airfax county and prince william county look at it down around the fredericksburg area. that's where we're seeing the heaviest rain in through fredericksburg and stafford county and down through spotsylvania county and no warnings now, still some lightning with this, but very heavy rain down around the fredericksburg bridge. this rain is going to get out of here. we actually have a front to the west. now this one bringing severe weather back to our west and this will actually bring us something else as we move on the next coup of days and talking big-time heat. high temperatures today 88 degrees and did hit 88 and 92 in richmond and 21 in roanoke and the 90s come our way tomorrow and stay here for the better part of two weeks. we'll talk much more about thatn coming up my forecast. >> we like the 80s better. all right, doug, thank you. > rain, heat, storms, whatever comes your way, remember, you can stay ahead hour by hour, forecast, live weather alerts and just open our nbc washington

app. >> metro says it'soking into an officer's conduct after an arrest video sparked outrage over the weekend. >> yeah, a man taken down saturday evening on the platform of the u street station by a a taser, transit officer with a stun gun. >> but now the lawyer for that an who was taken into custody says all charges against his n client have bdropped. >> news 4's pat collins is live for us at d.c. superior court with a closer look in all of this. pat? >> reporter: jim, witnesses say the man was trying to be a peace-maker when he was tased. police say the man was interfering with their investigation and that he asked to be tased, so what happened in that u street subway station? let's go to the videotape. >> still, not necessary! st get down! just get down! >> reporter: it happened in the u street subway station surday

night, a man hit by a police stun gun a number of times. that man cuffed and charged byt me cops with assault on a police officer, charged with struction of justice, charged with the resisting arrest. he spent two days in jail and today his lawyer says it all went away, all the charges ropped against the 29-year-old mr. musunza. his mom talked aboutat happened to her son. >> when you saw the video of your son in that subway, what went through your heart? >> i was outraged. i was in shock. i could not believe the way they were wrestling him. it was so close to the railroad track, i was afraid that he was going to roll over into the track. >> reporter: today i talked to

shemeer jones who was the woman who took the video. >> the man wanted to talk to the police officers, let me explain what's going on and the other ficers as you see in the video, comes running from my right-hand side and pushes the g tleman, there was no aggression or fist thrown by that man. he didn't use any type of vulgar language or anything. where in that video do you seea th he attacked that officer? >> reporter: apparently this all started when cops were called to the metro station to investigate a report of kids that were lighting off fireworks, but apparently they focused on the wrong kids and mr. musonza tri to intervene and de-escalate the situation. according to a police report obtained by news 4, police on the scene say mr. musonza was g interferith their investigation, that they attempted to push him away, that he said go ahead and toys ase me and then took a combative stance.th say they fired the taser twice but they say none of the

pngs took effect. they say mr. musonza refused medical treatment. new metro transit police say they are investigating the incident. that cop who fired the taser, well, he's stl on active duty. jim, back to you. >> quite an ordeal there. pat collins. pat, thank you. fairfax county police are looking for witnesses in the death of a reston man tonight. 24-year-old jose lorenz gulen mejia was found yesterday in some woods near hunter woods edaza. now, police resafter a caller reported after hearing gunshots. the medical examiner is determining the exact cau of death. no one has been arrests in hi death. >> grease and anger for the family and friends as they say good-bye to the prince george's county womano died in the dominican republic. hundreds gathering for her memorial service at the first baptist churchn of gden today.

cynthia day and her fiance nathaniel holmes passed away suddenly while on vacation last month. ews 4 derrick ward spoke with mourners today and he's going to explain why they have a lot of questions about the couple's death. his report is coming up at 6:30. resident trump tonight is turning up the heat on tehran and vowing that iran will never build a nuclear weapon. >> and today he slapped new sanctions oniran's supreme leader and the top military brass. despite the escalating tensions, the president says he's still open to talks. >> but his new sanctions also targeted iran's top diploma a potential hindrance to a diplomatic solution. >> let's get the last from jennifer johnson tracking this for us tonight. jennifer? >> well, wendy and m, the president clearly sending aes msage to iranian leaders today his ting the ayatollah and inner circle with these new sanctions. the president promised all weekend he was going to further punish iran, and 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 talks. >> i look forward to discussing whatev i have to discuss with anybody that wants to speak. in the meantime who knows what's going to happen. i can only tell you we cannot ever let iran have a nuclear weapon. >> as secretary of state mike pompeo travels to saudi arabia to build a solition against iran, the president is ramping up pressure after thef downing o a u.s. navy drone and attacks on u.s. oil tankers in e gulf. >> a lot of restraint has been shown by us, a lot of restraint, and that doesn't mean we're going to show it in the future. >> reporter: some democrats believe these additional measures will not stop iran. >> i think the sanctions are more symbolic than substantive because the sanctions in place there have already crippled their economy. >> meanwhile the president has

given the congress a two-week deadline after calling off mass deportation rates s tost begin unday. some 2,000 undocumented immigrants said to be targeted now living in feel. >> it's outside the circle of civilized human behavior to kick down doors and splitting up families. >> reporter: speaker plyse sag a person doesn't have to or open a do unless there's a signed warrant by a judge. at a texas detention facility there's been reports they were living in dirty an dangerouss. condi the children weren't allowed soap or toothbrushes and the children were just living in there were flu and lice outbreaks i these two facilities and so the government canecide to move those little more than 300 children out of these facilities, these two facilities. wendy? >> jennifer johnson, thank you

so much. meanwhe here at home, police in montgomery county say they don't want any part of the trump administration's roundup of undocumend immigrants. the department tweeting over the weekend that, quote, it will not participate with i.c.e.rd regag any immigration enforcement efforts next week or at an other time, unquote. the president tweeted that he postponed the roundups for a week to give democrats time to l reach a de about border secur wy. >> well,e are counting down to the first democratic debate. it happens this week and south bend mayor pete buttigieg took a few days off the campaign trail to manage his first major test. a white police officer shot and killed a black man on father' day and that officer's body mera was turned off. the shooting h sparked protests in a town hall in which south bend residents vented their anger at the mayor. still he says heo intends t be at that debate. >> i am planning to participate in the debate. i will also obviously continue to serve of this community to the best of my ability.

>> 20 candidates have qualified for this firste, debat so many that t debate will be put out over two nights in miami. news 4's aaron gilchrist will be covering the action for us. his live reports start on wednesday, and we hope you'll waebh the de with us right here on nbc 4 wednesday and thursday nights at 9:00 followed by news 4 at 11:00. new at 6:00, the d.c. council is announcingits plans to deal withe longtim council member jack evans. offense home was raid by the fbi last weekafter accusations that he used his position for personal gain. today the council chairman says there will be an independent investigation to see whether evans violated any ethics rules or a d.c. law. news 1's mark segraves has be o on t this story from the start and explains what happens next. >> reporter: the pressure on jack evans ramped up on friday whenabi agentsed his georgetown home armed with a search warrant.

evans has opinion the focusde oa al investigation as well as an internal metro investigation. both investigations center around allegations of longtime council member and chairman of thro met board may have crossed sie line by soliciting and accepting out income from companies with business beforeit the c and the transit agency. evans was denied any wrongdoing and even told fellow council membs and the press that the metro investigation found no wrongdoing. >> yeah. the ethics committee at metro found no violations of any ethics rules >> reporter: but then evans he admitted t metro investigations found that he did violate ethics rulesand failed to disclose a $50,000 contract he had with one such company. tod council chairm phil mendelson says he felt like evans has betrayed hs colleagnd the public. >> i'm not happy about o myselfr the colleagues or the public being misled with regard to the metro ethics committee. >> reporter: m the council will now hire an enouons

gaw firm to investigators. >> and investion is warranted. >> reports: as for what happen next, evans was scheduled to oversee a critical hearing later this week regardingu the fut of sports betting in the district. torment council will vote to move that hearing to a different yommittee. then on wednesda it will be the chairman of the d.c. council overseeing the sports betting hearing, not evans. on july 9th the council will vote to remove evans as chairman of the finance committee and open the new investigation. mendelson expects that that investigation to be completed by september 15th. today menldon was asked if he thinks evans should be remed from the d.c. council completely. >> reporter: that's an issue between mr. evans and the voters. then, asked if evans should run for re-election. >> that's not a ques i'm going to answer. >> reporter: if sthe dirict, mark segraves, news >4. > new numbers showing the measles outbreak is spreading. >> reporter: what experts at the cdc are saying now and how you can keep your family and friends safe.

>> the manha who is beinged with killing a good samaritan was back in court today. that good mayor tan stepped in to try to stop that man who was allegedly beating his girlfriend, but in a surprising twist, the suspect's girlfriend came to his defense. i'm meagan fitzgerald. coming up i'll tell you how. and patriotism meets politics. new information about protests that are expected on the fourth of july, including who is going to be front and cente honey, this gig-speed internet is ridiculously fast. we are seriously keeping up with the joneses. keeping up with the ford's. keeping up withthe gar'. the romeros. patels. the wahh-the-wahh wolanske's. right. no one is going to have internet like this. xfinity makes keeping up with the joneses simple. easy. awesome.

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a cyurtroom surprise to at the hearing for the man who is accused in the death of a good samaritan. >> this woman who was allegedly under attack says her rescuer

never should have tried to help her. >> news 4's megan fite jerald was in that arlington courtroom. >> reporter: 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 of south george mason drive in a arlington around 9:00 at night near these food trucks. she says the two of them were arguingtnash was yelling a her and moments later she says he started beating her and taking off her clothes before touching her sexually. on the witness stand the girlfriend said she was screaming. that's when patricio salazar, a good samaritan tried to help her. the woman described to the court has nash started bashing salazar's head into the ground and beating him repeatedly. salazar later died from his injuries, but in a shocking admission nash's girlfriend says she doesn't see salazar as a hero and that he should never have intervened. the court also heard from bradley flood.

he's the man who came running so thne after hearing a woman scream. flood testified that he tried helping salazar by turnin him on to his back and minutes later salazar stopped breathing. inting out tried p that it's possible that salazar died from a punctured lung, something that happened when flood turned him over. suect'sattorneys also sttfrhe qu girlnd about posts he made on facebook hours after the crime coming to nash's defense by saying he has a mental illness and that demons were harassing him. nash showed no c emotion inrt today. his family was seated just behind him. we asked them for a comment, but they decorned. eagan g in arlington, fitzgerald, news 4. >> we're working for your health this evening with an update on the measles outbreak. today t f centers disease control said the number of measles cases is up since last week. the cdcaidses measles have be

confirmed now in 28 states. that's an increase of 33 cases since this time last week.it s also the largest number of cases report in the u.s. since 1992. measles is highly contagious, as you know, and ugreads thro 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 preventable though through a safe a effective mmr vaccine. when president trump speaks at the lincoln memorial on the fourtof july, expect protesters to be nearby. news 4 has obtained the permit ask, and it shows the activist group code pink has asked the national park service for the nearest possible grassy space near that site. the leader of code pink has a history of arrests for disorderly and disruptive conduct. veterans for peace also has filed a permit for freedom plaza, and a woman hoping to have a singilalong has fed a

permit for thomas circle, and by the way, here's the official list for the fourth of jul events around the national mall next week. the national independence day jurade on constitution avenue steps off before noon. salute to america, the event in which president trump is set to speak, that starts at 6:30. gates will be opening at 3:30. and then, of course, the annual capital 1th starts at the west lawn of the capitol at 8:00 and areworks start 9:07. >> a major investment is being made to improve reagan national airport, and today u.s. transportation secretary elaine chou announced neioly $5 will be used for restoratie. ra multi-million dollar grant is from the fedel aviation administration. the money will mainly be used to reconsruct an aircraft are plane parking. >> that's not all that's going on at reagan national these days. earlier this month transportation reporter adam tuss told you about the infamous

gate 35-x which is going away for good. construction is well under way on a new concourse now on the north end of the airport. it will replace the old gat which requires american airlines passengers to go outside and take a bus to your plane. we've all done that. the airport tells us the new concourse is on track to open in about two years. archbishop wilton gregory is trying to write a new chapter or the catholic church after he's been rocked by scandal. he has been leading the archdiocese now. the archdiocese of washifgton about a month, working to meet with as many priests and parishioners as possiblws ne4's doreen gentzler got a chance to sit down with him at st.ohn the baptist church for his first local tv interview, and they covered a lot of topics. she asked whether women needed a more prominent leadership role in the church in the wake of the recent sual abuse scandal. >> the sorrow that has touched

the catholic church in a very deep way would have benefited from the involvement of women in positions of responsibility because obviously a woman's heart and a woman's cries see things differently than we do as men so i want to make sure that those eyes and those hearts are a part of the response that we make to this crisis. >> coming upo tomorrow n "news 4 at 4:00," you can see how archbishop gregory is working to restore fait in the catholic church. you'll also hear about his childhood in chicago, his priesthood to the and what he likes to do in his spare time out in the community. spare time some >> yes, he does. tomorrow rd to that night. >> yes, we do. >> coming up, heavy rain and even some storms out there this

evening. >> even a few warnings. doug is coming pack to tell us when we can track more rain and whatind of heat wave we're expecting here ts week. > just off of a residential neighborhood in woodbridge and down a trail into the woods. two adult men were found dead on saturday. new tonight we're learning who the men were and getting reaction ♪ ♪ ♪ rhythm is a dancer

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hey, we're look behind us, doug. >> we can start to see theil bungs. i can see some buildings now. >> finally. >> it was so murky. >> the rain is coming back into the city. i know. we get off here for dinner in about half an hour and that's startinn.to move back i if you've got plans, rain is moving out of here now and then around the d.c. metro area, we do have another round of showers and some will be light t moderate. let's take a look at the radar out there right now. what we're seeing is rain coming through the d.c. metro area, t mostly southern side. i-95 a mess all the way down i-959 down towards fredericksburg. he t's where we've seen heaviest rain and now a really strong thunderstorm well to the east of fredericksburg. this one has had a history of severe weather all the way back towards page count we trees down there. notice i-95, just a mess out

there. we've seen some of the roadways here, i-95 south looks terrible with traffic. 301 also going to be a mess and here's the d.c. metro area. look what's coming. more showers in fairfax and this right along 66 in towards the area. probably down in the next 20 minutes to half an hour and wayne around wood river bridge and clinton, maryland, waldorf, you can expect the rain for the next hour or so on the light to moderate side so once again if you're thinking about heading out for dinner, just take the umbrella with you. you'll need it. the storm system itself is wl ack to the well. you can see numerous severe thunderstorm warnings and watches, the watches are in the pink and the warnis in the yellow here. this would be moving across our region and going to get here too late and begin to die off. if it does so, behind it , tomorrowe get rather warm across the region. high temperature of 88 and 87, weually hit 88 there, 90 gaithersburg and dulles and 91 in trucks pittsburgh and we expect 90s area-wide tomorrow.

we're talking a heat wave and a major heat wave at that. look at that. 91 in d.c. and 39 on wednesday and and 94 on thursday and 96 on riday, 96 saturday, heat index thursday through sunday up around 100 degrees for many areas and even into the90mid-s as we make our way towards next week. guys, we haven't had a whole of heat so far this summer. eight out of the nextten days i got above 90. >> all right, doug, thank you. paradise ended in tragedy and it sparked international intrigue. >> tonight, family and friends are saying their final farewells. how they are remembering their friend cynthia and what they are demanding to know >>now. 'm adam tuss, how do you improve the situation on the metro system? well, some say you need a newel tunn and it would have to go under the potomac to georgetown. i'll explaiwh

now at 6:30, new details following the double murder of two men in prince william county over the weekend. >> we told you on saturday that a person walking near the woods on featherstone road in woodbridge pottedhe victims. >> drew wilder with a report the police are waiting on to help figure out what happened. >> reporter: tonight we're learning the names of two men found dead in woodbridge off featherstone, dunn offtr theil in the woods where the two men were found dead. no word on how they killed anywhere they killed them. >> we lnved here i this community and very family oriented community, and -- and it's just very sad. we're very concerned. >> reporter:p this woman watched police work on saturday, and you can see the moment hit her. two days later still no one has been arrested for killing two adult men. >> never, out here for 17 years

and never see something like ihat. >> prince will county police say the two victims 39-year-old jairo mayorga and 39-year-old milton lopez lived in woodbridge but for how they were killed. any physical wounds that were noticeable? >> theun were and l we get the me's report we can't comment on what the extent was and -- and what was resulting. >> reporter: gunshot wound? >> we'restill waiti for the m.e. report. >> reporter: i spoke with the office of medical examiner on monday and they typically rule on a cause of death within 48 ho s, but it's been nearly three days and still no answers. prince william county police don't always ask for help when they are investigating a homicide but if you know any details with regarding these victims, please contact local >> reporter: cynthia day and her

fiance nathaniel holmes both died while on vacation in the dominican republic last month report 4 was first to the news that made national headlines. news 4's derrick ward talked to some of day's friends at today's memorial service who still have plenty of questions about the couple's death. o >> beloved cindy has flown away. oh, how i wish we could have it one more day. >> reporter: hundreds of mourners were at t first baptist church of glen arden to say good-bye to cynthia day who was found dead along witer fiance, 63-year-old nathaniel holmes in a hotel room on may 30th. they are gone. >> reporter: the death leaves family and friends searching for answers. a preliminary word from dominican officials said they died from previous health conditions. >> they said they had no health issue no.

he had blood pressure, that was it. >> and there's too many similar situations, and we're going to investigate this and get this matter resolved. >> reporter: the attorney is also representing other families of american tourists who died on the island. >> we've been looking at this, three people who died within days of each other at same resort of pulmonary edema and secondary heart failure. >> reporter: and for the familiar lit pain of the loss is compounded by the uncertainty of the circumstances surrounding ss that lo >> but now i can say good-bye to you, my daughter. i loveyou. >> repter: in prince george's county, derrick ward, news th4. >> funeral for das fiance nathaniel holmes is scheduled for wednesday. >> we have been watching the supreme court hand number of decisions as the justices near the end ofhinis favor of a clothing company that wanted abrand name similar to

the "f" word. the court struck down a century old provision of federal law banning registration ofroposed trademarks that are so-called scandalous or immol. nbc justice correspondent pete williams says the court's ruling over the last week may be sending a message in a time of divided politics. >> this has been a year of unusual alliances among the justices. we oftenlk about 5-4 decisions between the liberals ond conservatives. we've seen all srts of strange matchups this term with liberals and conservates not inlaces where you would expect them. today the majority opinion in that case was written by justic kagan joined by justice ginsburg and then four of the court's most conservative members, alito, thomas, gorsuch and kavanaugh, so that's just an example of the unusual matchups we've had this term with perhaps the supreme court going out of its way to say we're not a partisani titution. >> and there are still several

high-profile court decisions that have not been handed down yet. one will decide whether the 2020 census can include that question about citizenship,er and anoth is a maryland gerrymandering ase involving the sixth congressional district tretching from montgomery county through western maryland. those decisions are expected on wednesday or thursday of ts week. >> hey, if you've ever gotten sticker sho from a hospital bill, you may be interested in an executive order that president trump signed today. it could become easier to learn up front how much you will be charged for common tests and procedures. the goal is to give patients practical information they can use to save some money. for example, the hospital charges your insurer chges 3,500 for an eck cardiogram and the same tests costs $530 in a doctor's office. you might opt on the procedure that saves you moreut of money but insurers say the idea could

backfire and result in higher prices. local jobs, about to evan ate as shoppers get ready to close. >> they are not going down without a fight. what workers are demanding andh trotests that you can see at your local store. and it's a whole spin on space food, the sweet treat that's about to be the first the first ever food baked in orbit. >> okay. st's talk about that, and we're talking aboutome thunderstorms moving through the area. mostly rain from d.c. to fredericksburgut a new severe thunderstorm warning now. this is westmoreland county and areas south and east ofic fredburg until 7:15 tonight and the rest of us just plain rain like it's raining now. back towards national harbor, it's on the lighter side, and much more on this and the heat

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five people. the tribune which owhat paper says foundations have already been tapped for initial funding and design of thatri me. earlier this month the museum added the names of the gazette shooting victims to atone fallen journalist memorial. >> shoppers say the company is leaving them in the dark to sela locationsross maryland and virginia. they are demanding a week of action and today they demonstrated outside a store in college park. united nural foods haven't said whether all locations willa grocery stores. on wednesday a bigger demonstration is planned at a shoppers in coral hills. >> and now we know. the 2026 olympic games are going to be held in northern italy. hosting duties for the wnter games will be shared between milan snd the resort of

cortina. italy hosted the winter games in turin and they were s to co-host but the bid fell apart during a fight among the city's mayors. and by the way, the only othe contender for 2026 was a dual sod from stockholm and a swedish ski re. well, metro is thinking about going places it has never gone before. >> transportation reporter adam tuss shows us the possibilities it is explrg anduow can get involved in the future of metro. >> if you like today, folks, you'll le tomorrow, hot, humid, and some places it's stormy, too.r we'e keeping a close eye on storm team 4 radar. doug is tracking what's in store for your evening and the fourth of july is now officially on our of july is now officially on our ten-day f

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surfaced of that officer using a stun gun melt pal times during an arrest. according to a police report, the man interfered and got combative as they investigated a report of kids lighting off fireworks on the platform, but witnesses say the m had been trying tode-escalate the situation. charges against the man, by the way, have been dropped. >> a twist at a hearing for a ma charged in the death of a good samaritan. prosecutors say michael nash beatpatricio salazar who rushed to help a woman under attack. in court today that woman, the girlfriend of the accused, said salazar should never have intervened in the attack. president trump has slapped new economic sanctions on iran today, the sanctions target the supreme leader and his top brass at the revolutionary guard. later this week, the foreign minister which is iran's top diplomat. the president says the sanctions are in response to what he called a series o aggressive behaviors. all right. we've been down isoad or rail before. the could a georgetown metro station be in our future?

>> metro is now studying whether an expansion to georgetown makes sense. >> now this plan would also include ata newon in rosslyn. transportation reporter adam tuss on both sides of the river tonight to explain it all. >> reporter: how do you get more people from rosslyn to the district? you're not going to swim across the potomac, right? >> no, no, i don't want to get sick. orter: what about a zip line or something, would you like that? >> definitely not. i'm afraid of heights. >> reporter: outside of paddleboarding metro may be able to this is something metro has been deal with for a long time actually. how do you get more trains from this side of the river inyn rosslll the way across here into georgetown, potentially going farther into the district? it's something that the agency is studying. here's the main reason why metro is studying this this. the current tunnel between rosslyn an d.c. cannly handle a set number of trains per hour, nd with the blue, orange and silver line all trying to cram

hrough the tunnel,t's known as the worst traffic choke point ong the metro system. take a look at a map of the potential blue route. a second station allows the line to split off and have other stops in the west end, thomas circlend even all the way to union station. india booker working across the bridge from georgetown to rolls'min', she would love tve georgetown metro station. >> that would be perfect as well, yes. it should be a stop telre, definity. now e study today it will takebo ut two years and make no mistake, a new tunnel could cost billiose. >> of cou'm upset. it's not easy to wait. >> reporter: metro wants to hear from riders and over the next several weeks they will be asking for riders to get involved. at the rosslyn station, adam

tuss, news 4. astronauts could finally be getting comfort food up ine. spac the first food warm cipcolate ch cookies. >> oh, yeah. >> i'm going up. double tree by hilton. i've had theirs before. they are working to get their signature cookie to the international space stati in august. a special batch of cookie dough will be hauled up to space. it will become the f firstd baked in orbit using a prototype oven. to celebrate you can stop by any doubletree on august 4th to get a complementary cookie. do you have to get a room, too, or just stop by? >> doug will find out about that. >> where are you gong, to doubletree for a cookie. >> life doesn't get any better. kind of cool though. >> i think it's real cool. >> yeah. >> remember when all they had was tang and the stuffas that w moosh that you squeezed out of a tube. do >> ubletree, those cookies,

they cook and smell so good. they melt in your mouth. >> all rig. well, hurry up. >> get out of here. >> it says yourh, -- yea but, you know, you never -- >> okay. >> out there right now. you've been needing a little bit of rain and on the dry shee e. kind of here over the next coufal of days of the right now it's raining from d.c. down to the south. we do have heavier rain along i-95. just a i-95 and 301, mess out there this evening. we're looking at one strong storm. his one is well east of fredericksburg. it's back to the west. came through beige county and culpepper county into spotsylvania county and making its way towards westmoreland county. a lot of lightning there and we're starting to see some lightning now with thisrea, enhanced rainfall between wood bridge and over towards waldorfo and down quantico and fredericksburg, on the rainy side all day and now back to the rain in the d.c. area.

i td you at 615, heads up, rain coming back into d.c. and there it is from betts did a to washingt, that's it. behind this we dry out and we'll see drier conditions and really over the next couple of days and i almost bought a sprinkler wday because that's the kind of dry air mass've got for the next one to two weeks. it's not just dry. it's hot. see the storm back here. actually a fr on through.ving a lot of severe weather back into west virginia, furg ar and down towards southern virginia and what this storm for us will do as it moves on through, kind of diminishes to far as srms go and give us the heat. a high temperare of 88. say good-bye to th 80s. 82 degrees and winds out of southeast at 3 miles per hour and a little bit in the way of light shower activity and around d.c., it's steady and it's on e lighter side. take a look at the next couple of days. average high now 87. we're above that every single y righton through saturday, and right now i've got it above 87 for the entire ten days.

most ofhich eight out of ten of those are 90 degrees or higher, and we're even talking about mid-90s thursday, friday, saturday, sunday. we could even have a heat index close to 100 degrees. the only chance ofstorms, and it's only right now 20% to 30%, saturday, sunday and again next wednesday, so get ready, guys. the heat is moving in. >> we're going to canada. doug, >> coming up, the u.s. moves on settinup one of the most anticipated matchups at the world

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well, the u.s. women had a moment today. >> yeah, it's those. >> afternoon my heart was racing watching the soccer game. yoknow, the u.s.women's game was a little bitexoreting than i think fans even expected. in the firsta elimination gme spain wasso close to pulling off a major upset. the u.s. played well and they took advantage of their

opportunities to stay alive in this year's world cup. the u.s. looking to advance to their eighth straight quarterfinal. us up 1-0. alyssa nayer with aad turnover and spain gets d.jennifer hemosa puts it in the back of the net. a d move by the u.s. leads to s a goal byin to tie the game at one. skip ahead 71st minute, rose vle pli tallnsi thox gets fouled by a spanish defender there going down. the u.s. originally aawed a pk, all right. so they went to review it, the call stands, so it's another penalty kick for the u.s. megan rapinoe score on one already to start the came and rapinoe makes it 2 for 2..s u beats spain 2-1 and they advance to the quarterfinals to take on france. rapinoe with a message to the fans after the game. >> paris, let's go, let's get ready. see this game.

everybody has been circling this match. can't wait to see you all that. makeure we see you there. >> paris takes onen swed skipping ahead, 55th minute, pass ead to siena and she scores a perfect pass. t there in g it ri the back. sweden takes a 1-0 lead. 69th minute, a penalty kick coming for canada. the swedishee ker with an incredible save on jeanie becky. what an incredible save byl dahl. sweden holds off for the 1-0 win moving on to the quarterfinals. all right. switching over to the mls, wayne rooney already a decorated soccer player adding another honor to that list. the d.c. united star se tcted his first mls all-star game. reason the blackre and ds only representative in the2019 mls

all-star gbue, t, boy, is he deserving. rooney is tied for fourth in the mls with eight goals this season, four of em, game-winning goals. rooney has scored 20 in 36 games in his d.c. united career after joining the club in the middle of last summer.lp remember, he leading them to a turnaround and that playoff run. right now d.c. ishird in the eastern conference. the all-star game is july 31st in orlando. all right. exactly one month from today we will be in richmond. i'm sure it's going to be hot for redskins training camp and officially kicking off next sease. one of thiggest line to follow the quarterback battle. quarterbacks case keenum or colt mccoy or rookie and 15th overall pick duane hosks. ways been a hot topic and a month to go before training camp the debate heating up again.

quarterback joe theismann thinks hehould sit to learn and vet t.n case keenum should st do you agree? 'seismann started one season in college and here more of what he had to say on106.7 the fan. >> to me the best scenario for duane would be this, is to sit this year. case plays, colt comes back, is hea enough to be able to be re in confence and doesn't really need much more om a mental standpoint. he will psically and give duanee a chanc to process everything, be b meetin to put them out there early against those teams it's just a formula for disaster, for team, for jay, for the fans, for everybody else. >> i can see it both ways. youe got to start them because you picked them 15th. other quarterbacks s learned very successful. patrick mahomes, aaron rodgers.

>> i think it wou be great. >> next year come

tonight, turning top the pressure ght, turning up the pressure on iran. saresident trump levels new nctions against iran's supreme leader and several top officials days after calling off air stris in retaliation for iran shooting down a u.s. drone. iran now threatening to do it again as tensions escalate. hundreds of migrant children removed from a border detention center after appalling conditions were revealed inside. e children unabl bathe, not getting enough to eat, exposed to illness. and tonight what nancy pelosi warned the ayresident about before he del mass deportatioraids. the mystery in thesk diving crash in hawaii that killed all 11 on board, family members of the victims eaking out. >>