dc. the driver hit a man on a bike at the intersection two fridays ago. this was the corner of 29th and eerie street. police say the car had damage to the windshield and passenger's side window and the license plate had the letter m and v. the victim is on life support and not improving. police are offering a reward for any information or assistance that leads to an arrest. we turn to bizarre rant in court as a man faces charges for killing his stepfather and posting pictures of the crime on social media. >> as he was facing a judge for the first time, news 4 is uncovering some new details about his criminal past. that includes a murder conviction in 2004. why would -- why husband back on the

>> you're dealing with a bond hearing and it's very rare that the defendant speak. when this defendant did, it left family members speechless. >> he should have been locked up. >> all this woman could say about him, the man charged with killing her brother, 65-year-old ronald hasting. he laid next to his stepfather's lifeless body. took a picture and posted it on twitter. >> i wouldn't say there's any sort of ramp up on prosecution because there was a post on social media, that becomes part of the evidence. >> according to court documents they called saying my son has killed my husband unfolded inside the family's home in the 15,000 block on saturday morning. beverly ran away from the scene, resulting in a brief police chase by car and on feet. today beverly was he

after the hearing, he began yelling at one point saying, name one person that got hit by a satellite, that was me. >> we all saw in court today, he had the outburst during his bond review hearing saying a lot of things that didn't seem to make sense based on what was going on in the hearing. >> the victim took out the stay away order. according to prince georges sheriff's department, beverly was not suppose to be in the house. and his step dad was not the only one who wanted to keep him well. >> he came out to court today. there is a order against him, the mother of his child. >> beverly has violent criminal background, including a first-degree murder charge that he served several years fur. today his attorney argued he's done his time for his crime. >> because of a -- our office by several years, it's part of the on going information to see exactly what was going on at that time. >> they're due back in court in

back to you. >> another mishap inside the district virginia va medical center. surgeries delayed and operating rooms shutdown for three hours. news 4 has learned the feds found air system fill your. we told add to a growing list of problems at that medical center. it's on irving street. he's in our newsroom. >> since february, we've learned about a series of mishaps in this facility. this one shuttered one of the six operating groups late last week, eye surgery for patient and was down for about three hours. the news 4 i-team revealed agency record got a different problem of the surgical center in march that cracks in the surgical floor. elsewhere, they found holes and repaired those holes in walls inside the facility. and in april, inspection revealed medical supply shortages and unsanitary conditions in storage

there was a 2015 cockroach infestation in the food services area and news 4 i-team investigation last month revealed the patient's body went undiscovered for two days in the parking lot outside. that incident revealed a congressional reseal. >> have you ever heard something like this happening at a va. >> no, i have not. not for 48 hours, almost or 36 hours. i've never heard of it. >> and congress is also notified about the temporary shutdown of the operating room. the long-time former director was moved out in april any concerns about the conditions inside. the medical center has a new temporary director told us last month before the operating room incident, they have significantly improved. leon, back to you. >> okay, thank you. >> now, to more breaking news american soldier is behind bars now and facing terror

his name -- he's charged with providing material support to is isis. a s.w.a.t. team arrested on saturday. >> we have late developments in the russia investigation. virginia senator confirmed the intelligence committee wants to talk to donald trump, jr. >> this after a weekend of revelations of the president's son. he said he met with a russian lawyer last year after she claims that can hurt the hillary clinton campaign. tracking the story from capitol hill. blayne. >> warner is now joining his republican colleague, senator collins and asking for the president's son to come and speak to committee members. for his part, donald trump, jr. said he's done nothing wrong and he's happy to share what he knows. >> president trump back in washington and back to more questions about russia. this time involving h

donald trump, jr. and a meeting during the 2016 campaign. >> it's a very short meeting from which there was absolutely no follow up. >> the "new york times" first reported which included then campaign manager paul manafort and the president's son-in-law, jared kushner now a top white house adviser. they did meet with a russian attorney with ties to the kremlin who promised information damaging to hillary clinton's campaign. the president's son said in a tweet, the talks "went nowhere" adding his father had no knowledge of the meeting with the russian attorney. >> this was the first time the public has seen clear evidence that senior level officials in the trump campaign reached out to potentially an agent. >> trump, jr. said he's happy to cooperate if called by congress. he's hired a private attorney to handle the manner. as the white house works to defend those meetings, president

meeting with russian leaders. lawmakers ridiculing of land for the two countries to work together to prevent cyber hacking. >> i use the analogy of letting it out. i also think it's like the road runner working with coyote to ban dangerous products. >> after initially praising the plan. the president himself admits he doubts it will actually happen. and kremlin spokesperson today said the kremlin had no knowledge of any such meetings with the president's son and said they don't even know who that attorney is. live on capitol hill, blayne alexander, news 4. protesters on the hill, greeting republican senators as they return to work from the july 4th break, dodgers, nurses, patients with pre-existing conditions. he went to several senate offices to protest the senate republican health care bill, shouting shame and

kill the bill outside the office of arizona senator. 80 people were arrested. >> we're looking at the start of a real heat wave. we'll see the real thing here folks, in fact, the hottest days coming up soon. what's the word, m matt. >> officially the heat wave will start today, the next couple of days, i don't any problem getting there and move on today tomorrow. out there today, we did hit that 90 degree mark. 92 degrees in richmond. you can see the heat starting to build. the only reason, they thought the storms that way, it's going to be hot for sure. you talk about the hottest hair so far this year, we hit 95 a couple of times. we'll go by that wednesday and thursday. near 105 at the advisory level here, i am mentioning a weather alert day, at least for the day on thursday. talk ab

better chance, much more on that, i'll get back here. her friends say it was a deliberate act. she was the target. police are looking for the driver of a car who hit a transgender woman and took off. she's live near the scene of the crash. dave. >> yeah, wendy, police say for sure this 26-year-old some was targeted because she's transgender, they do tell us she was struck as she was walking right there along the street. friends we spoke with who didn't want to go on camera, she didn't have a chance to make it to the intersection before she was struck. >> we were outside this, you know, hanging out. and at this time the club had closed. it was 2:00. >> she said she and devaughn washington who goes by the nickname boo boo along with a few other friends were about to end a fun night that wasn't so badly until trouble start

they were confronted by two men in a dark car. >> it became an altercation like, honestly, we were exchanging words. as we continued to walk, we got to the next intersection. >> the group was walking towards the intersection between k and 4. he said washington was dancing near the middle of the street when that same driver came speeding by, striking her and then taking off. >> we were panicking, because she wasn't moving. she wasn't there at this time. >> some of washington's friends believe she was targeted. >> you've got homophobic. you have people that don't like transgender people. >> police are trying to figure out who struck washington and if there was a motive while her friends say they just want justice. >> i really want to be somebody get locked up and somebody pay for what happened to her. >> now, police say it's all very active and ongoing investigation. they're still looking for a suspect. they're asking anyone with

department right away. leon. >> all right. thanks, megan. the case captured international headlines. one year later still no arrest for solid leads. tonight a family for justice after a dnc staffer was killed. >> was it murder or self defense. new clues as a teenager goes on trial for a wedding day confrontation that turned deadly. then the impact on your brain by not

self defense, or murder, that's the question for fairfax murder jury, this week as the fate of a teenager who works for the parks department. accused of stabbing of wedding caterer to death after an evening that was filled with hostile confrontation. julie carey was in the courtroom when they saw the cell phone video that was taken by the teenager that night. >> yeah, wendy, it's really the audio on the cell phone recording that revealed this that teenage parks employee confronting the wedding party. and pull -- he calls police. they arrived, checked things out and leave again. but becomes the target of repeated profrane threats, the

the fatal stabbing. >> was the last day working for the parks department before he was set to head off to college. he was supervising a wedding at the park. the night ended with him in handcuffs accused of murder. now the cell phone video taken by the 19-year-old murder suspect is a key piece of evidence. the defense attorney played it for jurors right away. >> it shows the teenage parks department employee was trying to make sure the wedding party followed rules. when he was repeatedly ridiculed with profane and hateful words and threatened. this, the defense says, is the voice of victim and wedding caterer. >> i'll slap you. i've got bail money. >> later in the evening when he accused the caterer of packing up parks department chair, a confrontation, he pulled a bus knife. he was fatally stabbed. this is whatit

the recording. >> oh, you stabbed me. >> the teen only pulled the knife when johns reached out to strangle him, telling jurors, the boy says get off me twice, the reason it's deeper is because he's being choked. she's got him by the neck and he's up against the railing. they say, that's the first they've heard of that. >> my friend has been gone for 11 months and this young man has been around and this is the first time i've heard she put her hand on him. that was not of anyone that was present. this is the first time i've heard this line of defense. >> prosecutors also reject a claim that bonds was being strangled, telling jurors, he's able to put his phone in the pocket and pull out a knife. this incident turned deadly because this defendant turned to a deadly weapon. . it was also another key piece of evidence about an

statement. his dna was found under the cater es's fingernail. february. >> they hope the death of their son is not in vein and that the death of their son will encourage change. >> falling head first after taking part of what's being called a hazing ritual. it took 12 hours. the hearing will continue tomorrow. >> new at 6:00, leaders ofhe

urging congress not to interfere or block several dc laws. delicate owner and mayor say the different members of congress are trying to weaken the city's gun law and block the new death with dignity. they're proposing other measures like marijuana regulation, abortion curb cur bs. the message today was simple. >> to make clear that the district of columbia will simply not tolerate with its local laws. we defeated 26 attempts to block or over turn. >> tom sherwood joins us now with a closer look at this battle. congress does meddle in the district's affairs historically. the congress has authority over the u.s. constitution, but back in the

them to run some affairs. that's what he was saying today up on capitol hill. you should stick to the federal issues and we'll take care of the local issues. one of the things, she gave license tag to eleanor holmes that norton can put up on her car and it reads, leave us alone. >> that's like, zach. >> i've never been told. >> you can't be subtle on the hill. >> and it administration of the white house. the district, that's one of the heavily democratic, up until now they've had backstop for them, that's not the case with trump. >> that's the problem, democrats in the city, the republicans controlling both of pennsylvania avenue and the mayor was saying, in norton, you're telling me, president trump is not showing up in the district. i went up to visit him when he took office. they're hoping trump will s

the senate which is really busy health care issues and russia investigation will not spend time on these local dc issues and those things that are mostly generated on the house side will die on in the senate. >> what do you say about the department, head of the oversight committee, that basically was putting a stop to a lot of things the district is trying to do. he really acted like he was city counsel member. he said, i was elected mayor, you guys run the city, we'll take care of things here in the hill. we'll see how all of these, we'll play out in the next few weeks. >> all right. >> thank you, tom sherwood. >> thank you, tom. easy passion for confusion, how you could hit with a deadly

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to undo these safeguards. we can't trump and congressional republicans put corporate profits ahead of our health and safety because our loved ones should come first. ♪ we have a weather alert day sitting out there in the middle of the week ready to cook us, right, doug. >> that's exactly what it's going to do. if you talk about it today, high temperatures around 90 degrees throughout the region first day i think this will be heat wave

far this year, for a high temperature 98 degrees on thursday, that will be our weather alert day on thursday. winds out of the south, 14 miles an hour. dew point way up there, because of that, the current heat index, 94 degrees. you can see it and step out the front door as you're getting into your car. 88 the current temperature in dc, back to the west, much cooler. 84 around the marks bird area. around pittsburgh, in towards portions of ohio. severe thunderstorm and tornado warnings with this line of storm. this line looks like it will try to move our way. heads up into our west virginia zone, back towards the county, you may see some these storms come through as they move on through, i'll show you that on future weather in just a second. this is what i think is going to be happening here.

frontal boundary to the north and west. that will stay to the north. most of the activity will stay there, as well. by 11:00, you see it all dry, notice back to our west, up around allegheny county, coming on through, they die and move on and can't rule out a couple of showers around 11:00. tomorrow starting off a few clouds, we'll not see much tomorrow. isolated showers, possible thunderstorms, one, two, three in the afternoon. look, most of us remain on the dry side. i think that can be the case tomorrow. in storms that do develop in this kind of temperature and heat, could be locally strong. 7:00 a.m. -- that's 7:00 p.m., same deal on wednesday afternoon. look, a couple of isolated showers or thunderstorms and any storms would help bring down the heat just a bit. i think it's going to be hot and storm day will be a pretty good rain temperature out there.

take a look at this, future heat index, 100 degrees tomorrow in dc, fredericksburg, around 6:00 tomorrow evening it will be close to 100 degrees. by noon, we're at 99 in dc. by the afternoon, 102, 105 in fredericksburg. that's why i'm calling thursday, at least, maybe wednesday, but thursday, at least, a weather alert day because of the fact you'll see a heat index close to 105 degrees. there's the heat wave, 95 on wednesday. best chance of storms will be on friday, but really any day over the next and i'll have that chance. the social experiment to try and curb obesity and diabetes among minorities. it was one year ago that seth rich was shot

in bloomingdale, one year, still no suspects, still no arrests. an update from the chief, coming up. check out this photo, it's got world reaction, trump sitting in for her father at the g 20 summit.

conspiracy theorist, they have far more sinister ideas about what happened to seth ridge. >> pat collins spoke with the police chief. what did you learn or hear. >> well, indeed, it was one year ago that seth ridge was shot and ki killed today we'll hear from the police chief, seth's parents and his neighbors in the bloomingdale neighborhood. she was shot and killed as he was walking to his home in the bloomingdale section of this city. seth ridge was

police believe it was a botched robbery attempt that led to his death. but some conspiracy theorists have tried to ling his murder to the dnc e-mail scandal. no evidence of that says police chief pete. >> i can say, with 100% certainty, we don't have anything to suggest that it was any way related to hay pointment. >> robbery gone bad. >> that's what it appears to be. >> should those conspiracy theorist today, this message, please yudsing seth as a political football in previous determined partisan narrative. now, meanwhile, back in bloomingdale people remember, they remember what happened one year ago today. for some it has changed the way they've

i definitely started biking more and stopped walking around as much. >> i'm very skeptical about late night parking and going to and from staying at the house. >> you're certainly aware of your swiedings but obviously couldn't have. >> one year and so far no suspec suspects. former metro employee said she was sexually and racially harassed by her boss. investigating how the complaints were handled. metro settled the lawsuit that was followed by this employee last fall. it followed the complaints to those allegations, made their way to the appointed former inspector general. and wu fired after complaining about her treatment. her

same position, the condition that the sub mallist. they'll start a new product to improve service on the red line. we're checking out a new watching tech niek to cut down on the arching insulators. it will be single tracking, which means it will start at 9:00 on weeknight. it will be suspended on the weekend. it's expected to go through early august. >> more maintenance. >> yes. >> that's what we love. take a look at the other top stories. prince georges county murder suspect went on murder suspect. he's accused of killing this stepdaughter, this weekend, posting pictures of the crime on social media. he probably shot against her, february. police looking for the driver of car that hit the pedestrian last week and took off. tod f

devaughn washington told news 4 the victim had got into driver with that same driver and was hit at the intersection of -- it's a deliberate act because washington is trans genter. >> what it's meaning to the russian lawyer. intelligence committee wants to talk with trump, jr. he told the "new york times" he met with the new york lawyer last year he said he had. now, this all started when an unusual tweeted out this picture of the father around for world leapers. the truch say briefly when he had to step out. some foreign policy experts have argued secretary of state or national security adviser was national suited to fill in for the president in

this morning, mr. trump brought hillary clinton, he tweeted his words, if chelsea clinton were asked to hold a seat for her mother and mother gave our country away, the fake news will say president for president. she wrote this bag, good morning mr. president, it would not have occurred to my mother or father, to ask you, were you giving our country not. >> former maryland john edwards. it's a push back against the gop health care bill. in a washington post, she's been battled multiple sclerosis. she was diagnosed last year and unnoered. she wrot it and about i haven't had access to insurance. this can happen to anybody. i mean, i was extraordinarily healthy. any one of us can have something happen that we didn't plan

care system that understands that. >> she's not letting ms change her plans for the future. she's not rolling out another run for office down the road. >> well, warning about ticks, why this could be the worst season in years and what you can do to protect yourself. >> what can be a big change from the help of this community. on news 4 at 6:00, what's next for a new project get more people drinking water. >> water big factor over the next couple of days, hot and humid, make sure you're drinking plenty of that. we're talking some of the hottest days so far this year, heat index, over 100 degrees. we'll talk muc

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improve the health in the community by getting neighbors to drink more water. explains how this project works. >> says her family is rarely offered water and they go out to eat, accept at rico's ice cream, we talk about interpreter. she said it's frustrating when they don't at least bring water to the table. >> they never offer water. >> never. >> rico says one of five langley offering heavier meals like fruit and lean meet, water instead of sugary drinks. george washington university professor helps tart to. >> you see, everywhere, you see soda from the united states. you see it from elsewhere in america and you have to

look for the water. >> we're going to be looking at sales. we're going to be looking at customer impressions and see if the customers are really going to be asking for these types of meals. >> rico owns ricos. he's happy to help. >> why not help the community. >> begged for soda they get water. they hope to become the habit here. kristin wright. >> good news from fairfax county, so far it doesn't seem to be the case for our area. the county had that service that identifies it and more people are taking advantage of that service. experts say they aren't seeing any new types. >> i don't know that we see anything unusual this year. we still know that the ticks are out there. we want to

follow up with the physician if they need to. >> to do that, dress properly with light colored clothing. we'll do it a check. the cdc recommends a shower or bath within the two hours of being outdoors. the best way to remove a tick, is tweezers not with a match or cigarette. a new way to give our annual backpack for kids school supply drive. head to nbc washington app and search supporting our school to see how you can help local teachers and schools to to get ready for back to school. >> it can lead to rough mother. impact that can have on your memory years ter.la

turns out if you have one of the flex transponders. adam is tracking confusion tonight with express lane is very fit. >> it switches into hov mode. it is a requirement if you want to carpool here along the express lane in northern virginia but don't use it enough to carpool, you could be faced with a $10 fine. easy pass says the transponders are more expensive. if they aren't being used for carpooling, you might have to pay up to make up the

people don't need this sort of hastle. it's tough enough. >> virginia senator jeremy has legislation to wipe away the penalty. most drivers, we're told, to get into it for the express lanes in northern virginia. frankly, a lot of people realize you get hit with an extra ten bucks. you expect that, maybe a bang or credit card company, but not with it. >> you can carpool within a six-month period to avoid the fee or trade in your easy pass flex for traditional. but some wonder, why should that even be necessary. >> if you're traveling with

vehicle, you want to make sure it's set to that hov mode. that means you'll get if you're buy yourself, flip it to the other mode, along the express lane. news 4. washington post is reporting the trump administration is cancelling search for new fbi headquarters location. the official announcement will be made in the morning. the decision and now ends years of mostly failed presidential attempts to convince congress to back a plan for washington. >> could face major delays. amtrak has started emergency track repairs today. work that will continue through the end of august. this means train service in and out b

there's also going toim pact service here in our area, because during these repairs four daily weekday trains in each direction will be cut between dc's union station and new york. that's according to our news partners at wgop radio. however, there will not be cuts. >> the researchers found this caused levels of two associated with them to arrive. >> experts advise staying away from caffeine,

>> it's july in dc. it's exactly what you can expect, free agent, you know, heat hue did and, watch out. that combination is kind of messing with it. it's hazy, hot and hue did. >> you know that. >> i haven't said it. >> oh, okay. >> you want to say it again. >> hazy, hot, humid. >> that's right. current temperature sitting at 88 after a high of 90. next hour, temperature. going to be muggy.

hour. down on the mall down there towards dc. take a look at this now normally look at storm complex like this and you say, this is coming right into the dc area. this will die out as it moves off towards the east. won't be surprised if some of these move in and maybe as far frederick, down towards the winchester area, you may see some showers tonight, storms should begin to last. tomorrow, humid at 7:00 a.m. hot lunch for noon. >> it gets rather impressive to

degrees. start to think about what you're going to do for the heat. make sure you're taking plenty of breaks, especially if you're working outside, loose fitting clothing and bring in the pets, very hard for them to stay on the cooler side of things. 95 on wednesday. that, we're calling it weather alert. it could be, as well. because the weekend, humidity, a little bit cooler with a better chance of storm on friday, isolated storms tomorrow afternoon, but really just about any day we could see the storms saturday and sunday. >> and we have some breaking news for you, there are delays at all three of our airports in the area right now. there was a fire at the washington in leesburg due to construction. and it handles all of the high altitude flight in our area. so we are told, flight controllers will go back in as soon as possible, but until then, delay, the ground stop at all three of our airports during

afternoon. we'll keepou posted right y

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he's going to be there trying to crank it out. the all star festivities. the games are underway in miami. harper and ryan zimmerman. they're voter in a starter and now it's just representing on the pitcher's mound, pitcher, and it should be selected by the manager joe madden. the second time starting the all star game. the first game is 2013 when he was with the tigers. it comes with the fifth pitcher to start the all star game. the red sox gets the ball. these two know each other pretty well. it actually plays the same summer league team, get this, lacrosse, they just missed each other by a few years. this year start another dream come true, for sure. >> it's unbelievable. to get to it, it's an incredible accomplishment. when you walk

all of the all stars. i mean, you're signaled to be in that clubhouse and be with that recognition. when you have a manager say, hey, we're going to give you a ball, it's icing on the cake. for me to have the opportunity to go out there and represent national league, this is stuff you never forget and, you know, when you get the opportunity and i'm kicking it to go out there and pitch. >> yeah, check out the batting order now, bryce harper third, ryan zimmerman 7th. that game is tomorrow. there's murphy chatting with some of all star and today's work out at marlin's park. the all star game plenty among the players, including bryce harper. >> he can tell me every single pitch that was coming, i probably still want to get ahead. and they'll throw a heater right here. okay. that's cool. i mean, you minus well go like this. i mean,

unbelievable out there. being able to face a guy like that, it's fun competition. you know, it's tough. >> they're talking about not available the pitch yesterday, just in case you were wondering. >> we were wondering. >> i know you were. >> wimbledon today, one of the greats involved in one of this year's great matches just from this afternoon. epic matcher, almost five hours and didn't end the way we wanted, though. didn't bring it, behind to point don't want him. >> oh, where did that door frame come from. he's all smiles. he's light-headed. skipped ahead a few hours. five games to four. and evens five game later. with the match point and it comes and finishes up staying alive. they're going straight crazy. but his luck ran out with another match point for mueller. and this one long. ue

and 48 minutes. taking this final one to 15 games to 13. handling late in the day. >> you know, it's a big match when spike lee is there, venus williams taking on ana. took the three second set and thrown it off. no chance here. venus control and they hit it long. venus moves on to quarterfinals to 6-3, 6-2. going to hang with some wizard. vegas watching the young guys, bradley feels there, as well as -- they're taking it in, the wizards taking on the heat. we're keeping an eye on this. khris jenkins, former gonzaga, formerly known as the game winner for the 2015 game. here pressure there, now, we also have some action out here. another player,

he's known as sheldon mack. he legally changed it and get it back here. >> i like it. >> nightly news coming up

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