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>> good evening. on this day after we're membering the victims. this memorial outside with owers, that office that was the scene of such chaos and terror yesterday. today we're learning more about the stories behin these faces, these dedicated gazette employees. and more about the gunman and his motive for taking their lives. ou wendy rieger anchors our coverage tonight from near that billing with the lates on the investigation and where the newspaper goes from here. wendy. >> well, we're right across the street from the gazette headquarters. last night they said we're going to publish the damn paper tomorrow and by gollhey did. you are hard pressed to find this paper anywheren annapolis if you do not have a subscription. it is sold o everywhere jus about. we are learning about the five victims. seeing their faces, hearing their histories, and learning these peopleut who are and what this community at
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large has lost in this slaughter. many of them worked at the capital for years. they produced this newspaper that so many of us get in the little red capital newspaper box that is the post outside your gate as soon as you get a subscription. today it was in there setting the record on what this ha trajectory was unfolded for these people at this time. meanwhile, the suspected killer did make an appearance in court by way of teleconference a d he waied bond which is not surprising. to police chief says he came kill as many people as he could. and despite quite turbulent history that we've been hearing about, including that lawsuit and his animosity towards thisw paper, investigators say there was so much about this guy they do not know because he's notooperating. prosecutors say today in court
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something quite chilling, thatay prosecutorse barricaded the back door of the "gazette" office before he went around front and started his attack. as a resul o of the onethe victims tried to escape. couldn't get out of that door and was eshot. we heam coverage, a team of reporters that are going to tell us all of day's events and everything you need to know to catch you up. first we do want to talk about the victims and get a better look at theirheives and contributions they made to this community and people in it. let's start with news 4 chris gordon with that part of our story. >> reporter: people are bringing flowers and balloons to the memorial to "the capital gazette" shooting victims. ralph came to pay tribute to wendi winters. he has kept the article she wrote about his family's tomuco back in 2003. >> i toll my wife i was emotional. i was in tears. i'm emotional now because i just gone. believe that she's
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>> reporter: at the blue rooster cafe wendi winters wrote a story on a coffee club who meets here, their picture posted on the wa. >> numeroueople have come into the coffee shop this morning and talked so highly of her and how much they're going to miss her. >> this morning's copy of theta ca pays tribute to the victims. rebecca smith, sales assistant, remembered for her thought illness. john mcnamara, reporter sports writer. gerald fischman known as the voice of the communityws per. and rob hiassen, creative writer and mentor. yesterday he lt his home for work after doing a dance for his wife on her birthday. >> i can't help but think what if head taken this day off for us to be together. >> reporter: they have three children allhe grown. son ben holds her hand during our interview. >> no matter what that sophomoric violent man did, is
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charged with doing, the memor of rob hiassen will live on. >> repter: the door to the building with the capital ac shooting take e is still blocked by police t oe. the sen loss here in annapolis will last a lg time. roris gordon, news 4. >> and the victims to the investigation now, whyid he target this newspaper and why did he do it so violently? tracee wilkins has been out here in annapolis a da she was here yesterday. she's been covering the investigation. she picks up the story from there. tracee. >> reporter: well, wendy, police believe they have some idea of what motivated all of this based on the suspected gunman's history waph this. but the gunman is not cooperating. as they asked multiple questions hat happened inside of this building, which is still a
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crime scene right now. there are police working inside the building as well as making repairs. t's the makeshift memorial right outside of 888be gate. on these balloons, the names of each of the employees of the "gazette" who were shot and killed inside of this building. this as the investigation that we are learning about continues. >> do i think that the annapolis city cops, the county cops, and the anrne arundel countyer shiff's department saved peoples lives? without question. >> reporter: this shows the moem he w moment he wa capital gazette after a mass shooting. e shot it one floor above the ambush. >> i would assume that he knew he was goingo be apprehended. and that that's why he didn't put up any lght. >> i wot say his name today. i refuse to do it. >> reporter: today the anne arundel county police updated
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him withoutentioning ramos by name, but he did say he acted alone. i' say this. the fellow was there to kil many people as he could kill. >> reporter: five employees at the capital paper werle k ramos had a longstanding feud with the per over a story they did on him years ago. last night theyearched his apartment in prince george's county. >> we did find evidence at the residence. i can't go into a whole bunch of details about it, but i will tell you that it is evidence showing the origination of planning things like that. >> reporter: police say ramos hid under a desk after the shooting and willingly went into ncustody but has cooperated with investitors forcing them to use facial recognition technology to identify him. generally active shooters are wanting to go out in a blazef glory. i don't -- i just can't get in his head. i can't do it. ii i wish i could today truly. >> anne arundel county police are saying there are folks out
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there with information that c assist in this investigation. possible video, rks of whatsahey and who they saw when. they're asking folks to get in touch with them. coming up, w talk with the woman who shot the video of the suspected gunman as l het the building. she talks about what it was like for the folks escorted out and taken to a safe place, what y,ppened for her and what she saw. weack to you in the studio. >> thank you, tracee. the suspected gunman jarrod ramos has left quite a til of evidence, if you will, or clues to his behaviorf because his facebook page and a lot of his writings and of course and out of court. this has been going on for years. what triggered it yesterday is agaiething they're trying to figure out. so obviously investigators are all over his house in laurel maryland. that's where news 4 mark segraves has been all day. u he picks the story from there
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to tell us a little bit more about ramos. mark. >> reporter: good g,even wendy. this red brick apartment complex is where he liv for the past 17 years. today in court wes adams painted him as a man who had created a tactical plan to kill as many people as possible. when he walked into the offices of the capital gazette, he hunted and killed his victims. within minutes ofho s ringing outside inside the office was of the capital gazette 38-year-old jarrod ramos was taken int custody. shortly after that police were inaurel searching ramos' home where they found more evidence. >> evidence that suggested a cockdinated atthe barricading of a back door, and the u of a tactical approach and hunting down andhoing the innocent victims in this case. >> in court today prosecur wes adams told the judge ramos had a plan to kill as many people as
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possible. and then he snuck into the building through a rear hallway and apparently blocked the rear exit of the offices so that the victims would have no way to escape. re was a number of victims. there was one victimhat had attempted to escape through the back door and was shot at that point. >> reporter: an employee who survived the attack told nbc news he alsoried to run out that back door. >> one of mygu coll, she also ran toward the door. she was the one who actually jingled the handle. that door is normally neverm locked f the inside out. we have no problems getting out of that door. for whatever reason it was jammed. as soon as that happened it signaled to me ts is intentional, those are shots and we immediately ran and got undee one of desks in the far back corner of the office and we just ddled as close as we could to out other and tried to stay of sight of whoever it was. >> reporter: court documents ffveal ramos hid under a desk inside thee after the
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shooting and that surveillance video captured the entire attack. ramos appeared in court viao viconference. he didn't show any emotions during the hearing. he didn't speak at all. he'll remain in custody until his next hearing. that could comet a preliminary hearing within 30 days until prosecutors decide to go befor a a grand jurynd seek an indictment. that's the very latese we're l in laurel. mark segraves, news 4. >> this chapter is just starting. shift memorial behind me in front of aaa bestgate, the gazette headquarters. if you are going to stop plere, se look for a notebook with a pen so that you write your sentiments down or whatever you want to leave forpi "the l gazette" employees. a woman is doing that right now. we'll keep you posted. we'll see you in just a bit. >> the paper touched so many people in the community. we were wondering yesterday many people may have been in the
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newsroom at the time. did we get a sense of how or how many people actually work for that small paper? >> i still don't know. i just know my buddy pat ferguson works there, but so many of them work outside in kind of little bureaus, if you will, or they work out of their homes, because it's a small newspaper. it's not like you go in on to write. you can write online, af lot free lancers, that's the nature of the news business these day zb. >> what technology has done. we'll be checking back with you. we want to turn now to our forecast. what everybody is talking about for the next three, four, five days. we're putting together a pretty long strin of oppressive weather out there. here the storm center to tell us feel. we'll be >> we're going to take a look at those temperatures. the actual temperatureight now
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stepping outside, 90 degrees. winds have switched coming out of the south. as we head through the weekend, thaterly flow going to heat things up. 92 degrees is what it feels like in washington, d.c. 93 in manassas. f theis all because humidity. 90 and 92, but this weekend we could be talking heat index between 100 and 105 degrees. i'll hav a a look that coming up as well as a look at your weekend forecast and your beach forecast for now, back to you. >> we're sweating just thinking about it. whene come back, of course we continue our coverage of the deadly shooting innnolis. when we come back, how police use facial recognition software to identify the gunman. our scott macfarlane has more on this emerging technolog we are deeply saddened by what happened today. we are deeply w saddened had to make those notifications.
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journa day in and day out, night in and night o. >> continuing coverage now. the case of jarrod ramos shows just howly the feds can get ahold of a photograph of someone who lives in maryland. investigators used racial rmcognition software to con his identity yesterday. scott macfarlane reports, technology is fast emerging, especially among police. >> jim, that's right. the fbi now has access to tens of millions of pictures to help with their investigation. the use of facial recognition technology is ruiingly among law enforcement, but also in airports to track passengers and shopping centers to stop potential thieves. federal records show the fbi now has signed agreements with at least a dozen states. maryland included. to gets acc to state databases of photos to use for facialn. recognit that includes drivers licenses.
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the es those images to positively ideecify the su because it has less accuracy identifying minorities. or when that ition is wrong, when it's a false positive, oh, this is a o crimil list, but it's actually not, then you have a veryti proble scenario where anyone on the street, it could be you or i, is misidentified a andested on the basis of that. >> yesterdaywa is sieaed arre >> right. >> tonightws on at 6:00, what local police agencies are using for this technology jim, back to you. >> it's fascinating. scott, thank you. stay with us on air and online for complete coverage of this senselessttack at the capital attack in annapolis. just ahead at 5:00, we'll hear from the dean of e university of maryland's journalism school where several of the victims had ties. well, the heat, folks, is only going to get worse before it gets better. today kicks off the beginning of
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wave. so if you have plans this weekend, bed. prepa derrick ward is live for us in potomac where golf fans are tryi to beat the heat at this weekend's quicken loans tournamentou derrick, how holding up? >> reporter: indeed they are. from what i'm told, golf balls actually travel better in warm weather and hot air. the air is less dense. that's great i you're playing, but if you're tching, not so much if you're watching. true golf fans get a little isty when tre's a tournament in town. >> making sure the leader isn't passed out in the wood t >> reportet would indeed put a damper. don't worry, officials are on it. >> temperatures can rise. wencouraging hydration. >> it doesn't take much encouragement. folks were finding way to stay hydrated via internal or external approach. the kids seem to be on to something, conserving that
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energy until it's needed. >> i thought it would be a little cooler up this way than atlanta, but it's okay. >> reporter: kids are resourceful when they opt to cool off the old fashioned way. his family was det here even with the high temperatures. >> we already had tickets so we'll tough it out. >> the tournament director said they've made special adjustment zb . >> anyone who buys a bottle of water on sight, you get one free. >> reporter: they're also allowing spectators to bring their own sealable plastic containers and there will be cooling stations. aan shady vge point is one of the most popular ways for spectators to watch the golfers burning up the greens while not burning up themselves in the proce process. 're told watch folks and look for the signs if someone may be overcome by the heat. they've got cooling stions and actually water stations placed around the course. if you're following the golfer around you do that safely and
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with someomfort. she talked about that wind and breeze. that's been the saving grace here today. not so much tomorrow. back to you. >> i want my own misting machine.ch thanks so well, the washington capitals now have a brand new head coach. the team announcing today assistant coached to reir n will take over for barry trotz. trotz resigned you'll recall in a dispute over his contract just after leading the capso their first stanley cup. he has been assisting since 2014 he will be introduced at a news conference tomorrow. records crowds expected at local airports. the tsa says it could be the busiest day ever for travel. what you need to know if you're heading away for the holiday tekend. storm 4 keeping track of a heat wave that is heading our way. what y
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it's go be worse by sunday and monday. it's a dry weekend. just a hotne let's see where we're at right now. already 90 degrees in the we are looking at a rather hot day tomorrow. it's going to feel hotter tn it does right now. feels like temperatures in the district in fact at 92. that's not terrible. 91n manassas. hey, how you doing gaithersburg? 88 degrees out there. it's not just us feeling this heat. not many places you run this of july weekend. down the southeast, up the eastern seaboard, mid atlantic, we're all going to be headed to the 90s ase head into the weekend. sa saturday waking up iars a start. temperatures will climb tomorrow. by lunchtime we're already 90 degrees. and of course it's going to be very humid tomorrow. so what willl it actually f like? that's a great question. this is what it's going to feel like. today it only felt around 92, 93 deees. tomorroweeling more like 100
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by sunday and monday. will be temperature on the brink of 105 degrees. till feeling very hot on tuesday. this is an extended forecast. i'm sorry, heat tavet we're expecting to move into next week. so tomorrow's not the best day to dog, garden but if you are, here's a look at your gardening forecast from our experts. tomorrow morning temperatures will be in the mid 70s. as we head toward the afternoon, ni 95. this is dangerous heat. anything you want to get done in the yard you've got to do it mid morning. introduce lady bugsnto the garden to help reduce other bad insect population. lady bugs d not fly at night. so release them in the evening. re is a look at our beach forecast. if you are going to beat the heat, maybe head to the coastlin temperatures are going to be in the mid 80s. relatively comfortable for theb h, but it is going to be sticky. sunday is a hot one.
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water feeling around 73. here's a sneak peek at your 4th of julorast. right now we're really closely monitoring this rain chance. it.completely sold on we'll leave it in there as we do have a little bit of unsettled weher moving through. temperatures will be in the upper 80s, low 90s. storm teamour ten day outlook. there it is. 90 all the way through next ek, folks. we are looking at a chance for showers and storms. i thinkhat's goingo hold off until midweek. got to stay hydrated. >> tha one of soccer's big stars putting on thelack and red for d.c. united. when he'll be making his debut. we'll also have continuing coverage of the deadlyampage in annapolis. an intern in that newsroom describes what happened when he tried toscape the gunfire. >> that door never locks from the inside out. we never have problems getting
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the office. >> i immediately started crying. i started contacting all of my family members. we're back at 5:30 with closer look now at our top story. the suspect indl that d shooting "the capital gazette" newspaper is being held without bond while investigators say he has a history with the paper, they say he is not being operative still and they have a lot of unanswered questions. meanwhile, we're hearing m te abou victims and the survivors. our wendy rieger is near the makeshift memorial. i was out there last night. i know you know that area so well. i was struck by just how vibrant and bustling that area is. >> this is a huge shopping are h we're at the mall which is literally right across the street fromhe office building that houses "the capital gazette" and the makeshift memorial is right there. i'm surprised how many -- i am surprised how my people are bringing their little kids over
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to look at it. little kids. i saw a father with, like, a 5-year-old, a 7-year-old and a baby in a stroller that stopped by to l k atit. this is an important life lesson i guess. i guess they feel like in our current climate you're never too young to start learning about it. but speaking of thef poise young people, what about the intern anthony messenger who we heard from this morning who is an intern "the capital gazette" in he's a student at salisbury university. he was the first tweet that we got yesterdaybufternoon. he said he first thought that fireworks were going off and then realized that the front glass had been blown out and saw what was happening. he ran to t bac door with another colleague and that's hen they realized how diabolical this attack was because the door was blockaded, locked as it never had been. they dovender a desk. he then tweeted out please help us, which was so chilling and
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was the first indication we had of just how horribl this was. let's listen tor young anthony messenger. >> in that moment i thought i was going to die. i thought wwere going to die. the only thing i could think was here, you have my phone. text whoever you need to text, contact whoever you need to contact. sheexted her mother. i'm not sure if she texted anybody els and then she proceeded to send the tweet. it was chaos. the offe was in shambles. unfortunatel w we saw -- had to pass two bodies of our colleagues, which was something that nobody should ever hav to stomach. it's unfortunate that somebody would come into a place that only reports truthful stories that are fact based and unleash hell on the office. >> that is a life lesso that no one should have toar so many of the victims had a
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connection to the universityf maryland. and our david culver went to the campus today to talk to the people there and to just see how theyre grieving this horrible tragedy and this horrible loss david isn the newsroom to tell you about that. >> exactly. to get a feel for how they're coping with it. i met with the dn there, the dean of maryland's college of journalism. sheointed out to m with journalists and a tragedy, there can be this delayed healing process. that griefanneling by going to work, telling summertime on the university of maryland's campus naturally quieter. tonight the stillness accompanied by sadness. >> the first thing i thought was i know we know people there. >> reporter: lucyns d of maryland's college of journalism. as she watched the news unfold from thursday's devastating rampage, she tested one of her newest adjunct professors writing -- >> i hope you're okay and if you
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guys need anything, you know, just ask and we'll be dn there. and of course he didn't get back to me. >> reporter: rob spent this past spring teaching an advanced reporting class. >> the students loved him. he was fun to have in the billing. he was very good at doing it. >> the loss for this university community includes alumni. gerald fischman, known as clever and quirky. he graduated in 19. for john mcnamara, sports reporting was dream job. it started at maryland and continued withimovering the university sports teams. the dean says these tragic deaths along with the hostile tone taken against journalists are not deterringhe next generation of reporters. themotivates >> i've not had a problem with recruiting. this generation is ticked off. >> reporter: the deanas the numbers to back that up. her incoming freshman classs 55% larger than last year. she says this is an empassio sd
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group ory tellers, wendy. >> the capital newspaper which i loved last night when they said, you know, we're going to publish th a damn paper today they d i love the opinion page. it was left intentionally blank with a small caption down here with the list of the names of the victims and it just said today we are speechless but it does promise tomorrow this will return to offering our readers informed opinions about the world around them, that they might be better citizens. in annapolis, we'll be back a i ju couple more minutes. jim, back to you in the studio. >> what a tribute edition today's paper was. thanks so much for sharing that. we have learned when president trump will announce his nomination for the next supremeou justice. scott macfarlane back alithe ve desk. scott, what are you hearing?
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>> jim, president trump just announcing he plans to give us his announcement for the supreme court july 9th. he's considering two women help coming with the retirement this we of justice anthony kennedy. the supre i court back session the first monday of october. there's your window of time for nomination and confirmation, jim. the tsa says today it may be the busiest d ever f air travel. ahead at 5:00, what you need to know about traveli this holiday weekend and next week too. and in just a couple of weeks, major league baseball, that all-star weekend at nats park, but one of the key queions out there, how will everybody get around? we've got some answers on the other side of this short break.
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metro will suspend all maintenance and run special late hi nig late-night service. it will be available after the home run derby and the all-star ga on the 17th. major league baseball has teamed up with mastercard to make this shappen. alltar week kicks off on july 13th. d.c. united -- audi fie will host its first home game. it will also be a chance to see the newest signing in action. england soccer star wayne rooney just joined the team and dave johnson wasehere as arrived at dulles international yesterday. >> thsz ais isig signing and a big moment. >> what did wayne say to you? >> i asked him, i said i thought suitcases.have more he had 10. i thought he had 20. he's pretty excited to be here. >> excitement about that and about a new stadium.
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>> it's going to be a huge club. every mls team has that one big guy and he's going to be ours. new player, new stadium. i think we can only go up. >> i know he's going to bring a lot of goals. he scod world class goals in europe and i know he can do it here. >> sort of a weird w dayn wayne rooney is showing up to play for your team? >> yeah. it's crazy. we're getting our newum stadi and now wayne rooney. orwe've waited a long time and it's all worth it. >> you've always been a man united fan so you've goto be a rooney fan. >> dinitely a rooney fan since i was a little kid. always a rooney fan. >> wayne rooney is on his way into d.c. and he's staying for a bit of time. this is his new home. d.c. united. he looks to play in d.c. united's new home when they open audi field. >> the little kid.e
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right now in annapolis and across maryland state flags are flying at half staff in memory of the five people gunned down "the capital gazette." the suspected shooter is in custody butto investi say he is not cooperating. a vigil is planned for the victims later this evening in annapolis. turning now to what could be
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a tough holiday travel travel forecast this weekend. tsa says today cld be the busiest day of the yea at reagan national. news 4 meagan fitzgerald is monitoring the crowd at the airport. how busy? >> reporter: well, you know what, jim, i've got to tell you, it h been pleasant surprise for these travelers who were preparing for a mess. t we're seen some long lines. that was earlier today, but they were movingdi st. i want to show you what things look like now. it doesn't seem like it's the siest travel day. you can see the ts align behind me m ving alongy steadily. tsa officials also say we prepared for this day. traveling can be a headache, but seeing lines likeak this it more bearable. >> it was okay. >> reporter: tsa says they've increased their staffing across the country and plenty of employees are working overtime so traveling is as pleasant as b po. but even still, long lines
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should be expected even for tsa precheck travelers, although airport officials want everyone to be. prepar >> make sure you leave yourself enough time to get to the plane. >> i've got teme. >> repor time is something you want to have your side, especially here at reagan where construction is under way which is creating a challenging situation. so airport officials say take advantage of their free offer. >> we are trying to mitigate the tract impact as much as we possibly can. if you're a passenger that's being droppedff or if you're going to be picking someone up a we're offering people the opportunity to park for free for minutes. >> reporter: some more things to keep in mind, tsa officials say remember do not take anything on your carry on bag that is larger than 3.4 liquid lsounces. they say any electronic device larger than yourdsell phone n to be placed in a
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separate bin. these are just some tips that will help speed up tha line. back to you. >> all right. i know you might be temped. do not fly out of town. you just came back from a great vacation. >> i'll see y in. islands. not everybody is flying, of course. for those of youin dr here are the best times to hit the road. get out the door tomorrow morning before 11:00. try to avoid leaving in the afternoon or evening. you may run into holiday drivers and regular rush hour traffic. try to avoid coming back between 7:00 and 11:00 on monday night. ahead of independence day police throughou maryland and the state a transportation department are teamingp. mdo mdot is working with officers to spread the warng about dangers driving.ed highway message boards and other information reminding you to have a plan for a sob ride home this holiday week. it's smack dab in the middle of the week, so a lot of people are
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king that full week off. i'm not one of them. >> you're not going to celebrate on both ends? >> no. i'll be workg for zblu . >> at least it will be inside. it is going to be hot out there my friends. it is summer after all. this is what we expected. today officially starts our heat wave. you need three days in a row. once we hit 90 degrees three days in a row is when we have an official heat wave. trust me we are going to surpass 90 on saturday, sunday, and through much of next week. right now 90 in the district. 89 in reston. hey, rockville, how you doing? 94 degrees up there. we are looking at 89 in college park. a le look outside. really a gorgeous evening to view from inside your air conditioned c or home. bias we he bias -- but as we head out, look w warm it' going to be. you'll be looking at temperatures in the low 80s.
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it is going to be a rather warm night leading into a warm day. we are dry on t radar and we're going to be dry through tomorrow. that's good let's plan out saturday. we're really planning out the s going to ause i a sunny day. waking up early. outdoor activities likeard work, i'd probably get that done before lunchtime. brunch even. maybe 11:00 a.m. i'd do an early brunch. 89 by lunch and then we'll jump into the upper 90s. all of tonse condi accompanied by humid weather. that humid is what is going to make it feel like 100 degrees. tuesday we'll be looking at temperatures that feel like 10 as well. storm team 410-day outlook, i'll spend some time. i'll be here all weekendyo workg foand with you. we're going to be under a
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weather alert i'lly go sunda and monday. dangerousbe the most heat. they may issue a few warnings and watches. as we move throughndhe rem of the week, notice how we really don't leave the 90s until the weatend. going to be with the cold front moving in. those chances for rain are limited. we do have a chance for storms on the 4th of july. please be prepared for that. it will not be a washout. that's a look at your ten- forecast. i'll have more later on. >> thank you. this n t story is about people who can teach us all a thing or to. arlingn county held a par today, a big one, foresidents. 100 years and older. these are people who were alive when wood row wilson was president and charles lindberg was flying across the atlantic ocea aimee cho caught up with them and had them share their secrets to happiness.
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>> reporter: sometimes all it takes is a musical timeless number to rind us age is but also a number. at this arlington celebration for 100 year-olds, the people here alrea know that. >>oh, yeah. >> thelma is exactly 100 years young. born before tv, before the washing machine, before sliced bread. >> tend to b yourusiness and leave other people one. >> reporter: and here to tell you about herself, this 100 year-old wants you to know her last name rhymes with . spunky >> people ask me how does it feel to be old and i said i don't know. when i get there i'll let you know. if reporter: she says her secret to long and to always lend a helping hand. >> when you do something good for somebody else, it makes you feel good. i think tt's important.
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>> advice that can help any number of people. in oarlington, aimeeo,ews 4. >> they look and sound amazing. we should all be so blessed, right? the form some of us use to file our tacks is shrinking. the treasury department and the i irs announced a new 1040 form. some small size doesn't mean the tax filing process is getting you will still be asked to fill out paperwork to calculate t tax credits. new tax laws are set to take effect on sunday. in virginia the ashanti alert will begin. it's an alert for missing adults who are too old to be listed under the amber art and too young for those silver alerts school districts will need policies that don't single out students who owe lunch money.
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kp n and now you can bring your pup to certain areas of wineries. in maryland some montgomery county businesses will have to pay workers anywhere from $12 to 12.50nd $12.50 an hour. al property owners will need a license to rent out rooms or their homes for fewer consecutive days. for the full list of new laws, head to the nbc washington app. what would you thinkbout pouring yourself an adult beverage in a local park? ahead at 5:00, the changes being ahead at 5:00, the changes being considered that could mak ite
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i'mendy rieger live inan polis. mall security has just closed down this streech here alot. there will be two vigils. the first one starts at 7 wok he -- 7:00 here in front of the capita gazette. here.tarts at 7:00 at 8:00 is another vigil that starts down at the statehouse. the governor will be at that one. they will march from there down to city dock.
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ere are several vigils here that you can be part of both of them or oner the other. you get your choice. we have a lot of new information today comingba up. to you. >> wendy, thank you. how doou like the idea of sipping an adult beverage while out in nature? preferably in a shaded spot. well, it's somhing the fairfax county park's authority considering. a proposal to make it easier for you to have a party in a park with alcohol. news a 4 david culver our story. >> whether this slow chug into thetation or a few laps around the carousel, the pleasures of the park attract all ages. f therfax county park authority is considering a change to make it a bit more adultlyfrie >> we want to broaden our ability to permit because we're gettingots and lots of requests. probably a couple dozen each month. >> the park authority judy peterson says there's bn a spike in requests for local corporations in other groups.
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they want more options to hosti ped events with alcohol. >> if we regulate something and put the rules t out theret everybody can understand, we have a much better chance of actually controlling it and making sure that it's done safely. >> park visitors like donna could get used to that idea. >> it would beice to have wine. yes, wine and some cheese and cracker zb cracker. >> sounds like a pretty good idea. you find yourself a shaded par of a park. layout a blanket. pull out the bubbly. ur yourself a little glass. and nice, right? wait, wait, wait. that is not how this rks. this is not just about packing a cooler full of beer and wine ann ng it into a park. this only applies to specifically permitted events. you can't drink that. this is just sparkling cider. okay. so long as it's properly
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managed, helen and john say -- >> ateast try it. >> if it doesn't work, you chan t but i think it would be good. >> before you make plans to raise a glass on parknd, they still have to vote on the proposal. in fairfax county, david culver, news 4. tonht at 6:00, heartbreak and horror one day after ane gunman o fire on a newsroom. >> the fellow was there to kill as many people as he could. >> from the victim >> he was b rob. that's what his kids called him. there's nobody that can step in. >> to the >> it's not something anybody can prepare themselves for. even today it still feels surreal that we all went through that. it was insane. and the aftermath. >> there's the pain, the shock, and the horror. >> and the disturbing new clues as our i-team digs into the suspect's past and a personal
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vendetta that was brewing for years. the face of evil. that's how investigators describe thedan beh the newsroom rampage "the capital gazette" in annapolis. > jaired orrod ramos faced a jun charges. he barricaded a dooro keep people from escaping, blasted his way in. p fiple were killed. an editor, a mother, a mentor, a sports junkie, and an animal lover. >> we have a team o reporters working the angles on this story that continues to unravel, including the red flags before the attack. let's start with wendy rieger in annapolis. >> for those of us who live in annapolis, it is still so odd to think that "thcapital gazette" now so sadly at the epicenter of one of the biggest stories i our country. and people mighte
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