right now at 6:00, after peeks of stormy weekends, we art g a gorgeous day that we all deserve. storm team 4 meteorologist so somara theodore is standing by. everyone escaped this tour bus fire unhurt. and developing tonight, a taxi crashes into pedestrians at the world cup. the driver tries to get away. >> announcer: news 4 at 6:00 starts now. all right. so after weeks of rainy weekends we finally catch a break. goev evening, ybody, i'm erika gonzalez. take a live lookt this gorgeous day at the tidal basin behind me. somara theodore joins me to talk

about what folks with expect tonight. >> much of what you saw today, tranquil weather, very warm outside. t's been so nice to get quiet, beautiful weekend. i don't know what to do withe myself in torm team 4 weather center. current temperatures, it feels warmer, but around 86 degrees. this is the current temperature right now. tons o winds coming out of the north, that's reallying working in our vor, making it not too humid. that will change tomorrow. take a look,gr 86 s in washington, d.c., 86 in leesburg, a lot of us in the midof upper 80s, cooler in of montgomery county, gaithersburg, 83 degrees. here's your forecast, dining out tonight, 7:00, mid-80s inside the beltway, a lot of us in the low 80s in the suburbs. we're going to stay in the low 80s through sunset. as we head toward 10:00 p.m., pretty mild, temperatures in the mid to upper 70s. stick aro dthough, things are working in our favor today, but

things are hting up even more. more details coming up. it is a contentious iss here in the district. and in a couple of days voters will decide ifta tipped rant workers should get the full $15 minimum wage. n right d.c. law allows employers to pay tipped workers $3.33 an hour. darcy spencer joins us liveco along win avenue with more on both sides of the debate. darcy?, >> we erika, it is an absolutely beautiful afternoon to get out and about here in the district, perhaps go out to eat in one of the outdoor venues, grab din skpner and drinks. it's the very pple serving you, waiters, waitresses, bartenders who will be affect bid this initiative. we want to show you video we shot in the last hour of people out and about. this is the last weekend before d.c. voters decide on initiative like you, it is sa77. contentious. you have some bar owners saying that raising the pay fororrs to $15 an hour could cause them

to decrease the hours, or perhaps even go out of business. and some of the workers we spoke to just this afternoon say they support it because they're simply not making enough money we spoke to one man who says he is a food runner in a local restaurant who depends on tips. he wants this to pass. >> it will help a lot for the people who do minimumwage, which i would support that, yeah, to get a higher pay, i >> and right now, are you making minimumage, or do you depend on tips right now? >> we depend on tips when our customers don't show up,ouan say tips good buy. >> most of the people i spoke to this afternoon, whether they were customers or people who work inside the bar say they do support this ini customers told me they would still tip these workers just as much, even ify tre making a higher minimum wage. this will all be decided at the

poll on tuesday. >> darcypencer live for us in northwest d.c. meanwhile, a scary ride for people on a tour bus that caught fire in our area. the bus was reportedly carrying a tour group from georgia when it caught fire on i-295 northbound near the sutlandt. parkway exi it started shortly after noon today and the fire tied up lanes for quite some time. tracking the latest in a taxi crash tha injured world cup soccer fans visiting russiar we've got to wyou, this video is pretty graphic. it happened near red square in moscow. the taxi veers suddenly onto that sidewalk and slams into several pedestrians. eight people were injured here, including two mexican tourists. angry bystanders rush over as you see there to try to pull the driver out of the car. he jumps t, you see him run away there from the crowd, somehow they manage to catch him and hold him for police. russian authoties deny reports

that the driver was drunk. they say he fell asleep at the wheel. >> all t,ri a candle light vigil planned to honor two kansas sheriff's deputies, died friday while transporting a inmate to a court hearing. that inmate attacked them, managing to get ahold of one their guns ain shothem both. the inmate was also shot. his condition tonight is unknown. president trump's controversial policy of separating migrantfamilies, arrested at the border. he's blaming democrats. they note that separating children from parents is his policy. they say he's using the children as leverage in a legislative battle. christallone reports. >> reporter: amid scattered ot ts, the federal government continues separating immigrant children from their families at the u.s./mexico border. in a six-week border nearly 2,000 children have been taken from parents andeld in government shelters. >> the department of jtice

will not stand idly by while our laws are being nulfied and undermined. >> the trump administration hopes changes to thea criteri to gain asylum in the u.s. and splitting families apart when they arrive here will deter others from coming. in a morning tweet the president blamed democrats for his border policy, calling it their forced family breakup at the border, an apparent attempt to force democrats to negotiate with republicans on otherf aspects the immigration law, including funding for a border wall. the administration is getting criticism from bothes s of the aisle. religious leaders, even the american medical association. >> he could stop it if he wanted to. all he has to do is pick up the phone and say stop taking babies away from their mothers. that is entirely within the power of the president of the united states. and if he's not willing to do that, then he needs to own it because it's on him. >> the republican immigrabion , which would stop families from being separated at the border will be debated in congress next week. chrisstallone, nbc news.

>> nbc news has learned thatum president will go to capitol hill tuesday night to talk to house republicans abo the two immigration bills currently under consideration. meanwhile, early voting has started in maryland. tomorrow morning voters will get chance to see the six leading democratic candidates for governor square off on air. they want a chance to take an larry hogan. the final -- tom sherwood moderates. t airs after "meet the press" at 11:30 on nbc 4. a massive eruption sends smoke shooting 15,000 fee into the air in japan. this is not the only major eruption we are following tonight. vandals tarft dozens o cars in a maryland community. and we're going to show you the cao c clues that could

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19th. dancing like this on a tuesday. it has its beginnings in america's dark past. >> it's about the last days we were free. everyone doesn't know that. everyone thinks that emancipation proamation did -- it initially commemorated the date when slaves in texas got the word. it's about observing and celebrating what came next, the struggles and the triumphs. >> there was eedom, and the great things that african-americans did after becoming free and building a community in spite of all the trials and tribulations they faced here in the united states. >> and right here in prince georges county, an archaeology exhibit from rthampton, brings the history home. >> it's a very important site for african-american history. >> there's, of course, the lighter side of the event, the food, musicnd the fun, like any springtime celebration. but it's also a time of homage

to those who through no cho of their own were forced to survive a system of human ndage. >> a legacy of slavery and juststand things didn' stop because one document said it did. >> derrick ward, news firefighters worked through the night to put out a massive fire at a recycling plant in rockville. chopper 4 over the scenende or on the scene with crews morning. a large pile of card board,h clnd paper being prepared for recycling caught fire yesterday. it took more than a million gallons of water to put out the glams. the damage estimate is about $100,000. nobody was hurt. the national guard in hawaii just releasing this stunning new video. a river of lava that snakedth throug big island last night. more than 600 homes have been destroyed sin the kilauae

volcano firstrued the island also has been hit with a series of powerful earthquakes near the c volcano's summit. a volcano in south western i japan bluets top this morning. the violent eruption sent smoke 15,000 feeo the air. the ash fell over the city covering s,roads, vehic homes. some people had to wear masks in order to be able to protect themselves from all this. the authorities warned people of the potential of lava flows as well. parents in kansas are being asked to fork over $132,000 after their kid knocked over a pricey sculpture. the whole thing caught on camera. the family was at a community center when this happened. see that far off circle in the distance? there you see it. one of the kids hugs this glass sculpture and thehi and the ertwork tumble to the ground there. culpture shatters in a lot of pieces.

now the insurance company wano to coupleay up. they say it could have beenpp haened to anybody and the display was never secured. see how that story ends. all right, turn back to our weather. storm team 4 meteorologist somara theodore joining us now. it's been quite a while since things have been this quiet around here. >> five weekends in a row. so we are in for some pleasant conditions over the next couple days. tonight will be really nice. hopefully you're able to get out there and make it a night out on the town. current temperatures right now walking out the door sti holding, actually we've got video at glen echo park of a young man riding his bike, really enjoying this weather. i hope everyone was able to get outside. look how sunny it is, howush the greenery is. and that's thanks to all the rain we received. so i guess it wa good that we had all that rain. mpw, here's a look at the current atures, out there in the 80-degree weather earlier this morning. we made our way to 88 in the

district not too long ag 86 right now, 85 at dulles airport and we're also dry and low.y and the humidity is this is awesome. we are monitoring this disturbance farther west in ohio. that's phing its w toward us and it will increase our cloud also ge tomorrow and it's going to bring us a chance of rain, 20, 30% chance for an isolated shower storm here. watch this with me. 3:00 a.m., notice how a lot moro clouds move he area. 9:00 a.m., waking up to a nice mix of sun andeslouds. back along i-81 is where the showers and storms are starting to develop. as we get the daytime heating, a little bit of instability heou, we see an isolated shower roll through, possibly a thunderstorm farther south. that something to watch out for for your sunday evening. but sunday night into mondaye werying out, clearing out again. and things are really going to begin to heatp on monday, wait for it. let's focus on the weekend, cool

beach still in the clear rr to, don't forget the sunscreen. yard work, make sure you take breaks it will be hot tomorrow, brunch rooftop is looking good. it might even work in our favor to see some clouds moving in tomorrow, toe provide us s shade from the heat. tomorrow is also father's day. and if you are planning on heading to the course, tee time, take a look at these numbers, headed to the low 90s torrow. it is going to be very hot. a little bit more clouds than initially expected., so th as i said, will work in our favor a bit. hot till it will be very tomorrow because humidity on sunday will be higher than it was today.em the trend overall, you can see, we are definitely going weather alert monday and tuesday with numbers like 99. when you factor in the humidity it's going to feel like 100 f some of us as we head through your monday. okay, so take a loo at these temperatures. weem sawratures could feel like 102 degrees as we head towards monday.

make sure you're staying hydrated. summer doesot officially start until thursday. but definitely keep in mind all those heat ps, stayi hydrated, walking inside if you get too hot, never leave pets oi childr cars. we are moving into that season. >> good advice. thank you, ma'am. we've got a shocking result at the world cup. the misd penaltyick by one of the game'sla greatest prs of the game'sla greatest prs that cost his country too many devices on your network could mean you see this that's why you need fios-the 100% fiber-optic network. that means more speed for more devices at once -and to prove it, we'll help you add another. choose a free samsung chromebook 3 or a $200 credit toward other samsung tech plus get the fastest internet available, up to 200 tv channels, phone, and a 2-year price guarantee.

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this is the xfinity sports desk. to world cup fever started at 6:00 in the morniny. that's worse than getting up to go to work. >> i was going to call you guys, see if you wanted to join me in a bar for breakfast. >> the keyeard is bar, ast. >> i did make that call, and that's why she's still talking to me. we like cups in our city. stanley cup of course. after yesterday, the dugw

between poal and spain left us wanting more. today we got more. four games, including the first ever world cup appearance by tiny iceland, eager to take its giant killing action from 2016 to a bigger stage. iceland beat two years ago, now the world cup, argentina the challenge. 19th minute, no score in this one. rgio aguero,1p6 talking about, controversy in the 15th minute. france applying pressure. tripped up in the box. the ref says play on, but the next stop officials call for the use of assistant referee var, first time it's used in the world cup. they overturn the call and award france with a penalty kick. so it will be a penalty kick, and twan green, 80th minute,gy techno involved again. inside the cross bar, appears oo come. wait a minute, thatoal line technology. that says it went over. france holds b on toeat australia 2-1. worth getting up for, i guess. den mark, great game, lots of chances. only goal 59th minute. denmark beats peru 1-0. croatia taking on nigeria. a nooal. croatia 1-0. go to the 71st minute. penaltyick for croatia.

scores. take a 2-0 lead, beat nigeria 2-0, the final. a busyay at worcup, started at 6:00 a.m. after losing their opening ff the serieday in toronto, nationals look to get even and mad, mader max. schehere he's been dominant. own wins, only two losses and in each loss only a two runs, scherzer, or mad max as some call him, tied for the league in wins, strikeouts and -- looking dominant. strikes o oscar hernandez, swinging. next batter goes down on the pitch inside. then kevin polar tied up the changeup. cherzer strikes out the sides in the second. bottom of the fifth, devon travis gets a hanging,reaking ball, sends it into the seats, two-run homer. right now the nationals trail 2-0 in the eighth inning. oriole have lost.

alex cobb deep to center, the two-run homer. orioles down 5-2, and that's going to left. his seventh, cuts it to 5-3. right now the marlins with a 5-4 lead on the orioles in the eighth inning. complete baseball highlights coming up at 11:00. and u.s. open highlights too. 'm>> thank you very much, holding on for that. very quickly for the dads out th ee, what you canect tomorrow, talking mid-90s, tons of sunshine, absolutely gorgeous. so i hope you can get o a so i hope you can get o a barbec here's money for pizza. here's the wi-fi password, but, if you go online while the boys are online the internet can slow down and... they don't like it. you guys don't have fios? [mrs. jennings] oh-no. but it's a 100% fiber-optic network with ridiculous speeds. you could have, like, a hundred devices online at once. interested, talk later. bye boys! don't even think about going online. woah... i can't work like this. the 100% fiber-optic network means more speed for more devices at once. so get a fios triple play with a 2-year agreement,

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