police are searching for the men w murdered this 10-year-old. we have reaction from people who live near the playground where the shooting happened. there's an increasing chance for thunderstorms later on this the afternoon. h e's thrown his bat in the air and won the 2018 t-mobile home run derby. he loves it. >> a big day for d.c. first begins with a very big night for bryce harper. we hav complete coverage of the game that will wrap up an excitiexcite ing all star weekend.

good morning. welcome to news 4midday. >> joining us this morning is gettings ready for the game. are they worried at allbout the game? >> reporter: the atmosphere is full of excitement. it'sg build the preparations are well under way. crews have befn heree sunrise to get t stands ready. we know we have to watch for rain but they would rather have a delayed game or shortened game. the forecast is iortant for

that. >> is steamy start to the day. no doubt in my mind it will rain. kind of a hazy gray sky over washington. te teratures are really clos 90 degrees. that's going to continue to be the case for the rest of the day. a very hot anuemid day coming. it will be making a approach re over the next little bit. our most likely timing to see thunderstorm s between2:00 and 8:00. the game starts between 7:30 and 8:00. sort of on the tail ndow. it can be raining on one side of the street and not on the other.

most of the action still up in the mountains of west virginia. we'll detail that. i'll show you future weather in a bit and more about how much less humid it will be a and soon. thank you so much. a dump truck has been other t n overturned. traffic is backed up. word on how longhe clean up will last. developing right new in the district, police are looking for suspects after a 10-year-old girl was shot and killed in northeast. police say someo shot the girl and four others yesterday evening on 53rd street. justin talked to a family member. you haveheatest on the investigation? >> reporter: wes. do behind

a man and woman were shot. then this morning came reports of two more men who say they were shot in this area. police still working on this case. neighbors say it's where children playin >> it just hurt so bad. >> reporter: neighrs are heartbreaken. mourning a little girl gone too soon. nned down just feet from her front door. ying the way kids do on a summer night. >> 8:00 at night. it's fullouyard full of children and families. full of laughter. >> reporter: she saw first responders trying to save her >> he was just pumping. pumping. she died right there in her mother's arms. >> reporter: by tuesday morning

d.c. police were still on scene investiga investigating. closing theourtyard where the children were playing off the 300 block of 53rd street. police believe these new surveillance images could o tn ups case. about 8:00, policskreport four men jumping from the car and began opening fireowds 15 to 20 fepeople including tildren. police now hopins case is wake up call for the entire district. >> all the hopes and dreams that her family had for her is gone. we have to be out raged. we have to workith the police. you have to work with us to remove illegal firearms from our city. >> reporter: there is out rage.h poliave been on the -yscene.

a 10r-old girl luosing her life. four others reported sholt. police are still looking for tips in this case. t's to tragic to them a life was lost close to their home. we'll bring you much more on this case as we get it. >> thank you. so heartbreaking. today members of metro's largest union will meet with met metro officials. the mayor says a strike would be illegal. >> i expect that the union and

metro general manager to have some discussions. work stoppage of that kind would violate the law. presint trump is back here in washington high pressure he is set to meet with members of congress as he faces blow bk er his summit with vladmir putin. republicans and democrats a criticizing the president. peter alexander reports. >> reporter: overnightresident trump returning back home hailing his summit as a success. >> i thought it was a really amazing time. >> reporter: on fox news focusing on his ownatesing putin as a character witness. >> very strong at the end of at press conference >> he said there was no collusion whatsoever. i guess he said it has strongly as hean sayit. they have no information on

trump. >> reporter: blaming his own justice depar fent and fbi the mueller investigation that only hours earlier he trashed as a disaster for our country ruining relations with russia. >> it's driven a wedge. president putin said they drove a phony wedge. >> reporter: putin also appe appearing onox news. >> do youeally believe that someone from the russian territory could have influenced the united states and influencef the choice millions of americans. >> reporter: mr. trump's attept to do dam control after refusing to condemn the russian leader. >>old both countries responsible. i think the united states has beenis fo i think we've all been foolish. >> reporter: failing to erase a chorus of criticism froms democrnd republicans. >> let's not mince words. today was a terrible day for the

american brand, for the american allies.and all of our >> i never thought i would sigh an american president throw the intelligence community under the bus like that. >> his behavior is so inexplicable and against the unit states. reporter: john mccain blasting it as one of the most disgraceful performances by any president in memory. president obama cia director branding hea n. the president stunning his own aides. >> when they said they think it's russia. i deve pre putin, he just said it's not russia. i will say this, i don't see any dason why it would be. >> reporter: thawing a quick rebuke from dan coats, the dire director of national intelligence. we've been clear in our meddlingt of russian in the 2016 election and will continue to provide unvadished objective intelligence in support of our national security. the republicans warning

president's cments will embolden putin to interfere again in future elections. >> i do feel we have both mad some mistakes. i think that the probe is a disaster for our country. i think it's kept us apart. >> reporter: putin's key revelatione admitting h wanted trump to win. >> that was nbc peter alexander reporting. president trump wasted n time firing offer several tweets. the mlb all star festivities wrap up tonight. bryce harper took the title in

the home run derby last night. he faced off against seven break au out players this seas. >> this wasn't only for me or my family, everybody like that. this is for t cook a the guy that works t front and the people that work upstairs. this is for the o whole city d.c. >> it was so nice to see harper's dad there to help him with the trophy and throw out the balls too. ron harper was a pitcher back in the day and pitched for him last night. >> what a moment. this moment set social media on fire. many commenting about how many hammer curls bryce harper's dad does every day. harper isn't done yet. >> not yet.

just away from stepping on to the nats you've been there throughout the morning. >> reporter: yes.e brycrper and the other stars will be here outside of nats park walking this red carpetnd bee right before the game. basic b big league spotlight. it's much more than a celebration of banaseball. >> what a great love this city has for baseball. it wasn't that many years ago

folks said would baseball work here. i think the city h answered that this we. the team's youth baseball academy has brought the came to undersved communities to build lee leadership and focus on families. >> when you see bryce's dad throwing the pitches to him. it's so reflective of what's ny the stand. fathers and sons and fathers and daughters and the love of family that comes to the >> reporter: those fans will watch matt starting for t national league. the league will take time toiz reco military heroes during the pre-game ceremony. >> i think we're going to have 30 medal of honor recipients on the field and what will be a really great several minutes,

tribute toheir sacrifice and what it means for the country overall. it's going to be a great moment ofto therness. >> reporter: security around the ballpark will be tight. expect to go through medal detectors. if you bring a bag, it has to been smaller than an airplane carry on. only collapse bell umbrellas allowed. fans should expect a once in a lifetime experience. >> you've had a lot of greathe success forationals and the rest of the team andeeing hou how much great support there is for kids and family for sport and baseball. it's a great time to be here. >> reporter: outside here where the red carpetou is, can see police officers are ready to do a security sweep of this whole entire area. that is something we have noticed all day here mp more police presence. there's more roads restricti and parking restrictions here ahead of the all-star game. the met is your best bet for

coming here tonight. it should be a wonderful evening. back to you. >> all right. thank you, eun. >> so nice after 49 years this is happening. it just might b a good day to test out your luck. another near record lottery jackpot is up for grabs. we're keeping an eye on hearing at capitol hill right now. executives from facebook, itter and youtube are taking

right now, execs with facebook, youtube and twitter are being grilled by lawmakers. some say the companies filter content based on political bias. the companies deny that. >> it would complain as loudly if they could switch to a come pet to -- competitor. >> we work hard to make sure facebook is a place where users and advertisers want to be.

>> protesters briefly disrupted the hearing byolding up signs. a police officer immediately escorted them out of room. a woman accused of killing a ocal e. employee is being extradited.th woman responsible left the country. he's now charged with criminal neglect. the news 4 eye team traveled to ondonast year and found francis. she refused to answer any questions. in an extraditioneang a psychiatrist talked about how u.s. prisons may impact her mental health. someone could strike it rich tonight. the 10th largest pay out is up for grabs. we're talking 375 million big

ones. the last major joackpot was pai back in mar mchmarch. if you play, good luck. police are cracking down on a aggressive drivers. why you might not notice police watching you. our boat a bomb hit a in hawaii. we'll have the latest in an

when a new breast cancer patient comes to cancer treatment centers of america in philadelphia, she's coming for the multimodal therapy where the specs form a treatment plan together. we were looking for a cancer team that would help us decide the best course ofction. we have so many tools at our center. this is what attracted amy all the way from new york. these were people who were experts in their field. as and for us thathe best choice. learn more about our breast center at center.com/philadelphia

look at this video, terrifying. it reveals the moment a lava bomb hit a tour boat. dozens of people were injured. this this. >> miguel explains how this is rithe first time we're heang about people being hurt at sea because of the volcano's incredible power. >> reporter: there is the moment a fire bal exploded out of sea. showering a tour boat with rock.

>> we would hear the rocks the boat and the people yelling. >> reporter: the phenomenonrs oc when molten rock explodes into fragments after coming into contact with cold ocean water. >> we all thought at some point we could die here. >> we knew it was lava. we don't know was it going to sink the boat, campt on fire. >> reporter: video of the aftermath shows ash, craed engine and a gaping hole in the bo boat's roof. gers were treated for injury. >> soft tissue injuries. one fur fracture and minor burns. >> reporter: lava has opinion fl flowing for more than two months. we have seen just how explosive

the volcano canbe the morning lava is still pouring out of massive fissures. drawing tourists who want to get close to the action. >> i would not tell other people not to go do it bause of is. this is probably a once in a lifetime >> reporter: a once in a lifetime experience in more ways an one. >> you've got to figure out what's the safe perimeter to say

stay way. mpb back at home, we some heat of our own. >> it's going be a steam bath if you're going to go outside for e next couple o hours. rain chances are increasing later on in the day today. boy,o we evereed the rain. it's been the driest start to the month of july o record. weather record going back to 1870. we've only had a trace of rainfall at national airport o since the firsthe month. it didn't rain at national airport. the driest start to july. the old record, 118 years old. here we are now on the 17th ill with a goose egg. no more than trace amounts of eain around. that should cha later in the day. have your nbc washington app downloaded. you can follow and like me on social media.

most of the lightning n isth of us. plenty of scattered showers moving into theorthern parts of the shenandoah valley. the rain chance will find its way on@i-95 corridor as well. here is fump weather. the most likely time for that to hrcomegh d.c. probably about 3:00 and 6:00 p.m. lingeringhower chances go on past about 7:00 or 8:00. most of the rain threat should be over with by about 6:00 or 7:00 this evening. on thee backst's going to get nice around here. a couple of days without the humidity around will be a pleasant change. more about the weekend coming up. former president obama call these s timange and uncertain. more on his speech today.mp people trying to take

these are live picturesum a truck overturned and spilled its load on to the highway. the driver was trapped and had

to brescued. traffic is also slow on the outer loop. no word on how long the clean up will last. we'll continue to follow the story and bng you the latest. former president barack obama is spending few days inaf ca. while there he visited his father's home country of kenya. this morning he is making hispr highestile speech in south africa.p hesitate h he's helping to mark the 100th anniversary of nelson mandela's birth. >> through sacrifice and unwaivering leadership and perhs most ofll through his moral exame, mandela and the movement he led would come to signify something larger. >> this is obama's first trip to africa since the end of his presidency. a crowd of an estimat 14,000 gathered to hear him speak

today. if you tried advantage of one of those amazon prime dayayeals yestend you couldn't, you're not alone. >> the retiail gia was so busy, the website crashed. tomo coste explains what went wrong. >> reporter: anpic online shopping event not quite ready for prime time this year. nbc got exclusive to the prime day war roo during preparations for the bgest sale of the year. designed to celebra the founding of amazon 24 years ago before the prime day kicked off amazon executives were projecting confidence. >> this is our super bowl and people sort of, we work all year. >> reporter: the big day ended up being a bumpy ride for s consume ertrs consumers. many ended up apoll -- apolog

i apologs. others joked that the outages were helping them save sone muc after all. amazon has not yet explained what caused the problem on twitter that while many are shopping successfully, some customers are having difficulty shopping and working to resolve the issue quickly. the company, which did not respond to nbc's request for comment, offered no further details. >> right now we don't know what used the problem. amazon isn't saying. amazon getting a ver slow a rougher start to one ofts own self-generated promotional days is hard to believe. >> reporter: the slow start could threate the estimated $3.4 billion amazon was expected to rake in this prime day ione. ev it does recover, this is not what the company's

contacting founder and ceo likely had in mind. >> that was tom costello reporting. amazon doesn't disclose sales figures for prime beday. re it started, researchers estimated it would ganerate more $3 billion in sales. this year prime day was six hoursn longer t last year. be sure to watch your e-mail. there's a sca making the round around speed camera tickets. our partners released a copy of e-mail. the subject line reads your fine for speeding. the e-mail saysourself guilty of speeding in rockville and includes a case number and a nk to click on the photo proof. officials say they only send speed camera citations through the postal mail t and amount due is more than $500. fines don't normallyd exc0. it took a while for the icc to catch on. now that more people are using

it, more people are speeding on the icc. >> reporter: aggressiveiv drg. most of us havexperienced it. >> i stay on the right lane. i leave a b distance between people. >> reporter: it's been an issue of late on the intercounty connecter. >> they come flying by me all the time. sk yourself is that car a police car or what about the one in my rear view mirror. it's not always as obvious as this. unconventional police vehicles. >> it forces us to use different

types of strategies that we're looking to employ. not all i'm going to stand here and put out for public knowledge. >> reporr:he good news is that crashes are actually down 20% over this time last year. the surge in complaints tells them this is something theyant to get out aheadof. things are calm out there right now in terms of the weather but storms could be popping up in our area in a matter of hours. > kmuk ichuck is back aer theft

i tried to talk to him. he sna ed atme. i don't know what the deal is. >> a florida deputy had some fun at this turtle would not give him the right away. he was traveling 1 miles an hour in a0 miles an hour zone. he followed for about 20 minutes until it finally crawl into the woods. that is hilarious. >> what did he expect? >> slow down and let him do its thing. >> i wonder if he got a citation for ing too slow. at can happen. >> you heard about the snapping already. those this are real. i'm glad it made it safely off the road there. that's one trarvffic stop he

didn't have to worry about. nice hot, humid weather around here today. if you're like me and thinkweg eed is another little break from the humidity, yes. it arriv late tonight. we get to enjoy it for a couple more days. right now it's hazy hot and humid out there. temperatures are in the upper 80s but feels like it's in the mid-90 south winds continuing to pump to the humidity. we will have a northwesterly wind that will blow the humidity out here and leave us with wake up temperatures in the 60s. right now, stillwatching. most of this disorganized rain showers. that's more of our concern for later on in the day today. here is timing it out.

between 3:00 or 5:00 or 6:00. it should be comie ining to an . they should be able to play ball tonight. rain chances inmching back in.>> if you're looking for fresh fruits and veggies, you know they don't last long. wel show you.

before heading out to nats park, eun yang did a little cooking and a little tasting. >> summer is the time for cook outs and picnics and parties and dessert islways arowd pleaser you can make for your next festivity. thanks for being here. >> thank you for having >> we know the pies are your specialty but not what we think of as your reg arpie.

you made fried hand pies. what are th t? y are a single serving pie. they are fried so it's much better. >> are they easier to make than a regular e? >> they take a little bit of time but they are very easy to . ma >> tell us how this works. >> the first thing you want to do i make yourdough. you can use any recip that you like. krou c you can buy it at tore. making your own dough is so much better. >> if youay so. i always find that's the hardest part. >> it comes together much kwinger thkwin quicker than you think. make your your dough has butter

about this size and it's sold a. co >> you put the dough in the middle. some egg wash. pin mp ch ittogether. >> super cute. tell me about the fried pies >> i have some apricots and peaches. some we have blueberry right here which is on the menu right now. i had a whole bunch of strawberries and raspberries. cheres are i season. plums are in season. row can use anything you can find. >> what do you put in with the fruit to make a simple filling for these hand pies.he >> are, it's the same amount of sugar and corn sta yh an cook the fruit down. it takes about 15 minutes until

it gets nice and thick. then you put it refrigerator so it's not hot. >> to cool it down first. >> when you fry it, do you deep fry it? do you pan fry it? what's the technique? >> you don't need a fancy deep fryer. just a nice big pot and cover the top ofit. you can get a thermometer at any store, even the grocery sore. you haveake sure it's at 350 degrees. >> that's the big deal though? >> yes. you need athermometer. you don't want to guess. if the oil is too cold, i will takeoo ho lt,ong t you'll burn . >> i do want to taste one. i love fruit pies. i think they are the best.

>> you can put anything you want. >> it will still hold up? >> yes. >> this is a blueberry. >> thank you so much. >> you're welcome. >> those are great. >> it sure loo great. you pick up an apple o maybe an avocado at the store and you aan to eat it real soon but week litter itater it's rotten throw it in the tras acgroup of researchers are trying to cut b on this waste. we see how they are giving new life to produce. work many people who

this building near santa barbara, california are literally giving new life to produce. they work for appeal sciences. a srt up that produces a plantdu base for pro the company says extends the shelf life of fruits and veggies by weeks and even dou it. >> the lemons are four months old. these are untrted and these are treated. >> reporter: james roger founded appeal when he was still a phd student at uc santa barbara. roge went ahead with the idea any way and itroved fruitful. appeal coated avenue cocados wi

in select stores across the country. the coating is made ofee the of fruits and vegetables. it srts out as powder and then becomes a solution. the coating strengthens the existing peel of the produce at helps i last longer in your refrigerator. >> we're slowing down the rate the clock is ticking. >> reporter: there are obstacles. while the invisible and tasteless coating is recognized as safe. we talked to some kus mirrcusto skeptical of biting into a pce of fruit dipped in a solution. >> why add another thing into the mix? >> it sounds interesting.

how much will it cost? the company saysth it will b same as regular ones because the decreased food waste will let them pick up the tab. see how happapple users can celebrate. >> a look another the changes made to mgm national

mgm national harbor are growing. the expansion comes at a crucial time as maryland voters consider whether additional gaming revenue should go toeducation. >> reporter: ifik you l poker. >> i like the expansion. >> reporter: you're going to love what mgm national harr has done. >> what we have done is added an additional seven poker tables to the second floor. currently we have 46. >> i like this. >> reporter: the new 38,000

square foot space is on the second flr. it costs $48 million to create and in order to operate it, mgm has hired50 some 2 new employees. most of them are from prince george county. >> 46 poker tables. a capable and then the snack bar and a bar. that requires that w becausere open 24/7. >> reporter: there's 262al additilotachines in the new space. mgm is winning the gamingra revenue . with the expansion it's a days away from its competitor. >> based upon the demand of our kt customers, we knew we could grow that. >> my daughter is five years old. hopefully the impact wl be able to contribute to the school

system thaim pacts my daughter as well. >> reporter: it's the number one tax generator for prince george county and the top gaming for th state ofmaryland. we'll see addition of this new space means more tax money fornd the state the county as well coming soon, new emoj. apple iselebrating world emoji day. it includes more hai options like red and gray hair plusn emoji for bald people. you can use new smiley faces to show when you're cold or ready to party. expect for food emoji. they will appear on your apple devices later this year in a free software update. >> so much fun to use. we love it when the weather

is nice. guess an emoji for hot and humid would behere already. >> the sweat just pouring out of their head, that would be many. all-star game coming up tonight. the game starts around 8:00. storms many most lely between 3:00, 5:00 or 6:00. i do believe they will be ablet to get t game in. if you're planning on getting the car washed for today, you may want to wait a day. not only dry weather but low humidity. enjoy because rain chances are back up later in the weekend. >> all right. thank you. that's news 4 midday. we're back at 4:00. ♪> you can get news and weather

we are live, in five,four, three, two, one! th that's how you walk the runway right there. a lot of people have some thoughtsbout this model who walked the runway while breast-feeding her ve-month old. >> we are going to walk the runway later. just kidding. >> i can't acssorize like that. >> her name is meryl martin. we are notalking about victoria's secret angels