alarming numbers this morning. eight people shot, three stabs, all since 11:00 last night in d.c. police still working some of the crime scenes. date.bring up to crews hard at work this morning, not giving up hope in the race to free a soccer team trapped in a cave. a look at the options being considered right now. t>> and we're deep in this heat wave. e do have a cooldown on the way. i'll have the details in just a moment. >> good morning, welcome to news 4 midday.

it was a violent night in the district. take a look at the map here. all of these scenes are just from the past 12 hours. >> we're talking eight people shot, three people stabbed. news 4 is live with the latest on af these investigations. justin? >> erica, aaron, good mornin we're here in southeast where the tape is now down from police but the fstrations are not. i spoke with several neighbors who were venting to me about their concerns about gun crime happening so close to their s, ho especially on a hot day. after all, they say children play on this block. but overnight, it was police who took over this block from overnightg.nto the morn again, the 500 block of newcomb street. police say three people were shot, one, a man found unconscious and not breathing. one woman who was conscious and a man, a sond man who was grazed to his chest. we were watching as police

gathering clues, talking to witnesses. and even towing away a car near the scene where neighbors tell me that one of the men was found buthis was not the only shot. violent incident that police were looking into here on the fourth of july. i want to take you now to a map that we're showing you again here which shows just around the corner from newcomb over on malcolm x avenue, three more people were shot. one a man who was unconscious. a woman was grazed and one a man who was foundconscious. and then in northeast, another incident. this one w a stabbing on the 4500 block of benning road where ree men were stabbed, all conscious on. an arrest was made in that and over on the 1100 block of 40th place, also in northeast, another shooting, this time two people shot. one a juvenile male. a young man and a seconda perso, woman. the good news is both were conscious at lt check from police. now back out live as you mentioned, eight people shot gh

over one just a young man. three stabbings as well. a very violentnight. the fourth of july here in d.c. does have a bit of an unfortunate reputation. this time last yearix people were shot. one person stabbed. and one of those pple did die from their injuries. again, police now investigating several shootings across d.c. one of them here on newcomb street in southeast. in southeast, justin finch, news 4. back into. we have new video this morning of what d.c. fire officials say was one of several fires they fought overnight. in this video, you can see blames bursting out of this dumpster. is was along randolph place in northwest. this is a reminder to only purchase legal fireworks. fire officials say when you're done with the fireworks, you should leave them alone for about ten mutes and then submerge them in water. a man in an arundel county is treated for catastrophic injuries caused byllegal

fireworks. this happened tuesday night in e millersv that man held a mortar tube in one hand and dropped a lit mortar into it with the other explosioing an he is expected to recover. no one else was hurt. now to another day of heat and humidity. our heat wave started at the end of last week. an it's still going strong today. >> it is. let's check in with our meteorologist with more on what we can expect today. another hot one. >> yeah, we're in syen of the heat wave. right now 87 degrees out there. the feel like temperature at 96. man, it is feeling hot. it going to feel hotter by this afternoon. we're going to take it to 9 today will resemble yesterday in a lot of ways starting o starting off dry. nice breaks of sun. the chance for isolated showers and storms revs up towards the second half of the day. the heat wave does continue rough this afternoon. but we are looking at weekend relief. before that, we have to go through the showers and the storms on your friday. i'll have details and w

out the rain and look at the second part of you holiday weekend coming up in just a moment. back to you. so third street southeast io ban after a water main break. take a look. d.c. water crews had to dig up the street in order to repair that pipe. once the six inch pipe was replaced, crews had to repave that road. water service has also been restored to the homes and businesses affected in that area. this year's fourth of parade in annapolis honored the five peoplkilled in the "capital gazette" shooting. cheers t echoedoughout the parade route. some marched in solidarity with them. many visitors also brought balloons and flowers to a memorial for those killed. >> such a trage that it is hard to celebrate sometimes. >> for me, it makes it sadder. the community com together and everyone will celebrate and honor t victims and hopefully their families. >> the deadly shooting happened

one week ago today. the suspect is behind bars without bon a fairfax county community is mourning the death of a father killed while working on the fourth of july. heke wbehind the counter at a gas station on franklin farm road. officers arrested the suspect within minutes. friends of the vtim say he was a hard worker. he leaves behind a 5-year-old daughter. a gofundme pag is set upor the funeral and family if you'd like to help. we put a link on the nbc washington app. search gas station murder. new this ramorning, a c scene on route 210 is final cleared. two kids were thrown from the suv you see here when it hit a guardrail. both children and the driver were taken to the hospital. none of them wereio sly hurt. police rushed to the scene of another accident not far away from that crash. a car somehow overturned on to 210 near the wilson two drivers were taken to the hospital with nonlife threatening injuries. today maryland voting officials will begin counting

provisiootl ba those ballots could decide the outcome of some primary races that have been toolose to call. one of those races is the race for montgomery county executive. right now mark elrich and david blare are tied. big fourth of july celebrations across the country and right here in our d.c. area. this year america marked 242 years of independence and celebrated as it normally does with fireworks. a huge crowd packed the national mall andhe capital grounds for the fourth celebrations. tens of thousands braved the heat and humidity for the concert and, of course, the huge fireworks show that followed. u.s. park police tell us everything went just as planned. president trump took time to watch the fireworks today. he is off to montana as we get word three people are now his top choices for the supreme court. we're going to take a look at those candidates coming up. rescue crewsre working faster to try to free a soccer

team from that cave in thailand. a major rain storm is expected to hit i

there is video that shows w complicatedhe cave rescue will be in thailand. >> crews are drilling through rock to ted to fee water pipes and power cables into the cave to help that young soccer team until they c get them

out. >> with more rain coming, rescuers are racing against the er out o pump as much w as possible. >> reporter: and digging and it's desperate because it's a race time.nst pumping water out of the caves before the rain fills them again. deep inside, new images of a soccer team the world is watching. 12 boys and their coach wrapped in safe spirits are high. navy divers laughing with them. what do you say to your fans, says one? everyone's watching. one boy gives a victory sign. a doctor treats their thcuts. one by one they send a message to their parents. i'm in good health,e says. none of the boys can swim. they're now getting a crash course on how to use underwater masks. around them clear. a 30-strong american team part

of the rescue force. >> i have technical. >> reporter: and dangerous? >> yes. >> reporter: the safest option, drilling a h shaft af mile down into the cave. avoidway the boys will wading and floating at least 2 1/2 miles to the cave entrance. some passageay are even too narrow for scuba gear. rescuers are doing drills, practicing for the moment t bills are brought out. a moment their families watching the new video can't wai for. officials say the boys may not come out together. some areha weakern others. but they'relive and they're smiling and tens of millions are smiling with them.he copters are circling overhead today looking for holes that they can possibly winch the boys through. rescuers are ao laying lephone cable so the boys can talk to and possibly even see their parents. and they've been asking about the soccer world cup and who's

winning. so far here they are after so many terrible days. nbc news, thailand. hoping for the best for them. it is not clear when dive teams will start moving theboys. escape time lines range from a few more days to months. a couple from a small english tow remain in critical condition after being poised with a deadly nerve agen i peopthe area are being asked to take precautions and to wash their clothes. this fappened just a miles away from where a former russian spy and his daughter wereon po with that same nerve agent in march. british counter-terrorism efficials say there is no evidence this couas targetted. the fourth of july holiday is over. now it's back to work forru president as he narrows down the list of candidates to become the next supreme court justice. the president is expected to annoce his choice on monday. we have more on the possible

frontrunners. >> reporter: president trump celebrating independence day after welcoming military members and their families to the white house. >> thank you for keeping america safe, strong, proud, mighty and free. >> reporter: the president silding suspense t past week playing coy over who will be the next nominee for s thereme court. >> like h justice gorsich, w it a home run there. we're going to hit a home run here. >> reporter: the president narrowed the list to seven candidates with two appeals court judges seen as leading con tender >> the nominee is going to look like the conservative justice gorsich who just came to the supreme court. he can count on the ideology issues that republicans can be really enthusiastic about. >> reporter: both sides in the abortion battle are ramping up campaigns to influence potential senate swing votes for the president's pick like maine republican susanns col >> roe v. wade is an extremely

important issue to me. ide con it to be law. i want this nominee to say that it is law. >> reporter: four guy -- days before the pickthe battle i underway. the president is heading to montana for a campaign rally tosght. republicn that state want to knock off incumbent democratic senator john tester who is up for re-electionn the fall. you'll remember that republicans only have a one vote majority in the senate. in washington, nbc news. >> he mentioned the leading candidates. nbc news learned that raymond kesledge is also at the top of the president's list. secreta of state mike pompeo is on a plane and headed to north korea. this is him leaving from joint base andrews last night. he is scheduled to arrive ingy pyg on friday. local time there for his first visit since last month's summit in singapore. this will be the secretary's third trip to pyongyang.

this morning maryland congressman steny hoyer is in the hospital. news 4 confirmedoyer is being treated at george washington university hospital for pneumonia. he was admitted tuesday. he is expected to make a full recovery. hoyer is the minority whip second only to nancy pelosi and the house democratic leadership. he is 79 years old and served maryland's fifth congressional district since 1981. now to a story that hasolhe social media world talking about a flight encounter. you probly asked yourself before or been asked to switch seats on a plane. >> but that simple question turned into much more earlier this week. now that story has gone viral. nbc's chanel jones has details. >> reporter: once upon a time on a flight from new yorko dallas -- >> on my flight home, my boyfriend and i asked a woman to switch seats me so we could sit together. >> reporter: he just wanted to sift with his girlfriend on the four hour flight. the woman helen who asked that e not use her last name said

yes. but joked she might want to n'itch back if she d approve of her new seat mate. at this point, most people would probably chuckle, thank you and open the inflight magazine. but not houston and rosie. we were likehe what if s met a handsome dude. >> but what are the odds? on this flight, pretty good. helen sat next down to a model and former pro soccer player. >> frome the moment kind of buckled our seat belts until we touched down on the ground, the conversation just kind of took off. >> reporter: for rosie and houston, the soap opera right in front of them wasr way bette than any inflight movie. rosie posted play-by-play on twitter. >> this is where they' elbows started touching. >> oh, yeah. >> we were sitting behind. we could see them crossing each other in the center. >> we were right behin. them >> reporter: no detail was. miss >> i would give them a little elbow. >> oh, if anything happened, if they brushed hands, she's like --

>> reporter: this flight h been fancied by millions of people. >> they're going to f l in love and get married and have babies! >> reporter: so could you sum up maybe in just a couple of wor what you think of helen? >> she's a very, very, very lovely girl. very attractive. beautiful and had a lot to say for herself a very intelligent. >> reporter: helen preferred not to be interviewed for this story. she's a very prionte pe but he says they spoke and they're planning to meet up again soon. a fairytale nlending? >> time will tell, i think >> i don't think he's interested. he didn'tm s >> i don't think she's interested. she's not on camera. go on, mind your business. >> yeah. good luck. anyway. all right. it's thursday. we are already looking ahead to th weekend and the weather forecast looks very promising. we'll see what we can expect. and weather is not helping

firefighters out west. coming up,rom wildfires to flooding, the severe weather people across the country are dealing with tod.ay

heavy rain in houston, texas and the freedom over texas celebration was cancele >> the national weather service says the severe weather did not some close to last year's devastating flo caused by hurricane harvey. >> out west, dangerous wilires

threaten homes and forced evacuations. nbc has that story. >> reporter: these are the fireworks cs fireworks crews are facing to day on the front lines, explosive conditions across the west,orcing thousands to flee flames from california to colorado. in the mountains three hours outside denver, the most destructive fire this year incinerating ove100 homes and crews are losing more ground every day. the spring fire charring 95,000 acres. >> we don't have fires now. we have mega firesn >> reporter: all, 60 large uncontained wildfires are sweeping acros 11 western states. outside salt lake city, new evacuation orders, hundreds of homes in danger. >> i jt hope to god that these people get out and nobody loses their life over this. >> reporter: with drought-like conditions fueling fires across

california, this blaze in wine country could burn for months tinder box conditions across the region forcing several cities to cancel fireworks shows. instead, drones illuminye the here this was the only safe way to celebrate. soon firefighters will feet the heat in a different way. that summer sizzle that cressed thcooked the eastern seaboard is moving west. >> it's dangerous. >> reporter: after more than 1 million faced heat advisories or warnings from new york city to lexington, kentucky. intexas, heat driven thunderstorms triggered widespreadooflding, cancelling fourth of july celebrations. now dangerous temperatures will soon stifle southern california. >> we have a timer seto that every time we forget, it reminds us to get sunscreen on them.

>> reporter: a hot holiday to remember as the west feels the heat on thene coast and the fire line. >> it' think t pretty brilliant to put a timer to remind yourself or to put sun blac block back on the kids. >> it's important. especially with the level of wat and sun and humidity and all the stuffre getting around here today. >> that's right. remember, uvayare highest between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. you want to put that sun blosck on. let's talk about the heat. we're looking at another hot day. the seventh day of our heat wave as we move into tomorrow. we begin our transition to cooler weather. but for now, 87 degrees right now. stepping outside, feel lime mperature is 96 degrees in washington, d.c. yesterday around this wtime, had had feel like temperatures in areas like leesburg got 100. so notic the improvements there. 92 is what it feels like in leesburg. that's where we have thee tri digits feel like temperature.

as far as the remainder of the day, it will be hot and we have a chance for storms. not only today, tomorrow as well. the good news is relief is on the way. it is g on saturday and just going to be fantastic on sunday f you' sunday. if you're running errandsattoda, you'reing the heat. look before you lock in the car. make sure you check the backseat. don't leave any dogs, kids, pets in the car. muggy out. there feelingotter than the 90. by afternoon, mole amelia and i will be here tracking the radar. we could be in for fewstorms. very isolated in noiature. here's a look at the temperature trend. you can seet friday is t transition day. it will be ushering in cooler air behind that front.ur temper tomorrow around 89 degrees. but by saturday and sunday, we're down to the low the norm for this time of year is 88. it is summerft all. the storm team 4 ten day outloo t spendinge it with, you can see had a we're going to sunshine tons of

beyond tomorrow. so all the way into next week we should be dry. the temperature trend does drop giving us a comrtableweekend. he notice how much lower the humidity is on saturday and sunday. then you look out towards next week and you see that the 90s just come right back into play. like i said, it's july after coming up, we'll take a look at your beach forecast in case you're celebrating the fourth of july this weekend. and we'll time out the rain for tonight and tomorrow. back to you both. anti-semiticlyers have shown up in enableds neighborho laurel. and what this woman is doing on the statue of what we know about her a the nd

we're learning more about the woman who climbed thee sta of liberty yesterday forcing the evacuated.e she says she was protesting the separation of families at theex u.s.o border when she climbed on to the pedestal. it took three hours for police to get her down. she is now facing federal charges. hateful handouts in the city of laurel. police say they are anti-semitic and theyei started to r complaints about the flyers just a couple days ago. >> the bureau chief spoke with one resident who called the flyers vile. >> looks kd of official.

at it saysttack by jews. >> reporter: shocked by the words, donald showed me the flyer he found outside his laurel home. >> it talks about how you shouldn't be associated with themithin 200 yards. it goes on and on. >> reporter: he and his wife were among the many laurel residents who got the offensive flyer and were confused by the jumbled declarations of hate. >> to act as cmander in chief of the united states of america. really? >> it's - when you start reading it, it's absurd and it's vile andhateful. but it's also stupid. >> on july nlnd we started getting calls for materials that residents wereeporting found in the yards and things. >> reporter: laurel police say they are investigating the distribution of the fliers as a hate crime. >> not representative o laurel and we're investigating this. >> i have to tell you, i was a religion teacher and shot hebrew scriptures for 40 years.

it really upsetme. >> reporter: donald is hoping this the last time he finds something like this on his doorstep. >> and it really bothered me a great deal. god, we got t get over this. >> reporter: laurel police are asking anyone who has information on these flyers and who was zrblbdistng them to give them a call. they're still looking for who is responsible. news 4, laurel. the man accused in a deadly car attack willace a judge today. james fields jr. is set to be arraigned on 30 new hate crimes charges. edfields is accus of driving his car through a crowd of people during last year's protest in charlottesville. one woman was killed there. dozensere injured. fields is also facing a murder charge in state court. metro is blaming the july 4th delays on a coordyated action union workers. they say bus and train operators were purposely reporting t work late yesterday so metro had to do the best to cover shifts andg keep everyth moving. because it was a holiday, they were operating closer to a

ule anyway.h in a statement, the union said it's fed up with dstreatment disrespect of the members. they're asking for bargaining in good faith ♪ ♪ and the home of the brave members of theast of hamilton singing the national anthem there at the fourth of ju game yesterday. a giant american flag shaped like the united states on the field. hamilton is playing at the kennedy ceer. it's there through mid september. and that pretty much was where the excitement ended for the nats fans yesterday. the team lost to the red sox. this is the nats' fifth straight tss. we're half way thrhe season. nationals are seven gamesraehind the bs at this point. the nats beg a four game series against the marlins tonight.n >> let's t to a lighter note "dave" is coming in a few days. it is a story thatou are familiar with but now it's being

told in a whole new way. o stars of the show are with us this morning. good morning you to both. >> good isrning. >> thiery, very cool. so for those that are not familiar with this but i say the name and you're going a refresher in your mind, the musical "dave" is adapted from the oscar nominated white house romantic comedy. so give us a little bit of a summary of what the play is like and then we'll talk about how you make the switch from what was on tv, in movie and now putting it on stage and what that's like for you guys. >> theha musical we're doing keeps tight with what happens in the movie. we -- i'm playing susan lee, the communications director andoug is playing -- >> bob alexander, the chief of staff. >> he is the villain a i was kevin dunn in the movie. >> okay. >> i get a lot of freedom with my role because it's not been done before by a black woman. this is very exciting for me. but t movie is about sort of

an average joe character happens to look just like the president and ends up being the doubleor the president. and lots of hilarity ensues and nds up falling in love with the first lady. played by kevin klein in the movie, sigourney weaver, franklin jella. so we're standing on big shoulders. >> absolutely. tell me about that, douglas. do you feel some sort of a sense of pressure in trying to take that character from the big screen to the theater? are youri trying to your own sense of, you know, character? >> both. u definitely are aware of what came before. especially because i happen to be friendly with the guy who played the part. he is one of the biggest, greatest actors. he checks inccionally by texting me. you pretty much go on it's not enough to imitate him. you have to bring it to life anew. the script is our ncown.

so you add music, it's my job to just take the situation as a new piece. so we're both aware of what's me before but also treating it fresh as if it's a new play. and so you sort of feel both on at the same time. you're aware that people have a great fondness for the story and tathat they have c expectations. you're inspired by the guy who did it before yobu at the same time, you don't want to imitate him. you do your own thing. >> you've done a lot of work here in d.c. so shakespearene company, k center. you also got, what, broadway credits. a tony award nomination. that's fantastic. >> i don't have the tony nom. >> what is that like to come to d.c. to arena stage to be able toring your talents to this theeter? -- theater? >> the theater scene is huge in d.c. i worked here at the kennedy center nine years ago. i did. i fell in l.ce with it's really nice. you feel like you're premiering

a show that is about politics and we're in the epcenter of. that we get to go to all the historical sites as a cast.'s very fun and feels like home here for me. s being lked about t about comedy and this is your opportunity to laugh and reminisce a little bit. so obviously we know that we are in the seat of politics in d.c. why else do think is good for audiences here in d.c. to go and enjoy? >> for a few reasons, i think. first ofall, to see a new show that's being developedishere. s our out of town tryout. it's a very exciting thing to see great people. we haven incredible creative team doingomething fresh and new. mistakes happen. we come here because washington, d.c. is a great theater town and we know that audiences here appreciate their culture. they love their theater. they're really important theaters here and the actors know that as well. thehather element brings people in to this show is that it's very much a fairytale.

althgh everyone is very interested in politics right now, it's very charged scene. we geto use the politics but this is a much more not about red and bls, this much more of a fairytale. what happens when an average guy gets thrusnto the oval office and what would you do? there is a really important love story. so you get -- it's af bit escapism but you get to use politics and that's why it's great. >> we can'tait to see it. thank you so much for joining us. we encourage you to go out and see "dave" which is at arena stage july 13th to august 19th. thank you both. >> thanks a >> coming up, a look at where navigation systems are taking rush hour commuters and why the detoursre cau virginia residents major pr ob

we're lrning about amall earthquake in virginia today. 1.7 mnitude earthquake happened about 3:42 this morning about five miles southeast of

louisa. a dangerous heat wave continues to claim lives in parts of canada. 17 people haveied in quebec. 12 deaths reported in montreal. the hot and humid tempetures wi likely stick around for another day before a cooler system moves in. i think we're going to getit. maybe wait another day or two, right? >>e'll start to notice the difference. everything will improve. an just thetory they read there, i want to remind you, heat isum ther one weather related killer in the united states of america. it's nothing to play with. 87 degrees in washington, d.c. 82 in leesburg. so we're takin our time getting to the 90s today. it feeike the 90s.

so our highs for today is going to be 91. a little warmer. the thunderstorms will be very isolated in nature. yesterday some of us stay completely dry. if you had f a littlether west and north, they got hammereded with showers and storms. it's going to be isolated this afternoon as far as activity goes. here's a look at the future cast. fast forward to 6:00 p.m. notice how spotty it is. frederic and montgomery and to the northern neck,outhern maryland. that's going to be around 5:00, 6:00 this evening. we have peak heating. the disturbance moves through friday. it really ups the ante and ings in a lot mor heavier rain. sweeping through in the afternoon. that went a little t fast there. around 4:00 that's when we're going to look for the line of showers and possibly even storms. maybe some on the stronger side. through byg to mov

friday evening. we should be dry around sunset. so the friday planner, a lot of clouds around 'stomorrow. thoing to be the first difference you notice. not quite as hot. upper 80s forhighs. and then that chance for showers and storms does really rev around lunch time through the evening. we'll dry out as i said by sunset. getting sunshine peeking through. the weekend forecast, that's a good one. lowerumity on both saturday and sunday. plenty of sunshine.n temperatureshe low 80s on saturday. low 80s on sunday as well. really just opt mall weather t be outside. it will be very comfortable. if you're going to be headed to the beach, the beach forecast, i say friday. tomorrow is really the only day that you have to contend with that kind ofhewe showers and storms. by saturday and sunday, looking good. just remember, don't forget the sun eock. en day outlook, you can see here, we've got 90s waiting for us next ilweek. itbe nice to have this break as we head through the weekend. plenty of sunshine over the next couple of days. >> thank you.

so we have must see svideo. we'lw you the trouble a teen driver found himself in. and how do you feel a day after eating dozens of hotdogs? coming up, hear from the champs who got up early this morning for interviews. tv

take a look at this video. a 16-year-old drove his car into a sink hole in minnesota. this is drone video of that car nose down in that hole. the teen escaped.

climbing out the back window of that car according to the minnesota "star tribune." the giant hole in the ground opened after heavy rainfall and a lot of flooding. >> do you still get accident forgiveness with that? might not get it on that. local neighbors say one of the traffic apps we have become dependent on isni t streets into freeways. the latest community to sou t alarm in alexandria. we show youhe t problem. >> reporter: now through street, no through traffic. noee through s no through traffic. everywhere you turn around this parkway in alexandria, the signs are clear. they don't want your car here if you don't livehere. >> are people frustrated? >> extremely so. yeah. r: these pictures from our news partners at wtop showed how crammed the normally quiet side roads areg becomin especially at rus hours. >> turn right. east taylor run parkway. >> reporter: resents here are

largely blaming traffic apps like waze foren sng too much traffic down t streets. kimberly smith lived here for a year and says she can't take it anymore. >> the traffic here is unbearable at rush hour. you have to plan your day around what you're going to do so you ow -- like, i can't go to the grocery store at 5:00 because traffic is going to take me 30 minutes to get there. >> reporter: and t. this she says the traffic in this normally quiet community has gotten so bad that she is 100% going to move tut ofs area. >> to be honest, the traffic is what is pushing me out of the community. yeah. >> the city trying to enforce the no cut throughns regulat alexandria police say they're stepping up enforcement but this is a tough issue to get a handle on. peter turner is part of a civic association that is looking into the problem. they just recently completed a traffic study. >> told us that 42% of the traffic volume currently in alexandria is due to people that neither live nor work in >> reporter: waze says they

don't believe there is data that shows they p excessive traffic on a particular street. so for now the hope is that the si es and somera enforcement do the trick. news 4. so there is no question that sped bumps slow traffic down. but they can also be annoying. >> yeah. some people in fairfax county in ular neighborhood are trying to have speed bumps removed. residents won a vote to have speed bumps stinalled. and now not everybody isot happy about it. they're costly and they can damage your car. now he sees a chance for a do over, so to speak, as the roads around them are being repaved. >> now that they're repaving the streets, they're going to have to take them out. it's a perfect opportunity to not spend the money to put them back in again. >> opponents have to collect 219natures from 50 of the homes most impacted by the issue by the end of the month. that doesn't guarantee a jchan.

t means that they might consider it. panda watch 2018 news tweeted out by the national zoo. the giant panda will not give birth to a cub this year. the zoo says she w experiencing a pseudo pregnancy during the past several months and her behavior will soon return to normal. the panlda hounda house will reo today. >> i'm mildly surprised you can get through that with a straight face. >> pan watch. >>now what you just did there. a little sad for her.i guess i'm sure they'll try again at some point. >> the zoo or the pandas? i don't know how this he do it. >>aron? >> history was made at nathan's famous hot dog eatingontest. >> joey won his 11th career mustard belt. >> set a new world record after eating 74en hotdogs in t minutes. in the women's competition, nicky won her fifth straight title. but a counting controversy could

have cost chestnut. at first they thought he only ate ate 64. he joined the champ on the "today" show toxplain what went wrong. >> what happened was they were so concerned that joey and carmen would eat too many hot dogs, they had a stack of plates ahead. but they were the counters, not the judges. when the judges came in,e got it. a whensked how many hotdogs he could eattoday, chestnut said, "enough to win." >> against me, that would be like three. that would be it. okay. so house of cards fans listen up. netf has a message for you. >> and meet a 7-year-old that could probably tea you a thing t two about

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simultaneously and also netflix is apparently testing outip mu investigations of that lineup. they could get hdr video. netflix confirmed the ultra price testing is real though they may never go anead with the >> to celebrate the fourth of july, hit show "house of cards" released a teaser for the sixth and final season featuring the new president clair underwood. >> happy independence day. to me. >> the 12 second ad closes with the #myturn. her character is taking over the lead role after kevin spacey was fired last fall over alluaations of s misconduct. production was temporarily stopped. th final season will be released on netflix later this year. it will only be eight episodes. for kids july fourth is often about parades and fireworks. but for one boy in philadelphia,

the fourth was more about the founding fathers. >> we have more on this man.lutionary young >> reporter: at philadelphia's museum of the american revolution, you'll see george washington, alexander hamiln and oliver. >> hey, oliver. >> hey, oliver. >> caller: oliv . >> reporter: he may not be a founding father built he is a fixture here. he visited close to 50 times sinceushem opened just last year. >> i heard staff talking about oliver is here again. oliver is here again. >> reporter: oliver's obsession started with a school assignment at age 25 and then a trip to washington and anything about the revolutionary war he can get his hands on. >> so who knew he was a history buff? >> neither of >> just you? >> reporter: his parents are learnings they go. mom now hand sews the outfits. he takes being authentic very

seriously. >> how do i look? >> like you belong in >> no. >> reporter: he preferred the 18th century card gamewisk to video games. >> you win again. i think you have cards up yr lonial sleeve here. do you think this is a phase? >> i feel like two years for phase is long time. so we just do what he wants t do. >> reporter: what he wants to do is come here. he was disappointed when the familyent to disney world over spring break. >> do you want to work in a museum? >> yes. >> reporter: do you want to rk it's easy to picture oliver running the place some day. a young man with a bright future thanks to his passion for the past. nb, philadelphia. >> as soon as his baby sister gets old enough to watch, don't you ever tell our parents not to take you tne d world again. >> you stay home. >> that's right.

let's get one last look at the >> it's still the holiday weekend to say. if you're grilling urout, temper will be in the low 90s. another hot one out there. chance for srmwers and s does move in later in the day. the storms will be isolated.il it's not u tomorrow where we're expect morgue widespread rain. take a look at your storm team 4 ten day outlook. you ca see that there on friday. that's when we'll see more widespread showers and storms. highs in the upper 80s tomorrow. by the time we hit the weekend, this is going to be areat weekend. quintessenti quintessential weekend to get out for brunch. nothing but sunshine. back to you, erica. >> thanks. that's it for news 4midday. thank you for joining us. we're back on the air first at 4:00 this afternoon. w news andther updates any time with the nbc washington app. have a great day, everybody. we'll see you tomorrow. i had been diagnosed with stage 4 prostate cancer.

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