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 pleadedguilty

accepting responsibility for the dui crash that killed 5-year-old twins alexander and rosalie and 1-year-old isaac mejia. hawks' vehicle slammed into thei back of t vehicle as they were stopped at a red lies on indian head highway last december. hawks' blood-alcohol level was mo than twice the state's legaat limit. the scene he was unable to stand, and a one point he fell asleep in the police patrol ca. >> we were coming from church. they didn't deserve to leave. we had so many plans with them. >> reporter: parents alexis and juanita were both injured in the crash and are expected to live with the pain o fose they are also living with the pain of no longer having their chondren. last mday they experienced the twins' first birthday since d theirth. >> reporter: we had to sit at their grave site missing out on the plans that we had for them

as graduating kindergartners. n reporter: hawks is out bond as he has been since this accident happened unt his sentencing set for september. he's looking at the possibility of up to 36 years in prison and a $45,000 fine. reporting live in upper marlboro, tracey wilkins. >> just awful. >> thank you, tracey. we have a developing story out of northern virginia where one person is in the hospital ur seriously inj from a shooting just outside of a mall. that shooting just a few hours ago a a ping garage at the pentagon city mall. news 4's mark segraves joins us rom the scene with the details of how thisunfolded. mark? >> reporter: yeah, good evening, wendy. police are just wrapping up their investigation inside the parking garage here at the penton cityall. this happened just outside entrance to macy's on two different levels is where the investigatiois ongoing. police are not telling us much except that two people got into some kind of an altercationde

insiparking garage, a gun was fired and now one person is fighting for their life. police do say though there is no threat to the community. it happened about 1:40 this afternoon in the parking garage at pentagon city mall just outside the entrance to macy's. one person was shot after getting into an altercation with another person. witnesses say they heard as many as four gunsts and minutes later police arrived police say their investigationcu is fosed on the fourth and third levels of the parking garage. handgun was returned on the third level just to the entrance to macy's. all investigatorsnow so far is that there was a struggle between two people in the garage and one o them was shot. >> we don't know what led us to the struggle. we are investigating everythi that took place in the garage. >> reporter: now the shooting does not appear to have impacted shoppers or employees inside the mall at all. in fact, when i called the mall's main office thisoo afternwhile the

investigation was ongoing, they told me in fact they knew nothing about a shooting at the mall so there was never a lockdown here orfny type o evacuation. again, police have talked photo-op and iran is now in violation of the 20 is a nuclear deal. craig boswell joins us now with more. >> reporter: president trump said he invited the north korean leader to the white house following the made-for-tvoment this weekend. >> today washgton is asking what prompted president trump to take this hastily arranged

history-making step into north korea, surprise echoed by kim jong-un. >> never expected to meet you at this place. >> the president becoming the first sitting u.s. president to crohe demilitarized zone and on to north koreanl soiunday. >> just an honor to be with you. >> reporter: the president trying to cast the meeting in hopeful turns, but but criticsw nder if the president gave up a s iategic advantagen elevating the north korean leader and whether the made-for-tv moment was just that. >> i'm not really certain that the bromance diplomacy will lead to denuclearization agreement. >> the administration is pushing back against a "new york times" report that new nuclear negotiations that the two leaders agreed to start would be a freeze and analysts questioning wondering whether pyongyang would keep its nuclear arsenal. >> what we want him to do is destroy some of them with verification. curb their use, not just freeze, new production. >> reporter: north korea getting its mileage from the meeting

releasing a dramatic propaganda video complete with c. the nuclear deal with iran is also in focus as tran has broken a prior agreement due to the president pull out of the nuclear deal last year. iran and north korea face crippling u.s. sanions and the president is leaving open the possibility of dialing back the north korean sanctions. lee op, back to y. >> craig boswell reporting from evening. house this speaking of the white house, let's turn now to the race for 2020. a post-debate bump for senator kamala harris after her debate performance last thursday night. the first poll from onday morning consultants shows joe biden still at the top of the list there, but he had a five-point loss compared to a poll taken before. harris challenged biden and doubled her support.

she's now tied in that survey for third with elizabeth warren. the harris campaign also touting a financial boost saying they raised $2 f million innd raising dollars after that debate and the cmpaign for pete buttigieg, they released their second quarter figures totally nearly $25 million, more than three times their first quarter haul. >> new information about a deadly kayaking accident over the weekend maryland. we've now learned the victim was a secret service aspnt. cial agent stephanie hancock was on the severn river when her kayak overturned. hancock had been with the se set servicece 2007. the outbreak of violence continues to plague the district. over the weekend two people were killed and a triple shooting t left young kids hurt. they are just 3 and 6 years old. police say that they were at a bus stop when someone on southern avenue started shooting.

mayor muriel bowser wantspeople to speak up about the violence. outraged as we are that children rex posed to this violence and victim to this violence, the whole community needs to be outraged at what transpired, and everyone who knowsomething about the case needs to come forward. >> a 20-year-old man was also hurts good news ithat all three victims are expected to recover. for the w are looking driver of a dark-colored sedan. >> a woman is in custody as police decide whether she's goingo face any charges in a deadly hit-d-run on the bw parkway. it was the second fatal crashing on that road in just a few days. this one occurred saturday evening. it took the life of a bus driver stewart johnson. he was trying to change a flat tire when he was hit and killed just north of route 100 in anne arundel ounty, and the vehicle kept going. investigators later identified the driver at briany walton, a

woman who had warrants for unrelated charges in baltimore, and several new laws took effect today all across the dmv. >> it's july 1st, that's what happens this time of year. >> right. >> read all about them in our nbc washington app, but here are some of the highlights for you. in the district businesses that ovide plastic straws could face fines up to $800. minimum wage also increasing in the district from $13.25 to $1 an hour. and wages are also going up in montgomery county, going up to $13 an hour if you work with a large company and across maryland foam takeout contdners, they are now b. >> and you're going to have to be 21 buy any tobacco products virginia including e-cigs asell and lotto winners who take homeore than $10 million, they can now remain anonymous. also in the commonwealth, a change that could benefit more

than 600,000 people. it will will prevent courts from having driver's licenses suspended over unpaid court fees. the new change will remain in effect until june of 2020 i butt requires more legislative action to make it permanent beyond that. >> what a surprise to wake up this morning, and it was beautiful. in july, that dreaded humidity, it was gone. when is it coming back, because we know it's comiye back. >> , it's come back. you'll feel a little bit of it tomorrow and really into the day wednesday andy thursda humidity really going to make a comeback. ke y of you in the suburbs up into the 50s, a very nice ght and what has become a pretty nice day. take a look at our tower cam and a look past cathedral. a all in high temperatures today hit 88 degrees of the right now we're currentlys itting at 87 degrees across the area, and we'll continue to seat numbers coming down over the le next coup of hours. what are we lookingt moving on

through? >> 88 d.c. and only 858 in hagerstown and 87 degrees in richmond and 88 right now in roanoke. over the next couple of days, heat, humidity and we're talking thunderstorms justime for the fourth of july. i'll tell you about that coming up in a ew minutes. the holiday forecast and july 4th celebrations. tonight we're getting updated on what's planned and how it's looking from here. >> coming up, the new securit concerns and what the white house is requesting to roll along the national mall. also a new warning ahead of the holiday after aoung boy loses severale fing because of >>fireworks. > but, first, a swatting scare. police swarming a maryland home after a fake 911 call. hear from the journalist who ri tempora became a murder suspect. >> never been arrested and technically wasn't arrested then and never had handcuffs on before either. ed. chopper t's go back to 4 with breaking news on the accident on the inner loop in montgomery county. all but one lane is open after

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fake 911 call led to a unrrifying situation for a prince george's co family, and an award winni national columnist for "the miami herald" was accused of murdering his wife. he was the victim ofen a trd called swatting. news 4's meagan fitzgerald spoke with the writer and family and how police found out it was all fake. >> write about everything, l poitics, women's issues, gay

rights, race. >> reporter: leonard pitts has on several awards as a columnist. >> pulitzer prize for commentary 2004. this is the citation. >> reporter: but if you ask his 3-year-old granddaughter maya, she will tell you he's an aw d-winning grandpa, too. >> you know how i know how to put my feet up. >> reporter: on sunday morning just before 5:00 he temporarily became a murder suspect. >> never been arrested, and technically wasn't arrested then and never had handcuffs on before either. p >> reporter:itts was sleeping when his phone rang. it was bowie police callinga afte9 is11 caller called them about a crime happening inside pitts' home. >> the caller on the line state that had he had murders his wife and that he was going to shoot the police when they arrived on the scene. >> the caller gave pitts' s addreso police called asking him to come outside. >> reporter: they brought me out to right about here, put my cell phone down right about here. >> putting him in handcuffs

before getting his au granddaughter,ter and wife marilyn out of the house. > and then i saw leonard standing there handcuffed, and i'm like -- and the officer is yelling who sells in the house? who else is in the house? what's going on? what's going on. >> the police chief said it took less than 30 minutes for police to realize it was a prank from a random caller. >> i apologized for the digs corruption, and now we're in the investigative mode where we're trying to find out where the call came from andrack the source. >> the chief says he personally made that anapology,d while the pitts are still shaken up, they are also grateful for the way pole handled what could have been a dangerous situation. meagan fitzgerald, ns 4. >> they may consider it a prarng the folks who are doing the swatting, but police do this seriously. in one of the most high profile swatting cases a man was sentenced to more than 20 years in prison for making several

phone coles because in one of the responses to the lls a man was shot and killedy police. >> every year on the fourth crad police are trying to protect them. the president's presence is security equire more and today another request from the commander in chief. news 4's corey smith talks as they work hard to epare for the big event. cory? >> oh, wepdndy, it takes a yearo plan for the fourth of july celebration here on the fourth of july. the president's salute to america andthe request today adding new wrinkles and after speaking with the chief of police and u.s. park police no doubt they will be ready on thursday. >> we start planningor july 4th july 5th of every year because we know that every year we'll get hit with something that chaes our dynamic. >> reporter: enter president trump and his salute to america. his speech at the lincoln metarial and several flyovers will join the familiar

sights and sounds of the fourth of july in the nation's capital forcing park police to plan for a host ofnew contingencies. >> we can't be flat-footed and use the same plan over and over. >> reporter: the chief says this ar's plan is stil the works though he would not confirm whether tanks or armored vehicles would be a part of the celebration after reports that president trump made the request. d we dot have all of those logistics nailedown at this point. >> reporter: we spotted crews in west potomac pk unloading the massive number of fireworks l needed to p off the second of two displace on thursday. the chief hopes those are the onlyireworks pe will see. by bulletin sent the fbi last week warned of a potential for a terrorist attack and there will be several protests in the area a that is all common for crowds with this size. >> we need to focus on the behaviors a actions of people to prevent that threat.

the amazing part of this is the visitors coming to our event play a huge role in makinghis event safe. >> reporter: in other words, if g,ou see somethin say something to a police officer leaving you with plenty of time to reflect on anotherear celebrating americanep inddence. now wendy, in the spirit of working for you a couple of things you need to know. it's going to be hot, wear loose clothing, drink a lot of wear, a lot of people out here and take pies of your kids in the clothes think wearing that night before you come out here and be patient, a lot of people are onking public transportat because a lot of roads will be closed and more importantly just enjoy the fourth of july. vi >> good ad, and also now doug is telling us we might even have some showers showers. he'll know about that as the week progrestes. >> repor bring an umbrella. >> for nature's fireworks. thanks, cory. lots of roads around the national mall will be closed starting thursdayg. mornin we'll have a full list on the nbc washington app along with a list of all the the area and l falreworks

shows elsewhere. just search fourth of july. >> i like the tip of taking a picture of the kids and thees clothheir wearing so they will be easier to find if they get lost. tonight on "nbc nightly news" we've got a consumer warning you need to see before you begin your summer vacation. millionsll of americans wbe traveling soon through airports and train stations and checking into hotels. we often worry about our physical security, but the more immediate threat could be our cyber security. the biggest risk your cell phone, and that's because thieves often target those free public wi-fis and even charging stations at airports. >> it's not just wi-fi. >> it's not just wi-fi.na crimi can often use this to intercept all your bluetooth communications. >> my watch, m phone,

everything. >> everything. >> coming up tonight, tom tostello introduces you to the latest hearing , and he'll give you advice from experts on how to keep your personal data safe while traveling. that's coming u tonight at 7:00 right offer "news 4 yat 6:00." >>ou mayxhave seen these yellow markers popping up acrost on d.c.ets and what are they designed to do. >> reporter: transportation reporter adam tuss explains how they are keeping our roads safer. >> and also storm team 4 is tracekng a hot and humid we coming up. doug has a look at the storms that coulbe joining the d

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doug and i are talking. >> we don't normally talk. >> fireworks on -- if there's a raindate then they have them on friday. >> or saturday. >> ifwe get rained out and it's nasty on thursday, is friday better for the rain dates? >> probably not. thursday an friday look like the two days that have the best chance for rain, and it looks like thursday the rain could be in the afternoon and then last right on througv the eing right on towards early friday morning and then friday could be off and on rain most of the day. >> just a rainy day. >> kind of a rainy day on friday. we'll see about this.il this wbe a changing forecast. very tough to ge a day like that this time of year so i'm kind of against some of the computerodels giving us little bit more rain on friday so we'll talk about that the next couple of days it. out there right now plenty ofns sune. current temperature sitting at 87 degrees. winds out of the north at 9 miles per hour. very nice day. ider ially when you co we've been in the 90s for the last six days in a row. a fairly long heat wave.

the heat wave bustd today. only in the low 80s. 82 winchester and 82 huntingtown. a gorgeous afternoon, but t heat will come back. no rain currently acrossthe region. we won't see any real rain chances and inno organized systs anywhere. this is where all the heat and humidity lie. that's going to move back our way starting tomorrow and really into the day on wednesday. everybody into the 90 just to our south. utain, they have been shunted to the south, they will start to move back to the north and going for a high tomorrow of 92 ot reesch heat returns and too human. an isolated chance of a thunderstorm but i'm not really too worried about that. most of us rem n dry tuesday. a 40% chance of storms coming up on wednesday. it will be very humid during the day and that's something i'm watching and then you look at thursday and friday, and this is what wendy was talking about. a 60% chance oftorms thursday afternoon into the day on friday. i could even take out p.m. here because it would be any time on friday. once bain, we'll watching

this very, very closely and coming up over the next couple of days so do not cancel plans just yet. it says rain, yeah, we're not going to go seat fireworks. give us some time. plenty of timeo watch this, and i'll continue to watch this here. download the nbc washington app and, of course, we'll keep you updated as well. >> more on the forecast and i'll see you back here at 6 457k. >> 6:30, major news developments and a murder case in oldtown. it's the so-called werewolf murder trial. charges are now dropped. >> absolutely no justice, no justicet all. >> why the man who killed a store manager will not go to prison for that crime. >> i'm scott macfarlane in blacksburg, virginia on a closet et. it's where the university is testing new systems and technologies to reduce de pedestrian acs in our area. we'll show you what they are

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right now a man who brutally killed an axandria shop manager is found not guilty by reason of insanity. >> a murder trial earlier this year ended in a hung injury. today prosecutors decided not to seek a second trial for the jackson. f slad

>> they spoke with jackson's friends who are furious he's not going to jail. >> reporter: a 65-year-old alexandria man was stabbed more than 50 times by a stranger inside of his old town office more than a year ago. today that stranger, a killer, was found not guilty by reason of insanity. >> no justice at all. insane or not, there's no justice. attorney brian porter says the decision is ethical. >> my job is not to get convictions. the prosecutor's job is to get a just rsult. >>eporter: last year pankaj bhasin grabbed a box cutter and claimed jackson because he thought he was a werewolf. >> i don't know that he believed he knew what heas doing was wrong at the time he committed the crime. >> the defense south a not guilty ple due to reason of insanity and the jury couldn't reach a verdict and thus a mierial. th commonwealth sent bhasin to psychologists who agreed with

the defense saying he was criminally insane when he killed jackson. >> he'll in a cure mental hospital for a signature amount of time with team doctors treating him and trying tob assesh his progress towards his treatment and also his threat to publicafety. >> porter acknowledges this probably isn't the result that jackson's family and friends want. friends who are still honoring jackson around alexandria. this is big wheel bikes. jackson regularly rode his bike hereho hang out wit marco and other employees, a rather unique ride. i think special people need a special place. >> reporter: remembering a man whose friends say had a personality bigger than the handle bars. drew wild, news 4. >> this afternoo the kill kerry's lawyer sent us a statement saying that while this is a tragedy for jackson's family and friends, it is aso a tragedy for his client's family. the attorney said his clients

severe bipolar disorder was the sole cause of thisrung. >> a news 4 i-team investigation found that all public schoolsne ed to beef up their background checks on teachers and they have to check into the background of every teacher wh applies for a job. the law changed after a 2008 report showing a teach we are an history mict being hired. two maryland school districts acknowledged the did not check every prior employer. the slipping through the crack series has led to a total of five new laws and visit our nbc washington app and click on the link there. the metro transit agency has not fully cooperated with the financialaudit. the maryland transportation secretary wrote a letter to metro saying the state is

concerned about the way metro has been spendinmo its ey, owe kuwaiting it to a delivering briefcase full of money with nu qions asked. the state says it will hold ove $55 millio funding until it gets some aroswers. ays that it looks forward to sitting do with theate to figure out this. iss >> starting today a welcome change. the metro's line and thousand of commuters will enjoy this. the trains will now travel all the way to and from the glenmont station. since way back in 1984, metro's been turning around every other red line car i silver spring and returning it back to the district, and the problem that created i that commuters were left waiting on the platform waiting for the trains to come back and that ends today. montgomery county leaders have been work on this operational change for more thanad a decade. you may notice the yellow at the intersections across d.c. not the traffic lights but the new plastic pylons that are everywhere it seems.

transportation reporter adam ays taking a closer look this is all in the name of safety. >> after 53 years oro cssing he same intersection, aida takes a little more time to get fr one side to the next. do you worry about the cars and, you know, the wait drivers are? >> yeah. >> reporter: they don't see you? >> no. they no looking who is coming, nothing. yes, they are speeding. >> reporter: and as she wrightly ints out, speeding and turning don't mix. that's why d.c. is using more and more of these pylons and setchdevices. we've got 835 low kragsz across the district and already put in place 35 of them and over the next year will be putting more in. they are known as left turn devices or left turn calming devices and they are designed to protect pedestrians. the whole idea is to force drivers to go out into the intersection like that truck right there and stay away from a crosswalk. more than a 90-degree turn and that cuts down on the risk of an

accident. drivers, they are still gettusg d to them. i don't have anexpert opinion on it. i think they will stud to and see. >> reporter: but the city says it already has data that shows these intersections need these devices and so far traffic fatalities are down 25% and d.c. has created a position tout down on traffic fatalities and serious injuries and have put other measures in place liket of no right turn on red and take a look at some of the yellow devices, and you can see they have already been through a bat shls and as far as eida she got across the intersection safely andlans to keep doing so. in theic distr adam tuss, news 4. >> working for a you withnother way to keep us safe on your roads. ill ahead, we show you new technology that could preventst pederian accidents. >> we're not seng any 90s. only one 90. that was down around the roanoke

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i two young boysthe district recovered after fireworks eheloded in tir hands. news 4's aimee cho has tips on ho to keep yourselfd your family safe. >> reporter: a split second, that's all it takes for fireworks fun to take a nasty turn. the demonstration showing off theworst case scenarios and in d.c. two young boys recently learn those lessons the hard way. >> both incidents were result of the type of firework that you currently see in my hand. >> the d.c. fire marshal tony farwell holding up an m-80, the type of firework that they were playing with. both in their hands and both thought they could throw it quickly on the ground but they were both wrong and the firework

exploded in their hands. >> these fuses tend to burn very quick and that n misjudgment be very costly. >> reporter: both boys are expected to be okay, but those close calls are important re inders that most types of fireworks are illegal in d.c. police stepping up efforts to find and destroy them. if you're buying fireworksin d.c., make sure to get them from a licensed dealer like this one, and sparklers, one of the only types of firorks that are allowed in d.c., but even so, these aren't always safe. >> each year we giveng you children sparklers in their hands and don't realize how hot aar sper can burn, and sparklers do cause burn injurie in children. >> reporter: the punishment for illegal fireworks in d.c. is jail time or a fine of up to $2,000. fire officials hoping to help keep you safe as you celebrate. in the district, aimee cho. news 4. l all fireworks littlegal in

montgomery and prince george's county. >> yeah. we put the complete listing of legal fireworks in the nbc washington app. if you want to go osh ping, just be careful. >> there's different rules everywhere. yeah. now the best way to stay safe is leave th fireworks to the professionals, folks. coming up, doug is tracking a storm that could have an impact on the show onll the national this year. >> but first sharing the road. buses and pedestrians can sometimes be a dangerous mix. >> you don't b think theus saw >> no, don't think it did. iyou? >> the news 4 i-team

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>>night the news 4 i-team investigates bus blind spots. tr ttifeahinlk wa residents and tourists crowding crosswalks in town. >> now government officials and transportation researchers are trying to make those crosswalks safer starting wth th largest vehicles on our roads. >> scott macfarlane took a look at what's under way now to better protect you, and a warning some mightind images of this report disturbing. >> reporter: few work hardy. >> keep you abs nice and tight. >> reporter: to work harder than na, a personal trainer who used to beat the traffic on foot in arlingn until one night in march 2016. >> i didn't usually go that way orme. >> repter: when she crossed 15th street with the right of way in crystal city. >> i was like22 feet into the crosswalk. >> reporter: and was struck by a metro bus trapped underneath. >> i didn't even scream. i to screen. >> the bus dragged her nearly 50

feet. >> a pedestrian stopped the bus and saved me. >> reporter: another pedestri intervened and stopped bus. >> he banged on the door and tolhim to stuff. >> reporter: she suffered traumatic injuries to her leg that required eight surgeries and she sued the transit agency and settled for a confidential amount. you don't think the bus even saw you? >> i don't tnk he did. >> reporter: last december a tour bus struck and killed a woman and her mother as they crossed in a crosswalk inow dow d.c. the area has 1,000 local transit buses and -te im reviewed is a years of federal workers and found 20 people get hit by transit buses in our region each year not counting the school or commercial buses, a problem that plagues cities and townske ali. >> reporter: evan glass worries that the risk to pedestrians

could grow as historically suburban counties see increased ft traffic and moreeliance on public transportation. >> people areos choing to walk and choosing to take bicycles and other forms of ransportation so we need to modernize and update our rules and regulations. >> reporter: making the road safer is just part of the reason. eransportation research andrew croom is working on bus safety technology to help alert driver. >> they may being look left when omebody jumps n out from the right. >> reporter: and the pedestrian on thstreet. >> up to 20% of pedestrians don't look up before they cross traffic shoot problem is so significant they are testing possible solutions here in blacksburg at virginia tech trying to find a way to make the streets safer for the pedestrians and the drivers and passengers of the busnd cars. >> reporter: using a dummy in place of a pedestrian, it shows why so many peoplere a at risk. >> buses take turns at speeds of five miles per hour, the same speed fast walkers or joggers

move. >> trying to match the speed of pedestrian. >> reporter: they are seeking new technology to alert a bus iver for a person out of view. it automatically triggers the brakes when the bus gets too close to a pedestrian. >> gives an audible tone and a red light goes off. >> reporr: local transit agencies say they are trying to eliminate these types of accidents through training and other tools. metro bus has added strobe lights to catch the eyes of pedestrians and omni riders using video training for drivers and is using more mirrors to increase the view of road. loupty has added internal and ternal cameras so bus operators can better see their surrounding. montgomery county's transit director says other warningsre being installed. >> a warning that says caution, bus is turning. >> reporter: and tina is now tryingo put the trauma that nearly cost her her life in the rear view. >> you need to find a new happy

and new goal and that was kind -- it made me focus on things that i should have focused on before. >> reporter: aoal she's determined to achieve one step at a time. scott macfarlane, news 4 i-team. >> amazing. >> incredible. >> that she's walking. >> reporter: it is incredible. local bus agencies train bus operators tt position their bodies inside the vehicle so they can see and avoid crashing into pedestrians. find out more about that by going to our nbc washington appg and searchior investigations. >> all right. let's hope doug can give us some good news about the wee >> yeah. >> nope? >> well, if you like it hot and humid, if you liked last week. >> no. >> i'm looking for help here. >> not going to get it the here. >> chance of thunderstorms every day, that's what we'll get this week after a six-day heat wave last week. looks lik we're moving into another one startng during the day tomorrow. >> we could use some rain. >> whatitbout if rained out on thursday and the rain date is friday and that's rained out,

how is saturday looking? > again. >> hot and humid and a chance of thunde. torms. >> w >> that's where we are. >> friday we'll have the best chances of rain. now, wednesday, also a chance of rain, but not too bad. i think you'll be a-okay heading out to fedex field. >> okay. rolling stones. >> oh, yeah, that's right. i forgot about them. >> this was originally scheduled or the 31st, may 31st, but they pushed it back a couple of days and there they are setting ust the le for the stones. just looking up ticket prices. the lowest i found was $176. >> really. >> and that'sctually in an area, the lower bowl there, so, you know, that's not too bad, 176. i'm not paying it. >> stones are still getting it done. >> you know what year they formed, you remember? >> '50 something. >> '62, '62. >> w weeren't alive then. >> none of us were. >> none of us. >> okay. t's show you what happened.

the anchors over there. >> just so you know. >> out there right now looking at sunine across the area. a high of 11 and right now down to 11. 85 next hour and down to 76 degrees by 11:00 tonight. really looking nice. area-wide, 83 gaithersburg and 1 is down towards huntingtown. going to be a nig ni, too. many in the 50s last night in the suburbs. i think you'll be in the low 60 overnight tonight, so another good start to tomorrow morning. no rain. won't see any rain chances tomorrow nig or real tomorrow. there's goingo be an isolated chance tomorrow and maybe an isolated thunderstorm tomorrow, but if you take a look notice how unsettlow it is d towards parts of the south. thunderstorms bubbling up here, that's because that's where the heat and humidity are. 94 degrees as the heat returns. not too humid tomorrow. the humidity really waits until tomorrow night into the day on wednesday, and an isolated storm and most of us tomorrow will remain on the dry side. can't say that on wednesday and your fireworks outlook tuesday, yeah, isolated stormsshould be

fine if fireworks are tomorrow. wednesday a few well. 40% chance of storms. be ready to pack up so if you see a storm come you're able to get up and get outof there fairly quickly and on thursday a 60% chance of storms. this is important. stay tuned to the forecast. that's why we've goted it in because we do think we'll see some rain on thursday night. how certain ofre you? wait and see because a t its de on where the storms form. most of n you inrthern virginia, folks in maryland, okay, or vice versa, something we're tracking. you'll really feel it on wednesday and the heat index close to 100 degrees. same deal on thursday with a chance. storms and rather stormy on friday andtu saay. temperatures in the 90s. 30% and 40% chance on saturday and sunday and then looking pretty good about aeek from now, next tuesday and wednesday, so we've got to wait a little while, but, you know, that means we've got a couple of days in the ten-day and most those are

90 degrees or higher. >> we're stuck. can't do anything about it. >> air conditioning. >> air conditioning. >> gift from god. all right. co ting up. he talk of the town. nba free agency. dave is up next withhis winners and losers and also how the wizards fared in the fray. >> but, first, here's lester holtith a look at what's ahead on "nbc nightly news." >> leon and wendy, doesn't the death bed letter written to senator leader mitch mcconnell for a 9/11 responder who fought for fellow survivors right up in the end and the emerging cyber security threat for travelers.sh what yould know before you go to the airport. were when

i just can't believe how fired up wenty is about the nba free agency. >> i could hang myself. >> as an nba announcer i could be had for a gift card and a free parking pass. i come cheap and work hard. listen, the texts, the phone calls, thenglobbyi the rumors, people ,anging sides new

alances form, and in this town we call it politics. in the sports world we call it basketball. the nba's free agent period mstarted atidnight today and within ten hours 26 players signed deals worth about $3 billion. >> jow. >> andt like politics, along with lots of money, there are winners and losers. the winners, no surprise. wendy's favorite teammate brookl nets signing kevin durant, kyrie irvi and deandre jordan. durant isi lkely to miss all next year du to the achilles injury. this is a culture change for the franchise. take heart, things can change. with all duect res for r.j. llbarrett and the coection of b-listplayers, the knicks are the losers of freeso agency far. lots of hope they would land durant, kyrie or the ping-pong balls would gohe t way and none of that happened. instead the world's most famous arena will be hope to julius randle, bobby porter and taj

gibson. fought on the marquee, and then the wizards, not a winner, not e r, trying to hold serve dealing with a john wall injury and toms bryant will be back. that's a plus. s last seasonecond in the league averaging over ten points and 6 rebounds per game. the wizards bring in solid point guard and they needed to with satoransky who is bulls bound and as mentioned bobby port sis headed to the knicks, but our top available free agent doug kammerer. >> oh, my gosh. >> and you know he went to that tball powerhouse unc, northern colorado. a lot ofupside like his forecasts, he also puts high pressure on his opponents and the downde known for the occasional heat check. i can hear it now.p er doug from downtown! >> those are the john ocstkton shorts. >> that's the first year we got

the long shots in herndon we actually got the long shorts. i believe that was '92 or '93 right now. also got the adidas that i could dunk in, yes. >> and it wasn't a nerve basketball which was a good thing. >> that's our top free ancy news. all right. high noony, toda sounds dramatic, but f nhlee agenc not as dramatic and zamboni shaking but still important. the nhl signing period started a few hours the capitals top choice for third round right wing is richard panik and he's played for four different team coyotes the last two years and is close friends with caps defenseman michael kevin mpny. all right. it had to take guts. cori gauff at 15 became the

younst player in the open era to advance to wimbledon throughn qualifyg, and that has to take guts but gauff said she never oad the guts t thank the person whohe inspired r to pursue tennis unt today when she played that person in the first round at wimbledon, and that person venus williams. gauff, the youngest player in the draw at 15 years old, the oldest at 39 venus williams. also gauff, she wins the first set and second on the top of the screen. looks like nus has her beat but gauff gets there and venus hits her out.th at's her nickname.nl she's cert pumped. getting it done. gauff was born in march of 2 when venus had won four of her seven major titles and gets it done. cory gauff upsets ville yarnlgs the youngest tennis player to win a match at wimbledon since 1991. imagine what she will do when she's 16. terrif ic17, wow. >> that's a good one. >> that's an incredible match. >> wow. us.hanks for joining

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