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developing story in prince george's county, aittle girl in critical condition, another person recovering after being shocked a mgm national harbor. >> it all unfolded late last night durinear an outdoor fount. adam tuss is w joining ush the latest. >> reporter: yeah, details continue to come in. this all happeningor just b midnight last night. let's give you a different look here and show youhe exactly this happened. this was on the west side of the mgm and when police and fire crews t here last night, they found that little girl without a heartbeat. this fountain area now closed offer as investigators and casino officials try to figure 6-year-old girle got eelectric rocuted here. >> that is sad. i don't know -- i don't even know how to comment on that actually. >> reporter: david profit

notices the areall. >> i know when you walk out dhat sir to go to see the actual view, they have -- it is kind of an opening of hey, let's play. so i can see how something like that could possibly happen. reporter: the prince george's county fire department tells news 4 as the little gl was electrocuted, an mgm employee accepted in to help, bute was also shocked. both were rushed out of the casino. the little girl didn't have a heartbeat, but police and fire a officials were to revive her with cpr. she is now in critical thndition. employee is expected to be okay. >> terrible. yeah, tsts is the f i heard about it. >> reporter: this quite frpakly is everynt's worst nightmare. somebody happening to your young child. an m spokesperson says they are cooperatingith the investigation. now, investigators are trying to figure out if even befe this incident there were some other people who may have been shocked at that outdoor fpt.

we'll continue to say on top of the story for you. back to you. >> adam, thank you. ben jealous won the primary and isow the democratic primary for governor inry nd. he beat rushern baker by nearly 60,000 votes. he now hopes to unseat larry hogan in the fall. that could be an uphill battle. hogan is verypu por. at their rallies last night, both candidates talked about bipartisanni >> i'm not r to the left. i'm not running to the right. i'm running towards the people of our state. >> if we can accomplish all of this in thisivive political environment while dealing with riots and battling cancer, just imagine what we can accomplish together over the next f r years. >> governor hogan's re-election would be historic. you have to go backth t 1950s

to find a republican governor of maryland who served two back to back terms. > it looked like the race for montgomery county executive will ome down to provisional ballots. >> david blair and mark eldrige are tied. justin finch has more for us. >> reporter: good morning. spoke with staffers her at machinery county board of elections a moment ago andtehey me it is crunch time and their staffers are counting several thousand ballots over the nexeveral days hoping to name that county executive democratic nominee by next friday. it is the day after the primary electionan in montgomery county, the vote counting is not over yet. t> the unofficial results were out last nind we do have a couple of >> reporter: after the race for the democratic nominee was called, the result, though look closely, the race is not over.

mac elrich is locked into a tie with david blair. with 98% of precincts reporting, the top two are nec andneck, each at 29% and more than 34,000 votes. with the racese too c to call, watch parties transitioned instead to wait and see parties tuesday night. with blair and elrich hopeful oo ee the win. >> all of montgomery county is better that we came together as a team. and i don't know what the path forward will be, but we'll do it together. stay tuned. stay close. and we'll keep you apprised. >> i'mis optc that when the absentees are counted and the provisiona ballots are counted, i will be the democrati nominee for the county executive of montgomery county. >> reporter: the county board ow electionl spend this week and next week focused on the ballots. >> we will begin with the absentee ballots thursday of

this eweek. we hssued approximately 14,000 absentee ballots. i believe wll be counting approximatel000 of them on thursday. and the remaining absentee balancing lots that come in between now and next friday morning will be tabulated on july 6. >> reporter: and so as you heard there, lots of absentee ballots. and they will also be counting provisional ballots as wellrt hoping to y this race and all the elections by friday july 6. and als h too toe that democratic nominee named. that pson will go on to face the republican nominee, but we can tell you the board says that is why you have to vote. these races can get tight and those absentee ballots and provisional ballots can be a deciding factor. we're live in gaithersburg, justin finch, news 4. and there are a lot of races we have not yet mentioned this morning, but we have it all covered on the nbc washington

app fm theandidates for congress to the county executive races, just search maryland primary. thousand we turn now we ret weatyr. the humids back, clouds have moved in. >> and lauryn ricketts is here. do we expect rain later today? >> we will see some rain as we continue through the day. s, we're seeing rain noe' later w continue to see some rain. some storms as well. and we're seeing someri storms t now in the shenandoah valley right arowid hester, a few streaks of lightning. and it won't be raining the whole time, but then again, we'll have periods of rain throughout the day. and it will cnttinue tonight. temperatures out there right now, 76 degrees. looks like my icon didn't update. it is definitely not sunny out there. but a warm front is lifting to the north, t bt isnging us the chance of showers. another cold front will scoot

through later on tonight. and that will bring us a chance of some more storms. some of those could be strong. we'll time them out for your t neighborhoodt is coming up in a bit. and then we'll also talk about how hot it will get. if you le summer, you will like this forecast. now to a developing story, prince yorge's couolice are investigating a fatal shooting. a man was t found shot death on binghamton place. officers were called to the scene just before 10:00 last night. ill no word on a suspect or motive. and police say a man died after officers tried to arrest him. fairfax county officers were responding to a domestic dispute call at a home on missi court in the alexandria section. we're told officers were arresting a 31-year-old m when he had a medical emergency and later died administrative and criminal investigations are under way. the pole chief plans to hold a news conference on the case in about 30 minutes. we have a crew at that news conference, so watch for updates in the nbc washington app.

and it was a scary flight mefo ksth fis mornoling. a united airlines flight had to diverted to dulles international after a passenger on on board died. ine plane was f from houston when a passenger suffered some type of medical emergency. we're told the crew used all available medical equipment on board and had the plane diverted to dulles. medical staff met theaf air at the gate. takes demonstration you see every year. but the safety experts say the message is still not getting through. this morning on the national mall, members of the consumeraf products sety commission showed us how dangerous fireworks can be. last year eight were killed in fiworks accidents. the youngest victim just 4 years old. they say it is best to leave it to the expert and never allow children to handle fireworks gloop fr glo. and here is a look at four of the best spots to celebrate.

there is of course the capitol fourth concert, it kicks off at 6:00.m. and is free. or you can check out the capitpa hill de. and there is also the national independence parade, that starts at 11:45. and fireworks on the mall starting at 9:09 p.m. >> just to be specific. >> that's right. we need darkness. >>om new developmentsg up on the effort to reunite families separated at the border.pr esters hope to put pressure on the white house and lawmakers hours after a federal judge gives the government a deadline. we'll have more on that> ruling. and major governments out of pennsylvania this morning on a police t shootint has sparked days of protests. a police officer now facing charges. or'll have m

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yes, we can, yes, we can, yes, we can! >> right nower prote are demanding protections for the migrant familiet separated the u.s. border. the fight for our families rally began aboutn hour ago. more than 2,000 children have been separated from their parents in recent weeks. and now migrant families separated at the bder must be reunited within 30 days. a federal judge'sig ove hour comes just hours before congress votes on immigration today. >> and tracie potts has more on that plus the supremeurt's

decision to uphold president trump's travel ban. >> reporter: overnight a federal judge rule that had migra milies must be reunited over the next month. but in congress today'sim gration vote looks iffy. it would end family separation and provides $25 billion for a border wall with no assurance president trump will sign it. that is why some lawmakers say they are voting no. the backup plan -- >>f that didn't succeed, then we'll cross that bridge. >> reporter: a vote only on keeping migntamilies together. 17 states plus washington, d.c. are now suing the federal government to reunite nearly 2,000 parents with their children. >> mr. presiden we will not support your creation of internment camps around our country. >> reporter: with his safetrack po zero tolerance poly city up in r the area, the e court upheld his travel ban. >> this is a great victory. >> reporter: in a4 decision, the high court said it is okay

to ban travel from seven countries, five of them mostly muslim. >> what they have said is as ng as the president trump invokes national security, he has carte blanche. >> reporter: the court said the presiden broad authority to restrict travel to keep america safe. and we expect to hear more on all of that as president trump rallies tonight in n dakota. tracie potts, nbc news, washington. late night rivals join forces in response t president trump's criticism of them. >> in what may be a late night first, hosts stephen colbert, jimmy fallon and conan o'brien all teamed up fore the s monologue last night. here is aclip. >>ey,hat are you up to? >> be a man. >> i'll try. >> what are you up to? >> i'm busy having no talent. >> did you see trump's rally last night? >> nope. >> me either.

he said some pretty bad stuff about us. >> really? >> we're all notal lepts low life lost>> souls. hat is not right. that is conan. hold on. i'll get him. >> oh, hey guys. what is up? >> president trump, the real fake guy who sellssteaks? he is president? >> yes. >> wow. >> so you heard jimmy reference a rally, that was monday night's rally in south carolina. president trump slammed the hosts there no criticizing his response to the border crisis. new this morning, national security adviser john bolton in moscow meeting withsi r president vladimir putin. that meeting resulted in an agreement about another meeting. we've learned president trump willhit down w putin. the time, venue and other details of the summit will be announced sometime tomorrow.

ey mitt ro is one step closer to heading back to washington. he won in a land slide i utah's republican primary for on u.s. senate. romney5 won by points. he is also the overwhelming favorite to win the seat of retiring senator orrin hatch. the former republican presidential nominee has beenn outspoken critic of president trump, but agreed to try to work with the white house. the results of the maryland primary are in the nbc washington app. here is another name you will be hearing today. alexandria ocasio-cortez. she is the 28-year-old who upset a ten term congress representative from new york. democrat joe crowley lost to owe comes yoe co ocasio-cortez. she is a democratic socialist. she supports abolishing i.c.e. and medicare for all health care systems as well as free public education at public

get ready to pay more for your uber or lyft here in the district. the d.c. councild approve a tax increase in a 6-1 vote. it takes the tax for ride sharing from 20 event doctcents. it is expected to raise up to $25 million a year to go toward orail improvements. oneoman we spoke with said this will probly change the way she uses ride sharing. >> probably go into more like car pools or cheaper options. probably use the metro, which is probably for the best. >> the tax increase takes effect ocber 1. it is based on where your ride begins. if you get in the car in d.c. but ride to maryland or virginia, you still have to pay thedditional tax. most cars will automatically pair with your smartphone the moment you get inside. but is it safe to navigate so much technology while you're driving? new research found some systems are actually safer than others. liz mclaughlin explains.

>> reporter: voice commands, touch screens and smartphone integration. a new study from aaa and the university of utah looked at h just distracting this technology can be. researchers asked drivers to perform tasks. using built-in infotainment systems and smartphone based system, apple car play, android auto. and measured the level of demand on on the driver. >> what we found was that both car play and android auto outperformed the system you would get with the car when you purchased it. >> reporter: using either of those smartphone systems to make a call was five seconds faster on average than using the built-inystem on the models tested. even so, drivers who take their eyes off theoad forore than two seconds can double their risk of a crash. >> many of the things that you can do in the car really shouldn't be done while you are driving. >> rep ter: he says that

includes programming navigation and texting. hich can be unsafe with a system. >> all of the in-vehicle infotainment systems that are available to consumers today are aaa demanding than what would recommend. >> reporter: a reminder that your number one task while driving is driving. liz mclaughlin, nbc news. it is only on wednesday, but we're l alreadyooking ahead to the weekend. lauryn is back with your beach forecast. ♪ and tickets to the new

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ive people were hurt when a tornado touched down in central kansas last night. one of those people is inal critondition now. this powerful storm toppled buildings and snapped utility polls. thousandse w left without power. the governor of kansas has declared a state of emergency for the area. the town had just recheered from antornado two years ago. several tornadoes spun up outside chicago las night. this is mountaiis manhattan, il. nd rain pounded the area. parts of the area are stillig aa risk for severe weather today. and time to look at our weather here. and it is notpr so ty, but not nearly the situation as those

folks. >> and thatne from chicago was an area of low pressure that was shooting up toward the great lakes. t attached tt is a frontal system that will float through later on today. but dueo this cloud cover, we really won't see the severe weather chance. so that is good. we'll see some showers and storms out but waves of rain as we continue through the day. so it won't be raining allbu da we will see waves of rain at times. temperatures out there right now in the 70s. we have a l of cloudover out there right now. hopefully enjoyed the last two t days because ts when we had the beautiful weather with the low humidity. so here is the rain out there right now. heaviest rain right around the martinsburg headed toward hagerstown. maybe a few lightning strikes in there, but the most part that is the heaviest rain that we are seeing. so on againxpect waves of rain throughout the day. it is cool out there, but the humidity is coming up. may not feele l that because

we have the cooler side of the temperatures, temperatures are in t 70s rig now. we'll top out in the upper 70s to right around 80 degrees today. low 80s here in d.c. again periods of rain, some storms later this ternoon. i think if we do see some severe storms, it will mainly be to the north and to the west. and we'll see possibly some heavy downpours out of that. t these things will b moving around so quickly,ing we' inwe' expecting any big flooding concerns. so rainround even overnight. could have a few chances of thunder as well. so we'll start at11:00 a.m., we'll me rain again moving up along i-81 into frederick. this is at 4:00. so these yellows and oranges arb a little more heavy rain moving through our area. right around 6:00, of course rush shower, comes right down that i-95 corridor. and then we start to clear out a little bit. we will have some areas of rain as we continue into the evening. even into tomorrowrn g. but that chance quickly decreases through your thursday

in fact becoming sunny as we head into your thousday. soill need the sunglasses. temperatures will be in the low s by 10:00 a.m. 89 degrees for tomorrow. a few sprinkles in the morning. but we're becoming hot and humid. and then for the weekend, look at this, we'll talk more about the weekend coming buup. do i want to get to the beach forecast because if you are headed to the beach, perfect timing. not only fourth of july weekend, but t temperatures mid to upper 80s. but we'll talk more about tid heat and hy around our area and take a sneak peek at that fourth of july forecast coming up. a fraic search continues this morning for a youth soccer team, the group israed in a flooded cave. we'll get it latest. nd plus major developments out of pennsylvania on that police shooting that sparked days ofpr ests. a police officer is now facing

developing this morning, the pennsylvania policsh officer wh and killed an unarmed teenager has now been charged with criminal homicide investigators say east pittsburgh officer mic rosfeld shot 17-year-old antwon rose jr. on june 189. they say rosfeld shot rose three times after he ran away. the shoing led to protests around pittsburgh. rosfeld has been on address

minute va adm administrative leave. and ar soc team and coach remain missing inside an underground cave in northern thailand. >> and as rain there continues to fall, water levels are rising making the search more afficult. >> reporter: for fifth straight deal, rescuers are trying everything, water pumps, divers, underwater drones to find 12 teenagers and their soccer coach trapped somewhere in a pitch black maze of tunnels andcaves. >> it is very cold and wet. we don't know what kind of provisions, clothgs boys were wear when they went in. but having been in there for five day, they are bound to be -- reporter: the team went missing saturday after soccer practice, their bicycle and shoes the only sign of them. this mother is calli for her son outside the cave, a 24 hour vigil, parents praying and

waiting. the cave complexn northern thailand is 5 1/2 miles long with wide chambers and narrow tunnels. a rescue searching the end of the cave trail. to new tactic, drohring down tough an opening on the jungle floor. >> they don't know what they will find down there, but again at this stage they are trying multiapproaches, anything they can do frankly. >> reporter: local officials say this has happened before in thit cave , tourists trapped for days by floodwaters and thee re once the water receded. hee problem is searchers still don't know this group is. they are bringing in foreign cave diving experts today and are hoping the boys and their coach found dry ground and can survive a little wle longe until they are found. kelly cobiella nbc news, london. later today, virginia attorney general is expected ton

an, quote, significant litigation that is being filed as part of his office's effort totl b the opoid crisis. the announcement will be made during a news conference at 1:00. you can look forup dat juupdate app. the opoid epidemic is killing 45,000 people each year here in the u.s., many of those who end of dying from an overdose had a past o history a nonfatal opoid overdose. unbetuevably a recent finds a majority of those people never got a drug that has been proven to reduce the future risk of desk. here discuss where is a psychiatrist. bo thank you for being here. tell us the medications. because some folks are not familiar that this evenxists. >> we have three fda approved medications to help with this problem. one is methadone, it decreases your cravings to use another opoid. although methadone is an opoid the other is a medicine that yoo

get a doctor, you could take it home with you unlike methadone where you have to go to a clinic. s will decrease cravings for using opod also blocked the receptors so if you take an opoid, you won't get high. and then the third medication is called natural naltraxone. and this is a blocker so you don't get any effects. it is similar to narcan which you use to save somebody. >> and so ultimate thk this would be something with an addiction would yump o.jump why are people not? >> it is unclear. i have two theories. e is that i think unfortunately a lot of doctors are still not aware of these medications. and i think people are just not educated, the doctors aren'to educated they are not being offered this as an option. the second thing is i think it has to do withhe culture of recovery. o people who are in narcotics anonymous for an opoid

addiction, they are kind of frowned upon in that community if they are taking particularly methadone because they are rewed by other members of that community as notlly being clean and sober. so there is this social pressure to not take onef these medications. which i think is a huge mistakeh >> according t study, 3 in 10 people after an overdose get prescred one of the medications. so is it also a situation where it could be a financial thing or are they affordable enough? >> it is possible that it could beom expensive to people, but we're not talking about rip roaring expensively medications. for a one month supply, even if you pay cash, no insurance, is about $35 a month or another may be $100 a month. and there are preseare plenty o in this area where people should have access to the care. so in this area, i don't think that should be an ise. >> what treatment course do you

signature if somebody suggest if somebody watching knows somebody who i battling an addiction? >> if this were a family member ever mine, and money wereo object, i'd send that person to a three or six month rehab. but that is a fortune. if you can't afford to do that, at the very least i'd put this on the bupra morphine. it takes away the craving. they take that for one year, get their lives in orde l get used toing a life where they are not used go gradually off it and then i'd put it on the naltraxone for another year and then they have had a couple years of leading a clean sober life, they feel so good about themselves, dhey real't want to relapse, they don't want to jeopardize it, they are no longer hanging out with those old people they used to use,he andthey are in the best thinks for success. >> all right. doctor, thank you.

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tonight might be a good time to look up at the sky. a combination of the full strawberry moon and saturn's proximity to earth should make for prime star gazing. june's full moon is considered the most colful of the year. it will also be the best chance to see sat you weurn since it w as close to the ertz arth as it gets. >> looktt you with all t information. >> it won't look rednessly. >> they have the harvest moon in the fall.

just amazing the moons. >> i like that. >> i just literally looked it up. >> yeah, we do this story almost every month with everymoingle . >> too cloudy to see it? >> yeah, not going to happen. >> thanks. >> debbie downer off of the desk. >> you can go w. i know, starts to rain and all of a sudden people are like wah-wah. yeah, we have rain out there right now. not going to be raining the whole time a lot of areas are dry right now, but we will have waves throughout the day and maybe a few thunderstorms later tonight and overnight. we had a thunderstorm around the winchester area. a lot of those dynamics somewhere pushed to the north. that isd headed tow frederick. and you can see that right there just alongi-70. some heavier rains marched by, that yellow right there. so again heavier downpours falling through the area, but that is continuing to lift to the north and east. but again, waves of rain as a

warm front moves through the area of. and you may have noticed a little bit of humidity, but you will notice it coming soon especially by this weekend. so becoming more humid today with the waves of rain. llt the heat and week and i'll you how hot it e this weekend. right now we are ins.he 70 77 here in washington. if you are running errands, maybe taking the kids to the vies or dropping them off at camp, we will have the rain chances arnd. temperatures climb to right around 80 here in d.c. 70s outside the beltway. but again, rain chanc at times throughout the remainder of the evening. and into the and even a few thunderstorms possible later on tonight throughout the evening. rain and thunder will keep the chance going even into the overnight and then w start to clear out tomorrow morning. so take a look at future cast, you can see 11:30, seeing heavier rain up to the north and

west. t that will continue to fill back in as the cold front works through. thunderstorms possible just around the time tt the commu gets going. and then we will have showers here and there as we head into the later evening. but we clear out tomorrow morning andngomorrow is loo a lot better. in fact we're looking a lot better as we head into thewe end, but it will be hot. low rain chances through sunday, but you a chanc of rain monday. talking about the heat, what will iteceel like elly as we get into friday, saturday and sunday? y sunday, almost feeling like 105 out hazy, hot and humid. o we'll have the rain chances today. and we'll have a look at the fourth of july forecast coming up read the label. t we'llell you the three things that best bug sprays have.

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temptations. with ow's writers join us more on what audiences can expect. thank you for being here. >> good morng. >> s tell us about what the show is about. is it a review, biographical? >> it is the story of the temptations. the group.an it is really inspired bio tis williams' biography. and i got to talk to otis williams who was the last origin founding member of the temptations. so it is sort of like theon collecf his story and his memories. and there is something sort of special because he is the last remaining member, it is sort of going through the journwh of it was like for him to begin the group and to deal with some of the turmoil that group went through and triumphs of. y get to see some of the temptations that maybe they didn't know. >> that's right. anha in a way you probably aren't used to seeing them. we go into thest y, even

though we build it on otis, but it is really about all of them. and what is special, theseri yog n-american men who are navigating their roles in the world of artists at aheime the nation was in great civic unrest. and so it becomes about the past and also very contemporary. >> and the directorhaaid you were his only choice for writing the show. what is it that connects you so perfectly to this production? >> well, i'm from detroit. i grew up on motown. my parents, this is theirsic, but it is my generation's music, too. if you are from detroit, you could not have grown up not being a parts of the temptations or being a part of the motown catalog. that was a part of our house hold. so it feels like home for me. >> and anybody who is familiar with good music knows the you music of the temptations. is there anything about this production that is special, different that will stand out to the people who are fans of the

temptations? >> i think so. for one, what we get to do in musical theater that you don't in a movie or book, we get to use the elements of theater. so we can change the meaning of songs or add layer and depth. we get to dispel some of the myths. we can give you what is behind thereation of that song. so that is going to be really exciting i think for audiences. ic. the cast is fanta >> i can tell just from the clip we've been playing. and this is a pre-broadway show. what does it take to get to broadway? >> itng takes b able to come to certain cities and build our brand. but also sort of get the blessing of the city. i'm from detroit,o getting detroit's blessing is big for us. so that is part of o long ter trajectory. but being able to be here in d.c. and be at the kennedy center, that is really special for our team. so that is any we to launch it. >> we wish you the best of luck with this show.

r is at the kennedy cente through july 22. >> thank you so much for having me. ♪ that is brianing joseph wd wowing the cro in his america got talent debut. he is from here in d.c. and three years ago he was diagnosed with a serious nerve sease, it takes away the feeling from his hands and feet. e was so good though last night, he scored a hug from heidi klum and a f complimentm simon cowell. and of course he is moving on to the nex round. catchenmerica's got t tuesday nights right here on nbc 4. barbie is ama busy she is adding another job to her long list.ro tics engineer. mattel released photos of the

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sears. it will be redeveloped in to in lifestyle deion with shop, cafes, movies and a park. sears is closing next march. the company has already closed hundreds of stores and more are planned. when you think of a tree house, you probably think of the mess you might he made as kid. >> but you now adults have taken over the ge and the elevated architecture can be stunning. >> lester holt has more. >> it is just steps away from our house, butls it fee a lg ways away. >> reporter: they were searching for a placeo escape and then they looked up. >> we have all these awesomeee >> reporter: the tree houses of today aren't kids' stuff. >> ours comes wh a sofa bed and composting toilet. >> reporter: they are marvels of engineering. >> going across this bridge which is a heart racer.

railroad >> reporter: they hired an expert to bring to life who has built dozen of these upscale nests. his passion has deep .ro >> i was out of the woods like as early as i can remember. building tree house, forts. h >> reporte works inspire an evergen sense of wonder. >> it is like a h childd giddiness that happens with lot of clients. >> reporter: the trend is branchin nationwide, tfeatured every week on show tree house masters. they are even available on airbnb. and he plans to rent out this green house. >> when the wind blows, you also sway with it. sinks ygs you to sleep almost. >> reporter: and john found he didn't have room for relatives on his grounds. >> the property in the bay area is ridiculous, so we decided why not put a guest house in the

trees. >> reporter: it is also a cool getaway for his daughters. >> we have sleepvers with our friends, we like it stay up late. parents can't really hear us. >> i definitely feel more n connected to nature wm up in the tree house. >> reporter: taking the comforts of homto new heights. >> where are tree houses and wine okay together? >> what do you mean? why not? >> people could be falling out of trees. >> sounds good to me. >> moistuhow ch wine are you drinking? >> let's talk truth now. how much are you drinking? >> not enough to fall out of a tree, i'll tell you that much. i didn't even think about that. i was like this is a good idea, where are those. all right, may n be good to be in a tree house today because we'll have thunderstorms later on. a few rumbles out therer. earl temperatures low 80s today, upper 70s. but again, periods of train. woe raining all day, but

expect the storms later this afternoon. and through the evening. and we'll even keep a few during the overnight. now, we could have a few morning sprinkles, but for the most part, we'll be sdrii indrying o and near sunshine.ow. and we'll have a slight chance of a shower early. hot, ha, humidll the way through this weekend. even at area beaches. feeling closer to 100 if not over especially by sunday. we'll have a chance of rn on monday, tuesday. right now we're keeping july 4th, warm with plenty of a sunshi dry. >> thank you, lauenrightyn that is it for news 4 midday. thanks for joining us. s

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