vents s i'm darcy spencer live in fairfax county with new details on a murder/sue side investigation. >> breaking right now, senator john mccain is recovering from surgery to night. the impact his condition is having

bill. three dead and dozens injured after flames break out at a hawaii high-rise. the one thing that caused the fire to spread. "news 4 at 11:00" starts now. new details tonight on a family tragedy in fairfax county. i'm erika gonzalez. neighbors stunned to learn a young woman killed her mother and turned the gun on herself. darcy spencer talked to people in the community and joins us live from mclaine tonight. darci. >> reporter: erika we are here on dean drive. this is the house where the tragedy unfolded yesterday afternoon. the fairfax county police cruiser still parked in the driveway. neighbors telling me until recently there was a seven-year-old girl living in the house. they were relieved to find out she was safe. neighbors confirmed this is a

a contractor killed in her home by her daughter. they confirm this is the daughter, helen hargan, who police say pulled the trigger shooting her mom and taking her own life. police received a call saying someone may have been killed inside the home. when they forced their way in they found the bodies. for a second day fairfax county police continue their investigation into the murder/suicide on dean drive. they brought out bags of evidence. a police dog sniffed around the. a man pulled up and removed tools from his truck and took them inside the home. neighbors say pamela hargan only lived here a couple of years and another daughter was living here with her seven-year-old daughter and they were not here. some had not seen or heard of the younger daults believe to have committed the crime. as police came in and out of the house neighbors wondered what happened here and whad

quiet street. >> i cannot believe it. it is just unreal to me. how could you do that? >> reporter: as some neighbors are telling me that they are very shaken over this. they are hoping that fairfax county police will release more information about the circumstances and the motive for this murder investigation. back to you. darcy spencer live in mclaine for us tonight. thank you. breaking news, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell is postponing a key procedural vote on the health care reform bill. the reason? senator john mccain will not be in washington next week. we sent you an alert about this earlier this evening. mccain's office says he is home and resting comfortably after surgery to remove a blood clot from above his left eye. the senator had the procedure yesterday in phoenix and mccain is expect to recover at home in arizona next week. mcconnell needs 50 voteso

bill. new at 11:00, a deadly fire at a senior living facility in virginia. take a look at cellphone video of the flames shooting out from the complex early this morning. police in chesapeake say three people died and six others including two firefighters were hurt. investigators are working to figure out what sparked the fire. people who live in the center say a huge boom woke them up. and right now, another investigation into what caused a deadly fire, this one in hawaii. flames raced up the beach-front high-rise. new tonight, nbc's morgan radford is learning more about the victims. >> reporter: tonight, new details on the victims of the high-rise fire. brit weller, a 54 year old inflight manager and his 85 year old mother amongst the dead. the fire shocking resident of the 36-story beach side building. >> i smelled somethi b

and i saw black billowing smoke. >> reporter: shrieks of terror coming from the 26th floor where the fire start. the three killed by the fire found there, at least a dozen more injured as the flames spread upward engulfing three floors. >> i looked down. i could see the billowing smoke coming up. i heard three women's voices screaming, pleading, moaning, please, help me. >> reporter: more than 50 firefighters raced into the building scrambling from room to room trying to rescue those trapped in the blaze. the building was bit in 1971 before sprinklers were required. >> without a doubt if there were sprinklers in this apartment the fire would be contained to the unit of origin. >> reporter: sprinklers, expert say, can mean the difference between life and death. >> sprinklers are very important in stopping the spread of fire. >> reporter: is this a wakeup call? >> it should

interested in fire safety until they find out the cost. >> reporter: each year an average of 40 people die and 520 are injured in high-rise building fires. almost 60 pearls of tho% of thon in buildings without automatic sprinklers. just one month ago a london high-rise burst into flames leaving at least 80 people dead. residents complained for years about the lack of sprinkler also. >> i just can't believe the way it spread. it is just unbelievable. >> reporter: in pittsburgh one woman dead and dozens left homeless after a high-rise apartment bit in 1907 caught on fire in may, to sprinkler system installed. and in the same honolulu high-rise, three previous fires all within the last seven years. >> that was nbc's morgan radfoshld reporting. to the latest on the travel ban. the trump administration is trying to close a legal window allowing certain relatives of refugees to enter the united states. earlier this week a federal judge expanded

relatives considered close enough to qualify for a visa while the limited ban is in effect. last night the justice department appealed the ruling. the government says the expansion is an incorrect interpretation of the supreme court guidance that a person must have a "bona fide relationship" to travel to the u.s. from six predominantly muslim countries. >> no kkk, no -- >> they are chanting "to trump, to kkk, no fascist usa." president trump is spending the weekend in new jersey, but that didn't stop protesters in new york. they marched from trump tower to times square tonight. the group that organized this protest of more than a dozen rallies across the country today. new at 11:00, one of the president's top advisers is pushing back against his critics. counsellor to the president kellyanne conway was a keynote speaker at the family leadership summit in iowa

leaders were there to discuss the gop health care plan. >> you're for abortion and i'm not, then say that. disagree that way. that's what america is. but so much of the criticism of me is so gender-based. i saw some of it this morning. i use it as an example, but this is a family audience. >> republican senators from iowa used the conference to praise the audience for electing pro life candidates. they also spoke the influence of christian principles on government policy. off the roads and to the scrap heap. the message d.c. police want to send with this atv demolition. ♪ and a new true of that water spout near the bay bridge that caused quite a stir today. >> extremely impressive video there. we're going to have it coming up. plus i'm tracking the return of the heat and humidity, when it fe

this was demolition day for the d.c. police. they released this video today showing the destruction of 62 all terrain vehicles and dirt bikes that were seized for being illegally operated in the district. the off-road vehicles were reduced to 14,000 pounds of scrap metal. d.c. police chief says the community is fed up with off-road riders who endanger the public. you can see the entire police video in our nbc washington app. all right. now we've got some new video into our newsroom of that water spout we've been telling you about today. look at that. this viewer video shows the waterspout on the eastern shore

gibson island. tornado warning were issued for several counties for a short period of time this morning. storm team 4 meteorologist amelia draper tells us the water spout only lasted about ten minutes and no reports of damage or injuries. we have the entire video in our app as well. ryan lockity's bogus story about getting robbed in rio sparked international condemnation and cast a cloud over the summer games. tonight why his legal troubles are finally coming to an end. body camera shows officers racing to save a driver after

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dramatic police body cam footage shows the moments after an suv driver smashed through a barrier and crashed into a train. it happened around 3:00 this morning near houston, texas. the train dragged the su 100 yards. police were trying to rescue two people trapped in the vehicle when the unthinkable happened, the train started to move. >> tell it to stop! stop the train! >> both people were eventually freed from the wreck and flown to the hospital. investigators are checking to see if alcohol was a factor in this crash. olympic swimmer ryan lochte is off the hook. a brazilian court is dropping charges that he filed a fake robbery report. the u.s. swimmer got into trouble at the rio olympics last summer. he first claimed he was robbed at gun point at a gas station after a night of celebrating,

now a rio court is dropping its case. it says the claim lochte made didn't constitute filing a report. sad news on a story that a lot of you have been following. julius, the baby giraffe, has died at the maryland zoo. julius was born last month at the zoo in baltimore but he never developed a strong immune system. his condition deteriorated overnight and zoo officials say they made the decision to humanely euthanize him. investigators are trying to figure out what started a fire in montgomery county. a man and a woman were trapped upstairs. thankfully first responders rescued them this morning and were able to get them to the hospital. we're told their injuries are not serious. investigators were back at that house on logan driech in potomac this afternoon. they say the fire started in the kitchen. an all-girls robotics team from afghanistan arrived at dulles airport overnight. they were greeted by a

ambassador. the team is in washington to take part in a three-day robotics competition that starts tomorrow. they went through a lot to get here. the team members say they were twice denied visas to enter the united states. their dilemma made international headlines. president trump heard about it and intervened to help the girls get visas. in prince georges county today combine pizza, art and kpretive energy what do you get? the joint venture which artworks now and the pizza. the new community gathering space combines art education, social justice programming and peetz ah. it has been in mount ray near since 2011. the pizza place has been in our area for 25 years but it is the first maryland location. and now your storm team 4 forecast. >> it was a beautiful day today. we had temperatures

degrees. reagan national hit a high of 90. first weather headline, gorgeous again tomorrow. pretty low humidity for mid-july, plenty of sunshine and no threat of rain for sunday. as we look to the beginning of the workweek, i can't rule out afternoon and evening thunderstorm chances. not a huge risk but there. after that it is all about the heat and hue midity returning to the area. right now, it is not so bad out there in the suburbs. you can see the temperatures dropping just now the culpepper and fredericksburg. the district holding on to 80. leesburg at 77. it will be a comfortable night relatively speaking in the suburbs tonight, and even not so bad here in washington. tomorrow morning 7:00 a.m., 74 degrees in the district but the suburbs will start out in the mid 60s. folks saying on twitter it sounds like tomorrow is the day to get the run in earlier or the yard work done. with low humidity

sunshine, a nice day outdoors. we will hit 90 once again around 4:00. even tomorrow evening fire up the grill. 87 around 7:00, but pretty comfortable for this time of year. that's not going to be the case as we look to our monday and later in the week as well. outdoor exercise looking nice again, perfect for the pool, brunch, definitely outdoors. yard work, well, it is looking good for that. a lot of people will be out tomorrow, have the tee time or going for a nice hike, the weather is cooperating. i want to show you the thunderstorm risk on monday. 8:00 a.m. future weather has chance for showers in parts of southern maryland. we start out the day dry with partly sunny skies. in the afternoon hours some hit and miss showers and thunderstorms across the area. the risk you are dealing with rain on monday pretty low right now, about 40%, but it is there. 6:00 still tracking scattered showers and thunderstorms out there. otherwise a mix of clouds and sun. h

with the mugginess as well. it will feel like 90 out there. not too bad. by tuesday and wednesday, temperatures in the mid 90s. this is thursday and friday. temperatures feeling like they're around 100 degrees when you add in the humidity. there's another chance for some late day showers and thunderstorms on thursday. wednesday it is dry, but that's when we're in the mid 90s. here are the numbers i was talking about. thursday, 97. friday, 98. maybe a few thunderstorms around on friday, but erika the great news, next weekend as nice as this weekend. a break from humidity. highs around 90, normal for this time of year and plenty of sun. >> looks good. thank you, ma'am. nantz won last night against the red. can they keep it going to

this is the xfinity sports desk. >> chris miles here in the csn studios. worst case scenario has been confirmed for joe ross. today it was announce it ross needs tommie johns surgery and is out for the season. rumors also circulated the national's much maligned bullpen might be getting help from the oakland a's in form of a trader for sean doolittle. for now matt scherzer looked to follow the shutout performance on frld with a big game of his own. this slip up by dusty baker was not a sign of things to come. the manager came outwearing the wrong jersey, had to switch. dusty could have taken the night off the way mad max was dealing. scherzer was dominant, allowing no runs in six innings. scherzer finished with 10 ks. the offensero

rendone. he's like i got this covered. two-run shot in the fourth. rendone back up in the 7th with the bases loaded. six rbi game for him. the gnats needed every single one of them. the bullpen gave up five runs in the ninth. still the gnats hang on to win 10-7. >> you know, rendone had a -- had another great game, and, you know, murphy and harper and all of the guys, you know, chipped in as well. but that -- you never knew that that grass line was going to be the deciding run. you never know in this game, because you know those guys don't quit. >> baltimore taking on chicago. orioles looking to rebound from last night's loss. former starter jake arrieta taking hill for the cubs. i'm sure the birds wish they had the cy young winner. trip out of the park.

next inning, same result. addison russell killed the orioles with the game-winning hit on friday night. he smashes one to left tonight, 2-0 cubs. in the fifth, miley, back in trouble with the bases loaded. jason heyward explodes. the triple. puts it away, makes it 6-0. o's go down. 8-2 is the final. the deadline is monday for kirk cousins and the red skins. if they don't sign a deal, cousins will play a second straight season under the franchise back. cross the burgundy and gold, 24 million in 2017. former gm believes by not signing a long-term contract kirk cousins remains in a position of power. >> i never sensed kirk cousins has a sense of urgency to get the deal done right now. i'm not saying he doesn't want to be in washington. i think he wants to see what he can earn on the free agency market and he is sitting there with $24 million in the bank and

los angeles with former coaches out there who may be interested in him. so i don't see any sense of urgency. he's done it before. he is doing it again. i would be surprised if he signs. >> versus philadelphia in arena league. still looking for their first win since the first week of the season back in april. t.t. taller ties the game at 21 in the second quarter. has over 16,000 yards in his arena league career. congrats to him. second half belonged to the soul though. philly scores three straight unanswere unanswered touchdowns. a lot of points in that league. 14 years after his first wimbledon title roger federer will face. in the file, federer looking for his eighth title at age 35, he would be the oldest man in the open era to win at wimbledon. he has not lost a set through six matches this week. federer's 30 and 2 and tied for the tour lead with four

there was also some international soccer tonight. usa men's national team defeated nick raug ah 3-0. erika, back to you. >> chris miles, thank you so much. all right. mel is here to join us for a final weather. tomorrow is looking spectacular. >> it will be beautiful tomorrow. plenty of sunshine. you see 90 degrees, made be late day storms monday and tuesday, and after that hot, hot and humid. >> thank you, ma'am. thank you for joining us for

>> we now go live to the daily white house press briefing with press secretary sean spicer. [ cheers and applause ] >> attention! all right! all right, everyone, be seated! sit down! sit down! sit down! all right! first of all, i'd just like to announce that i'm calm now.

as you sons of -- i'm not going to do that because that is the old spicy. and this is the new spicy. and i have been told that i'm also gonna cut back on the gum chewing, so i am now limiting myself to one slice a day. so i'm gonna enjoy my one and only, and you can just sit and watch. i'll get back to you later. now, i'd like to begin with the president's schedule. 3:00 p.m., president trump is going to meet with the leader from central asia, president -- oh, boy, um... almaz--