storm team 4 radar showing pop-up summertime storms all over the area. take a look at the storm that rolled thugh d.c. just an hour ago packing heavy rain and rattling our building here in northwest d.c. with booming thunder. storm team 4 meteorologist esthey're core has been track storms fo you this afternoon. the storms are sctered and they are kind of all over the place but when they hither packing the punch. >> yeah. they are keeping me on my toes. we're tracking them all over the radar and iant to giveou this storm right here. this one is in norsothuterhen calvert and this is a severe thunderstorm getting ready to make its way through diehl. take a look at that. even hail through that. back towards the district where the southeast just got hammered with rain. making he showers now their rain out of district into district heights, camp springs nd they are going to move into essential prince george's county here. another severe thunderstorm as we hard farther south. waldorf, it's about to pick back up for you. o lots lightning with this and

possible hail. wind gusting up to 60 miles per hour. this severe thunderstorm warning in effect until 6:30 p.m. fair game for the entire area. i'll have the details coming up for you in a couple of moments. back to you, wendy. >> get the power of storm team 4 anytime anywhere and open the app and your phone for an ur-by-hour forecast and live radar, too. you can also get alerts when rough weather is moving into our area. we're also learning more this evening about a deadly shooting in the district. a man was killed and his rlfriend was wounded >> and when first responders arrived on the scene they found a significant amount of drugs and cash. >> all this unfolded just after idnight on saturday at the jenkins rode condo complex in the capitol hill area. news 4's pat collins has the stsoy from heast. >> reporter: it happened early saturday morning just after midnight. the sounds of gunfire brought police to a fourth floor apartment here at jenkins row.

inside they found 37-year-old richfield chang dead on the floor. his girlfriend nearby. e had been hit a number of times. today i talked by phone to chang's girlfriend. she's in the hospit recovering from the gunshot wounds. she says 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 friend, and when they saw he had a gun, they asked him to leave the apartment. that's when opened fire. this kind of murder at this kind of place, well, let's just say it got pple'sattention. >> they have all that security, and you just tonight know what's going to come out of that. you never know. >> it's scary to think about

that happening in the neighborhood. >> you've got to be careful where you go, who you hang d, arounho you let in. it's just -- snow never know? >> no, you never know. got to watch out and be careful. >> reporter: police had some strong evidence here. names, pictures. this one could close out quickly. in southeast, pat collins, news 4. there are three big decisions from the supreme court today. the first one involves the wer court to a ruling that found political boundaries for virginia's general assembly were improperly drawn on racial lines. the justices tossed the challenge out and they ruled that republicans in the virginia house of delegates do not have the authority to pursue the case on their own. the former attorney general eric decision an the important victory for african-americans in virginia. a seco ce involves an oregon bakery that refused to provide a weddi cake for a lesbian couple citing religious objections. in a partial victory for the bakers, the justices wiped out

lower court rules against them and sent the case back for a new round of hearings. >> and no change to a long-standing double jeopardy rule that allows state fed eral courts to put someone on trial for the same crime. the justices ruled that the courts are separate sovereigns. the case attracted attention because of the prospect of presidentrump could pardon his former campaign manager paul manafort. today's ruling assures a presidential pardon wouldot protect manafort from the state charges he faces in new york. some new developments now in a story we've been following president trump's re-election campaign is now cutting ties with some of its own pollsters. all of this started lost month when the "new york times" reported the president told his aides to deny internal polling that showed he was trailing former vice president joe biden. nbc news has obtained new fr details om that poll done in march. it found the president trailing b in swing states that are

considered critical to his re-election, and the president undeerformed in some reliably red states like texas in that poll. here's what the president saidwe last ek. >> we have great internal polling. they were fake polls that were e relea they were fake polls.re those fake numbers. it's made up by the newspapers. they are giving up phony polls. >> to recap, nbc news obtained umbers from an internal pol that president trump claimed did not exist and the trump campaign is now cutting ties with some of its pollsters because of the leaked information. trump's campaign manager says newer polls show what he calls huge swings in the president's favor, buthe methodology of those polls is different. european officials are urging restraint as iran is raising the stakesa in ttle of wills with the united stas. 13 months ago president trump withdrew from the iran nuclear deal and leveled crippl g new economic sanctions. now tehran is threatening to

break limits on its stockpile ou lear fuel. craig boswell is story for us.s craig? d reporter: yeah, wen a pair of flash points today between washington and tehr as both sides escalate th rhetoric. toys washington reacts to iran's threat to exceed uranium stockpile limits in ten days and break a 2015 nuclear deal unless it gets relief from crippling u.s. economic sations. >> we should not yield to nuclear extortion by the iranian regime. >> reporter: it comes as the u.s. military release has new series of images it says shows iranian involvement in an oil tanker attack june 13th. photos show hull damage and the remnants of an unexploded mine, the newmages intendedto bolster the pentagond claims an the military photos released today and iran's threat to increase nuclearduction adding new levels of tension. the iranian limits were set in a 2015 deal brokered by the obama administration. president trump highly critical of a deal withdrew from it last

year and has wpped up severe sanctions onud tehran incling steps to cut off iran's oil revenue, and u.s. military assets including an aircraft carrier are now in the region. >> i thinkl this nationa pressure campaign is working. 100 tons of diplomacy with our naval ships in the persiagulf ends a strong sign that you have to stop what you're do, you have to get to the negotiation table. >> reporter: crickets warn the escalation andns tensioould backfire and blamed the administration. >> i think iran is reacting to the actions that have been taken by the trump administration to put pressure on them, to begin this escalatory cycle by withdrawing from the teal. >> reporter: iran denies any involvement in the oiler tanker attacks in the strait of hormuz and they threaten to close a critical spping lane for a third of the world's oil supply. secretary of state mike pompeo warns of tougher sanctions and is scheduled to meet with u.s. commalders at cen command

headquarters in florida. pitol ig bosswell at hill, thanks, craig. outrage from neighbors in one prince george's county community. a car hit and killed a 14oear-old hr student saturday near bowie. kamal regard was jogging near an intersection on church road. the driver who hit him stayed on the scene and police say they and ook for a truck driv news 4's drew wilder spoke to neighbors who say the road has for a long time. >> while adding flowers to the intersection where the teen was killed this weekend, neighbors have been coming up to venting aboutow dangerous this intersection is, and once more the city of bowie has been saying the exact same thing to ' prince georgs county now for more than a decade. >> church road is the county's road but the city of bowie has fielded years of complaints about people driving dangerously fast here. >> the city has been asking the count toe upgrade crch road from one end to the other, for at least last is a years. >> yet nothing. we reached out to prince

george's county to ask about this and haven't heard back. >> people don't really obey theo 30, you k speed limit. >> reporter: so they are speeding through regularly? >> preyuch. >> there's a speed camera down here but after you pass that speed camera people are picking up t z. >> reporter: the state delegate says he's calling for an emergency meeti to find solution. >> it shouldn't take a tragedy like this for us to get some traction. >> i don't know ifputting traffic light would help or not. >> reporter: it could help but expts say a light is not needed here. >> if it's not warranted there, this is what the county tells us, it wo't be needed here. >> reporter: i asked more about the traffic study. the numbers say a light isn't needed but what if the want it?rs he says that's out of his happened, but elected officials, they can do it if they wanted to. reporting in prince george's county, drew wilder, news 4. new developments in a bizarre murder case in

montgomery county. a bethesda millionaire will be spending nine years in prison for the death of 21-year-old askia hhafra who been digging secret tunnels under daniel beckwitt's home when the home caught fire. while khafra's death was unintentional, beckwitt's negligence was criminal. news 4 owes darcy spencer was in the courtroom today, and cg up at 6:30, she will have the defendant's message to the victim's family. new questions tonight after a race horse collapsed and died this weekend at al loca racetrack. it stunned crowds when were watching. our news 4 iteam dug up records to see at's going onand this year's measles outbreakis still growing. the new concerns coming to ligha toy and storm team 4 radar tracking scattered summertime storms that could pop up without much warning and an updated look at timing and when the ilthunderstorm threat wbe lifted. first, we're remembering a fashion and social icon whose

name alone is synonymous with america's golden age of wealth and abundance and scandal. gloria vanderbilt died this morning after a short battle with stomach canbur, that life began in the roaring '20s. she was born into a staggerly rich family. vanderbilt was only 10 years old when she became the center of a battle nal custody between her mother and her aunt. it was the 1930s, and it exposed the emotional turmoil of the child. the media at the time dubbed her poor littl rich girl. as a young adult, vanderbilt lived in the william aramony of howood and new york. her lovers ranging from arel flynn to marlon brando and frane sinatra and s said to be the inspiration behind audrey iconic character in "breakfast at tiffany's." her vanderbilt jeans in the 1970s, remember them in the 1970s, a $100illion enterprise. everyone had them, and her son, cnn anchor anderson cooper,

elivering the news this morning, calling her the coolest and most modern person that he knew. there are not enough hours in the day to relive these spectacular often heartbreaking life of gloria vanderbilt, one that lasted 95 incredible years.

tonight a storm team 4 weather alert as we track strong storms popping up on thisho t, humid evening. we've already seen some heavy rain anheard some rumbles of

thunder. we'll getn update in the storm center in just a few moment. we are following some breaking news. a massive celebration for the nba champions the toronto raptors it is. now a crime scene this is new cell phone video of the stampede that followed as crowds fled from the sound of gunshots. toronto police say two people were shot and have serious but non-life-threening injuries, and two people round arrest. tonight there are questions surrounding the death of a horse that dd at the end of a race in laurel this weekend. >> this marks the 12th time had a thoroughbred horse has died in maryland just this year, and that includes the tragic breakdown of a horse at pimlico thefo day bere the preakness. >> news 4 has been digging through state records and scott joins us live from the newsroom. what did you find how the? >> wendy and doreen, good evening. >> reporter: each sdaet tragic death that can be shocking for

those who have to see it. the following video could be difficult to watch.ow it s the afternoon races at laurel yesterday. a spill ghbred too and died on the track. the official reports on the official cause of death will ys require d if not weeks to do so but the news 4 iteam has obtained records from other maryland tracks this year including the report on the testify of congrats gal, the o filly whdied before the preakness stakes and the cause of death was listed as a heart attack dd a su collapse. it's not the most common cause of a hotter breakdown but not uncommon either. a state racing officialells news 4 that the medication did not contribute to the death. maryland racing officials have considered new safety rul including stricter testing of eorses on race day, especially horses that h not run in the previous month. in the newsroom, i'm scott

macfarlane. wendy,ack to you. >> thanks, scott. an 8-year-old boy is recovering after a shark attack on north carolina's outer banks. the child was bitten on bald head island hand the shark grabbed him by the leg and this s the third shark attack off the coast oforth carolina this month. back to our weather now and thew storms've been track all afternoon. esthundershower dore is back in the storm center to tell us where are they now and are we about to be in the clear? well, they are all over and some of us have been in the clear and got to pick back up again and particularly d.c. we'll look at that for now. let's talk about the sere thunderstorm warnings that are out there. the one that was issued for southern anne arundel and prince george's county, that storm is moving out towards the bay. now we head further south. we are seeing tons of lightning

with this storm down in waldorf. it's going to continue to move t to the eand it doesn't expire until about 6:30 so another 14 minutes here. lots of lightning and even hail with that one, and then as we head had a little bit farther north you can see upper marlboro getting ready to gh hit wit very heavy rain. that's going to cross over 301 now, and that kind of extends all the way up 301.us bowie j saw some rain and anne arundel about to get wet again. weese, this is going to be a really close ca for southeast. it's kind of moving like this, so it's probably going to be impacting southeast in the nex half hour or so here. very heavy rain. theood news isas we get closer to the 8:00 hour we'll start toee the threat dwindle a little bit. we'll see scattered showers and thunderstorms all along the east coast and in the mid-atlantic, and we are under a severe st thunderm watch for all that you've just -- let me go back and see that. everyone in pink so that's pretty much all the way along i'd959 and eastward. severe thunderstorm watch through 11:00 p.m. meaning that it is fair game for mother

nature to pop off any more of these severe thunderstorms so be careful out there. now, overnight, temperataes will f into the 70s. we are going to see a few lingering showers and storms overnight, but i think you will see them drop off significantly after the sun sets, and here to back me up is mym el, 10:00 .m., a lot of just dry and a few s satteredwers north and 3:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. pretty quiet and a straight rumble and by tomorrow afternoon model not necessarily agreeing with me on this one, but i think we could see a few thunderstorms for your use as well around the same time frame. real pattern setting up here. tomorrow's will be in the mid to upper 80s. not quite as hot as today, but i guess onceou get past about 87 degrees it all feels the same. rain outlook, we've got the chances all the way till thursday and not dry until friday. that's how you want to wait to get the carwashed. the ten-day outlook shows we're

in the summer like pattern as we get closer to summer solstice >> expect showers every single day until friday. >> pretty much. >> get youred car wash like once a year, you know. the rain will wash it off. >> it'stfine. hanks, somara. you probably know to keep household namesdrike launy pods away from your children. >> but what about basic beauty oducts you use every day? we'll explain the risks and what you need to do keep them out of reach. i'm darcy spencer. a man was sentenced today for the defendant of his friend who was helping to build tunnels underneath his bethesda home. why the victim' family is not happy with his sentence. plus, make way for amazon. the big changes already taking place when it comes to tranulortation and why it co mean a new way to get to reagan natial airport. on honey, this gig-speed internet is ridiculously fast.

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a majority ofthem are in ukraine, france, greece and italy. unvaccinated travelers are at risk. >> travelers to the united states go abroad to places like the european region and come back he. they actually can spread the disease to underimmunized or unimmunized folks in the united states also. the cdc recommends you get vaccinated a full month before raveling abroad, and if you're traveling with a baby between 6 and 11 months they should have an early additional dose. >> news 4 is working for you. there's a new study. it reveals that beauty products are sended -- are sending thousands of young children to the emergency root more than 65 000 children under the age of 5 were treated for cosmetic injuries and 60% of those kids were under the age of iii

between the years 2002 and 2016. most were because of swallow injuries and chemical burns. the most dangerous cosmetics are thoserelating to your nails, your hair and skin care. t your n you do to prot kids? first, store your personal care products securely in a cabinet that cannot be reached or one that can be locked oratched. keep approximate in their original containers so that you know what ingredients your child may have ingested and know who to call. the u.s. poison control centeres provid free advise from toxicology experts 24/7. tonight a local millionaire has learned how long he'll be going to prison. >> this was the house of horrors t nt made nationals. the reaction from court to a bizarre plot gone horribly wrong involving underground tunnels in a local neighborhood. i'm h in spotsylvania county wher'r we learning more about a new moer being attacked by her own dog in the

front yard of this home. the passerby who cameo her rescue and now neighbors tell us this isn't the first time there was trouble with the dogs. >> if it's sunny where you are, that may not be a good thing. 4 a news weather alert as we track severe thunderstorms that seem to come out of nowhere. a live look at the radar

we're back at 610:00 with a storm team 4 weather alert. one of the hot, humid days where the storms can jst pop up out of nowhere. this is route 50 at davisonville in anne arunde county. somara theodore is tracking all that's coming through our area and continuing to come through. >> right now it's been pretty hot out there. we're looking at a line of showers and storms that extends from annapolis all the way down into southern prince george's county just north wall dorm. by the way, at waldorf, they have expired that severe thunderstorm warning s that's good news. heavy rain and lots of lightning

tt sweeps through this area that doesn't need to see this again. heads up, you're about to get hit again. you know who else is going to get hit again, southwest d.c. this cell ofthunderstorms, very heavy rain when we start to see the deep reds. pulling east ird ands going make its way into southern washington, d.c., lots of lightning with that one as well. big picture do showings behind it. well, it started to improve a little bit though and still have to keep an eye on this here and will impact fauquier county.se more on t storms coming up. wendy, back for you. >> thanks, somara and, remember, can you stay a step aad of the weather and you can get weather alerts for the area as well as live dar and anhour-by-hour forecast. >> a final chapter today in a dark and twisted talen montgomery county. >> a bethesda millionaire was sentenced today for the death of a man in one of his secret tunnels. it's a mysterious case involving

underground nkers, conspiracy theories and fears of nuclear war. as news 4's darcy spencer reports, thevictim's family says the punishment does not fit the crime. >> askia khafra shown in a secret tunnel he was being paid to dig under a betts did a home. daniel beck yit was paying khafra to do the work and the work cost khafra his life. >> that young man was left largely helpless in a homeich was just covered with debris. it was literally left in pit. >> reporter: he got trapped in beckwitt's basement when a fire ke out in september of 2017. n> beckwitt was sentenced to nine years prison for second-degree murder involuntary manslaughter. khafra's family and friends disagreed with the sentence. he he faced a mamum of 30

years behind bars. >> if one researches mr. beckwitt's background, one would realize that thece senten does not fit the crime. >> reporter: prosecutors described beckwitt as brilliant, reckless and bizarre. they saynd hoarding coions in beckwitt's basement prevented him press kapg. >> this is a young man who is blindfolded and led into these tunnels and tolde was in virginia and then led into that hell hole. >> beckwitt apologized 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 hand not a wicked monster. >> under maryland law beckwitt will be eligible for parole after serving half of his sentence. he does plan to appeal his conviction. in rockville, darcy spencer, news 4. >> a quick look now at some of our other top stories this evening. girlfriendad and hi

is recovering after a shooting inside a capitol hill condo building over the weekend. w police sn they got to the zone they also found a significant amount of marijuana and more than $100,000 in cash. the fee make victim tells us her boyfriend may have been friends with the shooter. republicans in the virginia house of delegates just lost a round in the supreme court. they were challenging a lower court order to redraw severalti polial districts that were drawn on racial lines. the court ruled that republicans in the house of delegates do not have the authority to pursue the case. >> a short time thede state partment confirmed a new jersey man is the eighth person to die recently in the dominican republic. joseph allen said he died while vacationing at the tera linda report. ree state department isn't commenting on rts that tainted aohol is under investigation in thet deah.

a young man who rescued a young mother from a potential deadly dog attack is sharing history. the attack took place in the stonewall estate subdivision in spotsylvania county. as bureau chief julie c learned this isn't the first time the dogs were involved in an attack. >> reporter: danny canter was driving home from work last wednesday when he heard screams and saw ang frighteniscene. >> i saw a lady on the ground with the dog falling her and my first instinct was to put the truck in park and getnd out run. >> the young woman had her newborn inside the house was being attacked in her front yard. one of the family's six dogs was biting her leg. this is what the breed looks like on the akc's website. it looked like shead been attacked by sharks, the bites were so brutal and bad. >> reporter: another neighbor and men from a landscapin went after the dog with tools. >> i yelled the word out like i

wou do with dogs and when i did he let go, and immediately he turned to me and i grabbed his collar and slammed him to the ground and tried to hold him down. >> the victim was able to flee into the house before canter was through, he also had to help an arriving deputy. he was all right also bitten before both dogs were shot hand later died. neighbors say it's not the first time there's been trouble with the dogs. you can see where they have rtified their fences. >> we've lived in fear from these dogs in our backyard for a while now. >> next door neighbor russell garcia say the animals have gone under or over the fence three tis to attack his dog. these photos show the injuries to garcia's hand when he was biten break up an attack in january. >> reporter: animal control or the county should have taken action in either removing the dogs or making sure they were muzzled or something along those lines. >> reporteras for danny canter it's been tough remembering the chilling screams, but it helped when the victimrently sent him a message thanking him and

the others for saving her and being her hero. she called you a hereo. do you accept that honor? >> it's a good feeling to be called a hero, but i don't feel like i'm a hereo. i just feel like i did the right thinas i did what supposed to be done to save somebody's life. >> in spotsylvania county, julie carey, news 4. one local neighborhood has a pretty big visitor that's making people very uneasy. >> yeah. home security camera caught this guy roaming some lreets. >> pieces of a bridge coming apart in our area. this is the new crystal camty. i'm ad tuss, and i'll show u how the landscape continues to change here ahead of amazon's orrival. and take a l at this radar. very heavy rain making its way straight to southeast d.c. right now. ooks ant to see what it like on the ground? take a look at this city cam. you can't see anything out there, pause that rain is just ouring. rmop

25 years ago tonight, the eyes of the nation were fixed on this, a white ford bronco crawling down the highways of

los angeles. many of you remember very clearly. in it former football player and actor o.j. simpson. just aiew days earl his wife and her friend had been found murdered at her home. coverage of the chase interrupted are the 1994 nba finals and watched by almost 100 million people of the murder trials that followed captured the world's attention for almost a year until a jury acquitted simpson. by the way, simpson joined twitter over the weekend and has already amassed almost 700,000 followers. tonight on "nbc nightlyne s" nbc's stephanie gosk talks to a woman who spent the chase quite literally hanging from helicopter to bring us the slope speed soap opera as it played out live. watch for that ahead at 7:00 right after news 4. if you're near the national mall this weekend you could find yourself in one of those situations wre everyone's phone starts to screech with an emergency alert. it's d.c.'s department of

homeland security doing a test involving cell phones on or near the national mall. if you are in that area sabeurday, it's going to around 11:00 a.m. your phone could buzz loudly, and you will receive a message. the district says it's only a test. if you get this alert,you don't need to do anything. just don't freak outj t stay calm. ready or not, amazon is coming. >> and this means a transportation transformation is going to be coming as well. our transportation reporter adam tuss is going to show us how bngs and sidewalks with changing already under your feet and how it could soon bring a newtoay to get reagan national and the entire region under a severe thunderstorm watch. powerful pop-up storms uld affect yur night and hoo

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a heads up for you your evening ahead. storm team 4 has declared a weather alert because of the showers and storms that could pop up on this hot, humid june evging. we'll an update on the

evening forecast and the rest of your weekend in just a few moments. >> a lot of people are bracing for the amazon impact in northern virginia. as we get closer to the tech giant starting to move in. >> yo don't have to look far to find visible signs of change especially when it comes to things like transportation in crystal city. >> adam tuss is there to tell you how your commute is changing. >> reporter: sparks and cutting. zagging jackhammering and lifting and hauling. >> so sometimes you have to walk away from the windows so you can actually focus. >> reporter: this woman works on the ninth floor of a nearby i buildi crystal city, and all the changes have been, well, a lot. let's just s lunch hoursn't been the same. >> but this one they are actually -- they start from the top wn, so it'seen like this for the past couple of months. >> reporter: this truly is an area being rhett fitted. take a look at the southlark

and bell street bridge right next to bustling group one is demolished. the car is not the main focus. c often we do stories about bridges that aing together. you see one that's actually coming apart and will stay apart forever and this is a completely changing landscape and areas opening up ahead o amazon's arrival. how do you see this place changing, and what do you think itwill become? >>'s amazing watching what's going on right now. it's been six, seven monies since amazon made the announcement. it's a really bustling city and i really look forward tock a part of it. >> report: plans to build a pedestrian bridge closer to reagan national airpor a reality and working to and from a city to the airport on a dedicated bridge doesn't happen often but first the construction. >> just a lot of noise, too. it's a lot of noise. >> report: tory wilson works here and he commutes from the district on metro and he'll seat benefit of a second metro

entrance to the crystal city station. he says it'sng need. cout of this interest here talone is in he morning. eterrible. evrybody trying to stampede over each oth to get toork on time. >> for now a neighborhood being reimagined and yredesigned day b day. in crystal city, adam tuss, news 4. >> ft.washington is dealing with a black bear. it's been rummaging around outside people's moments. take a look at this surveillance video. it shows the bear walking around on saturday afternoon. it was a lovely da en for a bear. the bear knocked over a birdbath a th moved on. it was also spotted saturday night in the area of jackson drive and adams drive. according to the maryland department of natural resources bear numbers have macreased in land due to improving habitat conditions and conservation efforts. he looks mighty omfortable. >> kind of just roaming around.

on a stroll. >> not aod night out for anyone. this stuff is like sprinkled all across arthe-ye >> yeah. kind of like you're dipping and dodging and a lot going on. we he severe thunderstorm warnings going o.good news is that we don't have any severe thunderstorms out there right now and still lots of rain and lightning in some areas. up area. what in the hail is going on in st. mary's? take a look at the hail coming down out there in st. mary's. they had golf ball sized hail,ll and i' show this to you on the radar when the storm rolled through. wasn't just the hail they were dealing with andlso lightning. that's some impressive video there. don't call it a hail mary. >>kay. this is a storm that's moving through -- that's moving through and you canee with it lots of lightning and very r heavyn. that was a dangerous situation. the good news is that threat is gone. we head farther inorth, this

where we have very heavy lightning taking place and got there out towards diehl. washington, d.c., southeast in particular, they have a game. it's 5:48 so that game is starting just after 7:00 and utis is going to be so close. this should be of here in the first 5, 20 minutes down in the southeast and behind it we're seeing some clearing and that's news-free and it's going to be wrapping up just before gametime. i can't rule a out stray shower or storm popping but i think you're on the tail end of this. overnight tratures are falling into the 70s and some lingering showers, maybe a pop storm or two and you'll see thie in the futuast here, and i think we're starting to see improvements out here. in fact, they took down the flash flood watch in frederick county maryland and they started to trade the severe thunderstorm watch forry montgome county no lochner that, and as we get closer to 9:00 sunset, things are going to look up and up.

10:00 p.m., 3:00 a.m. still pretty dry. that the so dry out there and we're moving it towards tuesday afternoon and the model has pulled back on the rain chances tomorrow afternoon but it doesn't mean we're going to be dry. please have the umbrella handy and be prepared for a similar situation that we saw tomorrow. planning out for tuesday, by the numbers. we'll take it from the 70s to the upper 80s. not as who had as it was today but still pretty steamy and still pretty humid and we stillr have shows and storms in the afternoon, and i might even take out that rain chance in he afternoon. to be honest it will be a niceof mix sun and clouds. how much longer am i dealing this? at least through thursday. won't be able to wash that car until friday. shower and storm chance monday, two, wednesday, thursday. there orll be a little bit m scattered on tuesday. again, all of this is not a washout, okay, so weare going to see some dry periods throughout this a lot like today and we do haveorhe threats f showers and storms.

ten-day outlook shows drying at the end of the week and tracking some major heat. next week >> esthey're do, thank you. tme breaking newsat we're covering right now from the pentagon. the u.s. will send more troops to the middle east. moments ago actingfe dee secretary patrick shanaha ought rides uss central command tode ploy more troops for what it calls defensive purposes citing the need to address threats from iran. "nbc nightly news" will have latest on the tensions coming from iran coming up. >> and bryce harper making his return to nats park and one of the newest

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a high school reunion and my guess is one of the worst parts of a gh school reunion is if you run into an ex and you're pey like me and you see the ex is doing better than's you. debatable if bryce harper and the nats are better off but if you go by th andings, harper is winning break-up so far. nats hosting harper and the phillies for the next four days. it's the third series between the teams. remember that the first meeting at nats park came the first week of the season. harper is hittin.321 against his former buddies and t philadelphia phillies and nats both trailing the braves in the division. the nats next seven thoh, ainst the philadelphia phillies and the braves, but they are not putting too much pressure onthemselves. >> just got to keep playing, you know. obviously when you're playing within your division, you know, you want to do well, but at the same time you start looking too far ahead or start maki bigge things out of what it really is. just a game that we've got to play no matter who is across the field for us. >> paying attention to small details and being locked in andu

focus, y know, every inning,nd a think that's the difference in most ball games throughout the year, and as long as we're focused we'll be all right. >> so also at nats park today, this very tall man, the nats newest first round pick jackson rutledge all 6'8" of him, yeah, he's tall. mornings dad, two sisters joining the pitch on the field today. they zoomed out and davy martinez meeting him. the skippth making sur kid has had a nice firm handshake and rutledge also met with y mr. nats zimmerman. rutledge was six years old when zim made his debut with the team. my goodness, now, it's all new for the 20-year-old st. louis faith including the trip to the nation's capital. >> this is my first time in d.c. >>ysi was doing phals all day and i didn't get a chance. amazing stadium and from what i understand it has a lot of good restaurants in it and pretty

excited about that. >> there for a little bit in my office. m going have to sta on a stool to talk to him. >> yeah. he's tall. so the wizards are reportedly trying to lure raptors general manager to fill their vacantpom sition with a lucrative offer that includwrship. today at the raptors championship parade he said, quote, we said we'll win ino torontand we've won in toronto land continue to win in toronto. >> there you go.ea that cl up actually nothing. estimates of around 1.5 million fans turning out for today's parade celebrating toronto's first knapp title. kyle lowry taking care of anyone who is thirsty. thure's yo mvp kawhi leonard enjoying a victory cigar and you note number one fan drake is right in the middle of it all. a celebration these fans have worked their entire lives for. >> a small-knit group.

>> we practiced hard and worked hard and at the end of the day you always will be my brother, alays, and we are now world champs together. >> thank you, and like they said, enoy this, enjoy this moment and have fun with t. >> a-ha. >> if you're wondering what the deal is with kawhi's goofy laugh before the season, he went viral for his dodounding laugh, but look who is looking now. speaking of laughs, check this out. droois harper lost all of his money over the weeken the braves mascot blooper gets harper to sign a declaration for ational bryce harper day and the trickster reveals he signed a giant check for $330 million and that's his contract right now. good news or bad news, bryce got hisoney back and he actually

cashes the big checks anyway. >> good thing we have a

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