now at 11:00, battling flames and the heat, d.c. firefighters trying to stay hydrated on one of the hottest nights of the year. >> we're facing more than just heat tomorrow. doug's timing out our chances for severeto

plan your weekend. >> and allegations of abuse by a day care employee. tonight we hear from parents. >> it makes me sick to my stomach. >> and the company that hired him. >> announcer: news 4 begins now with storm team 4. >> and we're starting off tonight in the storm center with doug, as our weekend gets under way, we're not getting any relief from this relentless heat. now you're talking about severe weather. we want to know about the timing so we can plan our weekend. >> exactly right. i think the timing tomorrow most likely in the late afternoon but three days in a row of temperatures above 97 degrees, i think we get real close to that again tomorrow. look at the high temperature today. 96 in d.c., 95 gaithersburg, extremely hot with that heat index, close to 105 again today, i think we'll be right back there tomorrow. here it is 11:00 at night and the heat inde

little higher closer to water, even frederick at 85 degrees. now, as far as the storms are concerned, nothing around our area. we did see a couple of showers parts of prince goerges county but look back toward chicago. this is going to move right down into our area tomorrow and we have a really good chance of severe weather during the day. a hot, humid weekend for sure. i'm going to take you hour by hour and i'm going to be helping you to plan your weekend. if you've got those weekend plan, i've got that forecast for you. i'll see you back here in about ten minutes. >> stay ahead of the severe weather tomorrow by downloading our nbc washington app and turn on your breaking news alerts. firefighters across our region have to fight to say hydrated in conditions like this. news4's jackie bensen was in northeast washington tonight when a house fire brought out a big response. >> in temperatures like this, fight even a relatively small fire can

risks for firefighters. >> up two stories on the ladder, carrying and wearing pounds and pounds of fire fighting gear added additional stress to d.c. firefighters. superviseors made sure each one of them visited what the department called a rehab unit, stocked with gatorade, water. >> we try to rotate more frequently. we wear self-con it and breathing apparatus so that limits our time in the environment to 30 to 45 minutes. >> one firefighter was taken to the hospital but stressed that his injuries were not heat related. >> there was a firefighter on the first engine company. he sustained minor back injuries as they were in the process of fighting the fire. >> reporter: officials say the fire was aen

related to roof work. the fire department has a second union the that can rig out to do this same type of heat rehab work. that one is also on the street. jackie bensen, news 4. >> tensions and tempers are rising in minneapolis where the mayor forced out the city's embattled police chief tonight but there were calls for her to step down. she asked for chief harto's resignation because the top cop lost the confidence of the mayor and the community. but then people started questioning the mayor's leadership. the mayor struggled to speak through chants of "bye-bye,

>> this is a tough time for the community. this is a tough time -- >> the protesters eventually took over that news conference. the mayor abruptly walked out and did return and emphatically said she would not resign. she did say she understood the frustrations of the protesters and was willing to talk to them about the future of policing in the city. >> leon, thank you. a lot of major developments at the white house today. when the day began, sean spicer of the story. that has changed. "the washington post" reports attorney general jeff sessions did discuss campaign matters with russia's ambassador during last year's presidential campaign. the post is is citing u.s. intelligence intercepts that captured ambassador sergei kislyak's accounts of those conversations. sessions has repeatedly denied discussing any campaign issues with kislyak and said he only met with him in his capacity as a u.s. to

surrogate for the trump campaign. also tonight we have learned that former trump campaign manager paul manafort and donald trump jr. will not attend a senate judiciary committee hearing next week. instead they've agreed to turn over documents requested by that committee and consider interviews. >> back to sean spicer. we're hearing to him tonight for the first time since announcing his resignation. he spoke to sean hannity on fox news. >> he wanted to bring some new folks in to help rev up the communication. i recommended to the president to give anthony and sarah a clean slate to start from. >> the white house announced and introduced anthony scaramucci as communication director and announced that sarah huckabee sanders would be spicer's

a local day care is facing charges of abusing a 3-year-old girl there. raul tuga is free on bond tonight. we have reaction from parents in gaithersburg. >> it makes me sick to my stomach. >> reporter: jennifer just found out that an employees at her child's day care is charged with sex you'll abuse ual abuse of a. >> i hope you guys will put the facts, the truth, the details on the news so can i make a conscious decision. >> reporter: toobin was a cook and driver at kindercare. he bonded out. we tried to get his side of the story. police tell us this all started when a 3-year-old girl was

october. she woke up and allegedly found toobin touching her inappropriately. she told a family member and police were called a month later. investigator says toobin gave inconsistent statements. sources tell me he changed his story two times but it eventually matched up with what the 3-year-old told investigators. kindercare said when we learned of the allegations g mr. toobin, he was immediately placed on administrative leave. >> i would not want my daughter in a situation that anybody could prey upon her. >> reporter: we talked to two other parents who didn't want to go on camera. they told us they do not believe the allegation. they say raul tuban is a nice guy. police want parents who go to this kindercare to talk to their kid about any interaction they possibly have with him. >>

into custody and faces six counts of possession of child porn. jordan taught eighth grade english at holmes middle school in alexandria. he's worked for fairfax public schools sin 2016. he will not return in the fall. fairfax county police want anyone with information on this case to give them a call. >> supporters of a northern virginia pastor fighting deportation are planning an all-day vigil for him tomorrow. pastor juan gutierrez was taken into custody when he checked in with immigration last month. he came from peru with a visa but stayed in the country to care for his family after his wife became pregnant. i.c.e. is now enforce ag ordcinr of removal he received in 2012. >> it's very difficult, practically impossible to stop that deportation. now that bei

do believe in miracles. >> i asked where's my dad? and they were like, no, they took him and then i started crying. >> gutierrez leads a small service as hit home every saturday but nmore people are expected to come out tomorrow. >> after another deadly crash, police are out in force tonight. this roadway is known to be deadly and dangerous. 19 crashes and deaths this year. two more people died early this morning when a car drove the wrong way and crashed head on into another vehicle. residents are concerned about this road safety. >> it's the riding the shoulders at breakneck speed. it's thing that people would do when you know safety is not the prim

getting where i need to go as quickly as i need to be. >> maryland state law only allows speed cameras in school zones. >> what began as an assault case is now a homicide investigation in alexandria. police say when they arrived at the scene on july 10th, they found a woman lying on the ground unconscious. she died yesterday. coleman could face more charges. >> well, we're one month out from one of the events of the summer. a total solar eclipse. where you are can go to get the best view. >> and it wasn't exactly the miracle on the hudson, but coming up, we'll tell but a successfulescue r i

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new details on the breaking news. ten people were rescued from a seaplane after an emergency landing in the east river. the plane ran into trouble just after take-off. the pilot and nine passengers refused medical treatment. police say the rescue was so smooth, the passengers didn't even get wet. >> wow. tomorrow thousands are expected to turn out for a march for public education on our national mall. they'll gather at the washington monument and march from the department of education from 10 a.m. until 2:30

afternoon. they'll rally against the president's education policies and proposed education cuts. and they'll advocate for college loan forgiveness and early childhood education. sister marches are planned in 15 other cities across the country. >> don't be alarmed if you see helicopters flying low over arlington tomorrow. the u.s. department of energy is measuring background radiation levels. the d.o.e. said it's a normal part of emergency and preparedness assessments. the flyovers will only take place during daylight hours. >> ear counting down, speaking of daylight. our night light hours one monday p month from now on august 21st, the moon will block all the light from the sun, creating a total solar eclipse here on earth. >> so many of us are so excitd $ about

chuck bell visited nasa goddard today and found out who will have the best view. >> for many it will be a once in a lifetime chance. >> the most amazing astronomical consistent that anyone can observe and that's a total solar eclipse. the moon is moving in front of the sun, between the sun and the earth. >> and it doesn't happen often. >> it's been almost a hundred years since we've had a total solar eclipse go from one coast to the other coast. >> as is the case with eclipses, not everyone gets the same view. it depends exactly where you are. >> it's going to be around 80%. >> that's for metro d.c. >> everyone in the continent al united states, all of north america, central america and a good portion of south america will get to experience at least a partial eclipse. it is going to start in oregon around 10:15 a.m. local time and the s

travel across the continental united states at about 1,400, 1,500 miles an hour. it's going to go over 14 states ending in south carolina. >> but the best viewing will take place in the path of totality. >> if you're in this narrow band, it's about 70 miles wide going from oregon to south carolina. >> and that's where this expert is going. >> you go to the carolinas. i'm going to be in charleston. >> and the best way to view the elips is with some really cool glasses. >> never look at it with your own eyes. >> these are you can get at libraries, you can order them online. >> you have 30 days to get ready and come up with a plan on where you want to be. we have a link to the nasa web site on nbcwashington.com and on our nbc washington app. and if you miss this one -- >> we have another opportunity in 2024. >> nobody wants to wait until 2024. you're going to be down in

we're going to get 2:11 of dark totality. i'm so excited to watch the moon go across the sun, stop there and continue and watch the other side of the sun come out. i remember a partial eclipse when i was in third grade. it's something you remember for the rest of your life. this is going to be a real cool event. >> you're going to be on facebook live and instagram. >> it going to be hard not to just sit there and look up. it's really going to be an amazing vant. what -- event. what's not going to be amazing is this heat. tomorrow and sunday weather alert days, not just because of the heat but because of severe thunderstorms. right now down at the airport, this is ridiculous. look at the current temperature at the airport, 88 degrees right now. the average high this year is 89, winds out of the southwest at 5 miles an hour. the heat is really intense.

island, you get much warmer in the cities, you're able to cool in the suburbs. 75 in culpepper. look at the heat index. at this hour, 100 in d.c., 100 if annapolis, 89 in quantico. an incredibly mott night and another very hot day tomorrow, too. we did see one area of storminess come over montgomery county, prince georges county. most of us remaining dry tonight. the pink area is a severe thunderstorm watch in effect. it's going to make its way our way. i'm going to time this out for you here. here it is around chicago. this is tonight. watch what happens by early tomorrow. it starts making its way through the ohio valley, through pennsylvania. you say not much happening around 2:00. watch what happens around 3, 4, 6:00, we are

severe weather. if you have plans in the morning and early afternoon, i think you're fine. it's tomorrow later afternoon you want to watch out for. we are right smack in the middle of severe thunderstorms and take a look at sunday, right smack in the middle again with a slight risk here. we could even see some stronger storms during the day on sunday. so a little bit of a stormy week for sure. the highest wind threat -- what is going to be the highest threat is winds and very heavy rainfall. i don't think we'll see flash flooding but, again, winds could gust upwards of 60 miles an hour. that is something we'll be watching out for. if you're thinking about heading for the pool, 91 at noon. make sure you download the nbc washington app. can you track them yourself on the radar there. high temperature around 96 degrees. look at the high on sunday. a high of 97, severe

but starting to get a little less humid. that's some good news there. look at tuesday. 89 degrees, 87 on wednesday and we go back to work. severe weather alert next week. nice. >> doesn't sound like we can count on rain to water our crispy yards. >> no. that's really an issue right now. >> coming up, last week it was otto porter. this week wiz fans hoping john wall would sign an extension. big news about the all-star points guard. >> first here's jimmy fallon. >> hey, guys, kevin bacon

this is the xfinity sports desk. >> chris miles here. the wizards four-time star has agreed to an agreement that will keep him here until 2023. he's currently the only play from the 2010 nba draft still with the team that selected him. wall has led the wizards to the playoffs in three of the last four years. he's locked in for the next six seasons now. that means wall, bradley, bill, otto, porter are committed to the wizards for the next three years combined their deals are over $430 million. dusty baker usually in for an easy night w

not the case in this one against the diamondbacks. no doubt about this one. next batter, a.j. poll lacack. are you kidding me? back-to-back homers off scherzer. jake lamb also takes scherzer deep. diamondbacks, first time the nats have given up three consecutive homers. >> baltimore looking to keep their four-game win streak going. a.l.-leading astros very good at taking early leads, though. yuri gets just enough to find the first row of the fans. his fifth homer this month. houston up 3.

ninth. adam jones, all about the comeback. we now have an 8-4 game. hope is alive with the three-run bomb. the os make it 8-7. the rally ends there. that remains your final score. >> congratulations to a local basketball player. jeremy roach earned a spot on the 16 and under usa national team it's an honor that wizards guard bradley biehl once earned. the rising star spent in week under the tutelage of indiana pacers guard victor oladipo at the camp. >> it meant a lot to represent my country. >> he keeps getting better year in and year out. i take him under my wing and give him vice every now and then. he's getting

athletic. it's scary. i can remember when he couldn't even dunk. now he can dunk. >> and the open, it's going to

and that's going to do it for us on a friday. thanks for having us in all week long. the "tonight show" is next. >> we m

weekend. thanks for watching. see you monday.

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