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historic steps from president trump. mr. trump becoming the first sitting u.s. president tover cross the dmz and enter north korea. the president's move wa unprecedented, but outside of he theatrics, what is the meeting mean for future relations between the two countes? we have expert analysis on this. a 3-year-old and a 6-year-old injured in a trie shooting at a bus stop. we're on the scene in southeast d.c. with what now.

breaking news in just moments, kevin durant will announce a move that will chthge entire nba. coming up, we'll tell you about the prince george's county native's neme ho. news 4 at 6:00 starts now. >> good evening, i'm ik gonzalez with a few kind words, a friendly pat on the arm and one short step, president trump became the first sitting american president to step foot in north korea.t live elevision cameras capturing the extraordinary moment for ye histor books. for more than half a century, the dmz sparated the two koreas. in a matter of seconds mr. trump orchestrated a move toward what he hopes will be lasting peace. nbc's richard engel was there. >> reporter: we're at the edge of the dmz, the demilitarized zone, separating north and south korea. people didn't know, it seemed like the president didn't even know, that ki jong-un was actually going to arrin util

he actually showed up. president trump walked over from the south korean side, crossing a small cement divide on the ground, and stepped into north korea. that makes him the firstsitting american president to stand on north kore soil. then the north korean leader decided to show a reciprocal honor and stepped over thate dividand entered south korea. >> this is m honor. i didn't really expect it. >> reporter: though an exchange of diplomatic pleasantries, exchange of symbols. >> i enjoyed being with you and thank you very much. >> reporter: both of trying to show that they are willing to reach out, willing to cross borders, willing to engage in negotiations. president trump said that this is a big moment, that it shows thlo dipmacy is possible in the koreas. that he's making progress because of his persona welg relations with kim jong-un. >> nobody knows how things turns out. this was a great day. very legendary, very historic

>> reporter: the problem is this is their third summit and while their relations have improvem and se to be getting better ll of the time andensions in the region have gone down, there have not been many steps to actually reduce the number of nuclear weapons north korea possesses. richard engel, nbc news at dmz h thestoric meeting at the dmz has brought up a host of issues that could work out in the favor of the united states and othernations. but as nbc's "meet the press" moderator chuck todd told news 4 this wmorning, thete house should be cautious. >> he enjoys having those ltle markers be associated with the trump name. but he got nothing out of the first one, got nothing out of . the second he's got to get something or these moments have diminishing return. look, i know what he's trying to recapt that first meeting, the highest job approval rating we recorded in our polling was after the meeting with kim jong-un. that was, look, whooesn't want talks instead of nukes? okay? that is -- there may be -- we may be polarized.

we're not that polarized. >> right. >> it was a good moment for him. if you can get an agreement, it could be a great moment for him. but there is this sense of is kim jong-un playing him? it's almost sort of a visual exclamation point on his trip, right? and for him, that's what he likes.u the sign photo. >> mr. trump says today's meeting will lead to more nuclear talks and kim possibly visiting the white house. stay with news 4 and our nbc washington app for continuing coverage. you can see more video of the historic steps in our nbc washington app. breaking news. golden state warriors superstar and prince george's county native kevin durant is set to announce his free agency plans. have you been on twitter in the last, 0 like, 2nutes or so? all right. bring us up to speed. >> yeah, erika, literally minutes ago kevin durant making the announcement official on instagram after spending the

last three seasons with the s goldente warriors. durant is traveling nearly 3,000 miles from oakland to brooklyn to join the nets. this is not a live look at nets fans right now, but they are definitely excited in brooklyn. durant will reportedly sign a four year $164 million deal with the nets. k.dmost likely missing all of next season after having surgery on a torne achilles h suffered in the nba finthls but e nets not worried about that aer making this huge deal. also joining him if ooklyn, six-time all-star kyrie irving. we'll have much more coming up as this info is just coming in. ive from the live desk, news sports. >> exciting day in sports. thank you so much very. all right. going to switch gears now. rescuers in california fin a 73-year-old hiker. he had been missing for a week. what he had to do tourvive and the two things he wanted after he was found. and the heat's returning but i've got got a preview of that

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saturday. friends and family put up posters if n hopes of finding him. rescuers were finally able to spot joe in a canyon. he had been eating berries and frogs in order to stay alive. >> he went into a canyon that, you know, is named devil's canyon and it's nafod that way a reason. there is so much rock, tree fall, brush, it's just rough conditions. >> doctors say he is in remarkably good condition. he made two requests after being rescued, he asked for a hot meal and hot c of coffee. a terrifying situation on the south colina deck. find out how nearly two dozen people ended up in the water. and food and beverage workers strike at the d.c. convention cen convention cen te geico makes it easy to get help when you need it.

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you're watching news 4 at 6:00. >> yesterday mahave been a hot one, but there's probably aet bter way to cool off than hi ts. this is m down int. pleasant, south carolina, where 20 people woubd up in a creek after the dock that they were posing on,t were trying to take a ur picte, gave out. itla just coled. the group had been celebrating a friend's birthday. good news here, nobody was hurt. chuckle a little bit with them because day were saying, hey, we hope somebody actually got a picture or video of this. wind of us are going up in the water. so good news is that they are okay. all right. back here in the district, three

people including two young children are recovering after a shooting near a bus stop. shots were heard just before midnight along southern avenue in southeast. news 4's shomari stone talked with a man who actually heard the gunfire. >> reportergood evening. right now you can see d.c. police are still p heked at the scene near where the shooting occurred. you have a 3-year-old, a toddler, and a man waiting at this bus stop right over here when the shots rang out. bet's roll through some video. a 3-year-old , a 6-year-old girl and 20-year-old man. they were waiting at this bus stop on 800 block of southern avenue southeast late friday. police say suddenly dark-colored sedan drove by. the driver opening fire, hitting all three people. medics drove all the victims to a hospital with injuries. police say they're going to be okay. police say the shooter sped off. now moments ago, i talked to a man who heard the shots. he lives nearby. heea says he's spking out because he wants an end to the

violence. >> i was concerned because a couple of bullets have come into the building from time to time. and so i was very worried about that. you know, if anybody was going to get hit by a stray bullet or not. >> reporter: back out here at abe scene, police want anyone with information t the shooting to call d.c. police. in southeast, i'm shomari stone, news h 4. >>. a strike by d.c. workers who serve you food and drink at the washington convention center. u air markion v workeed ov overwhelmingly to strike last week. esme of their demands include more money and accs to more affordable hurnts health insurance. workers are also upset claimi i aramark is adding machines instead of people. >> we've been bargaining. we've been, you w, campaigning but, you know, it's almost july now. and the company has not made any movemkets. the wor had enough. >> workers say they'll be picketing aramark while it's

operating during conventions and vents over the next few weeks. the university of maryland could be in danger of losingits accreditation and risk losing federal financial aid for students. on friday, the commission placed the school on warning. this all related to the death of jordan mcnair. a football player whoed collaps during a 2018 team workout. later dying from heatstroke. mcnair's death led to several major changes but the comm says umd must provi a, quote, clearly articulated and transparent governance structure. the school has until next march to comply. a number of new laws are set to take effect tomorrow across the dmv on everything from food to schools, to churches.er so h in the district, minimum wage will increase from $13.25 to 14 bucks an hour. maryland will become the first state banning foam containers br food servicesinesses in

schools and in virginia you'll have to be 21 years of age to buy cigarettes, e-cigarettes or any tobacco product naforat th matter. read about the other big changes in our nbc washington app just by searching, new laws. all right. let's turn our attention to the weather. if you have spent any amount of time outside today, you know it's hot. and that about sums it up. >> yeah, but it's not as humid as yesterday, though. right? >> that's the good news. >> yes, that's looking on the brighter side of things. right. >> i know we've got a lot to talk about. i mean, we have fourth of july holiday come up this week, you guys are making plans probably already. we'll get to that in a moment. for n h, let's see hot it really was. that's pretty hot, youdee right. 90 ees. 86 in gaithersburg. upper 80s, low 90s, a littlen cooler thaday. tomorrow is going to be a little cooler than it was today. temperatures as we head through your monday are going to peak in the mid to upper 80s. noticeably different. that's going to bre our

streak. heatwave streak in the 90s. it's going to start again but break tomorrow. plenty of sunshine for your monday. dry. lower humidity. i thin tomorrow is going tobe a very comfortable day to be out and about. temperature trend beyond that, though, does show that heat turning. tuesday, back into the 90s. wedsday, low 90s. thursday, low to mid 90s. the average for this time of year around 88 degrees so we're going to see another heatwave as we transition into the middle of the week. your full outlook looks good for tomorrow. if you're taking the kiddos out to go ahd and go to swim practice. comfortable, sunny. very comfortable tomorrow. tuesday is going two hot. that humidity iso going t return. we coulseean ilaedhower o. i dot thifsnk you shou eld hveh d with swim practice. wednesday is when it will be a little more widespread. that's when we'll see the threat. remember, if we hear thunder roar, we where? indoors. okay. let's talk about theo fth of july. so for your thursday, temperatures are going to be the low 90s. going to be a hot day. rfect day for barbecuing. until the afternoon, we could see showers and storms pop.

remember that that threat is about 40% chance and it's there through the evening hours. keep our fingers crossed. it's pretty early on. this isn't the most definitive forecast. this point, it's looking like we'll see some activity on the radar in ou region. storm team 4 ten-day joust loou heatwave making a comeback. three days in the 90s to make a heatwave and definitely break that tuesday, wednesday, thursday, all the way through next weekend really feeling a lot like summer. a few chances for showers and storms as the end of the week becomes unsettled. >> r aht. thank you so very much. still ahead, more on the wild day in the nba. plus, max scherzer shutting down his old team

sports desk. >> all right. big news for we're talking about kevin durant and tyree. >> yeah. >> and jordan. okay. happens.in how this does he pick up the phone and say, hey, man, i'm going to go? >> you should go. >> we should go. >> we should go. >> did that happen? >> similarly. you know, kevin durant is frends with deyawn ray jordan.

i'm sure there was a texting. hey, you to brooklyn?s, move one of the most anticipated signings of the cycle. former mvp, kevin durant, making it official in the last 25 minutes. the prince george's county star announced on instagram he' nets.ng to the brooklyn we most likely won't be seeing durant in a nets uniform this season. he had surgery to repair a torn athilles he suffered in nba finals brooklyn banking on ngrant returto the same level of play after this injury. the two-time nba finals mvp will reportedly sign a four-year $164 million deal. and as erika said, katie, not going alone. espn also reporting that kyrie irving plans to join durant in brooklyn signing a four-year, $141 million deal. the nets putting together what i they hope a team that will t runhe east for years to come. so certainly a lot of big nba

news circling around today. >> meanwhile nationals ace max scherzer has fond memories of detroit. he spent five seasons in motor city. made his first all-star game and won thea.l. cy young award given to the best pitcher in the american league after recording a 21-win season. tonight, for the first time since 2014, mad max back in familiar territory visiting his old team. scherzer also dominating june 5-0 this month enteng today's start. more of the same. today he says see ya later, gordonckh. s castro. 14 strikeouts in the game for scherzer. but the nats offense, not giving him much cushion. tied at o in the eighth. anthony rendon up at the dish. here is some of that run rendon launching a go-ahead solo homer to right. 19th of the year. nats ke a 2-1 lead. of course, we have to danc heading back to scherzer, bottom of the eighth. he's still going.ri stkes out the side. gordon beckham.

miguel byco jones. a four hit one-run ball in his return to detroit. sean doolittle coming on for the save. he put a couple on. ends up getting the jobone. this is the 100th save of doolittle'reer. the nats win ca2-1. road trip. here's max scherzer after the game. >> yeah, it was fun pitching here again. pitched here for while. you know, one of the few parks you the dirt going toe the hom plate. definitely web pitching here. s cool to be back here. pitch in our game. >> he's been unbelievable. the work he puts in daily as you can see pays off for him every fis fifth day. i'm glad on his side and not watching fom the other side because when he pitches, it's really, really tremendous. within the last half hour, more nats nes. scherzer news. mad max left d to his seventh

all-star game. he leads the majors with 170 ut strik a perfect 6-0 in june. finally getting the wins along with those stellar starts. scherzer telling reporters afte, the gam quote, i'll be going to cleveland ready to party ining sherszer as an all-star, third baman anthony rendon. who's been selected to his first all-star g e which is kind of hard to believe. considering this is his first nod. he's been in the league for seven years. rendon a reserve for the national league squad. he ranks eighth in the nl with a 3.11 batting averag 19 home runs, top 15, oh, yeah, his th glove at d also pretty good. orioles hosting the indians. mike mussina back in town, will inbcte idutoedthn first pitch. mu spent ten seasons in baltimore and probably wish they still had him. against carlos santana. top seven, man on, two out. he takes it into center. an inrbile for santana.

he was 2 for 5 with two rbi in the ga. but the os lose to the indians 2-0 and we found out that t birds will be sending pitcher john meese to the all-star game. congratulations to those games. >> sherree, thank you so very much. that is the news for now. thank you for joining us.t we've go "nightly news" coming p next and see you again for news 4 at 11:00. til then, good night. everyone's got to listen to mom.

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. tonight historic step makes a visit into byrth korea invited kim jong-un. >> we went and met at the line and in meeting at the line i ou said would y like me to come across? bhe said i would so honored. >> inside the sudden scramble to pull off the meeting the newly minted press secretary bruised. and questions about wh happens next? >> breaking news, a deadly plane crash in texas. an aircraft goes down at an airport into the hang killing 10 on board. fighting back, democrats blast comments shared by donald trump jr. questioning kamala