new at rsmidday, neigh heard the "pop, pop, pop" of gunfire this morning, and an ofn.cer shot and killed a what led up to the deadly use of force. and could be tough to get around d.c. from r unite theight rally to metro closures. we'll help you avoid delays, am ia? >> this is the 7th day in a row of hitting 90 degrees or higher. cooler temperatures over the week, but storms as well. i'll have the latest timing and impact coming up. news 4 midday starts now. good morning, welcome to "news 4 midday," all eyes onct e

disthis weekend as hundreds prepare to participate in a a unite the right rally. there's three other protests oso happening sunday. d.c. police are trying to avoid scenes like this feam thedly rally last year in charlottesville. news 4 is at freedom plaza with details on security measures being put in place here. >> reporter: they laid additional s by signing off on an order allowing for the joint core nation of local state and federal agencies as well as d.c.'srg emeency operation center. all of those groups will have their eyes on at least tevee counter ents taking place on sunday in three assigned locations, all set tove ce at lafayette square, the site of the unite the right rally right in front of the white house, s to run on sunday from 5:30 to 730 p.m. we also saw the mayor on thursday along with law enforcemen leaders sayinghey will respect the right of

demonstrators to arrive inho.c. for events no matter which side they are on, however, they say hate willave no place here in d.c. the mayor also underscoring anyone who plans to attend events and express rights and concerns will have to follow the law. >> we want people to be able to exercise their rights, whethh we agree whem or not, whether they are so-called unite the right or counter ,protes and that's important. we want to dissuade anybody from purposely coming to our city to destroy our city. >> reporter: and those traveliin he area around the white house on sunday will see some street closures from 9:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m. sunday. d.c. police chief saying there' going a zero tolerance response to any guns found near the demonstration areas as well as areas nearby. on freedom plaza, justin finch, news 4. for a closer look at the road closure justin is talking about, search unite the right

and nbc washington app and keep it here throughout the weekend for up to date cove rarage on t developing story. road closures are not the only issue this weekends. starting tomorrow, blue, silver, and orange lines face ten days of construction that close tations and cause single tracking. trains will be single tracking in the week between mcpherson square and smithsonian running 20 minutes on blue, orange lines. some stations are closed this weekend. if you have to ride metro, expect big delays and crowded trains. for more information, seah metro shutdown on our nbc washington app. now to the weather. it's friday. many of us have plans tonight and into the weekend. our meteorologist amelia drape has what we need to know. can i have dinner outside tonight? that's the question. >> this is the latest information, melissa, and you'll be okay ithe evening hours, but into the later evening and overnight hours, scattered showers and rumble of thunder

are possible. before we get to the evening, it there.her hot day out the humidity, though, not so bad for august in washington right now, it's already, though, feels like temperatures around 90h degrees we heat index n the district of 91, and the thermometer readi87. as you head into the afternoon teurs, this is what you can expect. eratures staying in the upper 80s to low 90s. a t of a breeze out the at times and plenty of sunshine. again, it's hot out there, but not super oppressive, and by 5:00 p.m., melissa, mr,nly dry. howeor the weekend, storms are in the forecast. i'll have the latest in 20 minutes. all right, thank you amelia. a developing story in prince george as county. learning the man shot las night nearfedex field has died. that shooting happening just after 9:00 p.m. we are live along sheriff road withsdetails how tunfolded, megan? >> reporter: realm, it happened

in front of the eaton square apartments here oner the f's road. police received a tip with a man with a gun selling drugsn the area, but when officers tried to approach the suspect, police say he ran and drew a weapon or was trying to go for a weapon in the waistband. at the time,he police office opened fire. >> i heard them before like, pop." pop, pop, >> reporter: cynthia walker heard gunshots before, but this was close to home, across the parking lot from her apartment. buildi >> so we came down and saw the police officers. >> reporter: it was a tip from a confidential informant tght br police to the area last night. >> they were there because a member of our communityar stepp fo and provided information about an individual who they knew to be armed, knew to be selling drugs, and knew to be terrorizing a particular part of the community along sheriff road. reporter: members of the services team in uniform approached the man, and he ran away.

they tackled him 25 yards away, and that's when police say thes t went for this handgun, which investigators recovered from the scene. >> the emergency services team , officeery important, observed that individual with a handgun. that individual, by the account of the officers, was reaching for the handgun. they, then, tried to prevent him from accessing it and poiing it at them, and in that process, one of the two officers perc tved that individualbe a direct threat to himself and the other officer, and discharged, what we believe to be no more than three rounds. >> reporter: the wounded man wan ta to the hospital but latered and at this point, police have not released the name of the man who died, but they expect to make it public at some point today. back to you. >> thank you. today marks exactly two ars since a deadly apartment building explosion devastated a community in silver springs. that explosion killed seven

people in the branch apartments, two were children. late today, there's a vigil tonight at 7:be to rememr those killed in a parking lot just across from the complex. >> one day after being shot at a fredericksburg mcdonalds, the 19-year-old has died. she was gunned down wednesday afternoon, and investigators tell us anthony ali shot fletcherndped off in a stolen truck. hours later, police found him in a wooded area miles from the restaurant. officers say he shot and killedi elf. police say the gunman and victim did not know each other. well, how safe is the water in your child' some parents in maryland are eoncerned after elevated levels of lead w found in drinking waters in dozens of montgomery county schools. they tested water joutlets this year and 200 tested positive for dangerous levels of lead. the fixtures were immediately removed and will be replfoed the new school year.

here's a question, do you check work e-mails at home? guilty. the damage that practice could actually be doing, though. >> devastating that people just -- >> taken from us. >> those, the parents of a man who died after being punched in new york city. the college basketball coach is being charged with that assault. why those parents say those tough charges, though, are not enough.

today we'll learn mor about the guilty verdict for a a former dubver accused of raping a drunk passenger. back in 2016,hey told news 4 he picked up the woman from a d.c. bar. he was supposedo drive her to fairfax county, her home there, but prosecutors say when he was almost there, he drove to a college park motel and raped her he was spotted on the camera and nearby u11ng the victim's credit card. ey will hold a news conference thisafternoon. >> basketball coach faces serious charges.on jamel a coach at wake forest university is accused of throwing a fatal punch to a m who thought the suv jones was riding was his uber ride. it happened in new york city. ann thompson reports. >> reporter: sund's deadly incident left the family

shattered. >> it's just devastating that people just -- >> taken from us ts early. >> will never know. i mean, we were just so lucky that god gave him us for this long. >> reporter: at 1:15 a.m., he left his brother's hot room i queens new york celebrating a family wedding. >> he was trying ao get uber and the cell phone died, and so he just tapped on the wrong guy's window. >> reporter: he reportedly banged on the windows of multiple cars parked nearby, triggering a violent response from a driver inside a white suv. according to the nypd, police at thecene weretold, the individual punched the 35-year-old male victim in the face following a confrontation. police say after sabo was hit, falling backwards, slamming his headhe pavement. >> he was hit so hard his lip was pushed into his upper tooth and pushed through the lip. he was taken to the hospital and pu on lifesupport.

we're hoping for a miracle that would come through and we always had somebody holding his hand to just see if he would just squeeze, give our hand a squeeze to let us know he was there. >> he never regained consciousness and died two days later. the alleged assailant fled the scene and turnedn himselffour days later. >> what took so long to turn himself in. >> the family sends sympathies to the family. >> reporter: the jones family s issuedtement characterizing the incident as the accidentaleath of sabo sabor szabo saying he was a wonderful son and father of two young children. >> i used to be a mother ofwo as well, and i'm sorry, your condolences are too late. >> if you're this good father, son, husband, why not try to take him to the hospital and see if hou can save life.

>> reporter: the statement says the jones family stands by jamel and legal right to be presumed innocent in what is ultimately a agic incident. jones is an assistant basketball coach, and now in custody awaiting arraignment. >> that was ann thompson reporting,le jones not guilty to a misdemeanor assault charge. in a atement, wak forest will comment once they learn more information about the >>inciden. a woman recovers after making a desperate escape from the father of her infant child. the sheriff's office said she was shot yesterday before then king his own life, and this is a look at the scene at an apartment complex in woldorf. the woman escaped running to a . neighbor's ho barnes was in the stairwell of the apartment building where he killed >himself. resident trump is gearing up to launch his idea for a sixth branch of the military. space force, it puts service members on the finalfr tier, but not everyone is on board.

news 4 has more on the plans and price tag. >> space, a final frontier. >> reporter: it's the next si frontier for pnt trump. >> space is, in his words, a war landing domain just like and air and sea. the time has ce to establish the united states space force. >> reporter: a six branch of the military to prevent china and russia from knocking out our satellites with radar,gps, and weapons and elite war fighters like the army's green berets. >> it's actually a very bad idea. it's expensive. it will take a decad orore to unravel space operations. >> reporter: operations already haening. thedministration wants to w reorganizet we already have, 20,000 people in the air force

space command. >> doesn't make sense to build a whole other level of bureaucra in an incredibly bureaucratic d.o.d. >> stop time, attention, and focus away from the real issue, which we have to invest in technology and capabilit in space. >> reporter: the trump campaign is even asking supporters to vote on a new logo.ss congas to approapprove. they want $8 billion over eight fears to get started. the admini congress to give authorization by the end of next year and have the space force up and running in two years by 2020. nbc news, washington. thank you.rt a h breaker to kick off the football n.presea the redskins had a lead heading into halftime,ld but they ct hold it. news 4 breaks it down. >> reporter: redskins drspped

the fipreseason game to the new england patriots,ut what has fans woirrd is guice hurt and leaving early. >> i know i'll be fine. god built me forthis. i can walk fine. i guess, you know, back end of the play, my feet planted ny weirdly, and knees went in a little bit. it's fine. >> reporter: we are waiting on an injury date on guice's legs. reportedly, they will when he returns back to richmond. news 4, sports. well, the preseason games are not the only thing you'll hear about today across the nfl. several players continued protests in th anthem las night. two miami dolphins players kne and others raised their fist or did not take the field until after the anthem. there's a policy requiring players to stand or stay in the locker room. that rule was put on hold in

july, and it's not yet taken effect. well, bringing work home is ort just a hassle you, but could be a problem for the family as well. researchers at virgia tech looked at how employer expectations can affect a worker's family. they found what many of us already know. when employees are expected to check e-mails at night, it puts a significant strain on others. results were true even if employees didn't have to do any work from home. coming up after the break, we have to prepare you for the weekend's light show in the sky, and the more people te selfies, the busier plastic surgeons seem to say. a medical study showing the increase and warni♪ ♪ you know when you're at ross and that cute dress gets even cuter?

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we now know the death toll inco puerto fter hurricane marie is is higher than estimated. at the time, government officials said just 64 people were killed. now a new report says that the death toll is more like 1,400. t they questio effectiveness of the federal response to the hurricane and aftermath. the trump administration says it's continuing itside to the island. dangerous wildfires in california have claimed another life. a heavy equipment mechanic c assigned to th fire was killed in a crash yesterday morning. that's the 8th death ctonected hat blaze. it's just one of more than a

dozen large firesurning in california right now. the u.s. forest service says most were caused by someon including the holy fire. the suspect in that case spoke with a photographer right before his arrest. >> do you know how this fire started? >> no idea. i was asleep. i had two ear plugs in. >> reporter: he's charg wit arson and faces life in prison d. convic this weekend, nasa will have a historic lauh that's been 60 years in the making. it volks flying closer tsuthe than ever before. on saturday, the parker solar probe bsts from florida, a special carbon composite shield protects the probe from intense heat of nearly 2500 ditrees fahren that's hot. nasa tweeted the mission will help us understand the sun's corona. they expect the $1 billion mission to understand other types of stars in our galaxy. there's also a chance for

you to see an impressive meteor shower this weekend. they are already streaking across the sty, but this year's shower peaks between 4:00 p.m. on the s12th and 4:00 a.m. on te 13th. if youana picture of the light show, get away from city lights and find a place with dark ski t. turning do brightness of the camera you use will also help. all time to chat with ms. draper about the weather. you're saying i can go out probably and enjoy dinner out tonight, but the weekend is fferent? >> definitely. especially during the evening urs, afternoon and evening hours saturday and sunday. weather is looking iffy with thunrstorms and heavy rain is possible. melissa, you know about the rain. >> almost over it. >> i think we all are. there could be flooding concerns over w thekend into early next week. look at the weather headlines. today i theth day in a row where we hit 90 degrees or

higher. th a time with one of our longest heat waves this summer. the second weather headlines as we look to the weekend, scattered showers and thunderstorms especially in thee afternoon andng hours. if you have an event that you can't have any rain at all to deal with in the event, might want to cancel it f actuall saturday, even on sunday as well. if you can have a backup pl, move indoors, i would stick with your weekend plans. again, we're going to be tracking that potential for flooding out there as early as saturday eveningith some heavy rain possible given how humid it's going to be. today, though, mostly sunny and dry with highs at 91 degrees. winds west at 10 miles per hour. as we look at saturday, a 40% chance for showers out there tomorrow morning with the degrees by around 74 the afternoon and evening hours. that chance increases to o60% it's not at 100, but, again, it is about 50. 86 degrees for the high

saturday, and really think sunday morning is looking mainly dry area wide, even some sunshine out there. we start in the low 70s, a by 5:00 p.m., scattered showers and thunderstorms, otherwise plenty of clouds and temperatures at 85. it's muggy this weekend. the storms d nhing for our humidity. it's going to stay humid through monday ones into y. if you are getting out of town heading to the beach, similar forecast there with thunderstorms likely, but not a washout by any means, and here's the latest on that meteor shower. it's going to peak sunday night into monday morning, andith the shower, you can look anywhere in the night sky to potentially see them, but, unfortunately, it's not looking like our weather's going to be operating out thereith mostly cloudy skies likely sunday night, b if we have clear skies and perfect viewing conditions, this is a great meteor shower because you can see one meteor per minute and there's no moon out there. a new moon sunday night.

the moonlight is not getting in the way of vwing the shower. there's more on the storm chances this weekends with future weather in 15 minutes. >> all right. thank you, amelia. leaders in turke called it an attack. the new tariffs the u.s. is putting on steel and aluminum. plus, a look how the city of charlottesville remekiers a woman ed in last year's violence unite the right rally, and how leaders are working to and how leaders are working to prevent any other problems.

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you're watching "news 4 midday." welcome back on this friday. eekend marks one year since the deadly clash between white nationalists and counter protesters in charlottesville. one woman died, several hurt, and nbc has more. >> reporter: this moryeng one ar after charlottesville was under siege by protesters, the citytas under a of emergency as the anniversary approaches this weekend. >> we will not tolerate any forms of violence community. >> reporter: to avoid a repeat of the violent clashes between white supremists and counter , protestehe city issued no demonstration permits, but they expect crowds to gather to remember heather hire when the car rammed this car into a

crowd. one year later, heather's mother is still in pain. >> i shod be able to say i forgive, but i'm not there yet. >> reporter: today, the street where heather was run down is quiet, and downtown mall area heavily patrolled by the police and washington, d.c. officials on high alert expecting rallies by the same groups from last year. they will keep the two sides t, aput bracing for trouble, streets around the white house are being closed. >> charlottesville is safer this year. reporter: everyone hoping the anniversary will pass with no incident.te >> it's nse. >> reporter: the business owner hunter smith says a year later, a l of people still think of this. >> it's weird to describe it to people out of town, like, oh, charlottesville, like, that charlottesville? >> reporter: in is the makeshift m memori memorial. at the time, authorities were criticized for not anticipating the potential for violent. this year, they are not taking any chances.

nbc news, charlottesville, virginia. our david culver is there today talking with residents and business owners marking one year since the deadly demonstrations. his reports will be this afternoon on news 4. a warning from d.c. pice about a man who sexual assaulted a woman on the street in the middle of the day monday afternoon on 7 stheet in northwest not far from the convention center. the manmade sexual contact with the victim and exposed himself. she ran to a nearby building and held the door shut as he tried to follow her inside. he then committed a lewd act. f you recognize him, call the police. well, the prosecution is case in therest its paul manofort trial y,tout not before there was drama in the courtroom. yesterday, the judge told the jury to diegard courtroom iticism. wednesday, the judge scolded prosecutors to allow an irs

agent to watch before testifying. he granted permission for the witness to remain in the the jury is looking at the scope of his alleged tax fraud during his politic consulting work in ukraine, he earned more than $30 million. the allegedly quote of income of $13 million, prosecutors say he failed to report more than million spent on luxuries. this morning, president trum tweeted he authorized a doubling of steel andlunum tariffs on turkey saying the relatiships are not good at the time and want a u.s. pastor released that's held in the countr the pastor is charged with supporting a group blamed forn attempted coo in 2016. these tauiffs cd the turkey currency to plunge to an l-time lo the president could have helped his in-law's become american citizens. the first lady took the oath of

citizenship last month. this i a legal process that allows family members to sponsor forim gration. president trump called for that program to end. d.c. mayor will be traveling to san salvador this weekend, and during the three day trip,o the nati the mayor will sign the sister city agreement. our sister statiois senting alberto with the mayor, the only local reporter with the mayor. reports start tomorrow here at news 4 and telemundo 44. this got our attention on "today," something called snapchat dismorphia, and it's untting the attention of the medical coy. >> doctors saw a trend of people

requesting plastic surgery to elook lheir filters. this phenomena of people trying to transform into a filred versio of themselves has been dubbed snapchat andismorphia. rticle says this is an alarming trend because thosefi ers selfies often present an unattainable look and are blurring the line of reality and fantasy for these patients. in 2017. american academy of plastic and reco tructive surgeries, loo at this, said that 55% patients requested surgery to improve appearance in selfies. that's up13% from two years earlier. i was swiping through snapchat d this morning, there's access to several lenses and filters, but they are more than just flour crowns and puppyears, but they give you wider eyes, longer eyelashes, and flawless skin. look at this. apps take it a step further providing a host of editing tools allowing you to whiten teeth, smooth the skin, make the

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an sunday in the mid-80s. right now, we have warmed in 87 de already in washington, 84 in leesburg 7:00 a.m. tomorrow, mainly cloudy skies, not a a lot ofhe n out tomorrow, and a few light showers around the area. now, there could be some scattered showers out tre tomorrow morning, and remember, this is just one model.ot this is exactly what's happening, but it's an idea of likely what we're dealing with, so a few showers saturday morning, and we are likely dry at the time, but in the aftes,oon hoou'll see scattered showers and thunderstorms develop. take a look, there's heavy rainfall in the area as we head into sunday 8:00 a.m., starting off likely

d dry. likely dry sunday, and at noon and evening hours, again, we're dealing with scattered showers and thunderstorms thatpa could late day plans sunday. as we look to monday, more rain in the forecast. lo, here's the storm team ten-di forecast. 80% chance monday. highs mid-80s monday. tuesday, a chance for scattered late day showers and thunderstorm looking to wednesday and thursday, even friday, we'll keep it dry with lower humidity levels, finally moving in wednesday, and a high temperature around 89 degrees. temperatur on thursday 90, and friday, temperatures in the upper 80s, and next weekend, right now, we include the chance for showershu anderstorms in the forecast, both saturday and sunday, but right now, is especially saturday. the weekend has a moderate

impact on plans with scattered thunderstorms for golf and cyclin going to the beach, there's thunderstorms there, and afternoon barbecues, you want ak plan, bring folks indoors if you are doing that with pe pothunderstorms. >> thank you. sounds good. >> as we were showld we c be dodging rain drops this weekend, so why not take in a movie? >> my god. >> wtop lets us know if the new science fiction filis worth science fiction filis worth m se ♪ science fiction filis worth m se ♪

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didn't have the little wet noses to come home to at the end of my day. >> me either. best thing you can have to, of course, from otherov you in life. thank you for being here. we hope to find snow flake a home. don't forget, saturday, august 18th, clear the shelters, learn more informati on our nbc washington app. thank yo annual tradition for families in the area, a trip to the month come rcounty fair. i howl whimper yap yap yap

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breaking news on the roads right now, 355 northbound lanes there near the mclcdonald's are ed because of a serious crash. expect real delays in that area. sounds like an overturned vehicle. no word on when the lanes will be reopened, but, again, maryland 35 right there northbound at indianola is closed. at this point, 0 ght be the best bet because things are backing up in the area including that drive.> nothing is more fun than county fairs, right? we are in montgeryounty fair kicking off in a couple hours. we are there with new rides and

famous fair foods. >> reporter: up, up up, and away they go on the jumbo. this is onef three new rides featured at the montgomerir county fa 40-plus rides in all. oh, my goodness, and then oget off cat, you have some deep fried peanut butter and jelly, oh, yeah, deep fried candy and deep fried peanut butter and jelly. what's a fair without fair food? okay. this fair is the largest in the state of maryland. we know that. people come here from all around toy, enjo and it's a community affair, not only do you get to participate in the fun stuff, but you also, if you are an artist like pamela here, you get to enter your artwork and what are you winning in. >> a ribbon. >> reporter: that's good, thank you. the fair kicks off later today, this afternoon at 3:00 p.m., ans gapen at 3:00, and it's really easy. you know, and affordable, i

ink, $10 online, $12 at the gates, and, of course, kids under 11 get. in fr all right. that's the latest from montgomery county. i'm goingo eat this peanut butter and jelly deep fried and probably be in the hospital later today. all right. >> that looks good. that's my hometown fair, i'll be there too. f > we're in the dog days summer, but starbucks is ininking fall sta next week. it starts selling pumpkin spice flavor. can we have a couple minutes dufore this happens? the company is intng two new products available in grocery stores. mpkin spice cookie straws and spice flavored ground coffee k-cuds. of course, it's making its comeback, pp kin spice flavored coffee as well. this is like back-to-school shopping, i just need a minute, one more minute, more summer. >> totally too soon. was in the grocery store a few days ago, and they had pumpkin

flavored pop tarts out there. t's still -- it's craziness, right? it's still summer out there, and it's still feeling like summer. it's not feeling like fall at all. we're in the 80s right now. 88 degrees in washington. a high temperature today around 91 degrees. so this will be our 7th day in a row hitting 90 or higher. to the weekend, scattered showers and thunderstorms saturday. lay day showers sunday,nd more rain monday and tuesday, and so there is some flooding potential over the weekend into early next week, and, melissa, humidity drops wednesda but there'so sign of fall on it. too soon. >> it is too soon for that pumpkin spice. all right, that's all for news 4 midday, thank you for joining us. this afternoonir at 4:00. get news and weather updates

. you so famously and t care about black people, it makes me wonder whathmakes you k that donald trump does or any people at all. >> why don't we take a leak, we come back and kanye west will be here. >> ay, that was four seconds of silence from the other wife, chatty kanye. >> welcome to "access live." melissa peterman is here and scott