the decision says that t trump wins. >> a travel ban of muslim countries will stand. this is the court's first substantive ruling on therump administration policy. it's primary day in maryland. s voting underway right now. we'll have the latest on the computer glitch that could delay some voteti co. and we have plenty of sunshine out there today with a few clouds trying to build in later. e however,ave big changes on the way to the heat and humidity. we'll talk about that coming up in just a few minutes. news 4 mid day starts now.

good morning and thank you for joining us and welcome to news 4 mid day. >> i'm molette green. the supreme court just ruled in favor ofdent trump's travel ban. the court rejected a challenge thd the ban discriminated against muslims or exceeded the president's authority. >> chief justice john roberts wrote the opinion saying presidents have substantial power toregulate immigration. here is more from pete williams. >> repeter: this is third version of the attempt to restrict travel from mostly muslim countries after the first . o were struck down in the lower cour by a 5-4 ruling the supreme deurt says that the pre has the power to control this kind of immigration in the interest of national security. you may recall tad nistration said this version was different, that it was enacted aurerying the policies of 200 countries atound the worlee how well they gave the united states information about people who

applied for visas to come to the u.s. and how good they were at fighting terrorism in their own borders. >> the ban restricts people from traveling to iran, libya, somalia, syria, venezuela and yemen. e president reacted on twitter saying, wow. for more on the ruling and more reaction as it comes in keep an eye on nbc washington app. turning out attention now to maryland where voters take their turn. primary day could come with some complications. om>> theter glitch is larger than first thought. me 80,0 people could encounter people inside their polling place. in justin is live at the center. looking?s it are there crowds? has anyone encountered a >> reporter: so far we have been to two polling places he at

tacoma park. so far i can't say we see long lines. we have seen voters making their way into both locations. i did check in with the chief judge here a few moments ago. he tells me so far they have issued one provincial ballot unrelated to the big glitch. we are expecting tens of thousands of maryland voters who will not be using a standard ballot to vote today. at maryland polling placesik stations this are expecting more voters than usual. state officials are directingte to use provisional ballots after a computer glitc left them improperly registered to vote. those impacted are those who updated registration after changing address but d not buy an i.d. or other item. this eor spans transactions from april 22 of last year to june 5 ofhis year effecting

some 80,000 voters. >> i'm glad that people are being upfront about the mistakes being made and that there is a system in place. >> when you have -- there is always going to be human errors and stuff likethat. i hope those votes are properly accounted for. >> reporter: polling place yesterday in tacoma par were busy but not crowded. elcl watc for governor. he thinks fellow voters are watching, too and are casting ballots. >> i think there will be. i really do. i hope it will be positive ow that prince george's really could stand for change and have room for improvement. i hope to s that. >> reporter: the longvie on t glitch governor hogan is calling

for a hearing on what happened. we can tell you the ballots do take a bit longer to count so we won't have the official full vote tallies by tonight. we could see those sometime next week, perhaps a few days after the fourth of july holiday. the state board of elections have their hot lines ready to go. polls do close at 8 p.m. i'min just finch, news 4. back to you. > news 4 has you covered on primary day from governor's . ra all you have to do is log on to our website or open the nbc washington app. just searchyland primary and look foron results tight on news 4 at 11:00. right now there is a search for this missing man. hi name is joshua bowman. he is 25 years old.

police say fairfax county and assisting them. he went missing yesterday afternoon. t we have beed that he is on the autism spectrum and is nonverbal. bowman may be wearing a black jacket and jeans possibly carrying a bag of cds. switching gears to another beautiful day. >> and a beautiful sunrise. >> always beaiful in this summer time. >> we know it is not going to last. >> the humidity overnighen ou guys head to work tomorrow morning you will feel it once you walk out tor that is how quick it is coming in during the overnight. not a lot of hutidity there today. we have clouds and sunshine but is this beautiful? 79 is our temperature rightnow. by noon we are at 80 degrees and will continue to take that temperature int the low to mid 80s today. i do believe we will have a few more cloudss we head into the

afternoon. other than that we are still lookaig good and my dry. you can see we are dry right now. if you are joining usut to the you may have more cloud cover than wec. do here in north of i-66. we are watching the system to the south. there is a frontal system that is stalled from the south. that camehrough sunday and brought us some rain at night. it stallede down to south so that is why the cloud cover is here. that is why the rain is here. some of that rain could try to move back into our region later on tonight. l wealk about that and whether you could see it and we will talk about theeat and humidity and how hot it is going to get. it will feel like t dead of summer as we get iohe weekend. >> we are staying on top of this developing story in prince william county. firefighters spent the morning oen the sne of a two alarm fire. this is footage from the ene. firefighters tell news 4 that good samaritans rescued a from the top level before the

firefighters thankfully everyone got out okay. no word on what may have caused look for updates in the app. police are investigating deadly crash. this is what the scene looked like in clinton at the intersection. police say the motorcyclist was hit and killed by a car just before 10:00 last night. that crash caused another crash. the name of theerson who was killed has not yet been released. and your next ur cost you m d.c. council approves a tax hike and the extra money would go to metro. >> adam tuss has more on how thh propose impacts your pocket? >> reporter: this has become a very c itroversialue here in the district. we are talking about taking money from your uber or lout that have to pay and that money goes to metro whether or not you use the s transittem

at all. we are talking about 50 cents for every $10. it does add up. take a look at some of the finer points. we are talking about a tax increase on uber and lyft in the city from 1% to 6%. that money then goes to pay for dedicated funding fortr the ride sharing companies are saying hold on a second. qu thats a 500% tax increase r us. they are calling it unfair, unjust. they want the d.c. council to be voted down on this proposal. mayor bowser has weighed in. and we talked with the head of uber who said that cost will get passedn to the customer. >> that is how we are supporting what metro needs and what the region needs. >> to the extent that the tax gets passed it will increase the pricef an er. >> reporter: all of this comes up for a vote today. the d.c. council will be following it for you. we will post the updates.

back to you. metro is keeping you in the know wn it comes to travel changes for the fourth of july. the system will close at 11:30 p.m. next wednesday. service will end two hours after fireworks. metro will be on a m tly holiday schedule and will open at 7:00 a.m. you can expect trains to arrive every eight to ten minutes after 6:00 in the evening. parking is free at allet operated lots. talk about peace of mind for parentre the d.c. is home to two of the nation's top children's hospitals, children's national medical center ranks fifth on the u.s. news and world reports honor roll. john hopkins came in eighth. the list ranks best health care cilities across ten specialties. boston children's was named number one. that's good news.

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prince william's is the rst official british royal to visit israel. >> you are looking at the emotional moment that prince william laid a weath at th holocaust memorial in israel today. >> reporter: it's a day not see for 70 years, a british royal on an official trip toae i for the first time since the state was born, prince william meeting with israeli leaders telling them -- >> i think peace can be achieved. >> reporter: william left after a day with that country's crown prince. educated at georgetown. >> thisriorning the pe remembered some of history's darkest days laying a wreath at the holocaust museum. here in israel centuries of

ood shed continue. prince william walking a potical tight rope. later this week he will meet a 17 year old palestinian from jerusalem who brote thelog and has a scholarship to georgetown and her own message to the prince. >> we understand that the holocaust happened and we sympathize. it feels like israel is antagonizing itself. we are not a people built on hate. >> reporter: the fact that no british royal hasri made a to israel has been a sore point for many years. as you walk around the holocaust memorial it brings home to anyone who wants to tff to solutions to the problems this place faces needs to first recognize the terrible persecution that the jewish people have suffered. back to you. the crisis at the bordern will be the table this afternoon as president trump welcomes gop lawmakers.

house republicans are working to pass reform legislation this week. their first attemptaid to get enough votes. and president trump isn't backing down on calls to strip migrants of their right to go before a judge. >> tracy potts has the latest on the crisist the border. >> reporter: president trump firing up sporters in south carolina. >> it's happening. >> reporter: earer doubling down on his tweets that migrants who cross the borde b should sent home immediately instead of seeing a judge. >> when people come in illegally they have to go out. >> reporter: the trump administration insists those who come through the right door will not be separated from their children. >> when they come in through ports of entry they are kept together. >> reporter: as congress tries to lineup a vote to ban separating families we are getting a look at where the kids ar being kept.

this video housing children separated from their parents. and this dayr cen in the bronx critical of the administration's policy leaving parents in detention centers like this. >> this is a detention facility almost l prison. >> reporter: customs and border patrol will stop prosecuting adults who cross the border with children. there aren't enough judges and courts to handle them and then th controversy surrounding outspoken california congress woman maxine waters catching heat for urgin people to publically demonstrate against trumpnd supporters administration officials on immigration. >> former white house press secretary sean spicer might be back on tv show reportedly working on television show called sean spicer's common

ground. attorney michael avinati says he has been asked to be a guest on that inaugural episode. he said he >>clined. it's a common crime but companies recently develop unusual tactics wn they robbed a woman inside a whole foods. realize m didn't anything was missing until she went to check out. >> it was supposed to be a quick shopping trip to whole foods. but it turned into anything but that. >> i had to get a new driver's license, cancel my credit cards. nightmare. a >> she had her wallet i her purse and her purse was closed and in the child seat of the shopping cart with food on top of it. she thought it was safe but then

came the rice ruse m and woman got her involved in a cpeculiversation about rice, long grain rice, sho grain rice, light rice and all the while they are asking you icout this and they are asking you about that rice, they are back there taking your wallet out of your purse from your shopping cart and off they go. when you go to check out no wallet, no money and you felt like -- >> it was just an awful feeling. >> you feel like you were taken? >> reporter: police say these types of scams are not tha uncommon. they have this advice for shoppers. >> if c y keep your purse closed and with you when yay with the cart and the purse at all times this will help prevent this crime. >> good advice.

police meantime are searching through surveillance videotr to y to identify the suspects in this case. take a look at this. it may prove really that dogs are man's best friend. this is outid of mahere poncho learned cpr. you can see once the partner do s he knows just what t and he uses his paws to press up and down and waits to see if the officer has a pulse. ho ponc kept going until the officer got up. >> that is so sweet. >> it looks hysterical, though. >> can you imagine like a 100 pound dog doing that on your chest? t every dog can do that. this morning president trump is going after h leydavidson. why he says he is not responsible for the company moving out of the country. >> talk about how often people die in hospitals, a l of those things aren't going to happen in a home hospital. >> the new program sending sick people home get better. to

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the fda says the action is not an approval of overall marijuana useven if intended to treat other illnesses. a new trendnedical care bringing a hospital right inside your home. >> a new study out now shows patients treated at hom have fewer hospital readmissions, e.r. visits and shorter length of care. dr. john taurus has more. went orter: when maureen to a boston emergency room struggling to breathe doctors d an unusual way to treat her. they sent her home. >> i was surprised at first that they told meo i could home. i smiled because i could go home. >> reporter: it's called the home hospital. >> you have the hospital here. >> reporter: the new trend designed to give seriously ill patients better care. >> we don't talk about how often people die and get infections. a lot of those things aren't going to happen.

>> reporter: in her own room she gets the same treatment she would in the hospital, medication and iv and doctor's exam. back at the hospil wireless skin patch keeps track of her vi ls. >> i know her heart is going at 90 beats a minute and breathing 20 times a minute. >> reporter: dr. levine says eatients get an extra two hours of sleep and two m hours of physical activity each day which helps them recover faster. for the hospital costs are 52% less. one reason it is being studied in leading medical ercent not every e.r. patient is a potential candidate. >> if you have really complicated medical problems and are destined for intensive care -- >> for mreen there iso better place to get better. >> no place like home. >> dr. john torres nbc news, boston. let'so gete groit

weather. >> you are going to go out and enjoy the beautiful weather. it is so pretty outside. >> we will have extra fun in your name. >> low yhumidity, plef sunshine. we may have a few cloudsater on this afternoon and i know if you are to the south of us i know you are sing cloud cover right now. you can see some of those clouds along with someh of the h whispy clouds in the sky right now here in the d.c. area. r furtorth you have more sunshine. further south a little more cloud cover. i do believe we can have cloud cover and maybe a stray shower. the humidity is going to build overnight. when you walk out t door tomorrow morning it is hot and humid and the heat will onlyro ramp up there. heat and humidity headed our

way. temperatures out there 70s across the board. icit is so out there right now and it will be a pool day. the temperatures go right into the low to mid 80s. we could have a sprinkle mainly to the south. it will be a passing shower if anything. today very comfortable. that humidity rolls back in overnight as the warm front lifts to the north and that will unleash some of that really muggy airnto our region. and that humidity will stay with us all through the weekend. it will be down right oppressive with heatnd well over 100 degrees as we get into the weekend. radar f your tuesday you can see cloudover coming up down into portions of warrenton. this is all from the system that we were watching yesterday brought severe weather to portions of southwest virginia. there is a frontal system that stalled down through really virginia and northina border. that is going to continue to push cloud debris into our area

and maybe a few sprinkles but really you will not see themer cl to central virginia. temperatures will be in the low to mid 80s. a few sprinkles to the south with more cloud cover this afternoon. some passing stray s possible as we head into the afternoon and evening and then they are gone. humidity builds as we head into the overnight and then we have showers around tomorrow morning and showers and thunderstorms around as we headnto the afternoon. tomorrow not the prettiest of days. some storms could be strong especially i-81. showers and thunderstorms possible as we go through a wednesda even through thursday morning we will have showers before we clear up byaf thursdayrnoon. temperatures tomorrow will be just a few degrees cooler thato y right around 80 degrees. then we will clear on thursday afteoon but theumidity is there. temperatures mid to upper 80s and then 90ys friday and saturday. we'll take a closer look at the weulend and fourth of next week on the ten day forecast.

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this video of an irate passenger screamg o a spiral airlines flight. two other passengers tried to h ca down. the woman was so angry because the flight wased delay and then diverted to minnesota because a man needed a doctor. once on the ground the woman was also taken to the hospital for mental health evaluation. according to our affiliate in minnesota the woman is a veteran and she suffers from ptsd. u.s. defense secretary james mattis is in beijing there for meetings with senior chinese leaders. the secretary was greeted by u.s. ambassador to china. the primary focus of e trip is expected to be north korea. beijing is a key influenther. world is waiting to see if north korea will take steps to dismantle its nuclear program. s> president trump denying that his trade policy is responsible for harley davidson's decision to move some

motorcycle production to europe. heecays theion was made long before new tariffs against the eu were introduced. >> reporter: few brands conjure up made in the usa more than harley daviddavidsodavidson. from wisconsin -- >> it is going to effect not only the production her in wisconsin, it will effect the families. >> reporter: to southern >> harley owners are not happy with it. what do you do to compete? i'm not against harley davidson making these choices because they have to compete in ete maplace. >> reporter: despite a big corporate tax cut harley closed its kansas city plant moving many jobs to thailand. now it says europe's retaliatory

tariffs would add $2,200 to the cost of a motorcycle it ships to europe so it wil buildhe bikes there though union leaders are skeptical. >> people in arica needo understand this is one more excuse to take the brand overseas and be made overseas. >> i will be the greatest jobs president that g ever created. >> reporter: president trump has nsisted his policy would add jobs. >> jobs, jobs, jobs. >> reporter: even celebratedrl haey's iconic brand. on monday tweeting surprised that harley da fironstvids of t wave the white flag. i fought hard for them. as a threatene trade war gets blamed for american job cuts. ere is a fact check on jobs.

$33 3.4 j millions have been added since the election actually a bit les than the final 18 months of the obama administration. we are hearing from a teenage girl in northern virginia who said a classmate sexual assaulted her and now she has to see that boy every day at school. she says a boy she didn't know attacked her in the park last summer. documents from juvenile court show that the boy wasce p on probation for sexual battery and abduction. he was ao ordered not to have contact with francesca. when she started john hanley high school she was shock to run into her attacker. her family filed a title 9 complaint and confronted the school board. >> because of your failure to keep me safe i am walking the halls afraid to use the

rechroom. thel board says it does not tolerate harassment against stent or staff. in the seconds it can take to answer a text or call behind the wheel you can lose your life. is morning a major phone company is driving home the point with the it can wait campaign. just seeing this memorial wall with a locale on it of someone who lost their life distracted behind the wheel really hits home the o message it can wait. that is the pledge that customers at this store in china town are being asked to take. it can wait. there is a virtual experience that you can watch thatd kin drives home the soberingofeality hat it is like to be distracted behd the wheel. you watched the five minutes or so of it. what did you take away from it? >> ito is really hard watch. the testimony is really heartbreaking so i will definitely be taking the pledge.

>> the crash comes quickly. i watched a little bit of it. and it was sobering to say. the mager here is at store is pushing this pledge because it is about saving lives. >> i is about saving lives. we have 25 million people that have signed up. we want to grow it. we want more and more people to come pledge. it can wait. it's deadly and dangerous. we want people to stop texting and driving. >> come intto the and you can watch the virtual reality. these goggles go on and you can e that image of what it is like to be distracted while driving. that is the very latest. >> we were at the at&t store in china town where they are doing that all day today. >> it is dangerous. even sleeping when you are tired and driving. >> one second can be deadly. >> it's veryserious. so your next trip to movies could be a little cheaper. a look at the company looking to give the movie pass a little

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going tocome. >> tonight. >> later on overnight tonight. >> we have the day. >> g it isng to be hot and humid tomorrow and tomorrow we will have showers. getut and enjoy the day because it is going to be rather autiful out theretoday. a few clouds are rolling into our area. i was justt looking my map because it looks like they are frozen. this will be good. let me see if i can work my . comput now i'm showing you the forecast right here. we are looking at showers and thunderstorms as we go through the day tomorrow. and temperatures tomorrow will be a little bit cooler than they are today. temperatures are going to be in the low 80 because we will have some of that rain moving our way.e so you can t a look at our forecast and how the temperatures actually go up. i will try to work backwards from here in a second. temperatures low 80s today with plenty of sunshine out there.

and then we have those rain chances as we head through the day tomorrow. and i'm not surehy this i doing this. let me see if i can put this in play real quick and see what happens. my computer is l acting atle funky. there we go. let's take a look outside right now. we have aew clouds out there right now. if you are to the south weep have a few more clouds to the south. we have ahance for lig showers mainly to the south. st y shower possible south but humidity builds overnight. lots of heat headedur way. here are weather questions. do we have rain today? some but just small chances. do we have severe weather tomorrow? we have rain throughout the day tomorrow mainly in the evening but we do see severe weather right around i-81 and points to the west. nd dry?wee yes, the weekend is dry but it is hot. are covering your fourth of july on our ten day forecast. it is always hot aroundourth of july. current temperatures we are in

the 70s. as we go over the next2 hours really comfortable. more clouds heading into tomorrow with the humidity increasing. so you can see nothing on the radar right now except the clouds down to the south. this is a stalled frontal where we can see a few light showers moving into our area. out the doorrow you will need to grab the umbrella and rain jacket. temperatures will be in the 70s but it will feel really muggy early tomorrow morning. temperatures will be in the low 80s tomorrow with storms to the west. maybe a few light showers here and there. then tomorrow morning as you make your wut to work a few showers here and there. here comes the storm after about 5:00. some of those could be strong. we will take that chae of rai all the way into early thursday. we'll look at the ten day foreomst. that'sg up in about ten minutes. >> you mentioned fourth of july. we are ready for the fourth of july. o world rom homeless

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it will be anotherxciting day as teams fight to advance in the world cup. om oneent still trending is the block by the iranian . goal this is a huge deal. the goalkper blocked the penalty shot by none other than ronaldo. that is the guy everybody is

talking about. >> he is the beste player in world and he is cute. >> that block kept portugal to just one point for the rest of the match. it ended in a tie. that goalkeeper had pretty incredible story before becoming an international soccer he w also homeless. he worked odd jobs and neveron gave u his dream to play for this country's national team. >> i love the personalstory. >> i want to watch but it is better when you have a perspective of what thepl ers come from. that's pretty cool. all righty. we have a little leaguer who plays some hard ball. >> to l tel playing field. we will have that coming up now. lester holt has more. >> reporter: when ryanis housto ut playing baseball he feels summer. ormal boy of

>> ever since i can remember it has alw been my favorite sport. i love that i can play it almost as well as everyepdy else. >>ter: even though he can't see as well as his teammates. the 16 year old from michigan was born with aulbinism but never let that get in his way. >> we made the decision that we we never going to limit him in what he can try. >> reporter: his dad and coach says they learned ear t ont he couldn't see the white ball very well. using a yellow ball made all the difference >> he is making fielding plays he would have never made with a white ball. >> reporter: but when ryan's team made it to the district tournament tee years ago little league baseball insisted they play by theook and u the standard white ball. >> we were upset about it because it is not fair that they will prevent somebody from playing. >>eporter: ryan decided to play hard ball and took his case to the u.s. department of

justice. this springal when fed authorities told the little league it was under investigation the league agreed to allow the yellow ball for all visually impaired kids nationwide. >> he could have said at any time i don want this anymore, i'm done with this and he never did. >> reporter: a sweet victory for ryan and all the other kids for whom he went to bat. >> love that story. i think everybody loves today's weather. ow 80s and comfortable humidity. periods of rain through the day tomorrow. showers early thursday before we clear out thurtay. nd humid weekend. >> thank you very much. that's it for news 4 mid day. ank you for joining us. wel'l

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