ng> one balance after another this morni a sign of great news outside the cave where 12 boys and their coach were trapped for more than two weeks. we'll have the latest on the condition of the boys. people around the world have been rooting for them. >> brett kavanaugh's gotten rave reviews. rave reviews. actually fro both sides. >> president trump is headed to europe for a busy week,us f on foreign policy. but it is his pick for thee suprurt that is dominating news in washington today. not all of the reaction is as po.tive as the president sa a good morning. storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell.

bright sunshine has led temperatures already to near 90 beginning after hot stretch of weather. the complete forecast coming up. good morning. welcome to "news4 midday." we begin with the miracle in ai nd. all 12 members of the soccer team and t rescued from deep inside the cave. they are now recovering in the hospital. nbc's bill kneelly is in thailand with the next step on the road to recovery. >> reporter: w impossible just over a week ago is now a reality. all 12 tha boys and their coach are now outef the c alive and safe. most right now being treated in th the last balance containing we believe the final divers just passed this point aew minutes ago. and the thai navy seals confirmed they were all out. the commander of the said they were daring to believe this morning that they could do

it. they were confident it would be successful but it eally was very fast indeed. the first boy today came out of cave in six hours. that was a lotfa er. in fact half the time it took for the very first rescue. more divers were involved today. more than a hundred. more balance, more a tanks. and tonight as darkness fell. a lot of the support staff were leaving here because they couldn't quite believe what had happened. i don't think anyone has. it is a rescue the world has beenng watc it is a rescue that is now overs n accomplished. bill neely nbc news norther thailand. >> the whole world was watching, mocluding president trump. he tweeted this rning calling it an amazi heroic global effort. turning now to the weather here at home. thin are heating up quickly. chuck bell has morehat to

expect this tuesday. >> expect it to be hot, pat. this is the leading edge of a long, potentially dry stretch of weather around the area. we really could use some rain after getting the super soakers back in may and june, we really started to d quite a bit across the area the last 10 days to two weeks. and it's warmed up. all right 89 at national airport. 85 down the road in fredericksburg. 86 up 270 in frederick, maryland. it will be aot day outside today. no doubt about it. low 90s across most of the area. temperatures are goin' to be sill in the mid 80 busin 8:00 tonight. sun is notown until 8:35 this evening. the quick warm up. more 90s in the 10-day forecast. mpand too humid just yet. president ts headed to belgian this morning. the president and first lady boarded air force one hours ago.

the week long trip. on the schedule the annual nato summitis first one on one meeting with president pin of russia. the trip comes just after he passed brett kavanaugh to become the next court jtice. but t fight to get kavanaugh confirmed may not be easy. >> reporter: heading out of morninguse this president trump expressed pride in his new nominee. court >> brett kavanaugh has gotten rave reviews. rave reviews. actually from both sides. d i think it is going to be a beautiful thing to watch over the next month. >> he excelled as a clerk for justicekennedy. >> reporter: 53 yale graduate brett kavanaugh serves on the d.c. circuit court andou make this supreme court solidly conservative. >> if confirmed by the senate, i wi keen open mind in every case. >> reporter: top republicans cheered the pick. >> he will be confirmed.

and le he will get bipartisan support. >> reporter: but democrats worry a lerighing court could cripple existing law on abortion, healthcare, lgbt rights and more. >> this justice must not become the next justice of the supreme court. >> reporter: somewa believe h chosen based on past arguments that presidents should not be investigated while in office. >> and now he's got an insurance policy. cardget out of jail free >> reporter: the confirmation is anything but southwestern a slim one vote republican senate majority every vote with count. and conservative groups have already launched ad campaigns to try to confirm votes for kavanaugh in washington. >> if confirmed his commutee wouldn't cha much. he's served on the court of aspeals for the district of columbia for the 12 years and his roots run deep here was. raised in bethesda.

attended georgetown pp. t his wife wile working at the white house. both of his daughters very reared in the area and family is active within d.c.'s catholic community. right now another memorial under way doctor a victim of last night's capital gasset shooting rampage. sports reporter john mcnamara. the service started about on hour ago. mcnamara grew up in bethesda. one of five employees shot and killed at the annapolis newspaper june 28th. this morning one person is hospitalized after bit by a car. chopper 4 was over the scene ar columbia pike and scallens b roore 5:30. it cause some traffic delays but everything is cleared out now. we're told the person suffered severe injuries. but we don't know their

condition. thor authorities say the driver stayed at the scrie. autes need your help finding a missing teenage girl. anna mara hernandez rodriquez. last seen thursday at her home on stafford streetn e wood bridge area. she's 15. her physical safety, authorities believe is at risk. call police if you know anything. >> the district council is days away from entering summer recessni and this m they are looking at two big issues that could impact how you live, work and enjoy your team. here in the nation's capital. news4 chris lawrence is at the wilson building down down wit details. good morning, orchris. >> rr: hey pat. the voters have spoken but turns out they may monot have the las word. the d.c. council just started its meeting and they are going to introduce legislation to appeal initiative 77. 's that's tha mean?

tip worke,. bartenders waiters. if this passes they would keep on making $3.33 an hour plus their tips. what d.c. voters hav is to do away with the system and basically raise everyone up to a $15 minimum wage by the year 2025. in effect the council would be going against the will of the voters. but a caveat here. a lot of bartenders, waiter people likat, say they like the old system just fine and feel they mad more money off he. another issue t council is considering. emergency legislation to limit the use of amplifiers. now, this would affect street performers. it would make itll iegal to amplify songs at a public place where folks can still hear it about a hundred feet away. there wouldn't be any jail time, but it would slap them with a $300 fine. some residents say they cant hear they are tvs. or, you know, huge trombones

rattle their windows. and others say, noise is an every day part of living in e city. >> there is a lot of construction going on aroun in the city. you have a lot of traffic back and forth. lot of sirens all day long i so we can live with that noise, what's wrong with letting them perform? >> reporter: here is the thing. ese issues are something to keep an yo eye on but because the is the last day before they break for recess, they are likely not going vote olli on these until they come back in the fall. keep it with us becausese are issues we're going to be covering extensively as time goes on. thank you chris. we've got baking news now from metro. green and yellow shrine service has been suspendedetween mount vernon square and la font plaza due to fire actity at gallery place. shuttle buses are being sent to several locations in the area. we're going t keep you updated

on the shut down throughout the nehecast and you can follow latest on the nbc washington app. dozens of immigrant children will be released from detention centers and reunited with parents today. still inovernment is danger of missing an important deadline. twe'll have the latest onhat. hamburger. >> you want a cheese berg burger. we got hamburgers. cheese burgers. hot ds. nbc 4 is treating these campers to lunch today.in what do you thabout that guys? ye>> oh . and we're spotlighting good camps, which is a program that is right here in ward a in the berrym community. d we're going to learn more about this program with the about this program with the department of parks and rec

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parents are always looking for good camps for their youngsteum in ther. but in neighborhoods where crime is an issue it is especially o important ter fun and games and a safe place for children. hanging out in berry farms community this morning understand lunch is on you. >> reporter: that's right. nbc 4 treating these kids to hot dogs, hamburgers, c we got fruit. we got the fixhein'sll for a th food and we got this cute little one right here with these sun shades on.

all right. so we're back with you. i'm going bring in the folks who are part of th, and making this happen here at the berry farm rec center. this is a collaboration with project - good project d.c. and of course the d.c. department parks and w recs. ryliams up first with good camp out of good project. this came out of a need to bring safe, fun activities to campers. >> yes it did. 're very thankful to our interim deputy mayor. and we are here for a safe learning environment for all the kids in the camp and trying to address them and make sure we are providing them with tutoring and math they need for the summer. >> i love that we saw the kids before they came out for lunch. they were inside learning about vocabulary. the lessons on ang on goin throughouta safe learning envir

well. >> absolutely. we know it is imptant for our kids to be engaged in learning and play all summer long. as part of the safer, stronger d.c. initiativ we're pleased to provide more than 170 rec cps throughout the city. including five here in ward 8 serving more tha 600 young people from 3 to 17. >> and i love it's grown from 1 to five camps.rs and the c are enjoying their lunch here on nbc 4. all part of a great partnership to make sure that o children get the best over the summer months. that is the latest. we've got much more coming up later on in the hour. back to you. thank you. happening today more than are hundred chi under the age of 5 are supposed to be reunited with their parents. for roughly half the migrant

children. >> reporter: amid mounting pressure and protest among migrant families at the border. the government is admitting it won't meet a post deadline to reunite the youngest children with their parents. this woman bro downn tears when she described the gut wrenching moment she said goodbye to her son and bauer more tha a month ago. >> reporter: when do you think you might be reunited? [speaking foi ign language] n't know she said. the federal government instead on monday said a justice department said only two children havbeen reunited and 54 of the 101 .2 kids are pected to be united today. manage among the reasons the pares of criminal records or couldn't be verified. the aclu serd there is ano reason it is taking so long. >> the government didn't track these families. they separated these children, took them away for months, but

didn't he clear records about which children belonged to which parents. >> the depth of health andrv hun es said it now has 3,000 separated children in its custody. the judge ordered children 5 and older be reyooupd by july 26th. while a few had emoonal reunions in public, this morning thousands of children remain in limbo. >> that was bill neely reporting. now as for the reunions supposed ce today. some tanners and advocates say the government has been vague about the time and place where thosl unifications w happen. a federal judge wants to former the president's national security advisor has not been sentenced yet. th is video of michael flynn and his lawyers arriving in court this morning to answer that question. flynn pled guilty ts several chartied to the russia probe back in september. since then he's been

with the federal counc investigation. prosecutors are askin sto delay thtence while that continues. new this morning. and a case of vandalism in northeast d.c. someone tossed giant chess pieces off building damaging cars below. take a look. yesterday these people found the chess pieces scattered alle ove rass near second and i street. officers believe someone through the pieces from the roof of the senate square apartments. down blow the pces smash a lot of windshields not. word on any arrests yet in the case. chopper 4 captured video you will only see rig here. people say dogs chased a black bear up a tree yesterday. police shot the bear with a tranquilizer gun and the bear made run for it. boy did that bear run. news4 camerasere right there

rolling as the bear scaled fences and ran into people's yards. police found the bar eventually nearby. they say it apparently just ran out of steam. the bear is okay today. ey have released it back into belongs. where it storm team4 is keeping an eye on tropical storm chris which morning. chuck will let us know if it impacts us here. and the opening of d.c. soccer stadium. when you can

d.c. united officially has a newdi sta. the team opened the doors to audit field yesterday. it is located in buzzard point in southwest. field yesterday. it is located in buzzard point in southwest. saturdayhey play at the stadium and see the debut of english star wayne rooney. there is hope he can help the club get out of last place in eir conference. when i spoke to them about coming here to play i could tell the excitement. and i want to com w here toin to help this team go forward to win titles. >> d.c. united takes on ite vancouver caps fc this saturday at 8:00 p.m. the fifa world cup semifinals kickoff in a few hours. and today all eyes on france and

belgium. it's been 12 yearsfrince the ch made it this far in the tournament. belgm meanwhile is riding high after last week's upse agaibraz. it will be their first start in the final fo since 1946. the game start at 2:00. >> exciting. >> it is exciting. and the weather, so far. >> it's really warm. really toasty warm outside. and i mean it is july. >> yeah. some of us like warm in july. >> we're not all from -- >> this is true. i>> but i get even i like it a little on the warm side in the summeime. nothing wrong with being hot in july. average high temperature now 89 degrees. that is our highest average high temperature of the year and we'll be a little above average for next 7 to 10 days. also keeping a close eyen the tropics. tropical storm chris still a

tropical storm as after1:. hovering just below category one status. sustained winds now at 7 miles per hour. 74 miles per hour and up wouleg make it a cy one hurricane. the real issue with chris is not any threat to thefr mainlan a land falling perspective. but with the storm literally spin ong its wheels here the last couple of days, it has the ocean rocking and rolling. high surf and dangerous rip a currents a big issue already along much of the outer banks of north carolina. and that threat for high seas and high rip current threat spreads north with time. this area of high pressure will actually keep the storm off the u.s. coastline. but again, the wind and the wave action outhere will be a serious threat for all boating activities along the eastern an shore of mar and delaware. meanwhile around here, high and dry for todayith the sunshine out. temperatures have climbed very quickly into the upper 80s. mid to upper 80s areawide.

and future weather hardly carries anythin in the way at a cloud across the area today. maybe one or two lonesome showers across southern pennsylvania and the mountains of west virginia but nothing east of the blue ridge. we'll be high and dry the next couple of days. the next five days, almost no chance for rain at all. and we actually could use e som ran though we had so much rain in july, in may and june. back with the 10-day in a bit. >> thank you, chuck. actor george clooney was in motorcycle accident this morning. we'll have the latest on his condition. and police are calling aim miracle hobaby. a being shared worldwide this morning. we'll tell you the

delaware state police say threehildren and two adults all found dead shot inside a home. a look talent heartbreaking scene in troopers say they t goto the house around 8:00 last night. the children were all we're told under the age of eight. actor george clooney is back at home afterd getting invol in an accident riding his motorcycle. he was headed to a film set in italy when his bike was hit by a

car. local media rerts he hurt his knee but otherwise no serious injuries. he's in italy filming his huely limited series "catch 22." his suralval is beingd a miracle. this image of a small hand gripping a finger is making the rounds on social media right now. here is the story. authorities in montana said the 5 month old baby was left alone in the woods of a forest for several hours. they say when he was discovered sunday, he was facedown, buried 46er sticks and debris in degree weather. the baby suffered minor scrapes and bruises but is expected to be okay. police say 32-year-old francis crowley was supposed to be watching the baby. they say crowley was behaving straely and was threatening people in the park. once police arrested him. they say crowley indicated there may been a baby buried somewhere

in the woods. no relationship to crowley and the mother or whohe mothe is. crowley is facing crimin endangerment charges. a local business owner says a popular brand of energy drink is costing him a small fortune in legalte fees. mo energy uses the letter m for its localow and are filing complaint against other companies trying to use that as we one is mularkeyer disti although their logo is an m, ve they bel theirs looks nothing like the monster logo. they feel a bigorporation is unfairly picking on a family-owned business. >> i think what that monster is doing, is if not illegal, certainly imral. and i think someone for the small guys needs to step up and tell them to stop. and for better or for worse i'm that guy rightow >> news4 has been trying for weeks to m reaster for

comment but so far we haven't heard anything back. speaking of comeback, the b is back to a p. this is the talk of social media for weeks. you may recall. but it was all a big publicity stunt. talking about the international house of pancakes, which is officially back. yesterday the company announces it is returning to its original name. it had briefly changed the name to international house of burgers to get the word out about theirur newr line. to celebrate the restaurant's anniversary 60 cent short stacks pancakes will be on sale for the time being. starting august 1st. as a precaution to passengers who suffer peanut allergies. it will offer pretzels and other its along the route. american and other airlines

don't serve peanuts. delta doesn't serve peytons if the passenger knows the airline about an allergy and allows peopleo board the plane early to wipe down their tray tables. and today is cow appreciation day in chick play. anybody who walks in supporting cow bell os gs a free entree. chick-fil-a was named the nation's favorite fast food chain. nearly two million people participated opp cowciation day last year. with yr cnbc morning business report. i'm con tess kah brewer. >> in january. amazon aounced its shot list of 20 locations the company is still considering for its second head quarters. cnow they are vetting eacy and may soon be announcing the winning spot. northern rginia, d.c. and

ontgomery county are among the spots. here with an inside look what it's like to have amazon come to your city. thank you for coming to the studio today. seattle is the home ofamazon's first headquarters. and many people wonder how it changed seattle. did it change seattle? >> trendously. it's made the city much more dense. theee s life has just burgeoned. the number of employees from amazon over the last seven years has grown from 5,000 to 45,000. those jobs and amazon's needs have created another $50,000 jobs or more. all this in the center of the city of seattle. so the street life is up. the tech cultures teaming. the restaurant scene has and yeah, it is really changed it. >> so it's done exactly wha t peopught it would do. i's pumped life into the city's life. has. and seattle and already a very lively city. and already has microsoft.

it has satellite offices from facebook and google. but amazon has just super charged that. put the growth on steroids. >> cies around thery cou as they contemplate what it would be like to welcome an amazon t send headquarters. one area they look at is housing and what it wou mean. you mentioned increase in density. >> yep. >> what was the i tact on housing market in seattle? >> tremendous impact. amazon isth one o factors. a major factor for growth in seattle. and there's been a huge amount of migration over the past teveral years. and over the l five or six years housing prices have doubd. in the city of seattle. not in the greater puget sound rio de janeiro b regionit but in the of seattle. housing prices doubled and apartment rents have don't up 70 or 80%. so it is a serious impact that the hq 2 city shod think ant.

>> a double edged sword there of dourse. people who n affordable housing. >> right. >> so all those folks who got those jobs needed places to live. so t m jobket obviously boomed. >> it is a tremendous job market. yes. and amazon in seattle despite all its growth continues to have thousands of new jobs that they are hiring for that they are advertising for. andhis sort of search for talent and yet infrastructure that can handle it is the reason they are seeking another headquarters in another city. >> sticking again with the theme of density. traffic. density means traffic. >> it used to be in seattle people talked about the in, which happens very very often. now they talk about the traffic which, happensco tantly. >> okay. >> and there is a statistic that i saw the other day, tha mega commuters, people who take more than 9 minutes to drive to work one way, have -- seattle has become the number three city for

mega commuters and that number has gone up like 70% the last five years. >> so the city has really, you life.it's come to pumped a lot of dollars into the economy. lot of people have moved there. they have jobs. they are doing well. but is there -- and traffic is bad. but is there a positive tradeoff in terms ofhat amazon brings to the community? does amazon work in the community? give back to the community? >> well any group of smart people is going to plug into various institutions in the city. i kno amazon employees who are actors in local community thter, for instance. and are on non profit boards. i think corporately the corporate citizen. amazon has been a bit slow to sort of be a leader in, you know, sponsoring major city events. t that's -- but that's -- that's rising some.th e is a seattle international film festival.

amazon studios is now the leasp sor of that. you are seeing more of that. >> slowly. >> and theompany is also donating substantially to homeless cause spls so it is ving back. >> yes, it is. >> thanks for giving us a glimpse of what life could be like here if we getzo a hq two. thank you so much. >> thanks. and up next a look at ow this snake almost made it on to a plane.

an update on some breaking news this hour. firefighters have given the all clear athe metro station. green and yellow line stations are now moving aga between vern plaza. rirs could still see some delays though. and an airline passenger was

all packed up and ready to go barbados until the tsa searched his lugga. take a look. the airline seizes a python from a passenger. he tried to hard the snake in a computer hard drive in a checked bag. the passenger didn't get away th it, viously. he was fined and u.s. finish and wildlife confiscated the snake. guess he could leave home without it. >> that is something i could totally leave home with out. >> what is the res of the afternoon look look e for us? zblu you need amdy s shot. all i can say today. hot and not too humid yet. up above 90 degrees with almost complete certaintiky say that. because9 it is already and we haven't even quite made it to the noon hour. the one thing in our favor is the humidity levels are notrr le. so even though it is a hot one there is no heat index right now. and a hittlet of a northerly

breeze will keep humidity values in check forhe next couple o days. the northwest wind will also help chemo tropicaltorm chris off the east coast of the united states. so theef double b there. and the pool today. lot of people headed out. i temperaturthe allow 90s. good car washing weather as well. no chance for rain the next uple of days. might as well get it washed and keep itlean. also that is a perfect way to stay cool. and outdo grilling this evening? temperatures fall into the mid 80s by 8:00. sun not down uil 8:35. 90 degrees for tomorrow and your 10-day forecast is going to stay around here. and as we head towards the weekend, especially by saturday and understood. you will notice a distinct increase in the humidity. so by the time we get into next ek the low and mid 90s there, they will come with heat index values up overuned

degrees. pat? >> all right. that is hot,, chuck. wet is hot. it is summer and time for some fun so we're going to take you back out to good camp for a clos lookt the difference its making in our community. >> it t can happen anybody. it is not just the old, white guy or whatever that's, you know, wanting the mail order bride. >> and he says he's a victim of fraud and hoping the whi house can help. new information about people left heartbroken by spous from oversese

we are shining a spotlight on a group really doing some good in the community. news4 is in southeast d.c. with somen camperse berry farm neighborhood. last we joined you, you were having lunch. how is it going now. >> reporter: the food is still here becauhe campers have ten their first round. they are waiting it out over here as they learn about fishing, casti a net. that is part of the fun and the learning here. and all of this gew out of a need to find a safe environment for the kids. but physically safe from gun violence. we've got the three three cre e creators. darius, troy and let's talk out the need for something like this and how you saw gun violence as the impetu

>> when he first got started in 2016 gun violence spiked by we were called to action and that response was good camps. three years later here we are in southeast with five sites. >> and you have partnered with the d.c. deptment of parks and recs using their facilities but bringing your program and really showing a difference to the kids in the community h how that ie responded? >> it been amazing to be able to work with them. took aeot of pressur off and allowed us to sit back and thiab t curriculum and programming we could bring. >> i saw earlier you were doing like a vocabulary thing. i know you want to bring the fun and the safety and also the learning. >> yeah. of course. troy here. former tfaer, he sat dn for a few months and really thought about how we could effect and kids and summer learning low laws and became the vocabulary program. >> reporter: and great so see three young african american men caring about the community.

>> not just us. we have lot of people 16, 17, 18 who hav beginp their summer to give back that. says a lot to the kids. >> reporter: hey guys are you having gun f-- fun at camp? >> did you like the nbc 4 lunch? all right. burgers and dogs. we got more left right over there. so we'reavoing to he fun throughout the restth of hour here at good campshich is a wonderfulprogram. thank you guys for letting us in and letting us treat you do lunch. >> thank you. >> reporter: all right. that's going to do it for now. ba to you p. >> thanks. good camp has a lot of happy campers. thank you. american citizen whose thought they were in told the news4 iteam they were duped foreigners wanting a fast

track to stay in the country. now it's caught the attention of the white house. we first shared some stories earlier this yea and now investigative reporter jodie fleisher has heard from two dozen americans who say it happened to them too. >> it is more than a upsetting. it is the hardest thing i've been through. ed >> if you ask kyle about marriage fraud three years ago, he wouldn't have been able to tell you ahing but now? >> it can happen to anybody. it is not just the old white guy or whatever that's wanting the mail order bride. >> reporteto his love start odd an mission trip to india withriend he met in church. the friend lived with his family while but as actually from india. and when kyle met her ster tab that. >> everything clicked. >> six months later kyle popped the question. a few months later they were rr d, expecting a child.

and tabitha was on the fast track to u.s. citizen ship. >> ghe her green card and within two months she left. kyle was confused at fe st. until shsaw the possession for divorce. saying kyle was angry and ruggling with sexual attraction to men and felt she was unsafe. >> theytaed researching the games and began to worry their whole family had been duped. >> we started noticing a correlation between the lies she vewas telling andthing that needed to be proved to file. va >> vawa is the violence against women act. allows immigrants who are abused or petition for legal status themselves. cutting their u.s. spouse out of the process. thinking the immigrants mig be less likely to call police on y later spouses in t had to rely on the spouse for

immigrant status. >> now they are using havvawa an excuse to remainn the relationship. >> he felt powerless to stop it. he now runs a consultingirm andays he's heard from roughly 1500 american whose believe they are marriage fraud victims. >> i love yan. i to be with you. thank you for the green card. goodbye i'm gone. >> they filed a freedom of --. more than 67% of those who already been approved. sampso saysnvestigators are told to treat the american as the prohibitive source of information. and to protect the immigrant's safety, investigators can't even tell the american their spouse filed vawa claim. >> this is happening every day of the week in cities and towns across this country. >> reporter: and he says fraud n one on one cases is almost never pursue. >> who is there to protect the u.s. citizens who have been

duped. >> nobody. that's the problem. >> reporter: this hie ranking military offense told the team that happened with his rusan bride natalia who was livingn maryland. >> when did you realize something was up. >> one week later. >> reporter: found she told each of them the same abuse claims about the other. >> to me this was worse than being left at the at altherr. >> one of thelaces we tried to find her earlier this we're we met this man. told they often let russian women from s the churchy with them while building their lives in the u.s. inuding natalia. >> have you ever seen signs of abuse? >> no. the it is all b.s. and i was. >> reporter: the abili to misuse vawa is no secret. >> all the rsian women know this particular rule and get an edge. >> i am 100% sur it was a fraud from the beginning.

>> reporter: le's wife tabitha did not rueturn our call for comment. his parents are reported her to u.s. immigration services. despite the divorce saying wouldn't pursue the 10 years of support americansee to if kyle didn't file any marriage fraud claims >> there are three binders full be put together. and nothing has done. >> reporter: but now they have their best hope yet with a call from the white house and meeting with staffers. they teamed up with families from around the country and an advocate who's beenin tto amend vawa for years. >> i do feel good about how it went. >> reporter: the group thinks if ever a time to aress this it is with the counter administration. >> tay didn't promise anything but they asked really smart questions.he >> reporter:ct is up for a vote befor t congresss year. >> i there is a need to president elect womeprotect

women of course. but my hope is that it wouldn't be a fast track to citizen hip and it wouldn't be just like waving a wand whenever you claimed abuse. >> reporter: they told us because of the confidential naturee of the violegainst women act they can't be sure if their immigrant spouses claimed abuse. likewise if u.s. cis investigators aren'ta allowed t with the americans about the allegse a their marriage fraud allegations also fall on deaf ears. we'll continue to watch the story. and watch the iteam's original report on these allegations of marriage fraud, visit ourbc washington app and click on "investigations". important all-star news coming up. and your "out thest door" foreca

we're exactly a week from the mlb all-star game at nats park. and you can help nats shortstop tre turner get onto the roster. he's among five national league players in the final vote. the nats have even turned their twitter account into the #vote tre. you have until tomorrow te. v go to our nbc washington bsite. search "trea turner" and you will an a report about ouram all-star coverage. inside you will find the link to vote. ifoure going outside, here a look at the weather. >> beautiful outsi a today.

if y thinking about the beach for the weekend. ocean city, rehoboth. it is going to be perfect bch weather. daytime highs friday, saturday and sunday in the coastline there low to mid 80s. that will be a nice break because if you stay here in the dmvh it will be m wormer today. 93 today. 90 tompl and into the weekend afternoon highs in the low 90 buss turning increingly humid on saturday and because of all the humidity around and highs low to mid 90s there will at least finally be chance for amp thunderstorms to cool things off into the easterly parts of next week. sed well could actuallyhe rain, pat. >> we should could. thank you, chuck. and as "news4 midday." thank you for joinings. back with late breaking news first at 4:00 this ampk.s and n and weather updates any ti

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