>> i'm darcy spencer live in northwest washington where yesterday's erle morning fire has turned deadly. i'll have a live report ahead. a beloved football coach killed in a crash. the principal is telling us how he'll be remembered and a strong reaction from governor hogan to school corruption complaints in prince georges county. why the school district might soon be under the microscope. news 4 at 6:00 starts now. first at 6:00, a sad discovery in a burned-up apartment building. thanks for joining us. i'm erica gonzalez. firefighters say it is one of the biggest fires northwest d.c. has seen in a decade and tig

darcy spencer is live in pea body with the latest. darcy? >> reporter: last night at 11:00 we were talking about how fortunate it was that no one was seriously injured or killed in this fire. it turned out that was not the case. take a look here behind me, this is what's left of this burned-out building. investigators telling us today that they found the body up here on the third floor at the very top earlier today. >> anybody else out? >> grab him. >> reporter: firefighters rescued dozens of people, even small children in the early morning darkness. the flames tore through the peabody street apartments at 3:00 in the morning when many were asleep. the fire chief initially said saturday they believed everyone had survived. >> we were able to get back in there and do a primary search, a secondary search, and they got everybody out of the building. >> on sunday a man's body was discovered by

the top-floor apartment where the fire started. >> we were aware last night when we started interviewing the occupants of the building that there was still one person missing and so today the investigators when they were in there discovered that body. >> the fire displaced hundreds of residents who are now being sheltered at d.c.'s emory community center several blocks away. six people were hurt and five of them firefighters and they've all been released from the hospital. >> investigators will have to pore through the burned-out apartment as they search for the cause of this deadly blaze. >> it's a fire that's undetermined right now because the investigators have not had the opportunity to determine the cause of the fire and that's what they'll be doing over the next two days. >> reporter: back out here on peabody street, you can see it is still closed off. it is going to stay that way at least through tomorrow. we mentioned all of the people who were displaced and they were taken to that community center and they are expected to be placed in hotels until they can find new housing. erica, baco

>> darcy spencer live in northwest d.c. thank you. a void can never be entirely filleded and that's what people are saying about a coach killed on the beltway. he taught special ed at james madison high school in vienna. the principal calls him an inspiration who devoted his life to his students. a box truck hit schultz yesterday afternoon on the capitol beltway in fairfax county. schultz was making sure the boat was secured to the back of the pickup truck when it happened and his nephew was critically injured in this accident. state police are investigating and they've already charged the driver of the truck. maryland governor larry hogan is reacting to allegations of widespread corruption within the prince georges county school system. whistle blowers have come forward saying they have evidence that grades were changed to boost graduation rates. hogan sent a letter to the school board that reads in part, quote in response to the allegations and

ensure that this matter is fully investigated, end quote and school district officials have said that a state investigation that was completed found nothing improper. it came at the federal education department's request, following an anonymous complaint. the school ceo calls the allegations politically motivated. >> maryland state police say an ultra light aircraft crashed today killing the pilot. this happened nea a privately owned field, and the ultra light had taken off when the pilot lost control and police believe the plane hit a power line, pilot michael malick died after being rushed to the hospital. he was 71 and malick was the only person on the plane. the battle of the senate healthcare bill is getting more heated tonight. i want to show you a live look at the capital. key republicans are saying there is no way the bill should be voted on this week and democrats are overwhelmingly opposed to the plan.

nbc's jennifer johnson breaks it all down for us. >> growing resistance among republicans for the senate health care bill as five gop senators are publicly opposing the plan. majority leader mitch mcconnell wants a vote before the july 4th holiday break. >> there's no way we should be voting on this next week. >> many are concerned over who might lose their insurance and cuts to made ca cut to the medicaid. >> we don't take from the sick! >> bernie sanders blasted the bill could leave millions without health insurance. >> when you throw 33 million people off of health insurance, people with cancer, people with heart disease and people with diabetes, thousands of people will die. >> in addition to the gop senators opposing the bill, a handful of others are troubled by possible medicaid cuts. >> you can't take over $800 billion out of the medicaid program and not expect that it's goingha

rural nursing home. >> president trump has blasted democrats for their opposition and defections of three of 62 republican senators will doom the plan. >> on monday, the nonpartisan congressional budget office will release its assessment of the bill. the cost, the impact on medicaid and how many people might lose health care coverage. on capitol hill, jennifer johnson, news 4. president trump recently turned 71 and many local women celebrated the occasion today. virginia women for trump held a high tea party at the trump hotel. the group has been strong supporters of the president since the presidential primary. observers will be closely watching the supreme court. the justices will enter a final week of work before the summer long hiatus and as if there's not enough pressure the high court to make final decisions on major cases, there is rampant speculation that justice anthony kennedy is planning to retire. es

and there is no word on when he may leave the bench. kennedy has been on the coach for nearly 30 years. cameras catch a girl dangling from an amusement park ride. she makes it down safely. wait until you see how this happened. >> and we've got temperatures in the mid-80s right now. hello, here i am. we have temperature in the mid-80s right now and with a mix of sun and clouds it is a gorgeous evening out there. we'll continue to have a nice day as we gohrough the t

take a look at this next video. a teenage girl dangling from an amusement park ride. it's enough to just give you a panic attack. seconds later she slips falling into the arms of a man below. we are told the girl who fell is okay. the man who caught her tweaked his back. he went to the hospital, but has been released and this is in upstate new york. six flags officials say they don't know how the girl slipped from the ride and that everything on the sky ride was running as it should. park officials are close -- excuse me, are closing the ride until a complete review is finished. just incredible. arlington county is using soccer to help decrease gang violence. the county held an annual gang

prevention soccer tournament. dozens of teens came out to washington, lee high school to join in. >> it was really important because it shows that we are able to do it together. this is the 12th year they've hosted that tournament. >> they flooded the streets to celebrate gay pride, but there was a big interruption at one rally. political rallies are the order of the day in washington. there are four of them going on simultaneo us

>> you're watching news 4 at 6:00. the burper is under way on the falcon 9 first stage. >> the spacex falcon 9 successfully lifted off this afternoon and it's carrying ten satellites of a company called iridium communications. that company is replacing all of its next-generation satellites for its mobile voice and data communications system. cool pics there. several groups from different backgrounds and across the ideological spectrum converged on d.c. today. the demonstrators gathered at the white house and at the lincoln memorial. news 4's derrick ward had a look at their controversial beliefs. >> reporter: neither right or left would be left

the first on the plaza on the lincoln memorial. >> they got together to counter demonstrate. >> racist rhetoric, scapegoating and that has emboldened racists around the country. >> reporter: as we spoke with the organizer another -- >> confederate flag, that is the symbol for slavery and racism. >> reporter: we followed that flag to a few years to another protest. they're calling it the freedom of speech rally. >> reporter: is it a matter of sprattism or supremacists. >> white people built this country, so just here to support that and support our history. what about the history of laws, amendments and statutes striking down segregation. >> they're just laws. they can be changed at any time. >> reporter: meanwhile, outside d.c. police headquarters, yet another exe

dubbed a really, really free speech rally. >> this gathering here today is really an opposition to what we see a rise of fascist, semi-fascist, hard-right movements that have been growing in this country. >> reporter: and finally, just a few miles away at lafayette park, this was a gathering to round up against political violence and those on the left trying to shut down free speech. occasionally protesters from the various groups would show up at each other's rally, sometimes in support and sometimes with a challenge. >> we want to educate you, man about our history and once about the outreach with the chasm. >> i'm bold enough to come down here, man and invite you. >> news 4 h derrick ward. gay pride parades are filling streets across the country today. millions of people were expected to come out for the festivities in

banners in memory of philando castile. the officer who killed him was acquitted on all charges. the demonstration briefly paused the parade. these are scenes out of seattle. the parade scene this year is indivisible. to see pictures from parades nationwide, you can open the nbc washington app and search pride cities. the national park service is diving into a project that could improve the view at the world war ii memorial. crews drained the rainbow pool and other water features today so that they can replace the crept light fixtures with high efficiency lighting and the pools will be rebuilt and operational next friday. >> the park service is doing work to avoid conflict with the honor flights that transport veterans to see the memorial. >> and now your storm team 4 forecast. >> it was a great day to sit out by the water. absolutely perfect out there and it will continue to be perfect all of the way through

evening. a tranquil evening upon us. we will stay dry as we head into your monday, but we do have a very small chance of rain on wednesday. we'll be hot and humid as we get into thursday, friday, saturday and sunday. we're at 85 right now here in the district. i think we topped out around 87 today and temperatures continuing to fall with mostly clear skies and we'll end up in the 50s and 60s during the overnight and it's a very comfortable evening out there. again, with temperatures in the lower 80s and some places in the shenandoah valleys in the 70s. no rain to worry about and not a lot of cloud cover and we have the puffy, cumulous clouds out there and that's about it. great night to open up those windows and we'll be warmer in the city center and once you step outside the beltway, maybe upper 40s in spots out there and it is going to be a nice, crisp mornin

up as we go through your morning, but with sunny skies and tomorrow's cloud cover will be similar to today. now we're pleasant by wednesday in terms of the humidity level and then the heat and humidity build on thursday and you'll feel it friday into the weekend and temperatures friday into the weekend are in the 90s and for your morning commute tomorrow morning, looking good. those dry roads continue through much of the day and we'll have an increase in cloud cover tomorrow evening and we'll be dry at least until tuesday. just less than a 20% chance of showers here or there, very hit or miss, and a stray shower. most of us are going to stay dry through your tuesday and this is just a touch overdone and i want to show you that we do have at least a chance on tuesday and we'll continue to monitor that, and it's just with a disturbance passing through the upper levels of the atmosphere. with the extra cloud cover, dry air coming our way tomorrow and the temperatures not making it out of your 70s on

then we head right back to near 80 degrees on your wednesday and very nice wednesday and still comfortable. humidity starts to build on thursday and in fact, you won't feel it on thursday and you will feel the heat, though, because that temperature will be around 90nd a then we're in the low to mid-90s, friday, saturday and getting into sunday. these three days for friday and into the weekend we'll have a chance for showers and storms and not going to be raining the whole time, but afternoon chances for friday into your sunday and then monday, tuesday and wednesday of next week we start to cool down. of course, tuesday, that's fourth of july and not looking too shabby for that. erica? >> thanks, lauren. still ahead, a rough day for the nats against the rs. sherry'sed u

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this is the xfinity sportsdesk. >> a rough afternoon for the nats. sheri is here to tell us some more. >> they scored 18 runs last night. second most they scored all season and then i think they scored too many and forgot to score those runs tonight. the last week completed by the washington nationals was almost a month ago. today a chance for the nates to sweep for the reds, on the mound, tasked with the

struggling lately. a little sunshine for the fans at the park. this little guy hoping the nats take down the reds, but it wasn't a great start for the home team. joey sneaks one into the outfield and bryce harper has it and his scooter janet, and the reds' second baseman comes home on the throwing air. harper's throw, and this is the first error of the season for harper and the reds take an early 2-0 lead. later, things get even worse. tucker barnhart and harper back on it, and looks like he's got it, but it hit. the top of his glove. two runs coming off of that and reds take a 5-0 lead just in the first and not a great day for roarc and the nats rallying in the fourth. michael up to bat, launching this one into left center field and the two-run homer for taylor. his 11th home run of the season gets the nates on the board

their comeback ends their reds and avoids the sweep with the 6-2 win. >> you go through the streaks where you get the two out and another when you don't get the two out. so like i said, there were some missed opportunities for us to get back in the game. the averages were against us today on that. >> it's a very passionate run we have on base and just making good pitches today. i think we fought to the end and that's all we can ask for. >> sometimes stuff like that happens when you can't get overwhelmed or mad about it. you keep going out there and i'm happy to get to stay out there as long as i did and finish the game. >> cue the sunday fun day for this young orioles fan playing against the rays and keeping the smiles going. two on and two outs for paul, the shortstop takes this one into left center.

craig gentry finds his way home, after two rbis is out to an early 2-0 lead. orioles up 3-2, and evan longoria with two on and tillman not having the best season continuing here while longoria takes him and the rays take a 5-3 lead. in the ninth with two on, and jo joey ricard, and birds win it 8-5 and win a much-needed road series and buck showalter, and he didn't pinch hit for ricker. >> we're not going to sacrifice the defense and joey is not going to give in to the competition. he gave a peek over his shoulder and i told him don't look over at me again and i'll let you know. >> heading to toronto for a three-game series starting on tuesday.

95, mark, the number one overall draft pick in this year's nba draft making still the talk of the town in the d.m. and even kevin durant who was second overall and he congratulated foelts already calling him a legend. >> the philadelphia 76ers select mark markel foltz. he's the first in be one pick from prince georges county. the former star came from being cut from varsity just three years ago to being the future of the 76ers franchise. tonight on sports final our karen maloney catches up with foltz and his head coach, mike jones. you see how his fancy, fancy shoes which were made out of basketball, make sure you tune in and also

he signed with the 76ers and even more dmv action and josh hart from villanova was drafted 30th by the lakers and the first pick and the last pick from the first round from the dm. >> and we'll have your last check of the weather for the workweek. >> we'll see the humidity build and not until thursday. a slight chance of showers thursday. >> thank you, ma'am and thank you very much for joining us. we will see you tonight on news 4 at

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