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right now at 6:00, a na positive contaon test for d.c. water. w the potentially harmful bacteria could affect your neighborhood. alexandriaails on second homicide of the year, including -- [ inaudible ] and after d.c. united first hetook the pitch, team is getting its own stadium, and we is live team coverage on all t excitement. d.c.ater tests positive for contamination. good evening, i'm erika gonzalez, the water safety warning ied now foc on parts of northeast d.c. so what we are talking aut are the neighborhoods east of the metro tracks, including
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university heights, michigan park, queens chapel, an parts of brookland. >> reporter: you may notice our favorite cold drink from a first down or machine is unavailable, that'sipe effect. when it started on friday, some 34,000 customers were affected. >> my neighbor down the street n called me tht of it, said, do you have water? d i had the cell phone, i walked in the bathroom, i said, i have a trickle. >> reporter: yesterday she had compan today, a smaller group. >> the impacted neighborhoods, university park, michigan north michigan park, queens chapel and brookland. >> reporter: d.c. water has been doing tests, taking samples througffut theted area. 13 hydrants like this have been tested and at one, they got a
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positive hit. that hydrant was inichigan park. the sample tested possible for total coliform conta but not the most worrisome. it was nmiotna on, ecoli. we did test for e. coli. it was not positive for that. >> reporter: they're also seeking to address concerns over e notification about the boil water alert. some people got theord quickly and some didn't. >> we gtal a rob about it last night. >> why was communication director to consumers so poor? >> we'll have ahough review of our communication. trr back in brookland? >> i went to use bottled water in the bathroom to brush my teeth. >> reporter: officials hope the problem will be completely resolved this weekend. more information tonight on the dos andor don'ts the water alert. the city says you should use boiled or bottled water for drinking, for brushing your
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teeth, preparing and cooking foods, and for preparing baby formula as well. me rules apply for your pets. we're told it is still safe to shower, but you should avoid swallowing the water. we sent you an alert soon as we learned about the positive contamination test. stay with news 4 and the nbc washington app for complete coverage on this d.c. water alert. we'll have anyew updates. switching gears now, d.c. united is finally getting ay stadium t can call their own. we have live team coverage tonight as we countdown to the opening of audild f d.c. united fans are just as excited to check it out. darcy spencer joins us live from fan reaction to the brand-new stadium. >> reporter: this is the day d.c. united fans have been waiting for, for a very long time. it's happeng today, the stadium is opening and tonight is the very first game. if you look bind me, you can
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see people are lined u waiting for the gates to open. that's expected to happen very soon. and people are getting here extra early to take look and see the new home of the d.c. united. we shot a little bit ofid earlier today just to give you an idea what it looks like outside the stadium. officials cut the ribbon for audi field less thanne week ago. it's a $500 million stadium that seats 20,000 soccer fans. now, i spoke to a 14-year-old who's excited about attending this first game here. >> i'm just a big soccer fan in to have a team locally around my area, i have to support them. >> is it a big deal for you as a teen to get to go to the first game here? >> yeah, because 5 years from now, i can still say, i went to the first game at audi field. it's going to be interesting. >> what are you looking forward to the most about the new stadium and being here? >> well looking forward to the team winning. but also to thembnce of a new stadium. big soccer fan. >> what do you think of the location here?
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>> we're finding out. first time today, hopefully it will all work out. >> reporter: and everybody fere is hopin a win. again, you can see the crowds here, just waiting for the gates to open. one word of warning, if you've used to going to games at adrfk m with all that parking, this is a very different story. there isn't a lot of parking here. el you're urged to use metro. i can you from personal experience, d.c. police are out here towing cars, if you park illegally. >> yikes. darcy spencer, thank you for that. warni let's keep talking about the new stadium. new stadium, new star player. for more on the huge night in d.c., we g to sherree burruss live on the field. >> reporter: this is the one of the biggest sports weekends this summer here in d.c.a ppy hello from a brand-new audi field. they officially opened on monday, but shortly fans will have their first chance to step
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inside. they're saying goodbye to rfk and hello to audi field, 18 months after breaking ground, we're here for openi night. d.c. united taking on the vancouver white caps. united has the worst record in the league, but hoping a lot of home games here nt their stadium will help turn the tide. another way they're hoping to turn things around getting wayne rooney out here on the field. the international superstar making his debut with d.c. united, here tonight signed to much fan fafare in the last mon. he's known for his success with manchester united and the national team for england. so there's a new star, we're in a brand-new stadium. things are sure to be exciting. back to you. >> people going to audi field are hoping to enjoy a game under some s clees. samarra joins us from the ather center. >> it's looking absolutely wonderful out there,usin
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time for the game. i don't think you could ask for better weather for the game. let's take a look at this. teeratures in the upper 80s around 7:00 p.m., perfect conditions, plenty of sunshine. aew clouds moving in. by sunset, very comfortable. temperatures are goingo be dropping into the 80s. and even closer toig mi, mid 70s. no rain to worry about. you may notice the humidity spiking just a little bit. but we are going to see somets improvem sticking around, i want you to i am going because to be tracking showers and storms. we'll time it out in your full weather. back to you. >> alexandria police investigating its second homicide of the year. so weow know the name of the victim murdered inside the business where he worked. police say bradford jackson was killed friday morningod his b found inside of a second-floor office at windowin universe on street. jackson was a marketing manager there.
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he was 65 and lived in the delray area in warwick village. basseen, a new jersey resident, is charged with his murder. policeave not released a motive in the case. president trump getting some r & r at his scotland golf resort. we'll show you why his day on the courseot was as enjoyable as he may have hoped. and d.c. mayor muriel does something she's never done before. how her
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adl d shooting in prince george's county. friends of the victim took a man to the hospital where he later died. fire erupted after midnight near the intersection oor eastt road and kent village drive in landover. detectiv have made no at ests and doow what led to that gunfire. a busy stretch of pennsylvania avenue back open after a deadly crash. it happened about 3:00 this morning near the seussa bridge. police havre not ased the name of the person who died. that road was shut down for about six hours. d.c.ayor muriel bowser just issued her first ever veto. it has to do with the city's graduation rate. the mayor vetoing a bill that would have let seniors with six weeks of absences graduate. "the washington st" reports that bowser said it would undermine efforts to promote
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attendance. the legislation was past in june, same time the scandal broke. a jaguar escaped its habitat and went on a killing spree, targeting other animals. how zoo leaders are responding to the tragedy. >> the day is here,d audi fi is ready to go. when we come back,
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>> scary scene in new orleans in morning, when a jaguar escaped its habitat and killed six animals. this is a picture of that jaguar. this happened at the audubon zoo. zoo keepers tracked down that jaguar, sedatt. among the animals killed, an alpaca,emu, and fox. one alpaca and two other foxes were also injured. it's still not clear how the jaguar got outf its enclosure. the incident took place before the zoo opened. the zoo was closed, but they will b re-opening tomorrow. a day on the golf course fos ent trump, but protesters shouted down his visit in scotland today. the golf course is one ofha several he owns around the world. the president was dressed in black, wring a white baseball
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cap. protesters lining the road and the beach near thee golf cou to protest his visit. you may remember the 13-year-old who died after fighting a rare neurological disease. his life and poetry remain an n inspiration to so many in this area. celebrated on this day at king farm in rockville. mattie was a "new york times" best selling author and peace activist. saying we could all take a oment to pause to remember his message. >> i think we all need peace these days. mattie had a fantastic message, we need cohesiveness. and a lot of people have opposing views these days. and i think we can all agree, though, that peace is the mosta impo thing. >> one of the highlights of the
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event this yeae were peac conversations. local leaders, elected officials, educators,po lice, and first responders, discussing ways to increase peace frin the >communities. what a beautiful day to be out there honoring mattie stepanek. also if you're headed to audi field, we are lucking out. >> oh, yes. >> then the start of the week, we don't know what's going on. >> and we have a big game then. wait until w get to that part of the forecast. for now, let's o focushow amazing it's been, how amazing it will be for the remainder of your weekend. with a few rain chances. right now, we're at 89 degrees in washington, d.c. farther north, they're hanging to that 90. 90 in hagerstown. 90 in frederick, 90 in gaithersburg. upper 80s farther south. a flip situation there. forecast for tonight will be around 70 degrees. we are headed to the upper 60s
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in a lot of o surrounding suburbs. 70 inside the beltway. you may notice the humidity is going to be movin upwards overnight. not bad, but it is on its way up. tomorrow morning, if you are planning on maybe going for a morning run, doing any morning sport activity, just know that the humidity is rising. if you're planning on getting your car washed as we head throughout the weekend, we are looking at some rain moving in. on monday, i think some rain chances will be more widespread monday and tepsday. hat in mind. if you have any outdoor dining plans for this evening, tomorrow, you're looking very comfortable. yard work on sunday. keep your eye on the radar, 2 to 5:00 p.m. possible isolated shower moving through. humid building and clouds increasing tomorrow. temperatures still making it to the low 90s. future cast here, if you look at e time stamp in the corner, 8:00 a.m., you can see we're pretty clear on areas along 95 and easard.
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west starting to pick up clouds. then the clouds really move in sundayanfternoon. farther west, you can see the rain is starting to push in. doesn't really hold together. that's why we'reaying that chance is isolated. not a wash-out of a sunday at all. just keep an eye on the radar, especially if you are headed to anne arundel county, as we head through sunday evening. now the rain chances, as we move through theop of the week. monday looking a bit like sunday. chance for isolated showers tuesday, when it's going to be more scattered. some of the storms will be strongossibly severe. wednesday and thursday, both dry days with plenty of sunshine. your ten-day outlook, three days in the 90s to ma h at wave. if we hit it tomorrow and monday, that will be another heat wave. but we're 9 expecting through tuesday. tuesday will be the chance where you are more than likely going
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to be seeingea wides showers and storms. the remainder of the week, more humid. next weekend, a similarfo set-u the top of the week when we'll be tracking more showers and stms. >> somara, thank you. next, we'll go live to audi field, hear what the team isut saying abohe new stadium,
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>> this is the xfinity sports desk. nd we want to continue our team coverage on the opening of audi held, w sherree burruss live inside the stadium. hi, guys. >>hello, erika. we are excited. i know the fans are. they are alletting these scarves. it says, we're home, with today's date ont. an exciting new building and an exciting new star. >> it's a great day. >> let's start with the building we are in here today. it was 18 months ago,st they f broke ground here at audi field. the field is finally up and running. the first.c game is d united taking on the vancouver white
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caps. all the bells and whistles, including sweets, that are field level. hopefully just what the doctor ordered. the black and red have the wor record, but this opening ranks g pretty high a highlights at the club. >> it's up there, yeah. everyout was asking ahe ribbon cutting and the ground breaking. just doesn't do it for me, to be honest with you. i want to be in the stadium. i want to hear the fans. i want to feel that energy, and that's what we've been waiting for, for a long time. it's going to be a special night. it's a fine balance of the celebration of it all, but alsow understandin gotta get some points. >> it's going to be exciting. we have yet to see the locker rooms. 're ready to get there and get a feel for the new stadium and break it in. >> and aside from this brand-new stadium, tonight wayne rooney will make his debut.
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he needs no introduction. he's t greatest english national teamlayer -- the greatest goal scorer in english history, also manchester united, the resume speaks for itself. he will be debuting tonight. he'ssthe big superstar to sign this summer with d.c. united in major league soccer. he spoke and we have those words. >> of course it will be a great moment, my debut, mls. before the me, i'll think about it, but once kickoff comes and i wouk i'll focus on the game. i'll obviously put that to one side and enjoye it after the g when we win. >> i think everybody has ideas of people. and then youmeet the and usually there's something a little bit different. i think it's a good question. but it's been one of those where he's about what i thought. >> all i see so far is a vy good teammate. of the highest quality on the field and a guy that wants toer
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come h and win and prove that, youknow, he's going to be one of the best players in this league. >> we're hoping for one thing, that he yells a lot of goals for d.c. united. tonight's a bi night. >> hopefully he can do a lot to lift this club. ck to you. >> should be a fun, exciting night for sure. from mls to the world cup. france and croatia set to play tomorrow. today was the third-place match. i would think wayne roonemo spet of his day or at least the morning with an eye on the match between england and belgium. belgium has already beaten england once. could they do itga a? well, they had no problem starting off quickly in the fourth minute. nice pass to thomas munier with the goal. belgium's earliest goal ever in
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a w cup match. 70th minute, england looking to tie. checy out the defensive p of the match, denying the england goal and preserving the shut-out. belgium wins it s0 and win third place, its best finish ever at the world cup. to wimbledon, the ladies final, a a who's who in the crowd today. meghan markle kate middleton, along with tiger woods to watch serena on her comebk tour, taking on former number one, angelique kerber. and kerber just too much for serena williams day, as kerber wins it in straight sets, 6-3, 6-3, becoming the first german womanin to wimbledon since steffi graf in 1996.rw afards, serena told the crowd she was just getting started in her comeback, and playing for all the moms out there. but came up jt a bit short. the men's final, djokovic outlasting nadal today
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sets, and will face kevinon ande tomorrow morning. for all those heading out to audi field, it's looking good. >> perfect. temperatures will be falling, but they'll number the 80s and then the low0s overnight. very comfortable out tre tomorrow. tomorrow we'll be in the low 90s. that chance for showers is so isolated. don't cancel any sunday plans. just keep an eye on our app. >> that's the new for now. "nightly news" is coming up next, and we'll you again for news4 at 11:00. goodnight, everybody.
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