follow. the suspect car goes down the bw parkway and rams into a honda cr-v on the side of the road. a woman killed in the crash pronounced the scene. she's not been officially ideesified. sourc say she was in her 20s. now on the scene today we found some interesting things, notes that appear to have come from a d ntal school and items that appear to be use a dentist. th sus mpect car. he was injured and is recovering in the hospital. traffic onhe northbound lanes last night shut down for about five hours. c far no charges have been filed in thease. it's unclear as to whether or not that police follow contributed to this fatal crash. now d.c. police haverict rules about pursuits and chases. generally it has to involve lif

oath situations. what happened here last nig under investigation by internal affairs. wendy, back to you. >> pat collins, thank you, pat. a horrific scene, this in frederick count de, after a crash left onead person de and two people injured. this happened on liberty road. route 26 is still clos. an suv, a semi colliding earlier this afternoon in unionville near mt. airy. chopper 4 captured the aftermath. adthis crash was so b that it appeared the engine was ejected into the road from the suv. state troopers have been reconstructing this crash site to figure out how this happened, and investigators aren't saying who was killed or iured in this crash. the chief of metro transit police is now asking the u.s. attorney's office to independentlyev riew that stun gun incident over the weekend. yesterday we told you charges d wereropped against the man who was stunnedy a transit officer

over the weekend. now, the passenger says he was coming to the aid of teenagers he thought were being treated unfairly by police. metro originally said he was interfering with an investigation before dropping those charg yesterday. an arrest tonight and an arson caught on video. lakeisha hazlewood of southeast d.c. is accused of fire there that damaged a building on pennsylvania avenue southea st wednesday. there were no injuries. more than a dozenwindows though were blown out, and there was smoke damage throughout the building. police tell us tips from the public helped bring them that arrest. and for the first time since that dramatic fbi raid last week, .c. council member jack evans is talking. today he surprised his council colleagues demanding an opportunity to defend himself before they strip him of a powerful committee post, but as news 4's mark segraves reports,i evans stillnot talking to reporters.

>> reporter: it was near the end of the regularly scheduled d.c. uncil breakfast meeting. council member jack evans asked to be heard. >> i have theright to present my side of the story.: >> reportnce the fbi raid on his home friday morning, evans and his attorney have declined to make any public comments, even in the wake of c the councilhairman recommending that evans be o stripped his chairmanship on the council' finance committee. at this morning's meeting evans spoke for about three minutes reading from a written statement. >> imy believe that if colleagues hear my side of they std i respond to all of your questions you will not taky action at this time. >> reporter: evans provided few details about what his defense would be, but he did call into question the memo written by a law firm hired by the metro ethics committee that sparked many of the calls for him to be sanctioned. >> i'm available starting right

now, and however long it takes to answer questions. >> reporter: evans said he ny questions wer anyone might have, when he emerged from the meeting to reporters who wanted to ask questions, evans declined. after that metro ethic memo was released and the fbi searched his home his counsel said he felt evans had betrayed her and the public trust and today she said she's ready hear evans' side of the story. >> i'm hoping and i'm rooting for him to be able t complain what that memorandum claimed. >> reporter: evans will meet with his council colleagues next tuesday to answer their questions and then the council will decide if evans should be sanctioned the following week. in the district, mark segraves, n4. the maryland democratic party tonight is asking the state board ofltions to investigate governor larry hogan for possibna campaign e violations. democrats say the republican governor's 2018 campaign raked in more than $200,000 from just

under 100 donors. now that would violate a legally. of $6,000 per donor. today hogan's committee told the allegations false. they have already refunded at least five of the donathns. >> the we house has a new press secretary. the first lady's current spokeswoman stephanie grisham i will be tak over for the outgoing sarah sanders. melania trump made that annncement on twitter. grisham will now hold two roles at the white house, serving as both press secretary andor grisham has served as director of communications f the first lady since 2017. prior to that, she was a former deputy press secretary. so, not clear if grisham will soon or ever make an appearance before reporters in the white house briefing room. it's now been 106 days since the

last dailyh. that doubles the previous report of 42 days in the trump administration. sanders' march 11th appearancen was o second appearance in he briefing room in all of 2019. at this time last year, there had been four briefings. >> a new chapter for the catholic church as it tries to hl from those recent sexual abuse scandals. archbishop wilton gregory has been at the helm of washington's prestigious archdiocese for about a month now, and tonight he is talking to news 4's doreen gentzler in a first localde telescription intervitel television interview as he works to rebui deep-seeded wounds and faith that's been tested. doreen. >> reporte no questionthat archbishop wilton gregory stepping into his new role at ag challeng time. over the past month he's beenit sssing different parpishes and schools acro the archdiocese,

meeng the catholic faithful face to face. his message is one of healing as he works to tackle the crisis that has engulfed the catholic church. outside st. john the baptist church in silver spring, everyone wants to meet the new archbishop of washington, wilton d. gregory. this face-to-face connection is a priority for him. >> listen to the people, fiunderstand them, out what's on their heart and then try to respond as generously and lovingly as you can. so that's what i'm doing. >> reporter: one by one they line up to are a hug or a handshake and to pose for pictures as he listens to their sties. >> okay. i'll pray for it. >> reporter: it's been a time of turmoil for theli cathoc church here. parishioners and priests have told them how they are feeling. >> they want me to know how deeply embarrassed,li scandad and ashamed this past year has been for them and they want me

to know that that pain is real but so is the depthhe of tir faith. >> reporter: tha pain stems from high-profile sexual abuse scandals involving gregory's two predecessors, first the defrocking of now ex-cardinal theodore mccarrick after the vatican found him guiltyf sexually abusing viktor chernomyrdin and adults and then the resignation of cardinal donald worl accused of not doing enough to punish predator priests when he served as bishop in pittsburgh. >> every bishop has to be a spokesperson for the church and do.t's what i have to i have to do it in a particularly sensitive arena because this is the nation's capital and so muchattention is paid to the events that take place here. >> reporter: people inside and s oue of the church are looking for his leadership. gregory arrived as the very first african-american archbishop here at a time of growing racial tension

nationwide. >> i hope i can provide the kind of example that shows people tha i can shepherd the entire church. i was not assigned just for the africaisamericans. ris like a cancer. it can metastasize. it can go dormant, but all it needs is a catalyst to allow it to erupt again, so it an ongoing struggle, and i think it will be an ongoing struggle. ♪ reporter: he says his place now is here in the pews with his people. ♪ ♪ let us pray si>> reporter: png over mass at parishes across the archdiocese of washington and on this occasion baptizing a baby. >> and of the son. >> reporter: and when he's not at church, he's walking among us in the city. you might fi him shopping in the aisles of your local grocery store or maybe playing a round of golf. >> i'm aorrible golfer, absolutely horrible, but i love the game, and then when i go

home, i like to put on casual clothes. now thatit's war im, i like to cook. >> reporter: a what do you cook. >> i lived for four years in italy doing my doctoral studies, lovei italan food. the italians know how to do it >> reporter: will we see you about and about in the community in your shorts hand flip-flops and relaxing and playinggo f? >> you already have. >> reporter: i haven't. >> well, some have. >> reporter: okay. >> to be a humaing, to be someone who goes to safeway and buys bananas, who goe into starbucks and has a coffee, it's a humanizing experience for me, and i hope ilets people know that, first of all, i'm very much at home, i very much have enjoyed this first month in wa shington, and i look forward to many, many more years of service. >> you might besu rprised to learn that archbishop gregory was not raised in the catholic

fa h. i'll havere on his unusual pa to the priesthood coming up rt 6:00. you'll also heabout what he hopes his legacy will be here in washington 4ahead on "news at 6:00." very easy to talk to. >> absolutely. i love that. >> i love that he's just a normal guy who cooks in his flip flops and listens -- listens to music on -- onis alexa. >> has a great voice, doesn't he? >> yeah. >> beautiful. >> he -- he wo aks without microphone, there were some issues, and he projected extremely ll in that church. >> it's so nice to see. >> very good to see. >> italian food, pizza. >> i'll eat in his kitchen. >> and then he's going to get some golfing invitations, what do you think? >> yeah. he says he's not very good. >> there you go. >> i'd be a good person to golf against. >> great. >> look forward to 6:00.

just ahead two black women who say a white man harassed them at a local pool and then recordedand stalked them as they left. >> plus, how scamartists are using your social media profiles to go after your cash. and the first bate of the 2020 elections is approaching. nbc's terry smithjoill be ning us with a look at what we can expect from the first candidate as they take the stage. and we d we hit 90 degrees today, so, yes, today starts our heat wave. it's going to be even warmer er the next couple of days. we'll talk about the heat wave and how long we stick in the 90s and how long we stick in the 90s and jstow closeu

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honoring an american hero today, president trump awarded the medal of honor to the first living iraqi war veteran to evee recei one. army staff vjt david bellavia received the nation's highest military honorfor his heroic actions during the second battle of fallujah, the bloodiest battle of the entire iraq war. bellavia was leading a squad going building by buildiar cleg out terrorists and weapons. in one building they came under attack. >> david knew they had to get out. david thought that they had had had it. he lept into the torrent of bullets and fired back at enemy without even thinking. he just took over. david took he provided suppressive fire

while his men evacuated rescuing his entire squad at the risk of his own life. only when his men were all out did david it the building. >> bellavia is from new york and now co-hosts a daily radio talk show and is the co-founder of vets for freedom, ave conservati veterans advocacy group. ah, decision 2020. preparations arnin high gear i miami. we're just one day away from the first debate of the p campaign. this is a live look at the debate stage still getting s up as you can imagine. 20 candidates over two nights, that's a lot of ople. ey are going to be detailing their positions, defending their records and doing their best to stand out to theoters. just ahead of that debate, nbc's harry smith sat down with 14 of the democratic candidates talking to each of them about their campaign, and he now joins us live from new york. thanks for being with us.

that's a lot of peoplewith a group this big. how are they going to differentiate themselves. >> reporte i know, wendy. well, really becomes such an interesting question because especially for some of the people whongot in the campa late but still got on the stage, some of the people with low poll numbers, do they go after their competitors? do they go after the occupant of the white house? how do you articulate in a very finite amount of time who you are and why, why you deserve their vote? it's not going to be easy. >> how are they going do that and especially about going after each other. you know, eventually whoever wins this contest has to go up against whether you agree with his tactics or not a great communicator, so do you give him ammunition overxt the ne you know, few months? did they talk about whether they are going to be -- how aggressive they are ng to be with each other, you know?

>> exactly. the brilliance i think of our series, my big idea, was we were not going to talk about polls and we were notgoing to talk about money-raisin we just wanted to talk about policy because that's what gets left out of this a lot. >> right, right. and where are -- >> reporter: that's my big idea, you'll be able -- you'll be able to see them actually talk about the things they care about most. >> reporter: and what do you think of the 14 that you interviewed, who do you think has it down pat at this point, can really explain it without sounding wonky, you know what i mean? >> right, yeah. th'll tell you one that i was -- i think was most impressed with was elizabeth warren. we've goto see here aouple of times in the last couple of months, and she, as her candidacy grows, she's growing with it, and -- and of all of them, i think she's one to wa ch. >> and who do you think has grown just since the time they

have -- pseems likeple have been announcing they were running for it feels like the last year. who do you think g haswn -- you know what i mean? who do you think has grown or matured by being on the campaign trail? >> reporter: as i say, elizabeth warren is the win feel like has done that growth thing. i hemean, t are others. you think about beto o'rouke who came out with such a big splashd and seeme to disappear for a while. he's scrambling like crazy, and i think in some ways effectively so to get back that momentum that he lost in the months where he was like where did the guy go? >> right. >> well, it's going to be interesting to see how you orchestrated this chorus of voices and issues. so we look forward to that. >> reporter: i'm glad i'm not lester holt, believe me. i'm glad somebody else has that job. >> right, right. well, than so much for joining us. harry smith. >> you bet, take care. and again, we're just under 28 hours from theirst democratic presidential debate. two nights, one stage,

primetime, right here on nbc. c you also watch on msnbc and on telemundo as well as you can stream it live on the nbc washington that debate begins at 9:00 on both nights, but our coverage is oing to start well before that so don't miss live reports from aaron gilchrist in miami t startingomorrow here on news 4. i think lester just needs to go with first names. there's so many names. >> oh, my god. >> keep them straight. you need like a flow chart. >> really is. coming up next on "news 4 at 5:00. two fathers thought it would be happy to add to their blended family and what happened was to keep their son who was born via a surrogate. up ahead, the law they got to passed ake sure it doesn't happen to others. >> and a big-time warmup coming our way. dog is tracking not one bu two heat waves when we return. and chopper 4 right now chasing some breaking news for you. fairfax county police say they

are back on the scene where a body was found over the weekend. thy are lookifor clues in the murder of -year-old jose fewen mejia. now heas discovered dead in a woodedarea between hunter's wo plaza and breton court in i reston, vinia. we're going to keep an eye this situation. again, chopper 4 headed

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doug, one of those days we've got to crank that ac and hope it is working because we're in this for the long haul. >> we really are. you know, i think we're real turning a corner here. most of june as of yesterday, we were right a there atround the ge for the year -- for month of june so far. next couple ofays as we end the month of june,l we'l be way above average, and, yeah, you're going to need to try to stay cool a little bit of the here's a good way to do it. kids playing at the spray park on taylor street. >> that's fun. >> in nthwest d.c. how cool is this.an just awesome place. >> and how fun is that. >> look how many kids are out there and this is the great part. look at dad in there, too. he's having a good time. >> yeah. they will stay all day. >> this is one of those parks, o the way, you go and see it and have mostf your clothes on and you say i'm going to go in even with the shorts on, no problem, because i've got to get coolnd that's what a lot of kids are doing.e seeing thguy in the t-shirt, exactly what i'm talking about. right now we have the sun and also cloud cover which kept temperatures down for just a few of us.

take a look at this. did get to 90 degrees. inds out of the northwest and that's helping us to get to that mark. the hottest on the map actually is 91 in baltimore and then 90 in d.c. and 89 over towardspo annas and 86 in martinsburg and it's a warm day everywhere. our average high is 87 and about above average in most places. seen a couple of showers. not much. bst of usavo eth h n south. you see them right here just above the "u" in fredericksburg. not really amount topping much at all. some oud cover. more high clouds are coming in across the area, and we've had some level clouds and nice cumulus clouds developing. take a look atder picture. here's the storm way up to the i north. that brought in this area, this frontal boundary, that really brought us a lot o rain last night. if it woke you up, woke me up at 2:00 a.m. last night. some intense rainfall. upwards of an inch to an inch and a half of rain in some locations very quickly and thene not much hng around the country hand here's what's

happening. we've been on the cool side. the jet stream has been right across the middle part of the . count to the south on the hot side and to the north on the cool side and right around average, next couple of days, this is what happens. say good-bye to the cool air to the north and hot r makes its way in across the country. by thursday and friday we could be 105 degrees. 100 to 105 inrts of minnesota for the heat index. that's the kind of heat we've got coming in. for us heat as well and thatea his going to translate into really warm temperatures as well starting off withemperatures 72 degrees and warming quickly into 93 degrees. by 5:00 we're going 39 for highs tomorrow and on hursday, thursday, of course, back-yard weather. if you want me to come to your back-yard, go to nbcwashington.com and searched backyard weather. 96 deees on friday and 949 on saturday and the heat wave continues. i'll show you for how long and when we may see a littleof bit relief. see you back here at 5:45. >> thank you, doug. >> a man calls911 and follows twoc african-amerian women for

blocks after an encounter at a local pool. we'll hear from one of theomen about the incident that's now gone viral. g i didn't thinkoing to sign my lease would turn into such a chaos. how d psychological scams crooks are use your social media profiles to extort money over

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right now at 5:30, chopper 4 over breaking news in fairfax county. police returning to the scene where a body was found over the weekend. >> they are looking for clues in the murder of 24-year-old jose guillen mejia. he was found dead in a wooded e ar this between hunter's woods plaza and breton court in reston. t >> we're going keep an eye on this story for you, the situation as it unfolds and bringpdyou an uate as we learn

more. >> reporter: scott macfarlane at eee live desk. a civil suit has bfiled against former trump administration advise err am rosa newman, the communicatio director for the office of public leeson at the white house. the justice department said she failed toile termination work and paperwork upon leaving the white house. omartha didn't file paperwork after being asked to do so multiple times. she faces a court date and a $50,000 fi. more information as it is comes in. for now live at the live desk, scott macfarlane, and now, wendy back to you. >> a confrontation in prince george's county that's gone viral. >> everyone is talking about this one, folks.mi lions have watched the video where two black women say a white man harassed them at a local swimming pl and then recorded and stalked them after

they left. >> that's funny because your video is going to be a bunch of lies. n >> reporter:ews 1's derrick ward has more about this m n. he has a history of posting his confrontations on social media. >> poce get out of my face. >> reporter: gail claude and a friend were considering moving into the dition, an apartment on east west highway in hyatssville. she was in, almost. >> i didn't expect going to sign my lease would turn into such a chaos. >> reporter: after a sunday afternoon tour of the facilities the leasing agent told them to feel free to use the poolo >> just t kind of get a feel for the place. >> reporter: went home to her roommate's apartment nearby and pick up some wine and snakd and took them u on their offer and that's when she saw a man watching them from his balc fy. >> atirst i thought it was you because he's home, know, and then it went on. >> reporter: that man was nick-starr street.'s

heeen described as a google influencer, provocateur and he took issue with t women having a glass bottle at the pool. >> the lifeguard said it was okay. he >> reporter: confronted the women and claude says they left after that and starr-street followed them through th lobe on theast-west highway when it got frightening. they looked for a public place where there would be more people aroun >> so the home depot was -- >> reporter: she says starr-street followed them and called police.st >> he arted calling us names, homophobic, rates of. i didn't even note man was gay. i don't know him. >> reporter: we reached out to starr-street for a comment and got no response. it ended with security when the police arrived and nows he' taken out a restraining order against starr-street. >> just as a form of awareness. >> reporter: and sheno longer plans to move into the addition. >> that was derrick ward

>porting. >> well, it is not some nigerian prince with the money that you just inherited. today scammers are hitting us in ways that youean't imaginand news 4's drew wilder got advice on us on ways to fight back. >> reporter: the fbi reports huge increases in the amount of people being scammed or extorted online. fairfax county has four detectives dedicated to this specifically and last year they had more than 4,000 complaints. >> so it's very, very time-consuming. >> they have a ton of work. >> yes. >> reporrter: these eon attempts aren't like the scams from years ago full of misspellings. the fbi says they are sophisticated. scammers pretending to work for a business finance departmentnd a tracking a cfo into pproving a payment or something as creepys this. this is an example of a sextortion email where they claim to have taken computer of your web cam and have recorded a video of you which the first part displace the video you were

viewing and the next part shows the recording of your camera and demand money immediately or thel claim they wiblast out the video and they create websites that look just like the ones you frebt andey are tryin frequent and they are trying to get your password. >> they are creating identical websites from what you would go on to, anyusiness sites. >> reporter: email extortion complaints jumped 242% just last year. hirginia had the fiftost complaints of any state, and it worked. in 2018 americans were taken for $2.7 billion. fairfax police say on an individual level scammers are tricking lots of local peoe with the popular cell phonewo ge s with friends. inside that game you can chat with your opponent. scamimrs start a se conversation and then work it into a conversation about their mother and the scammer makes had a move by trying to get the victim to give their mother's mayden name. >> right there they have one security question we're all vy familiar with. log into anything, you have the

list of security questions. there's one. >> reporter: experts say if you ever getman asking you to change yo password go straight to the source, your banks, for example, and ask if that's legit. if if it's not legit always report it to police. drew wilder, news 4. >> drew mentioned virginia comes in five with the mo complaints in the country. by comparison maryland was 11th, d.c. was 39th. when we come right back on "news 4 atis 5:00" evening, the story of two dads who almost lost their child in a legal ov battle surrogacy and the new law passed after their struggle. de >> we ded we were going to make sure this couldn't happen to any other family certainly if our home statirginia. a nd working for your health. bacteria that can help gut it out during a tough workout. >> and we officially hit 90d rees today at reagan national. day one of a six-day heat wave

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a new law in virginia w strengthen the surrogacy laws for gay and straight couples. >> today vginia's governor signed jacob's law. >> this was nam after a 3-year-old little boy. his father spent years trying to get custody. corey smith explains it's a ght they say no one should have to endure. >> come on. >> if you had to define the happy family, you codn't do ch better than the timmons. clan there's fathers jay timmons and rick olson. that's 7-year-old ellie and 9-year-old c.j., and this little guy is 3-year-old jacob. it's hard to imagine why anyone would want to tear this loving family apart. rick anday certainl couldn't until a judge in wisconsin tried to just six weeks before jacob

was to be bornia a surrogate. >> took away our parental rights and leftor jacob anan and put us on a four-year horrific journey. >> hey long the way rick managed the 14 attorneys needed to fight the case andacrificed his career. >> we were thinking there would be a knock at our door the next day and someone would come in saying we're y takingur son. >> reporter: it would take several tries before winning permanent custody of jacob. we asked jay to take us back that moment. >> so it was -- it was a happy day, that's right. >> reporter: happyy ending, stor over, right? wrong. jay and rick thought if they could happen to them it would happen to another family so they shared their story wi house representive sullivan and he filed legislation for parents who use a surrogate and made it to governor north yam's desk. >> i'm proud of the legislature for actually doing it because there was o a lot opposition from some very misinformed

people. >> repoer: all that work, all the sleepless night brought them here in front of family, friends and their son's school mates, the law that bear's jacob's name, the ceremony that signed it into law. >> we want a home where they are cared for and loved's than what jacob has. >> reporter: a loving familyth to forever. >> this day was a long time coming and we're real glad to see it. >> you girls want to sayth ag? >> jacob rules. >> you guys happy! >> sweet family. oh, well there is a new crackdown on illegal and annoying robocalls. the changes that should reduce the number of unwanted cls coming to your phone. >> and a news 4 consumer investigation. the problem uncovered on a area the problem uncovered on a area roadway that could have put t

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discovery that could have been putting your safety at risk and to action. >> reporter: for this system to trigger properly -- >> reporter: steve is a father on a mission. hisda hter died a g an6 201 x-lite guardrail. >> telescoping down. >> reporter: we recently met him at this x-lite guardrail on river road in could show us his concerns but while we were there he noticed something. >> thiis an improperly installed x-lite here. >> reporter: why is that. how can you tell? >> this should be right here. there should be a -- a two-inch block washe right here. >> reporter: steve pointing out a bolt that was installed in the wrong place. we found this video from the maine department of transportation confirming e' stevs observation. >> make sure that post number e, this is a critical piece for this installation. make se that the washer and the bolt and the nut are on the

front side of ts post. you do not want it to be on the back side. if you want it on the back side and it's hit it will hang up on the bolt and wll not maeve. >> reporter: we alerted the maryland highway administration and just one week later this happened. that x-lite and another one on river road were both d.remove maryland's already in the process of replacing x-lites and other outdated guardrails with ones that meet new stricter crash test standards. s thte announced the decision last summer after our news 4 consumer investigation exposed concerns surrounding the x-lite. the maker of the-lite lindsey transportation solutions sent us part ement saying in states are responsible for the proper installation, inspect and maintenance of road safety lindsay has employees across the country who are available to train state officials and their contracrs on the proper installation of lindsay's road safety products and equipment.

the safety of america's roads is a shared responsibility and we will continue to work together with stakeholders to improve road safety. well, maryland tells news 4 that it will take a coupleea of y to replace allin x-lites the state, but it has already removed about 90% of the ones it mogomery and prince george's county. now virgin is also replacing x-liteson highways with speed limits of 55 miles per hour or more. they expect to have that completed by next year and d.c. has never used the exlight at all. >> installation 101. >> and the idea that a simple -- a bolt that was on this side of the railing as oosed to this side makes -- makes it dangerous. >> that would have speared a car. >>ould have. >> yeah. >> you never know.a theret of elements that go into that, but, yes, from the main d.o.t. and what he found and what he showed you is

exactly what he described. >> susan, thank you. good work. amazon is doubling down on prime day making it a two-day event on july 15th and 16th. prime members will have a chance to get deals on more than 1 million items. amazon says bargains are going to be popping up every five minutes sand promising new product launches by major brands specific pages dedicated to local sellers. grocies are going to be cheaper and whole foods offering certain deals and an extra 10% off on its other products. >> news 4 is working for your health this evening with a type of bacteria that's benefiting elite athletes. scientists say they discovered it in the guts of athletes this. bacteria is produced by exercise and converts it into a fatty acid. now the body then uses that fatty acid to j improveust how long you exercise. researchers say that introducing the bacteria through a prob to people who don't exercise

could get them off the couch and in thgym. >> it motivates you, is that what it does? it's a motivating jbacteria? t slap it on your gut. >> i lovit. get up. >> exactly. >> go to the gym. >> get up off your fatty acids. >> i wonderow it would do that. >> we'll take it. >> all right. >> if you're going out the next couple of days. r run indoors. >> that'slly the key here because we're talking about heat and humidity out there. i wouldn't quite call it dangerouset. dangerous for our-year is 105, when you see a heat index of 105. we'll get close to 100 making our way to the end of the week. first off our reston camera looking pretty good. we've got a mix of some cumulus clouds and higher cirrus clouds moving through. d.c. metro area, looking north from nothwest, over towards tenleytown and bethesda, looking

good and blue skies helped us get to 90 degrees. we did seea lot of cloud cover and mostly cloudy skies and 84 by 7:00 and dropping to about 77 and i might have to raise that now and everybody else in the upper 80s, 86 degrees in gaithersburg and 58 manassas and arrenton comitnng atomorrow,88 but something else we expect, very similar to today. no rain on storm team 4 radar. we did see a shower or two in the southern zone. we do have a little shower down here, a little sprinkle south of fredericksburg and one over towards king george county at 301. that's really it. we can see a few of those tomorrow evening as well as most of the day we'll stay on the dry side. now let'salk about just how r inm wathetgs g hour. amelia has that for us. >> ye doug. here's the planner starting off. it's already mild out there. 7:00 a.m. we're at 72 degrees. we havemostly sunny skies

though throughout the day. at lunchtime we're already flirting with 90 degrees. re's the good thing though. the humidity levels are not going to be crazy tomorrow or as well. hit a high of 93 srea few de warmer than today and speaking of the isolated storm chance, the best chance during the evening hours and mainly west of the d.c. metro area. loudoun county, frederick county and maryland and virginia and back around the i-81 corsidor. moof us in the metro area are goinom to stay cpletely dry out there tomorrow, and the humidity levels, i think the face says it all. it's going to be a little bit hum but not too bad out there. wednesdth and ursday and friday. it does sta to feel quite humid out there.e saturday is vry humid. if you want relief from t humidity and the heat, look forward to monday. we are in the 90s and right on into the weekend so this is ain-cooled weather, hot, not too humid and it's all about the sunscreen and making sure you're hydrating. friday it will start to feel mig

out there. on friday, doug, we'll see the heat index get close to 100, but talking about the dangerous heat, thankfully for the most h part withis heat wave, that's staying out of the forecast, but next week as we get close to the fourth of july, we' close 100 degrees potentially. >> yeah, and we haven't quite gone there yet, but it is possible next week that wld cey hot, hot. this is feeling hot, hot, hot nd then just keep going, hot, hot, hot. look how many hots i've got on t the -day forecast. i've only got one day now, one day in the 80s. that's what amelia was talking about, that relief coming in on monday, a really nice day there but then right back into the 990s. next wednesday going 97. some computero mls have us above 100 degrees next wednesday. fourth of july right now looking hot as well with a high temperature of 95. that's a heat wave, folks. one lasting thrgh sunday and another one starting up tuesday through late next week. the heat, it's moving in. >> hydrate, hydrate, hydrate.

>> it's freezing in this studio. >> oh, no. >> yes, it is. >> you've got me wearing a coat. >> it's the busy time of year for flying out there. > we've got millions of passengers taking to the skies, rpd there is a change coming to the area ats that's all about your i.d. what you're going

major crackdown on those annoying an sometimes costly ro ocalls. the federal trade commission is targeting operations across the country that are said to be behind more than a billion calls. the ftc took 94 actions against robocallers with the help of local law enforcement, but there's still those overseas calls which you're individuals not to ever answer. >> tens of millions are going to be flying this j summert in the united states alone. >> 'tis the season. maryland ansportation ficials are reminding us to get our real i.d. driver's licenses before we go to the airport. >> reporter: local melzer from o sister station in baltimore tells us why. >> reporter: tsa is projecting more than 262 million passengers and crew members that will pass through security checkpoints at airports around the country thiu mmer. for that reason officials are reminding folks to get to the airport early. >> people who travel during the

summer oftentimes they are traveling with their children and that tends to slow people down which can cause a little longer line at the checkpoint. >> reporter: passengers can expect toee news display screens educating them on how to move through quickly and it will provide estimated wait times. >> we're very pepared to manage those crowds, and we also want to advise our customers to prepare to deal with that congeion aswell. >> reporter: mdot is also reminding passengers now is the perfect time to make an appointment to get a real i.d. driver's license as some october 1st, 2020 they will need one to board a flight. >> with that october 1, 2020 deadlin in mind mdot is continually listening to feedback and trying to make the process as simple as possible. >> reporter: that is going to ell you, unfortunately, you do not have an accessible id i cannot let you get past this area to catch your flight. > now at 6:00,rong place, wrong time. annnocent woman killed by somebody fleeing from a police

pursuit. white house shake-ups. a news press secretary is named. and why theperson in charg of customs andorder patrol ist. ou only on news 4, washington's new archbishop on his unlikely path to the priesthood. what he's hearing from parishioners as he weighs in on sm and scandal in the church. >> two things. know how hurt we were and know how glad wear e that you're here to he us to move back to another moment. >> reporter: first at 6:00, a police chase with violent and tragic endinod go evening. i'm doreen gentzler. >> and i'm leon harris. >>pe a susct on the run from police crashes into another car killing ann inocent woman. >> that crash shut down the bw parkway for hours, but it all started in d.c. when the suspect slammed no a police cruiser on quarles street in northeast. >> the man then took off from

that scene flying do the bw parkway until this all ended near the ramps to the inner loop. >> news 4's pat collins is livea in nor where all of this began. pat? >> reporter: it started right here, doreen, at the intersection of quarles street and kenworth eve northeast. a carhe hits t police vehicle and then takes off. police then start what they describeas a follow. there's a crash. an innocent woman is killed. now she hasn't been officially identified, but we found some interesting things at the scene. the bw parkway,en sc of the crash. a curious find, notes that appeared to have come from ade tal school and items that appear to be used by a dentist. the victim in the crash described as a woman in her 20s. her rcrv ca stoppe