right now, excitement is building in florida for supporters of president trump. a big kickoff to his campaign plan today. hear what the president is saying about undocumented immigrants ahead of the rally. an suv crashes into a camera pole and a tree. a scv parking lot, what police are telling us about the vehicle involved. onceagain, weather alert today. scattered sigwers out there now. better chance of thunderstorms this afternoon. let's talk about our threat for this afternoon, that's coming up.

good morning, and welcome to news 4 midday. >> we are going to begin with theweather alert. storms possible again this evening about. >> for now, the sun is out, it's heating aup, len rickets joins us with a closer look at what we an expect in the dayhead about. >> we have another chance for showers and thunderstorms, we're alreaos seeing th showers out there right now, main li through the shenandoah valley. can you see places in theer north shenandoah valley. ght up through martinsburg and hagerstown. roundhill getting light rainshowers out ther right now. frontal system stalled across the area, once again, this thing is not moving. it was with us yesterday, today, tomorrow. it doesn't really kick out of ti here un thursday, so we're going to continue to see waves of rain in our area and in the afternoon, backe daytime heating time, the storms fire up. it's hot and humid.

79 in washington, southerly winds helping boosting that humidity in here. let's talk about what impacts you'll have in your neighborhood. that's coming up in about 20 minutes. right now we are waiting to hear who will lead the prince gunrges co public school system this fall. >> dr. goldson m is a candidate to take over the role permanently. but she has competition.la y hogan submitted multiple candides for the job. kevin maxwell's five-year enure, county executive angela brooks is set to announce the new ceo in largo this afternoon. look for the alert as soon as it's announced into washington app. keeping your kids safe near the water is probably on your mind. >> the coast guard and other agencies are taking part in a mass water rescue exercise to

make sure they're prepared to help. >> darcie spencer is in national harbor this morning with a closer look at what it takes. hi, darcie. >> good morning as you can see, this is anly absolute gorgeous day to be out here on the water, sometimes tragedy does strike. and first responders have to be prepared to save lives. that's what today's training exercise is all about. >> have man over board. this is taking place on the potomac river at national harbor near the woodrow wilson brid . the scenario here, a fire o board a huge water taxi, they need to evacuate dozens of people, some are injured and some mock rescues were conducted in the water, even by someone on a jet ski. that was pretty cool to see.f irefighters put out the fire, pele were rescued by boat. ther was a medical unit set up here to help those who were

injured. federal, state and local agencies are participating his exercise. what they say took nine monthst plan. >> there's a lot of response capability in the and really doing an exercise like this gets everybody on the same page of what each other's capability is, how we communicate, how we don't overlap each other and it's focused on creating an efficient response to a big event like this. >> back out live, the goal here is to figure out what they did right, figure out what they did wrong, so they are better prepared in the future. should there be a real tragedy. back to you. >> always good to practice, all right, darcy, thanks so much. this is v oeothe southbound scenes of i-95 just after midnight. a ups truck was involved in a

deadlyci nt. maryland police say they believe a man jumped from the cherry hill road bridge and landed on top of that truck and died. this happened just before the beltway in college park. we're working toearn more information about an accident on wisconsin avenue in northwest. at least two people were inside, a white suv that crashed into ar . and a speed camera poll early this morning. the suv hit the side ofhis cvs and ended up in a parking lot. no one was inside the suv when they arrived at the ene, but say it was stolen in montgome ounty earlier this morning. sibris from the crash was strewn across wisc avenue during some of the morning commute. developing this o morning, three teens have ben charged with height crimes for allegedly attacking a gay couple. the men were walking between bars in the u street corridor early sunday. they were on u street near

nellie's sports bar, when they heard anti anay comment. that's when several men started beating brac. thth men were robbed. they described terrifying attack to our jackie benson. >> this is aid viv image, i saw 10 guys beating him, so i did instinctively, i jumped on top of him and tried to shield him, and was screaming, help, help, help. >> he was pretty seriously hurt. a go fund me page has been set up help with his medical expenses. president trump will officially begin his quest tke his job in 2020. he'll kick off his re-electionp camign in orlando, florida. >> crowds have been lining up since yesterday. tracie potts has a preview. >> trump 2020s becomeofficial tonight in orlando. people are camping out for a spot in the sold out arena,e

wherresident trump makes that announcement tonight. he's losing 11 key states to t democrajoe biden. >> i believe we can win texas and florida knew look at the polling datanow. >> a person close to the trump campaign says those pollsters are being let go. >> it's all about the re-election, that's all he cares about, which is dangerous. >> the president tweeting overnight about new raids undocumented immigrants next week, they will be removed as fasteys th come in. a move sure to energize his base. >> i hove it thats getting things done. > taking a page from t democrats playbook, republicans are focusing on voter registration. a conservative group is spending $2 million toign up new voters beginning in orlando. >> florida has 9 million unregistered voters. tracie potts, nbc news, washington. the d.c. counsel wil tackle two important issues. first up, an effort to mve the redskins back to rfk stadium.

the mayor wants the team to return to d.c. the d.c. council wants to block the organization from buying the team. the council will also vote on emergency legislation to protect city workers from being fired for legally using medical marijuana. we're learning more details surrounding jack evans. eanics investigation, found evidence of multiple violations by evans, he's occuses conflicts of interest and attempts to use public office for his own financial gain. he sent a letter to the governors of vginia and maryland outlining the violations, the board stated that evansecision to not seek another term as board chairman was due to the findings. the governors of maryland and virginia have asked for the le public ree of the results of its ethics investigation.

marijuana laws are at thefo front of virginia politics right now, the squelt attorney general is pushing to decriminalize small amounts of pot. prosecuting marijuana cases costs millions ofl dols and disproportionately affect the people of color. >> i have seen the lives of so many people,es ecially young people who had their future opportunities limited by an arrest or conviction for amall amount -- a possession of a small amount of marijuana. it it can limit hoing, student aide, so many different ways, and we can do better in virginia. >> herring hopes public support will force lawmakers to act. the republan led assembly has shot down similar efforts in the past. we are following two other developing stories this morning. more u.s. troops heading to the middle east because of new tensions with iran. we'll tell you what

we're learning more details about that horrifying incident in downtown dallas yesterday. h> people were gettingr days here's dan schennaman with the updates in the investigation. >> as the workday began at the federal building gunfire started. >> a man has an automatic weapon shooting at the building. >> the shots fired by a man with pan assault style rifle, this chilling image captured by a photographer for thellas

morning news. >> i didn't know what it was so i pulled up a long lens and looked through the view finder and saw the muzzle othe gun, and the guy with the mask on, and i made some frames real quick. >> authorities flocked to the scene, the gunman ran across the street and kept firing. he was brought down in a parking lot and later pronounced dead. e no onese suffered a gunshot wound. >> but for the actions of the federal protective service officers. this likely woul have been a deadly incident. >> the gunman identified by the f fbi. >> he was discharged from the army in 2017, we're working with our partners at dod to examine his record. >> what may have motivated the gunman is under investigation. dan schenneman, nbc news. new information in the shooting in toronto. yesterday gunshots sent the crowd into a panic while they

celebrated the raptors. police say four people had gunshot wounds but are pected to be fine. other people had minnjuries during the stampede to take cover. we're told three people were arrested in connection with this shooting. a tense suspect in the shooting of red sox baseball great david ortiz hasen arraigned. the latest suspect is accused of participatita in the atck, which left ortiz hospitalized and near death. in a hearing closed to the public, a judge ordered gabriel perez to serve one year of what's called preventative detention behind bars. he joins nine other suspe s in this attack on ortiz, which authorities say appears to have been coordinated. now to the latest surrounding seri of mysterious death s involving citizens in the dominican republic. the new jersey man the ninth person to die in recentmonths on the island.

morgan chesskey reports. >> reporter: another tropical vacation ending in tragedy. >> the maid opens the door, screams, slams the door, my brother is on the floor dead. >> his brother said he skipped dinner that night after telling friends he was traveling with, he wasn't feeling well. allenng stayit the terra linda resort, where he stayed many times before. nbc news reachehe out to t resort for comment. allen is the ninth american to have died under mysteriousum circances while visiting the island in the past 18 months. so far the deaths have not been connected. the popular tourist destinations food and beverage safety nowo under a micrscope. >> i thought, something's not right, my father's a healthy 78-year-old. >> jerry died in january, falls ill after dinner and drinks at the dreams resort in pta can in a guest room mini-bars are only

stocked with sealed bottles of liquor. dominican authorities shut down five labs manufacturing alcohol, seizing over 100 tanks of product unsuitableor f consults. taied alcohol could be responsible for any of the american deaths. >> i want to know what happened to my sister. >> something isn't right in the dominican for all these pple to be dying. >> thebl dominican repu is responsible for my mother's death. >> now, joseph allen's family joins a growng list of heart broken people seeking answers. >> dominican authorities have cases open intoach of these incidents. the fbi is assisting them with to go kolg exams. the ministry of tourism in the country are calling these incidents tragic, but isolated.

d.c. gas station dn't as planned for a pair of thieves. >> the men are dressed in black at the sunoco gas station sunday morning. they tried to pick up the atm, but realized it was too heavy and secured to the wall as well. undeterred. they moved the red blal disp and knocked over another display, realizing they couldn't take the atm. police say they grabbed mor than 00 worth of cigarettes and then walked out. >> not very well planned. yeah. it's just sillty in my opinion. i mean, seriously, i mean, they're strapped to the wall. >> okay, so d.c. police are looking for a 1996 ford econoline van with tag numbers fa for years, neighbors in northwest washington have

complained that someone is stealing flowers from their gardens, another case just popped up in dupont circle. amy cho spoke to neighbors who are tired of seeing their preciousalants ed. >> reporter: a blossom bait in the streets of d.c. you never know which flowers he'll hit next. it could be these or these or these. >> just really annoys the heck out of us. >> gene kenny lives in dupont circle. someone recently poached his neighbor's petals, and he know hot feels. >> we've been victims of someone coming out and stealing whole flower pots. >> if you walk up and down the l block, you'otice rose bushes like this one. they planted them for their neighbors to injoy, not a thief. >> it's all the efforts you put in to making the place pretty, and someone thinks it's their right to comand steal. >> tales come back for years, in 2011, he was spottedt the

gardens. police caught a man with an arm full of peaennys and arrested in 2016. it's not clear if these are all the same person, butthose who live and work in dupont say they hope the stling tops. >> something to look for, i'll check to see if there's any decapitated stems when i get to work. >> it's an o thingo be stealing plants. it's annoying, frustrating, all of the above. >> as neighbors count down to the day the banned it gets busted. some trying their best to see the bright side. b >> being a romantic, i'd say he's getting the flowers for somebody, and doesn't have the money to buy them himself. >> the flower thief arrested back in 2016, told police he was a heart surgeon and needed t plants for aroma therapy. can i just make a ggestion? i think someone should hide out there with those fake flowers, put some ink in them.e when the pon comes up, squirt them. >> i mean, flowers are

expensive. apparently you have to resort to this. ridiculous. two of the countries best pediatric hospitals are in the a.altimore washington are >> the u.s. news and report released their rooankings. these facilities give high quality re for several pecialties. children's medical center was named 6th and john's hopkins listed at number nine. boston children's hospital made the top spot nor the sixth year in a row. >> congrats to them. >> yeah. weather alert, a chance of storms again in ourorecast today. lauren is back with a closer look at the timing of these storms. how would you like to be eld accountafor your child's behavior in school. the steps one wisconsin community is takin community is takin g

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. welcome back, everyone, we have new video to show you this morning of those storms that blew through many people's backyards last night. the lightning show that happened in manassas. other viewers sent us pictures of hail and powerful downpours. fter the storm comes the rainbow, you know, this one seen off randy barkley's deck in highland maryland. this is in howard county, it sounds like people will have a chance to shoot more of these weather videos today and tomorrow and thursday. >> that is really cool. >> my kids would be running out trying to touch that thing. >> they could maybe find a pot t of gold the end of the rainbow. >> that would be a winner. >> reque >> can that really happen? >> i saw rainbs yesterday in rginia too. >> during the rain we had heavy downpours, not everyone saw them

where i was. i didn't see storms, just heavy dohepours. all t storms were concentrated by the d.c. area. the reason also we were a little unstable yesterday because we had all that sunshine yesterday. right now, i know we have clouds, peeks of sun tryg to roll out. more clds and sunshineut there today. itha just zy. we also are a little on the wet side. especially if you're in the shenandoah valley. we're seeing a few light showers out there right now, for my friends in the winchester are going up through blue mont hamilton. all of this area getting light shower activity. that's what they're seeing, just light stuff, no storms out there, we have a frontal syst stalled just to the north through pennsylvania. and that frontal system sticking with us, and so we get these little waves that ride along it, that's what creates some ofrahis we're seeing, it's not range the whole time, at least we're having bouts of rain, and we will a the way until thursday, before this pushes out

of here, and we'll cool down for friday and saturday. good news for that. what to expect for day. 1:00 or 2:00, after about 3:00 p.m., scatted storms, they're going to be slow movers, not a lot of wind to kick them out of here, slow moving storms and at that wh creates this flooding concern. about a 70% chance you'll see them where you are. >> flash flood watch from 2:00 to 11:00 p.m.a torrential rins expected. rain rates at about an inch per hr possible. it is warm out there, muggy, we're in the mid to upper s today. nats didn't get a chance to play yesterday after they didn't cancel the game for 2 1/2 houri s tweeting them saying, hey, we have rain coming this way. finady they cancelhe game, i think it's going to be the same deal today. we're not going to have a dry atmosphere out t re, we're going to have disastered storms through the middle part of the game if they were startinon time. >> we have scattered

igthunderstorms rolling r through the area about 5:00, these are going to be slow movers, the oranges and yellows representingra heavy more rain on the way for your wednesday and thursday, we'll talk timing of tthat, andat's coming up in a litt t. >> the storms are going to make the evening rush a little interesting. >> a little bit messy. troops headed to the east.t he latest on increased tensions with iran and the mission ahead for the troops. the amazon impact in northern virginia, you don't have to look hard to find visible signs of change especia

the pentagon is sending another 1,000 troops to the middle east. that's on top of the extra 1500 announc weeks o.

iranian leaders say they do not want war, but they're also threatening to ramp up nuclear heoduction. bill neely is in t region as the pentagon releases what it says is new evidence. >> reporter: the u.s. is building its casehat iran attacked two ships in the gulf last week, with new photographs. the u.s. says these iranian troops are removing an unexploded mine from the side of a japanese tanker. pieces of the mine still atta attached by magnets. iranian fingerprints all over an attack that iran denies carrying out. iran's president saying this morning, we will not wage war against what he called a group of politicians with little experience. ira raising the stakes with its own pressure. one thing that is producing so much uranium, it will soon reach and possibly breach the limit alied under the nuclear deal.

it says it's not breaking the deed president trump walked away from, but threatening to increase the quantity and quality of the nuclear fuel it makes. president trump tweeting a single apparent headline, iran to defy uranium stockpile limits. within the last few days we have a military buildup, attacks on tankers and another nuclear threat from iran. the problem is, there is no sign of a way out ofhis crisis, no talks likely.im no clown likely at the moment. from either side. bill neely, nbc news, qatar. virginia senator mark warner said the senate intelligence committee will be briefedn the an situation this afternoon. he described president trump's g approach as it alone, and he said it's making the middle east less safe while weakening the u.s. position abroad. newi this morn the

stand-off between jon stewart and congress over funding the 9/11 victim condensation fu is intensifying, stewart appeared before congress and delivered an emotional speech demandingla akers fund the bill that pays for m fical bills those who responded to the septber 11th attacks. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell appeared on "fox & friends" and said he was getting bent out of shape for nothing. last night he responded to that statement. >> we spent a year on this bill, all in the hopes that when it finally gets to mitch mcconnell'sdesk, you won't jack us around like you've done in the past. so if you want to know why te 9/11 community is bent out of shape over these past -- let's call it 18 years, meet with them. >> mcconnell said the senate will make sure the bill is funded, current compensation for 9/11 first responders will run out this year without any new legislation. more and more of the things

pe used to carry in our wallets are showing u on our phones. and now maryland is about to make driver's licenses beginning tal. now a sneak peek at how the licenses will look. >> a death that will licise looks l the physical card we carry now. not everyone will see all of your details. the app will only provide pertinent information to the person requesting it. need proof of age, this is all they'll s. that's where the safety comes in and the privacy comes in, you're only presenting the information that someone needs to make a decision. >> if stopped by police, you'll be handed a card ti scan whch automatically sends a digital version of your license to the patrol car. the digital license won't replace plastic licenses entirely, they'll be an option until all of the states adapt to the technology. >> i thk there really is a desire out there, everything is

more convenient on other phonesi now, sois that next logical step in that regard. >> maryland tells us they plan to roll out digital iver's licenses by sometime next year. d.c. has not told us yet when they plan to do the same. back to you. this digital world continues to get interesting, doesn't it? >> i know. i know. a lotre of people a bracing for the amazon impact in northern virginia, as we get closer to the tech giant moving on. >> you d have to look hard to find visible sirens of changes especially when it comes to transportation in places like crystal city. how your commute is changing. >> sparks and cutting. banging jackhammering, lifting and hauling. >> sometimes you have to walk away from the windows. so you can actually focus. o scott works the ninth

floor of a nearby building here in crystal city. all the changes have been -- wt'l, a lot. lesay lunch hour hasn't been the same. >> this one, they start from the top down, it's been like this for the past couple months. >> this trulan is area that's being retrofitted. take a look at the south clark and bell street bridge is demolished, the car is not the main focus here in crystal city. >> so often we do stories about bridges that' coming together. not every day you see one that's coming apart. this is the new crystal city. areas that are opening up ahead of amazon's arrival. >> how do you see this place changing? what do you think it's going to become? >> it's amazing watching what's going on right now. it's been 6, 7 months since amazon made the nouncement, i'm looking forward to be a part of it. >> plans to build a new pedestrians bridge said to be closer realit walking to and from a city to an

airport on a dedicated e,bridg that doesn't happen often.bu t first the construction. >> it's just a lot of noise too. it's a lot of noise. >> tory wilson works here, he commutes from the district on nd metro, ae'll see the benefit of a second metro entrance to the crystalatcity stn. he says it's needed. >> coming out of this entrance right here alone in the morning is terrible. it terrible. everybody trying to sta ede over each other to get to work on time. >> for now, a neighborhood being reimagined and redesigned. day by day. in crystal city. news 4. your time now, 11:36. a north carolina teen and her mother are crediting an iphone -- the tracking app for saving the girl's life. coming up, see what the quick thinking mom did when her daughter was late arriving homen good g everyone, breathing is something almost all of us take for granted.

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this is night, r aain postpoed the game agains the phillies, it's been rescheduled for wednesday at 1:00, setting up a doubleheader on hump day. today's game against the nl east rivals is scheduled for7:05. >> well, listen, yestday it took them almost 2 1/2 hours to cancel that game. there were storms coming through, i know the natierals w using our radar, they're going to have problems with the phillies today in terms of rain. tomorrow ll have rain a day.

thursday we have our best chance of severe weather, they have the rays on friday nigh that's the one they can actually play. >> and summer starts on friday. >> it already feels like summer out there. >> thunderstorm timing out there wers oute have a few s there right now. that will continue until about 12:00, 2:00, 3:00, and then we've got some severe weather. storms moving in after about 2:00, 3:00, they'll continue th through evening commute. best chance of storms, especially around the d.c. area, between 5:00 and 9:00 p.m., and then we even still have more chances of rain all the way until about 11:00 to midnight tonight. again, we're stuck in this pattern. showers out here right now in the shenandoah valley. coming through shenandoah county. frederick county maryland getting in on some of that light

showery activity. as we go through the day, a thunderstormsts stalled through the north of pennsylvania, it's been there since yesterday, it's going to continue to be there until thursday beforet finally moves out of here, that's why we're going to have the best chance forsdevere weather on thury. right now it's setting up shop in the pennsylvania area. flash flood watch goes from 2:00 to 110 tonight. any of these storms are going to be slow movers. that's going to allow them to per about an inch of rain hour possible in some of these heavier storms. they're going to be scattered across the area, flooding will be our main threat, could be a little bit of hail outthere. current temperatures out there right now, it's warm. and humid.re temperatuin the upper 70s to right around 80, we'll head to ehe mid to upper 80s yesterday. yesterday we mit up to 91. we had plenty of sunshine to start off, a lot of cloud cover out there today,ft storms a about 2:00, once we get those storms, we'll cool down, the humidity is not going to go

anywhere. here we go. 3:00, you see those storms blossoming around the area, the yellows and the reds are the heavier rain out there. and we will continueo see these stormsthrough 10:00, 11:00, midnight, i'm going to keep a chance for showers throughout ternight hours and into tomorrow morning. tomorrow we'll have a chance for scattered showers and thunderstorms all throughout the day. scatted showers and thunderstorms thursday afternoon as well. through thursday evening. but look at this, as we get into friday and satur it's going to be nice. humidity lowers a little bit. plenty of sunshine, temperatures in the low to mid-80s, let's talk about the rest of the week. >> i like to hear, we're headed into a pattern where the humidity willing go down. a new delivery option that's available now for breakfast, we'll have the details for you. >> science and technology themed clothes for girls. we'll introduce you to the

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bullying is a major problem in schools, sometimes leaving olasting effects the victims. now to combat it, a wisconsin town is looking to punish the bullies. officials claim it's hard for schools to punish bullies because suspension would keep them from getting an education. >> i think the parents should have to pay a fine. you're the one raising the kid. >> a lot ofes tim we had no idea what their kids were doing online or on the playgrounded. >> a nearby town has ami sir law, fines are rarely issued. a north carolina girl says she's alive thanks to an app on her phone that helped her

parents track her down after a bad crash. >> she was pinned iner car down a rah scene. >> please send someone, please. >> the 911 call led emergency crews to the wreckage, it wasn't asearch team that found 17-year-old macy smith pinned under her car. >> my daughter is in a ditch, in a ravine.ot >> her mher used the find my friends app to pinpoint her daughter's remote location after she missed curfew. >> we would have never known where to look. >> after setting off to meet a friend, she hydroplaned off rural road, her car flying 25 feet off an embankment. flipping over 3 mes, slamming into ravine. >> she waited seven hours in a ditch for help. after dark, her mother deciding to use the location sharing a to track down the teen.

>> that is what saved her life. >> macy is recovering from fractured neck after a remote rescue pulled offap by an and the one person who wouldne er give up hope. miguel almaguer, nbc news. >> this is when those apps really come in happidy. >> all the doi apps, the game apps you have, something like that, so worth it. >> it's a lifesaver. we have the storms in the forecast again this afternoon. >> we . it's stuffy in here, i know it's stuffy outside. >> i know it's stuffy in the studio, i was just in there right now. it's stuffy everywhere, e ecially outside, all that humidity, all that stuffiness, that moisture has to go somewhere, d it's going to fall to the ground once we get these storms rocking and rolling this afternoon. an inch perour possible of rain. that's why we have a flash flood aatch for theseas shaded in green.

scattered storms, just some light stuff 2:ter 00, 3:00, that's when weee these storms blogs open u across the area. if you're headed out to nats utrk, could have another cancellation ohere today. at least another gla. mid to upper 80s today, friday and saturday dry. >> lauren, thank you so much. >> we'll be on the lookout for that. that's going to do it for news 4 midday. thank you for joining us. we're back on the air this afternoon first at 4:00. >> you can get news and weather updates any time with the nbc news washington app.ea have a grday, we'll see you in the morning. ♪

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