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didn't let them turn the ac up. >> they' trying to freeze me out of here. yesterday's high temperature, it's going to get more intense today. >> already, storm team meteorologist angie is in for today. >> it's little sticky in here. >> when angie is here, it's 2 degrees in here, i'm walking in with a shawl, even though it's 99 degrees outside. but we're probably going to be begging for that air conditioner later on this afternoon. a severe weather alert because it is a hot one out today. if you thought yesterday was hot, today is going to be a few degrees warmer, in fact national weather service went ahead and issuedt advisory that begins at noon and goes until 8:00 p.m. but it's going to be closer to 0 105 as we go through the afternoon. again,itis going to be a lot warmer out there today, escially with temperatures
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already in the low 80s in some spots. at 9:00 a.m., we're already in th lower 80s and we're headed to the upper 90s today. temperatures at noon are to be in the low 90s, and then by 2:00, even through the afternoon and early is going to be feel like over 100 degrees withhu that dity. temperatures in the mid to upper 90s. i had to add a rain f chance tomorrow for some locations in our area, we'll talk about that and our10-day forecast to see if there's any cooling down coming our way in about 15 minutes. it is anything but a normal er weekend in annapolis. candle light vigils and memorial rvices taking place in the state capital. >> this is a community that isn coith the loss of five "capital gazette" employees. nicole jacobs spent the evening in several maryland towns that are still reeling from the horrific attack. >> reporter: in song, in wore
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sh worship and in prayer, just days after a traged these were your nei and friends. >> reporter: the st.anne's parish -- the sadness here is thick, as tragedy befalls on this small, close knit community, wendi winters, rebecca smith, jerald fishman, john mcnamara, fathers, so, mothers, daughters shot in thea "cal gazette" newsroom. >> people reallyor care their local news and it's just devastating for our community and for all of us. >> reporter: flags are flying lower, and hearts here a heavy
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too. >> is this real? is this actuly happening in ryland? >> reporter: they light candles in memory, nekneel in respect a express words of support. doing their joby, that da serving the community when evil smruck ands gathering, no matter how l, is a step to he healing. in baltimore, nicole jacobs, news4. >> memorial services are planned this week for two othe "capital gazette" employees. tomorrow a service will be held for gazette editor rob hiaasen. meanwhile we a learning more about the suspected gunman gerald ramos. the publi
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-- jarrod ramos. he sued the newspaper and police records shows a detective believed ramos didn't pose a threat. the paper refused to press charges because of, quote, putting a stick in a behive. at 9:04 on this sunday morning, disturbing andde ructive acts taking place at a place of worship. >> bethlehem lutheran church has been hit seven times since may by vandals and particulburglars. despite the damage, service is expected to begin there in about an hour.de ck? >> reporter: indeed, lots of churches will be having services this morning, but the one here bethlehem lutheran is probably a little bit more special, because this church ha. the last time was thworst, they tore all the cushions and
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painted swastikas and racial epithets on the walls. all the h damage been confined to the basement. in one of those incidents a church member confronted a masked person who wasy apparen carrying out that vandalism, that person was truck with a fire extinguisher.dy no sure why the church is being targeted.e today they boubar ed back, this church has bounced back seven iomes. we'll talk to parirs later today about how their church has been targeted and how they'll go forward. all new this morning, waking upople are without a home. that's because overnight flames tore through their house, it happened at northeast washington. the d.c. fire departmentpt ing these images of of crews working at the scene
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through the night. the flames broke out on lawrence street at a rooming house. they eventually got theire out. the red cross, now trying to help 15 people find a place to stay. th morning a u.p.s. delivery driver is in critical condition. this as investigators are trying o find a person who hit the man, then took off. this happened in ellicott city near daniels and old frederick road, around 7:30 yesterday evenin howard county police say the driver of the suv hit the victim as the manas out of his truck delivering packages. they're trying to get some here. they need you to help track down a white older model suv. it may have damage to the driver's side mirror. the outcry of migrant children being separated from their families is growing stronger thousands marched across the u.s. including here in d.c. yesterday demonstrators rallied across from the white house at a rally in layette park. it was dbed families belong
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together. old and young, some n even old enough to walk attended the rally. the tension has become so hot ov migrant children that some liken it to the debate over the affordable care act nine years ago. >> people erupted nationwide, senate votes reflected the anger out theren the country. i think here you're going to see a similar eruption from the nation. >> demonrators then marched to the department of justice. someone told police at lafayette park that they had a bomb i a backpack on saturday night. fortunately no one got hurt in this. now to an nbc news exclusive. there's a report that more nuclear weapons sites are being built in north korea. this comes just weeks afterid prt trump met north korean leader kim jong-un.
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nbc news r north korea may be hiding nuclear weapons sites in order to get moreonssions from the u.s. u.s. intelligence agencies say the north has been increasing it's production of nuclear weapons. da starting minimum wage workers in d.c. are going to earn a bit more. the minimum wage going up from $12.50 per hour, to $13.25 an hour. and tipped workers will make $3.8$3 $3.89 an hour, that's a 56 cent increase. concerns.er up next a warning about a busy train line in our area as an important safety deadline approaches. our i team is "working for veu" to real what could have mhappened if they can'te the changes required by law.
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positive train control, or ptc, it's designed to stop or slow trains automacally, as collisions to dto prevent derailments dueo excessive speed. the original deadline was the end of 2015, the same year this derailment killed 28 passengers. the ntsb found that this nt derailould have been prevented with positive train control. >> reporter: and the ntsb chairman says his agency h made those recommendations for years, like in 1996 when a marc traind collith an am track train, the ntsb reports crites a lack of t positivein control systems as a major safety issue. that was more than 20 years ago. >> i think les are at stake,
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any delay in implementing positi train control from a safety perspective is unacceptable. >> reporter: the federal railroad administration just railroads, s to 12 including marc's train system, saying that they're at risk of failing tt the congressional deadline based on the work they have done so dpar. marc still h 26 of 78 trains to complete by december a that's more than they completed all last year. we ask governor larry hogan about it since one of the letters was addressed to him more than three weeks ago. >> i was not aware of it until you raise it it but we'll certainly get to the bottom of it and get an answer. >> they need to step up their game and get it done. >>. >> reporter: she's worried if marc misses thede line, amtrak which owns the track might shut the penn line down as of
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december 31st. >> under the present rules, we cannot permit noncompliance equipment on our railroad throughout our rail line. >> i'm speechless on that, how will we get back and forth to work, if at's not enough for marc to get to work, then we have a m.prob >> reporter: they hope marc delivers the new safely system by t deadline. >> it just takes one time for something to go wrong and you wouldn't want it to be your mother or your father to be hurt in an accident because you are dragging your feet. >> when introduc last fall, the new marc director cited the
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positive train control deadlin as a crucial issue. a spokesperson declined but cited two new contracts signed last week says she will help meet the decber deadline. >> just look at the bottom of your screen right rehere. y hit 80 degrees, it is going up from there. hey, we have got lauren work"wog for you",she's trackin down this heat for you, she'll help you prepare for the extreme temperatures in the weekhead. please keep your shoes on!yo
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we all know how important it is to keep families safe during this intense heat wave.h, >> yt's going to get hot around here. nbc's erica edwards is "working for you." she's got details on how you can avoid some of the dangers of this hot weather. >> reporter: when your job involves working with a blow torch and hots s asphalt, these workers in, kansas ci know to watch for signs they might be major heating. >> youet light-headed bending over and stuff, and i mean you got to keep hydrated out here. >> this weekend, lk at the triple digit numbers. >> reporter: the extreme heat is dangerous and can lead to heat stroke, a potentially deadly condition. >> when you start feeling not right, weak, dizzy, can't concentrate, just have trouble thinking, get out of the at,
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rest, hydrate. >> reporter: doctors sayen childr and the elderly are most at risk and prescription drugs can make a person more le vulnerlik dirlike - take plenty of breaks and drink water long before you feel thirsty. using electrolite solutions, gatorade sports drinks. >> reporter: sweating is a good way of cooling down, if you stop sweating, it a sign you're dangerously h and need to seek immediaterelief. erica edwards, nbc news. it is weather alert out there toda it is going to be hot today, so a lot of good advice in thatstory. and today will be actually hotter than yesterdaye erday, temperatures made it into the low to mid 90s.
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the highest i heatex number i umw, that's the heat, air temperature andity combined combine ed to what it feels like on the the skin. it will be hotter than yesterday. any ra today? no. dry today eve to the air beach es dry today. fourth of july will be a little cooler than our temperatures this weekend, and alsot's going to be dry. and no fog, because i know have had fog over the course of the last several fourth of july. and no relief this dafternoon. we have a heat advisory in place for our entire area, begins at noon, it will go until 8:00 p.m. h tht index, right around 105, that's what it's going to. feel li look at these temperatures, we're already at 80 degrees her. in annapolis coming in at 84, fredericksberg at 82.
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those temperatures are going to keep going up, mid to upper 90s today. if you're out in the sunshine, try to fd some shade out there. if you're headed to church, again, it's going to be really warm, itee already like the mid 80s out there. brunch is going to be hot and dry, if you're going to the local parade, make sure you stay hydrated and in the shade. i saw a lot ofal people wng umbrellaith umbrella we're dry out there, we're dry up and down the easternreeaboard n the mid-atlantic. we're seeing plenty of sunshine andle will have skies tonight, so if your local community has fireworks displays tonight, the sun goes down just about 20 until 9:00. 99 degrees at 8:00 p.m., rig around 100 degrees. it is another weather alert day. we couldave some storms just to the west tomorrow.
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as you can see, we're dry, look at some of these storms tryg to bubble up in the shenandoah valley. mainly those storms concentrated along i-81 and pointso the west. tuesday and wednesday, still low to mid 90s, still feeling like upper 90s with that humidity. rain migbe friday and the best chances come on saturday. more news on the other side of this. at firstus florida, nhio and arizona may not seem to have that muchcommon. they're in three very different pa'ss of the country, and th reflected this their political gooe o geography too. wisconsin is drifting the right and florida with all the olitical plexiti complexities e come to expect. but florida, ohiond arizona
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might be important in the 2018 elections. different as a they are, they have some important things in common too. first all three states voted for donald trump in 2016, but he's seeing waning popularity there now, particularly among independents. second, they all have competitive senate andor gubernl elections in 2018. but in all three of the democratic senate candidates seem to have the upper hand, or at least right now. and all three seem to be competitive battlegrounds for the presidential race in 2020. ario, flori and arizona, keep those on your r in the next two years.
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thanks for the ride-along, captain! i've never been in one of these before, even though geico has been- ohhh. ooh ohh here we go, here we go. you got cut off there, what were you ying? oooo. oh no no. maybe that geico has been proudly serving the military for over 75 years? is that what you wanted to say?
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round of the u.s. open in colorado. >> the tee shot lands in the grass, thenwatch, that young man slid down there to grab it. that's a baseball move. butha alleffort ais wasted because the officials made the kid leave the ball there. here's a live look, if you'reni pl to golf today, oh, my gosh, even if you're starting early, it is a hot one out there, and the temperatures not looking much better in the next few days. staying high and we have got lauren "working foyou" this morning, she is going to help us prepare for this extreme heat on what is an nbc 4 weather alert day.
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the grief is still overwhelming for some, days after five people were gunned down at the capit"capital gazetl indian. an exclusive nbc news report says north korea is quietly exnding its nuclear program, less than a month after an historic summit with president trump to end tha program. a report says kim jong-un may be hiding weapons sites in order to get more concessions from the united states. the minimum wage in the district going up from $13.50
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p on this sunday morning, the first of july, 2018. good morning to you, i'm david culver. >> and i'm melissa mollet, we are in here when it is n e and warm outside. the heat wave is just getting more intense day, it's 80 degrees, by the way, at 9:30 in the moing. >> unbelievable, it is only going up from there, it is a weather alert day for all of our area. lauren, i just saw the wind blowing there, and i know yesterday that would bring us some relief and lauren said, nos tharm wind that's blowing. is that still the same? she's disappeared now. >> i knew it was off as soon as i popped up. >> either you dropped sometng or- >> did you hear my question?
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>> no, i was actually -- i'm rry. >> the wind, the breeze, it's a wa breeze, right? >> it's a warm day out there, i'm forgetting to put on my mike, the heat's getting to me . obviou it is going to be a hot day out there, we do have a heat adviry in place. that begins at noon and it gs until 8:00 p.m. so it's going to be hot all the way through the afternoon and into the evening tonight. let's show youhat advisory because it really impacts everybody. this is where it's going to fee 100 to 105, for those counties shaded in orange. it is going to be hot one out there today, hotter than yesterda so again, a very warm one, and warm already, as melissa was sang, as temperaturere already at 80 degrees in reagan national airport. annapolis at 84, maryland at 83. temperatures are in the mid to per 90s today. 97 is where we're going to top out. but we are weather alert because
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of that dangerous heat that we're going to see. again, heat exhaustion, a lot of people are going to be outside, at parades, fireworks season later on tonight, if you fill feint or dizzy, have excessive sweating or nausea and vomiting, rapid and w kelse, and muscle cramps, take any of these symptoms very seriously, get some water, get some shade, because a lot of people who are going to out and about could have these symptoms as they spend more time outside. we do have an air quality alert, code orange, but we have a little relief coming in the forecast. we'll talk about that in about 15 minu>>s. the grief still palpable for the annapolis community days after a gunman opened fire in the "capital gazette" buildi. >> church services are outlets for those who continue to a
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mourn. this was from las night at st. anne's parish. the community is leaning on one another and they're rallying around the victims' families and colleagues at their hometown paper. >> people really care about their local news and it's just devastating for that community and for all of us. >> you can see there in baltimore, flags were lowered d folks are leaving candles and cards outside the "baltimore sun," they're doing that because t's the parent company of the "capital gazette." memorial services are planned for this week for two of the "capital gazette"ee empl friends and family of gazette editor rob hiassen. and a memorial service for reporter and editor wendi winterl be held on saturday afternoon. that's at the universalist church of indianapolis.
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all new this morning, u.p.se very truck driver is in critical condition as investigators are trying to find the person whoit the man, then ok off. it happened in ellicott city near daniels and old frederick road on saturday. the driver of the suv hit the hectim as he was out of his truck. as just doing his job, he was delivering packages. they're trying to tra down an older mod white suv that has damage tew its rear mirror. at least 30 people are dead after a bus careens off a mountain road in india. the buslunges 10 feet on a road in the him layas. s they bad weather could have caused the bus to skid off the road. back herelor to home, an apartment building ripping through a buildg and left one person in the hospital in northeast d.c. this fire started ear
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yesterday morning on taylor you can see paredics out there and children too at the scene, a couple of them in fact. we're toldre they' okay. investigators say the fire started in the basement, but there's no word on tca exact e or the condition of the woman who was rushed to the hospital. search forrning, the a new leader of the virginia state republicans is under way. chairman john whitbeck is out. speake cox placed whitbeck for mobilizing grass roots support and rebuilding the party's digital and messaging operations. the bgest sta race this fall is republican cory stewart challenging democratic senator tim kaine. a district deadline is set for improvements that metro must fix, and if they don't, this could affect your commute. federal authorities say somef the carso not have the chain barriers and hence are not safe. two people with visual impairments have fallen on to
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the tracks where w barrierse not installed. metro says there's aag sho of the materials they need to install those barriers. if metro cannot reach the deadline, hundreds of new cars wi be reduced. that will reduce servis by 26%. it is a hot one out there and it's going to get even hotter. 9:37 on this sunday morning, and it's already 80 degrees. coming up next week on news4 today, we are "working for you" with another summers vacation idea for you and the family. find out where you canr take y kids for free, all summer long. also we'll take youo an outdoor sanctuary touted as one of the dmv's favorite nature preservations, and that's coming up this week on news4 today.
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welcome back. women make up less than a third of employees at a range of tech giants, we're talking even apple and google. >> now some female investors ane trying to that. >>eporter: nima became ceo of the chat feature. >> there's a stereotype of a starter being a young, white, single male, dedicating their entire life to build an empire. unoortunately, that didn't like me. >> reporter: she was convinced to co-host house party. >> the cap table is the legal document that records going to make money when a successful start up cits. th table is more than a legal document, it is the roa
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map to power in silicon valley because the wealth that is created from the cap table funds the next set of startups. >> #anls is trying to get more shares to women. dozens of hosted showed up to coach women to push for mor shares. >> when you're negotiating for equity, there's no real road map as to how you can value the h equity much growth the company is going to have. so if we think that in general, it's b hnder for women in underrepresented minorities to even negotte asell for the equity. >> reporter: they partner with venture capitalin investors uding sequoia and kleiner perkins. smith barns has collaborated with the angels on an investing boot camp and a number of deals. >> their numbers tended to be the majority of females, more
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than any other network that we could tap into.or >> rr: the next step for the angels, pushing startups to disclose theer dty of their cap tables. ap understanding a certain percentage of c numbers. as well as getting the initial diversityreports. >> reporter: and in the meantime, the angels are working to even the labor t lance. riw, warm outside, 80 degrees at 9:45 on this sunday morning. it looks pretty, but how hot will it get? details coming up. cancer is smart.s
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it's been a violent first half of the year for the district. there's already been about 70 murders this year. >> the mayor rolled out a plan to deal with the violence. here's more on the plan. >>deeporter: as the m rate in the district climbs, so does the frustration with community members, fstration mayor mu bowser says she's aware of. >> one thing we're hearing from the neighbors today is they're fed up with violence, they're
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fed up with being scared of random shooting. >> reporter: bowser and her team detailed the stepshey're taking to provide more options to young people living in hige cr areas east of the river. >> we're going to be able to coplect 1,000 p over the next 90 days to employment portunities. in addition to the some 10,000 people, to 12,000 people who will be working in the pd this summer. there's 200 people awaiting camp slots. we have 500 youth in shelts acrosshe city who aren't in summer camp so we're going to have additional recreation tivestments. >> reporter: in ad to more job opportunities and new rec centers, the police department is going to train people who come from the community who can intervene in neighbor violence. >> the interrupters will range
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from age of 18 to 20, 22. on the ground, boots in the trenches. >> reporter: ty have identifiednd iividuals who are at risk for being a victim or an assaila assailant. the bowser administration has already identified 18 people who it theprofile for being at high risk for violent crimes. th have been connected with social services and job training. those interrupters who are being intervened in the jighborhood scuffles, actually started their jot this weekend. >> pretty cool idea. it's tough to be outside. >> the hea 80 degrees at 9:45. why did you go outside? to make sure your forecast is correct? >> make sure, ll right,good. >> double checking your work.
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>> that's what i do. i double check my work all the time. it i hot already, the temperatures are already in the mid s 80s inthern maryland. it's 9:wh45 in the morning. dangerous heat headed our way, you said you're going to watch fireworks tonight. we have got parades going on for -- independence day is on wednesday. we're going to talk about that, because we have been 90s since last friday and it looks like we're going to have thisor stri 90s continue this weekend. a ht advisory posted. it begins at noon and it goes all the way until 8:00 s p.m., not only is this afternoon going to be warm, but tonight is going to be hot a well. heat index 100 to 105 out there. this is for everybody shaded in orange, which is pretty much our entire viewing area.re a look at the current temperatures out there, 80 right nowan at renternational
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airport. i know you can't see the navel anavel --aval air station, 85 degrees atbethesda. you factor in the humidity and this is what it feels like later on this afternoon. by noon, it already going to eel like 99 degrees, 2:00, 4:00, 6:00 we're in the triple digit territory. right there, the dead of the afteoon, and plenty of sunshine out there today. so it is going to be really, really warm. even by 10:00, it's still going to feel right around 90 degrees. so the heat inside of a car, temperatures today right around 97odegrees, with that, close to 100 degrees. look before you lock. heat inside of a car, 10 minutes, already 119. 30 minutes, 134 and in one hour, you're up to 143 degrees. so not only groceries or minusce things likethat, makeup, chap stick, that's all
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going to melt.bu kids, please look before you lock, and pets as well. look before you lock. radar not showing anything, thanks to high pressure in charge. there's still plenty of sunshine across area beaches and plenty of sunshine as we head int this evening. sun not goi down until about 10 minutes before 9:00. those tempetures aretill at 0 degrees, with heat index close to 100. this evening should be fantastic for fireworkat not going anywhere. now the only thing is, we may have a chance later on tomorrow afternoon to torrow evening of seeing a shower pop-up. but those are the only areas that i saw chatld have some thunderstorm development tomorrow afternoon. all of us. around the d area, we're going to be completely dry through the day tomorrow, thanks to high pressure, but muggy conditions and dangerous heat
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will continue tomorrow. in fact today will be a little bit warmer than yesterday, tomorrow will be hotter than today. so w have got weather alerts not only today but also tomorrow as well. here's a lookt your 4zone 4cash, we shadowed shenandoah valley up to the north throughout the afternoon. 97 today, tomorrow. feeling like 105 today, probably over 105 tomorrow if we get that heat generated at reagan international airpt. just know it's going to be hot across the board. a frontal system that's going to try to make its way through the area, it's going to get washed out before, it will try and make its way on tuesday and wednesday. on your independence day, if you're headed out to watch fireworksor that, it's going to be another muggy day, that heat index on july 4, at 98 degrees, and by the time the
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fireworks get started, temperatures in the mid 80s. temperatures are goingn to be the 80s on the maryland or delaware beaches. thursday and w friday, will have some temperatures low 90s and we have a chance of rain late friday night into saturday before we drop sunday and monday. please kur shoes on!
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wheelchair,se in a it's not so easy. we recently told you about a in a wheelchair that was denied service by an uber driver. she says she's not alone in feels itsolate and she's now taking heright to court. >> reporter: before katie goes anywhere, she has to plan how to get there a day inned a dance. you can't in and around and to where community is happening, normally you can't mr. a part of it. >> if y look at uber's app, the only option they have for a wheel chair is to take a taxi. >> if it wasn't for uber, i could think about what do i want to do today? what if i wt to go to a restaurant like other peopl do? >> reporter: katie says she dreams of a dhen she can request a ride just like anybody else. >> it requires they make
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accommodations and that's where the fighteems to be. >> uber rides says we will continue to wk with our partners in the d.c. region and optionso expan trapgs for all residents. uber also said they've been piloting a program that act mmodats in d.c. called uber rave, we called it today but they said there were no cars available. >> without them we are stuck home alone. it has the potential to be the greatest asset for people with disabilities. >> amy shaw, ouws4. yr time is 9: 56 on this sunday morninos up view there of union station. you can see a slight breeze in the foreground with the amecan flag, as we are just a few days away from the fourth of july. but we're dealing with some stream heat befo extr heat before w get
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there. we have a storm team4 weather alert day. >> when we say weather alert day, it means that weather has taken a serious tone. >> let's take a lk at storm team 4 >>radar. utilizing our one of a kind breaking updates on your phone and on social media. until the threat.s ov we're committed to keeping your prepared and protected. so when you see this image, you g ow storm team 4 is "work for you." and i like these award-winning cheddar puffs. first place. both events? boo-yah. we're an awards family. you'll like them both, but love our price. award-winning organic cheddar puffs, from aldi. simply smarter shopping.
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on this sunday morning, many services will be held in memory of thursday's shooting victims at the "capital gazette." but thi morning, u're going to want to hear what one priest f just sending your thoughts and prayers after a tragedy. and a houseth fire ie district forces over a dozen people out of their home now
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they're looki for a place to stay. and the heat continues to be sweltering day as we go into the heat.ay what you can expect as this heat wave hits hardd >> grning to you. >> thanks for joining us. it's a really pretty morning out there right now. th temperature noto pretty. 84 degrees right now. it's already gone up 4 degrees in the past 30mi tes. >> in the past couple of minutes. >> and you can see, not much of breeze, but lauren says even if the wind was mowing, it would be plowing hot air around. >> it would be really hot because that wind is from the south pushing up that heat and humidity and building through the day. if you thought yesterday was hot, wait until thisn. aftern a heat advisory has been issued w the nationalther service that starts at noo
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