road exit on the beltway in forestville. happened around 3:30 this morning. we're told the trooper was already at the scene of a two-vehicle crash when another car whipped by and slid into the unmarked trooper car. maryland state police say all the injuries here were minor thankfully. meanwhile, a group of kids were hurt following a serious crash. montgomery county fire and rescue officials say it happened around midnight around klara barton parkway. take a look at the crash here. officials tweeted this out. they say five people had to be taken to the hospital. no one is dead thankfully. it's not clear how many kids in
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the u.s. park police are now handling that investigation. and it is going to be a tough father's day for some families of u.s. sailors. seven american sailors have been found dead. they were reported missing off the coast of japan after the "u.s.s. fitzgerald" ran into a containership there. that crash happened on friday. late last night rescue crews said they found the sailor's bodies in a damaged part of the navy destroyer. the navy says it will release the names of the sailors after their families have been identified. montgomery police are working to identify a body. a 13-year-old disappeared and they found his belongings near that lake. they still have not confirmed that the body is that of the missing teenager. and the congressman and the lobbyist shot in wednesday's baseball field shooting, they are doing better this morning. house majority whip steve scalise is now talking to his loved ones and is more responsive. he had another surgery yesterday and his condition has been up
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lobbyist matt mika also had another surgery and his family says he will likely stay in the icu at least through the weekend. meanwhile, the fbi has finished collecting all of the evidence relating to wednesday's shooting, and things in the del ray section of alexandria starting to get back to normal thankfully. area streets and the ymca are back open. the baseball field where it all happened are still closed. some people we talked to say they're relieved to be able to move around a little more freely since the shooting happened on wednesday. >> you make play dates with your neighbors and try and give them as much exercise as possible. it's been hot. even if we were here we wouldn't be out too, too long. it's nice to have our lives back. >> alexandria officials say the big baseball field there has been cleaned by a certified contractor and could reopen as soon as today. switching gears a little bit at 10:05 this morning. comedian bill cosby is free after that dramatic outcome to a court case that gripped the
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>> the montgomery county judge's decision of a mistrial is getting passionate reaction on both sides. as nbc's ron allen reports, the prosecution team is telling cosby it is too soon to celebrate. >> reporter: for bill cosby, neither vindication nor victory said judge steven o'neill as he declared a mistrial. the jury deliberated 52 hours, longer than the entire trial. unable to unanimously agree whether cosby drugged and sexually assaulted andrea constant, a former temple university basketball administrator at his home in 2004. cosby claimed the encounter was consensual. constant's lawyer saying we are confident that these proceedings have given a voice to many victims who felt powerless and silenced. other women who have accused cosby of assault vowing to keep fighting for justice. >> only 2% of rapists in this country ever spend one day in jail. it's time to reform, people. open your
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remained quiet while a spokeswoman read a statement from his wife camille blasting district attorney kevin seal who made part of prosecuting cosby part of his election. >> how do i describe the judge? overtly arrogant and collaborating with the district attorney. >> with no hesitation he said he would put cosby on trial again. >> in all of our minds that this was the right thing to do. >> reporter: while more than 50 women have publicly accused cosby of sexual misconduct, allegations he denies, constant's case is the only one recent enough for criminal charges. accusers like jewel allison who claims cosby assaulted her in 1990 were there supporting constant and hoping cosby finally would be found guilty. >> i thought it was right there. it's like sitting in class and the teacher comes and writes it all out on the blackboard and it says 2 plus 2 equals 4. >> reporter: you think eventually a court w
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him of a crime. >> he walked out but the bars were all around him. he's in jail now. >> it's too early to celebrate, mr. cosby. round 2 may be just around the corner. ron allen reporting there. so, are you taking dad out for father's day? storm team 4's tom kierein is going to break down the forecast for father's day out. >> plus, we're talking about the latest developments in the russia investigation. more insight on why president trump says it's all a witch hunt .
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welcome back. as we celebrate this father's day, there'sage organization looking to lift the spirits of kids that don't
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>> they're providing them male role models. rachel cole with the story. >> to see the impact that you can have in a short period of time with those kids is life changing. >> reporter: billy baker says volunteering for the miracle foundation is his way of being a father figure to millions of orphans who would otherwise go without. >> there are 132 million orphans worldwide, and what the miracle foundation has done is they've put together a methodology where they can actually measure the success and the impact they're having on the community for the life of the kids. >> reporter: he and his son boone traveled to india in 2015 to meet face to face with kids who need a little extra love. >> it was a great bonding experience for both of us. we were able to see part of the country, but to be able to dig in deep and provide a service and spend quality time with the kids who really don't have male role models
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>> reporter: he says the idea is to give these children a chance in the developing world to not only thrive but survive. >> which is proper health care, proper nutrition, food, water and education. >> reporter: the father's day campaign is a way for the world to raise money or simply support the success of so many minors who have nowhere else to turn. >> why not contribute to the miracle foundation and let them do the work they do to spread the seeds for your fathers. >> reporter: baker says instead of giving a tie or tools, give to kids without dads on father's day. >> rachel cole reporting there. hey, when news 4 continues, our barbara harrison has a fascinating look back at the
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good morning. great day to take a leap into the pool as we'll have temperatures up into the low 90s by mid afternoon. do what you can to stay cool as we will have oppressive heat and humidity on this father's day. and there's a slight chance of an isolated thunder shower that's going to be later this afternoon. right now storm team 4 radar is all clear. don't have any showers or thunder showers anywhere around. just a slight chance this afternoon, but there is a likelihood on monday. i have the new
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timing for showers in the afternoon. that's coming up in a few minutes. >> tom, thank you very much. if you haven't been to the new textile museum at george washington university, we're giving you a good reason to go and check it out. there's now a feature of 50 years for retrospective for some of the most memorable moments of the ebony fashion fair. news 4's barbara harrison has an inside look. >> reporter: this is the way it was, a catwalk of colorful couture designs from the great fashion houses of europe. but as ground breaking as the fashion, what captured the attention of america were the colorful models who wore them. history now remembers the 50 years of the ebony fashion fair. the road show that took high fashion to towns and cities across america. from the 1950s through the turn of the century. this final extravaganza in 2009. at the textile museum at george washington university, a
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those fabulous styles here again. the faces of those who wore them still beguiling now frozen in time. what was it like? >> it was a lot of this. >> ah. >> did a lot of that. >> no smiles? >> some smiles but mostly, you know, a squint. >> reporter: leah spencer was once one of them. growing up here in washington she never planned on becoming a model. >> this was never something that anyone would have foreseen in my future, anyone who knew me anyway. i got involved my senior year in college. a former fashion fair model approached me and asked if i had a job lined up after i graduated, and i did not. so she gave me the information to audition. i flew up. i met mr. and mrs. johnson and i was on the road. >> reporter: eunice johnson, wife and founder of ceo of johnson publishing, created the ebony fashion fair and looked for models representing every shade of black america. >> the fur is cut into
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contemporary art here at the museum said it wasn't just about the fashion show. >> when you bought a ticket to the show you had entrance into the fashion show. a portion of it was for a subscription to ebony and "jet magazine." it was about giving back. it helped raise over $55 million for charitable causes. and while the johnsons became some of the best customers of the great fashion houses around the world, there were early roadblocks. >> many designers were reluctant to sell to the johnsons because they were afraid that the sales would suffer with their designs on black skinned models. >> reporter: but designers were soon to realize they were wrong. their brands were actually enhanced by the enchanting shows that were the ebony fashion fair. >> this looks nouveau chic. >> people who attended the fashion fair were generally people who were not seeing themselves represented on
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as beautiful in magazines, so the opportunity to go and see their particular brand of beauty celebrated was powerful. >> in a look that's hot on the dot. >> barbara harrison reporting. moving on to politics. still the topic of discussion all across the country, we're talking about the russia investigation. >> doesn't go away. new revelations in the case came to light this week, and the president's been tweeting as well. joining us to talk about all of it, moderator of "meet the press," chuck todd. you're going to speak with a member of the president's financial -- >> legal team. >> legal team. where does he stand? we keep going back and forth. he confirmed it, didn't confirm it. >> jay who's on the president's legal team was very definitive. the president is not under investigation for collusion and not under investigation for obstruction of justice despite what the president said. he said the president's tweet which said efrs was simply
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reaction to the "washington post" story. there is a circular logic that is a struggle for many folks i think to try to understand what's going on here. look, here's what we know. the president is frustrated by this investigation. he believes the investigation is bogging him down. ultimately final question i had for the president's lawyer was simply why doesn't he embrace the investigation? you know, if he's got nothing to hide and nothing -- and he's innocent, why doesn't he embrace this investigation? his answer is essentially, well, it's just, you know, metastasizing, it's spiraling out, it's a media hit job and things like that, but ultimately the president easily would be better served if he would embrace the idea, we've got to get to the bottom of what russia did, hard stop, period. that is what has made his problem -- why there isn't -- i have marco rubio on, republican from florida, angus king, independent who's certainly
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about what the russians did. i think they both struggle to defend the president's actions because he's not adds mitting tha -- admitting that, hey, the russians did this. that's the root cause of his problems. >> you mentioned rubio. i'm interested when you talk about embracing this investigation, it doesn't seem like it's going to help his situation when he's tweeting out i'm better targeted than the one that's doing the investigation. we still are hearing talk circulating about the deputy attorney general and official counsel mueller and jobs being on the line be. the danger of going down that road and after speaking to rubio, did he shed any light on that? >> he simply is saying let the investigation go on. he is -- senator rubio -- everybody should take a breath. let the investigation go on. he's very supportive of the special counsel. look, bob mueller is somebody that has respect on both sides of the aisle, was appointed in a
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i think his first day was the day before 9/11 on the job. he's been above politics for a long time. it's put some lawmakers in a bind. the more the president would say is a political strategy, it makes a lot of sense to politicize things. you get your own supporters. the more this is seen through a political prism, i think the more comfortable the president is in. the more this is seen through a legal prism, the more uncomfortable the president gets. >> i'm sure you're going to talk about the congressional baseball game and everything that happened. >> on that front as well. been a tough week for washington. >> absolutely. see if we can come together a little bit more. >> bye, guys. >> a reminder, you can see "meet the press," happens every sunday, 10:30. >> this guy. >> tom kierein, i mean, come on, man. >> you know, we're all jealous. >> yeah. >> you're going to have --
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>> yeah, moving to colorado. i've got friends and family out west. i've been in the east for 40 years. i wanted to explore the west and canada, alaska. >> part of the decision. you can now stay up late to watch sports. it's awesome. >> that's right. sorry for hijacking the show. >> you know. there you go. >> but i love tom. >> that's right. >> by the way, happy father's day for you. >> thanks for stopping by, chuck. we'll be watching in seven minutes. >> we want to talk about the weather. >> 14 seconds to do the weather. so, yeah, let's go directly right to the sky over the metro area now. we have the cloud cover breaking up and later today the washington district is -- of columbia is going to be under a heat advisory for this afternoon as we'll have the heat index, feels like temperature 100 to 105 in the afternoon. climbing into the 80s. ragan national is at 82. sully car show,
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day car show near chantilly in fairfax county, it will be in the mid 80s there in another half hour or so. then near 90 by 1:00. show closes at 3:00. it's a great car show. all clear on storm team 4 radar. that's not going to be the case here tomorrow. we have a small chance tomorrow. the timing by 2:00 tomorrow afternoon, we'll start to see showers and storms firing up. these areas in the yellow and orange, that is the zone that we could get the heaviest downpours. that's the main threat from these storms. around 3 to around 6:00 p.m. is going to be the main threat. pulls off to the east and things settle down. the main threat is going to be flooding from heavy rainfall tomorrow. a lower threat for hail, wind damage or tornadoes. storm team 4 ten-day outlook looking great on tuesday, wednesday. lower humidity. another chancef sto orm
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time to save medicare from massive cuts that will harm millions of americans. if congress doesn't act by august 15th, medicare will undergo arbitrary cuts, restricting patient access to doctors and to the essential treatments they need for their health and well-being. seniors, doctors, americans with disabilities have called on congress to stop these devastating cuts by repealing this misguided law.
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to protect medicare beneficiaries before it's too late. this sunday, the russia probe grows. is president trump under investigation for possible obstruction of justice. the president says he is a victim of a witch hunt. >> do you believe you're under investigation now. >> how serious is th threat to mr. trump's presidency. we'll get points of view from all sides this morning. republican senator marco rubio, and senator angus king. plus that shooting at a republican baseball practice reminds us that toxic rhetoric can turn to real violence. both p

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