mpls right now, a virginirginia faces a judge charged with her child's murder. fall out from what the president said about his son's meeting with a russian lawyer. theatest on sanctions re-imposed on iran after the u.s. pulled out of that nuclear deal. we're in for another hot and humid day. already feeling like temperatures are in the low 90s. i'll have the latest timing, coming up.

good morning. >> we want to kick things off with a looker at anoth hot. foreca we have the tdetails. >> temperatures right now coming in thehe low 80s. i believe this is on max 2 right now. if we can hop over to max one right now that would be lovely. it's another hot an hd humid da out there. it's hot and humid today and ow tomo we'll have some isolated thunderstorms out there this afternoon and evening. more storms tomorrow. because of the heat and humidity among other factors w could be dealing with your very heavy rainfall and lightning and gusty winds. a better chance for more wide stred tomorrow. that will break down that humidity levels for thursday and friday with high temperatu the upper 80s. still on the hot

sultry out there. more storm chances in forecast. i'm going to have the lest on thunderstorms and just how hot it will feel this afternoon wheo you f in the humidity in about 20 minutes. thank you so much. it's11:02 right now. the mother accused of shooting her own daughters killing one of them appeared in court this morning. >> reporter: good morning. she did appear solid. her hair was pulled back. she spoke very softly as well. shett said p much that she did not want counsel. d not want a lawyer.

looking now at her mugshot. the judge said he would apoint her a publicde nder. he reviewed her financial statementvearevealing she has n current income or current assets. she's accused of second-degree murder of her 5-year-old daughter. you you youngblood and her ex-husband had legal difficulties over the dwreers. her 5-year-old daughter found dead. an older child injured as w and rushed to the hospital. officials still trying tdig into what prompted her to open fire on those children. at this point the charge is going to be murder. more charges are expected as well. her next hearing day will be in

october. right now detectives are still searching for robbery suspects. you may have noticed the helicopter up in the air. there's a sreeway grocery s in the ware. there's no wordn what may have been stolen and no arrests have rnen made so far. a homeowner re from vacation and found a body in his front yard. the homeowner found the body ext to his por on sunday morning. the victim was with jared smith when his car crashed into a ditch. smithdy hid the victim's boo it could not be seen from the road. we talked to the homeowner who did not want to show his facen camera. >> two families are tragically

lost people now. the morning a school bus driver is behind bars accused of assaulting a girl with speci needs. he assaulted the girl last tuesday on the bus. the assault was captured on surveillance cameras. >> it's every stparent's w nightmare to have their child accosted at school, on a school bus or on the way to and from child care. >> prosecutors say he trio buy plane ticket to et yoepbull.

the woman is in critical condition but stable. people who hrd the gunfire say they heard between six and seven shot witnesses say they told police they saw a group of young men running. a crime like this one is unusual in the area. >> we don't have a lot of shooting incidents. there's not a high rate of crime. >> it's up to $1500 reward for t infoion. right now two former business partners are facing each other in an alexandria ond day infor the s a row. paul manafort's trial resumed at 9:30 this morning. rick gates is testifying against him. yesterday gates exemployeesiexemployeeose

testimony. both men worked president trump's campaign. is the u.s. picking nuclear fight with iran. the country is responding the new sanctions that could cripple its economy. traci potts has the latest. >> reporter: new this morning on twitter, president trump calls the iran sanctions the most biting sanctions ever imposed promising more in november and anyone doing business with iran will not be doing business with the united states. be to drive hould this regime into the ground without firing a shot. >> reporter: will these renewed sanctions force iran back to the negotiating table or make it easier t develop a nuclear weapon. >> we'll have a conflict wit iran. >> reporter: the white house dealing with that plus fall out from preside trump admitting on twitter that his son and other campaign officia met a

russian lawyer looking for danie damagi damaging information on hillary clinton. >> it's ridiculous. halfco oress' officers. >> reporter: the trump legal team argues no laws were broken. >> even if they tried and didn't get the information, that's an attempt. both of those things are stille cr. >> reporter: obstructing justice is also a crime. the president's lawyers are trying to avoid questions about that as they continue to negotiate a possible interview for the fbi's russia investigation. happening today, voter in several states are casting bat l -- lal lballots in some import races including ohio.

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spike lee is back in the sot light. his new film is based on the true story of a black policra officer infing the ku klux an. >> it opens one year after the deadly protest in charlottesville. lester holt has more. >> reporter: the ideail iating recollect -- kkk on its own. director spike lee knew it was not a story locked inhe past. >> we wanted people to

understand that history repeats itself. the toughid you want just jump out of nowhere. >> reporter: the real ron stalworth is retired. it was the first african-american cop on the colorado sliings . >> you see an ad, join k? >> it was ku klux klan with a po box. i wrote a note. >> and said what? hate mouth to god ear's i those black rats. >> music to their ears? >> the langue of hate. >> they loved it? >> they loved it. >> reporter: testifies a card carrying member of the the kkk. a white officer handled the in pers meetings.

>> that's us. >> reporter: he evenoot know david duke. they spoke several times throughout 1978. just as i started to ask about those conversations. >> what dead you tell them about the latest development. >> the latest development i got a phone callesrday from david duke. >> what did he want to talk about about? >> he wanted to talk about he's kw how he will be portrayed. he said i always respected spike lee whichhe surprised heck out of me. >> reporter: audiences may be surprised how lee ends the film. gimething most directors would

be reluctant to ve away. the painful race fueled images of charlottesville gives it a frightening relevance. >> david duke, the alt right, the kkk and neo nazis wrote the endings for tfilm. >> lester holtti repor there. white supreme assists are coming to town to rally in the shad deof td -- shadows of the white house. this is the same gro that hel the rally last week in charlottesville where a counter protester was killed. metro says there will not be a private rail i car the group. long term construction is

under way. the light rail line willone. it's expected to be completed in four years. amazo may be narrowing down the finalists for its new headquarters. the tech giants considering 20 finalists. those include montgomery county, northern virginiand a.c. the monew york times reports th amazon willut that list significantly this mon. t . listen to this. amazon's alexa could help keep burglars f awayrom your home. it can play pre-recorded audio tracks that run for about an hour. it includes real conversations that could make a burglar think people are home. it inclus funny but somewhat common conversations including a couple breaking up. some of the tracks were created

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history books. >> how dangeus can these fires get? >> really dangerous. it's been a deadly year already for us. >> reporter: a wall of flames ripping over homes. the conditions here are getting wo we were on the fropnt lines as mountain tops turned into blow torches. we heard the air attack covering overhead but crews may not know inere to make water drops. they're losg more structures every hour. >> reporter: with 169 destroyed, more than 11,000 structures are still threatened. fires exploding for 11 days in wine country. nearly 20 major wildfires are burning across the state. these satelli images show the thick smoke billowing east into nevada. fueling if flames including

ousds outside of l.a. is soaring triple digit heat. >> we kw peopl have evacuated. many of thosereas have bee declared disaster zones. it's time to get those kids back in school. >> might want to hang onto summer. that does include your college student and wallet will be getting a new wor k

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the d.c. team will take on the berlin little league team from maryland's eastern shore. the team lost its first game of the little league mid-atlantic regional tournament this past weekend. our entire area, iluding the washington nationals is rooting for the team. all of the young players are parts of the nats youth baseball aem academy. the team already accomplished so much. the team is the first pr edominantly african-american little league team. we're rooting for you. in state tuition and

mandatory fees have gone up $612 for thischl year. va hirgini has t highest instate fees and tuition in the country. some kids in prince george county will kick off the year with newar ge vents s one of the many happening this summer. the backpacks are stuffered with lots of supplies. their goal is to collect 15,000 backpacks. >> our goal is to make sure every student has apa ba. >> today the campaign wl have another event at the shopping

center. you can make donations from 5:30 until 8:45 tonight. another great way is by taking part in annual f backpacks kids. tomorrow is your next chance to help out. e'll be at apple credit union from6:00 a.m. until noon. if you want to make a secure online donation just search. it's hard to think about back to school especially when we're fling the dog days of summer. it's hot an humid again. >> this is the part where everybody gets ir table because of the heat and humidity. what i'm showing you nowre the future feels like temperates. 2:00, we're tracking another

hot and humid day. this afternoon is feeling about 100 degrees. thiss your wednesday afternoon feeling about 98 in the district at 2:00 p.m. 97 in frederick. it's hot and humid today. it's hot aid h tomorrow. here is 5:00 p.m. on your wednesday when we're tracking somescattere showers a thunderstorms. it's still feeling like 93 in washington and tomrow night as we move into the overnight hours it's still muggy and uncomfortable. reef does move intohe area on thursday. today a high temperature of 93. very similar to what woe're goig to see tomorrow. it's feeling like 10es deg when you factor in that humidity. some isolated thunderorms out there. we would see heavy rainfall and gusty winds. here is the layest right now on storm team 4 radar.

you can see everybody in dry even as they widen out the picture. ally not tracking anything area.g into the we're going to stay dry for the next couple of hours. notice some isoted thunderstorms developing back dge area.e blue rin start to see hit and miss thunderstorms out there. sherwise the mix of clond sunshine by 4:00 p.m. notice scattered showers across the area. the bright colors indicating heavy rainfall. if you're head you want to do something out doors, the el yerl tarlier the . have more t

a local attorney says he and others lived the fear for the aku accused capital gazette gunman for years. he blames gaps in maryland's li slaw ans it's time for a change. we ask why law enforcement could noto more. >> he would say he wanted them to kill themselves. they would be dripping in blood. >> reporter: in all his years as a attorney, head never seen a

suspect like jared >>mos. knew it was going to do something violent. >> reporter: he battled him in court. ramos pleaded guilty to harassing her. after he served hisio prob he threats moved to twitter. >> he never came right out and threatened toill . he never came out out an say it but i knew exactly what he was orter: threatening language posepted r online doesn't always count. >> you're not saying i'm going to come to your house tomorrow and not kill you. he had read those laws. >> reporter: theal cap newspaper reported on the case making the journalist the twitter target too. >> i was scared for my client

and anyone he identified in that twitter feed. >> reporter: he chose his words carefully. tweeting about blood in the fwooar oom and about murdering a reporter's career. the newspaper called police in 2013. >> our think our citizens expect us to be able t hoonandle someo him. >> reporter: he did not according to the laws go far something us to do about him. >> reporter: the detective wrote he did not believe mr. ramos was a threat. noticed he had not attempted to enter the capital newspaper building. the newspaper opted not to pursue any charg describing that as putting a stick in a beehive. >>ef we don't h the tools to help someone with that problem, we end up walki ay.

telling folks, call us when somebody s.happ y reporter: five years went before police say ramos burst thugh the doors of the capital newspaper and gunned down five employees. ramos has pleadsed not guilty. his attorney declined to comment. >> every one knew he was danger. we just don't have the tools right now to stop him from doing what he's doing before he does it. that's the problem. >> reporter: he's making it his mission to change maryland law so police can act on earlier behavior before i escalates. right now police require clear, directly threatening language to make an arrest. >> in many cases there's not a direct threat. >> reporter: threat assessment exert says the overwhelming majority of mass shooterve do

p hihints even if the language isn't specific. >> we can change the laws to allow moreratitude to investigate. >> reporter: they should ban people who have threatened, stalk or harassed someone from buying a gun. >> every one looks themselves in the mirror and look at each other and they say i'm not surprised. that means something is wrong with the system. >> reporter: maryland h passed law against cyber bullying but it only applies noirminors. he says adults need the same protection. >> what mechanism is there in place to keep watch on him to make sure he's not a threat in the future? >> none. there's your frightening answer. none. >> it's so stunning to think there was so much evidence. this trail on social media and they feltelpless to do

something about it. what is going on right now to try and stop this from happening again? >> that's why we decided to dig tinto this in first place. we had so many questions about how this was handled. the police chief said he is in a position to do nothing butoc monitorl media. they don't want to drop off the radar even though a crime hasn't been committed per se under current meyyland law. ant to keep an eye on what these folks are saying that's there for everyone to see to make sure they get some kin s of warning iething like this is about to happen. >> it seems like that's a real shift. do you think other departments will do something similar? >> we heard of other departments taking a look at this is real shift in what police are being asked to do.

traditional role for an officer is to identify a crime, identify a suspect, build se. more and more often we're finding officers are being asked to predict whether someone might be a threatany the future. that's not something that most departments have had training for. we talked with some threat assessment experts who weighed in on whether departments should be making that decision, who else needs to be involved like theea mentalh community, the courts to get a comprehensive look and make a good, sou decision when looking at these cases. >> that tyakes time and resources. >> yes. warning before you pick up food for your a what you need know about particular brand of dog food. when news 4 midday continues.

a new warn that may have your double checking the ingredients in your dog's food. the fda is looking into links between grain free dog foods and a f deadlyorm of heart disease. no brandsave been named. pet owners should watch out for foods where peas, lentils and potatoes are the main ingredient. vets recommend you stch to common protein sources. we have an important warning abou your health this morning as we prepare for lots of sun th week >> doctors say black people aren't doing enough to protect themselves from skin cancer. erica edwardsas alarming results from a new study. >> reporte theasalifornia is ali brown's preferred place to study. >> i go do schoto school in san monicahe >> reporter: book smart and sun smart.

>> it has 50 sp t >> reporte majority of african-american men and women do not use sunscreen. melanoma does occur in s african-americnd when it does, it's far more deadly. stagesagnosed at later when it's less likely to be cure. >> this brown girl wears sunscreen. >> reporter: courtney is a edical assistant near washington, d.c. she says part of the problem is a misconception that people with darker skin don't need sun protection. it is hard because you have years and years of what you don't need. that's not true. we do need >>it. eporter: the need for sun block does not change no matter what your ski s or the looks like. >> whether it' cloudy, isunny, knowing, end of days, youeed to use sunscreen every single

eny. >> reporter: pay aon to skin changes no matter where they are on the body. african-americans are likely develop it on soles, hand, feet, under toenails. >> today is the day we'll want to slather on the sunscreen. we'll have more pop up showers and storms similar to yesterday. today and tomorrow we could see seve thunderstorms moving rough. i aed t word minor because it's not looking like our humidity levels will drop all

that much from wednesday into thursday. a slight drop.il it feel a bit better on thursday but minor leaf. i'm watching the weend forhe chance for showers and thunderstorms. it's in the a wash out saturday and sunday. there's the chance for storms in the forecast bot days. right now this is how hot it's feeling when youhe factor in mugginess. feeling about 94 degrees in frederick. 92 in washington and 95 down in fredericksburg. this afternoon it's feeling close to 100. if you're going to the nats game, they have a double header today. the first game starting at 1:05. very hot if your seats are in the sun. bring sunscreen and drink lots of by 5:00 p.m., can't rule out thunderstorms down there. delay is possible for both games today but i'm not seeing a cancellation. take a look. here is your storm team harecast. notice 40%e for late day thunderstorms today. 50% chance tomorrow.

humi both days. we'll keep it dry during the day but i cou see the chance for evening thunderstorms on thursday and friday after the sun goes down. there's the weekend wi chance of thunderstorms saturday and sunday. we'll be back in about two minutes. there's more to life than the climb. there's thview. you've gotta stop and look around a little. come. shed life's layers in asheville. ashelle. discovery, inside and out.

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mpls social media stars are taking the place of celebrities. walmart is giving a 6-year-old you tubesa son with 15 crllion subscribers his own toy line. g melvin reports. reporter: let's open 6-. ar-old ryan is an inteet sensatn. >> wow. >> reporter: now he's also a pint sized pitchman for walmart. the wildly popular ryan toys review star makes an estimated 11 million dollar a year from youtube channels by reviewing all kinds of i have tos. he's teaming up with walmart. launching ryan's world created by the first frotgrader. hisr says every toy cioduced holds a sal place in his heart. >> he loves slime and puddy and

giant eggs. >> reporter: a giant egg. his enthusiasm and his billions of views are appealing to the world's biggest retailer. >> we h been watching ryan for a couple of years now. a successw big of he's been and how many kids love r him. >> reporter: translate to millions on sales and companies are eager to cash in by collaboration. >> you tube has been such a huge trend. >> reporter: researchers say they have bought it after seeing an influencer on social media. they wouldather by a product by a non-celebrity who appears like a peer. little ryan isn't the only star benefits from this. >> this is a paidnt advertiseme for most toys. >> reporter: other kids youtubes channel like hobby kids and evantube hd with millions of

subscribers feature sponsored content paidor by toy makers. companies can pay up to $200,000 to have an influencer feature a toy in video. >> there's been such a rye recently. re we know ryan leads the way on that. >> reporter: a millionaire all before his 7thbirthday. >> just insane to think about. it's not just ds. it's adults who partner with brands and make money on instagram. >> as the mother of a 7 and a 5-year-old, he was just hoping theyamystery egg. >> do they want this? >> you could let them for hours watcgs surprise they just watch kids open up these eggs to see what's insidet >> they other kids play with toys. it's like why don't you play th your own toy rig here in

real life. >> then the ads pop up and they go to the next nevideo. >> you could have retired. those electronic cars safety systems that are supposed to help yoi a crash, there's a new studyut that finds they still have plenty of flaws. it tested accident avoidance systems from tesla, bmw and volvo.te the s may not see stocked vehicles and could steer you into crash if you're not paying attention. the systems could help you with steering or speed control. you still may need to intervene to prevent an accident. history all ready being made at the 2020 tokyo olympics. the summerpl games will imement a facial recognition system at all venues. of course, they will. because this is japan. it'sneo face technology

developed will be kus tcustomizd to monitor the athlete, media. tokyo will be first olympic host to use the technology at all venues. i remember the kids traveli to tokyo and the trash cans in the airports talked when you threw the trash away. this was like 20 years ago. ug> don't have e excitement in your life? high divers were literally leaping from water falls at park. they competed in jumps from different cliffs as high as 52 feet above the water. that's a big dive. organizers hope to make this an annual competition and include more diverers from around the world. hear this setting is so beautiful. maybe that will encourage you to do that. it's setti up to be another hot day across the area and we have the humidity too.

>> we're going to get a final look at the storm team forecast in a moment. then be sure to join us for the ellen show this afternoon at 3:00. >> stick around for news 4 at 4:00. we'll right back.

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feelout 97 degrees now in washington and very similar forecasts tomorrow. temperatures warming into the low 9 f butling closer to 100 with scattered showers and thunderstorms. storms could behe on strong to severe side. based on the latist informationg not get a huge break from and the ity levels chance for more thunderstorms over the weekend. thanks. tomorrow join nbc 4 for our an backpack for kids driver. wee going to be bacut at the federal credit union from 6:00 many the morning until noon. we're collecting backpacks to give out to kids in need. always a great cause. thank you for your support. >> thanks so much for joining us.

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