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suspects who were in a black toyota suv. about an hour and a half later, a man was stabbed in southeast d.c. this happened on good hope road not far from ketchum elementary school. this victim was also alert when he was taken to the hospital. police are also looking for four suspects in this crime. it's not clear whether the shooting and the stabbing are related. right now, homeowners living in riverdale heights are on edge after a man died in the middle of the street. prince george's county police say the man died from a trauma to the body. a homeowner discovered the body at 4:00 a.m. on sunday morning on 60th avenue. this is just off riverdale road. neighbors say it was scary waking up and learning someone died on their street. >> we've never had this in our neighborhood. this is a big surprise to us. >> it doesn't need to be around here because we
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was killed on 60th avenue or just dumped there. the victim was a hispanic man in his 30s and police are still working to identify him. this is the first murder in the county since the police chief announced officers would be working longer shifts to crackdown on crime. that was announced after 12 men were killed in the first 11 days of july in the county. we have a map of each murder location in the nbc washington app. this morning, police are telling us it was a germantown woman who was killed in an accident in only -- it happened on bowie mill road. it happened when two cars collided near fraley farm road. montgomery county police say a 13-year-old girl and two others were taken to the hospital. they're all expected to be okay. police are still looking into what caused sunday's crash. as soon as today, one of two former capitol hill staffers accused in a nude photo scandal
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juan mccullum is set to go to court and another has pleaded not guilty to obstruction of justice charges. mccullum is accused of taking nude photos off of his boss's phone and posting them online. his boss is stacey plaskett. get ready to see a lot of people on capitol hill the next couple of days protesting the senate health care bill. several groups are planning a multiday filibuster. this is as the senate a delaying a key vote until john mccain recovers from surgery. they're also delays its analysis of the plan. chris pallone will have a look at what this means coming up. the white house remains on the defensive this morning continuing to down play a meeting last year between donald trump jr. and a russian lawyer.
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defended his son on twitter while the president's personal lawyer went on the sunday shows to say there was nothing illegal about the meeting. virginia senator mark warner says the meeting has brought the russia investigation to a new level. >> all of these efforts to say there was only smoke and there's no fire, well, that's all been put to rest. this is clearly -- brings the investigation to a new level. >> senator warner says the senate intelligence committee wants to speak with donald trump jr. let's go back to angie goff at the live desk watching dangerous fires in canada. >> dire situation to our neighbors to the north. british columbia province, take a look at some of the video we're getting in right now and some of the images. they've been dealing with the raging wildfires. at this point, we have reports close to 37,000 people fleeing their homes. many of them are doing this throughout the ov
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point how many homes and businesses have been lost already. officials saying that they're not able to get in. it's not safe enough for them to go in and evaluate. we know that looking ahead to today, dry weather not expected to help the situation. this is a fire season that's expected to continue to burn until september. right now they're dealing with about 160 fires. aaron, back to you. >> angie, thank you. 4:34 right now. today, volunteers and veterans will care for some of our nation's most hallowed grounds. today is the annual day of service at arlington national cemetery. more than 400 landscaping professionals are working on the grass, plants and the irrigation system. this is the video from last year's day of service. many of the landscapers are veterans themselves. this event of beautifying and restoring the cemetery has been going on for about 21 years now. >> it's a beautiful place to be. a bald eagle is back in the skies this morning and another bald eagle is home.
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found an injured eagle on the ground in southeast washington. wildlife experts thought it was justice who nests near the d.c. police academy. but justice was somewhere else. he's back now in his nest and the injured eagle was nursed back to health and released. it's hard to keep track of the eagles because they were the parents and then the babies. >> and then you had visiting eagles. >> relatives. >> they all have the same haircut. can't tell one from the other. >> are you trying to say all eagles look alike? >> are you trying to go there? >> i think you went there. >> i don't know who is who. >> they know. >> they do, of course. hopefully. >> we should move on, i think. >> eagle conversation. >> birds of a feather flock together. that's the way it goes. >> i just thought that one up just now. >> you should copyright that. >> i know. >> anyway, it's warm
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morning, chuck. outside this morning temperatures in the 70s. 77 degrees right now in the district. 77 quantico. 69 gaithersburg. 72 in clinton. i would think comfortable, really nice start to your monday. 78 degrees by 7:00 a.m. by 8:00 a.m., we'll be warming up. around 80 degrees. by 9:00 a.m., low 80s. we'll be heating up quickly. 90s and extreme heat. still hot temperatures. let's check the forecast. good morning, chuck. >> good morning. it is july, after all. we have to expect it to be reasonably hot and on the humid side around here. yesterday was a nice day to be outside. four things to know about the next four days. today, typical summertime weather for sure. highs upper 830s to around 90 degrees. rain chances both today and tomorrow, only about 30%. better rain chances the farther north and west you live or travel. little better chance in martinsburg or winchester.
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things warm back up. rain chances going away and temperatures mid, perhaps upper 90s heading towards wednesday, thursday and friday afternoon. a peek at the weekend coming up in a few more minutes. that's the most important thing on a monday, melissa, weekend. >> i wake up and thing, when is it friday again? take a look at everything up top at the beltway. beltway is looking just fine. you can see right now that all of those routes in and out of town are okay as well. when we look at prince george's county, no big issues there. everything is rolling along just fine. outer loop, still a report of roadwork blocking lanes. no slowdowns, though, when we look at the maps. that is the good news this morning. taking a look at 66, fairfax county parkway to the beltway, you're on time. going to take you nine minutes. aaron? >> speaking of the beltway, if you drive the beltway, you may want to hear this before you hop in the car. starting today, maryland will crackdown on anyone who speeds
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near suitland road in prince george's county, crews are working on a bridge. if you drive 12 mirror more over the speed limit, you'll get a warning in the mail. starting august 7th. you'll get a $40 ticket. another warning, roll up your windows. it's cheaper to run the air conditioning in your car. there are three little words that many parents love and kids hate. back to school. why some retailers are stocking the shelves extra early this year. >> the name of a northern virgin school takesia
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entire community joined in song and prayer to honor the lives of four men found murdered in pennsylvania. former contestant from the voice, matthew schuler sang to honor them. he's from bucks county, pennsylvania. that's where hundreds gathered for the vigil. they lit candles at the memorial. the four men's remains were found buried on a large family farm. the son of the family farm was charged in the killings. he was a giant in washington sports having been the voice of the washington senators and the redskins. bob wolff died at the age of 96. his son said he died peacefully saturday night at his home in
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the hall of famer was the only person to call play-by-plays in all four major north american sports. he also broadcast play-by-plays for the university of maryland. gas prices aren't changing too much right now. they're down a bit since last month but could go up again pretty soon. right now in d.c., a gallon costs $2.46 on average. if you're filling up in maryland, it's $2.24. in virginia right now, the average is $2.03 for a gallon of regular you been unleaded. in west virginia, it will cost you $2.32. ziechl even with gas cheaper than usual, if you're taking a trip, close the windows and turn on the air conditioning, the ac increases how much fuel you use, but it's more efficient on the highway. you can save gas with less aggressive driving and using cruise control. keep the windows rolled up no matter
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you are. >> not until later today. this morning is looking pretty good. going through the afternoon, another hot day. another day around 90 degrees. the isolated storm chances this afternoon. coming up in a bit, chuck and i talking about the heat in store for the rest of the week. president trump gets ready for the first of his so-called themed week. our area is kicking things off. it's not your parents' parkin
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good monday morning. another warm comfortable start to your day. 77 degrees in the district. another day where we're going to be around 90 degrees. then we get hotter going through the week. the heat is not letting up any time soon. chuck is back with a look at yo
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15 before the hour right now. there are two new setbacks for the senate's health care bill this morning. >> the congressional budget office is delaying the release of its analysis of the plan. that comes on top of senator mitch mcconnell postponing a key vote planned for this week. the vote was delayed because senator john mccain is recovering from surgery. nbc's chris pallone alive on capitol hill. chris, good morning. what do the setbacks tell us about where the vote stands now. >> good morning, aaron and eun. clearly, it shows that mitch mcconnell believes that this is a razor-thin margin that he's dealing with. right now, you have two gop senators who are on the record saying that they oppose the current iteration of this bill. susan collins of maine and also rand paul of kentucky. well, he can lose those two, but he can't lose anyone else. now with john mccain being out for at least this week after this surgery over the weekend, u
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have the votes. yesterday, susan collins was on meet the press and she feels that there are eight to ten republican senators who have problems with this bill. so at this point, it appears that mcconnell still has work to do to get everybody into the fold. >> so, chris, they've had stumbling blocks. does it appear that this delay may hurt to or help the effort to repeal and replace obama a kair. >> like everything in washington, he thinks the longer it goes, it's going to hurt. as more people get to see, in his opinion that this is not really a repeal of obamacare but leaving large parts of it intact and just adding and taking away various parts of it, he thinks that people are going to be upset that it's not a full repeal and they will start to check out on voting, yes, on this bill. >> all right, chris po loan, live on capitol hill, thank
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president trump is hosting a made in america product showcase at the white house today. this is part of the made in america week. it will highlight made in america week and encourage products to be made in the u.s. virginia will be represented by the national capital flag company based in alexandria. p heath's crab pots will represent the state of maryland. we're learning more about a deadly accident in alexandria. police are looking into whether the driver experienced a medical emergency. a 22-year-old man crashed his car on south van dorn street saturday night. police say the man was fine when he was taken to the hospital. his condition worsened and he died. an autopsy will determine the cause of death. a popular pool in montgomery county has been renamed to honor a young woman who did so much for her community.
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she was a swim coach. she was on her way to the pool when she died. family and friends say her influence will never be forgotten. >> we built our spirits -- she motivated us to be stronger and better than what we are. >> she would be overwhelmed and extremely happy and probably embarrassed and say why are you making all this fuss about me. >> since her death, hundreds of young swimmers have received scholarships in sarah's name. today we could get an idea whether j.e.b. stuart high school will get a new name. they will hold the final debate before voting this week. the controversy has been going on for two years now. it was named in honor of the confederate general. the school district estimates changing the name would cost nearly a million
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who drive and has to take a train or bus o work, you'll have more places to park. designs have been approved for a 1100-space garage. this is at old keene mill road and springfield. this will not be your average parking garage. it will also have a community event space on the rooftop that could be used for outdoor movies and a farmer's market. construction is expected to start in 2019 and the garage would open in 2022. we want to remind you that work to waterproof metro train tunnels is changing the red line schedule. on the weekends to august 11th, you need to hop on one of these shuttle bus toss get to friendship heights and medical center. during the week there is work happening after 9:00 p.m. as well. you can ride the train but there will be delays because of single tracking. you can get more information on
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washington app by searching red line. it's like the olympics for robotics. it's happening for a couple of days in d.c. one of the many teams already here has made some international headlines too. that is this all girls team from afghanistan. they went through quite a bit to get here. president trump found out about it and helped them out. they'll be competing against teams from around the globe. >> they are strong and powerful and not silent anymore. >> now, the beginning rounds for the first global challenge get under way this morning at constitution hall. >> some of brightest minds around the world coming to compete in this competition. it's going to be very cool. >> speaking of bright minds -- >> yes, well, depends -- depends how high or low that bar is. we had a
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little break from the humidity. >> yeah. >> hopefully you enjoyed it. unfortunately or fortunately, depending how you like summer weather. these are statistically the hottest three weeks of the year. last two weeks of july and first week of august. this is halfway through meteorological summer. >> oh, no. how depressing. >> that's what sheena said when i told her. she said you're bringing me down. >> see? >> it is what it is. the calendar keeps going. i'll personally be glad to see things cool down a smidgen. there's more than enough humidity. there's a feels-like factor already outside this morning. it's a little cooler, not quite so bad. 69 in gaithersburg. 68 front royal. today's forecast, near 91 degrees. our average is 89. this is about on course for what you would expect this time of the year. rain chances today,
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a little higher rain chances northern maryland, eastern west virginia and the northern parts of the shenandoah valley. more rain chances the farther south you go. no organized severe thunderstorm chances. not much of a rain chance east of i-95. by 4:00, 5:00, 6:00, hagerstown to martinsburg to winchester, that's the main area. i-81 a little better chance to get rained on than i-95. planning out your trip to the beach, tuesday, wednesday, thursday a warming trend. maybe an outside chance forp a shower. but it's going to be a great week at the beaches. the ten-day forecast for us, tomorrow a repeat performance of today. highs around 90 with a slight chance of an afternoon storm. drier weather. as a result, higher temperatures going through wednesday, thursday and friday. highs in the mid-90s. still tracking a chance for unsettled weather by the weekend. let's go to melissa mollet and first 4 t
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morning. southbound 395, after seminary, the left lane getting by. just actually cleared out of the way. you don't have to worry about that one anymore. branch avenue, two left lanes getting by. the work zone rest of the beltway looks fine. nice light volume there. taking a look at 95 in virginia from quantico to the beltway. on time. going to take you 17 minutes headed inbound. no major delays. >> thanks, melissa. back to school may be more than a month away for the students. but the shopping is already under way. what you need to know if you plan to check off the school supply list any time soon. she took aim the delta and the airline is firing back at ann coulter. what the company has to say about booting her from her seat. ahead at 5:00, a warning for some of you driving the beltway
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welcome back. delta is firing back at conservative commentator ann coulter that started after she tweeted how upset she was that the airline switched her seat assignment. coulter posted a series of angry tweets about the mixup. she said quote your insults about other customers and employees are unacceptable and unnecessary. the airline said it would refund coulter the extra
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for the pre-booked seat. coulter responded by saying if you thought it was about $30, why didn't you give the woman $30 and let me stay in my pre-booked assigned seat? you want to check your freezers and refrigerator for packages of this hot dog brand. they could have bone fragments. the packages have dates from march 17th through july 4th. one minor injury has been reported so far. you can get a refund or exchange if you bought a package of those hot dogs. we know there's a lot of summer left, about half left, i guess. >> need to stop talking about the summer ending. >> it's better than nothing. >> all right. >> if your child isn't ready to talk about the s-word, but it's time to talk about going back to school. >> i'm not ready. you may have noticed that a lot of stores are ready, thinking about this. walmart is notnl
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the company also has launched a new online feature. if you enter your zip code, a list of supplies for your child's specific school and grade pops up. that's very convenient. the national retail federation says it's a great tool for parents. they don't have to worry about losing that school supply list. >> a lot of retailers started as early as actually the first week of june stocking up their shelves with back to school materials. >> adding on to the pens and the pads and the backpacks on the list this year are electronics. no surprise there. a lot of schools are asking parents to buy their kids laptops or tablets. not all families can afford those. that's a high ticket item. >> i was in atlanta this weekend, they go back to school the week after next. like the first of august, somewhere around there. >> year-round school. >> no. but they start earlier. >> stay with us. 4
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5:00 a.m. good morning everybody. i'm aaron gilchrist. i'm eun yang. we're working for you to get you up and out the door on time. a look at the roads and rails with melissa in a minute. but first a look at your forecast. chuck and sheena have moved outside. what do you think, guys? >> i like it. it's nice outside. nice and quiet, nothing to worry about. >> i think it's fantastic. i'm trying to move around so the bugs don't bite me. >> you forgot your bug spray. >> it's a little bit sticky. it's a little muggy this morning. but it's going to be another hot day this afternoon. look at these temperatures comfortably mild. 77 degrees in the district. 72 sterling park. 72 fairfax city. if you're in prince george's county, mid to low 70s. 72 port washington. annapolis at 73 degrees. monday commute is looking good. dry roads. 7:00 a.m. muggy. by noon, you'll want the air on. 87 degrees. we're heating up to around 90 this afternoon.

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