>> she had to be carrie up the stairs and placed on a stretcher, and this is h it all happened. the woman seen here in a purple jacket helped to the bethesda escalator which wasn't operating at the time. it was functioning as stairs, more or less. she carefully starts to walk down. this iskehat it looks li from the top of the bethesda escalators. it can be diying, about ten stories down. these are are some of the longest escalators in fact in theesternemisphere. now the details about what exactly happened are still a little bit etchy, but hentgomery county fire and rescue says t woman may have been bumped. that's when she fell backward and went all the down to the platform, all the way down the metro says it doesn't have video of the actual fall, but in this video you c see a rider alerting a metro official. another man on his cell phone quickly calls for help as a crowd gathers near the top of the escalators and eventually montgomery fire and rescue arrive with a stretcher and

carry the woman up the escalator and then to the hospital. >> it's problematic for us to extract people away from the situation like that because of the elevation or location where rtthey are. >>er: the metro gm couldn't say why thescalator he stopped that day, but does say escalators have safety mechanisms that will shut them n >> it's not that the escalators are broken. it's that they have a number of nail safes so they stop by design. >> reporter: and he says new safety announcements are being made at ceain stations to remind passengers to hold the railing. this episode good reminder to attention special escalators.se at the bethesda station, adam tuss, news 4. >> a family thorn apart by tragedy finding some closure after a driver of a food truck is sentenced to more than 11 years in prison for that crash that killed the mother of three in virginia. tony dane asked fory mercy to in court, but the judge went

with the jury'sda recommon. last september dane blew through stop sign on evergreen mills road in leesburg slamming into erin kaplan's station wagon. it killed her and injured several members of her family, including her son. bureau chief julie carey is at the courthouse where the victim's husband has plans to push forome saves changes. jules? >> reporter: well, wendy, that scho converted into a food truck that killed erin kaplan had faulty brakes, no inspection, no insurance so now the victim's husband is hoping to make suresomething like this doesn't happen again even as he and the kids continue to deal th this terrible loss. >> the kaplan family forever changed lasteptember when wife and mother of three erin kaplan was killed by a food truck that crushed her court. in court some justicehe for widower whose atrney is speaking for him. >> he's changed a lot and his

life has changed.in he coes to struggle in the aftermath of what happened. >> the crash that killed their mom seriously injured the two kaplan girls and their grandma ben was ldest child near death. news 4 has followed his remarkable and determined recovery, 90 days in t hospital, rehab after that and finally last month high school graduation. >> there was only one thinghat kept me motivated, and that was my mom,y mother. i felt like i owed it to her to -- to get stronger and to e recand to lead had a happy life. >> reporter: the next 11 and a half years ofdaony e's life will be behind bars. dane asked the judge fo mercy so he could leave jail early to make amends saying i need to do something to try to make this better, but the judge imposed enhe full se recommended by the jury. >> if you endanger other people on the roads, whether you are drunk or whether you just don't care about keeping c yourar

safe, there are conseq and these are serious consequences. >> reporter: the kaplan family has its own continuing mission now to push for better oversight of food >> we can learn from this and take more steps to urke that these trucks are safe on the roads and safe in terms of what >> reporter: the food truck that caused the accident was headed to a football gameat a loudoun county high school. mr. kaplan will urge loudoun and other districts to urge food trucks to be properly licensed, inspe inspected and insured.s and through attorney he wanted to express his gatitude to the ashburnham community and beyond for the outpouring of support for fsily. ben kaplan is headed to college close to home this familiar aftt another surgery. still a lot of emotional and physical healing ahea for this family. back to you now in the studio. >> all right. thank you, julie. right now president trump is

making his first visit to the united kingdom since his election, and late this afternoon british prime minister theresa may and her husband welcomed the president and his wife to a massive historic estate near oxford. the late pre minister winston churchill was born here. the trumps return to london for the night. a massive protest rally isec expd tomorrow with the trumps going to the windsor castle to meet the queen and will end the day at the president's resort in > scotlan ow to the russia investigation where theartisan bickering at a congressional hearing was beyond even the level that we'veome to expect in 2018. the fbi agent at the center of it all usedk st terms to explain what's at stake. >> i understand we're living in a tslitical era in which ins and insinuation often drown out honesty and integrity, but the honest truth is the that russian interference in our election ti which cotes a grave attack on our democracy. i have the utmost respect for

congress' oversight role, but i strongly believe today's hearing is ju another victory notch in putin's belt and another milestone in our enemy's campaign to tear america apart. >> fbi agent peter strzok was removed from the russia investigation when t messages criticizing president trump came to light. blayne alexander is here to try to break it all down for us. blayne? >> reporter: and doreen, that hearing was certainly something to see. you know, a lot of people on social media todayaying that it was more like a reality show than a congressional hearingay teter strzok for the very first time had the chance to defend himself pubically during that very contentious hearing. >> i'll begin by swearing you in. >> reporter: i agent peter strzok in his own words. >> you want me to read this. >> omg, he's andi . >> reporter: once a top investigator in the russia probe, today forced to read his owext messages that got him removed from that investigation. trump is a disaster, we'll stop it. >> reporter: and listening es

those mess led by house republicans trying to prove the investigation was potically motivated before it gan. >> f trump, trump is a disaster. just went to a southern virginia wal-mart. i could smell the trump support. reporter: strzok said the messages he exchanged with fbi lawyer lisa page never influenced > s actions. u need to understand that was written late hat night off the cuffn response to a sires of events that included then candidate trump insulting the immigrant family of a fallen war hero. >> reporter: republicyis not it. >> go ahead and confirm on the record that none of that occurred on anfficial f device or official fbi time. gohead and do that. >> sir, many of them did. >> oh, they did. >> the hearing at times so contentious lawmakers laid into each other. >> the gentleman isot recognized. >> and the chairman is not being proper. >> reporte strzok passionately defending himself and the russia investigation. >> it is not a witch-hunt.is itot a hoax. >> reporter: and democrats agree displaying posters of the five

people who have already pled guilty. and lisa page, the attornwa who on the other side of those text messages has been subpoenaed to apar tomorro doreen that. interview will notub be pc. back for you. >> blayne action ter reporting. thanks, blayne. former trump campaign chairman paul manafort was moved to the alexandria transportation center transferred against his wishes from the northern neck regional jail about two hours of here in virginia. manafort is being held in protective custody. we c seeom his mug shot he's also wearing an inmate uniform. orthern neck he was able to wear street clothes. this is all according to court documents. manafort is awaiting trial on charges that stem from hisbu ness dealings around lobbying work in ukraine. for the second time this week there's been an attempted security breach at the white house. scott macfarlane is reporting that is one happen on sunday morning. a secret service affidavit says the virginia ma jumped over a

security barrier and when an officer raised his gu the man yelled shoot me. his name is timothy huhn. they say he wanted to meet with the president and court feelings say he tried to breseh white housrity back in 2010. >> i'm erika gonzalez. breaking at 6:00, former prince george's chief kevin maxwell is leaving with nearly $1 million in compensation. the deal was for $790,00 but if you include benefits, the number is expected to be $1.2 million. maxwell resigned as school ceo at the end of the school year after a five-year tenure plagued by scandal. the board is expected to vote on the compensation package at tonight's etin ivom bond has been denied for a

maryland man who confessed to stabbing his girlfriend and taking offith his children. dwight perry's actions set off an amber alert on tuesdayaf ernoon. perry heard that hey left over the radio and turned himself in. montgomery county police said children are okay, and perry's girlfriend is errecg. officers say perry has had a history of domestic violence charges. doctors in thailand say the 12 members that have rescued soccer team and their coach are recovering well in the hospital andfe is returning to normal for those who took part in that massive operation. the thai navy s.e.a.l.s returned to their base and to a hero's welcome. and a british diver who helped b find ts hugged by a stranger when he arrived in london. hat it was g about like to find the boys alive nine days after they disappeared. >> how many of you? >> 15. >> very pleased and veryre lieved that they were alive, but we realized the enormity ofa

the siton. >> it took nine more days and that complex rescue operation to get all of this out. a crash another an ice feam trucklowed by a violent confrontation. why the victim's relative is facing charges after the little girl it by a car. and new clues in a search for a gunmanng after wed guests were robbed at gunpoint as they waited for uber outside a country club. plus a frenzy here andr acs the country as thousands line up hoping to cash in on a sweet deal on stuffed animals. why the chain was forced to close its doors after scenes like this one. and we'll bery for the next couple of days, but as we move into sunday and espec aall mond tuesday, some showers and thunderstorms are possible. i'll have more on the timing coming up, plus when the

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well, take a look at this frenzy outside the build-a-bear store ato mgomery wall. one mother waited in loin for two hours to get stuffed animals for all seven her children. similar scenes werelaying out all across the country today from kansasca to soutlina and florida. thousands of parents lined up with their children in tow to one-day antage of this sale with the popular stuffed animal selling for just a few ut dollars, b as the lines grew

so did concerns about safety and the teddy bear chain was forced to shut down all of their stores because of the overwhelming response. bureau chief tracee wilkins has reaction to all of this from national harbor. >> reporter: this is what the line is like now tere at build-a-bear at national harbor. it's much shorter than iwas when we first got here. let me show you what it looked like earlier. the line went down the block and i'mtelling you that from my understanding there were literally hundreds of people here in national harbor and n take a look at what it looks like over couldn't gomery wall. the company spokesman came out and let them know they had been in time for some people and not able to get the build-a-bears. this was a special offer. normally build-a-bears cost anywhere fro$16 to $35 but today you paid your aiming so you saw plenty of parents in line with their littles. o >> it's getting close to his birthday. it july 26th so we're like he has to pay only $1or a

build-a-bear an now we're realizing it really wasn't worth it. representative went to the end-of-the-line and said at this point no more. s they wivice everybody here in line and that's it. >> reporter: apparently this was a promotion th was too good for build-a-bear to handle at all of its locations soy while the stores limited the number of p gple who were able t in and some had to close completely, there were still a lot of happy kid w walked away from some of these locations. unfortunately, probably not as many as thunhappy kid. at national harbor, tracee wilkins, news 4. >> new developments after a sires of security scares that wt fird you about in march. local government agencies are reiving explosi devices in the mail along with long rambling notes. today the man is accused of sending them and was ruled trial.tent to stand the man lives in washington stayed but a competencyat evaon shows he has schizophrenia. he has to undergorement

before this case is allowed to ove forward. >> a car struck a 10-year-old girl in southern maryland yesterday, but tonight it's one of the girl's family members and not the driver of the car who is facing charges. that cras unfolded in lexington park after the girl bought some candy from i ance cream truck. news 4's chris gordon has our hstory. >> t evening an ice cream truckanrom her company drove down yorktown road. the driver tells me this is not the truck wherehe little girl bought her candy before being hit crossing the r roadning home. her family tells me her name is journey. the st. mary' county sheriff's office says she was struck by an suv driven by 72-year-old linda glaser. >> that child purchased something from the ice cream behindnd darted out from the ice cream truck right into the path the driver of the vehicle. >> reporter: these markings from the sheriff's office tell the story of this accidench the gmc

here.came to a stop this circle is where the little girl's bag of candy landed. the little girl was her apparently right upped the front of the vehicle. had a neighbor who doesn't want his face shown heard a loud bang and then ran to help the little girl. >> woman on the other side of the vehicle asked her to see if show could move her legs. one of h legs was stuck under the car. she managed tor move leg and erpulled her out. >> reporter: aft thee accident thsheriff's department says a 22-year-old relative of the little girl t assaultede driver. >> and that person will be charged. the application for charges has been submitted. ay>> people areg that she was dragged and beaten up out of thvehicle and when i cam out here she got out of her vehicle to go around to the back of the vicle to see if she -- to see what she had hit. >> the 72-year-old driveras injured and is expected to be okay. the familiar lift 10-year-old who was hit tlls me she is

recovering, and they expect her to return home soon reporting from lexington park, maryland, chris gordon, news 4. >> years after the death of 13-year-old matty stepanek his legacy of hope andveace on. little matty died from a rare4, since the city of rockville has honored him with a day of peace on his birthday, and this year governor lry hog haeks panned that to a statewidest. today his motherni j explained how matty was able to make such a huge impact during his very short time here on earth. >> matty had a way of taking peace from being an abstract ncept, to being from let's end war and making it very real. he had arnay of tng peace into concrete what we think, what we say, what we do and how we ve in a community. >> jeppi also suffers from the

same disease th tookll of her children. the peace day celebration is this saturday in ckville at king farms. >> what a wonderful tradition to honor him. still ahead, new clues four years after a notorious crime captured headlines in our region. plus, students mourning the death of a teenager as another classmate clingso life and reaction from friendsch we'll take a cser look at that road where that accident happened. some pop-up showers for some of us, but most areas arec pletely dry still. pletely dry still. amelia is tra ckhere's money for pizza. pletely dry still. amelia is 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.

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some breaking news. new plan to secure the national nd now it's on home. the national capital planning commission says it's postponing that plan thattould have bu a fence around the zoo and consolidated the entry point. officials say the comments from the publicnfluenced that decision. he changes were proposed after several security-related incidents. so we're working to find out where the proposaloes from here, but for now everything -- everything is happening at the

zoo normally. pretty nice day to go visit the zoo i wouay. pleasant out there today, amelia. >> low humidity and plenty of sunshine. everybody stayed dry and one shower materialized around cambridge and moved down towards the northern neck. the great news iss this comfortable weather continues hutomorrow anddity levels staying on the low side for this team of the year. second weather headline. maybe an isolated showern nday but for the most part most if not all of your day is going to be dry, but i'm tracking some more significant storm chances on monday, but especially on tuesday. tuesday out of the next ten days is going to be our best chance for rain around here, and we've been really dry the last two weeks, really since the month started we haven't had that much rain at all in area. right now our temperatures are in the 80s. mid to upper 80s for the most part and down to 86 in washington after an unofficial high of 91. 81 in winchester and 86 degrees

out there in culpepper and clear skies and overnight lows in the 60s and low 70s so that moans we st ort tomorrow very similar to today. 6:00 a.m. whereas 71 degreeh w sunny skies. low humidity by lunchtime. still so can you have your lunch outside again tomorrow and it's going to be comfortable. 84. a high temperature tomorrow around 90 degrees and as we head on into your friday night it's going to be fabulous. 75 degrees at 7:00 p.m. the sunset time tomorrowright around 7:30 so if you're eating dinner odoors and firing up the grill you have the right idea. here's your pollen report from today. trees, weeds and grasses come in and most continue to come in low to moderate and that's about the case for the last week or so. eekend to the beach this looking nice there. temperatures in the low to mid-80sd both sat and sunday. the water temperature still a little chilly for me. 78egrees and that'shere it's at right now. take a look back here at home. saturday a high of 92.

9 the 93 for a high on sunday. notice the isolated shower chance on sunday but monday a bit of a better chance, a 30% chance for some late day w thunderstorh temperatures in the 90s and humidity in full force on monday the 94 feeling more like 100. wendy and doreen. >> you meant to say e sun sets about 8:30 what did i say? >> 7:30. e >> our days getting shorter >> she's looking ahead. >> thanks, amel. a restaurant manager shot while waiting for an uber after a wedding. what the young man said to the gunman just before he opened fire. it's been two days since a 17-year-old high school student lost his life in an accident and coming up we'll show you how this tragedy is impacting the community. >> and the government is taking a new look at an old murder case that shocked the world and helped inspire the civil rights

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a l of poem are praying right now for a beloved restaurant employee who was shot curing during a robbery this weekend. cistian broder was attending a wedding in his hometown of atlanta when the gunman opened fire. news 4's mark segraves is outside of millie's with reaction from his friends and

mfamily. >>k. >> a very popular restaurant here and a very popular guy. i spoke to atlanta police department today. they tell me that they are getting more clues. the surveillance views from outsid the country club and ever since they released a sketch of the public. >> christian broder was back in fhis hometown o atlanta, georgia attending a wedding at the capital city country club. dnight sunday morning that broder and his wife along with his brother and his wife were outside ofhe club waiting for an uber when a car pulled up and this man got out pointing a gun at them. then he robbed them. >> from what i understand, christian said something to the fact that, you know, are you re, you know -- are you sure you want to do this, or why are you doing this? and the guy just absolely just flipped out and, you know, said

oh, so you want die over this, and shot him point blank in the stomach. >> we spoke by phone to the owner of millie's restaant and broder's brother-in-law. >> just everybody is just so devastated. all the staff and -- and all the -- all the people that, you him. know him, just love he's just such a mellow, thoughtful,gu amazing >> reporter: atlanta police believe the suspectodwho shot br is the same man seen in this surveillance video. police say this suspectca acked someone two days before the shooting and that car wa a used the getaway car in the shooting. broder is the father of a 9-month-old girl. his wife teaches at a local nursery school. he remns i critical condition at piedmont hospital in atlanta. broder has worked at this millie's location for the past

two years.at we're told t he's undergone several surgeries so far. he remains in intensive care. that's the very latest. doreen, back to you. >> we hop he pulls through. thank you, mark. it's been a painfst y, one that the d.c. police haven't been able to solve for four years. where is relisha rudd in the little girl was 8 years old when she disappred from the d.c. homeless shelter. today police released this age progression image of what relisha might look like at t aiming of 12. she was last seep with janitor khalil tatum who killed his wife and then killed himself as police closed in onhim in the search for relisha. now to a loss that's overwhelming a high school community in ou area. 17-year-old conor mcgowan died this week after crashing his jeep no a tree. his friend who was also in the car is hfighting for life right now. news 4's meagan fitzgerald is in fairfax county to tell us how

this community coping. megan? >> reporter: doreen, they are taking it prty hard, especially students. in fact, grief counselors were on hand for several hours to tro elp the students who are grieving the loss of copper but it's not just that.so they are a worried that theyse may l another classmate. >> i'm like wow, that could have beenme, one of my sisters, it's scary. >> the impact of 17-year-old conor mcgowan's death is affecting an eire community in different ways. >> when i saw the kided i said i need to consider how dangerous these roads are because sometimes you don't realize how fast you're going. >> reporter: conor died on tuesday after lose control of his car and crashing into a tree after speeding on fairfax d.ation r his lacrosse teammate is fighting for his life. phone coron's close friends like bennett. >> i'm really sad.e inown him most of my life. >> reporter: the grief is

overwhelming. >> he up of my good friends in school, we would always do homework together and right now i just can't really comprehend it. like i just can't believe he's gtee. >> repo on wednesday night friends and family gathered at this community church b hours later students met up on the football field at robinson secondary school to find strength from each other. they rememberedfr theirnd who died too soon and prayed that their other classmate pulls flew. >> i mean, it's really sad he was so young. he was going to b going to college soon and a future. >> gofundme page has been set up to help conor's family wth medical bills and funeral expenses. interested in learning more, nd out more by going our nbc washington app a searching conor >> president trump is in great

britain. in bruce els he said nato members should double their commitment to 4% of their gross national product domestic product and sam interterm ted them as the possibility of withdrawing from nato. >> the united states ncommitmen to is very strong and remains very strong. by the time we left, got along handhey agreed to p more and agreed to pay it more quickly. >> not clear whether the nato members actually made any new commitments, and president trump iris not tst american leader to ask the allies to step up their defensei spe but other presidents have used diplomacy to pursue their charges against porn star stormy daniels have now been dropped. daniels was arrested after a at performance an ohio strip club last night. she was accuseded of allowing a customer to toucher on stage. hat is forbidden by state law. today her attorneys said prosecutors dropped those charges.

danie made headlinesfter suing president trump claiming that show was paid tens of f thousand o dollars to keep quiet about her alleged affair with thei prnt. the president acknowledged the payment but not the affair. up next, a futuristic tool how police canines are being used to catch childor pred and we warned you about this poisonous plant after it cropped up in our area. tonight a local teenager is recovering after touching this stuff. we'll tell you how ited happ but first here's amelia. >> hey, doreen. heare's tomorrow morning sng off your friday at 7:00 a.m. it's really comfortable with temperatures in thmid-60s to low 70s, but as day wears on we'll warm to around 90, but what about the humidity levels? increasinghe late on humidity coming up. it's one of the biggest events in baseball and it's happening in our backyard. >> we're tlking abouthe mlb all-star guam and tomorrow we'll

be there live at fanfest. >> reporter: and we'll have first 4 traffic with all the road closures you'll need to get around and the updated

a new d.c. law is on e books after a news 4-team investigation exposes how an old law was being exploited by some renters. renters who live in single family homes that are put up for sale are noon lr entitled for the tent antpportunity to rent act. they heard from homeowners who wanted to sell but had their homes held hostages by renters demanding big payouts. now to a ra tool that's being used to crack down on child porn cases in parts of e country. local police are considering it so news 4's scott macfarlane went to new york to check it out. he shows us how specially trained canines are on trail of

child predators. >> we're in manhattan and the news 4 i-team ttoveled here see the newest tool law enforcement has to combat child exploitation cases. it's a trained canine. one of a handful in thenation used to pursue hidden electronic devices which might hold those child exploited images.we followed along that the canine sniffed out hidden drives and other components that criminals would hide to elude detection from police and the hand arches, the canine is highly trained and highly in demand. >> this is a rare tool. >> it is a rare tool, but it's an up-and-coming futuristic tool for us. i think, that you know in, a few years everybody is going to havt s asset. >> harley's detail here in thei field office of the fbi in manhattan and they are trying now to get this technology in our are pause there's no

shortage of cases in our area. that's part of our i-team news 4 investigation later on tonight at 4:00. ott macfarlane news 4 i-team. a dangerous plan can cause serious burns and can even caus blindness and it's been found in our area andonight a teenager is in the hospital. 17-year-old alex childress has third-degree burns on his hands and face. he was working his summer job as a landscaper in spotsylavnia when the leafy giant hog weed plant brushed across his face. he got home that day and his face started peeling. he's in the hospital innd rich now. giant hog weed has been spotted in different parts of virginia, including here inern virginia in recent weeks. the plant has clusters of small white flowers and pointy leaves d at grow to 5 feet wide look a bit like a maple leaf. a dry stretch of w for the most part, but amelia is ming up next to track our best

chance for a little bit of rain. plus justicedelayed. why the government is reopening the investigation in the murder of emmett till more than 60 years offer his

a quick look at our top stories no in st.mary's county a 10-year-old girl was hit by a car yesterday after buyingandy rom an ice cream truck. tonight one of her relatives is being charg after police s that person assaulted the driver of the car. investigators say it's unclear if the driver will face any charges since alcohol and speed did not appear to play a role. the girl is expected to be okay.

a foodruck driver who hit and killed a mothernd wife of three. he's being sentenced to 11 and a half years for the crash laster septehat killed erin kaplan and critically injured their children and grandmotr. evidence show that school bus converted into a food truck had faulty brakes, no inspection at no insurance. president trump and firni lady me trump are in london right now. they attended a black tie dinner tonight at the estate where winston churchill was born. protesters held up signs outside the gate they say their government should not be giving the trumps a red carpet welcome. the president is going to have tea with queen elizabeth tomorrow. and people waited in ne for hours to try and grab some very popular stuffedma as. build-a-bear offered a big discount today so parents and kids flooded t stores in our area and acrossthe country. the demand was so high the company should down the promotion and their stores

leaving some people empty handed. emmett till's brutal beating and murdo led our ctry to do a lot of soul searching and served as a cataly for th civil rights movement. now the government is taking another look at his tideath. > was killed in 1955 after a white woman said he whistled r at and made advances,t the case has been reopened as he justice department examine new information. erika gonzalez talked with the direct at the national museum of african-american history and culture and joins us now with that rt of the story. >> reporter: wendy and dore evening, of the people we spoke with today the overarchi message was the same. however lock it takes, they want the truth to come out. new information in the 1955 case of the grew some slaying of emmett till has revived an investigation once cled. the news first report by the associated press has spread like wildfire. >> america ami the till f

have suffered a lot of pain and then in some ways if we can get to the truth, if we can find i ctly what happened, then think it provides healing for the family, but ul the country. >> reporter: director of the national museum of african-american history and culture lonnie bunch talked to me about the significance of tne s. >> i got to know emmett till's mother in chicago. the one thing i'm always struck by, she used to say to me that her son died on the cross of racial injustice and that people need to remember not just his death but that his life helped to transform a country and restart a civil rights movement. >> reporter: inside th newest museum on the national mall, you'll find a memorial to till and thorough explanation of the life and boy in money, mississippi that ignited the civil rights movement. outside people ngreac to the ground-breaking news. >> a long time coming. i couldn't even -- i'm just excited that i t to see it in

my lifetime. i'm 57 so to be able to seehat finally some truth, some closure some folks. >> there's more no many of these stories that we've dided to bury all those years ago. time to open everything backp again. >> this generation can know how important that depth was to us as far as what our ancestors went through, so let it come out, everything, and whatever comes with it,be so it. >> reporter: more than 60 years ago two white menge were ch with the murder of till but were acquitted. the men later confessed to the crime in a magazine interview but weren't retried. both are now dead. theustice department has not revealed what that new information might be. ho sever, someolars believe the book entitled "the blood of emmett till"ay have something to do with it. the wife of one of the suspects later admitted that she wasn't

truthful when she said till made sexual advances towards her. wendy, back for you. >> we'll see what happens when this. thanks, erika. amelia is back with another check of our weather and would like the trend to continue the way it has been. >> i'm t going to steal his line but credit him. chuck belng is known as sa the trend is your friend and when you get into a trend like this with the weather it sticks around for a while and that's exactly what we're seeing, low humidity, plentyf sunshine, and we're looking mainly dry. a beautiful day for chopper 4 make a flight over. take a look at this. >> oh, lovely. that's always etty. >> sunflower fields up there. i love this, andhe love t photographers that are going there and taki beautiful pictures of the scenery there and sharing them on facebook and prit twitter. guys, please continue to do so. appreciate your eye for the beautifnflowers that go on as far as the eye can see. temperatures in the 80s and official high at 92 degrees.

we're at 86 degrees in washington with a high temperature tomorrow around 90. plenty of sunshine and nice with low humidity oni a we track the humidity with dew point temperatures. when it's at 65 degrees or lower, we're sa it's really nice out there for summer. the dew point temperatu in frederick is 45. that's fabulous. that means you'll in for a nicet cool nionight in the suburbs. windows open kind of weathe note so much so here in the city. tomorrow and saturday great pool days, sunday, if youve any outdoocuplans, bar or wedding, an isolated shower is possible but don't change any of the plans. know there's a mall chance you're dealing with the shower, actually mainly during the morning and midday hours and we'll have me on that. we also have the mlb all-star game with the home rby d on monday and game on tuesday. n monday a 30% chance for a thunderstorm down at nats park

but more importantly it's hot and humid with a high o and 92 on tuesday with a 50% chance for showers and thunderstorms, so the big game on tuesday could be impacted by the weather, something we're obviously keeping a very close eyelon. humidity on wednesday and thursday of next week and looking really niceh with temperatures around 90. wendy and doreen. >> thanks, amelia. coming up, the god, the bad, the dwight. what's the thinkingdbehin the wizards new free agent signing? dave is up next to tell us. >> we're curious but first er here's lestolt with a look ahead on what's up next on "nightly news." >> tonig fireworks, the tim of the fbi agent whose text

hi it's me, tuesday. i used to be that quiet day between monday and wednesday. but now, there's all this playful banter and staying up late. how am i supposed to read my book? oh, hi tuesday! i'm the quiet day, i was never supposed to be this much fun! [ screaming ] can you, can you win a little more quietly? just... promised some big stuff from dave here in spores.

>> big stuff. >don't try this at home. i'm a trained sportscastero i can do this. to delve into your syche, your emotions. pour the water and as you look at this, half empty, half full. >> hallffull. >> hfull. >> what an optimistic bunch. they all said half full.ll we'tart with half full. there you go. you can't tug on supean's cave but can debate his signing by the wizards. it's been made official howard is coming d.c. take a look at he is resume the glass should be full, eight-time all-star and over 14 seasons he's average 17 points, 12 rebounds and 2 bloc per game and 32 still going stng. just last season was third in the league in rebounds and blocks, but -- >> but. >> why is there always a half empty side unless you're on thii set th amelia, dreen and company. wedy. >> who am i?

>> h wizards is fourth team in four ybers. re his stop in charlotte his teammate in atlanta questioned howard's approach and told fox sports southeast he plays great against his ld teams and there's reports that howard didn't work with kobe bryant in l.a. and james harden in houston but john wall told nbc sports hi wton's chris miller -- >> i just feel like he's a guy tryingre to teee his carr and change all the negative stuff ut him. we know he likes to have fun ano joke aund and i think he's kind of locked info ands and all we can be as teammates and coaches is make it comfortable for him and make him feel like he's welcome at hond some of the things we need to do to make us get getter and he has to buy into that and it a not about him, trying to do it for the whole team and the group, i think we'll be n. >> john is half full. sw-19 is the postal code for wimbledon. really seemed like serena williams' neighborhood though. seven tea she's won the venus rose warner dish, the name of the trophy includi 2015 and

2016. she missed last year while pregnant with heraughter but this year she's lookingright at home at sw-19 in case mailing something. serena williams looking to advance. her opponent comesup with the return and serena on the backhand, no chance. wins the set 6-2. serena in the far court and leaves one up and guetiess a racket on it. serena williams wins in straight sets and moves on to the final. she will be looking for her th major title. we sure about that? all right. naood stuff from serwilliams as she moves on. you know, the nationals start their final series before the all-star break tonight in new york against the mets, and in third place 5 g 1/2es out of first place they have to take it, shall we say, one game ate. t i've heard that before. here in town there are more signs or shall i say photos that d.c. is eager to host its first

major league all-star game since 1969 and unveiled this morning hat freedom plaza. 2018 major leagueh baseballat includes bryce harper and sean doolittle anhe max scrzer and then also, you know, manny machado as an oriole and maybe the last time an o's and baseball flavor being felt all around the district. >> hey, the caps t.j. oshie having a great summer win sng tnley cup and helping his 2-year-old daughter. nice chip ot right there. he's at lake tahoe for the american century championship,a maybe his daughter would let get out e golf course because she's sharp and you can finish this water if you want. >> kept her arms once you got that down, you're there. you're 90% there. >>ck elbows . >> and venus rose water dish. >> okay. >> this is rose wer right here. >> okay. who knew. >> no wonder it's half full for

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tonight, chaos and confusion as president trump makes new waves and neclaims on his way out, again angerin our closest world allies. and tonight protests as they roll out the red carpet in london. fireworks as a top fbi agent who sent anti-trump text messagess grilled before congress. r!> mr. chairman, orde stormy daniels arrested after a strip show that police said went too far. s but the charge already dropped. uper attorney says she was se. hate crime charges for a man caught on camera berating a woman over a puerto rican flag on her shirt. >> you should not be wearing that in the united states of america. >> okay. >> a police officer who stood by and didn't step in to help now off the force. an amen