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"first on 4:00" we talk to the neighbor of a gun-loving russian national. >> plus, millions of dollars in wasted clothes, bags and p perfumes. why burberry and others burn millions of products each year. well, what began as a repor of an active shooter led to a scary situation at washington hospital saturday. a man walked in and threatened to shoot doctors. that sent the complex into lockdown mode with huge police presence. news 4's mark segraves is live outside of the hospital now in marthwest. , you've got some brand-new information we're told. >> reporter: that's right, i do. i just smoke to somebody fro the dc-911 call center and they tell us the calls that ce in ho 10:16 and 10:19 were from an activeer and they came in from a security officer here at
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the washington call cen those turned out to be not an active shooter but somebody threatening doctors, t andt's all what led to the lockdown here. force.responded in full the call to 911 came in shortly after 10:00 this morning. the itial dispatch calls to first responders indicated an activehooter at the cancer center. police shut down roads in and around the washington hospital center campu while police, some officers armed with long guns, searched t i hospitalide and outside. a u.s. park police helicopter was brought in to search rooftops. as the search continued the campus was put into lockdown. first,ne building and then three more buildings locked down. within minutes, police determined the situation was actually a verbal threat and not an actual active shooter. a spokesper for the hospital tells news 4 in an e-mail an individual entering our cancer
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center made verbal threats to up of our sff members. no weapon was seen, and no injuries occurred. the threat and subsequent lockdown caused lots of patients like michael day to miss their appointments. >> we were on the bikes coming, and the driver got information that they were -- that they would not be able to go il.o the hospi i had an 11:30 appointment and what i have to do now is end up going back because we don know how long it's going to last. there rter: so, again, was never an active shooter here at the washington hospital center, but early this morning two calls from security officers here at the hospitalo 911 saying that there was an active shooter. ee've reached out to the hospital for s clarification on why there was confusion here this morning, but, tgain, in end there were no suspects arrested, and luckily nobody was injured here today. that's the very latest from the washington hospital center. mark segraves, news 4. >> all right. thank you, mark. >> thankyou, mark. new at 4:00, "the washington
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post" reports metro has reached a settlement with the family of a woman who was killed i that deadly smoke incident three years ago. you probably remember this video you see here. smoke filling the l'enfant plaza station back in 2015. 61-year-old carol glover died a inside train trapped in the tunnel. metro confirmed to "the post" that a settlement was reached with glover's family. the amount is unknown, family's initial lawsuit was asking for $50 million is damalaiming metro's negligence led to the smoke incident. another familys searching for answers and searching for justice in the murder of a old girl. it's been several days, but so far no arrest in the shooting death of makiyah wilson. news 4's meagan fitzgerald joins us from northwest d.c. >> reporter: it's bee three days since makiyah wilson was
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gunned down on the front steps of her door behind mow here, and every day her parents get eveni more a and hopeful that police will give their family justice. every day more and more love and support comes in to the family of makiyah wilson. neighbors, even strangers are a cked and saddened that 10-year-old girl was murdered. monday night police crimeme s were rolling when these suspects pulled up into theya cour releasing a barrage of bullets before driving off. police found this black infinity sedan wnesday morning. she's 10 years old. >> reporter: but makiyah's family is having a. hard ti >> she's 10 years old. i hear stories about is, but don't wish this on no mother. >> reporter: police tell us that they have been receiving a lot of tips that they areupollowing n but, of course, as we've
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mentioned no arrests have beend as for makiyah wilson's funeral, we're told she will be laid to rest on wednesday. back to you. >> all right.u meagan, thank o much. "first on 4:00," the neighbor of the alleged russian agent mariaa is speaking out. butina is accused of working to influence people in american politics at the direction of the russian government. >> erika gonzalez caught up with a woman who lived across the street from but at a home in northwest d.c. what did s tell you. >> reporter: maria butina was arrested at her home in northwest gardens in d.c., but this woman who we spoke to says it's what happened a couple months that's engrained in her mind. a we spoke with woman who asked us not to reveal her name outside this building, shocked, she says, by the news of the ll red-headeded russian agent. she took us inside, showed us -- she's directly across the hall from butina. she says a couple months ago a swar fbi agents were there looking for tina.
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>> i hear like a banging on the door, and i didn't think it was my door, but, you know, with knocking like that i would want to check i did, and, you know, the man said, please, miss, stay inside, so i did. >> reporter: yeah. >>nd then i heard -- they continued to ban really loudly and said maria, we know you're in there, yeah,om out. >> reporter: butina was arrested sunday and faces charges that she worked as a foreign agent. her lawyer says she's done tonight at 5:00 and 6:00 you'll hear from an american university student once in the same class as butina and what that interaction was like. pat and leon. >> thikks, as you were reporting that, we're getting a breaking related to russia coming in. this coming into the newsroom. the white house saying it wts russian president vladimir putin to visit the white house in the fall. white house spokesperson sarah huckabee sanders says the
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president has asked ambassador john bolton to invite putin to come to washington, all of this stemming from an agreement the u.s. and russianurity isuncils made in helsinki last week. ews just now breaking the last couple of minutes here. we'll bring you up ate we get new information right here on news 4. pat? >> this afternoon we names of the two women hit and killed by a train last night in rmantown. police say 30-year-old christina segovia of gaithersburg and 25-year-old diane peralta of germantown both died at thee. sc a csx train hit the women in the area ofta warringon road and peach crestl drive. weave a live report coming up at 4:30. a sad day for thelympic figure skating committee. olympic medalist t denis was murdered during his hometown in kazakhstan. local investigators say that he s killed when someone tried to steal a mirror from his car.
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ten won bronze figure skating at the winter olympics in sochi. he struggled moreecently and placed 27th at the games in pyeongchang. ten was 25 years old. oy the b from the rescued soccer team in thailand are spending their fir day back home with their families, and today they went to a buddhist temple to give thanks for a second chance at life. one of the boys spent his first day in the flooded underground cave. has janice mackey fraye now details on how they managed to survive. >> reporter: the team's first day back at home started here at a monastery for a ceremony to pray for protection and offering thanksor a second chance at life. i'm so happy to be at home and sleep in my own bad says this boy who turned 13 inside the cave. what did you guys talk about? we talked only about food, he tells us. the more we talked about it, the hungrier we got. their extraordinary story of being lost and then found, rescued and now reunited has
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kept the entire world rooti for this team, appearing relaxed for the cameras yesterday to reveal how they survived, that they licked water from the cave's walls and used rocks to try to dig a way out. >> how many of you? >> 13. 13. >> 13. >> brilliant. >> reporter: until day ten when o british divers found them and what the boys described as a miracle.s when it time to get out, the hoteam determined w would go first, choosing not thero est or the weakest but the boys who lived the furthest away. we were thinking we would have to ride our bicycles home said the coach. none of them realizing that ambulances, helicopters and the world's attention were waiting. families are now being urged by psychologio shield the boys from fame. >> so the governmenton says talk to anybody?or >> repter: but across this town there are 13 heroes welcome, reunions with family and friends, joy and p relief.
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theient tell me they want them to have a normal life, thaw thl remind them they are not superstars or heroes, just boys who got lost in a cave with an extraordinary story to tell. janice mackey frayer, nbc news, thailand. >> they thought they would have to rideheir bikes home. >> home. they can eat lked ofd. f anything anywhere they want this thaila. >> goodore them. starbucks opening up the first sign language store in the u.s., and it's right here in our backyard. >> it's near gallaudetiv sity. gallaudet is a school for the deaf. starbucks is hiring 20 deaf ployees who are proficient in sign language. they will wear aprons with starbucks spelled in sign language and other baristas will have pins that say i sign. the store is set to open in october. ol. hat's very >> very >> check out these incredible
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pictures come out of the big apple, a nearly century old steam pipe in that town explodes. >> mud a debris spewed into the streets,ge but b concern is the possible release of asbestos in the air. >> going on a trip? might be time for a new piece of lugage. how do you choose? consumer reporter susan hogan breaks it down for us. plus -- >> you cannot silence the strong >> more than 100 game fast with gut-wrenching stories ofbuse standing tall. >> and enjoy the weaer we have today. another great one tomorrow, but then a major shift in the pattern. let's talk about what that means to your n weekend and wtee
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there's a lot -- a lot of rain rather in the forecast cong up as well as cooler temperatures and lower humidity. a lot going on, folks, and in three minutes doug kammerer is going to be here to tell us when theast really nic day is going to be here and the big changes start to kick in. stick aund for that. pat? >> well, if you're taking a trip this summer, you're going to need the right luggage, but which kind is best. hard-sided or soft-sided? consumer reporr susanhogen egyig a is picking the best luggage for your trip.
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>> rndls around so much easier. >> zippers so they don't break. >> reporter: nowadaysour ggest decision when buying luggage should you get soft-sided or hard? thanks to modern plastics hard-sided luggage can be durable and aluminum luggage is likely the most durable but a bit heavier. struction makes it harder to slip through and locks are usually built in. >> have options for traveling with fragile items that can crush more reasily. orter: and they will fit in the overhead bin as long as you b the right size. there are drawbacks taking advantage of soft suitcases when packing they lack flexibility and idsoft works well in cars, more flexible and it can compress into overhead bins. >> can be swruvulnerable when i co to >>ripping.
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eporter: by nilon and polyester with a "d" rate and six is a good number, the hire the number, the more wear and tear it can take. "consumer repos" says pay ose attention to the wheels. suitcases with four wheels, of course, are more ergonomic and ncan spin all different directions. two-wheeled suitcases, of cose, only goes backwards and forwards, but they are better when rolling on sidewalksn or uneven surfaces. back to you. >> all right. so now we'remack dab in the middle of travel season right now, and -- and if you're getting ready to fly somewhere after having picked out the right suitcase for you, you still have to deal with the stress that packing brings. >> always stressful. we're working with you with fout easy tips help you pack the right way and pack the right way no matter where you go. first, make a list of the things that you absolutely need and then pear then list d by thinking through your itinerary. use a 3-1 rule.
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three tops for every bottom. only bring stop that you can wear more than once. >> and you know what else is important, packing in the right order. heavy items on the bottom so the suitcase doesn't fall over. roll up your wrinkle-free othing and puthe stuff that actually does wrinkle flat and lie that across the top of all your clothes and use all of your space. put bets and scarves around the outside of thenduitcase pack your shoes toe to heel but don't waste theime. back things in them, small items like small glasses andjewelry. >> finally, think outside of the bag, so to speak. consider wearing o some your bulkier items on the flight like your coats b orts in order to save space and put your purse inside a larger tote bag for double the carry-storage. >> i've traveled with people who would wear three or four t sweatethe airport in the wintertime. >> that would be me. >> looking like the kidtmrom "the chr story" because they don't want to pack stuff in the suitcase.
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>> or take a bag. >> we don't need sweaters today. >> traveling the next coupleda or have a vacation next week anywhere along the east coast, yeah, we've got big-time issues. big pattern change. we've got some friends working twith us going downthe outer banks and other friends going down to south carolina and then up towards the rth, too. big issues even along our beaches. let's take ars look. off though, another beautiful day in our area, blue skies and a few fai weather cumulus clouds. really a great afternoon. current temperature a 87 degrees be a winds out of the south at 6 miles per hour. lots of sunshine out there, and take a look at the numbers4. right now frederick 83 and manassas 83 and very nice, low humidity, not atad afternoon all. no rain to talk about. won't see any rain tay or tomorrow. saturday that starts to change, at least a little bitay saturds not a horrible day. satellite and radar together, not showing much in the way of cloud cover at all. take a look at this. here's the wider picture.
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here's the jet stream. way up here is a storm syste towards parts of minnesota and the jet stream dips all the way down to the south and then way out into the atlantic ocean, so this i the area that is beautiful. if you have friends on vacation now, boston, d.c. area and down towards raleigh and the outer banks, really a gre beach day all up and down the coast. temperature-wise, we're great into this area, too. into the 80s. new york, 81 right now with enty ofunshine. big difference though off towards the west. here's the heat.he 106 current temperature in dallas right now. 95 kansas city and 96 in denver. normally i'deelling you hot air is moving this way but i won't. reason why. bies area of high re is going to develop in the atlantic ocean. already there and way up to thet it will drop down across parts of our region and stay off the coast while an aa of low pressure develops along portions of the upper midwest. what that does is creates the jet stream right into our area and see how it picks u all of the moisture out of the gulf and atlantic and just dumps it over
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our area. guys, this pattern will with us for the better portion of a week at least. all of next week and it may actuallyreintensify for next weekend. we'll be talking much more about this coming u at 445, so if you've got plans you don't want to miss that forecast as amelia jos me to go a little more -depth. 88 degrees tomorrow. last great day. enjoy. call it a fantastic friday. low with warm humidity. heading out to dinner tomorrow night. no problem at all. again, sarday, not horrible day either. saturday a high temperature of 80. notice the tempeceture differ here. we drop temperatures. only 80 degrees on saturday and a o 50% showers east of i-95. we may see some sun early and more cuds. 60% chance of shower activity and maybe heavy rain an storms on sunday, and thenhe humidity mean wayeeps up, and i up there. temperatures in the mid-80s. it is very humid. is is tropical moistur we've got here, and you're going to notice a big change here. noti the rain chanc all the way through the end of the week. again, the first half of july dry.xtremely
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zero rain reported up until just a couple of days ago, and next week, the last week of july, oh, we make up for it, guys, in a hurry. >> hate when you do that. >> tnk you, doug. beef jerky, salami, even hot gs, turns out there might be a link to mental health there. >> why experts think the chemicals in these cured meats can change y entire mood and maybe even land you in the hospital. >> now you can py 18 holes of golf on 100 courses in the middle of downtown d.c. i'm tommy mcfly. i'll show you whereon coming "news 4 at 4:00."
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there's an exciting new way for you to get your swing on in downtown d.c. >> that's right. mercedes first indoor golf facility opens up in a couple o. ho our own tommy mcfly trying to hit a hole in up. seen one s what else have you gotten there? >> hey, >>tommy. eeding a lot of help. whether you're expert or novice, we brand- city swing is
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going to help in d.c. city d.c. we're here with the founder who brought this interactive influencive opportunity to town. why do we have golf in downtown d.c., and why is it important? >> first of alelcome. so excited to have you here at city swing. i started this company because i live in downtown d.c. i love golf and i needed a place to practice so that i could improve my game so that's really how city swing was born. >> reporter: check out the folks golfing behind us. there's a lot of tech that goes into this. we have video ofy swings earlier when i actually made contact with the ball. how does it improve your swing to be here? >> you know, when you're on a traditional golf course or driving rain you don't get data and analytics that tellou how far and what direction the ball has gone n.as you see when you played earlier on t driving range, after every swing there's all this data and analytics that come back to you so that's really understanding the numbers is how to improveour game. >> reporter: isn't one of the best parts of golf not having the ati l.
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totally 4 under par. should have been there. that's great. >> you can always lie, yes, can always loy, but if you truly want the information to measure in order to get better that's wh te theck man technology comes in and helps you really improve. >> reporter: what's nt about this. coming up on "news 4 as 5:00" we'll show you how this pop-up city swing will bring golf to all parts of the community and sectors of the area to get people who normally wouldn't have a chanc involved in golf involved in golf. that's coming up at 5:00. back to ys. >> that's really cool. >> better be careful, tommy. that's addictive. i can speak as a repeat offend we are that stuff. the first time you connect with one andit the sweet spot, dude. you can't stop. can't qt. good luck. >> it's an an venture down herve i'll imp by 5:00, i promise. >> we'll see you then. >> a hole in one by then. thank you, tom you. come up, insideerhe pl moment when aly raisman and over 100 other athletes collectively
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accepted an award for courage for speaking out against a mane they o trusted. >> plus what, were two women doing on the tracks when they were hit and killed by an oncoming train in montgomery count? chris gorn is getting the answers. >> we all want to eat healthier foods, fruits, veggies, proteins. >> you think more the better. >> tomorrow susan hogan will show us how too much of a good thdag can re our bodies and harm our bodies. >> we can have more cake. >> i wish.
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right now at 30, two women struck and killed by a train in engineer non-town have been identified. police say both women are local, but they don't know why they were near the track t begin with. they were struck mere wearing station roadnd peach crest drive in germantown where we find news 4's chris gordon this evening. chris? >> reporter: leon. police tell me and neighbors confirm thet engineer of the train sounded his horn loud long when he saw two women in the area of these tracks. police are conducting a death investigation into the accident that killed two women who were walking along these tracks yesterday evening.
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30-year-old christina segovia was from gaithersburg, marand. 25-year-old diana peralta lived in germantown in a townhouse located near the tracks. today we spoke with one of peralta's friends. >> she w such a good perso though. she was very timid. she was always willing to help someone, and she was so kind, so sweet. she was a great person. >> reporter: dyou know what e might have been doing walking along the railroad tracks? >> honestly i have no idea. >> reporter: tampa bays tell me it's not uncommon for people to walk along the tracks. last night just before 8:30 they heard somethingery different than the usual passing of a csx trai >> there was a loud train horn and it kept going a it was more than theua >> reporter: montgomery county police are trying to determine why the women were on the tracks and what happened. >> the train operator did see the females in the area of the he did sign the train horn and he did app his brakes.
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>> reporter: neighbors say right after the impact a young girl, a teenager they say came running into the parking lot of thepa adjacentment complex screaming, yelling, they are on the tracks. they are on the that's when neighbors here knew something was terribly wrong. they dialed 911 and emergency help. that's the latest live from the csx and t marked traincks in germantown. pat, back to you. >> all right. such a sad story there. thank you, chris. breaking news now. the whiteouse has just announced in a tweet that president trump has invited tissian leader vladimir to visit washington this fall. ntis is the presi is already under fire for not taking a stronger stand on russia's role in attacking u.s. elections. susan mcginnis is on capitol hill now to break thi d alln. a bit of a surprise. >> reporter: definitely, from tweets to interviews thega president tried to clarify his position on russian election
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interference. president trump fires back against critics today and seems to backtrack once again on whether russia attacked the u.s. election tweeting trump recognized russian meddling many ases and telling cbs he said much to vladimir putin. >> i let him know we can't have this. we're not going to have and it that's the way it's going to be. >> reporter: but with no record confirming that critics point to the president's words while standing next to thele russian er. >> president putin was extremely strong and powerful in his denial. >> reporter: trump's national security team has no doubt russia a targetedrica and continues to. >> russia attempted to ierfere with the last election and they continue to engage in malignhe influence operations to this day. >> i think we should belu ably prepared that they will try to interfere in all 50 stwhes. >> ile, president trump is retreating on putin's request to
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interrogate russians suspect of a crime. including michael mcfall. >> i'm a american and i'm under attack by vladimir putin and i repe they will back down. >> reporter: thedent stood back after condemnation from both sievs. >> i've in 40 years of public service seen a more proposterous and dangerous idea. shows me how naive they are about what's actually going on in russia. >> well, one bill moving through congress would impose sanctions on any country trying to interfere wit u.s. elections. pat? >> all right, susan mcginest, thank you, susan. a report accused of breaking into someone's home u to dig dirt on a candidate. >> jim and wendy are in the newsrooms with a look at wha new at 5:00. >> this is an accusation from cory stewart, a republican for rovernor in virginia. a repor entered the apartment of one of his staffers while the
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person wasn't at home. >> and our david culver trying to get to the bottom of things here. the details of the allegations and what the newspaper is saying about it all. also, dozens of charities are claiming to assist veterans, but they have been shut down for defrauding those donors. >> our susan hogan with a warning for you tonight and how you can know you're giving to the right operation. you know, it's tougher and to aher with these things popping up on our phone and online every single day. >> put the word veteran in, and you have to think it's a goo cause. wait until you see her report. >> all right, folks, see you in a little bit. it was an emotional night at th esp award in los angeles. bravery and heroism taking center stage. >> several of the honorees were also part of major news stories. hundreds of athletes who accused sports dr. larry nassar for sexual abuse were honored with the arthur ash award for courage. 140 survivors stood there on
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that stage in a powerful show of unity. >> we are here on this stage to present an image for the world to see, a portrait of survival, a new vision of courage. >> that audience gave them a long standing ovation and staying on their feet while the women spoke. >> the audience also fighting baho tears as three coaches died at the stoneman douglas high school shoot were honored last night. the three coaches posthumously sharing the coach of the year award. the school's baseball coach accepting on their behalf. so one can only hope that the senseless tragedyt stoneman douglas is going to continue to lead to something everybody wants, more diogue, a deeper understanding amongst students, educators and parents and officials. >> the coach's families were also there t accept the award. >> and one of our local athletes
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also honored with the top award fresh off his stanley cup win. est malechkin named athletes beating out nominees tom brady, james harden and je altuve and ovie also won the award for best nhl player. he was n there at the awards last night because he's in russia with his wife who right now i believe is eight and a half months pregnant. getting close. >> getting close. >> if they have a boy the name should be stanley and if it's a girl call her espy. >> that sounds good. we'll see what happens. >> we'll make that suggestion. >> all right. >> up next, tens of millions of unsold clothes, oes,ags and perfume burn. why a local brand admits to purposefully torching its own >> dozens of shark attacks in the u.s. this alone. why a 12-year-old says she's
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happy. >> and this month has been incredibly dry. we'll gallon from very dry to very wet. take a look. scattered to widesprea rain d
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ever wonder what happens to all of theld un luxury handbags and cosmetics? today we' learningome companies burn them. today british fashion label burberry admitted that it torched more than $37 million worth of merchandise last year. many people questioned why stockholders weren't given the chance to buy some of that unsold stuff. theyefended the practice saying it helps keep the brand exclusive. in a stateme spokesperson says burberry has carefully i processe place to minimize the amount of excess stock we produce. on the occasions whenisposal of products is necessary, we do so in a responsible manner, and
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we continue t seekays to reduce and revalue our waste. >> forking your health now. cured ling link between meats like beef jerky and symptoms of mental illness. researchers say that people hospitalized for a w maniae three times likely to say they had eaten cured meats compared to people who not have a psychiatric disorder. scientists say they can't prove eating cured matez causes mille necessary but nitrates in processed meats might affect someone's mental state. a doctor at johns hopkins university wrote that study. >> enjoy tom browause it's all downhill after that. we're talking about the weather. >> srm team 4 has a lot of rain in the forecast. we'lle back withhe forecast and when it will start comin down out there. >> plus, an an asbestos line >> plus, an an asbestos line steam pipe
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during rush hour in new york city. shooting steam through the street and into the sky and forcing the evacuation of dozens of buildings. >> several blocks of fifth avenue remain shut dowt this hour, and as nbc's chris pollone shows us, health leaders have one major concern right now. >> reporter: it could be seen across manhattan and looked like billowing smoke but it was actually steam shooting hundreds of feet in the air. >> sounded almost like a jet engine. >> reporter: dave mat ews saw it from his office around 6:40 in the morning. >> i saw a 300 foot column of steamising through t air out of a giant hole in e middle of fifth avenue and chunks of concrete spread across the street. >> reporter: officials say an underground pipe burst in the city's flat iron district and steam used to heat and cool buildingan inttan at fifth avenue through the air. five people were treated for scrapes and cuts >> all i saw was a tunnel of smoke and i just started running and didn't know g what wasng
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on. i called flashbackser on septe 11th. >> reporter: repairs could take days and traffic is snarled and traffic and buses are. disrupt because the point was so old laid 86 years ago, health officials fear the explosion send dangerouses as into the air. tests later confirmed its presence on the ground, but air came back clean. >> going to be a thorough assessment to make sure that all theings are clean and safe. >> reporter: people who were in the areaol are being to shower and bag their clothes and avrkers at the blast scene to wear protective suit and be decontaminated before leaving the area. chris pollone, nbc news. >> that was quite a scary scene there. >> well, certainly it's steamy here. make a trance frigs that. air perfect, and you say we have one more coming. >> one more great day. just like today, temperatures in the mid to upper 80. low humidity. >> perfect. >> next week, things go
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downhill, and they go downhill not in just hurry and stay downhill as we move on through the next couple of days. highod temperatures so far into the mid to upper 80s. 82 degrees at the aport and 85 by 7:00 and 73 by 11:00. it wasorgeous last nightf you were getting out to dinner. it will be another gorgeous night tonight as well. right now current temperatures around the region 858 in gaithersburg and 86 towards baltimore and 87 and look at manassas. only 83 degrees. 83 and low humraity. that's aafternoon with abundant sunshine and no rain at all. t storm 4 radar will stay dry. big thunderstorm down to the south and anotherne bringing tornadic storms up towards parts of iowa. a couple of tornadoes on the a ground thiernoon. for us, we're not going to see anything like that. for us, however, we're going see our patterns change because of an area of high pressure off the coast. our area of high pressure right now helping, but this area of high pressure is actually way up in the atlantic and it's going
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to drop down and build off the coast. th is going to be a blocking mechanism that does not allow any of our storms to move out to sea like they norma.y wou what happens? the storm will stay to our north and west and tha moisture into our region. a very stormy pattern is setting up and starting o saturday but really getting underway nday, monday and all of next week. a very stormy pattern for sure. with a lite bit more onhat and what to expect from this, let's go over to amelia. >> three factors with the patter next week, rain being the bigst and humidity and cloud cover. first of all, we'll start off with rain, and we've been incredibly dry around here so we could use the rain. by the time this is a said and done or tries to break down next friday we're talking about an inch half to about up to 4 inches of rain that's fallen across the area. in general we're talking 2 to 4 inches of rain this weekend through next friday a that
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could lead to isolated flooding issues and for the most martoo we'reng at soaking rains with a chance of rain during the morning hours next week and then rain more likely during the afternoon hours as you get the sunshine heating things up. when we tal about humidity next week, well, take a look at this. not what you want to hear. not ideal at all. it's feeling oppressive out there and feeling tropical because that's where our moisture is coming from. low to mid-80s like 90 degrees and the final component is going to be the cloud cover andno we' going to be seeing much sunshine. very little sunshine and not great pool or beach weather with plenty of clouds out there, especially monday through wednesday. maybe had little pitt o sunshine starts to break out on thursday and friday, but, doug, when you take a look at the ten-day forecast we have rain on there saturday, pretty much through next weekend. >> yeah, and jt continuing to take a look at that, too. our average high temperature today is 89 degrees. we're well pleau that number. 82 tomorrow. look,nly 80 on saturday and 82 on sunday and then it's low to mid-80s w allk, extremely
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human, and, yes, we have a chance of rain eve single day all the way through next weekend, guys, get ready. heading to the beaches, i'll have that forecast for you coming up at 5:00. >> thank you. >> for a cool million dollars you can own this piece of americana. the brady bunch home is u for sale. the home featured in the hoping scenes of the show butnside doesn't look like what you saw on the inside. all othe scenes inside were shot in a studio. the asking price for this house is $1.8 million big ones if you'ren the market. >> and you get all the tour buses come by t ogleus your >> and then there's that. oo> some kids are enjoying the summer by the a group of teenagers in oakland is hard at work learning to save lives. the fire departmentdis h its annual camp heat for girls hoping to empower the young women and provide female role
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models. they practice running up and down stairs and they also learn aboutteamwork, very important. many of them say the camp is giving them something to think about in the future. >>are great influences, great role models for us. they really teach teenagers that you can become whatever you put your min w toh good training and hard work. >> you're impacting, you know, and we have these women's lives d to be here and be part that have is pretty special. >> they also work with gat can really use. the girls also a chance to learn about cpr, water rescues and using the fire hoses. >> go, girls. >> the most fun. ews 4's mollet green was in the community this morning ahe anot fire house training program and visited the city of manassas, the fire prpartment's ram there. it's similar to what you just saw in arlington. students learn cpr and life skills. they have to pass two classes before graduating to sophomore
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camp. we have a link to this in our nbc washington app. just search firefighter camp. >> okay. coming up tomorrow on "news 4 today," they will be hitting up a kick boxing class for aus goo >> and we'll show you how to get fit the charitable way. that's torrow morning at 6:00. ng>> now this is somet that ost of us can't possibly imagin getting attacked by a shark. >> there have been dozens of cases so far in the u.s. this year alone. next, hear from the latest victim, a 12-year-old girlho wis
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can you believe the united states it is leading the world in shark attacks with more than 50 attacks this year. >> weer ear number one, yay. two more attacks happening just yesterday a f miles apart above new york's fire island. >> nbc's kerry sanderst hears abe attacks firsthand from the survivors. this morning lola barcelona is
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scheduled for surgery at good samaritan hospital, the 12-year-old ail tagged by a sharp in the atlantic ocean on a popular beach on new york's fire island. she knows what happened to her could have been much ouworse. >> i have lost a leg but i didn't so that's good. >> lola was standg in waist-deep water and her mother says she saw a shadow but at first could n believe it was a shark. >> i figured you know, she got brushed by something and it scared her and she wasing out until i saw her comereak ou the water. >> reporter: and then you saw blood. >> i saw w puncturends before the blood. >> reporter: lola was initially treated and released from the hospital, but after surgeon reviewed photos of her wound he decided as a precaution she should come back. >> she will have scars, but the mostikely outcome is that she will cover fully. >> just after she was bitten another attack happened four miles a away a 13-year-old boy
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also bitten on the leg and treated by paramedics. >> they confirmed also not only was it a shark bite but they found one of the toth still inside the boy. >> soon after thisma fish caught a shark nearby and this one hooked live on shore. they say there's no evidence linking either shark to the attacks. >> that means everyone needs to be on alert in the water. >> when you find out they are, very scary. >> very sca yeah, i don't think we'll be doing that. >> will the paulina family go back into the water. >> yes, not me. >> me and lola will. >> kerry sanders, nbc news. >> now at 5:00, an entire hospital on lockdown after a threat against a local doctor. the lasting impact of this scare
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at a mor medical center. >> a neighbor of the alleged former agent maria butina talks to news 4 about what happened a couple of months ago that raised erme red flags. you'll hear from homing up. >> accused of breaking into a home in order toig up dirt on a virginia candidate running for the u.s. senate. we'llave the details about the allegations. first, we have tense moments at the washington hospital center after a walks in and threatens to start shooting the doctors. >> that triggered a huge police response today after initial reports of an active shooting a the hospital. police flooded the area. they circled the hospital comple from above. our mark segraves is live for us outside the hospital with more on howhis all unfolded. mark? >> reporter: there seems to have beene confusion h at the
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hospital and as it goes now this threat lly a verba towards some doctors but calls came in, two of them about, 10:15 thisorning to 911 from security officers saying that there was an active shooter on the loose at the campus of the washington hospital center, and that's what is led to the lockdown. police responded in full force. the call to 911 came ihortly after 10:00 this morning. the initial dispatch call indicated an active shooter at the center and police shut dn in and around the hospital campus and while police, some officers armed with long guns, sendched the hospital inside outside. a u.s. park police helicopter was brought in to search the roof tops. as the search continued the campus was put into lockdown. first, one building and then three more buildings locked down. within minutes police determined the situation was

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