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controversial billboard ad. the response from the alt-right figure. >> and a powerful day in washington is shared with news4. here at the live desk with breaking news. a loud boom near nats park tonight. wasn't the roar of the crowd or the bat. people inside say they heard some kind of explosion. it turns out it was a generator that exploded just outside the park. if you're not familiar with the area, it happened near gate that takes you out of the park. there's a construction site there. d.c. fire made it to the scene in a matter of minutes and they say there's no hazard to anyone. mark posted this picture on facebook. they were saying telling fans not to exit the park through
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another way out to get back home. a rain delay last night, a generator exploding outside nats park. the good news is, no one was hurt. we're working to find out how a child is doing after a serious crash in prince george's county this happened at naylor road toward the end of the evening rush hour. news4 has the latest from the scene. >> good evening. this is very tragic. that child has some serious injuries. take a look at the accident. right now you can see the crash happened about 7:30 tonight. a red dodge charger and a black suv crashed into each ooflt it appears a lexus suv and a hyundai may have rear ended them after the crash. police are trying to determine what exactly happened. medics drove two kids and two
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people who live near there tell me it is a very dangerous intersection. police have not released the names of the victims, the kids or the adults involved in this crash. right now they are still investigating and trying to determine again who caused this accident. police are asking anyone with information to call the prince george's police department. shemari stone. news4. more on last night's three-hour rain delay at nats park. with no rain, it has been a strange end of the week. the team took to the field on time and fans were happy not to have to wait. the organization delayed thursday night's game for hours, even though the forecast didn't call for rain until well after the scheduled first pitch. and that rain never really developed. today the team apologized. we talked to fans before the game. >> those fans waited three hours
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they could have played the end of the game before the rain came. >> i can't understand the rationale behind waiting. all you had to do was look at the radar. >> he hates rain. he wouldn't even fly in the rain. >> -- she wouldn't go potty in the rain. >> we'll have more on the exciting finish coming up later in sports. >> i'm not sure what that had to do with anything. anyway no, rain delays tonight. we did have a few showers in town. let's go to our storm team meteorologist. are we done with the rain? >> for the most part. look at storm team 4. i'm tracking another line of rain. it will pass over the mountains. that's going to cause a lot of it to sizzle out. back along the i-81 corridor. maybe some showers late. most of russ completely dry. serve absolutely dry. right now we're at 76
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saturday. 73 at 7:00 a.m. plenty of sunshine in the good morning hours. 80 at 9:00 a.m. wee in the mid 80s and we have a nice breeze. now we can't rule out an afternoon shower tomorrow. most of us, completely dry for this entire weekend and during humidity level. really low, especially on sunday. >> we can't wait. thank you. tonight metro says it has removed billboard he ads in several stations because they don't fit the policy. it came after they complained. here's more on this. >> well, those posters have been removed. yiannopoulos tells news4 that he considers it to be censorship.
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>> the posters, part of an advertising campaign by a new book by the controversial alt-right author. the system's advertising posters about, five feet wide, are hard to miss. >> they're everywhere. >> i read them. i read they will. >> the ads are managed by an outside group but they are given notice to review them. in a written statement, a metro spokesman says the ad violates the advertising guidelines. we are in the process of removing the ads. the transit agency's policy includes the prohibition of ads intending to affect the public in which there are varying opinions and ads intended to influence public policy. he accuses the transit agency of censorship
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hate crime? what advertisement could we have posted that did not break the policies? it is not the first time metro has dealt with this time of controversy. posted by the anti-islamic geller was also affected. yiannopoulos said he considers it a first amendment violation and is preparing a response. metro is considering selling the naming rights to some of its nations. the story first reported by our partners. some metro board members believe it is one of the best ways to prevent more fare increase and fill a possible budget gap. they will decide whether to move forward with the plan. metro has considered selling naming rights before but decided not to. we asked you about it in our class sur
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washington facebook page. most of you said you're okay with it. president trump and president putin finally face to face. they met for more than two hours today and president trump did confront about moscow meddling last year. both sides put their own spin on what happened next. russia says putin denies any interference and president trump said he seaccepted the denial. the two sides did strike deal for a cease fire in syria beginning sunday. the high stakes meeting was peaceful inside the g-20 summit in hamburg, protesters angry at political and economic inequality set cars on fire and vandalized businesses. police fired pepper spray to break up the crowds. dozens of police and protesters were hurt by broken bottles and
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first on 4, a south carolina woman is under arrest for trying to breach white house security on independence day for the second year in a row. court records show she is alicia kepler. the arrest report said an officer stopped her as she tried to jump a bike rack security in the morning. her attorney declined to comment when we asked why she has targeted the white house on the fourth of july. his killing spree began with the shooting of his wife and ended with the deaths of two strangers. today we learned his fate. he was sentenced to life in prison without parole. authorities say he killed his estraininged wife in a school parking lot in may of 2016. the next day, he killed two other people during a carjacking incident in outside montgomery mall and the grocery store.
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shooting with police. he was willing to take the lives of others. >> he is still awaiting sentencing in prince george's county but pleaded guilty last month. >> the school aide accused of abusing dozens of students in prince george's county says his rights have been violated and he wants the charges dropped. in a letter written to a prince george's judge, he said he hasn't had a speedy trial. he claims he hasn't talked to his attorney in more than a year now. the judge wrote back saying his concerns can be addressed at his next court hearing and she reminded him design a waiver to a speedy trial. he is facing 100 years in prison. >> she hid, a lone survivor of a racially motivated
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impressions of the museum and her reflections on the tragedy back home in charleston. >> holly sheppard. for 35 years, mother emanuel ame church in charleston has been her place of worship, her place of peace. never questioned her faith. even on june 17, 2015, god was present. >> that night, the lack of bright light was in the room. like twilight. >> she hid under the table and called. 911. >> he's still in there. >> dylan roof, a self-proclaimed white supremacist killed nine members of her church family at bible study. roof told polyhe would let her live so she could tell the story. poly told me it was her god who let her live. >> the
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do certain things. i don't know exactly what it is. but he left and he said the rest are ready to go. he sat down with them. >> shortly after the second anniversary of the church massacre, we met up with polyoutside the national museum of african-american history and culture. the last stop of the family reunion. bus loads came from south carolina and around the country. her cousin in ft. washington planned the museum visit. >> coming here. >> and to bring cousin polyhere. >> a history buff. she started the tour at the beginning, slavery. >> i had a feeling of reverence. logical like you're in church. >> this slavery exhibition was the most striking. >> the
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what happened? >> i don't think about it that often. but sometimes when i see different things. it will come back. >> i don't know why. >> in may, nooses were found at the african-american museum and outside of the hersh horn museum at the national mall. then on june 17th, exactly two years since the charleston shooting, a noose was found hanging near the national gallery of art. >> we have so far to go. we've come a long way but it is still not enough. >> she believes the national muse he'll of african-american history and culture can help bridge understanding. >> i think it helps. it has everybody coming here and we can see it. we'll have
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>> she is in counseling is that says visiting the museum was therapeutic. now she's headed home to charleston. home to mother emanuel. she plans to continue her mission and she'll take a special memory of washington with her. >> she plans to visit the national museum of african-american history and culture. again, soon. fighting fire is in his blood and now he plans to follow in his father's footsteps. >> he was the 100th d.c. firefighter to die on the job. now, his legacy will live on through his son. he graduated from firefighting training.
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it had its ups and downs. sometimes i want to not show up. then i thought about my father and my mother. and it motivated me to keep coming in. >> his cousin james is also a firefighter. he died in the line of duty ten years ago. >> he will be station in the d.c. the same station where his father was. >> his dad would have been proud. >> we wish him well. >> through all this rain, we've been looking forward to this weekend. >> the weekend overall will be really nice. >> especially on sunday. the humidity levels are low. long on sunshine. >> temperatures in the mid 80s. unusual for july to say the least if you are visiting from out of town. sunday is not normal here. take a look at the weather
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we can't rule out an isolated shower. most of us will have a completely dry day. a spectacular day. looking to next week, some storms in the forecast don't study rain. very summer like. even a bit of a heat wave. currently our temperature are for the most part in maryland. 68 in winchester. 76 in washington, 71 in gaithersburg. tomorrow morning, we're at 74 degrees. mostly to partly sunny skies throughout the day tomorrow. a nice breeze. by lunch time, we're at 86. a high of 89. there's that small chance for an isolated shower. majorfully southern maryland. 8:00 p.m., we'll be around there. notice noon, maybe a shower moving through frederick. here's what i'm talking about. out in
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nats game tomorrow will be fine. as we head into the evening, we have plenty of sunshine around. sunday night, a perfect night for dining outdoors. if you're getting out of town, a little too chilly for me. it will be breezy on saturday. upper 80s. >> sunday, plenty of sunshine to touch cooler temperatures at the beach on sunday. on sunday, back here at home, it's gorgeous. low humidity, blue skies, barely a cloud in the sky. 86 for a high on sunday. then take a look at the pollen report. we were talking about all the rain that has called our mold spores. if you're wondering why your allergies have been bothering you, likely due to the mold. monday, 90. humidity, a late day thunderstorm because of the heat. the same day forecast on tuesday
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late dame thunderstorm. it's hot. we stay in the low to mid 90s for wednesday and thursday. >> every reason to be outside. >> exactly. coming up, we talked about the boom and the rain delay that wasn't. how about the game? >> the nats with their ace fios is not cable. >> the nats with their ace and we believe everyone deserves faster internet. so with fios gigabit connection, you get amazing download speeds up to 940 megs 20 times faster than most people have.
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>> there is a different kind of storm. the thunder and lightning on the mound. we have a pitching duel between maxx scherzer. ten strikeouts ten times this year. mad max is at it again. he didn't let anyone reach base in the first three innings. he might have stayed out there too long. in the seventh, freddie freeman. nats down 4-1. they playing it 4-3. doing what needs to be done. we have a 4-4 game after nine. we get extras. the braves threatening with two men on. matt albert against matt kemp. next, need a hero. daniel murphy. he is clutch. that completes the
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comeback. 5-4 is the final. roerls looking to snap the four-game losing streak. back to back jack in the top of the first. the birds take a 2-0 lead out of the gate. machado just getting warmed up. four rbis. three of them come off the fly. they stage a comeback. they lead 9-6 late in this one. washington reannounced their rights. t wizards have said. by midnight saturday we'll know if it is true. the summer league tonight. watching the second overall pick, lonzo ball making
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debut against the clippers. the first bucket in the game. wood bridge virginia native also dropping. that's josh hart in silver spring, maryland. a lot of them in las vegas. lonzo ball finished with 5 points and 5 assists. the wizards take court in las vegas tomorrow afternoon. they take on memphis. d.c. will play three games before tuesday night. a lot of basketball in the summer. really heating up out there in vegas. >> good stuff. >> thank you.
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a virginia army sergeant who lost both his arms and a leg while serving abroad is now back in our area starting a brand new chapter in his life. he now has a brand new state-of-the-art home designed especially for him. inside, the lights, the thermostat can be controlled by his ipad. the sink and bathroom are designed to give him more mobility and freedom. >> wow! >> everything is set up to where i can do it myself. i can feel like normal person aga again. everything is that much easier. >> the home was donated
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