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the husband walked tough his disturbing discovery. >> called the wife who was inside unpacking, told her that we need to go back on vacation. she's like why? i sd because we have a dead body in our>ront yard. plus, this sticky hot day is kicking up pop-up storms out ouere. team of meteorologists is working for you tracking storm chances at the end of this swelring stretch. > first this afternoon, we have new details about the shootings of two young girls. just learned the name of the 5-year-old who died. she's the daughter of theoman accused of pulling the trigger. i'm put lawson mousse. a>> veronic youngblood is behind bars facing a murder northern virginia bureau chief julie carey joins us live with the new details? >> reporter: julie? >> reporter: leon and pat, theo apartmentex where the shooting took place right through the trees there, blocks away from tyson's galleria. police were called there at so:25 last night and found two
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children have been shot inside an apartment. one was pronounced dead at the scene. this is the woman now accused of firing theho fatal that claimed her own daughter's life, 33-year-old veronica youngblood. court records reveal she's a mother of two and a few years ago in the midst of a contentious divorce her ex-husband got this protective sder against her. police sayte law prevents them from identifying the two victims, but the dispatch call suggests both are youngblood'ss daughter news 4 confirmed her youngest daughter 5-year-old brooklyn lo youn died from a gunshot wound to the head. the other girl, an older child, is in a life-threatening condition. afr the shooting youngblood fled toun louounty and knocked on an acquaintance's door and miss were called and hat's when this woman was arriving back to the neighborhood and watched police make the arrest >> he was veryea , like this, pointing the gun. that is whatgh my dr saw. he's pointing the gun, mommy,
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but he was just walking with the gun like that. put your arms up, put your arms, o not move, do not move. >> reporter: as i mentioned the suspect and her ex-husband have been feuding in courtor years. first in that divorce case and over custody issues. court documents reveal even though they had divorced they were still raising the two girls together, and, infa , just this week the family was scheduled to move to missouri. more on thatoming up at 5:00. back to you now in the studio. >> such a tragedy. thank you, julie. developing right now. a school bus driver in montgomery count accused of sexually assaulting a young girl with special needs. theriver was in court this afternoon. news 4's nicole jacob is liv in rockwell with what we're learning about this h.nicole? >> pat, the alleged crime was all caught on that school bus surveillance camera, and new from court today we've learned from prosecutor's that when thet
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ma suspect aware of these allegations that hely alleg purchased a plane ticket from newark, new jersey topi eth we'll get you right to a mug shot of the suspect here. this is etienne kabongo, a blic school bus driver and t school systems said he worked primarily with a special needs udents and it's alleged he touched this young girl ri inapprely when she screamed and cried. this all happened on july 31st. he n faces three felony charges including second-dege rape. investigators interviewed the oudents to confirm what investigators saw that video and she also we're told provided different details. the school superintendent s released t statement regarding kabongo owes arrest t.reads in part words cannot
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convey my anger,isgust a disappointment in the alleged behavior of mr. kabongo. abusing a position of trust and authority to take advantage o the mostulnerable among us is despicable. i can also tell you investigators are fearful that could be other victims n this case. they are looking at surveillance video to try to determine that, but they are also hoping parents who might be suspicious of any time of appropriate behavior toward theirld will come forward. i can also tell you kabongo was held without bond. he's due back in court later on this month. pat? >> aight. any cojacobs, thank you, nicole. we're going to chae gears now and turn to the forecast. it's been another hot, humid day and now some storms are starting to fire up out there. >> yeah. ba in that pattern today. back now to storm team 4 chief meteorologist doug kammerer in the storm center. what's the word? >> heat index around 100, temperatures in the 90 and add
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aat together with the moisture in theosphere and you get thunderstorms. showing thunderstorm activity around the region.ic you n though most of the area is dry here. we're looking at a couple of ronger storms here a we stop this and showing you where the strongest storms are right in through parts of anne arundel county and right along the ute 97, i-97 just north of bowie and croston. upper marlboro and fairfax county we've had lighting. ese areopping up very fast and die just as quickly. another one downar aroundall and along 66 and more towards winchester. the wider view showing what we've got and justmphat. scattered storms during the afternoon, nothing strong or severe. come up in couple of minutes, we'll talk about an increased of storms the next couple of days and talk about more heat and humidity as well. see you back here in a few. >> there we go, thanks, doug. traffic is moving again in maryland after a serious accident closed some road. chopper captured the scene
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above berry road at indian head highway where an accident critically injured a man. he was airlifted to the hospital and police are investigating. so allanes are running on i-95 overturned in lorton. with chopper 4 above the scene you can see how traffic slowed down to getround the accident. we're told the driver was not seriously hurt. >> metro wl not make separate trains available to white nationalists coming int d washington,.c. for nday's unite the right rally. the idea was proposed but within the next hour they announced separate trains are not part of the safety trains. there's concern ahead of the rally because one woman died when protesters clash at last year's unitehe right rally in
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charlottesville. gates who had a senior role with paul manafort is getting set to testify. on of manafort's accountants has already admitted to falsifying his tax record at his request. >> president trump is turning up the heat on tehran reinstating tough sanctions after pulling out of the iran nuclear deal, but he's facing some heat himself in connection with the infamous meeting at the trump tower during the presidential campaign. i blayne alexand tracking this for us this afternoon. >> reporter: president trump is away from the white house this week. he's spending time at his g new jersf club and spending plenty of time on twitter. no news cameras allowed but the white house tweeting this photo. president trump reinstating
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tough sanctions against iran. >> i think our goal should be as a nation to drive this regime into the ground without firing a shot. >> reporter: iran declaring the u.s. is showing that it canno trusted and critics say president trump has scrappedea nu dealhat was working. >> and what i fear is that what he's done todaytill make more likely that either iran acquires a nuclear weapon because they decided we violated the program or we'll have a conflict with iran. >> reporter: meanwhil the president is conflicted with a statement abo 2016 meeting between a russian lawyer and don jrla initially eed as a meeting about foreign adoption. now he says it was a meeti to get information on an opponent, totally legal and done all the time but legal experts disagreet >> it's agains law. >> reporter: on a radio show today trump jr. dismissive. >> it's the cycle of the media narrative, right. the other stuff isn't sticking so they are back now. >> the president's s saying the story never changed, and
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more heat afterhe president tweeted about lebron james attacking his intelligence. thletes and at least one ohio politician rushi defend the basketball star. >> i think lebron james will get the last laugh. >> reporter: critics calling it presidential foul insulting one of ohio's favorite sons on the eve of a highly contested special election. and the first lady is also in a statement her spokesperson is praising lebron's work with children and says that mrs. trump would be open to viting his new school. live at the white house, blairnn alr, news 4. >> thank you, blayne. we're following a n sexual abuse scandal at a catholic church that could have implations here in washington. wendy rieger has that for us tonight. f >> the dioceseittsburgh is going to release the names of clergy members who are accused of child sexual abuse. the bishop there sent a letter to parishiers over the weekend that said that names will be
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unveiled once a grand jury report investigating the sexual abuse is released. the letter says nearly 90% of these reported casappened before 1980. that could coincide with the time when cardinal donald orrell was a bishop in pittsburgh. he was there from '88 to 2006. at this point there's no link between worrell and the investigation. the bishop in pittsburgh said there are no current active clergy who have a confirmed aim against them in the diocese. fallout from this investigation could be widespread so stay tuned to news 4. we'll keep working it and bring you updates ase get them. >> thank you, wendy. a star on a path to recovery. >> demi hosto addresses her apparent overdose for the first time. we'll see what's nex for her now that she's out of the hospital. also, new clues with the future of amazon's headquters. ar
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right now taking a lieu of look outside. you can't s it but we know you can feel it. talking about the humidity. doug is tracking pop-up stormon this after and when we could get a break from our sticky weather. we'll check in with doug in just a few minutes. >> now, this one has been one of the most read stories nn t washington app. a family from fredericksburg returns fro vacation to find a
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dead body on their lawn. today we're learning a lot more about theho died and police tell us they arrested the person who put him there. megan fitzgerald spoke to neighbors who saw this all unfold. she joins us now. they had to be stunned to find this, meagan? >> reporter: absolutely, lee owen. this all happened ight where we're standing. you can see the path and the tire marks that that car took i whveered off the side of the road this. homeowner talked with us and didn't want to go on camera and says he never imagined seeing a dead body on his property when he returned home. sunday morni short after getting home from vacation scott mattice says he decided to mow his lawn. when he walked over to the side of his house where his lawn mowers are sred he saw an image he said he's struggling to get out ofhe his . >> around these bushes and where you see the lime all covered is where he was laid to rest.
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>> reporter: police identified the body at 23-year-old deandre miller-caldwell. investigators say he likely overdosed on heroin in the carr his fend jarred smith was driving on thursday. police say smith panicked crashing his car in the ditch and then hiding caldwell's body in mattice's yard before running from the sne. nowmith has been charged with a felony. >> two families tragically lost people now, and, you know, they haves bigger str problems than what i have. >>eporter: now smith has been charged with concealing a dead body which is a felony. he's being held tonight without bond. pat and leon? >> wow, what a >> unbelievable. >> wow. >> thanks,ean. there are reports amazon ould whittle down its list of finalists for the new headquarters this month. right now amazon is looking at 20 finalists including d.c., montgomery county andn norther
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virginia. the "new york times" ima reportingn will cut that list significant this mon and then ask finalists for their best and final offers. amazon says the new headquarters will create 50,000 jobs and $5 billion in construction investment. despite the report. the company is still not saying a word about its plans. amazon's ale is learning some new tricks, and these tricks could help kp burglars away from your home. this new feature allows alexa to play pre-recorded audio tracks that run about an hour long each and the aud includes real conversations and skits that could make a burglar tnk that people are actually home. creators say the idea is built around, quote, funny but somewhat common conversations including a couple breaking up. some of the tracks were created by former "saturday night live" writers, believe it or not. >> that's actually a funny idea, but a good idea. >> including a couple b up. g >> i love that one. that's hilarious.
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>> if you're a burglt you w to stay away from that. >> i'm not going over to that house. >> they are upset. >> go to another house. >> well, welcome back, mr. t weather man. >> thank you. it's been a little while. yeah, back here and ready to go. >> you bring all this humidity with you. >> i came from canada. weather.e nice cool not getting that out there today. very harm and humid and temperatur into the low 90s. you love this in the next couple of days as well. humidity a big factor. that heat index up around 100gr s. sitting at 83 at the airport and that's not too hot and humid. that'secause we had a thunderstorm right over the city last hour. that's why the temperatures have come down. look at t temperatures across the area. 91 in culpepper and 91 in fredericksburg and inon huntin as well. gaithersburg,e' seen rain. heat index close to 100 in many
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areas. right around the metro region rain starting to die off. heavier storms around the i-95 corridor including around the airport over towar national harbor and more storms back to the west and starting to die. we may see a pop-up storm here or there. anerher one right around the croston area and bowie and town towards the c antona. this is called an outflow boundary and what that means is we could see another couple of storms pop along this thing. we'll see about that and storms continuing to develop. back to the west we're tracking storms that are around 66, around marshall and back around thenc ster-year and back down around the clinton area as well. let mow see here. i'm having problems with myco uter, guys. i'm back from vacation and i've got problems with my computer. kt's take a l at what's happening temperature-wise reound the area. current tempera 83 and we're locating temperatures in the 90s in other locations. you know what? what am i on right now? i'm on the wronghing. let me see if i can get back to
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my max 1 computer here and continue to go. amelia is helping me. back in thether center, never misses a beat. there's the storm center n amelia and i'll let you drive because it's not working for me. satellite and radar together showing the scattered showers and thunderstorms around, but most of the area is fairly d. take a loo at what we'll be seeing tomorrow though. not much going on across the eastern part of the country, so this is not a big system. this is just a typical hot and . humid d now, take a look tomorrow morning starting off fbue. noon a-okay. as we move around the afternoon around 2:00, storms fire up in the afternoon and come into the metro d.c. area around 5:00, 6:00. wednesday is a d we could see severe weather. tomorrow humid and 74 atm. 8:00 nd 87 at nooned a 93 by 3:00 and that's when we think the storm chances between 3:00 and 7:00 and that's what we'll be watching for you. on wednesday, take a look at
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ten-day forecast going for a high of 94. once again that heat ndex is 100 degrees and 89 on thursday and friday a little bit lesnd humid then we move into the weekend and we have another chance of storms this weekend. we're not talking about storms or heavy rain likee've seen the last couple of week. that's a good things. these are typical garden variety storms though wednesday we could see songer ones. >> we forgot to tell you we changed l the clickers while you were going. >> you got me ain? >> a few things changed, doug. welcome home. a warning for pet owners. >> the fda issues an alert for certain kinds of pet foods.o what tbe on the lookout for. >> beyonce makes history with her latest magazine cover and opens up about complications during the birth of her twins. and the pilot's last call for help before thi deadly
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ccess" rendition of the "facts of life" theme song. i don't know. >> oh, no. >> i can't promise anything. >> we consider that a clu >> you know, perhaps. >> don't want to see that. don't want to see that. >> we've got something else for you, leon. don't worry about it. >> we'll see you llnight. >> a right. thanks, scott. moving on in other news, white supreme court sifts are planning another unite the right rally here in d.c. and we'll check in with local law enforcement about how they plan to keep safe. >> digging into the past of the
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four things to know. let's get you caught up this afternoon. a fairfax count mother fac a murder charged accused of shooting her two chi ren. th5-year-old's daughter of suspec victoriayoungblood has died. the other girl is in critical condition. the victims were found last night in an apartment in mclean, virginia. >> a montgomery county school bus driver charged with sexually abusing a children. etiee kabongo was been accused of assaulting a 12-year-old girl last week. the school superintendent called the alleged behavior despicable.
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amazo may cut down its lives finalists for the brand-new headquarters. right now there are 20 finalists, including d.c., montgomery county and northern virginia. theompany has stayed ultra secretive about the selection process. a decision is expected later this year. man, it feels like summer out there. i'm sure you know thatlready. how hot it feels across the region right now. >> our team of meteorologist is tracking a chance for pop-up storms nearly every day this week. >> metro is ironing out the mixed messagesews 4 received about transportation plans for the upcoming unite the right rally. separate trains will not be available to white nati talists comi d.c. on sunday. news 4's darcy center explains thether safetyeasures metro is preparing to take. darcy? >> well, hey there, metro wanting to make it crystal clear today that they are not providin any sort of special
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accommodations, any special trains forthembers o white supremist group planning to come here to washington on sunda for this rally. here's the thing though. ma'am many of them are planning to use the metro sysham and tt's presenting a security challenge, metro trying to figure out how to keep everyone safe. take look at this vio. this is fr last year's unite the right valley. one counterprotester was killed demonstration. the leader of the rally this year is telling people to meet at the vienna metro and get off here the foggy bottom station and march to the white house. the metro officials are trying to figure out again how to keep everyone safe to reducehese clashes. metro officials say they are going to add cars if they need to. they may also restrict access to platforms if it gets too crowded stations.se metro we spoke to a man who runs a hat stand right here outside they fogg bottom metro.
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>> i think that everybody has a ght in america to protest and demonstrate, you know, as long as there's noiolence and corruption and outright disobedience to other people who are going to protest against them. >> reporter: so what we're getting from metro, it sounds like this is very much a work i progress. again, they have several days to continue the planning until this event happens on sunday, but they are making it clear that they are working withpl mul police agencies in virginia and here in the district. again the goal in mind is to make sure that everyone stays safe. pat, back to you. >> a story we'll be continuing to follow. thanks, darcy. >> a dramatic rescue of ass enger was -- passenger out
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of a burning car. poli say this car crashed no a utilit pole and the engine was complete on fire when they arrived there at the. sce good samaritans manag ut it and get two people out of use car, police had to special tools to pry the door open and let thatast passenger out. everyone was aken to hospital and right now it's not clear how badly they were all injured. a major change at the top of one of the world'sst big companies. pepsi's ceo announced she will be stepping down later this year. she's worked for 12 years as ceo and she was one of a select group of femal ceos. less than 5% of fortune companies are run by women. she will be replaced by the president. >> redskins head up to new england so they can hit others people besi themselves in a few days. sherree burruss up there already tasting the lobster rolls and is
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joining us live from richmond. hey, sherree. >> hey, leon. i wh weould get some lobster rolls but we've got to talk football. the redskins will bein f an opponent for the first time in six and a h f months in couple of days. the redskins cleaning up their game before they turn theirte ion to the patriots. head coach jay gruden extending the morning practicey.ession this is a chance for some of the new and young players to extra rep before facing new enriand. when theght lights are finally on his team, coa gruden tells me what b he keeping a close eye on. >> the young guys. want to see the young guys play and some of the new guys we've acquired in one off-se a chance for them to play and see whathey have. not just the 53 but maybe some of our practice squads we'll keep. very important as we went through last year.of a lo our 2s and 3s became one with the injury and this is a great opportunity to show they
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belong in the nfl and can eventually help us throughout the season. >> 23 rookies are on this redskins rosterefo hly getting to see a lot of action from those guys. we, o, are heading up to the boston new england area on wednesday. we'll bring you the latest. guys, back to you. >> here a lob roll for us. >> and if you're lucky, there will be less humidity when youp getthere, too. >> thanks, sherree. >> talk to you in a pill bit. folks, watch the redskins take on the patriots in the preseason opener on thursday night right here on nbc 4, andt the game sherree will have live reaction from the players on the post-game report followed by "news 4 at 11:00." warping foread, a pet owners. >> jets seeing a spike in pet emergencies and there's o y thin may be doing that's likely to blame. >> i thought i was doing was correct and good for him in the long run and it turned out to beit the oe what have i was doing. >> also, ways to save on your
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back-to-school shopping. amelia, how about the weather? >> well,pat, we have a few isolated showers out there right now. one in anne arundel county and another back in fauquier county as we look to tomorrow and especially whunesday. moreerstorms chances and some storms on wednesday could doug and i will break down the timing and impact coming up in abouten minutes. t still nervous about finding a new apartment?
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really a story that any parent is going to bee to relate to because it started off as, hey, let's domething together. let's go take a self-help course on entrepreneurship and building our self-confi tnce andt kind of thing, a mom trying to help her daughter as a youngso thing do better in the business world, and it wound up being somethingdiery erent, something that would involve the fbi and something that would involve middle of the night sex cult allegations where women are branding themselves with the initialsf this group's name. keith ranieri, ok.r., their bodies, and that's just barely scratchi the surface. katherine oxenberg who tried to help her daughter would wind up feeling horrific guilt at having introduced her to the clutches of this man and has spent the better part of a year now doing everything withi her power to get her out, but it has not been easy, tnd ink this will be a blueprint for a lot of parents
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out there on, a, wot not do in terms of getting your child involved in a group and what the warnings signs might b that it's not -- at least it's a group to be concerned about, and, b, how to get them out if they have fallen prey to people who wish to exploit them asd oppoo help them. >> has she been able to see and talk to her daughter? >> barely. over the past nine months -there's been it's been difficult between the two of them because india is in the group and has no wish to be extricated from theroup and sees her mom katherine who has been so respectful in her efforts as meddlesome however, i will tell you that for the first time since thesem indis have come down because now some people have to the goodd thanks work of katherine and others we have a statement from india oxenberg aor the first time she's gone on the record with how she's s feeling now we'll make news with tha >> megyn kelly, thank you.
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>> watch herxclusive interview right here tonight on "dateline." >> there's exposure of a gap in the law that fects all of us as revealed by the kazzel shooting >> a day tha stunned us all, five journalists gunned down inside that neroom in annapolis. >> and police say the accused gunman made threats against lists in this newsroom in the past, so why couldn't he be stopped? >> everyone knew he was a danger and we just don't have the right now to stop him from doing what he's doing before he does it. that's the problem. >> the news 4 i-team's jod
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fleisher tonight uncovering gaps in the law and how it's a threat your safety. >> that's going to be and really interesting report. we'll see youoon with that and a lot of other stories on a busy monday. back to you. >> you got it. >> see you in a bit. >> one of the other stories of the day is this humidity. the heat and humidity. >> yeah. very soupy. that's the way it's going t stay for the next couple of days. even a little bit more hot and humid and especially into the day on wednesday. eachomf the days with a chance of of showers and thunderstorms and that's what we each had out there though most of us have remained dry. out there towards the airport anar looking t the city looking pretty good right now. we've a got sunshine cloud cover as well. temperatures 83 degrees after aching into the low 90. here we are at4:00, i do think we go back up. 85, 86, 82 by 8:00. as a result of the sunine we're now seeing.
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9:00 101 leesburg and 99 in ma a nannia 959 in gaithersburg so it's a hot and humid day. again, wean expec this to happen again tomorrow and into the day on wednesday, too. it's a heat wave but that's what ng expect this time of year. storms are d out now. we've gone through a period of time where they posted pretty quickly. saw some heavy storms and theun showers a anne arundel county and over towardsd marshal e had one in manchester and that's quickly dying as well. this is all part of a syste we've got a little swirl in the elmosphere right over our heads and thatd to respond to a couple of showers and storms and we may see a few tomorrow and the story is going to be the heat and humidity and headed out to the nats park take a look at that. >> it's going to be extremely hot and especially its your s are in the sun.
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the plastic chairs make sure you drink plenty of water. nats with a doubleheader with the first game starting around 1:00 and the second game around 7:00. first game will be fine but i can't rule out an ilated shower, especially for the second game. really not seeing a cancellation. all doug washeaying about heat and humidity. 93 degrees by 6:00 p.m. a by 6:00 p.m. at 87 and tomorrow if you're out andbout and at nats park temperatures around 84 degrees. tomorrow not bad day to head to the pool. have a backup plan ready in case you do dealith a pop-up thunderstorm. same thing for wednesday. the earlier you get to the pool the better because you'll have lower storm chances as the day wears on. thunderstorm chances by wednesday, andt's looki fantastic. no thunderstorms in the forecast and the humidity levels bit lower. we'll be tracking scattered afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms tomorrow but a better chance on wednesday, and some could be severe. as we looo the weekend right
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now some scattered thunderstorms are possible, buty ple of dry time. doug, as we talk about the heat and humidity, it stays oppressive through wednesday and feeling like00 degrees and potentially even a little bit higher. some relief on utthursday, i said this earlier, basically in the dog days of summer rightow and we don't have any refreshing air moving in. >> that is right. 93 on tuesday and 94 on wednesday. a 60% chatoe ofs on wednesday with the chance of severe weather so watch out for those. on thursday and friday coming in at 90 degrees so a couple of we'll call them nice days. a littleit above average. look towards the weekend. at or below average. highs in the mid-80s with highs torrow in the 80s. not a washout of the weekend, don't think that, but staying warm and humid all the way into next week. i'm wendy regular dwrer in
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the paul manafort case and lobs a cotroom grenade to his former businesstn par saying that he committed crimes with manafort. gas pled guilty in february to lying to investigators and has agreed to work with robert muellers part of a plea deal. manafort who was trump's former campaign chairman is accused and on trial for tax and bank fraud and whale gates' testimony had already been expected. hit wasn't clear when would be called to court so he's just been called to court and both sides immediately wento a conference after this testimony. back to you. >> big knock down there in alexandria. thanks, wendy. >> thank you. the ntsb is on the ground in figure outtrying to what caused a small cessna airplane to crash in santa ana yesterday. overnight the coroner identified the five people killed in the crash. they were all members of a california real estate >>compan he plane crashed into a parked car at a busy strip mall
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about a mile from the airport where it was supposed to land.gl amaz no one on the ground was injured a p thelane didn't catch fire. >> that's amazing. coming up next, a spike in violence leads to a chaotic scene in chicago. nearly 60 people were shot in st one weekend and the mayor is already placing blame. there's more to life than the ce mb.
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catastrophic wildfires are ough california, one in the northern part of the state doubled in size over the weekd. firefighters say the ranch fire and river fire have now combined, and it's the second largest wildfire now in the state's ithistory. burned more than 270,000 acres. exhausted firefig the state now are trying to firesn 17 major hot, dry and windy conditions are not helping out. the car fire in northn california has killed seven
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people. >> wow. >> an tbak of violence in chick. police say more than60 people were shot over the weekend. >> in fact in just three hours gunfire struck 30 people dozen died. nbc's jay w grayith the plea tonigh for law enforcement. >> tears, crime tape and carnage. it's a spiritual warfare, believe it or not, a spirit of fear, anger, frustration. >> all explong this weekend in chicago. more than 60 shot and at lea 12 killed. most on the west side of the city. >> it's crazy. it's got to stop. it's got to stop. >> police tayy shared the desperation and shock of this community. >> i'm tired of it. tired of it. this city should be >> but the superintendent is quick to point out that even e with treme violence over the weekend his department is making a difference. >> we've seen a 20% reduction ir murders this and roughly 17% reduction in shootings in the year of 2018.
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es>> reporter: officials s many of the shootings are gang-related with innocent ctims caught in the crossfire. >> the chicago police department cannot do this alone. >> reporter: they say they need neighborhood help to stop the those pullid find the trigger. >> the offender in almost every situation, can't say universally, is known, known by somebody. they have a moral responsibility speak up s there can be legal accountability for those actions. >> reporter: actions that continue to tear apart families and the city. jay gray, nbc news. now at 5:00. >> i have the subject in custody. >> one child dead and another wounded, their mother facing charges. >> i really -- it's really. shocki >> what we're learning about a deadly shoot ignside a northern virginia apartment. plus a news 4 i-team
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investigation. why police say they were unable to stop the ccusedgunman in the "capihol gazette"ing despite threats he made online. the gaps in the law that are threatening your safety. t >> and do youst it. more americans thanow ever n using mobile apps to send payments, but how secure are they? what you need to know about these services? >> ehello,rybody. first up at 5:00 tonight, a mother accused of turning a gun on her own children. >> the two victims were shot inside a tyson'srea apartment. one of them a little girl is dead. >> northern virginia bureau chief julie carey is learning more now about how the suspect was tak into custody today. julie? >> reporter: well,f a mother two accused of the unthinkable, ofin sho two children, of killing her 5-year-old daughter. we don't yet kw wha caused veronica youngblood to turn a gun on the kid, but these court
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documents i've found reveal an ongoing custody -- child custody dispute with her ex-husband. a terrible discovery a inside apartment at the post-tyson's corner complex, two children shot. 5-year-old brooklyn youngblood dead from and gunshot w to the head. dispatch calls show police began searching for her mother 33-year-old veronica youngblood. >> fairfax county is asking that we be on theokout for a 30-year-old hispanic female dressed in all black. >> reporter: youngblood turned up at a home in the ashburnham area banging on >> silverwood terrace saying the suspect is there saying she killed her daughters and currently has a gun. >> it was around 11:00 p.m. in her neiborhood when s shaw a police officer with gun drawn. >> my daughter saw it and said why is h

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