thousands without a conditioning in the middle of the day. >> rehearsal tonight on the national mall, what you should y know i plan to sweat through the capital forest concert, and an emotional visit from the stanley cup to the offices of the "capital zette." >> brought a smile to our faces. thnks. and, of course, we're going to start tonight with our holiday heat wave.o er day that feels like well over 100 degrees. ening. i'm leon harris. >> and i'm doreen gentzler. >> we have july fourth celebration, too, and each pop-up thunderstorms. in the last hour we've seen heavy downpours, but still plenty of sun out there. let's start with storm team 4it meteorologist amelia draper with a check of conditions out there right now.r that was somety heavy rain for just a few minutes there, amelia. >> while the sun wasshing all the time, we're seen those storms move inrts of

montgomery county and parts of loudon count not only am i tracking storms in the weather center with lauren, we're also tracking the hottest day so far this year with high of 97 and earlier we had a heat index of 1 so. you can seeght now we're looking at a ra cooled 75 in gaithersburg. that won't last long though. the heat andumity will shoot right back up from any brief relief that thetorms provide if you even get one. 105 in washington and 100 degrees in manassas and11 in culpepper. the heat is so serious that the national weather service has actually issued an excessive heat warning for the areas here in pith. this i d.c. and baltimore metro areas. this is going to go until 8:00 tonight. the areas here in orange are under a heat advisory that runs until 8:00 p.m. the excessive heat with first one so far this year and will be under that for another four hours. take that easy outdoors as folks

are getting home from work and probably a short walk is better tha a longer walk or at least bring along the water bottle. >> a look at the watstorms. we're tracking storms right around the sterling area. all of the storms will ok to fizzle out by 7:00 p.m., dore each. coming up, i'll have the latest outlook are lauren for the fourth of july wndat to expect tomorrow hour by hour. >> all right, amelia, thank you. tonight a few thousand dominion energy customers may be returning to a home that got really hot today. >> yeah. wer outage left folks in the delray neighborhood and it even forces businesses the to close. >> here reporter david culver caught up with people affected and he's lo ou at mt. vernon avenue. hi there, david. >> hi there,an doreen leon. can you imagine in the midst of nte heat and humidity not being able to step your home or even a nearby business to find

that cool relief? that wasfohe reality a lot of folks here in delray. in fact, at one point today i noticed some cars running along dential street. i looked inside and there were some residents. a place where they could go inp ower up the engine and crank up the ac. dom wion energy crewsrked in the heat and humidity urgently trying to get this tangled mess of power lines straighted out. a major cleanup effort here in alexandria, all talf sparked by a passing truck. dominion says the truck hit lines causing them to come crashing down. at one point today their online outage map showed the aftermath. nearly 7,000 customers without power. without ac and on one of the hottest days of the year. >> it's horrible. >> feels like 108. >> reporter: el enepstein runs a pet care business and worried about her client's pet left in a hot home. she even brought one of them

nugget along with her. >> we walked out with people in work and said they are all at the office, and so i started checking on everybody. >> reporter: customers ordering by sunlight inside a darkened bon vivant cafe and farm market. the owner says the power cut oro nd 11:00 this morning. >> it went out and came on for like a second and then it wentt ain so we were like, yes, no. >> reporter: most every restaurant along mt. vernon avenue had to shut down for several hours. adelray pizze tweeting during lunchtim hey, folks, our power is down again. hopefully we'll be open for dinner. tonya could only serve limited options like salads. our obviously diminishes business to not have everything available. >> reporter: on this hot day motorists out of their cruisers helping amount intersections where traff signals went dark but by late this afternoon all the hard work and sweat the power crews paid off. residents given the green light to carry on. and we can tell you tonight as you may be able to see behind

s, restaurants are bark open here. they have power and have ac and they are serving food including delray pizzeria. they tweeted out lateoday that the residents in this area, leon, despite having to deal with the heat in their own homes today, they still have the warmb heartcause dan and his son oscar just stopped by and dropped off popsicles me and photojournalist roryweinstock, so good folks. >> i know a few folks in delray. agree with yo they have good hears down therev thanks, d. stay cool, man. the stage is set for rehearsal right now on the national mall the day before the big fourth o july concert. it's usually a good time to get down the p. see all therformers without theeassle of the h crowd and today it means dealing with the oppressiveleeat. >> nicacobs with what you need to know heading down there tonight or tomorrow. nicole? >> reporter: leon, it's definitely hot out here and has cooled down just a little bit since we had an earlier shower

but that's something organizers are keeping tabs on.u ay also notice we've moved since the last hour. that's because they are doing over other security swe the lawn area and it goes to show you how seriously they are taking safety. ♪ light, camera, action. >> and we're going to be really reor a big party. >> that big party is tomorrow, buttoday aoutine rehearsal for a capital fourth. ♪ >> reporter: so many performers poised to say happy birthday, america >> it really is a quest to be able to celebrate our independenceight here at the >> reporter: and right here is where law enforcement officers from d.c., maryland and virgin want everyone to be safe. >> this is a huge event. this is a city event. this is the nation's event.

>> reporter: absent are critical threats to note. the park police are urging spectators to be their eyes and ears. >> we rely on the very people we protect. >> reporter: and it will be a hot one. no heat wave will damsn t celebration. >> we figured it was probably pretty hot on july 4th, 1776, too, right. >> reporter: that is likely, just as the sun covers the capital lawn, but one thing is for sure the show must go on. ♪ >> reporter: and it will be the morrow.utine t the doors will open at 3:00 p.m. the actual performance, the actual show starts at 8:00 p.m. we have everything you need to know about a capital fourth performance on our website, nbc washington.com. doreen, back to you. >> nicole, thank you. flags across the country ar flying atlf staff in honor of the five people killed at the "capital gazette" in annapolis last week. the white house says president trump ordered fla lowered as

soon as he learned that the mayor of annapolis had requested it. he order followed several days of confusion. the mayor says he made the request last week. >> and when the lines of communication openedup, we actually got the result that we wanted, and i think that's the lesson that has to be learned here. people are taking things into their own hands and exacting their own justice and - that's that's no way to live. we have to stop that, and we have tocommunicate, a we have to have civil discourse. >> flags should remain lowered until sundown tonight. meanwhile, a chaee for s "capital gazette" employees to smile today and pose forp tures with the stanley cup. longtime washington capitals equipment manager woody leitig lives in annapold and was his turn to spend the day with the cup so he took it all over the city.fa s there were able to see it and pospi for ures, including this stop at temporary offices.

annapolis mayor gavin buckley is planning a tribute to the "capital gazette" shooting victims telling the paper he wants to put on a press freedom festival. planning still in the early stages for that, but eveould involve musical action on benlaton street in front of the maryland >> and now to some breaking news and the latest on those attempts toue resc 12 children and their soccer coach from a cave in thailand. they are all safe and in good condition after more than a week underground, but it could be several more weeks before they are free. massive peoples working to get the group the supes they need to survive in there. the journey to freedom is a long, winding and flooded one, and a the boys don'tknow how to swim. nbc's janice mackey frayer is f joining uom thailand and will join us with an update later this hour and again on "nbc nightly news" at 7:00. >> justllmazing they are s alive. president trump is moving to

abandon diversity considerations in college admissions. during president barack obama's time in office universities wer advisednsider race as a factor. critics say the policy went further than the law required. "new york times" reports today's reversal will restore the policy as it w set under george w. bush. he encouraged the use of race nutral methods school admissions. the supreme court has narrowed but not banned the practice of considering race as a means of increasing diversity in schools. it's been 45 years since the u.s. supreme court handed down the hand mark ruling on abortion in roh moo-hyun. a new poll suggests the vast majority of american women want th next supreme court justice to uphold that law. jennifer johnson is tracking the search for a new justice. >> reporter: late word from the white house today that the president spoke to three potential supreme court nominees today. he's going to be doing this all week long, spoke to fours rday. he has said he's going to make his choice known july 9th.

president trump zeroing in on the supreme court nominee he'll reveal to the wld on monday. among those said to be on his short li four appeals court judges, supporters and critics asking if one mighthelp overturn "roe v. wade." >> this is a list of candidates approved by the federalistet soc and heritage foundation, and it goes without saying that most of them will have a strongability roe lean. >> reporter: "roe v. wade" legalized abortion and a survey monkey moll show 65% of women believe it should be upheld. the white house avoiding the polarizing issue. >> look for somebody with tremendous interlerkts like it somebody w the right judicial temperament and wants somebody who will be focused on upholding the constitution. >> reporter: one of the supreme court front-runner judge amy coy barrett was grilled about possible religious bias last yearuring her confirmation hearing. >> that's a concern when you come to big issues that large numbers of people have fought for for years. t

>> reporte president steered clear of the abortion debate instead defending his disarmament teal with kim jong-un, dismiging reports tha are north korea is building up its nuclear. if not for me, the president te tw we'd now be at war with north korea. despite the holiday, it is a tbusy week for white house. secretary of state mike pompeo is traveling to rth korea. thursday he'll have a day and a half of meetin and tonight the president is traveling to green prior in west virginia and he's going to give tomorrow and very busy day for the president in washington. >> thank you, jennifer. still to come at 6:00, a secret service officer assaued families ek's keep together rally in d.c. what our scott mcfarlane uncovered in a story you saw first in our nbc wshington app. >> crazy video from downtown philly. a water main break there

completely flooding the streets in center city early this morning. and from hot cars to hot metro trains, transportation reporter adam tuss has some tips for getting around in this extreme heat. ak.d take a l these are the temperatures tomorrow night durksg firew it's going to be a hot fourth o july and 90 degrees still at 9:00 p.m. in washing

more break news. a guilt plea by a man who had guns in his car outside t trump international hotel in downtown washington. brian noels had an automatic pistol andar-15 style rifle in his car when he checked in as a hotel gst last summer. he did not have a license to care the miss to. as part of his plea, the government threw out the federas firea charge. he faces six months to two in prison when a judgec sented him in september. he also h to give up guns recored from not just the car but also from his home in pennsylvania. >> and an excessive heat warning in effect for pa of our area at 8:00 tonight. th sun is onts way down, but still plenty hot and plenty moist out there now. >> sure s.team coverage

continues with amelia draper and lauryn ricketts but first adam tuss tells usow the heat is making it more difficult to get around tonight. adam. >> reporter: i can confirm thear heat still hot out here. the hydration is the key today, guys. it has be hot f so many people, and, you know, we were following aaa around today as they we replacing dead batteries that died in the heat. you know that just since the temperature spiked over this past weekend, they have responded to 25,000 calls for service. >> thello. is is our car. >> all righty. when alexandria resident mayat wto check her car this morning the temperature was just too much. >> it's really hot, so that's why i was kind of panicked. >> reporter: maya is pregnant with her secon child so sitting in a hot car not an option. >> you need and replacement. we do carry batteries on the truck. >> reporter: aaa stepped in to help and disvered the battery was zapped. >> thheat causes these

batteries to, you kno die. >> reporter: arthur mixon with aaa responding to calls today. take a look at how hot it i under the hot without the car even turning on. 102 d open up the door to the car and it's no better, so just how hot it ito get in the car on a day like today. h my caas been sitting for a while. let's take a look inside and open up the door and i'll have a meital thermometer here with and point here on the surface. 141 degrees inside my car after it's been sitting for a while.re >>rter: on metro. >> oh, it's miserable. i mean,rn in the mng i'm sweating from the humidity and people are walking back out. >> the hot wther enough that the transit agencies are allowing riders to carry, wat something that's not normally allowed. >> we've been drink water all day. reporter: like non-stop? >> for sure. >> reporter: and eve the young riders are ready to try to beat the heat. for now, so many of us just trying to keep cool as we move

arou bd. againg your water if you are riding metro, especially if you're walking a long distance to get to the train. also, the car, it heats up very fast. doreen, i just want to know is lauryn ricketts going to kick a soccer ballinto that net? is that why she has been placed out there because nothing would be sweeter than seeing lauren kicking a s ball around in this heat. >> i hope she's listening,. ad we'll get to thett of it. >> good challenge and i feel better seeing the cool fountain behind it. >> refreshing, yeah, you got it. w reporter: not just our area under the hee for the holiday. the entire northeast is feeling the pressure. re's a look at the current conditions in massachusetts and new jersey. >> in the city of boston it was the hottest day since august 12th, 2006,es tempday here in the high 90s and here in revere the asphalt temperature 142

degrees. it's where the concrete runs right into the ocean. normally it's cooler by the sea. not today. you have to be in the sea where wateremperatures are only into the mid-60s. >> find shade, pace yourself, stay hydrated and find the ioolest possible spot to cool off. t is the order of business to beat thextreme heat for families who live here in cam n. even befoe city's spray parks open-this grandfatherbradm oks breaks out the hose to keep his six grandkids cool in the excessive heat. temperatures in the mid-90s feel more like 100 and code red heat advisories ar place for both camden and across the bridge in philadelphia where a walk to catch mass t nsit willtch up to you. health officials are reminding folks to check onseniors including residents or relatives with any breathing issues. this nearly weeke long wave means extended hours for the city's spray parks as well as pools. from camden city, i'm sydney

long, nbc 0 news. >> the kids make gushing water good news. >> let's go to philadelphia where this morning not something that's que so fun. want to nea what 14 million gallons of water gushing down the street looks like? there you go. this snarled the morning rush hour, as you can imagine. crews were able to stem the flow of water and it took them three hours to do it. thousands of custers lost power and for some that meant no air conditioning as temperatures push up into the mid-90s. officials don't believe heat was a factor. >> that was a big old water main break in center city, philadelphia. >> amelia, did i hear you say officially this is the hottest r.ay of the y >> hottest day of the year. 92 was the high and earlier this afternoon it felt like 110 degrees. >>o doubt, no doubt. we were out there for a while. >> it was brutal and that's why the natial weather service issued the excessive heat washing, the first one this

season and the heat among other factors includayng a breeze helped fire up storms this afternoon. tracking storms on the radar and most of us are dry. everything else looks to fizzle out by 7:00 p.m. as the sun continues to go down. second weather question. will it feel brutal out there tomorrow? it will feel like 110 degrees but it will feel ke 100 to maybe so 103 degrees. easy.need to take it it's not going to be as excruciating out there as it was today, but you have plans outdoors tomorrow still take it easy and make sure you're drinking lots of water and tang breaks indoors. are we tracking storms for fireworks? t no, not seeit. good news there. potential for a storm tomorrow is lower than the chancely actuor a storm today, and i think a lot of you probably actually saw at least ack q passing storm or heard the rumbles of thunder out there is afternoon and there are cooldowns in the forecast and for the weekend though. here'er the teure versus

the heat index tomorrow, thursday and friday. temperatures stay in the 90s through thursday and seven-day heat wave and it feels like 100 tomorrow a thursday an feels like 98 degrees out there on friday. just one lone area out in montgomery and parts of howardt co how does it feel outside because i know we've got heavy rain outside. of the stud >> i feel like every mosquito around here is biting m oh, they are like fresh meat and i texted you, amelia, when i walked outside and just the last 30 minutes after the rain, felt a little cooler after the r iin anthink the temperature has gone up another ten degrees or so right now, so as you're headed out and planning your day tomorrow, i know a lot of people are off. we're notff. we'll be with you tomorrow morning. 8:00 a.m. we're starting at -- e00 a.m., we starting at 80 degrees. 7:00, 8:00, it's going to be stick and warm, especially if you'ret headed for golf or maybe even some parades out there, but by the parades, erpecially during the aon,

take a look. that heat index is going to be right around 100 degrees not had a little over 100 degrees so pool time, a good idea to do that. grill, again, it's going to be hot with storms north and west. nationals game, again, taking on the boston red sox again at 11:00, hot and humid, but, again, isolated chances of storms well north and west of d.c. tomorrow for the fireworks not looking too bad with mperatures in the 80 it is going to be muggy out there, but then also at the beach looking a lot better. the heat and dumiditypped, amelia, and we're all waiting for that as we get into this weekend. >> and i noticed you moved your soccer ball off to the side there. >> adam i heard he wanted m to kick a soccer ball. not doing any physical activity in this er. >> i don't blame you. >> and won't blame you if you don't do any physical activity friday and tomorrow as well as we track really hot. 91 on thursday hand maybe anis ated shower and thunderstorm around. count on rain and storms on friday with a cold front, but look what that does to saturday and sunday. low 80s and breezy o saturday and know humidity.

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alert mode as i continue to track dangerous heat across the area. here's the current heat index. for the most part we're still in the triple digits where you're seeing lower numbers like gaithersburg like 75 and leesburg at 93. that's some rain-cooled air that's providing only a relief before f we see the heat and humidity build right back into the area. an excessi heat warning remains in effect for the d.c. eas until ore metro 9:00 tonight. heat advisory elsewhere, and in addition to that some isolateda shower thunderstorms out there. more on any rain chances for thh remainder ofweek and the weekend, doreen, in a few minutes. >> thanks, amelia. now at 6:30, you don't wants your por the fourth of july to land you in the hospital ye to get you a ticket. >>. fireworks laws vary from county to county in maryland. prince georges county bureau chief tracee wilkins now with the important reminder before you light the fuse on your celebrations. >> if the money is flowing that, yeae have a good day. >> reporter: delonte rush has been selling fireworks in d.c.

for nearly 20 years. at alls he's well aware of his customers don't necessarily live in washington. do you think u get some maryland folks here? >> all e time, yeah. >> reporter: in order to avoide scen like this one, prince georges county has made fireworks laws easy to remember. >> here in prince georges cooknty, , all fires are illegal. >> reporter: and that's tough with certain kinds of firewor legal next door in d.c. and many tands located close to the maryland border. >> while itay be legal to purchase it in a neighboring state, you cannot bring it back here into prince georges county. >> reporter: you can, however, attend a publ fireworks display like the one planned for green bell. >> people can picnic and grill heth. recommend you get early if you want to scope a place out because it does fill up rather quickly. liberty. ils, >> reporter: so while delonte knows the law he leaves it up to his custome to do the right

thing. >> no fireworks allowed in maryland, don't go over the line. >> reporter: penalties can get really high. lks ask that residents reserve their fireworks displays to the legal ones set up by the communities in prince georges county. in d.c., tracee wilkins, news 4. >> news 4 has you covered for any questions you may have about the 4th. pull up the nbc washington app and pull up fourth of will july to see where to watch the fireworks and more importantly learn about the fireworks laws where you live. >> christian mink is the local mother and sixth grade teacher who pubically confronted a member of trump's administration at a restaurant in downtown d.c. yesterday. he spotted scott pruitt, the head of the environmental agency and walked over to the table with her 2-year-old son. >> i just want to tell you and urge you to resign for what you're doing to the environment. this is my some. he loves animals.

he loves clean air and loves clean water. we want someone who actually likes our environment and urge toresign. >> scott pruitt and her two security guards left the bstaurant before he gck to the seat. pruitt is the subject of at least 13 federal ethics investigations. >> a secret service uiformled officer assaulted in an ugly incident outside the white house shortly after the big immigration rally in lafayette park on saturday. the news 4 i-team obtained the court documents of the case and scott mcfarlane has details now from the newsroom >> reporter: the man aested is steven carmona. feds won't say if he was part of the immigrationlly but the incident began when he parked his bmw nearby near the white house and then moved a security barrier erected to control crowds at that real. according to an affidavitrom the secret service officers

tried to stop carmona, he threw punches and hit an officer in the jaw a above t left eye. he was hospitalized for a possible concussion and knee in ury. in the court files carmona eventually yelled where is the president at the offers, and at they placed him in leg shackles because he was kicking at them. >> court files don't specify if carmona was either attending or protesting against that major immigration real in the mark or was simply passing by. nearly 30,000 people attended without incident the secret service said and was simply trying to lift a securityer bar no immediate comment. it appears they arrived thursday morning a the judge's owner is ordered to stay away from the white house and the secret service officer accused of njury. in thenewsroom, scott mcfarlane, news 4. >> marylanders have two distincy options thar in the race

for governor. tpublican governor larry hogan ising a different route than democrat ben jealous. they spoke to both men are keeping maryland safe, educated and healthy. chris? >> doreen, maryland has some of the toughest gun law professors in the country. yet they didn't prevent the mass shootings at the "capital nozette" last week. today maryland gov larry ogan and his democratic ouallenger ben jealous both spoke with me abthat tragedy. how did the "capital gazette" mass shooting suspect get a gun? maryland governor larry hogan says complaints against jarrod ramos were apparently not enough under the law to prevent ramos from buying a pump action shotgun. >> apparently this guy went to court quite a while ago for stalking. he was pled down to a lower charge and had his record expunged so the's no recordof

it. how that happened in the court system i don't know but we need an answer. >> reporter: democratic candidate for governor ben alous is a former reporter and newspaper editor. he calls the victims of the et "capital g" shootings his heroes. >> but the fact that those th journalists hacourage and the entire institution to take on a dangerous stalker on behalf of the women and families and mench anne arundel count de. as a resident of anne arundel i'm grateful for. >> reporter: ben jeals is challenging governor hogan with a progressive platform including free collegetuion. governor hogan says it sounds like a great idea but how do you pay for it? >> we cam up a proposal to help people go to community college for free which was a big step or rd, but doing it for every college, for every person is something i don't know that is reasonable or affordable. >> reporter: democrat ben jealous says by slinking the state prison system he'll use the savings to pay for college and medicare for all. he also is proposing a t new but only on the rich.

>> for 99% of the maryland population there would be no tax increase, for 99%. >> reporter: and for 1%? >> for the wealthiest 1% they would pay1% more and having been in that tax bracket i'm confident they ca.be afford >> reporter: governor hogan says he wants to know exactly iow muc will cost to provide free college and medicare for all. doreen, leon. >> thanks, chris. coming at 645, we'll goto thailand to check in on the rescue efforts for the 12 boys trapped in the flooded cave. >> and amelia is back with a ten-day forecast. she will tell us about the next chance for rai (sound of footsteps) (sound of car door opening) (car door closes) (sound of engine starting) ♪ ♪

(sound of footsteps) (sound of car door opening) (car door closes) (sound of engine starting) inferno. at this a food truck caught fire at the height of the rush hour in southwest washington. this is fourth and e streets not far away from the national mall. bystanders shot this video with

their cell phones, and the witnesses say it only took a matter of seconds for that truck to turn no a complete ball of fire. the man workingnside manage to escape with only minor injuries. no word on what caused e fire. >> looks bad. a midwestern church is getting a lot of attention for a display it's used to go protest president trump's zero tolerance policy on immigration. christ church cathedral in indianapolis put jesus, mary and joseph inside a cage on the church's front lawn. the church says the holy fami has been placed in i.c.e. detention. the coregation is calling f people to stand with all families seeking safety and better lies for their children. tomorrow it will be hot dogs on coneyisland, but today in d.c. it'st burgers a z burger. up next a champion defends her title t's a classy look, isn't it? live pictures coming in from west virginia. president trump is about to take the stage there. we'll tell you who he is addressing there tonight at the greenbrier resort.

and here's your forecast for fireworks tomorrow night with temperatures inhe 80 most of us looking completely dry, but everybody is still noticing th humidity. by 9:00 p.m. as fireworks are temperature way a around 85 degrees, but what is it going to be like at the beaches, and when does this heat and humidityinally break? i'll have my full forecast at 6:47.

well, we'll take you live to the greenbrier r oft in white sulfur springs, west virginia. as you see president trump just remarks at the salute to service din ter. this event pays tribute to the nation's military men a

as we get set to celebrate independence day tomorrow. this is president trump's third visit to wes virginia th year, his fifth visit since taking office, by the way. rescue crews in thailand say it's a miracle they found those 13 people trapped in a cave, but finding them, it's just the first step. it could take weeks, maybe even months tfree the boys and their soccer coach, and they will be roapped unded in a flooded cave the whole time. >> that's right. ent he group already without food for about nine days, so now medics are inside checking their health and making sure the boys are warm and are getting fed. >> nbc janice mackey frayer is inhailand and is at the site s where crewre trying to figure out what to do next. >> reporter: it's about a quarter mile walk up this road where this massive rescue effort is underway. more than a thousand people aree now invo they know the boys are safe. now the hard part, trying to get them out. most of the boys don't know how to swim, so they have to teach . th

they have to teach them how to dive. they know that it's going to take weeks, evenonths to get them out safely. so they are taking food in, fresh watern and also medicine. denight on "nightly news" we'll take you in this rescue effort and hear from the experts on whyt it is t it could take weeks, even months to get these b now, back to you. >> thank you for, that janice. >> the "nbc nightly news" with lester holt airs right after our news at 6:00. >> the fourth of july has become a popular time of the year for ettie contest.u in new york they have the coney island hot dog challenge but here in d.c. we need to go town he street to tenley to z burger. contestants try to shove as many burgers down the throats as they can in ten minutes. they do have a chance to drinkb wateeen those dhu chews. this year's winner is a repeat. molly skyler takes the title for

fourth time putting away 27 burgers. >> what? >> in ten minutes. >> you could stack 27 burgers and they would be taller than she is. de that's incredible. >> i do not ustand in a. >> i don't either. >> doesn't matter, obviously. >> that's just amazingro >> and . >> some of us will be probably over indulgingtomorrow,maybe not to that extreme, but it is a holiday. >> and if you are, hopefully you're not drinking lots of water because you're your hot dogs in it and get as many down as you ca hopefully you're drinking lots of water because it's going to be another hot and humidtay. ay was the hottest day of the year and it's day five out of a seven-day heat wave so we have tomorrow the fourth of july and thursday at or above 90 again, and then we start to see our temperatures slowly come down on friday. hat's the transition day, and there you see your third weather headline. more comfortable finally for the weekendt as far asm chances go tomorrow and thursday, very minor. i think most if not all of us are dry tomorrow. especially for fireworks, a bit of a better chce for a shower

or thunderstorm out there on thursday. atre's the current look of the remaining is showers that are quickly fizzling out on the radar. can you s south of ee this o bailey's crossroads and another one arounde brentzvi as well and this starting to die down. i think this activity will wn fizzle d in the next ten minutes when we'll drop to 91 degrees of the right nowat we'r 94. by 9:00 p.m. it's muggy and at 11:00 p.m. the humidity out the in full force. it's going to feel like 90 degrees tonight. a sticky humid start tomorrow morning at 7:00 a.m. it's 80 degrees. by lunchtime you're feeling 990 and when you factor in the humidity it's feeling 100 and when you're going to parades you r nt to bring along the wa bottle hand make sure you're wearing light-colored and loose flitting clothing and 3:00 p.m. it's feeling about 103 degrees with the temperature of 94, and that wll be our high f tomorrow. 7:00 in the evening, an isolated

and chance mainly north west of washington, but i really think most of us are dry and t looking latest information and 89 degrees. heading to the beaches, looking there tomorrow and thursday. temperatures around 80 and stikms are alsoy at the beaches on friday. here's future weather. i'm going to walk you through ck this evening q. 9:00 p.m. we're dry. tomorrow morning at 7:00 a.m. we're completely dry with somes se out there. we're still dry around the midday hours, and then look at the aternoon and evening hours for about 7:00 p.m. any thunderstorms thor fire the most part stay west of the blue ridges and over the mountains with most of us dry. thursday a high temperature of 91 and on friday a high of 89 are with rain and storms likely especially during the second half of the day. that's with the cole front, and that's why we see the humidity and temperatures fall on saturday and breezy with a high of 83. on sunday really nice with ah igh of 85. deen and leon? >> all right, thank you, amelia. >> thanks, amelin. comg up, the wizards

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tell us how you really fee. m sorry. i'm not thrilled about this, and i'm betting i'm not the only one. >> no. wizards not doing too much in free agency thusig far but a move, you could say, trying to bring in big help bringing in nt veteran to fill that void after last week's trades. according to reports dwight b howard wi making the move from charlotte to d.c. the wizards are without a big gortat.r trading marcin

howard isl an eight-time astar and at 32 he's still got it going on on the court. a defensiveth stalwart wi his size and a player who averaged over 16 points and rebounds a game for the hornets last year, but it's his attitude and relationship with teammates and coaches that have come into question over the years. you heard leon over here. mm-hm >> even forward twiz ard and current analyst brendan heywaor said the hnets locker room did not like dwight howard. guys, we're just sick and tired of his act. we'll see how he'll fit n.also today, wizards signing former georgetown hoya and prince georges county native jeff green to a one-ar deal. >> meanwhile. over at the ice plex, the caps introducing todd riordan as the 18th head coach in capitals history. riordan wabrought in by barry ngotz and taking over trotz'

position after bnvolved in a contract dispute.o riordanidered a huge part the stanley cup to d.c. and for now his goal is to keep it here. and now continuation, that they have had a little taste of it, it tastes pretty good and they are enjoying thatd an ins of bitterness and disappointment for the first time in the histor of the washington capitals, they are ble to have the title of stanley cup champs next to their name and that's something that they earned and de something that we'll use as motivation to get back and do that again. i think thathe that's thing i'm most excited about. there's only one team with a chance to defend. >> another big piece with a chance to defend tom wilson coming off his best year as a prompt the team sent him a qualifying offer and both sides have expressed interest in coming to a long-term deal to keep wilson in washington. i asked general mana mcclellan the latest on tom.

>> yeah. we're talking to his people. i have a call scheduled with him today. is a big priority. tom is a big part of our team. a big part of what we've got going and our playoffs success, so he's number one right now. i would like long term, you know, but we'll see what his representatives want to do. i would prefer to ke him around as long as we can. >> all right. well, you certainly can't script any better finishes than the ones we've seen at the wthld cup year. we were screaming. we could hear the co-workers running around on the second floor at the end of the game in cow today. colombia fans can certainly dress the part hoping their team can play the. pa skipping ahead late in stoppage time england up 1-0. coloia with the corner kck and gets the goal on the header. this one almost over but colombia comes away with the late goal. everyone rightfully so goingy. cra we head to extra time. tied at one, but that was not

enough so we're intoenalty kicks. it's carlos baca trying to keep colombia alive dordan pickford with the huge save there. england takesage and eric dyer with a chance to put this one away and capst off. england beats colombia na pey kicks and move on to the quarterfinal where they take on swho won tailed. now fire up the band. we're heading over to wiledon. ince georgesnt c native francis tiafo. fourth set serving and comes up with a big forehand winner and looks good around the 34th ranked player in the world ande the lovely double box, rafael nadal on one sid and tiofa at match point. he wins it and moves on in four sets against fernando verdasco and nadal and djokovic also advance and move on. >> way too, francis. >> the great. thanks, sherree. >> thanks for joining us.

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