>> and, of course,ur very own weather arrior. this guy right here, we'll show you how heid on the usinfa "american ninja warrior" obstacle course. >>we're going to begin with that breaking news in northern virginia. a shooting in the parking garage of a popular mall. good afternoon, everyone. i'm leon harris. i'm pat lawson muse. shots were fired right around noon and the person taken to the hospital with serious injury. >> let's get right to ws 4's mark segraves right outside the mall. what are you hearing here? >> well, leon andt, here's what we know so far. this all happened about 1:40 this afternoon. witnessesell us they heard as many as four shots coming from inside t parking garage here at pentagon city. this all happened tside of the entrance to macy's, closest to the macy's entrance. police are investigating two levels, the fourth level and the third level.el we can you thatat we saw a

handgun on the ground outside the macy's door on the third leveling and most of the investigation appears focused on the fourth level. here's what police had to tell us just a short time ago. >> upon arrival it was determined that a struggle ensued between two subjects in the garage in whichrm a firea was brandished. the struggle continued and one subject was shot. s thatbject has been transported to an area hospital withni life-threate injuries. >> police tell us there is no threat to the community. they have spoken to both people involved inhat struggle. ey could not tell us what led to that fight or who opened the gun, who was legally owned or how many guns were involved, but, again, we do know that we saw one handgun that was recovered here. one person taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries taying on her person the scene and being interviewed by police. again, so far nobody has been

charged, and, again, no threats to the community in this area. that's the very latest. pat, back to you. >> that's pretty disturbing. a lot of us shop at that mall and have been to that store and thatntrance. thank you, >>mark. stay with us throughout the afternoon as we work to learn more about the victim and the hi shooter in ts case. we'll also have updates in the nbc washington app. now to more breaking news. a man has pleaded guilty in a dui crash that killed three childra. >> the mans more than three decades in children. three young siblings wereilled and their parents injured in this crash on indian head highway. traceyns wilki is live with reaction. tracey? >> reporter: with this plea we a lot opportunity to hear about what the state was going to present in this case. they had a lot of evidence, some coming from theefendant himself who they heard saying i've messed up. i've messed up.e they say was unable to walk, that at one point they set him

on the guardrail and he was so t intoxicate ad he fell off of the guardrail before he was placed in the cruiser. at the end of the day 27-year-old thomas hawks decided togo ahead and accept responsibility, and he did plead guilty in court 5-year-old twins alexander and rasalie and the 1-year-old sibling waki lled when hawks slammed into the backf o their video stopped at a right light on indian heady. highwa parents juanita and alexis mejia were injured in hawks met guilty to three counts of ve cularmanslaughter and two counts of causing serious injury. we heard from the parents of the children who were killed in this crash just a moment ago. >> is bittersweet moment. we're so happy thathi tis almost over, a little bit -- a little bit of tranquility is

what we need, and even though this is not going to heal us, but i know that my beautiful a children loing down and are saying good job to mommy and daddy for fighting and for coinuing fighting. >> reporter: now this saved them from some of the more difficult parts of this fight. it saved them from having tgo rough a lengthy trial here by him pleading guilty. the family won't have to deal with that. it will be the judge who will decide how much time thomas is going to get, and at this point he's looking at possibility of up to 36 years and a $45,000 fine. reporting live in upper marlboro, tracey wilkins. back to you in the studio. >> do we know whenhe may be given that sentence? >> reporter: september. he's out on bond now. >> okay. gacey wilkins reportin live. your heart just breaks and goes out to that family. here's hoping that they can find oome peace now that the chapter is beginning t close.

pat, over to you. a new terrible reminder this afternoon about the danger of fireworks. wend wendy reigher is here with more. >> reporter: in washington on sunday a 9-year-old child lt a thumb and two fingers. firefighters say two boys were ldin an m-80 type of fishing with a short fuse, and it went off before they could get it out of their hands. this incident has prompted d.c. officials to remi us all about the dangers of fireworks, even sparklers, most of which are legal in the district, but theyl can sti cause an injury. >> each year we give young children sparklers in their hand and don't realize how hot a sparkler can burn, and sparklers do cause burn injuries in children. >> but, again, this was one of those 80s. d.c. officials want you to buy

fireworks from licensed vendors only, and ingt washin if you use or sell illegal fireworks, it can cost you $2,000 and you can even be arrested and what's worse is you can blow off a limb or worse than that. >> back to you. >> they aret toys. >> they are not. >> thanks, wendy. the fourth of july is always a security challenge for local law enforcement, and thisyear it's an even bigger task because of president trump's speech at the lincoln memorial. well today we're learning about a new fbi bulletin that went oua warningout potential terror there is and rotests. news 4's corey smith just finished talking with park police about this. cory what, did they tell you t about wha they are doing to get ready for all of this? >> reporr: well, leon, unlike previous fourth of july celebrations, this year the park police have had to work close th outside agencies including the secret service to prepare for this independence day. now, we'll have more on that in just a moment, but i want to show our viewers where things

stand with the setup because we are just three days away. take a look at the video. we caused a mavis amount of fireworks that's going to take to pull off the displays on thursday td arriving to location. we spotted these crews unloaded truckloads of mortars and shelves in west potomac park. that's going to be where the second fireworks display will take place after the display over the lincoln memorial. that, of course, is where president trump will be delivering his independence day speech. as you can see, thetage is all set, and much of the security around the perimeter has been up for several days now. now you mentiatned fbi bulletin that went out last week. that's standard operating pcedure for any event of this magnitude, and as of right now park police tell me there is no imminent threat, be it from a foreign entity, seone influenced by a foreign entity or someone sadly here domestically. park police say they are also planning for a number of protest groups to show up. obvi sly thepresident's presence adding a new dynamic to this year's celebration, but police are confident that they will be ready.

. >> we realize there are different threats, but we also trealize that we have focus on the behavior and actions of people to prevent that threat. the amazing part of this is thac the visitoring to our event play a hugele in making this event safe. bu now leon, i know we both hate cliches in this ness, but on thursday this one will hold true. park police telling me, and they are adamant about it, if you see something, say something. you do not need the responsibility of determining whether or not someone is actinu icious. leave that to law enforcement, and it's really as you heard park police chie say it's really up to all of to us make sure that the fourth of july goes off without a hitch.k bac you. >> yeah. this has so many unique challenges because of the setup with the vi setupd the magnetometers being set up because the president is going to be here. i don't know if you had a chance to get into this, butt a lo people are wondering how much this is all going tocost.

>> reporter: it's funny you mentioned that. we asked that last week given how many agencies are involved in this planning process because the president is showing up, getting those numbers all together has taken a little bit of time, but we're going to continue to ask that question, even after this fourth of july celebration goes off, and i -- obviously it's probably going to be a rather large number. >> you can couth on . all right. good deal. thanks, cory. get back to working on your tan out there. see you later on. our july 4th coverage is just getting started here. coming up, tommy mcfly will shoo all of the best places to watch fireworks today. it's a new segment called "the scene" and you know tommy has the scoop on all the hot spots out there so be sure to stay tuned for that right here. new details this afternoon on a deadly crash on capitalay beltwhat killed a 2-year-old girl last friday. the girl died after her father

hit a barrier and her mother, brother and sister were living in the u.s. for less than a week. the father moved from the u.s. from ethiopia two years ago. now to a bizarre double in the district. a man who was thought to be a victim has now been charged witu er. on sunday police found two men shot in an alley on w street northwest. 28-year-old christopher pay from bowie was pronounced dead there scene and a 21-year-old l man had been shot and wasn't seriously hurt and through their investigation the discovered that garmeny killed now with charged hi murder. prosecutors in alexandria will not retry the man who killed a popular store manager. the store last july because he thought he was a werewolf. the trial ended with a hung jury and instead of a retrial prosecutors agreed to a not

guilty by insanity >> there's no justice. insane or not, there's no justice. >> bhasin will be committed to central state hospital where he'll get regular mental evaluations. >> former redskins mvp quarterback mark rypien has been arrested on domestic violence charges. rypien wasrsted for hitting his wife in the stomach last night. during a court appearance this morning rypien said the two were having an argument, and he'sno pleade guilty. the former redskins qb was arrested for domestic violence back in 2017. an alarming new revelation today about the conditions at a migrant facility in el paso, texas. the offin of iector general detailed that the situation there is bad. nsrder agents were arming themselves agai possible riots. the report obtained by nbc news found that in may there were only four showers for 800

migrants. half of those people were living outdoors. the rest were being kept in dangerously overcrowded cells. dhs has not responded to a request for comment about this. >> tragedy in t'as. youve seen the aftermath of this deadly plane crash outside of dallas. what we learned today about what has happened and the victim's inside. >> closer to home. tommy m tly hashe scoop on the best fireworks in town this week. an early look at options for the whole family and, doug, how about the weather? >> heating up big time over the next couple of days just in time for the fourth. right now beautiful weather and temperatures in the 80s. 90s coming back and a chance of storms coming back big time as we head towardthe fourth. s

all right. we're back with a look at our current tperatures outside. it's a lot more pleasant out there today than it has been the last few days. i'm sure you noticed that, but the heat and humidity that we've had is coming back soon. doug's got your full forecast here in just about two minutes. >> so, there's a new technicolor exhibit set to open this weekend at the museumibf the , and we want to give you a peek inside. it's called the tapestry of nd light, a it's the first visual interpretation of the story of john apocalypse. this is an entirely immersive experience. you can walk through the exhibit as a light show plays all around you. the exhibit opens this saturday,

and it looks really cool. very interesting to see. >> another treat for your eyes as well. news 4 working for you in the community wherstwe got a f look at public art that's transforming the entrance to the old town area. for years this is what you would see if you passed along main street. this is what it looks like today. there's the letters of the town purcellville? >> nothing but positive comments and energy all year th i'm here. feels good. i'm not out here for nothing. people really eny it and se to want me to finish. >> reporter: that's the artist, and she says expect to be finished with this by the end of the month. soon after that another artist is going to be transfming this wall in the heart of old town purcellville.ur >> you know tommy mcfly has

his finger on the pulse ofe evthing that's popping out there. >> night life, fashion, dining. tommy is always up on "he sceth and that's why we're launching a brand-new segment called "the scene." ommy will tip you off on the hottest eventsd things to do around the area. he starts us off with a rundown on july 4th fireworks.♪ ♪ >> reporter: of course, the big national celebration right behind us on the national mall, but there are fireworks all around our region. in fairfax atairfax high school, the city of fairfax is having their celebration. starts around 7:00 with balloon artists and face painters, all the things for the kiddies. in montgomery county once aga they are doing the independence celebration and show. this is at matty stefanek papan.

prince george will ave their big celebration at parking lot 1 the umd. show up for the fun and for the ireworks and for the music and ringing in our independence day. there are many, many, many, many more fireworks all around our region, and, of course, we've got firework finder up on our apps. >> those fireworks start going off at dusk. "the scene" is your go-to source for the latest ents, and as tommy said there's a whole lot to see and do all this week. en the nbc washington app and search "the scene" to check it all out. >> it would be great if on ni fireworks ht we had the weather we have tonight. the heat is not bad but the humidity or the lack of humidity i should say. >> what's the one thing we don't want? >> rain. >> rain. >> it's possible. you know, we've got fireworks displays going on and some on the 2nd and some on the 3anrd d the 4th that are some o the biggest ones around town, and it

does look like we have the best chance to see rain on thursday, july 4th. more about that in a secori. ght now outside, a really nice day. 've seen temperatures in the 90s. six days in a row, told you it would be a prettyea long ht wave, and the hottest day was saturday with 96. right now downo 87. that's the high temperature so far today with winds out of the north at 6 miles per hour. cloud cover and a little bit in the way of haze. as a matter of fact, a very nice afternoon. 6 in leesburg and 85 culpepper and 86 towards huntingtown. vhe average high is 87 so we're right around aage for today. we've been above average for so long. take a look at the radar. nothing to show you in our area. or the next dayr so. this is tomorrow. again, here's tomorrow morning. future weather, timing it out for us through 00. no problem through 1:00. tomorrow, another great day to get weather outdoors. we're going to start the heat up quickly and with that we'll see a couple of showers and thunderstorms developing. most likely in our western zones in frederick and leesburg and

winchester around 4:00, 5:00 and around 7:00, 8:00, 9:00 tomorrow evening and notice these are few and far between. this is not a lot of rain. only a 20% chance of those storms happening tomorrow. tomorrow wednesday and thursday a little bit of a differentry sto we're tracking a few systems and back off to the west where they are trying to make it our way. a big ridge of high pressure which means warm air is starting to build in the middle part of the country. 90 degrees inky kentucnd 86 in chicago and 92 in nashville and that warmer air is going to ove back in our area. we had one day of heat relief. yesterday we had 92. tomorrow i'm going right back into the 90s. 94 degrees is where i'm going. the heat returns and not too humhough. the humidity really starts to creep up during the day on wednesday. isolated thunderstorm and most of us on the drier side. a 40%. chance look at thursday. 60% chance of afternoon storms and a high of 92 degrees. this is really interesting to see how much rain we see and if

re headed down towards the festivities down towards the lincoln memorial for the fourth of july fireworks going off there, 82 dgrees at 6:00 and 85 by 9:00. this is a time where i would expect to see some rainfall. hopefully it'o over by 9:00 we can get the fireworks going off, but this is something that we'll have to wait v and seey closely and we'll be watching it for you. you know that. 90 degrees on friday if we can go et the, because riday, guys, looks like a lot of clouds and rather stormy on friday, too. much me on this. we'll talk about thes weekend a well because a lot of us have a four-day weekend. >> s>>e of us. ot all of us. that's for sure. >> thanks, doug. >> a little later on. >> we're going to check out doug, the weather warrior. >> this -- i cannot wait to see. doug will have toar with us running the "amerrran ninja running the "amerrran ninja waior"

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through local schools and community programs. >> we take the money that is donated through our organization and ourpa nership with first book and then we're able to really come into those communities and make a big difference. over the pastive years, the group has given away more than a million books to children in need. >> i was going to give the kids something to do during the summer. >> it's great. >> all right. >> thank you, pat. meghan markle may now be a britih duchess, but this weekend she took on america'sav fite path time. >>. >> a look at the gifts that the parents got for baby archie. >> the new mom taking a rare fr break om maternity leave to welcome america's pastime to london for the veryst fir time, includg red sox star mookie

betts. >> my great great greao-- >> saide a distant relative of meghan. re we'mehow. >> both teams came bearing gifts for baby archie. >> back at home, caring for baby archie now 8 weeks old has been a team effort. >> yes, they have meghan's mother over for the fir few weeks to help them settle down but after that it was just the two of them. >> according to a new article in "vanity fai meghan isvo sang her new role cooking organic meals with her family and doing yoga with her mom doria instead of working out with a trainer. i was told by a very close source meghan has not been in a hurry to get her figure back. she's been focusing on her baby. new reports that babyie ar christening will take place next weekend with meghan and harry reportedly opting for a smaller more private affair than william and kate chose for their three

children. meghan and harry chose thisiv pre chapel in windson because it's secluded and far from the public eye which means anyone hoping to get a glimpse of baby archie will have to wait for the parents to release the vorite christening photo. >> the world is still waiting. everyone wants to see the little guy. >> there we go. george washington spinning in his gave now. the british embracing the yankees. that's notupposedto happen. >> and then there's that. >> you would bring that up. >> well, still ahead other, new research suggesting what we need our children is contributing perhaps to a spike in cases can autism. >> we'll break down those findings for you. plus, federalon investigators texas.dly plane crash in where the probe is going next. >> and a look at preparations for the fireworks show on the mall mall the chief.

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>> i'm wendy regger to get you caught up on four things that you need to know. >> investigators are investigating a shooting on two levels outside of macy where two people got into some kind of truggle. one person pulled a gun. witnesses heard as many as four shots. they transported one pers to

the hospital with serious injuries and at is point there's been no charges filed. also ing, a guilty plea in the death of three siblings. 5-year-old twins alexander and rosalie and their 1-year-old brother isaac were killed on impact. thomas hawks is facing 36 years in pon. he admitted that he was at fault in this dui crash. the children's parents recovefrd their injuries and a judge is set to sentence hawks in september. prosecutors in alexandria, theyill notretry that man who killed a popular store manager. instead, they will accept an insanityplea. pankaj bhasin killed brad jackson inn old town business last july thinking the victim was a werewolf. bhasin's trial ended wth a hung jury in march. and so many activity around the lincoln memorial as crews

are getting set for the big fourth of july celebration this week. ere's going to be so much security this year because the president is speaking. so far police say there's no imminent threat at these events, and police say they are also prepared for a lot of protests which they are expecting because of the president's involvement this year in the fourth of july festivities. back to you. o >> and becausethat, you know, wendy, he's got just a few more days until the fourth of july fireworks, organizers are saying this show is going to be the biggest in d.c. history. >> the launch site is also being moved to a new spot, west potom park instead of the lincoln memorial. aimee kh aimee cho gives us a look at t setting upt day. >> reporter: these are usually the fireworks that we see on the fourth of july, but before any of that can happen, all of this has to happen. welcome to the new laun site for d.c.'s fourth of july fireworks. >> this is a subsite.

>> reporter: chr santoriis in channel of designing the show and he and his crew have been working all year long hand never put on the same show twice. >> we're very much like kids in a candy store. the hand stands up, goose bumps. >> reporter: here's how it workks the fireworre placed inside these boxes and launched through these tubes here. everything about fireworks has to be so precise. that's why they use protractors to measure the exact angle. theolks who make these fireworks say this year's show will be the biggest in d.c. history. the new launch site is larger than the older one meaning it can fit more fireworks, and this year the show will be about three minutes longerha t before. >> like a wedding. you have a year's worth of work and then it's all gone for us in 20 minutes. >> reporter: even though the show is moved, santore says you can see it from all the old spots, and this year they are opening extra places for people to watch like at the lincoln memorial. everyone that has spent their blood, sweat and tears putting

it together, we all get so excited to produce this. >> porter: with less than a week to go, the team is fired up to make history. at west potomac park, aimee cho, news>> 4. well, it is the first day of july which means a slew of new laws went into effect across th. are >> it limb pact a lot of things, including how you eat and drink, and get ready to use paper straws in d.c because of these new laws. plastic straws in bars and restaurants off limits unless those places want to pay a big fine. businesses could be charged up to $200 if they are still hapgd out plastic straws to customers. however, there will still be a small amount of straws available. >> if you live in maryland, restaurants will start doing away with the styrofoam cups and to go boxes that. law took effect and restrants have a full year to entirely stop using them. the state now has to reach out to businesses to inform them out the new ban. maryland is the first state to

ban foam containers in an effort to fight pollution. >>and invirginia, you now have to be 21 to buy cigarettes, vaping products oob any tacco products in the state. that number going up from 18, although there is an exception for active duty militar members. right now in the nbc washington app, we have a full list of every new law including information about child safety seats and driver's licenses. there are also changes to those laws, so search new laws in the nbc shington app. we're working for your health with a warning for pregnant women. the food you heat during pregnancy may increase your ld chi risk for autism. according to researchers at the university of central florida, high levels of a chemical typically found in processed foods can negatively impact the development of fetal brains. the chemical can change the cellular development of the child. instead, it wa published in the june publication of "scientific reports." >> having a vitamin d deficiency as a baby may lead to health

problems later in life. researchers at johns hopkins found that people with the deficiency were 60% more likely have elevated blood pressure between the age of 6 and 18. high blood pressure in childhood is arisk factor for developing heart disease as an adult. >> flaktia, not something that you hear about all that often, but climate flank may be helpint thecause it may be helping the deadly bacteria thrive in the places most of us vacation, the beaming. carolyn flemming's family is still shocked by her death. the 77-year-old died of a fla flesh-eating bacteria and a recent study suggests that rising ocean temperatures can help the bacterias thriving in waters previously unaffected. the cdc says that 1 in 3 people die even if they get treatment. >> one the earliest symptoms

would be an area of redness or swelling that's spreading rapidly, an area that's severely painful or associated with fever. >> experts say since most bacteria commonly enters the body through a break in the skin. youhould wash any cut you get immediately and avoid natural bodies of water, hot tubs and even pools when you're cut. mo on this deadly bacteria coming up tonight on "nightly thws." >> someg else that can be deadly. buses and pedestrians. when they are mix it had can be pretty dangerous. we hope youan stick around for "news 4 at 5:00" because coming up in the next half hour the news 4 i-team will show you new technology that could save lives. >> first though doug takes his best shot at the "american ninja warrior" obstacle course. we'll show you how far he got. what an effort, amelia. >> i cannot wait to see, that past as we look to the rest of the holiday week and weekend we haow scattered shs and storm chances in the forecast just about every day. not only are you thinking about the weather getting ready for

thebe bares but maybe one small thing to do help the

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. news 4 is working for u th in-depth coverage of our changing climate. as heat and humidity build back up this week, amelia joins us with some easy thingsou can do to cut down on greenhouse gas emissions. amelia. >> i'm calling this one small thing. heading out of town and you want to get the car washed before you do so.

guys, you think it's better for the planet to head to the car wash or wash tn car i your driveway? >> driveway. >> driveway. >> okay. >> i would say driveway, too. it's better to head to the car wash. based on research, you're going to use about 50 less gallons of water by heading to the car wash. they have to reuse their water and less pollution as well and when you wash it in the driveways you get the runoff and that goes into creeks and strings.up firing the grill, charcoal or gas. >> that's interesting. they both emit something. i'mgoing with the taste factor. charcoal. >> so if you want to go with taste, you might be going with a charcoal grill but gas grills will be much better. check this out. by using'r charcoal, you going to emit three times mo greenhouse gases for the same job. now some other tips for you, as far as your refrigerator goes when you're getting things out to get re for the barbecue. do you want to leave the door -- open and close the door as

quickly or possible or raise the temperature in your refrigerator to kind of not keep it as cool in there? >> well, now that's interesting, but i leave my door open a lot. >> yeah. so you want to try to keep the door closed as much as possible. that's where you get your biggest energy consumption from, and if you raise the temperature in the refrigerator, well, that could also spoil produce. also, if you want to cut down on meat, mix some mushroom in with thbu ers. i don't know but leon, if we're doing charcoal, we might be doing all meat in ourburgers. >> you got that right. you got th right, sister. >> thanks, amelia. >> and for a closer look at the impact our changing climate we invite you to open the nbc washington app and search chinking climate to see how it can affect yr fami your veney, your health andco eute. n>>ickingharcoal to the curb. >> sorry about that. >> a tough one. >> you're a meat guy. >> the two just naturally go . geth yeah. it's hard to beat the weather out there today if we're

ut there grilling, one way or another, gas or charcoal. doug and amelia are coming back with a look at when the heat and humidity will moveack in on us and how storms could affect your fourth of july plans. >> and new information abouta that trdy in texas. ti've just learned the names of ti've just learned the names of four of the vic.ms z3a66z z16fz

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the ntsb is on the scene in texas trying to figure out what caused a plane to crash into a hangar yesterday morning. all ten people on board died. >>aynbc's j gray wports,th the pilots dead and the plane destroyed, investigators will have to look for other clues toa figure out wwent wrong. >> reporter: images from the scene detailed the horror of the crash. >> everybody just stand by. we had an accident on the field, so expect not to go out any time soon.: >> reportertnesses say the

twin-engine beechcraft was struggling to leave the runway veering left and ripping through a hangar. >> it crashednto a building. >> reporter: the two pilots and ll eight passengers on board died. in an email to students and faculty, john paul ii high school identified four of those on board, a member of the class of 2022, her brother dylan, their mother and step-father brian ellard and a dallas commercial real estate brokerage has confirmed steve thielen and his wife gina died in the crash as well. ntsb investigators are poring througre the wckage now focused on a number of factors, including the pilot's experience, the coition of the aircraft, the weather and communications with the tower. >> this is just the fact-gatring stage, and i would suspect that within possibly two weeks we'll have a preliminary report out. >> as a fractured community now

struggles to say good-bye. >> jay gray, nbc news, dallas. >> all right. well, we want to switch gears now to something much nicer. >> yeah. i mean, the weather today, hey, i mean, after six days in a rove 90 plus, we earned a little bit of relief. >> after what we had to live with in the next five or six ys here. >> unfortunately it's coming on a monday. >> the nicest day out on monday. >> on a sunday. >> come on >> timing is everything. >> it really is. >> as weove on to the next couple of days we want this on fourth of july. lfortunately it doesn'tok like that's going to happen. the heat isuilding and the humidity is building and a chance of thunderstorms is buildingight up until the 4. let's take a look at how things are going out there right now. temperature wise, a lot cooler than is been. no. we'll not hit 990 today. right now at 87. i can't completely say we won't. maybe 89. opt right now 87. temperatures drng to the 80s so a beautiful evening this evening if you're going to be

out and about on your monday night. no problem at a84l. gaithersburg and 86 oer annapolis and huntingtown coming in at 83 degrees. nothing on the radar. we won't see any storms today. no showers and we're not expecting anything, and tomorrow is a little bitre of a diffe story. we've got a couple of systems. notharg around our ea. the storm that came through and brought us severe weather. it's spinning way off the coast. that's allowing clearing skies and in behind it we'll see another system and it gets rather unsettled again just like last week as we make our way into tomorrow and especially wednesday, thursday and friday. tomorrow, 94. the heat returns big time once mid n and not too tomorrow. you will notice a difference, however, and we're talking an isolated p.m. storm and we really start to see the heat and humidity return on wednesday and then, amelia, we're talking fourth of july and the one word we're using here is stormy. >> yeah.y, unfortunatn the 4th, so if you're headino t fireworks

tomorrow night maybe in bowie, only a small chance for an isolated thunderstorm. you should be just fine onne weday. maybe you're heading out to six flags. want to be ready to pack up there. a 40% chance for storms on wednesdayutevening, b would i still plan on going and, of course, thursday, we have the fourth of july fireworks pretty much everywhere ese around town. definitely stay tuned to the forecast. do not cancel plans right now, but we're really going to be able to refind timing and impact as we get closer to the fourth but right now we have a 60% chance for thunderstorms in the forecast thursday afternoon and evening. in fact, here's your fourth of july planner. starting off the day mild and muggy. mid-70s. but lunchtime maybe you're having a barbecue and havfrng nd and family over. we're pushing 90 degrees. plenty of clouds and scattered showe a and thunderstormsound for the afternoon and evening hours. could see really heavy rainfall with highs in the low s and the humidity is not too bad tomorrow, so forat the hendex i started it at wednesday. it goes through sunday. pretty much, doug, the big

takeaway is we're at 99 or triple-digit heat index and mu pretty on into the weekend. that mugginess is closing in on wednesday. >> it's coming back by wednesday. what you just said about wednesday and thursday. don't cancel plans, still waiting and honing in on this forecast. do have a plan "b" coming out to fireworks on tuesday. 90 degrees on friday. definitely expect friday will thestormiest day and maybe even durg the day and even the afternoon like wednesday and thursday. still rather humid as amelia mentioned on saturday and sunday nd a little relief next week, kind of like what we've got out there today, and itooks like we could go right back to around 90 degrees so july is definitely starting off on a warm note fter -- after june has been cool. we hit the 990s pretty qukly we take a look at next week or so. >> all right. you've been pretty active lately. >> i've been trying. >> we've been waiting for this one. >> waiting all day.

>> tonight "american ninja warrith" takes its show on road to baltimore, and top athletes will tackle what they call america's most challenging obstacle courses. >> top athletes and some other guys thrown in there as well like this guy. our own doug kammerer. he got a chance to visit the set during the competition and want to tellus it. >> it was great. got to go out there before the taping. this is the warped wall. oh, that'sot me. >> that's not you. >> i can't do that.at i wish t was me. that would be amazing if it was. there were about 100 people out there trying to take on the set out there in baltimore hoping t make it to tnals in las vegas, and i asked -- he's the show host. i asked him the talent is incredible. we have people in season five coming back again. one of the cool things going into season 11 is you have a history with the athletes.

we'vepeen them grow and get married and they aretill out here competing and getting better, vend then we' got new athletes, too. we >> here go. >> i could not resist it. >> the take it away, okay. >> across obstacle number one, >> all upper body strength here. >> way to go, doug. >> let's see it. >> spinning the wrong n.directio >> but i gain it back. >> i'm hanging on though >> you're arms have to be burning. >> how tough was this to do? >> incredibly hard.a i could h passed this up. if i had this one to do it again i would to it a little bit differently >> oh, no. >> oh, no. >> actually i'm not laughing at you. >> right. >> i'm laughing with you. >> yeah. i really wantedbstacle two because i think i could have gotten that. obstacle number three, no way i would have made it past that.

there's me trying the waed wall. i did get one hand on it. five tries, never got up there. >> built for little guys. >> that can control their body. >> and also takes a lot of training. >> oh, yeah. >> the people who work on this set are constantlyng traini. any of the guys who work on the could pass these. >> running up the curved wall. they save that for last. that looks like the killer. >> and some do the bigger one, too. >> one >> one more try. >> i don't know. will we get to see it. >> burks man, it was great. they gave me some parents, and here you go. try. this one thing you want to do on the warped wall, when you're running you lean forward. when you go wa the ed wall you're supposed to lean back, and that was the hard thing, but i did -- i finally got my hand on i and i thought for sure i was getting up there. >> i got it. >> ost. >> so close. >> and yet so far. >> and so far away. >> that was fun though. >> going t do it next.

>> if they invite me to do it again, i'll thereby in a second. that a ton of fun. >> that wasurfantastic. o weather man warrior. our own ninja. >> a 20% chance. finishing that, everybody. >> perfect. i'm thinking you did it on purpose just to get wet and cool off nice job. >> yeah. >> really nice job. >> we would have failed just getting out of our cars in the parking lot. that's as far as we would have gone. >> tying your shoe strings. >> we'll see more that have af wr "american ninjarior" tonight at 11:00. >> okay. i hope so. >> good job, buddy. >> what else are we going to see? >> we h ve a warning for everyone. this is the usual thing we have to do every year because people do stupid things about buying and setting off your own fireworks. >> aimee cho with more on the illegal fireworks and the injuries to two little boys because of them. >> and an award-winning national columst is the targetedor swatting. >> after someone calls 911. police arrive and wake them up and handcuff and question m in

his own front yard. >> what we're learning about how this hoax even got started. we'll see you in just a few minutes with that story. >> thank you, both.

if you are just joining us, a little break from the hot, humid weather we felt over the weekend, but don't expect it to

last. next at 5:00, doug is back with when the heat returns, plus he racking chances for storms and rain on the fourth of july. a welcome change today forc uters on metro's red line. >> the silver spring turnback during rush hour is no more. news 4's justin finch has more on the new service and how this will improve the ride home for thousands of commuters. rail thousands of metro red line riders, today it kicks off a much anticipated service improvement ending what are called turnbacks. maybe you dealt with them. that's when some red line trains were turned back at the silver springs stop and directed back downtown, often leadrsng ride between silver spring and glenmont in a bind. >> i've been riding the metro for so lon and it's like more trains that are com will be really helpful. >> that's how the system worked for years until montgomery county uncilman and transportation chair tom hunger helped to launch a campaign to end those turnbacks.

he gathered more than 2,500 signatures in support, the backing of fellow council members and the community. future-facing move out of a much different past, the 1980s, when public trance yipt had different goals. what was ing on then that justified the turnbacks? >> oh, well,hat they said at the time is that they wanted to kp more of -- they call it the rolling stops, more trains, in the downtown area. >> the difference some have already seen. those who haven't maynotice seen. wait times for trains duri week and the weekends expected to be cut in half.t move follows the swathmore turnback switch on the west sid of the redne back in december and today kind of like christmas. metro riders getting even more good news. >> all metro rail passes will now come one limited metro bus des at no additional cost. >> that was justin finch reporting. that change is going to make a huge difference for so many

people.4 "news at 5:00" with jim and wendy starts right now. and we begin with breaking news on this monday. shots fired outside of a popular mall in o area. >> shoppers on edge. one person was taken to the hospital with serious injuries. police tell us twole got into a struggle hereeo p in the garage of the pentago city mall this afternoon. >> and at someoint one of them pulled a gun. let's get right to news 4's mark segravesesho has the lat on this. mark? >> yeah, good evening. the police are still ting hereting this sh at the pentagon city mall. they are still talking to detnesses. it happened in the parking garage there. right outside the macy's entrance. but police want you to know is that while one man is fighting for his life this evening, there is no threat to the community. it h afternoon in the parking garage at pentagon city mall just outside the entrance to macy's. one person shot after gettingnt

ian altercation with another person. witnesses say they heard as many as four gunshots and minutes later police arrived. pol e say their investigati is focused on the fourth and third levels of the parking ndgarage. a un was recovered on the third level just by the entrance to macy's. >> we don't know what led up to the struggles. we're investigating everything that took place in the garage. >> so, again, all police will say that they know so far is that two people inside the garage onhe fourthlevel got into a struggle. a shot was fired, at least one shot, and one person was seriously injthed. ey say they have talked to how both people are involved and how they are not looking for any suspect at this time. that's the very latest back to you. >l right. mark segraves. mark, thank you. wendy. an award-winning national columnist startled awakeby police ordering him out of his prince georgounty home. that required was handcuffed in