that has some samsung customer photos being sentco to their acts without their permission. experts called it terrible tuesday, but so far it's looking like smooth sailing out on the roads ahead of the july 4th holiday. >> it never looks that good. each on a regular look. he's looking here at a live look at the bay bridge. in total, more than aillion d.c.-area residents are planning to travel wherever they are ing to celebrate the holiday. >> right now it's supposed to be ohe worst time to travel but so far good. we're keeping an eye on the traffic for you over the next three hours. >> it's also a toasty tuesday. >>s.ure as americans prepare for the fourth of july, the heat isly defini on. millions are trying to deal with the oppressive heat and hoping for a little relief before the celebrations begin. >> that's especially tough for people in northern virginia,us because tds of them are without power because of some down power lines in the delray

neighborhood of alexandria. >> let's go to amelia drape s i thrm center. amelia, this is day five of this heat wave. how many more days to go? >> well, we have two more days. we're talking about a seven-day heat wave, and relief finally moves in for the weekend, but right now the d.c. and baltimore metro areas are under a very serious heat warning. take a look. the areas here in pink will be under thi heat warning. this includes fairfax, arlington, the district, alexandria, southern montgomery, owince georges, anne arundel and parts ofd and baltimore. other areas under a heat s advisory which serious but if you're in a heat warning stay indoors for the next couple of kurs. take a l at the current feels-like temperature and this is when you factor in the humidity and temperature. you can see areawide, trie digits, feeling like 107 degrees across most area, and i'm also tracng some isolated showers and thunderstorms right now. these are actually moving

east to west, moving into parts of virginia, so if you're heading down to the nats game tonight, even tomorrow it's lookindry, but what about any thunderstorm chances for fireworks? i'll have that outlook, pat, coming up right around4:15. >> thanks, amelia. the nbc washington app is the best place f information about this sweltering heat when you're not in front of your tv for the temperatures, wherever you are. open the nbc washington ap >> now we've got some breaking news coming in. a this is at elementary school in kansas. a man police say shot two -workers is now in custody. >> the men were installing synthetic turf on alayground in oberland park. the men got into an argument and one shot the other two. the suspect then carjacked someone to gey. a police found him later at his home. there were noe students in school at the time, but there were some staff members. the victims are listed in critical condition. >> closer to home now, chopper 4 over a deadly house fire today in waldorf.

the home wasoced on berryhill road and firefighters found a man deadnside that home. he was on the kitchen floor. the investigators say they are cause offind out the the flames. several firefighters had to be treated for heat >> a food truck went up in d.c.s during lunch hour in bystanders took this picture ear t after it happened fourth and e street and as meg amegan fitzgera reports, take a look. >> reporter: it's completely charred. >> i was over here to grab some lunch, and that's when i saw the food truck burst into flames.

>> reporter: it was an unexpect for folks trying to grab lunch near fourth and e street, cell phone cameras rolling capturi the moment that this truck quickly turned into an inferno. >> it was a little scary. >> reporter: especially scary for the man working inside. up the ot was able to safely escape. he has been treated for minor injuries >> but i saw the fire, and i anlled to my boss. >> reporter: this works in the food truck behind the one that caught on fire. she quickly calleds her b who drove over. >> ias close by so, i mean, like you see, i mean, the windows, i don't think you can drivit. >> reporter: his truck can be salvaged, but this one is a total loss. meanwhile, firefighters are oill trying figure out how this started in the first place. in southwest, meganfi gerald, news 4. >> that's got to be kind of terrifying, hu? >> yeah. boy, changing gears completely. right now d.c. is getting ready ne of the biggest parties of the year. >> reporter: independence day is a big deal here in the nation's capital and the preparations for

the annual capital fourth concert and fireworks is under way. >> and nicole jacobs joins us live from capitol hill with all of the excitement where they are now, nicole, literally sweating out all the details tonight. >> reporter: they are. u've justaybe heard the sweet harmonies of pentatonix behind me. just in time as the doors opened for rehearsal three hours ago. tecurity in full effect mixed in with the fun t will take place here, and there's also some very

>> it's a confined space and almost zero visibility. there's currents to battle

against in places. >> it's an extme case system. it's very long. it's going to be long ina and. about nine kilometers long. it's a complex system. >> well, another option is to pump enough of that water out of the cave so the c group walk out safely. again, that could take a longe. ti the weather is not cooperating because it's the rainy season in thailand right now, and there is more rain in the forecast, so this is goig to be one to really watch. we're going to learn a lot from this. >> yeah, quite a dilemma. >> thankou, wendy. flags across the country are flying at half staff in honor of the five people killed at the "capital gazette" in annapolis. theho white says president trump lowered flags ordered as soon as he learned the mayor of napolis requested that. the order followed days of confusion after the annapolis esyor made the original re >> the lines of communication opened up, we actually got the result that we nted, and i think that's the lesson that has

to be learned here. peoplere taking things into their own hands. they are exacting their own justice and that's -- that's no oay to live. we have stop that, and we have to communicate and have to have civil discourse. >> flags should remain lowered until sundown. president trump reviewing more candidates for the supreme court vacancy as a new poll sho a strong majority of women believe in preserving their constitutional right to an abortion. jennifer johnson tracking a search for a justice who could orelp shape the court generations to come. jennifer. >> reporter: that's right, leon. the president has said repeatedly he will make his supreme court pick july 9th and is hoping to get the nominee through before the mid-term elections. president trump zeroing in on the supreme court n revealed on monday. on his short list, four appeals court judges, supporters and critics alike asking if they lp would overturn "roe v.

wade." >> this is a list of candidates alist ed by the fed society and heritage foundation, and it goes without saying that most of them will have a stronga anti-roe >> reporter: "roe v. wade" legalized abortion and a new nbc news survey monkey poll says 64% of women saying ithould be upheld. >> looking for someone with tremendous intellect, wants somebody with intellect and someone focused on upholding the estion. >> reporter: one possible contender amy barrett was grilled about her religious beliefs in a confirmation hearing. >> it's a concern when you comen to a issue that a large number of people have fought for years. >> reporter: instead, the president dismissed intelligence reports that north korea is secretly building up its arsenal, claiming the regime hasn't done a nuclear test for eight months.

if not for me,t the presid tweeted, we would now be at war with north korea. ar >> secrof state mike pompeo traveled to north korea on thursday to check on progresg there, pss made since the singapore summit. tonight president trump travel to the greenbrier resort in west virginia for a salute to dinner dinnee- a ly 4th holiday event. live on capitol hill, jennifer johnson. pat and leon, back to you. >> thanks. for fou i decades been the best option for women. >> but it may be a better option. coming u what you need to know about testing for cervical cancer. >> and a w photo flapl have you taking a second look at th camera roll on your phone. some people say their phones have sent pictures t their people in their contacts without their kowledge. we're working with you for what you need to know. >> and right now'm not only tracking dangerous heat but some thunderstorms developing as well in parts of fairfax county and up around the

now as we near 415, no signs of trouble on the roads as enople are heading out to celebrate indepe day tomorrow. check out this live look here. this is the bay bridge, and as you can see, traffic is moving of the normally this place is a parking not right about >> oh, yeah. i'm sure we're going to get there. meanwhile, it's tough to be ts e. we are under an excessive heat washing right now with

temperatus in some parts of the region feeling well over100. we have team coveragen t holiday heat wave. >> let's first get to adam tuss who is live in southwest d.c. the name of the game today is high grags, big time. >> reporter: hydration, leon. absolutely. have the bottled water. feels like 180 degrees. wouldn't it be nice to go splash aron in the fountains here. you were talking about aaa. calls for sedavice think about this. just over the past weekend when the temperatures say they have o respondedover 20,000 calls for service. >> and now we're going to connect th positive one here. >> this hot weather. >> and we connect the negative. >> is a car batteryil kr. >> the heat causes these batteries to, you know, die. >> arthur mixon with aaa responding to calls today and take a look at how hot it is

under the hood without the car even turning on. 102 degrees, andth ar has some challenges just replacing the battery. >> burnt my hand on the door because the door is hot. >> no, no, no, on the inside? >> no, the outside. it's hot. remind no one needs to you how hot it can get inside the car right now, so just how g hot does itet inside a car on a day like today? my car has been sitting for a while? take a look ipeide. up the door and i have a digital thermometer with me and a point here on the surface. 141 degrees inside my car after it's been sitting for a while. >> on metro the hot weather is enough that the transit agency allows ride to carry water, something that's usually not allowed. rider jonathan brown says he would have brought a drink no matter what. >> you cat deny someone an establishment water from passion out or sethingike that. >> for now many of us trying to keep cool as we move around.

>> that is the name of the game. now some good news for metro riders. the transit agency says all of the cooling systems inde its stations are working right now ord, again, you can bring water today and tow on the rails. do that if you are walkingci esly to the metro. guys, back for you. >> glad you showed that thermometer iside the caro let people know just how quickly the temperatures in your car can get to be dangerous, so if you have children bake sure you always checke back seat. >> yeah. >> ank you, adam. >> unbleachable, guys. >> thanks, adam. >> it's pretty upva bele. i saw 114 in st. mary's county or calvert county earlier today for the feels-like temperature. >> like being in an oven. >> and it's dangerous. yesterday we were under a heat advisory. we probably should have been under an excessive heat warning for parts of the area, and the parts of the area thatvehould been under the warning yesterday are under that warning today, and this is dangerous heat wre talkingabout, and this is lasting for almost another four hours. take aurook at y screen.

the areas in bright pink here are going to be under that excessive heat warning. that all of prince georges, calvert, anne arundel and m southentgomery and fairfax counties, alexandria, the district anar upnd the baltimore metro area as well. the orange is a less serious heat advisory, but, still, you want to take all of this seriously if you have t be outside and make sure you're drinking lots of water. this is how hot it feelsit now. triple digits pretty much across the board. feeling 107 in washington. about 11es deg in annapolis and 107 in leesburg. this is the first h excessivet warning so far this year. the national weather service did issue that just after 2:00 this afternoon. in addition to that, we'reng seome thunderstorms fire up. in part the potomac helping to d actually he thunderstorms right now. they are actually moving kind of om the northeast to the southwest, a direction we don't see very often. we'll see these thunderstorms continue to fireon andnuing to push into parts of prince

illiam county before they fizzle out by about 6:00. not everybody is seeing rain. very isolated in nature.st that's jind of the weather pattern that we're in today, tomorrow and onto i thursday. so some isolated storms and only about a 20% chance that anybod is really dealing with storms, but if it does developing over your picnic of course that's very unforiunate. t now, 94 degrees. maybe an isolated storm still y out there 7:00 p.m., but i really think they die out by 6:00. 9:00 mit's asgy 87 and by 11:00, what does it matter what the thermometer is saying because it still feels like 90 degrees us a take o the dog one last time. here's future weather 7:00 tonight. noticry we're mainly mix of clouds and sun. by 9:00 we're completely dry with mainly clear skies. i'm stopping future weather here tomorrow morning at 7:00 a.m. you're setting up for friends and to come over. just fine as far as rain goes. nothing out there, but it's already sticky. s we look to the midday hour

we're still completely dry and we see thunderstorms fire back over the mountains staying for the most part rest of the blue ridge and by 7:00 p.m. maybe some a of rain and storms trying to move into washington and frederick counties. but for most of us fireworks displays i think will be absolutely fine and there's only a very isoled chanc of a shower or thunderstorm even during the afternoon hours. it's really still about the heat and humidity with the high temperature tomorrow of 95 nd degrees,s we look to the next ten days, well, we're talking about timely some reef arriving for the weekend. low to mid-80s and lauren will have more on yoit acties and how the weather will impact them tomorrow coming up at 4:45. and a look now at your rst traffic, roads and rail on metro will be running from 7:00 a.m. to.m 11:30 no scheduled track work. parking is free and off peak fares all day.

great if you're heading downtown nor the parade or concert. national indepen parade. constitution avenue between 7th and 17th streets on the fourth of july. road closures in general start around 5:00 a.m. and run until 11:00 p.m. what exactly is c take a look here. here's an example. memorial bridge shut down. inbound theodore roosevelt bridge to constitution avenue and sections of inuependence avs well. that's just a very small fraction of things that will be shut down in the district, and we have lotf other areas having it as well, of course.fo the full list of closures, parades, fireworks, festivities, check it out a on the nbcng wasn app. her speech at this year's golden globes set off a wave of speculation. >> well, oprah winfrey, will she ever run for president? >> for too long women n have been heard or believed if they dared to speak their truth to owhe of those men, but their time is up. >> oprah's fwoal on a 2020 run next. o make working for you

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should say, tk of a presidential run. she opened up to british vogue about why she won't have anyone calling her madam president any time soon. lez explains. >> reporter: she's made billions conquering the business world, media, hollywood, but one challenge oprah is not willing to tackle, politics. this is her on the cover of the august edition of british "vogue" and in it she doubles down on her decision not torun for president in 2020 saying she's just not cut out for politics, quote, in that political structure, all the non-truths, the crap, the nastiness, the back-handed back room stuff that goes on, i feel likeot i could exist. i would not be able to do it. it's not a clean business. it would kill me, she says.te the iew follows that powerful times up speech earlier this year at the golden globes sparking calls for her to run for president. >> and when that new day finally a ns, it will be because of

lot of magnificent women ghting hard to make sure that they take us to the te when nobody ever has to say e, too again! thanrayou. >> win also gushed about her recent royal wedding appearance. she was one of a handful of hollywooda-listers to attend the nuptials of prince harry and meghan markle, now the duke and duchess of sussex. she said it left herquote, that anything is possible through the power of love. bac >> all right. well, the dress you saw oprah wearing and video from the wedding was almost a fashion don't. >> yeah. she says the eam-colored gown that stella mccartney created for her ended up looking white, and esaiquette only the bride should wear white at a wedding. >> owe stsla mccartned igners looked around the clock to create oprah's gown in a pale pink. o id like to thank the

stella mccartney team for working all night long to get this dress finished because we had dressgate, wrong color and t now we've the right color. i think we'll do okay. >> oprah turned to google to decide what to do. she typed in can you wear white to a wedding? the resounding answers were, of course, no, and that's when the redesign began. >> that's having some juice. >> i'm surprised d oprahn't know and that she had to turn to google as opposed to her own magazine to find out you don't wear white. >> i'm just own awayhat she's got a s.e.a.l. team 66 seamstresses that can swoop in and do that for her overnight. >> blown away that oprah can do that? >> with the royals attached to it, that's pretty impressive. >> because she's oprah. >> that's right. up next, working for your health. fo women over 30 there may be a

better choice than the map smear to test fora cervicaler. >> and a look at the women on the president's short list forr sup court justice to replace anthony kennedy. e

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you. they are actually moving generally from east to west but are showing signs of fizzling out. lightning or red colors in the last frame. i wave to you an idea of potential timing. moving into areas chantilly around manassas and bull run and linton hall between now and about 5:20, if all else remains equalov really notng all that fast. i'll be here tracking them in the storm center all weekend long and everybody is dealing with dangerous heat. take a look and feeling about 108 inaiersburg and 112 in leesburg. guys, still under an excessive g heat warhich is more serious than the heat advisory for the areas her in pink until 8:00 p.m. everybody else is under the heat advisory. no heat advisory tomorrow, leon, but it will still like 100 degrees or even warmer during the afternoon. lauren and i will break down hour by hour and have any outlook on thunderstorms that

could impact thunderstorms coming up in five or te minutes. >> thanks, amolalla. these are now the first he images of12 boys and their soccer coach that were found alive inside that underground cave in thailand. they have been stranded there h for more a week and are not out of danger. it could be months before thato gr makes it out. nbc's janice mackey frayer reports from toy land. >> we'reng. it's okay. many people are coming. >> reporter: none of the boys ghow how to swim. they need to be t and need to learn some diving skills in order to swim out in at are very narrow passageways that are a challenge for even experienced divers. >> it's confined spaces, it's almost zero visibility. here's currents to battle against in places. it >> reporter: 's why experts say this could take eks, even months to pull it off safely, so they are taking in food, fresh water and medicine to keep the boys stable. >> they have been isolated.

it's dark. no food. there's not only like physiological considerations but probably psychological considerations. >> reporter: they are apparently in good health. thsere are nore injuries. they are being cared for by medics, but they are exhausted and hungry. they haven't eaten in over a week. rescuers moan while are working around the clock. they have hugeumps trying to contain the water levels. the biggest thing working against them is the weather. is the rainy season here, and when it does rain it rises every 6 inches, and there is rain in the forecast, but there's also a new momentum, a see of elation that the boys were found, also s nt of way taking shape as they figure out how to get them to safety. janice mackey frayer, thailand. >> we ar working forour health with news that could est for he way doctors cervical cancer. a large study shows hpv testing

may be bert atrdetecting can than the pap smear. researchers in canada tracked 19,000 women. they foundhpv tests depected pr pre-cancerous lesions earlier and more accately than pap smears. this could change screeninggu delines but doctors want to see more studies before pap smears are phased out. >> a year long study on confederate statutes are several, adding a monumentto those who were enslaved or totally removing the statue of jefferson davis or adding context to the statue. some say it goes too far or doesn't go far enough. a possible presentation on the findings and possible action will possibly happen this summer. ext week we will learn president trump's pick to succeed retiring supreme court stice anthony kennedy, and the

president is said to be considering several women. let's take a quick look at the half dozen who are viewed as top candidates. feder appellate judge amy barrett excites anti-ortion advocates. she's catholic and that background raises questions about how she would uphold the "roe v. wade" precedent. georgia sreme court justice brit grant is the youngest of the women on trump's list. at age 40 she' never been confirmed to a federal bench by the senate. eight democrats voted last year to approve justice joan larson to the sixth circuit court appeals. she used to be a clerk for late justice antonio scalia and alison ides was recently confirmed and was raised by a hangle mother and has a very compelling storycould earn her more support. and justice sykes has sent

anti-abortion activists to jail and military judge margaret ryan is the only woman on the list who is a veteran. she served in the marine corps. president trump will announcehi pick this coming monday. alarming news for some samsung phone owners. the -- some devices, i should say, are randomly sending your camera roll photos to your contacts without permission. we'll explain what's going on. plus, an inside look at the latest exhibit at the nationalb lding museum designed to make you feel right at home. >> and we are tracking this dangerous heat and what to

's been a tough day for some local residents after they lost power with temperaturin feel like they are well above 100. >> if you've ever had that happen to you, you know how awful that is. >> oh, yeah. >> wendy is in th w newsrooth a look at what's coming up at 5:00. hey, wendy. >> i'd be si in the yard with the hose on me sitting

there, sorry, people, i can't do anything. i'd have to call in sick. >> yeah. r>> they have downed po line and, of course, that's creating a brutal problem for thousand of people in the mid of of this awful heat wave this afternoon theirny still do not have power so just ahead at 5:00 david culver find out how they are coping and when they can expect that acrn to be tued back on and you've got to love this story. a mother reunited with her children after they separated at the border more than a month ago. this was brought about by a group of women. k didn't evw the moment and led to a fabulous moment so we'll see you with tstories and a lot more and everything you need to know coming up at 5:00. sounds great. thanks, wendy. what's old is new at the national building museum this summer. >> and visitor can cool off inside a interactive exhibit. >> this fun house exhibit

features pools filled with thousands of plastic balls and aninteractive how is that reimagines your typical rooms. there's a marble maze that will keep kids mes perized. this the was creed by the group snarchitecture, the same groupbe that wasnd the beach years ago. >> we have the perfect opportunity of the backyard to be able to create the scaled version of it and rather tha create the original insulation that people have seen and know. we're creating this backyard pool which creates a unique experieoue. the far will stay home three september 3rd. >> the beach exhibit was ahi bi >> a lot of fun. the best thing is they have air conditioning in there. >> that's the best part. >> fireworks is legal in some local towns and others it is not. whayou need to know so you don't get into any legal trouble.

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h for yougs to know this afternoon. blistering heat beatingdown on d.c. drinking water andsunscreen things to have today. ice cream trucks super pop rre as well and storm team 4 is tracking be a event that wibr k in our weather. more on that just ahead. this extreme heat is taking a toll on travel. aaa said since the temperatures etarted to spike this past weekend, they had more than 25,000 calls for service. many of those for dead metro is allowing riders to carryn bottled water board, something they don't usually allow to have happen, and wju'r

one day away from the annual capital fourth concert and foyer, show. despite the heat t pformers were able to get in practice this afternoon. the u.s. park police will keep the area secure and they are reminding people to always stay vigilant. see something, stay something. and wa're gettinook inside the thailand gave where a boys soccer team and coach remain stranded. rescuers are worried it could take them months to get the boys out. he boys can't swim which is a big problem becaugh water, some of it 16 feet deep, is betwe them and the way out and the boys are reported to be in good health and getting food anp ies. pat? >> while, some of you will be watching foyer, in the d.c. areo tomorrow, others will be trying to set them of doing so you may be breaking the law. prince george's county bureau chief tracee wilkins says buyg fireworks in the district doesn't mean you can set them off in surrounding countie t >> in ordeo avoid scenes like

this one prince george's county have madeireworks laws easy to remember. >> here in prince georges county all fireworks are illegal. can you not have any that would make a snap, pop or boom. >> that's tough. with certain kinds of fireworks, legal next door in d.c. and msty ds located closed to the maryland border, and while it b m okay to purchase it in a neighboring state, you cannot bring it here into prince george's county and use that fireworks. >> red devils, liberty. >> that's something this man is well aware of. his stand features fountains and fireworks that don't leave the ground. >> you cross the line, get pulled over, locked up, whatever. >> while he knows the law he leaves it up to his customers to do the right thing. >> what you going to do? we can't tell themto come over here. can't tell where they live what. n they take them across the

line. that's on them. we can't control in a. >> officials are askingfamilies just go to the fourth of july fireworks displays put on by comounities and don't try do this at your home. you could be looking at stiff y penalties do. in d.c., i'm tracee wilkins, news 4. a state of emergency inli elcott city has been extended following the severe storms and flooding there in may. hour county council approved the extension through july 30th. meanwhile, president trump hasv appfederal aid to the area. one person died in the floods, you may recall, and the swift water swept away a national guardman when waslp trying to h a stranded woman. >> any precipitation for the 4th at all? >> there is a chance of storms on the fourth of july, and right aw that's all about the heat and humidity storms that i'm tracking right now in the area. as we fake a look at your eaweatherines, we're on day five of the seven-day heat wave. it means we hit 90 degrees or

higher take a look. there's your second headline. ome small chances tomorrow on the fourth of july and thursday, so that means mt of us stay dry, but that doesn'te mean rybody stays dry. very tricky forecast because it's so isolated, and you'll kind of s what i'm talking about when i show you the radar. thirdeather headline, does become noise for the weekend, low humidity and plenty ofne sunsh and a nice breeze. storm team radar seeing this thunderstorm explode south of gerretsburg and mainly west of 270. parts of montgomery county, wouldn't be surprised if this becomes a severe thunderstorm rning within the next ten minutes. seeing a pretty impressive cell here to develop mainly in parts of northeast washington and outside of our studio right now it's absolutely pouring outside and also thunderstorm activity in parts of fairfax. most of the area is completely

dryco you have to r we cover maryland, pennsylvania, virginia and west virginia, and as we look to the holiday, only a 20% to 30% chance that you're e dealing with thunderstorm, but everybody is going to be dealing with the heat. lauren, tomorrow with the heat it's feeling 103 and by thursday and friday it's feeling 100 degrees, but the weather ultimately having a low impact on pem's plans. >> only a small chance of stora,. ame did get a little wet. you texted me and said i hope you're not getting wet out there. come on, let's go with it. these storms are po up like amelia showed you. heading out to golf tomorrow morning, looking good. temperatures start at 880 degrees here in the district and we'll ha an isolated chance of storms mainly later in the day and areas west and the national independence day parade look good and hot and the fourth of july parade that gets going

11:00 a.m., very noise for that. grilling, going to feel right around 100 degrees. nationals game, hydrate. temperatures will be in the mid-90s. now, for the fourth of july,nhe goes down at 8:40 tomorrow evening. we are looking at isolated chances west. again, still warm and not quite as hot. i know couple of people are leaving tonight, tomorrow morning and temperatures low to mid-80s and dry. amelia? >> yeah, lauren, the beach. the weather there looking fantastic. here's the ten-day forecast. 94.high of notice, just an isolated late-day thunderstorm with a temperaturef 94. thursday and friday temperatures are around 90. everybody likely gets a least some rain on friday with a cold front. that cold front clears the or humidity outhe weekend. it's breeze and spectacular on saturday withea inng sunshine and 85 degrees and 83 out there on sunday. mosisfireworksays tomorrow night will be completely fine. that's the good news. >> that is good news. >> it is good news and speaking of esplays, a traditional on

we see every year, grosses some people out, the fourth of july tradition, the famous nathan's hot dog eatingcontest in coney island, new york. contestantsill have ten minutes to eat as many hot dogs and bunz as they can. the prize, $40,000. >> and ten pounds of cheto. joey chestnut ate 72 hot dogsin ten minutes last year. >> and on the women's side will try to beat her 2017 total of 42 is hot dogs. >> and show's only this pig and files on. >> you know what, it amazed me, they don't use condiments. >> oh, gosh. >> just swallow the dogs. >> th would look even worse coming up. i i don't think i want to see in a. >> mustard, ketchup, relish, just the dogs. >> that's all right. many of us will be firing up the grill for a cookout

tomorrow, not just hot dogs but a f stuff. >> but if you're straying away from the usual hot dogs and hamburgers, the food safety concerns change. >> news 4's mollet green has some tips. >> reporterfourth of july means taking things to the next level. getting awayrom burgers and dogs the risk of food contamination may increase. the most important thing to keep in mind a clean cooking space. >> definitely wash your surface area, have your utensils washed and cleaned before cross-contaminating. >> when it comes to grilling chicken, thermometer placement is key. >> inrting it halfway into the thickest part of the proteinis the important piece, and waiting five seconds you'll get an accurate reading. >> reporter: if you're preparing for a largeaecue the shemp recommends buying pre-marinated meat whh keeps downon your cooking time and clean up your cooking space. >> make cleanup simple, and

you're not dealingith a lot of cross-contamination factors. >> always keep a spray bottle on hand incase of grill flare-ups and brush your grill down if you're using it to different types of meet to prevent cross-contamination >> i would segregate your grill. do the veggies on one side and beef and poultryer on the o side >> have fun and don't be afraid to try something new. >> that looks pretty good. not bad. ming up, you may want to take a second look at the camera roll on your phone. >> some people say their phone has sent pictures to the people eir contacts without their knowledge. fle phone (sound of footsteps) ca (sound odoor opening)

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(sound of footsteps) (sound of car door opening) (car door closes (sound of engine starting) if you're taken unflattering photos with your phone and didn't delete them, you may have sent it to one of your contac without knowing t.consumer reporter susan hogan is working

for yoia with poteny embarrassing news about this problem. susan. >> i'll sayp this issuears to be affecting galaxy s-9 and ace users according tocomplaints posted online by a number of people. their samsg phones sent pictures to contacts without their knowledge and here's what we know. users are reporting that it is an iue with samsung messages. the default messaging app on death vices. one ofdhe complaints s that the message app became very quote, buggy after an update by t-mobile to help sending video and other media easier. a schmuck spokesperson tells us it's not confirmed any incidents of this happening, and they have not found any hardware or software problems and while there's no similar customer reports globally w ill continue vestigate. t-mobile referred our questions to samsung. one customer complained his entire pho library on his phone was send to text by hisir

friend and there's no record of it on his messaging app and he discovered it happened via his t-mobile log. the whoops. "ne 4 as :00" starts right now. an excessive heat warning in effect forest mostea a right now storm team 4 is tracking the dangerous heat and when we'll see a break. plus what, a day to without power. >> horrible. it feels like 108. >> electricity knocked out for thousands in the area. how are these folks coping a food truck goes up in flames in the middle of the busy lch hour. what caused this inferno near the national mall? and working for your health.th test that could be a e game-changer n it comes to detecting one of the most common cancers in women. and good evening. we're going to begin with that excessive heat warmig. temperatures right now feeling

like they are well above >> the sweltering heat is lasting well into the evening. that warning awillremain in effect until 9:00 tonight. >> not only am i tracking dangerous heat areawide but also pop-up tnderstorms that are releasing very heavy rainfall and lots of lightning right in the metro area, so slowing down the travels this evening. take a look.e' hethe late on the heat warning. this an excessive heat warning for all of the areas here in pink and heat advisory for all of the areas in orange. mheat warningre serious than an advisory, but, still, you want to take it easy n matter where you, are both advisory and warning go until 8:00 tonight. it's feeling about 108 degrees outside ght now, and that's helping to feel these small but impressive thunderstorms. u can see the really bright colors here, one right in northwestshington and one right around the gatesburg area west of 2 and one along 250 into loudon county to the airport there and cou