test test test test test test test. it's a salute to america. and i'm going to be here and i'm going to say i few words. other planes, fighter jets, we're going to have some tanks stationed outside. >> drew wilder has more on the arrival of those taors. >> repr: we found the tanks the president says is going to be at the national mall. tanks on a train right now. these are csx tracks. you can see the military combat

vehicles waiting to be brought into the district. the twoanks nearest the camera are both m-1s, in between the tanish vehicle is a support vehicle, and then the two vehicles furthest away from the camera are also combat vehicles. now, the president has said over the last few days he wants at least two tanks on the national mall for this year's fourth of july celebration, however, as we've been discussing throughout this week, there's complicationo tryinget vehicles this large through d.c. streets and into the national mall. that's the discussion right now, how is the president, is dod going to get these vehicles on the national mall, whether they're brought by train, to a truck, or if they have to drive through d.c. streets. that remains to be answered. we know at least for now, the combat vehicles are here, they're on the tracks and the president plans to bring them to the national mall this week for the celebration. drew wilder, news 4.nk

>> tha you, drew. some people including the d.c. council are pushing back against the ideas of tanks on the mall. they sent out a tweet which included a memo from the secretary of defense last year, it says, tank could damage local infrastructure. again, it's not clear exactly where the tanks will be stationed during the july 4th celebration. >> here's a map of the road closures, most of the area around the mallwill be blocked. metro will be the best way to get to the mall on thursday. app and nbc washington search 4th of july, to get more details. if you're planning to leave town for the holiday, you'll have plenty of company.me ssa has news on the best and worst times to travel. >> are you headed out of town for the holiday weekend? if so, you won't be alone, 1.2 million other washington area residents plan to travel forhe holiday weekend. here's a best advice, travel early in the morning if you're itting the road or late at night, and avoid those peak

times if you can of course, busy spot is going to be along 50 to and from the beach at the bay bridge. here's what you need to remember. if you're traveling to or from h the bea this holiday weekend. going out there wednesday before 9:00 a.m. or after 10g 00, tat's going be your best time to head that way. thursday before 6:00 a.m. or ater 6:00 p.m. is going to be pretty goods well. saturday, if you're coming back after 5:00 or before 10:00 or after 10:00 p.m. those are going to be your best bets as far as avoiding as much traffic as possibility. as you're closer to the beltway, it's going to take you an extra hour, that's the estimate from aaa. nasty winds wednesday morning, and northbound 95 in virginia will be bad on sunday morning. have a good weekend whether you're traveling or not. > now, aboutthe weather, as people get ready to hit the road for the big holiday.

starting to heat up, is this what we're going to get for the rest of the week? >> it s, at, we're back into a heat wave with high temperatures in the low tota mid-90s sing today, right on into the weekend. we're in the low to mid-80s, down in quantico. 82rsn gaithe berg, i'm already tracking a heat index, with higher humidity levels out there today, it's feeli about to 5 degrees warmer than the thermometer is saying. feeling close to 90 in the st dict. and humidity will continue to increase as we head on into the afternoon hos, the high today of 94, maybe an isolated thunderstorm, otherwise plenty of sun. talng about the heat and humidity, pat, check out the heat index on into sunday. big takeaway, near or at triple digits tomorrow, thursday, friday, saturday and sunday. along with it comes storm chances, i'm going to let you know how fireworks and those bbq's could be impacted coming up at 11:20. >> that's hot.

thanks, amelia. turning now to the crisis in the border, new reports this morning of deplorable conditions inside a migrant detention facility. and detestable behavior by agents at the border. tracy potes report congress is throwing more money at the oblem, but is it enough? >> democrats visiting two migrant detention facilities in texas describe deplorable conditions. >> women, tears coming down their faces as tey talked about being separated from their children. >> one of the women said that she was told by an agent to drink water out of thle toi >> a report by the homeland security inspector general, described dangerously overcrowded conditions. migrants sleeping outside. four showers for 800 people. >> we can do better as americans. we will be judged as a country. >> three dozen protests are planned around the country today to close the camp.

republicans blame loopholes in immigration law. >> this is a man made crisis. thef responsibilit this crisis lies directly on the ited states congress. >> president trump just approved 4.6 billion in humanitarian aide. he's also compromising to deport more iulmigrants after j 4th. >> hispanics love what i'm doing. because number one they don't want to lose their jobs, they don't wanto take a pay cut, and most importantly, they don't want to have crime. >> propublica, uncovered a bo secret face page mocking immigrant deaths. the comments were called pr inapprote and promised employees will be held accountable. >> turns out there are about 9500 people in that facebook group. tracie potts, nbc news wa> hington. >>is morning jack evans addressed his f mllowembers on the d.c. council.

svans is accused of using his public position for personal gain. next week, the council will vote on whether teme him as chair of the finance committee. >> for 28a years i h served this city and worked as hard as a person could to make things better here. from addressing the financial crisis that the city faced, to c creating eomic development to, woulding to help repair and expand the safety net and investments in our neighborhoods. i have tried to serve the best interest ofhe city i love, and' itpeople. >> evans finished his statement by saying, put y rself in position. wouldn't you be watt due process? let me keep my committee? >> evans has more than a year left on his current term in the council. mark sea graves is at the hearing today, you can follow him to get updates on twitter. new this morning, take a look at this. investigators are working to figureut what caused a large

house fire on hayes street. the fire destroyed a large attached garage and apartment. it didd not sprea to the house thankfully. one person was rushed to a burn center in serious condition, though. today the man whoot and nearly killed an alexandria police officer is expected to be back in court. that's according to our news partner wtop. bashir has been indicted on 14 counts for allegestly king two mental health professionals and setting fires at the homes. you may remember, bashir was found not guilty by reason of insanity for this shooting oy. peter la bo ate bitrsweet moment for a local couple seeking justice for their three children killed in a car ash. thomas hawks pleaded guilty t yesterday at deadly dui crash in december. he ammed into the back of alexis' vehicle. 5-year-old twins and their

1-year-old brother were killed. >> we just want this all to end. we want this to be over with. >> i know that my beautiful children are looking down. and are saying g d job mommy and daddy for fighting annfor contiuing to fight.aw >> hks faces nearly 40 years e prison,l be sentenced in september. new video shows the tall ship providence sailing into town just in time for th 4th of july. it's a replica of the 1770s continental navy warship. and it also appeared in the movie, pirates of the ribbian. the ship was damaged in the storm four years ago, and in maine. now it's calling alexandria home for the summer. >> it's going to be a visible reminder of the city's maritime heritage. it's going to be something for tourists. it's going to be something for residents to take pride in. >> it's here, everyone can come and enjoy it,here will be an

educational component to it. >> the providence will be docked n king street and open to tourists. go to the nbc washington app to get more information about it. we hani a war for you this morning, how cyber thieves are trying toollect your data, using wifi. >> also coming up, pole swarm a maryland home after a fake 911 ncall. >> ever been arrested and technically wasn't arrested then, and never hadan huffs on before either. >> hear from the innocent person who became a murder suspect.ng

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many as four shots. he police were arguing just tsfore the shooting. no a have been made. police say there isre no that to the pu >> a fake 911 call led to a terrifying situation for prince george county family. an award winning national columnist for the miami hsald wa accused of murdering his fe. he washe victim of a trend called watting. megan fits gerald spoke to the family and has more on how police figured out it was all fake. >> some of everything. politics, women's issues, gay rights, race. >> leonard pitts has won several awards as a columnist. >>ze pulit prize. commentary 2004, this is the citation. >> if you ask his 3-year-oldgr nddaughter mia, she'll tell you he's an award winning grandpa too. >> on sunday morning, he temporarily became a murder suerpect. >> neveen arrested.

and technically wasn't arrested then, and never had handcuffs on before either. >> he was sleeping when his phone rang. it was buoy police after a 911 caller contacted a them about crime happening inside pitts' home. >> he had murdered his wife and that he was going to shoot the h police n they arrived on scene. >> the caller gave pitts address, so police called asking him to come outside. >>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. >> then i saw leonard standing there handcuffed. they said,ho else is in the house. who else is in the house?i was like, 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 apolozed for the

disruption and now we're in the investigative mode where we're trying to figure out where the call came from. >> the chief says he personally made tha pology. and while the pitts are still tefuln up, they're also g for the way police handled what could have been a dangerous situation. >> megan fitzgerald, news 4.an imagine how frightening that had to be for the entire family. in one of the most high.w profi.t.ing cases, a man was sentenced to more than 20 years in prison for making dozens of hoax phone call as a resultof one of those calls, an unarmed man was shot and killed by police. maryland is taking on metro. late yesterday state leaders announced they're going to be holding back some $55 million in funng. metro has not fully cooperated with a financial audit. metro leaders say they look forward to sitting down and discussing the matter. untilen questions have answered, won't be giving out any more money. if you have driven around

the distriou in the paste weeks, you may have noticed changes popping up at intersections. the changes are in place to keep pedestrians safe. news 4's transportation report shows us how. >> after 53 years of crossing the same intersection. e ayeda takes more time crossing rom one side to the next. > are you worried about drivers? >> yes. >> they don't see you. >> they're not looking.d.cf1 o they're speeding. >> speeding and turning they don't mix. that's why d.c. is using more and more of these yellow pilon and yellow striped devices. a lot more of them. >> we have 85 locations across the district. we've already put in place 35 of them, over ,e next year we'll be putting in more. >> they're known as left turn calming devices, they're designed to prote pedestrians. the whole idea is to force

drivers to go out into the intersection like that truck right there, and stay away fr the crosswalk. more of a 90 degree turn. that cuts down on the risk of an accident. >> and as far as ayeda, she got across the intersection safely and plans to keep doing so. in the district, adam tuft, news 4. well, we are working for you this morni y to keepour kids safe while biking. recent investigation by consumer reports says potentially unsafe hts are widely available online. some helmets purchased online were missing a required safety label, which means they may not meet safetydastans, there should always be a label on the inside to show the helmet has been tested and meets safety standards set by the consumer product safetycommission. if you're going to be away on the 4th of july, hackers will

be targeting public spaces like airports and hotels. should the steps y take to protect you and your family. >> any traistation, airport or hotel. experts say they offer the perfect trifecta of hackable data. airline and hotel loyalty programs. everyone's worried about physical security. but the more immediate threat may be their cyber security. >> charles nderson runs cyber security, hacking the world's hackers. his warning, that strong public wifi signal could be a tempting trap. >> it's difficult to know that public wifi is legit, and a criminal can set up fake public wifi with a device just like this very easily. >> it may say airport, hotel or coffee shop wifi, but one click could give hackers easy access to everything on your phone. even if you stay off wifi, you could be the risk. hackers have targeted public usb

charging stations with viruses that steal your phone and computer ta. >> it's not just wifi. criminals can use this to intercept all your bluetooth communication. >> my watch, everying? >>everything. >> a stingray that literally ur hijacks yo cell signal. >> this is a device that can mimic a cellhone tower? >> this? >> yes. >> and it's happening a lot. >> 566 million traveler records were compromised. many in airports, hotels and train stations. the expert advice, stay off y networksou don't know. avoid publi charging stations. carrie batteries nsiad, and rip up used airline tickets and luggage tags. your personal data has never beenmore at risk. tom costello, nbcws ne dallas. the women's u. soccer team is being accused of bad behavior ahead of the game today. more on that in the next ha hour, the 15-year-old who quickly got the world's attentioon one of the biggest

stages in tennis. meet the teenager who at venus wbeils

venu williams has beenn elimiated from the first round at the u.s. open. morgan radford introduces us to this young playe >> reporter: tory goss whose nickname is coco, served up a victory in her first match. venus williams at her own game. >> so far coco has done everything better than venus. >> showing no sign of nerves as she faced her idol. winning over the center court crowd with every single shot. after t e match,coco shaking hands with the woman who

inspired her to pick up a tennis racquet. >> sheust tolde that congratulations and to keep going and good luck. after the match, id her, thank you for everything she did. and i wouldn't be here if it wasn't for her. t teen tearing up on the sidelines. >> personally, i don't know how to feel. this is the first time i ever cried after a match -- or inning, obviously. >> her proud parents, celebrating in the stands. >> it's a lot that she sacrificed. nd i'm so happy that she's living out her dream. >> venus admitting she was out played. >> she did everything well today. and she put the ball on the court, which is much better than i did. >> before coco even stepped out on to the court monday, there have been comparisons to venus, one coming from the tennis vet's sister, serena. >> she's playing asr a playe that reminds me of venus. the way sheust kind of -- her body and everything. >> thers williams siste, finding

a love of the game at aoung age. a 10-year-old venus telling today, her family played a key role in her earlyuc sss. >> it helps me to go out there to do my best and to accomplig my oals. >> venus turng pro at 14 h earnin first grand slam sihegles title at t age of 20. an iconic player who helped redefine tsport. now,inspiring tradition. >> i'm literally living my dream right now, not many people get to say t. >> we could be seeing history repeat itself. >> how amazing. >> it'sng amazi to have her -- she beat her idol. the woman who inspired her, it's amazing. there's many similarities, saying they played similarly, i love that. >> it's hot, a little too hot for some folks. >> not for , not for you. >> we're going to see the

humidit 4re6levels increase. with the heat and humidity just like last wycheek, it'soing to become scattered showers and thunderstorms. the annoying thing is, you know they're going to be happening, where are they going to happen, is it going to rain at my house? unfortunately the technology just is not there to give you a definite yes or no. we're going to keep it down to isolated. after that, wednesday, thursday, friday, saturday, even into sunday. showers and thunderstorms raining, the rainfall could be heavy. small hail. no rain out there, and here's future weather heading into 2:00 this afternoon, still keeping it ry with plenty of sunshine, after 2:00 p.m., once we hit about 3:00, 4:00 p.m., we're going to seeow isolated shs develop, mainly in our western o d mountain zones.

further back te west, you have the best chance of maybe dealing with some rain today. rain could be heavy out there 6 today, 0 p.m., notice how future weather is still favoring that rain to the north and west of washington. keepi areas along and south dry.east of i-95 completely once we head toward about 8:00, 9:00 p.m., the sun starts to set, we lose that dytime heating. any showers or thunderstorms wilfizzle out. i know we have fireworks tonight going off in buoy, we should be fine. morrow night if you have fireworks at six flags maybe, or closer to home, there's a 40% chance for a n'thunderstorm, do cancel or change plans, but be ready to pack up. we have a 60% chance of storms, to stay tuned to the forecast. be weather ready. have a plan to be able to getn doors in case we see thunderstorms bubbling up in your area. a mildnd muggy start on

thursday, 76, lunchtime, we're still dry. if you have anarly ppq, no worries about that. once we hit 3:00, 4:00, 5:00 p.m., we're going to see scattered thunderstorms developing. i think we could see a few pockets of rain out there, potentially heavy. >> looking at the latest information, the best chance for rain on the 4th of july is in northern virginia. it's still a few days out, we're going to continue to refine the forecast, i'll be here that night, keeping everyone updated with what ty can expect. hot too. feeling like mid to upper 90s with the humidity. i'm going to have more on the storm chances coming up in 15 minutes. close call caught on camer coming up, see what happens when a young boy falls on to subway tracks. andla the st on an mlb pitcher found dead in his texas

a retired new york city police detective who gained attention for his emotional testimony on capitol hill, will be laid to rest this weekend. he died from cancer brought on by his time at ground zero. before dying, he wrote a letter to senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. he wrote, i don't know if you remember me, i want you to know my time to leave this world is fast approaching, my goal and legacy in this world was to see the victims compensation bill passed. the bill would extend benefits to the 9/11 firste respondrs for the rest of their lives, the handwritten note was delivered along with a gift. alvarez' nypd shield. this morning, baseball fans mourn the sudden death ofan los geles angels pitcher tyler scaggs.

the 27-year-oldas discovered dead yesterday afternoon in a hotel room in southlake texas. miguel almaguer has reaction from teammates. >> reporter: his passing is reverberating through the league. tyler scaggs found dead monday in a texas hotel room. the 27-year-old found unresponsive at this hilton, authorities say there were no signs of foul play. in town to face the rangers, scaggs final social media post over the weekend included this photo of the player and his teammates, dressed up like wb cos, writing, howdy, y'all, and #texas road trip. monday's game betwn the two teams postponed as those who knew scaggs remembered a popular player who lit up the room. >> everyone loves being around him.at i think th's what's pulling everyone together this moment. >> the native was drafted by his

hometown angels in 2005. after spending his first few seasons with the diamondbacks. he was traded back to l.a. where the left hander honedan impressive curveball. >> swing and a miss. >> over the weekend scaggs took the mound at angels stadium for what would be the final time. >> swing and a miss, breaking ball. >> fans paying their respects at a makeshift memorial outside the ballpark. the angels honoring scaggs with a sign near the entrance gates.i wrng in part, tyler has and always will be a part of the angels family. he leaves behind a young wife, the two were married last december. over night, tributes pouring in on social media, as fans, competitors and teammates, remember a beloved pitcher and person. angels superstar mike trout penning a heartfelt tribute on instagram. remembering scaggs as a great

teammate, friend and person, who will forever remain in our he rts. this morning an angel gone too ton. >> investigation into scaggs death is ongoing. the angels are expected to hold a news confence later today. >> former washington super bowl mvp quarterback mark rypien has been arrested for domestic violence. he was arrested for hitting his wife in the stomach over the weekend. during a court appearance on monday, he said the two were having an argument he's pleaded not guilty. rypien played for washgton for seven seasons, since retiring, he's been very openabout his struggles with depssion. > new video shows a heart nt stopping momen sydney, australia, if you look closely, you'll see a little boy who was about to get on a train, fall right through the gap on the train platform, otherss pagers and train staff rushed to he him to sety.

thankfully this little boy was unharmed. this is a reminder everywhere to hold your child's hand while boarding .trains overseas now, things have gotten a bit tense ahead of the u.s. women's soccer team taking on england. the team accused of spying and even being too arrogant on the field. kelly cobiella has more. >> reporter: the u.s. women's team is bracing f battle against another european powerhouse. team usa accused of being arrogant after sending staffers to check out the five st hotel, with a team wouldstay if they make it to the finals. the only problem, their semifinal oppone everything land is currently staying there. england's coach calling it unbritish and bradet cat. >> something we do, send someone around to another team's hotel,

has no barns on the game. i found it quite interesting. defense.llis on >> in terms of arrogance, i think that has nothing to do with us, that's planning and preparation for our staff. so i thinket that's prty normal. >> i don't think our team is arrogant at all. i think our team is confident. we're respectful of our opponents. and i think the way we respect them is by prepare iing as if t opponents we're going to play are the best in the world. >> these young fans from nndw york aew jersey will be in then sads. >> are you nervous for the game against england? >> yeah. a a little bit. >> but they are really good team. >> hoping team usa can outscore england for a trip to another world cup final. >> it will be another hot one, temperatures forecast to be in the mid-80s at kickoff.

kelly biella, nbc news, lyon, france. turning now to the weather, we're much with aing it very closely as we draw closer to the july 4th holiday. coming up, the chances for storms, we'll be rght back. good tuesday morning, everybody. summer means one thing for kids. >> fun times, swimming in the pool. >> before your little ones head for the cool water on the hot day, we're going to be b up on swim safety knowledge we all need to be aware of at all times. >> we'll help you dispel the

there is change underway off the virginia doeft. a new offshore wind project. they will construct two massive nd turbines they will be about the size of the washington monument, but you won't be able to see them from

the beach. the governor says it's a step toward moving toward renewable energy while also creating new jobs. >> that sounds pretty interesting. and r weather sounds pretty hot for the rest of the afternoon. are we looking at any storms at all? >> we could have isolated thunderstorms out re, especially north and west of to washingn. the heat is up from yesterday. the humidity is up, and with that comes storm chances. also, an extra large iced tea. i had to bring this out for fun. today through friday, it's ing to be an extra large. yesterday i think a medium size would have been perfect. not the case today, and we have so many nats games at home, and so many unfortunately rain ri chances t on into the weekend. tonight i think they're going to be just fine with the game getting underway at 6:00 p.m. temperature at 89. we continue to track temperatures in the mid-80s to low 90s, wednesday into weekend.

satury it's sticky outthere, with a high temperature of 91, look at the rain chancs, 50% wednesday. this is area wide as well. 50% wednesday, 60% thursday anda friday, 40% out there on satury. so you do need to be prepared for rain, and look at the humidity lleves. today is humid out t tomorrow the shock starts to set in, ands then it i just oppressive with the midity levels, thursday, friday, saturday and sunday as well. we are tracking another heat wav a and here's look at your storm team 4 five-day forecast. isolated thunderstorms today, the risk at about 20 to 30%. especially north and west of washington. frederi frederick, louden, the i-81 corridor. ftomorrow there's a risk scattered thunderstorms area wide. maybe about 3:00 and 9:00 p.m. on thursday the fourth of july,a and fri as well. we will likely have scattered showers and thunderstorms out there, during the afternoon and evening hours.we

eep those storm chances in, saturday, sunday and monday. a cold front finally moves through the area on monday. doesn't do much to our temperatures, lowers the humidity levels a bit. and we remove the storm chances by next tuesday. a superhero arrives early in theaters this week. more on the tuesday opening next. plus, your chance to go to the circus at the strath moore, hear about the one man show that will make the whole family ppy, we'll right bhaac

i'm just the friend neighborhood spiderman. >> you want to go to the movies, spiderman begins today. the focus of the plot peter parker's school trip to europe changes course, when he gets recruited to face a threat from

another dimension. ♪ this is an amazing man.dmit in the one man circuit at t strathmore. he's joining us with this incredible show. you are an incredible guy. you are in a circus where you're playing the truck driver, tour manager, performer, maintenance guy and stage guy. ou perform these duties, you're doing it all, it literally is a one man >show. > yes, this is actually. i shoot myself out of acannon. >> and you're the cannonball? >> and i'm the cannonball. >> tell us how you do this? how this came about? >> after touring long time with the big apple circus or the this in europe, i had idea of doing my own circu all alone. and so i started creating this project that was a ltle crazy.

thank god i didn't know what i was going to get into at that time. d i did, i mean, i picked it all up,ug i bo a circus tent. and here i amur g the world. it's 11 years now. >> you do all of this in a ten the. >> i'm doing this, the little attent s 230 people. and there i start to do the whole circus show on my own. the teeter board act, the human cannon, the flips on the wire, butt's not only about trks and stunts, it's really a story that i tell, a bond that i create between me and the audience, they're just a fewfr feet me, actually, something i have to watch so nothingrops on their head. >> what's the story? >> the story is about this guy with thecircus. that's really the story. it's really simple.

and it about achieving something on your own and doingt things you don't think you could do. and if you really try hardou an do it. >> this is really your own life story? >> it will be,yes, a little bit. >> you're traveling alone, you're from switzerland? >> yes. >> and you have all of yourrc cius gear in a truck and you're traveling all over the place? >> yes. >> alone. >> from the mountns in switzerland. i pack up everything into a container, this time i brought it over to miami, and i started trucking it all th way to here, now i'm going north to canada. >> what kind of reaction do you get fromour audiences? >> oh, it's just amazing, ecause it's something that rows over the period of an hour. i have the time to create this pond. and on the end, the people don't want to let me go, especially the kids, they're -- they're like trying to hug me and

everything. it's pretty amazing. >> that's wonderful. >> david dmitri, this is very in excit a one man circus, the circus runs at the strathmore through the 7th ofnd july, a you're off to another city and to canada. in the truck by yourself. you even shoot yourself out of the cannon, i can't believe that. thanks so much. >> thank you. >> nice having you witus. well,ou don't have to wait until thursday to celebrate the 4th, tonight i buoys hosting its early independence day celebration with a free concert and fireworks show at princege ges stadium. the music starts at 7:30, fireworks stt around 9:15. and as news 4 tells us, it's best to let the professiols handle the fireworks. >> a split second. that's allit takes for fireworks fun to take a nasty turn. this demonstration showing off

worst case scenarios, and in e.c., two young boys recently learned thoseons the hard way. >> both incidents were as a result of the type of fireworks you seently in my hand. >> d.c. fire marshall hoing up an m-80, the types re rks the boys were playing with. both with the fireworks in their hands, both thought they could throw it quickly on the ground. both thoht wrong. the fireworks exploded inside the boys hands. >> these fuses tend to turn very quick. and that miudgment can be costly. >> both toys expected be okay, but those close calls, an importanteminder that most types of fireworks ar illegal in d.c. police stepping up efforts to find and destroy them. >> if you are buying ireworks d.c., make sure to get them from a licensed dealer like this one. sparklers are one of the only types of fireworks allowed in d.c.

even so, these aren't safe. >> 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. >> the punishment for illegal fireworks in d.c. is jail time or a fine of up to $2,000. fire officials hong to help lebrate. safe as you in the district, amy cho, news 4. >> still ahead, we are remembing petty jones, the man school football career

i think i can sum up the show for you with one word. nothing. >> yada, yada, yada. >> no soup for you. he this is t same one i gave him. >> seinfeld debuted 30 years ago this week, right here on nbc.

jerry, george, elaine and kramer became household names in the show about nothing. it was that so called nothing that really made the show special. earlier this morning on today, john owe hurley, the actor who played elaine's boss spoke about his top takeaways from the show. >> you knew you were in st. peters cathedral. you just had thf sense o reverence that this was something special. it was special becauseas it w a different form of comedy, that's my second observationas it wt joke funny. you go through ad seinfel script, there's not one joke in there. the scene is funny. >> tv guide ranks seinfeld as the greatest televisihow of all time. many are remembering a titan petty joa member of tc high neday. school's legendary 1971 state champions has died. the team was turned into film "remember the titans." as jackie benson explains, it

was that team that helped break down racialri bars. >> it taught us how to respect each other. you don't have to love each other, but you have to respect each other. >> petty jones retired from his job in 2018. the man immortalized in the movie "remember the titans" spent the last three decades of his life as the heart and soul of this school, retiring just months before his death to cancer. s thetory of the schools improbable heroic 1971 state football championship, just months after three reluctantci high schools had been fused into one racially integrated school. >> truly will be missed.o >>er alexandria mayor bill yule said the teams struggle,on bding and eventual triumph

leave their mark on the city to this day. and always petey jones was there. >> he would always greet me in the hallway and say, mr. mayor i want to be just like you some day. no, i wan to be just like you. donald phase an says people still come up to him and tell him how the movie changed their lives. as of yesterday, it had raised only $225 of its $3,000 goal to help a tc williams student get too college. olevbe rgnsben. ws lneet's get the lunchtim forecast now, amelia. >> we're up to 87 degrees at reagan national. thunderstormsated out there this afternoon. after today, though, we could potentially be dealing with afternon thunderstorms, i

should say you could be dealing with afternoon thunderstorms each and every day, right on into monday. take a look at your 10-day forecast, a 40% chance that you're dealing with rain later o toow, that chance goes up thursday and friday. we're talking about high temperatures as well in the low0 to mid-9s, with the mugginess feeling more like upper 90s to near 100 during the peak afternoon heating. we could see thunderstorms for 4th of july fireworks, more on that at 4:00. that's news 4 midda thank you for joining us, we are yback on the air at 4:00. and remember,ou can get news and weather updates any time with the nbc washington app. have a great tuesday, and we'll see you at 4:00.

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