bear story like this before where the bear get out of the tree and makes a mad dash and it was quite incredibl and some of the people out here were kind of scared to see the little come out and run across the yards and across the street. this all unfold rht here in the tree behind me in these yards. it started right around 1:00 this afternoon. we've been here a day,ike you said, and chopper 4 up in the air, so there's a lot o video ofhis, but it took a long time to get him down. of the ow you the video very end of this. you see the bear climb dn out of the tree. it happened very suddenly. authorities were here and they we in place and ready. they already hit them with a tranquilizer hgun, but suddenly decided that he was going to make a run for it, and that's what he a did,nd he ran across the yard,os rans the street here into some oth yards and then towards the prce william parkway, and i can tell you there were people out here who werng screa some people were running for cover when once they realiz,

hey, this is a wild animal. this bear is making a run forant all the police officers were chasing after them as well. the good news is they had been hit by t tranquilizer gun so he basically ran out of steam. he was able to be captured by authorities. he'll be returned to the wild. now, this all unfolded in cory johnson's back-yard. you were says g t scarey. >> i have small kids and a dog they will sure how relate to. it might have been escalated a little faster. i don't know how the amal would have reacted after that. >> this makes my day. >> reporter: why is that? >> because i'm retired, and usually le a very subdued l e until today. >> reporter: a little excitement? >> this is hey lost excitement. >> reporter: not too much though, oh, , no. >> this is a lot of excitement here in the woodbridge neighborhoodere today and a lot of people standing out here and watching for hours. the bear, you couldn't see him very well and he was hidden in

the shade. everyone is coming to a very good conclusion. hopefully he'll wind up back u,me. back to wenld, leon. >> absolutely. we were worried when he ran out he would get over on the parkway and w were all on the edges of our seat in the newsroom as well so it's a good ending so wehe he ets back to the woods where he belongs. >> yeah, i'm concerned about that as well. saw him take off to the roadway because he had didn't want anything to happen. founately it did not. >> great. good story and ending. thanks, darcy. a strin of unsolved cold cases gets new attention thanks to technology and the suspect's dna. the three cases go back more an two decades. june 25th, 1989, a woman was raped on lewis avenue in rockville. now, fast forward to september of 1994, and an attempted rape on twinbrook parkway. in october that have year a woman was raped and killed in rockville, and detectives now

say that this is the face of the attacker. news s meagan fitzgerald joins us live to explainia y these cae s appear torelated. meagan? >> reporter: well, yeah, so leon, police tell that is two of the three cas are connected through dna, but all three cases, what they have in common is that these women would get ostomy tree here at the twin wook station andld be on their way before they would be violently attacked. >> we had a total of three cases. one rape, an attempted rape, and then ultimately rape and murder of another female. >> reporter: montgomery county police want you to take a good look at i theseges and the last what they say a serial rapist andr murde looked like in the early '90s. a newly created dna shows what they think he looks like now. police say it started in 1989 when this suspect sexually assaulted a woman in rockville. five years later in september

1994 police say he tried to rape a woman w while she walking home on twinbrook parkway.ay investigators she was able to fight him off, but he left this yellow flashlight behind. two weeks later -- >> i remember coming home that evening, and there were, you know, cop cars. >> reporter: police say that same suspect targeted this 42-year-old woman who was a researcher at children's spital and was walking home from work. >> when your next door neighbor gets muered, that'sretty unsettling. >>eporter: it's been nearly 24 years, but neighbors who live on rookville willin never forget the day she was murdered. >> i have two little girls and shocking to us. >> reporter: police say the suspect attacked and assaulted the woman before she could enter her home. her body was found days later in a wooded area in h backyard. >> i always wonder if the there.r is still out >> reporter: police have been trying to solve these crimes for

y are hoping t this new image of the suspect will help them crack the case.ic now, p describe the suspect as a white guy. they say he's 6 feet tall. he should in his 40s or 50s. at the time of th crimes he tells us they are about 180 pounds. if you recognize him or recognize that yellow flashlight that you saw in the story. police are asking you to contact th right away. leon. >> thank you so much. meagan fald reporting live. wendy? >> reporter: dna composite sketches are changing how police solve their crimes these days and this is how it, would. your dna is a blueprint for your body. companies like the nano lab in reston use dna markers and make predictions about what you look like based on that. it can take months and sometimes hundreds of thousands of computers are needed and eventually algorithms predict hair color, freckles, face shape

and a picre is created. the procedure helped solve a caves unidentified remains in an arundel county. detectives noticed similarities with the dnatc composite s and a missing person's photo. dentalecords confirmed t match. the victim's family led police to a man whoonfessed to that killing. if you want to see more about how this technology works. nbc news tried it out with correspondent kate snow. just look in the nbc washington app to check it out. new details about the murder of a fairfax county teenager y whose bod was found in january two weeks after she was reported missing. no one is charged in her death, but police have described her ex-boyfriend as a person of interest. a newly unsealed document reveals that the 17-year-old admits he strangled musa during argument over his conviction for prior assault on her. the strangulation case against the ex-boyfriend is being

handled now in juvenilrt as a hearing is set for next month. because he is a juvenile. news 4 is not naming m. it just about 4:00 in the morning right now in thailand and aittle bit later from now rescuers will be going back to try to free the remaining four boys and a coach who have beepe tr in that cave for more than two weeks. this weekend the rescue teams managed e gets eight of boys out safely. this is an extremely difficult operation, even for the most experienced divers. one of the rescue team divers spoke with the "today" show about the conditioin they are dewith. >> it's hard to medicate and unless you have artificial lights with you, and it requires a lot of training, and it's still dangous, even for the best cave divers, so it's a major challenge. it's to make sure that these kids don't start to panic.

>> this same diving team that has been successful these past few days will be once again returning to rescue remaining four boys and the coach, and there is concern that they a fatigued, that they might becomeomplacent from their previous successes. in the meantime, and there's a dangthat. in the meantime, some of the boys who have been saved have been asking for their favorite foods, as you can imagine. the dtors say medically they are just not up to that just yet. just about four hours fro now president trump plans to announce his nominee to succeed justice anthony kennedy on the supreme court, and regardless of who it is that he picks the fight is already underway on capitol hill, and the decision could likely mean a monumtal shiftn the high court. nbc's susan mcginnis reports. >> reporter: tonight president trump reveals his choice for the next supreme court justice. >> i'm getting very close to making a final decision. >> reporter: not yet? >> and believe this person

will do a great job. >> reporter: on a short list to replace retiring justice anthony ken dishes all feder judges, including brett kavanaugh of washington, d.c., amy con barrett of illinois, thomas hardiman o massachusetts and raymond kethledge of michigan. republicans ready t solidify a conservative majority on the high court see all as good options. >> republicans are holding four lottery tickets, and all of ther winners. >> i think they would be fine justices of the supreme court. i do think the president those think about who is the to get confirmed here. >> reporter: but democrats wore' right-leaning court could change americans' lives on issues including abortion healthcar and more. >> this next nominee will be the swing ve t overturn "roe v. wade" and equally important to -- if it's right, the protection of millions of americans who suffer from pre-,isting conditio

healthcare rights, workers' rights, gay rights and investigate rights. >> repter: republicans with a razor-thin senate majority face a tight confirmation vote and a short time frame to confirm a new justice t before november mid-term elections. the republicans' fear is that the democrats could tretake senate and possibly have enough power to derail any nominee. in washington, susan mcginnis, nbc news. >> and nbc news will have special coverage of trump's pick tonight at 9:00 p.m. you can watch that right here on nbc 4. at a hearing today, the trump administrationed acknowlet will not be meeting tomorrow's court-order deadline to retur all immigrant children younger than the age of 5 to p theirents after they had been separated at the u.s.-mexico border. instead, a governmentttorney says the government will release half the kids, 50 of 102 bei w l. the government says it's still working to do background checks, to confirm thela onships between the adults and the children in custody.

and while tomorrow's deadline concern the youngest children, a judgeas ordered last month that all families be reunited by the 26th of july. it won't openthp for anoer week, but we're getting a look inside the district's newest stadium. what fans can expect when d.c. united finally hits the pitch play at audi field. a 17-year-old murder and killed for his gucci belt. new pictures new details coming up on news 4. >> i'm adam tuss. progress for the commute as these road closed signs are going away. c just a few hours i'll tell you what roads y drive on once again coming up. and a pretty nice day today, but i'm tracking what will be a hurricane maybe as early as tonight. already v ay strong tropical storm. we'll show you where this goes and we'll tal about the k

three weeks ago someone shot and killed teenager on a playground in the middle of the afternoon. the killer then stole the ctim's designer belt. this afternoon we're hearing a newlea from the boy's father as police release new images they hope will heed to the teen's killer. pat collins is at prince george's police headquarters with more on the story. pat? >> reporter: leon, in broad daylight a playground isan

ormed into a murder scene. a 17-year-old shot at close range, and t tn --n came the bbery. this i a picture of the victim taken minutes before the murder. police say young man was shot and killed for this silver watch and that gucci belt. i willhi never want to happen to anyone else. that's why we have to get this indivial off the street. life is way more important than a belt and a watch. >> the victim brian avalrado estaville, just 17 years old. it happened three weeks ago at this plaround in bin ladensburg. police say brian was here with some friends when a hogunman him at close range and then took his necklace, his watch and that belt. jose avalrado is brian's dad.

today he playeda a p for help. >> i want justice for my son. all my family wanted that snow ornt justice your son? >> justice for my son. i need help to find the guy. >> reporter: witnesses say the killer was wearing bright blue air jordan shoes like these. at the murder sne memorial nr brian. his dad says he'er forgot his son and how much he meant to him. >> i miss my son. he'll stay in my heart for the rest my life. >> reporter: there's a $25,000 dreward poste in this murder case. leon, back to you. much.nk you so wendy? >> tomorrow, another memorial service will be held for one of the victims of last month's

"capital gazette" shooting rampage. friends and family will be remembering sportseporter john mcnamara at the university of maryland. mcmara grew up in bethesda. he was 56 coo years old and became one of five employees shot and killed at the annapolis newspaper shot and kille on ne 28th. the search is on for the driver responsible for a hit-and-run traveling on the wrong side of the interstate in arlington. a viewer snapped this photohat you see here. this is the scene on sunday. police say they are looking for 28-year-old victor ebay of springfield, virginia. 're told he failed to yield to a secret service officer yesterday morning and drove then wrong way i-66. crashed into another vehicle head-on and then he somehow managed to get away. the passenger and driver other car suffered minor injuries. your love-hat relationship with beach drive in the district

is going to get more complicated because of that shifting road work. our transportation reporter adam tuss is along the road to tell us what it's going to do now. >> nobody likesed complic relationships, wendy, nobody, and here on beach drive it has been incredibly complicated sections 've had opening and closing. look in, three hours this part of beachrive right here at broad branch and blagden avenue will open back utup, b just as this opens up tomorrow a new section closes down so time to study up. >> reporter: moved out and ready to go. progress for the commute and get another section of this massive beach drive rehab in the books rd commuters couldn't be happier to get of that old pavement. >> oh, i mean just the whole w thing potholes everywhere. >> reporter: kristen not only drives along this stretch, burr she also rides herdi bike. you know they will open this section tonight? >> no, i did not know that. breakinger: so we're

some news to you. >> all right, great, super exciting. >> reporter: this next stretch that will open is 1.5 miles long from bragden avenue and joyce road a northwest that means starting tomorrow this section shuts down from joyce road to the maryland line. jonathan schaffer with the national parks service. mp it's hard to predict exactly what the traffict will be from this, but driversho sd anticipate following the signed detour. >> reporter: beach drihr has gone tough an extensive renovation through the year with a loem of imprts for the cars, better trails and pedestrian access to the national zoo and more bumps to be ironed out. the entire projecto be finished by fall of next year and for many it's a sign that the ride is getting better. >> i'm really happy with t results. >> a lot of drivers coming by here and we'll telling them this is opening back up in a few hours. ppy to hear that and the other good news is once this part of beach drive opens back up, a

it's all fixed, they won't h e to come back for 30 years to fix anything. guys, back for you. >> that's what they say now. >> right. >> that's what they say now. >> fingers crossed, hleon. >>e the detour signs because there's a point where they leave the detour signs out in a neighborho and you're going now what? where am i? >> reporter: gets a little less complicated, guys. >> really, i don't think so. thanks, adam. >> thanks, adam. people in d.c. recently uniform create a minimum wage for all workers, including those who work for tips, but not everyone was happy tth that decision. >> so whyhat proposal might never being a law. >> how loud is too loud when it mes to streetco

got a nice little break from the heat wave. >> it's like we're up in maine this weekend. >> gorgeous. >> it was amazing. >> really was. stepped outside and it's like i need a jacket. >> i know. >> at night. f and thae pit is going on. >> in july. >> turn it the ac off over the windows. >> it's great. >> it was incredible. >> today's the last day of the week with really nice weather. temperatures today in the mid to upper 80s and with low humidity

fairly comfortable out there. back in the 90s and the humidity starts to creep up as well. not all that bad. out there right now. beautiful sunshine and gorgeous weather. 87 degrees and a nic breeze. winds out of the south at 13 miles per hour. yeah, that southerly wind willl o heat things up as we move on to the next few days and as i mentioned h idity will be more of a factor. tomorrow, look at the numbers, 88 in frederick and 86 in manassas and 87 fredericksburg. not a single 90 on the map though iid see 90 in baltimore and now down to 89. july.o f a very warm month and much warmer than normal. no rain so far. had zero rain at the airport. had a couple of showers and a couple of thunderstorms develop in some areas and most of us have seen dry conditions. after what was a very wet june and july was really dry. we do need some rain and this trend with warmers temperatures and no rain, yeah, this trend looks to continue as we head

towards the middle part of the month. nothing in there as i'm talking about, high and dry from d.c., all of virginiala and ma, west virginia and no clouds in the sky and you open up this map here and off the coast we've got a couple of swirls, one of which tropical. tropical storm chris. just an upper level system over parts of th atlantic and this is tropical storm chris and very close to hurricane strength and close to 70 miles per hour.ra the takes it close to a hurricane and keeps it offshore and will continue to keepri the current threat along the east coast over the next couple of days so heading to th beaches that's something to think about here. amelia will join me a little later on and we'll talk about that coming up at 5:45. high temperature degrees and mostly sunny. hotnd not too humid tomorrow. it will be a hot day. temperatures around 90. drs us back down to 88. hot. warm and not overly 89 on friday and make our way

towards saturday a most of the area is dry and much better chance of showers next tuesday, wednesday and thursday and look at the heat wave coming up early next week. we'll be in the low to mid-90s and even upper 90s as we head to the early pf next week. tomorrow is hot. i like it hot. it's backyard weatherme guys. >> i'll take it. here we go. here we go, yah. want me to come to your backyard, all you have to do is go to myacebook page, nbc washington facebook page and click on the backyard weather tab, and maybe i'llee you in your backyard. i'm so excited tomorrow. wait until you see where i go tomorrow. it's going to befun. >> and we're excited because ea's another opportunity to watch you >> i'm excited about that, too. >> exactly. >> yes. the doug will be in your backyard but not holding a range. can you believe in a. >> all rig. a locally owned distillery is facing a monster legal matter.hy iming up, w the maker of monster energy filing a lawsuit against the company.

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here are some of our top stories. chopper 4 showing you a black bear in the tree. he's thinking what's the fs all about. he's in woodbrim, but you know what. th wasn't a good place for

him, so after a standoffhat lasted for hours, off he went. prince william county police in uit. they were able to tranquilize him and take him back to the woods. >> new technologynd dna helped create this composite sketch here.ou see montgomery county police believe this is a man responsible for a string of rapes and a murder in rookville. the cases are more than two decades old. youan see how the person may have aged in that time. >> tonight in primetime president trump plans to announce his pick for the supreme court. cnbc reporting the president has made his decision. four appellate court judges are considered finalists. that announcement will be made at 9:00 tonight. watch the special coverage here on n 4. d.c. united just a matter of days away from playing their first game in their brand-new stadium. >> just a few minutes ago team players and city officials cut the ribbon on that newe. h news 4's mark segraves got a look inside and also an exclusiv look at the locker

rooms. mark? >> that's right, wendy. take a look over my shoulder because as you sd they just cut the ribbon a few minutes ago. they are getting to talk and meet with some of the players but it was our own dave johnson, sports partner from wto radio and voice of d.c. united who kicks off the celebration here. >> we waited long fort ando deserved about what we're about to unveil. the new gem. >> with that the new home for d.c. united is officially opaned. many on for today's ribbon cutting were here 18 months ago for the g.ground-break d.c. united has spent their first 22 seasons playing atrfk stadium which has seen its better days. d.c. united's new home, the $500 million audi field, seats 20,000 fans including a section for fan clubs who tend to stand for

this isn't ame, and just going to be the home for d.c. united soccer. th also have college and women's soccer games already on the books, and this cane converted into a 23,000-seat venue for ouoor concerts. news 4 got a a sneak peek the visitor's locker room. the home team locker room is still under construction, but we're told the lockers wil be wooden, not metal. as for the fan experience here, audi field gives you a chance to get closer to the actionhan any other major league soccer stadium in the country with field seats just inches from the action. >> reporter: now, you've stille got to get down here and get a sneak peek at the stadium. this fanxperience will go on until 7:00. you can get pictures and autographs for the players and go inside the stadium and things really kick off here saturday at 8:00. that will be the first home goal and, yes, there are stills

tick available. there will be a concert in the parking lot tohi gets started at 4:00. that's the very thing. the audi field he atd.c. united. leon, back to you. >> can't wait to see that place get rocking and rolling. mark segraves reporting live. >> wendy? >> d.c. will consider a bill to er how loudly local street musicians can play. as more people move to the downtown area, they are seeking to turn that volume down. news4's derrick ward is live in chinatown with the details on this, andin that's of the epicenter of this. ed it is. this is one of the hot spots, and if you're familiar with this intersection, it's never quiet but if you add some amplified c to the usual rattle a hum of the city some think it's too muchnd they have the ear of the city council. they are as much an urban fixture as brick sidewalks and have been for years ander pps

you've heard mike blackstone playing in his favorite venues and someone in the nearby office eas complained. >> they c out and complained when they were having meet national there and came out and told me could i cut it down. >> blackstone says that's not a problem. well, i would just leaveitnd wa and come back. >> and folksnd who live a work in other parts of d.cm say the prob much worse for them. gallery place and zoning and culture. a popular place to play live. >> they can't hear in their its. can't hear their t.v. or anything because the noise is so load. >> council member jack evans is among t sponsors of the amendment act of 2018 and that would put decibel limits in part on how loud it is 100 feet in any direction. >> oh, it's just a balance between the people w live there. >> others think it's not such a sound idea.

>> it's great for tourists. it's great for passersby and a great sound. >> it's a touchy issue for residents. there's a petition in support of the bill circulating, but most don't even wanto talk about it on camera. per formers against the bill say they don't want it to be too adversarial. it's been more of the residents ouving in and having like, you know, a comment abit. >> and they are willing to turn down what should be a happy medium. >> i want them to befo cable but we also have to be comfortable and things have to be fair. >> now m phones and sound systems for parades and special events would be on this bill and there was a provision in th bill that had ten days in jail as part of the strucre. ouat's been taken out of the emergency pill and be a part of any emergency legislation. in half an hour they will have a

protest and informational event to sort of bring people's attention tohis whole issue. live in chinatown, wendy, back for yo >> what if -- don't want to put them in jail and how do they enforce it and how bad would the fine be if you break the decibel level? >> it'sike a $300 fine. i think they are still working that out and a lot of times it's going to up to the behest or judgment of whatever police officer comes across it. there's a fine -- there's like a warning structure first and thef ou return and don't assist the fine, any other kind of nuisance crimes or anything like that in the city. the ten-day jail sentence cf ld be parte permanent legislation but it's off the table for the permanent legislation which lasts the 0 days. >> okay. derrick ward. >> t w results't be official for another week or so, but mark elrich is claiming victory in the race for the democratic nominati to be the next county

executive. fewer than 100 votesow separate elrich from david blair in thatal race. the f count will be certified next monday. either candidate could were a recount. >> after 30 years in business thve be american city diner in northwest d.c. is now closed. jeffre gildenhorn opened that diner on connecticut avenue in 1988ynd fam members say it was his passion, but he passed away last year and relatives say it'seen a struggle to keep the business going it. never quite recovered from that recent elect call outage. >> it was out, you know, biggest wish that we kept this going for as long as we could and i hope we did him proud. so heartwarming, so heartwarming to know it touched so many peoplellnd so many people miss it. >> what happens to that space now in the fily tells new 4 they would be happy inmeomeone cos and reopens the dine they are to keep the legacy alive. >> it was at sight tha was too

close to comfort and the frightening scene for drivers ter this bru fire shut down a highway. >> and the big change being made by starbuckshe to help environment. ahead, what's going to replace those plastic straws at the counter. >> and here's the latest on tropical storm chris. so close to becoming a hurricane. so when could it reach hurricane streng and where i impacts here in the

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cluding tipped workers a $15 minimum wage by the year 2020. a lot of public restaurant workers campaigned against the measure argng it could lead to increased menu prize, fewer tips and lowere their t home pay. >> tped employees at a minimum are making whatever the minimum wage is in that market. the language was so confusing that if you are not really familiar with this industry, you're going to go in and you're going to vot let mow vote yes for higher wages. >> reporter: council chairman phil mendelson will oppose legislation to stop there will be no hearings or votes until fall. attorneys general from 11 states including maryland and the disict areooking into what they call no poaching agreements that some fast food workers have to sign. it keeps them from leaving one franchise to work at another franchise of the same chain because the concern is that

low-wage workers would have less opportunity for a promotionr better hours. they have sent letters to eight ns including downing donuts, burger king anduy five gs asking for copies of those agreements by august. >> a local small business is a faciight with one of the nation's biggest energy drinks because of the letter "m." what's it like when y have aou

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owner o mularkey distillery of taking thon monster ogh a >> put all this equipment together ourselves. >> reporter: if you lookround mularkey distillery in bristol, virginia, one thing is they really, really like the letter "m." >> something we're passionate about but not everyre likes th logo has much as they do ooke monster energy who says it looksuch like their "m." >> this one is ours, this is theirs. any confusion? >> feels unfair. >> 108 pages. >> reporter: inis office murray pulls up the legal complete monster sent them. >> it has been stressful. i had a full head of hair when it started. creat creating a nuisance to a small company. >> it's scary. all i see are dollar signs. th are trying to own "m" throughout the entire universe. >> reporter: a copyright lawyer

says he thinks monster wl lose that argument. murray says after all the effort he's pred intois business. >> a lot of blood, sweat and tears. >> reporter: he won't lette mo crush his spirit. >> i think someone for the small guys needs to step up and tell them to stop, and for better or worse i'm that guy right inow. bristow, aimee cho, news 4. >> over theears monster energy has filed complaints against an aquarium, a root beer company, a moving company. the list goes on and on. >> maybe i'm crazy, b that doesn't even look close. >> not even close. one is an "m" and one is dripping monster "m." >> exactly, b what do we know? >> become an issue in communitiestr across the co and today starbucks became the biggest drink vendor to announce that they are disc plastic straws. the company says it will phase out plastic straws from all of its low chases by 2020 and plan to use straws from biodegradable

materials like paper and specially designed lids. here in d.c. they already have newer lids, and we picked one up. do you have one over there? >> we picked one up today. it looks like a 50-cup -- you can't see it? >> no, someone threw it on the ground. >> okay. >> we showed you how popular it is. >> hold on a second. i'm going to go get it. go ahead and keep talking. >> lord. it does kindhi of work. >> looks like someone cut a hole in it with a knife. >> exacy. >> but i works because it has a hole at the top. >> this explains the whipped cream discussion we were having in the newsroom today. >> also, because everything -- if everything you drink out of thishing is hot and the hole is this big it will spray down your throat and you're going to get scorched. >> get a paper straw. you're an adult. can you figure that out. we have homes and mortgages and

we can figure this str thing out. this is what drivers had to face along a busy freeway in livermore, california, abo a hour east of san francisco as wildres burn out of control. >> reporter: these are the terrifying iges that greeted drivers along interstate 580, a edwall of bright flames, thick black smoke, and it was on thev across both east and westbound lanes and nobody knew what to do. this woman 8 and a half monthsh pregnant wer daughter in the backseat were stuck in it. >> reporter: other dvers turned around and tried to escape on their own. did you try to turn around? >> i did, and thought are we supposed to do that?

everyone started to go around and srted to turn both ways and people trying to turn around made an even bigger mess. >> eventually the chp got through the traff mess shutting down the freeway in both directions backing up traffic for miles and here turning around eastbound vehicles and heading them off the freeway leaving big rigs driverrying to figure out a work-around like the couple from minnesota who pulled over to take a rest break and woke up to this huge fire. >> kind of scary wdering if we were safe here or t. >> boy, california has just been hammered. >> yeah. >> we saw the fires and then t flooding and the -- and the mutt slides. >> right. >> in santa trbara. >> ase are going to continue, you know. this is just the start of fire season tot goes i fall. september and october are some of the worst months out there. going to be a long one and once

again they are on the dry side. for us too, on the dry side here as well. plenty of sunshe and bright blue skies and weather is perfect. yeah, we're starting to need me rainfall. we haven't had meaningl rain e last couple of weeks. 87 degrees and 86 degrees by 7:00 and dropping tobout 78 degrees by 11:00 tonight. a very nice night. 88 rockville and 86 in cam springs. feels nice. nonhance of r today, and we won't see much of a chance of week all wee long. 78 degrees and 85 by noon and 90 to hot hand not too humid tomorrow. at's the big thing. going for a hive 94, and then we attention downr to the south. no clouds around our area and look at this. this is close to a hurricane. this is tropical storm chris with a little bit more on this hand another tropicastorm call stem out there and amelia right now in the weather center. >> right now we're tracking tropical storm chris.

still a tropical storm likely becomes a hurricane either late tonight or early tomorrow morning. the maximum sustained winds at 70 miles per hour, but this system just not moving. it's pretty much been in the same place all weekend, but as we move into the overnigh hours and then throughout the day tomorrow, it is going to start to pick up steamnd move towards the northeast and just staying off the coast as a category 1 hurricane likely through wednesday aron and after that on thursday it does weaken, and then we talk abouthe remnants of beryl. can you see them moving pretty much over pueo rico and here the latest radar coming out of puerto rico. there was flash flood warnings issued for partsf puerto rico. notice the isolated mud slides in parts of the island from the avy rain. that's been moving through. beryl could strengthen, and, again, if it does, it would beryl once e called again, but we're still referring to it at that. you can see the radar in puerto stco dropping out and talking with our meteorolooseph martinez on telemundo, this is

the radar, doug, impacted by the hurricanes so he' saying you can't always necessarily rely on it to bring that information in. you can see with the latest sweep it's pulling in rain with heavy rain falling on western partsth of e island and back here at home our ten-day forecast virtually completely dry. for the most part. 94 tomorrow and 90 on wednesday and 88 thursday and 89 friday. nothing but sunshine here. the hottest day tomorrow but then, look, got even more heat next week saturda andunday. high temperatures around 90 to 92 degrees. chance of a stormunday and better chance coming up late next week with the real heat hand humidity moving back in. another heat wave in the making. >> we're working on aealthy snack that can make you sick from delmonte. it's recalling its pre-packaged vegetable trays because a parasite is making people sick. re than 200 people in the midwest have developed intestinal infections and seven had to be hospitalized. these are containers have the usually broccoli, cauliflower,

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you may beed surpro learn that, that our area is one of the country's hot spots for human trafficking. but victims who arerying to escape that will soon have a new plac to find help. bureau chief julie carey reports on this week's opening of the salvation army's brand-new shelter. >> reporter: its location be kept a secret, but what they are calling an anc-human traf shelter will be a homey place, much like this sister shelter already set up. eightough to house people, women or men, fleeing any type of trafficking. the salvation army's hisal came to our area two years ago. >> i had r or had opened a shelter and another state in salvation y with t army, and so that was a -- that's a passion of mine to help victims of human trafficking. >> reporter: hall discovered while existing proves like na hti, fair girls and the maryland

safe center can provide housing for traffickinghe victims was a gap that needled filled for emergency referrals. >> where the gap was that emergency short-term assistance because a lot of the programs will not admit somebody who has just come from the streets or fromff a tking situation. they want them to have a little bit of distance from that experience. >> the future residents will be aalled guests when they call for help. shelter staffer will go meet them in a designated public place and bring them to safety, but the shelters a short-term placement. the salvation army will work to find more permanent housing. >> our staff will be working literally around the clock to find placement for these victims of human traffic i ao long are-term program, and it might even be well out of our area. >> reporter: and the salvation army will be looking or the public's help. they are launching a donation drifrk and the number one item on the list gift cards for future residents and they will be sk household items and

toiletries. julie carey, news 4. >> iou're interested in helping out, search human trafficking on the nbcin news waon app for details. >> here is a live look at the white house three hours before president trump announces his pick for che highrt. he likes to build suspense and last year the president went tot great lengt conceal the first supreme court pick. >> sneaking neal gorsuch into town and keeping under wraps until the last minute and now the "neyork times" is reporting that the president has made his new pick after working the phones all. morni >> he was mostly seeking input about two judges who are said to be the finalis according "the times." brett kavanaugh and thomas hardiman. nbc's blayne alexander joins us now. is it possible that theou president do something completely unexpected at the last minute and goy with someb not on that test? >> rep doreen and wendy,

absolutely possible. it'snow the caveat is tha not official until the official announcement is made from president trump, and we're still about three hours away now from that big announcement, but already we've seen members in both partiesy making it v clear how they intend to respond no matter who he chooses. this is the short list, four conservative appeals court judges set to be in the running to fill s an opent on the supreme court. president trump set to announce hisick onprimetime television framing the choice as the most important decision a u.s. president can make. >> it's going to have aasting impact on our juris prudence and on ourry and, therefore, you want to tryou tont c avoid surprises. >> reporter: reportedly leadi the pack, judges brett kavanaugh of d.c. and thomas hardiman of philadelphia according to an nbc source who says all four appeals court judgesn re still ie running and long before the reveal the responses already etched in