>> and he said that he made did to land and he was down on his knees and said he seen him when he raised his right hand but he never got a chace to fire it. >> plus measles alert. the warning about dulles airport and other parts o northern virginia. and first at 4:00, a growinr myst and a couple from prince george county right in the middle of it. >> it's been a week since the couple was found dead in thr dominican republic hotel room. >> it is still unclear how it happened and if the deaths are connected to anothere in the dominican republic. news 4 and telemundo 44 are live in the dominican. alberto covering story for us. investigators held a news concerns this afternoon. tell whaus what you're hearing n there. >> reporter: that's exactly right. the minist t of tourismay had a news conference for the

first time talking to the n meras here in the dominica in that news conference he said that this island is safe, that tourists don't have to be concerned and that they can still be coming here without any kind of concn. in this news conference, the president of the biggest hotel associat the doinicio rn eperlic es also in present. she made some comments in english. she also said this island is very safe, that there's nothing to be concerned, and the main takeaway of th news conference was that they both said that, itain, that the main thing that we have to wa here for this investigation to be finished. the president of this organization as i said also made some comments during the news conference and this is what she had to say in english. let's listen. >> as it is minister said before,ca dominirepublic is still a very safe nation. over 2.7 million americans come

every year to the dominican republic. we have all been working embassy and with the all throughout this process to make sure that everything is clarified and an answer to this event. leon, we're right outside of the office of the attorney general here in the dominican republic. just this morning they sent a very long list of medical notes death of nathaniel holmes and the death of cynthia day, that couple from proerninc george's count. >> thank you so much. the minute you learn something new bmake sure you getack in touch with us. t>> the medicalerms in the report the attorney general released today are a little complicated. nbc news medical unit helped us tht with this. couple from prince george's county both died of respiratory

failure and pell naulmonary ede. there seems to be the possibility foul play with the possibility of pain killers that lead to organ failure. as for miranda warner, it's reported she had a heart attack conditions.eart this is only a preliminary find ng and hi and tests will have to confirm the true death. in'll have much more on the deaths there the dr. > breaking news just in to ourne wsroom, d.c. police say they found a man'sbody this afternoon at the city's water we and se facility on overlook avenue ines southwt. d.c. water says the body was found beneath theound in the filtration system. our news desk is making calls on this right now. news 4 so mar homari stone is h to the scene. we'll update you when we know more. turning now to our weather,

let's get the first check of our foretest. chief meologist doug kammerer is in the storm center tracking a few showers out there. >> and how does it look right now, doug? >> we're at 88 in richmond, 80 over towards ocean city. a hot and humid day. temperatures close to the 90 degree range in d.c. right now as es look towards the r of the area, we are tracking a couple showers. we do have more down to the south around fredericksburg. the wider view showing look what's happening. showing a very unsettled to our south and west. that pattern moving our way. i'll update you on what to expect aswe make our way into the neekend andxt week too. see you back here in about ten minutes. now to a surprising in development fairfax county courtroom this afternoon. the man charged in theurder of a 16-year-old girl h been expected to plead guilty.

however, instead her family watched in shock and dismay at what unfolded. news 4's jackie bensen was there for the hearing and joins us live from the courthouse in fairfax. jackie. >> reporter:t this was j cruel blow to a family who now has to relive their nightmare through a trial. the man charged with strangling 16-year-old joely moussa and leaving her body in a park in fairfax county decided to change his mind at the last minute. joely disappeared under mysterious circumstances in january of 2018. her family including her twin sister were beside themselves with wry because it wasso out of character for her. >> she was doing my hair and she stopped to text someone. out oout of nowhere she was, li i've got to go. >> reporter: after the tragic discovery of her body in a

fairfax county park almost two weeks later, her then 17-year-old ex-boyfriendec immediatelye a suspect. he was already facing charyss of phically assaulting her a few weeks earlier. he was arrested in august of 2018 after he finished serving time for the earlier assault. police say he confessed to luring joely out of the house with a snapchat conversation the night she disappeared, then sent her twin a text saying she'd gone to rich mon for a party. since hereath her family bmembers haveecome advocates urging police on how to handle the cases of missing teenagers. co yng up we will tell a little bit more about how joely's family is doing that advocacy on behalf of missing teenagers all while they now deal with this agony of a trial. something that could have bn ver today, they could have listened to that plea, now they'll be back here and it could be up to eight day two weeks while they relive their nightmare again. live at the fairfax county ,

courthousejackie bensen, news 4. >> thank you, ckie. a warning in northern virginia after a child infected with measles visits a local airport and some other crowded public places. the department of health retraced that child's steps and they just released a timelinepof ential exposure sites. that includes the terminal and baggage claim at dulles airport, the emergency room at heymarket medical center sunday night through mday morning and on tuesday afternoon the child was in the waiting room at the er at inov affair hospital. itis contagious and shreads tgh the air when an infected person coughs or sneeze you can get it by being in the same room with someone up to two left.after they symptoms include a high fever, ugh, runny nose, or a rash. this year's measles outbreak the worst in 27 years with more than 1,000onfirmed cases in the u.s. we have an date to tell you about in thef murders o

three spotsylvania county residents last week. the medical examiner's office now reports the adult male victim, michael coleman, died from a cut to the neck. earlier this week we told you that was calso these of death for the other two victims, coleman's female partner and her 14-year-old son. all thrths have officially been ruled homicides. a relative found their bodies in a rural spotsylvania county home. so far no arrests. a west point cadet ded and 20 others were hurt in a crash this morning. the rising seniors were riding in a tactical vehicle near a training site when it flipped over. two soldiers were driving. one else was seriously injured. the cause of the crash is unknown. well, it is a monumental day in world history. the 75th anniversary of d-day, the allied landing atnormandy. >> that's right. at the world war ii memorial here this morning, dozens of oo

veterans t part in a wreath laying to mark those who serv . together the allied forces took back those beaches and helped turn thei. tide of world war i >> leading the charge in the largest sea born invasion in chstory, students from the herndon high sool marching band were invited to represent d-day s. in the celebrations in normandy. they marched through the town that was the first to be liberated and performed at americante cemees. all of this as the world focuses ja the day that changed gray has our report. reporter: omaha beach is the place where 75 years ago thousands gave their lives for freedom. but the mortar fire, the flyovers on this day te p of

the celebration of gathering the rugged warriors of returning to the battle field that is now a sacred burial ground. >> it's good to be back. >> reporter: back with their brothers who didn't get the luxury of growing old. most who died during the invasion were teenagers. k back at all these young guy whose didn't have a girlfriend or wife and they haven't lived like i have lived all t years. >> reporter: the sacrifice of all who fought here honored today by their commander in chief. >> you are among the very greatest americans who willer ev live. you are the pride of our natione you arhe glory of our republic and we thank you from the bottom of our hearts. >> gratitude shared by a newge ration. service, courage, and strength. forever etched in stone here.

the cost of the fight here was overwhelming. a death that those of us who reap the rewards of their service and sacrifice can never repay. jay gray, nbcnews,nd norma >> you have heard the term many, many times, but you're probably wondering what does the "d" in d-dayst d for? many say decisions, doom day, but to the military it stans for day. the desnation is used for the main date of any big military operation. negative numbers aus to designate days before the operation and positive numbers are used to designate the days after the probation. d-day remains the largest amfibbious invasion in history. bedford, virginia suffered the loss of most any sea. >> julie carey traveled there to find out how that town is remembering dad-day toy. >> julie has the inside story of

a new tribute center that is helping keep the memories alive. her story is coming up in a few minutes. also ahead, theobamas are getting into the podcast business. >> and spot guy got exclusive rights. what the former couple is saying thathe twill and won't talk about when their podcast series goes live. plus reversing the trend. gas prices usually go up in summertime. first 4 traffic explains why that may not bethe case this year. hot and humid today, but doug is monitoring big changes just in timefo just in timefo r

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ai few showers possible. he's timing out what you can expect. a financial boost for expect ant moms who need medical help they can't afford. the jennifer bush lawson foundation donated $55,000 to the virginia hospital center neonatal unit. the money pays for resources that might otherwise not be isailable to all patients. the foundation in memory of jennifer bush lawson who was hit and killed by a dump truck five years ago. it was started by her husband. >> these interactions bring up the meries of my late wife. i quickly turn to the impact she

continues to have on the community. to take her vision and to realize and create a legacy tat she was already working on herself is ju an amazing thing to be able to do. >> the foundation has donated hundreds of thousands of dollars over the pastyeive s. if you'd like to help, we have a link to the foundation on the nbc washington app. search foundation. the fight against those annoying illegal robocalls. >> the fcc voted to give phone carriers new powers to block suspected scam calls. >> susan hogan is working for you with details on what this is so what this means really pretty simple, because basically you don't wantto get robocalls, you really don't have to do anything now. yo phone carrier was just given the green light to automatically block them from your phone. you can, right? you can opt out of the service if you want to. i don't know why you

additionally the fcc also allowed major carriers to create new tools giving you the ability to block calls from anyone who is not in your contacts. but today's ruling may not block those spoofed calls. i know, pat, that's when a call appears to be from a number f you'reamiliar with, but it's really not. the fcc, though, is now asking for public input it i considering that require phone companies to authenticate calls to pmake sure they're really coming from theumber that pops up on your caller i.d. they asking for thenput from the public to say what do you think about these? this would help with the calls as well, butu know what? progress has been made. at least it's this point. >> any little bit we'll take it. >> a lot of businesses weren't happy because there is legitimate robocalling and they're sayng what about us. we have more on that coming up. >> good deal.

>> thank you, susan. the obamas already have a deal with now they're teaming up with spotif ouple will produce podcasts for thet saming site. they hope to make people think through inspirational storytelling. there's one thing they won't be talking about. the trump administration. irn stea they plan to give a voice to the people who use spotify. turning now to the weather which turned a little steamy today. >> yes. you're always happy about that. >> i love it. >> you do. >> 89 degrees. that's the temperature out there right ne little on the humid side. humidity not a big factor. however, if you do leave your car in the sun and you get back in, it's going to feel white hot. cumulus clouds that are puffy like a cotton ball.

winds out of the north at 14 miles per hour. it's a little breezy. temperature wise around the rest of the region, 90 in manassas, 88 leesburg, 88 culpeper. 84 in gaithersburg. nice and warm everywhere. today, though,ll w probably be the hottest day in the next 10 to 14 days. o yeah, we're not talking a big time heat anytime soon. take a look at the radar. we've seen a couple showers around. the bulk is downhe to t south. you can see a couple of those. we've got a couple of boundaries. you see that boundary here. south of the potomac river. another boundary making its way downnfrom the north d towards our region. by the time it gets here it will probably stall out and noto amou whole lot. lots of sunshine. then look back towards the wewe. e got one storm here. we've got the tropical system that came on shore. that's spinning right here. just look how nsettled this is here. how much cloud cover we've got across the east, especially the southeast.i flooding go on into parts of

oklahoma, texas, louisiana, parts of the southeast. all of that is moving our way. and a fairly cool pattern. look at these numbers. only6 74 in nashville, atlanta. the only 90s, houston and orlando. the rest of the country really on a cooler trend. that's going to be the case as we make our way through the next couple of days into next week. very unsettleder patt lots of clouds. chance of showers just about every day. no real heat anytime soon. i' notalling for a single nie90 degree day in the next 10 days. 84 tomorrow. chance of showers most likely in he southern zones where they are today, but i'm notxpecting much on friday. we'll see a slight chance during saturday, but most of saturday is dry. most of saturday really nice for the pride parade. that's why i've got the nbc3 c -- peacock. sunday we do expect to see showers.

sunday i don't want to call it a washout because most of the rain should be light toatmod but you'll need the umbrella for sure. same deal on monday. maybe heavier showers on monday and tuesday. high temperature of 80. 77 on wednesday. 80 on thursday. the average high temperature nextek is around 82 to 83. most of the next 10 days we're belowhat. unsettled pattern sticking around probably all the way day. gh the next 10 >> all right. thank you, doug. voting behind bars. we'll explain a controversial new plan to allow kwiconvicted felons to vote from jail. f summer olove. it's been 50 years since virginia coined a slogan virginia is for lovers. molette green is in loudoun with how our community is stating its state pride. chopper 4 is chasing breaking news. we've got wsne

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shelling o for a gallon of gas be going down? aaa says it's a real possibility after a steep drop in oil prices. drivers may have already seen the highest prices of the year. aaa predicts the cost of a gallon of gas will head south ranging 10 cents lower than what we're seeing now. the national average of a gallon of regular sits at $2.70. as always, trade tensions could impact the crisis and your bottom line. news 4. >> that is good news. whether you live there or not, y probably know that virginia is for lovers. >> this year the state is marking 50 years of th iconic slogan with the summer of love tour. >> the first stop, loudoun county. molette green was there for the kick off. >> reporter: we're ready for a summe of love. mayor vancesk let me a you, we're all set. the stage is ready.

>> come on out! >> reporter: we mark this iconic virginia is for lovers 50th anniversary, this is going to be a debut of a summer of love behind. what's the one going to take? >> it is sparkly, fruity, and a lot offun. >> reporter: don't we love that. and as we go along on this summer of love tour, you're going toee this vw bus. tell me about that. >>re we a really having a summer of love in loudoun county. we've got beer, wine, music, fashio, history, polo. everything there is to love in loudoun county here this sum me. >> you're going to see this bus at every stop. we've got a link in our app. hillsborough is ready for a summer of love. >> happening this weekend. >> it's going to be a lot of loving going on in loudoun. >> reps the colors too.

news 4 is committed to ringing you stories about our changing climate. >> we are taking a closer look just ahead a six different foods most affected by extremes in our climate. also tragedy in paradise. c newommunity reaction to the deaths of a prince george's county couple in the dominican republic. >> i'm julieey in bedford, virginia. this town's terrible loss on d-day put it on the map. tens of thousands will comeere on this 75th anniversary to learn more about the sacrifice. now there is a newlace p

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i'm erikaonzalez. a warning in northern virginia leads off our four things to know. a child infected with measles was in several publ places in northern virginia and that includes the terminal and baggage cims area at dulles international airport. this was last sunday nht. then the emergency room of the

heymarket medical center and the er in fairfax you canfind the times and the lations in the top of our story on nbc washington.com. the man charged in the murder ofar a 16-yeld girl stuns the victim's family during a court hearing today. he had been expected to plead guilty to killing his ex-girlfriend joely moussa in fairfax county last year, but at the last minutee changed his mind meaning the case will now go to trial. france does not forget. those are the words from french president emmanuel macron. 75 years after d-day he thanked the united statesnd the veterans who helped liberate occupied europe. the allied invasion in normandy proved to be a turning point in world war ii. germany surrendered 11 months later. authorities answering questions about the death of three americans including a prince george's county couple at the sameth resort. insist the island is safe

for tourists and say we won't know what caused those deaths until toxicology tests come back in a month. leon. >> thanks, erika. the tragedy in the dominican republic is the talk aroundto wn. taylor thomas is here. big topic for your audience. a lot of folks like to go to dr because it's a trop al and affordable place to go. what are you hearg from your listeners? are folks gilking about ch up their plans? >> when we asked those still working onheir holiday orr summer getawayd they it wasn't worth it. but we have other listeners saying they're going to follow the news media, they're looking for anformation online following what the dominican republic officials aretaying. y know there was a press conference held earlier today. taylor from hyattsville said she's not interested in going anymore. >> i feel like it's not safe and when i go to a resort i want it to be a safe place for me to have my vacatio >> tourism officials say the

country is safe. three million americans go there every year and the deathsthey say are isolated incidents, so it's not a threat to everyone d comingwn there. some of your listeners have already booked their trips now and this is understandably giving them some pauseow n. what are the ellintelling you? >> there's some concern, obviously. that's a very popular destination for many of our listeners, the incentives, theo l price. it's a tough struggle for those rying to figure out what to do. erin, who has already booked a girls trip, here's what s had to say. >> my concern is that people are dying at these resorts and i want to make sure it's not the resort i'm at and if it's a bigger problem beyond these resorts. >> so there are other resorts to go to. you don't have to go to the same place where these tragedies happened, but byat same token, some of theay listeners s it doesn't matter, they're still going to go. >> our listeners areay sng they

believe there dominican public officials and u.s. officials are iggoing to solve andure out what happened. we have a numbte of lisrs who already have planso go the that have followe state department to see if there's any recommendatgsn or warnin we have a number of people that utfelt like jennifer o of capital heights. >> yes, i am planning to go. i've always wanted togo to the dominican republic. i've heard nothing but great things about the experience, so i am a little concerned that all of a sudden there are these rash of issues that are happening. >> and we consider how much money that islandakes off tourism, it's in their interesto >> i'm suppos be there in two months,o i've got to decide myself. d.c. officials are considering a controversial seasure. city council i debating whether to allow convicted felons who are serving time the opportunity to vote. the plan has brought support among elected leaders in the district, but news 4's mark r segraves repo the measure is

facing some serious questions. >> prisoners at the d.c. jail who have not bee kwigconvicted are awaiting trial but are allowed to vote, but the council considering legislation that would allow convicted felons to vote from prison. >> there's probably around 1,000 residents that are felons. a >> yesterdayer mayor bowser expressed her concern a neighbor asked if people kwigtconvicted murder should be allowed to vote. >> if you kill a child, should you hato the right vote? no. >> after that exchange with the neighbor, bowser wouldn't commit either way on wther violent criminals would be allowed to vote. >> there are people being held out of state for a number of crimes ranging from nonviolent to the very violent. i think thathould be part of the discussion when public hearings are held. hans, a senior legal fellow at the heritage foundation,

poses voting for prison, even for nonviolent criminals. > what are you going to do about somebody who commits election aud, voteser fraud? that's a violent felon but should that person really be if yve an elected official havoting? ther government official who is convicted of corruption, of bribery, should that individual be able to vote? >> onlytwo states allow incarcerated prisoners to vote. rmont and maine where felons never lose the right to vote, even while in prison. the d.c. council will hold hearing later this year. in the district, mark segraves, news 4. new, even if the d.c. council passes the legislation it wouldt take effect in time for the 2020 election. stick arounws for ne 4 at 5:00. we've got new video that appears to show a restaurant security guard pulling a wean on a group of local students. tracee wilkins talkedto one of the mothers. plus gator in the garage. we'll let you know how this thing ended up.

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our changing climate is already affecting some of our favorite foods.ia amelraper here to explain that. >> the impact may not be obvious in grocery stores and farmers markets just yet, but frmers across the country are noticing the impact of climate change from erratic freezes, warmer winners it to extreme summer heat and a shifting growing season. here are three crops being hurt by cliechmate change and three e are being helped bur changing climate. i'm going to start off with peaches. peaches out of georgia and south carolina are being hurt byli cmate change. we don't have enough chill hours in the winter months and

ultimate poor frouit when you're picking them out of the grocery store. we head to arkansas and talk about rice. they're drying out making it difficult for farmers to water their crop. also in addition, warme temperatures where rice is grown leaves long grain rice to take more chalky and more sticky than the texture should be. also apple, organic apples out of whington state are being negatively impacted by climate change. warmer temperatures among other factors is leading tos sunburn n the apples. watermelon, however, is seeing a bonus. a little help fromwa ourer temperatures out of florida. warmer temperatures means we're getting an earlier harvest. artichokes in california, kind of a plus and farther south as aew n seed has been

developed, but that's leading to artichokes costing more and ouri humus not going anywhere. it's helping chick peas to grow out in montana. >> sunburned apples. who knew. >> now yodo. >> thank you amelia. we are working for you with in-depth coverage of our changing climate. >> go to the nbc washington app and learn how it impacts your family, your money, your health, and even your commute. just go to the sight and search climate change. we're going to be checking back with amelia and doug inust a few minutes. and back to the heat and humidity today, but we are in monitorsome big changes coming for the weekend. which day umbrella close by. we marked 75 years since d-day with a tribute from a special unit from a small town in>irginia. >>hopper 4 just arriving to >>hopper 4 just arriving to frederick airport

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y3a5wy y16fy ez with erika gonz breaking news here at the live desk. we'll show you live pictures coming from frederick, maryland, where there's been a sml plane crash at the frederick municipal airport here. you're seeing these pictures courtesy of chopper 4. there were two people on board this plane and we're told that both of them escaped wh minor injuries. somehow this plane, chopper 4 starting to widen out the y picture so can see the scope of the area there where the runway is and where that plane landed in relaton to that. we're told that the plane apparently struck some construction equipment and it caused th plane to flip. somehow it didn't make it on to that runway. maryland state police investigators are headed to the scene, but the important thing here is that the two people who were on board escaped with minor

injuries. fl t i'm erika gonzalez. >> glad to hear that rchl. the virginia mountain down of bedford was forever changed by d-day. >> they suffered the biggest proportion of loss than any other comnity. lie carey spent some time there and she learned it's a place to determine the bedford boys and their sacrifice is never forgotten. >> reporter: the g 1944ens drugstore and soda fountain the gathering place for bedford residents. it was also where the wester union teletype machine was located that delivered this terrible news about d-day. telegrams like this began coming one after the other until there were 19 in all.y 19 bedford bo his been killed w minutes offirst the invasion. word not reaching the town until july, some 5 1/2 weeks after d-day. >> that began the most horrendous four days in

bedford's history. >> tim parker is the curator of the newly opened bedford boys tribute center locaatd in th historic drugste. >> photographs. >> he and wife linda had been living in oklahoma, but began doing book research, speaking to surviving relatives o t bedford boys, like margarite ttrall. brother ust 4 when h jack stepped on to omaha beach with the other bedford boys. here's what one of the survivors said happened to jack. >> he said that h made it to land and he was down on his knees and said he seen him when he raised his rifle but he never got ahance to fire it. he was killed in france on june 6th. >> the bedford boys families not only sharing their painful stories but shared their keepsakes. photos of their loved ones, fallen heroes. the parkers so inspired they moved to bedford and t asked

use items to create the tribute center. >> our goal is to make sure tha theseboys' legacy will continue on way beyond their black and white pictures on the wall. we wantthe children to derstand these were real people. >> the center doors just opened in late april. insidepart of the brick main treet company "a" marched along before they reported for duty. >> we have on our east wall the company bedford boys roll of honor. >> in the cases beneath, mementos that can bringears and chills. photographs standing proudly as they got ready leave bedford. neither brother made it home. both killed on d-day. in anothpl dis, little jack's watch and the pocket bible he carriede w sho blostainsharkien its pages. and of course the letters. this one from the company commander reads -- >> i am beginningo think it is

hard to be a bedford boy for a soldier. >> and 75 years later, hard to come up withhe words to properly recognize the sacrifice of these bedford boy soldiers, but here's how she see ts. >> they ve to giv us the freedom we have today. >> i'm julie carey, news. story. what a on news 4 at 5:00, julie introduces to a war veteran who is helping keep the memories of d-day alive. weppreciate their sacrifice. they gave -- th family gave so much. turning now to doug. t are we going heat up tonight? >> it's on the hot side. tomorrow a little bit of a cooler day. not a lot cooler 89 right now. you'll notice a difference tomorrow. a lot of cloud cover tomorrow. high temperature around 84 and isolad chance of shower or thunderstorm. right now it is on the hot side. you can see a beautiful afternoon. some clouds streaming on

rough. nice little cumulus clouds. 84 by 7:00. dropping to about 74 by 11:00. aery warm night. a mild night for sure. 90sa manas 87 over towards huntingtown. it is hot and a little bit on the humid side. umid.oo we're not talking late july or august humidity, but it's on the humid side. we're got storms in our southern zone. these are just to the south of fredericksburg making their way down towards westmoreland county. to see think we're going much in the way of storminess tonight or tomorrow. there's a slight chance tomorrow, but we get rather un settled as we head into the weekend and next week. really starts tomorrow, but look at all the clouds and the rain here. this is going to ha a big imai impact on our weather the next couple days, but probably right on in to next week. >> talking abt rain in the forecast sunday, monday, tuesday.he e's a look at your weekend.

the weather is looking good for the pride parade. saturday the day you cut your grass. 8:00 a.m. we start off at 70. partly to mostly cloh y skies wite high around 85. it's warm and not too humid. it is dry. not the case on sunda 30% chance you're dealing with a shower before noon and then we'll have occasional rain after lunchtime on sunday. we start off at 67. we only warm into the mid to upper 70s. it's a bit breezy out thereoth aturday as well as sunday. but again, the rain falling on sunday. if you're heading to the pool this weekend, it's going to be nice saturday. not a ton of sun out there. you won't be baking. if you're heading to the beach,s temperaturat our local beaches in the low to mid 7 with rain likely on sunday. i'm throwing the beach sweatshirt in the bag. if you want to cut the grass on saturday, you don't have torr woy about it sunday. doug talks about thetl unset pattern.

look at sunday, monday, and tuesday in the forecast. during the day on monday and eventuesday, especiallyarlier in the day. >> and we're not calling sunday a washout, but you're going to need the umbrella a lot. you mentioned cutting the grass on saturday. i was thinking about that. my daughter's very first soccer tournament ever. i'm excited for her. first game, 7:30 in the morning. >> that's exciting. >> 7:30? coo schedules these things. 7:30? on, people. >> for you early risers. >> violate. 85 regarding the afternoon on saturday with mostly cloudy skies. there's that rain chance sunday, monday, and tuesday. even into the middle of next week, temperatures at or below average. next week it will be about 82, 83 degree. >> you'll be back early enou c tot the grass. >> then she's got another game at noon. you know how thoseam tournts are. >> it's going to be a long summer for. >> thanks, pat. check this out.

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if you are just joining us, it's hot and hum out there. doug is back to time out some big changes coming for the weekend. when it comes to going to the airport, how early do you get there? >> do you give yourself plenty of time, or are you one of those people who waits until the last minute and then you walk right on to the plane? >> this is a debate that can split aamily apart. transportation reporter adam tuss is finding out there are plenty of travelers on both side. >> there are two types of airport travelers. those who get to the airport early. and those who don't. early over late, what is it? >> late, unfortunately. >> early. very early. my flight is at 5:30.re i'm he at 1:00. >> the atlantic magazine wrote a report on this paradigm .

we wanted to collect information for ourselves, so we had to take a sample at reagan international airport. >> how early is early? hour? two hours? day before? >> i would say like to get an hour and a half. >> donna's friend is the opposite. last minute. listen to this situation she found herself in while racing for a flight. >> they locked my baggage in the trunk. >> the policeman tried to shoot the tru open? >> yes. somehow sue made that flight with her luggage. the psychologies have actually commented on it. they say it's not the early airport arriver is any really different than the last second airport sprinter. we're all just trying to cope with the anxiety of a stressful situation like flying in different ways.

we heard frome families husbands and wives will actually take separate cars because one wants to be early and the other late. she is a late arriv. she has nothing against the early bird but she h been burned yet. >> do you usually walk straight to the plane? >> usually with about 5 to 10 minutes toa ing. >> let's just say for me don't be surprised if you see me running through the airport at agan national. adam tuss, news 4. >> go, adam. justfefor rence, airport officials say you should be two hours early for domestic flights and three hours early fori ernational flights. news 4 at 5:00 starts right now with jim and wendy. >> announcer: news at 5:00 starts now. hi, everybody. first at 5:00 tonight, the latest from the minican republic where there is a new push this evening to reassure the nearly 3 million americans

who visit each year that the country is safe. >> and that is thed three amer resort. facing mounting pressure, officials held a news conference today. >> erika gonzalez is at the live desk with details. >> tourism officials would not say whether they had seen a spike in trip cancellations to the dr but reiterated that the dominican republic is safe. nbc 4 and telemundo 44 isat the. 's alberto asking specifically when we'll aet concretenswers as to how three americans died at difference properties day apart from one another. prince george's county couple na shan ye -- nathaniel holme andynthia day were found in her hotel room. a pennsylvania was there when she suddenly died. the investigations into all three deaths are ongoing and say it will be at least a month

before pathology andtoxicology reports are confirmed. >> we've never hadg to something like this and talk to the presau about it becse we're the safest nation. coincidence or whatever happened, the case is, some of them are more clear than others for sure. we have to wait until th formation comes back. >> recently a delaware woman says she was brutally beaten at a hotel in th drnd left for dead. she put this post on facebook. however, officials say she and her husband gave conflicting reports about what happened and demanded money before going public with their story. in light of all these cases, you can see why the dr is taking heat now. m, back over to you. >> that's the reason we've got our alberto g on theund getting answers touehe qions we all want