breaking right now, after being trapped in a cave for weeks, four boys in thailand are free.ly the next rescue mission could begin in just hours. you're looking live at union station tonight where police are investigating a sickening indication of sex abuse that happened in broad daylight. and this videohows a fairfax county suspect struggle at a shopping center. what led up to that confrontation and how the police chief is responding tonight. a carav of ambulances rushing the first four rescued boys in thailand to the hospital. rescuers meticulously bringing

them out of that flooded underground cave today. the rest ofhe soccer team and their coach have to wait before they can be brought out. nbc's bill kneely has theet breakingls from thailand including some new rescue video. >> reporter: thisese operation has been suspended for the night. it will resume sometime on monday. in the next 10 to 20 hours. that's from the commander who has already called this a great success. in fact,de s this is our masterpiece. four boys have been rescued. they are now at thel hospi receiving medical treatment. they were the first out. we understand the may be the weakest of all the boys. it was an extraordinary operation with the divers, ten of whom weret the cave. they took one boy undneath ea one of them along the two mile passage out of that cave. at some point the boys could also walk along a dry caved.

but it was a perilous, dangerous operation. remember, just a couple days ago a thai navy diver died when he ran ouof there. th boys and the coach remaining. operations will resume just after day break. bill nealy, nbc news, northern tie land. s y with news 4 as we continue to track the rescue in you can find updates in our nbc washington app. ng gears. take a look at this new video. officer x county polic struggling to arrest a man at a busy shopping center. the video that you see behind me here. and you can see the two wrestling on the ground. grabbing the attention of the bystanders behind them. the officer eventually subdues the man who is now facing number of some very serious charge. derrick ward tells us how this all arted. >> reporter: the word arrest

means o to stop stop the motion. that was desired outcome and eventually did happen. but didn't come easy. it's around 3:00 this friday hi afternoon at strip mall off route 1 inlexandria. fairf fairfax county police say the officer walked by the subject, 23-year-old and smelled marijuana. now he asked the subject to stop but police say he didn't. and the officer tried to detain him. at that point the pair come into the view of an overhead security camera. they're already struggling. e struggle continues. about 30 seconds later, bystanders show up. some are videotaping with the cell phones. a few seconds later, the two tumble around and he ends up on top of the officer. now the subject nearly breaks away but the officer grabs him by his shirt and they struggle some more before another officer arrives and the two finally subdue the subject. he iste arr without further incident. the police chief reviewed the video and described the offices actions as professional. fairfax county chief says the

department's pos ng the video in the pursuit of transparency and to show the challenges of chance encounters that can escalate quickly and dangerously. he faces charges of assault on a police officer and possession of marijuana with the intent to distribute. he's being held without bond. now police say the you is inspect had outstanding warrants. to those charges will go on top of the o that were incurred out here. in alexandria, derrick ward, news 4. another gorgeous day outside. let's take a live look over the national cathedral here in northwest d.c. the t stom for meteorologist in the weather center. tonight i imagine would be an a plo night tout for dinner. >> yes. absolutely. it is going to be gorgeous out there. a lot like last night. todays with a replica, maybe little warmer out there. tonight we'll be cool and crisp p again. get's go ahead and take a look outside. the current conditions. see what it's feeling like. oh, man. take a look.

we've got peoplen the boats out there. just really having a grand old time this sunday. i can't bla them. right now temperatures are at 83 degrees. winds are out of the east a 6 miles per hour. very light but nice breeze. if you are headed out tonight, going to maike itke it night on town, temperatures will be dropping. we'll be through the 80s through 7:00 p.m. we start to really cool things wn. it's goi to be a tranquil night. i'll have a look at your monday as wl as the tropics in just a moment. erica? >>. a disturbing crime happening at union station dayest a woman sexually assaulted in a blic area of the station. a witness saw an unconscious woman being sexually assaulted by a man. the woman later told police she was sleeping when the manas ulted her. the police report identifies the suspect as m huntly. he is charged with second degree sex abuse.

we have breaking news in the anuk. a w poised on a military grade nerve agent died. dawn sturgess and her boyfriend gouched an contaminated item eight days rowley is in critical condition. police say tests show they were expood the same nerve agent that sickened a former russian spy and his daughter back in march. police suspect rowley and sturgess handled an from the first attack. russian officials denied any involvement. find morrow is the day we out who president trump will pick h as next supreme court justice nominee. sources tell nbc news mr. trump has narrowed the choices down to four candidates to place just anthony kennedy. two candidates are his former clerks. amy coney barrett and thomas hardiman are high on the list and "the new york times" reports that mr. trumps giving

hardiman a fresh look. theig president's b ennouncement comes ahead of his trip to eurhis week. mr. trump will leave tuesday on a four nation tour. his first stop will be in t uk where tens of thousands are expected to protest his visit. trade and military spending will be some of the major topics discussed. he also will visit lgium, scotland before meeting withru ssian president vladimir putin in finland. driver going the wrong way on. i find out what happened when the secret service tried to chase him down. and new evidence of the community coming together to support

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the community continues to rally around the people at the capital gazette. a reporter teamed up with abr ery for this fundraiser today. our news partners at wtop taking the picture at the crook & crab brewing company. all of the proceeds from the raffle and the silent auction as well as a dollar from every pinl sold wbe donated to help those affected by the newsroom shooting. mourners are remembering the life of gerald fischman whoas killed during the ram pain. he served as the capital's

editorial page editor. and right now people are alsohe paying respects to rebecca smith. a visitation taking place outside baltimore. a s memoriavice will begin in about 45 minutes. smith was a sales assistant with the newspaper. a man leads police on a chase from d.c. into northern virginia tt left two people injured early this morning. a news 4 viewer capturing the in rmath here on i-66 rosalynn. a secret service officer says the drer was going the wrong way on i street in northwest. the driver then got on to i-66 also going the wrong way. the driver bails of the car but not before hitting another car. both the drive of that car and the passenger in the suspect's vehicle suffered minores inju. police arrested the pasivnger. the dr has not been found. local young singers met the president and took their talents around the world. ♪

>> the choir that helped change their future has been honored at another prime performance. and a man had her c ready to record a wedding proposal. there was just one littl problem. can you

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reunited for a special performance at a church in prince georgeas county. 30 ago when they attended high school, they saw their lives change when they came together to sing. news 4's megan fitzgerald talked to them just before th reunion. ♪ >> reporter: to achieve greatness, it takes waivering commitment, desire -- >> monica, which foot do you start on? >> reporter: and inspirational leader. like dr. joyce garret. for more than 30 years, she's been the director of the eastern high school choir in northern east d.c. >> in 1988, the eastern choir we to vienna austria and participated in an international music tstival. why came home, they had won the second placey. tro ♪ >> it was a huge deal n because one expected these students who came from an areag struggl with poverty and drug violence to be singing for presidents and

celebrities. >> the inner city schoolgohoir o vienna and end up winning in a classicalusal competition. ♪ >> reporter: it was a question so many would ask. but dr. garret will be the first to tell you it started with a drea she was determined to make sure every student who entered her classroom knew that excellence was required every day. >> tnagers like to do whatever is the in thing. so i figured i needed to make being successful the in thing. >> reporter: and that included college. ♪ >> i met dr. garret, a i wasut 14 years old. ♪ >> reporter: something r der gilen't think he was cut out for. >> she is the reason that i'm doingic m today at the level that i do it. she changed my life. yeah, she changeded all of our lives. >> reporter: so after 30 years of teaching and onhe

anniversary of the eastern high school's trib p too australia treea, the group came back together. >> it was a reunion of thets stud i taught from 1972 to bo 2005 and 2006. >> everybody on the stage and miss garret just standing there just directing everybody. that means -- that means a lot to me. ts reporter: it will mean a lot to former studenike roger and it will mean even more forer their teach who dedicated her life to make sure they succeed. >> the story is that they were not privileged in so many other ways. but,yet, they were able to succeed like anyone. >> reporter: reporting in prince george's county, megan ew fitzgerald, 4. >> the choir and its director were honored last night and they celebrated the silver medal finish at that international youth and music festival in vienna. all right. i love this story.

so the b w momen set. a grandfather in new mexico w all ready to record an engagement proposal. he forgot oneng t >> grandpa. way the other >> john hart ended up recording himself instead of the couple.ay oh, my goodness. he just -- he forgot to turn the camera around. so itead of capturing the i do, all you're getting is mr. heart there for, i don't know, several seconds, obviously. i think there is the happy couple at some point. but all you're seeing is bless his heart. he tried. he tried. >> the suggle is real, erica. >> it's hard. it it's hard to take a good picture. >> plenty of good pictures to be found outsidetoday. another gorgeous day. today is like a carbon copy of yesterday. >> exactly. a little warmer. it made it even better.

to think we're in for it again tomorrow. >> really? >> yeah. >> all right. >>e get too this again. so we are looking alt another day filled with sunshine. temperatures in the mid to upper 80s. absolutely gorgeous. oure's a look at headlines. it's also going to be another refreshing night. we are looking at warmer conditions and i'm alsog track the tropics. here's a look at the current temperatures right now. 83 degrees in washington, d.c. 're at 77 in winchester. 83 inmanassas. 82 in gaithersburg. so we are on our way down and headed to our overnight low. tonight's low will be in the upper 60s. the f you're outside of district, we could see temperatures drop to the upper 50s, low 60s again.de but in the beltway, we should be in the mid to upper 60s. low humidity, clear starry night. absolutely gorgeous o ere. planning out your monday, here's what you need to know. it's going to be likda we're going to take it up a notch. another notch. headed to the upper 80s for your monday. plenty of sunshine throughout the day. blue skies.

humidity stays low even though we warm up and that's what makee difference. today we were dry. tomorrow we're dry. it goes up a bit as we move into tuesday and wednesday. we're watching this front. the thing is not too promiseg. so if see any rain, it's not going to be a washout. it will be lateuesday into wednesday morning. we're seeing light showers and then maybe aor few thunder popping up . awe'll keep an eye on. that taking a look at the ic tr we've been tracking what is now our third name disturbance in t atlantic of the season. this is tropical storm chris. remember we were monitoring it a few days ago as just a tropica depression. well, right now it's off the coast of the carolinas. and then we had a little farther into the atlantic. now brelling down towards the lesserll anti. that is tracking them. it is a tropical storm. it has weakened. as far as chris close home, notice how it could t strengtoh

to hurricane status. but it zooms up and out to sea. at is good new for us. your storm team 4 ten day outlook, check it out. temperatures are going to volley in thepper 80s, low 90s as we head through much of the week. rain chances no the that strong. even next week. a few models hinting at it. overall, i think we are going to be on the dri side of things. we could see another heat wave in there next week, erica. >> i'm hoping to squeeze in just a little bit of pool time tomorrow. tomoow will be our saturday. so let's get to it. all right. still ahead, so alex ovechkin stanley cup tour continues in russia. oh, there is lots to t

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>> marlins chipped away at the nationals who finally get a win in the four game series. the nationals looked like they ran out of gas this afternoon after scoring a total of 35 runt in first three games. tonight we'll find out who will represent the nationals aome in this year's all star game. brice harper among the vote leadersthen the las totals came out. but j.t. looking like an all star for the marlins. in the second with the bases et loaded, he this one to right. that brings in two runs. a two run single for himfi with ve for six with three rbi in e game. marlins take a 3-0 lead. now bottom of the second. dani p murphy at thelate with two on. murph lines this one into right.

mark c reynoldsing in to score. murphy with an rbi single. one of two rbi in the game f him. nats on the board down 3-1. in the ird, nats down 3-2. two on and two o for spencer. he gets a lots of thi one. deep to left. derrick detrick back. somehow makes this incredible grab slamming into the wall saving two runs. smashing into the wall does not feel good but he gets up. he's fine. marlins hold on to their 3-2 lead. now in theninth, marlins bust it wide open. now pitchin for the nationals. mark reynol, yes, major league pitching debut. not a smooth transition after his ten rbi lastnight. but reynolds gets in a little celebration there for from ryan zimmerman and scherzer. he hasn't won a start in over a month. and drops to3-11 on the season. >> we're going to have to sit downnd figure this thi out with them. i know he's better than that.

so does he. we talk about him throwing the ball down. he goes through a stretch where he gets the ball down. he loo really good. he elevates again. and gets hit. nd start back tomorrow and figure this thing out. we need him moving forward. we need him to be the rock that we all know he can be. >> so the os ttwing on the ins. machado expected to be traded before the deadline. showing off for teamss one. bottom of the second.n two o for mitch garver. machado coming up with the leaping grab. manny robbing garver and then just smiling and sayingcheese. great play there from the shortstop. garver gets revenge though in the fth with a man on. he leaves no doubt about this one. a monster twoo run shot tthe left. twins take a 2-0 lead. in the xth, twins now out to a 7-0 lead. brian dossier gets inn the homer party. he launches a three run shot to left. twins beat the birds 10-1.

baltimore's sixth straight loss. now over in russia, alex ovechkin having a party with family and friends aheck out this cake. a spinning, yes, spinning o ovechk at the top holding the cup and singing "we are the champions." then he filled the cup with caviar ao serving it guests. it would not be a stanley cup party with the grade a good they did not do cup stands. he joined his teammates. but a sad moment at the end of the night. ovechkininally having to say good-bye to the stanley cup and he told the cup see you next year. >> all right. a commissioner adam silver on hand in vegas for summer league action. wirds taking on the spurs. a chance to see what first round pick troy brown jr. has to offer. he scored early in the game. he knows how to dish. nice find right here. then in th second half, brown showing off the quick step driving to the basket. d we mention he can also play

defense? comes up with a steal. gets the hoop and foul. brown finishes with 21 points, 12 rebounds, but the wizards fall 95-90 and drop to 0-2 in summer league play. despite the loss, there still was a lore around ther to get his autograph because he's in his hometown. >> of>> course. f course you would expect that. all right. sherry, thank you. so enjoy theay tomorrow. we have another day of spectacular >> yeah.. upper 80s. plenty of sunshine. >> thank you for joining us. we'll see you tonight for news 4 at 11:. 00

rescue rescuers in thailand risk their lives to save that youngte socc am trapped for more than two weeks in a flooded cave, a race against time. some already pulled out alive and rushed to the hospital where their famies are waiting. as desperate hours tick by how long will it take to bring t all the rest? rescue operations underway right w. this is nbc nightly newsat withsnow. >> as sunday dawns people across the world got the news they had been t waiting hear. four of the young soccer players trapped in the cave in are out, rescued after more than two weeks all safely in the hoit