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outside our studios in northwest d.c. if you thought today was humid, just wait until tomorrow. and developing tonight, we are hours away from president trump's formal sit-down with russian leader vladimir putin. mr. trp is setting the bar low, but we will reveal the risks of the face-to-face. >> announcer: news4 at 11:00 bens with breaking news. that breaking news, metro workers moving closer to a good evening, everybody. i'm erika gonzalez. so we sent you on alert as soon as that news came in. the bitter labor dispute going down two days before the mlb all-star game right here in d.c. let's get right to news4's darcy spencer live near nats park with the potential impact that this could have on the entire region. darcha >> reporter:s right, erika. i want to make it very clear. this was an authorization to strike vote. metro workersre not on strike at this point. if you take metro train or metrobus to get to work tomorrow
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morning, everythink should w just as normal. but what is going to happen in the coming days? at this point, we simply don't know.o 6,000 metrorkers turned out on a sunday to cast their votes. when the countingas done, they agreed overwhelmingly to authorize a strike. if it happens, bus drivers and train operators would walk. >> the members of 689 have spoken. enough is enough. >> reporter: union leaders say etro general manager paul wiedefeld is violating the union contract in not treating workers spth t. >> sometimes people think because they give you a paycheck, they can treatyou any hey want to treat you. and what we're here to say is, no you cannot. >> reporter: the strike would involves nearly 9,000 worker local 689. that not only involves drivers. it's clerical and maintenance workers as well. union leaders say if the executive board votes to strike, it could shutysown them for thousands of riders. what do you say to the riders who may not you're doing?t
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>> what i say to the riders is this. know that we have just as much of the public's welfare in our concern as we do for the workers. >> reporter: workers were energized by the voting, rallying outside union headquarters in forestvilde. many are wng if a strike could affect the all-star game happening at washington nationals baseball stadium on tuesday. leaders wouldn't say. >> we unde would mean. strike we understand what a strike vote means. let's hope that the authority understands that too. >> reporter: i'm told that 94% of the workers who turned out to vote today voted in favor of striking. and of course we reached out to metro a couple of times today to try to get a comment. at this point a spokesperson says there is no comment from metro. erika? >> darcy, let me ask you th s.
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hown will that nextote -- essentially how soon could this impact the region >> reporter: well, that's a very good question. of course we asked that during r s conference with union leaders. quite honestly, we got some conflicting information. the president of e union h said that she has to give ra ma da five days' notice in order to from their jobs, these executive board members, so that they could have this vote to strike. but then again, she said, this meeting and this vote could happen as soon as somorrow. again, some conflicting information. we're just going to have watch and wait and see what happens and see how this will impact the region. >> darcy spencer live outside nats park for us tonight. thank you. thousands of metro union rkers could soon walk off the job, but the if and the when, those are still very much up in the air tonight. stay with news4 and the nbc washington app for complete
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coverage on metro's largest union authorizing a strike. this will be a b story tomorrow, and we're going to bring you any new developments on news4 today. we start at 4:00 a.m. all right. we a tracking breaking news out of the district where a woman and a child have been shot. this happening on anacost road southeast in the fort dupont area. d.c. police tell us this happened before 1in00 this ev the woman and child were both conscious when they were rushed to the hospital. we're told they are expected to survive. developing right now, the stage is set and all eyes are on helsinki, finland. and the high stakes meeting between president trumpnd vladimir putin. nbc's kelly o'donnell shows us what to look for t when the world leaders sit down face to face hours from now. >> reporter: today, aire force reached finland. this final stop in helsinki follows days of trump-style diplomacy that left close u.s.
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friends feeling stung. while a formidae adversary, vladimir putin, gets the spotlight tomorrow. >> i think the european union is a foe, what they do to us in trade. >> reporter: president trump referred first to allies when asked by cbs news to name his biggest foe. >> you wouldn't think of the european union, but they're a foe. russia is a foe in certain respects. >> reporter: he set the bar low heading into his one-on-one. >> i'm notoing in with high expectations. >> reporter: one month after the president did carry high expectatio into that handshake with north korea's kim jong-un, the putin face-to-face presents different risks. >> do not try to befriend vladimir putin. diplomacy is n about making friends. diplomacy is about advancing na america's nat interest. >> reporter: on president trump's agenda, syria, iran, ukraine, and russia's cyber assault on the 2016 election. butn thatinterview, the president blamed democrats
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instead of the russians. >> ihink the dnc should be ashamed of themselves forhe allowingmselves to be hacked. they had bad defenses, and they were able to behacked. >> reporter: more than talk, the president is under pressure to c confront putin for russia's cyberattack. finland's presidential palace is under tight security with media expected from around the world. he helsinki has honed its reputation as neutral twhritory u.s. presidents meet their russian and soviet counterparts. this time around, the city is so having fun wit the global attention. branding the big event, there's even newly crafted beer that puts diplomacy on the label. >> that was nbc's kelly o'donnell reporting. late in the week, president trump caused a stir in london when he refused to reveal advice he gave uk prime minister eresa may. well, tonight we know what it was. mr. trump advised mayo sue the european union rather than
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negotiate over britais exit from the eu. that's what may told the bbc. at a joint news conference, trump said that- he mr. trump said he offered the british leader ast suggen that she found too brutal. feels-liken temperatures the triple digits. that is what storm team4 meteorologort sa mar the said. we need to prepare for tomorrow. she's in the weather center to break it allor down us tonight. >> hi, erika. that's right. we are talking triple digit heat tomorrow. yesterday was so comfortable. today you could feel the difference. tomorrow even hotter. let's go ahead right now. take a look at what we're feeling. right now, current temperatures 81itdegrees. pretty late. we're still holding on to that heat. 81 right now outside. h as wed into tomorrow, we're going to the 90s. but i think what really matters is what ist going to feel like? waking up tomorrow morning, it's going to feel about the same. low 80s. then as we move through torrow afternoon, it's not just washington, d.c. i mean you've got areas down
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towards manassas, culpeper up into frederick feeling triple digit heat. stick around for my forecast. we are looking at the storm chances for the all-star game. t> thank you. back herehome, what appears to be a tragic accident. an elderly woman killed when her own car ran her over in a church parking lot. montgomery county police say kathleen howard pked at saint mark's united methodist church and when she got out this mornerg, we're told car rolled backwards and killed her. howard was 83 year old. we have learned two young women died in a crash in reston today. we have this picture from the scene on fairfax county parkway near barren cameron avenue. fairfax county police say two cars were involved in this. they say one driver lost control about 2:00 in the morning and went off the road. police believe both speed and alcohol were factors in theh. cr
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two people are still in the hospital. new details now about a stabbing in the district, and it was over a parking spot. ayd.c. police a group attacked two people trying to park near the busy 1th street corridor late last night. take a look. ese are surveillance pictures of the suspects. officers say one of the victims asked ao woman t move out of a parking spot. that apparently sparked an argument that ended in a stabbing. we're told the victims have non-life-threatening injuries. police are looking for the suspects. several people stabbed at a gaithersburg motel ts rning. montgomery county's fire rescue tell us that four people went to e hospital after an assault at the extended stay on professional yive. everybnvolved is being treated at the hospital, and we're told that there is no threat to the public. the water in d.c. is now e safe forverybody to drink. dc water lifting the boil water advisory today for all customs. but the utility recommends that
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if you were in the affected area, run your cold water taps for about ten minutes, especially if you didn't use your water at all during the advisory. a malfunction at a pumping station led to the advisory being issued friday morning, and water tested positive for contamination. >> we were able to take care of the malfunction thated occu we're investigating that, and that has been taken care of now. so wre at a point now where we can be very happy that everyone'srinking water is safe. >> dc water says it gathered community feedback and plans to host a rndtable discussion o how to communicate better in the future. chicago police defending their actions after releasi video of a deadly ce ofr-involved shooting. but angry demonstrations continue tonight. you're going to hear the ciss's e for protesters. a huge rat shut dn a baltimore bakery. tonight the manager is reopening and offering a theory on what
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may have and all new tonight, fun and games during the all-star weeks feities. a local rapper shows off his comedic skills and an academy award winning comic. hey now, youane an all-star. we're getting our game on tonight on "sports final." d.c. becoming the center of the baseball universe. davy johnson with a message for nats fans. city of lightsin lig up after france makes history at the world cup. and back hehome, black and red open their newigs in style. all that tonight on "sports final" right after nheews. ♪ ♪ summer's calling. the 2018 escalade is ready to move.
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or tonight, protests over the police killing of a barber on hiso way a bachelor party. this is chicago police released new video of the confrontation. c's ron mott takes us through it. >> reporter: chicago police fast tracked the release of body cam video oftr a coversial officer-involved shooting today. in it, they say you see officers on foot patrol approaching 37-year-old ha reef augustus when they suspect he was armed. you can see a holstered gun and gustus appears to reach for timesght hip multipl before he was shot and killed. >> last night was a very difficult situation for everyone involved. we had a loss of life, which no matter the circ stances, is always tragic. >> reporter: police hope the video's release might quell a cond night of violent protests. last night, they rocked o' chicag south side until
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midnight. four police officers injured and at least feuour demonstrators arrested. >> i would urge people give it time. let's get the facts before we overreact. >> reporr: protesters called police murderers, some pelting cops with rocks and bottles. protesters say there are too many unjustified police sevedred officers were hllings. added to neighborhood patrols coinciding with the increase in violt crime. for the first half of the year, shootings are down nearly 20%. murders down almost 24% compared to the fthst six m last year. tonight, demonstrators gathering once again to voice their . oppositi >> as nbc's ron mott reporting. we're told t officer who opened fire is assigned to 30 days' desk duty. that>>s standard. closer to home, a bakery in baltimore hosts an unwanted guest of the rodent variety, and it is all caught on camera. we're going to warn you, this
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may make you a bit squeamish. cell phone video shows a rat crawling all over the cookie display at the buttercup bakery in baltimore. this was thursday. it's a very large rat as you can see. the store manager says he thinks an employee left a door open and that's how the rat got insi. he's thrown everything out and has since reopened the shop. oh, yes. they are partying in the city of thghts. all o monuments in paris lit up in blue, white, and red as france celebrates its world cup victory. tens of thousands of soccer fans pouring into the streets, honking horns and proudly waving their country's flag. france beatroatia 4-1 in a nail-biting final match in russia this morning. we are getting closer and closer to the midsuer class
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in d.c. and the excitement is building for the big game. stars on and offhe diamond are here in washington. baseball legends and celebrities competed in a softball game at a nats park to we spoke to oscar winning actor jamie foxx and rapper and d.c. native wale as they took some batting practice in today. sox relived a traumatic childhood baseball memory, and wale tried out some comedy b pretending to be foxx. >> my name is jamie i'm super famous,uper funny. ky -- can do anything. jamie foxx for president. so 'm like, why is my arm heav it hits the pitcher's mound it was so d. >> sherree burruss caught up with local celebrities. you're going to hear thatn "sports final." let me correct myself. i said 4-1. excuse me. that game was 4-2. of course we're talking about
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the world cup where they're partying alot. >> i can only imagine. >> somara theodore joining us now. next couple of days are going to be hot, humid. then i guessthhat's kind o buildup for the chance for storms. >> exactly. n the got those storms way. we're going to talk timing in just a moment. one or now i think the thing you're really going to be noticing tomorrow is the het. i lhis one up for you guys. that's what you're inafor tomorrowrnoon. triple digit temperatures. no. no, no, trle-digit feel-like temperatures. let me correct myself there. it is going to feel like 103 degrees in the district tomorrow afternoon. we also do have a chance for isolated rain showers on monday. storms, they are rolling in on tuesday. wednesday, though, we rebound nicely. it's going to be very comfortableonn wednesday. quick look at the radar because, remember, we actually had a severe thunderstorm warning out there today. everyone dry until y head
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farther south down into parts of central virginia. we're drying out for the rest of the ni tt. the onlng you'll have to contend with if you're going to be on the road earlye or l is going to be some patchy fog. temperatures tonig down into the mid-70s inside the beltway. outside, lower 70s. planning tomorrow, l said, waking up to some patchy fog. around lunch, temberatures will n the upper 80s but will already feel like the upper 90s. by 3:00 p.m., that's when our storm chances start to develop. the thing about tom is the timing on the storms and the location. so let's te a loo at our futurecast. 8:00 a.m. tomorrow morning, we're dry. not only that, notice where that white-gray overlay is.he that's where clouds are. back here, a good amount of sunshine. so it's not a cloudy start.it a partly sunny start. then in the afternoon as we get that daytime heating, w do have that threat of, like i said, isolated showers and storms. very similardao but then we'll dry things out through the evening and into mony night. now, for the all-star game, our
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rain chancesre hire. i'm more confident that we're going to see rain on tuesday than moboay. it's timing. that's what it's going to come down to. i know the game is late in the evening. that always works in our favor during the summer months. we want to have thato timing be the later the better because that reduces that severe threat. however, it is a front. so we'll have tone time this out. but what i am sure of, it's days.to be hot both rain chances do improve after tuesday. so that's the good if anything happens, wednesday, thursday, and friday both look dry and very comfortable with plenty of sunshine and lower humidity. storm team4 ten-day outlook. we are looking at temperatures, as i id, in the 90s. and then as we head through the middle of the week down to the 80s. rain chances top of the week, then come back at the end of the weekend. and i believe dave was saying earlier that we have not had a rainout at an all-star game.
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>> let's not start now. >> fingers crossed. still ahead, daniel murphy gets the last laugh against his old team the nats head into the all-star bre theak (sound of footsteps) f (soundr door opening) (car door closes) (sound of engine starting) ♪ ♪ c (birdsrping, a running ahh.k,) the new deer park sparkling is made with real spring water. ♪ it's so refreshing and delicious, you don't need slo-mo models to sell it. real spring water, real fruit flavors and refreshing bubbles. just what's refreshingly real. i had life-treatening bleeding in my brain.
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(sound of car door opening) d (cr closes) (sound of engine starting) ♪ ♪ >> announcer: this is the xfinity sports desk. all right. theatsoming into the all-star game on a really nice note. >> get a win, which is important. i ran into in the grocery store, and you bought ponchos for tuesday because we have some rain coming. but we do have good news. d's nice to be talking about a power shift in. and not be discussing republicans or democrats. the only power shift that matters here in this town this week, the home run derby set for tomorrow night featuring the nationals' bryce harper. he was given the day off as the finished off the first half of their schedule.
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erika said doing well like that sausage and pepper sandwich right. there maybe a little tums to awash it down. daniel murphy going right after his oldteam. twos r score. nats still not done. in the seventh, up 4-1. bases loaded. trai turner, look at that. he's at tan driving rge driving in two more ns. now 6-1. in the ninth, herrera coming in for the save. bases loaded, two outs. he gets rosario to pop up. yes, ty got it done. nats win it 6-1. they go into ther all-sta break back to .500, 5 1/2 games behind the phillies. miss u don't want to tonight's "sports final." we are hitting it out of the park as all-star week starts with a bang. john wall relives his most embarrassing moment as an athlete, and you w believe what josh norman's secret
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celebrity crush is. and how d.c. united christened their stadium with not just a win but an atmosphere to be houd of. after the news rigere on nbc4. world cup final in russia, a watch party. in pairitiris, french fans. mbappe, oy 19 years old, but he becomes the first teenager since pele to score in a world cup final. france beats croatia 4-2. france wins it, and hey, you know what? we love parties, right? paris, the city of lights. they lit up with fireworks one day after celebrating bastille day. you might want to catch a flight to paris. a good place to be rig now. tj ocean continuing his great summer ocean teeing off to we are the champions in a repeat performance from the parade. he s pulls hisrt over his face and drinks some beer through it.
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today chugging through his hirt. t.j. having a great time. we alws like to end on a high note like that chugging beer. >> i don't even remember that move from college. >> chugging aeer through a shirt? >> through a shirt? >> that's a first. >> i think it's something you might want to put on your bucket list. if you tune into "sports final," we might do it live a the end. >> we'll stick around for that. >> how about that for a false lead? >>
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thanks for the ride-along, captai i've never been in one of these before, even though geico has been- ohhh. ooh ohh here we go, here we go. you got cut off there, what were you saying? oo. oh no no. maybe that geico has been proudly serving the mitary for over 75 years? is that what you wanted to say? mhmmm. i have to say, you seemed a lot chattier on tv. geico. proudly serving the mitary for over 75 years. you ok back there, buddy?
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the march on washington film festival is uerer way right in the district. it is ten days of film and conversations highlighting civil rights icons and some lesser nown foot soldiers of the movement. our own pat lawson is hosting the event today at the national cathedral. they screened the film "father's kingdo" it is abo the life of african-american spiritual adviser father devine. he was a staorch advocate desegregation and establishing anti-lynching laws. open t nbc washington app for more film festival events. finally tonight, kensington palace sharing some new and adorable pictures of the littlest british royal. taket look this tender moment between new mom kate middleton and baby prince louis. his brother george and princess charlotte appearing in the photos. these were taken after prince louis' christening last week.
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meghan markle and prince harry with sed for the photo the entire royal family. you see them there in the left t.nd corner. all ri one final check of the weather because it's going to get interesting around here the nexo coup days. most definitely. we're in for a ride. tomorrow highs in the low to mid-90s. isolated showers but the bigger talk is going to be the feel-like temperatur, 100-plus degrees inside the district and surrounding areas. then tuesday we've got to track those showers and storms with a front driving through. i'm going to keep my fingers crossed. maybe we can get that moving out just in time for the game. highs on tuesd 9 in the, but the good news is we will rebound very nicely wednesday and thursday. >> well, yay for wednesday. i mean what does that help us on tuesday? somara, thank you. >> that's why you got the ponchos. >> go by yourself se 99 cent ponchos, folks. you're going to need them. that's our news for tofight. "sportl" is coming up next. wake up with news4 today. it will start at:00 a.m. good night, everybody.
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t "ight onsports final," the stars come out to help d.c. kick off ther all-s weekend in style. nationals manager davey johnson is back in town,s fills u in on his retirement, his thoughts on the other davey, and u gives some advice for nervous nats . fans >> relax. they're going to do it. history madeor at the w cup, and one french player joins the likes of pele. let's get this party started. wait. is that bill nye, the science guy? >> i watched this guy since i was young. his locker is right beside mine. i'm trying so hard not to fan boy him right now. " >>sports final" starts now. >> let's play ball. ♪
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