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a little bit cooler. >> will we see rain today? we'll checkn with lauren ricketts. >> we're going to have at leastr a chance an isolated chance of rain out there, i was waiting for i to roll through my area, and it never did, which was fine with me. but hopefully you were able to get an eye on the sky and out yesterday and not just wait for the rain, because not everybody saw it. and not every is going to see it today. a few isolated sprinkles, a isolated shower. it's like it going to rain, but a mix of sun and clouds out there today. we'll continue to take those temperatures into the low to mid 80s toda a chance of a stray shower, an isolated shower but that's about it. you can see a few sprinkles popping up around the region, but we're mostly dry, with just
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an isolated chance for a sprinkle. this is headed into our area tuesday night intwe esday, much cooler air behind this one and severe weather behind this one. we'll talk about the timing on when you can expect severe ather and when you can expect a cool down. meantime we're following a developing story in d.c. where a man w shot and killed. >> reporter: derek, anyone in custody yet? >> reporter: not that we know of. police do have a description and weill give you that. take a look at the scene re, we're in the 3900 block of southern avenue. we're right across from the fairfax condominiums. take a look at the scene at about 1:52, police were called here and when they got here thea foun adult male and was suffered from several gunshot
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wounds t he was takeno a hospital and later pronounced dead. police are looking out for a man who was wearing linenabnts and a dark blue baseball cap and a blue jersey. again, a man shot and killed here on southern avenue on the d.c. side this morning aut 1:32. police have yet to identify the victim. we're live in southeast, derek ward, news4, back to you. also developing in the overnight. police say a woman was shot near the corner of r and 14th streets northwest. this happened just after 11:30 last night and police tell us they're looking for a heavy setman standing about 5'10" inches. and yesterday morning police officers found an m injured along rhode island the dk mmcdonald's.
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police have not released any information about the victim. we now know the names of the two men who diedn a plane crash innd mary both men were from maryland. federal investigators are looking into the cause of that crash. and now to a developing story, this one out of oklahoma, where at least 1 fans are hurt while waiting for a backstreet boys concert. take a look at some new video into our newsroom this morning. you can see the fans there waiting under the umbrellas. this is all during a storm that hit yesterday, this was at the wynn star casino and resort about 80 miles north of glass. about 50 people ignored warnings to seek shelter. a metal structure collapsed and at's how the people got hurt. police evacuated the area and t
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thy eventually cancelled the concert. a scandal surrounding the university of maryland's football program swirls around, the school held a meeting to address concerns about the death of a player. plays, parents and the university president met yesterday. d.j. durkin was not there. offensive lineman jordan mcnair died in june, two wks after he reportedly suffered a heat stroke during practice. on tafriday, the board of regents announced an investigation into that incident. parents that we talked to say they support coach durkin, but they will also supporthe outcome of this investigation. the suspected russian agent accused of using sex and deception to make connections in
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th u.s. has a new home. maria butina has been moved from a d.c. swrjail to an alexandria work. prosecutors say that butina worked tool infiltrateical organizations, plug the nra. she's pleaded not guilty. butina is in the se jail as former trump campaign manager paul manafort. starting tomorrow, thereul cobe a verdict in manafort's trial. he's facing 18 counts including bank fraud and it's the first ca to stem from special counsel robert mueller's russia probe. but manafort is still facing mother trial that starts in the district nextth for charges of money laundering, failing to register as aei f agent and conspiracy to defraud the united states. a lot going oto wat there. meantime, president trumping and former cia director john brennan aret war and mincing
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no words. >> this all started after president trump stripped security clearance from brennan. in an interview on friday, brennan said the president wast un for office and conspired with the russians. iresident trump fed back on twitter yesterday, he called brennan aoud mouth partisan political hack who cannot be trusted with our national secrets. >> he'srunk on power, he really is. >> the president's decisio to revoke security clearances sparked a letter of protest. brennan is a paid national security analyst for nbc, and he will join chuck todd for an interview this more asell as the attorney for the about, rudy guests.i will be it's almost back to school time, you got to get your kids ready with a fresh fade.
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alexdre de paris is offering $20 hair cuts for children and collegestudents. college students you have to show yr school id and it's on a first come first served basis. d that salon is in citizen's park in fairfield. >> a lotrg of g mason students headed over there. so ovi's stanley cup runneth over, he's now aroud papa. >> ovi announced the birth with an instagram post showing the baby's foot and then he went and jumped into the fountains. this is obviously some footage of hime after won the stanley cup. is he eating caviar out o the stanley cup there?
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i could watch him do this all day. just fantastic stuff. meantime the baby's name is sergei. sergei ovechkin. the challenge of securing ftr schools took center stage of course several school shootings this year. now as kids get ready to start a new year, we'll show you how one school system is working with those who already know how to protect a community to keep oft tuden
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welcoback. the tragic shooting in parkland, florida promptedhanges at s many schools including some in our area. >> like in fauxier county, officials are working to arm guards in every school. >> david culver has the story that you're only going to see here on news4. >> reporter: the start of school
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can be a bit overwhelming, especially when you're the new y. his new job, a school security officer or s.s.o. he a to the position a day after he retired from virginia state police, he was a t 2oper fo years. >> a lot of times in my previous job, we're reactive. in this job i can be proactive. >> reporter: following february's school shooting, community leaders moved swiftly, approving armed guards at every school, including 12 new armed officers. he will work ooalongside s resource officer,ory tindle. >> our resource officer has a very good relatiohip with the studentses, we expect that the s.s.o.s will do the same thing.
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>> reporter: they're not only focussing on physi safety, they're also initiating a new program whenom ites to mental tialth, making it easier for students to iden those teachers and staff members they can just talk to. some 400 staff members are now trained in mental health. >> they said that'sea but we don't know who these people are. we are providing this lanyard so people will know who these people are. >> reporter: senior harper crater comforted by the cnges and feelsoothatorral tindle will be close by. >> he's getting to know the
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trust me, it is worth it. this is a local couple who found their happily ever after and it was a struggle. it's been over a year sincee covered the story of a young single mother who suffered the loss ofer arms and legs after a medical misdiagnosis. >> she had p off plans to marry until she could walk down that aisle at her own wedding. >> reporter: this was a dance they had been practicing for years. the song they chose because the john legendea lyricsnt so much to me, all ofme, loves all of u, yo your perfect imperfection amanda flores called us and told that she and brandon would marry. itad been a year since we met. >> hi, barbara, how are you? it's been so long.
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>> yes, it's been a year, you look great, my godness. youw . >> i did, i've been drinking my >> reporter: she stands at near who are full heightno w, a lot different from a year ago when she was first learning to walk on herirst painful set of as a songal mother of two young boys, she knew she had no alternative than to survive and make the best of her tfate. the fiance of a man she had met and fallen in love with, they would playfully practice their first dance, but amanda put all serious talk of marrying on hold. you're engaged? >> i finally have hands that i
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can put the engagement ring on now and i can finally walk down the aisle with these really cool knees i have now, they're callei croprocessor knees, they have a brain, so they can anticipate my movement. >> this was the spirit that frk fell in lov with, that's why he wouldn't give up him.rsing that she marry >> i want to say it was from day ne when we first met, we clicked so perfectly, she had a great smile, sheade me laugh, as time progressed, we continued on dating and we're to the point now where i can anticipate what she's thinking and vice versa. >> he's an amazing, amazing man,
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he looks at me like just the woman he loves. >> and he loves her young sons too, they showed me around the brannnew house they would s be moving to. after the ceremony, they crossed the street where the washington plaza hotel had created a magical evening to celebrate the newlyweds. and then the first dance, the rehearsal finally a ereality. lyrics were like his own y words, got m sphead spinning, n kidding, i can't pin you down. but he had. >> i'm not onese of t kinds of brides who basks in the s attentio i'm looking forward more to the marriage than the wedding day. >> wow.an the best is yet to come. she even said, we on the other side of hell,arng they'verythine been through, the next thing she
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eastside goi 's going to tackle is stairs. those stairs in her new house. >> amanda and frank jteft for their honeymoon and a much deserved break.eo e want to know if they can be running around, grilling today. >> we're seeing a little bit of sun in spots, and a mix of and clouds out there today. really not that bad.y the humidretty low right now, if you're closer to frederi fredericksberg, 60s and 7 00s right now. isolated showers, two systems we're watching, one that's just moviough portions of the midwest, that brought a lot of severe weather yesterday, and then this system, so we got a frontal system, that's going to sweep through on etuesday, g us our best chance of storms.
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this will sweep through tuesday into wednesday, and the humidity dropping as we get into wednesday night and thursday. isolated chance of storms sunday and monday, with more widespread showers and storms for tuesday. low to mid 80s for daytime highs, and some isolated showers out there, so if you're headed out for a morning run it's really not that bad out there. if you want to wash your car, might want to wait until wednesday because that day will be dry. you can see some sunshine in some places as we go through the day, look this, just an isolated chance of a shower ving through, ifyou're closer to virginia, really close to i-64 in charlottesville, that's where you're maybe going to see some thunderstorms. but for the most part, we're looking good, to only about a 30% chance.e' tomorrow wake up with some fog, and maybe more cloud with
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just aprinkle rolling by. for your daytime tomorrow, your temperatures will be in the low to mid 80s for you. mond and by tuesday, a chance of showers and thunderstorms not only in the morning, but also in the afternoon. right there could be a little disturbance that could bring us some rain on tuesday. high pressure in charge, plenty of sunshine, low humidity, humity returns for the weekend. i'm mark murray of nbc news. >> and i'm carrie >> a one-two punch struckt presidenrump after revoking the security clearan of former cia director john brennan. >> first william mccraven who oversaw the raid that captured osama bin laden. he said he wanted his own seevrity clearanceed as well. >> then came a letter signed by more than a dozen former
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welcome back. 11 people are safe after nearly being swept away by fast moving floodwaters near colorado springs. check this out, you can see here first responders carrying a ild awayn an suv. on friday, heavy rain left about two feet ofn water the highway there. 11 people were trapped in six cars. it took firefighters about 40 g minutes everyone free, and once they did, they brought everyone out safely. the postal creed says neither snow nor rain nor heat for gloom of might will stop them from delivering the mail. but what about this? what is this? i would never go to my post again. box >> i would never go to my house agai >> i would switch to a mailbox. this is a kansas homeowner's
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mailbox, that is a 20-pound boa constrict for. we followed up and the home did not get its mail on time by day. >> i would just check the mail at the front step righter >> what if there's more? and you can't get rid of snakes, you can't. 9:37 and little bit more sunshine the nation's capital. 75 degrees, how hot will it get today? today?
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an overnight shooting turns deadly. police now confirm thatpehe on shot on southern avenue in southeast has died. officers are now looking for a main in pants, a dark blue hat and a blue baseball jersey. a player died of heat stroke this summer and an espn report alleging abuse by coaches. head coach d.j. durkin is still on paid leave. the american university grad accused of being a russian agent s a new home. prosecutors say maria butina ed sex and deception to gain influence into d.c. pitics. today she was moved from a facility in d.c. to a jail
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alexandria. >> we have a j packed "meet the press" coming up in about an hour, john brennan is on that show along with rudy giuliani. and chuck todd will be stopping in to give us a lite preview later. >> and we have lauryn ricketts who's going to tell us about our sunday forecast, because people want co know they walk all the new dogs they adopted yesterday at clear the shelters. >> it's already a nice morning out there, but besides a few sprinkles out there, we are dry, and we are warming up. the humidity not too bad just ye if you're south of d.c., you may have ae litt few cloud around, but just a few rinkles. 75 degrees is our temperature
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right now, it's a mix of sun and clouds out there today. as we g through the day, we will reach the mid 80 you can see maybe a few sprinkles trying to get going throughout the. best chance of rain is going to be on tuesday, so we'll show you thinking for e're tuesday coming up in just about 20 minutes. 9:32 now and we're getting new reaction to aexual assault in d.c. a man follows her home and forces his way in and then sexuallyssaults he >> this happened on seventh street northwest in the mountain square area not far from the conventi center. >> reporter: the woman was just trying to get home when she was attacked at her own doorstep. itappened at the washington apartments on seventh street northwest just steps from the
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convention center. police tell us a wom walking into her pardon me aboapartment in the morning was confronted by a man who forced his way in and swa sexually assaulted her and then >> i was surprised to hear about the sexual assault that happened here this morndng obviously dismayed.>> eporter: al expaexander padre i an elected community leader. >> try toki avoid w alone at night, especially if you're going into an apartment building with someone behind you that's unfamiliar. >> reporter: police are investigating the crime as first-degree sexual abuse and burglary. horrifying of because i live with my sister and i have a whole lot of women in the building. >> reporter: many of these buildings are equipped with
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surveillance systems, police are hoping this attacker may have been caught on camera. and headsup, t man who police say posed as an uber driver to beat and rob a passenger is still out there. this is a picture of jesse benjaminnunn. you see nunn who you see in the surveillance videoof, he pretend to be an uber driver and thend for the victim to withdraw cash. the former bishop from pittsburgh was named 200n a grand jury report last week, that report said wuerl covered up the abuse of children.
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terdayn nonpassed away y after a short illness. annanca becamrharismatic leader at the u.n. hewo conserved temperatures as u.n. secretary general. he was the black african to be the g secretaeral of the u.n. annan was 80 years old. families living in d.c.'srr ba farms are fighting the city's plan to redevelop the historic african-american public housing project. they say they're not just fighting to preserve their me they're also fighting for future generations. >> we don't want a to mo be displaced to another public housing. we're fearful that the sthe
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g can happen that they're trying to do here which is tear down and move us aroundagain, so we're fighting, we have been fighting for three years to save our home. s> now the plan to redevelop barry farm i part of the city'sw ne communities initiative. ♪ >> a go go throwdown, the d.c. sound that the late father of go go made world famous worldwide. yesterday was chuck brown today, huge crowdsame to chuck brown memoal park in northwest d.c. to celebrate hismu c, the foundation in his honor also collected backpacks for children. looks like a lot of fun. >> yes. y tonig can celebrate one of the best chinese restaurants in america while helping veterans at the same time.
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former president bus and his wife barbara were frequent guests. and tomorrow the restaurant is celebrating it's y.th annivers a portion of the all the sales ll go to veteran families. he's a marine and combat h and an, then enlisted returned to help out with the family business. meantime back to school time, and to celebrate, students heading back to school, a basketball tournament was held in northwest d.c. a group called d your. organized yesterday's events. organizers ao gave out free school supplies to students in the district. it is that time of year, i can't believe it. it's a sure sign that summer is winding down. it was moving day at american university and a crowded scene was right outside t school here in northwest d.c. saturday. police directed traffic as parents dpped off the students
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and all of their stuff. oveshman, they'reg in next week, and those of you driving through northwest d.c., you air going to see a lot more pedestrians. so please be aware and be careful. this is the last day of summer for thousands of the area. a new school year about to begin, and for som students in loudoun county, there's a learning center opening up. >> school's about to be back in session. so we're working with you for the next four weeks to get you back in your routine and ready for school. >> all month long i'm going to show you how not to miss out on free money. we're also going to show you what to feed your kids for ultimate brain power. plus the i team is working to keep your kids safe. >> showing you what our area schoolreoing to better protect your kids in the classroom. >> back to school stress is no
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imagine teachers you to relax on a couch or to write your ideas on the wall that would not have gone well in my high school. >> it might sound strange to you as well. but for others this is how the high-tech business world operates and loudoun county now is offering a ace. >> picture your typical high school, flour reuorescent light follow the sunlight inside. >> these bring in natural light,
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they magnify them and they dush themn to the lower levels of the building. >> open spaces everywhend, becoming tlounges for students to gather, the few walls remaining inside became instant note pads. >> you canr just come o here, sit down, plug in, got plenty of outlets, set up t'shop, is all about community and collaboration. >> this is more than building a school for sure. >> the pncipalhowed us around. she said securityverocedures adjusted to the new layout. >> we have worked very closely with theffice of safety and occurity here in loudoun public schools to down those safety plans. >> reporter: stroll down the a hallway check out the criminal justice simulator. go outside and you cannot miss the massive high-tech green house. dr. pretty says this is aboutvi
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loudoun studentsore in life, for some it may be a new path. students like aidenbolus went through a competitive process to get in, they will alternate from theirwn schools to this facility. >> it will be so diffehint from an they have ever expericed in school before. i think the only limits to this building are your individual creativity and imagination. >> reporter: a fresh take on learning in a whole new e.sp in loudoun county, david culver, news4. >> what a cool environment there. >> yeah. >> like to s the report card when it comes of back. we're following the weather for you on this sunday morning at 9:43, some clouds and sun. ak the rain going to me a
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well new hope for thousands of people waiting for kidney transplants. it can take five to eight years to find a suitable donor. and a lot of people with kidney disease they just don't survive that >> now a new study shows that hundreds of kidneys that are not available for transplant nowus vecae they're damaged, they could actually ome lives and a lot of them.
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here's the story. >> i was hooked t a machine for four hours three days a week, which after treatment from thed ysis, after being off that machine, my day was pretty much done, i mean i couldn't do anything at the house, all could do was get in the bed and rest. >> reporter: allan stevens isg talkinbout the kidney di dialysis that kept him alive. he was an active man who delivered packages for fedex, with his kidney diagnosis when- >> it just drained my body, i couldn't do thing with my daughter and go out with my wife to dinner and things like that. >> reporter: but then about 15 nths after heent on the transplant list, he got the late-night phone call he hadop beeng for.
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>> and it was georgetown hospital asking me, they said ey found a matchor me as far as a kidney, would i be interested in it and me and my wife, we embraced and we were thanningf >> reporter: but there was a catch and a big one, the donor kidney was infected with hepatitis c, it'sha a disease t can destroy your deliver. he had to make a choice, reject the officer, and wait years for another donor, or tak the kidney and spend months taking medication to cureit the hep c. >> i took the chance, because i looked at my daughters and my wifr a wife and i said, i want to spend more time with them. >> we wanto look for ways not to waste kidneys. the last thing we want to with 100,000 people waiting for kidneys is to waste any of them. >>.
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>> reporter: this ctor's team managed elliott stevens successful kidney transpnt. >>e wouldn't want to give it just anybody, for example, patients who don't do well on di dialys alysis, who have exceptionally long waits, they may be a candidate for the kidney. >> he already had hepatitis c, from a childhood blood transfusion, he said. now he has a new kidney and he's free from hep c. there are powerful new drugs available that can cure hepatitis c quickly and with few si effects and two, this new study followed people who volunteered to take the hepatitis c infected kidneys. ll of the tment, people in the study were free of the virus.
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dr. gilbert and the team at georgetown are hopeful this will help more people who need kidney transplants, but before they can do that, t they need results of this latest study. elliotte says has all he needs and he says this option works. t i j feel grateful to give back what someone had given me and that was aecond chance at life. >> there's a lot more information onney transplants o the wrc washington app. let's turn yourour attentio th weather, because there's a mixture of clouds and sun? >> that's the way it's going to be today. ta weed out with patchy fog. >> but it cleared thup. e we go, mix of sun and clouds and a stray shower and that's it for today. just some isolated
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would say about a 30% chance is the best chance you're going to t in your neighborhood later on in the day. we'll have iso ctednces for rain tomorrow, and on tuesday s,out a 60% chance for showers and thundersto some of which could be strong, by wednesday, thursdaynd friday, we're looking at lower humidity and fa like conditions. 73 in annapolis. so it's rarming upht now and we're going to head right into the low to mid 80s for daytime high and in fact we'lldy alr be in the 80s as we head into hour.unch for the most part, we are dry. we're looking at two systems, one system thatrought some severe weather to portions of texas and oklahoma yesterday, this is a frontal system right here, also bringing some severe weather and thunderstorms early this morning, and that's coing totinue to move towards our
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area for tuesday, right on its heels is another frontal system. and loo whe this is, this is coming out of canada, a lot of cooler air behind it for tuesday night and wednesday and that's going to take our humidity down and ouremperature down at the end of this workweek. a mix of sun and clouds as we go through the day, a few sprinkles th'sit. if you're closer to central virginia, that where we'll find the best chance of an isolated thunderstorm. so if you're headed to d.c. yuan dm -- d.c. united, we have our fair share of fairs and carni l carnivals going on, marlins and nats game should have no problem getting a off today, maybe a few showers or a passi shower, we'll have a little bit more
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cloud cover around tomorrow, then as we get into tuesday, more storms and about a 60% chance of storms,f some those could be strong. by wednesday, i'm keeping it y. my gut says there's going to be a chance for a shower ony. wednes but temperatures are going to be in the mid 80sfr thursday and in the mid 80sfr thursday and ay, nice and ou
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i headingo the 10:00 hour ons4 new today, developing overnight, police are workingo track dow a gunman who opened fire on a busy d.c. stree corner. a busy week for the university of maryland leads to ang mee between the players, parents and university officials. and the americanit unive grad is out of the district, but not outhirom bars. thanks very much for being here with us as we head into 10:00, it is a beautiful start to a morning >> it's not going to be as warm as yesterday, but l stilltle sticky. >> we have a chance for some stray showers out there today, we do have a mix of sun and
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clouds, really depending onwh e you are right now, but for the most part, thwhumidity is nd it is rather comfortable out there today. let's take a look at thosees temperatow because we have had 70s across the board, still in the 60s out in winchester, 68 is that temperature right now. so you're just looking at a chance for some scattered sprinkles out there,f you're going to be outside, you have an isolated chance for a ashower. mix of sun and clouds out there, not a lot happening on the radar, a few sprinkles right now, we'll time out any more sprinkles coming day or tomorrow and talk about that bigger chance of rain an tuesday, that's coming up in about 18 minutes. guys? >> thank you very much, lauryn. we are following a developing story meanwhile in utheast d.c. where man was shot and killed. >> news4's derek ward joins
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