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to save his dad's life. >> news 4 begins with a storm team 4 weather alert. verybody. right to your forecast now first at 4:00. storm team 4 declaring a weather alert for some potentially dangerous thunderstorms out will. right got the radar here behind us. can you a scty rtadllti tghart . a severe weather threat th most >> we're kicking off hours of live team coverage.hr tee t's go to storm team 4 meteorologist somara theodore. where are the storms right now? >> all around us. like popcorn storms. they have they are just popping up as expected. somere very close to the district. let's take a look at the radar. you can see here that we have some of our heaviest rain falling just to the southnd just to the north of washington, d.c. so down towards clinton, maryland, get ready. this is about to pick up and get pretty heavy for you. just outside of reston headed towards betts did a, a very
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heavy shower and thoerunderstor. this is going t make its way into northern howard county shaded in green. i'll talk about thao in a second. uth of culpepper and crossing over into maryland, tracking those two storms as well, heavy rain and a bit ofig lning. none of the storms severe but definitely have the potential of going there. big picture does show it's not atst us. this system th causing the disturbance, at's causing all these storms, it's actually going to minder in our area through thursday. yeah. so the impacts we're expecting as we head through the afternoon. heavy rain, winds for ure, and not look at any real tornado threat today, but we could see some small hail out there. now, as we continue to move through the evening, i'm going to keep a close eye on the storms. do i want you to know that some of the counties including atederick county are under a flash flood wch. more details on tat to could. erika? >> thank you so very much. we encourage you to download our nbc washington app if you don't have it.
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if you have the app get the brearng weathe alerts sent to your phone. major new developments in the bizarre murder case in montgomery county. a millionaire sentenced this afternoon for the death of 21-year-old ask khafra. khafra died while digging secret tunnels underneath the man's betts did bethesda house. darcy spencer re on today's ruling. darcy? >> reporter: well, jim, both of the victims' pents gave very powerful very emotional statements in court today talking about how the loss of their son has affected them, and the mom talked about how she has been in a stade of ression, how she has lost her joy for life. boast them were hoping for a tougher sentence. >> daniel beckwitt, a millionaire stock trade and convicted killer was sentenced to serve nine years behind bars for the death of askia khafra.
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his father says the sentence for involuntary manslaughte and se mond-degreeurder was to low. >> the sentence does not measure up to the type of crime committed. >> reporter:khafra died while a fire broke out digging tunnels under beckwitt's home in 2014. he wanted to build a bomb shelter to protect against him north korean nuclear missiles.n we fire broke out, khafra got trapped in the basement. >> this is a young man who w blindfolded, led into these tunnels, told he was in virginia and then i ledo that hell hole where he was left alone to urinate and defecate in buckets. z>> beckwitt apologi to the family and said he tried to save khafra but the smoke was too thick. he asked to be thought of as an imperfect human being and not a
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human beicu. prors described the man as brilliant and used his empathy and talents to harm others. >> his disregard for others and particularly the life of this young man is what led h death. >> reporter: beckwitt had faced a total of 30 years behind bars. he does plan to appeal his conviction. erika, back to you. >> all right, darcy spencer. darcy, thank you. now we go to a deadly shooting right here in the district. somebody shot and killed a man and wounded a second person just after midnight. this was on saturday, and it all unfolded at a condo flex in the capitol hill area where investigators apparently found a zable amount of drugs. news 4's pat collins is live on pennsylvia avenue in southeast with details on this case. pat? >> erika, the scene inside jenkins row condominium, the condos sellfor more than $600,000. at the scene police found a man
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set toh. they found his girlfriend shot and wounded and sources say they found all kinds ofar muana in various forms, and at the scene they say they found $100,000 cash money. it happened early saturday morning just afterig midnt. the sounds of gunfire brought police to a fourth floor apartment here atki jenns row. inside, they found 37-year-old richfield chang dead on the floor. his girlfriend nearb she had been hit a number of times. today i talked by phone to chang's girlfriend. she's in the hospital recovering from the gunshot wounds.ay she the two were planning to get married and that she misses him. she misses him so much. she says the guy who did the shooting was supposedly a
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friend, and when they saw he had a gun, they asked him to leave the apartment. that's when he opened fire. neighbors say before the shooting, there was an argument inside that apartment, that it was loud and things got thrown into the hallway. they say one of the stray bullets punctured a pipe and causeda leak on the fourth floor. and so thecops, they have a name. they have a picture. the this one should cloyoseu. >> all right. pat collins, part, thank you. all lanes open north of the bethesda area after a landscaping truck here hauling a trailer crashed into several vehicles at the entrance to georgetown prep school. now, seven people were taken to the hospital, injured, some with traumatic injuries. a utility pole and traffic light are damaged.
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commity concern grows this afternoon after a driver hit and killed a 14-year-old boy near bowie. onaturday witnessesold police kamal nashid ran into the crosswalk before traffic stopped at church road and fairview vista dry. he later died at the hospital the driver who hit the teen stayed on the scene.ly today his farelease new pictures of the team. police say they are looking for a truck the victim ran in b fro fore he was struck that. truck did not stay and the scene. one state wmaker saysore needs to be done to get drivers to slow down in that area. >> we d't need anymore traffic studies. we don't need to study this thing anymore. we need to act, and we need a permanent solution. >> nashid had just from georgetown day school in d.c. ahead hat 5:00, the push for safer roads and who lawmakers blame for n doing enouto keep a local community safe. a supreme court decision today giving virginia democrats
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a leg up in the upcoming election. the ruling centers around the in case requ redistricting in virginia because of racial gerrymandering. d today justiccided the republican-led house of delegates did not have the legal righttohallenge the boundaries. that keeps legislative maps in place for the november election that favor theemocrats. in a tweet today, virginia's democratic governor ralph northam called it a welcome ruling saying voters should choose their represent tifrks not the other way around. and another big decision also coming down from the supreme court today. the justices sent a wedding cake dispute back to the state courts in oregon. the case began in 2013 when the owners of a bakery refused to provide a cake for a lesbian commitmentth ceremony. owner said that it went agast theirthe c roupllie giarouguse violate state law by discriminating against their sexual orientation. now to the persian gulf where tensns between the u.s.
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and iran realing up anotherch notfter six tankers were attacked in five weeks. >> 13 months after president trump withdrew from the iran nuclear deal, tehran is testing the patience of the united states and its allies and threatening to break limits on wtspi sto of nuclear fuel. craig bozell has our story.er >> reporttoday washington reacts to iran's threat to exceed uranium stocile limits in ten days and break a 2015 nuclear deal unless it gets relief from crippling u.s. economic sanctions. >> we should not yield to nuclear extortion by the iranian regime. >> reporter: president trump noting iran's defiance weighing in on twitter. the iranian limits were set in a 20 is a deal brokered by thema obadministration. president trump highly critical of the deal withdrew from it last year and has ramped up severeon sanctis on tehran including steps to cut off iran's oil revenues.si tenons have been on the rise with iran as thesi predent
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accused iran of attacks on two oil tankers in the gulf last week and u.s. military assets, including an aircraft carrier, are now in the region. >> ihink this maximum pressure campaign is working. i think 100,000 tons of diplomacy with our naval ships in the persian gulf sends a strong sign that you have to stop what you're doing. you have to geto the negotiation table. >> critics warn the escalation and tensions could backfire and blame the administration. >> i think ir is reacting to the actions that have been taken by the trump administration to put pressure on them, to again this escalating cycle. >> reporter: iran says this iscism i for peaceful purposes and has denied any involvement f the attacks in the strait of hormuz and has threatened to block the shipping lane which a shipping lane for a third of the world's oil supply. es condolenc are pouring in this afternoon in the wake of gloria vanderbilt's death who
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died today after battling stomach cancer. she was 95 yearsd. ol vanderbilt was born into one of america's wealthiest families. she made hnes for not only her looks and social circles but for king millions in the fashn industry for a simple pair of jeans. her son, cnn's anderson cooper, called her one of the coolest people he knew >> how do you keep household dangers away from your kids like laundry ipods. plus how do you keep dangerous beauty pducts away from your kids? >> and later on a surprise from duane johnson to a super fan battling cancer. wait until you see her reaction. >> and a severe thunderstorm watch just issued for most of us watch just issued for most of us through 11:00 tonight.
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♪ this is how driving should feela the techdvanced nissan leaf. the best selling electric vehicle of all time.ni this ian intelligent mobility. ♪ hey. i'm storm team 4 meteorolist somara theodore. we've got a severe thunderstorm warming in erect for parts ofve cal county. wind gusts up to 60 miles per hour right now. this severe thunderstorm warning expects to last until 5:00 p.m. currently making its way into
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southern calvert county. more to come on these storms in just a moment. >> somara. thank you. if you're a parent with young children, you're already on high alert for poisonous products in your home, things like cleaningupplies or laundry pods. >> but a new study finds that beauty products can be just dangerous because we don't always store themy. correctl consumer reporter susan hogan is working with you how to keep this safe. >> reporter: we often keep these products in easy-to-reach placesing right, butdi accorng to the journal "clinical pediatrics," perfume, nail polishes and moisturizers and even a deodorant sends a child under the age of 5 to the emergency room every two hours. between 2002 and 2016, 64 children were actually treated r cosmetic-related injuries, and it's -- let me just push that there, there we go. about 60% they said occurred in kids under the age of 2.
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now, most of these injuries were from kidss swallowing product leading to poisoning. a toddler finds that perfume or soap that smells good so they will try to eat it as well, and the number two approximate chemical burns. when kids get something on their skin, their eyes or even their mouths. now researchers also looked at -caused cosmet injuries, the most injuries, of course, according to the study. the top three were nail care, products, hair care products, like relaxers and skin care products. so the big question is what c you do to protect your children? well, first, you've got to store those personal care products secure in a cabinet that can be locked or latched. second, keep products in their original containers.o that way if y child goes and does get into the shampoo you'll know exactly what ingredients they ingested to tell thect do. and last, know who to call. the u.s. poison control center provides free advice from toxicology specialists 24/7, and
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all centeran be reached but just calling that same phone number as well. 800-222-1222. we've got the number of course and more for you on our nbc washington app. just such cosmetics, can't be too careful. >> susan, thank you. a consumer alert about two foods under recall this evening. some five-pounags of pillsbury best bread flour have a risk of e. coli. they were made at adm milling company's buffalo plant. now, the sell by dates are june 8th and june 9th of 2020. the company has no reported illnesses, but somehe of t weed is linked to e. coli illnesses in other products made at the same plant and some ragu pasta sauces are also being recalled because they may be contaminated with bits of plastic. it's the chunky styletomato, garlic and onion, 45 and 66-ounce jashs and some 66-oun
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old world style meat sauces are included in that g no one here got sick from any contamination so far. we put all the recall information in our nbc washington app. all you have to do is search recall. all right. t getting back our chances for some severe weather today. >> going to be a wild afternoon. somara is standing storm center. so you're tracking some strong storms in southern maryland right now, right? >> right here. take a look at this radar. this stormn southernmaryland getting ready to push through charles county and into calvert. it's headed to southern calvert. that's a severe thunderstorm. lots of heavy rain with this. wind gusts up to 60 mures per ho and even some lightning with this. severe thunderstorm warning is in effect until 5: ltle00 farth north. this one just went severe. this is in bethesda right now. lots of lightning with this hand very heavy rain. even got a phone call aboutis particular storm. it's going to continue this trajectory into northern prince george's county. so if you live inside the
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beltway in prince george's county along route 1, heads up. got a lot of lightning. our lightning data finally coming in making its way into 's prince georgnd it will clip the northern part of the district and farther north, keeping my eye on this storm that just leftou montgomeryy and headed to howard north of columbia. fredericksburg right now pretty quiet, and this storm may bubble up and make its way into fredericksburg in the next half hour. big picture, an active night. lots of storms on the board. this entick disturbance stig with us until thursday, believe it or not. so areas in pink, severe thunderstorm watch. it means it's fair gameor mother name. anyone living in this pink could see a severe storm n between and 11:00 tonight. green means flooding possible towards frederick cty and washington and carroll county. as we head through the eke, we're expecting periods of very heavy rain with the storm. tonight, temperatures kind of icking in the 70s. like i said, some lingering rain
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and storms at least through midnight, so it's going to be pretty active and here's the futurecast. 8:00 p.m., looks like the worst of it has kind of med through, but as you can seeots of louds in the wake of these storms and some ofhose showers may continue overnight.w tomororning, lots of clouds for your tuesday, and then we could be in for another line of very active weather tuesday afternoon into tuesday night. so we're going to be singing the same tune all the way through the end of the week. storm team 4 ten-day outlook, just look at the next couple of days. yo see the icons here. i know they look ominous. not complete washouts, but we'll be seeing lots of showers ands storm the afternoon and evening hours. temperatures in the upper 80s. maybe not quite as hot today. still feeling verystick, very humid. if you're looking for a break from all of this, you've got to hang tight until friday. back to you, erika. >> thanks, somara. a new seromce prises to keep your car safe and save you time. i susan is ba our next half hour with a new business mod they will could change the way
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you take care of your ride. >> i want to hear about this. and talk about an all-star cast. you've seen taylor swift's new music video. well, the cameo you may haveed miss when we talk live
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taylor swrist's new music video is out, and it's filled with cameos including one from katiepe y. >> "access'" kate hoover has more on that. kit, there's a real respecial t surpriseat duane "the rock" johnson made for someone in hospice that has everyone talking about this special moment. >> jimnerika, who doesn't love the rock, so he's done it again. this time he's met with nancy benavente o is dealing with a very serious issue. no one, no one, and i mean no one, is more excited than nancyk and we sp to her and her husband and son-in-law today. >> by the way, everybody say hello to nancy. >> i've been following him for years. >> yeah. >> i've followed him forever,
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and he cares about everyone, everyone. >> what i want to do and what wt wa to do was send you all kinds of love and all kinds of energy, all kinds of mana, spirit. >> it was so beautiful. he had the whole place chanting nancy, nancy. sweet story there. guys, i want to talk about taylor swift. you've seen the new music video, a combinationf a tolerance of love and acceptance. ♪ ♪ you can calm down >> calm down, people, and if you watched the video, people, everyone has a cameo in it, and the big news, i guess an official end to the katy/taylor feud because they met up like this with a little burger and fries. ♪ ♪ you can just stop ♪ you can calm down >> there you go, guys. leave you a little happy meal
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celebration there. >> if they can bury the hatchet, we can all calm down. we love that. thank you so ch. >> calm down. >> "access hollywood" at 7:30. >> a story of sacrifice ahead that you don't want to miss. one man's gift that broughtis dad to tears this past father's day weekend. >> plus, some growing safety concerns in the dominican republic. again, new reports today of mysterious illnesses on thend islaparadise. >> and weather alert. storm team 4 is tracking potentially dangerous thunderstorms. when could get more
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all right.at first 4:30, storm team 4 is tracking severe thunderstorms. somara theodore is ve. >> it's getting a lot more green than last we spoke. >> bethesda,man, it was coming down out there. now it's making its way straight for college park and then heaowd towards.
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this is a severe thunderstorm. lots of lightning with this up. ry heavy rain. i expected it to arrive in hyattsville and lauke arborvill. possible hail with the one in southern maryland. that's making its way towar calvert county and down towards st. mary's and charles and this severe thunderstorm warning in effect until 5:00 p.m. that storm in montgomery county, headed for columbia. very heavy rain and not severe. farther south and keeping a close eye on this one it starts to pop.co uld mean some issues for those headed down to fredericksburg, virginia. what you're looking at is a vere thunderstorm watch as we head through the overnight hours. i'll keep track of these storms as it is comes up in just a couple ofmoments. >> if you're just joining us, let's get you caught up with four things to know, a bethesdae millionaiis now sentenced in a bizarre murder case. daniel beckwitt will spend nine
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years in prison for the death of askia khafra who was digging secret tunnelsat underne beckwitt's home when they caught fire. the judge said whilekhafra's death was unintentional beckwitt's negligence was ndiminal. officers a victim inside jenkins row just after midnight on saturday. inside sources tell us that police recovered more than $100,000 in cash and marijuana in variousorms. so far no arrest, but the female victim is telling us that the shooter may have been f aiend of her boyfriend. 13 months after president trump withdrew from the iran nucleareal and leveled crippling new sanctions, tehran is threatening to break limits on its stockpile of nuclear fuel. iran is hoping europe will help relieve some of its econic pressure, with you the white house is calling for greater international pressure on iran.
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fashion designer and socialite gloria vanderbilt died this morning at the age of 95. she was a member of one of the nation's richest families and built an empire off of designer jeans. her n, cnn's anderson cooper, calls her an extraordinary woman who loved life and lived it on her own terms. erica, ba erika, back to you. switching gears, the state department has confamed the de of a new jersey man last month in the dominican republic. the family of joseph allen says he had no known medical issues. the state department isn't commentinon reports that tainted alcohol was being investigated in the death. yesterday we learned dozens of immy buffet fans from oklahoma staying at the riu palace macau in april say they all got real sick, that they had similar symptoms of fever, chills,zi diness and diarrhea, and one man said that he was sick for
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three weeks an he lost 14 pounds. >> well, by mid-week people began to get sick, and they were missing events, and we beg to wonder what was going on, and most people i think initially thought that it was food poisoning. >> theotel told visitors it follows strict procedures to avoid health risks. the dominican republic calls the illnesses isolated. you can foow the latest on the deaths and illnesses of americans visiting the dominic republic i our nbc washington app just by searching dominican republic. father's day in the hospital isn't what mostld families w want, but for one new york city family it was the best way they could have spent it together. ne4's drew wild has the story of a father's day gift that is truly unmatched. >> thomas pastereno gave his dad a father's dayt gift t saved his life. >> in the hospital is not where you want to spend far's day but
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as long as i'm with dad and family i'm happy. >> richard has cron's disease and more than 30 years of maybes on wall street a a little less success on the golf course richard wasn't the same man anymore. >> the hard thing is going from somebody who can do for himself and become a burden to your wife and your family. >> richard's liver was failing. he was dying in front of his mily. they waited for a donor, but the phone never rang. >> initially he did not want any of his rechild i have two younger boys, didn't want us to go for the donor processth >> the last ng i wanted to do was to have one of my children do for me. it's my job, always, to look out for them. to supposed to be the one take care them.
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and then -r: >> reporichard didn't want to take part of his son's lir t he had to. >> i didn't want anything to happen to him. right up until they come up in with the anesthesia. can you change yoind, i'm fine with it. >> reporter: a few days ago surgeons transplanted 65% of thomas' liver into richard. >> the next morning my dad actually got up and walked from his room to my room, so he beat me in walking. >> very dad move. >> a very dad move, but he really wanted to make sure i'm doing okay. >> reporter: the liver is one of the few organs that can actually regenerate. in a few weeks thomas' body grow back all of the liver he needs and it will be back to normal, a new normal though because it will be the first time in a long time he's had a healthy dad by his side. >> it's a special father's day. >> reporter: reporting on the upper east side, drew wilder, news 4. >> great story. stick around for the news at
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5:00. news 4 talks to a good samaritan who saved a woman from a vicious dog attack. first, this year's historic measles outbreak still growing. wend'll eapl neraiexewn alert f potentially severe storms. you're looking live at the roads you're looking live at the roads in montgomery the world is changing at a rate like never before. so, why isn't education? raise your hand if yti could use an educaon that's actually modern, actually affordable, and actually personal? if you're one of the 35 million americans, who hasn't finished your degree, well, strayer is here to help.
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okay. we all lead very busy lives, anl wehave very little time to spare. >> i've got too much time on my hands. i don't doey did >> a plethora of time. the last thing we want to do is spend a couple of hours waiting for our cars, right, at the repair shop. >> such a pain. >> consumer reporter susan hogan is here to save the day with details working on a new concept being rolled out in our region h top get precious time back. we're getting interested in that one. >>'m going to the repair shop tomorrow. >>l me. >> we were on a differentan sto then we were out and we simply spotted a store at a shopping tert callcenter called. at first we thought it was a pl sushi ace, and when we walked in we found tires instead. ♪ we spend a lot of time on the road, and all of that wear and tear on our car means a lot of
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upkeep, but the next time you need new tires, don't take your car to the shop, let the tires come to you instead. >> roll is a wholeay new w of buying tires that gives you time back. >> the new concept offers three options. >> one of our installation service is aile van service that we literally come to you, or the valet service where we can pick up youraar and tke it to the shop and bring it back to you. >> reporter: or can you drop it off yourself. maya gardner chose to have the mobile van come to her workplace. >> walked into the store and set up an appointment which did that yesrday which means i geto do it today. super easy. >>reporter: maya was able to watch from her office window as therch brennan took the tires off her c andnew ones on the rim and put them back on her car.u a qick call to maya. >> wanted to let you know that i finished your mobile installation. >> as she ducked out of office to get her keys pack and is so
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thankful to take back the hours sheould have spent sitting at the shop. >> probably half a day at least. >> yes, definitely.mi snot be thinking, okay. this is going to cost me an arm and a leg. >> yeah. >> reporter: there is no extra charge for any of the at instan options including the mobile van. you're going to pay the same price for the tires and laborou you w pay at the shop. roll by goodyear is currently in a pilot program phase.i there are s roll storefronts right now in ontgomerycounty, but they do service the entire egion. the company tells us they have had a really good response so far and they keep hoping to expand as the word gets out. >> i wonder why this didn't happen years ago. >> i know. >> and kchw exactly whi tire to bring because sometimes it's you need this one and i'll come back. >> and the woman we talked to loved the service. >> so convenient. now we know this because theco umer department was hungry. >> did you get your sush?
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>> >> no, we didn't get our sushi, but we got a real good story out of it. >> thanks, susan. forecast.o get back to this meteorologist somara theodore is evere storms. >> you're seeing the storms now in proupty, right? >> this one packing a punch with very heav rain, and we did see a lot of lightning with it. it's moved its way into bowie. actually getting ready to pick up for you any n minute. it's going to get worse before it gets better. this red on its way for you. g this isng to make its way into anaren dull county. still considered a severe thunderstorm at least until 5:00 p.m. headed down toward manassas, south of manassas, i'm keeping an eye on this one. this is usually how it starts, and then they flare up. some heavy rainthere, and then we move back north, up to anne ardel county. nothing panning out just yet. this is a severe thunderstorm.or this st right here taking its
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time but still make its way from st. mary's into calvert. rook at that lightning data oming in. that's just extremely impressive, folks. that's crazy. lots of lightning down towards leonard town. this warping is expiring at 5:15 p.m., finally quieting things down in montmery ounty. this is kind of like hopscotch. fredericksberg, a town we're seeing that start to develop into a thunderstorm with lightning. what we have here across the eastern seaboard is all the . popcorn stor don't throw the whole evening away and if a storm pops up around you, seek shelter indoors. give it 35 to 45 minutes and then it moves out of area. entire region under severe thunderstorm watch for everyone shaded in pink until 11:00 p.m. that means treat conditions a favorable to seeing some of these storms goy is veefrmt the green up in fredercounty,
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maryland, so we could see needing as a potential issue. 8:00 p.m., notice how it starting to real move out of the area, finally quieting things down overnight. lingering showers cannot be ruleout, and then tomorrow, guess that. we dohis all over again. another chance for showers and storms for your tuesday afternoen and tuesday evg, so the evening planner for tonight, while we're seeing a highs in ouds and sun, the upper 80s to near 90 right now, some seeing the st amend i'll keep the storm chance all the way through 11:00 p.m. where the severe thunderstorm watch is in effect until. the ten-day houtlook, about we spend some time with t.tuesday,ne wedday and thursday. threat for showers and storms aypecially when we reach the peak dme heating to give us the fuel we need to spark off the storms. temperatures not terupble. r 80s on tuesday. going to drop it down, believe it or not, into the low 80s as the cold front kind of volleys
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ov nd s relief, well, hang tight. frida pretty dry, pretty quiet as we head towards the end of the week, s stay safe out there. i'm going to keep tracking these orms here in the weather center. erika. >> thank you very much. you know the saying, pares st be. >>dad 's fashion turn lthe tables on hions teen daughter. check it out. >> kendall. >> oh. h >> wee to have a talk. >> that is a lot of leg, sir. that's jason haley of orlando, florida. his daughter kendall cannot believe what she's seeing her fatherin the tight daisy duke shorts just like the one she has. how about that. >> the video was posted on facebook that will do it. the caption is you wearurs out in public and i'll wear minn pare 101.
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the video has been shared 113,000 times. >> look at that. >> i mean, you ju cannot unsee that, you know. it's -- >> i mean -- >> she can't get that back, nor can >> and if he had just put on a little faux tan. than ded a little more that. >> what dads do best with teenagers is embarrass them. >> yes, they do. haend w t5: 00. threatened to go pick her up at school. >> at the prom. > yeah. henever she wears something he doesn't like. >> he's got leverage. >> yeah, he it is. you know, we've seen the grand plans for amazon in crystal city, but some -- some work is already happening on a smaller scale. ahead adam tuss takes a look at what is being done to bridges and the impact it's already having. we have virtual credit cards, why not a digital driver's license? susan hogan is going to take a look at how they would work, and maryland is getting the greenli t to start issuing them, so
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if you're just joining us, we are in weather ale mode. storm team 4 tracking severe thunderstorms for your monday night right now. we're monitoring a few rspgh ts in prince george's county. somara theodore is back with more on timing and what you can
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expect for the rest of your evening. that's next at 5:00. meanwhile, the measles outbreak is getting worse. the numbers are today from the cdc, and there have been 22 new ces since last week alone. the majority of the patients are in new york and most of the people have not be vaccinated. nbc has more on how traveling could be worsening thespread of outbreaks in europe. >> reporter: with the travel season just getting under way, a new cdc report is raising concerns that travelers to europe could bring home not just memories but potentially new measles cases. the issue is that people from the united states think of europe as a low-risk infectious disease destination. >> reporter: health experts say the region is experiencing a spike in measles,up 300% in the first three months of this year compared to the same tim frame last year. the majority are in ukraine, and high numbrs are also reported in france, greece and italy, putting unvaccinated travelers
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at risk. >> when these internation travelers from the united states go abroad to prasz like the european region and come pack home, they can actually spread the disease to unimmunized or underimmunized folks in the united states as well. >> reporter: already cases in the u.s. are at teir highest level since 1992. the cdc advises travelers to get vaccinated at least four weeks before travelers, babies between 6hsld r ly and mo11 additional dose. >> measles vaccine is very effective. once you receive the second dose of aeasles vaccine it's thought to be approximately 99% effective at combating measles. >> reporter: preparing ahead of time so travelers can eacoy their vations and eventually their return home. right now at 5:00 storm team 4 tracking a line of thunderstorms moving across our region. >> they are kicking up behind us on the radar.of some them include some very heavy rain and w lightningith it. take a lok at this time lapse
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video from when it moved in over the washington area just about an hour ago. dramatic skies and then lots of rain. >> let's go to somara theodore in the storm center with the test on this. when are these going to pass through? >> well, our time frame for tonight is between now and about 8:00 where we'll see the worst of it and severe thunderstorm watches in erect for the entire ea. let's get to this. i've been feeling like i've been playing a game of twister here because we've got storms all over the board. we'll start in prince george's utunty and bowie getting slammed especially so of bowie. very heavy rain. this is a severe thunderstorm, lots of lightning that they have continued hereactually and here's the track that continues to move east headed towards the area like london town so it's moving in towards anne arundelc nty. glen birney getting hammered. down south this storm has been so strong. in hact, it represents of an inch and a half of hail as far
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as size goes and very heavy rain coming down with this one and it's moving into calvert countya a, this is a severe thunderstorm in effect until 55:00 .m. i'll bring you up to speed on a storm that's developing out in manassas, but for now back to you, wendy. >> keep track of the summer storms because summer isust getting started with our nbc washington app. download it free of charge. ou get our breaking weather alert that has been sent right to your phone. >> new develniments this eve in the bizarre tunnel murder case in montgomery unty. a millionaire sentenced today to the death of 21-year-old askia i khafra who while digging a secret bunker underneath the man's bethesda house. has news 4's darcy spencer reports tonight, the victim's family says the punishment isn't ough. >> reporter: nine years in prison, that's what daniel beckwitt got for the fiery death of his friend and business partner askia khafra who got
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trapped in a basement when a fi broke out in december of 2017. khafra had been helping eckwitt, a millionaire sto trader, build secret tunnels under his home. khafra's family and friends disagreed with the sentence. he hadfaced the maxim of 30 years behind bar. >> if one researches mr. beckwitt's background, one would realize that the sentence does not f the crime. >> reporter: beckwitt wa ed to build a bomb shelter to protect him against north korean n this blindfolded, led into these tunnels, told he was in virginia anto then led that hell hole where he was left alone to urinate and defecate in buckets. >> reporter: beckwitt apologized to the family and said he tried to save khafra, the smoke was too thick. e

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