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something to get rid of all of this prostitution. >> in march just a few blocks away, another transgender woman was found shot to death. her murder is still unsolved. the two women knew each other according to prince george's county police, but they say it's too early tosay if the two murders are connected. >> what i can say to you is that it's unusual that we had two muiers like this win a couple blocks of each other. what we will say to thety commuthat's out there is look out for each other. i still can't say these awo cas related to each other. it's something that we are looking at very closely. >> reporter: now her body was discovered just before midnight. prince george's county police are asking anyone who was in that area and may have seen anything unusual to give them a call. they are offering up to $25,000 in reward money for any information that can help lead to an arrest in this case. reporting live, i'm tracee
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wilkins. ou in the studio. >> tracee, thank you. now to breaking news out of montgomery county this evening. news 4 has learned that some of the fourin suspects volve in a gunt shop heis have been arrested. we are still working to learn who they are. we're expecting more informatioo from gomery county police any moment now. the ners comes just hou after chris gordon sat down with acting police chief marcus jones. >> acting police chief marcus jones went to the united gun shop in the pre-dawn darkness to look it over for himself. five thieves fleeing in a stolen vehicle crashed into a police cruiser responding to a burglar alarm. damaging bo vehicles. the officer shot killing one of the suesects. jonelieves that all four of the other suspects will be caught and thatso they will al be tied into a similar gun store heist in laurel on wednesday. >> we'reeriously giving that a look and working hand in hand with howard county and agf
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because agf wasvolved in both of those investigations as well. >> chief jones says the exact member of weapons stolen from the two gun stores this week is still being determined. >> wesl continuoufind guns that are involved in some of our criminal activity such as shootings and homicides, that these guns are illegally bought from street sales. >> chief jones has been a montgomery county cop for 33 years. he's the first acting police chief to come up through the ranks. chief jones is acutely aware of cocen criticism from some members of the mmunity accusing the police department of racism after the publication of this recent video of an officer usingthen" word. i asked chief jones for his reaction. >> i was angry. i was disappointed. i had a lot of feelings that in
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my tenure i would have neverve bel that i would have seen this on my police department. o cmi>> 6:00, how he plans to rebuild community trust in the montgomery countypo lice department. chris gordon, news 4. >> chris, thank you. let's turn now to our fecast and storm team 4, guess what, tracking a weekend warmup after a spectacular day out there today.t' >> i going to keep on rolling on. doug kammerer is in the storm center with a look at what is coming our way. give us the good news. >> i want to be onhat boatright there. wouldn't that be nice today? a beautiful afternoon. it was a little breezy earlier. the wind is starting to relax a little bit. still gusting upwards of 20 miles an hour. up to 79 now at this hour at thp t. so some very nice weather here. ocean city coming in at 7 75 hagerstown.
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not a single 80 degree temperature anywhere across the midatlantic. that's really hard to get this time of year, but we've got it with plenty of sunshine. as we look towards what we're seeing, plenty of sun, yes, we saw the storm system comegh thresterday give us severe weather. that storm system is off the coast. tracking another storm system back in the middle of the country, that will more clouds and warmer temperatures and a chance for some thunderstorm activity over the weekend. i'll how you when and break it down for you and talk more about father's day. see you back here inb at 15 minutes. he is the latest victim of gun violence in the district. police say damon bell was found shot to death iside a car along west virginia avenue in e trinidad neighborhood early this morning. the number of homicides across the city now over 70 this year. near 50 of those in ward seven and eight. now mystics guard natasha closh said s had enough. she took to instagram after learning about a school window
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that had been shattered by gunfire in d.c. she said leaders need to come up with some sort of a plan or she's not going to be talking about anything else. cory smith has new reaction from cloud an the mayor. >> reporter: natasha cloud is the latest athlet touse their platform for activism. now she's hoping her words will lead to immediate action. >> kids can't even feel safe to go to school right now. >> reporter: that was point guard natasha cloud making a plea to d.c. mayor muriel boer d counselman treyon white to put forth solutions to stop the violence. cloud spoke out after visiting henley elementary school thursday just 24 hours after a bull ret ripped through this front window while children were inside. >> when you're talking about changing the culture, ending the cycle, when you're talking about empowers students and giviop them ortunity, it starts with their education. >> cloud's aea also cme with an ultimatum ahead of tonight's
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game. >> a response by tomorrow morning with a solution. i will only discuss this topic until it is fixed. >> reporter: today the mayor nd res. >> more people being outraged about accessto guns and the caress use of guns in our city i think the better. >> reporter: though the mayor would not commit to meeting with gloud, treyon white asked her to stop tweetin and gin hjoin his efforts. white said, quote, we are getting more teens and returning community be in the to address the neglect and social ills that influence violence. we had a strategy meeting last night and i didn't see people that tweet. years from now treyon white will be here commitd to serving. don't tweet. join us. >> the mickystics have a gram a tonight. we're going to see if we can
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talk to natasha about the response. it feels like we've seen a new person announce a bid for the white house every other week this year. now iw just under t weeks we'll have our first chance to hear from most of the democrats hoping to make donald trump a one-term president. nbc news has announced the lineups for the first debate of the 2020 presidential race.is thime a two night event with ten candidates apiece. elizabeth warren is the highest lling candidate for the first night. the second night will include current polling front runner joe biden as well as several others close behind. bernie sanders, kamala harris, and pete buttigieg. four candidates did not meet the criteria for this debate. you can see it all right here on nbc 4 june 26th and 27th. just in time for the current president's 73rd birthy, the folks at the daly show were in townal with what they're cling a gift of sorts. they created apop-up exhibit
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calling it a mobile presidential library. on display? what else? president trump's many, many tweets. many of them have been separated into insults orat ones th include the word sad. this the showroom just a couple blocks fromhe white house. it's open throughe th weekend. you need to know about some changes in the works for this celebration july on the mall. the display is ming to the west potomac park area. the fireworks vendor says hey're going to go off closer to the northern end near the baseball amond. the display will be over land and not on a barge. the new location allows more seats on the lawn and it's also near the reflecting pool. virginia's lieutenant governor says he's trying to clear his name of sexual assault allegations but a lawyer for one of his accusers says the way he's going aboutt amounts to a political stunt. attorneys for justin fairfax sent a letter to prosecutors
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offices in massachusetts and men h carolina where two allege that fairfax assaulted them. fairfaxe wants tha.s to open criminal probes, something he says would pve his innocence. he spoke exclusively with our julie carey about the effort. >> i've been ready from day one. i'll go under oath with law enforcement uer penalty of ilrjury and i would hope the accusers would beng to do the same. that's how we're able to get to the truth in a respectful way. >> if he wants to clear hisame before the public, which he says that he wants to do, he would agree to a hearing before the virginia legwelature. >> 're told one of the women's attorns has had a preliminary conversation with the d.as office but so far neither of fairfax's accusers has brought forth an official criminal complaint. what it meant to unite a community erads to controvy. ahead, why some are saying a
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councilman needs to step down because o what he wrote on a document presented to the descendants of a lyhing victim. a consumer alert tonight. san hogan reports on a new feature in cars and how it's designed to keep you safe. plus the furniture distributor opening up shop in our area where you'll soon be able to shop at wayfair. first, here's melissa with a look at your weekend traffic. >> because of the summer shutdown still under way, yellow and blue line, we have sick stations sth of reagan national still shut down until september 8th. franconia, van , king street, braddock road and theng huntin. on the green line trains every 24 minutes will be single tracking. as for the orange and red lines, regular seerice, silv line single tracking. now, downtown closed roade, wis 7:00 p.m. friday to 5:00 a.m.
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saturday, 17th between new york and constitution and 18th between virginia avenue and "e" street northwest because of a avie shoot. couple of other closures saturday from 1:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., indiana avenue and "c" street near judiciary square. the last one for you right now, closed 70 saturday to 5:00 a.m. sunday morning. constitution avenue from 3rd to
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a consumer alert that impacts your safety. a major car manufacturer announced it will start installing safety devices in the wake of dozens of accidental deaths. susan hogan is working for you with this new development. >> we're talking with carbon monoxide deaths rod overs, two issues linked to death and injuries when drivers leave their cars idling by mistake. at&t said it will start installing a new automatic park feature designed to reduce the risk of a car rolling away when a driver forgets to put it into park. the other shuts off the engine if it's left running addressing a problem that has led to a number of carbon monoxide poisonings. the most recent case, a colorado couple died when they accidentally left their toyota avolon running in their garage. according to a safety research group, the first known toyota
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keyless c.o. death occurred3 years ago. since toyota has been linked to 17 more. other automakerdi inclu ford and gm added these safety features into their vehicles several years ago. by the y, the estimated cost to add an engine s toff device per vehicle. lane shift for tons for to the fast lane, we know where they'll be building the first ones. ryland will be partnering with a private company to operate the lanes. lawmakers in montgomery county tell us traffic will oem conly if the entire stretch is addressed from the beginning. the next stretch of tol lanes would be the beltway. heads up if you driv the
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dulles toll road, access road or beltway in the tysons corner area. some ramps will be closing overnight next week because of of construction on the jones ramp connector project. ramps are off the toll and access to the beltway south. they'll be closed from 10:00 p.m. to 4:00 a.m. the online home goods store wayfair is planning to open a pop-up store in tysons this summer. waair, you've got justhat i need. the shop willet you get a look at hundreds of affordable pieces of decor and you can start 1th.ing there on august the lap-up will last for three months and excuse me while i put thn my calendar now. >> you'll be there lining up with lots of people. it's going to be nice because you actually see. >> is it a light blue, dark blue, is it tan or gray?
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>> you get to sit on it and everything else. we know bullying is a problem in schools and on social media. in wisconsin they're looking at a way to charge people. the superintendent shared it middle revealed school girl had received handwritten notes from other students encouraging to take her own life. >> that proposedrdinance would fine parents $50 for a 50 offense with additional costs totaling me than $300. father's day is right around the corner and one father from southeast d.c. has a lot to celebrate. he and his son were once homeless, but with help from bright beginnings, a resource center that leon harris has highlighted in harris's hero, their lives have changed for the better. aimee cho has this story of a father's journey.
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>> if sou needmeone you can count on, look no further than antoi antoine robinson. he's the proud parent of this little guy who just turned 3 a few days ago. >> i was raised without a father and that made med press har to want to raise my son andth be e best that he can be. >> you'd nev guess from the smiles on their faces not too long ago robinson and amir were homeless moving around om place to place. >> at tim it got real hard. i kept getting rejected, but my motivation was my son. >> that's why he came here to bright beginnings, to take classes and to learn how to juggle being a parent. as he teaches amir to throw the perfect pitch and put together puzzles, he says he hopespo reak stereotypes about southeast. >> there's a lot of people out here thinking fathers like
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myself are not in their son's life. i'm here to tell you it's not through. >> binson did so well is parenting classes, bright beginnings hired him to do maintenance. he and amir are no longer homeless and when he's at work, s it a point to help other fathers be someone youun n on. >> i just want to motivate and uplift any father that's in the community to do better because i know they can do what i'm doing right now. in southst, aimee cho, news 4. >>in robn is a full-time student at udc and he's thinking of majoring in facilities maintenance. happy early father's day to him. >> good for him. what an inspiration. role model wo. ve got that weekend warmup on the way just in time for father's day. doug is back with a look at attter temperes and a possible heat wave. cominccupy newup on news 4, this construction project will
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nice night to haveat drinks or e outside, maybe on your patio or your deck. >> going to be a little cool once the sun goes down, but a lot of people like that. eating outdoors tonht is gveing to be ry, very nice right on into the day tomorrow. today is actuallythe eighth dayn this m with below average temperatures. we haven't en much of that over the past couple of years, especially not in the month of june. take a look out there. you wouldn't know it. it's a gorgeous afternoon. another post card type of day. we talked about this the other day. on tuesday, we said friday, today, would be ather tuesday. tuesday was beautiful as well. right no sittingat 79. winds out of ste northwe at 14 miles per hour. still gusting to about 20 milds. 78 down to the south. no 80s, though.av the age high temperature is 84 degrees, so 5 degrees below that. nothing on the radar currently. we'r snot going toe any chance for rain or
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thunderstorms. really i think over the next 48 hours, that includ of father's day for most of us. we're going to talk about that in a second. first off, though, clear skies ound our area. the wider picture showing the storm that brought us the front yesterday that did provide some thunderstorm activity during the afoternoon. a l of severe thunderstorm warnings yesterday afternoon. now tracking another system in the middle prt of the country. not very strong system, but it u is moving way with more cloud cover. we will see more clouds tomorrow. but all i all, still a really nice day. any rain chances stay to the north. what about father's day? father's day everybody wonderinl we here's 7:00 a.m. on father's day on sunday. cloud cover as our storm system moves just to thenorth. hagerstown, maybe showers early in the day. we kind of clear out here. we still see a chance of shower h our nortn zones. we clear out sunshine. the heat builds, humidity starts to build. 3:00 we are stilldry just about everywhere and then we have a better chance of seeing showers and storms west of the blue ridge around 56 ok:00, even 6:0.
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unen the rain tries to make its way through aro 7:00 or 8:00. if you're thinking about barbecuing, dad, you're doing he barbecue, you might want t think about doing it earlier, maybe 5:00 instead of 6:00. i do think we're going to see those showers and thunderstorms come through. any storms that do developonill be he stronger side. your pool forecast looking pretty good if you're heading to the pool tomorrow. beautiful and breezy. your green as well on sunday. most of the day nice and hot. a perct day to go to the pool. monday afternoon storms probably not the best day at the pool, but i still think you can probably go for part of it, especially early in the day. as we make our way through the next couple of days, what are we seeing? temperatures going back above average. 91ndn moy. rather unsettled as we make of week. >> doug, thank you. ahead at 5:00, a magical citizenship ceremony. how david copperfield helped the stars align on a ed, white, and
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department store prices, every day. at ross. yes for less. i'm leon harris with breaking news t the live desk in the newsroom. following up a story we brought you yesterday. montgomery county police just announcing the suspect who was killed in yesterday's gunshot heist was 17 years old. he's been identified now as marquise weems. three other spects have been arrested. they were age 15, 17 and 21. police say the group smashed and the united gun store
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stole 27 guns. 17 have been recovered. when an officer confronted the group, he shot and killed the man. we'll gathe more details and bring them to you right here on news 4. back to you. >> leon, thank you. a disturbing crime in crystal city. police are lookg for the man who followed a woman off metro and then sexually assaulted her. the attack takingtlace jus as many people were heading to work thursday morning. surveillance video from inside the crystal city metrotu capd the suspect right before the attack. arlington police say he followed the victim into a building on jefferson davis drive. hehe cornered r in an elevator and assaulted her. he ran off when peoplewere walking by. >> it just seems very odd that i can't be safe gokg to w or coming home from work in the morning especially, 8:30 in the morning. everybody is moving around. >> just ashe mentioned, it was
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in the morning. it was very bright. there were a lot of people in the area. arlington police are hoping th omebody recognizes the attacker and gives their investigators a call. a leesburgown councilman is under fire accused of defacing a public proclamation. >> tocouncilman dunn did not sign the proclamation that was to go to the descendants of a man who was nched. >> between 1877 and 1950 at least 80 african-americans died by lynching inmo the comealth. >> three of thoseases loudoun county. newsn i4's derrick ward report tonight on the controversy. >> reporter: proclamations like this generally noncontroversial measures of legislature deal with countless times during countless sessions. a proclamation and how one chose to sign i or not sign it are at the center of controversy. >> tom dunn must resign from his elected positio effective
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immediately. >> an already controversial chapter of leesbg history, the 1889 lynching of an 18-year-old. newspaper acts say anderson played a prank on a friend, an 18-year-old white girl putting a sack over his headar to s her. it spread through form and a mob formed to finder andson. historical accounts say that a mob brought anderson to this area. this is where he was lynched. the proclamation would place a marker at the site of the lynching and appears to have been signednc by town cou members. it shows dunn hadn't signed his name. >> the councilman dun t decided deface the whproclamatist. >> in a ement he released earlier today, tit is a celebration of fom of slavery by texas and should not be you minnished by bringing in other issues while important are
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not to be celebrated but observed such as lynching. >> we tell the story of orin anderson. we are notat celebring the lynching. we're celebrating the person. >> they will also bring a easure before the council to censure dunn. in the meantime he says he will notresign from his council seat. it has been 50 years since police raided a popular gay bar inin manhattan spark the stonewall riots and launching the modern day lgbt whites movement. at the pleasure of moderating the discussion last night at the national law enforcement museum downtown, panelists looked at the evolving relationship between police and the lgbt it included firsthand accounts from people on the scene along with d.c. and nypd officers. last week tpd ny apologized for the 1969 raids. the first gay pride mafrrches i
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the country came after the riots the following year. earlier today a special ceremony to raise old glorye at th engine 18 anduc trk seven fire station down bethe row. they joined d.c. fire and ems crews to celebrate flag day that commemorates th adoptionof the red, white, and blue flag back on june 14th, 1777. it also mark the birthday fo the u.s. army. a magical red,ite and blue celebration at the american history museum today. tommy mcfly shows us how david copperfield helped 14 people become american citizens. >> what would you say is the magic inribecoming an amen citizen? >> you know, opportunity that exists here, freedom that exists he is unlike anyplace in the world. >> congratulations. you are now citizens of the united states of america. >> every one of these newiz citens has had quite the personal journey, from brazil,
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kenya, mongolia and 11 other nations. at the smithsonian museum of hi national ory. >> i am the son of immigrants and my mother instilled in me the importance of liberty that we' given here and the opportunities we have here and, you know, you don't realize searching people are for that. i think it's great. >> david copperfield brought the abracadabra to the ceremony to make them feel a little extra special. he unvoeiled a new illusion finding the missing star of the original star spangled banner. >> this is about unity, bringing the starl of the f together that were separated. it shows the symbolic way of where we're strongca in ameri as we get together and be united. >> at the american history
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museum, tommy mcfly, news 4. >> if you want to check out the star spangled banner, the flag francis scott key awe flying over baltimore's ft. mchenry, it's housed at the nationalmu um of american history. >> don't forget, but boy that was cool today from copperfield. through good and bad, from boys to men, comingp on news c 4, molette greches up with a group of best friends who met in kindergarten and have managed to stay connected, get this, more than 70 years. plus a minor fender bender that endedith a driver dragged. the story behind the wild case of road rage caught on camera. wow. we're tracking some great weather today and tomorrow, but sosu y weather making its sosu y weather making its way in for sunda
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not a dry eye in the house as a father recounted the moment his daughter got attacked by a shark. paige winter has a long way to go after the attack. winter's injuries wereso bad doctors had to amputate her leg and perform surgery on both her hands. her fathe explained the chaos as he went to rescuegh his r and the exhaustion has he watched others try to save her on shore. >> it was an immediate bad thing i went straight to where the pink was and dove under and grabbed her. when i pulled her up, a shark came up with her. i listened to every word she said, everyovement of her lips. i couldn't stop saying i love you. >> doctors said paige could be discharged to rehab next week. recovery will take a lot thinker. through all this paige says she
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dohesn't blame shark and hopes to help marine wildlife after she gets better. >> that is a special young lady. exchange in the atlanta area after a driver was cut off. one driver getting and going to the secon allegedly smacking him, taking his keys.u yoee the driver go off with him still attached to there. the first driver puts him in a headlock drives forbout half a mile. somehow he manages to free himself. it looks like he approached the car with a bat even. seems like he was able to get back to his car okay. wow. >> they're not happy. ahead at 5:00, the massive project getting under way that could help ease power outages when there are storms. plus a family's lasting eacy in this week's harris's heroes. the organization inspired by at moher love and
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we all glow up seeing power lines on poles high above the ground. now pepco is launching a projeci in the dist to place those lines underground, but it's going to cost you. mark see graves shows the proje 's impact onliability, traffic, and your bottom line. about every time there's a big storm. people lose electricity. usually because power lines and transformers get knocked down.
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it was the summer of 20l tehone. a storm t d.c. leaving hundreds of thousands without power. the head of pepco remembers it tll. >> it was one of most instructive and deadliest fast moving storms in history. >> reporter: that's wn the planning began to move power lines and transformers in the district underground. now the planning is over and ths digging hegun. >> once complete, we expect this project will decrease storm-related outages by 94%. >> reporter: the half a billion dollar project will be paid for by taxpayerscund pepco tomers and over the next seven years will bring construction crews to neighborhoods all across the city. moving power lines and transformers from atop street poles to vaults beneath the street. when they come to your street, there will be a door hanger letting you know what's going on and street signs will go up. then you'll start to see the
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markings on the street where the transformer and power lines will be buried. once the actual work begins, your street will look like this for about a month, but your electric bill is going to change for the next 16ears. for residential customers, the monthly charge will start out about $1.20 and go up to $2 ove. tim they hope to have all the work completed within seven years. it's object just streets that will have to be dug up. some sidewalks andreen spaces including trees will have to be excavated. the sidewalks and landscaping will all b replaced. the dig to go underground is e arting in upper northwest. if you want to seen your stre is scheduled for work, go to our nbc washington app and search plug. the first fido will be tomorrow and will be held at a city dog park. the official opening of the city's first dog park tt is. it coincides with th annual
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event. it runsr tomorrow fom 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. there's going to be activities, demonstrations and vendors and a chance to adopt a new best we friend as . >> my dog wanted to stay outdoors all day long. >> day like today, it's gorgeous out there. i put on my facebook page, i love when i ask questions on facebook and i get a lot of response. so far i've gotten about 250 people commenting on do you like this weather or are you waiting for the heat. so far i would say about 80%, 85% are loving this weather. not too many heat. guys you like it hot. >> i do. you can't get exactly into the pool right now because it's chill. you shiver. it's a little chilly. it needs to be 100 degrees befo you can dive in. >> tomorrow we'reoing 84. y wife was thinking about taking the kids to the pool. i think they finally went but it was really chilly earlier this
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morning. we're going to see another cool night tonight and then tomorrow a great day. take look outside. plenty of blue skies. just looking at something, capital climate st tweeted something out. i was looking at theis earlier. this is the coolest first two weeks of june since 2009. this goes backen years. very cool start to the month of june. 75 degrees rht now. i think many of you could be in the low 60s, maybe even upper 50s by 11:00, 12:00 tonight. especially in the suburb. it's going to be a cool night. over towards urbana, mt. airy. a cool night for you. ft. belvoir, fairfax, clemson, over towards manassas. get ready, you're in for a cool night in june. it's gng to feel much more like the gwenning egning of may. satellite and radar showing we've got plenty of sunshine, but look back to the west. we're tracking this storm syster
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here right not a very strong storm, but you tell what it ites have w it. a lot of cloud cover. we will see more clouds. all in all, a pretty nice looking saturday. this is pool weatour, but y may want to go to the pool after 11:00, 12:00. that's when temperatures should start t iwate n icermly. another greatwaay. mer with light winds. that's another key factor. get out of thepool, the winds will make it feel cooler. pretty good tomorrow. 77. 82 on sunday. 84 degrees on monday. temperatures looking good. sunny skies. i think a little bit more clouds. maybe the chance of a thunderstorm monday. i'm going to change that forecast. k we'll see a chance. if you're heading out for father's day, 84 by 1:00. thiss on sunday. notice how i have sunday dry. this is in and around the city. if you live west of the blue ridge, you mht find a chance of shower or thunderstorm around 5:00. the rest of us see those storms come through around 7:00 or 8:00
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on sunday night. also gives us time to heat up. close to 90on degrees sunday. 91 on monday. 87 on tuesday. we stay rather unsettled. take a lk at the rain chances all the way through the middle of next week. only a couple of dry diays and couple of cool days in there as well. there are thousands of families living paycheck to paycheck doing their best just to get by. >> leon harris is here with a story of a unique organization that steps to help out without ever taking the credit. >> they're all about reducing the stigma of asking for help. ron fitzsimmons and his sister created alice kandids in memory of theireyother. emember growing up poor and ashamed they felt of accepting charity. they created a organization that puts the hand out in the shadow and ushers the parents into the light. this idea wasinspired by their
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mother alice and alice's kids with this week's harris oh hero. >> from this smalloffice, ron keeps one word at the top of mind. he's making sure that kids in need do the same thing. >> how we can kind of give back to kids the way our mother did. with small items that were still very important to our self-esteem. when we startedalice's kids, we vowed if we could we would make the assistance totally anonymous. >> both remember how tough it was growing up with not a lot of thney to spare. >> it got to point where we were wearing the same shirt to school, the shoes had holes in them. >> now they're using thosein paful memories for ge'd. kids provide money through gift cardsks and chec to kids all over the c untry. here's how it works. ron receives requests by email from school social workers both near. >> this is a request from
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arlington, virginia. >> and far. >> this request is from li fornia. >> he goes through every request. >> i'm going to just say approved. >> within 24 hours that money is on its way to a child. >> so a w checkill be there in a few days and the kids will have swimming lessons this summer. >> on their end, school workers like c stephaniez printout the gift cards and hand them to the parents all without the child ever knowing they're receiving charity. >> they help us not only pride items to families, but also build trust. >> she says the familiesre so appreciative. >> there's always a big hug and a thank you. >> back in his office, ron says the thank yous you are nice, but the main goal is to just help people whi h keeping mom's memory alive. >> she tried, you know, and she did lift us on occasion and we remember that. so we're trying to do the same
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thing here with thousands and thousands of children in the same situation. i've had a lot of careers and this is the best work i've ever done. >> as you can see, that kind of pain, that kind of stigma can carry on with you for the rest of yof life i you're young and realize what's going on. ifst month alone they handed out $22,000 in g gazation is ca lra on donations, so if you'd like to help them out, you can find more information in our nbcwa ington app. >> he has walked the walk and now he's giving back. >> what a classy guy. i've had many careers and this is the best work i've ever done. >> yeah. great example. >> thank you, leon. great story. well, when we come back on news 4 at 5:00, connected since kindergarten. >> the story behind a group of men now in their 70s and how they've managed to stay togeerth
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decades of friendship started. hey're known as the kindergarten crew. that's a class where so much has changed since 1945. >> surprised i was ever this small. >> all best friends today.i >> we't have guns or access to guns. we protected each other. >> ten in all. several have now passed on. ben they wereoys, living in anacostia bond them. >> our community was really more a village. we were across the river separated from the rest of the city, but there was a very heightened sense of present for the community and pride in our community. >> what did they loveost about kindergarten? >> the girls. >> i think my first memories w just the relationship that we brought from the community to school. >> the person i met that i was in contact with was huey because
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we lived directly across the street from each zbrr. >> when they grew up, they married, grew up, spread their wings in thepi sky as swimmers, with decorated military careers, and became teachers and businessowners. lives well lived. >> one of the things that led us to be jovial things together. >> get together every month. >> garfield's ownto boys men. in southeast, molette green, news 4. >> and as for the wives of the so-called kindergarten crew, the men say their spouses give them meetups port for their and they wish they had the same kind of connection with their girl friendss new at 6:00 starts right now. frm right now at 6:00, a disturbing connection. the similarities between two
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murders within just a few blocks of each other and an warg from police. for the second time in just a couple of months, police s someone has shot and transgender woman in the same part of prince george's county. >> the victim this time just 23 years old. officers found her late lst night along 59th avenue. that's just off of eastern avee in fairmont heights. it's an area known for prostitution. our county bureau chief tracee wilkins joins us live from police headquarters with the latest on this story. tracee. >> reporter: prince george's county police are asking the public forthheir help. 're saying they want to fine the purpose who took zoe's lifee poli say 23-year-old zoe spears was shot and killed. her body found just off eastern avenue on 59th avenue. police say the transgender woman had been shot multiple times. today prince george's county police collected video from
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nearby surveillance cameras and went door-to-door talking with neighbors. this area of eastern avenue is known for its transgender sex workers that walkse streets at night. people who live hearsay they don't know what to do about it. >> i just wish that they could do something, the police or do something to get rid of all of this prostitution. > reporter: in march just a few blocksaway, another transgender woman was found shot to death. her murder is still unsolved. the two women knew each other ng accordio prince george's county police, but they say it's too early to say if the two murders are connected.it >> unusual that we had two murders like this within a couple blocks of each other. what we will say to the community that's out there is for each other.lo i still can't say that these two cases are related to each other. it's something that we are looking a very closely. >> the chief of police for
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