now at 6:00, gunned down steps from home. >> i can't eat. i can't think. it's like you got the soul -- your life sucked out of you. >> reporter: the new clue in the search for a 10-year-old girl's killer. growing confusion as president trump aears to contradict u.s. intelligence about russia's role in our election. [ inaudible question ] >> thank you m veryh. >> press, let's go. >> making new allegations about the accused russian age who prosecutors say tradedor sex f access into washington's most elite circle. uspl, backlash as another major company announces plans to ditch plastic straws. >> i'm having to fight for something as simple as straws, i think it's just ridiculous. news 4 at 6:00 starts now. firstor at 6:00, the hunt the masked men behind the murder of a 10-year-oldl. g surveillance video captured the barrage of bullets fired into a crowd. tonight, another key piece of

evidence has been recovered. >> police say the car used in the attack was stolen, but the ller is still out there and the victim's family wants justice. >> pat colli joins us now with reaction from relatives. pat? >> reporter: doreen, here in clay terrace, friends and family members are gathering here in the courtyard nr the murde scene. makiyah's mom is here. we're hoping to hear from h later. there are two things at work here today. police trying to find t killers and then family members praying for that 10-year-old murder victim. >> this is a beautiful family and beautiful supporters of makiyah, my niece, my heart, my soul. >> reporter: at the murder scene, relatives of makiyah wils formed a circle of prayer tonight in her memory.ol 10-yea makiyah gunned down here in clay terrace monday night. steps away from the front door of her home.

her uncle, mike deangelo, says the gunmen violated the rules of the street. >> learn the rules and the guidelines of the street. if you get out here, you seeki , you see parents, you see mothers out here, buck a ueurn and c back if that's what you've got in your heart to do. >> reporter: the black infiniti dan used by the killersas been recovered by police. sources say they found it in the oxon hills county of saint georges county. they got the carut the killers are still at large. mr. deangelo says this murder has brought a greateal of sadness. >> she was jt 10 years old. >> reporter: -- to the family. eat.can't i can't think. my son has been crying. she's -- it's like you got the soul -- your life sucked out of you. >> reporter: you know those cops are going to take that killer's car apart piece by piecefoooking

any piece of evidence that would lead them to the gunmen. doreen, ba to you. >> thank you. pat collins reporting. d.c. police tell us there have been 83 homicides this year compared with 57 at this same time last year. that would be a 46% increase. we checked with police who tell us ninethe victims this year are minors. one day after president trump tried to clean up his comments about russian interference in the 2016 election, he once again appeared to contradict u.s. intelligence agencies. a reporter asked if russia was still targeting the.s. the president said no and shook his head. w, five days ago the nation's top intelligence officials said exactly the opposite. >> is russia still targeting the u.s.? >> prs, let's go. >> thank you very much. >> today the digital infrastructure that serves this country is literally under attack. i'm here to say the warning

lights are blinking red. again. w >> reporter: tte house later said the president was not talking to the reporter, but skeptics note the president has yet to publicly putin for russia's election interference. nbc's susan mcginnisere to break it all down for us. susan? >> hey, leon. good evening. the preside seemed t backtrack again on the comments he made at the helsinki summit. sort ofalked them back yesterday. it seemed today he was sort of walking them forward again. lawmakers here on capitol hill also want to know more about wh happened at that meeting.r: >> reporresident trump today on whether he believes russia is trying to attack america's democracy. >> is russia still targeting the u.s., m t president? nk you very much. >> press, let's go. >> reporter: he seemed to once again break with his intelligence community, but hours later t white house said he was misunderstood. >> the president was -- said thank you very much and was saying no tonswering questions. we believe that the threat still exists, which is why we'reki

steps to prevent it. >> reporter: a day after he was forced to clarify whether heev be russia interfered with the 2016 election, the president insisted he is standing up to russia. >> there's never been a president as tough on russia as i have been. >> reporter: that claim falling flat with this former ambassador to russia. >> this is becoming a joke. it is becoming absurd. it makes our president look weak. it makes our country loo weak >> reporter: meanwhile, lawmakers are demanding to know what trump and putin said behind closed doors in helsinki with only their interpreters present. >> we want the interpreter to come before the committee. we want to see the notes. >> i don't have any idea what occurred. was it just a press conference? was there anythingti subst that came out of it? >> reporter: russia seems to know, annncing it's readyo move on agreements the leaders reached. >> still no deets, though, fm e white house what happened at

that summit. >> thank you, susan. an accused russian agent who studied at american university tried to trade sex for influence. that is the claim from prosecutors today inou. news 4's chris gordon joins us with the new developments in this high-profase. chris? >> reporter: well, doreen,or prosec call her a russian secret agent. these are the new documents,he affidavit they filed today, which says on at least one occasion she offered sex in exchange for a position with a n.ecial interest organizat used her s say she student visa as her cover. >> mary butina. >> reporter: news 4 obtained this video of 29-year-old mary butina graduating from american university in may. she got a master's degree in international service and cyber policy, but new court papers say butina is a covert russian agent who was posing as student.

the court papers say she attended classes and completed courses with outside help. trevor was in butina's finance class last september. he now works as a freelance employee at nbc 4. >> it's mind-boggling. i can't believe i shared classroom with this girl. i know she's 29 years old, which is also ao little strange me. i guess she was a graduate iudent. the fahared a classroom with her and she was studying like everybody else is pretty rd to grasp. >> reporter: maria butina was arrested on monday. in court her lawyer entered a not guilty plea, saying this is not espionage, this is not a spy case. nothing allegar did anything that was illegal or unlawful, but federalos utors convinced the judge that butina is a flight risks i sh released from custody. she's already moved out of her d.c. apartment and cldvoid justice by escaping with russian help. she was ordered held without bond until trial. butina's been indicted for

acting as a foreign agent at the direction of a high-level official in the russian government. prosecutors say she worked with the u.s. citizen to manage introductions to people with rufluence in american politics in order to furtheian interests. they say she sought invitations for russian officials to attend the national prayer breakfast and that she developed ati reship with an organization promoting gun rights, which has been identified as the nra. maria butina faces up to ten years in prison if she's convicted. ill appear back here in federal court next week. that's the latest live from the u.s. courthouse. you. n, back to >> all right. chris gordon reporting. thank you, chris. there were some tense moments today on the campus of american university. there were reports of a man with a gun on new mexico avenue and northwest. the campus right nearby went on lockdown for hours before the all-clear was given. secret including

service, went building to building but no one was found. we turn to a story some of you may find disturbing. we want to warn you in advance. a man says he feels like he was sexual assaulted by a d.c. police offer who was searching him during a stop and caught on video. now that man is news 4's mark segraves spoke with the man and he has reaction from the police chief on what happened here. mark? >> reporter: good evening, leon thvideo, as you said, is graphic, and it shows tof police cer repeatedly grabbing the even his private areas, after the man protests. then they put the man in handcuffs and the officer continues searching him through his private caught on videotape as his friends and family watched. this was the scene lastpt ber, outside the home of

m.w. m.b.cottingham's aunt. cottingham gave police to search him. the officer touching ctingham repeatedly in the front and rear of his crotch area. cottingham can be seen and heard obctive repeatedly. >> man, don't do that. >> he doesn't have anything on hi >> reporter: today the aclu of d.c. filed a lawsuit against that officer. >> humiliating, you know? something i reliag over and over n. it hpened on my birthday, so it's a memory that i'll never forget. >> i think it's emblematic of a larger problemicith pg culture here in the district, where mpd treats members of the commity, a particularly rerican-american members of the community,mptively as suspects. >> reporter: last week at a d.c. council hearing, police chief peter newsham was asked about the officer's h actions. >>e seen the video. i haven't seen that kind of detail you're explaining. it looked w like it an inappropriate touching by the officer. he's been r toved frot particular unit and has been

disciplined for matt that's right. >> reporter: for cot the aclu, the chief's answer isn't enough. >> i would like that man to bef d, to be honest. he shouldn't be an officer on the force if he doesn't know how to dl with andddress the public. >> reporter: cottingham says even morethe incident traumatic was as the officer drove away, he was heard saying this over the police loud speaker. ho how are y'all doing, world star? are y'all doing, world star? >> reporter: that reference the akficer wasg to world star is a website where people often post videos they take inpu ic, often times of fights or police duct. now, the man mr. cottingham told me he took that as an actual threat to everyone in the ighborhood. he can tell you that that officer remains on active duty. police officer. for four years. we asked the mayor's office and the chief of police for a more thorough comment. they declined because of the pending litigation. that's the very latest, in northwest, 4.k segraves, news

i'mrika gonzalez here at the live desk. we are working a breaking story in downtown d.c. d.c. fire says they'reng respono at least a dozen drug overdoses. we've just gotten somid new into our newsroom. this is what the scene looked like at fourth and east streets. we were told that police and paramedics were respondingo at least eight people for calls of overdoses. we understand that at leastho three of individuals were unconscious and were transported to the hospital. t sourced us they think this is linked to a bad batch of the drug k2. police say they've had over 1 calls for overdoses in just the last two wee. last july, there was 105 for the entire month. these are numbers d.colice don't want to be seeing. multiple agencies met today, in fact, to discuss this problem. we just ske with t fire

chief this evening. we're going to get the sound exrned around and have if for you in the couple of minutes. >> thank you, erika. next and only on news 4, chilling video from a school bun capt the moments before a deadly crash. why this situation could have been much worse. a miracle in thailand. theoc sr players rescued from that flooded cave share their stories of survival and r teal why plan to do next. doug? we saw a beautiful day out there today. temperures in the upper 80s but without the humidity it was lliet nice. wait until show you what happens for the weeks. what i'm saying is

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m. . the boys who were rescued from that cave in thailand, they're out of the hospital and they're talking today. they described whatik it was to be trapped in ade , dark, gloomy cave for 18 days. one universal, they were all hungry. one boy worried he wasn't going to get home on time and was afraid his mother would skocold. one boy thought it might be a hallucination. when a british dceer sur up from the water below them, he said it was airacle and the first glimpse of hope. nbc's janisackey frayer shares their story. >> reporter: in high spirits and good health, the thai s team that captivated the world

smiling for cameras and revealing detailsf the ten days they were missing. with no concept of time and nothing to eat. they say they licked thetoave's wallrink water, their minds tired, thinking only of food. >> how man of you? 13? brilliant. e reporter: then out of darkness, two british divers found them. >> translator: ias quite alarmed that he was a foreigner. i did not know what to say to him. i saiello and then he said hello back. it was a miracle.he >> translator: mental state is very good. they are strong, healthily a as we mentally. to move ahead in their life. show two fingers to show you are strong physically and mentally. the town r: across where the boys live, families oe getting ready for a homecoming like ther. janis mackey frayer, nbc news, thailand.

>> what an experience. those boys will eventually head back to school and a normal life. first, they're going to spend a week in a monetary and be ordained as morninr nks. >> as eir futures, most of them say they want to be professional soccer players. a few of them want to emulate those who saved them and become navy divers. filmmakers are lining up toel their story. metro's largest union says it's making progress to solve a bitter transit dispute h it with the transit agency. still no deal. sat down with metro for the second day in a rowthnd expresser optimism but no formal agreements to talk about right now. strike is illegal under a bargaining agreement but workers have bee without a contract since july 2016. both sides will meet again on monday.

news 4 was first to tell you about major problems withnc te along the second phase of the silver line. tonight there were indications the problem might not be as bad as first feared. according to a lawsuit filed by a owwhistle-bler, the wrong type of stone was used in the concrete project and some of the concrete was improperly mixed. roughly half of the tests are back on the potentially faulty panels. reports that so far the resul have found no significant issues. ford is issuing a safety recall involving more than 500,000 cars. this a comeser nearly 30 customers complained their cars could roll away without learning. let's get ride to consumer reporter susan hogan, who is working for you with the informationfety >> well, ford tell us it is not or e of any accidents injuries related to this defect. it is recalls 550,000 vicles. involves 2013 through 2016 model year fordusns and 2013

through 2014 ford escapes. the automatic transmission might not be in park, even though the shift indicator says it is. ford says drivers can remove the key, even though the ansmission may not be in the park mode, increasing the risk of a roll-away and also a c dealers will repair affected cars at no cost to the customer. until you get your vehicle fixed, ford says you should b using your parking break. back to you. >> susan hogan thank you. another reason to get your kids off their smartphones or why social media could be bad for their health. more companies phase out plastic straws, some are raising concern about the movement and the impact it's having people with disabilities. dg is back wouit

well, doug, what a perfectly glorious day. it's like we're in maine or something in july. >> you know what? i was looking for a place earlier to think about. i was thinking maybe colorado. somebody said san. maine is perfect. i've never been there, but i hear it's grea >> this must be what it's like.

i haven't been either. >> two people bave nevern to maine are saying the day is just like maine. >> i thought you knew this. -- >> i've been almost to maine. i've been vernenear m >> let's show you what's happening up there right now. i was going to ask you about it after work. we're dealing with plenty of condit tns. look ats. this is blue skies. very maine-like, as you make your way out and about today. temperatures in the mid to upper 80s. we hit 88er ear back to 88 with the northwest wind at 13 miles an hour. it's the average high temperature this time of year, it's actually 89. a little below average today. look at the numbers, 82, ed ick, 87 annapolis, 85 inks frederrg. no humidity. that's the key here. winds out of the north for the most part and that's allowed the very dry air to move in. no rain to speak of. look at this. not much in the way of clouds at all from maine, here it is right

here -- thisea is theiful state of maine this time of year, all the way down to d.c., back towards chicago. really looking quite nice all across our region. temperature wise, you can actually see cools temperatu all along the east here. a trough of low pressure. look back to thewest, dallas baking atno 106. ally i'm talking about this air movinwa our but that's not going to be the case. this is all going to be held at bay ae' i think going to stay at or below average through the next ten days. tomorrow, the high temperatureo 88 or 89 degrees. huenty of sunshine out there, too. dity not going to be a factor at all tomorrow or on frid. starts to increase on saturday and sunday. 83, saturday. 53% chance of a shower to the east. saturday, 84 degrees with a chance for storms. asm going to talk about the weekend beach for not looking good at all. a possible nor'easter moving up the coast. the entire ten-day forecast coming up at 6:45. >> all right, doug, thank you.

>> they hit 79 in portland, maine. >> beautiful this time of year. e been ke it back, i h to maine. we'll talk about it later, doug. close call with a school bus captured on tape and the tragedy that unfolded minutes after this dramatic video. >> two very simple crosses on the side of the fairfaxounty parkway here in reston representing two young lives lost thi past weekend. tonight for the first time the questions that the victims' family members want answers to. straw ban backlash.be why m of the disability community say that we shouldn't to so quick

you're watching news 4 at 6:00. now at 6:30, a tragic crash takes the lives of two young women. >> small crosses mark the spot where it happened over the weekend. tonight for the first time we're hearing from the victi' parents, and they tell us since they cannot have their children back they want justice. >> only o d --id culver brings us their message from the side of the fairfax county parkway in reston. >> reporter: the devastating loss does not feel real for elizabeth ivy. >> i just keep expecting her to walk in orext me on the phone saying, you know, i'm on my way or something like that. so as the days go on it becom more real because i'm not hearingrom her. >> reporter: jocelyn herndon's

image now printed on the friends' trts. her 2-year-old daughter also wearing her photo. her life cut short in a crash early sunday morning. jocelyn and three other friends went out for t night. suddenly their suv veered off the road. the other life lost, tanisha mccoy. her father, tony washington, set up a table of keepsakes, including the orange smock tanisha wore at work at this home depot in sterling. 's signed by co-workers, also sending their love. >> she will be really missed. it will be a hard road. it's going to be a hard road. >> reporter: the road made more challenging by unanswered questions. >> there are stories out there. don't know if is true or not. the only way you find out if it's true, you get the policrt re >> reporter: elizabeth also wants to understand what exactly led up to that deadly crash. police are still investeeating.

>> i like justice should be served. however, it's not going to bring hete back. >>r: but she is grateful for the last words she spoke to her daughter, i love you. >> we never missed an oppounity to tell each other, to hold each other, you know, to ki each other. >> that pain's always going to be there. y butou're always going to have your heart filled with her in it. >> reporter: two families holding to precious memories f hopi healing. in reston, virginia, david culver, news 4. newo pushback a controversial decision about a maryland the prince george's county council is coming out against changes to the proposed bw parkway. e needs that conversion to implement his highway expansion plan. that plan would add express toll lanes to the wbkw par in both prince geoes and aroundle counties. the national parks services agreed to consider that transfer.

> marriott is the latest company to announce plans to stop using plastic straws. the hotel chain will make the move by next july at all their location. the same goes for plastic stirrers. allf this part of a growing effort to help cut waste and protect our environmentli american as said it would stop serving drinks with plastic straws and stirrers back in november. starbucks is also phasing out plastic straws worldwide by 2020. mcdonald'sas bannedlastic straws from all of its uk restaurants. >> not everyone is applauding this movement to ban plastic straws. some people with disabilities say that the ban could present significanten chas in their lives. news 4's amy choe live to explain that for us. >> leon, for some people with gsabilities, they're hop companies like starbucks reconsider this ban. they say using st wws is the on they're able to drink. starting the day with a starbucks, aundrea lavont has

done it for years but she worries she might not be able to. >> it's frustrating. it'sfrustrating. >> reporter: lavont has musculai dystrophy, wch makes it tough for her to use her arms. >> this is as far as i can get it to my mouth. if it weren't for the straw, i actually wouldn't be able to drink it. >> reporter: n she says she has to make sure her wheelchair is well-stocked with straws wherever she goes. >> this is really a step backwards as opposed to a step forward for pple like self. >> reporter: the coffee giant puttin out a statement saying starbucks offers and wol continueffer straws to customers who need and request them in o stores. starbucks' recent monument will not impact the ability of those who need straws to access them. >> we can't say we don't care about the environment either. >> reporter: amy is a lawyer trying to raise awarenessn the issue. >> i think the reason why people with biebdisabilities are so up.

i dodt think it was conside the negative impact it could have. >> reporter: back at starbucks, lavont says her friends have started to stash away straws f her. >> having to fight for something as simple as straws, it's just ridiculous. it impedes and impacts our ability to live our fullest lives. >> reporter: lavont says using pasnr straws a good option because they fall apart in hot drinks and she says using reusable straws such as this one also isn't going t work because she can't clean them. live in northwest, aimee choe, nknews 4. >> tou. cancer deaths are on the decline in the u.s. with an exception of sharp increase of liver cancer. federal health officials are trying o figure out why. the death rate among adults wit liver cancer increased by 43% from 2016. even more troubling, the district leads the nation with

nearly 17 liver cancer deaths per 100,000 adults. risk factors include obesity, smoking -- >> i always tell my patients that are women, no more than one drink in a sitting and for a man no more thanwo drinks in a sitting. >> there is also brand-new research on liver cancer deaths among young people. john torres reports on "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. a warning of dangers forch o mu screen time with kids. we have the new research every parent should see. also tonight, was queen elizabeth throwing shade at president trump? we'll tell you whatg he was weard the possible meaning behind it. doug? beautiful today, but as we he towards the weekend, we've got some big changes coming in for the last week of july. much more on this. it's beautiful out there right now. that beze making it feel so ice.

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lavo here's another reason to tell your teenager to put down the cell phone. a newtudy links prolonged screen time to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. researchers infoouthern caliia found teens who are heavy users of computers and smartphones were unable to focus elsewhere. heavyigitalsers were twice as likely to develop symptoms of adhd. researchesers tracked high school students for two years. this study didn't say if more frequent digital media usage caused the adhd symptoms. on average, teenagers spend nearly nine hours a day o some form of digital media. nine hours. >> that's the way the world is now. some of us can't escape it. >> it's true. we're using the digitalia m at work and on our personal lives. >> we call it the nbc washington app. did queen elizabeth throw some shade at president trump

during his recent visit to the uk? >> well, a few fashion statements have a lot of people reading between the lines today. news 4's erika gonzalez takes a closer look. >> the queen is known for wearing these really beautiful and ornate broaches, b it's three in particular that are causing quite a stir. first up i a vintage yellow, gold and diamond piece that was gifted to her by the obamas in 2011. she wore that piece the day mr. trump arrived in the uk. second is this particular broach that she used on day two, whe she actually met with the trumps. it is a palm leaf and it is the same one that her mother wore to the funeral of king george vi. lastly, the matriarch was seen wearing a broh on mr. trump's final day in town. a statement piece from canada, a country president trump has had some public strife with. the queen doesn't typically commentten political m so it's pretty unlikely we're going to hear what prompted the choice

in thebroaches, but, of course, there is a lot of speculation on cial media. a perfect night to enjoy dinner outside. doug's going to be back to tell us when the rain returns to the forecast. plus, dramatic video capturesoments before a deadly crash. as we learn what the food truck drer told police afteris

we're back with a breaking o update that little girl who was gunned down in the district. for the first time tonight, we're hearing from the mother of 10-year-old makiyah wilson. les get t news 4's meagan fitzgerald who just talked with her a few minutes ago. meagan? >> reporter: yeah, doreen makiyah's mother tells me she's

absolutely devastated. she's so overwhelmed and she sayswith emotion she's in shock, can't believe that this happened. she tells me that she wasnse her apartment just behind me here. you can see people going in and out. she was doing hair when all of a sudden she sd she hea a barrage of gunfire like she's never heard before. she says 10-year-old makiyah had justeturned home from the community swimming pool and wanted to get some ice cree. she ger the money and she walked out the front door and that's g whenshots rang out. makiyah had collapsed to the floor. her 18-year-old daughter was also shot. jeanett she ran outside and held her other daughter along with her as makiyah tookt er lbreath. >> she wanted to go to the ice cream truck. she died with $5 in her hand. when she passed and took herat last b she was laying right in front of her doorway. >> i was in shock a saw so

ch blood. i was basically trying to keep her calm. she kept going in and st, i was just trying to keep her calm and tell's her, baby, kay, it's okay, but this is tragic. it's not going to be okay for me. sever. >> reporter: she she fact that she had the opportunity to hold her baby before she died and tell her that she loved her is something that helps her to keep going. she's asking, she's pleading with anyone out there who has information about t four supreme courts who pulled up into this courtyard to come forward and to contact peaice. you'll more from her in our interview coming up tonight none news 4 at 11:00. back to you. >> such a senseless crime. thank you, meagan. >> thank you, meagan. now let's tn to videohat you will only see here on news 4. that captures the chilling scene as a food truck almost runs over kids getting off a school bus. >> moments later, its driver plowed io a family's car and

northern virginia bureau chief julie kerry has new details on what the driver told sheriff's deputies right after t crash. >> reporter: it starts as a regular friday afternoon, a loudoun school bus drir stops on watson road to drop off two kids. >> have a great weekend. >> tha you. >> reporter: suddenly something terrifying in charity's mirror. a vehicle roaring uprom behind, blows past the stop arm. the food truck nearly hitting the children about to cross the road, but when she laid on the horn they froze and were saved. >> did you see what that was? >> what happened? >> oh, my god. >> reporter: but ashe school bus rolled ahead, they found something even worse. the food truck had barrelled throh the stop sig at evergreen mills road and slammed into an ashburn family sedan, crushing it. the driver, erinkaplan, was killed. her three kids and gravely injured.

>> we have a vehicle that is in the accident is a vehicle that ran my red lights and almost hit o of migy kids. >> reporter: the food truck driver tony danest f questioned by a loudoun county sheriff's investigator at the hospital. >> how are you? >> i got some bruises. >> reporter: this audio rerding reveals dane knew the brakes were bad but kept drivi until i was too late. >> i tried to stop and my brakes went right to the floorboard. >> reporter: the interenew key ev used to convict the food truck driver of involuntary manslaughter. he's headed to prison for more than ten years. e schoo bus driver forever haunted each time she dasves by the scene. >> it is a sick feeling in the pit of my stomach. i will tell you, you ow, both those times during the day i just pray for the people involved. >> reporter: the court case, though, not the last wor on the intersection where that deadly accident took place. driverss complained it dangerous in the first place. next week the county provides

findings of a safety audit to the county. i'm julie kerry, news 4. change gears now and talk s abouething a bit more pleasant, a lot more pleasant, in tonight's weather, just gorgeous. >> it's good to be the wesnherman today, it, doug? >> it is. it was hot the past couple of days. heat index close to 105. >> that was on monda yesterday the heat index was out 100 degrees. today it's actually lower than the actual tempt'ature. >> t pretty nice. we'll take that any day. high temperature of 88 degrees. a very nice afternoon and still a very nice eveninght ton i think i'm going to grill steaks. do you have dinner plans?im >> what should we come over gr. >> 7:15, 7:30. i got to go home and prepare. i have small lots to share. out there right now, plenty of sunshine, blue skies. ites going to a perfect night if you want to do dinner outdoors.

slooking nice acr our region. 88 degrees now dropping to 85 degree by 7:00, 80 degrees by 9:00 and 70 degrees by 11:00. many of you in the suburbs are going to ben the60s. a very comfortable start tomorrow, many of you starting off at 60 degrees with sunshine. beautiful, pleasant morning. 82 degrees in leesburg right now. prince wilam county, coming in at 84. 86, camp springs. 83 over towards annapolis. reston coming in at 82 degooes. looking there, too. no rain on the radar. we're going to be try for the next couple of days. wee haven't seen any rain at all for the month of july and now we're actually above average for a month already because of yesterday's rain, over 2.8 inches of rain f look at the satellite and radar from boston towards d.c. and atlanta and chago, clear skies just a few cumulus clouds. fair weather cumulus clouds, but really nice weather. for us this nice weather is

going to continue. nothing but sunshine. really looking good. pleasant tomorrow morning. this is inhe city at 67. suburbs down around 60, 61 degrees. very nice there. 83 by noon. nice by 7:00, down to about 85. another great day in store fort rrow. then we start to see some changes. call for a y, fantastic friday tomorrow. temperatures around average, which is 89 this time of year. 83 onaturday. a chance of a shower. best chance of showers -- chesapeake bay and over towards the eastern shore. sunday, a storm chance temperature of 84 degrees, but i want to show you what's going to to be happening we have a storm coming right up the coast. this storm is going to come tclose enough we're goi see a chance of showers. if you're thinking about going boating on the chesapeake or down to the beaches, it isot ing to be a very nice couple of days. friday, no problem, 78. saturday and sunday, high temperature only in the mid-70se could see 30-mile-an-hour

winds, maybe 40-mile-an-hour winds at the beach on saturday and sunday. heavy rain late in the day on saturday. scattereshowers and storms on sunday. not looking good there. really most of next week is very unsettled. we're going to see an unsettled pattern move in here on the warm side. temperatures at or below average. with a lot of humidity, it's going to feel very soupy, very tropical in nature as we see the moistureoving in from the southwest. plenty of rain chances from sunday through next thursday, even into next friday as well. that's something we'll be tracking forou guys. >> makes us appreciate today's weather all the more. >> thanks, dgg. com up, the all-star game surrounded by a major trade buzz. dave's up next to tell hollywood is going to turn into manniwood. >> first, here is lester holt, he's got a look ahead on "nbc nightly news." finally going home for the first time. we hear fromhe 12 boys rescued from the thailand cave. worried about how much time

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how much all-star swag did you walk away with? >> well, i've got the bandana i had last night. i should bring it back at 11:00. >> youhould sell that. >> do some paper recycle is what you should do with that. >>liudging the q of that. that was something. just, though, when we started shopping for a real d.c. flag bandana, all-star week is over. did fou haveun on monday watching bryce harper win the home run derby? served as an adrenalininfueled launpad for tuesday and the 89th major league baseball all-star game. hwee the passion and also, of course, we have the passion and the pageantry. stirring emotion from real heros, medal of honor recipients. this was just a classic way to lcome back the midsummer classic.

when it was time for play ball, max scherzer was ready. you know what? the fans got there a couple of hours. ear scherzer admits he was fired up, mowing down the better hitters in baseball, mookie betts and joseltuve. he did allow a home run to the yankees' aaron judge. said the probl was he didn't pitch it high enough. the game's mvp with lal ties. grandf her was general council for the senators. great time for thers best playe to getndogether a great first trip to nats park for gregman. >> my dad's from here s just to have my family re, it was -- it was really special, a dream come true just to be able to w ang oith guys like trout and judge betts. just be able to pick their brain and talk the game with them for

two days. i'm on cloud nine. you can actually learn a lot from other players in the league. they're watching you. they're watching your team. yo get in conversations and it's gat. you're talking about everybody and you find the things i the game that make them successful and what made you successful and see if you can g it better. >> it was fun. while wee savor our all-star memories, signals are bouncing onell phoneowers, connections are made and deals are discussed. not just in baseball, july is when things heat up in the nba and all the speculation swirling around manny machado. was the all-star game the last time we'll see many an n. an oriole uniform? dodgers and orioles expected to have a deal done as early as today.y certainlaving fun at the ss midsummer cla. reports today that the physical for others involved were holding up the deal. as for manny, he enjoyed his

all-star experience though he's pretty done answering questions about trade rumors. >> this is p bbably going to the last one i answer, so there will be a time and place where i'll be here again and answer your questions. khwe quite hostly, i don't expect anything. i'm not even trying to worry about it. if it happens, itifappens. e there. 't, i'll >> i told you the nba also dealing. big deal today done. ka i leonard going from t spurs to the raptors for derozan. raptors ao get danny green and a new center. a protected first-round pick in 2019. former nba finnas mvp. both l and derozan apparently unhappy with the deal. >> gentleman. -- yeah. >> nice city, toronto and san antonio. >> pays well, too. >> synchronize your watches. the 147th british open set to get under way at carnoustie in sutherlan scotland.

phil mickelson will see off at 3:03 in the morning. doug, you going to be up for that? while it's a big event, mickelson seems relaxed and ready. should we say the guy in front of him is relaxed. >> oh, my god. >> i would be in that situation. gary evans direcy in fro of mickelson, flop shot and gets a trick shot over evans' head. ht t's a lot of trust r there. >> pretty good insurance over there. >> youanatch phil mickelson, 3:03 in the mllning. all you guys so you don't miss it. >> the good thing is the weather is going to be like maine, isn't it? >> i haven'tooked at the weather in scotland, you said? >> carnoustie. >> i hear it's like maine. which we found out doree has never been to but, yes, she has been to it. >> portland,maine, is a great place to visit and so is acadia national park. >> you've been to that, too?

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