night situation? >> not at all. just through theost important parts. the rush hour. as we hit 7:00 p.m., we're actually going to be on the tail end of this. fost of us i not all of us will be dry. right now i want to show you where the heaviest r n is falling and that's in montgomery county. some of the darker reds there north of gaithersburg. you're going to get clipped there. clarksburg also seeing heavy rain. we head farther south. we've also got this thunderstorm rolling through the district. getting ready to impact ppwie. and u marlboro as well. then we head south and clinton down into charles county, those are the aeas that remain under severe thunderstorm warning until 6:00 p.m. with these storms right here into crles county, southern prince george's, that's where we're going to be seeing the heavy rai a lightning the wind gusts reaching 60 miles per hour. as we head through the evening, like i said, dinner plans are safe. tempatures will be in the 60s. i'll have more on your weekend forecast coming up in just an momet.

back to you. >> thank you,a. somar now to breaking news as a jury acquits a former university of maryland basketball player, acquitsm hi rape charges, tamonte dodd was facing charges for ating a woman onlo halen night in 2017. tracee wilkins spoke with dodd just moments after he heard the verdict. >> reporter: former university f maryland basketball player damonte dad says he's looking forward to his future after a jury found him not guilty on charges associated with an alleged rape near the university of maryland. >> the jury deliberated with all dig indigen diligence and care and came back with the appropriate verdict. >> iugs definitely been to because, you know, you talk to teams and stuff and you look up my name and it's the accusations. >> reporter: dodd was accused of meeting a college in a bar and raping her halloween night, 2017.

during testimony his accuser admitted to being drunk before arriving at the bar, drinking more once she arrived, and snorting cocaine before spotting night. the bar that the two danced and left together. the state argued the alleged victim was too impaired to consent to sex with dodd. dodd maintained the sex was consensual. >> i think to this day and beyond, the victim will always believe that she truly is a victim of a sexual offense. the facts, the reality is that she was not. >> dodwd s aart the umd ball team. he says these accusations he's faced have taught him aua valle lesson. >> if you're young and you're an athlete, you know, really focus on your craft. focus on your sports. all the partying and tstuff,t will always be there. >> the prince george's county state's attorney's office released a statement saying we have successfully pro many cases involving sexual assault. they are the most challenging.

howevge, we have the courato take them on because weelieve jrusti ce on behalf of all dodd is saying that he's hoping that with this case wrapped up, he can now focus on a possible career with the nba. i'm tracee wilkins, news 4. now to a deadly heist, an overnight smash and grab ended with one person dead and four others on the run tonight. police say burglars crashed into a store front but as theymade their getaway an officer fired at them. all of this unfolding at the united gun shop in rockville. et's get theatest from news 4's chris gordon. >> reporter: four suspects are on the loose tonight.ce polielieve they are armed and say they should be considered dangerouat now, wh going on here at united gun shop is workers are reinforcing with cinder blocks and concrete the front of the store where thieves overnight broke through a garage door and plywood barrier. this stolen suv thathieves

used to crash through the front of the united gun shop in rockville was pulled from the store and towed awace po released this picture showing it inside next to a wall of guns. >> we are working on the assumption that is a psibility they may be armed. >> reporter: a police officer responding to an alarm blocked the parking lot entrance. the thieves riding in a second stolencr vah stolen vehicle crashed into the police cruiser. you can see the damage to the police cruiser. the thieves stolen vehicle was so damaged it broke down just a few blocks away on randolph road. one of the suspects was found dead insite. is not known if he died from a gunshot wound or from the crash. the other four suspects ran into a neighborhood. police found this bag and three uns ditched behind a house. >> to hear that guns were found four houses down from me in their back yard is very creepy. >> this surveillance video is from two years ago.

imarch of 2017 the united gun shop was burglarized. this video from inside the store shows suspec stealing approximately 24 handguns and seven long guns. police have surveillance video from today's break-in at united gun shop, but have not released it to the news media. a final note. howard county police are investimating a similar c at fox firearms yesterday. suspects used a stolen vehicle and crashed through the front of the store steal guns. it's unknown if these two crimes are connected. that's the latest from rockville. back to you. a d.c. police officer is charged with sexually assaulting a woman he knows. the suspect is 42-year-old pearce then od. marylan he's been with the department for seven years. police chief peter newsham says the suspect's actions are, qutote, a disgrace everyone who wears a badge. new developments in the sex assault allegations against virginia lieut ant governor

justin fairfax. he's calling for a criminal investigation. it's a move that has hiswo t accusers pushing back. erika gonzalez is tracking the fast moving developments from our newsroom. erika. >> attorneys for lieutenant governor justin fairfax have sent letters to the d.a. offices in boston and north carolina asking prosecutors to investigate the claims saying if they were true, fairfax should be criminallyp secuted, but if not, the matter should be closed. attorneys for the accusers sending out strongly worded statements today. dr. vanessa tyson's attorneys say fair ix's move a political stunt which shows a lack of respect for s abuse survivors and a lawyer for meredith watson says fairfax before avoid a hearing the general assembly where he and the t accusers wouldstify under oath. northern virginia bureau chief julie carey just sat down with is side airfax to get of the story and why he's pushing for a criminal investigation.

take abe list listen to what he >> we asked for law enforcement to open an investigation. i offered to testify, talk with them under oath and under penalty of perjury. i hope the two accusers would agree to do the same if the focus is on getting to the truth. >> both women have said they'd be willing to testify publicly. fairfaxhe denies id anything wrong claiming the e ounters which happened in the early 2000s were consensual. back over to you. >> thanks, erika. members of the university of maryland football team marked one year since the death of a teammate. today clches and pers took part in health and wellness clinis at local scho remember jordan mcnair. he died after suffering a heat stroke during a team work out. an independent review of mcnair's death determined the trainers at the scene didn't follow proper the university fired those trainers as well as d.j. durkin, the team's hea coach at the

time. >> breaking news, president trump has justnrs will leave te house at the end of the month. hercolus a onten loyegelataconship with the news media. there have been just two white house press iefings this year. the last one, 94 days ago. sarah huckabee sanders will also be remembered for her paens appe in the mueller report where she admitted making a baseless comment about james comey. meanwhile, president trump is facingti biparsan blowback for saying that he would accept campaign help from russia or other foreign governments. craig boswell reports. >> washington is reeling today after president trump sod he wouldider accepting damaging information from foreign powers on 2020 rivals. >> it's not an interference.e they hav information. i'd take it. >> stunning even hisst staunche allies. that's not the right answer. the right sw are is no.

>>fr similar sentiments senate mitt romney. >> we're a foreign government attempts to be involved in an american election, that would be simply unthinkable for a candidate for president to accept that involvement. it would strike at the very heart of our de docracy. >>emocrats say it's a call fordd more mng in the upcoming election in the wake of the mueller report that documented russian interference. >> this president istill open for business. >> it's a very sad thing. very sad thing that he does not know right from wrong. >> the president rejecting his own fbi director who in congressional testimony said candidates should alert authorities about campaign contact by foreign government. >> that's something the fbi would want to know about. >> the fbi di >> inviting comparisons to this comment while running for president. >> russia, you're listening, i hope you're able to find the 30,000 emails. >> the esident today defending

this latest remark placing run of the mill diplomacy wi reign leaders on the same level as accepting dirt on an opponent. craig boswell, nbc news, washingt an. be ederal watchdog agency conwy removed from government service r repeated violations of the hatch act. that's the law that limits certain political activities for federal employees conway's alleged violations include publicly disparaging specific democrats running for office. the agency that enforces the hatch act labeled conway, quote, a repeat offender. the white house counsel immediately called the agency to withdraw that recommendation. the agency declined to do so. conway will not face disciplinary action according te a whiouse spokesman. up next on news 4, oil priceskyrocket as tensions flare after attacks on two tankers at sea. plus deep fake dangers. the growing concerns over those manipulated videos and the role they could play in the 20 twe20

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abe was in iran on a dipmatic ssion and the cargo on the ships was connected to japan. oil prices soared amid concerns tbout escalatinsion. chances are you've come across deep fake videos on your social media feeds. they look real and they often go viral before they can be debunked. by that time the damage is done. some fear the technology could be used to manipulate our next election. >> seeingis no longer believing. experts spoke to the house intelligence abt the threat of so-called deep fakes. >> you can turn a world leader into a ventriloquist dummy. >> manipulated videos. >> see, i would never say these things. >> thatook real thanks to artificial intelligence. >> someone else would.e someon like jordan peele.

>> the same technology used in this doctored video of facebook ceo mark zuckerberg. >> whoever controls the data controls the future. >> that recently went viral. >> it's like a cancer. >> fueling growing concerns about swaying voters in the 2020 election. as the tech gets mores ophisticated, detecting fakes ecomes more difficult. those with the skill to do it say they're outgunned. >> there's a lot more manipulators than there are detectors. >> even after it's deemed a fake, t researchers say negative impression can remain. lawmakers and tech companies must straddle the line. >> i don't think we'll see any self-regulatory model. we should expect more. >>usor now the foc is on education and awereness. to be all going to have for more skeptical consumers of anything. >> pusing a guard up a the election heats up.

liz mclaughlin, nbc news. anita hill sits down with andrea mitchell. this is ill's first interview since joe biden announced his run for president. biden as you may remember led the 1991 senate confirmation hearing for supreme court justice clarence thom hill accused thomas of sexual harassment and she was subjected to graphic questioning that struck a lot of people as offensive at the time. biden has apologized but hill says she's looking for change and accountability. >> what i do want to do, though, is to make the public aware of the urgency of this issue. we've had years now to grapple with it, grapple with it as a socie, and i think we've come to a good place and we need to take advantage of this moment and address the problem. >> could you conceive of thovot for joe biden if he turns out to

be the democratic nominee on against dd trump? >> of course i could. >> you can see more in a few minute andrea mitchell's talk with anita hill just ahead. we've got some sketchy weather out there and it's moving pretty quickly. what's the latest on our weather wsrecast? >> the good ne is we are almost in the clear. d.c. metro area looking much better. it's our friends now east of i-95. that's where we're turning toto check out some of the heavy showers a storms. let's get straight to the radar so i can break it down for you. montgomery county just some lightfhowers north o gaithersburg. out towards howard county, th'r getting rea dyetto columbi. headed a little farther south, washington, d.c. we're finally dry. prince george's county you're almost in the clear. bowie seeing some heavy rain there just to the north of upper marlboro as well. as we head farther south, that's where we got that severe threa our attention really turns now

to our friends in southern maryland. st. mary's, all of you under that severe thunderstorm as this line right now just to the north kes its way into calvert. winds gusting up to 60 mielles r hour. trees down could be an issue. keep that in mind if you are on the road in southern maryland. right now temperatures arend reboug as i expected. it cooled down significantly. we went from upper 70s to 64 in washington, d.c. now we're at 6'r wejust getting that little jump in temps before the sun sets and we cool things dow 70s back along i-81. 75 in luray. let's talk abouthe weekend, talk about the days to come. got some activities going on. what's theay best d to do what? the best day for weekend brunching, saturday. saturday isoing to be phenomenal. temperatures in the mid 80s. lots of sunshine. low humidity. sitting to eat thoutdoors, whe it's brunch or dinner, i definitely would choose

saturday. best day to go swimming, i'm going to say monday. monday we're going to be probably at our hottest in the low 90s. the thing about it, is yes there's a caveat. we are going to see a chance for some storms as we get these temps in the 90s. just keep that in mind. you want to ge o out the pool as soon as you hear any thunder or go indoors. yard work, tomorrow is a really great dayor yard rk. it's going to be very comfortable, very cool. take a look at the 10-day. 78 degrees for a high tomorrow. let's spend some time with this 10-day. tomorrow it's going to be breezy, cool, and sunny. saturday very nice. mild, warm temperatures in the mid 80s with plenty of sun ine. our rain chances move back into the picture sunday evening.u soay afternoon i may be tracking some severe weather when i see numbers like 90 degrees. we move into monday. anotherchance for some storms as well. as you can see, these numbers going from the 70s all the way to the 90s by sunday. t andree days in the 90s makes what? a heat wave.

do have the potential for a heat wave at the top of the week. if you look at the icons, we are going to see those shower ans rm chances every single day next week into next weekend. and that is that summertime i pattern se up. back to you guys. >> we've got to find out who these people are who can brunch on saturday or sunday or go the pool on monday. >> they sure aren't sitting. right here >> all right. big changes taking effect today at restaurants and bars in one local county. the new effort to keep people there healthy. an "a" list star trying to set the record straight after a picture gave new fuel to the

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the actres -- yjessica biel stepped into a firestormf controversy over vaccines.s she deniehe is anti-vaccination. it started when she lobbied against a proposed bill in california, a bill that would tighten medical exemptions for vaccines. on hert instagram ay, biel says she c supportshildren getting vaccinated, but she also says she supports parentsigs

or make educated decisions their children. she has a 4-year-old son with husband justin timberlake. doctors and scientific research have pven that vaccines are safe and effective in protecting children from diseases. new york is taking steps to eliminate a religious exemption for vaccinations in the face of the nation's wst measles outbreak in decades. that means that parents won't be able to cite their religious beliefs as aeason to opt a child out of the vaccines required to enro in public school. new york's governor says public tralth umped religious freedom in this case. there have been more than 1,000 measles cases in 28 states, virginia.maryland and the wife of the baseball legend david ortiz says he conti es to heald is making progress. the former boston red sox star remains in guarded condition tonight. in a statement released by the team, tiffany ortiz today thanked the man who drove bi papi to the hospital after she

was shot sunday night in the dominican republic. ortiz is recovering at a massachusetts hospital tonight. six people have been detained for the attack in the dominican republic. authorities say there paid nearly $8,000 for a hit on the belovedathlete, but visitors are staying tight lipped on the mo cve. newncerns about the safety of after-school purogram in area. coming up, the disturbing incident that sparked a criminal investggation and tried questions about background checks. i'm adam tuss. sure.r road, you'll take that. but is that the best solution for everybody? i'm going to tell y howou

i just wanted to bring you up to speed here. the severehunderstorm threat now east of i-95 impacting our friends in calvert cnty, up into anne arundel, even up into

howard, down towards charles and southern prince georges . thivere thunderstorm warning is going to extend until 6:45 p.m. we've got some heavy rain with this, lots of lightning and we are seeing some very gusty winds out there. i'll have a detailedt look athe rest of your thursday evening and a peek into the weekend in just a moment. >> you got it. somara. nearly two dozen schools ind maryland a the district have suspended a private company in charge of prafnoperatiafter-schl programs. >> this comes after an employee was charged with sexually abusing a 13-year-old student. >> mark segraves reports on how this one incident revealed a image or problem tha could impact schools across the country. >> reporter: the alleged sexual abuse occurred here inside the capital hill school at logan. not far from union station. the after-school employee was charged with second degree sexual abuse and was fired. but the investigation into the incident which was first reported by wame radio revealed

that springboard was unable to provide the required criminal orbackground check inftion for many of its emploes. cording to its website they ho run after sc programs in 21 d.c. schools and three in prince george's county. the discovery that springbod could not document background chec checks proch checks prompted about 20 schotos in d.c. suspend the company. >> we need to know every time our kids step foot in a school they are safe and we don't know that now. >> rorter: school officials rote expressing concern. an executive of springboard told news 4 we are in the process o conducting our own internal investigation into this matter. now school officials found out about thenappropriate contact in may, but they didn't inform parents here at the school until june. >> what happenedin those 30

days? were our children safe. >> reporter: they'll decide over th summer whether or not to renew theirontract with springboard next year. in the district, mark segraves, news 4. tonight will be the first me for d.c. residents to weigh in on a possible early release for notorious drug kingpin. the a itorney general's offi holding a public forum from 6:00 to 8:00 at the old counsel chambers to discuss rayful edmond. he oversaw one of the largest drug enterprises here in d.c. at the hek ht of the craccaine epidemic. edmond's also been linked to more than two dozen murders. prosecutors are now recommending that he be reased early citing his health and bringing down other criminals and narcotic op aations. new report from the airport authority is suggesting the second phase of the silver line will be pushed back again. the contractor for building the new rail yard near dulles airport revealed it's behind

schedule more than 60 days. the new estimated completion for e project is late july, 2020, with an estimated opening of late 2020. the route is prettyuch northern virginia's main street and from alexandria to leesburg it has itsng challe. if you travel it, you know. a new project to widen that road cou bring some relief for pedestrians d cyclists. transportation reporter adam tuss has the details from on t >> what happens had you hear a road is being widened but you're a cyclist? well, you hope you get some better protection along that roadas part of the project. >> there is a trail, but it ends. there's many segments of trail along here that go nowhere. >> bruce wright has been cycling in northern virginia for decades. breaking this ground event where vdot announced ruuoe 7 be widened along seven miles. >> there's a tremendous amount of effort to reach this successful point. >> but the extra lane on both

sides of route 7 while nice isn't what bruce was concerned hout. take a look at he has to ride in the grass with no dedicated space while trucks and >>cars fly by. tysons is a real challenge. not only aren't there many bi fills, but it's hilly. we've got a long way to go in tysons. they're starting. there are bike lane. >> bruce is a member of the fairfax alliance for betterng cyc they've been pushing for better cycling and they will see some relief. 14 miles of new trails will also be created along with the road widening project here. >> i think you probably count on one hand how many projects in your career h had 14 miles ofa multi-purpose trailing. >> that's what it's going to take, because people are used to getting in their cars and driving. now they're thinking i can g around and motorists are seeing more cyclists. i think things are gradually changing. >> there is thet par of construction with all of this and that is going to be a little bit painful about five years

worth of constrtion in this stretch. in tysons, adam tuss, news 4. soon you sould be able to get an online order from target delivered in as little as an hour. it's the latest volley in the shipping wars among retailer target will be offering shoppers in 47 states same day delivery on about 65,000 items ordered online. it will cost a flat fee of $9.99 an order. the company says it expects the option to be added to the targ mobile app sometime before the holidays. take a look at this handwriting sample we're going to show you. it's far from average and so is the little girl who penned this. tonight the story of a fearless 10-year-old from our area and why she's now getting national attention. the fight over the bowie ice arena continues to heat up and tonight the skating community will make its case to the city council as to why if you take this place away, they'll be left

out in the cold. the storms have made their way well east of 95, but the severe thrat continues fo our severe thrat continues fo our

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a local 10-year-old girl was recognized today for her stellar penmanship. >> that's right. because she is the top cursive writer in the country. winner of the national andwriting contest and she did itve all e though she was born without hands. >> earlier this year news 4's aimee cho got wn sit do with this incredible young woman from frederick, maryland. >> i try to concentrate on what i'm going to ite and tryot to mess up. >> when sarah nesly puts pen to paper, you bet every loop of every letter will be just write. this third grader recently sent a writing sample to a writing contest and took home the top prize. >> when iot the reward, i was really happy and proud that i got it. >> as she shows us her sheets of practice, when it comes to overcoming obstacles, all of us would do well to take a page from sarah's book. rah was born with no hands. that hasn't stopped her from becoming a penman ship pro.

>> i'm going to still keep trying my best. >> she has no plans to use prosthetics. >> i think i don't really need it. i can do pretty much anything that people who does have hands can do. >> that doesn't just mean handwriting. it also includes hitting the playground. climbing her way to the top of a rock wall. and learning how to ride a bike. >> she's always got a smile on her face. i don't think we ev seearah without a smile. so nothing holds her back. >> and this little learner alreadylooking ahead to the future. >> i want to be a lawyer and then a president and then back to being a lawyer and then become a judge. >> proof fornyone that when life throws you for a loo you can still get right back on track. >> by seeing my story, they can see that it's best not to gi up and keep doing your hardest unl you get to it. >> in frederick,o, aimee ch news 4. >> she is extraordinary. >> she really is. you see her priories. lawyer, then president. >> and een judge.

sh got it all planned out. >> you can catch more of sarah on nbc nightly news tonight at 7:00. she's sharing her story of overcoming obstacles with nightly news. >> i love that story. >> me too. on thin ice. tonight skaters, student athletes andawmaker at odds over plans for an ice skating rink in a local community. and we're tracking rain, but a dry endo the workweek. somara has a somara has a

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our stop stories if you were ,ust joining a former university of maryland basketball player was acquitted of ra charges today. a jury found him not guilty of raping a student in 2017. dodd said the sex w consensual. prosecutors argued the woman was too impaired to give consent. dodd says he now wants to focus on his basketball career.

police are warning about four people who are on the run and may be armed after a smashr ab that turned deadly. this all started overnight when we're told a group of burovars dr a car into the united gun shop in rockville. as they tried to make their getaway in another vehicle, an officer opened fire on them. ur people bailed out. a fifth person was found dead inside that car. de more changes insi the white house. president trump tweeting this afternoon that his press secretary sarah huabee sanders is out. she'll step down at the end of the month. sanders has served as press secretary since the summer of 2017. trump says she'll be returning to her home state of arkansas. well, a fight over a new ice rink is heating up. >> bowie's city council froze a plan to build a new facility and now theyant it left to voters to decide if it's worth spending some $21 million to complete the idea. news 4's cory smith explains what this means for the local sking community. >> i went to summer camp here

before actually joining the team. i met so many close friends here. >> without the bowie ice rink, he wouldn't have come out of hershel. lila wouldn't have been able to follow in her father's foot steps and abigail wouldn't have been abl to give back to her community. >> the feeling we get when you walk in the door, you know you're walking home. wh >> it's they're fighting to hard for city council to reconsider the decision to put the fate of the project in voter's hands. >> our compressors could go any day. the bathrooms need repairs. the office, the roof leaks. if this goes to a referendum or we even look to do any type of other option with privately-owned companies, our building here is not going to last much longer. >> how we got here was a long story, but in short at bwie city hall it's a numbersme ga. >> this project never got moret n four or seven votes on city council. >> the councilman supported the

plan which called for two sheets of ice under one roof. the majority of the people who use it don't live inbowie gave him and other council members pause to reconsider. >> there's not a huge appetite among bowie residents at large to fund major projects that are disproportionately used by nonresidints, spendg lots of tax dollars angeringeryoe proc anhi to sownefonrth it can't stand anymore. >> for those who support the plan, having no rink at all is something they won't stand for. they believe a new billing means expanded programs. >> to think at we have to do this all over again to justify something we've been justifying for so long, it's really disheartening and really frustrating. >> tonight members of the skating community will meet with city council members here in tr bowie to to get them to reconsider pushing this issue to a referendum. we're in bowie. cory sm cory smith, news 4. smoking and vaping are being snuffed out on patios in montgomery county bars and restaurants. the county banned smoking inside

buildings in 2003. now the law extends toutdoor eating areas. businesses that allow people to moke or vape in those areas will be fined $50. special smoking areas and balconies and on roof tops will be permitted. rockville and gaithersburg already have similar bans. tonight probably not the night to be doing anything on a patio. >> maybe later. maybe after this passes. what does it look like? >> well, leon is saying just away.the whole night do not do that, though. >> okay. >> we are going to see some improvements as we head through the overnight hours. for now we are still weatherer alt and that's because some areas are still under suvere therstorm warning. for now, can weo a time lapse of the storms thatol rd through? that was just crazy. look at that. wow. epic. oh my goodness. so we had those storms rip through the district really quickly. mod through, packed a punch. very hvy rain came down.

even a bit of lightning. here's what the deal is now. oking at our radar east of 95 is dry. washington, d.c., you're in the he ar for the rest of evening. it's safe. we move out towards anne arundel county, still seeing some showers along450 there. farther south, severe thunderstorm warning until 6:45 p.m. in couthernlvert county. seeing some very heavy rain. they might have expired that warning in fact because things are improving. htnsecutive degrees rigow in the district. we got really cool after that rain moved through. 73 in culpeper right now. with the sun coming back out, we were able to see a little bit of jump in the numbers, but we're going to cool things back down as the sun sets. looking at the rain outlook, we are dry for friday and saturday, but sunday, nday, tuesday, that chance for scattered showers and storms just makes a back. what is the best day to do what around town? if you're headed to brunch, lunch, dinner, saturday is going to be the optimal day. plenty of sunshine out there. very comfortable.

the best day to go swimming is going to be monday. it will be so warm by around -- between noon and 4:00. the only thing is we do have that threat for showers and storms, so as soon as you hear that thunder roar, head indoors. as far as the yard work goes, i'd probably say tomorrota very comfore tomorrow with temperatures in the 70s. storm team 4 10-day outlook. we're going to mak jump in the numbers. 78 tomorrow. 90 by sunday. and then we t do have quiet weather. it's going to be a little breezy tomorrow as well because we have this cold front move through and on the back end wat get th nice breeze. that should calm by saturday. then sunday and monday that rain chance does return in the afternoon. guess what? it's going to return all the way through next week. this is crazy. look at these icons. really and truly, this our summertime pattern as expected. we're going to see that threat for showers and storms from sunday all the way through next week. and we're going to keep a close

eye on these, because three days in a row in the 90s makes a heat wave which means you have to stay extra hydrated on sunday, monday and tuesday. not bad heweat even this evening you should be safe as far as any dinner plans are concerned because the rain is now beyond us d >> but't throwaway our whole evening, leon. >> okay. youe. got m coming up, no shortage of motivation for the warriors as they look to stay alive in the nbafi ls tonight. dave's up next with a look at ports. here's lester holt with a look at what's ahd. >> wll have my pouwerful conversation with a military war vet and a candidate who dropped out of the race to deal with his ptsd plus anita hill speaks to us about joe

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no champagne yet for golden state. they're focused on the game tonight. their final game in oracle arena, their full-time home since 1971. >> we're just thinking abo enjoying this last show at oracle. we're about to give our fans -- we expect our fans to be the loudest they've ever been,pe escially in the name of kevin. i know our fans will do that. we deserve it, but more importantly kevin does. we want to have banners in his presence. we expect our crowd to be loud. >> i don't think much needs to be said about the motivation we have to protect our home court, feed off our crowd's energy, play for k., andep try to k our season alive. there's lot of things you can kind of tap into>> for energy. hey have us convinced. o the blues wonn the road last nigso. little conlation to hockey ns around these part, but it took t st. louis blues longer than the capitals to win their

first y stanley cup 52ears compared to the caps f44 years. in january the blues matched their monicker with the worst in record the national hockey league. but you might say they turpned things around. arriving back in st. louis withn the sey cup feels like so much excitement. a former capital playing a hand that zach sanford dreamt about the caps but traded during his first season to st. louis. an emotional night for him. his father passed away back in the fall. now a champion along with his blues teammates, mething that has them all including ryan o'reilly feeling like kids again. >> you dream this so long and that feeling comes back to youa d what it means to win this thing. i just still can't believe this. this is -- i can'telieve i'm

here rignow in the stanley cup champion. >> hard to think of him as a kid with that beard. two of the best teams in the field. brazil on the attack. wow, she's going to be in thesp right. she's going to head it in for her fourth goal in two games. what brazil, what can go wrong? back come australia. goes to the back of the net. that's the difference. australia with the game tied at two. that's the game winner. gustralia wins it 3-2. lookint the national schedule, just a few weeks ago about the only thing to get excited about, saturday's giveaway o a bobble head. now it goes beyond a "star wars" character. hold on to your pups t in park. dogs will be at the nats game.

this team is playing well enough to make your tail wag. if you want to catch a nates game, this is the time to do it. thteam is playing some of the best baseball this season, winning 12 of the last 17 games. now the longest stand of he homestand. the next 11 games all in d.c. the home stand tonight with four games against the diamondbacks. followed by bryce harper'sn retur on monday with the meillies. then a three ga set with the tionally east leading atlanta braves. who would have thunk it? this team that have gone to the dogs, they're doing well an now ur tickets are valuable. >> i'm going to apologize in advance, because i'm there sunday and monday. we'll see what happens. >> all right, dave. somara has a final check of the forecast. y>> just want to bring up to speed. the severe thunderstorm warnings have been canceled for our area. east of i-95 is where there aining weather is. down towards souern maryland. shington, d.c. any evening looking good. e >> thanks, somara.

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