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right now on "news4 today" a double shootinging in a d.c. neighborhood. just ahead in a live report our darrick ward will give us information. and then a connection to ms-13 and how some are able to slip away. storm team 4 also tracking a major change in temperature. what you can expect in the week ahead as we welcome you back in on this sunday, july 30th. i am david culver in for adam. >> i am angie goff. everybody is talking about how refreshing refreshing it feels outside on this sunday. >> definitely not what we are used to in d.c., usually more humidity. >> still, we really don't have any rain chances for quite sometime.
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i think we we all had enough rain, at least over the weekend. look at that, right on cue, the plane taking off from the airport, a beautiful morning on this sunday morning. get out and enjoy. temperatures right now, a very mild 74 degrees. we are warming up nicely. again, no rain out there right now. the radar is clear. we have blue skies for days, but that's not always going to be the case. we have rain on the 10-day forecast, and we will let you know when we can expect those coming up in a bit. developing this morning, d.c. police want to figure out who shot two men killing one of them. this is in petworth this morning. >> and darrick ward joins us live with the latest. hi, darrick. >> reporter: we are learning new things incident, which is still under investigation. a vastly larger investigation
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police got here this morning and when they got here they found an adult male here on kansas who had been shot. at the rear of the block in an alleyway, they found another victim, another adult male that had been shot as well. the person found on kansas was taken to the hospital in critical condition, and the person at the end of this block was pronounced dead at the scene. a shotgun and handgun were used in the commission of this crime, and no identities of either victims as well, and neighbors tell us police was here well into daylight investigating this crime, and two people shot, the person found in the year of the block pronounced dead at the scene and the other in critical condition. right now, live in northwest,
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a suspected ms-13 gang member connected with two killings in texas found here in our area. arlington police and the fbi worked together to arrest him yesterday. police in houston said he also goes by the name of terror. it's not known yet why exactly he was in northern virginia, but what we know from our past stories and reports from the gang task force, ms-13 is known to rotate members to other cliques around the country especially when they are wanted by police. a man was charged, he is from germantown and he raped a 13-year-old girl from washington county last month, and he spoke to her through snapchat and
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held without bond. if you know anybody that made contact with him, call police. police investigating a stabbing at a busy bethesda shopping plaza. police say a teen boy stabbed a 60-year-old man in the stomach late last night along friendship boulevard. this is next to the shops at wisconsin place. this morning police are still looking for the teen. the man, we are told, should be okay. investigators think the two knew each other. now to a strange death investigation going on right now, and d.c. police trying to figure out how a man died at this car dealership. police say the man's body was found at classic motors on wisconsin avenue near the tinley town metro stop. no word on the man's name or cause of death. republican senate leaders may be ready to move on from health care, but house
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leader addressing hundreds of folks at freedom plaza last night. she told them their vocal stance is having an impact. >> let's appreciate those who voted right. when i say right, not only correctly but did the right thing for the american people. let's appreciate them. let's thank them, but let's keep the heat on for the others. >> you may recognize that guy right there, that's justin long, what a he's an actor and was there to show his support. president trump keeping up with his push to repeal and replace the affordable care act and took his message to twitter this morning telling republicans not to give up, and this comes on top of several tweets yesterday where he threatened to end required payments to health insurance companies and that could lead to skyrocketing insurance costs for millions of americans.
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staff starts work. secretary john kelly and the president had dinner last night. that's what you are looking at right there. this was at the trump international hotel. the retired marine colonel takes over for reince priebus. and chuck todd is going to speak with health and human services secretary, tom price, and senator susan collins and will have an exclusive interview with trump trump's former campaign manager, corey lewandowski. and then travelers out of australia this morning will notice beefed up security. australian authorities arrested four unidentified men during a counter terror operation yesterday. the men are suspected of involving a terrorists attack involving an airplane. multiple searches were done in the sur
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are reporting they did find a suspicious device. the men have not been charged yet. and lauryn is tracking a big warmup. she will help you plan ahead for your week. it's never been done in the history of the u.s. navy. the ground-breaking new technology bringing the future of fighter jets to reality.
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the newly commissioned "uss gerald ford" carrier already making history here. the navy took its brand-new carrier out for a test ride west of virginia on friday, and for the first time a jet fighter landed on a carrier using the new electromagnetic system and it's supposed to be more reliable than the old catapult system. the "uss ford" isno
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deployment until at least 2020. here's proof tree climbing is not just for kids. there's a competition for scrambling up free limbs going on right now. today the world's west men and women tree climbers are wrapping up the tree climbing championship. if you want to watch it's happening now, it started at 8:30 this morning and will wrap up at 2:30 at the u.s. national arbor raidam. we have lauryn tracking a big warmup, and it's going to feel like summer again. it was a major decision on transgender troops and how the issue is now dividing lawmakers, including one candidate looking to make history in local politics.
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welcome back. trump's ban of transgender troops would be a major military policy reversal if put in action and it's causing division among lawmakers. >> the issue is having a big impact in a local race in prince william candidate. the democratic candidate is looking to make history as the first transgender lawmaker. >> this local election is getting national attention. it pits a 13-term
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incumbent, bob marshall, against danica roem. marshal supports president trump's ban on transgender people serving in the military. >> $143,000 is what it cost for a sex switch, and that could help a veteran after serving in our military. >> danica roem considered that -- >> it's not cosmetic, it's necessary. roem says trump's tweets resulted in her biggest day of c cont contributions since her campaign began. >> yesterday we received
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within the 13th district and came from across the country. >> the delegate marshal l says 80% of his opponent's donations comes from out of state. >> i take donations based on a considered judgment for the common good. >> some see this election shaping up as a referendum on transgender politics. both candidates say they will continue to focus on local issues affecting prince william county. >> when we started this morning, we were in the 60s and -- >> some places in the upper 40s. we are already up to 74. it's going to be a great day out there. hopefully you have plans out there because it's going to be wonderful. if you can't make it outside today you have all week because we will continue with
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rain until friday so give that umbrella a break, it probably needs it after this weekend. if you enjoyed the refreshing start we had this morning, more of that to come, especially tomorrow. we will keep the humidity in check today and then the humid tay rolls back in as we get through the workweek. current temperatures out there right now, 74 right now here in the district. we started in the low 60s today. wind chester now up to 68 degrees. 72 in frederick. 74 in quantico, marine bay, so warming things up and not that bad out there today. and then we will be back in the 80s with blue skies by 4:00. mid-80s for daytime highs today. go ahead and eat outside, tonight, monday, tuesday, wednesday, thursday, and friday we may have to dodge a few storms. not today. high pressure in charge. no clouds even out there right now. all the way back to the midwest thanks to high pressure. we needed that sunshine. we s
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it today. if you want to go and wash that car, do it today because we are not going to have any rain as we get into friday. that nats game, a doubleheader out there playing the rockies look great for that. local fairs, what a per week to schedule fairs around the area, not too hot out there. mid-80s for highs today and the humidity on the low side, and tomorrow the humidity on the low side, keep the windows open overnight and then warming into the mid-80s for tomorrow. in terms of humidity, comfortable today and tomorrow, and then the humidity creeps in on tuesday, and then you will feel it on wednesday, thursday and friday and that's normal for this time of year as we head into august. bonus weather for today, one of the last days in july, temperatures in the mid-80s and plenty of sunshine. we keep that sunshine going. monday and tuesday, as i said, that humidity starts to roll back in on tuesday, and by wednesday and thursday, you will feel it, and you mig f
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drops on friday and saturday and that's when the next chance of rain is with a few thunderstorms, and then we cool back down as we get into the weekend and the beginning of the next workweek. guys? >> looking good. thanks. the trump administration beginning a new week with a new man in charge. >> john kelly takes over tomorrow as donald trump's chief of staff. and joining us now is chuck todd to talk more about that, and i know you were speaking with corey lewandowski on the show, and did he offer any insight as to whether secretary kelly will be able to get in and turn things around in the west wing. >> it was interesting. he did believe he will be able to bring structure to the staff and organization to the staff. i think in the short term the president will give deference to a retired four-star general and he gives more deference to military than citizens, and
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did say don't try to change the president, and he implied that was among the mistakes that reince priebus made, and a lot of the people in the administration that didn't know him assumed they could shape the president rather than shape the presidency around the man that holds the office, and this is in the hands of the president. it's up to him if john kelly is a success. this is a man that has run very large organizations, whether it's an active duty general or the department of homeland security, whether you agree with some of the policy implementations they have done, left and right will tell you, he runs a tight ship and he's popular with his staff, too, so that tells you he's a good boss, not just a hard-edged boss. he's got the ability to do this. will the president give him the authority and the running room to do it? that's an open question. history says he may only for a short period of time. >> we are looking live
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new office starting tomorrow, and he's gone from general to secretary, chief of staff, day one, how do you see that playing out? >> day one is always your best day, you know. by the way, it's a great office. it truly is. the second best office -- >> yeah, the actual office? >> the second best office in the west wing after the oval, it has a nice fireplace in there, and it is one of the few offices that has room for a couch and conference table and all of those things, and has a patio. it's a tremendous office. probably my guess is probably the best office, physical space, that john kelly has ever held. >> wow. >> so that's the good news, he will really enjoy that. it's all going to be -- i will give you one example. anthony scaramuccis and john kelly, on paper don't strike me wo
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but we will see. >> maybe not decorate that space too much or put up too many pictures, is that what you are saying? >> as somebody that spent his whole life in the military, i am sure he knows not to expect to spend too much time at one place. >> eight minutes -- >> doing the math there. >> now the time is for you to get to the studio right now. you can catch him at 10:30. >> all right.
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katie ledecky starts kicking with the legs and bringing it home over the last 25 meters. >> no surprise that olympian, katie ledecky, claimed gold in the 800 meter freestyle. she didn't earn any personal best times but still walked away a winner. ledecky captured five gold medals in total and one silver, and it's the most successful meet in her career in terms of medals. >> just taking a lot of motivation from this weekend and using it in a positive way and moving forward. >> she's the example of positivity, and always has a great attitude, and the
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in paoubudapest, hungry. and then kevin bacon surprised police officers at a benefit in alexandria, and it was like he was ren mccormick all over again. ♪ >> bacon and his brother performing "footloose," of course, with alexandria police chief brown. this was yesterday afternoon. the brothers often perform in the area. >> alexandria has been really good to us through the years, and thank you to you guys for all you do. so um, thanks for having us. >> on a meaningful note, al alexandria's mayor still there thanking the officers for their quick thinking in the shooting last month. we start in the district.
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shooting. this was in petworth. one man died and another in the hospital and it happened along kansas avenue in northwest, and darrick ward will have updates on twitter. a gang member connected to two killings in texas is being held in arlington. local police and the fbi arrested hernandez. he's accused of killing a man and teen in the houston area. many of you may be trying to dry out from the recent storms that rolled through the last couple of days, and this is what it looked like in marlboro yesterday. and then president trump tweeted this morning he urged republicans not to give up and called on them to repeal and replace the health care law. we saw the rain and it moved out, and it's going to be a beautiful day. >> yeah, mid-80s and plenty of sunshine. the humidity staying on the low side. keep the
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overnight tonight back in the 50s and 60s, and then tomorrow the humidity on the low side and then humidity creeps back in on tuesday, wednesday and thursday. >> and you i will have a chance to do something after the show, but she has to go to bed. >> yes. >> it's the launch of the 4:00 a.m. -- >> if you have not heard the great news, myself along with chuck bell will launch the 4:00 a.m. local newscast and will have breaking news, weather and good news to start you off for your workweek. hope to see you tomorrow. >> all right. "meet the press" is next. have a great sunday. fios is not cable. we're a 100% fiber optic network. and with the new fios gigabit connection... you get our fastest internet ever.
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this sunday, the chaos presidency. in the west wing, reince priebus, white house chief of staff, out. >> i think it's a good time to hit the reset button. >> john kelly, the head of homeland security, in. >> general kelly has been a star, done an incredible job. >> in the cabinet, president trump goes after attorney general jeff sessions. >> i am disappointed in the attorney general. >> republicans push back. >> if jeff sessions is fired, there will be holy hell to pay. >> this morning an inside look at how president trump operates from his former campaign manager, corey lewandowski. plus, the republican health care effort goes belly up with a thumbs down from john mccain. and the president threatens to sabotage obar
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