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yush time is 304 a much drier day than yesterday on the horizon. >> after weeks with very little rain, many oyou saw a lot of it, in not much time. of course, as it came down, thousands started heading to nats park for the all-star game. also, a wet start for sure there. it's 30 right now. i'm aaron gilchrist. i'm eun yang. all that rain led to a difficul commute home for many people yesterday. always happens with rain at that hour. melia mollet will have a check
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of the traffic. >> we have something special coming up. >> what's that? >> aaron gilchrist tweeted out if they played baseball in washington last night, he would eat his hat. i have a screen s t ofe tweet. >> it is still on twitter. but w know it's a -- >> those are his words. >> i would hope it's just a phrase. >> i have no intention of eating a hat. >> i want to see it. we're all good. >> it's going to be a sombrero sandwich for aaron gilchrist before lunch. get the videotape ready. cold front has moved offshore. good-bye to the rain chancesnd hello back to the sunshine and really nice weather. current temperatures, 0s inthe western suburbs. low 70s around the i-95 corridor. no weather complaints allowed today. full sunshine, temperatures around average into the mid and upper 80s. more aboutee thend rain
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chances and aaron hat eati coming up. this is from just a couple of hoursago. an overturned tractor-trailer there. this is 270 southbound near father hurley. may be a flatbedthere. it is now cleared out of the way. father hurley ramp was impact d and shut down for a while. thank goodness that's now gone. sterling, after leeurg pike, left lane gets by the paving. 66 here, fairfax county parkway to the beltway, no issues there. everytng fine headed into town. same situation out of town. we'll look at the beltway in a minute. aaron? >> melissa, thank you. a chaotic commute for drivers. dozens of them. record rainfall flooded george washington parkway yesterday. video shows arlington county firefighters rescuing stranded drivers. >> look how high the water is. more tsn 2.5 inc of rain fell in less than an hour.
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one man who doesn't want to be identified says he immediately pulled over when he saw the water rising. stopped.one jus you could see a river forming. ahead.ree cars next thing you know, water started coming inside thecar. >> that is just insane. arlington county firete officia us about a dozen firefighters rescued 40 people 5 from cars and suvs. once you're there and stuck, you see the water rising, you have nowhere to go. >> not much you cando. >> the rain caused a problemin side a metro station. a viewer tweet this from the capitol south station.s it' a startling sight. it didot affect rail service, though. >> breaking news. rwe received the results a new nbc survey monkey poll on national security. >> g angf at the live desk. angie, the focus on american's views on russia. >> the numbers just came in.
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most americans simply do not trust russia. take a look for yourself. more than half americans surveyed consideredrussia either unfriendly or an enemy of the u.s. ly 23%of those surveyed considered russia friendly. only would call russian ally of the u.s. those numbersre an uptick from this time last year when 59% o americans considered russia either unfriendly or an enemy. more than 5300 americans were surveyed between the 9th through the 15th. the survey monkey online poll has a marn of error of 1.8%. he sd he had misspoken when he didn't see why hey would have meddled in the election. tracie potts will take a look at the backlash from tt walk-back. eun in. >> angie goff from the live dk. thank yo it's 4:34. new details in the senseless killing of a 10-year-old girl.
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maaaya wilson spent last day of her life at the pool monday she went outside to get an ice cream just steps from her home on 53rd street northeast. she was heading back inside when the shooting started. take a look. a black car pulled up, four men jumped out and started shooting in every direction. the entire attack took just 12 seconds. wilson was hit by a bullet and died in her sister'sarms. coming up at 5:00, we'll hear from the family about how they're rememberin the little girl. this morning, we're hearing from one of the men accused of taking part in a multistate prostitution operation from his home in northern virginia. >> why were you dointhis? >> i haven't done anything. you need to show what you're saying. where the proof. prove it. you need to prove it. >> are you saying police are wrong? >> eyyes, are. > that was hernandez talking
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with our northern virginia bureau chief annual julie carey. they say heom took women philadelphia, maryland and virginia. lice say hend another man would get a new woman from a greyhound bus station every week. both men have now bonded out of jail. the time is 4:36. re's a look at the other top stories. the fbi working to find a 9-year-old who is missing. this is crystal moore who disappeared. she was seen wearing white andn brheckered pants and a brown shirt. the ex employ takes and human trafficking task force is helping with the search. working to avoid atrike with the largest worker union. the twoides metaphor talks yesterday, which they say werec nstructive and frank. both sides set to meet again today.
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record setting night. american league won 8-6 in ten innings. fans saw a record ten home runs during the game. national sluggere brarper didn't get lonely in the outfield during the all-star game. >> spoke with the game announcers live. it was early in the game when joe buck was talking to bryce about the winning season and the winning the home run derby with his dad on the field. >> he's going out there and acting li we were in the backyard just swinging, having fun and enjoying it.er nothing be than playing catch with your dad or taking a -- just having fun. you always remember going with ngyour dad or d certain things with your pops. that's one of the best things i've ever done right there. >> they butt a microphone on a professional athlete during the game. that's dangerous. >> seemed to be over the home run derby.
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he can not get a hit last night. he struck out a couple times, too. even bryce harper strikes out. all you baseball players out re the last night's all-star game may b the last time we seaman any machado in an orioles jersey. there are several reports saying he's heading west to play for the dodgers. those are rumored langd spots for machado. >> are you calling the cops if you get fouled?ou >> a on the court leads to the police getting called.ea hr from the players behind the basketball brawl that's going viral. sll ahead, faking sick to steal. the woman they cared f
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is this the first time? >> that's my first >> you heard that right. somebody called the cops for getting fouled during a pickup basketball game. so here's the back story of this video that's gone viral. a group of guys playing basketball at an l.a. fitness in sterlinghen one guy thought he was fouled a little too hard.
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>> he walked outsi and called the police. so that sounds pretty ridiculous, right? on the other hand, anyone who has watched a pickup game knows t can get intense. to call police officer, if you can't play pickup basketball, maybe you should go home. i don't know. >> if it was like 12-12. the game on the line. everybody is high emotion. >> this is at a recreation center. you're at the l.a. fitness. his is not at the capital one arena. >> i'm telling you, it doesn't matter. people play basketball in a rec center like they're getting paid for it. >> like they're getting paid for it. no charges filed. >> like the nba finals. >> even those guys. >> but you're going to get fouled. that's what happens when you play basketball. >> he's assaulted. they sayhe was no hard feelings toward their buddy who called the police. they said h became a little emotional about the game.
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maybe you should take -- >> invent flag basketball like flag footballno ouching. >> no, no. >> temperatures this morning, very comfortable. utu'll notice that as you wake up and walk de. not going to be in the 80s by lunchtime. some spotsould be around 80 degrees. a much more comfortable day. low humidity. we'll showilou how long it
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welcome back. at 4:46. president trump is walking back from coents about russian election meddling he made during monday's press conference in helsinki following backlash from both parties. >> the president says hess oke and he supports the u.s. intelligence community. news 4'smo tracie potts ha on the fallout from capitol hill. reactionhat's been the to the president's explanation. >> critics are saying it's too late., too republicans saying that they support the intelligence community and the president walking back what he saidal lit one word would versus wouldn't. may help a little bit.
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he has gotten a lotti of csm for that. we've learned that the secretary president who ic sat him down privately and said he had to go public and clarify the controversial comments. >> asracie, a involving alleged russian espionage heads tort c today. maria butinarrested here. >> a 29-year-old american university student who is a federal government was an unregistere trying to infiltrate politically cozy ul groups, trying t up to powerful people in washington to push russia's agenda. her attorn denies tha says she's been cooperating. she's already testified private live before senate intelligence committee. apparently, the mueller russia investigation wasn't interested in hearing from her. but a judge will. she's expectedto be in court on that arrest on that charge today. all right. tracie potts live on capitol hill for us. tracie, thank you. 4:47 right now.
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a secret service agent died in scotland yesterday.er he su a stroke on sunday and was rushed o to the hospital. he died yeerday morning. a statement, the secret service says he was a19 year veteran and was surrounded by family and co-workers. this was the first to die on duty since 2005. out flaf fla, when the sun comes up, search crews will be back in the everglades lking through the gator infested drain for a fourth victim in aouble plane crash. two small planes collided and rashed yesterday. we're learning from miami-dade officials that bothre planes training flight students. the victims so far have been identified. they range i0 age from to 73 years old. a family iney new jer says they feel deceived. a woman allegedlyh tricked into thinking she was dying of brain cancer. kylie white stayed with the
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evans family for five straight weeks. the family met her through a mutual friend lasmonth. white even posed as her ownsp ice nurse giving medical instructions by text message. >> i was shaken. totally shaken to my core. because here i loved on a girl that nev existed and gave everything. >> w investigators sayite has done this at least two other times in both pennsylvaniand new jersey. this is the first time she's facing charges. theft by deception and harassment. a woman on her way to work ends up in the hospital with more than 200. bee stin this happened in los angeles. the woman was heading inside a home to can it. she apparently parked near several beehivesmoand was a instantly attacked. the homeowner called he9-1-1. firefighters arrived, they found, quote, hundreds of bees actuallyttached to the victim.
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>> ouch. >> then the firemen started stung.g so they were swiping away the bees but they were all getting stung. >> a professional compa that removes bees came to clear the area. there were nearly 30,000 bees in those hives. the victim is still recovering n this mo she's expected to be okay. that is remarkable. >> hownoould you not to park there.y she probauldn't see the hives. >> who looks for that. >> terrible luck. sounds very painull. >> that makes me feel sick. the bees were- >> attached to her. natural museum of natural history is about to roar. >> news 4 had a sneak peek of the future t-rex exhibit slated to open in jne of ne year. crews have been working on the exhibit for four years. they've been expanding the hall and putting the dinosaur into a
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more historically accurate posen theural history museum is like so many of thehother sm sohn nan museums, we're so fortunate. we get to go to the museums for free. you were thinking of attacking -- >> historically accurate pe as opposed to like -- >> heisman or something. heisman. he >> because it has short arms. >> while you're d,ing th we've been working hard in the weather and traffic center mang aat to eat before the show is over. this is a pape number. we'll get you more hats. >> it is lovely. >> isn't that nice. be careful there are staples in it. >> let me put this in file 13. >> the mlb says the go was to put the game on no matter what. the schedules, the playersli tra all that stuff. they had to put it on. >> the last time there was an all-star game in ., it was rained out. >> absolutely. >> it could have happened.
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>> the same year tha we had it in d.c. last time, 69, the rainfall record that we broke yesterday was set july 22nd of 1969. >> how do they know these things? how do you know these things? >> these are the things i know. we had 2.63 inches of rain in one hour yesterday at national airport between 3:00 and 4:00. that was the rainit single hour at national airport since 1969. that is crazy amounts of rain. daily rainfall records were set yesterday. that wasn't in one hour. but all day yesterday added up to 3.3 inches at bw marshall and more than an inch at dulles as well. no rain todoo. that's thenews. it's taking the humidity out of town with it as well. n you'ice the real change and a big improvement to any of outdoor plans.
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mid-60s in the shenandoah valley. cooler ier air settles in through the course of the day. parts of the shenandoah valley and maryland likely to be in the 50s tomorrow morning and friday morning as well. that's good open window sleeping re.ther for there's your hourly planner for today. full sunshine. pret much start to finish. a few lingering clouds this morning. lower humidity. still aca tlly warm day today. highs mid to upper 80s. that northwest wind will make ings nice here. tomorrow and friday too. that means, unfortunately, our next chance fo rain rolls in for the weekend. pretty high chances for rain both saturday, sundaynd ev higher chances monday and tuesday of next week. now that we've broken our little dry spell, we'll have several more rainy days to come starting over the weekend. all right melissa mollet. let's hear from first 4 traffic. >> taking a look at the roads. earlier problem on 270 with that overturned tractor-trailer. that is now out of the way.
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silver spring, after georgia avenue, that's the only problem on the beltway th morning. two left lanes getting by the work zone there. it's still nice through that area. you can still get by. in the district, southern avenue southeast near 25th street, right now blocked each way bneause of a crash that popped up there and 95 in virginia, quantico tthe beltway, gets you there in 17es min aaron? >> melissa, thank you. it's 4:54. did you cck out before the deadline. amazon prime day ended at midnight. despite glitches, the online shopping event brought inon bil apparently. it was a 36-hour sale that generated an estimated $3 billion. >> wow. >> that's after millions of shoppebs crashed the wee minutes after it started ng preven lot of people from checking out. if you were one of the customers who saw the apology puppy screen -- >> they're so smart. the puppies trying to make things better.
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>> other stores want your busine. both targ and walmart offering up steep sales to compete th amazon prime day. ♪ >> this gd.c.-based danceup tapped its way into the judges' hearts on world of dance. jam project is advancing to the next round of competition. yea. als in not the only l the competition. >> leesburg's lucas marionet owe advanced to the next round. 14 years old. also a tap dcer here with really cool shoes, i think. world of dance airs tuesday nights at 10:00. >> the tapping is awesome. they make it look easy. it's rally hard. be especially with the all that stuff. >> lot of talent there. >> it's 4:55. new this mornin two-time nba champ and prince george's county native, kevin durant picks up another trophy. he won the sports humanitarian
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ard given annually to an athlete whose leadership created a positive impact on their community through sports. durant made a big difference in our area with his $10 million commitment to build the durant center in suitland, maryland. kie golden state warriors small forward is also png up the tuition for four rising freshmen in oakland. durant will be recognized at tonight's espy awards. congratulations to him. he really does so much for the community. let me tell you when he comes back to prince george's county, he just does it without any fanfare. wants to do right. >> we ask for interviews and 's not really big on doing long explanations. it needs to be done.o he it. end of story. >> great ambassador for the maybe people will forgive him for going to theio wa. maybe your favorite day of the year. the day after thea all-star is one of the few days all year here there are no games in any
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of the four major sports leagues. we're talking about the mlb, l, nba, nfl. college teams aren't playing either. th if you're always fight to go turn off games at home tonight, the rete should be yours. you can watch "downton abbey" or something. the nats back on the field on fri ny. >> i'veever seen show. peple seem to like it. good luck tonight. coming up, the las vegas ac shootingk in the headlines. why mgm filed a lawsit against the survivors of the attack. >> the trend coinues. more companies doing away with
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it is 5:00 a.m. good morning everyone. aaron gilchrist. i'm eun yang. a big night in d.c. but also major rain storms that we had to contend with. the all-star game wasearly a wash. look at all that rain at nats park. it soaked the field. even flooded the dugouts. field crews immediately sprang into actn drying off what they could. look at all the water in the dugout. it made for a wet start to the much anticipated bgame. ut it went on. n> that's right. it wasn't the ball field impacted by the bad weather. portions of the gw parkway flooded out too. look at t video. nearly 3 inches of rain fell in less than an hour in that area. more than a dozen cars became stuck in the water there and rose suddenly a quickly. many of the drivers d to be s
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