it was gorgeous early on this afternoon. we're looking good here during the rest of the evening hours. ut.rain to talk a we've seen a shower or two down in the southern zone. most of the area has been dry all day. that's the way it's going to remain. i am tracking a storm system. tornado watches and tornado warnings aroun the chicagoland area. that storm system is going to have a big impact on our weather ntomorrow. c of storms, hotter weather. we'll tell you about both. see you back he in about 15 minutes. >> we'll check back with you. let's get back to the violence that's plaguing parts of our city here >> this afternoon five people shot near the barry farm rec center in southeast. >> this coming after a 15-year-old boy was killed yesterey. >> we havive team coverage tonight. we begin with derrick ward who is at the scene of today's shooting. . derrick. >> reporter: well, good afternoon again. as you said, five people shot. one of them a juvenile. all male. police have cleared the scene here. you can see it right here in the 1200 blk of sumner near the intersection with wade road.

that's the barry farms rec center back there. they have an indoor pool. we don't know any kids were in there at the time of the shooting about 2:30 this afternoon. take a look at some of the mage. we have some video of one of the cars that was in that scene. you s those two bullet holes in that car. apparently one or tw of the victims sought shelter, tried to hide behind that car. but they were apparently still hit and again, aong those taken to the hospital. we are told that everyone was conscious and breathing when they were taken away.f some oe victims might have been hit multiple times. police did release a little bit more information. they a looking for a gray or silver vehicle that was seen speeding away from the scene heading toward martin luther king, but they don't have any information about a license plate or a description. only a silver or gray vehicle seen leaving the no identities on the victims. no word about what might have astivated this. perhaps somebody coming from the store or rec center and got

caught up in the middle of this gun play in the middle of the street in the matsiddle of the . right now people are wondering what's happening here today. we are live in southeast. derrick rd, news 4. back to youha you, derrick. about a mile and a half away from where derrick is right now, a 15-year-old honor roll student the outbreak of gun violence. >> maurice scott was an athlete and a creative video production student. was killed outside a store on wheeler road in southeast yesterday. news 4's cory smith joins us live. cory had a really heartbreaking interview with maurice's mom. cory. >> reporter: yeah, erika and leon, you only imagine what she's goingg throu yes, she did muster the courage to talk to us. you talk about maurice scott and every i've spoken to told me when it comes to the future, the sky was the limit. sadly his life endedere onhe

ground at this strip center. he was a talented, funny, and ambitious kid which makes his m death evenre tragic not just for his family but for his community as well. >> well, i'm still thinking that he mate walk through that door. i just want to holdim one more time. >> reporter: monique scott was doing everything right. raising her sone mauric to be respectful, hard working, generous. and then in an instant all that work, all that love stolen away. >> i just want to see him. i just want to hold him and talk to him one more time. >> reporter: scott is the district's 60th homicids other said he was walking to the score not far from their home when a car pulled up, a gunman hopped out and started shooting. maurice was in the wrong place at the wrong time. >> i don'tit know why happened, but it happened. that's something i have to accept. ad>> reporter: maurice hjust finished his freshman year near

southeast. he was an athlete and an honor student with a knack f video production. virginia xander waerhis teach >> these kids gets serious when they're still in school as juniors and seniors and that's where you see them take off with their potential. unfortunately maurice didn't get to get there, so i would have loved to see what he was going to reach for. >> reporterthe man maurice could have been is what monique scott clings to. she'll miss so many milestones, but what hurts mo t are small gestures from a loving son towards his mother that are gone forever. >> he always used to kss me on my forehead. that's what i'm going to miss the most. >> reporter: maurice scott's death is just r ising thelume on all the calls, not just in southeast but across d.c. to put down the guns and end the i asked his mother what he would want to say to folks out here. he would just say do the right heing. listen to your m and do your best to stay out of

trouble. sadly it appears maurice was trying to do just that and his life ended in senseless violence. back to you. >> oush hearts -- our hearts go his whole family. three other people werehurt but they are expected to be okay. on this memorial day we honor those who gave the last full measure of devotion. with president trump out of the country, vice president mie peent to arlington national cemetery today to honor the military men and w who have died in combat. they aced a wreath at the tomb of the unknown. he noted that last summer north korea returned 55 boxes of u.s. remains from the korean war.

>> some of the remains have been identified, but more work remains. but i can assure you i'm sure all the families of our missing fallen, we will never rest until very soldier is accounted for and resting on american soil. >> mbr reported earlier this month that the pentagon has suspended efforts to recover additional remains. u.s. military officials sayth eir north korean counter parts twent silent after failed nuclear summit in february. in alexandria dozens of people gathered at the captain rocky ver cat roc rocky spl rocky plaza to honor the fallen. it's for the 68 people wfrom alexandria who died in vietnam. and in aapan visit, mr. trump has made it clear he is not on

the same page as his host. kristen welker is traveling wite t president. >> reporter: president trump preparing to wrap up his fourth and final day here in tokyo.it has been a trip in which president trump may have undercut his charm offensive with tweets and taunts in a ss remarkable pre conference overnight. president trump wrote with prime minister abe, brokeith his own national security advieser. both the prime minister and john bolton have said north korea violated unsecurity resolutions with the recentissile test. when president trump asked about didn't said those tests bother him. >> i am very happy with the way it's going. intelligent people agree w me. >> you're not bothered at all? >> no, i'm not. >> that type of language could cotsplicate his effor to work with regional partners including the prime minister here to try to press north koreato abandon its nuclear ambitions. si could also make it more

difficult for prent trump to strike a broader trade deal with japan. of course, that is what the two leaders want. the president has ng criticized japan for trade surplus. president trump also sided with kim jong-un in criticizing a domestic rival joe biden. >> well, kim jong-un made a statement that joe biden has a low iq individual. he probably is based on his record a i think iee with him on that. >> that's already getting a backlash back at home. president trump will talk to u.s. troops stationed here before heading back to the u.s. nekristen welker, nbc s, traveling with the president in tokyo. back to north korea, criticism of former vice president joe bidentems from his recent comments at a ral ly in philadelphia. he calle kim jong-un a tyrant. police are looking for suspects after a murder that prince two towns in george's county. we're going to show you where this all ended up.

you can see this car that was just riddled with bullet holes. police say the victim wasde insi this car. detectivein detectives believe the actualti shoo happened in chillum. police are still looking for the shooters. tomorrow we'll see the he impact of tetro shutdown with a long holiday weekend. we hadn't really seen how this is going to affect the area and all the folks that are riding it. remember this. all six stations south of reagan national are closed, so this impacts the blue and yellow lines. we've got everything you need to teow about shuttle buses, hov lanes, and war taxis. you'll findtll of tha in our nbc washington app just by searching metro shtdown. partners at wtop radio report that metro expects to meet its friday deadline to add safety fixes to protect visually impaired riders on new trains. at least two people stepped off of platforms nd fell o to the

tracks after mistaking a gap for an open door. in the news 7000 serietrain cars. last year the federal transit administration ordered metro to add chains between every car by may 31st.n cars will come with the chains already in place. still ahead, fighting for change. >> a man who has seen the trauma of too many crash victims now working to save lives on one of our deadly roads. coming up, the new addition of indian head highway to keep you safe. plus memorial day in our nation's capital, the sights and sounds as thousands gather for d.c.'s annual parade. >> and the storm ravaged southern plains hit with even more severe weather. we are getting a new look at the damage. and some of those storms have moved in towards parts of a that ar moving towards chicago now. that's going to bring a lot of heat our way tomorrow. we'll talk about it and i'll showomou how strong s of these storms could get for us tomorrow morning. we'll talk

back now storm team 4 is he tracking t heat. temperatures pushing 100 in the south and that warm weather headed our way. doug is back with what could be a pretty big warmup. >> the weather was perfect for the memorial day parade in downtown d.c. today. bands, floats, patriotic atmosphere all attracting an estimated quarter of a million people. mark segraves talksbout the day of remembrance and the veteran whose paid the ultimate sacrifice. >> reporter: to honor those men and women who gave the ultimate sacrifice for our country. memorial day started back in the

1800s just after the civil war. once known as decoration day. the annual parade here along constitution avenue has been a tradition in the nation's capital for 15 years. terry cheney from odwobridge got here early. >> we're a military family and i our military. >> one of the featured performers at this year's parade is maelyn jarmon who just won season 16 of "the voice". >> our service men and women have spent so much time away from our loved ones and their hearts are always at home and i'm going to dedicate it to that. >> also on hand, college football legen lou holtz who like his father served in the u.s. army. >> my father from age 7 to 12 was in the pacific fighting world war ii. i never saw my dad then. thes are sacrifices that the family makes as well as the troops. dso many times weon't recognize that. >> with the 75th anniversary of d-ay just a week away, this

year's parade featured vets from world war ii including three of the survivng members of the six triple eight, the first all-woman, all-african-american battalion to rve overseas. >> joe took time too thank them. >> the sacrifices made by the men and women here that allows us to live the lives we live. >> remembering our fallen heroes at the mem ial dayparade, mark segraves, news 4. well, it feels likea oklahom can just not catch a break. people outside of oklahoma are sifting through that massive mess after another round of storms. a deadly tornado tore through el reno.di families dn't think they'd survive this afterealing with devastating flooding just last week. >> i opened the front door and heard a sound that i never want

to hear again. i remember us flipping in the air and spinning around and > nding. > my goodness. another tornado touched down near tulsa. 250 members of the oklahoma national guard plve been deed to help. people in low lying areas have been encouraged to pack up because the river keeps rising. 130 dogs and cats from the hardest hit areas of oklahoma are now in our local shelt. the humane society flew them to manassas last friday and they're going ao maryland virginia shelters to help prepare for more displaced animals in oklahoma. ma of them were moved from tulsa. now they'll have the chance to be adopted. something to think about. let's go back to a year ago. deadly flash flooding in maryland on this da one year ago tonight. a severe storm dumped at least 8 inchesf oin in two hours wapping ellicott city's

historic district. a natio wl guardsmanas swept away and killed. this was the second deadly flood in ellicott city in two years. now the howard county times is reporting thatfficials plan to spend as much as $140 million to bill a large tunnel to divert the storm water. >> what is the mostre bizar thing about this? this was called once in a hundred year storm that happened twice within two years. >> and that can happen and that's going to continue to happen. that kind of storm will happen more and more often as we move through cliechmate change. that to happentwo years in a row, very infrequent, but we're doing other things to make that worse up there. i'm glad to hear they're actually putting e money out there now to help with that because they need to divert the water. right now the water goes under the city a with too much water

comes up they just can't hold it. hopefully we do not see that again. >> we're not going to see that t ight. >> nonight. tonight is great. probably one of the best emorials day we've seen in the history. no. i have to look at the numbers. it was that nice. that's how nice it was. 84 degrees the current numbers. northwest wins at14. i don't think it can get much better than this. plenty of sunshine. it has been fantastic out there. high temp eratures into the low 80s. 79 over there towards annapolis. no rain at all to speak of. we have a shower to the south. we're going to continue to stay on the dry side. i'm tracking a storm back up towards chicago. you see what's happening here. a tornado watch around the chicagoland area. i'm watching this ea closely. these are some of the storms that's going to make its way our way and give us a chance for storms. look at the tornado warnings

just south and east of chicago. even one around southern chicago a little bit earlier. for us watch what happens earlier. no problems right on through the night. by around 6:00 a.m., here comes that line i was talking about. around 8:00 right on through the d.c. metro area, so have the umbrella handy for the kids at the bus stop. if you're going to be out and about, more showers comingou th. these move to the south around 9:00, 10:00, but by around noon i think it's all out of here and we see aoo nice afte but it gets rather warm. not just warm. the hottest day so far this year, we could even see storms tomorrow night. 99 in savannah. 91 degrees in atlanta.se they mis a record high temperature by 1 degree. that warmer air is going to make its way our way. 93s where i'mgoing tomorrow. that would be the hottest day so far this year. we'll seem an early stor becoming sunny and hot. once again, watch out when you step out the front door.k taa look at the radar before you step out. or turn on chuck bell.

88 on wednesday. 90 on thursday. last week i was predicting a heat wave. even this morning we were predigi predicting a heat wave. we'll stay just below 90 on wednetay. a look awhat we deal with next week. temperatures in the 80s for the weekend. beautiful as we head to the 50 full we -- first full week in june. >> doug, thank you so very much. a fight in a parking lot ending in murder. coming up at 6:30, we're arning new mchlinformation abou the moments leading up to the deadly dispute. first a kidnaper who spent 16 years in prison nowadays awam fr release. why he could end up living min ut

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16 years after pleading guilty to a kidnapping, he is days away from his first release. his victim is unhappy about where he isec expted to live. scott macfarfne has new mation on a story first reported by the news 4 i-team. >> tyree admitted traveling from his townhouse in herndon from januar 2002 in pittsburgh to abduct and sexually abuse then a 13-year-old. he served his timede in a feral prison in north carolina and has en transferred to a halfway house the final weeks before his full release. the halfway house and his likely future home near pittsburgh. minutes from her family. >> this is too close to home. in the most literal sense, this is all too close to home.

>> she is now married living outside pennsylvania says she was never alerted aout tyree's release or that she was expected to live in pittsburgh until news 4 learned about it and reached out to her for comment. >> we did not -- we didn't know. maybe we wouldn't have known at all until you tld us. >> she'll ask the judge friday to find a different location to release tyree. tyree's lawyers have responded to her protests saying tyree is already prohibited fromn cocting her or her family and wi be electronically monitored and subject to a curfew. the feds have agreed to a decision to release him in pennsylvania. the victim is arguing tyree has o roots, n family in pittsburgh. the herndon man pleaded guilty to the crime in 2003. he was captured after an fbi manhunt led to his townhouse in herndon. scott macfarlane, news 4. professnal memorial day barbecue today in hawaii. volunteers and rescuers are being recognized for helping find amanda eller.

maryland native spent 17 days alone in the forest after getting lost. >poher friends sed her from a chopper last friday. she was airlifted out to safety and she thanked everyone from her hospital bed over the weekend. >> far and loss and wanting to give up and it did come down to life and death and i had toch se. i chose life. i didn't want to take the easy way out. >> i cannot imaginey this stor behind that particular statement.su eller ffered severe burns and broken leg. she survived berries and tr king fresh water. doctors say she will make a full recovery. >> we were just talking about how lucky she is that friends and family put thaup money, vabecause that was a pri search and rescue team. had it not been for them, we may not be telling trys s we'd be telling a different one.

>> i bet you that's the last time she goes hiking without taking her phone wi her. that's a less know to everybody out there. be careful. think ahead. rolling thunder, was it the last ride? we don't know just yet. >> coming heup, t tweet from president trump creating confusion about the annual memorial day roar. from pine drive to the belt way, onad indian h highway, the deadliest stretch of roadway in maryland. i'm tracee wilkins. coming up on news 4, can roving safe cameras help? i'm julie carey in chantilly virginia where wooe are learnin more about the shooting death that took place last friday. t

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you're watching news 4 at 6:00. all right. beautiful scene out there. look at that gorgeous shot over national harbor. now 6:30. turning up the heat. >> that's a post card shot. take a look at that. gorgeous memorial day evening here in d.c. but things to th sought of uth they are getting baked. >> doug kammerer is in the storm system tracking this all. >> a beautiful day today. 84 the high temperature today. 86 rich mopped. the warmest spot 87. notice the red downa here trds north carolina. that's the 90s. they're going to start working their wayroour way tomor all courtesy of a frontal boundary that's going to move through with this storm. this storm back to the west around the chicagoland area giving them tornado warnings. that storm system bringing us a chance of storms tomorrow

morning and then a good chance e for som really hot weather. one of the hottest days so far . this yea we'll talk about how long it sticks around. see you back here in about ten minutes. we are hearing for the first me tonight from the widow of a man shot to death last friday at a chantilly strip mall. steven green is accused of killing miguel hernandez. northern virginia bureau chief julie carey spoke with the victim's widow this afternoon. she says friday's incidentst rted when the street sweeper injured her. >> reporter: you can see the fresh wounds on her face and head. the big brui on her shoulder. she says these injuries were inflicted by the man now accused of killing her husband. steven green who worked here cleaning the shopping center faces charges of murder and malicious wounding for the incident early friday mornin maria says she and her husband were having drinks at this

restaurant when he left to get the victim's widow was standing outside the restaurant when he begansing his leaf blower but she says he blew it right into her face. when shey asked him whdid you do that that, he allegedly replied because hispanics are trash. she and green exchanged more words. then she says green hither twice with the leaf blower drawing blood. our telemundo partners helped to translate the interview. >> he attacked me. he hit me with a blower. my friend said hey, don't o that. after that he take the blower to my hand and hit me again. >> when her husband a returned saw her bleeding, he reportedly went after green. there was gunfire. miguel hernandez was found bleeding in the parking lot near this camper. he was rushed to the parking lot where he died. green stayed on the police until he died. now maria is left to mourn a man she calls a good person.

the victim's family turning to go fund me with the hope of raising enough mney to send their loved one's body back to el salvador for burial.e now w turn to questions about the future of rolling thunder. the organizers ofuahat ann said this year was going to be the last year, but president trump suddenly announced it will continue. as thousands of motorcycle riders rolled into d.c. that's the sound we heard all over town since 1988, the annuto ycle ride has paid tribute to service members killed in actionor taken as prisoners of war. >> it's asome. it's the most spectacular brotherhood you could possibly have. this is something we need to do everyear until everybody comes home. >> but the organizers are saying this ride has gotten too expensive. the group pays a portion of the costs incurred. president trump appears to think

a deal can be worked out. in a tweet yesterday he said rolling thunder would be next year. for hanked the pentagon that. so far the rolling thunder organizers say they have not made any changes to nseir pla to quit. an update to a story in fredericksburg that we reported on a couple of years ag we've now learned the fredericksburg city council has approved a committee to decide th fate of a slave auction block. the committee formed earlier this month. residents want the block removed and put in a museum. the report mandates that a diverse groupof people make recommendation on short and long range priorities for the site. the cmission will meetgain this week. over the last decade more than 60 people have died in crashes on indn head highway. that makes it one of the most dangerous roadways in the entire region. if not the country. now much needed safety improvements are rolling in. prince george's county bureau chief tracee wilkins spoke with an activist who brought about

th>> change. there's only 13 miles of roadway in prince george's s county, bthis deadly 11 miles, from this spot forward to beltway. >> reporter: reverend dr. robert screen helps people through their hardest times along route 210. >> i've run into accidents when i'm pulling out myvest and going as a clergy member to an accident scene. >> reporter: en he's not rking on the highway, he's at the hospital hoping to comfort the injured and those who have lost loved ones to this road. >> this is the most dangerous area for traffic fatalities in the state of maryland. >> reporter: he's lived here more than 40 years and remembers each fatal crash along 210. with photographic detail of t crash at this very spot in e 00. >> ere eight people that were killed and one particular accident.ue >> it was dto drag racing in the beginning of a nasty trend. >> well, since that time we've had two additional accidents

that occurred 50 yards from this spot right in he intersection here. >> the three children who werel ki on new year's eve of last year just a few miles north of here. >> when you have children who haven't even gotten sarted in life, to lose them all in one incident, that was terrible. >> reporter: for 14 years screen has worked with neighbors to make this road and this saturday that change is coming with three roving speed cameras that will separate 24 hours a day seven days a week. they'll move fromlocation to location along 210.he they're t first of their kind made possible through state io legisl >> it's been a long trek. many people have been lost along the way, but we're doing the best we can to change behavior. >> reporter: the roving cameras are expected to be in place by this saturday. then in and runn shortly after that. i'm tracee wilkins, ns 4. the news 4 i-team has been looking into th wrecks on indian head highway and they discovered that nearly all

drunken drivers who cause t crashes onhe roadway over the pastde three years av jail sentences. the report on that opened up our bc washington app and search indian head highway. we are kicking off summer cookout season. tommy mcfly is helping you master your grill skills. >> coming up next, tommy is goin

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or speed upgrade free for a year.cl k, call, or visit a store today. we are continuing our hot getting rill series tips from some of the best chefs in our area to make your summer bcuing stand out. >> that's right. news 4's tommy mcfly and che nichols from national harbor is showing us how to prep and grill fish. >> you've got a whole school of fish. >> this is north carolina swordfish and we've got mediterranean sea bass filet. these are all on the menu, the

pressed, clean rsion. this is the skin and cleaned version from this. >> if you're going to attempt grilling fish at home, what are things people should be aware oi when they tak on? >> first thing, obviously, get the freshest fish you can. grocery store, not so much. you want to buy from a local seafood market or something like that. make sure it's good quality, it smells good, clean. bring it home. you want to cook it as soon as possible. if it smells like fish, it's bad fish. reu want to clean the fish. when you're dy to clean it, pull it out of the refrigerator about 15 minutes and let it come up to room temperature. that way itill cook quicker and help keep from drying out. first what we're going to do is take a little seasoning salt. this is the salt we use over at the walrus. salt and pepper at home. >> walrus being a local restaurant from national harbor, are you sourcing local fish?

>> yeah. u we a great company called congressional seafood. they sort from of the best fish from the chesapeake and around the world. they get deliveries daily.e seafood mark on the wharf are great. whole foods too. if you talk to the guys behind the counter and they sound like they can talk about fish, it's usually probably a good idea. >> if you go to the fish market and say give me a starter fish, what would you ask for? >> if this is you fst time grilling fish, swordfish is the way to go. salmon is easy to gril ce you're comfortable with that, then you can go with something like a sea bass. once you're comfortable, you can get some with the skin on. >> leave it to the pros for that. >> exactly. y first t want to do is make sure your grill is hot. second thing, grease it up just a little bit. we use a little vegetable oil o

it to help keep the fish from sticking andake sure it gets kris -- crispy. you put it nt on down you leave it alone. if you keep messing it, that's when you're going to pull it up and pull the fish apart. >> youncget one c right? >> one turn. as soon as it kind of cooks and you can turnhit, t it's cooked. we actually use something called a fish spatula. it's a specialty for fish. it's a little bit thinner, more delicate. if you use the bigger spatula, it will tend to be a little bit too rough. you just want to get under there and move it. if it's still stuck, that o is a little stuck, it stilled nes another minute. >> we got our first flip on the fish. >> we did it on theirstide. once you flip it, it's really going to depend on how you want it cooked. if you want it a little bit more

medi, you're going to wan to pull it in a less amount of time than you did the first sid if you want it more well done, cook it about eq the other side. >> is there a mid temperature you're looking for a thermometer? a time amount? how do you tell? >> you can do a temperature with fish just like you do withbeef. just really kind of doing it a lot of times. a lot of different fish have a lot of different texture. just practice makes perfect.al you're rely looking for on the side when it comesup andstarts looking white on the side, t at means you know the inside is kind of cooking. once you generally see that happening, then you generally give it a turn. you can start getting ready to pull itak >> the fliness right in there. >> exactly. cooked.how it's now we generally feel this is reready. we' going to pull it. we're going to put it on here and let it rest a littlebit. some of the juices me off.

>> the bellies are rumbling. >> coming occupy this memoriup day, a local four star general sharing his story. >> a door would open and i would walk through it. >> next on news 4, the true meaning of sacrifice. so we all honor our nation'ser fallen h >> tracking the heat. doug is back with the summer like week ahead. this is a live look at our traffic camera. everybody cing back homeom this is annie.

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who dedicated his life to service. >> larrye spencer w from one stripe to four stars. meagan fitzgerald explains what sacrifice and service means to him. >> obviously some about today is a lot of folks, a lot of americans do memorial day as the unofficial beginning of summer. >> but that's not what this day is about. it's time for americans to reflect and remember the sacrifice countless men and women made so we could be free. >> my father who was in the korean war, he is bauriesin arlington cemetery. >> his grandfather served, his ther did too. even losing his hand in the korean war. >> he got hishand mauled. >> for 44 years of spencer's life he too lived out the family

tradition even making history in the air force. >> reporter: to this day there's only been either eight or nine african-american four stars, period. >> and larry spencer is one of ahem. he becaighly decorated four star general in 2012 serving as the second in command of the u.s. air force. >> i was the 37th flight chief of staff of the air force. >> he traveled the world, th working at white house, the pentagon, and supporting three wars. >> we would fly missions down to vietnam and you would hear rockets. >> general spencer is just one of the america's heroes who took the oath to die for his country. that's why he hopes all americans take time to remember those who did. >> take a break from the grilling and the beach and the swimming pool and really reflect on why we have today and there will be some who don't come back nd that's what memorial day is

all about. >> meagan fitzgerald, news 4. >> that image there is what this day is all about. >> this is a hard weekend for a lot of people. i'm glad that we can put the focus where it needs to be, what it's really about. >> all those families who have been touched by loss. we thanyou for your service. >> 250,000 people down in d.c. today for the memorial day parade, that's fantastic. >> that's great. >> that's a fantastic turnout on a great day too. temperatures today in t 80s. that probably helped the turnout a little bit. >> just righ >> i did say earlier it wem the best mial day that we've seen in history. i lookedback. 2017 was also prettyo god. 2016 wasn't bad. but we had a great weekend, ay memorial d weekend haseen fantastic. out there today no problem at all. plenty of sunshine. i had to look back in the past. we had a pretty good memorial

day. >> i weren't far off. >> one of the best. 84 right now. temperatures dropping through the 80s i the 70s by later tonight. just perfect if you're thinking about getting outdoors. maybe you've got people coming over to your house. 73 by 11:00. as we make our way to the rest of the evening, look at the emperatures. 81 gaithersburg. 82 dulles. nothing on the raid dr. we' not going to see anything tonight but tomorrow morning we could. we're tracking a storm system. here is the storm around chicago. a lot of tornadoes reported today. look at this boundary right here. we're going to be watching this make its way our way overnight. that could give us a chance of storms tomorrow. the other thing i think it brings us, the heat.hi look at the temperatures. 88 raleigh. 94 atlanta. one degree away from a record highse temperature for 99 in savannah.

they just got to 101 today in .vannah. yeah beating the old record hands down, one of the hottest temperatures ever in the month of may. 101 today. it is just nasty down that way. that heat moving our way tomorrow. i think we see our hottest day so far this year. an early storm tomorrow once he again for t kids at the bus stop. becoming sunny and hot. not super humid. that's the saving grace. here's the bus stop forecast. 68 degrs at theus stop. sun rise at 5:47. by the time the kids get out, temperatures will start to rise. we'll see a good chance of showers and thunderstorms early in the day. not for everybody. tune ink to chucell early tomorrow morning. make sure you download the nba washington app. check the radar before you sn the kids walking to sool. 86 by recess. 92 by the time we're picking up the kids. 88 on wednesday. good chance of shower or thunderstorm in the afternoon. 90 on thursday. 86 on friday.

then some nicer numbers coming in. 85 saturday. 84 sunday. chance of showers and storms on sunday. could be strong. early next week for the first week of june, looking gat. >> 101. that's crazy. >> no thanks. coming up, speaking of, hot max scherzer, man, he continues to do it all for the nats.

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this is the xfinity sports desk. >> the guys are just, like, throwing up their hands. cayou guess who we're talking about? >> you get excellent and then you get nothing. >> i don't have to say a word. they just sum up the day for you for the na. pivotal season coming to a close. ook the first three games of theseries. a four game sweep at home.

the first time since the end of apriitlast year. also helped that max scherzer was on the hill. hard to believe he was looking for only his third win of the year. juan soto with the pregame head stand. sher swr scherzer striking out the pitcher for his 100th strikeout. third straight season with 100 ks before then of may. bottom of five, scrzer takes it out to right field. hustling through second. the row is in time. slides ahead of t tag. rbi single for scherzer to give the nats a 2-1 league. his clu could not hold on. you've heard that before. hit to trey turner. high. tors fit and gets safe on the error from turner. the throw goes off the gloveof adam. costly error by theal nation two battles laird, smack it to

right. adam makes the catch. tags up andds hea home. doesn't get there. marlins score the go-ahead run. 3-2 the final. the nationals call it 2-10 in games pitched by max this year. not right. orioles hosting the tgers this memorial day. fans showing love for the red, white and blu they have the love. "first man" on to the man shot to fft. of the pole. two run home run fornunez. his 13th long ball of the season. orioles take a 2-0 lead. out of the pen in the sixth. game.n strikes him out to end the inning. four strike outs, one run allowed and four innings of work out of the bullpen. trailing pretty good. jonathan next giving the orioles some insurance in the seventh. ball crushed. look how far this goes. 456 feet. it's back in the win column. beat the tigers 5-3.

a day after the maryland womeno home, yes the men's turn. alr winning a national championship in men's basketball. today a chance to capture a sixth national championship in men's lacrosse taking on yale. the cavaliers making their tenth appearance in the national championship game. uva up 4-2. turning to defender. fires and scores. two goals in the game. eauty.ne a they take a 5-2 lead. the freshman has been clutch on faceoff tournament for virginia. mes through with a big one here. you know what? let's finish with a goal. scores. also had two goals in the game. uv uva starting to pull away. leading the way with four goals and an assist. virginia finishes off an impressive tournament run. taking on their first national

2011.onship since an emotional win for the head coach on memorial day who just dealt with the passing of his father, a former marine. >> i was in the cemetery a week ago today burying my father and to see all of america's flags when you go to cemeteries throughout this country ande standing on soil of free men, it's really humbling. my father served. boy, was he fortunate. as a marine when you die at 85 peace fully at home, that's a blessed life. other people created that for my father and everyone and especially today. >> great story. >> swesome. >>anley cup final game one tonight. >> my son is excited about that. >> you mean the one that we're not part of. oh, okay, sure, we'll watch that. >> thanks for joining u "nightly news" starts in 60 seconds.

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