about that officer's actions as the charges consequence the man whoargeted have been dropped. >> thisiafrnoon we're hearng from the woman who recorded the >> we'll h live report from a the courthouse on that here in just a moment, but we've got other things to get to first. >> amfirst, storm te 4 is tracking some wet weather taking a live look at the radar right now. you see the rain moving in on us. >> all right. those storms sticking around through the evening. let's begin now with storm team nd hi by c in theef storm center. what's the word >> >> the word has been hot and hum weather, and tracking the rain across the area. more on where this rain is, and area-wide showers. not everybody is getting it. if you are getting it, first of course, storm team 4 radar tracking where the storms are. a new severe thunderstorm warning right now from madison county, a brand-new severe thunderstorm warning going until about 4:30, 4:45 in this aren rain i towards loudoun county and fairfax county and right on down

to the south. this is where the storms are. you may hear that beeping. that's for a brand-new warning here in madison county. that warning going until 4:45 today. 4:45 warning there. culpepper unty, very strong storm in your area, and this one was severe. these storms moving right down towards fredericksburg over the next hour or so, so this is, ofs cour something we'll keep an eye on for you. now, we do have some severe weathereain our ar but more severe weather back to the west. numerous severe thunderstorm watches here and take a look at the nuters. hi a high temperature so far and back to 86 in d.c. and 91 in richmond. guys, seen a little biy in the wa heat so far this summer. it's really about to get hot. talking about temperatures in the mid to upper 90s throughout the rest of the week. >> here we go. here we go. >> thanks, doug. >> back now to the video that d has sparkeoutrage after a transit officer used a stun gun during an arrest. t just a short time ago a lawyer for thaan at the center of this says that they have dropped charges against

them involving an appearance court. >> news 4's pat collins joins us live from superior court with the latest. pat? >> reporter: t, they say he was trying to be a peace-maker, but he was the one who got tased. he was the one who got cuffed. he was the one who got charged. he was the one put in jail. it took about two days to right this wrong. >> still, not necessary! ot necessary just get down! just get down! >> reporter: it happened in the u street subway station saturday ght, a man hit by a police stun gun a number of times. that man cuffed and charged by metro cops with assault on a police officer, charged with obstruction of justice, charged with resisti arrest. he spent two days in jail, and today his lawyer says it all

went away, all the charges dropped against the 29-year-old man. his mom in court today. she talked abut whathappened to her son. >> when you saw the son in that wenthug i was inhag i could not believe the way it happened. it was so closelr to the rad track, and i was afraid that he was going to roll over into the track. >> today i talked to shamir jones, the woman who took the cell phone video of the incident. i> so the man was really trying to talk to the p officer. sir, let's explain what's going on and the other officer coming ing as you see in the video from my right-hand side. pushes the gentleman. no aggression and no fists thrown by that man. language or anything.f vulgar where in that video do you see that he attacked that officer? >> reporter: now, apparently

this all started een co called to the metro station to investigate a report of kids that were lighting off fireworks, but apparently they focused on the wrong kids andmr musonza riding to intervene and de-eslate the situation. now metro police say they are investigating the incident. that cop who fired the taser, he is still on active duty. leon, back to you. >> wow, still lots of questions to be solved there. thank you, pat. pat collins reporting live. now, nokes, we've got complete coverage of this case in our nbn washgton app. go to our site and you can see the full video from the witness. pat? >> a shocking twist in the deatd of a go samaritan who tried to help an arlington woman who was under attack. in court today that woman partly defended her boyfriend who is charged in the rescuer's death. news 4's meagan fitzgerald is live now outside the arlington

county courthouse. tell us more about what happened there today. >> reporter: yeah, pat. a lot to unpack here, but first i wanted to explain to you the point of today, the preliminaryo hearing is t lay out all the evidence to determine if there's enough to proceed to trial so we heard from seven witnesses, inuding the woman who was attacked. she says that good samaritan who stepped in to try to save her hi and died doing so should have never intervened in the first place. for the first time we're hearing from the girlfriend of michael nash. in october of 2018 nash's girlfriend says they were walking along the 1300 block ofe south ge mason drive in arlington at around 9:00 at night near these food trucks. she says the two of were arguing, nash was yellirh at he and moments later she says hert ta beating her,in tgak sexually. on the witness stand, the girlfriend said she was screaming.that's when

g aood samaritan tried to help her. they described how nash started to beat dsalazar's hea to the ground and salazar later died of his injuries and nash'sie girlfr doesn't see salazar as a hero and never should have intervened. the court also heard from bradley flood, the man who came running to the scene after hearing a woman flood testified that he tried helping salazar by turning him on to his back, but minutes lar salazar stopped breathing. the defense tried pointing outt t it's possible that salazar died from a punctured lung, something that happened when flood turned him over. defense attorneys also questioned the pesu's girlfriend about posts she made on facebook hos after t crime, coming to nash's defense by saying he has a mental illness and that demons were harassing him. now nash didn't show any emotion while sitting in court today. is family was seated just

behind him. we approached them and asked them if they had anything to say and they said nocomment. back to you. >> at's a shocker. thank you. meagan fitzgerald, reporting live. a parks and rec employee is accused of solicing sex from a nor in fredericksburg. two teen boys s donald zeal send them text messages. the savard sheriff's deputies arrested him at his home. he's now being heldit wut bond. >> new information about a double murder mystery. >> on saturday officers discovered the bodies ofwo men in the woods on featherstone drive. you've been speaking tore dents there today, what have you learned. >> reporter: we're learni more about the victims and know their names. they also live here in woodbridge. i want to show you where all of thihappened over the weekend. we're just behind a convenience

store alabama avenue off of featherstone, and if you walk down th c sidewalk you see this opens up into a trail that goes back into the woods. thiss where a passerby found the two men dead on saturday morning and called police. if you take a look at your screen right now, we'll show you police working the crime scene here on saturday morning. police say the two victims are 39-year-old jairo mayorga and 40-year-old milton lopez, but police won't say how they were killed, though they tell me there are, were, physical wounds to their body and police won't say if they found a weapon in this area, but police need help from the community gathering information abo v thetims. people who live here say they ame worried about cri here in their neighborhood. >> i never see something like that right here in this area. it's good. shere's no problem. i don't know what' going on. >> reporter: i reached out to the medical examiner's office today and so far they have not ruled on a cause of death. reporting live tonight in

woodbridge, drew wilder, news 4. >> thank you, drew. there was also a body found in erston early yestday morning in the woods. police found jose lorenzo gulen medilla dead. officers were called after g reports ofshots in thestigators suffering traumo the upper body. no one has been arrested in the murder. police aren't saying anything about a possible connection to the murders in woodbridge or this one in reston. when president trump speaks at the lincoln memorial on july 4th expect protesters to be nearby. news 4 obtained show code pink has asked the national park service f the nearest possible grassy space near the site. the leader of code pink has a history of arrests for disorderly and disruptive conduct. and a woman hoping to have a sing-along, she found a permit for thomas circle. new at 4:00, the 2026 winter

games will be played in italy. the olympic committee chose milan and cortina over stockholm, sweden, italy's thirdlism inning games. the committee praised the projected budget which was lower than the spding for the last two winter games. next year you'll be able to watch the tokyo summer games right here on nbc 4. >> trust me. much better food in milan than stockholm. ovhletes are going to le that one. >> you're rightg speakinf sports, usa moving on in the quarterfinals in the women's world cup, but today's win didn't come easy, folks. the u.s. taking on spain in the round of 16. the winner advancing and the loser going home. the u.s. finally gave up its first goal of the tournament today, but two penalty kicks from megan rapie are the difference. usa beat spa 2-1 and advanced to country france in the quarterfinals on friday.

all right. video games are growing in popularity every year, but so do injuries from playing them. >> still ahead on news 4, we talk with a doctor treatingneede letting your kids play. >> but first, friends and family remembering the prince george's county woman who died inddenly the dominican republic. the emotional farewell as they fight for answers. >> we need to findh out is goi

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back now w h a livelook at the storm team 4da rar. you're looking at pictures of the skyline. can you see rain moving in right now. you can see the clouds darkenine th skies. we've got some areas that you can see severe storms. more from doug he just ahead so don't go away. we've got much more for you. parents, check that baby formula container if you buy it om walmart. a major recall has been issued for a brand exclusively sold there. mu's called advantage infant f milk. a new consumer report e ggests thery be metal foreign matter insides thousands of bottles of this. single lot of the product so lookc for the code c-26evfv on the bottom of the container. see a picture there. if you have that baby formula at home you can retn it and get a refund at any walmart. news 4 is working for your health with word that more women are getting 3-d mammograms.

studies show 3-d mammograms can increase cancer detection rates and reduce false positives. yale researchers looked back three years and checked 9 million breast cancer screening exams. they found-d screening jumped 30% during that time, not at 43%. they also discovered that women with private insurance or those with medicare were more likely to have the advanced screens as well as those who live in the northeast or northwest parts of the country. well, today family and friends paid their final respect to a prince george's county toman who died inhe dominican republic. >> cynthia day and her fiance nathaniot holmes bdied in the dominican republic last month. >> news 4's derrick ward spoke to some of day's friends today in upper marlboro. >> he's been my best friend since thea sixth . >> reporter: and they were fully expecting to gather soon for their childhood friend's cynthia

day's wedding to ed holmes but instead they arega ering for their memorial service. th they are gone. >> can we say ank you for her life, thank you for her love and the legacy she's livedbe ond. >> our beloved cindy has flown away. i oh, h wish i could have had o more day. >> reporter: hundreds of mourners gathered the at first baptist chuh in glen arden. the 49-year-old mother of a teen son died may 30th in a resort in the dominican republic. stehel and her fiance, 63-year- edward holmes, when found in their hotel rooms at thebahia nyincipe resort. there's still ma questions surrounding the death. >> we've got to get the facts. >> reporter: officials in the dominican republic have attributed the couple'sote eir poor health before the trip and they even said that ed holmes died first and surmishock

of awakening next to the dy of her fiance. >> that's absolutely ridiculous to make that kind ofim c >> reporter: ten american tourists have died while vacationing in the dominican republic, and highly cynthia day's loved ones and attorneys wait for autopsy results and toxicology reports and the outcome of an fbi investigation, a family struggles with an untimely death, a life cut or sh >> but now i can say good-bye to you, my daught. i love you. >> the fine ward for ward nathaniel holmes is scheduled for wednesday. time to switch things up now to talk about the weather. he's back, tan, rested and ready for rain, again. >> yeah. >> and heat. >> had a sunshine out there earlier. i mean, the heat and humidity today.o 9 now you lookve out there and w got the clouds and the rain make its way in as well. ve the umbrella handy if you've got plans the next couple of hours. storm team 4 radar showing you where the rain is coming in

through cirfaxnty and montgomery county. in the district the next 20 minutes or so. in annapolis and anne arundel. culpepper county getting hit ry, very hard by this storm. very heavy rain and same thing with madison county. this one is just near the culpepper area making its way off tords the south andeast here and on that path moving very close to fredericksburg around 5:30 so if you live i fredericksburg you still have about an hour. keep a watchful eye on the s. when thunder roars, get indoors. that's what we like to say. rain evening to the south. for us in the d.c. metro area, a few showers here and there and once again keep the showers heavy. zoom on into this area. right here into herndon and reston and over towards fairfax. this will move into tyson corner about the next 15

minutes, gaithersburg and betts did a seeing that rain right now. this is all part of a system wa making its our way. a little system out ahead of the main system and the main system a good chance for severe weather today. you can see the numerous severe thunderstorm watches in effect for parts of pennsylvania, ohio, west virginia,kentucky, virginia, down towards the carolina and tennessee. this whole systemhroves tough overnight tonight so we see a ttle bit of a difference tomorrow, although not much. we're not going t seeomorrow a chance of storms. that moves aorth and east the storm system does the same. currently 16 with the cloud cover. winds out of sou at about 9 miles an hour. look at the heat index here. the heat index, 101. right now in fredericksburg, this is by far the hottest day we've seen so far this career as far as humidity. 97 quantico and in d.c. a little bit warmer than that earlier. notice because of the clouds and rain only 72 in some areas. heat and humidity, and it's gong to stay here for a while. by a while, guys, i mean the

entire next two-week period, we're talking a lot 90. haven't seen many. only three or four so far this year. 91 d 91 degrees on tuesday, 94 on wednesday and 96 on friday. that's real heat. the heat index close to 100 thursday, friday, saturday, sunday. isolated chances of storms saturday and sunday and nothing too big and more heat as we make our way in towards next week. we're talking about eight of the next ten days right there with next ten days right there with hig

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there is a lot going on in hwelywood this , including another jonas brothers wedding. >> yeah, but first we've got to talk about a rumored reunion between "a star is born" co-star lady gaga and bradley cooper. >> oh, feel the heat. "access hollywood's" kit hoover joins us with more. w kiat's this about a reunion? is it just a rumor? >> reporter: pat, you're not the only oneeeling the heat. you either, leon. thele are freaking out over possible bradley and gaga reunion. e two were gearing up to be appearing at the glastonbury music festival, the event where the famous scene from "a star is born" is sadly though organizers -- oh,

keep playing that and said that's not happening but people were freaking out.be wouldn't that incredible if they showed up there. hey, he's separated, she's single. i don't know. >> n m you're sellinggazines at the checkout counter. >> reporter: i know. that's so bad. this one is for sure, okay. 's going to be and i do for joe jonas and sophie turner this coming saturday in paris. the party is already on with sophie, joe, nick and priyank they were seen dancing to justin bieber on aer riv cruise, music aring and we're pretty sure the date courtesy of dr. phil, he posted easy now, one week to go. ha! see you athe wedding! how does dr. phil know that. his son jordan is a musician and he's the opening a for the jo bros. what's up, quit spilling the beans over there. one more fun story for y'all. you saw the photos of george clooney playing host to the obamas as one does at his villa

in lake comeau this weekend. apparently there was a plumbing crisis that almost ruined the mic event. the $26lion event, the pool there, would fill up halfway, cold as ice and a local stepped in at the lastnute to save the day. pat and leon, they are not really swimming in the pool. >> no, no, no, i doubt. that in fact, this time of year it is still cool out there. >> reporter: sipping rose, not like a can of beer for michelle. up ave the chef whip something magical for you. >> a little rose and catfish. who eats catfish. what would you eat in lake comeau? >> something that goes with rose. >> reporter: i miss y'all. have fun in d.c. >> all right, girl. see you later. >> thanks, kit. >> stay cool out there. it's one. most popular musicals ever. >> but now "hamilton" is at the center of a new lawsuit.

♪ >> coming up, the bizarre legal battle at the kennedy center, and it's all over a post. >> but, first, rising tensions as president trump tak new stepsto increase pressure on ir 's top leaders vowing they will never get their hands wn a nucleareapon.

tracking some strong storms in our southern portion of the area. even rain around the d.c. metro area. fairfax county and montgomery county. take a look at the storms in culpepper county and spotsylvania county. a very strong storm here. i wouldn't be surprised to see a warning onthis at any time. a ton of lightning south of culpepper. if you live in this area stay indoors. you don't wantreo be anyw near this storm. just plain rain through prince william county andauquier county and look what's going on towards the fairfax county area where there i rain coming onth rough fairfax. always a bad time of night for the evening rush.

rain going to make it that much nd se through the region tracking the frontal boundary. not changing much for the day tomorrow. we'll talk about the temperatures. really in the next couple of weeks, say hello tohe 90s, the latest with these storms in the next couple of da. >> you've got t.president trump stepping up the pressure on tehran. >> he order new economic sanctions aimed at iran's top leaders. the sanctions are designed to prevent them from building a nuclear weapon. three weeks ago protesters were burning u.s. flags and effigies of mr. trump in the street of tehran, and tensions have only increased since then, but t president says he's still open to talks with iranian leaders. jennifer johnson joins us now with the latest. jennifer? >> reporter: on, president trump promised all weekend he would further punish iran. today he did it. president trump slapping new economic sanctions against iran, another attack on its struggling

economy to stop leaders from building a nuclear weapon, but the president says he's open to oalks. t discussing whatever i have to discuss with anybody thatants to speak. in the meantime, who knows what's going to happen? i can only tell you we cnot ever let iran have a nuclear weapon. >> re srter: asecretary of state mime pompeo travels to saudi arabia to build a coalition against iran, the president is ramping up pressure offer the downing of a u.s. navy drone and attacks on oil tankers in the gulf. >> a lot of restraint has been shown by us, a lot of restraint, and that doesn't mean w 're going to show it in the future. >> reporter: some democrats believe these additional measures will not stop iran. >> i think the sanctions are a more symbolic than substantive because the sanctions in praise there have already crippled their economy. >> reporter: the president has given congress a two-week deadline to fix the immigration

loopholes after calling offer mass i.c.e. raids, many immigrants now livg in fear. >> it's beyond civilized human behavior kicking open a door. >> reporter: a person doesn't have to open a door unless there's a signed warrant by a judge. meanwhile, the u.s. held a closed-door meeting with the u.n. serity council this rnternoon that started around 3:00 this afteoon to brief them about the escalati situation with iran. live on capitol hill, i'm jennifer johnson. pat, back to you. >> all right. certainly a lot to keep our eyes on. thank you, jennifer. now to decision 2020. his is an important week for the democrats running for president. the candidates will be divided into two groups a will debate over two nights. we'll bring you complete

coverage. aaron gill grist will christ ass clash over the two nights in miami. watch the debates right here on wednesday and thursday nice at 9:00. >> news 4 working for you with a closer look at a new rule aimed at protecting u.sr sece members from things that can hurt their credit. consumer reporter susan hogan is standing by in the newsroom with a look at the rinalles put in place by the federal trade commission. hi, susan. >> reporter: hey there, leon. congress first requiredredit reporting agencies to notify service members of changes to thei i credit 2018. now the s.e.c. is providing some clarity on what that actually means, so the ftc says credit reporting agencies have 48 hours to tell an active duty service member of any changeshe to credit report. this applies to service members ho are away from their usual duty stations and all national guard members. consumer reporting agencies now

must provide notifications free of charge and also must give service members access to their files free of charge.e some havcomplained that this does not apply to service members who are stationed at their home base, so the ftc says congress really should clarify the law if they want more servily members actual included in this. ba to you,leon. >> all right. good deal. thank you, susan. su >> reporter: re. a big congratulations to the greater manassas baseballndwon series qualifier this weekend, n so now the their way to the world series. not only did the team go undefeated in the world series qualifiers, they didn't even allow a single run by their po opnts. they are some monsters. >> yes, they are. >> congratulations, girls. still ahead, the million dollar lawsuit over a "hamilton" musical poster. >> plus, a hometown girl gives a unique shout-out to d.c. on the b.e.t. awards. >> and video games taking a toll

on our health.om we hear f group of professional gamers about the impact on your body and on your brain. plus, we have a new severe thunderstorm warning in effect for spotsylnia and orange counties until 5:15. here are some impact times moving through the d.c. metro area. tracking some rain. doug and i will have the latest doug and i will have the latest on these vere

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the don't muted.c. movement hit the national ste in a big way over the weekend. >> everybody here is from d.c. >> yeah? >> yeah. >> everybody beento hayes point >> yeah. >> because it's like a club. >> okay. that's a lie. okay. get out. get out. >> last night b.e.t. awards host and d.c. native regina hall took some time to represent her hometown. she opened the show with a parody of beyonce's netflix

special "homecoming" and through it she made a point of the gentrification happening in washington, d.c. hall, along with fellow d.c. t nativeaji p. henson performed with the iconicnc esse and eu band bringing go-go to the forefront. >> d.c. got a lot of love out there in l.a. it was a great show. >> go-go is d.c. music. >> according to theni smithso the importance of pollinators. >> reporter: today in your pollinatorreport, mold and grass coming in moderate and trees and weeds coming in low. the gold triangle area is the heart of d.c.'s business district, one of the busiest parts of the city from dupont circle to the front yard of the

niite house. this urbazed setting is maximizing green space which is crucial. the golden triangle improvement district was encouging habitats for pollinators from the smallest of spaces to city blocks. >> we've got a couple of goals here. obviously, we want to beautify the downtown. we want to make this very interesting for people, but we also want to teach people that, yes, indeed, in ahi ly urbanized build-out area you can build gardens that ar sustainable, that are beautiful and that are pollinator friendly. >> so basically in those golden triangle areas today, i was out ging tree boxes, all around that region. a lot of great pollinator plan out there, and it's just amazing that our city has so much wonderful green space to help support these pollinato and, again, the golden triangle really making that a focus.

pat and leon. >> that's fantastic news here in the city. >> thanks, amelia. >> still ahead on news 4, closing up shoppyes. >> emplo pressing for answers now as the grocery chain gets ready to shut down its stores. >> we built this company. i mean, for us to be treated this way, you tnow, ihink it's unheard of. >> coming up, what workersre demandinghe and t protests planned this week. it's all fun and games u someone gets hurt and, yes, that even applies to e-sports. coming up after th break, we'll talk to the doctor who keeps these athletes

i'm wendy riegger in the newsroom. charges are now dropped thi afternoon on a man arrested on he platform of the ustreet metro station. a woman recorded part of that

takedown that showed a transit officer using a stun gun multiple times saturday eveninge metro tlls us ty are looking t iiso ncident andconduct. an interesting twist at the hearing for a man who was charged in the death of a goods aritan. prosecutors say michael neighbor petepa tricio salazar who had rushend to help a woman u attack, but in court today that woman who was the girlfriend of ushe acc said that salazar, the good samaritan, should never have intervened in that attack. prince william county police identified two women found murdered in the woods on saturday. a passerby found the bodies of jairo mayorga and mton lopez near a market and an elementary school just off featherstone road. residents say both mre known to visit ween tsinesses i hat area. police say they do not believe there's any public safety concerns. no arrests have been made. and the activist group code

pink wants a permit to protest near president trump's fourth of july speech at t lincoln memorial. the group asked for the earest possible grassy spotst close to that sight. the application estimates that 40 people would be involved. the now back ln and pat for more news of the day. >> i thank you, wendy. >> thanks, wendy. working for your health noww e-sportsl soon become a billion dollar industry and more franchises are doing what they can to protect theirst valued commodity. why teens are turning to professional health now to keep their players in theam >> every day michael spends hours staring at a screen. his upper body barely moves whle fingers stand in rapid procession. is is work and it takes a toll on his body. >> your wrists tightennd up my back tweaks. might want tond get up stretch

a little bit. >> reporter: as professional e-sport athlete he spends his day honing his craft and believ, it or no training to stay in shape. >> whatever it takes for us to get focused and do our jobs at the highest level, i never thought i would have a doctor that i can help me. >> reporter: e-sports athletes are turning to doctor. for the wizards gaming team thao or is a rehab physician wi a specialty in sports medicine.n like sport, there is a risk for injury in video games. >> less injuries, hand injuries, sleep, nutrition. those are all kind of major topics that we cover when we're talking about e-athletes or gamers. >> reporter: the doctor motors eir mental health. >> and work with a sports psychologist that meets with them regularly. focusing onrm perce, breathing techniques, those kinds of things. >> reporter: e-sports medicine a burgeoning field and will continue to grow with the sports popularity and for all those gamers who haven't risen to the professional ranks, dr. moore

says parents should keep an eye on the gaming habits. >> make sure t kids are getting 60 minutes of exercise outside of the screen, take a break rom the vision, have a al real wellced nutrition and let them be a kid. >> reporter: having the doctor b on staff haecome a part of the winning formula. >> when you feel good and perform good and prepare well, everything is paying off. >> corey smith, news 4. >> reporter: a dispute over a signed poster from the cast of "hamilton" has triggered a do million llar lawsuit by one of its managers. the wildly popular musical performed in the kennedy center back in 2016 and in a civil city urgess ude joseph alleges that he was unfairly treated by kennedy alnter officifor seeking and accepting one of theit fas "hamilton" posters that was signed by the cast a crew. burgess says it's a common practice among staff to do that. the kennedy center has demand that had he return the poster. burgess alleges defamation,

emotional distress and a hostile ork environment over the incident. the kennedy center did not immediately respond to the request for comment. $1 million for the poster? >> a million dollars. >> a million dollars. >> i don't get it. >> i'll take it. >> i saw the show. >> doug, tell us more about the rain and we've gotsome seve weather to the south. >> we do. we've got rain aren't city right now, so if you're making your way homet and they miet there a little bit later as wei deal wth the rain around town, but there is severe thunderstorms and we have a new se thunderstorm warning including culpepper county, spotsylvania county and stafford county as well. let's get to what we're talking about. not a ton going on north of d.c., frederick, southern zones, once again this is a very strong storm. look at all the lightning here southeast of culpepper and

making its way to spotsylvania county and stafford county including fredericksburg and culpepper. is goes until 5:30. a lot of lightning with this, and pretty strong winds gusting upwards of 50 to 650 miles per hour. mhees its way down to t south, these are areas that hit around 4:55, daffin area around 5:31 and fredericksburg aboutan half hour. so watch out down there. i-95 is going to be a mess in that areatut of day anyway. have a severe storm like this. in and around the d.c. metro area, got the rain around d.c. and bethesda right now. you can see ere the heaviest rain is in around tyson's corner, around the mcclean region as well. moving off towards the east and the wider view showing what we're dealing with as far as the storms are concerned. more storms as we make our way through the evening to the south nd more rainfall like aroun manassas and the next couple of bys, not talkingt the storm chances, we're talking

about the heat and the intense heat that's nowoving our way. >> absolutely. looking at the hottest week so far this year. going for a high temperature of tomorrow 91 and with the heat on the mind, i'll see in the background, every graphic that i ool today, tried to keep it so the tuesday planner, starting off tomorrow's already mild in the low 70s. lunchtime running an errand, it's a l otle bit humid there, and just kind of generally warm at 87 degrees, and after a few clouds out there tomorrow morninge have plenty of sunshine around throughout the day. the winds really not helping hat much so kind of a steal feel to the air out there tomorrow and the rest of the workweek as well. not tracking breezy conditions aying.g was all about the heat so with that put in another pool background. our average high is 87 degrees, and you canee not just tomorrow but right on into t weekend we're running above normal and we gain a few degrees each day. that being said, the humidity levels, yeah, we're notic hg frowe on the humidity bu forecast, t no shock faces and

not oppressive humidity thkfully in the forecast. wednesday is actually looking pretty nice with low humidity and nice sunshine out there. to there taking the kids playground this week, the weather certainly cooperating, it's hot and it's dry at least and you just want to thank about the sunscreen and drinking lots of water out there, and, doug, we really keep it cry after toneht with our n chance of thunderstorms in the forecast on the weekend. >> yeah. we're going through a dry spell after we've seen a very w june, over four inches of rain so far in the month of june. it's all about the heat and ati big heat wave. 91 tomorrow and 93 wednesday. mid-90s thursday and friday, and that continues right on in through the weekend. heat index and friday into saturday and even hot on sunday and then a little bit of a respite there on monday before the heat returns in the middle of next week, so as of right now we've had about three 90-degree days in the month of june. we coulden with about ten if that forecast holds.

the heat is on. >> with our luck we're going to hit it. >> f sure. there is a new dog that has earned the title of ugliest dog in the world. >> oh, boy. >> his name is scamp the tramp. >> he's a former stray and made hisebut on the "today" show. dread locks and his tongue always seems to stick out like that. he was last year's runner up for the ugliest dog. >> he was in training and he came out on to. his owner says even though he looks a little funny he always wins people over with his big personality,and we have seen numerous dogs of that type win this award before. >> yeah. >> doesn ma make you wonder what their parents look like? >> right. >> i tnk he needs trip to the groomer. >> right. >> think a groomer could fix at? >> couldn't hurt. >> conditioner and product. >> look what it did for him, hampoo and conditioner.

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employees at chopper's food answers. they are beginning a week of demonstrations at the fate of many locations hangs in the balance. >> news 4's jin finch talked to many so of the employees in college park. >> yeah. we're here at the shoppers here on cherryad hill ro in college park for day one of a series of actions planned byes employe today and throughout the week at stores in maryland and virginia. take a look. we have workers with their balloons and their shirts holding signs, trying to draw the attention of not only

shoppers but als of their parent company united natural foods. they are aiming to sell stores and focus on theirholesale brand. some stores have already been converted in that area in hyatssville if that's to close. kevin, as we've discussed, a lot of uncertainty right now for shotters. >> yes. very much so. i've been out throughout the stores and there's a lot of them with a number of years, like myself. i have 32 years, and to not get any answer from unifier who owns that, i think it's uncalled for. i mean, i think we're better than that. we put in a lot of time and helped get this company to this point and to be treated this way it's unfair. >> all right, kevin, thank you so much. again, this is just day one of r ses of actions planned by workers to get the attention of their parent company as well as shoppers themselves to figure out for workers just what is next and get them answers as far

as the future and for the jobs as well. in college park, i'm justinfi h, news 4. back inside to you. right now at 5:00, storm team 4 is tracking some strong storms moving through our area. >> yeah, folks, it's coming down out there. there's now a severe thunderstorm warning in both fredericksburg and spotsylvania county. >> doug is so talking about a heat wave for this week. he's in the storm center. can we expect a lot of this? >> no, you know, we're going to expect a lot of heat but not a lot of storms. storms are today and really today only. we're going to go through a rather dry period as the heat moves in here later this week and let's a take right n at the storms that we do have. we do havy is seer weather. tracking rain around the d.c. metroar and rain coming through d.c. and the heavier storms down to the south. stafford coty and spotsylvania county and can we have this going over to max 1, to shoal

you where the storms . are >> down to the south. >> looking at this area down around spotsylvania county and staffor county as well. the storms move on through the region, thunderstorm warnings in effector stafford county and culpepper county, until 5:30 and dece again this does include areas around frecksburg and areas around this region as the storms continue to move south and east. behind that system we see a big change and we're talking about big time heat coming in the next couple of days. i'lld upe you later on this. back in a couple of minutes. >> now do that video that sparked outrage over the weekend. it was a dramatic takedown on a metro platform. >> a transitsi officer a stun gun multiple times before taking a ma intoustody. take a look. >> not necessary! not necessary! >> while this afternoon a lawyer for that man says all charges against his client have been dropped. >> let's get right t news 4's