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also learned montgomery county police are investigating a shooting just a couple of blocks from holy cross hospital. >> yeah, the scene is on befl dear boulevard in a residential neighborhood between georgia avenue and sligo creek. sha mari stone is there with details. shamari? >> reporter: good evening. we were the first on the scene arriving approximately 15 minutes ago. as you can see on this street, you can see there are police cruiseers, 5 to 10 of them all throughout here. there is yellow crime scene tape on the other side, homicide detectives are questioning people on this block of b, lvedere boulevard. here's what we know thus far. police say at 9:51 there was a man who was on this street, all of a sudden shots rang out. he was shot. he was transported to the hospital in serious condition. police have not released his name. they haven't told us how old he is, but right now they are still trying to talk to witnesses and people to

motive. if there was a suspect that is in the area. they also haven't told us if there was a get away car. these are the questions that homicide detectives are trying to figure out right now. you can come back out here live, if you plan oncoming down belvedere boulevard, you can see this entire area is roped off. police are gathering evidence. they will look for shell casings. they were search for vehicles that are on this block here. you can see an suv. there are several cars. they will look at the windshields to see if there is possibly shattered glass which then could have shell casings and help with this investigation. as soon as we get more information, we'll be bringing it to you on our nbc washington app, facebook page and on twitter. i'm shomari stone live in silver spring for news 4. >> thank you, shomari. now to the breaking news alert we sent to your phones and tablets about 8:15 tonight, late word senator john mccain has a brain tumor. >> the discovery

senator mccain had a blood clot removed from above his left eye friday. reaction from our live desk. leon? >> the news is rocking capitol hill tonight and reverberating across the country. here's what we know about mccain's condition. he has an aggressive brain tumor, glioblastoma. he had a blood clot removed from above his left eye last friday. they are reviewing his possible treatment options including a combination of chemotherapy and radiation. and they are not even thinking about a timetable as yet for his return to the senate. now, the kind of tumor that senator mccain has is a malignancy that is more common in older patients and, in fact, it turns out it's the same kind the late senator ted kennedy had before his death in 2009. now, the reaction coming across the country and the political spectrum as well tonight, the man who denied mccain the presidency back in 2008, former presidentac

apps one of the brave est fighters he's known. congressman steve scalise also tweeting out his support. scalise as you may know still in the hospital recovering from getting shot at that baseball practice for the congressional game last month. president donald trump among those sending mccain well wishes. if you want to read some of the kind words being septembnt his from other presidents and dignitaries, click on the live app. back to you. >> thank you, leon. the american cancer association says glioblastomas spread fast. they feed off the blood supply. t the risk increases as you get older and is more common in men than women. the median survival rate is years. they talked about the possibility treatments senator mccain could be considering. >> in his case, they'll probably do radiation

and then look and see what they do with the radiation therapy and how much is still left, if any. then they'll decide whether they go on to chemotherapy or not. that's tougher on the body and given his age and health condition they might say we don't want to do that at this time. let's see what happens. but a very, very fast growing tumor and very aggressive tumor and can spread rapidly. >> the statement from senator mccain's ofsz tonight did say that his doctors believe his underlying health is excellent and that could work in his favor. he will be 81 years old next month. >> turning to our weather now, and get ready, folks, today was just a taste. mother nature is about to turn up that temperature even hotter as we draw closer to the weekend. >> hard to believe it can get much hotter than it was today. doug, how much worse does it get? >> well, i think especially during today on friday, tomorrow is going to be a day very similar than today. friday and then into the weekend, that humidity level really starts to go up there. even higher than today. take a look at the high temperatures today. we got the 96 degrees. take a look the warm est te

richmond, 93 in hagerstown. extremely warm temperatures. the maximum heat index today, 103. i think we get right back there during the day tomorrow. your heat index tomorrow feels like forecast 104, 104 in d.c. i think it could be over 105. that would be heat advisory criteria so we could have some heat advisories posted during the day tomorrow, but most likely on friday, saturday and sunday. getting up, getting the kids maybe to camps, 80 degrees 7:00 a.m., 8:00. warm and humid. i have it for you in just a minute. >> thank you, doug. new tonight a motorcyclist is dead in prince georges county after this crash here on baltimore avenue. this happened just before 7:00 near powder mill road in beltsville. you can see the motorcycle in the street and major damage to the windshield of a dark colored sedan. maryland state police are handling the investigation.

a woman during an apparent case of road rage in alexandria this morning is spending the night behind bars. ernest stick l turned himself in to state police in frederick county, maryland today. he slowed down on the beltway, a woman driving an suv went around him. then pulled over in front of him and cut him off. witnesses also say that woman and her passenger got out, walked towards stick l's van, challenging him to get out. he fired five to six shots, hitting the woman in the neck and back. she is still in the hospital at this hour. police haven't released her name. >> new tonight, it's happened again. another persona tacked by a raccoon in the same arlington neighborhood. we first told you about the problem on monday. now this morning another incident that forced a man to get rabies shots. news first jacquie vinson spoke to him. she's in fairling ton tonight. jacquie, what's going on? >> reporter: well, dorene, you hear about something like this

a raccoon attack be? you will want to hear greg per sell's description what happened on his front porch this morning. >> i was stepping out onto my porch to put on sun tan lotion spray and was just looking at the bottle of spray and all of a sudden, two raccoons were jumping on my leg and scratching, clawing me. basically i was kind of stunned and saying, what's going on? and they were trying to chew and bite me. i was kind of knocking them off. >> reporter: instead of heading out to play golf, he ended up in an emergency room, his legs covered with claw marks and gouges. he had to begin a series of shots for possible rabies exposure. >> it still was definitely surprising and shocking and sort of, you know, jarring. >> reporter: it's at least the third raccoon attack in fairling ton.

her injuries. >> it is getting to one people people are going to be afraid to leave their houses. >> reporter: they believe they are drawn by bags of trash early morning for trash pickup. the complex has signs of warning of fines to those who put their trash out the night before. but the homeowners association newsletter says covered trash bins will be discussed at an upcoming board meeting. welcome news to greg percel. >> we've seen them other times, but not really been sort of scared of them or been, you know, attacked. >> reporter: now, arlington county animal control did respond this morning, but they were unable to locate the raccoons. live in arlington, jacquie ben son, news 4. >> pretty frightening. jacquie, thank you. a lawsuit threatened to derail the purple line. now construction could begin within just a few weeks. if the state receives a full funding commitment. the rulg

money, while a lawsuit by neighbors opposing the purple line goes forward. prince georges county baker said he wants construction to get moving right away. the purple line would connect new carrollton to bethesda. >> prince georges county police are giving new real time updates on their officers' 12 hour shifts tonight. the department is tweeting pictures from roll call. a hit and run bust, and arrests. all of this showcasing the longer shifts that were put into place to combat a spike in homicides in the county, there have been 14 already this month. just this month in the county, 17-year-old dustin cory was the latest victim. cory's father says he was looking forward to his senior year in high school in the fall. but he was shot and killed while inside a car on lar much dale road in laurel last night. they talked to his father on face time. >> he was devastated. his mom is devastated. he h

older sister. we're all just shocked, out of control. and these kids just don't seem to have value for life. >> police say cory was shot during an illegal transaction and the crime was not random. authorities tell us most of the homicides this month have involved criminal activity. arrests have been made in four of those cases. >> a police officer in baltimore is under investigation for allegedly planting drugs, and it was caught on his police body camera. the baltimore public defenders office released the video here from a january drug arrest. it shows officer richard panero turning on his body cam and finding the can filled with drugs in an empty lot. but the camera saves 30 seconds of video before it's activated. and that 30 seconds appears to show panero hiding the same can where those drugs were found. baltimore police suspended panero and put two other officers on administrative duty.

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set free. nbc's joe friar has the story. >> reporter: the spot lights are now firmly fixed on a prison in rural windswept nevada in a nondescript parole board office 130 miles away. two places that tomorrow will be linked by video conference for what some are calling the parole hearing of the century. the prison is where o.j. simpson has been locked up for nine years, mopping gym floors coaching softball teams hoping for parole. even the prosecutor thinks he'll get out. >> he has spent nine years in prison on a robbery charge which is a pretty significant stay in nevada state prison. this was his first conviction and so it's likely that they will parole him. >> reporter: simpson is serving time for an armed confrontation with two sports memorabilia dealers for the parole commissioners at the hearing, one of the most important factors will be a risk assessment. it's a score card that looks at things like age at first arrest, employment history prior to arrest,

conduct over the past year. in his last hearing in 2013, simpson was deemed low risk and granted parole on some charges. >> i'm sure the powers here know i advise a lot of guys and i like to feel that i kept a lot of trouble from happening since i've been here. >> reporter: the parole board is not supposed to consider simpson's criminal trial in 1995 when he was acquitted of murdering nicole and goldman. they are anxious about the possibility of his release. >> i remember what it was like before he was incarcerated where my nerves were at high alert because i never knew where he was going to pop up. >> that was joe friar reporting. nbc 4 is place to be where word comes tomorrow. watch for nbc news special report here. the hearing expected to begin around 1:00. vets say it is extremely important for dog owners to

sure their pets get vaccinated against the dog flu this year that is currently spreading all over the country. there are reports that two dogs died from the flu in north carolina just last month. a new vaccine helps prevent two types of canine influenza. vets tell us dogs can get the flu from coming into contact with other dogs at kennels, doggy day care, and dog parks, too. you should also know dogs can get the flu from eating or drinking out of the same bowl. >> it's a rather contagious virus that a lot of dogs are susceptible to and symptoms can become quite -- their dogs becoming quite sick and they even can some cases be fatal if it's severe enough. >> that's two weeks after the initial flu shot, dogs will need a booster, then a vaccination every year. >> you know already that dwi and dui, but have you heard about duie? those letters now spell trouble for some potential distracted drivers in the state of

washington. the acronym stands for driving under the influence of electronics. motorists will no longer be able to hold a cell phone while driving and they can't even check a text message while stopped at a light. >> good. >> starting this weekend, drivers there will get $136 fine. they are only allowed to use phones hands free. >> can't do it at a light? >> that's in the state of washington. that's where you draw the line. >> you can't drive with it, but as soon as you get to a light, the first thing you do is pickup your phone start checking it. >> throw that phone in the back seat. >> give it to your chauffeur, doug. >> that's true, that's true. i give it to him. he'll be just fine. >> so, how bad is it going to be tomorrow? >> i'll tell you what, a little bit of breaking news in the weather department. i just said 96 degrees was the high temperature a little earlier. new data, 97. >> oh. >> see, we went up a degree. >> we didn't hear you on the phone moments ago. >> i was checking with the national weather service. >> just in. >> that's right, this just in.

we did hit 97 today. the heats index got up to 103 today. i expect it to be there tomorrow. 95 leesburg, 95 down towards clinton, maryland. a hot day for sure all across the region. now, temperatures still on the hot side. we're sitting at 85 degrees. 85 at 11:00 at night. that tells you it's going to be a hot day tomorrow. i'll show you the rest of the em tours. i'm showing the heat index. 93 d.c., 97 in quantico, always higher along the river. 85 in the fredericksburg area, 83 in leesburg. incredibly warm night. you can feel it. it's not too bad but you can feel it when you step out the front door. we did have a couple storms today along the chesapeake, could see one or two tomorrow. most of the area, if not the entire region, will stay dry again tomorrow. you can see what's happening here. not much going on. satellite radar not showing much. we've got storms back towards chicago. this is because of the high pressure back to the west that's giving us

they're going to be up around 102 degrees tomorrow, again in st. louis, and some of that hot air will be here even on friday and into the weekend. so, high tomorrow 97. hot and humid feeling like 100 to 105. hot day on thursday. getting the kids out to camp, yeah, it's going to be a tough one. tough one at camp. 86 degrees. make sure you put the sun block on before you send them out there. drink plenty of water during the day. there's that 97 feeling 100 plus tomorrow. think about this when you're stepping out the front door. drink plenty of water. check on the a.c., the elderly, check on the pets as well. we're calling tomorrow and friday weather alert days. i wouldn't be surprised if saturday and sunday became weather alert days as well. look at friday. going for a high of 99, i do think some areas especially in the northern virginia could hit 100 degrees. we could be a little bit cooler, 95, 96 on sunday as a result of some cloud cover. a better chance of showers and thunderstorms there, too. some of those storms could be strong, possibly severe best chance o t

look at next week. much nicer, humidity lower. next wednesday looks like a beautiful afternoon. high temperature of 85 degrees. >> well, good. thank you for pointing that out. >> yeah. >> we needs something to look forward to. >> tough days. >> thank you, doug. >> coming up, otto porter gets paid. boy does he. now he's talking championships. >> sports next. first here's jimmy fallon. >> hey, guys, harry stiles is my guest tonight. plus we have deny slade, music from the who. it's a great

xfinity sports desk. >> he's got some good news from the wizards, expensive news. >> it is expensive news. but good news. as you said the wizards front office stressing the importance of keeping the team's core together. their latest move to make that happen was signing otto porter, jr., to a four-year $106 million extension. porter played at georgetown and just finished his fourth season with washington. today he seemed almost gidy about the chance to stay in d.c. >> i'm so excited to be back. this is my hometown. this is where i grew up outside of, you know, back in missouri, this is where i learned everything that i know now. being back with the guys, you know, keeping that chemistry, keeping that small core, you know, we can only go up from here. there's no going backwards. i'm just looking forward to getting back out there with the guys and, you know, getting back to the playoffs going forward. we're trying to get a championship bring it here to the city because we need it desperately. >> yeah, you can say that again. all right, but let's head

west for some gnats fans on hand to take on the angels. geo on the hill, trouble in the first, 2 on. doesn't get any easier when you're facing a future hall of famer. albert makes him pay. an rbi single to left. angels take the lead and now are up 2-0 in the 5th. orioles hosting the rangers. in case you were wondering, she's loving adam jones and the lead off spot. bottom one jonesy. starts the orioles night off right, taking this to the right and flag court and audios. in the seventh, this is where it went wrong for texas. orioles already with one. rookie brings everyone home. 3-1 stand up triple for man sin i. orioles run by the rangers 10-2, third straight win for the birds. also in d.c. united the second half of the season they're on the road against the

united on the attack, patrick splits the defense and goes between the legs of the goalie right here to deshaun brown who puts it in the net. d.c. united gets in front. united not letting up. across to the former gonzaga eagle. works through the defenders and he puts it in. d.c. united with a two goal lead. now they're at halftime. elsewhere on the pitch, the united states taking on el salvador in the gold cup action. skipping ahead, 40 first minute scoreless. free kick for the u.s. michael bradley serves it up perfectly for omar gonzalez, the former turk. heads that one in to give the united states the lead. they go on to win 2-0. to the court mystics hosting the dream. a 21 point deficit to force overtime. mystics watch this ball movement. natasha cloud, back to her, she knocks down the three, ten points off the bench,

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rush hour around here can be a rough ride. check out this picture from charleston, south carolina. construction tarp cables and netting

came down onto the cars below during the evening rush tonight. north charleston police tweeted a picture and traffic cameras captured more of the chaos. look at that. officers had to reroute traffic, but nobody got hurt here. >> that's crazy. you've taken that bridge a time or two. >> wouldn't that scare

[ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> steve: from studio 6b in rockefeller center in the heart of new york city, it's "the tonight show starring jimmy fallon." tonight, join jimmy and his guests -- harry styles, jenny slate,