y2ejcy y16fy right now at 6:00, a 4-month-old found dead inside a van. we are live in prince georges county with what we're learning about this police investigation. what should have been a time for joy takes a deadly turn when gunmen open fire at a gender reveal party in ohio. i'm darcy spencer live in southeast washington where an early-morning fire destroyed this home. coming up, why it's being investigate as suspicious in nature. news 4 at 6:00 starts now. >> a 4-month-old baby is dead and investigators are trying to figure out why. good evening. i'm erica gonzalez, news 4's

police found the baby. derrick, an awful story, what are we learning tonight from police? >> reporter: well, we know this is still under investigation and there are a lot of circumstances yet to be vetted by montgomery county police, but here's what we do know. we have video of the parking lot of motel 6 where police were called at 10:30 this morning. they found a child, a 4-month-old girl in a van that was in the parking lot. i talked to folks in the area who say this this family, a man, a woman and the baby and the small dog had been seen in the area. they may have been sleeping in that van in the parking lot, but the call that got police out here was for an unresponsive child. they found the 4-year-old girl who was not breathing. she was taken to shady grove hospital and subsequently pronounced dead. police do not have the cause of death and it's pending the outcome of an autopsy

likely be done at some point in the coming week, perhaps even tomorrow. again, this is a very tragic story and it does have people a bit shaken around here, because as i said, people had become somewhat familiar with this family who were apparently living in a van on the property of this motel 6 and that's where montgomery county police were called early this morning when they found an unresponsive toddler and the 4-year-old girl found dead. no principals involved at this point. derrick ward, news 4. back to you. >> thank you. several adults and children are now displaced after an early-morning fire in southeast and fire officials now say it was arson and a neighbor across the street took this video as flames engulfed this house on wheeler road. the people who were inside tell news 4's darcy spencer they feel blessed they were able to make it out alive. >> reporter:

the roof on wheeler road destroying one house and forcing out kadija turner and the neighbors in the connecting home. >> it moved over to my house, and i just ran back in the house to get my kids and my grandkids out. >> fortunately, everyone got out safely. sources tell news 4, they may have used an accelerant on the front porch and set the house on fire in what's being called a possible domestic situation. >> anton green took this incredible video from across the street. >> extremely high flames off the top of the house and it was uncontrollable. >> i'm just glad they got out. >> a woman who did not want to the go on camera said when she looked out her house she saw the neighbor's home on fire. she banged on the door making

>> turner walks through what's left of her home. she was here with her family including two infants. they were sleeping in these rooms when the fire broke out about 3:00 in the morning. volunteers gathered items for the family and hauled them to a storage facility. the red cross is also assisting with temporary needs and housing. >> they can get another house, but it's the family and everybody came out safe. so thank god for that. >> in the district, darcy spencer, news 4. new tonight, a witness tells prince georges county police navar beverly said i told you i would do it. he's accused of killing his stepfather and then posting a selfie with the body on social media. officers arrested beverly yesterday shortly after first responders found the body. relatives say police had been to the house for violence between beverly and his stepfather. we are following a developing story near ohio.

people hurt after a shooting at a party. that party being thrown by a pregnant woman ready to reveal her baby's gender. police say that mom-to-be and three children were among the wounded. the youngest victim, just 2 years old. that shooting happened late last night and it has left the community rattled. >> i would like nothing more in my position than to be able to stand up here and tell the community they have nothing to worry about, but i will not provide statements and information that is false to make people feel better and we don't know why they did this. >> about a dozen people were watching when the gunmen burst into the home and we are told they have not been able to locate them. the cincinnati enquirer is reporting that the host told her guests she was having a baby boy right before the shooting happened. president trump is back at the white house after his overseas trip and his face to face with russian president vladimir putin. he tweeted

the russian lead or election meddling and now it's time to work with russia. >> meanwhile, questions still linger about whether mr. trump accepted putin's denial of the hacking. reince priebus said today that president trump did not believe the russian leader. secretary of state rex tillerson who was in the meeting and didn't directly answer the question when asked today. he told reporters the meeting went the way they expected. we want to the take you to mosul where the iraqi prime minister is celebrating with his troops after they drove isis militants from some of the terror group's last stronghold. the campaign to take back the vital iraqi city had been raging for five months. >> some fighting continues and they appear ready to fight to the death. >> they're using human shields, suicide bombers and snipers. a family in the district is preparing to say good-bye after their loved one was struck by a hit and run driver, burgess

the intersection of 29th and erie streets in southeast. he was hit by a car last friday night and has been on life support ever since. the family is now planning his funeral. you can help by opening our nbc washington app and search funeral fund-raiser. as for the driver who struck johnson, still out there. >> the opioid epidemic is affecting communities across the country and today professionals gathered in our area to try and find ways to fight the crisis. a frightening trip for passengers on a ride-on bus. these pictures show what happened when a vehicle ended up on a collision course. and what i delightful day our sunday is, but a heat wave is just around the

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scary pictures into our newsroom. five people had to go to the hospital today after their ride-on bus got into a crash. we are told the driver slammed into a telephone pole on western avenue near the chevy chase circle in montgomery count pep first responders say nobody was seriously hurt. now they're investigating why the bus crashed. the opioid epidemic is a serious problem in this country. the cdc says prescriptions for opioid painkillers had tripled since 1999 and that's making the epidemic worse. today, thousands of people

gathered at the gaylord national resort and convention center to talk about solutions. all of these people help run drug courts throughout the country. drug court is a type of treatment program that can be an alternative to jail. some people at today's conference were once drug addicts themselves. >> i got hit hard into drugs and oxycontin and different things like that and it led me down a line of nothing, but despair. drug court helped me realize that my life was more valuable than a pill and it gave me a chance to get my life back together and know that i don't want to do two to 20 years in prison over an oxycontin. >> the drug court program lasts for about a year and it includes classes, community service and regular drug tests. the program serves about 150,000 people a year. about three-quarter stay out of jail for at least two years after they finish that program.

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kaiser permanente. thrive. you're watching news 4 at 6:00. he's the baby boy getting the attention of the pope and president trump. charlie gard was born with a terminal genetic disorder that keeps him from breathing on his own. he's brit,

republican lawmakers say that they're going to introduce a bill that would grant charlie and his parents permanent residence in america so that they can come here for experimental treatments. nbc's joe friar is in london with the story. >> the parents of charlie gard appeared in a rally today outside of a london hospital where the boy is on life support. charlie is still fighting so they'll keep fighting. >> there's nothing to lose, and he deserves a chance. >> reporter: the 11-month-old boy has a rare genetic condition. he can't move his arms or legs or breathe without help and doctors say he should be taken off life support and his parents want to take him to america for experimental therapy. >> we want to take our son to a hospital where they do specialties there and it's a fantastic hospital and unfortunately, they're not specialists in charlie's condition. the specialists are in america where they want to the go. >> courts rule in favor of the

international response and the pope has expressed support for charlie's family and president trump tweeted that if the u.s. could help it would be delighteded to do so. after two hospital outside of the uk offered to give charlie experimental therapy, now giving the boy's parents new hope. today they joined the supporters as they presented to the hospital a petition of more than 350,000 signatures. >> joe friar, nbc news, london. now to northern virginia, where it appears that somebody set part of a local elementary school on fire. somebody scandalized white oaks elementary school last sunday night. the building has been under construction. fire officials say work crews found damage in and out of the school and in a playground that was just put in. >> all right. storm team 4

here. >> both days have been phenomenal. >> and now we get to -- >> the heat. >> yes, that is moving, and we've still got a little bit of time, folks. today will be great and we'll finish off strong for your sunday and tomorrow not so bad, either. tuesday, that's when we'll start to see the heat move in and for now let's get a look outside at the washington monument and not a cloud in the sky and temperatures in the mid-80s and the northwest flow keeping us dry so it's not too humid out there and a good amount of sunshine, and just a picture-perfect day. >> here's a look at your headlines and heat wave moving in this week and humidity returns tuesday so it will feel hotter and storm chances are on the rise as we head throughout your week, but for now, i just want to focus on tonight, if you are going out this evening, you're fine. temperatures into the mid-70s. we'll have a nice sunset and pretty quiet out there and clouds building in periodically overnight.

it's a hot topic, pun intended. i want to notice the heat indices and what will it feel like this week, and it will be like 100 degrees and it will feel closer to 101 and possibly 104 in some spots and tuesday through thursday, that's going to be the day we'll be inching into your car and you don't want your legs to touch the back of the seat. you know the hot, summer weather. now let's take a moment to talk about the rain chances. as we head into tonight you stay dry and we have the scattered showers, and we're quiet until monday morning and we'll wake up to a cloud of sunshine, as well. >> monday afternoon and evening you saw showers and thunderstorms wanting to roll through. they'll be stopping along the blue ridge and it won't make it into the area at best. the atmosphere is pretty capped here at best and we may get an

isolated shower and overall, we'll be staying dry for most of your monday, and as we head into tuesday, we'll start off quiet and you'll notice the cloud cover starting to build in on tuesday and by tuesday afternoon, that's the next greatest chance at seeing more widely scattered activity as far as showers and storms go. planning out your monday again, we're starting off just a little bit on the cooler start up ander 06s and a chance for an isolated shower midday pretty dry as we head throughout the evening and remember the showers we saw there are going to stay out toward our west. ten-day forecast, check this out, those temperatures into the mid-90s and upper 90s at some spots throughout the middle of the week and the storm chance creeps up as we head through the middle of the week and i think the great of the shot at the more active weather will be wednesday, thursday into friday. >> i managed to get the car washed on friday and at least we get a clean car for friday. >> thank you so very much. >> still aad

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sherry is joining us now. the nats having a great day, but can we be honest, anything is better than yesterday. >> you don't really -- anyway, the nationals. they bounced right back after being shut out for the first time this season and today was the series finale against the braves and for the first half of the season and we are happy to report, with 6 2/3 innings successfully. also successful today, bryce harper who got his jersey for tuesday's mid-summer classic. anthony rendon was close to being an all-star. and the nats are up 1-0 and he takes his pitch to right center and wilmer come in to score and the nats take a 3-0 lead. there's something about joe ross and that run support and in the top of the third he gave the three runs back. no surprise off the bat of

killer and eighth rbi and this series and the braves tied at three and it got worse for ross and he leads the game and the next inning with tenderness and speaking of injury, chris returning this week from bicep rupture and, and almost all of this when he goes right there off the wall. rendone scores to give the nats a 4-3 lead and now time for the all-star break and carol maloney caught up with the guys before they headed out. >> 88 games, the first half is in the books. nats win 52 games and that ties it for second most in team history before the all-star break, today ending on a high note and the guys say that's great to give him a chance to reflect on all of the good things they've done this season so far. >> as a lineup, i think we've done a great job

can keep that going, we're willing to keep them and we'll be okay and what a lineup we have. >> quick reflection, we'll do it more tonight and then kind of put baseball in the backburner other than watching these guys play in the all-star game, but other than that, it's take these three days for what they're worth and enjoy the relaxation. >> it's good to carry the momentum and when you have a team like that that's behind you in the division and you have a four-game set. four-game sets are tough and to split two out of four, to win the game. they're a tough team, and to go two out of four and carry some momentum into the all-star break, and come back strong ready to go. >> one of those all-stars, bryce harper, and he won't talk, and he'll enjoy

karl maloney, news 4 sports. the latest inductees into the hall of famer honored and the redskins apart from this year's clash, showing off bling, bling name. longtime washington post columnist and a fixture on espn. we'll go behind the scenes with the d.c. legend for today's inductions. the orioles finishing their series in minnesota today, adam jones having some fun playing catch with some fans and also having fun in this game. top of the first, scoreless and two on for jones. he helped the fans and they were ready to play catch and he would sky this one into the deck. remember he's playing with the k kids and now he'll play, with the sky shot into the second deck. the twins fan actually throws the ball back

and the three-run shot and the orioles take a 3-0 lead. in the fourth, they're coming 5-4, and manny machado, and sending this one deep center, and granite back on it and he makes that catch and this is his first career start and comes up robbing machado and great play by the rooky and this game stays at 5-4 and adam jones, and out of the yard in a hurry. >> two of the seats in the left second homer and the five rbi on the day and orioles win it 11-5 and head into the all-star break, 42-46. otto porter will become the highest-paid athlete in d.c., and let that sink in. the wizards held true to the word with the offer from brooklyn, and a four-year $106.5 million deal and he'll pay half of the annual salary before the season starts and there was good news today for the 76ers and the number one

injured. you see here, but it's not as serious as he was diagnosed with a sprained left ankle role against the orioles. they will miss the remainder of summer league games and can return back to activities in not one to wo weeks and the rookie says he's happy with the progress he's made in the short time and he just signed his contract the day he rolled his ankle. oh, my goodness. >> scary moment there. >> sherry, thank you so very muc thath. fios is not cable. we're a 100% fiber optic network. and with the new fios gigabit connection... you get our fastest... internet ever. with download speeds up to 940 megs - 20 times faster than most people have. switch to fios gigabit connection with tv and phone for $79.99 a month online for the first year. plus hbo for one year and multi-room dvr service for two years, all with a two-year agreement. and switching has never been easier. get out of your contract with up to a $500 credit

on this sunday night, critical relationship. president trump says he likes a plan to work with russia to stop hacking. the idea hatched in his g20 meeting with vladimir putin. critics in both parties now saying it's a bad idea. rethinking rehab. a new strategy forred aics that keeps them in familiar surroundings, showing promise in keeping them from relapsing. emotional battle. the debate over 11 month old charlie guard's care for a terminal illness is getting global attention as his parents prepare to fight in court for new treatment. solar switch. china's well-known for smog and pollution, but now the country's making strides to lead the world on clean energy. starting with a sea of solar