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first time, reliving her daughter's finme mos. >> she kept saying mommy is, calm down. it's burning. > overdose overload. fire and rescue crews see a surge of 911 calls. >> today is an example of what we've been seeing. > the warning they want out there tonight. >> news4 at 11:00 begins with breaking news. that breaking news tonight in two people hit and killed by a csx train. >> thi video from chopper 4 over the scene off wisteria drive between gunners lake and gunn's branch park. show marry is live in the neighborhood. learned?e you >> reporter: well, good evening. montgomery county police tell me this is aeath investigation. literally around five minutes ago, csx train investigators arrived on scene with their fluorescent yellow vests. behind me, police set up a command post and that is the
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knowlert at north ant complex. detectives are walking behind this complex to gain access to the train tracks. let's roll some video from can chop per 4. it's unclear why the two people were tn thecks around this area. it i remote. it has rough terrain. it is dark. policere trying to investigate why they were back there. also police have not released the names. they haven't told us ifhis was two men or two women. we know a csx tra hit them around 8:00 and they died. hoere are some people in the community told me they heard a horn presumably frothe train, but the operator hit these two people, again, we have very few details at this point. police trying tot determine w exactly happened. back out here live now, detectives will be out here for quite some time as they gather evidence. they searched with flashlights trying to determine what happened. we'll bring you the latest dates as they become available
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on our nbc washington app. live in germantown, shomari stone, news4. >> thank you. the life of a 10-year-old girl gone in an instant. her killers still out there tonight. >> police do have the vehicle the suspects used to drive off after shooting and killing makiyah wilson monday night. her mothers talking about those final moments with her child. >> news4's megal fitzg with more on this extremely difficult interview. wehowed you live at 6:00. >> reporter: >> she actually passed and took her last breathhe was laying in front of herdo way. i saw blood, i saw my baby you know what i'm saying? paniced. i don't really know what to do at this point. >> reporter: these are the last memories danetta wilson has of her beautiful little girl, a -y r-old girl who just returned home from the pool monday night and was excited to get a tre from the ice cream
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man down the street. >> i was doing one of my neighbor's hair. >> reporter: before she could make it off the step of her door, four gunman pulled up and opened fire. >> i held my baby. she kept saying mommy, calm do . it's burning. >> reporter: she had been struck in the chest. her 18-year-d sister struck in the arm. they both held her while she was dying. but even inmakiyah' last hour, her mother says she wanted to make sure she was okay. >> yeah she was trying to get me to be calm saying calm down. it's burning. >> reporter: within minutes, she was gonenl >> she was o -- >> reporter: the pain and heart ache is overwlming. > sto telling me it's okay. because it's never going to be okay. she's dead. >> reporter: this family. >> i don't understand you right now, god. i don'tnderstand what you're doing right rnow. >>orter: an entire community are asking why. >> she's 10.
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10. she has a lot to say. e had a lot to do. >> reporter: why did an innocent child having to die. >> ma ackayia. >> her funeral is set for wednesday. her sister who is 18 years old and was shot was released from the hospital today and immediately arrestedor an outstanding warrant out of virginia. her family is hoping s will be released from jail in time for the funeral. now, a go fund me page has been set up for the family. if you're interesting in learni more, go to our nbc washington app and search wilson fund. back to you. >> megan fitzgerald, thank you. now to a frightening spike income drug overdoses. d.c. first respond others tell us crews are strained from getting so many calls for help. the numbers tell the story. d.c.'s fire chief says since saturday, his department has taken more than 100 overdose
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patients to the hospital. compare that to all of last july when there were 105 overdose calls for the entire month. we saw the emergency response firsthand today. fire and rescue tending to 11 people near the intersection of fourth and eeets northwest. they say a bad batch of synthetic marijuana or k2 is circulating the district. >> if you see people that are falling down, collapsing, ou uncons vomiting, call 911. allow us to come and assist them. >> chief dean tells us the overdoses are happeng all across the district, not a single neighborhood. >>s proteutside the white the third night in a row, demo against what they see as corruption. the sign reading trump is not above the these demonstrations kicked off
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the night he returned home from that controversial appkirance in he helsinki. tonight in an interview with cbs, the president says he accepts that russiaed meddl in the 2016 presidential election and he holds russia's president responsible. >> do you hold him personally >> well, i would because he's in charge of the country just like elf to be m responsible for things that happen in this country. so certainly as the a leader of country you would have to hold him responsible, yes. >> president trumplso reiterated he's willing to sit down for an interview with special counsel robert mueller. he maintains the russia probe is a "vicious witch hunt." >> i've always wanted to do an interview because look, there's been no colleeion. there's nontalk of russia. there's been no phone call.e' th been nothing. and it's, i call it a witch nt. that's what it is. it's a vicious witch hunt. yo know what it's very bad for our country.
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very, very bad for our country. >> in other developments, democrats announced they plan tomorrow to introduce legislation that would hold russia accountle for its actions.o doreen, backyou. >> thank you. new details tonight about that young woman o accuses being a secret russian agent here in the district. court documents allege thatma a butina tried to trade sem asr political access. the fbi says she part of a covert russian campaign to influencri an politics. in federal court today, the 29-year-old n pleaded guilty. she was denied bond. the judge citing her likelihoo to be a flight risk. prosecutors claim butina took orders from a russian official close to vladimir putin. >> more breaking news now. a raging wildfire in oregon turns deadly tonight. sheriff's deputies say they found a bod near burned tractor and believe the person was trying to build a fire line to stop the flames from spreading.
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wh he decided because he couldn't escape. this fire torched about 36,000 acres in the northernart of oregon so far. it's forced mandatory evacuations there. firefighters fear the winds could pick up making the fight tougher. >>ideo shows police a man polict call a sus in a sexual assault. a man knocked on a woman's door near 8th and kennedy streetsy early sun morning. he forced his way in assaulting her at knife point. if you think you might development information about the case, police wou like to hear from you. >> today the aclu of d.c. a lawsuit against a police officer for a questionable stop and frisk. d.c. police stopped to question mb cuttingham about an open bottle of alcohol.
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the officer touched him repeatedly in the front and rear of his crotch area. he said he felt like the offic sexually assaulted him. >> humiliatin i somethin relive over and over again. tep happened on my birthday. so it's a memory that i'll never forget. >> could thingham says he want the officer fired at a d.c. councileeting last week, police chief said the officer was t disciplined forhe incident and removed from that particular anunit. >> we seem to tear ourselves away from our cell phones. tonighthere's evidenc all that time staring at the screen could lead to an increased risk of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.ch reses in southern california tracked cell ph e use among high school cell phone use for two years. even the teens who didn't use it a lot showed signs of the disorder. this study found teens it frequently glued to electronic devices were twice as likely to
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develop adhd symptoms. >> shark bites at the beach.tw children injured within miles of each other. next at :00, one girl describes what she felt. michelle first lady obama wading back into political waters. what she and other celebrities are doing before the november ddterms. oday, 88. with low humidity, comfortable. with low humidity, comfortable. another d like thisay
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ofessional soccer t loudoun county. >> it's their turn. a new d.c. unitedl affiliate w take the pitch there next year. and new tonight, smari stone gives us our very first look at the team's logo and taler to people vy excited about professional soccer in northern virginia. >> reporter: lucy is a super soccer player and fan. >> makes me feel really happy because soccer is my favorite sport. >> reporter: i sat down with her during practice at loudoun soccer in esburg. e's happy dc united will build a new 5,000-seat stadiumn this open land at phillip a bowlen memorial park for a second division team called loudoun united fc. >> i'm sup excited because i love dc ianed. one of my favorite soccer teams. >> reporter: a big applause at tonight's announcement at farm woods brewery. >> a long time coming. this community has been dying
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for a professional soccer team here for many years. >> reporter: look at the new loudoun united logo for the 2019usl seon. the new facility will also host dc united team offices, a rainingacility a a youth development program for kids like lucy >> i could go see one of their live soccer games. >> reporter: and watch professionals play the gam she loves in her community. >> i just love playing soccer. >> here w go and play. >> reporter: in loudoun county, i'm shomari stone, news4. lucy. new tonight, we're hearing from one of two children bitten by sharks in separate attacks off long island today. a 13-year-old boy at summer camp was attacked while boogie boarding. this is video of him limping and bandaged after being treated. authorities found a tooth lodged in his l. a few miles away, a shark bit a 12-year-old girl while she was in wai deep water about ten feet offshore.
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she describes how she felt. >> onef the lifeguards were kind of you know like touching my leg being like what happened. it hurt more. >> but once we realized what i was, it was pretty surreal is the way we would dcribe it. >> doctors expect both kids to recover. beaches were shut down today as a precaution >> marriot is the latest retail giant to get on the straw band bandwag bandwagon. susan hogan broke t story yesterday. the chain says it's going to phase out straws at all locationst by n july. people living with disabilities like andrea of maryland are not on board. she has muscular dystrophy and needs the help of a wheelchair to get around and can't use her hand to sip out of a cup. instead, she has to carry straws wherever she goeses. like as far as i could get it to my mouth. if it weren't for the straw, i
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wouldn't be able to drink it. >>his is really a step backwards as opposed to a spep forwards f people like myself. >> starbucks has responded to concerns about customers wit disabilities. it's ending the use of straws in two years but starbucks says it will still have them for people who needthem. >> baltimore has become the largest city in the country to ban sodas from kids menus. the new ordinance went effect today. kids now have the choice of ordering water, milk or 100% fruit juices only. health officials have been fighting for the ban for years.c childr still drink soda at city restaurts in an adult orders one for them. baltimore health officials sayn one i three high school children in the cy is obese. and one in four children drinks sodas every day. >> michelle obama is getting back into at political fray. a little bit. tomoow mrs. obama is expected to launch a voter registration
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initiative. ill be strictly nonpartisan according to politico. the formerlirst lady w campaign and appear in advertisements leading up to the midtermio ele this fall. politico reports several celebrities wil join her including tom hanks, tim mcgraw and hamilton creator lin-manuel >> hmm.. >> doug is here with a look at our weher. you really just can't any better than today. >> not in latejuly. >> exactly right. you know, average high temperature this time ofs year 89. we were close but with low humidity it makes all the dins in the world. heat intex was 105 on monday. today's heat iex lowerhan the actual temperature because of the very dry conditions out there. dryonditions can and clear skies leading to a beautiful night out there tonit. currentemperatures sitting at 77 degrees with winds out of the north at sixn miles hour. anytime we have wind out of the north that'sorlly drier air
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moving in. that's what we've seen across the area moday. looking good, too. temperatures look at this already 63 in winchester. this area, youay be in the upper 50s early tomorrow morning. that's the kind of nice cool morning we've got for you. 77 in d.c. and annapolis. suburbs definitely on the cooler side tomorrow mornin no rain. we are clear. and noon friday. we're tracking big changes. right now, i want to show you what's happen. clear skies, d.c., baltimore, boston, chicago, over towar the atlanta area. clouds moving down around and then out to sea. hat's the big trough of low pressure. in this area, very, very nice weather. and dry conditions. the numbers right now, 67 buffalo, 71 in lexington. at this hour, it's 10:00 in dallas. still 96 degrees. they were at 106 earlier this
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afternoon. normally i would tel warm air is moving our way. this pattern will be locked in for the next couple days into next week. i d't have a single day over90 egrees in the forecast. tomorrow, 88. we'll be close to 90. i've got this in around the d.c. metro region. warm wit low humidity. i'm going for a high temperature at the airport of 89. 89 degrees on friday, as well. hot but the low still fairly comfortable. it's one of those days if you walk downtown in thesh e, you're a-ok and the sunshine is on the hot side. 83 on saturday. 50% of showers to theea . we'll watch a storm system closely. it could develop into a nor'easter if it gets closer to the coast. a storm chance on sunday fwouldn't be that huge an issue inland. however, we're talking cooler nuheers. towards beaches, it could be nasty. right now we're thinking nd, in and storms on saturday with highs in the 70s. scattered showers and storms ond su. not the best beach weekd.
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all the way into next week, we've got a chance of rain evere siay next week because of this pattern. it will be locked in place. teeratures around or a little bit below average as we head in. but unlike today, you know, tomorrow's 89.sd next wed at 86. it will be more humid next week a lotoreropical given the chance of showers. >> appreciate tomorrow while we can. >> exactha right. >> you, doug. ll coming up, a blockbuster traded in basebas baltimore traded in basebas baltimore
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>> all right.he heading to l.a. doug just pointed out they have od -- barbers out there. >> much better than baltimore. >> that was the big holdup in the deal. e hair. >> agreed, it's all done. >> it's those little that can mess up a deal. he's going to l.a. baltore not happy. it only seems like manny muchado is a californiaer taxp he hasn't been there that long. he's not there yet but be. the trade really did happen. the orioles sent mew chad doe to the national league west leading dodgers in exchange for five prospects. he spent eight years in baltimore but now headswe st. dodgers are getting aood one. mewr chad doe with a careetart to the season hitting .315, 20 homers. he started shortstop last time right here in washington,
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coming the fourth player to start an all-star game at shortstop and third base. while somiol fans including my producer might be upset, the dodgers are ecstatic specially alex wood andusn turner who found out while on vacation. >> it's done. >> done? >> yeah, we got manny, dude. >> we got we got manny, baby! >> see they were using the nbc4 app. i don't know if a lot of folks realize that. as forhe orioles response, general energy releasing a statement on behalf of the team, manny provided m fans withy great memories over his eight years. we always appciate his talent and wish him the best in the you have national bird land is a great jazz song. no far fro dundee lies a town -- kanusie not far from the north sea.
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the british openet to begin 1:35g if you want to watch. whose time wille it this weekending? dustin johnson, jordan spieth? or howbout tiger woods? at his first open championship since 2015. he'ski l to return to the open championship glory he's had before. a three-time open champion. not won since 2006. the last timechhe open pionship was played at car newsty dundee north sea. woods finished tied for 1h. it's a new tiger making his tay backo the top ready to take on an unfamiliar setting. >> the course is a little bit different than what it was.pl last c times we played it. so it will be a fun challenge. i've put myself up there in contention a couple times. just need to play some cleaner golf. who knows. >> all right, come one, come all. fun for fans of all ages. the giant bal scares me. prince georges county native a great showing eight wimbledon.
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