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first at 6:00, president trump says he is vindicated. me the sup court upholding his travel ban today despite his call for a ban on muslims entering the country. seven travel ban covers countries, five of which are muslim-majority nations. opponents call it discrimination. in a 5-4 supreme court vote, the conservatives prevailed w for the majorityhi justice john roberts noted presidents have authority to regulate immigration. >> in a dissent justice sotomayor says it point points in one direction. it was motivated bye-bye as. joining us live from the supreme court with reaction to this big ruling. blayne. >> reporter: and jim, doreen, there certainly has been strong reaction to bot sides. this has been a deeply divisive issue since the very beginning and now president trump is taking this a a huge victory. this is something that was one of his very first actions upon
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taking office. the legalities around it have spanned almostnt hise presidency and today the supreme court is having the final say. it is a decision raising protts from the shadow of the supreme court to the home of congress. >> this is a dark day for anybody in our country that cares about checks and balances. >> reporter: but at the white house. >> it's a tremendous victory foa the ame people and for our constitution. >> repor trump. for president the supreme court upholding his travel ban restricting travel from a handful of majority muslim countries along with venezuela and north korea. >> we have to be safe and we have to be secure. >> reporter: in a 5-4 rung the cour deciding president trump is acting within his right to protect the united states. cechief jus john roberts calling theanpose lemate pntin e of natials who cannot be adequate
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ly vetted and accusing other nations to prevent their practices. >> for a total and complete shutdown of muslims entering the united states. >> reporter: justice sonya sotomayor, the pr -- >> we kw the purpose of this policy. >> at a time of boiling emotions and debate over the way nonamericans are granted entry into the country, president trump given a stamp of approval by the highest court in the land. andthere a supreme court nedy yes are on justice k now, the court's key swing vote waiting to see if he will step down at the end of this term. likely if so, that means another supreme courtoi ament for president trump. >> blayne alexander. thank you, blayne. senate majity leader mitch
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mcconnell is gloating. his senate campaign account tweeted a picture with supreme courtl justice n gorsuch just minutes after the decision was released. mcconnell blocked president obams supreme court pick garland. the controversial move left a vacancy on the bench that lasted more than a year andaved the way for president trump to nominate gorsuch. the presidt's victory in court today does not necessarily translate to his more recent immigration battle the u.s. border with mexico. for one thing, there are differt statutes involved. here's nbc justice correspondent pete williams wh more. >> the supreme court also said one of theeans they were upholding this is because it is in a sense a limited use of presidowtial. secondly, they said it's supposed to be a ro best waiver system that people from these countries can still come to the u.s. if the can make a persuasive case and the supreme court said that's a important eck on the president's power as well. so for all thoset reasons,was
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upheld. i don't think theyil eas translate to the situation on the southern border. >> pete williams notes that the travel ban upheldco by tht today differed stasubstantially from the previous two versions that ran into road blocks. we're monitoring briekieaki news at the r hen restaurant. protesters have gathered. at least one man has been arrested. we watched him pour something on to the building before police put him in handcuffs. you'll remember this is the restaurant that would not serve the white house presssecretary. this is the first night it's been open since. red hen is normally closed onnd sundays mondays. now to the cloud of confusion caused by the crisis at the border. the head of customs and border protection hasri tempo halted prosecution of parents who enter the country illegally. but the justice department says the policy hasn't changed. leon harris is here with the
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latest. >> that's just one contradiction. the administration says one thing but people on the ground say they're encing a different real. this amid growings conce over how and when children will be reunited with their parents after being separated at the bord. at least -- up until now the onlys imae've seen is strictly from the government, but ms nbc obtained the first images recorded inside the facility. they were recorded by a woman who worked at a center in new york. she is critical of the president's policy and quit acally after taking that video. the faces of the children areo blurred protect their privacy.
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some of these parents are saying they have not received any information to track down their children. yester sy her 5-year-old was asleep when authorities came anh tookim away from her. she finally was able to track him down at a shelter in new york. when shelried to c a social worker told her the little boy did not want to talk to her because he said his mother abandoned him. >> 2,000 children spread across th country. this is going to be a complicate problem to solve. >> no doubt. now to a story you'll see o only news 4. vandals targeting a churc slashing up pew cushions and smashing prayer candles. it's not the first time this place of worship has been the subject of damage either. but things tier pab -- appear to be escalating now.
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>> reporter: doreen, something evil is at work here. the bethlehem lutheran church vandalized over and over and over. and today you won't believe, you won't bieve w they found in thereoday. seven times since may 11th this church has been vandalized. until now mt of the damage has been confined to theem bt level. classroom doors where cardboard replacestelass busd out by the intruder. but now things have escalated. today the acts more sinister. today the damage more vile. today it wasn't the basent, but th sanctuary, the holiest part of the church. on the walls behind the alter,
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swastikas, the "n" word and hate.es of cushions on every pew sliced open from end to end. prayer candles smashed. the glass scatter about the carpet floor. the wiring for the sound system cut. during one vandalism incident, brrcdan, a c member, encountered a masked intruder and was attacked by the guy with a fire extinguisher. >> somne came out with a fire eck ting wisher and hit me across the side of my head. >> did he say anything? >> no. he hit me. i think i wasec in his d path of exit of the building and he leftit as soon as hee. >> the reverend is the new pastor here. in fact, thiis his first day at the church. can you bring yourself to forgive the person responsible? >> yes. i can. this is what we do in the church is work on forgiveness.or
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>> rr: maybe not to forgiving the fairfax county police. they're on the case, but f so no suspect, no arrest. jim, back to you. >> pat, any motive at all? does he have a connection, this person to this church do we think? reporter: well, we don't know who he is. as soon as they figure out who he is, they might be able to me up with a motive. but right now they're just trying to identify a suspect. or suspects. >> strange case there. pat collins. thank you, pat. an arrest today in connection to a sex assault at ft. hunt park near alexandria. a 20-year-old man was arrested last week eight hours after the alleged crime. officers say dennis resists arrest and injured two officers in the process. he's charged now with sexually assaulting a minor. the fire today at wingo's
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restaurant was an accident. it startedn the kitchen. duct f carried theme to the roof top. at least one other store is damaged. turning to politics less th b two hours to goore the polls close in maryland. it's primary day and perhaps the most closely watched contest is the race governor. a crowded field of democrats all hoping to win the nomination to challenge republican incumbent larry hogan in novodber. eather for an election day, chris. >> reporter: ver good weather and a good turnout. however, they have a problem because an mda glitch caused 80,000 voters to remain unregistered going into today's primary. now, at this polling place in baltimore, they actually have a separate booth set aside for er unregi voters to cast ballots.
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they've done this in the past and they t me they really haven't noticed dramatic increase in the number of unregistered voters as compared to previous years. rushern baker cast his vote ine prince ge's county. his leading opponent in the democratic primary, ben jealous, visited polls today after voting early in baltimore. democratic candidate richard mettolino visited this polling place saying he'srn conce about tonight's vote totals because the provisional ballots left unregistered by the glitch won't be counted until july 5th. >> i hope the declaration of victory for democrat that out of fairness governor hogan suspends his campaig until we have a democratic nominee. >> some voters were still undecided on theirhoice for governor when they arrived at thepoll zbl. >> it's going to come down to
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jealous or baker. nk probably baker. because i t he probably is the best choice of the candidates. whether he will prevail in the general election against a very, very popular governor remains to be seen. >> reporter: others saidth for the choice is clear. >> i feel like he will continue to implement a lot of the new policies that he's been trying toimplement. >> reporter: governor larry hogan is unopposed in today's gopprimary, but he is holding a victory party tonight inpo ans. that's the latest on primary day. >> news 4 has you covered from e governor's race to u.s. house and senate contests and crowded local races in montgomery and prince geor counties. all you have to do is logon to the website or open the app a search maryland primary and you can look for all the results
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available tonight on news 4 at 11:00. >> we'll be here. maybe a long night. who kn zb. >> it may be. we've got cut-ins throughouthe night starting around 9:30. taxg your ride. how much more you'll have to pay to ride uber or lyft as w loo at what's being done with the extra revenue collected. new hope for some patients. how one of the world's most vetted viruss is now being used to treat people with deadly brn another nice one today. we'v ers got. mo showetur activg to make its way for wednesday. plus a heat wave too.
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you're going to have to pay more when you take uber oift in the district. the d.c. councill passed a b taxing your ride. mark segraves explains where the money will go and the impact on wallet. >> reporter: the d.c. council approved the tax increase.o it will from 1% to 6%. jackan who's also chairman of the metro board said it was a tough decisio that had to be made. >> nobody likes tacks, but i this case the money is going into the general fund for use in fixing metro. >> reporter: the tax is expected to raise between $23 and $25 o million a yearo toward
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metro improvements. ben who drives for lyft sat in the frontow as the council voted. he fears an increased tax will hurt his a ality to make living. >> it will affect so many drives with so many families. >> reporter: this woman was waiting for an uber when we asked her about the increased tax. she says it makes sense because metro needs the money but addsr it willbly change the way she commutes. >> i'll probably go into more uber pools or figuring out the cheaper option. i'll probably be using the metro in return which is probably for the bes because fewer emissions and will be better for the environment. >> reporter: maryland and ot virginia do nharge a tax on uber or lyft but some jurisdictions do charge a 25% per ride fee. in the district, mark segraves, news 4. new tax begins october 1st. it's based on where your ride begins, so if you get in the car in d.c. but ride to maryland or virgin you still have to pay
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that tax. to health news, our area is home to two of the nation's top children's hospitals. children's national medical center in d.c. ranked fifth according to u.s. news and world report and johns hopkins children center in baltimore came in eighth. it ranks the best care facilities across ten specialty, including neonatal care and urology. a potential cancer treatment uses one of medine's most feared viruss. doctors say injecting a genetically modified polio virus into tumors may help brain cancer patients live longer. 21% who received the therapy survived to year two. mpare that to 14% who did not receive the treatment. year three survival for immune noe thera therapy remained a%. it dropped to 4% for those
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treatment. >> this is unheard of with the treatments. especially to have these very long-term survivals with high quality of life. >> nbc news medical correspondent dr. john torres will take us even more in-depth into this study tonight at 7:00 on the "nightly news". one of the battles of the primarys for montgomery county executive. democrats are decidingil who face republican in november. jackie bensen outside with more on that race. jackie. >> reporter: well, we can report a light but steady stream of understand and we they are keeping track of the number of people who accuse posevisional ballots that you've been talking about throughout the news cast. there's a robust feel of democrat candidates from montgomery county. you should be able to see their nas on yourcreen right now.
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three term count executive legget could have run for a fourth term but opted not to. vying to replace him, a current member of e montgomery county count council and has been on the council since 2006. david blair, part of the minority company that owns the washingt capitals and wizards. mark is a member of the montgomery county council. a former acher. bill has been a state delegate since 2007. he has been house majority orader sin 2017. rose, fr three term mayor of rockville and former rockville city council member and the sixth candidate, george is an at large member of the montgomery county council. this field is one of the largest r this position recent memory. the winner will of course face
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[thoughtful sigh] still nervous about buying a house? a little. thought i could de-stress with some zen gardening. at least we don't have to worry about homeowners insurance. just call geico. geico helps with homeowners insurance? good to know. been doing it for years. that's really good to know. i should clean this up. i'll get the dustpan. behind the golf clubs. get to know geico. and see how easy homeowners and renters insurance can be.
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no matter what time ofye -- >> it's pretty nice. humid starting to creep up there, but really all d today not bad at all. >> breezy and sunny. it wasde ghtful. >> a couple clouds out there. really quite nice. take a look out there. this is a great shot. it shows you what doreen is talking abo it's the kind of day we're having. we've got cloud cover and ea sunshine, buty just beautiful. wouldn't it be great out there to be a goat on the potomac river? be in the boat. but notice not a single boat out there right now. teresting. nobody got the memo. temperature wise sitting at 79 grees across our area. we're sitting at 79. we're going to drop through the 70s. but not nex hour. i think we're right around the same temperature next hour. still warm. temperature around 72 degrees at 11:00. very nice.
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77 right now in gaithersburg. 80 in baltimore. the warmest spot because that's where we've seen most of the ownshine. look to the south. only 74 in manassas. only 72 in 'srrenton. thecause that's where we've seen the cloud cover all day and right in this area here huntington over towards camp springs, around rockville, that's whe we've seen a mick of sun and clouds. we'llee tha too. down to the south we are seeing shower activity down arounde places l culpeper county, seeing some light shower activity here's th really about it. just enough to get those windshield wipers going just a little bit. all in all it's been a dry day and will crytinue to be tonight. a couple of storms. one big storm. look at this guy spinning over wards iowa. that's sending moisture our way. your high temps about where they were today. you'll feel the difference. 82 degrees tomorrow. showers likely.
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a few storms. stronger to the west.f again, weste blue ridge, winchester area, maybe around luray. you may see a better chance for some stronger thunderstorms. tast of us just showers at times. the umbrella with you. thursday high of 89. 93 on friday. 95 on saturday. hot and extremely humid. we're goingbo to talk the rest of the weekend including the heat wave. we as we moved to the end of the weeken we'll tal more about that. a legal victory for the president's travel ban. >> here's david culver with what's ahead. >> reporter: and i hope that thc supremrt would not enable this administration to reinject discrimination. >> just ahead on news 4 you're going to hear from those who believe this was the right decision. plus the race for county he pulse oas we get the people and the issues that matter to them. and a special honor for a wao her more than 20 years
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the majority opinion. he said they've given tpr ident substantial power to regulate. one said a reasonable obsdver woay it's motivated by antihi muslim animus. the court's decision hassp ked plenty of emotional responses as you might imagine. news 4 david culver talked to trump supporters who feel vindicate td a vindicated and others vowing to continue the fight. >> reporter: a ruling from the gh court revealing deep divides in our country. here are two very different reactions. >> they did the right thing thank god. >> it's just devastating. st fimon, he's with the legal aid justice center. today's rulings count everything he's worked toward in recent months. he believes president trump's travel ban and the recent actions involving migrant families at the border are rooted in discrimination. >> the one sort ofd that connects all of their policies
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is the desire to have fewer reign-born people of color on the long-term path to eptizenship. >>ter: but not everyone feels that way. in fact, here in suburban communities in northern virginia we m one woman who says this is about the border being protected. itat aboutnal security. >> and what is the responsibility that this president has to protect our country. >> alice butler short is a strong supporter of president ump and his policies. even hosting a trump-inspired gala at d.c.'s trump international hotel. she believe the immigration policies are rootedn security, not hate. >> the media plays on our goodn heartur feelings. children we feel for and for everyone. but that doesn't mean that we can have open borders. >> reporter: in the meantime, many in the muslim community vowing to act through the ballot >> to fight back against the
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stated discriminatory policies and to makee that our country lives up to its i deal and beliefs. >> reporter: a debate between religious freedom and national security. in northern virginia, david culver, news 4. now to the children separated from tiramilies. today a group of children traveled to the supreme court to make their case. all of them have a parent tained by i.c.e. they want the public to know status over immigration status doesn't just happen at the border. >> it's very hard. i haveo stay home alone because my dad used to stay home with uy while mom was at work during the day. now myte s and i are alone when we come home from school. >> reporter: these childrenel tr from new jersey with their pastor. they met with senators corey booker and rob hernandez. the children want congress to adcate on their behalf. back to our primary coverage in maryland, todayin voter
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prince george's county are choosing a new chief executive for the county. ou bureau chief tracee wilkins inlive at a polling site upper marlboro with more. tracee. >> reporter: according to the prince george's county board of elections, they could be lking a 20% turnout. not too high, but about on average for midterm primaries, but there are aot of open races and a lot of important decisions for prince george's county to make. >> it's as important as the presidential election. >> reporter: in prince george's county early voting numbers doubled this election with an st estimated 40,000 people participating. those numbers are on track to triple today. >> if you're not involved, then you can't complain. so you have to know your issues, know your candidates and come out and vote. >> reporter: there are a number of imporocal races happening i prince george's county including county
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executives. two of the other front runners, the prince george's state's attorney angela alsobrooksnd former u.s. congresswoman donna edwards were at the same polling place trying to sway last minute voters. >> it's great to be out there talking with voters. we've been outls since p opened at 7:00 this morning. >> to the last day. it's been a long camign. we worked really hard. but i'm excited. >> reporter: the race between the two could deliver the em county's firste executive. the race has been contentious with arguments and debates and a set of controversial mailers sent out by edwards supporters accusing alsobroo of being a pay to play candidate. voters week spoke with said it comes down to having their voices heard in this election. >> in the climate we're in think it's very, very important that we participate in our local governmentecause that's where we start. >> if you don't participate in the election you can't s anything. if something comes up and you feel like something has gone
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wrong, i feel le youroice doesn't matter because you didn't go vote. >> reporter: you still have time to vote. you hav until 8:00 p.m. if you near line by 8:00 p.m., your vote will be counted. you will be allowed to vote. it is important no matter what to get throughout and vote. i'm tracee wilkins. back to you in the studio. >> still time thank you. the first polls are out sincehe virginia primary sent contenders for federal offices. it shows republican bar ra comstock trailing jennifer wexton by 10% point. the margin of error is 6.9%. in the virginia senate race according a university poll has decrat incumbent tim kaine leading republican cor stewart 54% to 36%. this poll has a 3.7% margin of
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error. first lieutenant garland conner was a hero of world war siii. today pnt trump made it official by awarding him with the medal of honor. lieutenant conner died aboutye0 s ago. his wife accepted the award on his behalf. it's the nation's highest military honor awarded for gallantry and battle. he served on the front lines of campaigns, was wounded seven times. in january of 1945 he left the hospital with a hip injury to rejoin his unit in france. he volunteered to go to the front lines to direct artillery fire. he was so close to the enemy at one point he directed fire on histh round missed him by just feweeet. soldiers on the battle field said it was the single bravest thing they've seen. coming up on news 4, new
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construction in maryland threatens to ruin the breath taking views at one of the most famous tourist attractions in virginia. plu changes coming t a popular shopping mall. one retail chain is closing its door as we get a sneak preview of what will be going in its place. first here's doug. tracking a chance for rain during the day tomorrow. we'll talk about that when yy eed the umbrella. tracking the heat. big time heat. mu more onch
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we're getting our first look at what the westfield montgomery mall will look like without the se store. planners say it will redeveloped into a lifestyle destination with shops, cafes, movies and a park. searse will clxt march. the company has already closed hundreds of stores and more closings are planned. as toys r us gets ready to close its doors for the last time, another company is hoping
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to fill that vo, at least temporarily. party city says it will about 50 pop-up toy shops starting this september. the tempora spots will be alongside the company's halloween city pop-ups. party city ss it will open shop in what it calls optimal markets whe it found attractive leasing opportunities and also plans to expand online toy sales. thosep- ups will run through the holiday season. the heat and humidity are going to make a comeback. our chance for storms of returning with them. doug is back to tel w us has the best chance of s seeingome showers. this is the view our nation's first president enjoyed as he sat on the porch at mt.rn ve. ve. that's now in cheddar puffs.
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today the supreme court upheld the latest version of s esident trumavel ban. >> that's right. the court ruled that the president has broad authority to regulate immigration to protect national security. this travel ban would strip visa from five muslim-majority nations and add limits for north korea and venezuel >> somebody is vandalizing a church in fairfax county. the pastors tell us ty've been targeted se targeted seven times in over a month. more recently vandals slashed kugd kug cushions on all the pews and smashed up prayer candles. voters in maryland have a little more than hour before
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polls close. it's primary day. big races include choosing t democratic candidate for the governor's race. it is one of the most famous views in our area. the view from george washington's back yard at mt. vern vernon estate. >> but that could all be changing. just across the river there is a plan for a gas plant. those who protect and preserve the site are gearing up for a fight. >> reporter: like so many w visitors come to mt. vernon, the sample family strucklyot y the historic home but with the view our founding those shed butfath arged with preserving mt. vernon say that view is suddenly threatened. dominion energy plans to build a
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smpressor plan right acr the area. you can see the site they own and have already begun developing. >> dominion energy can move their compressor station. we can't move mvernon. >> the mt. vernon ladies association iseang the fight. it's not the first time e ladi ladies association has battled development across the river. in the t0sy fought off an oil tank and in the 60s ae sew treatment plant. they made this graphic, but dominion spokesman says that's not accurate. the stacks will be 50 feet below the tree line. we specificallyesigned the facility so not be visible from mt. vern op. it's located three miles away, across a river and through a forest. it will not be visible. >> over on the other side ey've been fighting the plant for months scoring a victory when charles county exempted a special permit.
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now dominion is suing in federal court. this mt. vernon resident stopped by to listen tss the p conference. he says as a dominion shareholde h has message. time to move the plant somewhere else. >> reporter: but for now dominion says it has no plans to find a new site. julie carey, news 4. some breaking news just in to our newsroom. nbc news has learned the secret service will begin providing whitety at the home of house press secretary sara sanders. that protection will be temporar it comes days after she was denied dinner at the red hen restaurant in lexington virginia. much more ahead on nightly news. before we get to weather, we want to take a moment to congratlati congratulate doreen and doug. doreen was given one of the most prestigious awards of the night. she was honored with the ted
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gates award. an faward given courage and leadership. our dear friend and colleague jim vance was also honored for his last interview. storm team 4 chief meteorologist doug kammerer got the emmy forn outsg news weather cast. our 6:00 p.m. show also winning for outstanding afternoon news cast. congrats patricia and congrats to all the winners. had quite a few and the nominees as well. you looked snning that night. >> thank you. or producerci pat left her name off the script. >> we got it in there. >> i see that. nicely done. >> got some good news forus, doug? >> i think i do. tomorrow is going tbe one of ose kind of transitional days where we go from what we've seen. great day today. beautiful yesterday. to what's going to becomeore humid. more shower activity likely over the next couple of days and i ba think you py need the
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umbrella. tomorrorrible day >> not award winning, though. >> definitely not award winning. ry good. nicely done. out there now looking at clouds and sun. you e seectly that. we've got shadows and sunshine down there towards the monument. looking good there. temperatnge sitt 79 degrees. winds out of the south at 12 miles per hou if you are going out, you probably noticed that there is a little bit more humidit than there was out there early this morning. we'll continue to see that humidity on the rise. 79 in lease burg. consecutive in stanton. we've seen cuds in area all day and we're also seeing some showers in those areas too. what we do have is the cloud cover. look at thethlouds. all snd west of d.c. we've seen in and out of the clouds and d.c. baltimore seeing mostly sunny skies. same thing over towards ocean city. here's the showe activity that i'm watching. this is all trying to move our
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way. we do have a much better chance of some showers during the dayo tomo and they may start as early as the morning rush. let's take a look. overnight tonight more clouds. by around 7:00, 8:00, we see an f rain move on through. you may wake up to wet roadways. eve yourself a litit of extra time. we'll see shower activity. then right on through noon we've got showers off and on. it will not rain everywhere the entire time. these are just sho through here and there. take the umbrella with you if you are going to beut and about. you can use the little purse umbrella. we're not going to see any heavy rain. here at 3:00, some scattered showers. by theafternoon, 6:00, 7:00, we could see a cou e of thunderstorms developing. maybe some stronger storms back toward the i-81 corridor. that's something we're going to beraing for you on wedn pday. tomorrownner, sef70 degrees. 81 by 3:00. lot moreg to be a humid tomorrow. you're going to notice that too.
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a chance of showers tomorrow not a washout. i continue to say that for you. if you're heading out toware quicken loans golf tournament, looking good if you like the heat. if you've been out there the last couple years, it's been all heat. 91 on friday, 93 on saturday with the heat index close to 97 and evenotter on sunda for the final round. of course tiger woods going to be out there. he was out the playi a little bits today. doing some practice rounds. 89hursday. 93 friday. 95 saturday. this is in the city here. a little cooler. 97 on sunday. again, the heat indexun ony could be around 105. could be a heat aisory issues on sunday. that's something we'll be tracking. chance of afternoon stomos nday and tuesday. the heat is on. >> thank you, doug. coming up, the nats bats stay cold while tempers run hot. sherree is up next with all this week news 4 today nc working for your mind, your
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all right. boy, this day, another rough one for the nats down in tampa. >> it was. but there is maybe a silver lining here. do you want to hear the good ne first or the bad news? >> good news always. >> the good news -- >> we want to hear the bad news. >> they wanted the bad news. i wanted goat. >> i started with the good news only because the good news isx scherzer gave up one run in seven innings. for you folks over here, the bad news, the nats didn't score any runs. washington was shut out for the seventh time this month. last year they were shut out only seven times in the entire
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season. scherzer struck out four in seven innings, but his offense co.dn't do anything el the fourth nats attempting to double fid, but adam eaton second thought, bryce harper makest to second. eaton stuck on the base path and wilson ramos runs over to tag him out. it's a costly error. later in thing in, should have had the bases loaded with one out. instead, two on and two off for daniel murphy. rays get the out at first. nationals stale tra 1-0. in the 9th a great opportunity wr the nats. michael taylorith the bases loaded. strikes him out, s then romole upset about taylor stealing a base on him in a 9-2 game on the 6th. the nationals not taking too kindly to that. both teams exchanging
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unpleasantries. afterwards dafvie martinezbo talking aut the dust >> don't show up one of ourpl ayers. don't do that. that's note' -- been in this league long enough to know you don't do that kinof stuff. >> glad to see davie out there defending his guys. the maryland athletic department officially has a new leader. they looked around the country for a leader. damon evans introduced as the new a.d. he's been with the departmentnc 2014. he was preesvioue athletic director at the university of georgia but was fired after a dui. it was a long road back but he's ready to take maryland to the next level. wei want people to know who are and what maryland is about. not just athletically, but
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academically. we are going to take over this conference. >> he brings up som really good ideas. he listens and then he acts one uggestion of the coaches. we found him to be a really good listen and a person that follows up. >> he comes on road trips. he's at practices. the support that he gives to each and eve coach in this athletic department is what makes us understand that he understands the bigev picture. >>s comes during a trial time after the death of jordan mcnair who was hospitalized after a football team workout and diedwo weekslater. there is an investigation into the handling of that situation which evans said could take up to nie90 days. the school will be, quote, fully tra transparent. since then team practices have been voluntary, certainly a situation we'll be following.
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argentina is back for absolutely against the wall and in separateeed of a win in the world cup this afternoon. a thrilling finale added to the drama. lionel messi has yet to scoren the world cup. with all td pressuhe pressure, through. pass ahead to messi. puts it in the back of the neck. beautiful control. his first goal in russi gets argentina the 1-0 lead. socc legend loving it. after nigeria evens this at one, they center it to roho who scores a lateer answ an incredible celebration. i think that was messi on his back. they won and will play france on saturday. argenteanans everywhere, i know in our office, they were
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