developing off the top at 6:00, a bloody 24 hours on d.c. streets. we are live on the scene of the most recent shooting. a retired four-star general set to take control of the white house. find out what's at the top of the president's agenda. and russia is escalating tensions with the u.s. see how putin is retaliating for sanctions placed on moscow. new 4 at 6:00 starts now. our top story at 6:00, a deadly rash of shootings in the district. we know of at least six shootings since about 10:00 last night. news 4's darcy spencer is piecing through the investigations live from northeast

>> reporter: eric a we are here on quarrel street in northeast washington. you can see this is still a very active investigation. there was a shooting that happened just before 3:00 this afternoon. we are not far from ken worth park and the aquatic gardens. the medical examiner was just here a short time ago and that part of the scene is gone right now. at this point, police are not confirming whether this was a homicide, but again, the medical examiner just left the scene. this is the latest in a string of shootings and violence here in the district just since last night. a total, according to police, eight people shot. at least one of them fatal. six separate shooting scenes. we want to go ahead and show you a map of the locations that we put together to give you a perspective of where these are happening. those looks are in northwest washington. many of them in northeast washington, as well as in southeast, d.c.

happened in broad daylight. again, just before 3:00 outside an apartment complex. at this point, we do not know the motive and who was shot or the age at this point. at 2:00 this morning there was a double shooting on kansas avenue over in northwest d.c. one of the victims did die. he has not been identified. the second has been described as being in grave condition. let's hear from a neighbor who lives here on quarrel street. tell me what you were doing and what you heard. >> i was sitting in my house watching tv, and i just heard gunshots going off just like that, and i got nervous because my son had just went outside and i was nervous, and i was concerned because kids do play in that yard out there. >> reporter: so obviously, that was very concerning for the woman who lives right here. she heard three shots rang out. she ran out just to make sure that h

was not the victim in this. we have not been able to confirm who the victim was in this shooting. we should also mention the chief of police tweeted out earlier that he was disheartened by the number of shootings overnight and he called them simply senseless. erica, back to you. >> darcy spencer live in northeast. thank you. developing right now, payback from russian president vladimir putin. we now know the specifics moscow is leveling against our country. we sent you a breaking news alert on the nbc washington app a few hours ago. the u.s. must cut its consulate by 755. the diplomats must be out by the end of august. the u.s. can now only have 455 people in russia, the same number they have here. the new sanctions are in response to the sanctions against moscow just approved by the senate. in an interview, putin e

collusion that russia meddled in the election. he is op to cooperating with the u.s. on issues like terrorism and cyber crime. general john kelly starts his new job at 1600 pennsylvania avenue tomorrow, and republicans hope the new chief of staff will bring stability to the white house this as president trump continues to push the gop to repeal and replace obamacare. nbc's jennifer johnson has more on what we can expect this week. >> reporter: president trump having a saturday night dinner at his washington, d.c., hotel with incoming chief of staff general john kelly. insiders hope kelly will bring order to a chaotic white house even after anthony scaramucci who was openly and graphically criticized other cabinet members. they expect to learn about the new chain of command. >> i will speak with general kelly and the president about that, as i'm sure anthony scaramucci will. we are all very

excited to have our first formal meeting. some republicans believe a less dysfunctional white house will help the president get his agenda back on track. >> i think he will bring some order and discipline to the west wing. >> what we need now from a chief of staff is ensuring that everybody who works in the white house is on the president's agenda. >> the president was unhappy former chief of staff reince preb us couldn't get the gop to deliver on health care and he's still pushing that, tweeting sunday don't give up, republican senators, the world is watching. repeal and replace. >> 83 insurance companies fled the health insurance market last year before this administration came in. this system is imploding upon itself and that's what we're trying to take care of. >> senate majority leader mitch mcconnell has said it's time to move on. >> the white house has even suggested lawmakers cancel their entire august recess to work on health care after a series of failed votes last week. >> jennifer

washington. police in montgomery county are looking for the man who allegedly raped a woman near the quince orchard plaza shopping center. this happened at 2:30 wednesday morning. the woman told police she met the suspect at quincy's bar and grill. the two were leaving the bar when the woman says he forced her into a grassy area and raped her. police need help identifying and finding the man. we've put the sketch of that suspect on the facebook page for you to share. a 60-year-old man stabbed in the stomach by a teenager while trying to break up a fight. this happened just after 11:00 on friendship boulevard in bethesda. there was a party in the area and police say the victim and the teen knew each other. when police got there, the teen said to be about 14 or 15 years of age, ran into the metro station and they couldn't find him. as for the man who was stabbed, he is expected to be okay. a tractor trailer is a little too tall for its own good. the bizarre accident

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mobile, alabama. the truck's cab cleared the entrance and that part was fine. it's the trailer that didn't. the concrete ceiling peeled back the trailer spilling hay everywhere. nobody was hurt and this tunnel is apparently known for these crashes. a warning system is in place, but there was a similar accident last month. who knew there was an international tree-climbing championship and it's right here in our own backyard. the contest was today at the national arboretum in the northeast. in addition to climbers getting to show off their skills, the event raises awareness about how important trees are when it comes to research. >> so it won't be long before we are ramping up for a new school year. today volunteers helped some students get ahead of the game by stuffing backpacks with supplies at the horton's kids community resource center in southeast d.c. >> we have children in 28 different public school and charter schools as cross the city. they'll be here t

school starts to get ready and excited before the beginning of school. >> the supplies that you see here are all donated and they came from washington area residents and companies and portland's kids is celebrating 28 years of service to the community. and we'd all like a little more room on a plane, right? but the feds refuse to impose rules on seat sizes. how a big decision here in d.c. could lead to a change for everybody. a response to a house fire turns into aeath d

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a house fire investigation turning into a death investigation in woodbridge. the early morning fire engulfed the home on walnut street. firefighters found a man inside the house. he was pronounced dead on the scene. news 4's derrick ward has reaction from neighbors tonight. >> reporter: the house is one of the older ones on walnut street largely surrounded by trees. just minutes before 6:00 a.m. -- >> there were several calls to 911 from neighbors who knew the man who lived there. >> i was just hoping and wishing for the best for him. >> reporter: when firefighters got to the house they discovered more than just a fire in progress. >> they made entry into the building where they found a victim. >> he was found near the front door of the home. neighbors say he livelo

>> he never bothered nobody. >> to determine the cause of death and the cause of the fire. the older home did not have a sprinkler system, however there was one smoke detector in the home. >> we have not determineded if it was, woing at the time of the incident. >> in woodbridge, derrick ward, news 4. switching gears now. we'd all like roomier seats on airplanes and now the faa has been ordered to take another look at the size of seats on planes. this after a passenger advocacy group challenged the federal aviation administration in court. the group says small seats in rows that are too close together can slow down emergency evacuations. the faa had refused to regulate seat size saying this was a matter of comfort, not safety. on friday, a federal appeals court here in d.c. said the faa used outdated tests to come

one of the judges called it, quote, the case of incredible schranging airline seat. all right. hello, handsome. look at that smile. he's having fun at the first family fun day of the season at nats park. the nats will have things like face painting and yard games at each of their sunday home games. the fun starts when the gates open and goes through the seventh inning. perfect day for it. >> i know. >> and now, your storm team 4 forecast. >> my director's waiting for the animation to go, right? because i was so excited because today was a great day because they had a doubleheader out there today. i know the outcome for the 1:00 game wasn't quite what we want, but we have a 7:00 game and we have a second chance and it's a beautiful day out there in the d.c. area and absolutely wonderful. it is so refreshing out there this evening so if you are headed down to nats park, hopefully you're already there to enjoy the outdoor

that we have all sunshine this week. so if you didn't get a chance to enjoy the weather today, you've still got a couple of hours before the sun goes down. you have several days to enjoy it. and then the humidity starts to build in on tuesday. friday, we're having some rain chances and friday's rain chances are minimal. 3 is the temperature out there right now as we continue over the next couple of hours and temperatures falling into the 70s and we'll end up in the 50s and 60s overnight and it is so nice. 83 in washington and 79 in fort meade as well as frederick and you can see it's just so comfortable out there. talking about the nates if ys ie headed out to the game. you can see those temperatures will be quite cool by the time you're leaving and maybe you want to bring a light jacket out there and definitely, you might need a light jacket tomorrow morning and keep those windows open because it's still going to be really comfortable overnight with low humidity. so maybe a light being. >>et on th

i don't think you'll need it all day because those temperatures will be warming up into the mid to upper 80s for daytime highs and look, all up and down the east coast looking good. maybe a few spotty showers in pennsylvania, but other than that, thanks to high pressure we are sunny all of the way back to the midwest and the forecast for tomorrow upper 80s and 88 degrees it will be warmer than today and the humidity still stays on the low side and to time out your morning, looking good all of the way throughout the day with plenty of sunshine very similar to today and go ahead and eat outside and monday, tuesday, wednesday, even on thursday. when does the humidity come back. we're comfortable today and tomorrow, but the mugginess comes back on tuesday. you'll feel it on wednesday, thursday and friday, and it's not going to be oppressive and it will be normal for this time of year and we're entering august, believe it or not. >> we have plenty of sunshine tu

the humidity and the next chance of rain looks to be on friday and isolated chances of rain coming our way and we continue with rain chances as well, otherwise temperatures start to drop as we enter the next workweek. er ache? >> thanks, lauren. news 4 is looking for you even earlier monday through friday. starting tomorrow, news 4 today will be three hours and we'll start at 4:00 a.m. bringing you the biggest stories from overnight, first 4 traffic and weather right up until the "today" show. >> still ahead, a rocky day for ryan

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this is the xfinity sportsdesk. >> doubleheader for the nats today, seeing all sorts of smiling faces from nats park. gorgeous day for baseball. >> it was a great day. this was a rare doubleheader because of the weather we had on friday so game one tonight, nationals and rockies actually playing their second doubleheader of the season, and in the first game a nats top pitching prospect gets his first big league start replacing stephen strasbourg who is on the ten-day dl. the nats first-round

during the introduction she gets hugs and very emotional and you have to understand why. it wasn't the best start for feddy giving up a couple of runs in the first, but check him out in the second. he strikes out trevor story. then ryan hanagan goes down swinging and kyle freeland is window shopping, too. feddy strikes out the side and the nats crowd loving it. ryan zimmerman up in the two, two men on, and nats down three and zim launching a three-run home run and he passes frank howard as d.c.'s all-time home run leader with 238. this ties the game at four. one of two homers in the game for zim. trouble in the fourth and already giving up the go-ahead run in the inning and the next batter, charlie blackmon, base hit to right and the rockies leadoff hitter 4 for 5 on the day, and just four innings and ten hits and seven

nahs still with life and the big spot for life, and bases juiced and he hits one to second and the double play. at the end of the game, but wait, you have to see this again. the nats challenge because, check this out, it looks to be off the bag before he makes that catch. the play is challenged, but the call is upheld and the nats fall 10-6. dusty baker still impressed with his performance despite the loss. >> what he gave us is better than what his results were and they scored their first couple of runs on a couple of singles and soft singles and he threw strikes for the most part, and he had the one dynamite inning and, you know, it was a matter of kind of -- it was too much at the top of the order. >> today in cooperstown, the induction of the baseball hall of fame class, ivan rodriguez getting his spot in the

he played 21 seasons in the major league and he spent the final two seasons with the washington nationals and had a career average of 296 and 311 home runs and 2,844 hits. rodriguez bes come the first player in the hall of fame to have played for the nationals. and pudge's old team, the rangers hosting the orioles and adrian belt resitting at 399 career hits in the fourth and make it 3,000 down the line and left beltre. his kids run out to unveil this banner. adrian beltre becomes the first player in mlb history with 3,000 hits and getting a standing ovation. jonathan decides to break up the party and the man on scope absolutely crushes this to left. that's out of here and a two-run shot and scope nowec

a.l. with 76 rbi. right now the orioles lead 10-6 in the eighth. today the first day off for the redskins since starting training camp on thursday, but no break in contract talks for kirk cousins and our quarterback sits down on sports final in a preview he sets his mindset on the one-year deal with the burr gunnedy and gold. >> i don't feel like i've arrived and i don't feel safe and entitled. i feel like i need to prove my worth and i need to provide a return on investment for this team and give them a reason for the decisions they made contr t contractually with this team. no one is acting like they've arrived and they have their dheft out and everyone has their head down in a good way, staying humble and staying hungry and supporting one another and i have to believe that gives us a chance. >> you can see the full

tonight on sports final and also from sports final from one of music's most famous family, bob marley's grandson nico looking to shine not on the stage, but on the football field. how the undersized linebacker is hoping to turn heads at redskins training camp and all of that tonight on sports final. to the court, mystics on the road visiting the atlanta dream. upon any dream of a win for atlanta faded quickly, thanks to emma. the mystics center with a monster game in atlanta. 30 points, ten rebounds. mystics go on to beat the dream, 77-70 and before tonight her previous career high was 34 points and an incredible game and now on a three-game win ,stre sako they're rolling. >> thank you so very much. i want to get one final check of the weather because if you've been waiting to get the car washed after getting the rain on friday and the car was splattered. >> finally a

we're not going to see showers until friday and possibly into saturday and very small chances at that point, but tomorrow the temperatures will be in the upper 80s and around 90 for the next several days and humidity buil builds tuesday. >> thank you, ma'am. that is the news for now. "nightly news" is coming up next and we will see you for news 4 at 11:00. until then, good night, everybody.

on this sunday night, russia retaliates. vladimir putin says more than 750 u.s. diplomats will be forced to leave russia following a new sanction's bill that president trump has promised to sign. tipping point. a deadly day of protests as venezuela's president holds a special election that could forever change the face of democracy in that country. cyber security or threat? concern that a popular anti-virus software company may also be a tool of the russian government. squeezed in. a federal judge comes at the rescue of anyone that's felt uncomfortable in shrinking airlines seats. the faa has to force up if they're safe. how a bird helps give one man the wings t