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breakingnews. a local woman is recovering this morning after being hit by a stray bullet while lying in bed. she was hit last night around 11:30 at the port chaplain apartments on benning road. it appears the shooting happeneu tside of her building. news4 has a crew headed to the scene to learn what happened and its reported she is expected to be okay. good morning. i'm eun yang. >> i'maron gilchrist. let's get you srted with your weather and a look at the traffic. we start wth meteorologist
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chuck bell. >> nice weather friday and saturday and sunday and aoreak frthe humidity and the afternoon storm chances. the weather is looking perfect for all of your outdoor plans.il a few clouds lingering over washington this morning. temperatures aren't that cool yet. by this time tomorrow morning, most of the suburbs across northern virginia, suburban maryland and the shenandoah valley will be in0s the 5 yes, in june! you'll be in the 50s most saturday and sunday. perfect for dog walking weather. check out chex. get the miles in. next week is hazy, hot and humid. today is sunny and breezy and lower humidity. amaz
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melissa, you got to love that. >> i do. we have all lanes shut down at this water main break and that ju popped up in our system. rest of the beltway looking fine. a look at g.w. parkway northbound, left lane is getting by. take a look in woodbridge northbound 95 prosecute 123 right lane is getting by that zone. 66 into town and out of town is just fine. aaron? >> thank you. we are followingbrking news concerning escalating tensions between the u.s. and iran. >> "the new york times" is reporting that president trump had approved a military strike against iran but then abruptly called it off. the strike would haveeen in retall yas r retaliation of downed unmanned
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drone. the times isul citing mtiple anonymous senior administration officials who are eitherin olved in or briefed on the de liberations. the white house and the pentagon have not commented on "the times" report and nbc news is w aking to confirm work to go confirm an overnight report on reuters that is reporting the president sent a message to iran asking for talks. we will keep you updated on this breaking news. a vigil will be held tonight to honor kamal nashid who was killed whenas he wit by a car in his home in bowie. the vigil will be held near the crash sitee at th intersection of church road and i thnk fairview vta parkway. vigils are being held tonight to honor two women. these two ladies were killed
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within three months of each other in the same area of eastern avenue. officialsaymet yesterd at theo ffice of advocacy. they agree toe help solve th killing. vigil for both women begin tonight.ne a second o at 7:30 at dupont circle. dade thomas circle where new york avenue meets in d.c. they are trying to buy that piece of land and make it a better experience. s about 7.3 ience. millionllars. the current owner of the property bought it for over $2 million. that owner stands to make a good profit if they sell it to the city. no deal has been reached yet. a protected bike land is being built in northwest. our news partner at wpot report
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that construction is happening at 14th street and n street. for commuters theroject begins at florida avenue northwest and run to thomas circle. ths is to make the commuter route more livable, drivable, and bikable. embattled d.c. councilmanva jack has resigned from his position as metro board chair. he admitted to "the washington post" that ethics investigation found he violated metro's code of ethics. his last day on the board is next thursday. we now know the trial date f of 11 people charged in connection with the 10 yered ille 10-year-old who a was killed in a gang shoot-out.yered 10-year-old who a was killed in
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gang shoot-out10-year-old who a was killed in a gang shoot-out. the supreme court ruled that this peace cross will remain standing. controversy ben when argument that the cross violated church and state because sits on public land but the supreme court disagreed wi that saying it did not endorse religion. autopsy report of nine americans who died le on vacation in the dominican republic. all of the deaths are considered suspicis but, so far, there is no evidence linking them. officials say the victims died after suddenly becoming ill. they say nothing is fair this love andar but a michigan man might add divorce to that. >> he bought a winning lottery ticket worth $30 million and now he'll have to share the wings with winnings his ex-wife. the twohave been separated two years when he bought a megamillions ticket when he was e eparated. thdivorce was not official. >> come on. >> it's not legal until it's legal. now a michigan judge says he
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must listen to an order of an arbitrator who says that ticket is marital property sohe must pay his ex-wife mary $14 million. their divorce was finalized last year. >> this is why you hate the government. >> if he had waited until after the divorce was final with the ticket would that have made a difference? >> a good question. >> or is it based on the winning day? >> the winning day. she probably still could come after him. >> that is the law if they are married. >> two yearste prenup should be in there. catch a ide. driverless buses are popping up in d.c. we are giving you a closer look. stay with us. co
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wel back. another warning this morning about the danger of e-cigarettes. >> one exploded in a teen's mouth and knocking out sever a teeth shattering his jaw. this is not an isolated incident, apparently. recently viral moments have m capturedents that e-cigarettesd ave explodeor velfunctioned and two people in the u.s. ha died from it and more than 2,000 people have been to the emergency room for e-cigarette burns and injuries. e food and drug administration
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is saying the problem centers around the lithium ion battery that powers the device. the teen victim has recovered and even though the explosion was terrifying about it. somethg good came out of it. he said is was able to quit fo smoking r good. >> explosion in your mouth? >> doesn't make sense! putthis battery in your mouth and suck on it! >> thank you, aaron. >> chuck, wha do you have? >> let's get back to the divorce story and the lottery! get on that third rail conversation! it is a great looking friday morning. not a very big chance that you're going to rained on today and zerol percent you'lget rained on the weekend. all of that and more is coming up. how one wrong click cost a ♪ i
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she had to say is public. named more than 180 times in robert mueller's report. >> hicks refused to answer 155 questions. craig boswell joins us live from capitol hill to explain why and walk us through what else we learned. >> reporter: good mning. yeah, we have the p273ge transcript from that rougly seven hours of questioning of hope hicks behind closed doors. i want to get to some of the specifics on here. as you mentioned, attorneys blocked her from answering questions 155imes when she was asked about her time in the white house. en she was asked about efforts to fire robert mueller, her cted.ney ob that laid out 155 times on variations of that question and others. there were some answers that she actually did give to behind closed doors to the house judiciary committee about opposition research provided by
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foreign pouwers and she said sh would report it. furl president trump's interview with abc news, he said he would take the inrmation and not necessarilycall the tfbi and he ed that back later. on page 74 of this transipt was that was released after the clos door testimony. e was says shes very surprised to learn that there between 100 contacts the trump campaignnd individuals associated with the .russian government we are learning more about what she said, although house democratic officials and republicans en agreeing they didn' learn a wholene lot w in this seven hours of closed es ttimony. a safehe bet t will will be more subpoenas for hope hicks to come back. >> craig boswell on capitol hill, thank you. joe biden continues to play defense. he is speaking out defending
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comments he made about having a civil relationship with two senators back in the '70s and '80s who were against desegregation. other candidates who are making a play for the white house are pouncing. >> i've done nothing wrong. you should apologize. i'm not a racist. insulting and soss miing the larger point that he should not have to have explained to him. >> how does it feel that your democratic rivals are saying -- you talking about race? >> they know better. there is not a racist bone in my body. i've been involved in civil rights my whole career. t>> biden curr leads the pack of democrats leading in 2020. next we he will be among 20 candidates participating in the first democratic presidential debate of the 2020 campaign. i'll be reportin reporting live miami and you can see my reports and watch the debate wednesday and thursday nights at 9:00.
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on capitol hill yesterday, lawmakers organized a hearing after reports focusing on problems at the d.c. v.a. medical center. top officials listened as they told them improvements needed to bemade. >> it is, in our view, shameful how many warning signs were ignored and for too long. >> it shouldn't take an investigative team from news4 to help us fix the p blems. >> the committee said it will closely monitor plans to improve poformance and prevent m mishaps. there is big trouble brewing in one florida town. ch city in rivera b government clicked on an email last month and now the city is paying 600,000 dollars in ransom money that the hackers have .
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encrypt the city is playing almost $1 million to repair and replace compromised computer equipment. some of the city systems arep back u and running now. the city also brought in a new i.t.director. baltimore is dealing with a ransom ware hack.ex it is cted to cost the city more than 18 merchandise. hackers took over part of the community's astem demanded 76 $,000 in bit coin to release it. the city hasfused to pay and leadg to all sorts of problems like taxwaayments and r bills. if you ever wanted to take a ride in a driverless vehicle you can do it in our area.me ollie. the autonomous vehicle was rolled out at national harbor yesterday. expect to see more of these self-driving buses around our area. the vehicle senses everything around it including cyclists and vehicles.
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ishe crug speed is a relaxed 10 miles an hour. >> i think you can walk faster. you could run faster. >> a six-minute >le. >>ats are growing a growing number of major league baseball teams extending protective k netting toep fans safe. >> foul balls have injured people across the ballparks across the country. julie carey spoke with a mother and son who are happy for this oyange. >> reporter: for a who recently had surgery for a badly broken nose, he looks surprisingly good. it was may 24th when he and his family were at nats park and he tried to a catch foul ball heading into the stands behind third baseline. much. on't remember >> mom remembers. >> he put his glove up to try to catch it and he had it probably just right here and it just missed his glove. instead of hisit glove went to his nose. >> reporter: pain and pouring blood. a rush to the hospital to treat a badly broken nose. ater, a specialty doctor called
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it one of the worst knows injuries he's seen in a long time. the nats joined the cubs and other teams today in adding netting. at nats park it will run nearly to the right and left field corners. the family is happy to hear it. >> i think that it's great because if it means that less people are going to get hurt. >> the speed of the balls and thng velocity they are flyit people, it's good that they are going to take steps to go ahead and protect their fans >> reporter: as for adler he missed the last two weeks of school recovering making it back just in time for his fifth grade graduation day wearing a t-shirt that said "straight out of nose surgery." >> i like that. >> wow. a major milestone for the disney classic cierella. the film was inducted into the national film registryt the library of congress. dr. karla hehayden, t librarian f congress was on hand for a ball to celebrate the o disney is releasing a digital
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anniversary of the film to coincide with this honor. 70 years since the release of that animated classic. >> you know how hard it is to get something out of the disney vault? . good for cinderella. >> and the library of congress. chuck bell has a look at the weekend forecast. >> yes, indeed. welcome to the longest day of the year, everybody! the summer solstice occurs today. maximum daylight! we get to enjoy it all today. 14 hours and 54 minutes of daylight today. the longest day of the year. official solstice is 11:40 a.m. don' stairre at the sun. not good for you. right now, 72 in arlington and 71 manassas. 66 cola, maryland. 73 in frederick maryland.
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temperatures in the low 70s for the morning hours but not much of a climb in temperatures today. w a rathdy afternoon but that wind is dropping the humidity and keeping the tempatures down so theood kind of wind. big storms across parts ofe he middlains today. moving through omaha, nebraska, this morning. we know that feels like if you were he in 012. for us the northwest flow will keep us mainly dry. rain chances today down 20% or less. a fewro showers ac northeastern maryland. future weather keep us primary dry through the morning hours but the cooler air settles in during the aftnoon, i couldn't rule out a quick five-minute long rain shower. no thunder and lightning. no severe weather. just a quick ttle, hey, is it raining? no, it's not. nothing to worry about. what about the weekud? yoe going to love it. tomorrow morning, downtown in
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bay side temperatures in the low 60s. ndopen the windows a save money on the ac because next week you need it all week long. ck into the 90s on monday and tuesday a rain chance and stay in the 90s all next week. summertime is here. melissa? >> here it is. absolutely. i love this weekend, though. thank you, chuck. lestboundsburg pike. water main break and they have ownot shut things d so westbound is shut down at pimet drive. eastbound is okay. 66 looks okay. the first-ever japanese-born
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nba draft pick is joining the washington wizards. here he is. 21-year-old. his mom is japanese and he wants to be a role model for all kids struggling with identity issues. he is 6'8". what is the air le up there, do you know what i mean? he was named the west coast conferencelayer of the year at gonzaga. congrats to you. we need you! elcome to washington. house speaker nancy pelosi made good on a bet with canadian prime minister justin trudeau. she presented a basket of craft goodies for the toronto raptors beating the golden state warriors and living up to the canadian stereotype of being super polite, the prime minister brought gifts r pelosi too. >> even though she lost!
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o canada! >> during the whole finals they would ask the canadians, what n? about gol no, they are a good team too. it's very nice. >> we will smile. next up on "news4 today," we are helping you pn your weekend. if you love barbecue, we will weplain why d.c. is the place to be this ekend. plus, we will tell you wher you can to be covered in mud on purpose. you want to get back in the car like that? mud fest is one of the events we are previewing when we come back. ay with us. i wanted more from
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now ony, "news4 to breaking overnight. a bullet rips through a wall and hits a woman who is lying in bed. we will tell yth where is is unfolding and what we know about the gunman. plus all of that time you spend on your phone cld cause you to develop horns! you heard me correctly, at least what they look like. mocking revelations fro a study of x-rays. a super bowl champion in our area is giving back to the community. the thing he is giving that he think he didn't have. just about 5:00 a.m. good morning. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> and i'm eun yang. we made it, it's friday.
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it's 5:00 a.m. and we have to still get to 7:00 a.m. >> not the yet. melissa is looking at your first 4 traffic but we start witheo metlogist chuck bell. >> i think you'll like your friday. i can't give you 100% dry forecast for today t i can give you 90% dry forecast. there could aquick little raindrops or two this onafterno no severe storms or no severe weather. skies this morning a little bit of early morning daylight showing here on thengest detail of the year. four things to know about the weather. oh, that is better! the winds have changed. a northwest wind will be blowing this afternoon. it will drop the humidity and the temperatures so cool mornings are coming. w about this? 100% sunshine over the weekend. there are still a few straggling spots in this area so i can't give you a guarantee of dry weather for today butny rain
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