president trump going professional wrestling to furt ere his attack on the media but they are not the only target. >> we are in the rack ku ciiraq mosul. >> and u.s. troops face booby tracks and tense moments as an engine catches fire. great news for fourth of july burger

don't knows made mincemeat out of the house. early today starts right now. and good morning to you. new jersey governor is facing a major backlash after this image you see here surfaced of his family. jersey to christie, get the heck off the beach. now on any other day there would be nothing wrong with this picture. with a budget standoff with the governor and the legislature causing more than 50 state parks and beaches to close after the state missed a deadline. so while they're not able to enjoy some time on the sand, police turning away people by the thousands, their governor was able to do just that and he did so just before having this exchange with a reporter during a news conference on the sh

>> no, i didn't. but go ahead. i didn't get any sun today. >> little the governor know that the image would go viral following his image. his response to that, yes, the governor was on the beach briefly today. he didn't get any sovereign sun, he had a baseball hat on. 81% disapprove of his job. the tabloids having a field day after president trump tweeted 2007 video. now, here's that video. the post comes just days after his own prez secretary claimed that he had not incited media. one

worrying of the consequences it could bring. >> i think that if the president of the united states is taking things way too far. he is going to get somebody killed in the media. >> that tweet was sent out just as impeached trump allies got underway and as the hash tag trended nationally, even catching the president's own staffers offguard. >> reporter: 28 seconds of political theatetheater. a takedown depicting the president tackling cnn. >> the fake media is trying to sigh le silence us. >> the video was already

swear ne internet. >> president trump is in a world he's not familiar with. >> i do think he's beaten up in a way on cable platforms that he has a right to respond to. >> it is a sad day when the president of the united states encouraging violence against reporters. we will keep doing our jobs, he need to start doing his. opposition played out in several cities. >> the man knows nothing about what he's doing. >> the republican governor -- >> it's one of the few things that i think

together. >> but demanding the president change will not work. >> it's not going togo do any good for me or anyone else to comment on things that we might not like about his twitter behavior. >> the art of distraction? >> i'm president and they're not. >> to the travel ban taking effect and of course health care. >> incredible challenges around the world. >> secretary tom price says they're still trying. >> and while trump had no major meetings he did have phone calls with the leaders of japan and china. we have an update on the mitt l rock mass shooting that left 28 people injured over the weekend. police arrested the

performed before the shooting started early saturday morning. he was wanted on outstanding warrants for aggravated assault and gun possession. those charges are unrelated to the incident but they consider him a person of interest. this appeared to be connected to a dispute to local gangs there. the rest suffered nonlife threatening injuries and they were all expected to survive and that the club would be shut down. a pennsylvania man is in custody and charged with murder four days after the fatal shooting of an 18-year-old woman in a case of road rage. she had just graduated high school and was planning to attend jacksonville university this fall. >> reporter: michelle and rodney listened as police said they

killed their daughter in a violent act of road rage. >> this appears to be a senseless brutal act from one human being to another human being. >> the four-day man hunt now in custody. the moment he approached her on the way home wednesday night. they tried to merge into the same lane. he pulled out a gun and shot her in the head killing her instantly. >> just as police were close to identifying the killer, they showed up at the police station to turn himself in. they recovered his pickup truck and found the gun at his home. >> that was her senior graduation picture. >> her famiemme now struggling

that would cause a person to want to shoot her. >> a life they say was stolen just as it was getting started. >> officials in washington state are investigating what caused an amtrak train to derail about 4 r5 miles south of seattle. it came off the rails. only minor injuries were reported. one man says passengers were left in the dark about what happened. >> we felt the train go off the rails, the floor was not level and we didn't hear anything for -- it was like ten minutes before they talked to us at all. >> the passengers on board were given alter nit transportation, service reopened sunday night at limited speeds. some tense moments at denver international airport. a united airlines jet camping fire as it was

it stopped quickly on the runway so all 59 passengers could evacuate. the plane came from aspen. no reports of injuries. it was a washout in parts of the country. widespread flooding caused, multiple cars were submerged in water as residents were forced to walk through flooded streets and subway stations in germany flooded. >> and this looks like a really nice two-day period. we could get some flash flooding possible in areas of arkansas and kansas and arkansas. later this afternoon 2 million people at risk from oklahoma city to wichita. we could see an isolated stray strong storm.

weather today but isolated spots and bad weather and we're still very warm in the west and very nice in the north atlantic and beach weather. here's a closer look at your day ahead. >> typical afternoon storms in florida. nothing that will cancel your beach plans today and great weather to be had in the great lakes. one day the elephant just had fun just like we did. watch as he lies on her belly and slides down the hill. taking trees with her. this was caught at the breeding center. she's now fully recovered and having a blast. it used to snow and if you 't

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now isis just holds a small pocket of mosul. we are now on a joint iraqis american military base. these are american military vehicles that you see behind me and the way it works is americans generally stay on small outposts like this one, call in air strikes and iraqi troops do the ground fighting. we spent the last day in pockets of mosul and it's a lot of damage, a lot of traps and that's one of the biggest challenges that both the americans and the iraqis are facing right now. >> and many of mosul's residents are trying to escape what's left of the city but tens of thousands of civilians are still trapped. their food and water supplies dwindling. a budge wet nearly

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now on news 4 today, innocent victim or intended target. the latest on the investigation after a man was found murdered on the beltway and what his daughter has to say to the killer. president trump under fire for another twitter storm. what members of his own party have to say about his most recent comments. ♪ and the countdown is on to the capital 4th. what you need to know if you plan on heading down to the national mall a day early. it is 4:26. good morning. i'm aaron

>> some of you are getting ready for working but a lot of you are off as we celebrate the fourth of july. >> we'll get you prepared. jack taylor is in for melissa. first a look at the forecast with chuck bell. humid out there. >> absolutely right. feels like summer in washington. that's the way it will stay around here the next several days. the rain chances are not zero, they're low for both today and tomorrow. about a 20% chance for a shower today and tomorrow. no real washouts coming. if the isolated shower finds its way over tofourth of july, that's just bad luck. fairly quiet early this morning. 70 in leesburg. 66 in winchester. temperatures a bit milder along the i-95 core bore. washingt corridor. great day to be outside today and tomorrow.

low 90s. the outlying suburbs in the mid to upper 80s. so pretty hot. an isolated rain chance today and tomorrow. near perfect weather. after about 6:00, 7:00, both today and tomorrow will be near perfect for your outdoor barbecuing and fireworks watching. we'll look at the rest of the week coming up. there is a push this morning to figure out who shot and killed a father of four on the bell way it happened late saturday night, so far no witnesses have come forward. >> adriano lombre was an innocent victim. darcy spencer tells us about his daughter's plea for answers. >> i want him to be remembered as a generous person. you know, just a family oriented person. >> reporter: christina lombre describes the moment when she learned her father adriano lombre had been killed. >> it feels so

all people it had to be him. >> reporter: lombre, a father of four, had a party at his home saturday night. they were playing cards and having a good time. his daughter tells me he had dropped a friend off in d.c. and was on his way back home. in fact, he told someone i'll be there in 15 minutes. he never returned. he was shot and killed in his car while driving on the beltway in prince george's county. police say possibly someone in another car fired in his car. the marquis was sitting on the travel lane in the northbound beltway past pennsylvania avenue. his body discovered by an officer who stopped by to investigate. he was in the driver's seat alo alone. james johnson had known him for more than a decade. >> he and i were the best of friends and just a great guy. >> reporter: police are trying to figure out who shot him and why. was this a case of road rage or something else? >> we believe he was an innocent victim and somebody out there would have seen something or know something.

we're encouraging them to please give us a call. >> reporter: lombre's call had a distinctive skin fan for life logo on the rear windshield. police want to hear from anyone who saw the car or may have information that can help them solve this murder. >> just come forward, do the right thing, and suffer the consequences. >> reporter: in prince gorge's county, darcy spencer, news 4. >> right now take a good look at robert mcgill. this 78-year-old man is from capitol heights. he has not been seen since friday morning on shell street. police need help finding him. he has dementia and diabetes. the alzheimer's organization locally says he walks with a cane and is likely on foot. call maryland state police if you see him. a man accused of sexually abusing a child in the district has been arrested. d.c. police arrested