aaron gilchrist who is in miami covering the democratic presidential debates. it is friday! we made it. >> jack taylor has your traffic today. he is in for melissa mollet. st, let's check in with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. he says we are in for another hot andmy stea day. said? that what i >> i think so. i heard you say it. >> hazy and hot and humid and three h's of summertime are here. the heat wave is here day and tomorrow and a break from the humidity coming on sunday and monday so at least some good news in the forecast. but today it all about the stickiness. 66 ow in dulles airport and in with a high toreach 94. the trend is kind of your friend for the next couple of days.ft a a 96 tomorrow, we cool all the way down to 89 for a high on monday. a closer look at t weekend is

coming up. jack taylor, good morning. >> i like the cooling down to 89. chopper 4 over the beltway legion bridge. traffic is moving well between maryland and virginia and a good start so far andice friday pace. nothing to worry about that except knocking on a peiece of wood. manassas an earlier crash at sudley manor drive. police on scene of this crash if alexandria. right through lane is closed at this time and causing a minor delay. back to you. >> k jack, thanyou. round one is done. two nights of hot topics and big promises are in the books but the democrats fighting to take back the white house is just beginning. >> news4 aaron gilchrist is in miami covering the first democratic debates of decision 2020. he has a quick recap of the

moments everyone is talking about food. >> reporter: going into last night's debate a question who would have a breakthrough moment. i think several people had several moments on the debate stage and some of those moments like one liners i think will res mate to some favor of some candidates and other lines, moments i think that could be used as ammunition of a sort competitors in the future or republicans who look to pick apart the democrats who are running for the white house now. take a listen to someof those moments. >> i was 6 years old when a presidential candidate came to the california democratic convention and said it's tie e o pass thrch to a new generation of americans. that candidate was then seator joe biden. >> t m still holding on to torch. >> women's reproductive rights are under assault by president reump and the republican party. thirty states a trying to overturn roe v wade right now. >> if you say we are going to beat donald trump by having all th these plans, you have a thing coming. because he didn't by saying he had a plan.

he simply won by saying make america great again. >> trump is a phonynd trump is a pathological liar. >> because couldn't get it done. my community is in ankguish rigt now because of bck man, derek logan, o was killed by a white officer. >> reporter: i imagine polls out this weekend that will show who are the front-runners are at this point. then there is alwaywhnext month en there will be another democratic presidential debate in detroit. in miami, aaron gilchrist, news4. here in washington, political debates with be like sporting events. we caught up with viewers while a watch party was endg. >> they told our shomari stone they were impressed by two candidates. >> kamala harris has been my favorite. >> i haven't made up my mind entirely. i'm a pretty big fan for kamala

harris. i think she has the right mixcef experien >> because he already has presidential experience by being a vice president already. >> there is plenty of time for opinions to evolve. the first ctest of decision 2020 will be the iowa caucuses in february. twitter is still buzzing about the debate. the most tweeted moment of the night was an exchange about race between senator kamalis and former vice president joe biden. social media also lit up when the candidates were asked to quickly name the first thing they would do as president. fers criticized candidatr lackluster answers to a question they should have known would be asked. and senator harris' food fight comment was a big hit on twitter. she was trying to stop fellow candidates from talking over one another. we will show you t. ay with us all day for the analysis. the fact check we iosteds a good aprec of the night.

search debate fact check. investigators are investigating a shooting. we are following news out of the district where officers say a man was shot and killed last night n 14 street before a rec center. his body was found near 3:00 a.m. then rea is still closed iboth directions on 14th street. we will keep you updated. new this morning. more than a dozen emplatees at a prive school is being accused of sexual misconduct. a newly released report said the incidents all took place from the 1950s to the eay '80s at the national cathedral school and beauvok school and st. albans. nsey corroborated earlier allegations agai 16 former employees and those employees were accused of engaging in behavior ranging om inappropriate jokes to rape.

school officials say they reported the findings to police and employers. the report did not find any evidence of sexual misconduct bm any current ployee and said the schools all have strong protections in onace. the invwas conducted by an independent law firm. 6 :06 is your time. update now to a story we g.ought you as breaking news yesterday mornin we now know the man who was killed on the bw parkway was a father, husband, and grandfather, on his way to work. mark johnson sr. owned his own wumbing business and heading to an emergency call nesday night. his family said he ran out of gas and was walking to find the nearest gas station when he was struck and kill. park police say it's possible more than one car hit johnson and none of them stoy,ped. toda the self-proclaimed white supremacist convicted of killing heather heyer in charlottesville when james field junior plowed into the crowd with his car, killing

life in prison ng many others. is the only appropriate sentence. fields' attorneys argue because he is 22 and had a traumatic childhood, that he doesn't deserve life in prison. the maryland general assembly is honoring five people wh were killed in the capit gazette shooting one year ago today. nne 28th will be now knows the freedom of the press day in maryland. gerald fischman and rob hiaasen and john mcnamara and rebecca smith and wendi winters all were killed when a angunm opened fire at the newspaper last year. the alleged shooter has pled not guilty by reason of insanity and isg awaitinial. the gazette was recently awarded a pulitzer prize for its commitmt to covering the news during afime o grief. a new chairman of metro board of directors. jack evans resigned anwill be

replaced with virginia paul smedberg who is one of for members of the metro ethics ound evans nd violated the code of ethics. evans did not menton the investigation in his final remarks. >> 20 years later, again, after my second stint on metro, i believe firmly that i am leaving metro in a better situation than i found it.ue >> next tay, hesc ieded to meet with his d.c. council colleagues in an attempt to convince them not to sip him of his chairmanship of the council's finance committee. you may notice more security if you head to the fireworks display at the mall this year. >> crews are setting up for the celehation and megan mcgratis joining us from the national is with the latest on what going on. >> reporter: a lot of things will stay the same this year. the parade, as well as the

concert that happens on the grounds of the u.s. capitol but bill changes as well. the president's salute to america eventhat is happening at the lincoln memorial. that is going to be happening and a lot of added security as a rest of that. another thing that is changing is the scope of the fireworks display and with more on that, i'm joined by mike litter with the national park service. talk a little bit about the fireworks this year. it's supposed to be a bigger, longer display. >> i think we can say the fireworks is the biggest displae washington hasr seen. national park service, of course, hasade arrangements for our normal show about 20 minutes in length. we then received a vy generous donation from a couple of companies, fphantom fireworks ah a company provided an adsotional 15 minutes we will have 35 minutes of fireworks starting at 9:07 this year. >> we are looking at fireworks a from years st here. a couple of new places to view

them? >> we have moved the launch area off of the reflecting pool where it's been for years, and moved it slightly south to west potomac park and now an area that was not used for viewing and has allowed us to open some prime real estate along the reflecting pool and allows us to open the world war ii memorial and ev the memorial to the declaration of independence which on july fourth is ave thing we are happy to own. >> reporter: thanks for joining us. as i mentioned, there is going security.ed i'll a little bit more on that exand what to ect, what to bring and not to bring coming up later on in th show. back to you guys. >>men mcgrath, thank you. you heard him. the biggest fireworks display that he has ever seen. >> ever. >>p next, what would you do if you found a snake in your yard? >>ar that is sc the woman you're about to meet didn't think twice when she found a cobra ier h garden. >> it just looked at me like what are you doing, lady?

i said, i'm going to have to kill you, pal. >> cobras a not native to the area so we will tell you what happened after the break. if you're up early with us, you mayor be a mning person. a new report says you less likely to develop a certainil ness if you get up early. time to plan your get-away to the eastern shore.he nice day at tbeaches today and sizzling hot at the beaches tomorrow in the 90s. most likely day to be rained on this weekend at thel coast wil be sunday. more coming u p.

that's a bleep cobra! >> a pennsylvania grandmother e says shs just looking out for the kids when she stopped and killed a venomosn cobra! she apped a few pictures of the snake before the execution this week. the 73-year-old woman was not a bit afraid when she saw the snake. >> i nudged its tail. he stopped. he raised his hood. he turned around and that is when i got him. >> she was ready! know you're thinking the same thing iam. what the hecks a cobra doing v in pennsylania in the first place? >> turns out a few montif ago, wildle officials removed 20 venomous snakes in that same apartment complex. so tt is nak number snake mber 21? >> i never understand why people want to have those snakes in their home. >> crazy. but grandma was on it.

waking up early could reduce a woman's chances of getting breast cancer.es british rearchers looked at data from more than 400,000 women and foundomen who were rly riser less likely to develop breast cancer versus who said they are night owls and they found there is an increased risk when you sleep longer than the recommended seveuto eight hors. amazon and rite aid are joining forces. you can pick up your packages in more than 100 rite aid stes nationwide anservices expected to expand to more than 1,500 rite aids by the end of the year. a new food trend is hitting the shelves in one of the biggest names in the pet industry.cl stores inuding petco is focusing on selling fresh and locally grown foods in their store. last month they stopped using ti arcial ingredients and petco is banking on healthy ingredients that humans would like to eat.s

experty a lot of potential for this in the market. since 2015, sales of fresh pet food has spiked 70%. >> everyone wants to eat local and eat fresh. it's no digserent for do not because it tastes better but because it's healthier. >> fresh food is more expensive than dry kibble. people are willing to pay, though. pet stores are hing people will be willing to pay more. news4 susan hogan tried it for her own dogs. head to the washington app to see how is working for her family. search pet fresh foods. a brutal heat wave is moving through europrright now. pa of spain will hit 109 today. that hot weather is giving polar o bears at prague's zoo tnch down on giant frozen streets. whth is inside blocks of ice? mostly fish with a mix of carrots and fish.

polar bears with all of that fun are meant to be in hundredea degreether. >> don't they have a shade for them? that y crazy. thre baking over there. we won't be quite as extremeut here b soon we are facing a couple ofmore days of high hheat, haze, andumidity around here. o coderange air quality again toda yuckiness in the air outside this morning. current temperatures are in the 60s to around 70. 73 now at national airport. winds have turned back to the fo southwest now. that is the reason that today is going to be even more humid than yesterday was. get used to it. it's hre for the next two days for sure. then a little break from the humidi arrives on sunday. temperatures this morning mid-60s in the shenandoah valley. mid to upper 60s for most of the western suburbs and low 70s around town. commute unaffected by rain this morning or through the lunch time hours. like yesterday, there will be a chance forternoon storms bubbling up. not a big severe weather risk for today but just like

essterday, those individual storms sometiman have gusty winds and some brief periods of heavy, heavy rain. we will send out push alerts on the app you are outside and planning your activities later on in the day. afternoon storm chances are here for both today and tomorrow. but rain chances go down as we head towards sunday, monday and tuesday.nd suay's rain chances looking a little less now than it looked like yesterday so that islc wee news. tomorrow is still there. this little cluster of storms could causelight delays for chicago and detroit the first part of the day and busy airport hubs. future weather for us is all quiet well into the middle parts of the afternoon. 4:30 this afrnoon a chance for storms along the blue ridge. storms may be able to migrate in the d.c. metro area and keep you posted should any further severe weather break out. >>

thank you, chuck. next onod "news4," we are working for you, helping yod fi something fun to do with the family this weekend. >> it's friday. we need to go smewhere and do stuff. that includes where you can go to get an early start for the fourth i july fworks and see "hamilton." >> "ellen" has sandra bullock and blake shelton and chris pratt and that is at 4:00 o

good morning. welcome back. george washington parkway orthbound block in the left

lane. road over top 395 good news. crash cleared from the right lane so your travel nes are available. chopper 4 heading out toward the bay bridge on 50 right now butg you're heading out toward the bridge. great shot. eastbound three lanes still. it's rush hour so everybody coming in from the eastern shore needs three lanes to get by but soon enough after 9:00 or 10:00, we may have three lanes going easteeund but now t lanes west and two lanes eastbound if you're heading to the eastern shore. back to you. it's friday! we made it!ou if yre looking forward to the weekend we are working for you. >> tommy mcfly is here for ideas for families and the single folks. what is going on? >> we got everything and a condensed version this year of the smithsonian folk life festival. down on the mall since 1967 they

have inebriated and 90 different countries and every region o america. huned different native american tribes all represented down there. this year, though, it is two days. normally, it's twoweeks. if you normally go, you got to go this weekend or you'll miss it >> take my big hat and a lot of water. >> a great time. cultural but fun and you'll have a blast. >> always a good event. >> how about seeing "hamilton" it's coming to the area. >> i highly recommend it. >> sort of. >> not too far. the kennedy center only a at handful of seats left. you have to hand over a bunch of hamilton's if it out.to check that run goes until july 21st in balatmore. >> wh is crazy. >> do you know anybody who can get us tickets? >> it's bringing in highicicket

pr. >> i thought it's in baltimore has to be a bunch of ticket. i looked and said, oh. ll over e travel from to see it. >> all over the place. fireworks. we got your fireworks a little bit early. saturday ax park is doing their and park opens at dawn and fireworks disappears in the night's sky. a good appetizer of the fireworks to come. >> get it out of the way s you don't have to deal with the crowds on actual independent gram. >> get the instagram photo and hold onto it until july fourth. one fireworks finder is up on the nbc washingt app so search fireworks. all of them in the neighborhoods for you. >> tommy mcfly, thank you. >> thanks for stopping by. have a great weekend.

6:25. ahead, our coverage of last night's democratic debate continues. senator kamala harris took on former vice president joe biden in arguably the night's most dratic exchange. we will show you that when we come back. pulled out of the sunroof by the secret service and we will tell you what led up to this wild moment outside of the white house. if you have stuff to do in the yard this weekend, sunday is the better day for it. saturday promises to be hotteor mhumid and has a higher rain chance. sunday things should dry out just a bit and turn a little bit ls humid. stop by your local garden center to find out what fresh flowers you should be planting in the beds to keep your lawn nice and colorful the rest of the summer.

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gho good morning, everyone. i'm eun yang. >> i'm molette green in for aaron gilchrist. it is friday! >> jack taylor has your traffic saday. he is in for melisollet. first, let's check in with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. >> hazy outside this morning. poor air quality. the high pressure has been sitting over the same region the last couple of days and not a chance to blow the pollution out so we are stuck with the haze and the smog around today and tomorrow. temperatures have dropped below 70 most of the person suburbs 66 degrees in fairfax county and 72 in quantico. planner to today. plan on heat and humidity and loads of both. a chance for thunderstorms later on in the afternoon. m ke yesterday, hit and miss. those who get they have to deal with strong winds and heavy rain.

if you like it hot, tomorrow is 96. jack taylor, happy friday. good morning. >> good morning to you. bay bridge chopper 4. man, does that look nice this morning. ifg you're comck if you have to go to work three lanes open and no delays for now. george washingnon parkway hbound activity blocking the left lane at slaters lane. expect delays in both directions on metro alert silver and blue lines. broken down train at benning road. this morning, former vice president joe biden ifending his record on race after a tense exchange during night two of the democratic presidential primary debate. s> he was one of ten candidates on the stage lanight. here is a look at all of the candidates who were a part of the debate. ten other candates took part in the debate the night before. it was senator kamala harris who

fronted former vice president b joeden about his record. you may remember biden caused controversy earlier this month when he spoke about having a respectful relationship in the '70s and '80s with two senators who opposed desegregation. harris accused him of working with those senators tent african-american students from being bussed to schools. >> but mr. vice president biden do yoree today -- do you agree today that you were wrong to oppose bussing in america then? do you agree? >> i did not oppose bussing in america.at wh opposed is bussing ordered by the department of education. that's what i opposed. i did not oppose -- >> the failure of states to integrate public schools in america, i was part of the second classo integrate berkeley, california, public schools almost two decades after brown v board of education. >> because your city council made that decision.

>> the federal drg that is why we have theoting rights act and the civil rights act. n>> eric swallowas welld bernie sanders o assault weapons and suggest the government buy back all assault weapons out there. when sanders tried to explain his plan, swaell pounced. >> unirorsal backgd. we end the gun show loophole. we end the straw man provision ndd i believed in 1988 a i believe today. >> why would you -- >> assault wltpons. assaueapons. assault weapons a weapons in the military and they should not be on the streets of america. >> your plan leaves them on th you leave 15 million on the streets. >> we n the sale. ban the sale. >> are you buying back? >> that's what i believe for many years. >> will you buy theack? >> people -- the nt

government was to do that -- >> the government? buy them back? >> yeah. t >>here were many more moments from the debatthat people will be talking about today. jur coverage continues in st a few minutes. >> 6:34. troubling new allegations this morning at thre of the most prestigious private schools in washington. >> more than 15 former employees are accused of sexual misconduck that tolace over the course of more than three decades. news4 derrick ward is here live with more. good morning. good morning. this probe looked at incidents that range back from the 1950s through the '90s. as you ,said it involves 16 former employees of the school having sexual conduct with students. some cases male and some cases female sed some ca it happened on school property and others off school property.t

reports were made to police in some incidents where this happened and two other institutions where the employeet in qn may have moved on but still working with kids. hee is letter saying no report of misconduct like this the past decade and that is something good to be gleaned from that. however, we are told that the protocols will be strengthened to deal with these issues not only ma and female or adult and child but also with student conduct and she says that she commends tho who came forward. they were very brave in doing that. now parents will be briefed on new protocols and new procedures coming this fall. live outside the national cathedral, derrick ward, news4. here is a look the other top stories we are following for you this morning. an afternoon walk turned

deadly in arlington. a fallen tree limb killed a woman on a walking trail and it hap oned yesterday on section lucky run trail that runs through a residential neighborhood. today, the self-proclaimed white supremacist convicted of killing heather heyer in 2017 with be sentenced. heyer was a protester in a white nationalist protest in charts lots charlottesville. update now to a story we brought you as breaking news yesterday morning. we now know the man who was killed on the bw parkway was a father, husband, and grandfather, on his way to work. mark johnson sr. owned own plumbing business and heading to an emergency call on wednesday night. his family said he ran out of gas and was walking to find the nearest gas station when he was struck and kill. u.s. park police say it's possible more thanjone car hit son and none of them stopped.

the maryland general assembly is honoring five people who were killed in the capital gazette shooting one year ago today. ne 28th will be now known as the freedom of the press day in maryland. gerald fischman and rob hiaasen ind john mcnamara and rebecca smith and wendi wnters were killed. did you get a flu shot

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welcome back. 6:45. immigr ion, gun control, health care and the middle east night two of the democratic presidential debate is or but some of the evening's moments will no doubt be talked about for days to come. >> part of the issue. guys, you know what? america does not want to witness a food fight. they want to know how we will th put food on r table. yes?

>> senator kamala harris delivering one of the more memorable lines of the evening and hallie jackson joins us live from washington this evening. >> what are some of the big takeaways from last night's debate? >> good morning. >> reporter: the big takeaway i think for folks who watched that debate is the different moment that involved senator kamala harris and perhaps thet mos explosive exchange not even in the first democratic primary debate but the entire campaign season so farnd a when senator harris directly confronted former vice president joe biden, the front-runner there on his civil rights record starting with the issue of his comments he made about working with segregation and senators back when he was inte the se decades ago and senator harris talking about her experience bussed to school and pressing biden why he opposed bussing initially as part of his reco

when he was coming up in washington. it was a moment that watching that debate seemed to stun the audilece in to sie. you could have heard a pin drop in that debate hall when kamala harris was taki joe biden head-on. at one point her campaign moments after the exchange picture ut a photo, a of senator harris as a child with the caption she used in her comments that that little girl was me. that was sort of the takeaway, the big moment of the night. i think that is important, guys, for a coue of reasons. number one, it was, again, the marquee moment in a deba defined by contentiousness and combativeness and microcosm that ise biden will have to face questions and he already facing questions about his past, about his record, about the idea that demoatic members of the party, some of them are looking for a more progressive face and

re forward looking and the argument you heard entfrom sena harris and eric swalwell saying it's time to pass the torch. if senator maris had a breakout night or moment there is concern joeiden fell a little bit flat from folks our team has been talking to. his campaign is pushing back on reports they are concerned and essentially confident that biden will stay pretty solid in the polling. back to you. >> w ch 20ndidates a lot still to unpack. thank you. more coming up from her on the "today" show. president trump is in japan taking part in the g-20 summit. the leaders of all the participing countries took time for a class photo. the big issue that will be discussed are expect to be climate change and the current crisis with iran. d leaders are also expecteto have sidene discussions about matters involving their own countries. president trump is expected to

meet with china's leader to talk about the ongoing trade war. >> why tiey were set up for the photo, the president was spotted talking with russian president vladimir putin. they say putin invited trump to russia st year and no word if trump accepted the invite. >> we are less than a week away from independence day and the look at the national mall will look different this year. crews are already working to get the mall ready for the president's salute to america. megan mcgrath joins us live from the national mall with more on what you can expect. hey, megan. >> reporter: hey, guys. yeah, this time around we want to talk a little bit about security. there are big changessith rect to that. the president through to america event is happening at the lincoln memorial, of course. that is going to man added security and a little bit of some changes about where people can and cannot go.

mike litter is here from the national park service. kind of talk about whatpe shoul le expect in terms of first of all, getting through the security gates? >> always want to plan a little ext time in case there's a big crowd coming through when you're coming. so pack your patience. coming into the secure area, again, we are stretching from 14th street to t lincoln memorial. usually list of items for big event in d.c. no glass, no alcohol no personal fireworks, no personal aircraft, leave the drones at home. all d. is a no-drone zone. if you're heading to lincoln demorial to the salute to america you'll fin a much more restrictive list of prohibited items. their list includes things like soda cans, no coolers, no large bags, no selfie sticks, no ipads or tablets. echeck the list bre you come because the last thing you want to do is get up front with your

ipad and then find you can't go in with it. >> reporter: you have to have a tickefor that event. everything else is open but the salute to america you need a ticket. >> correct. icated area up front for the salute to amer ticketed. the general public will be allowed to gather up in the edge of the secure area which will be part wayown the reflective pool. >> reporter: thank you for joining us. gates to salute america the security gates open at 3:30. if you're sitting on the mall at 14th street and closer up here, you have to go through a gate as well and they open at 10:00 a.m. a lot of this is familiar. a lot of it is new. pack your patience and use some common sense. back to y. >> good reminders there. thank you, megan. they say thiyear's flu shot was ptty much a bust. centers for disease control say its overall effectivey ss was

onl% but that is just an average for the whole season. in february, the flu shot was 47% effective. but then a second strain emerged toward the end of the seasoncond the shot uld not handle it. its effectiveness plummeted to just 9%. i know doctors still recommend getting a flu shot every season. time to check on this heat wave. storm team 4 meteorologist chucs bell ielling us how hot it will get. >> good way to get your friday d start out on the water there. we have been talking about inoueasing temperatures ar here over the last couple of weeks and part of our changing climate series that we are doing here at summer days. how many above average days do we have in a summer? that number at increased. the last 50 yes getting an lmost two weeks of warmer than average days in the summer. to back that up i look back over the yest 50 s. we have set only eight record low temperatures in the summer. june, july, and august are the summer months. the last time we did it was

almost 15 years ago. over the same period of time, eight record lows, 48 record highs. we are settin record highs at six times the rate we are setting record lows in the summertime. that is part of our changing climate. 73 in washingtont now. i a little cooler in some of the western suburbs. nice. 66 in german town and 65 in opal, rgviia. ov in bowie, maryland. temperatures ab 90 by lunch time. s.day's high around 94 degr could be flight delays tworowar chigo and detroit. heat haze and humidity here. like yesterday likely to have a couple of isolated storms develop with the peak of the daytime heating. between 4:00 and 9:00his evening. always have our nbc washington app. download it on your phone and

f interactive push alert. jack taylor, happy friday. >> thank you,> chuck. i wish we were there right now with those boats. that would be nice. ramp to route 7 left lane is getting by. fire and rescue cew on the scene and had blocked the ramp but now the travel lanes are open. 66 eastbound before 29 a centerville accident on the left shoulder. north on the george washington parkway accident slaters lane and virginia state authorities are on scene soou'll find dump truck and car. left lane blocked. on the rails metro blue and silver l de expectays in both direction because of broken

down train at benning road. last night, news4 gave alu bill to our living legend barbara harrison. >> for years so many of you started your mornings off wash barbara and joe crebs. last night we paid tribute to her amazing career of story telling. she is such a trail blazer. more than her lent on the air. no more than 30 years she has been a o pillar ofur community and newsroom and setting the example of caring about the people she interviews and bringing those stories tous. she is a wonderful human being fuand as beauti as she is on the inside as she ison the outside. barbara, we love you. >> just a class act. you were there late last night. >> i came for barbara! >> here are four things to know. today marks one year since the capital gisele shooting. gary larry hogan has named june 28th as freedom of the press day in maryland.

gerald fischman and rob hiaasen and john mcnamara and rebeccnd smith and wewinters all were killed during the shooting. the gazette was recently awarded a pulitzer prize for its covering of the newssuring the shooting. james field jr. was convicted of intentionally to driving in a crowd ocount counterprotesters in charlottesville during a rally st year. senators are trying to block presidt trump to use a military strike on iran without congressional approval.o republicans dt think it will get the 60 votes required to pass. check out the nbc washington app for an updat after the vote takes place. e p thesident will continue to meet with foreign leaders at the g-20 summit. climate change and current crisis with iran are topics today. check out "today" show for a full rehart. hot today and tomorrow with a chance of afternoon storms both days. keep a weather eye to the sky

and to news4. the humidity takes a leave of us a brief period, sunday into monday will too terribly humid so that is a little bit on good news. hat does it for us.chuck. thank you for joining us for "news4 today." "today" show is next. >> we are bac in5 minutes with all of your weather, ff traic, and local news. >> have a great day and great weekend. >> bye, everybody!

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