great deal that later backfire >> it's a very effective scam. >> announcer: news 40 at 4 starts now. and first at 4:00, the red hen restaurant in virginia is closed tod after the owner asked white house press secretary sarah huckabee sanders to leave. >> this move was purely political. s just addressed the controversy to reporters today calling it unacceptable. some believe the restaurant owner's actions were inappropriate while others were praising the behavior. >> now that controversy isg spreado the district, but to a differe restaurant some 200 miles away. it just happened to have the same ne. ne 4 derrick ward is live with reaction from the red hen owner in d.c. derrick.he >> reporter: you're in business, especially in the restaurant business, you want to make sure that you're branded, that people kw who they are. this restaurant, just because of the coincidence happen to find

themselves in uncomfortable position of making sure people know who they aren't. the d.c. restaurant called red hen has beenetting a lot of unwanted attention. they're not affiliated in any way with the lexington virginia red hen, the one that booted the white house pss secretary over politics. but the hc. restauran been getting harassing calls, e-mails and even deathnd threats a someone threw eggs at the place. chef and co-owner mike freedman says he realized he was in a political town, but he never expected to be in controversy because of the establishment's >> this is not something that is exciting to deal with on a daily basis, especially when there are threats coming in against youra rerant. obviously you have to gauge those threats and arm yourself with the right information. >> reporter: friedman says it would be nice if the white house would help clear up the controversy though the president's recent tweet criticizing t virginia red hen starts the harassment that just started to die dow

did hear again there was some addressed from the white house press secretary. whether it will make a difference here or not, that remains tbe seen. actually, they're telling me that when they get to folks and tell them that we're not that red hen, then they're always asked what you would do if sarah huckabee sanders showed up here and the response is we treat her like anyone else. we welcome her for dining experience regardless of politics or anything else like live in northwest. >> interesting. this is a story that not going away. it has legs all over the place. derrick, thank you. now let t turn to crisis at the border and the battle over immigration. president trump doubling down now on a controversial idea that some say may not eve be constitutional. blayne alexander joinse us from hite house. blayne. >> reporter: one of the solutions that we've heard over and over, one of the many ggestions is to get more judges, send more judges down to help hane theacklog of cases and move families through the systemaster. today president trump is introducing a very different

idea. today president trump extending a warm welcome to the king of jordan even as he proposes a new way to slam theoor on illegal immigration. >> we want a systemhere when people come in illegally they have to go out. and it's a nice simple system that works. >> suggesting about those entering illegally, educate they them back from where came with no judges or crt cases. >> where do you find 5,000 people to be judges. >> reporter: rather than hire more judges t handle t backlog of cases, do away with the willing process all together. butlahat wouldte the constitutional rights guaranteed even to s.noncitiz >> they certainly have a right to be treated fairly and humanely and gioven a chance to fully present their cases. >> this as members of congress fan out along the border f a firsthand look at the detention center before the house votes oa an immon bill this week. >> this is a detention facility. almost like a prison where the adults are detained.

>> meanwhile the administration digging in. >> we're going to continue to secure the border. >> reporter: even as political disagreement is crossing a new line. press secretary sarah huckabee sanders asked to leave a virginia restaurant over the weekend because she works f president trump. but a recent gallop poll shows among republicans the president is still popular. his approval rates soaring at 90%. and president trump is hoping to cash in on that politically. southt he will head to carolina where he will campaign for a political ally running for governor. live at the white house, blayne alander, news 4. and i'm wendy rieger with some breaking news from the live de s. we have new clues about the man who was behind the wheel of that deadly crash on the wilson bridge. police say 60-ye-old rodell jones of bordantown new jersey blled last week after the crash

on thedge. the medical examiner had to use dental records to identify him because his bod was soadly burned in that fire. police say the truck that jones was driving slammed into a work zone on the bridge on wednesday. it struck several trucks befcae hing fire and killing jones. that fire as you know closed the bridge for 12 hours and created a traffic nightmare on therea roads for the enoire day. stilclear why jones drove into that work zone which was clearly marked. back to you. >> traffic we won't soon forgetd thank you. now to some breaking news, a i fire in southeast washington, firefighters respondingo a two-story row house engulfed in flames. it's in the 2200 block of prout street. that's where we find darcy spencer on the scene. darcy, we're hring some of those people there have been forced out of their homes?r:

>> reporhey sure have, jim. i have to tell you it was very tense for d.c. firefighters when they first got the ll. they were told there were possibly people trapped inside this hou. fortunately that turned out to not be the case. you're looking at video right now of the househere you can see it's basically gutted. we're told there were several people home, but fortunately they were able to get out sa sly. we want w syou some phokes that were to show you just how intense those flames were when they first got here to the scene. nine people have been displaced as a result of this fire. we're just now hearing from firefighte t that one ofir own was injured, taken to the hospital, again, with a minor. inju >> we immediately attacked the fire, aggressive interior attack and worked to keep the fire from extending to the adjacent home which is attached successful in that. oi>> reporter: at this firefighters are still trying to figure out what actually caused

the fire and wheer they were working smoke alarms inside theo home. back to you. >> darcy spencer reporting live. d.c.'s police chief said the deadly crash involving a bus and a 19-year-old cyclisto hangragi accen at.rsea police say malik fell into the path of crter bus when his bicycle tire reportedly got stuck in streetcar tracks. >> reporter: did his tire get stuck in the streetcar tracks? >> it appears that way but we have to fish the investigation to make that determination. >> he died at the hospital. the chief says the bus driver is h opit coe inveion. refused to provide services for a guy wedding is getting a seend chance now to m her case in washington state. today the supreme court sent that case back to the state for reconsideration. the florist argued her arrangements were works of a and creating them for a guy

wedding would violate her religiou beliefs. justices say the state court should consider thein case agai ight of a decision in favor of that colorado baker earlier this month. we're keeping an eye out for othe decisions before the supreme court wraps up its term at the end of theeek. the biggest case, president trump's travel ban that would restrict entry to the u.s. from seven countries. decisions also e cected toe on cases that couldreshape public labor unions and political restricting. th courts have to decide whether anti-abortion centers must fill their ads with disclaimer reminding people that a borbortions are legal. now to politics as we learn more about a problem, a big one before the last election in our area. nothing liken th hour surprise. >> maryland voters are going to be weighing in on house and senate contest as well as some crowded local races. now we know more than 18,000

votes were not properly registered because of a computer glitch. >> but as news 4 nicole jacobs reports tonight, that does not mean you shouldn't go vote tomorrow. >> reporter: voter turnout is always a little lower during primary elections compared to the general elections and critics of this situation say they're fearful this could discourage voters from turni out all together. but maryland state board of elections officials say it ld sht. because if you're registered to ote, you will not be turned away. this is all the result of what wee told was a computer glih withhe mva which was just discovered friday. more than 18,000 maryland voters could be affected. the board of election is sending out e-mails to registered who have an e-mail address on file as they try to remedy this situation. i can also tellou voters can verify their own information online by sply going to

elections.maryland.gov then completing the identification information.e you'll then bble to see what is under the voter registration istem for your name. if thatormation is incorrect, you have the ability to change tt. the staoard of elections will also hold a hearing next month. the last thing they want to do is have this issue during the general election, so they'retr ng to iron out any kinks while they can. again, if you're registered to vote, you should have no problem tomorrow. in prince george's county, 4cole jacobs. news the weather's going to be good too. no excuses. stay with news 4 for continuing coverage of tomorr's prima from polling locations to information on the governor's race and other keyontests. just head to our website or open our app and search maryland primary for more. >> here is a lesson for the next time you're out shopping for groceries. >> yeah. don't get distracted. pat collins hhe story of a woman who says she lost every

piecef her identity. we'll show you justpp how this haed. we know that you love to keep up your lawns and your gardens. whent comes to mowers, should you choose gas or electric? we p them to the test for you. >> we've got some cloud cover, guys, tryingo make its way in across our area from a storm system just to the west. l i' you know how it affects the rest of the workweek and when our next

all right. it's a new week, folks. that means we have a new forecast. and it's full of a little bit of everything. doug is back from the beach and he joins us i just three minutes with his forecast and your next chance for some rain is coming. >>het is kind of crime where you're often warned about it, but a woman says that even after taking stepsm to keep f becoming a victim, she wound up getting ripped off as she shopped inside whole foods and within minute thieves tried using her stolen credit cards. news 4 pat collins has the story. >> reporter: it staed as a quick shopping trip and then all of a sudden it turned into a -- >> it wass snapped and it like this and it was face down in the cart likeit this food on top of it. >> in the kid's seat? >> in theat kid's . >> you thought it was pretty

well protected. >> i did. >> she thought her purse was safe here in theid k compartment of thatdiar. 't turnout that way. kendl says she was at this whole foods in rockville when she was flim flamed out of h wallet. her wallet with her credit cards and the keys to her house and her driver's license and she was standing right there when it happened. you can imagine how she felt. >> i was really mad. once it set in, i was really mak becausew exactly who they werend i -- it was just an awful feeling. >> did you feel like you were taken? >> yeah. >> kendall i'll tell you how the thieves did it comingtp 5:00. >> this happens more often than

you think. if you're in the market, folks, for a new mower, you may want to consider ditchin the gas. >> consumer reports says that some electric mowers are giving gas models a run for their money these days. susan hogan here with some of the top picks. >> my husband, we were both in the market for a mower and he was looking at electric mowers and i was thinking they're not that powerful. this is a real interesti >> guys like power. >> they do. >> and he does the mowing in your family or you? >> i don't do it. are you kidding? no. no. here it goes. electric mowers may come with a gher price tag as you may imagine, so consumer reports says they will pay for themselves when it comes to saving on gas and maintenance. a simple push of autton and you're ready to go. easy start is just one of the reons to consider an electric mocsr. >> electrire relatively maintenance.ee free they don't have a gasoline

engine so they're muchasier to start. >> consumer reports tested to see how well they bag and discard the grass clippings. >> between gas and electric mower you're goi to realize electric are much easier to push. they're lighter and easier to maneuver. >> they en foldp for easy storage. which one performed well? this black and decker did a good job side discharging and i mulching mode leaving tiny bits behind to replace the newt utri. this also does a terrific job bagging. a b lithiumtery can power other tools like a leaf blower, string trimmer and chain saw. one thing electric mowers don't have a washout port for the clippings that getstuck. they are light enough to flip on

their side and clean out manually toto prevent accidents you should remove the batteries first. consumer report says battery powered mowers are best. the battery typically runs for about half an hour depending on the height and densitom i havehing to say for the record. these three, i've never seen you all morentense listening to my story on lawn mower. kammerer has got a compound. >> a riding lawn mower would be great. my neighbor has an electri mower. two of them do. and they never seem to run out of battery. that's a good thing. >> good stuff. thank you, susan. we have got some crazyin weather c later in the week. a nice start to the week, though, right. >> not a bad today. a tomorrow carbon copy, which is

a mix of clouds and sunshine and mperatures in the low 80s, but with low humidity, today is pretty comfortab take a look outside. this is a good shot. diffnent vantage point te normally see. >> i looked at jim when we sat down and said i don't think i've seen this shot before. >> if you didn't see the monument, you might not know which direction we're pointing. kind of a cool different shot. >> trip from t tpulled this up. it's from the airport. >> we love trip. good job, buddy. out there right now, temperatures sitting at 83. winds out of theutorth at a 3 miles per hour. it is on the nice side. temperatures below avege. ou average high is 87 degrees. we're below average by a couple degrees. to 84 last hour. 81 martinsburg. 87 in w'vchester. got some cooler numbers. with the humidity it really does feelcomfortable. tomorrow very much similar to what we're going to see today. radar, we're not gng to see any rain today. most likely not much in the way

of rain. we saw the sun. ctch the clouds come in. they realle in across our region. two storms, one right here oming through parts of kentucky that one is helping to produce the cloud cover. then another one back towards the west around the kansas cit area. these clouds are going to stick in for the forecast area tomorrow too. 7:0 7:00 aim you may wake up to sunshine. we start to see the clouds moving in by about noon. a couple of showers in our zone. d.c. eastwardeallyot much of a chance of rain at all, although it's something we'll track f y. it's mostly just clouds. you can see cloud cover most of the day tomorrow. mostly cloudy to all clouds depending where you are. bywednesday, wednesday morning we've got another chance of showers. yeah, showers, but no thunderstorms. all of this is very light. we're not talkingbout flood chances, but we will see a chance of rain during the day on wednesday o and on throughout

the day. maybe a thunderstorm late in the day. however, as it looks right now, i'm not talking about anything severe. temperatures tomorrow looking pretty good. 70 degrees, a nice start tomorrow. mostly cloudy by noon. comfortable by 3:00, 8arou degrees and nice by around 7:00. next couple of days, this iss where thitart to get a little interesting. showers on wednermay. thundershance on thursday, but then look at the heat. 93 on friday. that starts pretty intense heat wave. we're going to talk much more abt that potentialeat wave. laur lauryn rickett joins me. wow, do weemember this little girl from our neck of the woods. unexpected and hapactful. >>s how singer john legend described a local girl who gained national recognition earlier this year. her latest honor, a very big one. a northern virginia woman demanding change today after she says

if you've been diagnosed with cancer, searching for answers may feel overwhelming. ou start your search withtes at cancer treatment centers of america. the evolution of cancer care is here. learn more at cancercenter.com/experts today britain's pnce lliam kicked off a historic trip. he arrived in isreal for the first are official visit of a

british royal to the tumultuous region of london. more on prince william's five day middle east tour. >> reporter: the first ever official visit by a bltish roo isreal is under way. prince william, the 36-year-old duke of cambridge and second in line to the throne, will meet with both israeli and palestinian leaders over the ndxt three days. despite those a items, the trip overall is being touted as nonpolitical with every move and gesture no doubt watched very closely. >> he will be treated to some celebrity, of course.ay obviously m some exotic curiosity. >> my message is very clear. i assume your visit is a spiritual one. it is an educational one. and a historicalo one

emasize jerusalem shouldn't be a closed door city. >> the itinerary does place emphasis on technology and joint israeli products. benjamin netanyahu sending a message announcing he and the prince will visit a holocaust hu museum tomorrow. >> he'll be wanting to engage with a wide section of people, but in particular with young people and he'll be looking toel build thoseions for the long term. >> building relationships in a region where such things are historically very tenuous a political. nbc news. w> ok after actress heather locklear was pced on an involuntary psychiatric hold, she is in legal trouble again. this is a mug shot released today. according to tmz he punched a

medic. family members cald 911 after she became extremely agitated in a home outside l.a. she's charged with two misdemeanor countsf battery. locklear will be in court tomorrow. two months ago sheot pleaded guilty to attacking a police officer in a separate incihant. >>s so sad. not just for her but her whole she obviously needs help. >> hard to imagine she's at that point. as you make plans for the four -- i think we're both working fourth of july. >> i am. >> we've i got newormation from metro. their plans for closing time are different than last year, so you're going to want to stickor around f that important information next. to lus why you'll nee be

i'm a small business, but i have...

big drea... and big plans. so how do i make the efforts of 8 employees... feel like 50? how can i share new plans virtually? i how cawnload an e-file? virtual tours? zip-file? really big files? in seconds, not minutes... just like that. like everything... the answer is simple. i'do do what i've alway... dream more, dream faster, and above all... now, i'll dream gig. now more businesses, in more places, can affo to dream gig. comcast, building america's largest gig-speed network.

we have new reaction fromho white press secretary sarah huckabee sanders after she was kicked out of that h red restaurant in lexington, virginia. sanders asked to leave because she was member of the trump administration. during today's press briefing sanders said pitical disagreements should not lead to uncivil behavior. take a listen. >> we're allowed to disagree, bute should be ableo do so freely and without fear of harm. this goes forpl all p regardless of politics. some have chosen to push hat and vandalism against the restaurant that i was asked to leave from.od a holly actor publicly

encouraged people to kidnap my children. is weekend a member of congress called for people to push back and make clear to thoserving their country and this administration that they are not welcome anywhere, anytime, for anything. althy debate on ideas and political philosophy is important. buthe calls for harassment and push for any trump supporter to avoid the public is unacceptable. >> sarah huckabee sander starting that statement read today as she started t white house press concerns. again, the red hen restaurant is in it is closed today amid the backlash from this decision. but news 4's derrick ward i going to have reaction to the problems at a restaurant with the same name, but it's not affiliated at all and it's cated here in the district. that's coming up on news 4 at 5:00. back to yo >> wendy, thank you. now to a teenager girl who says that she was sexually assaulted by a classmate.

she's going public with her cc storying the winchester virginia schools allowing of hostil >> the teenager says she egedatedly ran into her a attacker going to and from classes. julie carey reports fromhe winchester that teen and her mother will address the school board in just a few tehours. >> rep she was just 14 years old in the summer of 2017. a newcomer to winchester and she agreed to come to this park to a frienriend of well, that meeting ended in a sexual assault. now 15, francesca has decided to speak openly about what happened. her twitter feed lays out her experience of the past school here at john handly high school. she's been dretraumatiecause of the way the school district responded. even though her alleged attacker put on probation, he'seen allowed it continue to go to class at the same high school she attends. when her family filed a title 9

arguing th swagdituation create hostile environment the school ruled it was likely the incident didn't happen. her family is appealing that. now francesca wants the sch tl boar hear directly from her. >> what the school is doing is wrong and other peopleo need know that. otherwise they're going to continue doing this and they're going to treat victims with hostility and injustice and i think i shouldn't get the pow by being silent. >> reporter: a statement from win chess center schools they can't comment on specific cases but it regards with regard to complaint of sexual harassment our policies require not oiny ang of unwelcome sexual misconduct but that this unwelcome sexual misconducted created what is referred to as a hosti hostile environment in our school. we'll hear what francesca's mom has to say. firefighters just doing their jobs.rs two figh went in to investigate a building fire when someone opened fire on them this

morning. one firefighter was killed. a second survived. tactical units were called in. this happened not faran from lo les. civilians also were shot. firefighters are not sure what thartar started the fire, but as crews t to the scene they could smell gasoline coming from this senior home. captain david rosen was killed. he leaves behind wife and two children. police arrested the shooter. motive.yet on well, we've got a live look at the panda house at our national zoo. folks, we are officially on panda watch right now and zoo officials tell there are signs that 19-year-old may be pregnant. news 4 adam tuss went to the zoo today to learn more about it and xplains what it means for visitors. >> reporter: all eyes on the national zoo as she could, could be pregnant. he's why zoo officials think the 19-year-old gnt panda could be pregnant.

she was artificially insem nated in march. since that time and right around now she's been sleeping eating less and creating a nest. all of those signs point to the fact that she could be getting ready to welcome a panda cub. that's why zoo officials are keeping a 24 hour watch her. they've actually shut down the is theabitat, which inside portion to keep an eye on her, but the outdoor part of the panda e oibit is stilln and you should still be able to see some of the other pandas that are walking around here. this would be a huge deal. obviously not just from a local get active, but when y panda cub, this becomes a national thing and even an china tional thing as starts to get involved with all of this. once again, a 24 hour watch to see if the 19-year-old co fact, be pregnant. exciting times here at the national zoo. back to you. >> we get so veexcited.

>> time like clock work. ou> something else we get excited 4th of july. d.c. is gearing up for the 4th of july u celebration coming next week. that means metro is making changes to help you and your e familyoy the holiday activity. metro is going to be closing at 11:30 p.m. on wednesday. service will cut off two hours after the fire works end. metro will be on a holiday schedule and will on up at 7:00 a.m., so you eect trains to arrive every 8o t10 minutes after 6:00 p.m. coming up next, lady gaga fans insshock. >> tas a stunner. the singer making a surpriseo visit t our area. tommy mcfly j willn us next to explain. plus trouble at the trash bi why our efforts here locally to go green are seeing red. we'll explain this problem coming up next. nc we're taking a look at our rain tlook.

tomorrow we'll be mostly dry. maybe a few isolated showers. thursday, raind back in the forecast and also heat back in the forecast. heat and humidity. we'll take a look at the warming temperatures. summer like as we head into the weekend. that's all coming up next. all this week news 4 today working for your mind body bs. you know howard that is on our sk . >> sry of our lif justin finch is checking out salt caves, what they are, and whether they're worth it. whether they're worth it.

to three generations montgoof elrich's.is home we love it here. but we have to work to keep it gat, like fixing transit and traffic to shorten my son-in-law's commute. increasing open space where my grandchildren can play. and reducing classroom sizes for all our kids. that's why our next county executive has to reqre developers to solve the problems their delopments create. as county executive, that's exactly what i'll do for every generation.

it was a regular tony bennett conceil lady gaga showed up. i'm tommy mcfly. first, yep, that was j. lo leaving the elevator at the canopy hoel canopy hotel over the weekend. she was spotted with a body guard and a. rod by her side. he was in town for the national broadcast of the nats game.

today marks nine years since michael jackson has passed away and h dad,oe jackson, shared on twitter a pretty yptic tweet. he said i've seen more sunsets and the sun rises when the time comes and whether you like it or not the sunsets as well. tony bentt performed saturday. and lady gaga in a blackballnd gown a stylish up do joined enm for two songs. the two have besties since they collaborated on an album and there's talkth of anoer project of tony bennett and gaga in the works. with your celebrity 60, i'm toc tommy mcfly. it was one of the most memorable moments of march for our lives earlier this year. take a listen. tool ple have said i'm a of some nameless adult. it's not true. >> that is naomi from

alexandria, virginia. her speech lit up social media. last night she was honored at the b.e.t. awards. naomi shared the humanitarian awd with five other recipients including one who wrestled the gun away from the waffle house shooter and antny buorges who was shot locking the classroom doors during the park land shooting. >> good for naomi. we remember her. coming up next on news 4, how local people in wheelchairs are rallying behind one woman who says she should be able to use uber just like everybody else. used car buyers beware. used car buyers beware.

♪ ♪whoaaa-oooaaaa ♪as long as the suns up... ♪there's no holding back.♪ ♪as lo♪whoaaa-oooaaaaup... ♪and every moment, ♪you gotta make it last. althe thrills of summer. one amazing getaway. busch gardens williamsburg and water country usa. visit both parks for only $30 per day. aruna milike i belongeder in americae feel when i didn't speak english. arunathe minimum wage jobs that helped me geth throllege and become a transportation engineer. and my daughters who make me proud every day. i'm aruna miller, and i have a lot of reasons to give back.

it's why in the legislature, i helped write dozens of laws to protect every maryland family. i'm running for congress and i approved this message beuse right now, protecting maryland families means stopping donald trump. we have some breaking news out of northern virginia right

now. now facing assault charges and police are looking into the possibility there may be more victims out there. re is a picture of the suspect. his name is mar mo ham mad. a woman says he assaulted her as she was getting a massage at the day spa off camidge road. he was arrested today and charged with one count of simple assault. four things tonow this afternoon. police have identified the truck driver involved in last week's deadly wilson bridge crash. investigators say 60-year-old rodell jones drove his truck into a work zone and hit several other trucks and caught fire. jones died at the scene. it's not clear why he entered th work zone. the d.c. restaurant called red hen getting a lot of unwanted attention after a ur separate restaant of the same name wld not serve the white house press secretary for political reasons. the d.c. restaurant is getting some harassing calls,e-mails, and even death. threats the owner told news 4 it would

wbe nice if thete house would step in and help clear up the controomrsy. a says she got robbed during a recent trip to whole foods in rockville. these matters to distract the woman tet into her purse despite us telling it she had closed and face down and covered by food items inhe kid seat of the cart. the victims tried to use her di stolen cre cards within minutes. primary day is tomorrow in maryland and a computer glitch at the mvaeans that the state board of elections may not have the right mailing addresses ole or more than 18,000 voters. but you can still head to the polls and file a provisional ballot if there's any kind of issue. leon, last week we told you about a d.c. woman who wasni an uber ride because she was in a wheelchair. well, the nonprofit equal rights center is suing the ride share company now saying uber doesn't have wheelchair accessible vehicles. news 4 aimee cho talked to one

northwest resident who is part of that lawsuit about what using uber would mean to her. >> reporter: heading out for the day. something so many of us take for granted. but before heidi can do that, she usually has to pla everythi the day before. >> it's very frustrating. often times everybody's, like, hey, let's go and it's, like, have fun. sorry i can't go with you. s she normally uses metro to get where's going. she wishes she could take uber, but one of the only options they have forse wheelchair system to take a taxi. >> if able to use uber, i couldo think what want to do today. do i want to go to a restaurant just like other people do? >> that's the driving force for why she joined a lawsuit against uber. case says she dreams of the day she can request a ride like anybody ee. it requires them to spendso money on accommodations and

that's where the fight seems to be. >> uber read a statement thae saidll continue to work with our partners and the d.c. gion and beyond to expand ansportation options. they also say they've been piloting a programo a com indica accommodate wheelchairs, she's the right direction. uber in >> our money is as green as anybody else's. it's an opportunity for them to money. we would love uber to be an important partf how people with disabilities travel. >> reporter: aimee cho, news. well, doug is back and back from the beach. i want to know, did you good weather for your vacation? >> of course. >> of course youyo did. ev time without fail. >> i mean, you know. >> thanks a lot. >> thanks for dumping on us. >> i know when t leave and i

know when it's nice where i'm going. that works every time except for my honeymoon where it rained the entire time. my wife was not happy at all. let's take a look and show you what we' dealing with now. we've got cloud cover across the egion, but it's a really nice day. we saw sunshine earlier. temperatures below average. yesterdaye h a high of 91. today we're only in the low 80s. we do have cloud cover and i similar daye a tomorrow to what we're dealing with outside right now. again, pretty nice. mostly c high temperature around 83. 81 degrees by 7:00 tonight. down to about 72 degrees by 11:00. ally a very nice night. if you're going to eat outdoors, no problem. much better to eat outdoors tonight than the past couple nights. it has been so wm and humid. 82 rockville. 81 in leesburg. looking good there. nothing on the radar. we are high and dry, a beautiful afternoon there. no as far as theloud cover, you can see those clouds coming in courtesy of the storm that' ssing just down to our south.

some severe weather. southern virginia down to of north carolina. for us it's just the cloud cover that we have across our area. lower humidity tomorrow too. 84gr s. more clouds than sun. comfortable. chance of showers west. we're mostly talking about places like the mountains back towards portions of the shenandoah valley. places like winchester where somebody named lauryn ricketts happens to be. notncn ster, but here in northwest d.c. >> it's still going to be comfortable tomorrow even though we do have cloud coverlo we do have cover, but as you also said, we are dry and we'll be mostly dryro tom maybe a few sprinkles here and there, especially south, but rt otherwise comle through your tuesday. the humidity starts to really move back in tuesday night into wednesday.da wedn defbtinitely on the muggy side as we get into thursday, friday, and even through the weekend. we've gotpe ttures in the 90s as we get into this upcoming

weekend. again, it's going to be pretty warm out there leading into your t liday, which is n wednesday. july 4th already. if you're out and about tonight or tuesday, outside dining, perfect conditions right now. it is so comfortable and of course with theco cloud r, it kind of makes it nice. you're not in that full cisunshine. ex as we go through tomorrow. we'll have some sunshine here and there. it is going to be comfortable. you'veve got pool time got the kids going to camp, looking good tomorrow, but unfortunately the rain comes back on wednesday and it looks like wednesday through the day we'll have some rain, maybe even a few thunderstorms before we break out that heat leading into thursday all the way through the weekend. we really ramp up those temperatures as we get into saturday and sunday. >> you mentioned temperatures in the 80s on thursday. we're back to around 87. that's the average high. then we get to friday inspec93. 97 on saturday. 96 on sunday. we've got the quicken loa golf tournament out there on

congressional looking really, really hot. it's always hot for that golf tournament. 93 on monday. tuesday, wednesday and thursdayo temperature a a little bit above average. guys. well, the fbi sros cs are selling cars online that they don't actually own. >> comingup, the online car buying scam that has a lot of peopleishing they knew about some telltal signs. we'll tell you what they are. then at 5:00, reiki for your health. how eastern medicine is helping many suffering fm

rei . the fbi says that an unbelievably bold online scam is gettingan worse. it involves one of the most expensive purchases you'll ever make. buying a car. nbc chris explains how this scam works so you don't fall for it. >> reporter: an all-points bulletin has been posted for

consumers looking to buy a car online. >> it's a very effective scam. >> reporter: carol says the scam has the fbi and edmunds teaming up to alert car shopping consumers. crooks are posting online cars for sale that they don't actually own. >> the link to the vehicle history report may be legitimate vehicle history report for a legitimate car. it's just the person who put tad n doesn't own it. >> reporter: lured by a low price on a great car, the crook's objective she says is to get you to wire a down payment to the full purchase pri a phoney escrow account created by the crook. >> and that really is the point of which you're separated from your money and you never hearm from t again. >> reporter: the telltale signs of these online car thieves and their insistence to talk by e-mail, never by phone, and making excuses for refusing to meet in person. >> they're in the military and

they've been deployed overseas. they've just got then great job in the uk.f >> reporter:ny of this happens, run. don't walk she says.eo from s who's more likely a car thief than car seller. nbc news. right now at 5:00,owhe g backlash as a member of the president's inner circle gets kicked out of a virginia restaurant. >> we are allowed to disagree, but we suld be able to do so freely and without fear of harm. >> reporter: reaction today after a local businesshat has the same name gets targeted. supermarket swipe, the warning for shoppers after a woman is singled outhe and robbed. the scheme that allowed the thieves to get away with the crime. stopping the violence. a new initiative from d.c.'s mayor. how thisirrogram dted at teens could keep others in the city safe.

butst fp tonight at 5:00, the backlash over a restaurant owner's decision to turn away the white house press secretary. >> that restaurant involved in theincident, it's closed today, but the debate over what happened on friday night in lexington virginia is wide open. today psident trump weighed in slamming the establishment with a tweet saying the owner shoul wo painting and cleaning the building instead of picking diners. ing its >> meanwhile at the white house today sarah huckabee sanders began today's briefing by addressi the issue. >> i was asked to leave because iork for president trump. we are allowed to disagree, but we should be able to do so freely and without fear of harm. this goes for all people politics. o >> the restaurant's co-owner told "the washington post" that she asked sanders to leave because somean resta employees are guy and sanders defend president trump's desire to keep transgender

people out meanwhile this controversy is spreading to our town. this has been the talk of the town. >> it certainly has, especially if you are familiar with the red hen in d.c. it is a different restaurant. it is 200 miles away, but it does have theame name. and that is causing it some misery. news 4 derrick ward has reaction from the red hen's owner ind.c. >> reporter: this is the red hen, the one in virginia, the one at the center of a controversy over refusing to serve the white house press secretary sarah huckabee sanders. this is the red hen in d.c., the one that's catching some of the flack. te are not affiliated at all. >> i know that because i'm the chef a the owner. >> reporter: as you'd expect, the coincidence of having the same name doese hav its burdens of late. >> the phone is off the hook here. phone, e-mail, social media, twitte facebook, instagram, google. >> reporter: of course in the restaurant business word of mouth can be a good thing, but