breaking news. a shooting in northeast d.c. .olice on the scene n we could tell you at least one person is dead. a womanade history as the first african-american mayor of one local town and now she's suddenly stepping down. what she's saying about racist attacks and bullying. and a live look outside with our city camera. plenty of clouds in the d.c. re metro a but more sunshine back to the west. so what can you expect this afternoon. plus i'm timing out the next chance of rain moving in in my .updated foreca >> announcer: "news4 midday" starts now. good morning. and welcome to "newsmidday."

i'm melissa mollet. >> and i'm erika gonzalez. we begin with breaking news. first a shooting this morning in northeast d.c. so here is what we know. we're showing you live pictures there from the scene where it looks like police may be giving some sort of an update but what we know this far is it happened 300 00 this morning on the block of 62nd street and the victim is dead. he is described as a man in his 20s shot multiple times. again, as we mentioned, these are live pictures from the scene and we're expecting some sort of an update from police. also breaking this morning, an arrest in a triple murder. in january three men were found dead in the 1500 block of fort davis southeast d.c. two of the victims we pre shotcn inside of a car. the third victim was discovered in the middle of the street. ec iat b ee victimsre in thei 20 re few for t ihebc

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we're getting a look at what next year's presidential election could look like. president trump and former vice president joe biden took aim at eachrether befoowa voters. news4's tracie potts >>reports. eporter: president trump in iowa taking aim at democrats -- >> hinged and more and more extreme. they're going crazy.re >> rter: and joe biden -- >> when a man has to mention my name 76 times in his speech, that means he's in trouble. >> reporter: biden shot back. >> he's a threat in my view, a threat to our core oralues. >> rr: mocking the president -- >> i have absolute power. no, you don't,nald trump. or only i can fix it. fix yourself first, donald trump. >> reporter: thus begins the race for voters in america's first caucus state. biden calls president trump trade war with china and secret migration deal with mexico bad for farmers.

>> i'm sure that there are a heck of l iowans being crushed by his tariffs that would like to see that secret document. >> reporter: the president promised prosperity. >> within a year and a half you'll be in the best position than you have been in 15 years and you deserve it. >> it is tough when someone else absorbs the in. >> iowa is something that i think we win very epeasily. >>ter: quinnipiac polls show joe biden with double-digit leads nationally and in key states if the election were held today. president trump is back here in washington today. vice president biden taking another day to tr to win over voters in iowa. tracie potts, nbc news, washington. now to virginia's primary. we're taking a look at some key races from the primary. there we some major upsets in arlington parisa tafti beat theo stamos. it was a tight race.

and commonwealth attorney ray morrow lost to steve desnd cano. a jeff mckay won the democraticrimary for board of supervisors chairman. >> we are going to do in the next four years is we're going to build on our success in fairfax county and in a collaborate way we'll have a board of supervisors that is going to defend the most vulnerable people in t county and we'll continue to be the strongest county in not only the commonwealth of virginia but in the united states of america. >> state senateinority leader dick saslaw ofairf faxon w with 500 ves. in other surprise joe morriseyr. pretty much around the d.c. metro and then off to the south and east, farther back to the west moreunshine. and we'll get in on some of the sunshine here in the mess r-- metroa before this coastal system will move up and this will bring us rain overnight tonig and then we'll see this

system move in tomorrow later in the day and that is where we get our stormhances from. so here is midnight. notice showers out there. getting ready to leave early for wor tomorrow, friday i notice rain in place and pocketsf yell until 8:00 a.m., that is the chance for heavier rain. once we hit 9:00 or 10:00 a.m. we start to see the first round of rain moving out of the area. here is midday tomorrow. notice how we're cloudy but dry. and then we see the second rounn moving and that second round is where we'll pull our severe storm chances from. here we are at 3:00 p.m. back around nchester, down through the luray area through the metro between 4:00 and 6:00. aga w, strongds and some hail all possibilities tomorrow later in the day. storms are out of here, though, by about 7:00, 8:00 tomorrow night and then that sets us up for a beautiful friday. right now temperates coming in around 70 degrees, 71 in washington. so another nice day today. rain attimes tomorrow.

and then gorgeous friday and saturday. i'm going to have a look at the weekend coming up arou 11:40. >> sounds good.ou thank y so much. rememberd- buila-bear pay your age sale. >> that didn't go over well. >> caused a lot o chaos. coming up the changemp the coy is making to keep things under control. and 25 years later, a sister's campaign to keep her brother's ronald goldman's memory alive and he was murdered

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he died back in april and paralyzed from the waist down afurr being shot dng a 2003 traffic stop in silver spring. he died as a result of th wounds and now additional charges could be filed against the shooter. 25 years ago today, nicole brown simpson and her friend ronald goldman were found dead in los angeles. the discovery ignited a media frenzy around o.j. simpson. >> he was charged and tried and the jury found him not guilty. now the sister of one of the victims is reexamining the case. nbc's dan sheneman reports. >> reporter: kim goldman still wants answers. her brother ronald murdered with nicole browmp sison 25 years ago. her ex-husband football legacy o.j. simpson quickly became the focus of the investigation. b it was thegest story in the world. and what was called the trial of the century -- >> we the jury -- >> reporter: simpson was

acquitted. now kim goldman is revisiting e murders and the trial. >> dr. mr. simpson, hello, it's me kim, ron goldman's sister. >> reporter: she has a new podcast confronting o.j. simpson. >> i'm wondering if you would sit wn and talk to me. i just want to understand. that is the letter i wrote to the man that i believe brutally killed my brother. >> reporter: too much about o.j. and not enough about the victims. >> and i'm forced now to ve to endure this week after week. >> reporter: simpson who sved time in prison on unrelated charges is not talking and trying to move on.e' >> always had a positive attitude. but now it's -- it is the centerpiece of his life. he said i am -- my kids and i, we arnow living in a no negative zone. >> reporter: while simpson tries to live his life, the families of the victims can't get over

the lives lost. dan sheneman, nbc news. it been three years since a gunman walked in and opened fire at the pulse nightclub in downtown orlando. tonight community leaders, activists and others will gather there to remember the lives lost in the single worst attack in the lgbt community. 49 people were killed. another 53 were hurt in that shooting. thclowner of the night started a nonprofit to open a museum and a memorial. we are learning new details this morning in that deadly helicopter crash in manhattan. the federal aviation ministration said the pilot who was killed was not legally allowed to fly in bad weather. >> investigators say tim mccormick did not have proper certification to fly when there is less tn threeiles of visibility. the clouds on monday morning were thick, as you could see here in this video.

you could also see the smoke from the crash. nbc news aviation analyst jeff gazetty tells us why they have to fly in bad weather. th >> the wea conditions were conducive to the phenomenon of spatial disorientation and thata involves confusion that your inner ear encounters wherever you cannot see the horizon. so your mind doesn't know which way is up and which way is down and you have to fly the aircraft esolely by refere to the instruments. >> and we may never know what happened inside of the chopper. investigators say there is no flight data recorder because it is not required on the chopper. express lanes allow drivers to pay a toll or car pool to get around traffic. and they're growing along i-95. the lanes will stretch all the way to fredericksburg from the d.c. line but as transportationr report adam tuss found out, while some are happy about another travel option there is

concern about the crowdi the new lanes could bring.mo >> reporter express lanes are coming. and dirt is being turned. it is incredible to think about fredericksburg up to the rth stt bridge and you take a look at all of the construction that continues here, as traffic rolls along 95. it is an intense job. but not everyone is happy about all of this. >> it is just everyone is moving in. more people are >> reporter: alexander kershaw and her friend have lived in the edericksburg area for years. part of the charm here used to be the relative quiet. while they welcome more travel choices cing here, they're concerned about more people moving into the area because there is now an easier road in and out of d.c. moved amily purposely here because it was 45 siles ou of d.c. and it wasn't that far from richmond. >> reporter: as far as traffic p now, most p will tell you something has to be done. >> there is definitely something you have to wake up in the morning and plan your whole day

about. >> reporter: take a look to the right. that is i-95 south. most of the times of the day. the northbound side not much better. and really the onlyay to beat this traffic right now is with the express lanes right down the middle. >> and that is where we've seen improvement in traffic flow in the corridor as folks that drive by themselves or with only one passenger now are choosing on occasion to pay a toll and get a faster trip. >> reporter: perhaps the worst stretch in all of this is uld r aourotindnelyu crawl unde miles per hour and now these express lanes will cut a 395 in the express lan there. and the trip to get to the strict without a car pool could cost you, though. it could range between $30 to $40 during rush ur. the lanz will be able to more than double the capacity in the rush hour direction. n fredericksburg, adam tuss, nbc4 all right. you remember this chaos from last summer.

the build-a-bear workshop thought it was a good idea and overrun with crying children and ticked off parent for the pay your age promotion and it went as many of us suspected wrong. so they'll bring the idea back. now this time with a few extra rules. families have to register for a rewards program and 200,000 winning tickets. then they'll give out tickets because i think they have come to the conclusion that that is what they can handle, about 200,000 giveaways. and you'll still pay the kids age. o if they are two, you pay $2 but this is a veryma nageable -- >> better go right this time. can't mess this . >> all right. so we're half way through the workweek pa woiweek -- and we're look ahead to the weekend. >> you have that right. and coming up, amelia with details on much warmer weather in the wrk forecast. >> good wednesday morning, everyone. sending money through an app has made our lives super easy.

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welcome back, everybody. look at how beautiful it is behind ush te. can't wait to get out there. >> it is not hot. we have low humidity. we do have some cloudiness but t we'll gen on sunshine as t the -- as the day wears on. no rain today. rain tomorrow. but friday, if you love yesterday, friday is exactly ke yesterday. a breeze, plenty of sunshine.

here is your forecast for today. partly cloudy, a high8 of 7 degrees. we're running five degrees below normal. today a perfect day to take the ki to the playgroundhis afternoon. tomorrow maybe not so much. and now i do think you'll be able to havy time tomorrow, it is not a washout at all. you're likely dealing with raino in the earlying and maybe a thunderstorm or two later in the day. so if you do want to head to the playougr mow,torrunoro ad afternoon, it is your best bet. on friday, it is gorgeous out there. breezy andunny. take a look at your humidity levels forecast. so here is the legend and there you see plenty of smiles out there. soatda but look at tysun r edaa build in. v it isry humid out there on monday. so talking about the weekend forecast, 86 degrees for a high on isturday. it hot, it is dry. the humidity is still in check. we have plenty of sunshine. 92 for a high temperature ony.

sunda and there is the chance for som thunderstorms. but the morning, midday and early afternoon hours for father's day are looking dry. and if you are heading to the beaches this weekend, it is looking dry both saturday and sunday at our local beaches with highs in the low 80s. water temperatures in the mid-60s to ar 70 degrees. here is a look at your storm team four five-day forecast. i'll have the ten-da at about 11:55. but 70s today and tomorrow and feeling like in the 70s on friday with the w and then we start to warm up over the weekend. especially on sunday with the o high 92. >> i know. >> and that is father's day. >> it is a hot one. >> gilling. >> thank you. a contrersial symbol of slave auneions in o of virginia's comunities is finally being removed. we're going to have more on the decision that made that happen last night.

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a small piece of history in the city of frericksburg will be moved to a museum. the freelance star is reporting that the city council voted overwhelming to move a stone that served as a slave auction block to a nearby museum. that ston h been a source of pain for some and there has beet renewed scry about the presence since the deadly clashes in charlottesville between white nationalists and counter-protesters. a historic african-american cemetery in the heart of one of the most affluent neighbors in

our region has become nearly forgotten, overgrown and runned down over the years. >> but when local high school students learned about the condition of e cemetery, they decided to do something about it. h news4 mark se the story you'll only see on nbc4 about the mount zion cemetery in georgetown. >> reporter: it is the final resting place for between eight to 10,000 people. mostly african-americans who lived a worked in d.c. from 1808 to 1950. the mount zion and female union band society cemetery looks more like a graveyard for tombstones than an actual cemetery. >> it is not being honored. it isac sed ground. >> reporter: and they are working to turn it into a memorial park so those buried here will not be for goat -- forgotten. >> these people worked for those who established the country, congressional members and they built the buildings and it is just -- it feels so sad that we

have n been able to say their names or remember them. >> reporter: alicia butler, a history teacher at mckinley tech helped her students retch the cemetery part of the undground railroad. >> this is where they put bod yifs when it was too cd to dig. >> reporter: runaway slaves would take refuge in th burial crypt and the studentsaw the condition of the cemetery, they wanted to take action. >> it makes me so disseaught becauhe graveyard is ruined and run down and it has to do with my history and african-american history and it is not cleaned up. >> reporter: the students put on work gloves and filled trash bags with debris and weeds as a way to preserve and pay respect to their past. ione feel a conct t nbecause they're black like met an lived her way past in a way harder time. >> reporter: the students also learned the hiory of the mostly white well-cared for oak hill cemetery right next to the

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>> you go, tyler. tyler butler figueroa started playing the violin because he didn't want to be bullied any more for having cancer. he was diagnosed with leukemia at the age of four. he underwent rounds of chemotherapy that caused his hair to fall out which triggered the bullying. but an after-school-program offering free violin lessons changedis life and now he has the confidence back and stood up to the bullies. >> when i play the violin it helps me forget about all of the bad stuff. i just didn't want to be the kid with cancer. so now i'm theid who plays the violin. >> that is right. those judges, they were impressed. look at that. with his talent and touched by his story, of course. theyve him the golden buzzer. i love that. that instantly moved him on to the live auditions as you know. >> butler figueroa has something else to be proud of.

he's been in remission for almost four years. >> oh, that is so awesome. we wish him the best. he's going to win. i'm predicting t. >> grea story to end our broadcast with.t bue'll check back in quickly with storm team 4 meteorologist amelia draper. >> now up to 73 degrees out there and warming to 78. a nice day of light winds and more clouds but mostly to partly cloudy skies but it is dry during the day. rain moves a in tonightund midnight. a high likelitod of abou 80% chance to deal with someain tomorrow. but plenty of dry time as well.l have rain around during the morning commute and then some scattered thunderstorms 3 between abo0 and 8:00 p.m. we return to dry weather not only friday, but saturday as well. on sunday some scattered late-day showers and thunderstorms are possible fore fath day. here is your ten-day out look. 70s today and tomorr and 80s and feeling like 70s but beautiful sunshine. mid to upper 80s osaturday and

90s on sunday. it is hot and starting to feel humid out there with late-day thunderstorms possible, erika. >> thank you, ma'am. that it is for "news4 midday." thank you for joining we're back on the air this afternoon first at 4:00. >> get ws and weather updates any time with the nbc washington app. have a great day.

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>> i would like to say something on your behalf to t bullies. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> anotherre g moment. simon gave a golden buzzer to that inspiring 11-year-old violinist. he's a ccer survivor. huge moment. welcome to "access live," everybody. we love a golden buzzer. but who does the golden buzzer better than howie mandel, everybody. [ cheers and appla