right now, we're following a deadly police shooting outside this giant store in maryland. a man accused of shoplifting is dead. we're learning more about the violent encounter that led to the shooting. moving out. the action a result of growing tension between the u.s. and russia. how diplomats are being caught in the middle. and we've got the sunshine out there right now as temperatures continue to warm on up. in fact, temperatures headed into the 90s today with the humidity increasing. we'll let you know about rain chances. that's coming up in just a few minutes. good morning, i'm pat lawson. >> and i'm chris lawrence. we're going to start with a lk

afternoon after another comfortable morning. temperatures are on the rise. >> let's go straight to storm team4 meteorologist lauren rickets. what can we expect today? >> well, you know, we can expect a little bit of a warm-up in terms of that humidity and heat. temperatures are going to be in the low 90s for daytime highs today. beautiful looking out there right now. oh, gosh, what a gorgeous view right there. 86, already up to 86 before the noon hour so it will continue to warm into the lower 90s today, some areas may make it into the mid 90s, of course feeling a little warmer with that with the increased humidity that we have out there and you certainly felt it earlier this morning. nothing showing up on the storm team4 radar right now but i was checking the forecast from this morning to right now before we went on air at 1 1:00. i think i am going to put a chance of an isolated shower or thunderstorm today. temperatures today, lower 90s, mugginess out there. but storm chances coming up on the ten-day forecast so let you know when that humiditre

minutes. developing this morning, an alleged supermarket theft leads to a police shooting. it happened at a giant food store on baltimore national pike at north rolling road. a score security guard shot and killed a man who was allegedly stealing. the officer confronted the suspect in the parking lot. this picture comes from the nbc station in baltimore. during the confrontation, the suspect got into a vehicle and allegedly dragged the officer more than 100 feet. that's when the officer fired. detectives are looking for security video to help them with their investigation. police in the district have had a busy few days, and now detectives are investigating yet another shooting in northeast d.c. one man was hurt, but police say he was not shot. but someone was firing a gun around 4:30 this morning on pond street. that's not far from 295 in the kennelworth aquatic gardens. you can follow the nbc washington app for updates.

you to take a look at the man in this video. the one in the white t-shirt. police call him a person of interest in a homicide in northwest d.c. fighting crime and building relationships. that's what police across our area will be trying to do tonight. police and communities are coming together for national night out. neighborhoods will host block parties, seminars, and safety demonstrations along with police and first responders. the celebrations take place all over the country. you can find local events in our nbc washington app, search national night out. new people are taking control of a school in waldorf, maryland, a school that was the site of a child sex abuse scandal. >> yeah, officials have reassigned the principal at benjamin stod dard middle school and prosecutors are bringing charges against the former teacher's sai

worse than we thought. >> reporter: chris, you can say that indeed. turns out right now since bell's arrest, the victim count in this case has jumped significantly and as you mentioned, the former principal of stoddord middle school has now been reassigned to administrative duties. this as the charles county states attorney says as they continue to do more digging their work in this case is far from hoefr and they have several victims they've yet to account for. in just about a month, benjamin stoddard middle school and other charles county public schools will open for the new school year. on the minds of many parents, carlos bell, the former county school aide at the center of an expanding child sex abuse scandal. >> it's sad. you know, you would think that an adult, anybody, would, you know, wouldn't do something like that to a kid. it's just sad. >> these

and now you have to have almost going in the school some really tough conversations. is that what you now have to do as a parent and will do? >> of course. support that 125%. >> reporter: bell was arrested about a month ago, then yesterday the charles county state's attorney released bell's indictment with blistering details about the investigation. at least 24 victims have been identified, though 11 have not yet come forward. 119 charges against bell have been filed, n this sex assault and child born probe. in custody, bell reportedly revealed he's hiv positive. the former school aide and track coach first began working in charles county back in 2014. the county states attorney spoke monday about this now-intricate investigation. >> every time you interview a witness, there's more witnesses to talk to. >> reporter: as authorities search for more victims, they're asking families to take on these tough talks. >> you have to

abreast of what's going on in the world now. everything is just so crazy. you know, you don't want them to be blind sided. >> reporter: and yesterday, more disturbing charges did emerge for bell, now also accused of offering and giving marijuana to those minors. he's accused of abusing, and also that he allegedly is charged with trying to transmit to them, hiv, which he is said to also have. at this point, investigators are really after trying to get more of those victims accounted for. they say if you are one to reach out to them at 1-800-call-fbi. we are live here in charles county. i'm justin finch, news4. back in to you in the studio. >> thank you, justin. charles county school district officials say they're using a new website to help students and teachers recognize sexual harassment. it has links to a lot of prevention resources and you can find that website on the nbc washington app. just search, protect kids. new this morning, if you've

stafford, you might have some money coming. virginia's attorney general reached a new settlement with 6 10 pawn after a lawsuit was filed. pawnshop makes closed end loans and takes personal property as security. the lawsuit claimed 610 pawn overcharged customers interest and fees and violated the state's pawnbroker laws. the pawnshop owes $27,000 to more than 650 customers. this morning, a family is coping with heartbreak in loudoun county. the search for a mother and two children has ended in tragedy. and those torrential downpours over the weekend played a big role. chopper 4 flew over the scene yesterday afternoon as a relative discovered courtney ashe's car overturned in a creek on evergreen mills road. ashe had been missing since friday along with her son cameron and his cousin jalen. the loudoun county sheriff says her car hit a guardrail, flipped over and toppled into the

the weather conditions were far too dangerous to drive. >> it was raining really, really hard when they left here friday. i, again, ask myself, why didn't you make them stay. >> jalen was 9 years old and it was his step mom that found the car in the creek. courtney ashe is survived by three other children, including a 2-month-old baby. developing this morning, we are starting to see the first signs of american diplomats moving out of moscow. this video taken this morning shows movers packing up trucks with furniture belonging to diplomats who have been ordered to leave the grounds of a residence. president vladimir putin has ordered the u.s. to cut hundreds of staff stationed there by next month. it's putin's response to new sanctions approved by congress. meanwhile, "the washington post" reports president trump personally dictated his son's original statement last month t

meeting with russians last year. the statement claimed the meeting was primarily about the adoption of russian children. but e-mails later released by donald trump jr. showed the meeting was suggested to the trump campaign as a means to deliver dirt on hillary clinton. one of the reporters who broke this story talked about it on msnbc. >> what is striking about what we have learned is that the president did not want to describe the actual story of what happened. and he had not just a hand in it but the most important hand in it. >> president trump's personal attorney dismisses the story, saying, in part, quote, the characterizations are misinformed, inaccurate, and not pertinent. well, the new york papers are known for their sarcasm and they're having a field day with antho anthony scaramucci's ouster as white house communications director. the "new york daily news" led with the

mooch-acho." it's a clear sign president trump is giving john kelly full authority. earlier on "today," senator graham spoke about kelly's chances. >> the marines have landed at the white house. he has a beach head. he's clearing the beach and the only person that can kick him off the beach is president trump. this will only work if president trump will empower him to continue to do what he's doing. >> i like the military references. senator graham says picking kelly as chief of staff was the best choice available to the president. well, right now, they are supposed to be a new, cleaner way to move around the district. d.c. mayor muriel bowser is unveiling them today, called flyer excelsior buses. these will be the first wave of d.c. circulator buss to use clean diesel technology. they'll also have usb charging ports so you can charge your phones when you climb aboard. watch at the bottom of your screen. w

opposing hitter clap for a guy that almost throws a no hitter. >> not every day you see a standing ovation for the opposing pitcher. the fans in miami applauded an amazing performance from nationals pitcher gio gonzalez. maybe you saw this trending on twitter last night as gonzalez threw a no-hitter against the marlins. fernandez played for the marlins and died in a boating accident last year and gio actually visited with his family before the game. the marilylins did break up hisd for a no-no. >> gio says he was exhausted mentally and physically but the nats did go on to win the game. we're getting new information on how those 12 inmates escaped a prison in alabama. coming up, the sweet treat that helped the men trick a staffer into opening a door. and the

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two brothers from deportation. lisandro and diego claros were brought to this country as children, fleeing violence in el salvador. they often played soccer with the bethesda soccer league. diego even earned a scholarship to play in college. he's supposed to start in the fall. however, i.c.e. agents detained both brothers during a routine check in last friday. friends demanded their release at a protest outside of the department of homeland security last night. >> we're committed to fight for this. we support any legislative bipartisan initiatives to try to bring relief to youth, but we also call a halt to deportation, a halt to the destruction of our community and our families. >> the claros brothers would not have been priorities for deportation under the obama, but the trump administration has made it clear that any undocumented immigrant is subject to be

search for an escaped inmate in alabama. >> yeah, he is the last of a dozen men who broke out of jail by tricking one of the guards. nbc's gabe gutierrez discovered their secret weapon was peanut butter. >> reporter: this morning, a manhunt is underway to catch brady ki brady kilpatrick, the last of a dozen inmates still on the run in alabama after a bold escape sunday night. >> being pretty smart on what their plan was. changing some numbers on the door with peanut butter. that may sound crazy, but these people are crazy like a fox. >> reporter: that's right. peanut butter. investigators say the inmates busted out of the walker county jail northwest of birmingham by covering the number on a cell door using peanut butter and trick ago n tricking a new guard into opening an exit door instead. the prisoners

disorderly conduct to attempted murder, most caught within hours but police say kilpatrick and still on the loose, keeping residents in jasper, alabama, on edge. >> it kind of strikes a nerve. >> reporter: as authorities investigate how one group of prisoners pulled off a baffling jailbreak. >> not going to make any excuses. it was a human error that caused this to happen. >> reporter: for today, gabe gutierrez, nbc news. we want to warn you about a new scam in arlington. some residents are getting calls demanding they pay a fine for missing jury duty. the scammers say they're from the arlington county sheriff's office or some other agency. if you get a call like this, call the sheriff's office and verify claim and remember, they're never going ask for money over the phone. the fight started over someone's make america great again hat and ended with assault charges. the fight broke out saturday night outside the grillfish restaurant in northwest d.c., and a man from florida has been charged with three counts of assault.

said something in the restaurant and it got violent outside. the suspect has been released from custody, but louis traveiso tells news4 he only acted in self-defense and calls it terrifying. the problem, too many geese. the solution, use them to help feed the homeless. that's what d.c. central kitchen is planning to do. the national park service caught and euthanized the geese as part of a population management effort. it's the second year that the nonprofit organization is using geese meat to feed the homeless. the deadly opioid epidemic may be bigger and worse than once thought. >> federal health officials just issued a new report revealing how many americans are using the drugs. nbc's ann thompson breaks it down. >> reporter: opioid abuse in the united states is at epidemic

>> this is probably the worst drug situation in our country in decades, if not a century. >> reporter: nearly 40% of americans use opioids manage pain, reports the federal government study. with deaths more than quadrupling between 1999 and 2015. mike and lynn are living the statistics, raising their three grandchildren. >> this is what happens when you make bad choices. >> reporter: their daughter, heather and her husband, daniel, found dead on the side of a florida road new year's eve from an overdose. their sons, strapped in car seats in the back. most likely to misuse opioids, those with low incomes, the unemployed, and underinsured. >> they're people at risk for not having full access to health care, so we think that's part of a clue here. better access to full paying treatments might do a good job in helping to reduce these serious problems. >> reporter: surprising the researchers, almost half of those who misuse

them from family and friends. warren and marcia will tell the story of their son drew's addiction and death tomorrow night in a documentary on wral tv, our recalling, north carolina, station. >> you're just totally numb. i mean, life just drains from you. you don't have a reaction. >> it just stops. >> it just stopped. >> reporter: drew's opioid odyssey started when the high school wrestler separated his shoulder. >> are opioids the easy answer when it comes to pain management? >> i think we've found the physicians are all too comfortable in writing prescriptions for opioids. >> reporter: time to look for better ways to help america manage pain. ann thompson, nbc news, new york. high school heartbreak, why hundreds of graduates were told their college acceptance letters were a mistake. >> that's just unfair. and another neighborhood targeted today for

summertime means mosquitos and that's why officials will continue spraying in prince george's county today. tonight, health department crews will be in lanham woods, oakwood knolls. officials detected west

collected last month. right now, the clean-up is underway for folks in central florida as tropical depression emily moves off the coast. it's moving out after dumping heavy rain on the area. this is video taken of the city of lakeland where they experienced major flooding. emily is expected to gain strength and again become a tropical storm as it moves over the atlantic. >> let's hope it stays out to sea. and it looks like that. it doesn't really look like it's going to impact us at all, maybe if you're headed to the beach on the east coast, might rough up that surf a little bit. >> meanwhile, looks like our refreshing weather is like out of here. >> it is. i haven't been outside since early this morning. is it a little muggy yet out there. >> not too bad. >> it's a difference from this time yesterday. >> exactly. because it's slowly creeping in and that's what we're going notice as we head through the day. you're going feel just little by little, getting a little bit more

and then tomorrow, you're going to feel the heat and humidity. yesterday we topped out at 91. today we're at 91 but with this humidity, it's going to make it feel a little bit warmer as it tends to do so humidity continues to increase today. we do have plenty of sunshine out there and small rain chances. i had to put a stray shower in for today, but i really think that is going to be less than a 20% chance. i don't even have it on my ten-day forecast and we're pretty quiet. we maybe have another rain chance tomorrow and friday but just isolated chances. current terns out themperatures 86 today. low 90s for daytime highs today. a stray storm but other than that it's not going to be too bad as you make your way out the door for this evening or even the afternoon. looking good in terms of the radar right now but we have a little piece of energy trying to slip through and that may pop up a few showers or thunderstorms but highly isolated. temperatures are going to top out again around

daytime highs today, 91 as that humidity starts to creep in. and then hot and humid for daytime highs tomorrow, nice and warm, another chance of a stray shower tomorrow but tomorrow morning will be rather comfortable. so, over the next ten days, again, an isolated chance of a shower or storm today, temperatures stay right around 90 all the way through this workweek. our best chance of rain will be on saturday, about a 30% chance, humidity drops on saturday and then by sun, low to mid 80s sunday, looks gorgeous, plenty of sunshine before more rain returns on monday. >> all right, thanks. well, you know how hard your children work to get those acceptance letters from college. but what if that admissions offer is taken back? it happened to hundreds of students who planned to attend the university of california irvine. "usa today" reports university officials accepted about 850 more students than they thought. however, the school is pushing back that -- the withdrawals

>> not sure who was more disappointed, the students or the parents. >> yeah. >> lot of disappointment to go around in that case. >> that is heartbreak. some of the steps that were taken today to fulfill president trump's campaign promise to build the border wall. the rules that had to change. and caught on camera, a high-speed chase. pro tip for fruit lovers: giant has unbelievable produce prices. so you'll never have to choose between your favorites. i thought i was your favorite.

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it's 11:30 on this tuesday morning. it was a centerpiece of president trump's campaign and now a new border wall with mexico is one step closer to reality. homeland security is granting waivers to allow construction crews to bypass environmental and land protection laws. the waivers specifically apply to san diego where officials are already upgrading miles of fence. it also clears the way for competition this summer to build prototypes for a new border wall. george w. bush's administration used similar waivers during the last round of upgrades in 2008. meantime on capitol hill, there is a new battle over tax reform. about

indeputii independents signed a letter today saying they won't support a plan that makes middle class pay more. promises to lower rates for businesses and individuals, democrats say they also be l not support tax changes that give cuts to the top 1% or a add to the government's debt. if you think it's tough getting to work now, your commute may get even longer, and soon. that's because work to patch up the beltway is underway, and will run into the next year. it starts at the seminary road overpass in montgomery county and runs to bethesda. transportation reporter adam tuss says it will impact you even if you're not on the beltway. >> reporter: when it comes to fixing up the beltway, drivers like an ton spencer say get it done. >> take care of it now while you can before it becomes a bigger issue later on. >> reporter: well, the inner loop just got a makeover. now it's the outer loop's

chopper 4 and you can tell the difference. that's the outer loop on the left with all the potholes and craters. the inner loop, which just got a facelift, is on the right. the work on the outer loop is going to take place outside of rush hours. >> it's been at least 15 years since we resurfaced that whole area. >> reporter: charlie with the maryland state highway administration says while the work takes place it's also important to stay alert. just last week, a highway worker was hit and killed in the fort meade area. >> the message is universal. make sure you're paying attention for our people out there and our contracting people because they have places to go home to every night too. >> reporter: crews will be out. most of the work right now, all about fixing guardrails and drainage. the actual road resurfacing still months away and that means drivers will find another way around. he says the beltway has already become unbearable. >> it's brutal. you don't want to -- you just sit there every day like, this is awful right now. i justan

>> well, you can look at it this way. pain before progress. 2018 is just five or six months away. >> way to think positive, pat. this high-speed chase has to be one of the most entertaining you'll see. that happened overnight in los angeles. you can take a look. some of the people poking out the windows of this suspected stolen car look like they're taunting the officers. police eventually got the car to stop, but after that, the driver gets out and starts inching along the ground like a worm. i don't know if he thought he would get away. we're not sure what he's doing. police eventually took about three people into custody. a former cop may face criminal charges after losing his cool on vacation. surveillance video from the ocean hotel in fort lauderdale shows a hotel guest knocking a valet attendant to the ground. police say the two men were arguing over an $

charge. the guest used to work as a s.w.a.t. attendant in georgia. he claims the attendant was rude and wanted to fight. fort lauderdale say the man who threw punch should be prosecuted but that's up to the states attorneys office. the maryland man accused of shooting a woman during a road range incident appeared in court. he told the judge he was trying to hire his own attorney. his bond hearing was delayed until next week. last month, prosecutors say he shot a woman in alexandria just off the beltway on the eisenhower connecter. the shooting happened after confrontation between the suspect and a driver of another car. the woman who was injured is expected to be okay. several montgomery county firefighters are requesting protective orders against a fellow firefighter. this stems from an argument over a confederate flag license tag at the bethesda fire station earlier this month. according to court documents,

he reportedly called lee a racist. court documents say during the fight, he threatened lee by saying he had lots of guns. he told news4's pat collins that the flag set him off, but he did not threaten anyone. >> i never threatened anyone. i never mentioned a gun. i never told anyone of any type of killing anybody. this is all been made up as retaliation to try to get me disciplined for standing up to the confederate flag. >> lee wasn't available to make comment about this. so far, one request for a protective order has been thrown out of court. another three requests will be considered by a judge. check out this new video that might make you just a bit dizzy. it is the longest pedestrian suspension bridge in the world, and it just opened in switzerland. it connects hiking trails in two towns. the bridge spans about five ot

perspective, it's a little more than a quarter of a mile long. the swiss are using a patented system to prevent it from swaying. >> that's beautiful, though. >> i would love to walk across that just for the view. just walk back and forth, back and forth. >> i'll settle for the pictures. >> here you go. have you ever been at the grocery store, buying this antibiotic meat -- antibiotic-free meats. the labels read, no antibiotics. we're going to take a look at what that really means. >> i'm always shopping for meat that has no additives. >> yep. and his family is famous for their music, but niko marley wants to be famous for his skills on the football field. how the young player's doing right now at training camp and how fans are giving him the red welcome carpet.

when you go to buy chicken or beef, you may notice the label reads, no antibiotics. it's an option that more of us are buying, and we're paying more for it. news4's working for you consumer reporter susan hogan breaks down what that label means. >> reporter: if you're like me, i am a label reader at the grocery store. and i've always wondered, what does no antibiotics mean? is that a good thing or a bad thing? well, according to consumer reports, the answer may surprise you. restaurant owner leslie lamp ert says she makes every effort to make sure the meat for her restaurant is locally produce and had raised without antibiotics. >> does it cost more? yes. but do i feel great at the end of every night knowing that's more healthful? yes. >> reporter: research shows there is a connection between the overuse of antibiotics in food animals and drug resistant infections in people. >> in other words, our arsenal of antibiotics may no l

caused certain illnesses. we calculate that about one in five people who got an antibiotic-resistant infection got it from something they ate. >> reporter: to avoid antibiotic. >> treated animals, check the labels carefully. this label says, no growth promoting antibiotics. that means those used to enable quicker weight gain. but look at the much smaller print, and you'll see that antibiotics might still have been used in this turkey to treat or prevent illness. another twist, some fast food restaurants, kfc, taco bell, and wendy's for example, promise that now or soon they will only serve poultry that is raised without antibiotics important to human medicine, meaning none that are given to people. >> eliminating medically important antibiotics does help thwart antibiotic reses tans ist it's not as good as eliminating all antibiotics. >> look for never given any antibiotics, no antibiotics

ever, or raised without antibiotics. does the organic label mean raised without antibiotics? you have to look for the fda seal to be sure. so are we in the 0s far little bit? >> yes, actually, for several days, we've got temperatures right around 90 degree buzz we have the added humidity as well. >> oh. >> it's got to come back some time as we enter this first week of august, already august 1, the first of the month and feeling more like summertime as opposed to the last couple days when it felt more like a san diego summertime. it's beautiful out there right now. look how green everything is. i'm pretty sure that's not our camera. at first i thought it was the colors on our monitors here but with all the rain that we received over the weekend, friday and saturday, yeah, nice little green spot there in our live city camera. just a beautiful view with plenty of sun shiep. we're going to continue to have that sunshine as we go through the next couple days. we have small

here and there so not a lot to cool us off even though the humidity is coming on up. 84 in frederick right now. temperatures rolling through the 80s and now we're not looking at anything on the radar. it's dry out there and we're going to continue to be dry with the exception of a stray shower, trying to pump up throughout the region. so that is new from this morning. i've had to adjud just a slight chance. i think it's less than a 20% chance that you'll see it where you are. if you're headed to the pool, but otherwise, we're going to have sunshine out there so make sure you put that sunscreen on as those temperatures rise to around 90 degrees and once again, we're at 90 degrees tomorrow with another chance of a stray shower here or there. and it will be on the humid side tomorrow, not only tomorrow but also thursday and friday. friday, another isolated chance of showers and storms. humidity finally falls on saturday, we'll have some scattered showers and thunderstorms on saturday.

beautiful. >> all right, thank you. hbo has been hacked. i may have to put my entire social media feed on lockdown. this morning, thieves are claiming to have "game of thrones" information. what that could be and how could it disrupt your viewing. plus, the fight over a local marquee, how neighbors came tother to preserve thegeir

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completely closed. "game of thrones" fans are dodging spoiler alerts this morning. >> close your eyes and your ears. >> i know. >> it appears hackers have gotten their hands on a script for the next episode and as miguel almaguer explains, they may have targeted several other shows as well. >> reporter: a battle over spoilers in one of tv's most popular shows. hbo's "game of thrones" may be a medieval fantasy, but it touts high-tech security measures, including coded scripts to prevent plot leaks. but it may not have been enough. cyber hacks claim to have obtained a script and documents from the hit show's final season. hbo, not commenting on what was stolen or the hackers' demands but confirms to nbc news proprietary information was compromised. in a letter to employees, the network's chairman writes, any intrusion of this nature

unsettling, and disturbing for all of us. the fbi tells nbc news the agency does not support businesses paying up, saying, paying ransom not only can embolden -- season of "orange is the new black" was hacked and leaked online. and in 2014, a major hack at sony unveiled embarrassing e-mails and private employee intel. the hbo breach comes on the heels of another headache for the cable giant, after the "game of thrones" creators announced their next projec project, "confederate" a show where the american south won the civil war and modern-day slavery exists, thousands of hbo fans launched a social media protest, making no

topic worldwide. hbo execs are standing behind the show, which is yet to be written or cast, urging fans to reserve judgment until there is something to see. as for "game of thrones," no future episodes or scripts have hit the web yet, but hbo is actively working with cyber security firms and law enforcement to stop any potential spoilers. >> now, police say it's still unclear whether this is the work of a single hacker or the work of a larger organized group. well, dust off those monopoly boards and trouble games because board games are making a comeback. board games sales jumped 21% last year and stores like target are helping to fuel the interest. in fact, on friday, target launched 70 exclusive board games and officials say they're perfect for creating family memories. now to another throwback from the past, the uptown theater sign is rooted in

history, so plans to change it, well, that didn't sit so well with some folks in the cleveland park community. news4's kristin wright has more on the fight to keep things the same. >> reporter: uptown theater and that iconic sign mean an awful lot to cleveland park. >> it's everything about that neighborhood. it's more than a sign. >> reporter: former nbc4 entertainment reporter now podcast host arch campbell ko m covered countless movie premiers at the uptown theater. >> the sign also represents the reverence that movie fans still have for the uptown. you can go up and you can watch a movie in the balcony. what more do i need to say? it's got a balcony. >> reporter: the thought of it going away, amc theaters, which owns the uptown, was planning to take down the famous neon letters and replace them with amc. the neighborhood didn't like that. >> it's the same as

all of a sudden has an applebee's sign in front of it. >> i think that the aesthetic of the current sign matches the neighborhood a little bit better. i think that they could find another way to put their signature on it without taking away the sign. >> reporter: cleveland park anc commissioner wasn't going to let it happen. >> there was a huge effort afoot that included tweeting at amc and their head of pr, e-mailing them, calling them, writing letters. >> reporter: it appears to have worked. and the sign may be saved. >> it is one of the last examples of that grand single screen movie palace, and we need the iconic sign. >> well, that was news4's kristin wright reporting and obviously, you know, pat and i got such a kick out of it because she was talking to our dear friend, arch campbell. >> yes. this is

in your office, what would you do? would you run or do what this woman did? yeah, she just picked it up, no big deal. the snake was spotted inside an australian news station. a cameraman saw it slitering there on her desk. the woman who picked it up has handled snakes before at her home, so that explains why she wasn't freaked out. eventually, they put the snake in a bag and released it in the bushes outside the station. >> i got to tell you, the reaction in our noews room woul not have been anywhere near that. plus his name is familiar because of his family, but it's his play on the field that he wants

well, start the countdown, los angeles is going to host the summer olympic games in 2028. this will mark the third time the city has hosted the olympics and l.a. will receive nearly $2 billion for hosting the games. that money is supposed to be used to increase participation and access to youth sports programs. paris will host in 2024. remember where you were when the video killed the radio star came out? it's the very first video to premier on mtv,

today. well, a lot has changed at the network over the years. there are fewer videos and more reality shows, but a blast from the past is on its way. "total request live" is making a comeback. trl, as its fans know it, is set to relaunch in october. you remember. >> that just makes me feel even older when they tell me mtv is 36 years old today. pretty amazing. >> time has really flown. well, you probably remember these songs. if the three little birds". "i shot the sheriff." >> classics. >> they may have some new meaning down in richmond at training camp this year. >> news4's carol maloney shows us one roster hopeful in richmond who wants to stir it up. >> i don't see anybody bigger, so i look at you like you're the same size as me. i look at you like you're smaller than me. >> reporter: statistically, almost everyone in the nfl is bigger than nico marley. except on the inside. >> having that lion in you,

you see the ball, you get the ball. you know what i mean? you have an assignment. you go do it. >> reporter: an animal instinct for football, but he hasn't forgotten about his heritage or the name on the back of his jersey. his grandfather, reggae legend bob marley. i'm sorry, i see the back of your jersey and i say in my head, no woman, no cry. i can't help myself. >> it's a great song. >> reporter: have you forgotten it's bob marley's grandson on the football field? >> skbyes and no. i feel like it's cool. >> it switches. right now, it's iron lion in zion, you know what i mean? i feel like i'm singing the song and living that life right now. ♪ i'm going to be iron like a lion in zion ♪ >> reporter: a legendry last name will not guarantee a roster spot. but does paint a nice picture. richmond resident jeremiah jones

camp as nico marley tries to pay his own way. >> well, it's still in the paving right now. we're still in the process but it's wonderful. i love it. i love being able to share that. i love being -- i embrace it. >> wow, good luck to him. >> yes. >> i hope he makes the team. >> lots of luck to him. we can tell you one thing. it's hot and only going to get hotter. >> yes, it is, unfortunately, because of that humidity out there, you have felt it out there this morning, you're going to continue to feel it build as we go through the afternoon. and then you'll certainly feel that heat and humidity tomorrow. temperatures stay right around 90 degrees over the next four days to round out the workweek, maybe a stray shower today, isolated chances on wednesday, better chances come on saturday as humidity drops. ms news4 midday, it's nice having you in. we're back on the air this afternoon, first at 4:00. >> and you can get news and weather updates any time anywhere with the nbc washington app. hope you have a great day. >> see you later.

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