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morning, the 9 had the of july. i'm david culver. >> and i'm angie goff. you know who else is off. lauren rickets who has a little treat for you today. >> back on weekend mornings for us just for a limited time this sunday morning chuck bell. hey, chuck. >> good morning to both of you, and good morning, everybody. sunday off to just a perfect start across the area. what i love most about working sunday morning is that we start at 6:00 and not 4:30. love that. that extra hour and a half of sleep makes all difference. a little cold front went through the other day. it's now well offshore. we continue to enjoy a northwest breeze around here which will keep the humidity down and the sunshine out for the rest rast day. so four things to know. it is really comfortable outside this morning. it will be all sunshine all the time today as humidity stays away and a perfect evening to get outside and enjoy a little sidewalk cafe dining. temperatures in the upper 60s to around 770 degrees around town. mid to

shenandoah valley. a look at the week that gets warmer in time. back in a few. >> all right, chuck. we'll see you in just a few. d.c. fire crews very busy overnight trying to knock down what you see over here, this fire on wheeler road in southeast. massive flames started before 3:00 in the morning and that fire quickly spread from the two-story house to neighboring homes. investigators are using be a accelerant-sniffing dog at the scene in hopes of finding out what caused the fire. we do know no one got hurt. as for the red cross, they are stepping in to help families without a home. >> prince georges county police investigating a normal case after ronald pinkney was found dead. list stepson killed him and then posted atu

social media. beverly was eventually arrested. beverly and his stepfather had a combative history. >> what we're seeing in terms of conduct, what we're seeing in terms of social media, it's disturbing, and as i said before i would not surprise federal our community doesn't understand this, because i don't fully understand why people are finding themselves in a place where they are resolving a dispute and ending up with a death. >> pinkney was a fixture in that neighborhood. neighbors called him friendly and the kind of neighbor you would run. beverly has past run-ins with the law, including a first-degree murder charge. >> that is disturbing. new details this morning in a deadly shooting near the georgetown waterfront. this was breaking news in yesterday morning's show. since then we've learned the teen kill was kennedy javier amaya-olivares 19 years old from severn, maryland. a 19-year-old man is fighting for his life in it

police have not given us his name. the two were found shot on water street under the whitehurst freeway. they are still trying to figure out who is behind the shooting. >> a group of the kkk held a rally in charlottesville, virginia. take a look at some video of that. they were protesting the removal of the statue of confederate general robert e. lee. the controversial group was outnumbered though by a sea of anti-klan demonstrators. authorities say 23 people in all were arrested. a report now of the anti-klan message. >> reporter: thousands of counterprotesters crowded justice park saturday in an attempt to drown out the loyal white knights of the kkk. >> shame! shame! shame. >> people need to know you can't ignore this. ignoring it is what they want. they are going to get what you want whether they are here or not so you need to be here. >> reporter: what started out as

a peaceful gathering. ♪ i'm going to let it shine >> reporter: turned hectic when klan members arrived. >> go home. >> reporter: dozens of marchers held signs with messages things like peace, love, resist. >> black lives matter. >> reporter: and though signs and chants were very different, the loudest message was one of unity. >> this is a particularly dense moment and much more visible moment of white supremacy. white supremacy is around all day every day. >> we just stand against the kkk and protect the rights of our friends, neighbors and community members and we're willing to do whatever it takes to make sure that they don't deny people the right to exist in this country. >> that report from charlottesville. you know moms have a feeling about things. a fredericksburg mom had a feeling when she noticed a teen acting suspiciously around her toddler and they want to know who that toddler is. the mother says the teen was around her 3-year-old

riverside manor boulevard. investigators not going into detail about what exactly happened, but the mom says when she walked up to the teen he ran off. police tell -- she tells police he was raring light-colored short and had a white t-shirt or tourl around his neck. police want to hear from you if you know anything about this. >> this morning, traffic on the beltway, i can tell you because i drove it is back up to speed after a horrible drive for many travelers yesterday. you perhaps yesterday about this or was stuck in this. this is what the inner and outer loops of the beltway look like just after 5:00 last night. traffic backed up for hours from montgomery county to northern virginia. no way to get through after this rv right here caught fire near river road, exit 39. one frustrated driver tells us that extra snacks helped him and his wife just wait it out. >> we, fortunately, have some water and sodas in the car and some snacks so we

continue to survive. >> well, took crews an hour and 45 minutes to put that fire out. everyone in the rv, by the way, did get out. nobody was hurt. >> chris lawrence had a facebook live from there. he was there with his family and the three little ones. some drivers though making the best of the backup by getting creative on the roadside. one of the nbc "today" producers also stuck on the beltway shot this video. people hopping out of their cars, whatever to do to pass the time, play a little hockey on the street there and made it work. >> i san on our website we have a flurry of pictures of people walking their dog. got to do what you've got to do. >> the dog has to do their business. >> right. >> 6:07, talking the weather on this sunday as we round out your weekend. look at that live shot right there. really nice sunrise this morning. things quickly warming up. you'll get to enjoy the sun today. chuck bell looking at most comfortable times. you can light up the grill. >> let's

southwest. a dangerous situation unfolding. fast moving wildfires have forced thousands to evacuate. we're going to tell you about the growing threat as flames move closer to neighborhoods. th's 60:8 on

♪ >> raw emotion quite visible on the streets of new york as police and community members came together to mourns the death of an officers officer familia was shot in the head when her vehicle was ambushed on wednesday morning. friends and colleagues says she knew her work was dangerous but was passionate about what she did. >> she was such a good person, a

she was passionate about her work. >> we'll always honor her memory and legacy. >> fellow officers ended up shooting and killing the suspect involved in that ambush. a wake for fallen officers planned for monday followed by a funeral on tuesday. >> right now firefighters in northern california, they have a really long road ahead as the battle rapidly continues to grow as they fight the fire known as wall fire. you're looking at the new video we got. crews aren't sure what caused the fire and it burn at least 2,000 acres already. you can see supreme court tours right there burning. at least ten have been destroyed so far and 300 people have been evacuated, forced to low of their home and mandatory evacuationed have been ordered for multiple surrounding areas. >> at last check only 5% contained. >> looksli

with dry conditions out there. i think there's 40 different wildfires across the west that are still burning and raging on. the weather is not helping. >> back here at home. chuck bell is monitoring from the storm team weather center. no humidity or low humidity as we're look forward to sunday. >> comfortably low humidity, absolutely right. there are dew points which is the real measure of moisture in the atmosphere. typically this time of the year the dew points run around 70 degrees. that's a super human stuff that we're so typically used to dealing w.right now dew points are down and as a result it's a lot more comfortable out there. ourer to camera view looking westbound out towards tysons out there in north virginia. critical clear skies. great visibility out there. 70 degrees and that's down at national airport and that's typically one of our airport. 13 miles per hour and a lovely breeze out there this morning. urban heat island and gets quite

comfortable. 67 in latonsville. 62 in sterling park getting over here in prince george's county. all comfortably down in the 60s this morning and even down towns la platos, 62. angie mentioned something about getting out on the yard. getting the barbecue fired up. temperatures in the low to mid-80s and mid-80s at 5:00 and the sun is not down until after 80 tonight so we can still do a little backyard barbecue is past 8:00. officially our forecasted high is 86 degrees. northwest breeze will be with us as well. can always get ahead of the weather by updating the text on that forecast and follow me on social media @chuckbell4 on twitter. instagram, locking at me forecast for you with the number 4, like channel 2. here's our extended forecast. 80s today and tomorrow and not too

with a high near 96 and industrial strength humidity wednesday and thursday. >> chuck, thank you. >> 6:14 right now and we have the reporters' notebook up next and back with more of the day's top story. >> maryland joins more than two dozen other states. in fact, there's about 44 including virginia that have refused the trump administration's request to hand over personal voter reg vags information. attorney general brian frost says the request violates maryland's law and the request appears designed only to intimidate voters. lots of people talking about this story all week. tom sherwood are with us this morning. gentlemen, the commission that the administration has set up wants all kind of information, your birth dates and social security numbers and your military records, convictions for election-related crimes. talk about why there's so much resistance

type. you know, about 15 states officially say we're not doing it but 44 including the district are saying this is an overreach by the trump's commission, the president owes commission on investigate. this dates back to the day that president trump said he lost the popular vote by 3 million people because he said there was lots of voter fraud and republicans state attorneys across the country, republican, democrat, independent, said there's no proof of widespread fraud so he put this commission together and made 15 people. they will look at vote fraud and recommendations and suggest how to fix it. the states, the district of columbia, virginia, all say you're asking for information that's not readily apparent -- available to the public. you can go down and look at voter registration records in the district of columbia, but you can't just get that information and use it for anything you want, an advertising campaign

have you to use it for political reasons only. the commission don't have any real understanding of what it's going to do and the states don't want to give it to them and some say they can't because it's protected by state laws and states run election, not the federal government. >> they have only given the states 15 days to do this. >> the middle of july. >> which could be a tall task for a lot of this. >> what is the commission going do with the information? it could be misused. it could also be leaked out of of this commission into other hands. people would love to get all this information. states protect this kind of information, and so, therefore, they don't want to just hand it over to what many think is a politically charged commission to begin with. >> concerns about privacy and fears. the information could be used to restrict access to voting. >> that's the long-term thing. if you look at this and say here's where a lot of people are voting is, don't necessarily vote for us. let's make sure we focus on laws in those states. there's all kinds o

>> move over or speed up. slow drivers in the left lane can be a big frustration out there on the roads now driving too slowly in the left lane and holding up traffic can cost you in virginia. they will now fine you. adam, police have been able to stop you all along. >> yes. >> but now they are adding some teeth and making you pay. someone is always on your bumper. >> right. >> i don't get that. >> i think people lose situational awareness when they are out there. not always focus on what other drivers around them are doing. >> although they should. >> some of them. i've talked to people who do this, and they say, look, i'm going the speed limit. it's 55 or 65, whatever it is, and if you're going fast, you'll have to go around me. i'm going -- they are like volunteer cops. they should get little badges. they don't want you to go over the speed limit. >> what does it have to be so adversarial? why can't we all get along out there on the roadways? what this comes down to this is actually a safety

complaining about the fact that they would be coming up so fast behind someone on their bumper and having to skirt around someone in the left lane to get around them or emergency vehicles could be going too fast around someone and having to do the same. so this really points to safety first, and secondly courteousness, that if you are driving the appropriate speed limit, yeah, you can be in that left lane or just a little bit over the speed limit. if you are -- this is where it gets tricky. what's too slow? is it five miles an hour, ten miles an hour, at a point does a police officer have the ability to say you were holding up traffic and you are -- you know, you are, therefore, going to get a ticket. that's going to get interesting. once these fines get handed out and i'm sure we'll hear from people who are upset and we'll have to see how the court challenges hold up. they said i was doing this. was i really doing this and was i really holding up traffic? but really it gets down to a whole idea of just getting

left/right kind of thing. >> if you're a state patrol officer you're out on the freeway and highways like that. go on for a moment and move them over. >> is it safe to do something like that. >> how many officers will stop what i'm doing and pull someone over and give them a $100 ticket and create all that paperwork and when you drive off they can move back into the left line. >> i think this is feel-good legislation. >> we'll see. >> the fine. between $100 and $250. >> are many says the doing this. >> around here in maryland, you can be driving too slowly. i'm not sure how they find everybody and they are looking like that. you're always able to pull over too slowly and that's the part of the new virginia legislation and this can really

over everywhere. >> state patrol office can take a picture of your license tag and see how fast you're going and send it to me two weeks. >> it's like red light cameras and other places. this will make it efficient. >> i've seen it driving on you. i've put my driving up against everyone. >> the left lane is for passing. >> it is. >> stay with us.

it was a spectacular fourth of july celebration on the national mall. the weather cooperated and fireworks went off without a hitch and metro stayed open an extra 30 minutes. closing at midnight rather than 21:30 rather than the new operating hours. adam, so the system saw some of the

recent day. >> so are people going to come back? >> that metro is planned and that's what they are betting on. look, we took that and everybody is coming come back and back into the system and as the same time the tracks ended, the hours changed to 11:30 on weekdays and sundays it doesn't open until 8:00 and it closes at 11:00 and we have reduced hours here at the metro system. and really the proof is whether or not metro can deliver to the riders. we can get people reliably from point "a" to point "b" without the delays and without all that stuff and i think people will come back to the system. that's where metro is going now. they don't want to call this safe track 2.0 and that's what they are doing. it's an expanded maintenance program where they can really get into the tunnels and do a lot of work and then decan focus on rail cars and most people don't understand that most

breakdowns. not the actual track. the rail cars themselves. already gotten rid of the old metro rail cars, the 1,000 series and got rid of the real metro rail cars, 4,000 series that used to break down all the time. they got them off the rails and are bringing in the 7,000 series and if you're curious and want to know how to tell which car is which, look at the top of the rail car and they have the four digits up there and you can kind of tell. that's where we're headed now which is basically a new maintenance program. >> riders voting with their feet, i often skip metro because if i go down in the system i don't know when i'll get in the system. i'll risk getting a ticket to drive somewhere because i don't want to worry about how much time i'm going to be in the system. >> right. >> but it seems to me the numbers uptick

percentages. >> at the height of metro's heyday when they were the second busiest subway system in the country and consistently carrying 750,000 people a day, which is a lot of people, we lost 100,000 people a day though for safe track, so they were down -- >> 100 now a day. >> a work day. >> they were down to about 650,000, so post safe track, stay with me here, they got up to about 700,000 again over the last couple of weeks, so there was this uptick, and it shows that people are actually coming back to the system, but we'll have to see if it sticks. if they can get above 700,000 and get back to that 750,000 level, then we'll real very something. >> word of mouth, people will say, yeah, i use metro all the time. when i use it, it works and it's terrific and when it doesn't work it's horrible. >> that's the way i see it. >> from the rails to the airports, the metro washington airport authority is gearing up for some major construck work at reagan national, work on a new expanned terminal and new security checkpoints started this summer or will b

>> yeah. >> so what's the impact going to be for passengers? >> mostly it's for people who drive around reagan national, who have to go through the oval because some of the lanes will have to be shut down there and if you haven't been following what's going on at reagan national there's two huge projects that are coming and big changes are coming to reagan national. first of all, two new security checkpoints are going in basically between the metro station and the roadway there. there's a bunch of open airspace that they will actually create security check points. that means the main hall where ben's chili bowl, is leal seafood, is all of that is going to be behind security which is an area people are used to walking in now so that's going to be a big change, and a lot that have construction is starting soon, and they are building a new expanded terminal for flights that usually you had to board outside in the element. a lot of frequent flyers know gate 35x as a notorious gate because that's the gate you used to have to get on a bus and get

whether it was raining or snowing and now the airport is actually spanning a terminal there, not necessarily adding flights, but just giving you a root over your head. >> metro has on its wednesday i'm the a video of what this is going to look like, big glass dome thing and i don't think how secure this is going to be. people get there with the luggage, two big rooms with hundreds, maybe thousands of people in line and if you're a terrorist you just go there. i'm not sure how much more secure that is. it's not even more secure. moves people out more efficiently. >> not necessarily -- not necessarily about more security. it's about expanding the states. >> this security line -- >> reagan national is running out of space. so popular because it's bursting busting out of the seams. >> what's the deadline for having this all done? >> that's the protection. >> one can

>> 80 years, for 80 years, the fate of the first woman pilot to fly solo across the atlantic and the new photo of amelia earhart, will that last solve the mystery? >> you were at air and space museum where it was discovered and has gotten all kinds of reaction. >> it hasn't solved the mystery. it gives credence to the belief that amelia earhart and fred noonan. >> other navigator. >> survived the crash in the pacific when she was trying to become the first woman to circumvent and the photos suggest through facial recognition it is in fact her and a navigator on the dock and behind them is a japanese ship with some type of barge that has something on it that's 38 feet long which is exactly how long her plane was. people who lived in the pacific have said for years that people have seen her -- i mean,

did survive and in that photograph was taken apparently by a spy for america, and i think america didn't release it because they didn't want to endanger that photographer. here's the deal it. i was at the air and space museum. little kids, older kids, old people, young people, they were all flocking around it. a lot of people didn't know the story on the history channel, but they just love the amelia e earhart story. we know as much as we did but not as much as we should like to know. >> give a shout-out to tom costello on the history channel who did an amazing job on this story, kind of unearthing this one photo lost. >> normally secret photos. this makes me wonder what else is down there that i want to see. >> who knew already. >> an it's a terrific story. amelia earhart was a role model fo a

explore the world. >> tom, adam, thank you. >> i'm pat lawson. "news 4 today" continues. >> at 6:30 on your sunday morning fire investigators calling in an accelerant-sniffing dog. they are hoping they will determine out what caused the fire in south d.c. this morning. that fire spread to neighboring homes. no one got hurt, but the red cross is stepping in to help the families left without a place to sleep. prince gorges county police investigating a very disturbing case in bowie. they say nevar beverly is accused of killing his stepfather ronald pinkney, a fixture in that community yesterday morning and then posting a selfie with the man's body to social media. beverly does have a criminal past including a first-degree murder murder charge. >> many of your weekend plans may have been interrupt

look at that. all lanes though we can tell you are back open this morning after an rv fire shut down the inner and outer loop just after 5:00. that's remnants. rv. traffic was at a standstill from montgomery county to northern virginia for hours. >> welcome in on this sunday morning to "news 4 today." even though you saw him on "reporters notebook" adam tuss is off. i'm david culver. >> anyone on the freeway knows one accident, one tire can destroy the entie day for all those people. so glad the people in the rv were okay. >> people outside enjoying it for what they could. they had to get out of their car and had to move around. at least they had somewhat nice weather to do that. chuck bell standing by in the

>> yesterday wasn't bad. we did reach 90 degrees yesterday but it wasn't that humid. the drier air is continuing to filter in during the overnight. noticeably more comfortable this morning. 70 degrees at national airport with a nice northwest wind and averaging 13 miles per hour. as you step out the door in gaithersburg this morning, it's a comfortable 61 there and 6 is in manassas and 6 is in front royal and going out to the boil and cannonball. full sunshine all day long. highs today in the low to mid-80s. don't forget your spf. that sun will burn you otherwise. we'll look a little further down in the week and talk about the return of the heat and humidity coming up. >> we'll see you in a few. >> right now talks between the u.s. and russia at the g-20 summit and the goal of the agre

civil war and maybe restore some stability. and two hours ago. there's skeptical about it. previous attempts have not dropped out. what's different about this one? u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson says this time a return to stability could be the big difference. >> president donald trump and first lady are back from the g-20 summit in hamburg, germany. hallie jackson giving us a look at the highlights of the second foreign trip which has included his first face-to-face meeting with russian president vladimir putin. >> heading from hamburg home, president trump leading a g-20 summit on it felt like 19 on one. the u.s. mostly on its own on trade and climate but it's the russia relationship now raising the most question. president vladimir putin publicly pushing his own

as a senior administration official tells nbc news, president pressed putin for 40 minutes on moscow's meddling. >> as far as i could, i answered these question. he noted them and agree. >> reporter: nbc's keir simmons asking through a translator about the denial. >> what did he say? >> he asked me a question. i answered, i clarified and i think that he was satisfied with my answers. >> reporter: top white house officials declining to dispute russia's characterization of the conversation saying the president would be happy to make a statement himself and he did not in germany, skipping the customary overseas news conference instead saying only this. >> rex and i had a tremendous meeting yesterday with president putin. >> reporter: and while the president appeared more comfortable personally on world stage, he also seems more isolated on policy points like trade and especially climate after pulling out of the

agreement and promptsing to renegotiate it. the communique singles out the u.s. and pointedly calls the dole irreversible with the white house downplaying the division, but the president still cannot shake shadow of russia. the "new york times" reports on a meeting during the campaign between a kremlin-linked lawyer and donald trump jr., jared kushner and then campaign chair paul manafort. the president's son is confirming that meeting happened to nbc news, describing it as short and introductory saying they discussed a russian adoption program and describing that as not a campaign issue at the time. hallie jackson, nbc news, hamburg. >> the g-20 summit will be a bigging to inas you can imagine on "meet the press" and chuck todd actually in a few minutes will actually be joining us. he has exclusive interviews with former cia director john brennan and south republican senator lindsey gram. "meet the press" airing right here on nbc 10 four and here s

>> we'll chat with him shortly. >> former maryland congresswoman donna edwards is pleading with lawmakers to save the affordable care act. for her the request is personal. unt in a "washington post" op-ed she revealed she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. she found about it last june while in office. she was worried she and others with pre-existing conditions will lose health care coverage if republicans repeal and replace the affordable care act. >> you're looking at new footage from northern iraq and the city of mosul. it is the largest city understand isis control right now, and iraqi officials say forces are inching closer to reclaiming that city. the militants are use people as human shields making it very difficult for them to finish their operation. nbc he's foreign correspondent matt bradley takes us to the front line. >> guns that once shot to kill now fire in

iraqi soldiers feel victory in mosul is imminent. days ago nbc news crews were on front lines of the iraqi troops as they pinned down the remaining isis fighters for the last few square yards of the city. the group announced over social media that they will fight to the death. that's because mosul is key where the so-called caliphate was announced three years ago by their leader al baghdadi. al baghdadi vowed he'd never give mosul back. look where we're standing now. across the middle east isis is on the run. u.s.-backed troops have surrounded the group's syrian capital of raqqa, but isis still has small towns in eastern syria and western iraq, but mosul is the prize. by far the largest city under isis control. this woman says no one suffered more than the people of mosul. tell that to the world. the fighting left nearly a million people homeless and

but those are problems for tomorrow. today iraqis are looking forward to a hard won victory. matt bradley, nbc news. >> a 22-year-old man from texas was killed on a greek island, and now eight suspects, eight people, have been arrested in his death. those suspects are expected to face homicide charges. police say bacarri henderson of austin was beaten to death outside of a bar after a brawl. it happened on island yesterday morning. henderson was recently a graduate in may from the university of arizona. police say they are still looking for more suspect in that attack. police have identified the man who was killed in a shooting in greenbelt. officer found russell tolson on breezewood court saturday night. he had been shot more than once. the man from d.c. died at the the who. police are still looking for a suspect in that shooting death. new details into that deadly

we first told you about that yesterday morning. we now know the name of the person killed in that crash. it's a 24-year-old from silver spring, and that was on south henry street. also a 24-year-old from fairfax is in the hospital with serious injuries. police say the driver had minor injuries and did not want any medical help. far driver ramon vazquez is being charged with dui and is being held without bond. political toners could have less interest. lawmakers will start discussing measures to limit the awarding of contracts to wealthy donors. the council is holding a hearing on four different bills having to do with campaign finance reform and elections. at len says it's important to hold candidates and elected officials to a higher standard of accountability. at 1:39, this is a story that a lot of you are sharing online right now. this morning a maryland zoo

giraffe's calf is in the icu. >> and veterinarians said they found a sudden change in his bloodwork. jewelus who you can see here was born less than a month ago at the maryland zoo in baltimore and he received a plasma transfusion from a giraffe in ohio and say a sudden change in his bloodwork is a serious concern. a lot of folks like to keep up to date with that so we'll keep you updated. >> want to go out for a jog, a bike ride, chuck is tracking it all including a big warmup and how soon we'll be back into the 90s and eventually feeling the humidity again. >> her disappearance has baffled historians for decades and the new evidence coming to light that may uncover what really happened to amelia earhart.

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morning. looking live from northwest washington all the way out towards tyson owes corner by the beltway. it's a nice day to be outside today. cool and comfortable now but that's going to last, everybody. the heat starts coming back tomorrow and it's the three hs of summertime by the middle of the week. >> president donald trump waking back up here in washington after returning here after a busy few days with other world leaders. >> the most talked about meeting sitting down with russian president vladimir putin joining moderator chuck todd of "meet the press." he got to sit down with putin. a lot to go through with president trump. this was his first g 20. how do you assess it? >> look, i think the world is still trying to figure out donald trump. i mean, that's what you get here. you've got a -- a group of nations who 19 of them were on one side on climate change and the united states was on the other,

you had -- they worked out an agreement that at least that came up with language they could all agree on and the united states and one place, the 19 other countries in another and, look, this is a new administration, and i think that there's still a shock to the world order in trying to figure this guy out. >> also the de-escalation deal that's trying to work out syria. >> been down that road before. >> yeah, right. >> and like a grain of salt with the fires, they get aunderstand noed and seem to last barely as long as the announcement. >> the president son's donald jr., we read this in the "new york times," arranged a meeting at trum tower shortly after his dad had clinched the gop nomination and this is with a russian lawyer who had connections to the kremlin. what do you make of this? i know that his son has come out and the other meetings took place, and it's about something totally unrelated to the

the president's legal team who takes it a step further and they believe they were set up. implying that they -- that they may have been set up in this meeting. >> by who? >> well, they won't say. they say one of the people was connected to an opposition research firm that was at one term hired by republican candidates and democratic candidates to look into the president's ties to russia. so it only atted more subterfuge i guess you can say to the denials, but this is another meeting. the reason the reporting of this came out is jared kushner was also there and others have re-filed forms to say, oh, yeah, we met with another russian at this point, so it only adds to the circumstantial evidence here and it seems as if yet here we go again another meeting between a trump campaign official or somebody connected to trump with a

until reminded of it. >> got a lot to go through for the show today. >> we do. good show. >> "meet the press" starts at 10:30. chuck todd. thanks for being with us. catch us right after "news 4 today." >> a rare sunday appearance. >> watch out. >> somehow i think there's got to be a seven-second delay. >> chuck, thank you. the other chuck is standing by. we'll come to you in a moment. first a new documentary uncovering fascinating new evidence about the disappearance of amelia earhart. >> i have to work really early tomorrow morning. i might stay up early for this one. earhart and her plane disappeared in 1937 on her attempt to fly around the world. now 80 years late there's one photograph buried in the u.s. archives that may be a clue that earhart actually survived that crash. news had owes tom sherwood shows us what they have u

>> a constant crowd visit the amelia earhart visit of the air and space museum. a fame out pioneer ave rate issor trying to be the first woman to solo fly around the earth. >> this is one of the great mistress of the 20th century. what happened to amelia earhart. >> curator dorothy cochran handles unending requests for information about earhart. >> it's a very popular person disappearing off the face of the earth literal. >> i now a history channel documentary airing sunday and assisted by nbc points to new evidence uncovered in one secret photo's house in the u.s. archives. the photograph, according to facial imaging tests, appears to show earhart and her navigator fred noonan on a d dock nokes to a japanese ship, strongest evidence that earhart survived his crash an probably later died in japanese custody. >> none of that has been

another layerch it's another tool in their investigation. >> at air and space, families are drawn to the story. 11-year-old jason carpenter studied her in school. >> when she crash, that like everyone thought that she died and no one ever knew. >> reporter: and javier melendez says his daughter maya prompted their visit today. >> when we were looking around all astronauts, he's asking why are they all voice? wanted to show her that girls can actually make and do anything that boys can as well. >> amelia earhart unaccounted for and still teaching others. >> in the district. tom sherwood, news 4. >> it hasn't happened in nearly a century and soon you might be able to see a total solar eclipse and a lot of people are getting psyched. the visitors at the smithsonian natural air and space museum

viewers. the total solar eclipse is august 21st and not everyone here may see the full show, right? >> that's true. they have to be in the path of totality to get the tote al solar eclipse so if you're here on eclipse day you'll lose about 75% of the disc of the sun. that's the miss of the sun. >> where do you go? >> from portland, oregon, to south carolina. the closest from here. you go through knoxville, tennessee, asheville, north carolina, greenville, south carolina. >> okay. >> there are places close by, but you need to know and you want to be super crowded on eclipse day an get the eclipse on sunday and camp out and eclipse day itself because traffic is going to be a nightmare because anywhere near the path of totality. outside on a sunday morning, wow, what a great looking sunday morning and started at 70 degrees in washington and

the region, a northwest wind has blown the cold front offshore and out it goes, the heat and humidity pushed away with lying in wait and they will be coming back here before you know it so enjoy the comfortable weather while we have t.61 up there in gatesersburg and 66 in hagerstown and 64 down in fredericksburg and if you're planning out the day it's comfortable the next couple of hours. all sunshine all day long. comfortably warm as well and a flawless evening to be outside and pick out your five wit sidewalk cafe and today's high officially is 868 down on the national mall. stay ahead with the weather and find me on twitter on chuckbell4 and my pictures on my instagram is forecast for you. tomorrow doesn't look bad. a relatively comfortable start. temperatures back up to 80 to

average high temperature and it's not all that unusual but we certainly do add the heat back in at tuesday at 96 and wednesday at 94 and thursday 95. thunderstorm chances wednesday, thursday and friday because of all of the humidity. enjoy it. >> thank you, chuck. >> well, there's a new reason to say cheers in northern virginia. angie, you can't do this, but we'll tell you about the welcome addition from a father and son

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>> so you might say that spirits are running high in falls church. that's after the city's first ever distillery opened for business yesterday. >> yeah. >> falls church distillers have a space on southwarkton street. customers can try some unique flavors of its distilled spirits like vodka and begin. the company is run with family in mind. >> father and son, i just wanted to make sure i got

back for all the money i spent at college on him, right in. >> something like that. >> something like that. the distillery has been two years in the making. >> they seem like a good father-son duo. one woman is proving you're never too old to steal the spotlight. a bride's 92-year-old grandmother recentlier is sfd as her flower girl. this makes me want to cry. this wedding happened in man cado, minnesota, and you can hear the grandmother say that was hard work and laugh as she gets to the end of the aisle. the bride says she always knew she wanted her grandmother to be her flower girl. and talk about, you know, circling back and -- >> she gets a front row seat, too. >> having watched several of my nieces attempt to be flower girls. sometimes they don't even know how to take the flowers out. not wasting any petals. throwing them all over the place. >> that's just so precious. >> fun to watch. >> but we do have

we continue to follow the fire that's happening. >> the overnight fire in southeast. we'll get you more details there, and they are trying to figure out what exactly caused this and left several families without a place to stay. we'll tell you who is helping out and it's going to feel a little like southern california when it comes to the weather around here. low humidity. >> finally. >> not going to last for a while. >> and sunday morning bonus chuck bell is here with us all morning long. >> a rare addition, yeah. >> it's sunday morning. we'reack after this. b

>> at 7:00 just ahead on "news 4 today," want to tell you about this fast moving fire and the family forced out of their home. we'll show you the damage and tell you about the clues investigators are trying to piece together. >> a stepfather killed and a shocking discovery. what officers say the suspect did right after the crime that has family members heartbroken. >> you ready for it. here it comes. talking about the heat. looks nice out there and storm team 4 tracking a sunny stretch and the times you can enjoy the outdoors without the humidity because that's soon going to change as we look ahead. chuck bell tracking all of that for us this morning. >> yes, good morning, everyone. angie goff here along with my friend david culver that i had. >> two dayses in a row. >> adam tuss has the morning off. we welcome you in on the 9th of

comfortable. >> it's like high school. that's how we like it. chuck bell with the lower humidity and could this possibly be one of the better days to feel in july? >> no way we can top this kind of weather in july. our average high 89 degrees and we're cooler than average and even with you will at sunshine and way lower humidity than we have around here for most of the last week or so. there's the u.s. capitol building and the library of congress, their next door neighbor and temperatures are comfy, comfy, comfy. 60s in most areas now. a few spots. national airport in quantico are just above the 70-degree mark. highest spot, 82 in gaithersburg and just a great day to be outside. the 90s are back on tuesday and the stifling heat and humidity back mid-week. we'll be showing you the whole week-ahead forecast coming up. >> it's 7:01. we want to bring you this. breaking news out of cincinnati,

three children are injured and a woman is dead after a shooting at a gender reveal party for those of you and that's when an expectant mother announced whether she's having a boy or girl. in total nine people were shot and three kids were hurt and the shooting happened late last night. a suspect at this point has not been arrested and this breaking story is breaking right now and we'll work to bring you as many updates. >> now we'll keep tabs on this and at 7:02 let's bring you closer to home. they were very busy overnight trying to knock down this fire on wheeler road on southeast. massive flames started before 3:00 this morning. that fire quickly spread from the two-story townhouse to some neighboring homes and i should say single-family homes. investigators are using an accelerant-sniffing dog at the scene and they are trying to

we do know what caused the fire. the red cross is stepping in to help the families left without a home to sleep in. >> emotions poured out after ronald pinkney of buoy was found dead. his stepson levar beverly is accused of killing him and posting pictures of the body on social media. when police arrived beverly took off first on foot and he was eventually arrested. beverly and his stepfather had a rocky relationship. >> what we're seeing in terms of conduct and in terms of social media, it's disturbing, and as i said before i would not be surprised that our community doesn't understand this. i don't fully understand why people aren't looking at him in a place where they are resolving in a dispute and ending up in a death. >> he'th

that you want. beverly had past run-ins with the law including a first-degree murder charge. >> new details this morning in a deadly shooting. this happened near the georgetown waterfront and this was breaking news and since then we've learned that the teen killed was kennedy javier aoffal veris from southern maryland. following from his life this morning in critical condition. police not yet giving us his name. here's what we know. this broke out just before 3:00 in the afternoon and found the two men shot on water street. they are still trying and trying to figure out who was behind the shootings. >> from the clashes at the kkk rally in charlottesville, virginia. the kkk members were protesting the removal of a statue of confederate -- confederate general robert e. lee. a report now on the controversy from charlottesville.

>> protesters crowded justice park on saturday in an attempt to drown out the loyal white knights of the kkk. >> people really know that you can't ignore this. ignore it is what you want and you can't walk away and turn away and they can't get what you want whether they are here or not. you need to be here. >> what started out as a peaceful gathering. turned hectic when plan members arrive. >> dozens of marchers help signs with messages of things like partly cloudy skies love, resist. >> black lives matter. >> reporter: and although signs and chants were very different, the loudest message is one of unity. >> this is a particularly dense moment and much more visible moment of white supremacy and white supremacy is around all day every day. >> we protect the rights of our friends, neighbors and community members and we're w

whatever it takes to make sure that they don't deny people the right to exist in this country. >> that report out of charlottesville. to fredericksburg when a mom got an uneasy feeling when she noticed a teen acting suspiciously around her toddler. this morning police want to know who that teen is. so the mom tells fredericksburg police that the teen was around her daughter around 6:30 yesterday morning. investigators not going into detail about what exactly happened, but the mom says when she walked up to the teen afterwards he took off. she tells police he was wearing light-colored shorts and had a white t-shirt or towel draped around his neck and called police if you know anything about this. >> this morning traffic on the beltway is back up to speed after a horrible drive for many travelers late yesterday. take a look. this was the inner and outer loops of the beltway. it looked like -- this is what it looked like just after 5:00 last night.

montgomery county to northern virginia. there was no way to get through. after this rv caught fire near river road. one frustrated driver tells us that extra snack helped him hand his wife wait it out. >> we, fortunately, have some water and sodas in the car and some snacks so we were able to continue to survive. >> and it took crews an hour and had a minutes to put the fire out. everyone in the rv though did get out and nobody was hurt. >> such a mess out there. chris lawrence, check out his facebook and you'll see how he got through it. meantime, some drivers making the best of the backup by getting creative. one of nbc's "today" show producers also stuck on the beltway shot this video. street hockey there. people hopping out of their cars deciding to pass the time by playing a few sports. why not, right? >> wow. it's quickly warming up, and you'll get to enjoy the sun today. chuck is looking at the most comfortable times that you can light up that grill. >> a

a dangerous situation. this is unfolding right now out west. fast-moving wildfires have forced thousands to evacuate from their homes we'll tell you about the growing threat as flames, they are inchin

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♪ >> you can see the raw emotion there quite visible on the streets of new york as police and community members, they came together to mourn the death of an officer. yesterday a candlelight vigil held in the bronx to remember officer miosotiies familia who was shot to death in her mobile command vehicle. she hauls knew her work was dangerous but was always passionate about what she did. >> such a good perso

she was so passionate about her work. >> we will never forgot her and always honor her family. >> fellow officers ended up shooting and killing the suspect on wednesday. awake for the fallen officer, officer familia is planned for monday. that's followed by a funeral. >> right now firefighters in northern california struggling to get this under control. it's a rapidly growing fire and at least 2,000 acres have been scorched and we know that ten buildings like this have been destroyed so far. also hundreds of people forced to leave the homes as mandatory evacuations are under way and always ordered in multiple surrounding areas. the fire at this point though, only 5% contained. >> they do have a lot of work. let's go south of that right now and that's where a power plant fire is under way. los angeles firefighters spent tonight putting out these massive fires in northridge and get this,

in the san fernando valley left in the dark because of it it. the fire started just before 7:00 last night hand knocked out power across the valley. the temperatures there, they have been in the 90s. not helping that situation. bringing back closer to home as we look outside and comfortable out there. actually 70 here in northwest but the heat and humidity, well, it is summer and they are coming back. they have chuck tracking just how hot it's going to get. >> she came face-to-face with the charleston church shooter. a remarkable story of survival and the powerful message

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>> good morning, everybody. i'm storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. live picture looking down towards reagan national airport when everybody is flying up river today so if you haven't picked out your seat yet, remember to sit on the right-hand side of the plane for your morning departures. that will be the side with the city view. otherwise a great day to be outside. you shouldn't even leave town. if you're going to leave because of the weather, wait until tuesday or wednesday. i'll show you how much hotter it will be by then coming up. >> thank you, chuck. well it has been two years since a gunman opened fire inside a charleston, south carolina church killing nine people. >> one survivor made a special trip visiting the national museum of african-american history and culture. news

her story. >> reporter: holly shepard. for 35 years, mother emmanuel ame church in charleston has been her place of worship, her place of peace. never questioned her faith. polly says even on june 17th, 2015, god was present. >> that night it was -- the lack of bright light was in that room, almost like a twilight. >> polly hid under a table and prayed. her call to 911. >> he's still in here. i'm afraid. he's still in here. >> dylann roof, a self-proclaimed white supremacist killed nine members of polly's church family at bible family. roof told polly he would let her life so he could tell the story. polly told me it was her god that let her life. >> you know how the lord leads certain people to do certain things. i don't know exactly what it is, but he left me. the rest of them wre

go so he took them with him. >> shortly after the second anniversary of the church massacre, we met up with polly outside of the national museum of african-american history and culture, the last stop of her family reunion. busloads came from south carolina and around the country. holly's cousin annie haskins in port washington planned the museum visit. >> this is the highlight of our reunion was coming here so this museum, yeah. >> and to bring cousin polly here all the way on with joy. >> a history buff. polly started the tour at the beginning. slavery. >> i think a feeling of reverance, almost like you're in church. >> this exhibition the most striking to polly. >> amazing that the shackles and everything from slavery time. >> how much do you think about what happened? >> not -- i don't think about that often, but sometimes when i see

trigger, you know. it will come back to me. >> reporter: did you think of it when you were inside? >> i did, i did. >> reporter: what made you think of of it in. >> slavery, i don't know why, just slavery. >> reporter: in may nooses were found at the african-american museum and outside of another museum also on the national mall and then on june 17, exactly two years since the shooting, a noose was found near the washington gallery of art. >> we came a long way but it's still not enough. >> reporter: polly believes the national museum of african-american history and culture can help bridge understanding. >> i think it helps when they come and see because they have everybody coming here and see where we come from and maybe we'll have the country together after a while, yeah. >> reporter: polly is in counseling and says visiting the museum was therapeutic. now she's headed home to

>> home to mother emmanuel where polly continues to continue her mission. >> tell the world how good god is, yes. >> reporter: and she will take a special memory of washington with her. in the district, kristen wright, news 4. >> beautiful story. >> polly says she plans to visit the national museum of african-american history in culture once again very soon. it's a place i still need to get to. >> we cover the opening and obviously it's been crowds that get there. >> want to mention also for those traveling through south carolina, the charleston airport recently opened a tribute to you will at victims there. it's very emotional and i think what stands out about that story, even though there's so much tragedy, the forgiven and grace shown by the survivors and the family members. afterwards it was just phenomenal. >> very compassionate hearts there. >> all right. 7:19 and shifti

just might make you say hey. >> check out this cell phone video from oregon that captures what's called a hay devil. a whirlwind that picks up hay and rotates it like a twister. it travels from one field across the road and into another field. often these don't last too long so it's kind of like a dirt devil. >> this reminds me of something out of harry potter, i don't know. >> it does. >> hay devil or haynado. >> is that what they call them? >> most of the people call them dust devils and not the kind of apparent thunderstorm. that's how it goes. >> but it was pretty video nonetheless. >> it is very cool. >> raking the hay. >> speaking of devils. got chuck bell with us. >> yes. >> that's not a good transition for you. >> we'll call it a transition. >> it's a

temperatures have cooled into the 60s in most of the suburbs. there's another outbound load and up, up and away. and got to sit on the right-hand side if you want the view of the city. up, up and away they go. next two to three minutes and i've been on many of those flights and 2:30 if you can see the tv station right next to the national cathedral. a great day for flying or anything else you want to do. 70 degrees new at national airport. if you're planning on going to the beach, a great idea today, tomorrow and tuesday, perfect beach weather down to ocean city and i have a lot of people take the weeks here in summertime to get on the beaches. if you're staying here in town and you see the nats and braves after a 13-0 shellacking and let's hope the nats can turn it into a win today and perfect weather for baseball and officially an 86r

morning once again back down into the comfy 50s and 60s. don't get used to it, everybody. the heat will be back here soon. 16 on tuesday and 14 thursday, 95 thursday with some afternoon thunderstorm chances. don't get use to the company weather. >> thank you, jack. an american tradition with an added challenge. we're going to show you how the teen is overcoming the odds and becoming star on the mound. a

welcome back. the boys of summer. they are digging in their clothes as the long baseball season unfolds. >> and one player in tennessee is giving the game his all no matter what's thrown his way. nbc's ron mott shows us how the young man is inspiring america. >> on the baseball diamond luke terry sparkles like few others. gold glove, big feet, carries a big stick. pretty good arm, too. the thing is it's his only arm and as the guy behind the plate he's catching everything thrown his way, on and off the field. >> you call pitches. how do you manage to do that with your glove on? how do you sign? >> like a secret sign. >> you can't tell me? >> no. >> when he was 19 monies old luke lost his right arm to an e. coli infection flat-lining three times. beating the odds then and

fishing, hunting had and four-wheeling just like any other kid. at a young age determined to play baseball like the rest of his family. >> my granddaddy played it and my dad played it. just always liked it. >> now 15, he hopes to play long into the future. always teaching himself new tricks, like his signature quick change move. catch, release, throw. >> he taught himself. he's coming out on youtube an watching the stuff and went to practice one day and i looked and he's doing something new and i'm like oh, my goodness. >> around here luke's a standout for sure. not because of what's missing but because of what he has. >> he's just a good ballplayer, i mean, nothing to do with the one arm. he's just a good baseball player. >> compare to anybody else on this field he's probably the most competitive out of everybody. he kills for the game. loves it. >> a ballplayer's ball play, you might say. >> he doesn't let anything hold

>> all or nothing. >> ron moth, nbc news. louisburg, tennessee. >> awesome store they. >> 7:27 on your sunday morning as we look live outside and get the sun out. you can tell that. a great day to hit the pool and chuck is tracking a major heat wave. we're going to check in with him to see how long before showers are back in the forecast. >> major developments in the fight against isis. the final push to regain mosul and the added challenge making it hard for iraqi forces to take back control. is 7:t'27 y2d1iy y16fy

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7:30 on your sunday morning. you can see d.c. fire crews out there and investigators also out there this morning. that's in the southeast. trying to figure out what caused a house fire there. it happened on wheeler road. we know no one got hurt, but red cross is now trying to help out adults and a few kids to found a place to stay. an accelerant-sniffing dog is called in to help figure out what caused the flames. prince gorges county police are investigating a disturbing case in bowie saying nevar beverly is accused of killing his stepfather ron pinkney and then posting a picture of the body on social media. >> all lanes of the beltway back open this morning after this. yeah. that was yesterday. that's what traffic l

hours because of an rv fire. it took nearly two hours to put the fire out. fortunately no one was hurt. >> welcome back in on this sunday morning. i'm david culver in for adam tuss. >> and i'm angie goff. we want to get straight to meteorologist chuck bell because he has more on what's going to be a gorgeous sunday. >> it is, absolutely. all you've got to do to know how pretty it's going to be, just go outside and let it all soak in, because, wow, what a great morning it is. a little cold front blasted offshore so we're left with a northwest wind. that's keeping the low humidity air in place. perfect weather to be outside and doing a little dining and sunday brunch mid-70s. happy hour mid-afternoon and mid-80s and dinnertime after 7:00 or 8:00. temperatures will be back down in the 70s so it will be nice one for sure. things to know about the next four days, super today and nice tomorrow and the 90s are back on tuesday and

suffering through heat and humidity as is so often the case here in the month of july. got all that forecast coming right up. >> chuck, we'll check in with you then. right now it seems talks between the u.s. and russia at the g-20 summit this weekend have led to a cease-fire agreement in southern syria. the goal of the agreement, try to resolve syria's civil war and restore some sense of stability. the cease-fire began three hours ago. a lot of folks, well, they are skeptical about it because previous cease-fire attempts are not working out. what's different this time, well, u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson says this time russia has a bigger interest in seeing syria return to stability. >> president donald trump and the first lady are back in d.c. from the g to sum hit in hamburg, germany. nbc's hallie jackson gives us a lock at many so of the highlights of the second for trip of mr. trump's presidency which included a face-to-face meeting with russian president vladimir putin. >> heading from hamburg home, president tru

summit that at times felt more like 19 on one, the u.s. mostly on its own on trade and climb, but it's the russia relationship now raising the most questions. president vladimir putin publicly pushing his own account of his talk with president trump as the senior administration official tells nbc news the president pressed putin for 40 minutes on moscow's meddling in the 2016 election. >> as far as i could can, i answered these questions. he noted them and agreed, but have you to ask him how he really felt about it. >> nbc's keir simmons asking through a translator about putin's denial. >> you said russia didn't meddle in the u.s. elections, what did you say? >> i answered the question. i clarified and think he was satisfied with my answers. >> reporter: top white house officials declining to dispute russia's characterization of the conversation saying the president would be happy to make a statement himself, but he did not in germany, skipping the customary overseas news conference. instead saying

meeting yesterday with president putin. >> reporter: and while the president appeared more comfortable personally on the world stage, he also seems more isolated on policy points, like trade and especially climate. after pulling out of the paris agreement promising to renegotiate it. the communique singles out the u.s. and pointedly calls the deal irreversible with the white house downplaying the division and the president still cannot shake the shadow of russia after the "new york times" reports on a meeting during the campaign between a kremlin-linked lawyer and donald trump jr., jared kushner and then campaign chair paul man apart. the president's son is confirming that meeting happened to nbc news describing it as short and introductory saying they discussed a russian adoption program but describing that as not a campaign issue at the time. hallie jackson, nbc news, hamburg. and in the last couple of minutes, do want to mention that the president has tweeted.

president putin twice about russian meddling in their election. he denied it and i've already given my opinion. so definitely more to come on that. the g-20 summit will be the big topic, as you can imagine, on "meet the press" today. chuck todd has exclusive interviews with former cia director john brennan, and he eel also speak with south carolina republican lindsey graham. "meet the press" airs right here hon nbc 4 around 10:30 and around 10:15 chuck will join us in the studio to preview the show. >> the president on maybe europe time. former congressman donna edwards is pleading with lawmakers to save the affordable care act. for her it's a personal request. until a "washington post" op-ed edwards reveals she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and she found about the diagnosis last june while show was still in office. she's worried she and others with pre-existing conditions will lose health care cover

mosul is the largest city under isis control right now and iraqi officials now say forces are inching closer to reclaiming that city. the militants at this point still using people as human shields, making it very difficult for them to finish their operation. nbc's foreign correspondent matt bradley takes us to the front lines. >> guns that once shot to kill, now fire in celebration. iraqi soldiers feel victory in mosul is imminent. days ago nbc news crews were on the front lines of the iraqi troops as they pinned down the remaining isis fighters for the last few square yards of the city. the group announced over social media that they will fight to the death. that's because mosul is key. it's where abu back or al baghdadi, the so-called leader, announced the caliphate three years ago. this iraqi soldier says al baghdadi vowed he would never give mosul back. look where we're standing

across the middle east. isis is on the run. u.s.-backed troops have surrounded the syrian capital of raqqa but isis still has small towns in eastern syria and western iraq, but mosul is the prize. by far the largest city under isis control. this woman says no one suffered more than the people of mosul. tell that to the world. the fighting left nearly a million people homeless and leveled a huge city, but those are problems for tomorrow. today iraqis are looking forward to a hard won victory. matt bradley, nbc news. >> a 22-year-old man from texas was killed on a greek island, and now eight people v have been arrested in his death. those suspects are expected to face homicide charges. police say bacarri henderson of austin was beaten to death outside a bar after some sort of brawl this. happened yesterday morning. henderson had just graduated in may from the universi

arizona. police say they are still looking for more suspects in this attack. >> police have now identified a man who was killed in a shooting in greenbelt. the man had been shot more than once. the man died at the hospital and police are now looking for the suspects in the shooting death. >> getting details on what was a deadly single-car crash in old town. we first told you about this yesterday morning. we now know a 24-year-old from silver spring died in alexandria, virginia. another person is in hospital with minor injuries. that driver simone vazquez is now charged with dui and is being held without bond. as we look live outside, you're definitely going to need the shorts, sub-glasses and some sun block over the next few days. chuck is updating the forecast. he's looking at

we're talking well into the 90s. >> medical trouble for a baby giraffe. the health care at the maryland zoo and how staff discovered a problem.

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the actor best nope for playing reynolds on "true blood" died. nelson ellis died saturday after complications of heart failure. his manager told the hollywood reporter that his great talent, words and presence will forever be missed. ellis shot to fame with his role in the vampire series. he was just 39 years old. >> this morning a giraffe calf -- babe giraffe from the maryland zoo is in intensive care. >> veterinarians say they found a sudden change in his bloodwork the same as julius. we can show you what he looks like. there he is. born less than a month ago in the maryland zoo in baltimore. he had t

infusion and there was a sudden change in his bloodwork. not sure what this means going forward. as we learn more we'll keep you updated on anything we learn concerning julius there. >> take you outside and another live look and you're in the clear if you want to go out maybe for a sunday morning jog and maybe a bike ride and maybe do nothing and sit by the pool. i'll take the third option there. chuck's option is, tracking a big warmup. how soon we'll be back in the 90s and how soon we'll feel the humidity again. >> her disappearance has baffled experts for decades. new evidence coming to light that may

[001:42:35;00] 7:45 on your sunday morning. david culver was talking about going to the pool today. good idea. temperatures 79 degrees at 11:00 and 83 by 1:00 this afternoon and up to 85 degrees but with low humidity. it's going to be an awesome day to be out by the pool. just tweeted out a really cool link from nasa about how you can view the solar eclipse. you can find it there on my twitter feed @chuckbell4 and also put it on my facebook page. take a look at it. it's cool stuff. >> political donors could soon have less influence in the district. lawmakers will begin discussing

measures to limit the awarding of government contracts to congressman charles allen is holding the hearing for a bill having to do with this saying lawmakers need to be held to a higher level of accountability. >> yesterday was national feed the homeless awareness day. this year's theme feed homeless veterans. they were out there and received free health screenings and received information to help get them back on their feet. the chuck brown foundation and pep real for peace in the streets. they both organized the even. this is a story that i know you actually may stay up past your bedtime just watching. >> we're talking about a new documentary uncovering fascinating new evidence about the disappearance of amelia earhart. >> it's riveting and fascinating. earhart and her plane, you know, vanished in 1937 on her attempt to fly around the world, to be

the first female to fly around the world and it's thought ocean. 80 years later a photograph, this photograph, which was buried in the archives may be a clue that earhart indeed survived that crash. news 4's tom sherwood show us what they uncovered. >> reporter: a constant crowd visits the amelia earhart exhibit at the smithsonian air and space museum. the famous pioneer aviator disappeared 80 years ago trying to be the first woman to solo fly around the world. >> this is one of the great mysteries of the 20th century, what happened to amelia earhart. >> reporter: curator dorothy cochran has her own pilot's license and handles unending requests about earhart. >> it's a very popular person disappearing off the face of the earth literally. >> reporter: now a history channel documentary airing sunday and assisted by nbc points to new evidence uncovered in one secret photo housed in the u.s. archives. the photograph according to facial imaging tests appear to

show earhart and her navigator fred noonan on a japanese ship. the documentary suggests that's the strongest evidence yet that earhart survived her crash and probably later died in japanese custody. >> none of that has been explicitly defined, so this adds another layer. it's another tool in their investigation. >> reporter: at air and space, families are drawn to the story. 11-year-old jason carpenter studied her in school. >> when she crashed, that like everyone thought that she died but no one ever knew. it was a mystery. >> reporter: and javier melendez of orlando says his young daughter maya prompted their visit today. >> when we were looking around all the astronauts, she was asking, well, why are they all boys, so i wanted to show her, that you know, girls can actually make and do anything that boys can as well. >> reporter: amelia earhart still officially unaccounted for but still teaching others. in the district, tom sherwood, news 4. >> well, it hasn't happened in

nearly a century an solar eclipse of the heart. >> no, no, no. >> that's not what it is. there's a song there. >> i wish i had the music playing in the background. a lot of people are getting really excited for this. this weekend visitors at the smithsonian national air and space museum got to learn all about the sciencech eclipses and even made their own eclipse viewers. the total solar eclipse is actually date on -- it's coming up on august 21st, so next month, but we've been talking with our resident expert here chuck bell and he said unless you're along the path. >> the path of totality, very serious. >> it's like the conch silence. >> right. we're not part of the path. >> so the path of totality is where you'll get the full show, the complete blocking of the sun, yes, and i tweeted out this link on my twitter feed for nasa, and this is an app put together by nasa, and you can download it on to your device on

on to your computer, and it will the eclipse but you can put in what zip code you're in and it will show you what the eclipse will look like at that location. >> that's very cool. >> this is a really cool like. got this out of the ams broadcast conference a few weeks ago in kansas city and i was talking to the folks in nasa and said you have to talk about this. re-tweeted it and i've re-tweet it had and david culver is going to do it. honestly, trust me on this one, you'll like this feature on your device or laptop because it's cool stuff from nasa. love science. outside a great looking sky out there early this morning. hope you have a plan to do something out there and enjoy it today. still only 70 degrees in washington. winds are fairly light and north to northwesterly breezes will keep the humidity going offshore today, so nothing to worry about rain-wise today, tonight or tomorrow. tuesday there could be a stray

shower or two and wednesday is the next day we have t worrying about thunderstorms. right now though temperatures starting to warm up a bit. 66 in front royal and 66 in manassas and 80 degrees by 1:00 in the afternoon and 83 by 4:00 an just a flawless evening to be outside and sadly i'll be in bed before 7:30 or 8:00 because tomorrow is monday. tomorrow looks good and sun is up at 5:52 tomorrow and a little warmer today and 86 tomorrow and 89 degrees and certainly getting a little warmer an here's the ten-day forecast which shows big-time summer heat back in play and highs up near 96 and 94 on wednesday and 95 on thursday and 91 on friday, and wednesday, thursday and friday, probably have our best chances of afternoon thunderstorms thursday and friday and should cool down a spijon and in the meantime enjoy today and tomorrow. >> all right, chuck, we could enjoy this.

angie can't be part of this this, only because you're northern virginia, we'll show you the welcome addition from a father and son team making history of their own.

>> spirts running pretty hoy in falls church quite literally. we can show you after the city first opened its first ever distillery. started in business yesterday,

fouled church distillers has a face on ahead we get what you can get. a unique set of flavors of distilled spirits and vodka and gin and it's run with family in mind. >> sure i got something back from sunthat i spent all the money for college on. >> two years in the making. >> that's a fun over and having time there. one woman is showing you're never too old to share the spotlight. take a look for yourself. a bride's 22-year-old grandmother recently served as her father girl. this wedding happened in mancato, minnesota and can you hear the grandmother say at one point this is hard work and she laughed and gets to the end of the aisle and takes her seat. the bride always knew she wanted her grandmother to be her flower girl. that's so special. >> very sweet right there. >> 7:565 your time on this

sunday. let's set you up with four out. we'll start in the district. fire investigators are trying to comb through a home on wheeler road. this is in southeast. they are trying to figure out what exactly caused flames to break out before 3:00 this morning. some neighboring homes also got damaged. fortunately no one got hurt but several people are left without a place to sleep. putting updates in the nbc 4 app. >> a man is accused of killing his stepfather ronald pinkney yesterday and posting the picture of the body on social media. >> police are looking for whoever shot two people near the georgetown waterfront. we've learned that a 19-year-old man from severn, maryland was killed and another man is in critical condition in the hospital this morning. >> your trip on the beltway should be much faster than she is drivers had last night. the inner and outer loops from montgomery county to northern virginia were shut down for hours because of an rv fire near river road. no one was hurt. >> and you drove it back in

morning. all lanespe southern california weather. low humidity. >> yes, very comfortable weather for today, tonight and tomorrow and it's time to enjoy it. we know it can't last and won't last. we'll be back up into the mid-90s starting on tuesday and humid enough to bring thunderstorm chances in by wednesday and thursday and today nothing to worry about weather-wise. if you've got a hack yom let me know and i'll be sure that at least somebody takes a nap in it this afternoon. going to be nice. >> so you're saying rain myoweek. >> mid-week, afternoon thunderstorms. >> just looking forward to the workweek. >> that's right. >> that's going to wrap it up for "news 4 today."

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go to fiosgigabit.com it is an honor to be with you. >> it would be catastrophic if this turns to combat. >> i am standing against g20. >> i have been completely speechless. >> you think this is amelia earhart? ♪ good morning, welcome to "sunday today." i am willie geist. president trump is back home at the white house and already tweeting this morning about his meeting with russian president vladimir putin at the g20. and the united states future with russia. another new development. word the president's son, donald trump junior and son-in-law jared kushner met with a russian