main with details. >> reporter: despite more than a dozen probes ando inquiries i possible ethics violations, president trump has consistently praised scott pruitt for his role within the epa, citing pruitt's role in dismantling government regulations. this evening the news 4 i-team has confirmed the inspector general of the a will continue investigating mr. prewitt's travel and use of taxpayer resources despite his resignation. pruitt's low-cost capitol hill rental apartment from a fossil ouel lobbyist and he reportedly asked an aide line up a job for his wife. critics also point to excessive spending on travel and on security and more recently a report that pruitt lobbied for president trump to fire attorney general jeff sessions and to install him. andrew wheeler, the epa's deputy chief, will become acting administrator monday, the president says. a federal watchdog group says wheeler who served as recently as last year as a lobbyist for the coal industry violates the president's executive order

barring lobbyists from working in the federal government. jim? >> big developmentot today. macfarlane, scott, thank you. now a story that will have you locking your car when you pump your gas. ideo from this yesterday in the district. two crooks drive up in that red carhere. one gets out and sneaks into that black mercedes and takes off while the real driver i still pumping gas. we get tips now on stopping that yoom happening to >> reporter: good evening, jim. we've learned that woman is council chairman bill g mendelson'slfriend. she was filling up her tankoi le i'm here, and all of a udden a red lexus drives up here to the gasstation, and we'll show you video what have happens next as s again, is here and pumping gas. the clear surveillance video is from the 1200 block ofia pennsylvvenue southeast around 7:00 in the morning, july 4th. a man gets out of the red lexus

dressed in dark pants, a white shirt, gym shoes and gets dhin ng by the driver's side door while council chairman mendelson's girlfriend gets gas at the pump. clbs inside thear and police say the woman left her purse with her keys inside. he pushes the start button, drives off. the gas hoseti is inside the gas tank as he speeds off here on pe.nsylvania ave back out here live, police want to remind you talways remove your keys and lock your doors when you leave your car, especially when y're at a gas station. keep valuables out of plain sight and pay attention to youra surroundings make sure that you don't get distracted with your cell phone. we rched out to chairman ndelson's office and a spokesperson says he's unavailable to comment on what happened. d.c. police are offering a reward for up to $1,000 for an an rmation that leads to arrest and indictment in this case. if you have any information, call d.c. police.

shomari stone, news 4. >> all right. lock the car while you're pumpin gas. thanks. tonight a community in northern virginia is working through its grief supporting the family of a murdered gas station clerk. resham bajgain was killed while working at the franklin farmssu co. this evening strangers and friends are helping to provide for his family and burea report david culver is live in herndon now to explain. david? >> reporter: pat, reporting on on this story you have to reflect and think how often do we go into store and run past a clerk, not even remembering thyer face? it seemed the victim in this case resham bajgain connect, with peoproof that have is a growing memorial. flowers of remembrance contin ng to line the curb i front of the sunoco gas station and perhaps even more telling, the fact that more than 500 of you have donated thousands of dollars to an online fund-raiser.

the franklin farmsas sunoco station is back open, business as usual, so it bseems,ut nearby residents familiar with what happened here wednesday morning are struggling to see past the disturbing crime. >> it's ver sad for the family and our area. >> reporter: lorraine hancock, ike most everyone else who has left flowers ofremembrance, did not know resham bajgain personally, he was the friendly face behind thecounter. >> every time i go in there, honestly just a genuine man,ys al you know, asking me about my day, engages in small talk with you. that's kind of the reason why i log com over here. >> reporter: police say bajgain was working at the franklin farms sunoco tuesday morning morning.esday around 1:15 in the morning,ve igators say mohammed abdullahi walked in and accordeg to police h attacked and killed the 40-year-old clerk. police arrived for reports of a robbery and arrested the 19-year-old suspect. tonight we have l

rned abdullahi is currently in jail s charged withferedered and set to face a judge next month. bajgain's sudden and tragic death has left strangers wanting to help his jfamily. >> it wanted to do and show that we like care for him andh even thoe didn't know him, he was still like a nice person. it's just reay sad, yeah. >> within hours of posting a gofundme the mmunity's generosity becomingt. apparen by late thursday0, nearly $30 raised by more than 500 people. another t clerkight told lorraine about the gofundme and she brought cash just in case >> you actually brought cash to nate? >> oh, yeah. i wanted 100 but just had 80. >> reporter: she says instead ome's going to go and donate to the gofundme. you can learn more about in our nbc washington app. just search gas station murder. reporting live in herndon, david culver, news 4. >> so nice to hear that

david, thank you. we want to tank you over to breaking news in prince george's lcounty. seveehicles involved in a bad crash at i-95 north at icc. weeee told people have injured, but we're still working no find out how many and how badly. ord yet on how this happened. these are live pictures from chopper 4ightow. the crash having a serious impact on traffic. access lanes on to i-95 north are blocked off right now. we'll keep workinghis story and bring you updates as you come in but, boy, tha btraffic isked up there, folks, so steer clear. >> we're following a developing story out of baltimore this evening. wo buildings at the johns hopkins hospital complex were evacuated because of a tuberculosis scare. the tb was possibly released during transport across a bridge between two cancer research buildings. it was treated like aaz-mat

situation. employees in that area were evaluation. now tb is an airborne bacterial disease that can t affect lupgs and other parts of the body. it can be deadly. health officials from baltimore are on the seen. path? >> this afternoon newsrooms around the country fell silent at 2:33, the moment of silence marking the exact time last week that a gunman opened fire in th" "capital gazetnewsroom. five lives were taken in the annapolis community that news 4's tracee wilkins joins us live n. tracee, explain for us, if you will, the immense impact of thoseew silent moments. s> reporter: this was very important, todaoment of silence, especially for people who live here because since this tragedy that happened here at 888 bestgate we've been doing a lot of talking and asking why did this happen? there's been a national debate sparked to prevent this from happening again and at some point words just aren'tnough.

when you've run out of words and out of tears, there'ssilence. >> our community has been in shock for the last week. >> reporter: these anne aruel county employees are gathering togeth, together in honor of five rivals senselessly taken away at their town newspaper just down the street a week ago. >> these were my friends, my colleagues. i think it's important for us to remember as a group, as a county,he losses and then embrace them going forward. >> i want to share it with other people here that know about the tragedy. >> reporter: marjorie roth, a county worker,en needs this m and these people. she was on the second floor of88 bestgate when accused nman jarrod ramos opened gunfire and she shot thef video ramos after her arrest. when we talked to her the day after the shootings she was amazingly calm, strong. now oneat week -- >> i had a nightmare that i was

being shot at and i had to go under tables, so i think it sort of hit me kind of later? she's offering prayers for those lost andng see peace in the silence. >> i wanted to be around fellow co-workers and share the moment th them and think about the ctims and their families and pray with them. >> the city of annapolis will spend this coming weekend saying good-bye. thcee will be memorial ser and shootings for least victims scheduled on saturday and sunday and there will be anothey.set for tues >> when we come back this evening, day in court for that woman who scaled the statue of liberty in protest to president trump'sig ition policies. ahead at 5:00 what, she told reporters on her way out of the courtroom today. >> coming up on news 4, it wasn't only illegal fireworks that put people in danr last night. it was also illegal guns.

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well, after the big fireworks show down on the mall, illegal displays like this one popped up all over the district and that led to some fires, but police tell us that they had another serious issue celebratory gunfire that also injured some bystanders. here's news4's mark segraves. >> reporter: fireworks displays like these went off until the early morning hours. much of them sounding like gunfire. police say some of thatle atory noise last night actually was gunfire tha injured innocent bystanders including an11-year-old i go. >> they discharged and injured multiple people. what goes up must come down and that's the same as a bullet. >> reporter: as for fireworks, numerous displace set off by residence across the city. this display on 13th street

northwest drew the attention of fire investigators and policewh shut it down. threatening to arrest the man who has been organize the display forat years. th upset many resents who complained police and fire officials should allow these neighborhood displays to go on. >> we had 89fire-related incidents yesterday. we had eight peopleed inj yesterday, and so, again, the reason the code is there is tot only keep you safe but also keep the neighborhood safe, and so, you know, illegal fires, all the things tha go along with it, so it's all funnd games until somebody gets hurt. >> in addition to shutting down this sis play on 13th street police were busy confiscated ttens ofusands of fireworks all across the city and fireworks that police handed over to the fire department today to be destroyed. now we can tell you all of the people injured in the district last ght either by at celebratory gunfire or illegal fireworks including an 11-year-old girl are expected to

y okay. let me show one of the problems. this is one of the illegal fireworks set off here tonight and you can see two of the projectiles didn't fire, they misfired and one that can go off. in montgomery county they had ten responses including three fires and one person who were shot in the face with a bottle rocket that misfired. that's the very latest here in s nort mark segraves, news 4. >> frightening. dangerous despite all the warnings, it can still happen. mark, thanks so much. >> it could be more than a week before we learn who won theel cl contested primary race or the montgomery county executiv today the board of elections counted provisional ballots but they say full ballot counting may not be cometed until the middle of the month. news 4's chris gordon takes a look at this tedious process. >> this bipartisan group is called the montgomery county board of canvassers. it's counting more than 3,200

provisional ballots cast on primary day but unregistered voters. >>hen you're issued a provisional ballot it's because your name doesn't appear in the poll boo or with the cut address or party affiliation. >> reporter: the mba revead it failed to send registration t informationthe board of elections for thousand ofdr ers who thought they were registering when they changed information on their licenses. as a sult, councilman mark ri and businessman david blair are still waiting for final rhiults to see one of them will win the democratic primary for montgomery couy executive. the republican candidate robert ficker says his proposal for term limits shows he w can in the heavily democratic county. >> i'm saying that the term limits vote was vote for change and that's what we're going to have in montgery county. >> reporter: representatives foc both demrats are closely watching the provisional ballot counting. there are also at least 3,7

absentee ballots still to be otcounted. the totals will be updated every evening on montgomery county board of elections website. the final vote will be certified on july 16th so we may have to wait until then to learn the winner of the close democratic primary for count executive. >> and there may be yet another candidate about to enter the covety execu race before november. chris will have more on that coming up at 6:00. turning now to the weather. let's get the wetth late on the storms outthere. >> yeah. the storms out there are north and west of washington. jim just asking am i going to be fine when we're getting off at 7:00 tonight and here in washington we'reikely goingo stay dry but if you're north and west of town, parts of montgomery, frederick, loudon counties and farther back north and westl you be dealing with the thunderstorms tonight and then a better chance that everybody is dealing with rain

and storms tomorrow. that's your second weather headline. however, tomorrow is by no means a washout. we'll have dry time as well so don't think of your friday as being a rny, cloudy day. we'll have plenty of clouds but we'll have some scattered rain annderstorms around during the midday and early afternoon hours. that's always a cold front and it sets us up for a gorgeous weekend saturday and sunday, looking fantastic. warm weather alert mode for the potential, a, of strong slow moving thunderstorms north and west of washingtonand, this heat hand humidity. today is the final dave our heat wave. it's been a n-sey heat wave which means we've hit 90 degrees or higher for today and the last days. 59 is how it fee-- 95 is how it washington and 101 in quantico. keeping a close eye on these thunderstorms and they are developing and where they are veloping is where it's an unstable atmosphere so we're seeing a lot of heat a humidity along other factors

that are really helping the thunderstorms to bubble up in parts of frederick and montgomery counties. here's the other thing. they are developing and they are not moving which could lead to some flooding con if they continue to intensify. going to be watching that all night long untilehey fiz out. i'm also watching this line back west of i-81, but as it tries to push east it's not having that ch success and it's starting to fizzle out. service nal weather because of a potential for slow-moving storms back in northern virginia and counties back in the mason dixon line and although you're not in the flash flood watch. i won't be surprised if you have isolated flooding tonight that will be a concern until about midnanht because weee very heavy rain and slow moving thunderstorms, but, again, in the metro area and areas off to the east, future weather wants to put in a thunderstorm there and a very small chance. it's mainly north and west of the beltwso. as we head towards 7:00 p.m. you can see areas of rain and still a few rum nls of thunder out there. by 10:00.m. we're virtually dry with mostly cloudy skies, t

ann here's your forecast. 7:00 a.m., mostly cloudy. by 10:00 a.m., into, we're still looking mainly dry. just a few isolated showers arou the midday hours and afternoon hours scattered showers and thunderstorms. that's it a new f run ature weather keeping us completely dry. i don't think that's going to be the case though. take a look here on the four-day forecast. 70% chance for rain an thunderstorms tomorrow again. mainly during the midday andn aftern hours. the high of 86 degrees, and still muggy out there. on saturday, it's breezy. the sun is out and the humidity is low a we have high temperatures in the low 80s. mid-80s on sunday and tn next week all sunshine in the forecast, but the hea and midity slowly builds throughout the week. pat and jim? >> thank you. we continue to workigreaking news now. epa chief scott pruitt has resigned. what this means for the agency and the white house coming up. then, a $25 boxf baby wipes ends up costing a local woman more than $400.

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the woman who scaled this stat ow of liberty is now out of police custody this afternoon after appearing in court. during that hearing she plead not guilty to federal misdemeanor charges.

the woman told reporters outside that she wanted to protest the separation of children and their parents at the border. michael george of our sister station in new york has the story. patricia okoumoueceived a rock star welcome as she left court and remains unapologetic for her statue of liberty protest over separation of children at the borders ad she s she won't do it again. >> the judge told me not to. t course i will not do it again, but ink the message was no child belongs in a cage. >> reporter: okoumou has been charged with three federal rs misdemeano trespassing, disorderly conduct and interfering with a government agency and has pd not guilty. critics say she put the lives of officers at risk and she stands byer protest. >> michelle obama, i would love the first lady that io care much about say when they go low,

we go high, and i went as high as i coul >> right now protesters in northern virginia are addingr thalls to abolish i.c.e. activists are list anything to speakers outside the immigration and customs enforcement agency field office inaiax. border agents separated them from their children. calls to abolish growing louder as the federal government scrambled to reunite families after crossing the border illegally. >> all right. our dmv dynamo is at it again. he's the man at the top of your screen. prince george's county nativeci fr tiafo advancing to the third round of a grand slam for the first h time ande defeated julian benneteau at wimbledon today. he worked his way up the ranks since his days with the junior

tennis champion center in college park. tiafo currently the 52nd ranked er in the world. up next for francis, 40th ranked 22-year-old player from russia. if you want to check out francis and how he's come along and how big he plays he's bringing his and alsothe castl for the city open so you've got multiple opportunities to watch him firsand and up close >> hometown guy, and you've played a little with him. >> we cid littlenics when he was like ten years old in college park. >> boy, he,s come a long way. >> he sure has. >> the white house search to replace retiring justice anthony kennedy narrows. ahead, the three candidates now at the frof the line. >> plus, prosecutors say she was involved in a string of armed obberies and at least two murder

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i'm storm team 4 meteorologist amelia draper tracking some isolated thunderstorms out there tonight with areasra of heavfall right now and keeping a close eye on activity in parts of

frederick and montgomery county. i put some timing on here. this rain impacting parts ofle barnsvnd up to the urbana and walkersville area.as movingat 10 miles per hour. here's some impact time. moving intoclarksburg within the next five minute. german town at5:45 and gaithersburg 6:10 and rockville around 6:30. ndside that everybody is noticing the heat humidity. sunshine and 90 degrees and by 9:00 p.m., most of the areas are mainly dry and mainly cloudy. >> thank you. audge in montgomery county throwing the book at a female ms-13 gang member calling her a scary human being who belongs behind bars. >> that judge sentencing her to nearly 100 years in prison. newscy4's d spencer is live in rockville with more on what she did and the new crime she's confessed to.

darcy? is it this really was a lovely prison sentence, and i tell youo i've seene sentenced to murder and getting less time than this butud the wanted to send a signal that gang violence won't be tolerated. she's a 20-year-old ms-13 gang member and has confessed to being involved in a violent robbery spree in montgomery county. today a judge sentenced her to the maxim 95 years in priso what he called absolutely ruthless crime. state sentencing guidelines called for a sentence of4 9 to years. she had no criminal record. >> 95 years, it's a longime to think about the crimes that she did. many a member in a gong, notorious one, ms-13.

>> joone of the suspects was accidentally run over by a lice officer following a pursuit on the beltw a. ramirez ga videotaped confession to the crime. one of the overs is wearing a mask to protect hishe why one of the victims was a police officer. authorities say third murder plan was in the works. >> she wanted to get a promoon so that 1/3 plot was underway and that just shows her real volvement in the gang. >> there is a little bit of who enhire for young gang member. the judge said he would bring her back into his courtroom in

five years to possibly reconsider this sentence. she says she wanted to get away from the gang life. he wantso see how she acts in prison, and we'll see what happens in fiv years. back to you. darcy speer. thank you, darcy. moments ago, the man accused in a deadly car aack inirginia pleaded not guilty to hate crime farges. jamesields jr., accused of driving his car through a crowd of counterprotesters, during last year's white nationalist rally in charlottesville. late this afternoon he wasn arraigned 30 new hate crime charges.fi ds is also charged with first-degree murder in the death of heather haier prosecutors plan to seek life in prison for fields who goe on trial for that charge in november. >> within theutast 30 m the doors at the red help in lexington, virginia, opened for dinner. the restaurant shut down nearly two weeks ago after the owner

asked the white house press secretary sarah huckabee to leave. supporters of president trump swarmed the smallin bui the owner of the red hen explained her decision saying huckabee sanders defended the present's proposals which offend some of her employees. >> back now to the breaking news we brought you at the top of the hour tonight. scott pruitt officially out as the chief of the epa. it follows a tenure plagued by scandal, and now president trump will have to find a new administtor while he's also narrowing his supreme court short list tonight joining us now is nbc's ken delaney. ken, we just got a look at the letter that pwitt gave the president, and he cites unrelenting attacks on him and his family, but that is guyd w re than a dozen ethics inquiries and investigations too. >> reporter: absolutely, jim. this has bn going oor months and he benefitted from the fact that there's so many

other trumpwi scandals b in washington. he didn't always make the top of the news or the front page headline but he's been under fire over lavish spending and ethics concerns and asking staff elp family members looking for a chick-fil-a franchise for his wife. for example, he installed a $43,000 secure phone system. one of the stories that i really und most remarkable though was sticking his staff allegedly with hotelills that were booked on his behalf and his staff ended up having to payhe bills. just so many things with mr. prewitmr. mr. pruitt is when, how long, because donald trump liked his regulation policies and was happen enhe was cutting regulations but today it's a bridge too far and now mr. pruitt has been shown the door. >> all right.hi again, swi gears now, we'll find out monday who the president wants for supreme urt. the apparent front-runners, a woman who would be the youngest and a forme kennedy clerk, too, nd a judge who works with

merrick garland, president's shunned nominee. about what do these people tell you about the direction that the president is thinking ofgo g? >> unlike like a lot of things that donald trump does or would do, these are pple tha you can see another republican president nominating. these are standard conservative jurists vetted by the federalisb societ undoubtedly any one of these three people will take the court in a much more conservative direction, the one woman, amy barrett, a judge on therteventh circuit c of appeals in chicago and a washingtonian on the short list, brett kavanaugh, 53. he is a judge on the u.s. court of appeals in d.c. a longtime washington insider and controversial among democrats because he worked on the ken starr investigationf bill clinton and also said by ome republicans not be conservative enough. again, these are people who you canee anoth republican president nominating and people who will take the crt in a

very conservative direct. >> ken delaney and thanks so much. we invite you to keep it her for all of the latest from our nbc political team ahead on "nightly news" at 7:00. a busy day in washington. > it was a particularly violent night in theic dis eight people were shot and three others stabbed in a separate inledent. the ve started after 11:00 last night. the crime scenes were neighborhoods in the northeast and in southeast. three people s weret on newcomb street and another keep were shot in southeast neighborhood and three people were stabbed on benning road. police have made an arrest in the stabbing case and two of tho ng victims are in very grave condition. last fourth of july, were shot in the district of the one of those victims died. a race against time now to pump water from that cave. where that socce team is still trapped and things will change dramatically this

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thailand t weather inhat region has been dry andillions of gallons of water are being pumped out every day, but there are monsoains in the forecast for this weekend. in addition to the threat of in, they also have to deal with the boys who are very weak and can't swim. the governor in that other area wants a 90% guarantee of sthety a 10% of rk before removing those boysir > fefighters in montgomery county getting creative and trying to rescue a puppy who ll down a storm drain. a fire department spokesperson tweeting out this video of the rescue inve shady gro yesterday. this lite guy no worse for the wear, and apparently tving all of attention. the 9-week-old puppy fell downe narrow drain and first responders using a slim jim to get the puppy and safely pull it

out. coming up, the waters from recent flood having more than recede, but there owes still an impact that we'll all nice. the warning about mosquitos that you'll wanto pay attention to. bought a box of baby wipes online for 25 bucks but that cost her $450 to ship. nbc 4 responds helps her get her money back a wt yound

if you think you've paid way too much for shipping, a manassas mother has got you beaten. >> listen to this up, folks. it coster more than $400 to ship a $25 box of baby wipes. >> that's one clean butt. >> that's a good way -- an expensive butt. >> consumer reporter susan hogan is working with you f what's

behind the excessive shipping 'tes to make sure it doe happen to you, too. >> first off, this mom says she had absolutely n idea she was being charged that much. she thought she was getting free shipping, but when both the seller and amazon denied her clai, she called nbc responds to help wipe away the fee. >> baby sophia has everything she needs, a slinky nursery, cool toys and now the most expensive box of bab wipes on the planet. so why all the fuss? >> it's crazy. there's no way. >> no way that barbara says she would knowingly agree to pay a whopping $452 shipping charge for a $24 box of baby wipes. >> the most frustrating was just dealing with amazon. >> robert didn't notice the shipping charges until later that day. as soon as she did she contacted amazon and the seller to cancel

the order, butas shet getting an immediate answer. >> we were sitting there for, you know, two, three, four five days, and we had to call amazon three to four times, and it was really frustrating because every time we cmaledn to follow up on what the status was, my husband had to tell the amazon customer service rep the story over andver a over again. >> reporter: the third-party seller eco-trade inc's response according to barbara didn't come until after the order was placed. by then -- >> the seller said oh, i'm sorry, i processed your order and we can'tancel it anymore. >> when the baby wipes showed up the lel showed they were sent upsroround f arkansas and the shipping cost should have been less than $25 bucks. wiped out and frustrated these new parents called nbc 4 responds. >> and i was like i'm definitely going tongo somet about it, and i had seen -- i had seen you

guys before and i said, you know, i'm going give them a call and let's see if they can help me out. >> reporter: we contacted amazon, sent them all the documents provided to us by barbara. shortly after amazon told us it investigated the case, refunded the customer and took action on thehe seller saying seller broke their policy which says they cannot set excessive order fulfillment or shipping costs, but the seller never responded to our mail. however, we did notice this on their w site. the only shipping available now is free. >> to make sure that this does not happen to you. any time you change the shipping on your items you have to be aware of the charges. if you have a consumer issue you need helpivi s contacts us

on cwashington/responds. >> you got her money back? >> and that's my last crack on these jokes. >> our director scott wanted to know ionder what that works out per wipe at $400. that's a lot ofoney. crazy. >> and she wasn't even going to use the wipes because she was so angry. >> i don't doubt it. >> but i think she's used them by now. >> good work. >> thank you. turning n to our weather. is it turning better? >> well, slowly. t it's goingbe turning better tomorrow night at this time. it will be pretty nice outll there, r nice actually and scattered thunderstorms out there on storm team 4 radar no right and it's still very muggy so high temperatures today were in the low 90s and it felt close to 100 degrees. take a look. here's what i'm tracking on storm team 4 radar. these storms started toevelop the 4:00 hour in the same location and these parts of fredericknd montgomery county

around poolsville and barnesville and urbana area. if there's not a lot of windut there today to kind of push them off towards the east, i'm goi to continue to track these and the biggest concern, notce arily hail or even strong winds but isolated floodingnc ns. this will lead to hydroplaning for folks around there right now and alert them to that. also i'm tracking this cell that just popped upround manassas and the thunderstorms out to the west are showing signs of fizzling out. the best chance for rain tonight is going to be ifth you're n of washington. here in the district down through southern maryland, most ofs will be mainly dry and 90 degrees right now. scattered thunderstorms until about 7:00, 8:00 p.m. and mostly otoudy at 9:00 and 84 degrees. 11:00 p.m. all that comfortable.

temperatures feeling like 858 degrees, and out there tomorrow it's not ashout. we will have some rain and storms at times and w have dry times as well. >> that's right. we have to dance around the gardening if you have a plans to be in the garden. tomorrow morning a lot of clouds iout there, andyou don't have rain in your area, maybe you'll be able to sneak out and get some gardening done early, upper 70s and mid-morning and early afternoon. that's going to be our best chancewe for s and storms moving through the area. highs tomorrow wmil be in the to upper 80s and still relatively warm, a bit muggy and not until late in the evening once we start to see some clearing that you may be able te do s sunset gardening. let's take a look at tips at our experts. if you want contrast, go for hostas a co rabils and verbena. this weekend is an amazing time

to getng garde done and make some outdoor artists. plenty of sunshine on both saturday and sunday. temperatures in the low 80s both days and we're looking at lower humidity. that's the bigifference out ere over the weekend, amelia, difficult.s been hope is on the horizon. >> yeah, absolutely. it's been bruta around here the last seven days and if you're heading to the weekend it's looking cool there on saturday and sunday, relatively speaking, of course. temperatur0 in the uppers and the water temperature right now around 77, and i have to say pretty breezy out there on saturday at the bches. not a great day to take the boat out if that was in your pla . agaitonight, i'm tracking scattered showers and thunderstorms out there, and as we look at this wkend, here's what somarra was saying and the 90s return by tuesday. pat and jim? >> thanks, amelia. >> a warning about the pesky mosquitos. maryland has way more than usual. motos have really been

reproducing and we're seeingp three times more than easier in the summer. this influx comes after recent flooding in places like howard and anne arundel county. they are spraying pesticides from trucks and no squito-borne illnesses have not been found in the area. runser, mosquito season until october. >> don't like them. more to come tonight. >> next, a local high school choir celebrating 30 years capturing the hearts of their audience. >> the wld renowned eastern high school choir is coming together for the first and only time for a reunion concert. coming up, we'll tell you why yis is a show

storm team 4 has issued a weather alert. we're tracking storms and areas of flash flooding and west. amelia draper has an update to the forecast in about three minutes. locals and tourists in prince william county have a new tool to help them experience the county's history. a web application showcases the historical marke throughout the county. it the includes maps, pictures and information of a virtual tour guide. >> a lot of ourksistoric p

are actively interpreted so it han't cover anything an interpret will cover and not a historical brochure for that particular park but gives you an occurredhe events that in that area. >> for a link to the historical markerinformation,earch marker in the nbc washington app. a performance 30 years ago forever changed the lives of a group of northeast d.c. high school students, and now they are getting back together other alumni to do some good for students behind them. news 4's megan fitzgerald has the story of the eastern high school choir. ♪ . >> to achieve greatness it takee unng commitment, desire. >> monica, you start. >> reporter: and an inspirational lear. like dr. joyce garrett. for more than 30 years she's been the director of the eastern high school choir in northeast

d.c. >> in 1988 the eastern choir went to vienna, austria and participated in an international music festival, and when they came home they had won the second place trophy. >> iwas a huge deal because no one expected these students who came from an area struggling with poverty and drug violence to be singing for president and celebrities. >> how does this inner city school go to vienna end up winning in competition?usic >> reporter: it was a question so many would ask,rrut dr. t would be the first to tell you it started with a dream. she was determined to make sure that every student who enter her classroom knew that excellence was required every day. >> trs like to do whatever is in, so i figured i needed to make being successful the in thing. >> and this included college.

>> i met dr. garrett. i was about 14 years old. ♪ >> something roger giles didn't think he was cut out for. that i'mthe reaso doing music today at the level i'm doing it. she changed my life. she changed all of our >> so after 30 years of teaching and on the anniversary of the eastern high school's trip to austria, the group has come back together one last time. >> so it ended up being a reunion of all the students that i taught from 1972 to 2005 2006. >> everybody on the stage and miss garrett is standing there just directing everybody. that means -- that means a lot me. >> you ready. >> it will mean a lot to former students like roderick, but it ll mean even more for their teacher who dedicated the life succeed. ure that they

>> the story is that they were notom privileged in s other ways buty yet t were able to succeed like anyone. >> reporting in pnce george's county, megan fitzgerald, ews >> beautiful story. beautiful music. there will be nearly 300 alumni singing in the reunion concert on saturday evening, and can you find more informabout that and how to get tickets on our nbc washington app. just search eastern choir. >>reing now at 6:00. scott pruitt is out. president trump's long embattled epa chief resigned. amid scandal after scandal was there a deal-breaker. >> jumped at the pump. new video of a covert carjacking and the warning for you. >> from the battlefield to the stage, an iraq wareteran chasing a new dream.

♪ >> new 4 begins with storm team 4 weather alert. and we're tracking storms and hvy rain on storm team 4 radar. we get you started at 6:00. good evening, everybody. flash flood watches for o somef us right now. others cou just see a passing storm. let's go straight to meteorologist amelia draper with the latest. what's happening amelia? >> based on the latest, this is very concentrated. it looks like most of the area stays dry and where it is raining it's raining heavily and the rain isn'thaoving all fast. take a look at storm team 4 radar n.montmery or frederick county you know exactly what i'm talking b.poolsville through barnesville anwathrough the ersville area seeing very heavy rainfall and lots of lightning right now. you can seehis on ourer to cameras. somarra is manningameras and panning across the area you can see the bottom of the clouds ang the rain falff of our clouds and outside o