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 his yard, and he did nothing

wrong. he was the victim of a hoax, something that we know now called swatting. news 4's meagan fitzgerald spok to the columnist about his terrifying incident.te >> repor leonard spitz an award-winning journalist for "the miami herald" based in prince george's county. >> pulitzer prize, commentary 2004. this is the citation. >> reporter: b he's also a full-time grandpa. >> you know i know how to put my seat up. porter: on sunday morning just before 5:00, he temporarily became a murder suspect. >> never beenst arred, and technically wasn't arrested then and never had handcuffs on before. >> reporter: pitts was sleeping wh his phone rang. was bowie police calling after a 911 callerhe contacted about a crime happening inside pitts' home. >> the caller on the line stated that he had murdered his wife and that he was going toho the police when they arrived on the scene. the caller gave the address in

the 500 block of nebraska lane. >> the caller gave pitts' address so poli called asking him to com >> they brought me out to right about here. put my cell phone down right about here. >> putting him in handcuffs before getting his granddaughter, daughter and wife marilyn out of the house. >> and then i saw leonard re standing thein handcuffs, and i said who else is in the house? who else is in the house and i'm like what's going on? what's going on? >> the police chief john neske says it took less than 30 minutes for police to realize it was a prank from a random caller. >> i apologized for theru dision and now we're in the investigative mode where we're trying to find out where the call came from and track the source. >> the chief says he personally tmadehat apology, and while the pitts are still shaken up, they are al grateful for the way police handledld what cou have been a dangerous situation.

meagan fitzgeral news >> we're going to have more on the swatting hoax and what police are saying about police department hours after the scary encounter. that's coming up at 6:00 this afternoon. we're also learning more about a double shooting in the district. a man who was thought to be at vicim has now been charged with meder. policay 21-year-olduane garmeny killed christopher payne in an alley on w street northwest. when police arrived both men were shot. garmany was not serisly hurt but payne died at the scene. a man pled guilty in a dui crash that killed three little siblings. we first told you about this tragedy in december. the driverammed into the family's vehicle on indian head highway. thomas hawks is facing 36 years in prison now. new 4's tracey wilkins is live up inner marlboro with the emotional reaction from their parents. try? >> reporter: well, we learned

today in court that his blood-alcohol level was twice the legal limit and what that ik looked l he was incapable of standing. he couldn't walk anywhere without assistance. aton point police set him on the guardrail and he fell over and when they put him in the patrol car he fell asleep and today in court he took responsibility for the dui crash that claimed three young lives. >> it's bittersweet moment. we're sotappy tha this is almost over. >> reporter: ile mejia famy has been saved from a lengthy nd trial aaving to relive the unspeakable details of the crash that killed all of their children. >> you just everything replaying inha your head in whatever you remember that day, and -- and that and everything else is why we just want this o all tend. >> reporter: today 27-year-old thomas hawks pleaded guilty accepting responsibility for the dui crash that killed 5 years twins alexander and rasalie and

1-year-old isaacejia. hawks' vehicle slammed into the back of the family vehicle when they were stopped at a red light on indian head highway last december. >> we were coming from church. they didn't deserve to leave. we had so many ambulance them. >> reporter: the parents were both injured in the crash and are expected to live wif the pain o those injuries for the rest of their lives. they are also living with the pain of no longer having their eyildren. last monday th experienced the twins' first birthday since their death. >> and we had to sit at their grave site missing out on the plans that we had for them graduating kindergarten. >> hawks is out on bond. he's expected to return to court in september for his sen tension, and the judge will be the one to hand down that sentence. he's looking at up to 36 years in prison and a $45,000 fine.

reporting live in upper marlboro, i'm trace wilkins. back to you in the studio. >> such a tragic story. tracey, the outbreak of violence continues to plague the district. there was a triple shooting over the weekend and one was a drive-by shooting that left two young children inj ed at a bus stop in southern avenue and southeast. wamayor muriel bowser ts people to speakp about the violence. >> the whole community needs to be outraged at what transpired, and everyone who knows something about the ca needs to come forward. >> a 20-year-old man was also hurt. all three victims are expected to recover. police are looking for the driver of a dark-colored sedan who is said to be behind this violence. got a warning tonight from the d.c. fire marsh after a child loses several fingers to fireworks. news 4's aimee cho is live forn us i tenleytown. it's a familiar story, aimee.

>> reporter: hi, jim. absolutely, and it's an important reminder that these fireworks stands are the only places you should be buying from, ones that are licensed. summer has just about, but already we've seen two young boys badly injure their hands because of illegal fireworks. i want to show what yo we're talking about here. these arem- s archery bomb fireworks, and d.c. fire says tho they thought they could throw them on the ground qseuick tly instead the fireworks explodedi side their hand. those boys are expected to be okay, but this is an important safety reminder thaty most ts of fireworks are banned in d.c. one of the only types you can use is sparklers, but d.c. fire says every year they get reports of people selling homemade foyer, out ofbackpacks or the unks of their car. those are incredibly dan rous because you don't know what materials are in them. >> none of these fireworks are

supposed to be on our streets, 'rt we know that they are out here, and we going to do everything in our power working together as a city to get rid of them, to prevent any more injuries from o>>urring. eporter: and the punishment for illegal fireworks in d.c. is possibly jail time and/or a fine of up to $2,000, and in montgomery and prince george's county, they want you to know that all fireworks are illegal. so, if you had planned on setting some off, you'll probably want to think of a plan "b." jim? >> so unfortunate that some people don't learn theirunlessos l it's too late. aimee, thanks a lot. a good a look at the forecast. the end of our first heat wave this summer. >> but don't despair, if you love the heat whi wendy and i do, doug carpaler is in the storm center for a look at the rest of the week. >> right back into the 90s. today a nice little reprieve for the six days in a rove 90 degrees or more. saturday, by the way, 96 degrees

and heat dex over 100. take a look at this. a nice shot across our area. notice a little haze in the atmosphere. current temperatures sitting at 87 degrees. ocean city at 78. beautiful there. hagerstown 85 and 88 in richmond and not a single 90 right now on the map, but that is going to change tomorrow, and it's going to change in a big way. the heat returns tomorrow tracking more storms this week, and, of course, that means we're watching out for the fourth of hjuly. heat, idity, storms, all in the forecast for the fourth. i'll time it out for you and break it down. i'll have the latest on that anb see yk here in about 15 minutes. >> and we have a new warning from the phone as weet ready for the fourth. just ah d howe mall and surrounding area are being prepared for the president's independence day speech. >> plus, a front-runner slipping while another candidate rises. the latest from the campingn trail he wake of last week's democratic debates. i'm scott macfarlane in blacksburg, virginia on a closed street. this is whereiv the sity of

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tonight the news 4 i-team investigates b blind sports. more people are walking on our streets this time of year and residents and tourists are crowding that crosswalk.ic government offls and transportation researchers are trying to make the crosswalks safer starting with the biggest vehicles on the road. ourysctoo tt better rotect you, and a warning thats report disturbing. >> few work harder. >> nice and tight. >> to move fast. >> clasp it. >> than tina nigl a personal trainer who used to beat the traffic on foot in aunington l one night in march 2016. >> i didn't usually go that way

home. >> she crossed 16th street in the right of way in crystal city. >> i was 15 feetnto the crosswalk and trapped underneath. >> i didn't have time to scream. >> a pedestrianaved me and stopped the bus. >> another pedestrian intervened to stop the bus. >> he banged on the bus a told him to stop. >> reporter: she was rescued by firefighters and traumatic injuries to her legs that required eight surgeries and years of rehabilitation. she sued the transit ancy and settled for a confidential amount. >> the bus didn't even see you? >> i don't think he did. >> reisrter: some collns are deadly. just last december a tour bus struck and killed a woman in a crosswalk in downtown d.c. the nation's capital is saturated with tour bus and there's 1,000 local aa transit buses so the i-teamviedreew nd

20 people gethit >> it's a problem here in the d.c. y eryear. egonir. coun member evan glass worries that the accenidicnd heavier reliance on public transportation. >> people areinos cg to wa lk b forms of transportation, and so we need to modernize and update our rules a regulations. >> reporter: makingad the safer is just part of the solution. transpwtation researcher and croom is, working on technologies to help alert the drivers. allay be looking left when of a sudden somebody jumps out t>the right. > and the pedestrian on the street. >> up to 20 pedestrians don't look up before they cross traffic. >> the problem is so significant they are testing possible solutions here in blacksburg at virginia tech trying it find a way to make the streets safer he drivers ians and and passengers of the buses and cars. use a dummy,e croom's tam shows

us why so many people on foot are at risk. >> the mannequin is ready. >> repoer: the bus takes turns at five miles per hour, the same speed fast walkers or joggers move creating a movd g blin spot. >> at some point the bus may be matching the speed of the technology. >> they are attracting new technology. >> the system automatically triggers the brain whkes when ts gets too close. >> it would give an audible tone and the red lht goes off. >> reporter: the technology is still under development but local transit accidents are rying to eliminate these typ of accidents through training and they are trying to catch the eye of pedestrians. n ni riders use video technology and loudouounty has added an internal and external camera so bus operators can better see their surroundings and ontgomery county says warning devices are being installed on all besses.

>> an announcement wi come out saying caution, this bus is turning. >> reporter: r fo d wnoisth trauma behind her. >> it's made me focus on thingsd i sho have cused on before. >> reporter: a goal she's willing to achieve one step at a time. >> so much more on this story. see it onou nbc washington app and see how the local transit agencies are training the bus drivers tohe better position bodies so they have a better sight view so they can avoid hitting pedestrians. you can also send the i-team any king that they should be l int well, let's turn into fatigue behind the wheel. the u.s. transportation department is moving to relax drive time rules for truckers. right now truck drivers ar only allowed to be on the road for a maximum number of hours in a day. now, that means sometimes they can't complete their journey,

few if they are just a minutes from their destinations the trucking industry has pushed to change some of the rules to make the hour limits more flexible but highway safety advocates warn changes could make the roads less safe at a time when driver fatigue is a growing problem. the government's own internal watchdog warned dire conditions at a texas border station. this happened as far back as may. nbc news has obtained the report prepared by dhs inspector general. that report said agentsere paso station because th feared riots could break out. it also says there were only four showers for nearly 800 migrants being held there. more than half the migrants were being held outside. others kept in overcrowded cells. as late as last week the trumpn admiration refuted reports about the poor conditions at the border stations calling them

unsubstantiated. >> been a shake-up for the 2020 cratic presidential candidates after last week's debates. there's a new poll out tonight that shows movement after that pivotal moment between joe biden and kamala harris. as nbc's chris pollone ports, the moment has also turned harris into a target. >> reporter: for democrats out p on the camgn trail, a new week and a new reality, movement after the first primary debates. a just released poll from c morningnsult shows the front-runner vice president joe biden slipping down five points and still in front at 33% while senator kamala harris is up six. >> it's a long primary season, and -- and it's very tough to start at 40% and hold on to that. >> reporter: harris hit biden itursday on his past oppn to court-ordered busing to desegregate schools. >> i do not believe you're a racist. >> reporter: while harris' confrontation demonstrated beughness there, could consequences later. >> there's a conversation going

on about whether or not she is going to face a backlash. black voters and members of the congressional black caucus are wondering if that's the kind of hing that down the road will be looked upon as a mistake. >> reporter: harris brought in ursmillion in the first 24 after the debate. >> i do think that joe biden has to do a eset on his campaign when it comes to having a conversation about race. >> reporter: the california senator's rise meanshe's now a big target. on twitter dwump jr.uestioned harris' race and several democratic rivals rushed to condemn the attack and biden called it dsgusting saying racism has no place in america and he asked about her ethnicity and deleted the tweet because he believes people misconstrued his attempt. a new effort tosancrease ety on the road, but it's not making sense to every driver out there. just ahead, adam tuss explains the markers that are now popping

up on roads in the district. >> and a return of hotter temperatures and, yeah, that midity is coming back, too, folks. doug is next with your forecast as we go out withorhat gous shot from national harbo

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>> nomidity today, clear blue >> at's what you get after a thskies. nice little storm comes through. we saw that over the weekend. very hot and humid and today a little reprieve. we need that before the heat and humidity comes right back tomorrow, and it b will comek tomorrow or pretty quickly out there. first of all, i want to show you the things a.und town today how about this. chopper 4. can we find out where this was? >> no, we didn't, but it's somewhere where they have boats. >> yes, they have boats. >> there's boats out there, and there's some water. a pper 4 is over the area little bit earlier and take a look at even some sailing going on out there a little bit earlier. very nice, i'll tell you. wouldn't it be nice to be on a boat right there. out there, the temperatures sitting at the 87-degree mark inside the city and that's where we werendast hour. wiout of the north at 6 miles per hour. as we look towards the rest of the afternoon, everybody in the mid-80s. there's no 90 anywhere on this board. today was the one day that we see temperatures fall below the ng-degree range. we're not goi to see anything

until tomorrow afternoon, and by tomorrow afternoon, few and far between. 8:00 a.m., no worries. stepping out front door, you're a-okay. noon, 1:00, stillon the drier side, and the good news sweel get on the hot side and the humidity not too b of a factor just yet. it starts to increase and here's a chance of storms around 4:00. watching a boundary making itso way hrough and could see a couple of showers. now, notice, again, most of us on the dry side on your tuesday. i really think today and tomorrow the driest of the next seven days or w so because're going to get intoat th continued trend of hot, humid thunderstorm activity and just like we saw last week, and you can see we've got some storms in the middle part of the country developing. some of the heat coming o way, too. look at the heat in the middle part of the country. a lot of people into the 90s, and those 90s willck move into the area tomorrow. take a look at the forecast. high temperature tomorrow at 94 degrees. the heat returns in a big way, but not too humid tomorrow.

i'm not going to say 94 is going to be comfortable, but it will feel a little bit like last week. isolated afternoon thunderstorms. yeah, it'ssolated, but, again, juskeep a watchful eye on the sky. much better chance on wednesday. about a 40% chance. a on thursday 60% chance of storms and 92 degrees there and a pair of94 s. let's take you hour byan hour if you're heading towards the mall, big festivities going on all across the region, butis th he concern here. could be a chance for some storms. 87 degrees. rather stormy around 6:00, 00. i'm hoping that they come to an end by 9:00 but some of the latest data has some of the showers and storms going all the ay through thursday nignd right on into the day on friday, so friday rather stormy, too. we may not hit 90 on friday if we havough clouds and shower activities around and back into the 90s as we head in towards the week dwremptd chanend. a chance of storms on thursday afternoon. something we'll continue to watch. don't cancel plans yet for the 4th and keep a watchful eye and

right here on nbc 4. >> we'll do it, doug. thanks. whencke come ba at 5, the wild weather scene thousands of miles to o south. some compare it to bebeing stuck in a slurpee. wait until you find out wheret s was. amelia joins us with an intense storm that turned a city in mexico into streets of frozen slush. >> just three days to go before the fourth of july, the president reportdly making another request for his salute to america. i'm corey smith. we'll have the very latest on rationsurth of july cel coming up next. and in alexandria, new developments for the man who said he thought he was fighting a werewolf when we brutally killed a popular store owner in

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back now at 5:30, a look at some of our top stories. police are trying to figure out parking garage at the pentagon city mall. they say two people got into an argument outside of the macy's store. at some point one of them pulled out a gun. one of them was taken to the hospital with serious injuries. investigators tell us there is no ongoing threat to the public. lt a gui plea today in the deaths of three siblings on indian head highway last -year-old twins alexander and rosalie mejia and their 1-year-old brother isaac died on

impact. thomas hawks faces years in prison. hawks admitted fault in the dui crash. the children's parents recovered from their injuries. a juge will sentence hawks in september. >> a hoax 911 call about a murder sent police scrambling to the home ofan award-winning columnist in prince william county. leonard pitts says officers handcuffed him in the early hours of the morning while they investigated. turns outt was a hoax called swatting. someone called the police with a fake story sending them to the pitts residence. fitz writes a column for "the miami herald." organizers say this year's l fourth of j fireworks on the mall will be bigger than ever. >> and it will also be a bigger task for police trying to keep you safe. the president will speak this year which means added security l around theincoln memorial. >> also today we learned about another request from theer commain chief. corey smith talked to park police about that.

cory? >> reporter: well, jim and wendy, we're just three days away from what's the biggest fourth of july celebration in d.c. history. the lincoln memorial is still getting prepared, and a lot of work is still being done for all the federal agencies who have come together for several months to makehower that this independence day is a safe one of the nation's capital. this fourth july will be filled with all themi far sights. ♪ and sounds of independence day in the nation's capital. president trump's presence is a new dynamic for thousand of people who will head downtown to celebrate and more importantly the police officers on hand to protect him. >> reporter: we start planning je july 4th and 5th if ever year we get hit with something that changes our dynamic and can be flat-fted and can't use the same plan over and over. >> the u.s. park police chief says this year's plan is still in the works, though he would

not confirm whether tanks or armored vehicles would be a part of the celebration after president trump made those requests. >> reporter: we don't have all the logistics nailed dowt at s point. we spotted crews in west potomac ark talking about the massive amount of fireworks needed to pull off the two displays and they are hoping that nearly a dozen groups have filed permits protests. >> we realize there are different threats, and we also realize that we have to focus on the behavior and actions of people to prevent that threat. the amazing part of this is the visirs coming to our event play a huge role in making this event safe. >> reporter: in other words, if ngyou see som say something to a police officer leaving you with plenty of time to reflect r on another y celebrating american independence. now we asked the police chief

about how many park police officers would be working on the 4th. he said for security reasons we no hot tell us and just like the d.c., olitan police in every officer is especksed to be ready to work on the fourth of ndjuly. jim awent, back to you. >> that's sort of an all hands on deck kind of event so from what i'veed experienc over the last 40 years. thank you, cory. you don't have to go to the mall to see great fireworks. head tohe nbc washington app with a full lives all the other shows going on in our area. got new details tonight on that deathly crash on the beltway thated kill a two-year-old girl. one girl died when her father hit a porti of theut o loop near branch avenue. the girl, her mother and sister had been in the us. for less than a week and her father moved

to the two years ago from ethiopia. former redskins quarterback mark rypien has been aested for domestic violence. he was arrested for hitting had his wife in the stomach last night, allegedly. during a court appearance is morning, rypien said the two were having anrg aument. he's pled not guilty. rypien played for the redins for seven seasons. since retiring he's been open about his struggle with depression and says it's possible he has cte because of all the hits he took during his playing days. the former quarterback was also arrested for domestic violence in to 17. the man who beautifully killed an alexandria shop manager last year is found not guilty by reason of insanity, now, ad m trial this year ended in aung jury and said they decided not to prosecute.

a man was stabbed inside his offices almost one year ago and today killer is found not guilty by reason insanity. >> no justice, insane or not. : >> reporterristian first was one of brad jackson's closest friends and remembers the day last july when psikaj bha grabbed a box cutter and drove and brutally murdered jackson because he thought jackson w a werewolf. >> i don't believe he knew what he was doing was wrong when he crime. ed the >> reporter: during the trial the defense sought a not guilty plea due to insanity but the trial ended in a hung jury. an overwhelming number of jurors sided with theinsanity plea and then they sent bhasin to a psychologist who returned the same psychology diagnosis that

the defense was a seeking back the trial. >> he'll in a secure mental facility for a significant amount of time with a team of yi doctors tr to treat him and assess his progress towards his pre-admin anhreat to public safety. >> reporter: this is probably not the result that jackson and friends want, friend,till honoring him around alexandria. this is big wheel bike. jackson regularly rode hits bike. >> a rather unique ride. >> that's a little piece of him right there. >> remembering him who had a deart bigger than the handle bars. w wilder, news 4. this afternoon bhasin's lawyer says while this is a or tragedy f jackson's family and friends, it's also a tragedy for the killer's family. the attorney says his clients severe bipolar disorder was the sole caus of this random

killing. wendy? driving has certai glytten interesting as yellowns pylore popping up at intersections all around d.c. hew officials are hoping they can make toads safer with thi pstuff. lus, new laws in effect now across the dmv, including one spawned by a news 4 consumer investigation. how we're working for you next? here's the rain outlook through the holiday week and into the day. we haveed scatter showers hand thunderstorms in the fore and any of these could have gusty wind and very heavy rainfall. not a huge threat for storms but in mexico over the weekend wait until you see what the storms

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a massive freakish hailstorm in mexico. >> look at this stuff. >> in july. here we >>are. yeah. >> this hail fell i xwa upadalajara. residents roque to roads and cars buried under three feet of icy slush. >> news4's meteorologist amelia draper is here to explain what created this strange weather system. >> this was like a thundstorm here in our area where we do get the hail, if you think back to a few weeks ago in upper northwest hawashington. was big enough to didn't many cars in the area. that happened tis weekend down in mexico in gaud haar a. now, t

wasn it wasn't storm, it was hail. i thiss what resident woke up to. we don't see this our area by any means. streets covered in hail. now the city there is at an elevation of about 5,000 feet, so it is higherup so as the storm system move through coupled with the higher elevation and the mountains there, it was able to produce this realy impressive convective storm system, so this is why we saw the hail, and, guys, it wasn't only hailfa ing from the skies. what we saw was also rain mixing in so when you're seeing these images, don't think that it was only hail falling. we saw the hail and rain mixing together and creating a slushy. we've all beento seven and that's what was in the streets of guadalajara sunday morning. hail piled up to four feet or more and guadalajara is similar to ellicott sit in our area. we'll have all the rainwater filtering down into the city along with the hail so as the

rainwater leaves and exits and drains down and we see the flooding go down, you're left with the air. that's a little more on the why guadalajara. >> slurpee or a frozen margarita. >> slushy. >> yeah, amelia, thanks. a warning tonight from the cdc about the heath of your swimming pool and a crypto parasite lurking in your waters. i'm adam tuss. what the heck are these, and why are they popping up all across the area?at

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h, it's july 1st, kind of hard to believe, right, which went a number of new laws into effect in d.c., maryland and virginia. one of the new laws com aonteme. the wesleycharles lapicki act n ed offer a third grader

who ded while helping a teacher operate one of the motorized partitions at his s ool. now the new virginia law prohibits anyone from opening or closing one of these powerful dividers while students are in the classroom or adjoining rooms. the only exception is if the wall hasty a sensor installed which will stop it from moving if somewhere gets in its path. this new law requires annual trafing for operatorshe motorized partitions. a new month means just teeny bit more money for workers in the district. today d.c.'s minimum wage increased 75%, so now it'sp to $14 and uhour. all employers have to pay this wage regardless of the size of the business. mayor muriel bowser sane that had law in 2016 and today she celebrated the increase with workers in the district. >> i've said many times that one of the most important ways that weian g more washingtonians a fair shot is by getting residents connected to

good-paying jobs. a pathway to the middle class for many people starts with good-paying minimum wage job. >> in montgomery county the minimum wage going up today, up to $13 fo employees that have large companies, larger companies and it will be around 12.5 for smaller and mid-sized businesses. also lots ofdriving-related changes in virginia. starting today the state can no ounger suspend your driver's license if y have unpaid court fines that are not related to driving, andin usa hand-held cell phone is now banned while driving in work zones. texting and e-mailing while driving remains banned on all roads, and there's now a tougher enalty for drivers who fail to move over when police or first respond remembers parked on the side of the road. it is now a misdemeanor instead of ju a traffic infraction. >> good. well, maybe you've seen them,

those bight yellow plasticpy ns popping up at intersections all across the district, but what exactly are they there for? our transportation reporter adam tuss has an explanation and how the new traffic calming devices are expected to make our roads safer. >> after 53 years of crossing th same intersection aida takes a little more timerom getting one side to the next. do you worry, you know, about the cars and the way the drivers are? yeah? >> reporter: they don't see me? >> they are not looking who is coming, nothing. yes, they are speeding, you know. >> reporter: and as she rightfully points out, speeding and turning, they don't mix. that's why d.c. is using more and more of these yellow pylona yellow striped devices, a lot more of them. we'5 got 8 locations across the distr pt and in place 85 of them and over the next year we'll put in the more. >> reporteey are known as left turn hardening devices or left turn calming devices

designed to toe protect pedestrians. >> the whole idea is to force drivers to go into the intersection and stay away from the crosswalk, more of a 90-degree turn which cuts down on the risk an accident. >> drivers are still getng used to them. >> i don't have an expert upon it. >> the say has said these intersections niece these devices. you can see that some of the devices have already been through the cycling. the cycling community is happy about it. >> and as far as aida, she got t across intersection safely and plans to keep doing so. in the district, adam tuss, news 4. we have somereaking news that's definitely going to affect your commute. these are life pictures from chopper 4. this is a multi-car crash on the

inner loop of the beltway between river road and the i-270 split as you're heading into montgomery county. one vehicle flipped over trapping someone inside. the inner loop is blocked off there, as u can see. that's a tremendous traffic backup past the american legion bre. again, this is everyone heading north into montgomery county virginia.part of this is between 270 -- between river road and i-270. >> horrible timing and i'm following montgomeryounty fire. that person has been extricated and totransported a hospital. >> it looks like it will continue to build because it doesn't look like they are letting anyone through. >> just a second, never mind. all right, doug, if you've got to be stuck in traffic or have a sunroof or convertible, that's the day to be in there. it's nice out te at least

today. >> no rain achnces, kind of got rid o the summer doldrums we've seen the last couple of days with all the heat and humidit and storms. we'll get back into that really on wednesday and thursy and, of course, thursday, fourth of july. show you what we're dealing with plenty of sunshine out there. a nice day. 87, yeah. still on the warm side and 87 is our average high temperaturethfr time of the year dropping to about 85 degrees by 7:00 and 76 by 11:00. going to be a nice night. 85 gaitherurgnd 87 dulles and annapolis 83, just gorgeous. no rain and we won't see any rain for the next 24 to 4 hours, and by that time in 48 hours i'm talking about better chance of showers and thunderstorms. tomorrow just a slight chance. no real organized systems anywhere. the only exception is right here. this is the one that helps bring

cooler air. we saw some of you in the 50s tomorrow but the heat returns. not too humanity. the big deal is just not the atat but the fact th the humidity is coming back. we're talking more of a heat index. no heat index today. i looked at it last hour. it was 87 degrees. the heat index 86de ees, actually a degree warmer. that won't be the case the next few days. >> tomorrow the humidity won't be that bad out there. 9 had might feel like, 96 97, so i didn't even put that on the bod here so this is wednesday, thursday, friday, saturday, sunday. what my eyes are immediately drawn to triple digits or close to it every single day, so we're talking about mugginess, moving into the area on wednesday a sticking around through the holiday weekend. your jourt of july,an pl

outside, wear light-colored loose-footing clothing. here's the fireworks outlook. now tomorrow nighte have fireworks out in bowie, the columbia country club and maybe thunderstorm. really, any fireworks displays area-wide should be fine. on wednesday a 40% chance for storms so maybe you're heading dow to six flags to check out the fireworks and elsewhere in the area. be ready to pack up and have the weather plan in place and at 40% once again most of us should be kay, and then we head to the fourth of julyen everybody has their fireworks displays an at that point we have a 60% chance for thunderstorms out there duringhe t afternoon and evening hours and i thatcludes that potentially at 9:00 p.m. if you want to stay ned to the forecast, don't cancel or change your plans just yet but know that is a possibility and we hstart off the fourt of july at 76 degrees and hit a high of 90, 92, so it's a hot one at well.

keep it with us right here on storm team 4. ot tomorrow and h and humid on your wednesday. 94 on thursdaynd a 95 on friday. bless you, jim handley. a good chance of showers and tomorrows and stay in the 90-degree rain all the wayug throh the next ten days. >> thanks very much working for your health now, a warning about asty parasite that could be lurking in swimming poolscality crypt crypt andcrypto for sure this. parasite cannot be killed by chlorine. soas a result outbreaks are increasing, increasingly signifantly over the last ten years. crypto can causeiarrhea that lasts for weeks. you get sick after you swallow the contaminated pool water. re than a thir of the recent cases studied have been linked to contaminating pools and water parks. >> >> if you watch the mystics play

this weekend you see a new face. the honorary captains at this team's annual pride game on saturday. there's meghan who shared pictures and kelly uses to play. great picks. >> an american teenager takes down her ido. one of the best to everlay the game. cori gauff, 15 years old upset 39-year-old venus williams in the first round a wimbledon >> i watched this at home and was on my feet the entire time. how is this for perspective? gauff was born in march of 2000. venusad already won four of her seven major titles by that

time. gauff has a nickname and it's cocoa. she game the youngest tennis player to win a match at wimbledon since1991, and venus and serena are both herd is. it's just incredible. she made history, and a footnote. she's from florida. >> good things do come out of orida. >> we've been waiting. so psyched. >> we'll go back to the breaking news occurring on the beltway right now on the inner loop just between rive road and i-270. it looks like a lane is started to move. this was a multi-car crash. one vehicle flipped over and one person was taken to the hospital. khey were extricated. traffic is bac up here past the american legion bridge. this is for miles, folks. >> but you can see that these are live pictures from chopper 4. one lane is now moving, but look at that backup. you've got, what, ve, six lanes of cars going into one. it is going to be -- you've got pack your patience if you're waiting for someone coming that

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county after a serious crash. this is a live look from chopper 4 flying over the scene. this is 270 split just beyond river yoad. >> river road and the gw parkway on the inner road. the crash involved three vehicles, one of which flipped over trapping someone inside. >> you can see one lane just opened up and is getting by now. traffic backed up all the way to the american legion bridge and beyond. we're going to continue to or this situation. of course, we're going to update you throughout the hour, but beware of this, and tak an alternate route if you can or get some extra work done before you hit the road because that's not going to go away any time soon. >> this is the worst time of day for that to happen. a guilty plea today in the death ofli three le siblings killed on indian head highway. >> thomas hawk admitted fault in therash and is looking at more than three decades in prison. >and tracey wilkins is here

with this live report. >> reporter: hawks was drunk that night, he fell over at oned point annderstood the gravity of what had happened because they say when they arrived at the police station he said to an sovers can you pleaseoot me and when the officer said no he said what do i have to do for t you shoot me? today in court -- >> we just want this all to end. we just wantis th to be over with. >> the mejia family has been spared from a lengthy trial ando having relive the unspeakable details of the violent crash that killed all of their en childr >> you just have everything replaying in your head from whater you remember that day, and -- and than everything else is why we just>>tep worter thomas hawks pleadedty