>> when he's dead. >> reporter: bradford's children also spoke at the hearrged the commissioners to keep their dad locked up. >> i had to go through and explain what i was concerned about for safety, not only to myse population. general >> reporter: for several hours the board questioned bradford, and listened to lewin and the fa ly, and tried to determi if the old man was a risk. or releasable. and then they went into their chambers to make up their miats. and later fternoon bradford's attorney, and lewin, were called in and were told. >> the question about whether or not mr. bradford per-- poses a current threat, the answer was, "no." >> reporter: no threat meant yes to parole. bill bradford would be released. >> i was furious. and i said "if something happens to my family, the blood is on your hands. and you will own this." >> i was stunned. i couldn't believe they would turn around and say he's not a risk. >> reporter: the commissioners

timed bradford's release for february 2019. >> reporter: he will be in his mid-80s then. more than 30 years removed from when he pulledhat trigger. could he really do it again? it takes very little to find out where my family is all he needs is a gun and an uber. >> this is an 85-year-y who is on a mission. if he's able to still command his wits, then we have a problem still. because he's able to command his wits when he the first threat. and here we are now. we have not done something that has lessened his anger. >> reporter: now there w one more step before his release. california governor y brown would review the decision and could reverse it to keep him in >> i've contacted the governor's office. i wrote a letter-- my brother wrote a letter, and i had two senators actually co-sign a letter. >> reporter: lewin acted too. through the media, trying to persuade california governor

jerry brown to keep adford locked up. >> he's looking to even up scores bore he dies. >> reporter: then a week after memorial day 2018 came this letter from governor brown. the evidence shows that he currently danger to society if released from prison. therefore, i reverse the decision to parole mr. bradford. >> when it came in it was a lot of sho relief.lso a lot of >> reporter: but john lewin? temporarily relieved, but still not satisfied. lewin is concerned that the ravernor's letter may not have enough impact onord's next parole hearing, which could be as soon as the summer of 2019. >> when you read the letter, the letter doesn't mention anything about me, it doesn't mhetion any of t family's concerns. so it makes me concerned that what's going to deppen is they him parole this time and then the next hearing, they let him out. i will fight tooth and nail to oppose. >> reporter: but for now bill bradfo lewin and bradford's children feel safer. and the mighty columbia rolls by a little cemetery where a woman who lovelife and her children, and put up with a difficult husband is at peace. at least for now. >> reporter: that's all for this edition of dateline. we'll see you again friday at ten, nine central and of course, i'll see you each weeknight for nbc nightly news. i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news,

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president trump chooses a to be the next supreme court justice. >> i nominat brett kavanaugh to the united states supreme court. >> democrats wasting in time. labeling brett kavanaugh an exemist. >> tonight, what we know about judge kavanaugh. and his road to confirmation. >> news 4 at 11:00 begins with breaking news. >> there will be a fht over president trumps latest pick for the u.s. supreme court. in the early hours it looks like a fight the president can wi good evening. >> judge brett kavanaugh not the easy confirmation pick some republicans wanted. political chuck todd called him

quote very confirable. >> he' local guy. born in d.c. raised in. he went to high school in georgetown prep. tonight we report on his path to the nations highest court. >> reporter: judge kavanaugh a one time clerk for anthony kennedy. tonight picked to fill his seat by president trump. >> there's no a one inrica more qualified for this position. and no one more deserving. >> a.c. appeals court judge. he once served under president george w. bush and kenneth star. the speci prosecutor in the clinton trial. he didn't pick bed on ideology. >> i do not ask about a nomin s personnn. what matters is not a judges politicalws v but whether they can set aside the views to do what the law and the

constitution require. >> kavanaugh vowing to be fair. >> i k willp an open mind in every case. and i will always strive to theerve the constitution of united states. in the american rule of law. >> now the focus shifts t the senate. and what promises to be a fiery confirmation battle. senate democrats already waiting the supreme court to protest the pick. >> with a razor thin majority. republicans have virtually no room for error. as they look to shape the future of the court. rt >> kavanaugh s making the rounds. meet wg senators. and answering questions trying to secure enough support in the coming weeks for confirmation. >> regardless of who trump picked tonight, democrats were

ready to denounce the choice. >> so did supporters of the president. we're live with reaction from both sides. >> during this is wrapping up a short time ago we heard a lot o applause and yelling. as senator warren of massachusetts spoke even before the presidentade his announcement tonight. protestors began coming here to the sps of the u.s. supreme court. i can tell you thatost of those who came to protest and demonstrate were -- focussed on what impact theid prt's decision could have on row v wade. the landmark decision that made abortion legal in the united states. >> i'm hoping onef the comments i heard said he thought it would take two more justices to really be the death for row. i don't know. i bu here because i'm worried

about row. >> a will the of voters voted in president trump because he promised to put forth a pro-life supreme court justice. we knew likelye there wouldn opportunity for him to do that. and we're here today because we ink we're about to celebrate another nominee like gorsuch. >> police had closed this street earlier. but have since reopened it to traffic. as protestors begin to leave. >> thank you. judge kavanaugh isar 53 old. and like justice gorsuch, he would likely have a long tenure. during his remarks he talked about his local roots. tas mother who served as a judge and before that ht in d.c. public high school. he talked about coaching his daughters basketball team and being part of a vibrant catholic community. when he was confirmed to serve on the u.s. court of appeals he

won over democrats and swing vote republicans. like senator susan collins and murkowski. he was not the nominee somes republicad hoped for. >> republican leaders in the senate had td the president he should not nominate kavanaugh because of his paper trail with making him harder to confirm. obviously president trump feels kavanaugh is worth the trouble. >> tomorrow judge kavanaugh begins meeting with senators. lo for reaction tomorrow morning. and the today show. >> tomorrow at least six counsel members wl introduce legislation to over turn something voters approved just threeeeks ago. initiative 77. the issue to raise minimum wage for tipped workers. it passed and it was a big ma in. the yes votes beat the no votes 55 to but some counsel members say the question on the ballot wasn't r.

and soon those votes might not mean anything. >>ews 4 live at the wilson building to explain. >> you're correct. initiative 77 could be in jeopardy in a few months. here at the wilson building that is where the counsel membersss will dis it. and they're expected to have a hearing in the fal tomorrow, that's when they will introduce legislation to over turn it. >> it's a bad bill. >> reporter: a bartender and manage in georgetown. he says initiative 77 hasck red. >> we have seen some people come in and cross outhe tip. initiative passed you're getting $15 an ho which isn't true. >> the current minimum wage is $3.33 anr. for tipped employees. the initiative would raise it to $15 an hour. by 2025. tomorrow at least six counsel members will introduce

legislation to over tur the initiative. >> it hurts woshrkers and small business. >> the psident of the restaurant association. what do you say to the voters who voted invo >> i would say they probably didn't listen to the workers anb the smainess community. right here in d.c. >> reporter: supporters say increasingumhe minim wage is the right thing to do. he's with d.c. for democracy. a group that pushed for initiative 77. >> the voter said let's create a level playing fie. m.t's eliminate the two tier wage sys >> we reached out to chairman. and released a written statement saying quote. overwhelmingly tipped workers do not like the initiative. they believe strongly that the unintended consequence of the initiative will be to reduce their pay. the phrasing of the initiative

was misleading. >> now here's the deal. tomorrow the council will not officially vot onnitiative 77. in terms of over turning it. they have a recess on monday. which will go into the summer. expected to have a hearing in the fall. and then will have t vote on it twice. ou we'll see what happens. thank the heat seems to be making a come back. after a glorious weather over the weekend. a tropical storm. >> getting closer to hurricane strength. >> tracking the heat we're seeing across the area today. ra high temre of 88 degrees. only one 90 on the board. columbus ohio. but we're going to see a lot more in the way of 90s across the region tomorrow. as high pressure moves closer to

the area. giving us the heatff to the west. tropical storm chris now winds of miles per hour. expected to become a hurricane. most likely tomorrow rning. to tomorrow afternoon. we'll talk about the latest updated track and just off the coast of the carolinas. ere does the storm go from here. >> thank you. a first for traffic alert for tomorrow morning. one section of beach drive reopened tonight. another sectilo will for a year worth of repairs. starting tomorrow morning. beach drive from avenue and broad branchoad up tooyce road. is now open. tomorrow morning, thi section shuts down from joyce road to the maryland line. beach drive has gone through ans exe renovation in recent years. the project is expected to be finished byall of next year. tomorrow morning on news today, we'll be watching to see what impact the closure has on

traffic. tomorrow another memorial service will be heldor victim at last months "capital fzette" shooting. friends andily come together to remember sports reporter john mcna mar ra. where he graduated. and went onto cover the. the 56 year-old was one of five employees shot and killed athe newspaper on june 28. >> tomorrow is the court oered deadline for the federal government to reunite 100 children under age five with their immigrant parents. >> tonight the trumpni adration says it will be able to reunite about half that many. the justice department says 54i kidsbe back with their families by tomorrow. another five under s goinge final background checks. and for the rest, reunionsor wi be difficult. >> some parents have already been deported. sent to jail on criminal

charges. or released in to the u.s. the doj has untiluly 26 to reunite all families by the zero tolerance policy >> up next at 11. eight rescued. four boysne and coach still left in a cave in thailand. the challenges facing rescuers. >> another company joining starbucks in a effort e reduce wastfrom straws. >> what happened to this animal after i finally got down from the tree.

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eight of the 12 boys trapped in the flooded cave system in thailand are safe now and recooperating in the hospital. >> the latest four were brought out by divers on the second day of a high stakes rescue operation. officials say theoys brought out of the dark winding cave today are safe and conscious. >> we have the lest on the >> reporter: four mohe members of youth soccer team were pulled from a flooded cave in thailand. the 12 boys and the coach were trapped in the cave for two weeks. four were rescued over the weekend. today, four more were rushed to a hospital. coach four boys and the are main inside the cave. officials say medical evaluations of the boys will take three to five days butco d take as long as seven. the eight already out haven't

been named. the most recent glimpse of the groupm showed the to be in good spirits. the first issues doctors will look for are dehydration and malnutrition. they are ilated due to risk of infection. they are replacing oxygen canisters before trying to rescue the remainingive inside. they are placed throughout the es kaep route which is about two and a half miles long. inside, they'reetting ready for one final push. so this can be the final and 17th night for the worlds most watched soccer team. >> meanwhile back here at home. we have a sneak peek at a brand new soccer stadium in the district. this is audi field. the home of the d.c. united. and new star playernn wayne r will be calling in place home.

it can hold more than00 2 people. some of the seats are just feet away from the. great views everywhere. the venues going to host out door concerts. it hosts its first game on saturday. tickets are still available. mgm resorts joins a list of companies who are down to the last straw. tonight it says a resorts including national harbor will only p providestic straws on request. it normally goes through about 100 million straws a year. very day.out 250,000 >> is that all? >> that's enough. the announcementomes the same y starbucks says it will get rid of straws at its stores by 2020. considering straws made from more environnt tally friendly material. like paper. and already rolled out new lids for cold drinks.

>>tere's video t you'll only see here. see that? that's a black bear checking us out. rit into the camera. people say the dogs chasedhis bear into a tree. and forhe hoursre was a stand off between police and the bear. but after a st from a tranquilizer gun the br decided to make a run from it. cameras were there as the beare scal fences and ran into neighboring yards. police found the bear nearby and it just ran o of steam. >> bear is okay. they'll release him into the wild. >> everybody wasch wg that. the enti afternoon. >> i have no doubt. >> that was funny. >> it was good. >> it was quite a day nice weather to bring the bears and everybody else out. and over the weekdyd. >> everys coming out. weather today was great. the weekend was reallyfa

astic. very cool for this type of the year. the heat is coming backth durin day tomorrow. a very nice night across the area tonight. a lot ofeople out and about. you have the shorts on. and long sleev too. it's comfortgle. gettut on the scooters. it's lking good. that's a nice scooter. out there during the afternoon notgh tomorrow, you might want to go for a run in the afternoon. big time heat tomorrow. temperatures today 88 degrees. right now 77. cldr skies w out oth south at 8 miles per hour. 69 martins burg. so we arehealling into 60s. tomorrow morning we'll be around 60 in the cool suburbs. we have been in the 50s. it's been that cool.bu july so far has been much warmer than normal because of the first week. the big time heat wave. no rain so far. at the adairport. we couple storms in some

areas. most haven't seen much in the way of rain. we need rain. this trend a very warm and dryi cond. it will continue and tomorrow starting off that w. no rain to speak of. as i mention it will stat tha way for quite sometim even though we have a tropical storm to the south and east. there it is there. this is tropicaltorm chris. winds 70 miles per hour. now if you watch the storm this was moving this way. we might be worried a bit. will beaking its way to the north and east. let's track it. wind at 70 h miles pr. it's stationary. tomorrow will start moving. it is expected to become aic hue tomorrow morning. 80 miles per hour winds. off the coast hered by aro wednesday afternoon. and by wednesday evening 90 miles per hour hurricane. becoming a strongatory 1. before making its way up. for us it'snly going to provide us with rip currents and rough sur

especially wednesday through frid. if you're heading the to the beach just precautions need to be taken. 94 tomorrow. that's the hot one for sure. mostly sunny and hot. not too mid. that's very good news. we're not talking 94 wi heat index of 100. 94 with an index of th94. will be okay. but quite hot. 90 on wednesday 88 thursday. 89 friday. and then the heat comes back for saturday andun. chance of shower on sunday. a better chance late next week. midto upper 90 97 there on tuesday. it is middle of july. we expect 90s. that's what we're getting. >> july is the hottest month of year? absolutely. >> we'll be at the home run derby next week. >> don't worry you'll be inside. >> still ahead the speaking of bryce harper starting his

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after being swept by the red their success ended with a 10- loss yesterday. and back on the road. martinez helping his team find the recipe and get going again. 4-1.dy down man on. and he's saying good-bye to that one. two r shot. he had a 4 rbi game. nationals down 6-1. yat least did see the young fan got a home run bl. he's a pirate dad. in the sixth, lots of talk about whether harper desested his all ar bid. looking like a star here. center.hot to that's expensive landscaping. 22nd of the season. maybe a come back top of the ninth. two on, two out. national pla of the league. but he can't be the hero. game ending double play. pirates win 6-3. the final. there's your answer to e

figure it out. orioles yankees game two. double header. we move on. two outs top of the fourth. one on and brett gardener blasts a two run homer to right. not good. for the orioles. 3-0 yankees. adam jones having fun. until he saw this. top of the eighth onen. two out. lookout. smokes this homer to left. 6-0 new york. yankees win it all right. better stuff. earlie game one of the double header. big help from a guy who hadn't been a help at all lately. 0 for 25 slump. until bottom of the sixth. this 415 feet. who's counting over the fence off ccth saba. ninth dinger. orioles get the win 5-4.

a special day for the d.c. united. not everyone can pull off a black suit in 90 degree weather. fans not worried about my fashion sense. eager to see this. g englands all time goal scorer. u see the ribbon cutting ceremony this afternoon. just blocks from nationals park. one of forbes magazine coolest neighborhoods in the world. fit game saturday is against vancouver. look, your feel good moment. surprise his mom with brand new car today. he brought it right to her house complete with a giant bow. what a moment for the redskins rookie. she really wanted a jet ski. >> it was good stuff. giving his mom a car. >> take car of

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