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>> how she used facetime to save her dad's life. news 4 at 6:00 starts now. new concerns and questions tonight after deadly crash involving high school students who police say were speedin down an open road. >> this is video from chopper 4. now we know that the teenage boy who was behind the wheel has now died. >> his friend fighting for his lifefter investigatorsay the jeep went airborne and slammed into a tree in clifton, virginia, yesterday. >> news 4's megan fitzgerald has reaction. >> rorter: we decided to drive this stretch of road to get an idea of how dangerous it can be. i want you to take a look at this hill we're about to approach. for a brief moment, you can'te sehe road ahead of you. this is the exact location that police say the 17-year-old driver lost control. >> detectives were able to tell that thele veh actually went
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airborne before hitting the tree. >> reporter: this is the aftermath of therash that killed 17-year-old connor mcgowan, a lacrosse player for robertson secondary school and a friend to so many. police say connor was in the car with his teenage friends. police say the passenger in the front is now fighting for his life. >> so many of those roads in clifton are very windy. they're narrow. anything over the posted speed limit ire that is very dangerous. >> reporter: social media messages of support and devastation are pouring in. this one is from the athletic r' boos facebook page. the school's principal describes connor as an engaging young man who was well-liked by everyone and a member of his class council. no classmates and an entire community are grieving the loss of a life that was taken too soon. reporting in fairfax county, meagan fitzgerald, news 4. a maryland man who stabbed his girlfriend and took offith his two children has reportedly
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confessed to the crime. we brought you the breaking news yesterday after the amb went out. dwight perry heard the alert and turned himself in at a firehouse. he's locked up tonight andar d with assault. his daughter was found safe at a daycare in adelphi. is 9-year-old son was with relatives. perry's girlfriend is expected to survive. president trump is at the nato summit taking a contentious tone with our closest allies. his attitude is a sharp contrast to the upbeat tone before tonight's woing dinner when a dancer floated in on balloons. president trump slaed germany, accusing it of being controlled and held captive by russia because of a natural deal. >> germany is totally controlled by russiaau becse they're getting from 60% to 70% of their energy from russia and a new pipeline. now, if you look at is a captive of russia.
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>> the prident's first nato summit last year now seems like a warm-up. he shelved one of the newest nato members out of his way and publicly shamed world leaders for notno spendingh on defense. blayne alexander is here to break it down fororus. >> rr: this is typically a warm meeting, so this is certainly not the nato norm. today president trump began with some unusually blunt comments. the summit officials had not even started yet, but president trump already blastingie a over breakfast. >> we're going to have to do something becausege're not goo put up with it. >> reporter: the president scolding nato's secretary general. >> how can you be together when a country is getting its energy from the person you want protection against?nd >> reporter: a launching ts extraordinary personal attack against germany over its energy deal with anssia. >> ge as far as i'm
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concerned, is captive to russia, because it's getting so much of its energy from russia. >> when we stand together also dealing with russia, were stronger. i think what we have seen is -- >> no, you're just making russia richer. eporter: president trump complaining nato countries are not paying their fair share for defensen calling on them to double it. later digging even deeper, tweeting, what good is nato? the president showing after years of criticizing the alliance he will not pull punches in person. back,ho some defenders -- >> if nato's week, you've got to get it strengthened. this president is trying to do that. >> reporter: but many worry his approachros, especially given his upcoming meeting with russia's vladimir putin. >> the russians are seeking to exploit every division that exists among us in the nato alliance to their advantage. >> reporter: now questions about the president's strategy as he goes against decades of tradition. so strong mes there from president trump, but here back
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at home on capitol hill, lawmakers are senng a equally werong message of support for nato. y, yesterday and today the house and the senate both passed mirror resolutionsfi re-ing their support for nato. back to you. >> blaine alexander. thank you. president trump is hfoded great britain after that summit and protesters are ready. this is a crop circle cut into a field that t president will be flying over. that message written in russian. we've learned the first word because it is vulgar. the president is not expected to spend a lot of tim in london where activists plan to fly this balloon to protest his visit. they call it "trump baby." the project was acrowdfunde the brains behind that balloon raised more money than they needed.th are threatening to use the extra cash to transport the balloon wherever the president travels. a four-time olympic sprinter is facing charges tonight. he's accused of crashing the
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grounds of the norwest d.c. embassy of the western african nation of equatorial guinea. >> re, the u.s. secret service arrested the man and decidering to tir affidavit, he not only illegally entered thembassy but dumped trash and papers and a picture depicting the assassination of the president of equatorial guinea. he is the son of a fmer equatorial guinea ambassador to the u.s. whose family sought safe havenn t u.s. years ago amid threats from overseas. he was a splinter for the o nationmpic team in the '80s and '90s and a star athlete at stanford. he's now a political activist, protesting the leadership of equatorial guinea. ie secret service says he is suspected ofegally entering the grounds on several occasions over the past two m they said he bypassed a lock, waist-high gate to do so. e affidavit says he is accused of harassing embassy staff
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regularly and thatas the e received letters during the same timeframe, one of which included a picture depicting an assassination, showing him as thessailant and the president of equatorial guinea as the victim. he tells news 4 he, quote, never, ever threatened to harm anyone and that his protests are peaceful. he admits he's had a series of disputes with the leaders of the nation and protestinth because denied him a passport for 13 years to return to theon nati. in the newsroom, scott , mcfarla news 4. $40,000, that's how much a couple of jewelry thieves stole from a home in bethesda. that break-in happened just a few blocksway fro the busy downtown area. so far this surveillance video is the best evidence that the police have of the suspects. news 4's pollins is in the neighborhood this evening to more.s pat? >> reporter: wendy, we have one of two things working here. we either haveer some very lucky thieves or we have someone who really did some homework.
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this happened in edgemoor, a tony residential section of bethesda. e surveillance pictures of the suspects, two women, but the pictures aren't very good. what these women did here makes the story worth telling anyway you see, durin broad daylight, a man and woman who live here go out to run an errand and while they're gone those two women, those two women you see in the surveillance video w into the couple's house. th go right tohe place where the woman keeps her jewelry and they make off with a lot of expensive stuff. >> how much jewelry was taken? >> there are some estimates of approximately over $40,000. >> $40,000 worth of jewelry? >> yessir. >> reporter: while this is going on, a suspect car drives back and forth and up and down the reet. police believe this car is somehow connected to the heist.t
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just before couple gets home, the two women leave the house carrying the jewelry. now, there are a lot of questions here, and today at the connie morella library, a mystery book club meeting. we took the case to them. >> it sounds like one of they mystooks that i just read. >> how did the suspects know the couple wasn't at home? >> the car was not in the driveway. the dog barked when they rang the doorbell. >> howould they know where the jewelry was? >> because most women keep their welry in the bedroom. >> does this seemn like a inside job? >> yes. >> oh,ne and o last thing, how did the suspects make entry into the couple's house? >> how did the women get inside the house? >> throughn unlocked front door. >> reporte inside info or random lucky robbery? police are working the ce.
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doreen, back to got to remember to lock that front door. >> yeah. thank you, pat collins. >> every time. now to the supreme court nomination of brett kavanaugh and the lengthy paper trail generated during his years of public service. depul attorney geneod rosenstein has asked the nation's 93 u.s. attorneys to provide feder prosecutors to help review kavanaugh'sth recor. 's according to "the new york times." it's considered highly unusual and potentiallynappropriate to ask career prosecutors to help vet supreme court nominees. in the meantime, the effort to win kavanaugh's confirmation continues. he was on capitol hill again today to meet with republican members of the senate judiciary committee. up next, a miracle in thailand. from dive masks to hospital masks. our first glimpse at the soccer team rescued from that flooded cave as we learn what's their road to recovery. costly commute. why more tolls could soon be added to one of our areas most notorious roads for traffi
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a new push to protect the environment and why it could change the way you dine out. amelia. >> hey, ladies. high temperatures today in the low 90s. tomorrow will bhe cooler in 80s, but some isolated shower chances. more othat coming up. n
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we can't see their faces behind those hospital masks, but
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theyever looked better. tonight, we're getting our first look inside the hospital 12 boys and their soccer coach are being treated after being trapped inodhat f cave. they were in there for 18 days. as you might expect from a dramatic rescue that riveted the world, hollywood's already planning to turn this story into a movie.nb herec's bill neely.te >> rep celebration here and jubilation at a rescue that defied the odds. but it so nearly went wrong -- just after theas l boy was taken out, theain water pump failed, flood the cave so quickly divers screamed and exit.ed for the doctors overjoyed. >> very happy. very happy. very, very happy. >> reporter: the divers had risked tir lives and were overcomeith emotion, celebrating with a beer. >> we feel very happy. now we need beer. >> i was a good day. >> good day.
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>> a very good day. >> reporter: their bodies cut, cave mud everywher at the hospital, more celebrations. inside, the boys reunited and well. doctors say they've lost 4 unds and this morng parents were reunited with four of the boys. allowed in the same room first time, it took eight days from discovery to freedom. that moment, the trigger for a rescue few believed possible. drilling and digging, wading and battling, they had luck, the rains held off. they had loss. one thai diver losing his life. the boys drank water from cave walls. they were weak in bong i but stron spirit and so brave. diving for hours to escape. a heroic end fto a story that hs
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spired the world. doctors say the boys are all well, happy and glad to be out. aouple have pneumonia but it's nothing to worry about and the boys will be released. this news their teachers say that they can skip exams next week. bill neely, nbc news, northern thailand. >> that's the least theyould do for those boys. wow. w want to show you a new animation thatl give you an idea of why even the rescuers are calling this a miracle in thailand. look at this.it as a tricky and very complex mission. so many obstacles and variables beyond anyone's control. today, two members of the air ewrce who were involved in the rescue told nbc that there is no historical precedent for thisy rescue and t fully expected casualties. they call the rescued boys heros. there is dramatic new video of a deadlyn explosion wisconsin. a firefighter was killed, five others injured.de first resp went to this
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neighborhood outside of madison yesterday to check on reports of a naturagas leak.ol we're td a contractor suck a gas line just as people and businesses were being evacuated. call it the lasttr. another major company now purging plastic to help cut back onaste. american airlines says it will stop serving drinks with plastic sttsws and stirrers on fli in november. that move willor eliminate than 71,000 pounds of plastic a year. starbucks is always phasing out plastic straws worldwide by 2020, they say, and mcdonald's has banned plastic straws from its restaurants in the uk. restaurants and coffee shops in d.c. may soon have to say good-bye t plastic straws if sawmakers here get their way. >> mark segra shows us what some of the alternatives may look like and why som say plastic isn't so bad. >> reporter: they come in all sizes and colors, single-use, disposable plastic straws and
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environmentalists say they're causing a big problem, particularly in our waterways. look at this mass of floating trash. much of it plastic. according to environmental groups, americans throw away a half a million plastic straws each day. many of those straws end up in our rivers, bays and oceans. some of tm end up choking our wildlife. this video posted by the group the last plastic straw shows a sea turtle having a plastic straw removed from its nose. >> oh, man! >> we just adapt. you bring you own straws. it could be a whole new where you sell metal straws and have a little package and you could carry it with you. >> reporter: carrying a personal reusable straw is exactly what some pple are already doing. as for other alternatives for restaurants and bars, paper straws that cane recycled and even biodegradable plastic straws are now available. at restaurants like fiola mare
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on the d.c. waterfront, they've st to use metal straws. >> it's a bit of a wow factor because a lot of people de't t. they'll take it, tap it, play with it and put it back in and use it like any other normal straw. >> have they taken them home? >> some people have. >> you can use a straw made out of candy, you can use a straw made out of pasta. lots of options other thang single-use plastic. >> reporter: the d.c. council will holdearing later this year. if the law is approved, it will go into effect in9. 2 some groups are heavily dependent on disposable plastic straws, including hospitals and nursing homes. d.c. council member jack evans tells news 4 that when this legislation comes up for debate, he will add an amendment, giving an exemption to health care providers who depend on plastic straws for their patients. at the southwest wharf, mark es segrnews 4. coming up next on news 4, a 3-year-old girl is being praised
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for her tech savvy skills. >> so why did you call >> because dada was sick. >> because dada was sick and you were very smart and brave. >> how she used facetime to save her father's life. ohey promised stay together in sickness and in health. so why is thi happily married couple considering divorce to help their daughter who has special needs? our dry lawns desperately need some rain. acelia's bk to tell us how
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another warm sunny day out there. sure all the rain we had for awhile. >> yeah, but we could use a little bit of rain. a tad. could use >> we need a little rain and we don't have a lot of rain in the forecast. our reaey next cha for rain is next monday on into tuesday. o perfect time to get the car enshed but not a perfect time to get out in your gar your lawn. with the lack of rain. so take a look at your weg headlines. there is a chance for isolated showers tomorrow, mainly along and east of i-95. but that's really small. only about 20%. most of us are going to be mpletely dry on our thursday. the humidity levels, really nice and low right now. and we keep low humidity around through the weekend. again, not a lot of rain in the forecast. you'll see that when i have the ten-day coming up at gh6:45. now, temperatures are in the 80s and low 90s.
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92 in washington. 88 degrees over in huntingtown and 90 at the rer. 00 a.m., 70 degrees. plenty of sunshine. nice summer morningthn your sday morning. by lunchtime, we're at 82, a mix of clouds and sunshine. isolated shower chance during the afternoon hours. an afternoon high of 87. tomorrow eveng, pleasant. it's going to be nice to eat outdoors or take the kids to the playground. just really comfortable out there. sunset time now right around 8:35. here is a quick snapshot ore fueather. i think this is a little overdone, which is why i'm not showin whole thing. you can see bringing in the showers mainly along and east of 95, especially down through parts of southern maryland and fredericksburg and northern. we see the showers materia0%ze at abouthances. not just tomorrow but friday, saturday and sunday keeping most of us mainly dry. not until monday where we have
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the chance for some scattered showers and thunderstorms later in the day.re that's alreadyy low at only about 30%. here is your four-day forec at. 87 degrein tomorrow, which is normal for this time of year. on friday, a high temperature of 88. plenty of sunshine. really nice day out there on friday. sunny skies. on sunday, maybe an isolated afternoon or evening shower with the hig temperature of 92, but really no matter what your outdoor plans are this week, the weather cooperating and looking nice at our beaches as well with temperatures there in the 80s, doreen and wendy. >> break out the sinklers. thanks, amelia. >> the will to walk. up next, the story of a local athlete who is determined to get back on his feats after a devastating injury. we'll take you inside his recovery journey. nl she is 3 years old but dhe is pretty tech savy and being c a hero for it. how she used facetime to help save h father's life.
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you probably already know about the controversial tolls on 66 inside the beltway, b the toll hours could be expanding. i'll explain the new proposal next.
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. more tolls could be coming to your ride along i-66. more tolls. y could mean big changes for you andr budget. >> yeah, lawmakers are now talking about putting tolls in both directions, inside the beltway during both rush hours. transportation reporter adam tuss, he's in falls church to tell us why this plan is so controversial. we can only imagi . >> reporter: yeah, take a guess, wendy. onll, listen, this whole thing has beenoversial from the beginning, right? the tolls going on i-66 inside the beltway. well, right now the way it works is that one direction is tolled in the morning and one in the evening, butow there is a lot of chatter about both directions getting those tolls. ask driversut the ride on 66 and you get this -- >> the traffic is bad enough on
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66. rush hour is bad.ut >> reporter:sk drivers what they think about more tolls coming to 66o help you g around the traffic and you get this -- >> absolutely not. period. paragraph. >> reporter: so what's the solution? by now, youomrobably know of the tolls on 66 inside the beltway have gone sky high. 10 bucks, 20, 30, $4 near $50 for a one-way trip. >> it's expensive. it's a ripoff. in my mind, that's a ripoff. >> reporte t right now thels are only in the rush hour direction. in other words, inbound in the morning and outbound in the evening, but now, now the is chatter about putting tol on both inbound and outbound sections of the road during both rush hours. virginia's newest transportation secretary shannonas valentine talked about tolls in both directions recently with channel 4, hover, though, she says the state's ultimate goal here is to
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fine tune the details of the road to keep people moving. >> it's an objective of ours to try to keep costs down ase find ways to move more people. >> reporter: releasedewata which shows rush hour speeds have increased by abo 10iles per hour because of the tolls that have actually opened up the road. for now, another possible bet on those tolls has a way to pay to get aund our awful congestion. aw, we should say this is not done deal yet. this was introduced in virginia's house of delegates, but right now there is no timetable to put it into place. a little bit of good news right now, but eventually this kind of things looks almost inevitable, . back to you. >> how high can the tolls go? >> i know, at ant certain p it's going to be cheaper to take a helicopter in and out of town. thanks, adam. reporter: yes, some o us can do that sometimes. absolutely. >> that would be nice. paging chopper 4. >> uh-huh. a reminder about the dangers on our roads, particularly for
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you cyclists. this bicycle painted white now sits at the intersection of m-3 and new hampshiree avenu in northwest. marking the sport where a delivery truck hit and killed a cyclist over the weekend the young man was in a protected bike lane. some activists want the district to ban right-handed turns here and make safety improvements to this intersection. c newcerns about whether there is a predator on the loose near the university of marylannt a stu says a man tried to attack her along the paint branch trail, just about a quarter of a mile from campus. she says w s jogging about 7:00 last night when it was still light out. she says she ran past the guy and he circled back and tried to attack her. she was able to get away and he ran off into the woods.'t olice dave much of a descriptioner than the man was wearing all dark clothing and a dark backpack. investigators are going over surveillance video from cameras in the area. tacoma park, it's a city
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that once declared itself a nuclear-free zone and it has a new emotionally-chged issue on its hands. a proposed development known as tacoma junction. the town has approved four stag of this development. in a parking lot that is next to the food cooperativen ethan allen avenue. it would bring a combination of retail and office space with undergroundparking, but some residents want to block it. theyig say b box development would change tacoma park's character. >> you know, the proposal coming in is for one big box store, high rent. that means we're going t get retail franchises. what we have in tacoma park is a lot of small businesses. >> we're not building a tall building and the are all kinds of things that somebody else tght do in a different community, buthis is appropriate for tacoma park. >> tonighs council meeting is the last chance for public comment. the council is expected to vote on this development prekosal in two
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the will to walk is motivating a paralyzed college p footballyer. he broke his neck on the playing field, but the injury didn't eak his spirit. news 4's new cole jacobs shows ne how tyrell williams is defying the odds step at a time. >> i almost lost my life. >> reporter: words ty williams never thought he would say but his survival motivates him. the georgetown university linebacker wasft paralyzed he broke his neck in the season opener. it was september 5th, 2015. >>ynce i put head down, i didn't see that the ball was high, so the receiver jumped and instead of my shoulder hitting his rib cage, my head hit his pelvis. >> reporter: for nearly three years, this has been his new grid iron, thelace where plays are made and goals are set, o his he's taking steps i
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new normal and he's embracing it. >> i didn't want to pityi mysel. idn't want to be negative. stuff happens. worsehings have happened t other people. >> reporter: the 23-year-old had no feeling below the neck immediately aft surgery, but look at him now. ty credits his support system and his physical therapist foru the mirs strides he's made. >> i don't want to let the chair decide what i want to i, want to decide what i want to do. >> reporter: that strategy works for them. their partnership on full display at his spring graduation where he took steps across the stag with her right behind him. >> the short-term goal would be for him to take the braces home and do someng wal at home. >> reporter: doctors can't say exactly what is nextor ty. >> what gets better will get better if and when it gets better. so that's why i got to take it day by day. >> reporter: but he has his life. he's living. and that speaks volumes. >> i had the opportunity to
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enjoy life. so that's what i'm going to do. i have today and i might not have tomorrow so i'm going to take advantage of rtoday. orter: nicole jacobs, news 4. >> inspiring spirit. ty is finishing up some undergraduate courses and he'll start his masters program in sports management at geaygetown. he ss the sky is the limit for his future. >> andt is. well, the city of annapolis is paying tribute to the five victims of the "capital gazette" shooting rampage. there is going to be a benefit concert that will take place exactly one month after the etack. and good charlotte, a local band, will perform on july 28th. the band is from waldorf, maryland, the two brothers that started it are from waldorf, maryland. the proceeds for this will go to a fund for the victims and survivors. it will also go towards journalismkecholarships. ep an eye on our nbc washington apps because we'll have information for you as soon we get it unscripted drama. new surveillance video capturing the close call involving george
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clooney on his way to a film set in italy. a couple is running out of time and money and w a divorce may be their best option in order for them to getel the hp and the care that they're daughter desperately needs. first, here is amelia. >> here is the latest check of the satellite where i'm tracking category 1 hurricane chris. this is customizable streaming tv for your family...
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giving you the ultimate value. click, call or visit a store today. actor george clooney is out of the hospitafter a nasty motorcycle crash in italy yesterday. italian media reports that a caw collidh clooney's motorcycle. erke a look at the top -- there it is. it is. the cameras captured the moment of impact. clooney apparentlyit the car's windshield. he was wearing a helmet. a witness says right after the pain in complained of his ribs, his neck and his head. a local newspaper says the actor was heading to a film set at the time of the accident. now to a medical crisis
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prompting a texasouple to consider a really drastic step. they're happily married but say they're now considering a divorce to help their child with special needs qualify for medicaid. jake and maria gray say they're more in love nowhan when they got married nine years ago, but this 6-year-old daughter brighton has a devastatingc geneti disorder that requirese expensiv care. developmentally she's still a newborn. >> she will not be able to be on her own ever and requires 24/7 care. >> jake grey is a veteran who earns $40,000 a year. that's too much to qualify for medicaid. there is a long waiting state assistance. if maria grey becomes a singlep uned mother, she should be able to qualify for medicaid. they say tuby're goingc with their struggle to raise awareness. families from aunoss the y are in the district are demanding immediate action on climate change.
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the group is called moms clean air force. it's rallying on the national mall, calling on congressroo rethink enental issues. they're urging voters to pick candidates this november who will make climate change a prr rity, especially in ou country's poorest communities. >> it's just something that is not happening in the wealthy parts of the a citiesoss the country, it's happening to poor people. that is aua terrible son for us, and that's what our legislators need to address right now. >> the moms clean a force is a community of more than 1 million mothers and fathers who are working together to combat air pollution. >> we've had some challenges with poor air quality around here lately. pollution levels were so high on monday of this week, wedeere under a ed alert. that alert means the air is unhealthy to breathe and you should limit your timeor out monday was the first time we've een under a code red in six
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years. overall, officials say air pollution in our area is on the decline. we have much more on your forecast comg up, and that includes when are we going to get some rain? we need it. amelia is next li they're here because you're a hero. a superhero. >> next on news 4, you're
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taking a look at our top stories if you are just joining us. the teenager behind the wheel oj thp has died. connor mcgowan was 17 years old. chopper 4 flew over the crash scene in clifton yesterday. two other teens were in the car th him. one young man is now in critical
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condition. say speed was a factor. a new plan to bring more lls to i-66. right now, the tolls are in one direction during the rush hr, but some lawmakers in northern virginia want the tolls on both the inbound and outbound sections of the road to help keep traffic moving. in bethesda, this eurveillance video is the best evidence police h in connection with a jewelry heist. they say two people broke into a home a couple of blocks off arlingtonoad and stole $40,000 worth of jewelry. so far, no arrests. this evening, a local father is recovering from a life-threatening stroke. his incredibly recovery thanks to a rap response time. a response that began with a call for help from his 3-year-old daughter. >> our bureau reporter david culver introduces us to the young hero and explains what's next for herather in a story you're only going to see here on news 4. >> it has been aee difficult for devin mccabe and her family.
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>> we can't wait until he can come home, right? >> reporter: they haveov essentially into the fair backs medical campus as her husband trevor recover from a stroke that nearly killed him. >> probably if i had to pick one artery i the brain that is the most critical artery you don't want to have blocked, it's that artery. >> reporter: doctors say a crucial factor that has kept trevor alive, a quick medical response time. >> the only rule iss fast a possible. that's it. there is no other rule. >> reporter: it all started jul4 th. devon was on the job as a nurse, trevor at home t withir two young daughters. devos phone started ringing. >> why did you call mommy? >> because dada was sick. >> because dada was sick. >> reporter: using her dad's phone, molly at just 3 years old, min you, was able to call her mom at work. to let her know what was going on and also showing her. >> so i saw him lying on the ground -- >> reporter: that started a g life-sav response that brought trevor to this hospital. doctors discovering a hole in
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his heart. it just so happens the one cardiologist in the country trained to fix it using a newly approved procedure is this doctor, jim thompson. he's already recovering pretty well. we need to close the hole to make sure he doesn'tan have her stroke. >> reporter: the mccabes are focused on trevor's not able to work. friends started a gofundme. >> i have never felt so loved and supported by my community. >> reporter: most everyone donated amazed by molly. >> so brave when you called mama. you did such a good job. >> reporter: the toddler is just trying to process all this attention. >> they're here because you're a hero, like a superhero. >> reporter: tonight, she will go toh ed w new cape and a mask. what else would a superhero wear? in fairfax, david culver, news 4. >> wow. she is a superhero. >> yeah, she is. i can't even do facetime. she needs to give me lessons.
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>> allhe best to him. >> he does have a long road ahead. >> amelia, you've got some good news and not so good news. >> good news, we have low humidity. no extreme heat in the forecast. but we also don't have a lot of rain chances in the forecast. it's going to continue to stay pretty dry around here. temperatures today were in 90s, highs tomorrow in the 80s. pretty comfortable day ocurall. ently we're at 86 ins. dul 89 in camp springs. 87 degrees over annapolis. what i'm showing r youht now aren't dmps but dew point temperatures, this is howtr we k humidity. if the dew point temperature is at 65 or higher, we're saying it's feeling humid out there. dew point temperatures around 6s degr here in summer pretty much unheard of. feeling very cfortable out there for washington, d.c. standards. we're going to continue toeel comfortable with the humidity levels right through sunday, not until monday ittarts to feel a
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little humid. here is category 1 hurrica chris. this is moving towards the northeast at about 25 miles an hour. it's causing a lot of rip currents up and downhe eastern seaboard. a lot of rescues have happened this week from chris as far south as south carolina, all the way up to the c new englandst. here is the latest track with maximum sustained winds a 90 miles an hour. likely weakening to below hurricanstatus tomorrow ternoon. then it continues to push up towards the northeast t of the area. tomorrow here, a high temperature of 87 degrees. clouds building in throuout the day. a few isolated showers out there, mainly along and east o i-95. so southern maryland, fredericksburg, down throughno e hern necks. you have about a 20% chance for a shower tomorrow but most os will be dry on our thursday. weather having a pretty low impact on yr day tomorrow. looking good for pool time, outdoor exercise is going to be awesome tomorrow morning, and getting the car washeis tomorro looking good because, again, most of us are going to be dry
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through sunday. what we're noticing now, i was notually filling out my forecast sheet this aft and i always right down the sunrise and sunset times. here is what ied not today. our sunset time tonight, 8:35. sunsettomorrow, 8:34. starting to see our day lengths get a little bit shorter by about 1:30 each day. but don't worry, we still have plenty of late sunsets. the sunset time on august 17th is still around 8:00. we still have those nice long summer days. here is yourea storm 4 ten-day forecast. the week, 90s. 90 on saturday, 92 on sunday. maybe an isolated shower out there on sunday. mond, about a 30% chance for some showers and thunderstorms and more storms are possie on tuesday with showers possible early wednesday. >> guess we better make theost of that extra 90 seconds. >> now i'm getting worried. it's going to be dark at 4:00 any day now. >> i know, right? coming up, a small country th a huge upset.
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the world cup final is set. dave's up next with sports. first, though, here is lester holt wita lookt what's ahead on "nbc nightly news." door eastbound and wendy, ahead for us tonight, president trump delivers a stern lecture to our nato allies and lernches al attack on germany. we'll have reaction. wiplus, th excitement as the world cup match-up is s. weet'l
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this is the xfinity sports desk. all right. so now we have it. >> well, but i'm not going to give y the final result yet but i'll give you a hint. i got invited to at party the british embassy. i'm known at a few parties around thisat town. what happened this afternoon. all my fault. the last time anyone was in afi sel of the world cup, facebook, where we now watch baseball games, wasn't invented and the country they played this afteoon wasn't invented. it was 1990, bore croatia was an independent country.
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this year's world cup gave so mu. but croat proved their slogan, small country, big dream, more than just words. english fans hopeful that the world cup coming home. remeener, they id the game. teamiving them reason. fifth mite, the free kick. he can bend it. what a fre kick. first goal scored for england, celebration wild. england believes it's coming home. they lead 1-0.th the 68 minute, the game-tying goal. he just got a boot on it. tied at w-1. this oneent to extra time. again, this time, a little flick. scores! celebration. even took out a photographer. he gets a hug and a kiss to make sure he's okay. croatia beats england 2-1. they'll play france coming up on sunday. it really wase. t i confirmed on instagram what i saw on twitter. the nsionals game ver the pirates was broadcast on
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facebook. didn't need someone to send me a snap cl snapchat. the nationals were in search of a serious win to give facebook fans something to like. gorgeous day for baseball in the steel city. gonzalez delivers a pitch, quickly reg ts. two-run homer. nice shrub out there. 2-0, pirates. the nats offense,d ryce harper new shipment of bats sent to pnc park. apparently they didn't help. twotrikeouts today including this one in the fifth with two on. pites win it-0 didn't go well in pittsburgh. weff green is coming home. a star in nstern high school and georgetowmi ng off first nba finals appearance with lebro ands cavs. ten-year nba vet has played for oklahoma city and will be finally playing at home.
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>> it's amazing. it's overwhelming feeling.u know, to have my family come and support, i mean, it's not just o an nba season.throughout now it's 41, you know? coming through northwestern, growing up her and going to georgetown, it's a lot of great memories here. so hopefully those memories can continue to be great. joining this organization and doing great things here. >> all right. maybe we should have known it was not going to all be strawberries and cream today. an upsetting day for england, as it how youe world cup and the all-england lawn tennis and croquet club where they love heir strawberry bathed in whipping cream. roger federer was 6s and 7s. roger federer fans showing their support with creative headwear got off to a great score. match point at near court, kev anderson with the forehand. sends it long.
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anderson comes back to take the third set. doing some work. federer comes at net and watch this forehand. beautiful shot. anderson takes the fourtset. wow. now in the fifth, anderson serving match point. federer barely gets a racketn it. in indeed, kevin anderson beatss topd roger federer in five sets. juan martin del potr pretty hungry. he signals to his coach for a sandwich. think it's peanut butter and jelly. watch the ball boy. wow, he gets it there in 30 less.s or hey,h the sandwic worked.o del potr-- nadal comes to n. del potro with a diving shot. with the sandwich he realizes my stomach is upset, i don't want up.et rafi with the huge backhand. he's aired upnd beats del potr in five sets. he'll take on novak djokovic in the semifinals.
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i'm hungry and looking for ilother party to >> i was going to say, not the english. >> thank you. >> thank you. that's its for u here's money for pizza. here's the wi-fi password, but, if you go online while the boys are online the internet can slow down and they don't like it. you guys don't have fios? oh-no. but it's a 100% fiber-optic network with ridiculous speeds. you could have tons of devices online at once. interested, talk later. bye boys! don't even think about going online. woah... i can't work like this. the 100% fiber-optic network means more speed for more devices at once. so get fios internet, tv & phone with a 2-year agreement and get a free samsung chromebook 3. ♪ ♪ summer's calling. the 2018 escalade is ready to move. our best offers on the 2018 escalade are here. join us for the made to move sales event. get 0% apr financing for 60 months,
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plus $2000 down payment assistance when financed through gm financial on a 2018 escalade. . tonight, president trump goes on the attack against america's closest allies. >> germany is totally controlled by russia. >> the president lashing out leveling accusations and mang w demands while looking forward to a meeting with putin. the price you pay for everything from food and electronics to designer and furniture could be about to sore. washington again escalates the trade war with china. the survivors of a plane crash in the mountains in alaska, tonight, how everyone on board made it out alive. on a tragic explo claims the life of a volunteer firefighter, a husband and father who rushed to save eethers. >> ilike it's not real, that he's just at the fire station or at the bar

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