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never be identified. >> we talked to many of them, not allf them yet. we're still under way. >> police first arrested schklowsky in early april. they said he hid cameras inside of his nanny's bedroom. the same reston home where he lives with his wife and two children. the au pair sent police a photo, they went to the house with a search warrant. detectives said they found one d of the recog devices inside an air vent in the nanny's bedroom. they seized a lo lst of licklick electronics. in may fairfax police discovered more than 3500 videos, including some images showing child pornography. schklowsky was then charged with 20 felony counts ofofossession hild pornography. back then, police didn't believe any of the 32 recording devices were used in the school. >> this is a huge disappointing development. one that none of my detectives,
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fairfax county police department or fairfax county public schools wanted to be as part of the outcome. >> now fairfax county police say even more charges are on the y. we expect those additional charges to drop tonight or tomorrow we'll update you as soon as we learn anything on that. and it's important to note that this investigation is far from over. there's still a lot of work to do. paren, if you think that your child could have been impacted buy this inside of herndon high school, 's very, very important to reach out to fairfax county police as soon as possible and let them know anything that you might know. reporting live tonight in fairfax county, drew wilder, news4. more breakingnews, this time from outside e white house. the secret service sayst's taken a person into custody after dropping a backpack and trying to jump the fence. near the north lawn nearf laayette park. the suspect didn't get far. officers stopped them in between the temporary bike racks and the
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actual fence. officers said there was nothing suspicious in that backpack. the secret service hasn't released the suspect's name. pennsylvania avenue traffic was closed for a time during rush hour in and around the white house. if you have lived in this town for a while you know white house fence-jumpers are nothing new. the news4 i-team haseported extensively on the process to secure the white house. we told you earlier this month that construction on a much taller fence will begin this summer and last until 021. the existing fence is about six and a half feet tall. the new one will be f 13et and one-inch high. president trump revealing his plans today for july 4eb celtions here in d.c. the salute to america will kick off at 6:30 at the lincoln memorial. the white house says the event will include a speech from the president. military demonstrations and even a flyover. it will be followed by the
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capital 4th concert and the fireworks show of course. but at a new locat n thisyear. we'll tell you the best spot to watch coming up at 6:30. time to check in with storm team 4 now. yet another evening where we cou see some showers. amelia draper is in the storm center, a lot of people hearing this now and thinking -- what rain? >> absolutely. storm team 4 radar for the most part is dry across the regn, but i amtraking isolated showers popping up. this just started happening over the last 30, 40 minutes, can you see how small in nature they are you have to look at the radar. a cell developing around the darnstown area in montgomery county and we head to prince george's county seeing heavier rain now. this cell is moving and it's going to be sou of sunderland within the next 20 to 30 minutes. most of the area out there is dry. just some scatteredhowers tonight. as we look to tomorrow. it's a storm team 4 weather
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alenot day. only are we talking about rain, but potentially some severe thunderstorms. if you're taking kids t the pool or heading to the playground, i would recommend going before 2:00 or 3:00 p.m. ay and he ti'll ekhave m woree ond the outlook and the storms in the forecast tomorrowoming up at about 6:25. >> now is a good time t make sure you have the nbc washington app on the phone, for hour-by-hour forecasts and get alerts when rough weather is rolling into your neighborhood. >> this is june-teenth, the abolition of slavery in the united states in 1865. democrats in congress chose to this day to hold a hearing about reparations. a house committee is considering a bill to study the damage done sve larepations proposal to address slavery's legacy. such as gaps between black and white americans when it comes to wealth and opport in this
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country.th today e writer can coates coates noted by th time of emancipation, men, women and children who had beened enslav comprised the largest single asset in america, worth $3 billion in 6018 >> the method of cultivating his asset was neither gentle coaxing or persuasion, but torture, rape, and child trafficking. >> a national reparations policy is a moral, democratic and economic imperative. >> i don't think reparations are something dat happene 150 years ago for whom none of us currently living are responsibl is a good idea. >> today's hearing also included testimony from new jersey senator cory booker. he and several others, democratic presidential candidates support so form of reparations. meanwhile, hope hicks just left the capital after roughly ven hours of testimony.
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she used to be one of president trump's closest advisers. he called her hopie. but she resigned from the white house last year a day after telling house committee that sometimes her job required her to tell what she called white lies. wh she was subpoenaed to testify before a different committee towhy, the e house declared she had quotetestbif ae democrats say there's no such thing. susan mcginness is on capitol hill tonight where democrats are threatening to go to court to force hicks to testify. susan? >> that's right, jim. one democrat described today's proceedings as obstruction by justice in actn. lawmaker were anxious to hear from hope hicks, by the end of the day, they left less than satisfied. in the hot seat on capitol hill ho hicks, former white house communications director and close confidante to president trump, testifying behind closed doors. >> hope, did the president obstruct justice. >> after being named in the mueller report more than 180
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times, democrats were eager to hear hicks' account of possible obstruction by the president, efforts to fire special counsel robert mueller and more. >> it's important for the american people to know what happened during the time when donald trump actually was president. >> but hicks, who once admitted re congress her work for the president ired her to tell white lies, now not talking to lawmakers about her time in theh white se. after administration attorneys declared her immune from testifying. >> there's no legal authority to do so. >> republicans called it a waste time. >> are you learning anything new. >> no, we're not, we're hearing a dramatic reading of the mueller report, but nothing new. >> the president called the earing rigged and the house intelligencecommittee continues to seek appearances by white house staff and special counsel robert mueller himsel ? he can testify voluntarily or he can testify under subpoena. but it's going to have to happen. >> the president talked about ther muelle investigation during his campgn kick-ofyesterday. >> the great hoax.
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>> and today he blames the probe for poll numbers showing him trailingte democratic candida joe biden in critical states. >> hicks did answer qestions and provide good information about her tme on the campaign before the president was elected andtook the oval office. transcripthat sometime on friday. jim? >> susan, thank you. one week from tonight the democrats hoping to challenge president trump in 2020 will take the stage for the first debates. news4 today anchor aaron gilchrist will be reporting live from miias the 20 democrats clash over the course of two nights. look for his reports starting next wedneay and watch the debate here on news4 next wednesday and thursday nights at 9:00. >> we're following some more breaking news. involving one of the popular electric scooter rental companies here in the district. d-dot has suspeed the permit for skip's after today after a
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fire in the office building where skip'sres some scooters and batteries, let's get to news4's pat colins with the test. pat? >> doreen, d-dot says that ki s's scooters must be removed from all city public space within the next 24 hours.>> this as d-dot suspends skip's permit for at least 30 days while they investigate fires linked to the scooter-sharing operation. the latest fire here this morning. at skip's warehouse downtown. the fire began in a bin of lithium batteries. it set off the sprinkler system and then a gush of water into the basement. the clean-up substantial. and sort of modern-day bucket brigade servicepro workers deployed a number of air cleaners and dehumidifiers, one
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after another. the scene -- the skip's scootere warehouse locad in an office building at 20th and k streets northwest. skip is a popular scootersharing business. last september there was another fire at the skip warehouse, tha one, the fpartment says involved a scooter that was being charged. so two fires, same location. less than a year. >> that's crrect. >> as a result the fire prevention division, we're going to take a look at the location an see what actions we can take to avoid having such events happen down the road. >> in a statement the skip company says it's cooperating fully. >> testgainst skip's stringent safety standards. last month a skip's scooter caught fire outside downtown. this picture taken by ain "washon post" reporter.
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skip briefly suspended service while it investigated that fire. again d-dot s ordered all skip's scooters off the streets of our city for at least 30 days while it investigate these fires linked to the scooter operation. jim, back to you. >> pat, thank you. boeing is movihe headquarters of its space and launch division from arlington, virginia, to florida's space coast. the company says it wants its headquarters in titusville where so much space history hasaken place. boeing is working on several future launches. the company says the move won't affect opace ations in other states. no wordon how many jobs will move to florida. but boeing says the number will be small. a local enager's unjust death was almost lost to history forever. >> fast-forward more than a century and see how a local town is making up for its sins of thl
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pastike it never has before. >> ten years ago, nine people cilled on those tra along the red line. their names right here on this plaque. i'm adam tuss, i'll tell you why some say not much has changed with the transit agency. plus whyhe government is investigating on yoube and utbe
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>> as scott mcfarlane reports, they're doing it because of a ar multi-yeinvestigation by our i-team. >> the hearing happens tomorrow at 2:00 p.m. here in the hearing room in the u.s. house oversight committe it will bed by a subcommittee chaired by virginia congressman jerry connolly. he'll be asking questions to the witnesses. we know the director of the medical center will be here and one of the witnesses will bei sitt right at this table answering questis will be the inspector general of the va whoe has led so of the investigations of the troubled n medical cer. what will they talk about? we know they'll talk about several issues raised by the news4 i-am. including patient safety issues and supply shortages at the medical center and delayed patient proceduresnd they'll ask about a recent escape from che psychiatric ward at the medical ter. a patient who escaped through the ceiling tiles of a shower went out of the medical center and stepped back in to ask an e.r. staffer to cahim a cab. the staffer did.
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>> he went through the emergency room and asked someone in the emergency room to call him a taxi cab. >> and they called him a cab? >> they called him a cab. >>e was wearing his hospital clothes? >> he was wearing his scrub bottoms and a tank top. >> we his body went undiscovered by va staff t for morean a day. >> there are several local members that will be here. they will have an hour of questions about the flagship medical center of the u.s.me depart of veterans affairs. scott mcfarlane. news4 i-team. saturday tune in for a news4 i-team speclreport. the progress made. what's ahead of the va had to say about the future of the troubled facility. under scrutiny, inside the d.c. va airs at 7:00 p.m. an rd satuy.
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search crews found the body of a missing hike in virginia on mount whitney in california. an air search recovered the body after a three-day search in the nowy and icy terrain of california's tallest peak. the 41-year-old man planned to climb in one-day solo hike a week ago.st he was la seen at the summit that day. dow was an accomplished hiker and marathonr. runne his family tells us he was in excellent physical condition. coroners are tryg to determine the cause of death. developing now the federal trade commission is in the late stones of an investigatinto youtube for its handling of children's videos, cording to the "washington post." their investigation began after numerous complaints of youtube ailing to protect children who use the service and improperly collecting their data. the probethatens youtube with a potential fine.cu youtube exetives are consideringoa br changes
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regarding this issue. the company declined to comment and the ftc declined to comment as well. this weekend our area marks ten years since a major transportation tragedy. twor metro tains collided on the red line between fort totten and tacoma after the automatic train control system failed. nine people die that day and the system has been operated in manual mode ever since. transpoation reporte adam tuss reports the agency is not in any rush to return to automated operation. he also spoke to victims' families who are still dealing with the scars from that day. >> ten years after that awful day, where nine people were skilled. you their names here on this plaque. these people killed on the backs ow, more than 80 others hurt. the wounds are still fresh for some. >> there will never be an untruth about what happened to their mother. i will tell them what happened to their mother? >> we reached tawanda brown who
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lost her daughter nikki king in the crash. >>er boys were that failed on june 22, 2009. sending one train trling into back of another has never been fully reactivated. now metro sources say there's no timetable to make the switch back to automatic mode that refation despite metro general manager making this claim to news4 last year -- that the automatic mode would come back.
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>> you're going to flip the itch one day and it's going to get back to ato in the upcoming year during rush hour? >> yes. sir. >> now that claim seeming unlikely. eantime the families of the victims of theash say they still don't trust the system. >> there's not been a lot of change that has happened to assure the public that this incident wuld not happen again. >> along the red line. adam tuss, news4. breaking right now, we've just gotten an update on thesh ooting of former boston rld sox sugger david ortiz. who was shot earlierh tis month in the dominican republic. investigars now say ortiznoas the intended target. authorities say it was actually a friend next to him who the gunman wanted to shoot. the former red sox slugger remains hospitalized in boston. but doctors say his condition is improving. we've been waiting for months, well now we know what to expect on the natifal mall this
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ourth of july. now that president trump is going to be part of the festivities. a closer look at wh's changing, coming up. plus rain on the radar, we're tracking scattered showers tonight. we'll go in-depth to see why 're calling tomorrweow
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just looking at my phone to see what it's doing out there it's looking pretty nice. >> i put out a tweet saying tonight's rain chances -- a dud. we don't have a trigger out there. >> how happy is everybody at nats park? >> right. i dot want toay no rain at natsark tonight. i can't rule out a showere.own ther but it's not going to be like last night. while you might be dealing with a little raine down th watching on tv it won't be postponed. hopefully i will continue to stand by on news4 at 11:00 tonight. here's a look at the radar. i've circled the isolatedrs shoou can see as doreen was noting, most areas completely dry. sshine out there. it was a hot day today. with temperatures in the mid to upper 80s once again. we're seeing some light rain around the gaithersburg area.
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and showers in prince george's county and fauquier county and stafford county making their way through charles and st. maries county. a thunderstorm back around the luray area, that's it. we'll continue to track isolated rain tonight. tomorrow it's ing to be a storm team 4 weather alert day there was never a risk for severe storms in the forecast today. we've alys been mentioning that chance for severe tomorrow. and it is still there. i said we're lacking a trigger today, not the ca tomorrow. a cold front moves through and with the heat and humidity that could cause somest na thunderstorms to develop. talking heavy rainfall, maybe some strong winds and hail as well. you do want to stay weather-ready. that being said, plenty of dry time on your thursday, gorgeous on friday. the first day of summer. the first full day of summer is on saturday, and a really nice weekend sunday is also looking dry. here's your evening planner, we're at 84 degree isolated rain until about 7:00, 9:00 p.m. 9:00 we're around 80nd some
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isolated showers could be out there around 11:00 p.m. tomorrow between 2:00 and 8:00 i'm most worried about heavy aiin and next up, gusts up to 60 miles per hour and up to the size of a quarter.a maybe weak tornado, something we'll be monitoring with the high temperature of 91 degrees. i'm going to have future weather for tomorrow coming up at 6:45. your erforecast, picture h fekt friday and saturday, sunday still really nice, a little warm with highs in the upper 80s on sunday. >> so don't let your guard down tomorrow just because we got a break today. >> and look forward t friday. >> thanks amelia. tonight a search for answers after a couple's home becomes a crime scene. the evidence at the scene in what neighbors s they saw just weeks before everything went terribly wrong. terribly wrong. i'm mark segraves, b
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right now at 6:30, july 4
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about two weeks away and now we're learning more about trump's big plans for the holiday. >> it's called salute to america. this event will include a militatribute, and flyover. a speech from the president, at the lincoln memorial. and as we've told you, there's a new location this year, to watch the fireworks. >> news4's mark segraves has wi been follo it for weeks and joins us li from the lincoln memorial with the big reveal. what's the deal, mark? >> yeah,u well as yo said this is going to be very much like the military parade that president trump had wao have. a military flyover, a military exhibition, military bands here at the lincoln memorial.he one ofbig questions will be, where's the best place to watch thefireworks, now that they're going to be setting them off on the river. and this is where president trump will be on july 4. news that the president will be giving a speech before the july reactionsks drew mixed from people at the lincoln
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memorialtoday. >> donald trump we don't know what he's going to do next. ,>is t hehe national mall. so -- so for that, i think it's umwonderful thing. >> president trhas been hinting for weeks about big changes to the celebration. including last night at his -election kick-off in florida. >> by the way, on july 4 in washington, d.c., come on down we're going to have a big day. >> today the trump administration ased some details. the parade down constitution avenue will begin about 11:45 a.m. the salute to america program at the lincoln memorial which will include the president's speechg bes at 6:30 in the evening. the capital 4th concert on the lawn of the capital at 8:00 and the fireworks just after 9:00. democrats in congress, including house majority leader steny hoyer have that president trump will politicize the fourth of july.
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ths is the creation of the greatest democracy in the history of mankind. about a group of traordinary people came together and said -- we holdthese truths to be self-evident. that's what this is about. not about donald trump, not about steny hoyer, not about joe biden or any of t candidates we have. >> now hoyer expressed concern for the pricetag for this new and improved fourth of july and what it means for security that the president is going to have toravel from the white house a few blocks here to the lincoln memorial and back again. they just released the strictions forhe potomac river since the fireworks display will be set off. here's big restrictions on where boats can. we have that information at the nbcwashington.com. jim, back to you.e >> cainly is a big difference on this fourth. lot of enchas, too. and the firewos on the mall, just one of dozens of displays planned in our region of the that's why we've got a fireworks finder on our nbc
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washington app. search fireworks to learn more. police a look at our other top stories, police in fairfax coun say a former drama teacher hid several recording devices inside herndon high ol scho rafael schklowsky is accused of secretly recording students while they undressed. detectives have identified ten victims, but they say they believe there are dozens more. schklowsky is in jail charged with secretly recording his live-in nanny. democrats in congress held the first hearings in a decade on reparations for americans whose ancestorswere enslaved. the writer coates coates notes that it's led to fewer opportunities for african-americans and yesterday senate majority leader mitch mcconnell said america has al rek tayenin stepsto sin of avery.
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a would-be fence jumper was arrested before ould make it into the white house. the secret service says the suspect dropped a backpack shutting the area down for a time as officers assessed hasher there was anything rv dage relsed anyinformation about the suspect. r> a woman's screams had neighborsshing to call 911 in kensington last night. by the time police arrived, she was already dead. montgomery county police say the womas boyfriend shot her at an partment on shaftsbury street. news4's chris gordon spoke to neighbors about the tragedy. >> when i came to knock on the apartment door where the shooting took placin the ww was shattered. police got a call from a resident of thisouse on shaftsbury street in kensington, reporting shots the caller said the couple that rents the apartment was arguing. there was screaming followed by several gunshots.s investigator arrested
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48-year-old alejandro jose perez de leon. charging him with first-degree murder. police say he shot 33-year-old silvia elenia fernandez. i spoke with a woman who answere the front doorhere. >> it was a shooting here, correct? >> yes. >> yes? >> in the basement. >> in the basement. these are people who rent from you? >> yes. >> police found a black handgun near the victim's body. a neighbor tells me this is not the first time that police have been called to the couple's apartment. >> i know there's there were police were there. probably less than a month ago. i mean it wasn't -- you know a big thing, i don't think. you know they left. >> then last night what did you see? pretty much the police were coming down the street and heard a bunc k of younow get on the ground, you know come out with your hands up. >> neighbors say poli investigators spent hours on the scene. >> the bright lights, the police lights, it was lit up.
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they were just wking up and down until 5:00 a.m. >> shirley owens said she knew the victim just well enough to say hello. but still, she says -- >> itsa you know, it's shocking. >> the defendant, alejandro jose perez de leon, is being held without bond at the montgomery county detention center.ng reporti from montgomery county, chris gordon, news4. news4 is committed to raising awareness about domestic violence through our safe at home initiative. if you or someone you know is dealing with domeic violence, we have stories from survivors and a complete list of local resources on our nbc wash gton app. developing tonight, a new warning from local health officials about where people may have been exposed to a patient with measles. >> plus 130 years after a grave injustice, a local town tries to atone for the past. and so far this week, a lot of talk about rain and storms in the forecast. but here's at look a your
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we're working for your health with a new warning as officials try to identify anyone who may hax been esed to the measles in northern virginia. the health department is informing residents in the fauquier health hospital emergency room this week, they may have been exposed to a patient. s mels is highly contagious and spreads through the air when an infected person coughs or sneezes. symptoms include a high fever, cough, runny nose or a rash on the face and body. the virus is easily preventible through a safe and effective mmr vaccine. this summer, you can experiencet a home future. >> we've got a sneak peek inside what's called the future house in alexandria. check it out. it's on display near virginia tech's future innovation campus. the home is 100% solar powered. it's filled with high-tech su arises. there projection screens,
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internet-enabled mirrors and voice commands, the doorsnd walls slide automatically. ev i'll call tht concept car. this is showing ry piece of technology. every piece of new materials that can be in a home. we've done something like this for 100,000. d we've done something like this for $1 million. >> it would take me a year to figure this out.io dom energy is a sponsor of the future house. can you check it out from june 22nd to august 16th. news4 launched a series dedicated to reporting on our changing climate. we're examining how c imate chanacts your family, money, health. even your commute. for continuing coverage, open our app and search changing climatis today h community is trying to make up for sins of the past. >> on this june-teenth, a special tribute to a teenaged boy lost to injustice, see why
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130 years ago, a terrible injustice was committed against a 14-year-old boy. tonight, loudoun county is trying to atone for it. news4's derek ward shows us how. >> as we all know, life has not been fair and it has not been free. >> the newspapers of the day told the story. -year-old orion henderson had been jailed for a halloween prank, it was saide put a sack over his head to scare a girl on her way to school. the girl was white, orion was black. he was accused of assault, it wouldn't make it to a trial. >> little is known about the
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site. they've torn it down, but this story is surviving. >> a mob of men took him fm the jail and marched him to the railroad freight station where he was shot and lynched. >> there were some atrocities done here. it's very important that we understand this, see it and then use the information that we learn or what we've taken from this insnce and to reconcile. >> the story was known among some leesburg residents, but not widely known.ay after todhey expect it will be. >> history is living. it's not something that will ever be behind us. because there's truth that is revealed. >> there's a lot of history here innd leesburg a it can be complicated. and part of our whole journey together in this country and the history is just how far we've come and where we're going. >> among those who observe all of this, the living relatives of orionan anderson the woman he
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was accused of accosting. the accusation that cost him his life. the organizers say there's a message there. >> if ewe stop at memorialization, being able to put the historical marker out there and call it a a celebration, we've shortchanged progress. >> derek ward, news4. sweet success for pair of sisters we introduced to you during the govertdent shuown. nikki howard and jaqi wright launched the furloughed cheesecake five months ago to make cash werle theye laid off from their federal jobs. after our report, theisters appeared on theh ellen s where she surprised them with a $20,000 order. now they're preparing to debut their case at100 walmart locations in august. the sisters tell us since launching they dished up more than 5,000 cheesecakes and quit their government gig. they fed us last night. and todaywe, we all had to work out. but it was well worth it. that was awesome cheesecake.
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>> delic.us. so light >> i want some more. >> two pieces. >> doing great.o s we most of us caught a pretty nice break today, didn't we? >> isolated showers out there. no thunderstorms, chopper is up monitoring the skies and getting a cool shot right now. looking towards leesburg. some dark skies there. so looking on storm team 4 radar. just some really light rain falling. just around leesburg right now. that's what chopper is picking up on, what you're looking at your window, saying the sun is shining, not the case for everybody. check out storm team 4 radar and how anemic the rain is now. notice so're seeing rain up in montgomery county, around the gaithersburg and germantown ea. that cell is light up towards leesburg, you have a tough time seeing it on the radar. and tracking some rain movingof out rince george's county
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into parts of southern anne aru celunty south of the bowie area. we keep some isolated showers in the forecast until about 11:00 p.m. tonight. not everybody is seeing rain and i'm not talking any thunderstorms. could we see a shower at the nats game? yeah, we could. are they going to be postponed? i'm not saying that at all. maybe, maybe a delay. but i think theats are finally going to get the evening game in. they got the afternoon game in today. some scattered stormsare in the forecast tomorrow. tomorrow's stormse could b severe. with the mugginess it'feel more wilg l helpto fuel the thunderstorms later in the day tomorrow. here's the future weather at lunchtime. a mix of sun and clouds throughout the day. once we head about 2:00,3:00 p.m. we start to see
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thunderstorms fire in the western zone. p by 4:m. we're seeing heavy rainfall and some severe thunderstorms moving through the d.c. metro area. 5:00, 6:00 p.m. future weather has most of the activity east of i-95 moving onto the eastern shand mainly dry after about 7:00 tomorrow. you dowant to be weather ready into the evening hours. but no, we're going to have plenty of dry time. based o the factors, including a cold front moving through. we're likely dealing with storms. that chance about 60% and the weather alert, the storms could be strong to severe. friday is beautiful. breezy, a high of 84 degrees. saturday, the humidity levels are still in check. it's notreezy. but we have plenty of sunshine and highs in the mid 80s. on sunday, notice the isolated thunderstorm chance. this is mainly for those of you around the i-81 corridor and southwestern virginia i think the d.c. metro area, southern maryland, up to frederick county and baltimore look to be dry oni
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sunday a high of 87. 92 on monday. it's hot, humidity back in full force and maybe thunderstorms later in the day on monday and we stay in the low 90s, not onlb monday right through next friday.ea some heat is ng our way. thanks amelia.ng comip broken nose? no problem, howax mad mis living up to hislename whi his teamma
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this is the xfinity sports deskew >> who kn practice bunting could be so dangerous. >> it won't stop him. we've seen him over and over. >> it's so painful to watch. >> the capitals just called, max will get signed by the capitals to be on their checking line. >> he might have a winter job as well. maybe there's time.he max scer bobblehead night is this friday. there might be time to add black eyes tohe 25,000 bobbleheads
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that wil be given away. scherzer has a black eye to go with his broken nose, butap parently if he can breathe he can pitch. that mad max moniker means something. as scheduled scherz will start tonight against the phillies, ts is max scherzer just moments ago. he has routine and he's sticking with it. broken nose, black eye and all. he just want the ball and the shiner from a not so shining moment. yeah, batting practice o yesterday,h. instead of a bunt, a bonk on the nose. scherzer trying to bunt and instead the ball ricochets off to his face. that will clear yo sinuses, he suffered a broken tnose, no a broken spirit b. to take the mound against the phillies with a chance to sweep the double header. nothing but love before the game for eduardo para. but he would be a thorn in the phillies side. the center fielderi changng his walk-up song to baby shark and it helped him. bottom of the fourth tied 1-1.
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parashoots one into right nter. adams scores and parabreaks, an 0 for 23 slump and slides into a double. nats a 2-1 lead. from number 88s offense to defense. he gets past the infield but parabare-hands it, bryce harper going to third andat parhrows it out. parawasn't done yet. in the eighth he goes back to back with brian dozier, para's season.ome they are the baby shark pays dividend. that's what they won 6-2. orioles fans at oakland, staying strong.gh there's two one of the bright spots in a rough season, trey mancini batting over .300, 16 home runs his first at bat, hit in the w elbow, heould leave the game with what's beingll an elbow bruise. he's is he for me to call.
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in the fifth things not getting better for baltimore. battle of the joshes, josh rodgers facing josh figuroty. we're n joshing, a three-run homer for pegley. nbaplayer. the opportunities are few. most prospective players have to audition for teams. 'll find out how they do in tomorrow's nba draft. nthony callan decided another year in college park would suit him best. he said testing the nba w iers was wor >> it was a great experience, i was ability to bring in the process and bring it from a different group of people. just trying to compete against other top guards, i was obviously a lot of them was a lot older than me. >> your teammates must have gone nuts when theyd discovere anthony is going to come back. he's not goingsh to di us right
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now. >> they knew i had to come backe go over thall one more time. >> as you look at the legends, there's old buddy blake and wa dixon. a couple of spots available in case you want to go up on the wall. >> this is my ultimate dream. just to be able to play with some of the big names. it would be a dream come true. >> all right. now yo heard cowan mention len bias, passing awaywo t days after being draftedy the celtics, cocaine overdose. rk in r from college prince george's county. one of the best ever o play in the acc. and if you remember that time you remember where were you. becaus i think as a community, we were so happy for success and then we had to come to terms with his tragic death. >> a huge loss. >> dave, thanks so much. and we thank you for joining us, "nightly news" starts in just 60 seconds. we hope to sew you tonight
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>> breaking news tonight, and it's a bombshell. saprosecutors now baseball legend david ortiz was not the intended target. instead, he was shot in a case ofmistaken identity. a shocking turn of events and who authorities say s the real target. a hazardous emergency, a train loaded with military explosives, grenades, and small arms derails sendi a plume of smoke and white powder billowing from the eckage. hazmat teams racing to the scene fearing a dangerous explosion. captain sully, the hero pilot from the miracle on the hudson blasts boeing over the 737 max disasters. >> these accidents should never haveappened. and tonigh

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