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brea news. chopper 4 over the six flags amusement park in princy george's couhere a roller coaster is stuck. >> at one point that ride was filled with people and we hear they were stuck for about 45 minutes this afternoon. news 4 scott macfarlane is at the live desk. >> jim, we're getting new images in from just above that ride and from below thatide. chopper 4 was over it and passengers and some of the people who werenth the ride are sending in their images. that's the superman ride. six flags, prince george's county. you see theassengers there, some still in their seat. some have moved off the ride. it stuck near its north point and was t about begin its descent down the big slope. this is not the first r get stuck at six flags maryland in recent years. six flags employees who helped
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down. those passengers prince george's county fire told us they have people that are trained to do to andy have the apparatus to do so. the passengers now safely remove but the ride as you see remains stuck. the superman ride on the north side of six flags amusement park. at the live desk, i'm scott back to you. > now we'll start over. we want to move to our other big story. of course what talking about. consider yourselves lucky, folks. you'rese indoors bec we've got a scorcher taking shape out there. there.out heat advisory under way. >> just about everybody is under a heat u advisoryil about 8:00. the heat is one thing. the humidity a completely different ory. that's why it's so uncomfortable. right now we're at 89 degrees. as we move through the evening, we'll see temperatures in tmi 80s by about 9:00 tonight. it's feeling more like you factor in the mugginess.
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so it's windows closed, a.c. on, an fullorce. right now it's feeling about 10 7 in leesburg and about 102 in fredericksburg tomorrow it's still going to be another hot and humid day. i want t remind you on these hot days especially, you never want to leave children or pet in cars. in a day like today after ten minutes in a carem therature reaches about 110 degrees and after an hour it reaches about 183 degrees. we do have se storms in the forecast tomorrow. i'm going to have more on the timing and impact coming up around 5:20. back to you guys. you beat the heat anytime with the help of our nbc washppgton. set weather as your home page to get breaking weather alerts. ow to that breaking sports news, folks. this afternoon barry trotz resigns as the head coach of the washington caps. this shocking development comes less than two weeks after leading the team to its first
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stanley cup in franchise history. >> we haveneam coverage the stunning move today. shomari stone has fan reaction,a but we with dave johnson here in the studio. what do you know about this. >> it's something, we knew his contract was coming to an know, but we're also still in that honeymoon period where ao week e're getting ready for a period, but the business of hockey goes on and today we were reminded of that. it was a detail that was out there and asked about. capitals head coach barry trotz contract was up at the end of the season, a season that led the caps to their first stanley cup in their 44 year history. now trotz is a a free agend capitals are looking for a new toach. just las week trotz told us his desire was w to stayith the ave hims, the team that his first coaching chance back in the early 1990s in the minor leagues. trotz resigning today. there was reportedly a two y tr contrat triggered him winning the stanley cup but only
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$300,000 raise. it's speculated they cod not come to financial agreements. so barry trotz resigns and it's just about a week after shomari stone did a that crowd surfing with the parade and big playoff game. what are some of those fans that were crd surfingith you about this shocking development with barry trotz signing? >> reporter: well, it looks like the treacherous waves have knocked down the surfers. this is really bad out here. it is incredible lot and uncomfortable and this is the last thing that people want to know about when they're walking dto the metro aro capitals one arena. many of them are stunned, speechless, yet thell are sti thankful that barry trotz brought the first ever stanley cup to the district. many ofhem want to know why did it happen. was it money? was there a disagreementh behin e scenes? was it the fact that trotz just got t stanley cup, and just
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left the district? they want to know what exactly happened. one thing is clear. they're very thankful for his service to the team. >>hat's terrible. my guess he hit the pinnacle. go out on a good note maybe. >> i'm disappointed. it sucks. the energy that was happening with their success, you'd think that you could take that momentum and carryover t the nationals and then of course the redskins but now it's like damn, somethin else. >> reporter: the main thing people want to know is who's next? who will be the head coach of the capitals? that's who folks are talking about and this news is continuing to circulate throughout capital one arena. some are getting it on their nbc washington app. others are hearing it fro word mouth. the consensus is stunned and live from outside capitalne
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arena, shomari stone. >> it comes down to money on the face of it it would seem. other coaches -- >> often when it's not about the money, it's about the money or something lik that. as we noted there's a contract extension trigger that by winning the stanley cup he would get automatically a $300,000 first season raise, but if you look at the other salaries of other coaches, he was in the $1.5 million and there are other coaches making $4 million and $6 million a year. we don't know if that's what he tas asking for but there was a disparity of we was making and what he would make under getting a stanley cup other coaches are make. >> we've also got players coming up. does this send a message out to too? >> one thing i've learned about professional sports, i think that with players that will deal with their individual contracts. it's not that they don't love or feel allegiance to a utcoach, their allegiance is first and
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foremost to themselves. and so m they see a coach that's a favorite coach of theirs leave, but they'll still stay if the terms are right for th them. like barry trotz, he's got a small window to continue his coaching career. players have an even smaller window. >> thank you, dave. a tourist here in our city got an up close look at a ecurity problem they've bee dealing with for years at see white h. talking about someone trying to hop over barricade. pat collins is live outside of the white house with details on this latest attempt. tell us what happened, pat. >> reporter: this is iphonef video a would-be white house fence jumper today as he touched the fence. set influenoff an a lrlarm and
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approached by police. he yelled out, "shoot me, shoot me". this video taken by a touris he was here when it all went down. >> we were just there taking ctures in front of the white house with tons of other people. some guy came at me kind of from my blind spot and very calmly walked up and lookedd at me said hey, you want see if god's really and hehrew a backpack down right in front of me and he jumped over the three barriers that are there, ran across the street and start climbing t fence in front of the white house. thethat time i turned on voo video and started videotaping him. >> reporter: there was a closure as the cops moved in to capture the suspect, retrieved the ksuspect's backp and made sure there was no threat to the white house. and for tourist jim tr, a
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washington souvenir he'll not soon forget. >> vhat was ay surreal moment. like something out of tv or the news or whatever. reporter: well, it is part of the news, right? you captured it. >> yeah. >> reporter: now, that guy was charged with unlawful entry. so far no name, no age, no address. we hope t get more information later. since march 2017 there have been five fence jumpers here at the white house. at least two of them have tried it more than once. jim, back to you. >> pat collins live outside the white house. t> now to another fence and the crisis at border to our south where the trump administration's zero tolerance policy is leading to children being separated from tir families. now, former first lady laura bush who lives in a border state is calling it cruel and immoral in a "washington posp-ed
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today. the numbers are staggering. an official withhh tells nbc news that the agency has nearly 12 minors in custody as of today. that includes nearly 400 from this weekend alone. and if things continue at this rate, that number could top 20,000 by august. >> the united states wl not be a migrant camp. i andwill not be a refugee holding facility. it won't be. >> homeland security secretary is speaking at the white house now. we'll let you know if she announces any new detls about the program. even before the trump administration erected this, enacted rather this zero tolence policy,ur region had been temporary home to hundreds of migrant children. accordg to hhs that included 451 unaccompanied minors in montgomery and prince george's county and 360 in fai prince william.
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news 4 scott macfarlane talked to the local senator who visited one of the processing centers at the border. he joins us in our newsroom. >> i talked with chris van holland last friday ahead of his trip to a center in south texas where the feds are hosting and housing some of the migrant children. he went inside thein proce center and met with some of the adults who are there. the senator td me todhe feds did not give him or other members ofgr cs access to meet the children there. he saw some who were, quote, very distressed from a distance. he said the kids were inside areas it seemed like pens or chain lyn-link fences. >> we went to a larger facility where there were over 1,500 kids but we were not allowed to talk to them. the department of health and human services refused to tllow talk to the kids. the kids were a mix of people
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who had come across the border originally as unaccompanied adults and kid whose had come with their mom or dad and had been separated from them. >> at any moment a white house press briefing on th topic is about to begin. the u.s. attorney general jeff y sessions today these children are not entering the u.s. at ports of entry but in d his words ingerous places. senator van holland in oversight of the justice department and a member of the senate appropriations committee. i'm scott macfarlane. back to you. >> you can read more ofhat laura bush had to say about this current crisis along with reaction from two other former first ladies, michelle obama and hillary clinton in our nbc washington app. just search border. well, voters head to the polls iic the distr tomorrow, but it's not just politicians on the ballot. when we come back, the measure that could impact restaurant owrkers and h you dine out in d.c. plus the world healthon organiza decides to classify
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video game addiction as a disease. doreen ge doreen gentzler joins us to explainan what that and what can cause third degree burns and blindss. ne
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tomorrow voters in the district will decide whether to raise the minimum wage for tipped workers in the district. it's a measuou that impact restaurant workers and many others. not all tipped workers want this me measure to pass. derrick ward is live for us where some workers are getting ready to protest the initiative. >> reporter: indeed they are. ae federal government defines tipped worker who makes $30 or more from tips a month. that definition is probably the only sure thing here. there's a lot of back and fth about this and a lot of people still un decided.
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ire ay come down to the tomorrow the initiative would gradually increase the wage of the tipped work e workers from $3.33 to $15 over the course of seven years. nor ra has spent years working in tty hospita sector. she recalls a restaurant job that would pay by standards of decade ago seem exceptionally low. >> i made 66 cents an hour plus tips. >> pponents say the initiative which may grow from good intentions is no blessing. tip revenuean move it to twice the minimum wage and workers like parking lot attendants and car wash attendants worry that a gradual increase in their b salary could end up being a pay cut. bar owners may cut back to keep up with rising labor costs. so eloyees agree it could make them less competitive.
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>> people might not come when they have choices. >> it's no brainer. when you invest in your workers, you invest iyour business. >> diana ramirez says in the seven states where measures like initiative 17 are in place, businesses are actually doing better. growing. it is fears behind d.c.'s initiative areunfounded. >> the restaurant industry said the same thing about the smoking ban, it was going to drivehem out of business, the sky was going to fall. it didn't haen. we're doing just fine. >> supporters of the initiative say it's all about we parity, but opponents say it's just not right for this city. it may work somewhere else but not here in d.c. they even cite some language they say is inaccurate on the ballot, but it's on the ballot d bothides want to see the well-being of the tipped worker incrse in the city. they just have different approaches about how to do it. tomorrow it ll be up to the voters to decide which way wins.
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we are live in northwest . in addition to initiative 77, voters will also cast ballots in several primary races. the mayor, several d.c. council races and wards one, three, five and six. they will chooga the d.c. de for the house of representatives. only the democratic party has primary battles andll not a of those races are contested. turning now to the weather. the air is thick enough to cut with a knife. >> it's so humid. >> is this the hottest so far. >> we've had warmer temperatures, but the humidity is just off >> and you didn't want to be on the weather deck today? is that right? >> i would go out there. here's the secret about the weather deck. the mosquitos there are usually out ocontrol. i can only imagine how brutal it
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uld be. >> we need to go fog that. >> anyway, a heat advisory in effect for most of us. when you factor in the temperature and humidi's fe feeling like 100 degrees. today definitely brutal. tomorrow still uncomfortable, but i don't think we're going to see the heat index beigh enough to have the national weather service issue a national heat advisory. tomorrow it will feel more mfortable during the afternoon hours. so as we look at your weather headlines, tomorroes and wey we're going to have some scattered thunderstorms around, especially tomorrow. it's hot and humid. verye litlief out there tomorrow and wednesday. on thursday and friday we start toowee humidity levels. the end of the workweek looking a lot like the beginning. right now i'm watching the it's not picture perfect, but it's not a washout. there's a chance for storms saturday and sunday. that's still a ways away.
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we'll continue to update that forecast. currently temperatuhes in upper 80s and low 90s. 89 degrees igt wash. we've been around 89 degrees here in the district for the past few hours.ha but 89 feels more like 98. leesburg it is brutal. feeling like 110 and like 102 in hagerstown. here storm team 4 radar. we'll stay this way tonitit, but the thunderstorm in parts of northern anne arundel cnty. this continuing to push off toward the east at about 30 miles an hour. bottom line, you don't have to worry about rain tonight, but tomorrow you want to have umbrella handy. 7:00 a.m. we're dry with sunshine and already hot. with the mugginess it will feel like 85 at 7:00 a.m. by lunchtime we're tracking thunderstorms north of washington. they move through the d.c. metro area and to the south during the early afternoon hours betweenab t 1:00 and 4:00 and some
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south o washington later i the day could be strong to severe. we'll be here tracking anything on the radar. high temperature of 90 degrees at 4:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. ape tture of 86. a 60% chance you're dealing with rain around the midday or early afternoon hours. we lose the 90s but keep the humidity on wednesday with a high of 87. 86 for a high temperature on thursday. so late day thunderstorms on wednesday. thursday lookingry. small chance for thunderstorm on friday. here's the weekend. 83 on saturday with thunderstorms. it is bit more likely than on sund h. sunday it and muggy with a high temperature around 90. >> thanks ameli as you mentioned, it's a very hot day for a run along the natileal mall. pere trying to keep cool in shos and t-shirts. frome jacobs joins us now alexandria. are the shorts and t-shirt working, ni rle? orter: well, for some it's certainly working, but i can tell yo t, doctors warn
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against this kind of heat and notg tak lightly. it really can be deceiving, especially when you're having fun like these kids are. it makesor cause for parents to not only make sure their kids are protectedhe from t heat but also they are protectedm fro the heat. a few days before the official start of summer, but already the fu has begun. >> i'm happy because we head outside, it's like g on in the 80s, 90s. >> in fairfax county, beating the heat turns into enjoying a splash. >> i was actually hoping may they'd do first steps out here, but not quite yet. >> no first steps for 11 month old twins charlot and savannah, but it's their first water park experience and they ow exactly what they like. >> water, just anything. especially if it's splash. >> simple for them but a little more strategy when it comes to staying safe in the heat. >> i thought nice way to get in the and let him ride
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around. >> robin andy little har have the perfect idea. they pitched a tent at the water pa and areore than prepared to stay cool. >> i have a lot of water withme i'll keep them hydrated. load up on the sun block. >> preparation is key when experts have their say. limiting time in the heat and protecting yourself against direct sth. beginning of summer sets the tone for not only fun, but also staying safe. we also spoke with an e.r. nurse who gives specific tips on how to sta se in this heat. we're going to hear from her coming up at 6:00. jim, pat, back to you. >> nicole, thank you. about one out of every three adults is at risk for adult onset diabetes. now there's concern the arrival of tt disease may signal something worse. what doctors want you to know. plus cracking a cold case. local police look to identify a
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woman found murdered 20 years ago. ago. the new technique
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for montgomery county executive, endorsed byos the washington mor than two dozen were taken into custody over the a weekend ovearijuana pop-up event. policeerve a search warrant and wound up taking 30 people interest custody. we're told they alsoed recov three firearms, cash, pounds of pot along with thc infused products. while marijuana has been legalid, it remains illegal to buy or sell it. tomorrow some in our area will mark thees o celebrated holiday marking the end of slavery. we're a talkingut june teeth. it commemorates the day in 1867 that union soldiers arrived in texas to tell slaveshey had been freed two years earlier.
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>> n you may have heard this earlier. the world health organization agreeing to classify video gam addiction as a disease. but what does that actually mean? doreen gentzler joins us to explain. a young woman's body was found near this area in charl county two decades ago. now police have a much better idea of what she may have looked like. i'll show you the new image that police are hopin
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wonder of storm team 4 weather alert with just about everybody under a heat advisory until about 8:00re herehe future feels like temperatures around 1:. tomorrow afternoon on stuesday feeling about 100. feeling about 90 degrs in frederick. as we move toward the evening hours we do start to feel a little relief in the shape of showers and tllnderstorms. ave more on the timing and impa impact coming up aro 5:45. back to some breaking news now. chopper 4 w first on the scene this afternoon after the superman roller coaster got stuck on t tracks at six flags in prince george's county. the train came to a stop right there at the peak of a hill. six flags staff helped all the riders down efely. there o reports of any
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injuries. no word on what caused the malfunction. we'll keep working on it and bring you updates as they come in to news 4. new technology is bringing new life to a cold cas in charles county. >> it was 20 years ago this month that a woman was found dead. police haven't been tieable to identify her since, but thigh used new forensic t ls to create this sketch of what she may have looked like onlyn 4 darcy spencer talked to detectives about how this the reignite investigation. >> reporter: could you point to and show us where she was found. >> it would be rightn around this area somewhere. >> reporter: you're looking at crime scene photos dating back 20 years when the body of a young woman wasound off crane highway in charles county. she has never been identified. how surprised are you that no one's come forward to my daughter, that's my sister, that's someone i know?
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>> well, i wouldn't say that w surpriseld be the word. it's disappointing. >> reporter: the lieutenant is a forensic artist with the sheriff's office. he developed this new image of what the victim may have looked like back then. he used new technology toha e an older image. >> reporter: this looks v y lifelike. are you feeling pretty good about coming up with this? >> i amery hopeful. >> reporter: the victim was found in a wooded area. she wasn't wearing any clothing. she had been v beaten solently in the face that she suffocated. police recovered enough of herr ins to create this likeness. >> nobody could not think about the person that this once was. >> reporter: this is a black and white image of her developed more than a decade ago. the new one is in color a it depicts her hair straightened based on a handwritten the detective found in the case file. >> do you feel once you get her identified you would have a chance of figuring o who this
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did this to her? >> it would be a challen that we would be much more likely to meet. >> reporter: stall has been working this cold case for years. he hopes to one day be able to figure out who she was and to give a family the answers they've beenor looking for decades. in charles county, darcy spcer, news 4. >> again, police are hoping someone will recognize the woman imaget if you do, you should give police a call. plants are in full bloom right now, but one plant found in virginia could leave you permanentlylind. it's called the giant hoge weed. these two pictures sent in by virginia tech university researchers. one plant was discovered last weekend in clark county nearst winc. it looks similar to parsnip. it can grow up to 1 teeet. the toxic sack can leave you
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blind and cause burns. have you heard w theld health organization says compulsive gaming is now a illness. news 4 deen gentzler joins us with what that means and who's at risk. t>> most parents know struggle of trying to get their children to turn off their video game. but this is about something a little different. the world health organization says too much gaming can be a mental health condition. it can bar sim to other addictive behaves tp think ab. t think about gambling for example. nagns there may be a problem is theirlity to stop even if they know there may be negative consequences if they tonight. prioritizing the games overall other interests and social activities. they think the disorder affects three of every 10 gamers.
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jo ling kent spoke to one person who went to therapy. >> i was not doing any ing for myself. i would not do laundry. i'd rather play the game. i would not cook for myself. hygiene was very low. about't even thi working out or going outside. >> much mort of t interview tonight on "nbc nightly news." here's why this really. matte today's classification could help people qualify for health insurance coverage for treatment, but it's worth noting that the american psychiatric association has not yet changed its gaming classification. so more to come on this. pat, back to you. >> thank you, doreen. inorities who are diagnosed with diabetes later in life may be at a higher risk of developing pancreaticag cancer. sed with diabetes after the age of 50 was three times likelyev toop cancer and
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latinos were four times to develop pank kraticanr. it's rare but often diagnosed in the late stage. they hope identifying a risk factor could help with earlier diagnoses. two men from silver springs discovered dead aft a boating accident this weekend. now, safety officials are sounding the warning bell. the one t that has them so concerned. we are weather alert as we continue intin the ev we had a few afternoon thunderstorms passing through e region. could we see anymore tonight and the rest of the week? we've got your full forecast with amelia to let you
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an affordable childcare and reschool will soon replace the histic building in the district. news 4 was there as officials broke ground. this is the site of the old
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elementary school on 21st street in northwest. it's one of at least three government owned guildinbuildin the city will renovate. mayor bowser also spoke to the importance of the development. >> there are a few things that will prevent o growth and prosperity and one of them is you filies not being able f toind quality affordable childcare that they can trust. >> the stevens school firhe opened in 1850s as a school for black students. it will n reopen withew purpose in the fall of 2020. a number of prominent private schools inur area are now dropping those a.p. classes. the unusual joint statement says the advanced placement courses are not necessary for college-bound p students. th too much emphasis on memorization. schools promised to cut the classes over theou next
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years. among the institutio, national cathedral, sidwell friends where the obama's youngest still attends. a new feature from apple. wh users call 911. it's supposed to be helpful and improve response time. why aren't some people happy about that? >> maryland officials say this year is on track to being the deadliest boating season we've se in decades. se in decades. coming thanks for financing the new space.
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no word on the circumstances here. it's unclear if children were nearby at the time of the shooting. there's been an al number of deaths on the water recently. according to maryland natural resources, 18 deas in justhe past 18 months. nine this year alone. h no o on life vests. news 4 meagan fitzgerald has more now from the chesapeake. >> reporter: boating officials willell you if you're going out on the water, there's two easy things to do to save your life. one is wear a life vest and the other is have this whistle attached to the life vest so if you go overboard you'll be able to signal f hp. these 24 easy tips that could be the difference between life and death. maryland natural resources police areonstantly monitoring the waterways makg sure boaters have life jacketsn board. but despite their efforts, it's been a deadly season. captain say so far nine boaters have died this year.
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>> in 2015 we -- at this point in time in 2018 we are already ahead of the pace that we were on in 2015. >> reporter: the latest deaths were this weekend in charles county. therbodies of two brofrom silver spring were found near cobsld. the two men were fishing saturday night. investigators are still trying to figure out how these brotheri ed. take a look at this sign. this is what they call a day rker. they believe these brothers ran into this hole. they went overboard and weren't wearing a life jacket. he says alcohol could have been a factor bause beer cans were found inside their boat. >> know what you're doing out on the waterways. know where you're going. be aware of your surrnding, particularly at nighttime. >> this is the time of year when people like to head out on the water. but officials say following safety tips can be the difference between lifend death. meagan fitzgerald, news 4.
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>>ri autes say the investigation into what caused the death of those brothers from silver spring could take several weeks. if you called 911 from your , soon emergency services will be able to see exactly where you are apple says it will automatically share your location when you call for help. the new feature is part of the nepe iphone oting system. it's set to come out this fall. the feature will not give out more information than your phone already does. apple simply claims the location will be more accurate. one criticism, though. the information will only go to the 911 call center and not to individual responders. >> that's amazing. wherever you go it seems like they know where you areike in a small or restaurant. it just pops before you know it. >> they track you. >> they do. >> sometimes that can be a good thing, though? >> it can be a good thing. >> not all the time. >>re w all hot here and you've
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been tracking not record breaking temperatures. >> no, but the thing putting it over the edge is humidity. it feels like the tropics out there. currently our temperature is around 90 degrees. wh you factor in the humidity, it's feeling like triple digs. 90 in gaithersburg. 90 in winchester. 89 in annapolis. here's the current heat iex. 110 in leesburg. 101 in martinsburg. feeling about 98 here in the district. it is a muggy evening out there. notice one storm out a hereund the annapolis area, a little bit of relief, but tomorrows still a hot and humid day. forecast are in the tomorrow. i'm going to time it out for you. 7:00 a.m., you're waking up. it's already uncomfortable outside, but it is dry. we have sunshine out there m once wee toward the mid to late morning hours, 10:00, 11:00, we start to some scattered showers, maybe a into of thunder moving
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the area. notice even into montgomery county. beeen about noon and 4:00 we'll have areas of run and thunderstorms in the d.c. metro area and areas farther down to the south. any storms tomorrow could noton have very heavy rainfall, notice the really bright colors, but also strong gusty winds and the potential for hail. as we move toward the evening hours we're looking dry. the storm chance between 11:00 and 4:00. if you have outdoor plans, maybe tomorrow not the bestay out there. >> probably not the best pool day,spially in the afternoon. if you get home from work and want to spend time relaxes, probably not looking good. you're going to want to jump in the water because it's going to be so hot again. a breath of humidity tonight all throughout the night. if you're goi to theats game which starts in about an hour, tonight, headed out the going to be impressive. by about 10:00 that heat index still right around 90 degrees. the good news is the humidity
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will start to falet as we to thursday and friday. we are muggy all the way up until then and the humidity rolls back. over the nextouple of days, tomorrow the storm as amelia was showing you, move from the north to the south. probably not the best poo day, but i do think you can squeak out a few hours on wednesday as well as a frontal system that will drop through tomorrow bringing us the chances. we'll let you kind of hang around for wednesday and thursday. not going to be a washouut we will still have a chance for showers and thunderstorms. we take that chance all the way through the weekend for a few showers and thunderstorms as the heat rolls back in and the humidity rolls back in. >> exactly. very ummsummer like pattern whe there's a chance of thunderstorms every day. no day i a washout and it's hot and humid tomorrow and wednesday. a bit of relief from the friday. on thursday and maybe an isolated storm on thursday. thursday is making mainly dry. the weekend there's a chance for
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th aderstorms both saturda sunday. the humidity is back and we hit 90 degrees for a high temperature on sunday. d>> get u to it. well, in less than aonth l eyes will be on washington as the mlb, major league baseball takes to nats park. >> it's not just about the game. it's all about the fan fare and community eventsro sding the miss summer classic. dave johnson is here with a peak at se really cool gear. >> he's got props for us. >> i've become the mos popular guy. jim and pat, you've got the licensed gear. this is official stuff. these are the just released, just released jerseys that will be worn by the national league at nats parkt month in the home run derby. aren't they doing a great job? te think they b keep them. just put them on my credit cardp myse account. you're going to see them next month or later this month, next month at the all-star game in
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the warmups, the home r derby. they pay homage to d. landmarks. it's going to be a fun time in d.c. s we have specific information, be at the convention center starting on july 13. major league baseball legends,ls former natio will be in attendance. the home run derby in which the ayers will be sporting the special jersey you just saw. that will be onda m the all-star game on tuesday. if all goes according to plan, we'll see max scherzer in thest al game. some cool stuff and another example, this is going to be just a great sports summer. >> i really do like the stars on the side you pointed out t. and the official arm. >> the jerseys tell a story. >> they do. it's gre for formal wear or casual wear. you've got options there. it's just amazing. >> after 5:00 wear. >> i like that. >> goo stf.dar
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frank harden helped entertain many of us while on the way to work here in the d.c. area. he died last week. he was half of one of the most popular radio teams in radio history. the hardeho and weaver aired for more than 30 years. as news 4 mk segraves explains his legacy will also be about the millions ola d he helped raise for children's hospital. >> reporter: frank harden and jackson weave were a radio power house in the d.c. region. harden and weaver had been workings announcers at wmal for years when in 1960 their boss decided to put the two together for a morning talk show. >> there were two guys that had, you know, entertain inhe lunchroom. they would entertain with each ther at a restaurant or someplace. it just was natural for them.
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>> reporter: the hard skpen and weorer show would stay on more than three decades. now he has the task of competing with them. >> you turned in to harden and i got to be second, but i was a distant second. a planeay recalls after crash sidelined him for a month, harden and weaver went on the radio and welcomed holiday back to the air waves despite being on a competing station. >> to this day, it still breaks me up. come out of a break and these voices s johnny, it's frank harden andnd jack weaver we want to welcome you back. how often do you find something like that happen? not very often. >> network sports anchor t brant partnered with hard own wmal with andy parks after jackson weaver died in more than 20 years after brants got rst job on the air doing sports for the harden and weaver show. >> they were family.
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there's no question about it. what they did then could not be done today. they didn't want t alienate anybody. all they wanted to do was help the mmunity. >> reporter: he says that commitment to community was never more evide than i the fundraisin hard skpeen and weav did for children's national medical center. >> millions. they were so important to the hospital. >> harden ande weaver h on wmal. >> frank h aden passed away his home. he was 95 years old. he had worked at wmal radio for 50 years. mark segraves, news 4. t now 6:00, cries at the border. >> it is contrary to our values in this country. >> they'rehe using grief, the tears, the pain of these kids to build their wall. >> tonight growing criticism across party lines as families are torn apart and t children are locked up in cages as part of president trump's
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policy on immigration. our first look at the man behind the security scare at the white house. >> someuy came at me kind of from my blind spot andalmly walked up and looke at me and said do you want to see if god's real and threw a backpack down at my feet. >> see how i unfolds as we learn what the suspe. left behind the news sending shock waves in the sports world. the stanley cup washington capitals are searching for a new leader after their coach says go bye. >> announcer: news 4 at 6:00 begins with breaking news. some scary moments in midair this afternoon. a roller coaster at six flags in maryland now fctions stranding passengers. >> we broke the story at 4:00 and are gathering new iavelopments and some pictures on s media. >> let's get right to scott macfarlane with the breaking news at our livees scott. >> doreen, thrill seekers got more than they

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