good to have you here. it's going to be another nice day for our weekend, as we turn to lauryn ricketts. >> we are just keeping it in check for the weekend. yesterday afternoon was absolutely fabulous. today going to be wonderful, and then then that humidity starts to becopump in overnight. and can't have the san diego-type of weather all throughout the summer. 78 right now is the temperature. look, we will head to the 80s well before we get to the lunch hour. it's going to be on the warm side out there today. if you want to exercise fairly comfortable, the pool is beautiful. we are going to time on it out coming up. new this morning, we are getting a fresh

people view president trump's job performance in the counties that fueled his 2016 victory here. take a look. as you can see, these numbers from a brand-new nbc news "wall street journal" poll here -- we're going to get it. there you go. these are brand-new numbers. we will show you president trump's approval rating. it shows 50% of people in the trump counties approve of his performance, and there you go, 50%, and while 46% disapprove of his job performance. and you want to compare that with the national poll that was taken last month, that found the president's overall approval rating at just 40%, as you can see here. let's try and dig in a little deeper in some of the surge counties here. you can see the president out perform

in 2002, the president's approval rating here is 56%. and i knew this would happen to me on live television. i will just keep reading and tell you what is going on here. 47% disapprove. we want to turn again to the flip counties. i think i will get this. these were the areas where mr. trump won in 2016 but president obama won four years earlier, and he has approval rating of 44%, and 51% disapprove here. this was taken from 439 counties in 16 states. i got through that, angie. >> yeah, that's technology for us, right? developing this morning. we want to continue on the political stage here. the senate putting off

procedural vote on health care, and senate majority leader mitch mcconnell making that announcement last night. the reason? senator john mccain will not be in washington this week after he had surgery to remove a blood clot on friday. the vote was scheduled for this week and mccain's absence did raise doubts whether republicans would be able to get all the votes they need to move forward on the bill. >> make sure you watch this week's edition of me"meet the pres press", and chuck todd will talk about the senate health care bill. his guests include senator mark warner, and president trump's personal lawyer, and an interview with majority whip, john cornyn. and fairfax county police say a young woman shot and killed her mother before killing herself. these pictures have come to us from th

you are looking at the mother and daughter identified as the 23-year-old pamela harden on the right. the chilling crime happened on friday at the house of the mom and the neighbors are still stunned. >> i cannot believe it. it's just unreal to me. how could you do that? >> neighbors say another daughter, who does have a young child, was living with the mother at the time but they were not at the house when the crime happened, and the motive this morning, still unknown. she spent her days coaching kids, swimming, in montgomery county and that all ended with a deadly car crash in 2002. >> had a real strong impact with the community, hit them hard. and now sarah will live on with the renaming of a pool. and we look at how the community plans to

derick? >> reporter: in just a few hours it will be known as something different. this will all be in honor of sarah auer. she has been a popular coach with the swim clubs and since her death there has been scholarship funds in meets and there has been an effort to change the law that was involved in the accident, but today the most fitting of tributes will be the renaming of this pool. they are going to rename the western county outdoor pool to the sarah auer outdoor pool. joining me is her brother. this has been mixed emotions for the family.

everybody that has made this happen. >> reporter: she was really about swimming and it seems like people loved her, and this is a mini meet going on in her honor as well, right? >> yeah. so after she died we wanted to make good come of it and we thought the best way to do that was to have a scholarship, and this mini meet goes to support and fund that scholarship. >> reporter: excellent. i am sure she is smiling down upon this. you have talked to anybody who she coached while she was here, things like that? >> yeah, definitely. i had seen some of then helping out, and a lot at this point are seniors and most of them have graduated. it's the younger siblings of some of her former swimmers since it has been so long. they are here and we are expecting a good turnout after the meet finishes. >> reporter: thank you for joining us. her legacy lives on from events like this. and this

noon, and the ceremony will rename this facility in the name of sarah auer. >> such a nice day to do this event with the nice weather. yeah, and we showed video that should not have been there, and thank you, darrick, for that. first comes the heat and then we have the humidity, and we have the most comfortable times to be outside today. and near the bay bridge, a funnel cloud out on the water took a lot of boaters spwaoby surprise. it's 9:07.

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transplant. it's a preventible tragedy that happens every year. the latest tragedy happened yesterday in las vegas. officials say the family of 12 were staying at the tkpwrapd view resort when the 3-year-old boy was left in the car for about an hour. the temperature in las vegas got up to 114 degrees. officials do not believe that alcohol played a role. it's a great sunday morning to go for a ride or a bike ride. not too hot today. lauryn is updating your forecast with how soon the showers will roll in and dampen your plans. his story was hidden in history for 70 years, decades. now a veteran has an honor he thought he would never see in his lifetime. how a daughter on a mission made it happen.

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it's national ice cream day. what better way to ip enjoy ice cream than by the pool. no storms today but we have storms tomorrow and tuesday. we're going to take a look at the timing of the stormsom

>> thank you, lauryn. for decades his story was hidden in history. a world war ii veteran shot down over europe survived as a prisoner of war and the documents that proved it were lost until his daughter made it her mission to get her father his purple heart. new news4's chris lawrence shares his story. >> reporter: his voice cracks at the sight of it. >> all i can say is that -- look, the love of this country -- i'm sorry. >> reporter: a medal he earned more than 70 years ago now on his chest. >> the greatest thing in my life was my country and my wife.

>> reporter: second lieutenant is just shy of 95, but in world war ii he was the youngest man in his bomber squadron. >> on one fateful day on april 24th, 1944, his bomber was struck by enemy fighters. he still completed his mission like every good american did but the plane did not survive so john and his fellow airmen had to bail out. >> reporter: the fighter planes could not fly due to bad weather. >> his face and hands were wounded. >> john lived through the crash and was captured by the nazis and hauled away to a prison camp. months went by, and as the german military collapsed they were forced to consolidate the pow camps. >> in 1945 he was forced to march 345 miles in what was the

of europe's history. >> i don't think you want to talk about it because there was so many other veterans in the same position and condition as you, men and women. >> reporter: his family thought the records burned in a military records building and it was not until his daughter called the national archives two years ago that she discovered some had survived. john's only regret about being awarded the purple heart, that his wife gloria did not live to see it. >> she was by my side at all times, and i accept this honor for my wife and in her memory and for the crew of my b-17, thank you.

>> that was chris lawrence reporting. today john lives in college park, maryland, and his daughter works at walter reed. >> and she met another purple heart recipient there that helped her through the process to make sure her dad was recognized for the brave re. >> beautiful. nasa astronauts training for a mission to mars are learning how to get back home safely, back to earth safely. earlier this week they were suited up and training in the water near texas. a ship should be nearby to pluck them out of the water, but if not their survival will depend on what they learn now. >> giving them these capabilities means they can survive, one way or the other, they will have the tools they need to get out of the capsule and survive and

recovery forces for there for them. >> the big testing included a launch -- or includes a launch that is set for next year, so that's what they are preparing for. that's going to be sooner than later. >> to mars. check out this amazing video. this is a water spout on the eastern shore. it was east of the bay bridge just yesterday. >> as you can see there, it's spinning away, and it's spinning its way across the water just before noontime, and tornado warnings had been issued in that area, and the water spout stayed over the water, thank goodness. you can check out this entire video in the nbc washington app. very fascinating, but dangerous. >> love it. >> yeah. if they come up on to land, they see the devastation on the land, and they are dangerous but beautiful, thanks to nature. a

>> yeah. >> i know. with you on that one. it's going to be with you like this all day. and so we're going to have to deal with it at some point along the line, and definitely not today. just absolutely wonderful conditions today. let's show you what is going on out there, live city camera again just absolutely a pwrae breath-take morning. take advantage of this morning in july. the humidity not bad out there. we have the humidity rolling back in as we get in the overnight. rain chances on monday and tuesday of next week. current temperatures are sitting at 78 right now. everybody has come up in the 70s at this point. we will top out once again at the 90-degree mark. nothing is showing up on radar, pretty much from all the way here up to the new england area. this is still rain with the frontal system that

saturday? that frontal system still tagging on the south, and now we are getting temperatures at 90 degrees for daytime highs so a perfect evening to fire up the grill. the humidity rolls back in overnight, and then you are going to feel muggy monday morning out there, and it's going to be muggy all throughout the remainder of the next week. we are looking good today. and then as we head into tomorrow morning, you are not going to be dealing with any rain tomorrow evening, and that's a whole different story. afternoon and evening we could have a few showers, and not everybody getting wet, but a 30% chance you will see them where you are. back at 90 degrees tomorrow, and it will be humid so we feel a touch warmer. look at the temperatures as we get into wednesday and thursday, mid to upper 90s, and after monday and tuesday, more rain on friday. who knew the original scoop from last week that

with those of the trump campaign would blow up into a full-blown crisis. >> a russian american lobbyist that was a former soviet counter intelligence officer. >> and kutcher is complaining about how the white house communications team is responding to the story. >> the "washington post" wrote there are tensions between trump and kushner's legal team. >> and to top it off, the 81-year-old republican operative who was hunting for the e-mails from e-mail committed suicide. the story is far from over. for months it was not safe to go into the library, and how a valuable

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emmys since it debuted. they are smart, you know, because so much anticipation to break up the last episodes into two seasons. >> i think i am the only one that has not watched that series. >> i am with you there. i have the highlights from the hubby. >> yeah. we love some moms are not glued to their tablets or tvs. >> they escaped the heat and sat down with a good book in a new library out in montgomery county finally opened yesterday. it had been closed for six months for renovation. lots of kids wasted no time checking out some of the new books. >> we are excited to see all the new stuff. >> i like how open and inviting it all seems, and how modern it is and fancy. >> i

fancy. the old building had asbestos and leaking ceilings. >> nothing like getting lost in a book in a beanbag. the sun is out and you are going to feel the heat these next few days. lauryn ricketts updating your forecast as to whether you will need sunglasses for tomorrow's commute. the dangers of wildfires foing thousands to evacurcat

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a bizarre murder/suicide left a community stunned. hel helen hargan shot and killed herself and her mother. it happened on friday in their home. and then the senator mcconnell says the health care bill vote will be delayed while john mccain is recovering. and then police crumbled 62 atvs and dirt bikes yesterday. the goal? to prevent dangerous scenes like what happened last month where dozens of riders wove in and out of traffic a

and in the district. i am molette green. ad adam has the day off. >> and i am angie goff. and things are going to heat up. >> we could use ice cream. how about chocolate almond right now, lauryn. >> reporter: we start talking about the ice cream, and we have been talking about it all morning and i have been hungry since 4:00 a.m. for ice cream. you will want ice cream because temperatures are warming up to 90 degrees. similar to yesterday. today the humidity still in check. we will have plenty of sunshine. the only thing we won't have today than yesterday is the nice breeze coming by. we will be back in the upper 80s earlier this afternoon, topping out around 90. enjoy it, because by monday and tuesday, storms on the way and then

could we have triple digits on the 10-day forecast. that's coming at you in just a few minutes. this morning warm temperatures and low humidity making this worse. the whittier fire ripping through the los angeles padres national forest. you can see how it lit up the sky. the destructive wildfire broke out last week and prompted immediate evacuation pz that more than 1,900 firefighters are battling the blaze that has grown to more than 70,000 acres. the cause of the fire is still being investigated. >> people are still reeling from a five alarm fire in a tropical paradise. look at that highlighting the dangers in buildings that do not have lifesaving equipment. it created an in fern yo on the

the lack of sprinklers allowed that fire to spread. new details on the victims of the high-rise fire. a airline executive and his mother among the dead. >> i smelled something burning and looked over my left shoulder and saw black billowing smoke. >> terror coming from the 26th floor where the fire started, the three killed by the fire found there and a dozen more injured as the flames spread up heard engulfing three floors. >> i looked down and i could see the billowing smoke coming up, and i heard three women's voices screaming, pleading, moaning, please, help me. >> more than 50 firefighters raced into the building scrambling from room to room

in the blaze. the building was built in 1971 before sprinklers were required. >> without a doubt if there were sprinklers in the apartment the fire would have been contained to the unit of origin. >> sprinklers can mean the difference between hraoeulife a death. everybody is interested in fire safety until they find out the costs. >> each year an average of 40 people die and 520 are injured in high-rise building fires. almost 60% of the fires happen in building without automatic sprinklers. just one month ago a london high-rise bursts into flames leaving at least 80 people dead. residents complained for years about the lack of sprinklers. >> i just can't believe the way it spread. it was just unbelievable. >> in pittsburgh, one woman dead and dozens left homeless after a high-rise apartment build in

sprinkler system installed. and in the same honolulu high-rise, three previous fires all within the last seven years. >> taking a look now, and these intense flames shooting out of a bus. amazingly the richmond area teens that were onboard were able to get off and escape with no injuries. this was in lexington. the fire started in the engine compartment and quickly spread yesterday morning. still we don't know how it started. many iraqis are returning to their homes in mosul despite fierce fighting that continues between isis fighters and u.s. backed government forces. children walked down streets littered with rubble baring the stars of the nearly nine month assault on isis that were dug in there. people are coming back to look at what is left of their

there. the president trump administration finalizing plans to revamp u.s. cyber commands. the goal is to split it from the agency. officials expect a decision in the next several weeks if you cannot get enough of the drama surrounding comey's firing as fbi director, you may be able to read about it in his new book. "the times" says it won't be a conventional tell-all memoir, it will be an exploration to include his investigation into hillary clinton's e-mail server and his time as director under president trump. this morning we have a sad update to a story we have been following. the baby giraffe died that was born l

zoo in baltimore, and he never developed a strong immune system, and his condition deteriorated late on friday night and they had to make the tough decision to humanely euthanize him. and we're going to show you where you can get a great deal on a cone or scoop for national ice cream day. it's 9:37.

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were robbed at gunpoint in rio de janeiro. and that did not happen. and he was to compete in los angeles, but he withdrew saying he was not in shape after the birth of his son last month. another hot day at home. lauryn is looking at how fast we will get back up to 90 degrees and beyond. >> oh, yeah. important stories of struggle and perseverance. the remarkable way messages from the civil rights leaders past and present are being

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we have pretty nice conditions out there this morning, and pretty much all the way through the remainder of the day. if you want to get out and get some exercise, today is the day to do it because the humidity is staying in check right now. temperatures topping out around 90 degrees, and so if you liked yesterday afternoon you will love today, and maybe not tomorrow or the rest of the week, humidity and heat coming back. we will let you know how high the numbers will go in the 10-day forecast in a couple minutes. the annual washington film festival is happening right now. >> their mission is to celebrate what happened when thousandsf

creed gathered at the lincoln memorial to gather. and we are looking at how that message is resonating with a new generation. >> what is a standard classic hip-hop album? >> this is scenes from one of the 12 tpeupl manies selected as finalist from the more than 100 submitted for this year's march on film festival. and the festival was launched to honor the 50th anniversary of the march on washington. festival executive producer -- >> what we do in the festival is take civil rights and see how it affected or applied to different aspects of life, so we will cover civil rights and entertainment and women of movement and politics. >> and among those hoping to learn more about the legacy about the march on washington, students from this area. >> i think it's just so important for a functioning

because it's important to make sure every voice is heard and everybody has a platform to tell their story. >> this is our first year doing the journalist, and it's a student journalist competition. we went to many schools in the washington virginia and d.c. area, asking journalism students to submit work in order to be part of the master class internship. >> i am really honored they like some of my stuff. >> his articles in his senior year in baltimore won him a spot. >> there was a blind application. we did not know who these young people were, so similar to our filmmaker competition, people all over the world are interested in social justice, and they see the application in their own lives. >> i think our job as journalist anddi

tell stories and also make sure all the voices are there, and what better else than to participate in a program where there is a whole program in making sure that all voices are heard. >> a student at howard university, she hopes to combine journalism and a career in medicine. the stunts will have the opportunity to cover the festival in all of its aspects. >> there are so many people fighting for their rights and i think it's very important for journalist to make sure that their stories are told and that to make sure we are looking and finding those voices that maybe are not getting as much attention. >> barbara harrison reporting there. the festival runs through next saturday on july 22nd, and there are well-known guest that will lead discussions on topics that are part of the legacy of the civil rights movement and you can find the gde

nbc washington app, just search "march on washington." and then reaping the benefits of hard work. they will compete in a three-day robotics competition in the district, and among the participants, an all-girls team from afghanistan, and they went through a lot to get here and they were twice denied visas to the u.s., and trump intervened and allowed the girls to get visas. today it feels like one of those days where you should treat yourself. go ahead. >> and you should do it, angie. >> the weather? >> it's going to be warm. and what better way to celebrate with national ice cream day. what is your favorite? >>

>> buy one get one free in some places. mcdonald's is handing out free soft serve with a deal if you use their app. speaking of apps, i just talked to larry, our digital editor, and he put up a whole list of places you could go today. >> a good ice cream day, lauryn. >> yeah, 90 degrees, and no rain, and any day is a good day for ice cream. >> yeah. >> today is going to be wonderful out there. low humidity. if you have been out and about, it's as comfortable. and the heat and humidity are coming back. let's show you what is going on out there. i do want to mention. i was looking on facebook live right now on angie's page, and i was scrolling through the mm

we could see northern lights, and there's a big storm that erupted out of a sun spot late thursday into friday and that will send waves as far south as pennsylvania and new york. i do not think they will reach beyond here. they have to have clear skies in pennsylvania and new york to see that, and the best chance is to see them well north. it's a clear day out there. temperatures in the 70s. so nice out there right now. it's going to be a great evening to be out and about. temperatures are dropping through the 80s. humidity increases during the overnight. and the storm that brought us all the rain on saturday, it's comfortable. brunch, eat outside. church, looking good. you will notice rain on monday and tuesday, and mainly in the afternoon b. a 30% chance of showers and storms popping up across the region. we will have that same chance on

but it's going to be a little bit on the warm and humid side, and that is one thing you will notice tomorrow morning, and it's going to be fairly muggy when you wake up tomorrow morning and fairly muggy all the way through. monday and tuesday, very similar with a chance of storms on wednesday and thursday. look at the heat. mid to upper 90s. we will have another chance of isolated storms on friday. a lot of you thinking about firing up the grill. how science may now be able to help you build a better, healier burger.th

take a look at this. the u.s. postal service and disney teamed up for a new round of forever stamps. they feature ten classic disney villains, and nowne this is not the first time they have teamed up, and other stamps have included characters as monsters and finding tphaenemo. and i see my favorite. ursula! >> we are hungrier thinking about being in the thick of grilling season, and it means a lot of you are grilling up burgers. >> and science mighte

healthier options, and they are calling this the impossible burger because they say it taste just like the real thing. we will see. nbc's jolene kent explains. >> reporter: the idea has been around for decades, replace the juicy burger with something a bit healthier. veggie patties have hit the grill, and meant to replace the beef patty but never to replicate it. there's a vegetable burger that tastes and bleeds like the real thing. >> looks like blood. but it's not? >> it's entirely from yeast, purified protein. >> it's really salty. that's definitely the weirdest thing i have ever tasted. but you feel that flavor come to life. >> the founder and

team. >> we can control the flavor and the nutrition and so forth the way a cow can't. >> it's the impact of the production on the environment. >> right now the burger that you ate compared to the same thing from a cow, it uses 1/20th of the land to produce, and you reduced the greenhouse footprint of the burger. >> how do you solve that problem? you basically say, okay, let them eat meat but we will figure out a better way to make it. >> and you are the meat guy. why are you serving a meat-like burger? >> there needs to be an option in the world for those that don't always want to eat

burger cook differently than a meat burger? >> it doesn't. that's the secret. >> jolene kent, nbc news, san francisco. >> 9:57. the sun is out and it's a good day to go out to maybe national harbor, and go eat outside. we will look at how soon rain will be back in the week ahead. >> reporter: honors for a beloved swim coach 15 years after her

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10:00. now on "news4 today," a mother and daughter dead in a bizarre murder isra murder/suicide. what police are recovering and the new concern from neighbors. and a medical concern surrounding a senior member of congress. storm team 4 tracking a jump in the heat and humidity in the week ahead. good morning, everyone. i am molette green in for adam this morning. >> i am angie goff. thank you for joining us. a lot of sun expected in the forecast. >> ice cream sundae's on the mind, too, on this national ice cream day, lauryn ricketts. >>