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developing. 92es deg >> you can get the app any anywhere, download it, it's free. trites are pouring in tonight for an off-duty police appearswho died in what to be a freak accident. a car hit a street sweeper, lost control an smashed into that officer's motorcycle. we're hearing from people who knew officer davon mckenzie. the chief just spoke. chris. >> reporter: well, jim, the police department is ieving tonight. the chief says one of their finest young police officers lost his life in this tragic crash. >> davon mckenzie was an exceptional young man, despite the fact he only served for twoe years, he mad a lasting impact >> reporter: this is where the
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fatal crash happened. the southbound lanes of the eltway where 24-year-old off-duty officer davon mckenzie was riding his m orcycle just after 11:00 p.m. maryland state police say mckenzie was hit by a car that careenedf a street sweeper, losing control, striking officer mckenzie's motorcycle, throwing him over the jersey wall where he was struck by two vehicles in the northbound lane. oi i love him. you're to be missed, davon. always in myt.he >> reporter: he grew up in this capital heights neighborhood. jacqueline fountain is in tearsm she took pro pictures of davon and watched him grow up. >> heas very respectful, spoke tome, said, hi, miss jackie and told me when he wasgoing to be a police ficer. he was very proud of that. i told him i was proud of him. >> at the middle school in riverdale, flags fly half-staff
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and patrol cars on duty in officer mckenzie's absence. mckenzie was the school resource fficer here and a role model. >> he had bee a bright sunshine in the school community andv deoped a lot of relationships with a lot of our scholars here. > reporter: police say they will help officer mckenzie's family with their funeral arrangements. although he did not die in the line of duty, they want to honor his life and his service to prince george's county. that's the latest. back to you. thank you. investigators are on the scene of aragedy in spotsylvania county, where three people were found died in a home at arlene acs drive near fredericksburg. deputies made the discovery this morning and so far no details about the victim or what mht have happened. we're told there is no danger to
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the public. joining us with a live update in ot half hour. a marine from fairfax county is dead afr a training accident in australia this weekend. lance corporal hans sandoval pereyra died when his humvee ur overtd. he is the third marine to be killed in a tactical vehicle in the past three months. the cause of the crash is under vestigation. robert mueller is no longer an employee ofce the just department. he spoke publicly today for the first time since taking the helm of the russia investigation. t now former special counsel's ords did little to clear the water that have been muddied since the release of his redacted report. a closer look at his comments and what comes next. >> robert mueller says he hopes this will be the only time he
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speaks about this matter. he said any testimony to congress would not go beyond his office's more than 400 page report saying the work speaks for hisself. he spoke just over nine minutes and took no questions sayinghe planned to return to private life. he spoke briefly about the report mentioning russian inference and appered to contradict some of what attorney general william barr said about obstruction. >> der long standing department policy, a president cannot be charged with a federal crime while he is inf oce. >> if he felt he shouldn't do down the path of making a traditional prosecuted decision then he shouldn't have investigated. >> thes matter we investigated were of paramount importance. the order appointingpe meal counsel authorized us to investigate actions that could
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obstruct thenvestigation. he opinion says that the constitution requires a process other than the criminal justice system to formally accuse a sitting president of wrongdoing. charging the president with ac rime was therefore not an option we could consider. >> the president hasn't had any public events today, but tweeted that he believes nothing changed, adding, case closed. top democrats on the hill did ment ead mueller's sta quite the same way. >> many constituents want to impeach the president. we want to do what is right. inny event, we're legislating, investigating and litigating, and we are going to, as we go down the path, make a decision based on the strongest possible case to get the best results for the american people. >> reporter: the top democrat says he believes mueller
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signaled it's up to congress whether to act but did not say whether he'd subpoena mueller to testify. >> thank you. we invite you to stay here for continuing coverage. we will hea analysis from nbc's pete williams just ahead and chuck todd will join us at 6:0 >> a horrifying sight of people walking near the white house of a mansetting himself on fire. people eating their lunch looked on in disbelief. he people who ran to save the man's life. >> reporter: this incident happened about 12:20 in thern aften on the on our end of the ellipse on constitutional avenuehere an adult set himself on fire on the white house grounds. this man said he saw it. >> it was like he tohed his whole body, on fire. >> reporter: did you hear him screaming? > he was walking like he was a zombie and wasn't screaming, put the torch extinguisher on and
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put his body out. that wast. >> right in front of the white house, they started yelling, everybody had to get back to lafayette park and clear the street. ey said someone set himself on this side of the white house. >> reporter: the victim was taken away in critical condition. authorities tell us there was never any threat to anyone else on the ellipse or the whit house. >> local firefighters wand to honor one of their own. they gathered at the corner of 14th and 8th streets, the a site of a fire that claimed the life of big john williams 35 years ago. the old call box on the corner was dedicated toi wiams honor today. d.c. firefighters want to honor the other firefighters who lost their lives protecting the community. right now, there isn't a memorial for them.
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encouraging news from jeopardy host alex trebec, says his cancer is near remission. he reveals some of his tumorsav h already shrunk by more than 50% and his doctors haven't seen anything like it in recentry memo in march, he revealed he had fage 4 pancreatic cancer, promised to fight this disease despite the historically lowsu vival rate. he has several more rounds of chemo left but thanks the of fans for their positive energy and prayers. redskins park practice may be voluntary for play stories attend. a lot of action is heating u the latest with the burgundy and gold including a welcome sight at today's workout. so. >> we will alsohave more from
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sherree burruss next week when they all must go for practice. this was a volunteer workout today. we ll have much more from george wallace in just a bit. his piece isn't ready right now. the voluntary becomes mandatory, a three-day minicamp starts next tuesday and we will have you covered as players are expect to all be there. storm team weather alert, tracking storms to our left, doug and amelia back with the latest track and what will b coming our way tomorrow. 74 sailors killed after being called to action in vietnam. the fight to get their names engraved on the vietnam memorial wall. >> reporter: i'm adam tuss. some city busesir get the own space in the distric and mte
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te a look at this. the pavement is turning red in downtown d.c., all in the name of a better commute. buses will be gting their first real bus only lanes in the city near h and y streets near the white house. adam tuss is near h street to tell us how this is going to fold. all right, adam. >> reporter: yeah. this is a big change. take a look here. the paveme r is along 8th street as the traffic is coming here. look, it goes all the way to 13th street. if you swing with me you can see how the buses are in this lane. it will make aebig differenc here but you have to pay attention to the rules. rolling out the red carpet for the buses. buckets ofbright red paint going down all over h and i streets northwest not far from the white house.
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starting monday during rush hours, these lanes areor buses only. r busers in support. >> for those people that want to drive in this city, make you know how to drive properly. >> reporter: pay attention to these lanes now. >> i completely agree. >> rehirter: drivers say t makes it pretty clear. they now know where they aren't supposed to be. sometimes i end up accidentathl in bus lane and not sure if i'm supposed to turn or go straight or the other lane, always a little bit confusing. >> rorter: they will only be reinrced during rush hour and off peak you can park andke ma a right hand turn. this is a pilot program that will last through september. >> i probably won't go down i street. >> reporter: others aren't too thrild with it. >> losing another lane is going to be bananas.l i wil likely not come down i street. >> rorter: mayor bowser will be making an announcement.
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usually 70 bussance hour come through rush hour. it's so crowded sometimes they're going less than 3 miles an hour. the's hope some paint goes a long way for a better commute. already ome buses that have started to take advantage of some red lanes in downtown d.c. you have to pay attention to the new signs that have gone up. if you get busted for being i this lane, $200 fine. back to you. >> adam tuss,nk tha well, we were thinking we would have wild weather this afternoon. so far, it has not come in just yet. doug, is it expected later tonight or are we now loing to tomorrow? >> we're still tracking the storms right now, watching one line along the blue ridge
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making its way across the area. we had one storm that went severe. that storm moving through frederick county into carroll county until 5:30. want to show you what's happening to the north, watching this area to the north, just over theking oo lmason-dix here, severe weather in parts of franklin county, pennsylvania that one is for baltimore county until 5:45. back to the w t. it's not severe and we don't have thunder with this yet. this was severea eier in the afternoon and once it came across the mountains, it died out. once it's in the blue ridge, that's what we will see. if it develops into strong storms that's what we wille of it doesn't we don't see them. tornado watch t the north,
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severe thunderstorm watch to the south and more storms to the south. we have been in an area that d not get severe thunderstorms. tomorrow, a better chance of seeing that and a boundary to the west of new severe thunderstorms and tornado warnings dallas to oklahoma into arkansas. that system during the day tomorrow. we will see a better chance of area-wide storms. i said this yesterday, tomorrow is a better chance of area wide storms and some strong possibly thursday. temperature-wise, you know we're hot and humid. 94, winds out of the west. stronger gusts, the wind helping it feel more comfortable. tomorrow, a very warm day. 82 inxd winchester, 90 in leesburg. we could see shower 8 in the popping over to 90. that's an unstable atmosphere.
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91 fredericksburg and 93 towards the river. still going for a high of 90 . tomorrow if we get there, it is the first heat wave of the year, 40% chance of afternoon showersnd thunderstorms. we may want to bump that up a little bit, chance area-wide to form a line a give us a chance for strong winds. beautiful weather friday and saturday. if you'reout,t is fantastic. i will be out there. 86 drees. i will be live, by the way. another chance for rain on d sunday aunderstorms, too. look at monday and tuesday, the first monday and tuesday of gorgeous weather. temperatures in the 70s, sunshine. you know it won't last. rain moves back in the middle of next week. >> thank you.>> its the first expansion in the kennedy center's history. we get a first look inside. how it will help reach aoa brder section of our community.
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to the district is offering the best of both worlds. talking with the owner, jason yu about the pride he has for his family and heritage and how it shows up in his business. >> bam, bam, bam, bam. t al way down. >> reporter: for virginia native, jason yu, this has always been part of his early life. >> my memory washeitting in t back of the classes and mimicking what everybody else was doing.r: >> reportee didn't have to sit for long. jason started training with his father when he was 4 years old. over the course of nearly four decades the student becomes the master. make sure the technique is correct before throwing that kick. discipline, guys. >> reporter: he recently opened his own in northwest washington working to in still in kids the raditional his martial art.
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integrity and perseverance. >> explain to the kids if the ground floor is unstable the whole buiing will crumble. these few techniques have to be sound for us to learnnything more. >> reporter: jason credits his father for building those foundations in him. >> he was ableo be a terrific not only parent but also my coach and my instructor. > reporter: jason's father immigrated to the u.s. in 1976, with and little else. he opened up taekwando school in philadelphia. it's ill open today. >> i really owe all my success to him. i put in a lot of hard wk and dedication. i gave up a lot to get to an elite vel. he's really the one who really guided me. >> reporter: under his father's watch, jaso won seven u.s.
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national titles andwo u.s. national championships. that's a uniform i'm proud of representing the united statepo >> reer: he says the unsung ro of his story is his mother whom he calls the driving forcen behinds and the family. he says she called the shots, kept him in line and set the example. >> life is about hard work. life is about perseverance. what you always get want right off the bat.ay in tod's society it is really like that. if there is something really worth it, you need to work for it. if you do that, it will be so fulfilling. reporter: jason is finding that fulfillment passing down his korean heritage and passing the t>>dition. this school is an extension of my father's legacy and my eg mother's ly, because it is obviously a different takewn t i grew up on and what their product is, but i think it'
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super important to continue this idea of tae kwon do and the yu family. >> i love seeing that. he's had it since he was 4 years old. >> his father, the fact, i want to take it up, if you can get muscles li keat, my goodness. schwarzenegger. >> yes. a great story. molette green is with the oldest surviving member of the time in aien and his the air. >> a wonderful story. for the first time the kennedy center is undergoing a major expansion. inside the new reach and what happens outside these walls will ultimately help pnple come i to the kennedy center. we're working on a developing story for you. the suoficious deat threehs
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hello, everybody. we wne i the mid 90s and chance for strong thunderstorms but just not seeing them around our area. strongest storm in the baltimore area in frederick county. a couple storms in frederick county but that's about it. i'm watching this along the blue ridge area, can it initiate storms? right now looking doubtful. we will come out of weather
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alert mode at the top of the hour. this is a nasty dangerous situation towards pennsylvania, numerous tornado warnings, hail, the size of golf balls and baseball, all to the north and to the south. big-time storms towards roanoke but we'r in the middle. not much going a better chance of storms tomorrow. hour-by-hour in 15 minutes. >> thank you. ov> at 5:30, there's new debate on capitol hill what to do. now that robert mueller has officially resigned from his post at doj. the now former special counsel made his first public comments today since taking over that russia investigation. in addition to talking about his findings of russ interference in the election, mueller also addressed obstruction parts of his p >> pete williams looks at that ugrt of his comments.
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>> reporter: i tho what i learned from this is a little more about the process. it did seem to me he was saying that they made the decision going in that they couldn't charge the president with a crime because it would be unconstitutional. it does seem, when you read theh report, is has mystified a lot people, it does seem they made the decision at the end, they gathered all t evidence and they said, okay, now, can we say whether or not any of this evidence constitutesn obstructio of justice on the part of the president, i guess we can't so therefor whether it did. it seems to me that process is not the way it actually worked but on what he said today that was their going in proposition. they all were well aware of that. in fact, one of theeople that came to work early on, on mueller's staff at the special unsel's office was michael from the solicitor's offi was one of the experts of the constitution. they clearly were thinking about
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this question from the very beginning. >> stay with us throughout the evening. ahead at 6:00 tonight, chuck todd will join us live to discuss mueller's comments and where things go from here. more on breaking news out of spotsylvania county this evening, three people found dead in a rural home. deputies called to that home on arlene acres drive this morning. news4's drew wilder has arrived. he joins us live. >> reporter: we just got an update from police with newrm infoion a few minutes ago. we now know the ages of the three people found dead in this home, a 39-year-old, 34-year-old and one was just 14 years old. surrounded in police tape, the spotsylvania county sheriff's department says three people wereth found dead inside home on arlene acres drive.
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>> re arter: spending day here it must be pretty involved inside. >> theye currently working it and as soon as we get further information we'll gladly pass it on to you. > reporter: a young family moved in a few months ago but they have not said who the insi died. >> reporter: any reason to believe anyone else is in danger in this area. >> not at this time we don't belnve there is ane in danger to anyone in the community. >> reporter: cars, investigators have been coming andfroing this home all afternoon. you can't see it from wherere we standing. there's quite a few investigators inside this home and family members coming and going throughout tafternoon, very emotional, none wanting to share thoughts on camera with us. as soon as we know anything abo w this investigation'll you.it on to drew wilder, news4. >> we know you will. some local high school
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students say ty're fed up and can't take it anymore and today sey walked out of class. thesedents at phelps ace high school in northeast aren't protesting school violence or some oths social is, they're protesting their own principal. they accusejo ua emmitt of mistreatment. they call his behavior quote frightening and want him removed. the school district is aware of the complaints and is talking with school members now. we're working to get a comment from the principal. a shelter that serves hundreds of people everyday in alexandria is showing off its s. renovation christ house has an updated kitchen, lobby and resident rooms. the building itself is more than two centuries old. it's been a long time since recent improvements have been made. one of the residents in the transitional housing says it's a
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nice place to come home to. >> this place ain't my life. at one time i had nowhere go. i love the renovations and color of the wall. it looks so much brighter. >> in addition to the transitional house, christ house runs a food pantry and soup kitchen. if you'd like toi help or f out more, searchashit sonhelter. the kennedy center is breaking down barriers to the arch through its muli-million dolar expansion. its new performance place is called "the reach," set to open this fall. it's designed to show you are diffe side of the creative process and visitors can watch artists at work and make art themselves. corey smith g a behind the scenes look at it today. ♪
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>> reporr: it's rare to see a performance at the kennedy center from thiserspective. watching artists and musicians bring a story to lif when hopping into the driver's seat, hop hop hop. >> reporter: soon, this will be the new normal as "the reach" steps into the spotlight ushering arts in d.c. >> we sort of opened up all of the arts so that you see the inside from the outside as well. that you can check it out and then maybe go in and participate as well. >> reporter: after nearly five years of work and $250 million spent the sounds of traffic and construction are giving w to sweeter notes. the rooftop pavilions are bathed in natural light and reflecting pool shimmers peacefully and rehearsal places already in use and this place will be what? >> amazingly amazing.
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>> amazingly amazing! >> reporter: this is what "the reach" is out, peeling back the public opinion. come see a rehearsal. or come and do yoga or the largest green room in d.c. if you thi your family cannot afford a night at the kennedy center, many events at "the l reacbe free. the artistic director, social impact is what matters. >> to be present in communities that historically haven't had the resources necessarily although have had the creative imagination. >> reporter: come september when "the reach" open, the kennedy center hopes your imagination will run wild. >> mark your calendars. the kennedy center willhold a two week festival celebrating the grand opening ofh t new venue september 7th. >> it's a stunner so far. already you can?zh see it taki shape.
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the redskins park and action heating up. the latest with the burgundy and gold including a wcome sight at today's workout. >> reporter: he's one of the new stars for the first time, landon collins practicing with his new eam, after off-season shoder surgery the pro bowler couldn't wait to get on the team and couldn't wait to see what this defense is capable of. >> for myself, going through the process making sure i'm right for my teamuynd g are right for themselves. collectively getting better each an every day and making sure'r we working, on the same page each and every day.: >> reporte other story is theuarterback competition, case keenum and dwayne has skins. > i think we can both look a different things. this is how i see it. how do you see it? talking with colt and kev and guys who have been here, it's
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important you learn it from their perspective. >> i am making the days count and thought i did and looking forward to better calling plays. i have to be comfortable with that. jay gruden playing little defense and talki trash. but would he like to do that in cameras?the hbo redskins are one of five teams that could be forced in front of hard knocks this summer. what does the coach and players think of that. an r&b star who hasn't forgotten his roots and surprise for local high school seniors during their high school graduation. >> and susan hoga
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theevere w out theo i full potential right now. only a few isolated showers and one thunderstorm in our area. another one up around the maryland-pennsylvania border in frederick county and severe storm in baltimore. a better chance for severe storms tomorrow, coming up. >> thanks, amelia. helping your kids pay for college. it ain't cheap or easy. but there are plans out there forou to help fund your child's educationtax-free.
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>> today is may 29th as kwn5/29 day, chou help save college. >> we're talking about the 529 plan i set up for my kids. the average college graduate has $37,000 of debt. it could be lowered if more families took advantage of the 529 programs government sponsored programs and virginia and maryland and d.c. offer them. >> your money grows tax deferred. if your child takes money outf the plan for qualified education expenses, the money is tax-free. >> it's so important at money from 529 plans are used for expenses education such as tuition, books or housing, otherwise, you may face tax penalties. many plans offer online
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enrollment and online contributions as well. in virginia today, when it comes to college cost, every public college is freezing tuition for the next school year for in-state students. some are even freezing out of state tuition as well. pretty big ns. a lot of families. rd> a reco setting volatile weather after a quiet start to the season. the record numbers behind this tornado outbreak. 74 sailors died after being called to action for the vietnam war. why their families are fighting to get their name on the military wall and why military officials are resisting. >> they gave the ultimate
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mondaywill mark the 50th anniversary of deadly day in the vietnam war. sailors were killed when their ship went down in the south china seas. none of those who gaveeir lives has their name on the vietnam memorial wall. mark segraves explains the rt renewed eff to northern those lost 74. >> reporter: the uss frank e. evans was providing artillery support off the coast of vietnam in the spring of969. in the early morning hours of june 3rd, the evans was participating in training exercises outside the combat zone when an australian aircraft carrier accidentally collided with the u.s. vessel, slicing it in half. annmstrong daily's brother wae among thos killed. >> he was an amazing young man. incredibly bright but very humble. >> reporter: ensin allen armstrong, along with 73 others was lost to the depths of the
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south,hina s their bodies never recovered. she recalls the last time she spoke with her brother as he was deploying to the combat zone. >> we told each other each other. i'm really glad we had that chance. >> reporter: years after their deaths, whenthe vietm wall was being designed, the74 lookeo being able to honor their loved ones. >> thought, how wonderful, atl. >> reporter: then the department of defense told them the names of the 74 sailors killed that day would not be included on the vietnam wall. >> to be honest it was like losing him all over again. >> reporter: because it went down outside the combat zone the 74 u.s. soldiers didn't qualify to have their names on the wall. everyday from her balcony, daily looks to the monument of our country's heroes thinking about her brother and his crewmates. >> they answered the call of our nation and gave the ultimate or
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sacrifice f their nation. they deserve to bed. honore >> reporter: legislation is currently pending in the senated that woupave the way to have the lost 74 added to the wall but congressional efforts have failed in the past. >> it is with hope and trust that sometime soon we will have his namelong withhis shipmates on the wall that we can touch and we can visit and we c celebrate. >> reporter: at the vietnam memorial, mark segraves. >> they sacrificed their lives like so many others. a spokesperson for the espartment of defense tells news4 the requ to have the 74 names added to the wall have been reviewed by two past defense secretaries, both concluded the fallen sailors do not meet the criteria to be ded to the wall. he is the oldest surviving member of t tuskegee airmen.fi hefor the st time in years,
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colonel charleskmcgee was bac in a fighter plane, the kind he trained in. colonel mcgee taxied at joint base andrew this month receiving high honors as a living aviation legend. the 99-year-old flyboy completed morethan 400 combat missions during world war ii. the korean war a vietnam war. he told us his favorite memory from being in that area. >> one of the greatest moments to taken an aircraft and take off at sunset and climb up to 45,000 feet, see the sun set again, stay there and see if the stars come out and it makes me realize we human beings are one small aspect i a mighty grand universe. >> may i remind you that the colonel is 99 years old? he lives in bethesda and his home there is filled with
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avtion history. he still enjoys sring stori ots, as tail p they're called. >> we salute you. i love that painting behind him in that home in bethesda. millions of people all over the country could be under the threat of more severe weather. this marks the 13th straight day we have seen theses conditi and 27ep twistersted each day.e som3500 reports of tornadoes across the country including a tornado tha touched down around this time i yesterdayn berks county, pennsylvania. it caused damage to at least 20 es there and another system created disruption for travelers. debris ended up on the runwayof kansas city international airport forcing cancellation and delays as cws cleared a path for those planes. a look at our weather. dodg
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up to new york a pennsylvania to get there, ndght? aiodndeornado en around harrisburg and another around trenton, allentown, pennsylvania and for us, all stayed north and south of our region. >> we will be taking down our weather alert for today. tomorrow, we will have thunderstorms around 2:00 and 8:00 p.m. >> more widespread from what we've seen. not hard to do. we do not have much. we saw this warning from frederick county to howard county and baltimore and montgomery county towards the laurel area anderince georg county. take you street level to 29, making your way over towards l west laure here, seeing that storm move and those the east. once ieagain, heav downpours, a
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little bit of lightning but not much here. this is not severe storm. northern frederick county hit al afternoon. a couple storms here and moving here. the big story today has been where these storms have remained up to pennsylvania again. two days in a row. wo different tornado watches, amazing. severe thunderstorm to the south. that severe thunderstorm warning for -- that storm right there, the national weather service is looking at this and saying a severe storm warning for prince george's county here. it must have strong wind gusts t associated w this. until 6:15. amelia, 6:15 for this storm making its way off to the east. let's move this and time this out for you over the next half hour or so off to the east, very
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close to the lowell area, and savage, maryland, and odenton.d ane think we will see strong storms tomorrow as well. another hot and humid area inns penlvania and from new york dropping to our area. we have better trigger tomorrow mpared to today. the impact tomorrow, here they are. heavy rainfall based on heat and humidity and strong and damaging winds, 2 to 8 p.m. the threat is as we look at hourly planners starting out the day, humid, warm, 78 degrees, hot atn lutime and temperature at 88
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degrees. a high of 90 and storminess between 2:00 and 8:00. we will have our officialeat wave of the year hitting 95 or higher three days in a row.ne mediterraan herbs like basil, rosemary, sage and thyme thrive in your garden and for future recipes. ti cemonong t through right during evening rush. traffic could be a slow go. s>>revehue 6:15 including prin george's county and until 6:15 and chances for quarter-sized hail. good chance of storms friday and saturday looking pretty good. sunday looking agood, chance for showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon sunday and cooler
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we are now in the midst of e graduation on, as you know. in prince george's county, one singer offered a surprise commencement speaker. retpoer: hetoday, more than 150 crossland high school seniors made that big transition at the showplace arena in tass college careers and more. not so easy to spot in a cap and ground, r&b singer, crossland grad himself,an known as "t there to speak. >> i sang at my high school graduation and now i'm a professional singer. if it started here, it's growing here, you know what i mean, it can still blossom into whatevera
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you want t to be. >> reporter: we asked tank what he hoped the seniors would take from his words. anything is possible if you work for it. not even his lifetu ed out quite the way he thought it would when he was a teen. >> i didn't know this was possible.ev i had n seen this before. i'm a first generation at what i do. i knew i wanted to sing. i thought i would play basketball, i stopped growing, 5'10 h,inc i shut down. music took on a life of its own. >> reporter: from the crowds of loved ones to graduates on the floor so many hopes and dreams hoping he can inspire each and every one of them to come true. >> this surprise had been in the works for month. somehof the sc staff met with tank in l.a. and let them know he had an interest to come back and deliver this speech.
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he has deep roots here first move. ing to the county whe he was a child and his brother is a teacher still in pnce george's ounty. now at 6:00, robert mueller breaking his silence. >> if we had confidence the president clearly did not commit a crime we sdo.woul >> special coverage aspeaks out investigation. >> we lost a good man, caring man, loving man.ep >>ter: how friends are remembering a police officer killed in a crash. >> d.c. rolling out the red carpet. >> i'm adam tuss. some city buses get their own spacin the district, and it means a new color to pay attention t where this is happening coming up. >> first at 6:00, we begin with storms we've been tracking all afternoon.
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good evening. >> taking a live look at the radar, you can see areas to our north and south getting hit with some severe weather. >> let's get right to chief meteorologist doug kammer with the latest. >> it's been the d.c. split. storms to the northnd south. the storm prediction center actually had an enhanced risk for severe. weath normally when that happens we see an enhanced risk for severe thunderstorms. we have seen two, one in prince george's county and anl run de county. this little guy here, but i'm kind ofis amazed they put th out. i'm not even seeing lightning associated with this storm. moving out of
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