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could happen next. >> i am a child. >> families belong together. >> reporter: protests in washington while we hear that the pain of separation continues at the border. >> all we wanted was to have our kids back. >> reporter: he's able to hold his little girl again. one of more than a thousand families back together now according to the jnttice epart with another 625 expected to be reunitedn soon. buthe day of a court-imposed deadline for all children to be hreunited wit their families, there are still more t 900 kids with no clear path back to theirs, parent partly because more than 450 of heir parents have already been deport government lawyers say they have been unable to locate some parents released inhe u.s. and that 130 of those deported have voluntarily left their children hind. the legal representatives for many of those families say they were eitr confus or thought
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they were turning custody over to relatives in americ >> after that there's a immigration court proceeding. there's a criminal proceedin t thy are being subjected to because of zero tolerance. >> the american civil liberties union is now asking a judge to give families sti here a little more time to deal with the legal issues they face. >> all we're asking for is aysew da for them to come together and get pro bono counsel. >> as the questions and along ersies condition the border. >> jay gray, nbc news. >> now for the hunt of a potential predator targeting women in downtown d.c., take a look at this surveillance video and officers say it attacked a maneouts a building in foggy bottom. news 4's nicole jacobs joins us with more on this dev opment. nico. >> reporter: doreen, a string of sex crimes here in the foggy bottom area of northwest d.c. i can tel you according to a
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commander they are exploring the possibly of a possible connection. the d.c. video released from o last saturda an absolutely brazen attack. police are calling this man a person of interest in a sexual abuse case and now add to the long list of many. you can see the man apparently staking out the lobby of an apartment building on i street before running off and ripping off the clothing of a woman. police areot ruling out possibility of a connection to this june attack. take a look here. you can see the suspect in tha case also caught on camera running from what couhe be scene of the crime. the some who frequent this area during the day and night have heard about the crimes,he and are understandably concerned about their safety. >>t's unfortunate because i go
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to school right there almost every day of the week and have o lot of friends live in the area, and this is a town where a lot of my friends go out in dupont area, and walking home they feel unsafe, andst that's unceptable. >> certainly disturbing situation from those in this area. you're taking a look now at a police cruiser that's been stations here for the amount of time that we've been here in this area. just several hours now and certainly pedestrians say that they feel safe and comforted by the presenc of police inhis area. i can tell you that video as you can see was quite, grai but people are hoping that someone recognizes that suspect who was described as a white male, 25 to 35 years old,bout 5 foot so with brown hair. they are urging women to watch their back and certainly anyone who has information on that possible person of interest to contact them. doreen, back for you.
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>> we hope they can catch him soon. nicole jacobs, thank you. >> a man shot by police after a standoff has died. john perez barricaded himself in the fairland area. police say perez threatened the woman and her 3-year-old son who was in her house at the time. officers decided to go in after perez started lighting fir inside. he has had a history of domestic violence we're told andis ex accused of abusing her and her child a month ago. s >> i'mtt macfarlane at the live desk. breaking news just now. the parti shutdown of metro's red line has created a new dispute, a newen battle bet the transit agency and its union workers and it involves one of the shuttle passsed to get him from station to station during this shutdown and take a look at this video. the local 689 transit union was
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caught driving distracted. the contract workers are not union members. it happened this morning at the ft. totten station. the video recorded by a union employee and showed a shuttle bus operator using a phone while driving the bus. metro policy restrict them from using cell phones while operating the bus. none of the penalties for those doing the same have been overturned. metro issued a statement to nbc 4, a statement saying wereave yed this obvious and egregious safety violation to the contractor a demanded the employee barred from providingn any addit service. despite what additional contracts they may take on their open. the union threatened to strike and hat battled in federal cou over the contract and management treatment as tension between these two pares continues to grow. >> at the live desk, i'm scott macfarlane. now back.o y >> twitter has helped president
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trump connect with his supporter and launch explosive attacks on his critics and his prolific use of the social media placoorm d come back to haunt him. "new york times" isepting that special counsel robert mueller is scrutinizing tweets andiv neg statements about attorney general jeff sessions nd former fbi chief james comey. several of the remarks came as mr. trump was privately pressuring t men about the russia investigation. the special counsel is looking into whether the president's actions add up to attpts to obstruct the probe by intimidating witnesses make our farmers great again, president trump raised a new slogan to assure the heartland that will be a see to the trade war. more from blae alexander about the president's approach. >> reporter: the president traded in his red hats with some new green ones and with the new color came a new slogan and a
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poinged m to his supporters. president trump literally hand-delivering a message in the midwest bring news of a cease-fire in the trade war with europe even though it' far from a done deal. >> we just opened up europe for you farmers. you're not going to be too angry with trump, i can tell siu. >> the pnt working to reassure american farmers, many of them his supporters hurt by retaliatory tariffs from other countries. for them the promise of $12 llion in emergency aid is not enough. >> it's just a short-term fix,d t's not going to by any means make us o whole make me whole as a producer. >> the white house adamant it's not a bailout. >> we're not bailing out any farm sneers that's not a bailout? >> that's a ridiculous commeot. it's a bailout. >> reporter: it's strategy. escalating ublicans their strategy to get rid of deputy attorney general rod rosenstein, introducing articles of impeachment against the man overseeing robert mueller's
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russia investigation saying he is withholding information from congress. >> we believe the american people should see these documents. >> reporter: but that idea is not even backed by their own speaker. >> reporter: opponents slamming it as a politicalattack. >> this guy is a man of the nding character and gold standard at the department of justice. >> reporter: today the white house is saying impeachment is up to congress. and coming to rosenstein'sde nse today his boss, attorney general jeff sessions saying that his number two is highly capable and his highest confidence. do aen. >> blaynxander, thank you, blayne. to our weather now. today brought some reliel from he rain we've seen across our region over the past weekend. wasn't that sunshine nderful. >> mm-hmm. >> chopper 4 is up over the potomac this afternoon where it's america you're just over 4
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eet in most spots and it's actually well below flood level. >> might be tempting for those who arerying to navigate the rapids. and a restaurant temporarily closed after that happened during dinnerervice yesterday. part of the ceiling collapsed in they hope to reopen the restauennt this week >> cleanup is also underway in rock creek part where all the rain and saturation ledre to toppling down. this is broad branch road in northwest. a guy who lives nrby captured this video showing the creek coming out of its bank and flooding out the >> as the cleanup gets underway today we're tracking more wet ather. >> b gentle with us, amelia. >> how about i start with th goodews. most of the day tomorrow is dry, but it's friday evening when i'm tracking a line of thunderstorms
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moving through the areaainly between 5:00 and 11:00 p.m. because of the heat and humidity and sshine that will be around during the day, some the storms are likely strong to severech the biggest concern would be some heavy rainfl and we could see isolated showers thunderstorm. gusty winds is also possible and with how wet it's been be aware of falling trees. i'll track tomorrow's storm chance hour by hour with future weather. that's right around 6:25. >> all right. we'll see you then. thanks, amelia. love him or hate them. why safety groups are urging local governments to keep the red light cameras running. >> we're less than an hour away from the start of a big school board meeting right here in fairfax county. they are voting on school
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meet to discuss some major changes to school security. this year's deadly high school shooting in parkland, florida, prompted the school to do an interim review. some studes and teachers say it's progress, but it may not go far enough for them. bureau reporter david culver reports from the site of tonight's school board meeting. that fairfax county school board meeting getting underway just a short time from now. let me walk you through some of the proposals they are considering when it comes to making your child's classroom l experiencetle safer. it starts with those visiting the they are considering new procedures from those who will be walking in and outf the building. they are going to be discussing enhanced lockdown drills, specifically d tradingrills that will happen during lunch between classes. do you think that's a good idea? >> a great idea. >> it's good u for you know, to learn how to deal with the situion in different scenarprs. >> westgfield high school juniors zach sanders and reuben
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mosely all for the updated training. >> i mean, we just have to know, you know, know the different situations t >> reporter:s woman teaches at the high school and supports oe enhanced training proposal and says many her students would not know what to do if out of the class during the class during an actual lockdown. >> i don't think we've talked t the kids about what to do when we're actually locked down, ift are not in the classroom. >> the board is already considering requiring all classroom doors to be locked at all times. u can still open them from the inside of the cl inside of the classroom. >> it wou make you feel more safe, but it's not practical cass trying to get in and out ofssrooms when they are locked it not t practical. board could approve the hiring of 18 additiona workers and psychologists who would go into some schools and elementary schools, but is it enough? >> 18 might be a good start, but
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we would need a lot more to address the problem. >> reporter: a problem that local schoolre leaders a working to identify early before another tragedy. the in fairfax county, david culver, news 4. for me is running out thousand of students in prince george's county as tracee wilkins shows us. the kids don't get themu imnizations soon they won't be allowed tgo to class. >> maria is enjoying the last of summer fun before her son hits the third grade. >> reporter: her daughter is going to kindergarten which means kindergarten immunizations. >> thanks to her health insurance the daughter is read to g >> we're going to see the doctec, yeah, but bause we have insurance and some people here don't have that service. >> no insurance is part of the reason. some 6700 sixth graders in prince george's county were not immunized at the end of the school year. the school system tried to help.
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unfortunately that wasn't successful and parents did not return the consent reforms which allowed usmmo iize all the children for free. >> there's a push to get the word out in latino communities. >> we're going to town hall meetings and letting the community know that now is the time to get immunizes. >>istorically having immunizations done on time has been a problem for prince georgel. county sch at one time record keeping asn't an issue and now special person says that's problems aren't fixed and now the p ablems parents complying. >> it's the requirement of parents to get their children munized. not the school system. >> families to little to known and there are other optionsnt around the cto find out which one works for your family. go to nbc washington and search
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school i'm tracee wilkins, news 4. >> wondering how your local school district handles immunization requirements. news 4 wants to help. we've put together a group of logs and free clinics. tarch for free immunizations. >> today turned obe a great day for our annual donation. generous viewers showed up and dropped off school supplies for students in prince george's county today.s news 4' molette green spent the day out in woodmore taking donations. ng the bishop who stole the show at the royal weds fighting cancer. >> the late dr. hemartin l king once said, and i quote, the
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love, love is the only way. >> bishop michael curry has prosta cancer, ande says he's planning surgery next week and that his prognosis looks good. curry's love is the way homily at prince harry and meghan markle's wedding in may brought him international attention. prostate cancer is the second most common cancer in american fter skin cancer. according to the american cancer sociy 1n 9 men will be diagnosed with it during their lifetime. risk factors include age, race and history. the older a man is the greater of chance of getting cancer and african-americans are at a higher risk and while prostate cancer is high it's often treated successfully if it's caught early. >> facebook's historic fall on wall street. think you're having a bad day. give you some perspective and at led to the social network's
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we were just saying how happy we all were to see some warm sunshine this morning. it's been a while. >> thank i goodness. that is been a while. >> and the good news is we'll have partly sunny skies out theretty much through sunday. now some storm chances are in the forecast, but it's not going to be cloudy, and we're not going to beealing with just waves of rain. relentlely impacting the area. take a look at your weather headlines. tomorrow evening we'll have a line of thunders moving through. i think they are going to be moving pretty slowly at 15 to 0 miles per hour. so we could see some heavy rain. some isolated flooding and gusty winds that could bring down some ouees especially because of how wet the , is and there's also potential for some hail with any thunderstorms tomorroe g. friday day is looking mainly dry. the storms that move throughay fr negotiate will bring lower humidity for saturday and
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sunday, an bod both saturday an sunday are lookingainly dry. this week some areas saw close and nexthes of rape week we're probably only going to pick up 1 to 4 inches of rain so it won't be as soggy out there. right now i'm tracking thunderstorms and s moving into parts of fauquier county and right around 66. ese as they move east should fizzle east moving into parts of oudoun and prince george's county. again, something we're keeping an eye on tonight. most of us are staying dry. tomorrow morning 11:00 a.m. everybody is dry with a mix of clouds and sunshine out there. as we move into the afternoon hours, we're still mainly dry and partly sunny, and it is muggy. thatoing to help thunderstorms fire up tomorrow evening, and you can see the l timing istle bit later than usual. between about 7:00 p.m. and0 11.m. and notice the bright colors here on future weather. that's the potential fe sev thunderstorms.
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that's why we're calling tomorrow evening a storm team 4 weather alert. of course, i'll be here trackngg anytn the radar tomorrow afternoon and evening. saturday less humid and really nice. maybe an isolated thunderstorm. sunday also looki mainl dry and temperatures in the mid-80s and then a 40% chance for late day showers and thunderstorms on monday. i'll have more on the ten-day forecast coming up around 6:45. doreen and lowon. >> this is a weekend that we really eciate. >> not bad at all. >> thanks, amgia. >> firinfallout. hundreds of demonstrators march into dulles airport today and why they are coming together to help three womenir get t jobs back. >> and a mother of ten abandons her children on a cold night on the road. how the local bus ess stepped in to help out as we learn what's next for this woman and her family. >> red lights, camera love them or hate them. they have maden impact on our region. i'm adam tuss. i'll tell you why some safety groups now a
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decemberay and when her 12-year-old son didn't know how to fix the heat she got mad and made him walklong the beltway. she kept driving and decided to have her family sleep in the minivan on the side of east-west highway but this video is showing tho kids talking to police and showing them the minivan. the kids were so hungry the whad beking through the streets in 20-degree weather to try to find food. they ended up at a chicken restaurant where workers fed free.or today in court marshall admitted she had a drinking problem and said she's going threngh trea in a halfway house. >> we hope that this time in jail will help this young woman miss marshall mend her ways and help her better care for her children andeal wit any cub stance or mental healthishous? shortly afterbandoning her kid marshall getting not one but two dus a while pregnant with her 14th child. child protective services took him away.
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cried ascourt marshall she told the judge she's trying to change and right now her kids are staying with family members and are come to visit her at the halfway house and marshall says she hopes to some daydset her back. at the montgomery county courthouse, aimee o, news 4. >> now to that deadly confrontation inside the metro heights friendship station. hearing the 911 dispatch call early tuesday morning. a metro employee says she was defending herself after an irate passenger made his way into the kiosk and she stabbed him. the he later died. >> the station manager isha advising he came into the kiosk and he was very irate and she's f notiliar with them. very arate and had to defend himself. >> that metro employee has n been jobbed. the passenger has been identified as jeremy bondrom rockville. today is the deadline for families torn apart at the border.
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more than 1,000 kids have been reunited with their families. th justice department says that 625 more will be reitedoon. more than 900 children have no clear path with ao a reunion with their parent. one reason for that t ist parents have already been deported. at dulles airport protesters stormed into the baggage area andhey are here with the wrongful termination of threed women who passengers withdi bilities get to their flight. both sides of s the story. >> reporter: more than 200 demonstrators marched into dulles international airport this afternoon. >> we are the union. >> reporter: they are protesting immigrant of three women who lost their jobs pushing passengers in wheelchairs through the airport. the union says the women were fired for allegedly soliciting tips. the women deny it. >> i'm crying for people toelp
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me. >> reporter: huntleague provides passengers with porters and wheelchair assistance this. woman fro ethiopia was fired losing her ability to support two children and her.moth >> they fired her with no reason. >> well, didn't they say she solicited tips. >> yes. >>nd did she? >> no. >> seiu says the company is firing people t becau workers are trying to organize as a union. virginia state leader carter participated in this protest. >> we're demanding justice andr that we reinstated and demanding that all of huntleague's workers. >>n i call both of them in northern texas and northernia virg for a cnt romepsentmeativ huntleague usa. he went comment specifically on the reason that theseer women
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fired but claims the company acted on complaints from customers. reporting from dul international airport, chris gordon, news 4. providence hnpital northwest d.c. is reinventing itself. operationswill shift and focus on same-day care. our news partiers at ptop radio the hospital will stop offering acute care which requires several days of treatment by the end of the year. the parent cpany plans to turn the campus into what they call a health village with offices specializing in outpatient procedures. >> one of the fathers of the conservatives of the freedom caucus wants to success paul ryan as speaker if the republans keep their majority. jim jordan is a staunch ally of the president and outspoken critic of the special counsel investigation asreell. ntly he faced allegations that during his time as a coach at ohio state he turned a blind e tolleged abuse by a team
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doctor. jordan denies knowing anything about that. paul ryan is not seeking nd re-election he's endorsed current majority leader kevin mccarthys his successor. >> even though it's hot and humid outside, inside tus white they are starting to think about the winter holiday. first lady melania tedmp twe this picture today. the caption says planning is underway for this year's christmas at the white house. decorating theme still a mystery, but the t items onhe table hint at a red and gold color scheme. last year's theme was time-honored traditions. it was the trump family's first christmas in the white house. the first lady's designs featured 53 trees and more than 18,000 feet of twinkling lights. >> hard to think of getting into the spirit when it's 90 degrees outside. >> yes, it is. >> we'll see how good they are at that. good look. facebook's free fall. the social network has its worst dayver on wall street. the reason behind the
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record-breaking loss and what it could mean for you. >> talk about unwanted suseguest. thry behind this shocking discovery inside a local apartment building. first, here's amelia >> doreien here is yourain look through thursday. widespread thunderstorms tomorrow evening with the weekend being dry, and our rain chances start to increase moving through the wonweek. more o the sere weatherev
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facebook's stock plunged nearly 20% today dropping about $120 billion today alone. it's the biggest drop in value in wall street history. concerns abo facebook's privacy missteps andec dlining growth in users and revenue sent its stock. plummeti >> well, we know he didn't seek the job for the money. fairfax city council's newest
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member is donating his salary to charity. he's a navy veteran, and he's also a congressional staffer which restrict him from earning outside income. he says he wants to keep eld, and small-town he's can have den the city will benefitsrom >> state beaches and board walks are known for bully-busting food options but tur out so are a lot of popular restaurants the center for science and the public interest are out with their extreme eating awardspo ting out the least healthy menu items.er >> o he's what they call the worst way to start your day. it's the breakfast burrito that you can get at the cheesecake factory. ths cspi s it has more than a day's worth than a day's worth of calorie is and three days worth of saturated fat so if you have that for breakfastnc skip and dinner and maybe for a few days. going to the movie the group
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says amc's bavarian pretzel, it's the worst snack this thing weighs a pound and a ihalf. they s has the eke vent of a loof of bread for white flour and 7,600 milligrams of sodium, it's this year's saltiest item in their survey. if you've got room for dessert, check out this. the s'mores pezuki from b.j.'s. it has several locations in our area. this thing has an estimatede th days worth of added summary, three days. gpi compared this th to finishing an entire 14-ounce pint of haagen-dazs chocolate ice cream tops with two cups of marshmallowlu. cheesecake factory which had two items on this year's list lssuggested its m could be shared telling nbc news in part it's aat sign that our portions are generous. hope we haven't ruined your appetite. >> in fact, i think you've
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convinced a lot of us to go for a run just from reading that. oh, my gosh. wellhe it's not t kind of creature you would expect toyw find re in our area. the humane rescue alliance says it got an unanimous tip about a big reptile in a home in d.c.east so yesterday they went out the with d.c. police to execute a search warrant and they found this a five foot long cayman. caymans are reptiles that look like alligators and it grow up to 16 feet in length kaand, by the way, they are illegal in the district. officials shis one had will be been kept in inhumane conditions. it was found in a blue box there. at that home, the humane rescues tells us they found evidence of dog fighting. rday theyurned with another search warrant and recovered a dozen dogs, including some puppies there. they say the dogs showed signs consistent with fighting and chronic neglect. the ds a now being cared for by vets. >> oh, that's all of. new concerns about red light
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taking look at our top stories this thursday night. today is the last day for the government to reunite chirp taken from their parents at us-mexico border. we've got some breaking numbers just into thenewsroom. t more ocuments show t than 1,400 children have been reunited with their parents, but hundreds more remain separateda for vious reasons, including some parentsho were deported without their kids. >> the hunt is on for a suspected predator targeting women in downtown d.c.ol
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d.c.e shared the surveillance video of a man they say who attacked a woman outside a building in fgy bottom on i street sunday night. the woman stepped outside of that building and the man ran after her and tried to rip off her clothes. metro's battle with the union is gro ang after local 689 transit union says a contractor hired to drive a shuttle bus alonghe red line was caught on camera driving while distracted. operatin the bus while using a cell phone. the agency restrict cell phone use by bus operators. >> some local governments are doing ay with red light cameras. >> they say the cameras are expensive to operatend they aren't generating number tickets andar tonight the warning safety officials to think twice before shuddering those cameras. transportation reporter adam tuss has both sides of the debate. >> red light cameras have been an absolute part of our landscap for aong time here. take a look at this one right here at the corner of connecticut avenue and porter
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street in northwest d.c., but there's some safetys that say if you take these cameras away, you are increasing a safety risk. the debate is always going to be there with red light cameras.y are t a safety device? >> i do think that people, especially after they receive the ticket, are much more aware. >> reporter: or are they a cash cow? >> they just make ney, that's about it. >> reporter: take a look at this crash test videoan which ce hard to watch at times, a right angle crash, and generally one of the worst types,hi and tis the kind of crash that commuters like gail bennett dread. >> this is the thoroughfare. >> yeah. >> however, safety advocates have to bese worried b many local governments have started to drop the red light camera programs, and they say deadly crashe have gone up in return. according to the insurance institute for highway safety more than 800 peopleedied in light running crashes in .20 they had a 17% increase since
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2012. if you take the red light cameras away some say the chances of these kinds of do go up. >> there's no montraffic. behaviors, and then if you want to run red lights camera there's no penalty. >> there'still plenty of drivers who simply don't like red light cameras and that's why these types of programs also need to be inspected regularly and things like the amount of yellow light time that a traffii gnal gets at a red light camera intersection needs to be consistent. adamtuss, news 4. >> around here fairfax county is the largest jurdiction that does not use the red light cameras. >> just like us, parts of pennsylvania delaware and north carolina are seeing some sun after a deluge ofe rain. it's t for many to get out and assess the damage and begin cleaning with conditions improving, searchers in pennsylvania have resumed they e looking for a 19-year-old woman who was swept
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away in floodwaters. her think park is open again after being closed for three days, but some. rides there are sll close >> several days of wildfires and a suspect arsonist has been arrested. one of the arsonists destroyed five homes and is destrike five more a andther fire two miles from yosemite park and all visitors have been told to get out of there and workers trying to protect landmarks if the fire makes it on to the park grounds. extreme weather in every lyricion, it feels amelia >> all about how the jet stream is right now and well off to the north and down to the west and kind of down to the south here. kind of getting a break from n,at patt but we'll see a similar setup as we look for next week which means more rain in our forecast. however, the goodotews is as much rain as we saw these past few days. baltimore havin its wettest
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jill ever on record. probably wondering that it's going to be dryig t. most us dry. i'll have the latest on storm team 4 radar int. a mom >> and a better chance that we will be seeing storms tomorroch evening w sets us up for a mainly dry weekend and then, of course, more rain, unfortunately, in the forecast next week. right now our temperatures are in the 80s the generally. 87 in washington and 88 degrees in leesburg as well as manassas and keeping an eye on this area of rain in parts of northern virginia and mainly parts of fauquier county. this little thunderstorm right r here moving t warrenton and kind of fizzling out as it slowly moves east at 5 miles per hour. do i think a lot of these will die before they make it into fairfax county. again, most of us lking dry tonight and tomorrow it's dry during the day, 7:00 a.m. it's a warmndticky saturday at 75 degrees. by lunchtime we're at3 degrees and 3:00 in the afternoon. it's hot and humid. that 91 feels 1 closer to when you factor in the mugginess and
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then we do have scattered nnunderstorms during the evening hours. plans out tomorrow night, maybe you're heading to the jay-z and beyonce concertt fedex field or the zach brown concert at nats park, could bea g with storminess. definitely want to stay weather ready. notarden variety thundershowers moving through. could have heavy rains, winds and gusty winds as well. we'll bein monit closely. saturday night for the jay-z and beyonce concert or whatever your plans are, it's looking good. mo of us are likely dry, less humid. temperatures at 5:00 p.m. in the mid-80s and by 8:00 p.m. it's 78 degrees. so as long as the mosquitoes aren't killing you saturday night, a good night some time-out. they are just terrible this time of the year. take a look.re your storm team 4 four-day forecast. mid-80s on satury and lower humidity. maybe an isolated thunderstorm over the weekend and i'm really seeing t most us are having a completely dry weekend.
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85 on sunday. as weove towards monday there's that 40% chance for late day showers and thunderstorms, and then we are hooking at some rain at times tuesday, wednesday, thursdayri andy and not complete washouts. the best chance of rain and storms would be in the afternoon and evening hours tuesday through friday. >> how much juice does beyonce have? she shows up and the skies clear. i'metting scared of her. >> on satur iy night. >>'m getting scared of her. >> thanks, alia. >> coming up, football is back. the redskins kicking things off at training camp. sherree is live in richmond coming up next. >> first, here's lester holt with a look ahead at what's ahead on "nightly news. "request the. >> childbirth and maternal deaths. why the u.s. has the worst rates in the developed world and facebook are
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it isofficial. it is on. redskins getting underway in richmond. >> hard to believe they are already starting. >> summer is coming to an end >> isn't it crazy. i feel like by the time we get to football season and it's fall, it just flies by. it crazy to think that we do have to say the injury bug is already starting to bite a little bit. zach brown is now listed as day to day after straining his quad after practice session this morning and the redskins are battling a few more injuries but a lot of players are saying on paper they think they have the personnel to make a run and are just as excited a the fans to really put this whole thing redskins training camp is ofcially under way, familiar and new faces takin the field for practice this mornin and it's been a couple of weeks since we've seen the team even wor. out tog so today the first step and what the players hope is a long season leading to the playoffs.
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>> the talent around the board, it's kind of hard not to get excited and not to expect lot of success from this team. need to be cohesive bunch. >> just the vibe feels different. >> we feel it. anfeel it. i wt to see it by the time we leave camp hopefully that everybody is backealthy and we can start getting things rolling. >> once we get to the end welo n back and say, hey, the way e started and the way we're finishing is actually amazing. we can i look att and can see that the plaorm we created and the foundation tha we created from the very beginning is now going to manifest. that's what we can look back and say. >> if that doesn't get you inspired i don't know what tdoe, but no the redskins training camp and certainly a veteran in the league, alex smith. he's making his red ins debut in richmond. he's eering his 14th year in the nfl, ands training camp i one of the highlights of the
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season for the qb. >> i love -- i love going away to camp, you know, so to get down here and get started off. when you have kids and ail fam you get less and less time to hang out with the guys, and -- an a camp is time for that, but i feel like my best football is still ahead of me,. certainly still feel like i've been ascending, and i still feel like i haven't reached my tepontial, and that's still what pushes me, challenges me to continue to rive to get better. i feel like'm a young 34-year-old, and i do have a lot of ball left ahead of me and i'm excited to kind of push that ash hat ceiling. i feel like i still haven't >> and at 34 years old alex smith is one of the oldest guys on this roster, but now switching to the nationals. the nats taking on the marlins. they are currently seven games back in the division and 5 1/2
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outilrom the second card spot and according to jeff haskins of yahat sports the are using the weekend to decide if they are going to be buyers trade deadline. tuesday's not helping their cause. the team announced stephen strasburg is headed to the disabled list dealing with a pinched nve and he just came off the disabled list on jul 20 and made up start beforek heading b to the dl. also missing this weekend third baseman anthony rendon. the team placed him on the paternity list. tommy malone will makt' toni start in place of strasburg. now finally, earlier today the senior open championship at the old course at st. andrews. check this out. mark james' tee shot on 17 hits a seagull in mid-air and then it went out of bou and that's --
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that's right. not a good way t finish thewe for this bird. james went on to triple bey th hole and we heard it listed as day to day, and he might not play tomorrow and kind of seems like thatas injury bug kind of gotten to everybody these days. redskins getting back out heret rrow. camp is really just getting started and only will be picking up from here an see how this team progresses over the next couple of weeks. >> we know quint wentri vege. how does he look? >> looked good. had a brace on one leg. i don't know if the was a little mushy, and i kind of thought he had a little. . certainly lood so far. i don't see him partaking in ly one ofg, and certa those guys will be keeping an eye on and hopefully no more injuries. >> let us see if you catch him with a pork op all right? >> start of training camp.
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