i just want to pass on word that otto warmbier has just passed away. he spent a year and a half in prison and just passed away. we'll be able to handle it. >> the 22-year-old died. how will the u.s. respond? america is watching the most expensive race in history. and how will democrats

to the health care plan. wicket weather extremes including scalding heat that grounded planes. bake cookies inside a car and zoo animals doing all they can. good tuesday morning. i'm frances rivera. the country wakes up with sadness and newfound rage this morning over death of otto wa warmbier, the 22-year-old tuned just released after spending a year and half in captivity and a year in an undisclosed coma only a week after coming to the u.s. for treatment. president trump blasted the rogue nation. >> it's a brutal regime and we'll be able to handle it but at least we got him home to be with his parents. >> senator john mccain did

warmbier was quote murdered by the kim jong-un regime" echoed by other lawmakers like marco rubio. they said he contracted botch lum, took a sleeping pill and sentenced to 15 years labor. he showed no signs of botch youlism. we are just hours from voting in the georgia district. jon ossof goes head-to-head aikens karen. president trump tweeted. hitting ossof in another post saying karen handel's opponent can't even vote in the district

it will be the most expensive house race in u.s. history topping over $50 million and the repercussions could be massive. the former republicans could boost the house and help with obamacare. and for democrats it would be a warning shot to the senate republicans and ahead for the midterm elections. here's what the candidates had to say in the last few hours. there's so little happening in washington that serves the needs for people and need representation to work across the aisle to do that. >> i have lived in the district 25 years. my opponent lives 5 miles outside the district. his values are some 3,000 miles away in san francisco. >> the real clear politics average

by .2% points but well within the margin of error. waging a late night talka-thon in a last ditch effort to block the plans to overcome obamacare and their defiance was quickly shut down by the chambers' leader, mitch mcconnell. >> i will ask we agree today the bill won't come to the floor until the house committee had an open meeting and considered amendments from both parties. >> is there an objection? >> i do. >> objection served. >> is there an objection? objection serbed. >> i'd like to ask for unanimous consent. >> is there an objection? >> i have. >> objection is heard. i have a unanimous consent. >> is there an objection? objection is heard. >> it came as a small group of republicans worked behind closed doors to scrap the affordable care act

working in an unprecedented level of secrecy like senator bernie sanders from vermont. >> this is outrageous beyond outrageous. this is unprecedented i think in the history of modern america you have a bill with such consequence where there is not one hearing on the member of the healthy education committee, no hearings, no republican debate. >> even some republicans have openly fumed about the negotiations on the bill but that hasn't stopped the goal for the bill before the july fourth recess expected next week. kicking off tech week, the administration looks to move forward with the president's agenda, despite a fury of news on the russian investigation. what made headlines was the voice of the man who is described as the person closest to the president. senior advisor and son-in-law, jared kushner. he made these rare public comments. >> before i came

many warned me the bureaucracy would resist any change we tried to do, so far i found the soipt. >> for many it was the first time they got to hear directly from the influential aide himself. he plunges into middle east diplomacy with a trip to jerusalem. tracy, what's the likelihood to make some kind of progress? >> it's certainly possible. as one of our colleagues said, sometimes you don't know what you don't know and that could help you in a situation like this. jared kushner has no foreign policy experience. he was certainly with president trump on his first visit to the region but he does have the confidence of the president so he heads to jerusalem and ramallah and meet with

netanyahu and the prime minister and hope it will be the fist step for negotiations pore a peace process. they're not expecting to get back on the plane with a peace deal, something that has eluded experienced diplomats for decades but they are hoping they can take this first step. the white house makes the point this is going to take time. frances. >> we will see how big or small that fist step will be. tracie potts, thank you. french police are investigating a man in an attempted attack in paris. the car was packed with at least two gas canisters and caught fire after it crashed. several officers raced over to drag the driver out but say he had already been quote neutralized. they put out the flames and investigators found more weapons and explosives inside. no officers or bystanders were injured. this happened just hours after a van take after a venue outside a london mosque injur 10 p

the scene. he was arrested accused of attempted murder and also charged with terrorism offenses. lucy is there this morning. what's the latest on the alleged attacker? >> reporter: good morning. you can see the road behind me. seven sisters road where the attack took place. that's now been opened to cars and pedestrian traffic. the headlines this morning, an attack on all of us, the papers referencing the horrific tragedy. "the sun" highlighting the man who saved the mosque maniac. there was an imam who tackled this attacker, pinning him down waiting for the police to arrive and a daily mail consumed with hate, father of four suspected of mowing down worshippers from the mosque before blowing a kiss to police officers and shouting i would do it again. we are getting more details about this

osborne, 47-year-old father of four and potentially attempted murder charges. one person killed in this attack what the london mayor is calling a horrific terrorist attack. this took place right after midnight, 12:20 a.m. when the van plowed into a crowd of pedestrians leaving midnight prayers. one person killed was getting first-aid before the attack took place and unclear whether he was killed because of it or not. regardless it was another tragedy horrific incident now the fourth to strike the united kingdom in three months. >> thank you, lucy. back here at home, powerful thunderstorms swept through the northeast last night, bringing torrential lightning and winds. look at this video showing storms through manhattan. it was so hot planes couldn't even take off. northwest had

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to new orleans. the warnings are from new orleans to the louisiana coast lines and almost towards galveston. that's a look at the big weather story today. here's a closer look at your day ahead. you can see the cloud cover and conditions shouldn't be too hot at the beaches, 119 at the peek of your heat wave. the age-old question, is there life beyond our earth. on monday, nasa announced the kepler telescope found light hundreds of thousands of years away, are the enough to support life and saying we are probably not alone, frances. >> ta-da-da-da. maybe there's a meteorologist like bill karins doing the weathen

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>> just like yesterday, homeowners will be cleaning up the downed trees and fallen limbs from the ground. some crashed on to homes and even cars. good morning everyone. i'm angie goff in for eun yang. >> i'm chris lawrence in for aaron gilchrist this morning. more on the cleanup a lot of people will be dealing with. let's see what you face this morning on the roads. we got to start with chuck and sheena. >> at that da, she's back from vacation. >> yeah. >> i can't believe you came back from hawaii. that was a mistake right there. >> here's the thing. i also had a wedding in california. i had to get back to the mainland. so i figured i'd come back. >> okay. >> thank you. my power went out because of the storms and the weather pushing away from the area. we're going to see clearing. you see the rain down to our south and east. it is continuing tota

though. we don't expect any rain to be moving back in. today is going to be a really nice day. currently, 72 degrees. it is mild this morning. by 7:00 a.m., still around 70 degrees. by noon today, mid-80s. you'll notice lower humidity through the day. but it's going to be a hot one. close to 90 degrees. chuck and i are back with more details on that coming up. back to you guys. great to have you back. we want to continue our team coverage this morning. news 4's justin finch. >> you saw where that tornado touched down in silver spring. >> reporter: chris, angie, surveying the area. we saw this thing here. look at this house behind us here. it's squashed by this huge large tree. we're talking from roof to the ground. almost a little forest on to itself. a sign saying that this home not surprisingly has been declared unsafe. want to take you to video of the cleanup here in this

crews worked very late monday trying to assess the damage. also seeing this was a storm in the area. we now know per the national weather service, this was an ef-0 tornado passing 70 miles per hour winds at points. moving very quickly, we're told. this storm lasting just about a minute between 3:48 and 3:49 p.m. p of course, as we have seen, it damaged several homes here. cars included. reports of transports to the hospital for injuries out here as well. now, the affected area of this part of the silver spring includes dennis avenue from west of edge wood avenue to eastwood avenue. you may see damage beyond that. perhaps downed branches, road debris and more. we can tell you back out live, don't be surprised if you see lots of branches, large debris on homes like this today in the area. back in to you. >> thank you very much, justin.

the storm in the nbc washington app. if you don't have it, get it now. then you'll be prepared for the next storm to come along. we want to get a check on your traffic is melissa mollet. hopefully everything is good to go. >> everything is looking quite good. no road closures like last night because of the downed wires and trees and the storms. what we're looking at is bigger picture this morning, anging i. from rockville pike to.work zone blocking the right lane. outer loop fine this morning. 66 and 95, no big woirs. that situation in silver spring has resolved itself roadwise where justin is this morning but lots of cleanup. >> to the spur, you're on time as well as heading southbound or northbound. angie. >> some might say this is a sign. after a rainbow appea