right now is just a time for thoughts and prayers. >> a duck boat capsize and killed 13 people. metro riders will be impacted the most but a major shutdown will cause issues for drivers. we'll go over w you need to know heading into day one of 45. make sure to soak up the weather today because pretty soon the weather will be soaking us. i'm tracking the latest pattern change and i'll have the latest

coming up. good morning. welcome to news 4. i'm chris lawrence. >> those poor people. >> oh, my gosh. oh no. >> coming through. i need a rop on the bow. >> officials just held a press conference concerning this tragedy in branson, missouri. >> officls confirmed 13 people lost their lives after their duck boat sankn theake yesterday. them wereims, some of as old as 70 years old. there was a 1-year-old baby. the driver of the boat is among the victims. the captain survived. there were more than 30 people on board when isank and four people are still missing. >> we also just learned where the boat is now. officials say the boat sank and

lled to a depth of 80 feet. the former chair spoke about these duck boats on the tod show this morning. >> you don't want to bteout on the with people who can't swim or children in conditions like this. >> we were hearing the waves were as high as 60 feet high. the company said it's deeply saddened by the accident and is working with families and authorities. investigators say there were life jackets on the boat but our nbc affiliate is reporting itt does appear riders hadhem . the safety is being called into question again after this accident. the tourist attraction is operated across the country including right here in d.c. >> we look at some of those past problems. >> reporter: popular tourist attraction. a tour going from land in water. first used in world war ii in

the military. some say it make it difficult to drive on both. safety advocates calling for added regulations and even out right bans. in 1999, 13 people drowned when a duck boat sank without warning. the ntsb blaming it on inadequate maintenance. the vehicle sank so rapidly that no one was able to dawn a life jacket. >> it's been a terrible loss of life and there's been interies. >> rep in 2015, five college students were killed in seattle when a duckedoat cra into a charter bushi. all thems were on the bus. >> operators of the bus say they place a premium on safety. look for updat on the latest

of this accident. here at home starting torrow a big portion of metro's red line will be shut repairor major >> it's going to mean a change in schedules and commutes for a whole lot of riders. we have aook at what you need to know and when this is expected t be nished. >> reporter: good morning to you. >> reporter: metro officials stted alerting riders back in february. they chose the summer months because that's when ridershipths lowest. those who depend on metro, this is annv inenience. spreading the word. >> shut down start,g tomorr everybody. >> reporter: and igniting a bit of inconvenience. terrible definitely for everyone here. >> reporter: red line riders forced to look at plan b for the next 45 days. >> oh, yeah.

>> reporter: he's heard all about it and if theook o his face means anything. >> pain in the butt. >> reporter: he's not thrilled. >> i'm only riding this one stop but i've been doing it for a long time. >> reporter: it's all a part of metro's summer improvement project. completely shutting down the rhode island avenue station through laborday. >> i'm going to have to possi y find a ride instead of coming to wait and rely on shuttles to get ton work time. >> doors will open on the left. >> reporter: in the end, it's all for good. >> i think that metros getting better since i moved here like three years ago. >> reporter: that's what metro keso hear and aiming for with this project.

>> i'm glad they are making improvements. >> reporter: so the ride down the road can be much smoother. metro is trying to make this as smoos possible. most red line riders can avoid the work zone by using the green line. this is just thegi ing. improvements will also take place during the summer we have all you need know on our website. back to you. >> they are being replaced by beltwayes between the and gainsville, virginia. the red x lanes have cost nearly $40 million to install and have beensed for the past three

years. you can expect to pass througho mastruction work on 66 over the next few years especially onds week it's been nearly two months since this year's deadly flood. in street will reopen to traffic t it's scheduled to re-open at 5:00 with some parking restrictions. >> we have absolutely no complaints about our weather today. guess that could change. >> right. we all need to get out. especial joy it while we can because things are changing and veryn quickly and fortended period of time. >> absolutely. we have been talking about the wet weather potential over the weekend o into some week for some time. the nice weather we had these

last few daysou and how need to enjoy it because of a big pattern change that's avcoming. we been extremely dry so far this month except for earlier in this week when we saw record rainfall amounts. as we look to the end of july, big changes. by noon we'll be around 84. starting to feel humid out there. it's warm and a bit humid.it we'll our high temperature of 88. f you have plans out doors, no problem. if you have plans tomorrow, you need to start thinking about what you can do indoors because as more and more model runs are coming out it's looking more and more wet. here is future ather. rain across the weather by 7:00 a.m. we have pockets h ofvier rain. what does this mean for our flding potential and what can you expect on sunday of next week, i'll have that forecast

around 11:20. > we're tracking a developing story in the district. man shot and killed blocked from a metro station. >> the crime scene on adams reet. >> reporter: good rning. detectives were canvassing this neighborhoodhontil about an , hour and a half ago. in so many street level crimes that happen in this city,eo v evidence proves to be instrumental in the investigation. at lea five or six of those up er d.c. police website now. there's c in the area where this shooting happened and hoping to have a similarfrutcome this shooting that happened at about 3:47 this morning. take a look at the scene earlier. w that the scene when metropolitan police were called here to the intersection of 4th and adams street northeast. it's just near the intersection of 4th and rhode an adult male was pronounced dead on the scene.

there's a fire house within spitting distance of this crime. you can surmise that help got herso . it was too late for the victim. we don't have an identify ty one victim or motive on the crime. police are looking for a silver sedan that may have been seen in the area. the scene is clear and thest ination continue sbos into the fatal shooting. that's where we are live. derrick ward, news 4. week in been a violent the district. d.c. police are looking for the four men in thiso.vi they are involve in monday night's tragic shooting when a 10ear-old girl was killed in northeast d.c. earlier this week police recovered a black car, the one used in the shooting. the little girl died in her

mother's arms. crews rescued 50 to 60 cats from a hording situation. in north potomac. animal rescue and the fire department removed several cats from the home wednesday advantaevening. officials discovered water and electrical problems there. haat had to gonto the house with full gear and discovered more some of them in the walls. montgomery county officials secured the home and talking with the homeowner. >> those are danls situations fo the firefighters too. hey, today is your chance to become a megamillionaire. the jackpot is up to $422 million. if there's a winner tonight, it would be the sixth t.larges i'm saying 250 might not cut it for you. here's the thing.

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president trump will host a visit by vladmir putin. >> getting along with russiaa i positive, not a negative. if that doesn't work out, i'll be the worst enemy he has.

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the senate speaking out on idea of sending americans to questioned.e every republican and every democrat voted against that. nbc news, washingn. mpb we have an update on the families separated at the border aie trump administration sd it's reunified 360 children wit their families. >> this still leaves hundreds with the court imposed deadline. the justice department has identi00ed children who may be covered by that court order. elrich said he expected the recount.

it will start at 9:00 a.m. on monday. it should take one day but could stretch into two. a republican staffer is accusingre a reporter of bing h into apartment. >> the new york times said the reporter never took a step inside. a friend caught reporter inside his apartment wednesday afternoon. according to that friend, he was leaving a note. the new york times said in a statement that the reporter left the note with the friend and never went inside the apartment. the reporter was trying to contact landrum for a story. >> if she is so intent on contacting me, i would have preferred for her to do it by phone and not by barging in when i'm not home. >> this repornr has b aggressively asking questions of everybody i've ever known. >> ndrum has worked for stewart in the past. police are investigating.

so far no charges have been filed. more refunds are coming to wells fargos. custom the bank said it started to bay back theustomers who purchased add on services to their accounsa a lot of the they signed up without fully understanding the terms. o >> firall, we're talking about these add on products like legal services, identity theft and debt protection services. the company confirmed with news 4 that it is reviewing add on products sold to consumers by the bank and if issues are found during this review wells fargo tells us it will make things right with customers. a spokesperson says this will be in form of refunds or remediati remediation. the company is w king with regulators on this ongoing review.

the bank stopped selling add on products many the middle of last year and it's als phasing out kpi existing c products as we speak. wells fargo has spent the last two uears cleaning from the scandal over fake accounts opened up in customers names. back to you. >> trying to makehings right. if you like to run, you's kw rucial with the right running shoe. >> nike claim one of its shoes can make you run faster. the sports manufacturing company claims it's vaporfly running shoes canimprove your speed. they sellor $250. that's how quickly it's going to come out of your wallet. they say that about 4% better than some of its bes shoes is what this is being equated to. data from the new york times found runners weang these ran up to 4% faster than similar

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. a person driving the truck is okay but talk abo a terrifying experience. the truck got into a traffic accident and left the driver dangling from the bridge for more than an hour. it happened this morning along interstate 75 heading towards tampa. fit responders shut down all the lanes of the bridge. as you can imagine getting the driverer out of truck was a very tricky risk. we're staying onloop of this deng news out of the midwest. >> families and businesses in iowa tryingp to clean and put their lives back together after stline of storms ripped through the state day. look at this damage here. you can see some of it that's been left behind. the system produced a reported 32 tornadoes in one day. it left multiple injured and flattened buildings in three cities. that's remarkable. >> i heard they have more

volatile weather there today as well. our own volatile weath but more in the shape of heavy rainfall. >> that will be the case tomorrow. we were questioning the exact track of this system. it's starting to track further to the west. what does that mean for you?pr ty good chance of dealing withowain tomo we're not tckingtornadoes. we're not tracking hail. we're tracking rain. heavy c rain thatld lead to flooding concerns and maybe a few gusty winds out there as well. here is future weather at by hundred lunchtime we're tracn across the portion of the area. i love what future weather is

showing. just generally more shower activity out that way. we head into your night.day if you have plans, make sure you bring the umbrella. as we look to sunday, 8:00 a.m., maybe a few widely scattered showers but for the afternoon and evening showers scattered showers and thunderstorms. 5:00 p.m. showing more widespread rainfall. i think it's little over done. this weekend far from perfect. tomorrow morning, 8:00 a.m. we already have a 40% chancef rain. basically we're at 100% chance for rain at that point. a temperature of only 79. we'rer much coo tomorrow. a high temperature on sunday of 83. it is muggy o there on sunday with scattered showers and thunderstorms during the afternoon and evening showers. here is your rain outlook. todardwe're dry. sa widespread rain.

as we look to monday and tuesday moreai widespread and potentially few rumblesth of der are in the fblorecast. i'll have much more by how much rain we could s and the impacts on our area around 11 11:40. the cloud, the thing we've all heardha about most of us don't understand. coming up, we go inside a microsoft data cter in virginia to get a better idea of what is protecting our personal information. the search for a 19-year-old in virginia m that have been abdu

>>a virginia man is behind bars afterpolice ploobelieve hi be connected to the disappearance of this girl. he's facing arson charges after police identified him as the driver o a burned up car in west moreland family. he is still missing. metzger has blonde hair, blues police think she may have been abducted.h anybody wnformation on her location is asked to call

police. you trustud the c to save and store everything from personal documents to your pictures but many wonder what it really. >> the cloud is sort of a metaphor forte the et but with so many high profile hacks you have to wonder if it' the best place to put our most personal information. tom elco takes a closer look. >> reporter: no, the cloud is not up there. the cloud is a misleading name for data centers. thousands of them heavily secured behind concrete and barbed wire. he got unprecedented behind scenes access. >> we're in one of microsoft's data centers. >> this is the cloud? >> you're in theou >> reporter: most of us used to our phones backing up to the googler i cloud. hundreds of thousands of servers fe the cloud bank of america, chevron, coke, small businesses andbe you. billions of e-mails, financial

documents, tax records, compa payroll, wedding photos, all of it here and growing by the second. chiefer technology o diana kelly. s it still my data or your data now? >> it is your ndata. it ours. it's very similar to with a bank. you store your mey at the bank but it's not the bank's money. it's still your money. >> reporter: microsoft is one of many cloud computing giants u using encryption, firewalls and 24/7 monitoring. should you trust the cloud with your private information? most say you probably can't match the cloud's robust security. >> i would trust google to secure my dataorthan i would trust myself. >> reporter: the cia cloud provider. amazon. while hacking the cloud may be difficult, your personal

accounts can still be hacked if you click on a bad link or use weak passwords. >> that's where the responsibility lies on your shoulders to make sure you've done everything you can to be secure as possible. c >> reporter: tud may be your best security option. >> youave to wonder what other choice do we have. tom discovered that microsoft has mdre than a h of these centers around the world each with hundreds of thousands of servers and that's just the mi crosoft cloud. in a few bucks starbucks will open its first signing store. they will open its doors 6th and 8th street. they will hire a couple dozen employees all proficient i sign language. baristas that are deaf will wear aprons that spell out starbucks asl. others that sign will wear a pin that says "ith sign."

>> nfl's controversial ruling sidelined for now. the dolphin will suspend athletes who take a knee during the eman >> reporter: this morning the nfl calling a time out on its n controversational anthem protest policy. just two months ago the league's commissioner announcing players must stand for the anthem or remain in t locker room while performed. >> we want people to beec reul of the national anthem. we want people to stand. it's all personnel and make sure they treat this moment in a respectful fashion. >> reporter: overnight the nfl hitting the pause button issuing a joint statement with the players association that reads in rt, no new rules relating to the anthem will be issued or enforced while this confidential discussions are ongoing addingh ourd focus will remain on finding a solution to theis antm

e through mutual good faith commitments outside of litigation. originally the league said if a player took a knee onhe field the team would be subject to the fi and the player's punishment would be left up to the team. >> there isn't anyul re in place. >> reporter: for more than t seasons many nfl players have been taking a knee to protest police brutality and other social injustices r. president trump has been one of the harshest critics. >> wouldot you love see one of these nfl owners when somebody disrespects our flag to say get him offhe field now. he's fired. he's fired. >> reporter: the agreement coming just hours after the associated press reported the miami dolphins included protesting during the anthem on its list of conduct detrimental to the club.

players could be issues pinsusp up to four games. the two sides say they wl continiscussions to reach a compromise. this morning a heated debate b thatk in play. >> that issue not going away any time soon. senteing just wrapped up for a former elementary school coach charged with producing child porn. he rocked ine prince geo county. earlier he was sentenced to 35 years in prison on federal charges. this morning he was given 30 years on state charges. he admitted to secretly recording kids during fieldtr s and games and he used the photos to blackma them.

this morning that investigators aroo lng for more victims. we'll have more reaction on news hi4 afternoon. pretty soon kids will be spending their school weeks on sesame streetom theny behind big bird and elmo just announced partnership with mcgraw hill education. these vids will be expected to be used as soon as fall of next year. o get there and enjoy the weather. >> after the break we'll update timing of this weekend's wetoo weather and at what we can expect in the week ahead.

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series in two weeks from tonight. the nats have won only three of 34 games with starters. ryan zimmerman also expected back. he's been out since early may. nats won 48 and lost 48, so they're right inhe middle. they come home as we're about to get into all this rain. >> what is it that causes like a week's worth of rain? >> what's happening tomorrow is we have an area of low pressure and with low pressure wepi lly get rain. t going to bring potentially heavy rain to areas along i-95. after tha w have high pressure which brings nice weather. we kind of have this stormy pattern that would move off to sea but with the higpressure sitting over the atlantic, it just can't. we're kind of trapped inhis

veryunsettled pattern. you can see here on your weather headlines all owe next . today is the last nice day. our rainy pattern begins tomorrow. d the more and more information i'm looking at it's going to be a rude we were thinking here in d.c. to the west potentially dry but everybody is looking at rain and a wash out of a day especially in washington and areas off to the east. take alo . what i'm showing is rainfall totals. to give you an idea through next friday, an overall 2 to6, maybe even 7 inchesf rain.

we're looking at a lot of water. about 7 inches. tomorrow i am seeing some heavy in and after that mainly more soaking rain throughout the week. take a look at this 10-day forecast. ing thating to be cha this afternoon to about 100% chance of rain. on sunday, scatteredhowers and thunderstorms mainly during the afternoon and evening hours. plenty of cnuds and tain in the forecast. monday, tuesday, wednesday, thursday, friday, saturday and sunday with high humidity levels, cloudy skies. >> it's the whole week of summer justip out. >> good way to putit. coming up, sound tracks can make a huge difference in a movie. the inic movie music the orchestra is celebrating this weekend. weekend. these

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friendship. you saw it. what do you think? >> hey, guys. that's a great point. i really enjoined this movie. it was a big hit out at sundance where it was nominated pr t ed r the grand jury prize. he co-writes and co-stars with his lifelong best friend. in this, it's interracial buddy comedy but it doesn't shy away from the harsher realities of life out in oakland. the plot is about man who just gets out of jail after a brutal bar fight and tries to stay out of trouble but when witnesses a police shooting, does he get involved or not. it's an interesting moral dilemma. it's also wildly funny. lots of social commentary. opens with

imai images of a gritty bodega. there's a lot of symbolism going on. you'll laugh, cry. scary stuff. even some hamilton style wrapping in there. maybe they will be the new like matt damon and ben affleck. >> tell us about what's happening at wolf trap tomorrow night. love that venue. >> i love it too. it's one of my favorite d.c. summer traditions. wolf trap invites the nso to a live moviee. sc it'sic ic. the conductor said it was the first minimalistscore. the closest two notes together on the piano. we'll be singing it at the beach

to scare people. it's going to be great to hear that performed live. bring a picnic blanket or sit in the pavilion. love it. >> if the weather holds up that would be pretty cool. another familiar movie has been turned into a ages of kin clein trying toing his way through. >> a world premiere. they have a good track record. we caught up with the cast. here is what they had to say. >> the president has a medical .

emerge this guy ends up being lawn unc into the esidency. there's a love story bween the first lady and this guy pretending to be the president. >> thank you very much. hopefully we can stay indoors and enjoy good theaters. getdy to lace up your boxing gloves for a good cause. a local gym class is helping you give back inajor way.

>> they' getting fit for a great cause here i at love kick boxing in germantown. every check in delivers a sacle, drinking water around the wo td. let'k about how all of this works. the hashtag for this month is give ter. erica is going to join me to ell how we make all of this happen. i have checked in. you can check in on facebook or in instagr instagram. walk me through how all of this works. >> you'll check in on our location. you'll use the i lovk kic boxing in germantown as your w location and use the ashtag give water. gallons of water to one person in need. >> that's it. you're really helping out so many people by just doing this. sdp

>> what do the people get out of this. >> you get the joy of giving. helping out somebody with the click of a button. >> i lovefi it. for charity. four things to know. we talk about the mind, body benefit to giving. also you can do this anywhere. if you don't make it to class, you can still check in and give back. use that hashta d they a new charity every month. they're all register charities non-profit. you can get more information on how to make all of this happen. after every fantastic class where you have sweated i out. you say something like the people say what. the ohashtagthe month, hashtag. ethere is the sim as that. we're in germantown at i love kickboxing. back toyo >> thank you. >> hard to forget when you put it like that. > coming up, we have an update on thisweekend's rain situation

before you head out the door. see how college students are getting hands on expe

nbc 4 is getting ready for clear to shelters. the pet adoption droive is just around the corner. they are getting hel from local students.

>> joining me is the doctor in going of this whole thing on. thank you so much for being here. what can you say about the program? we have students behind us. what are they dng here? >> all students here are getting a lot of hands on experience. handling animals, doing surgery, doing anesthesia with them. examining them. really trying to get their hands in and doing this prior to moreation so they are comfortable when they leave and become a full time vet. >> this is a hunl bge benefit te students. as we go the through humane rescue? >> we're ae to extend our surgical services. i

i kns really rough to get into any of these places to get your animals sterilized. this is a great opportunity for the community to have more options. >> you have more people worki l hee you mentioned. with the vet clinic also here now, we hav more people coming in that are able toet appointments for spaying an neutering and helping the pet pop youlati pop you liegs whiulation which problem. >> it extends the services we were already providing. >> what a glaet program. it's great here because paying and neutering is the main mission of any animal shelter. aside fromthoo,ur huge adoption event is coming august 18th.

holot of animals here looking for s. thank you for being with me. >> absolutely. for tomorrow,oo we'reng at rain to mover into the area as early as daybreak and continue to move northward. we will see some pockets of heavy rain outal there g and east of i-95. some areas could see the, ssiblily a little more than three inches of rainfall tomorrow. seeing some fod concerns in the forecast. stay tuned for news 4. wel have the latest on any flood watch. after that rain remains in forecast every day through next weekend. thanks. thanks for joining us on news 4 midday. ernoon firsthis a at 4:00. >> you can get your latest news

we are live in five, four, three, two, one! >> yeah. >> i am so ready to go see this. who does not love "dancing queen"? >> get me on that boat. >> hello everybody p wh, what a to kickoff this friday. we have scott evans here and as well as brian. welcome to"a ess live." we are at the most gorgeous set right now. hats o