aro lot of people pbly went right across the street to walmart. just a guess. >> that was quite a story. we will continue to follow tt,t. fi welcome in on this father's day at 9:00. i'm adam tuss. >> happy father'say. i'm molette green in for meagan fitzgerald. i am here beside a dad who is a hands on dad. >> absolutely. >> this is your day to feel special. >> i do feel special. >> i was surprised you came into work today, you know?'t >> i didnnow it was like that, like you could just take the day off. maybe next year i don't know. we are going to do stuff after today. that's why we bring in lauryn because we want to know what weather is going to be like. a lot of people playing golf, grilling, hitting the pool. >> a lot of things going on. what are you doing today, adam? a>> i am going to brewery. >> good for you. that's exactly where you should be going. >> what are you doing there? >> i am going be sampling beer. that's what i'min gog to do. >> perfect day. i think you are going to my neck of the woods as wel

bl blue mont. if you are a dad and he had headed there. sitke outside. an eye to the sky after at:00 p.m. th's when we will seeom s scattered showers a thunderstorms. now, i don't think he everyboev will see them. that's why you want to keep an wneye to the sky or doad that nbc washington app. we have rain on that radar. i will show you in a second a little bit of atherly wind. that's going to bump up that humidity as we continue through the day today. temperatures are in the mid-70s. so it is going to be warm. if you are hitting the links, look at this. temperatures ining to be the mid-to-upper 80s by the time we head into the aernoon hours. so again it's going to be hot out there on the golf course. now, we do have a few light isolated showers along the coi- ridor as advertised. then more scattered showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. let's talk ming coming up in 15 minutes. all right.

thank you very much. meantime, we are following breaking news out of the t districts morning. one person is dead, another in the hospital after another double shooting in southeast this weekend. police found two victims in the middle of fourthar street not f from southern avenue and the maryland line. officers say a man was shot several times in the torso and died. hea woman was shot in teg and is expected to survive. investigators say that they are on the lookout for a silver four-door nissan sedan in connection with this case. no word what may have led to that shooting. this morning a prince george's county family is heartbroken aftoy a teenage b is struck and killed by a car. it happened yesterday afternoon on church road and fairview vistarive in bowie. family and friends gathered at the intersection to remember him. prince george's county police say the honors student wasn't far from home when a driver hit him and that person stayed the scene. neighbors are rallying around the devastated family and they say that stretch of road is dangerous.

>> we need some type of control to get the cars to stop. the cars don't allow m to cross when i run out in the street lf myse >> and that young man just graduated from eighth grade at orgetown day school in the district. well, new this morning, police in arlington county are investigating a second pedestrian fatal accident in a week. this latest one happened before 11:00 friday night on george mason drive. frly investigationsrom police reveal that robert bramwell was in the roadway outside the crosswalk and did not have the right of way. wnow, authorities say hit and later died at the hospital. the driver is cooperating with the investigation. m on wednesdayrning a woman was struck on columbia pike and four mile run. she was taken to the hospital. she died the next. day we have an update on a deadly crash in prince george's county. state police tell us persthe pe

weo died was driving the wrong way. rought you this as breaking news yesterday morning. police say a driver was headed east on the westbound lanes ofr oute 50 near martin luther king jr. highway and we're told the driver also caused a separate crasbefore colliding with the car and tractor-trailer. one person was flown by medevac to a hospital. we're working to find out why the driver who died was going in the wrong direction. meantime, the fate of a notorious drug kingpin is being discussed in an open forum. rayful edmond is currently serving a life sentee. he ran one of the most prolific drug rings in the district. decades later the public is getting a chance to weigh in on r or not he should get out of prison early. people gathered in southeast yesterday. edmond was convicted in 1990. he spent the last 30 years cooperating with the governmet. a judge is deciding whether that help entitlemen entitlements him to a shorter sentence.

>> change and healing got tm krom all of us. >> cooperation with the government is certainly a factor. i think anotheris factor how one con dulkts themselves even whilein carcerated. >> now, prosecutors say that edmond has continued to run his drug ring while in prison. they are arguing against any sort of early release. there is one more public forum. after that the office of the w attorney generl file a brief with the judge based to on all the information from the forums. > no evidence of foul play. that is what fairfax county police are saying about a drowning in mclean. they found a n dead in a pool on pine hill road yesterday afternoon and that place where this all happened is called an oxford house. the home helps people recovering fm drugs and alcohol. time right now is 9:05. protests erupting during d.c. mayor muriel bowser's speech at a housing expo. >> there iso affordable housing! there is no affordable housing!

>> protesters here holding a sign that said "fix public housing." one person yelling "stop gentrification." police escorted them out. the scene playing out at the convention center yesterday. here is how the mayor reacted to the disruption. >> theinone thing i am not, and the thing i never allow anybody to do or to say is to cool muriel bowser a liar. >> mayor bowser recently announced a new initiative to make it easier for people to afford a new home. the mortgage program provides discounted interest rates to city employees. we did ask the mayor's office for a response and so far we haven't heard back yet. okay. this morning target is apologizing for a technical glitch that shut down registers for hours. peoplecouldn't get their target fix. this is serious. several people turned to social media to vent abouthis because, you know, we got to find a way to complain. this shopper atre a sto in

tennessee posted video of long lines on her instagram account yesterday. similar sc aes played out stores across the country in our area. there was a customer at a store in rockville, posted this picture. they all look alike, don't they? >> every target is the same thing. >> target says the registers were dowor two hours preventing cashiers from scanning your merchandise. >> we were just shopping around and there ws an overhead page that said all the systems were down in target and nobody could buy anything. >> on the up side, you saved some money. >> unless you stat and waited ad bought more stuff. maybe you walked aroundhe store for two hours. >> target says the registers are back online so you canend today if you'd like. the cpany is assuring customers it was not a data breach and no information was compromised. >> that is quite an interesting story there. >> i know. hey, conflict beten the united states and iran continues to escalate in the middle east.

iran still denies attacking two tankers in the gulf of oman. u.s. officials are debunking that claim with the release of this video. they say it shows iran's islamic revolutionary guard removing an idexploded mine from the sof a tanker after that attack on thursday. president trump says there is no doubt in his mind. >> iran did do it. you know they did it because you saw the boat. i guess one of the mines didn't e and it probably has iran written all over it. >> nowhe u. says iranian-backed force fired on two american drones with a missile on june 6th. then fired a missile, a second one last week. last month the united states moved military reinforcemts to the persian gulf to counter what officials call credible and imminent threats from iran. the an conflict will be one of several topics this morning on "meet the press" with chuck todd. chuck will also speak wh presidential candidate mayor pete buttigieg and house mine

orty whip steve scalise. that starts after news4 today. all right. a little closer to e home, lonni bunch will officially become the first african-american to oversee all of the smithsoni museums and parks. bunch founded the smithsonian nional museum of african-american history and cuture you might remember. he will become the institution's 14th secretary while overseeing 19 museums and the national zoo. bunch spoke with nbc nicely news last night. he admits he is not only making history but paving the way or others. >> i'm stunned how some of the maintenance people, the security guards are suddenly stopping me and saying, if you could be secretary, i could be anything, too. >> love it. bump says as a kid his family would come from new jersey to see theuseums in the district. he says everything he has ever done has been stuffuched by the

smithsonian. i have had the pleasure to meet him. what a guy and so committed to his profession. >> he is a visionary. i can't wait to see how he puts his touch the entire system. all right.ut nine mines after the hour. this father/son pair is all about winning, and they are doing it together. coming up on news4, meet the d leading the washington mystics and how their relationship works even when things get heated. that's coming up straight ahead on news4 today on this father's day morning. day morning. 10is your time. the big carriers are talking about their current 5g roll outs, but their efforts are limited to a few pockets in select cities or trying to convince consumers that 4g is actually 5g. they're neglecting small towns and rural communities, leaving them on the wrong side of the digital divide. if approved, only the combined availableresources of t-mobile

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welcome back. we hope you are having a good starter to your fath day. >> are you? >> of course. i'm here with you. how could it be bad? >> you are not with your three kids. >> i will see them a little bit. is a father/son duo in the district that gets to celebrate father's day any time because they work together. >> this could be good but also bad, right? that's the case for the

winningest coach history in wnba history. mexico city he iss iks /* mystics head coach mike thibault and eric third base. >> i actually tried to talk him out of it.em >> i don't rember being discouraged that hard from coaching the first place. >> i learned early on he is probably smarter than me in many ways. >> record that also. need that clip. >> and i mean that in all seriousness in that he had a backgrou in the game that was far advanced compared to my start in this business. you always wonder, too, sometimes as a dad how that's going to work, you know. you can be father and son, but are you going to r in that relationship sometimes because of the pressures o day-to-daych coag? but so far that hasn't happened. we have our moments like all -- >> i have to record these nice thegs and play them back in staff meeting. >> but we have our days.

yoknow, we -- and think it's -- the first couple of years here, i think it kind of stunned our staff, the rest of the staff that we could go at each other about some things and it wasn't personal. >> i probably take me liberty saying things to him that i wouldn't say to maybe if i was working for scott brooks orot anher head coach. he rfrinds me om time to time you wouldn't say that to somebody else. it drops that guard a little bit and we can get right into more honest andi direct dussion and i don't worry about hurting his feelings and he coetainly 't worry about hurting mine or whatever. i know it's dad. when we are at work, i don't - think that' that type of relationship is what the players see. i think they just see a coaching staff. >> that wasew n sports reporter dave johnson there. the coaches, they are going tok hanging out together out of towe use the mystics are dealing with road games this week.

>> the next home game will be a week from saturday june 29th at the entertainment and sports arena in southeast. continued good luck to the stics. >> yes, absolutely. all right. we are having some beautiful weather. we have been in a pretty good stretch. want to keep it going. i know lauryn has some showers that she has to talk about. >> it's not bad right now. >> this is money. >> that's a nice picture. >> 74 degrees. we have much more coming up on news4 o day. this is not a bed... it's a revolution in sleep.

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welcome back. thsi've been best friends e kindergarten. and after 70 plus years, th have gone from boys to men through good >> i can't imagine that relationship dynamic. i tried to give you a little taste of it here. they say anacostia, southeast, was fertile ground for their success. i wasca lucky enough to mp up with the so-called kindergarten crew at the school where they met. >> reporter: garfield elementary school is where seven decades of friendship started. >> back ephome. ter: they are affectionately known as the kindergarten crew. back to class where so much has chged since 1945. >> so small. >> reporter: all best friends today. >> we didn't have guns o access

to guns. we protected each otpoer. >> er: ten in all. several have now passed on. when they were boys living in anacostia, it bonded them. >> our community was more a village. anacostia, across the river, separated from the rest of the city, busere was a tight sense of presence of the community and frpride in our community. >> reporter what did they love most about kindergarten? >> the girls. >> i think my favorite memories was just the relationship that we brought from the community to school. >> a person i never lost contact with hui, because he lived he across t street. >> reporter: when they grew up, they married, became fathers and spread their wings in the sky, as champion swimmers with decorated military careers and became teachers and business owners, lives well lived. >> seemed like we kepteeting

at funerals, and so that's one of the things that l to start doing joyful things together. >> i'm blessed to be a part of the group. >> reporter: and get together every month. >> when we have our drinks in hand, we salute. >> reporter: garfield's own boys to men. >> can i just tell you that there was so much about -- >> yes. >> listen, they have 45 kids in that kindergarten cl back then in the -- >> that's a lot. >> in the 1950s. they only went to school half a eay. they had to b close because they were in close quarters with each other. >> amazing. >> that's a great story. i love that stolly. weone. i really like that story. >> 70 years? >> i wonder what they are going do. they are all fathers. what are they going to dayon father's >> the sky's the limit. >> you are going to a brewery. >> is there frepressure on you? you have te times,pool, whatever. >> we have aew showers to the

y.st in the shenandoah val there are a few light showers i-81 ere righ along the corridor. oor the most part we are dry. we are going teep a chance of showers mainly west of d.c. for all of our western counties, until aboutrn mid-mog, i'd say 11, maybe even going to noon, i will show you the radar here a second, we have got plenty of sunshine out there. here in d.c. a beautiful looking day. hnow, most of us t morning and the early afternoon dry. severe storms possible after 2:00. but i don't think everybody is going to see them. keep an eye to the sky and download that nbc washington app. this is why we are weather alert, wind,i ha damaging winds. if you are headed to the pool get an eye to the sky. it's going to be hot and humid out there. might be a good day to go to the pool. temperatures nearing 90 degrees today. here in d.c. here are the showers i was talking about. they held together a little bit after crossing through the mountains. seeing a few howers, light

stuff. no storms out there right now. just some showers throughwi hester. really up from woodstock all the way up to hagerstown. they may stay t gether and move into frederick county. anything we see this morning before noon will be light. en this afternoon that's when we'll start to see some of the heavier stuff. let's time it out. here we go. 9:00, bo, a few showers. they dissipate through the morning. we are dry through the middle of the day. after 2:00 here comes some storms. damaging winds, heavy downpours and small hail possiae. w going to keep a chance for some isolated storms even late tonight, and maybe a stray shower early tomorrow morning. one or two tomorrow morning. then we do it all over again tomorrow afternoon. more scattered showers and thunderstorms. some of those could be strong.ck we are baaround 90 degrees for your monday. we stay in the upper 80s on tuesday. the reason why we have a chance of storms each and every day pretty much all next week is bealuse we have a frontystem that's going to stall out across

the area. it's starting to move towards our area right now of the that's why we also have showers and storms out there. dry friday and saturday. i'm ma, murray of nbc news. exactly fourar yes ago donald trump announced his presidential bid and stunned the political word by take that mexico sends rapists acro the boarder. since then it's been a central theme of his four years on the political stage. say or do something controversial, the country reacts in outrage. many forgetting that first controversy. wash, rinse, and repeat. consider last week's dispute over terrorists from mexico, which never came to fruition. or this week'sut oge of trump admitting he'd accept dirt agaia from foreign government interfering in a u.s. election. this wheel of outrage has been one of the president's biggest g weaknessesen his approval rating in the low 40s despite an

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>> i can't. >> it would be nic >> okay. >> think you could sleep in to 9:30? >> she could today. funny.know, it's when i was a teenager i would sleep to 1:00 or 2:00 in thete afoon. now since i do the morning show, like my body alarm clock is up at 7:00. i am not a morning person. > why would you want to sleep from when it looks like that outside? >> exactly. and all those teenagers that are going to be waking up at 1 or 2, they may be waking up to storms. in case they areeaded to the pool, listen, if you are going to go to the pool, keep an eye to the sky because i don't think everybody is going have a chance for storms, but at least we will see a few out there. some of those could be strong. that's why we're red. that's where we are weather alert because dmaging winds, also some hail and i't think the tornadic threat is that big at all, but damaging winds and il and downpours will be the threat. beautiful now. no rain near us, but in the shenandoah valley towards i-81

towards hagerstown some light shower actiview. a f sprinkles out there. that's it. it may say together across the blue ridge mountains, leesburg and frederick county, maryland. looking at those showers to 11:00, noon, and mo scattered showers and thunderstorms later on this afternoon. so we'll talk about the timing of those.ou let's talk a the heat because it is heating up today and tomorrow. that's coming up oat ten-day forecast in a little bit. >> all right. thank you very much. meantime, this morning a prince george's county family is heartbroken after b teenageoy is struck and killed by a car. this happened yesterday afternoon on church road and fairview vista drive near bowie. family and friends gathered at the intersection to remember him. publ prince george's county police say a driver hit him. that person stayed on the scene and neighbors are rall around the devastated family. they say the intersection is dangerous. f>> we need some type control to get the cars to stop because

the cars don't even allow me to cross when i'm running out there in the street myself. >> imagine a little kid. >> that teenager hadust graduated from eighth grade at georgetown day school in the district. an o updatea serious crash involving a pedestrian in arlington. we have learned the victim has died from her injuries. on wednesay 77-year-old martha sotos was struck by a car at columbia pike and south four mile run drive. investigators believe she did not have the right of way and crossed the street outside the crosswalk. police say the driver remained at the scene. sotos was rushed to the hospital nd pronounced dead on thursday. a local coup trying to cope with an unimaginable tragedy. a suspected driver struck their car and killed their three young children. yesterday the school that the kids attendeng did somet to keep their memory alive in a very special way. eople gathered at lemon road

elementary school in falls church. the school dedicated a memorial to 5-year-old twins alexander and rosalie mejia and their 1-year-old brother isaac. the family had just left church last december whethersu a ected drunk driver hit them on indian head highway in prince george's county. along with that memorial the school created a mini library inviting kids to check out and drop off books. and the mohiher of theren is calling all of this a blessing. >> it's so beautiful that there is something here that, in memory of them, gives out to the community and now kids will be able to come and get a book, take it home or put it ba. just something where kids can come in and enjoy my kids. >> police haverg the driver with drunk driving, vehicular manslaughter and gross negligence. time right now is 9:34. an update on a disturbing story out c ofstal city. police have charged a man who

followed a woman off the metro and sexually assaulted her. police say 19-year-old wondimagegn azemach is charged with sexual batter investigators say on thursday morning he followed the woman into a building on jeffers davis highway, cornered her inside the elevator and sexually assaulted her. that attack happened just aseo manyle were getting ready to go to work. azemach is being held without bond. new this morning, gunfire claims the lifef a man in riverdale. this happened last officers were called for a reported shooting on patterson street and oce on the scene they found a man laying on the ground and had been shot several times. al, as rushed to the hosp later pronounced dead. so far no arrests announced in this case. we are working to learn a motive and we will post the information in the nbc washington app. new details in a deadly i double sho in southeast d.c. police say the incident was not

domestic related. we brought this ase breaking nes ly yesterday morning. police found 37-year-old richfield chang and a woman shot inside an apartment on pennsylvania avenue. the medics tried to save chang's life. he died at the scene. the woman is in criticalti condi. neighbors meantime are alarmed and they tell us they are going to keep a closer eye on what's around them. t>> ihink just being more vigilant and looking out for what's around me or >> police tell news4 that no arrests have been made here. we are f working tod a motive to the shooting. this weekend the public got a chance to weigh in on whether a notorious drug kinin should get out of prison early. rayful edmonds is currently serving a life sentence. people gathered for a public hearing at martha's table in southeast yesterday. derrick ward on the unusual set ca circumstances surrounding this high-profile . >> reporter: rayful edmonds was convicted of masterminding the most porful and pervasive drug

ring in the city's history. in the court of public opinion the jury is out. >> i don't like to make judgment without facts. so i don't know all of the facts. >> reporter: she was one of the a handful of people who show up for the second public forum allowing citizens of the city to weigh in as a federal judge prepares to decide whether the 30 years of help edmond has given to prosecuto -- the judge wants to consider the factors of d.c. residents. >> there is change and healing that got to come ill from a of us. >> i completely understand the concept of redemption. >> reporter: he says while he has worked to secure the release of offenders unjustlysentenced, this case is unusual. >> after he went to jail and got the benefits of an agreement with the u.s. attorney, he went and committed more crimes. >> reporter: prosecutors say edmond continued to run his oprsration from behind ba exploiting weakness in the prison system and showing

officials how to close those loopholes. it's complicated. >> i know him. he did not bring all of that stuff here. >> cooperation with the government is certainly ato fac i think another factor is how one conducts themselves even while they are incarcerated. >> reporter: no doubt the city has changed in 30 years. edmond were released to d.c. he probably wouldn't know the place. this fall a federal judge will decide whether edmond gets another chance outside of prison walls. derrick ward, news4. ne >> there isore forum. after that the office of the attorney general will file a brief with the judge based on the information gathered from all of the forums. virginia's attorney general says now is the time to legalize all marijuana in the commonwealth. mark herring wrote an op-ed. he says criminalizing minor marijuana possession is not

working. he points to african-americans and people of color being disproportionately affected. he says taxpayers are paying to care for people locked up for minor marijuana possession. herring wrote in part the time is right to begin working towards legal and regulated adult use and he says the first step in virginia is to decriminalize smallof amounts main as soon as possible with ma the ul goal of making marijuana recreational. ead on news4, a family's lasting legacy in this week's harris' heroes. the organization inspired by a mother's love and how it's reaching families in nd. see more of the beautiful reunion comg up on news4 ti

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sister this week with a unique organization named for their mother alice's kids. it's how they felt taking charity as kids. >> they created an organization that puts the hands out in the shadows. they are this week's harris' heroes. >> reporter: from this office, ron fitzsimmons keeps one word top of mind. dignity. he is making sure kids in need do the same thing. >> how we can kind of give back to kids t wayour mother did. with small items that were still very important to our self-esteem. when we started alice's kids, we vowed that if we could we would make the assistance totally anonymous. >> reporter: they remember how tough it wit growing up w not a lot of money to spare. >> it cgot to the point we were wearing the sameirt to school. the shoes had holes in them. it was quite embarrassing. >> reporter: now they are using

the painful memories for good. alice's kids provides money through gift cards a t checks kids all over the country. here's how it works. ron receives requests by email from school social workers both near -- >> this is a request from to arling virginia. >> reporter: -- and far. >> so this request is from california. >> reporter: he goes throughry eve request. >> and i just say approved. >> reporter: within 24 hours that money on its way to a child. >> so a check will be there in a few days and the kids will have swimming lessons this summer. >> reporter: school workers print out the gift cards and happened them t parents all without the child ever knowing they are receivingch ity. >> they have been able to help us not only provide items to families, but also build trust. >> reporter: she says the families are so appreciative. >> it's always a big hug andan you. i wish the kids could get some of that. >> reporter: back in his officea ron the thank yous are

nice, but the main goal is to help people while keepi his mom's memory helive. >> s tried, you know. she did lift us on occasion. and we remember that. so we're trying to do the same thing here with thousands and thousands of children who are in the same situation. i have had a lot of careers, and this is the best work i have ever done. > last month alone alice's kids handed out $22,000 in gift cards and checks to help kids and families. and the organization is run largely on donation. >> very cool. if you would le to donation find information in our nbc washington app. search harris' heroes. >> very nice. 9:44. >> that's also vees nice. >> y on this sunday morning, father's day. good morning everybody. we've got mu more weather and ing your way on news4 today.

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welcome back. father's day is here. >> it is re. >> it's today. and -- >> all day. >> and one father from southeast d.c. has a lot to celebrate. he and his son used to be homeless. story.ncredible with the help of bright beginnings, their lives have

hang changed for the better. aimee cho has this story of a father's journey. >> five, four, three, two, one! >> reporter: if you need someone you canount on, look no further than antoine robinson. he is the proud parent of little guy, amir robinson, who just turned 3 a few days ago. >> i was raised without a father. that made me press hard even more to want to raise my son ane be the b that he could be. >> reporter: you would never guess from the smiles on their faces, not too long ago robinson and amir were homeless, moving around from place to place. >> at times it,got real hard you know. keep getting rejected from jobs and, you know, aot of turn downs. but my motivation was my son. >> reporter: that's why he came her, to bright beginnings, to take classes and learn how to he gle being a parent as teaches amir to throw the perfect pitch and put together

puzzles. t he hopes break stereotypes about southeast. >> a lot of people thinking fathers like myself are not in tir son's life. it's not true. >> reporter: eventually, robinson did so well in his parenting classes, bright beginnings hired him to do maintenance. r and amir are no lon homeless. and when he is at work he makes it a point to help other fathero to be somene you can count on. >> i just wt to motivate and helift any fatr that is in the communy to do better because i ow they can do what'm doing right now. reporter: in southeast, aimee cho, news4. >> we want to tell you that robinson is a full-time student at uvc. >> absolutely. he is thinking of majoring in facilities maintenance. that's a heartwarming story. >> wishing him all the very best. >> on this father's day. >> absolutely. a lot of people are doing things for father's day.

some people are out on the golf course for hours at this oint. >> sure. my father-in-law is definitely on the golf course. probably woke up as soon as ted opene it. listen, it is not going to be that bad out there right now. this afternoon if you are on the golf course it's going to be hot and steamy. >> listen, maybe that's why i don't like golf because it seems like wlfr i play it's a million degrees and it's humid and it's just miserable. >> yeah. >> some people le that. >> i don't like playing golf. driving the cart around is fun. >> yu. >> yeah. >> >> and the bar cart is fun. as we go through the daygoe are ng to heat up. you can start to feel that humidity. an tick from yesterday. those temperatur were in the low-to-mid 80s. today upper 80s to low 90s. it is going to be warm out there. beautiful view outside the d.c. area. in the west a few showers in the shenandoah valley. showers westco beng humid

through the morning. was guess get into the afternoon mid-80s at lunchtime. is going to be hotut there. 5:00 p.m. scattered showers and storms. again not everybody going to see these storms. they are going to be around later ft this aernoon. a couple could be stronger but it's not going to be a widespread event. this may stabize us aittle bit. a few light showers coming through the over. loudon county, even frederick county, montgomery county, youm y see a few showers as we go to about noon. we could even get slippclipped in d.c. if this stays together. a lot of modelsave it dissipating before it gets to i-95. we are going to see a few more scattered showers and hearvier thunderstorms this afternoon. again not for everybody. temperatures are in the 70s right now. it's warm out there right now. we are headed into the upper 80s today. there goes those showers. see how they dissipated once t they go to frederick county?

i don't think they will dissipate that quickly. i think they may stay together. we wi have to watch as they approach i-95. we will keep that chance at least through noon for showers. no storms. then after two that's when we can see some storms. but watch. t everybody gonna seehem. as they move through, we will keep a chance to about 6:00 p.m. tonight. and then maybe a little lull. i am gopng to k another chance for only showers and possibly a few thunderstorms late tonight and into the overnight. there could bene or two showers around for that morning commute. but tomorrow afternoon, tomorrow evening more scattered showers and storms and i'm more worried about those tomorrow. we could have flooding issues especially if they stick he afternoon, twill not be moving all that quickly, so wto have watch that. this is the first thunderstorm. we are seeing showers out there. that's what we'll see until about noon, especially west of d.c. another chance on tuesday. another chance on wednesday. another chance on thursday. it will be humid. a frontal system is stalled and that's why we have a chance for

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>> i don'ty rea know. he already hasse thes. >> what presents did he have? you? >> already. >> what is father's day? >> a tay that yday that you giv stuff. that the day that he gets to relax and do whatever he wants? >> no. >> no? what do you think he would like for a present? >> a chicken. >> a chicken? >> and a gorilla. a lizard. >> a lizard? what's that behind you? ifr you wee talking to a brand new father, wouhat would you te him his job i >> his actual job is to protect and work hard and like love them no matter what. >> surprise us. he makes us food. >> do you like to cook for your father? >> i don'tok. >> you don't cook? >> i am only 6 years d.ll >> tee about your father. >> he makes me laugh a lot.

>> how does he make you laugh? >> heickles me to death. >> do you ever play tricks on your dad? no? >> i play jokes. >> oh, what kind of jokes? >> knock knock. >> who's there? >> boo. >> boohoo. >> don't cry. >> that's an old one. i know that one. if your father was a superhero, which superhero would he be? >> a ninja turtle. >>okay. >> an invisible man. >> i am a grandfather. two little grandsons. what are grandfathers supposed to do? >> i think theyld shouike be maybe like a babysitter. >> if i am a grandfather, don't i get to have more fun? >> setimes you get more fun. >> can i give treats to my grandsons? >> a little t. >> what u mean a little bit? >> because they will get hyper. >> who has the best dad in the world? >> i do. >> how much do you love your dad? >> l 100 and t ahousand, like

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