tonight at 11:00, new video of hail falling fast and meteorologist said the storms aren't done with us yet. we are still in weather alert

mode around here. organizers promising thebiggest fourth of july fireworks show the districts have ev see new details tonight on the big of the n the location launch point and a political fire storm is ragingr ove a tweet shared by donald trump jr. why senator kamala harris' rivals are coming to her defense and calling theonpresident's a racist. news4 begins with a stormteam 4 weather alert. >> hailstorms broke through the sunny sky. some of you really saw some y. action to the neighborhood at alexandria was one of the hardest hit areas, a viewer sending us this video from the scene there.

leading two severe thunderstorm warnings and watch and despite a lot of sunshine, the hail still fell in annapolis. if you look closely, you couldee reall it coming down there. somara theodore with a lo wk. >>e are still seeing plenty of activity on the radar tonight. >> yeah, we've got a second squall line and it's pretty flois oth iryhas windto s adamage. right now the severe thunderstorm warngs have expired early. that's a good sign. starting to lose lightning we were seeing in leesburg wells montgomery county, sa starting to lose zeal. back west though, we are starting to see a flash flood warnings prompted in far western maryland. let's zoom in here. this is the line of storms that was sparking that severe thunderstorm warning. even though it'sxpired early, a good amount of lightning.li

heavy rain f in good faithering -- good faiaithersbu. it should be arriving in the next half ihour. l have storms as well as a look at your sunday coming up in just a moment. back to you. >> somara, thank you so much. the countdown to the big fourth of july fireworks under way, and even though we still have a few more days before the fourth,crews are setting up all the different launch points for this year's show and those launch spots are slightly different this year but organizers say the show itself is going to be bigger than ever. news4's amy choe got a firsthane look at crews at 11:00. >> reporter: this is the view of the fireworks we formally see on the fourth of july, but before any of that can happen, all of this hasto happen. welcome to the new launch site for dc's fourth of july firerks. >> 7 degree.

oror r cr: hrcharge ofis fan esigning the . they never put on the same show twice. exciting. we are very much like kids in a candy store. the hair stands up, goose bumps. >reporter: here'sow it works. e e fireworks placed insid these bo boxes. everything has to be so precise. that's why they use protractors to measure the exct angle. those who make these fireworks say it will be the biggest in dc histoch. the launite is larger than the old one, a bit more fireworks and here the show will be about 3 minuteh longer t before. >> reporter: just le a wedding. you have a year's work of worth and it's all gone, and for , 20 minutes. >> even thoug the show is moved, you can still see it from all the old spots. and extra places for people to watch. like at the lincoln memorial. >> reporter: everyone spent their blood, sweat and tears, we all get so excited.

>> wi >> reporter: with less thagoa week t, fired up to make history. amy choe, news4. if you're wondering who's arger show, his it's not the taxpayers. the fireworks manufacturers say they donated their products because they wanted to help set the record for the biggest show. if you want to see the fireworks on the fourth, but you don't h want toead out to the mall, tad to the nbc washington app an fd see the fireworks as well. just search fireworks. >> new tonight, prince jorgeorg county police are investigating a death. body found in the 8000 block of fern ham lane. no foul play suspected andar th not calling this a homicide. heavy rains last night may have played a rolen beltway crash that killed a toddler. we learned today that 2-year-old

leleti darji died. it was near branch avenue. they took the sister and th t motherthe hospital with injuries as wl. ice aking a stance against here in the district. this protest comes after reports that ice detained two people last weekend in northwest dc. sanctuary dmv, organizing this event, spreading the word they run an emergency hotline 24/7 so people can call for help if they getarrested. earlier today, we spoke to an undocumented immigrant who's been in the united states for nearly two adecs. she says she wants people to know she's loving mother, and a good person, and that every day, sheives in constant fear. >> very scared for me and also, when i'm driving o working, you know, i'm scared too, the ice coming behind me or to my job.

>>he protesters say they want to see stronger laws put in place to protect immigrants. they don't think dc does eough to enforce its sanctuary city status. it's a wait and see games president trump and northe koren leader kim jong-un will shake hands at the dmz. he tweeted he would like it to happen. mr. trump met with south korea's president a few hours ago following the g20 summit in japan at the summit. the president and china's president agreed to hold off on more tariffs. the democrats who want follow the president in office are rallying around a political rival. the tweet some are calng racist and why people are comparing it to the birther smear against former president obama. a 9/11 first responder who ought for a victim fund has

died. allenge he posed to lawmakers and the in decision 2020, a backlash

tonight against president trump's son after he questioned whether democratic senator kamala harris is a black american. donald trump jr. retweeted a fringe alt right activist, saying in this tweet in part, , quote kamala harris is not an american black. she is half indian and half jamaican. i'm so sick of people robbing american blacks like myself of our history, end quote. don jr. late deleted the tweet.

it's a false attack. she was born to anndian immigrant father and black jamaica father. several candidates are coming to her defense. senator bernie sanders calling acist.esident's son a and others comparing the smear to the birther attack against former president obama by donald trump before he ran for president. forgot.never a retired nypd detective spent every last hour that he had making sure first responders who comb through ashes of the twin towers afte t 9/11 havehe help they need. luisi alvarez d overnight. helped save people from the toxic rubble of the world trade center after the terrorist edtacks. he work at ground zero for three months and later developed cancer. earlier this month, he appeared with jon stewart urging congress to permanently extend the 9/11

victims'at compensn fund. >> you all said you would never forget. i'm here to make sure tt you don't. >> if i can help just one more first responder, then it mak it all worthwhile. >> senate majority leader mitch mcconnell promised a vote on the bill later this summer. alvarez was just 53 years old. new details tonight about this massive fire that engulfed a huge home in fairfax county last night. as mourners pay tribute to a murdered utah college student, bwe learn moreout her accused il . seleit

in the caf the missing utah a former member of the utah national guard for her murder. a local contractor said the suspect told him to build a secret room in his basement. n nbc's kathy park has more. >> a growing tribute to mckenzie lueck, as details emerge. this dramatic s.w.a.t. team arrest on friday. contractor brian said reached out to him in april with the l unusuarequest, creating a secret room in his basement. >> a little weird room, i told him no. >> reporter: wolf didn't think mu more about it until i saw the news. >> my heart dropped, no way. >> reporter: investigators spent hours digging for clues at the y salt lake ci home this week.

the search police say unearthedm tarred h tissue. >> you can't believe this happened across the street. >> reporter: charge with aggravatna murder, kiding and desecration of a body. they've investigated him before. the north park receivedpe a ra complaint against him in 2014, e but thele victim did not wish to pursue charges. nbc news has not been able to locate an attorney for him. lueck last seen alive 14. it was the last phone contact. >> it's devastating.e i can't beve he'd do that to her. >> reporter: a tragic ending for a student, one sorority sister remembers as a ball of light. kathy parr, nbc news. one person inside this home went to the hospital after flames tore through that house on glenn brook road in mantua f

area o fairfax county. fire caused damage to the back of the house today. investigators are looking into the cause. so in fairfaxcounty, an update on that massive fire that we first brought you as breaking news at y11:00. do remember this scene? chopper 4 over this and you can see the flames shooting through the rooftop of the home on clarks branch road in the great falls area. nvestigators say one firefighter had minor injuries, two people inside escape without getting hurt. still working to find out whatc ed that fire. we aill in weather alert mode. it has been a very active afternoon in term of storms. a lot of folks seeing hail in this area and seems like we just can'shake this pattern of stormy weather we've had and hail. it's very unlike this area. i can't remember the last time we had this many weeks in a row

where seeing reports of hail. >> a lot of damage out there. the good news is we're actual seeing a nice stretch of weather ahead of us. for now, another nasty sall line. it came in roaring. sparking severe thunderstorm warnings earlier. the good news is we're starting see it lose its zeal a little bit. heavy rain though. the linemsf stor you can see where at this point, the severe threat has shifted farther west along the squall line back into the west virginia panhandle and western maryland, even prompting some flash flood warnings. closer to home, it's just rain now. still some lightning out there. winds probably still picking it up alittle bit out there. this line is going to make its way through into prince william, fairfax into the district and northern prince georges, moving into the southeast. so after midnight, we will start to see things letting up and hour by hour, temperatures are expected to level out in the 70s.

futurecast by 3:00 a.m. and finally dry, that squall line is iut of here. i'm push ahead into sunday to show you that we say dry. no rainmaking its way through the area. i thought maybe an isolated shower sunday afternoon and evening. if we did, it would be well south of the district, but i think we'reactually going to b sunny for your sunday. let's talk about temps. it was hot outod there y. high temperatures in the mid to upper 90s. 96 degrees is what we made it t inshington, dc and then 97 in richmond. the heat, we were in the mid-atlantic and northeast.rr to, not quite as hot but still hot nonetheless for your ndbrunch because on sus, we brunch, don't we. temperatures in the 70s. make your way into the 80s around that time. i think it's goinghe to be perfect weather because plenty of sunshine, it will be warm and humidit you'll note that humidity tomorrow is muchan lower th it was today. allsunshine for your sunday. high temperatures like i said in the low 90s, not in the mid to upper 90s like i did today. great pool day tomorrow as well.

sneak peek at the fourth of july forecast. it's what, saturday night? so this is a tentative forecast as get closer, it will become more definitive. however, i want to put on your radar, we may see showers and storms hopping upay on thursd on the fourth of july during the afternoon. temperatures will be in the low 90s but ec're not expng it to be a complete washout, so that's good news. 10-day outlook. want to get the car wash tomorrow. don't hold back. by thursday, thas goingo be the next real chance atg trappin some showers and storms. the heat is on well into the 90s. >> tsomara,ank you so very much. on a mission to win theiren tth straight game. did fancy

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the nationals hot streak stwinning four raight. nine of the last 11, put them back in the middle of the wild card race and likely saved the manager's job. nats climbed above 500 for the first time since april 18. a fantastic accomplishment. after staying there, well, no, wasn't ready. making second start of the year. victor giving us a ride. jacobi jones says no. i can't do it again.

so doing the captain and recognizes that's a great catch. certainly going to be tough to find better ones than that. later in thegame, the seventh, up 4-3 and anthony randon. lead to 2. but it was short-lived. deoit tied it up in the bottom half and then nico and miguel with the tigers the lead and do not look back. blues forhe first time in five games. 7-5 the final. >> when you come out of the bullpen, in trouble, there was a walk. walk in the bullpen and do something else. battle back and like i said, we gave up a couple of runs in theh game and ten a chance tomorrow to win the series and then focus on that. >> cashner started from the indians for the maryland flag jersey today and making a friend and a fan, that's

might not have the worst in baseball but beat cleveland last night and an offensive display, five home runs in this one. birds wi 13-0 for the second straight day, becoming the first team in b history to score 13 plus runs in back-to-back shutouts. go o's. how about tt? >> tell the fans, there's nobody there. >> we don't need that. red sox and yankees made history toda playing the first ever mlb game in london. fans with more of ane amca's football score than baseball. ng. runs in the in offense didn't slow down there and win 17-13 in a four hour, 42 minute game. guys in hilondon,is not how baseball normally works in case you're curious. elena and the mystics battling. it was a blowout to say the least. stics running early. with three ball, bottoms.

washington up 5-0 right away later in the first. i'm winding down. delle donne again. beats the buzzer. 26 at the half. had 19 points. 6 finishes in double figures including ariel powers. mistics won 102-59. largest margin of victory in franchise history. tied for theth four biggest in stnba hiory. >> we wanted to see what this would look like if we played great defense. our four game road trip, we picked up our game, able to bring itack here. the energy with the crowd was e awme. so it feels good. >> and dc united hosting toronto fc. what would they do earlier this week? first half, toronto strikes first. back of the net. offsides, not quite. it's 1-0 but the goal final

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thank you very much, everybody. i'here to declare a very urgent, important national emergency. this is a big one so i don't want to waste any time. that's why, first, i'd like toho blow my ow a little bit, okay? i just had a great health exam. i'm still standing 6'7", 185 pounds, shredded, okay? also, we have another summit eming up in hanoi with th north korean leader, chairman kim, who, by the way, is a very cool, misunderstood guy. i'm really looking forward to seeing him next week. it is "dinner for schmucks," as he calls it. let's cut to the chase, folks. we. need. wall. okay? have a tremendous amount of drugs flowing into this country from the southern border or the "brown line," as many people have asked me not to call it. because wall works.wall. ll