now at 11:00, an arrest in the hit and run that injured a transgender woman. miss say a suspect used his car as a weapon. but was it a late crime? plus, a disabled veteran wounded in world war ii reacts when he

home destroyed by fire. >> this was an attack on the flag and i took it quite personally. >> and she calls him her miracle baby. a young mother talks to news 4 about the shooting that nearly cost her one-year-old his life. >> how many times did you talk about the heat today? it is oppressive. and tomorrow it's going to be even worse. >> dangerously hot, maybe record breaking heat. we are in weather alert mode folks and doug is in the storm center 4 with what it is and what we can expect. >> i said it 84 times today. >> ath least. >> that's the current temperature. you know we're in for something big tomorrow. 95 degrees, high in d.c. today. 98 in richmond. i think we'll get closer to the

tomorrow. take a look at the current heat index. 94 degrees. it's 11:00 and the heat index is 84. yes, we are in for a hot day and because of that a heat advisory in the day tomorrow, the heat index possibly getting to is 05 degrees. we could be during the day friday as well. near record high temperatures tomorrow, especially if we stay sunny. heat index near 105. then strong storms on friday. talk more about this. see you back here in just a minute. >> thank you, doug. all those air conditioners tomorrow will put a big strain on energy companies. that's why pep co and bge are offering you a credit on your bill if you use less power than normal during the hours tomorrow. trash collection will start early at 6:00 a.m. and friday,

several area cooling centers will be open as well along with pool and rec centers. you can check out our list of top ten place toss cool off around the area on the facebook page. >> tonight, a hit and run on k street, no longer a mystery. the driver is now behind bars. police tell us he hit a transgender woman on purpose. one question still remanls unanswered. why'd he do it? >> reporter: police are still investigating to see why this happened, to see if this was a hate crime. they say that the driver intentionally hit the transgender woman davon washington. tonight she is in critical condition. her friends and mentors theep she recover. >> someone is getting justice. >> ruby is relieve after police announce they've made an arrest in a hit a

it severely hurt her are transgender friend washington. >> we're targets and every summer it's a similar situation where we have to face this kind of violence. >> d.c. police kapt anthony hayes says police arrested 18-year-old star juan anderson today for allegedly hitting washington with his car on july 5th. >> we believe the vehicle was used as a web, which as you know, our victim received some very serious injuries as a result. >> the tlubl started near this overpass on k street. the suspect drove up in a dark car and confronted washington and her friends. police haven't said what they were arguing about. the group continued walking. washington started dancing near the middle of the street. that's why police says anderson hit her and kept on ng

was targeted. >> we cannot definitely say at this point. >> all of the evidence pertaining to this case, who we talk to, individuals that were in the vehicle cannot be released at this time but again after mr. anderson is presented in court tomorrow these documents will become available. >> now, anderson is charged with aggravated assault while armed. police are saying that this car was being used as a weapon. police are expected to release more information tomorrow. as a rule are the court documents and they also seized the vehicle for evidence. they say that the front windshield was cracked. that's being processed. police urge anyone with information about this hit and run accident to give them a call. call the d.c. police department. i'm shamari stone. back to you. >> thank you. sources say a

has been arrested for a separate but similar crash as the one yesterday. he was allegedly behind the wheel when the dump truck injured a woman tuesday. sources tell us in 120 sa, alvarez seriously injured a gallaudet student who was walking in a crosswalk close to that crosswalk. he was charged in that crash but according to documents, he never showed up for trial. there was a bench warrant around issued for his arrest. >> he's a world war 2 veteran. couple of weeks ago dick cohen woke up to his flags in at theers, burned in the middle of the night. cohen's not the only one.

>> dick cohen joined the army when he was 17. he lost the use of his left arm when he was wounded by german machine-gun fire in world war ii. >> the flag means i gave a lot of service in my late teens and i bled profusely for it so i take that flag as a symbol, very important for me in my life. >> he found the flag he flies year round at his alexandra home. >> i'd never seen anything like that before. >> three of his neighbors were vandalized. two homes had their flags burned. >> i thought it was a disgrace. it's our american flag. we're very proud of it. >> this video from richmond virginia shows a man setting fire to a man in

guilty to arsonon. police are hoping police catch the vandal. cohen's neighbor helped him replace the flag in front of his home. >> i thought it was a nice touch from two generations we were able to replace it. >> flag day was on june 13 but some people say they will fly flags to honor those symbols of american freedom that were trashed, burned, or destroipd recently. chris gordon, news 4. >> a man's being held without bond tonight after what alexandra police call a brutal attack against one of their own. clyde reynolds the -- the officer was responding to reports of a

windows at king street here at -- near the courthouse. >> jeremiah white has gone through a lot in his very short life. stray bullet hit him as he sat in his stroller in his backyard two nights ago. as you can badge, it was a very scary event for his parents. jeremiah was caught up in a crossfire and had to have emergency surgery. his mother calls him her miracle baby. >> all i can say is by the grace of got. that's all i can say. they found one bullet and some frag ments. >> it's going to take some time for the gufrt wounds to heal but doctors expect jeremiah to make a full recovery. >> lime leon hayward. we're getting word that a top

gop law enforcement has his eyes on higher office once again. cooley stewart is promising an announcement tomorrow about his 2014 plans. stewart lost by about a percentage point. the next day stewart said he might challenge tim kaine for senate in 20818. now stewart supporters are saying that's exactly what they expect to hear from him tomorrow at 11:00. sources are also telling nbc news that stewart is going to be jumping into the senate race. senator kane, of course, was denied the vice presidency since the loss in notify's election. >> thank you leon. fairfax county has approved a major development from capital

the urban downtown area. they're in the process of building a new headquarters. now we've learned that the development will include theaters, elevated farks and a new wegmans grocery store. >> women's retail chain anthropology will be three times the size of the typical store with a full service restaurant, furniture, bridal wear, beauty trucks and a shoe salon. that's in addition to the clothing and other departments they have. it's set to open in the fall of next year. barnes & noble announced in march that it would have to close because it couldn't agree on a new lease. >> prince george's county police

today after the police chief announced a crime crack down. a march shot and killed two victims, two of the 12 homicides the city faced in just the span of 11 days. they ordered 12-hour shifts for the officers. they believe it will work, and quickly. we have a match showing the locations of the homicides. on our app you can find it by searching homicide map. >> next, a new gene sthdhe ther cancer. >> all right. this next woman is 8 is years young. he puts us all to shame. body

. news for your health tonight. a significant break-through in the fight against cancer. an fda advisory panel has recommended approval for a gene therapy that changes a, patient's dna to fight the disease. erica edwards reports it all started with an experiment on one brave little girl. >> reporter: 12-year-old emily white head is the success story. in 2012 she was dying from one of the most common forms of leukemia called a.l.l.

nothing was helping until an sfeermtal therapy called carr t. >> you'd said this it would have seen like a far stretch. >> her survival has stretched five years cancer three. it involves extracting special immune system cells from the patient and regramg them. the new cells are then infused back into the body, trained to fight and destroy the cancer. >> it's a very good patients for a lot of people but for those whom it doesn't work, it's a game changer. >> it can come with severe side effects. >> any pain anywhere? >> other therapies are under investigation. it's shown to work in 80% of patients with aggressive nonhodgkin's lymphoma and send

>> you may not be thinking about football just yet, but fed ex field was full of action today mostly with people stuffing their faces with food. it's part of the taste of fed ex field where chefs and vendors roll out new recipes and reinvent old ones. we talked to some folks who are quite impressed with the new spread. >> everything looks delicious. people who don't like meet, they got vegetable. that means a lot. they want the game atmosphere but they also want food that they can enjoy. >> people posted pictures on twitter. one's call boom boom shriff and fries. >> how did we miss that? >> i don't know. >> she's in the gym five times a week. she can probably do more pullups than any of usre

81. she's proving age is just a number. she put steve harvey to shame tonight with planks and pushups on "little big shots kwor ever young." before that she stopped by to talk to us about her routine. >> well, actually, i'm up every morning at 2: 30. i have my devotions and meditation. >> ok. >> after that i leave my home and i run 10 miles every day. >> oh, my goodness. mrs. shep period says you're never too old to start working out. she started at 56. one leg is up there. perfect posture. you've got -- >> she is very -- >> anything but muscle on her. she's amazing. >> 81 years old. >> a good time in the morning to run. >>

>> next couple of days you're going to have to run. >> i bet the heat does not interfere with her workout. >> no, no. nothing interferes with that workout. >> but that's tomorrow. >> tomorrow will be one hot day. very rare for us to see a heat voifr. we see a couple a summer. we'll see another one tomorrow. 95 krk. 96 quantico. 95 towards frictionburg. current temperature at the airport, and you know the airport listen warmer than most other locations -- 83. temperatures around the area, n 77 manassas. it is hot out there at 1 south carolina at night. look at the heat index. in the city it's t 4 degrees because of the dew point coming right off the

hot and humid atmosphere than sets the stage for what we see tomorrow. it's going to approach 1 is 0 # 5. the heat advisory, maybe over 105 as far as that heat index is concerned tomorrow. something i'm watching, just like we saw today a few clouds came in and helped moderate temperatures a little bit. could happen again tomorrow. back to the west, krelts are sending debris clouds our way. the clouds come over us and they could filter the sun just a little bit and maybe we don't hit that 99-degree mark for what i'm going for tonight. it's just shot. maybe some thunderstorm action around b 2:00, 3:00 in the afternoon. could be some locally severe thunderstorms. not a .

more. friday morning cloud cover. sunshine in the afternoon. boom, the storms. i think everybody has a chance to see storms on friday, friday as well as tomorrow could be weather alert days. a few storms possible. 99 if we see a lot of that sunshine and i think we will, and then a possible weather alert on friday, too, because of the chance of strong to severe storms, a high temperature of 96. much better for the weekend. the high is 89. that will be on saturday, close to that on sunday. the the humidity will build as we head into next week as well. >> sure. again, this is july. >> this is how we roll in july. >> right. >> thank you, douk. >> coming up, a fam face around d.c. comes up with

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. redskins, it's in the upper 90s. >> it's hot. we're expecting hot news in the next cupping days. the news will be the biggest coming out of ashburn this season. the redskins and quarterback kirk cousins have until this sunday to agree on a long term deal. then on july 26, the team reports to camp and we'll have that coverage right here on news 4. tonight, kind of a mixed bag. about to

wimbledon, you paint your face, right? andy purposa getting a fight. queerive, top of your screen, check out this incredible point. query can get to the drop shots, man, but so can murray. we are still going. query wins the point and takes it. we had to do -- query, match point his 27th of the day. he takes down top-seeded andy murray to advance to the semifinals and by the way, you can see query with the washington capital starting july 26. no upset for roger federer putting on a clinic this afternoon. check out this backhand down the line. he takes the first set 6-4. barely gets

in the second, federer with the return. toying with a man. federer cruises in the second, 6-2. in the far court, round itch puts it out. roger federer moves to the semifinals. now to the summer league, wizards taking on the heat. way more exciting these ladies make it seem, i promise. this one coming down to the wire. knocks is down 18 off the bench for him tonight. under 20 seconds to play. working the ball inside to justin robinson. somehow gets that tough shot to go with 11 seconds. miami takes a one-point lead. final chance for the wizards, pass it to shelton mac. the heat come up with a huge block to end it. 89-88. they're 0-4 in the

martinique. a corner kick. ball will be deflected out of the box and booted on the net. omar gonzalez in the right place at the right time. gets the united states on the board 1-0. skip ahead 76 minute. here comes the united states's player with a cross deflected to jordan morris who puts it in the back of the net. second goal for him tonight. they'll win it 3-2. this was played in tampa. >> that was a good game.

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