of thundr. amelia draoins us now from the storm center. is it over yet amelia? >> the good news is thunderstorms are over and they brought torrential downpours to parts othe area. some of us saw over an inch of rain including here in you can see there are about 60 miles south of the district down around parts of the nourrthern neck. here's a loop for the last six hours as these storms developd up aro the mason dixon line and then dropped south into the hearea. again,torm threat is over for tonight, but we'll still have some scattered showers out there. some very light showers around until about midnight. otherwise some peaks of sunshine and we've just jumped back up to 83 degrees. storms at least pulled us into the 7s. they do nothing for the humidity. it is still going to be extremely mgy out there. by 11:00 p.m. that 79 feels more like 85, pat, when you facto in

the mugginess. i'm going to have more on themi ty levels coming up around 5:25. the other big story we're following this evening, the battle at the border over children being sep from their families. >> new audio unverified by nbc news from inside one of the detention centers is fueling more out raining this a border patrol agent appearing to mock the children. the audio first obtained by p publico and these images provided by the government are our only real glance at what's going on in tome ofse border facilities. the trump administration has pushed back against any notion that the children are being president's nd the trying to lay blame on democrats. a suggestion they areoundly

rejecting. >> we want a great untry. we want a country with heart. but when peopleome up, they have to know they can't get in. otherwise, it's never going to stop. >> we should be abl to agree that we will not leave kids in internment camps. and outf public view. what country is that? >> joining us now is nbc's chief white house correspondent hallie jackson. this isecoming of course contentious issue for this administration, but earlier today the president ripped on this iue for about 20 minutes sounding almost like he was back at aally at the start of his campaign. >> it was like a barn burner speech, sate of the gt hits we've heard from then candidate trump, now president trump. you're right about that. let me make two points if you want to summarize the administration's position, if where the summarize

president is on what has become the dominant story in the news over the last 72 hours or so it is tse two words. dug in. the president is not backing down from this. his top administration officials are not backing down. that includes for example his top congressional liaison who toll me earlier the president is not essentially going to back away from this policy. here arehe facts. the president could, in fact, end this separation of kids and their families tonight in five minutes right now if he wanted ri. and thats me to the second point which is that while the white house and the president as you said are putting the blame squarely on democrat they've got to change the law. again, there is notqu law that es families to be separated from kids when these adults illegly cross the border. that is because of a trump administration policy that was acted about six weeks ago called zero tolerance which requires 100% criminal prosecution. it removes the discretion in

order to go after adults to break the law by crossing into e country illegally. by doing so the trump administration is essentially allowing the separation, forcing the separation of these kids from their parents. that's the one piece of the other piece is it's not just democrats. not just democrats who are angry about this. republicans are too. in a way that we haven't seen for a long te on capitol hill. i've covered every day of this trump administration. you have people, allies of the president, like senator orrin hatch, people who are on the same side. these are not jeff flakes, republicans who have railed against the president and spoken out against him and who are political opponents of the president even though they're in the same party. aese areies of donald trump who are saying you've got to stop this, this cannot go on. what y have now is congress looking at legislative solutions. they're trying to aigure out way to fix this with a lawpa ing some kind of a bill possibly as soon as this week. congress doesn't have to do this because the president could change it, but congress can in

ct try to create some new law, pass a bill that would stop immefately this separation kids from families. that is what we'reg watch tonight. in about ten minutes or so you're going to see a lot of activityse the president will be heading down pennsylvania avenue and going to the hill to g b aefing on all of this, to talk with republican members on immigration issues an we'll be monitoring that as it happen zb -- know you will. 'll keep you posted coming up in just a matter of minutes. we invite you to keep itfo here all the latest coverage from the border and the battle over immigrationhiere in wton. ahead on nightly news with lester holt. today we're getng a new look at a man police say is responsible for a string of sex assaults in our area. they released this sketch of the so-called d.c. hotelinapist. stigators say he's responsible for attacking at least nine women over the course of eight years.

in the late '90s and early 2000s. six of them have now been connected by dna. meagan fitzgerald is live in d.c. there is also something else similar about many of these crimes. tell us about that. pat, that's exactly right. many of these victimsere housekeepers inside hotels and they were cleaning the rooms when they were attacked by this suspect. one of the victims was a 68-year-old woman. she worked behind me here at the jefferson hotel. this is the latest image of what police believe the so-called hotel rapist looks like. between 1998 and 2006 investigators say he terrorized women in virginia, d.c. and maryland. many of the victims sre targeted they were cleaning hotel rooms in silver springs, green belt, hyattsville. >> six of thesee attacks h

been linked by dna evidence to a hngle assailant and there is suspicion that may be involved in eight additional incidents in the region. >> reporter: in may of 2003 a housekeeper cleaning a room at ie renaissance hotel d.c. was sexually assaulted. that victim makaged to this ring from the suspect before he took off. this red box cutter with debbie written on the side was used in another tack. >> d. currently has a 15 year statute of limitations fex first degreel abuse. but d.c. law allows us to indict an unknown offender under the name of john doe. >> the u.s. attorney for the district of columbia says this is the first timehe district has been able to charge an unknown suspect through dna. >> aohn doendictment like this one tolls the statute of limitations and will allow us to prosecute the assailant when the case is finally solved. >> reporter: but until then at least nine women are still

iting for justice. now police say this dude is in his 30s or 40s. they tell us he's got a stocky buil about 5'7" to 5'10" feet tall. they're asking anyone with information to come forward right away. iis prime mare dary day in district and if you haven't done so left you have until about 8:00 to get in line on the ballot. council member and four ards are also up as well as one at-large seat. voters will give amb t up or down to a contentious proposal that could impact you even if you don't live in d.c. butat hereou it w raise the minimum wage. it would also include tipped workers like servers and bartender. many of them opose itt arguing could lead to fewer tips and increase costs for customers. today also marks until the primary in maryland.

democrats will be selecting a nominee for the governor's race. if you're still y making upr mine, we invite you to check out our nbc washington app. we recently held a forum here with the top six contenders ont the democ side. you can hear their responses to the big issues facing marylanders in our area. just search forum. we are learnin new details about a murder at a popular park in princgeorge's county. the victim in this case is just 17. this evening we're hearing from his father as police search for a suspect and the motive in this brazen daytime shooting. pat collins joins us live now in bladensburg. what can you tell us about this, pat? >> a 17-year-old young man shot and killed. shot and killed inad b daylight at that playground ove there. it appears this was a robberypp itrs this young man was murdered for his designer belts. we're going tour begin story

now with some words from the vict's fher. >> my son, i miss him for all my life. >> reporter: jose's son brian murdered in thi bladensburg park yesterday afternoon. brian was just 17 years old. >> m son is the best and somebody killed him. i'm not feeling good or talkoo t much. >> reporter: friends of the victim, people familiar with this case tell the story this way. they say this playgrou, this park is popular with students at bladensbg high school. brian, he used to go to bladensburg high sndool a

yesterday afternoon he was here at this park withf some his old friends. now, right before this happened, brian was sittingn this perch near this r slidet beneath tha blue canopy. in fact we have a picture of him doing just that. a man with a gun comes into the playground and sayssomebody's going to get robbed. that man with that gun goes over to brian and shoots him at close range and then that man makes off with brian's designer belt. do they have an idea whoe may have d this? >> no. an investigator they're working now. but i don't know. notht r now. ight porter: police out t looking for that gunman. they posted a $25,000 reward in

the case. ji back toyou. >> all right. pat collins. pat, thank you. that re at six flags back in operation less than 24 hours sfter it got stuck. leaving passeng stranded at the very top. what we're learning tonight about the and how the state is trying to make sure it does not happen again. e>> plus ground breaking lawsuits against s of the nation's largest hotel chains. susn hogan first told about this and now the story is getting the attention of a u.s. lawmaker. you've got to stick around for this one, folks. a local sair making good on a promise to his 8-year-old son there. the surprist a local school after a dadeturns home from oversas. oversas. and it' more tha this happyn thanks for financing the new space.

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it's now 5:15. storm team 4 is still tracking storms moving south. amelia draper is back in a

couple minutes with an updated forecast. for the second year in a row chopper 4 flew over a roller coaster stuck here in midair at six flags america in prince george's county. tonight we're working for you looking into t chances this could happen to your family. ne 4 chris gordon is live for us at the park where yesterday's stuck roller coaster is already back in service. chris. >> reporter: well, the super man roller coaster reopened today six flags says it is safe explaining that tra sensors brought it to a controlled stop at a saf place. but yesterday at about this hour when it was stoppe it was a frightening experience for riders and their families. julia kim of fairfax took this video. she watched with her two young r children as t father was stuck high above them on thele x flags r coaster super man ride of steel. she says her husband who likes roller coasters told herhe was

scared. >> he's a 40-year-old mnk. i thie was, like, crying. >> reporter: last april the joker's jinx had a medical malfunction that stranded riders. it tooknce george's county fire rescuers h threeours to remove each rider individually in these highngle a labor licensing and regulation which monitors safety a six flags tells us since july of en15 there have be four accidents requiring form of first aid and eight incidents that resulted in bumps or bruises. tate agency says the super man rolleroaster getting stucksn yesterday doe qualify as an accident or incident because everyone was safely evacuated without any injuries. but the agency sent inspectors today to okay reopening the

superman ride. some here are disappointing that afternoon rain closed the roller coaster. would you ride superman ride of steel knowing it got stuck yesterday? >> absolutely. it rhappens. >>eporter: would you have taken your daughter on it? >> yes. >> reporter: would you have wanted to ride superman ride of steel? >> yes. >>. >> reporter: no fear? >> no fear. >> reporter: no fear. well, the parkop remains . some of the rides have been closed. the water park is open as long as we don't have heavy rain, it will remain open this evening. ahead the odds that you will be safe if you ride a roller coaster. that's the latest. live at six flags. back to you. >> i'm sure they're happy. the district is expanding a program that encourages residents to put up security cameras outside of their homes or businesses. mayor bowser says $200,000 is being addedur to the secity camera incentive program which

gives rebates to residents who buy and install the cameras. there are n more than 10,000 cameras around all wards of the city. officials say they deter crime and they help police investigations. crime fighting efforts also getting a boost in prince william county with the official opening of a new police station in t heart of the county. this newtation primarily serves areas like lake ridge, daleity andwoodbridge. it's named after long time chief charlie dean,e one of original officers hired when the county established its force back in 1970. >> today it's a difficult people spit in your face. they try to attack you or whatever. but we always have t remember that we're the peace keepers. >> the headquarters also holds historical artifacts of crime fighting in the county including the d.c.rs snind the east coast rapist cases.

a public open house is planned for this saturday. a story that you saw onlywsn 4 is getting the attention of sausa lawmaker. susan joins us now with an update. >> these hotels are accused of turning a blind eye to sex trafficking and two victims who are suing them shared their stories with us. eyir say nightmare when they were trafficked as teenagers. their stories h a nerve with rob portman who sponsored anti-sex trafficking legislation recently signed by president trump. >> this is an example where a lot could happen pretty quickly just by making people aware of the problem and putting frankly some pressure on those in the business. he's got a role to play here too. >> senor portman says he is looking to what his office can

do. sibility would be simil to what he did in his home state of ohio where he brought together local hotels and also tcal anti-sex trafficking groups togethe discuss ways to make hotels safer and end human trafficking on their properties. we of course will keep you posted on any news. backou to you can watch the consumer team'sn original reportthe nbc washington app. search sex trafficking lawsuit. hike in toll road fees that could h you hard. and the new cost isn't the only controversia o partf this plan.p adam tussins what else has drivers upset. ome our rains usher in cooler air. we could use that. but for just how long? amelia is back with a look at whatpe we can . and a live picture as president trump heads to the capital for immigration talks. we'll have continuing

and amelia joins us now with the latest on the storms that hit us t earliers afternoon. moving out now? >> those are out now, but more stor near the forecast tomorrow. today's timeline was to have thunderstorms between about 11:00 a.m. and 5:00to p.m. rrow on your wednesday the timeline for storms more so lls between about 5:00 p.m. and midnight and once again storms tomorrow could be strong to sever in fact, i think there's a little bit better potential tomorrow to have more widespread weather during the evening hours. heavy rain, gus winds, hail all possibilities tomorrow. there's even a small chance that if all the factors come togetheg just we could see an isolated tornado. for the evening hours we'll be mainly dry. a few widely scattered showers, but it is still verygg you can see some of the sunshine coming back outlooking out over the city. tomorrow showers and thunderstorms around mainly

during late afternoon and evening hours. we could see se heavy rain when you're in bed that could wake you up. overall during the dayth on sday it's looking pretty nice out there. finally low humidity levels. here's the latest on storm team 4 radar. this is the only rain i'm tracking inrohe m area. ome showers starting to move into parts bethesda. traveling along 66 and will toll ad dealing with some of that light showery activity right now. the th,derstorms, thou continuing to pull away from the area. at this point they're about 60 mis south of the districnd they're continuing to push south out of the area. so you want to get i the run tonight. take the dog for a walk. i think for the most part you shou be okay. maybe thibring that small umbre if you're out walking theog. currently temperatures across the area 70s and 80s. that seems comfortable. then we look at another yer, e humidity. when the dew point is above 65

we say it's humid. when it's above 70 we say oppressive. it's 75, that's virtually unheard. it is extremely muggy. tomorrow morning at 7:00 a.m. kbrits goi it's going to be more comfortable than it has been. the heat andld humid b back in throughout the day. a high temperature of 86 deees with some widely scattered showers and thunderstorms possible during the day e chance pretty low at only about 40%. once we move intohe evening and overnight hours the risk you're dealing with rain and severe thunderstorms is about 60% to by 7:00 p.m. is when we really allow for theotential severe weather with the high of 85. a dry start tomorrow with the chances for thunderstorm and rain activity increasing as the day wears on. thursday a high of 84. nice during the afternoon. especially if you're getting out there for some tennis. on fayday some late day thune'rstorms. thers the weekend.

i'll have more details on the weekend coming up at 5:45. >> thank aamelia. >>ive picture now as president trump arrives at the capital for a meeting thisep evening witublicans on the issue of immigration. plus our continuing coverage. what a v congress n found when he went to a local immigrant detention facility to find out whether children there had been separated from their parents. a minor fender bender turn sboss into a case of road rage after a man driving a pickup ran over the woman whose car he

a young woman is recovering from a broken leg this evening. she was run over in a roadage incident last week. >> the man who hit her is behind bars. this happened near a busy retail area near manassas. >> bureau chief julie carey has more on the key role eyewitnesses played. >> reporter: this is the intersectionhere the incident happened last wednesday. prince william county park way and hastings drive. the two vehicles were in the far lane over there when the car reportedly cut i front of the pickup. now, their bumpers barely uc d, but it set off a case of extreme road itrage. as rush hour, around 6:00 p.m. something happened at this intersection that happensn somewhere northern virginia every day. a minor fender bender.

a pickup truck hit a car from behind. but when the drivers got out and waed towards one another things escalated. court documents show the pickupr iver, 60-year-old robert warren, began slapping the female driver across the face. grabbed her by her wrist dragging her towards the vehicle. returned towards his trk to drive off, she followed him to confront him about the sault and she climbed on to the running board. >> the victim tried to stop him fromed leaving, cli on to the side of the truck.ve he dro away and somehowfehe ll and had her leger ran . >> reporter: witnesses began tending to the victim. others started following the pickup. they got a license plate number for the landscaping truck. prince william county learned he was behind the wheel. he's cha hed with and run, malicious wounding and assault. >> it's one of the more esca rated road rage iidents we've seen to where someone gets run over by a car.

>> reporter: that victim, a 22-year-old woman as we mentioned did suffer a broken leg. she isxpected to recov from her injuries. the damage h t vehicle estimated at just $75. back to you in the studio. >> thank you, julie. l ae look inside the white house where president trump is preparing to leave for a meeting with lawmakers on ismigration. omes as the calls around the country for washington to do something about these family separations at the border grow louder and louder. republicans have been considering a couple of pieces of legislation for focus of this iss shifted to hundreds of children being detained at the border. religious leaders of different faiths are calling on president trump to stop separating immigrant families. many attended a prayer vigil here at the steps of the u.s.

customs and border protection headquarters on pennsylvania avenue. christia jewish, a muslim women stood side by side calling for an end to the zero tolerance policy at the southern border. the garup says sing children from their parents violates their religious bringing. which teaches all to welcome strangers. the governors of maryland and virginia may be in different political parties, but they agree on o thing. no national guard troops from either state will be deployed t the border sile those familie are beingryeparated. maland governor larry hogan says immigration enforcement efforts should focus on criminals. viinia governor ralph mnort was expecting the national guard to fight crime a drug running. while many of the images we are seeing come fm texas, there are also questions about detention centers right here in the washington area. virginia congressman don bier

and his wife weno the anne arundel detention center to see if they've been separated from their children. barbara harrison went along and here'shat she saw and heard. >> there are parents here, fathers, who were a bested at thder and the children were taken from them and shipped to san diego and shipped to chicago. we're here today to talk to these fathers to et their perspective. >> reporter: one of the fathers he got to talk with was mario. he w seeking asylum with his daughter when they were detained and separated. he has not seen his daughter since a few days after she was ken away. he was sent here to maryland. this fencing says it all. this is a serious detention center here. immigratn and customs enforcement rents 138 rooms here, 113 filled with men whoed apparently to cross the u.s. border illegally. anne arundel county executive

along with maryland congressman joined the congressman and his wife and staff members in ain me with mario and one other deti detainee separated also from his child. >> what makes this sonf p right now, it's almost every chils first trauma is separation. separation from mother, separation from father. and theseid aren't separated to go off to kindergarten. they're torn away for weeks and months at a time. >> he hopes to take action with appropriations for homelan security. >> what's the next step? do you go back and try to talk to people?fe >> we're dnt committees. i'm on the appropriations and one of the committees is homeland seavrity. i an amendment that i hope to get republican support that will stop this by not providing money for what trump wants to do. >> meanwhile mario and his ughter remain apart after nearly three months. he has word that she is somewhere in foster care in chicago. >> that was barbara harrison

reporting. we know this story matters to you. hroughout the 4 evening for continuing coverage of the crisis at the border. plus on "nbc nightly news" hear from a man who says he found the bodies of w children have died trying to cross the border and he believes the current policy may be the only answer. well, we're in the thick of pool season and a family is sounding warning after this device the installed to keep their pool safe didn't keep their toddler out of danger. >> and the quest f freshness. the new technology that could more than double the shelf life veggies.s and >> we're still talking about the storms, the heaviest well south of the region but a few isolated showers popping up throughout the remainder of the evening. we'll tal about rain chances this evening and to finish out this evening and to finish out this workweek amelia a indfz

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just a couple of minutes. get ready to pay more to drivene of our area's busiest roads. we've learned rate f s along the dulles toll road will likely jump and jump soon. drivers could pay roughly2. more every day under the new plan and that's going to add up. $50 a month. news 4 transportation reporter ads is live with when this could all happen. adam. >> reporter: that's right, pat. this could be a big increase and it could happen in the next couple of months. take look at the dulles toll road. so many drivers use this road every night to get between fairfax and loudon counties. this toll increase is all but a done deal. get ready to m paye along the dulles toll road. >> 75 cent increaset the main plaza and a 50 cent increase on the ramp. >> reporter: it's expected to be approved for public comment by the metropolitan airport

authority tomorrow. take a look here at what i bein proposed. a 75 cent hike at the main toll plaza. 0 cent hike at the off ramp. and for some that can be an extra $1.25 p day and h some drivers cringing. d here's the controversial part. a majority of the revenue collected here goes to pay for the metro silver line extension. >> maybe a dver wan to go from using the toll road to using thee silver l or open to new employment opportunities because they now have e anasier way to get t. >> drive laura watkins not thrilled about the toll road to funding metro. >> if i wanted my money to go to metro, i would get on the metro. >> the public will have a chance to weigh in before it becomes final. ait of good news, once theol nextl hike goes into place, another toll hike can't come for the next five years. and so this toll increase when it does happen, it is likely to en, won't take effect until

2019, guys. 2019.uary o you've got a couple months. there could be some wiggle room for how thericeises here at the main toll plaza compared to the off ramps, but it is looking likely. nevertheless the public gets a chance to weigh in. back to zb. >> that's always good. transportatio officials discuss an upcoming project along the belt way. that work will be around the bridges that carry traic on 495 over 214 or central avenue. crews will widen the lanes of 214 around the bridge to promote an extra lane and shoulders. t we'reold construction should start sometime next spring. turning now to our summer stormyummer weather you're telling us about some more storms cooking up for tomorrow? >> more storms near the forecast tomorrow. today's storms favor the afternoon hours. mo of us are dry right now. some scattered late showers out there. tomorrow thunderstorm's chance

is ler in the day. mainly between about 5:00 p.m. and midnight. heavyainfall is goingo be the biggest concern, but i can also see some gusty winds and any storms that do develop that can produce wind damand, some hail can't rule out an isolated tornado later tomorrow. again, the timeline forun rstorms tomorrow between about 5:00 p.m. and midnight. it's going to be much later when most of us are already home from work and if you want to head to the pool tomorrow, it's likely going to be okay. only a small chance for shower or thunderstorm during the day with tomorrow's risk tainly duri evening and overnight hours. on thursday it's a great day during the afternoon with sunshine, low humidity. no wores of rai on friday. some thunderstorms are possible later in the day but i think friday is gng to be just fine approximate you if you're planning to head to the pool. here's the current radar situation. r had someain out aroundfa fax. rain in parts of the district. for thear most just scattered showers remain until about 9:00 p.m.nt

maybe midnight with this thunderstorm activity now well south of fredericksburg. 72 and pretty comfortable to start off the day tomorrow. high ofs6. feike 90 when you factor in the humidity. we have thunderstorms mainly during the overnight hours. a stray shower or thunderstorm is possible during the d. tomorr >> you're absolutely right, amelia. i think when you wake upow tomoorning the humidity just a touch lower. that's going to be a couple hours. as amelia was mentioning, a few rsght sho possible through about noon tomorrow and then the real threat comes tomorrow evening. we're toing to startcking some storms after about 5:00 along i-81. you can see thed.c. metro area getting whe, looking good. as we continue through the evening, some stronger storms. heavyownpours once again. possibly severe storms. isolated tornado threats, b we also can see lots of lightning and some pretty gusty winds. storm prediction center has us in a marginal risk.

that's the lowest level risk for severe storms out of five. again, we'll have to see if thea bump up. we'll keep a chance for showers into thursday morning. it's going to be a great pool day. more heavy rain. just a few isolated showers out ere. severetorms tomorrow, yes as i was talking about. from about 5:00 to midnight. humidity will fall tomorrow mo ting. come bacorrow afternoon and then fall as we get into thursday and friday morning. th t we start creep up during the afternoon on friday. unfortunately, we've got rain this weekend, amelia. not a washout. we could have more rain showers on friday -- i'm sorry on turday than on sunday, but rain around this weekend as we e in that summer pattern. >> we've been talking about summer officiallng begin thursday morning at 6:07. the pattern fitting, but not what we want to be dealingit friday a chance for late day showers and thunderstorms. 83 onaturday with showers possible at times really

throughout the entire day right now. onsunday it'of those days where most of the day is looking dry. but there's the chance for late day showers and thunderstorms. hot and humid otherwise with the high temperature around 90 degrees. >> thank you. chopper 4 just pulling up on some breaking new here in prince george's county. this is a fire at an industrial building ont olive str in capital heights. take a look. theilling has n been evacuated. no injuries reported thus far. fire crews tell us they're still hes.ucting sea no word on what started all this. chopper 4 will stay on the scene and we'll get youpd ane as soon as it comes in. so where is your favorite spot for coffee the district? well, there's a good chance it might not be a big name like starbucks or dunkin donuts. turns out there are a record number ofoffee shots wit local and regional roots opening city.oss our

justin finch tells us why. >> skim vanilla latte coming up. >> it's not every day he gregory of gregory's coffee working the bar at his "l" street northwest location. gregory has brought his new york city based cofe chain bearing his name and glasses to d.c. last year. >> i'm actively on the lookout for more locations. we're excited to continue the early results have been positive. >> diving in head first to the coffee craze. investment management and real estate firm j.l.l. is tracking it and a finding uptick in local and regional coffee brands like com pass coffee and gregory. fee shops are a natural layer that integrates very well with the residential community that's growing into those markets. frankly, it's t millennial population. >> millennials may be a driving force but so are landlords and building managers aiming for a cool factor and to tap into

d.c.'s on the go cultur s >> thece within the building, common spaces where people c a break out and have meeting and get together. >> over the past several moneys ount more than 35 new coffee shops opening up in the market. and they're forecasting even nc more to b out from the now hot central business and market districtnd into d.c. neighborhoods. gregory says customers are not the only ones abuzz. >> i actually had quite a few folks from new york transfer down here to get their toe in the water. >> reporter: justin finch, news 4. whether you're smashing it for guac or i puttingt on coast, avocados are one othe choices for the day. how toot make it go bad so quickly. there is a plant derivative that

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for his killer. plus a rare legal move as investigators use science to buy more time in the search for serial rapist. and high drama at six flags as new clues emerge about what went wrong there. >> announcer: news 4 at 6:00 starts now. first tonight scorching heat across the region and strong storms on the move. >> brutal weather afternoon. this was the scene at the start of tvening rush hour. heavy rain coming down sideways in northwest. >> and a similar sce as drivers navigate the conditions dodging r drops on the belt way. now most of it has cleared out. >> but we better getsed to it. it's early in the season. amelia is here to tell us what's coming our way next. >> for tonight only a f scattered showers, however more thunderstorms are possible ttomorrow. thing a little bit later but they could be strong to severe. i'm going to have mor on tomorrow's weather coming up at

6:25. let's get you ready for your evening. we're tracking some only very light showers in parts of the arlia arlington, alexandria, d around northern parts of stafford county. these are the thunderstorms well to our south. th is on a six hour time loop. they moved down through the area as the afternoon wore on right around 2:30 is when they were moving through the d.c. metroea currently we're at 80 degrees and by 7:00 p.m. we'll still be around 80. here's the thing. e rain lowered our temperatures. it did nothing to the humidity. is still soupy out there. only a few isolated showers for the evening. more importantly, it's warm and humid. 77 at 11:00 p.m. feels more like 85 when you factor inhe humidity. i am tracking the threat for stronger to severe thunderstorms tomorr m. i'll haveuch more on that coming up in about 20 minutes. >> we'll s you then. thyo