breaking right now at 11:00, the special counsel now set to speak. public testimony from robert mueller. tonight details on when the big day in washington will happen. plus -- >> they're going to get the help

they desperately deserve. >> progress in the funding fight for 9/11 first responders. survivors take on the is that the senate's top leader. and tonight they say they're satisfied. and an electric scooter cr kdown. the new rules that could soon limit when and where you'll be seeingri these s. >> announcer: news 4 at 11:00 begins with breaking ews. i hope and expect this to be the only time i will speak to you in this manner. >> that was nearly one month ago. but tonight an agreement to go before congress. good evening. the nation has not heard the last from robert mueller after a . he will speak with both the house intelligence and judiciary committees next month. >> and that testimony's going to be public. leon harris joins us from our live desk with all the detas. leon? >> well, doreen, jim, quite a bit of developments coming on this evening. mueller's going to be testifying before an open session on july 17th. and that means we will all be able to watch and listen for ourselves.

mueller will awer questions about his two-yearlong russia investigation and the parts of that 448-page r ort that have been released to the public. now, mueller agreed tonight to testify after being subpoenaed. and the letter that was attached to the subpoena says that although mueller prefers his written work to speak for itself, "the american public deserves to hearirectly from you about your investigation and conclusions. ns will work with you to address legitimate concerbout preserving the integrity of your work, but we expect that you will appear before our committee as scheduled." chairman of the house intelligence committee congressman adam schiff joined rachel mabcow on msn tonight to talk about what we can expect. >> we have the opportunity to flesh out what the russians did, how they did it, what the role of the trump campaign personnel were, what were the counterintelligence issues, what was the process used to handl the counterintelligence concerns, where are the findings. all of these questions and a great many more. >> for both committees will be held back to back.

congressman schiff says that there will also be a closed session after the testimony. that's going to be with mueller staff. and it will focus on things that have not been released publicly likinformation on pendi cases or redacted material from that report. of course, we will all be t waing. jim, dorine, back to you. >> a big day on the way. leon harris.k leon, thu. also tonight, the fight to hold two leesburg councilmen cocountable, accused of making inappropriate ents about juneteenth and pride month. >> we first told you about this earlier this month, and tonight a demand to censure and ask for their resignations. >> news 4's chris gordon with the emotionalt confrontation a tonight's council meeting. h> you guys are all accomplices. >> reporter: te naacp accusing the leesburg town council of a conspiracy of silence. their demands that cncilman tom dunn and josh thiel resign or be censured for violating the code of ethics was kept off the

agenda. the controversy arose over a leesburg proclamation celebrating the end of slavery. councilman dunn wrote a comment "juneteenth is a celebration. lynching is not." >> it leaves us feeling as if we lives atter, as if bla don't matter. it laevds us feeling lynched. >> reporter: equality loudoun is upset about a comment made in a leesburg pride proclamation. dunn was not there but council member thiel wrote in the spot reserved for dunn's signature "everyone is equal. identities don't help." >> we've had murders of transgender women of color in d.c. people are really scared right now. and you had an opportunity to do something respectful and you il fa. >> reporter: but other members of the community defended the councilmen for speaking their minds. >> and all of a suddenroups d individuals are coming in and telling you you don't know how to run your town. >> reporter: council members dunn and thiel both declined our requests for comment on camera.

the naacp and equality loudoun says they will continue the fight to hold those councilmene rnsible for their actions and their words. reporting from leesburg, chris gordon, news a community in frederick county, maryland is mourning the iudden loss of liberty town volunteerfighter michael powers. new tonight, this is a look at the procession that escorted his bod grit hospit body from the hospital where he died up to baltimore. officials tells powers sufferedswj a medical emergenc

to breathing in toxic fumes during the rescue and cleanup after 9/11. if congress doesn't act, money will not be provided afcer deer of next year. the bill up for vo will extend the fundingfor 70 years. in just a few hours the political microscope is shifting its focus from here in washingtonown to miami. that's where the first debates of decisio20 are being held. andma there are s candidates abc news will host two nights of debates. our aaron gilchrist is in sou florida tonight with a preview of what we can expect. >> reporter: the candidate pool is packed. you guys know that. but now is the time to sink or swim. ight behind me here inside the performing arts center, 20 democrats who want to be

stage.ent will take the and take a look, it is all ready to go. the finishing touches are done. ten podiums set up here in this 2,000-plus-seat onference hall. for the first debate night you'll see senator els beths warren who i might add is increasing her standings in the poll, leading in some cases. she'll be right next t beto o'rourke at center stage. they'd be flankeby senators cory booker and amy klobuchar. now, conventional wisdom says that they'll be in a key spot to get the most attention, if you will, to get attention from the moderators, and really to have their messages front and center in front of this national tv audience. but look for the guys on the ends, the mayor dll blasio of new york, former maryland ongressman john delaney, and really everybody in between, to take a run at the leaders to try to give their campaigns a shot in the arm. wlatalked with y. we'll have that interview for you. we'll also have predebate analysis from the nbc news political team ase kick off news 4's coverage of the first democratic debate. in miami aaron gilchrist, news 4. >> and aaron's coverage, of course, is beginning just now.

he'll be reporting from miami over the next few days before and after those debates. and don't forget, you can watch both n dhts of theates here on nbc 4 starting at 9:00 each night. new tonight, there is a new proposalow that would change how those electr scooters are being used all over the district. >> it would not only change they times thcould be used but how fast you can go. news 4's shomari stone spoke to some of the people whotosed them see how they feel about it. >> reporter: well, tonight some district council members are clamping down on scooters. council member mary che, brianne nadel, plan into the deuce the new rules and you can see these guys have their scooters. they're actually in town from memphis. and i was telling them about some of these new rules. they tell me that they like them. councilwoman mary che's office tell they are necessary for safety. the components of the bill include banning scooter use from

10:00 p.m. to 4:00 a.m.sh establi hotline for reporting illegal parking. reduce sidewalk speed limits to 6 miles per hour. increase the street speed limit to 15er miles p hour. require payment to cover pubprc perty damage. again, most riders t we talkedo like the new rules. >> i think it all sounds pretty reasonable. i would say as scooter rider we just want to stay safe, especially on the road. so increasing the speed limit would allow us to keep up with traffiand not feel like we're falling behind. >> i think a lot of it makes sense. definitely there's a lot of . danger to it riding at night can cause some issues. definitely people being intoxicated while riding is an issue. >> reporter: now, this bill would also establish electric scooter parking areas. now, it's expected to be introduced a few months from now in the fall. again, council member mary che's office says it is necessary for safety. in northwest d.c. i'm shomari stone, news 4. archbishop wilton d.

gregory, the first african-american archbishop of washington, was installed more than a month ago.t his firspriority, listening to the priests and parishioners in h flock who are hurting after sex scandals that have tested their faith. i spoke with archbishop g gory on sunday in his first local television interview. >> listen to the people.nd understhem. find out what's on their heart. and then trynd to respo as generously and lovingly as you can. so that's what i'm doing. >> arcryishop gre was visiting st. john the baptist churchen silver spring wher everyone in the congregation was anxious to greet hi he told us he decided to become a priest after his mother and grandmother sent him to a catholic school in chicago. he was just 11 years old at the time, didn't even know much about catholicism yet. to watch more of our interview pull up the nbc washington app and search new archbishop. still ahead tonight, we are working for you to make the streets that your family drives

safer. >> our news 4 consumer team has told you about potential guardrail dangers. well, tonight changes to our local roads after that investigation. also a plant poacher strikes again. a man spotted swiping flowers right off people's front porches. more of this video just ahead. and we get it. we get a high temperature of 90 degrees today. i think the first day in a faly long heat wave. it might be broken by a day, and then another heat ve. ten-daway

from a dental school or dentist. the victim hasn't yet been identified. tonight we're working for you making sure you stay safe on the roads. >> our consumer team recently alerted transportation officials to a problem with two guardrails on a busy commuter route in maryland. and those guardrails have now been replaced. susan hogan has our story. >> reporter: yesterday we told you about concerns surrounding a particular type of guardrail end piece called the xlight.

during that reporting we made a discovery that could have been putting your safety at risk and took action. >> and for this system to trigger properly -- >> reporter: steve eimers is a father on a mission. d hisughter died in 2016 after krark into an xlight guardrail. >> telescoping down. >> reporter: we recently met him at this xlight guardrail at river road in bethesda so he could show us his concerns. but while we were there he noticed something. >> this is an improperly installed xlight here. >> why is that? how can you tell? >> this should be right here. there should be a two-inchck blo washer right here. >> reporter: steve pointing out a bolt that was installed in the wrong place. we found th video from the maine department of transportation confirming steve's observation. >> r ke sure that post numbe this is a critical piece for this tainsation. make sure that the washer -- or the bolt and the nut are on the front side of this post.

you do not want it to be on the back side. if it's on the back side and this post is t hit, ill hang up on that bolt and it will not leve. >> reporter: we arted the maryland state highway administration, and just one week later this happened. that xlight and aother one on river road were both removed. maryland's already in the process of replacing xlights and other outdated guardrails with ones that meet newst ricter crash test standards. the state announcedec the dion last summer after our news 4 consumer investigation exposed concerns surrounding the x-liter the make of the x-lite lindsay transportation solutions sent us a statement saying in part "states are responsibfor the proper installation, inspection and maintenance of road safety equipment. lindsay has employees across the country who areailable to train state officials and their contractors on the proper installation of lindsay's roadf sa products and equipment. the safety of america's roads is

a shared responsibility and we will continue work together with skeholderso improve road safety." maryland tells news 4 that it ill take a couple of years to replace all thx-lites in e state but it has already remove about 90% of the ones in montgomery and prince sxwrornlg's counties. virginia is also replacing x-lites on highways with speed o limitsf 55 miles per hour or emore. theyxpect to have that completed by the end of this year.e d.c., by thway, never used the x-lite. back to you. >> all right. susan hogan reporting. for years neighbors in du pont circle have complaabed t someone stealingrs flo out of their gardens.to ght there is new surveillance video of a recent theft. take a look at this. you see a man walk up the stairs of the home and grabve seral flowers right out of the ground. then he walks off. this theft happened last month, few blocks away from the du

pont circle metro station. if you think youig have any information, d.c. police would like to hear from you. >> hmm. an evening ofelebration tonight in honor of pride month in downtown d.c. >> nbc and telemundo 44 welcomed family, friends, tupporters and members of the lgbt community a the studio xfinity here in chinatown. that was news 4 anchor megan fitzgerald and telemundo sports anch moises lenares hosting the reception. the gay men's chorus of d.c. y'rformed. the also make an appearance on the "today" show on thursday morning. >> pretty cool. >> yeah.th "today" show. awesome. >> they'll be operating on very much sleep, though. zli think they' . >> i think they're going to be ready to go. absolutelyready to go. so what should we be ready for weatherwise tomorrow? >> pretty good morning. we haven't had a lot o humidity. so that allows the temperatures to cool at night. so temperatures in some areas

alady in the 60 d.c., though, still at 81 right now at this hour. it's on the warm side here. take a look at the numbers. at saw plenty of sunshine today. high temperure of 90 degrees at the airport. most areas upper 80s.in 9 baltimore, 91 as well in annapolis but 81 in d.c.b notice this is again, we call it's urban heat islandfe ef because it's much warmer in the urban areas. and you notice 81 d.c., 82 over toward annapolis.at th because it's closer to the water. but 69 in gaithersburg, 68 in manassas. 64 back toward winchester. always cooler in some of the suburbs areas. and we'll continue to see that. nice night and a nice morning for you folks in the in the city it's still going to ot too he warm side but bad there either. nothing on the radar. we are dry. we will stay that way really over the next couple of days. we're entering a little bit of a different period. now, most of june has been very wet and fairly cool. high temperatures on the cooler side. average high telfhones deini definitely cooler than average most of the month. that includes most of the

country. not much going on countrywide. a couple of storms in the mile part but that's about it. i want to show you what's been happening. this has been the prevailing pattern. cool to the north. talking about areas like colorado which has seen snow over the past couple of days in toward the mountains. minneapolis we saw snow in south dakotath very hot wea down to the south. cool over toward parts of the northeast. for us right in the middle of bu this, things are going to change in a very big way. the heat is really going to take its toll and in places like minneapolis getting up into the 100 degree range as far as the heat index. chicago on the hot side. enver into the 90s this week. our area in new england into the upper 80s and 90s for us. it will be a heat wave. we started it today with at high of 90. i think we get even warmer tomorrow. high temperature tomorrow right up to about 93 degrees after a r sta around 78 degrees by 9:00 a.m. by the time most of us are getting in to work. 87 degrees by 1:00. lunch going to be on the hot side. again, humidity going to be not too big of an issue. so if you've got some shays it should be okay but in the sun it's going to be a hot one.

93 degrees by 5:00. the pot outlook the nouple of days all in the green. this is pool weather. hot, not too humid on your wednesday. plenty of sun on thursday. friday hot, humid, and dry. so friday's the day you really need the pool and you also need some shade to go along with it. hopefully some treet near tha pool. back yard weather coming up on thursday. temperatures of 93 degrees. sweating my -- sweating. 96 on friday. 94 on saturday. 30% chance of showers. another chance coming up on sunday. we do get a reprieve on monday. highs only in the 80s. r butht back into the 90s as head toward july 4th. that would be two certainty heat waves. and is there a pool in this back yard thursday? >> thursday's back yard is a re very inteting one. yeah, yeah, it's something a little different. and i wanto see yours. send it to me. with pool. it doesn't have to have a pool. it hashave some water. >> no, food. who are we kidding? >> all right. coming up, the nats and max

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>> announcer: tis the xfinity sports desk. all right. a bunt to the face seems to have inspired or fired him up. >> can you ev sparkax scherzer even more than that? i don't know. the nationals ace, he's pitched the ace today. nats bullpen struggling in the last two out ppgz so tonight toeing the rubber, with two black eyes, scherzer allowed t b nats to getack in the win column. scoeless. bases loaded for matt soto. soto mak it teni rght here.

scherzer comes in to score. adam eaton follows him two-run single for soto. he reaches the 50 rbi mark on the season. in the fourth the florida boy trey turner loving being back in his home state crushing this ball for a three-run shot for trey. his sixth homer of the season. nats up 6-0. there was plenty there for scherzer, still out there in eighth. facing miguel rojas, strike him out. max went eight innings, allowed one run with ten strikeouts. now double-digit strikeouts in three ofas his l four starts. in comes fernando rodney, the oldest active player in the 42 years old. neil walker at the plate takes it towa second. brian dozier gloves it, flipping it to turner, firest it for game-ending out. game-ending double play. rodney comes through on the day he is called up. nats win it 6-1. trey turner happy to help his team start the road trip off

right. >> been a while since i hit a home run. but with guys on base and max on the mound always a great time. i'll take it, and hopefully tomorrow we'll see if we cani d t again. >> good way to start the road trip. they've been playing really well, but we got to feed off that come back and play again tomorrow. they're good. enjoy the win tonight and come back tomorroweady to play. >> number 13. manny machado. >> he did say that. but you know who is good, manny machado getting that standing ovation in his return to baltimore. played sevenon seas for the os. in his second at-bat.me 455-foot horun for manny. longest as aad pre. they're up 5-1.o in thth machado at it yet again with two o two out. reminds everyone, this is manny land. an rbi single for macheno. he 2 for 4 wi a home run and two rbi. adres beat the orioles 8-

a special night back at camden yards for manny. >> it's good to be back, back in baltimore. brings back a lot of memories. >> like i said fore, playing here, this is all i've known for seven years, and it's uly ecial and something that i'll never forget. you know, the fans gave me a standing o. it tells you everything about the fanhe base . you know, what we did here for a long time. well, meanwh e, the capitals saying good-bye to one of their leaders, or batya as they call him which in russian means dad. defenseman brooks orpik announcing his retirement. orpik a huge part of the capitals' scess over his five seasons in d.c. brooks played in over 1,000 games in his 15-year career tw winning stanley cups. most recently that last one with the caps last year in d.c. we'll miss brooks. such a good guy. one of the other players almos had u crying at locker saying how important brooks orpik was to this team. know those guys are going to cass him. >> what a reer. >> and thanks for everything,

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