you see numerous little storms around here. the biggest storm and most ht intense rigver montgomery county. this is in through the gaithersburg area. really encompasses most of 270w no and, of course, 2770 always a mess this time of the night. going to be a problem as youon move through the hour. this warning goes until 5 sack and includes areas like bethesda rockville.hrough does include northern fairfax county so if you live around tyson's or mcclain's you got that update on your nbc washington app but i really think that's the heaviest of which will be in through montgomery county. right through the montgomery county mall. this is where it's heavier in through the rockville area, too. this is something we're trackinr for you ov the next hour or two as that one moves on through. more storms to the north into west virginia and parts of pennsylvania. that's going to come through later on this evening, too. tracking all of this for the day tomorrow. tomorrow we expect more stms and, of course, on your fourth of july. i'll time it out for you and see you backere in 2:00.

>> stay ahead of the possibilities of storms on the 4th. download the nbc washington app. set your home page to weather. now to that fourth of july and the show of military might such as we've not seenn decades. >> yeah. bring in the tanks. they arrived in the district today at the request ofid prest trump, and they are being transported by train to the national mall for the salute to americaju >> this is one part of the president's grand vision, to makes the 4th a much bigger celebration this year, bt a of these changes mean it's going to be a much biggerpa one ryone traveling through the area. >> don't you know it. >> we're working for you with team coverage tonight. adam tuss has new details on why the celebrations will impact air travel. >> corey smith and new details on t tanks. cory? >> reporter: well, wendy, we knew before today that the salute to america was going to be big.

military flyovers, a presidential speech and these tanks make it huge t just way president trump likes it, but after talking with folks out here near the lincoln memorial, some are wondering whether this ow of military might is truly a display of fourth ly j independence day spirit, and they are also encouraging president trump to strike the right tone in that speech. >> ask or maybe order is a better word, and you shall receive. the four tanks and military vehicles president trump asked made their w through virginia and arrived in the district earlier this morning much to the chagrin of d.c. congresswoman eleanor holmes norton who is worried about the stress that 60-ton tanks can put on the city streets and the nation mall. >> we're concerned that the tanks could further set us back on wor we have done on the mall. >> reporter: the congresswoman did not hide herat anger what the president's big fourth of july celebration has turned

into. >> it robs us of the one holiday where everybody comes together and doesn't even look at what your political party is the. >> the white house pushing back against those claims saying thea salute torica and the president's speech will be apolitical and non-partisan. count th congresswomanas skeptical. >> the very appearance of the president of the united states makes the fr oly a paevent. >> reporter: going back to thee evnts this, isn't the first time they were on the mall. this is part of the national victoryti celebraon at the end of the first world war. the touches around the lincoln memorial, the klein family stopped bto see the big stage themself. mom is certainly looking forward to another display of mlitary might. >> i don't think it's a bad thing. i think it's a great way to honor the president, the military, honor what our country is about. i like it. >> but for texas rita and her husband it's all too much and not what independence day is

about. >> why would they want to a ll that have to the fourth of july. it's svisetpos,upd family and f to get together. >> reporter: now, guyw we k the country is divided on a few lines but one thank a former rnato commansailed, as we celebrate the fourth and look at the tanks on the national mall, just remember that there are military personnel that have to be with those vehicles and they cannot be with their family on the four of july as many of us will be, so kind of helps to keep it all in perfective. >> yes, it does. >> thank you, cory. also d.c mayor muriel bowser asked about the addition of the tanks today and said thaf the district's costs go upbe use of the president's 's ition to the yea celebration, she's going to go to the feds for money. >> if we have extraordinary costs relatedo t first amendment activity which is possible, then we will seek reimbursement from

the fedsto >> earlier ay the d.c. council spoke out against the addition of the tanks in this twe saying tanks but no tanks, and referencing a memo sent last year from the defense department in which it sand that t should not be allowed on the city streets becaus they can do serious damage t the infrastructure. al today we've learnedthe park service has approved a permit for thatbaby trump balloon on the mall.a the blloon will not have helium so it can't float. the per submit for up to 500 people on the washington monument grounds from 4:00 in the morning to 9:00 in the evening on the fourth of july. code pink filed that permit. they say no civil disobedience is planned. and we have a heads up this evening for air travelers. the events on the mall will now have a big impact on flights at reagan national airport in an out. air traffic will be stopped for two prolonged periods because of the celebrations. transportation reporter adam

tuss joins us live from the airport where we're still learning new details about all of this. adam what, times are we talking about? >> that's right, jim. can i say this is tote hi a untraditional fourth of july. i think a lot of people would agree with that and now we're learning between 6:15 and 7:45 at night on the fourth and between 9:00 p.m. and 9:45 no flights in or out of reagan national here, and it's because the flights that come in here are so close to everything that's going to be going on on the national mall and with the changes this yr flights just can't be that close. the flyovers and the fireworks shutting down the flights at ti reagan naal airport between 6 sack and 7:45 p.m. and between 9:00 and 9:45 p.m. on the fourth of july there, will be no flight operations at dca at all because of events on the mall, the faa making that announcement on social media today.

>> hopefully at worst they will divert us to dulles or something which is not, you know, enjoyable. >> reporter: joseph bishop lives ia northwest in d.c. and is on vacation in cali and saw the news. his flight was supposed to land at reagan national at 9:21 p.m. on the fourth but now he's not sure what his airline is going to do. >> on the one hand it's a bit of a price we play for living in whe nation's capital, burks on the other hand, y is this all being done at the last minute? this is all vy frustrating. while air traffic h been stopped at of te onorrs,he pstin it's never been stopped before because of the fireworks.so the rea the fireworks are affecting the flights this year erebecause the location of w they are being launched has changed to west potomac park, and that's n closer to the flight path. the airport's authority couldn't tell us exactly how many flights will beffected by this change, but dozens of planes take off and land over the course of that

closure time. now we did check and no flights in or out of bwi marshal airport or dulles national airport will be affected by any of this. that's the good news, but a definitelyeads up, jim, if you're flying in or out of reagan during that time 4th.the back to you. >> easy to say hundreds if not thousand of travelers might be mpacted, wendy? >> moving on to other news.a question to hve new details on what led to that shooting inside the parking garage at the pentagon city mall. arlington police now say a masked suspect approached another man who inside his car. the suspect then pulled out a gun and tried to steal the victim's cell phone. that victim foughtback and then during the struggle the gun went off serious wounding the suspect. police tried to revive him but he died at the hospital. >> calling it grotesque and dehumanizing, marynd

congressman elijah cummings is planning now to hold a hearing on conditions at those migrant detention centers. cummings says's invited the acting dhs secretary and head of customs and border protection to talk about the conditions. advocates gathered outside border protection offices here in d.c. today callg for improvements. alberto pilot. io from our sister station telemundo 44 has ouory. >> all of them gathered here to protest abuses from the trump administration against immignt children. l minors haveseve died in esreason the months under the care of customs and borderprotection. they have brought pictures of those concern to commemorate their lives so that people do not forget who they are >> what we want? >> justice. >> when do we want it. >> now. >> reporter: demonstrators also asked the trump administraon to provide safe housing for those children after complaintso of poor itions inside

detention centers. >> they are treating them like animals. noteenough food, wa or sleep deprivation like they are criminals. we're here to let them know that this is not who we are as the united states of america. >> reporter: they say they are going to keep on protesting until they see changes. o> back to you. >> reporter: n we've reached out today for comment and have not heard back. last week the acting dhs secretary called allegations about conditions taunsubsiated and based on the reporting of a single facility that he says created, quote, a sensation. >> cusms and border protection is also facing backlash over derogatory posts in a secret facebook group allegedly made ut of curre and former agents. the nonprofit news group pro publica revealed the group which included discussions of a recent migrant boy's death. some also joked about throwing burritos at lawmakers who visit migrant detention facilities in

souwest texas. joaquin castro who chairs the congressional hispanic congress called the page disgusting and vile and in a statement head of cvp says the post are inappropriate, contrary tote honor and integrity i see and expect from our aents day in and day out. she went on to say that those who violated agency standards wok heldou accable. >> back to our top story, the weather out there and things are starting to kick u on this scalding day. we mentioned montgomery county has warnings and now you're hearing from prince george's county with a warning, too. >> a new severe thunderstorm arning and 5:45 for eastern montgomery county as well as george's county. parts of howard county as well. does not include the district, but if you just draw this line right here it would include parts of northwest d.c. right around friendship heights area and heads up. look around bethesda and rockville region. look at aspen hill. very strong storm moving off towards the east, and on this th here around colesville

around 515 and advanceville at 5:33 so a very dangerous storm right now continuing to move off towards the east. a few more back towards the west and another towards leesburg ang a strotorm just around 66 and fauquier county. this is the one we're watching in from montgomery county right on up towards apen hill and the only storm in the ea. >> thanks, doug. only on news 4, the video of a police pursuit from prince george's county into the district t.ended with a cruiser crashing through a fence. coming up, residents w say this happens too often. >> plus, a d.c. council member under fire again tonight.t tense exchange today as he trind to defe himself from allegations he violated ethics rules. >> you're mischaracterizing a lot and interrupting me and i don't appreciate that. >> i don'tat appreciate t we're here to begin with. >> and a recall alert that

>>ev ae thunderstorm warning in effect for prince george's county and prince george's county and howard unty. numerous storms in the area. a couple in fauquier county. i'll zoom in a little bit. warrenton and another area of storms coming through leesburg hit earlier by these storms. again, this ism strongest stor right now in through parts of montgomery county and right around bethesda. getting hit very hard and rockville getting hit very hard. you can see where the severe thunderstorm warning is and it includes prince george's county around and back towards montgomery. zooming in on this area. i want to show you the areas under the most intense part of the storm right around aspen hill making its way up 2 you're going up 29, live is along 29, s making its way your way, and we'll continue to watch this storm as it moves on out. there's more storms out there.av

we he more storms in towards pennsylvania that we'll watch coming across our northern area over the next hour to two hours andinhis contes the next couple of days. a rocky road right on through the fourth of july. >> thank you. a ontentiouseting today at the d.c. council as embattled council member jack evans faced hours of tough questions from his colleagues. evans is trying to convince them not to strict him of the chairman of the powerful finance committee and as mark segraves reports adams refused to answere many of thcouncil's questions. >> last week when council member jack evans asked for a chance to be heard before the council votes to take his committee c eirman awayans said he would be happy to answer allei th questions. to delay judgment until all the facts are known and my side is heard. >> today evans was only willing to answer questions regarding the metric ethics investigation which he called flawed.

when investigators asked about other investigations being led by other prosecutors, evans was less willing to answer. >> we need to let that all playh out rat han me to answer that question today. >> i have just lots of questions that are being clearly nottooing get answered today. >> i appreciate your opontificating and yre mischaracterizing a lot and interrupting me and i don't appreciate that. >> i don't appreciate that we're in the position to begin with. >> i don't like it either. >> throughout the meeting evans asked his colleague to keep an openind and as the meeting went on some council members were left with more questions than answers. >> i'm a little frustrated because can't go much further on that point. >> council member, i think i've gone down this road as far as i can go. >> the inability to talk about a lot of things when a week ago you sat here and the conversation was i'll sit here to answer as many questions that

aresked. a lot of questions aren't getting answers. >> reporter: after two hours of back and forth evans left the meeting without talking t reporters. most of the council members seem poised to vote in favor of taking evans' chairman away when the councilxtotes ne week. in the district, mark segraves, news 4. >> during today's meeting evans did reveal something about that fbi raion his home a few weeks ago. he told his colleagues that this video was shot -- was shot of fbi agents leaving his home in georgetown of what appears to be evidence boxes is misleading. evans says thboxes were actually empty aside from three cell phones and a laptop. thy were r>>ur a wneeet've bdeen re these spikes in violence in the district sce late las year. now that we're halfway through 2019, we want to take a look at where things stand. according to the numbers from the d.c. police, homicide cases poe slightly higher than they were at this t last year.

leon harris is in our newsroom with a closer look at those statistics. leon? >> take a look at all of the homicide cases between january 1st and june 30th. 79 homicide cases across d.c. and we break it down by quadrant we see more than half of them were -- [ inaudible ] in turns out that more than three-quarters cas involved gun violence and the average age of the vic sims 33 years old. there's a big range.d the ol of the 64 rand the youngest just 3 months old. st month featured the deadliest stretch featuring aom hide every day. >> we're having a little bit of audio problem there. we'll go back to the statistics and leon once we get that up.r

our apologies. meanwhile, they put it up as a sign of support for member of the lbq community, but a couple off days ater the end of pride mon, a couple released this surveillance video of a man andalizing their flag. >> news 4's meagan fitzgerald talked with the homeowners and has the story that comes from southeast d.c. >> we flew the f flag june even though it's july now.ha we dn't taken it down yet just to recognize pride month. te >> repor betty rhodes will tell you her neighborhood along independence aven in southeast is very inclusive and welcoming. why she and many other neighborhood flied the pride flag so when she came home this morning and saw the flag on the ground, she didn't think twice until she saw her security camera footage. >> it feels so devastating whne someoakes a pretty passive thing and turns it into an act of violence. >> reporter: she' talking about this, a man walking on to her yard, tearing down her pride

flag and slamming it up against her gate while hurling anti-gay slurs. >> he just lake ripped it completely off. >> reporter: rhodes found the lying pole that she fou on the ground when she returned home this morning. >> to hear him just be so a disgustednd have such violent verbal reaction to a flag was really discouraging. >> reporter: she says she and her husband were flying the flag that showed support for pride month and a community that's been the target of acts of violence across d.c. and the country. >> abe walking by to know that this is a house w you're safe and supported and we're trying to fight for you and for everybody else to be equal. >> while rhodes is upset by his criminal actions, sheit says won't stop them from shong their support. >> absolutely we'll fly it again. >> reporter: meagan fitzgerald,

news 4. >> thell family wi be filing a police report. two weeks out and amazon is not waiting. the deal is already out there ahead of prime day, and the competition from a major retailer that could be good for your wallet. >> sounds ait like a broken record, look as these guys darken over us. we're talking severe thunderstm warnings foror

all right. look who is back and she's got raindrops on her.ri it's pou out thereto. >> you had to roll up your windows. >> it's raining in the parking lot. >> i never doarn. they ever day. every day i do this. >> sometimes you ask me. >> sometimes you're pretty good. >> can i roll my windows back down. >> you just showed that picture. oh, my gosh! >> i'm all wet. we >> all t because you've got tut rain coming o through and got some heavyain coming on through buzzard northwe. that's where we are, where wendy's car is and the rest of you out there tracking the storms, too. let's take a look and show you' whatappening. you can see what's going on around the metro area, including the severe thunderstorm warning from montgomery county, prince george's county and howard county now until 5:45. other storms here, too. you've got storms -- heavy hr storms in tgh the fauquier county area just to the north of warrenton and more storms around leesburg but this is the

area right here that we're watching very closely. new severe thunderstorm warning right now. now for prince george's county and anne arundel county. you just saw that pop up here. this is most lilying to be until 6:00 tonight. prince george's and anne arundel and howard county until 6:00. right along i-29 and a lot of lightning andind with this storm and hail has been reported with this tomorrow if you live around and down towards aspen hill, this is where we've se the he haveiev rain down towards wheaton. just follow it down towards beds did a. here's thetudioshere. here's connecticut avenue. you can see some. heavy rain coming through theic distr and it's just kind of building down to the south, so heads up. you had it in mcclain and now you'll get itug thro the annandale area and over towards the boston region as well. this the will come over the northern portions of foshington be it moves on out.

you can see the storm warning all the way through the chesapea and more storms back to the north. just to the north of the mason dixon line and these may come close to the area around hagerstown around an hour to two hou and watch out for that, toun numerous thrstorms around the mid-atlantic, and that's going to happen again tomorrow. this is thee picture outsid now. yeah. ow's really coming d so, wendy, you actually missed the heaviest rain because it's pouring outside our studios in northwest. 92 at the airport and winds out of southwest at 19 and at the airport you cane still some sun down there, and a great picture of the storm. look at the heat index. so 1 in manassas and 100 degrees in annapolis. very hot and humid and that's why is there's a chance of storms and we'll see it recall to. here's 8rn0 tomorrow g. no problem out there getting to work. you'll be fine and here's the s again. just like today, making their way through. any storm at any one time could .ecome strong or seve there's 6:00 and by 9:00 they are wining down and we do have

some fishing displays going on e aroundowie area and watch out for those and then again for the fourth of july we can expect more showers and scattered thunderstorms and more storms are strong, too. re'll be tking those very closely and also stormy on friday, and, yeah, a chance of storms still hot on saturday as well. >> catch your breath? >> yes, yes, yes, thank you. with the holiday weekend you might expect the pools to be extra crowded. coming up, more on what's fact andfiction when it comes to the swimming safety heules. >> t.s. women's soccer takes on england. i'm aimee cho at a watch party, and i've got the excite president coming up for you on news 4. >> illegal atv riders were being chased. a look andore on

>> look at this. headlights on. wipers getting a wokout. a live picture of the traffic on 495. the beltway right now. and you can see this is at 193. it is slow going in both directions. pack your patience. >> also have some breaking news.e three peopl have been shot a

two different scenes in fairfax county. one shooting telegraph road and t other janmes drive. the two shootings are related and the victims did not suffer lengthening an the gunman may in a tan >cadillac. now the video that you will coly see here on news 4. prince george'ty police officers chased dozens of atv riders into southeast d.c. >> and that had officers weaving in and out of traffic causing concern for drivers as you can imagine. prince george's county bureau chief tracey wilkins has more on that chase. >> in this video you'll see only on news 4 dozens of atv riders are being followed by prince george's county county police in southeast d.c. along southern avenue. it happened on saturday. police say the riders were first spotted in maryland and crossed into d.c. on the cell video you see police trying to wrangle the required.s atv and dirt bikes are illegal

on public roadways and one cruiser turned in the middle of the streetith nolights and he begins a pursuit crashing into a chain link fence of a business narrowly missing one parked car and a moving vehicle. all of the atv drivers got away. >> and then you have another t police departmming into our neighborhood doing something that we would not expect it's a problem. >> reporter: anthony lorenzo een is a d.c. commissioner and ward 7 commissioner that borders he county and says maryland chases over the border are far too commonpla . >> it'sen a major concern of my neighbors because we've had a lot of cars been damed. a lot of front yard fences been destroyed, and there's been folks concerned about their children who are walking down the road. >> report county preleased a statement that reads in part it'sol noti policy to meet recs behav rr withckless behavior. we'll continue to evolve strategy. such as the essort captured prior to pursuit that seeks to

put innocent persons on vehicle or on foot from beingt. hur the tire tracks aretill there from the chase and can you see wencthe f oefficer struck it and this pedestrian path here, folks crossed this path all the time. they say it's a violation of department policy and they will wait to hear what will happen to the overs involved. tracey wilkins, news 4. >> a police officer last year was placed on administrative leave and charged with driving an atv in ate public spa we are learning new envelopes tonight on that deadly crash on the bw parkway. 27-year-old brittany bks was killed last week. she was sitting in her suv when a car slammed into her killing hercat thee. she was a howard university student studying to be a dentist. u.s. park police te us

24-year-old darnell bassett hit and killed burks. he was trying to lose police in ase. according to the u.s. attorney, bassett has been charged now with a felony for an incident oj e 26th, the same day as that crash. now prosecutors have not said if that charge is for burks' death. bassett has ben in the hospital in police custody since the crash. the american civil liberties university is calling for an investigation into its use of force training. thegroup condems a encounter with a bystander, a bistander who was trying to defend a teenager who was detained by metro police. we reached out to metro for a response to the aclu's call but have not hea back from them. >> a world cup showdown between the u.s. and england f.only

every tuesday could be this exciting. we've got aimee cho at a watch party and we begith wi dave johnson in the newsroom. this is the finish we were hoping for, dave. >> let's make this every tuesda england, ofourse, gave the world sucker, but it is the united states that continues to perfect it at the women's world cup. tournament time. the americans carried a ten-game world is up winng streak into this afternoon's is. against england, the.s. were challenged by prevailed. >> megan rapinoe not starting. hamstring injury apparently keeping her shrined and kristen prnss starting i her place. ninth minute on the cris and press beats the keeper and puts 1-0.united states up how is that for filling n.lindsey horan, alex morgan finishes it with the head her 30th birthday. when you score against england

you celebrate your birthday by having some tea. you thnk that went viral. socialedia going crazy and the u.s. wins 2-1 and advance tofa the netherlands and sweden. this will be the united states third straight trip to the world cup final. so the u.s.moves on, and we continue our coverage. news 1's aimee choempt you hd the assignment live in national harbor and that had to be as crazy a routine as it was here in the newsroom. >> it's been absolutely awesome out here. let me tell you the heat has not stopped fans from coming out to show their support. want to show you a little bit of excitement from earlier. take a listen. [ cheers and applause ] inals.s. now going to the by a score of 2-1. the visitors said they had full faith in the u.s. women and hadh no doubt t could pull it off.

the fans had to get creative, stay cool and many brought umbrellas and lot of fans told us isn't it flitting that the u.s. beat britain right before independence day, but not everyone out here today was cheering for the u.s. we have met someabritish f here as well. we just met a husband and wife, husband isdiehard u.s. fan and his wife happens to be brish. >> it's a good day in america. i'm glad that it turned out the wayit did. >> i thought when they reversed that call and said it was offside. >> reporter: yeah. they had a friendly little bet going tonight, dinner tonight so mr. dixon is looking forward to that dinner. nuys, back in to you. >> you ca see it's sunny where she is, but amelia draper isac trng something more serious. >> it's pretty nasty in our lyrking lot. >> absolu wendy. we're starting to see the r

continue. with that there's a severe warning for prin george's and anne arundel county until 6 sack. this is moving into severin and moving into south gait at 5:45 and moving towards london town at 5:50 and anip lays at 6:00 and cape st. clair at 6:00 p.m. as well.re he a wired look at the radar. keeping a close eye on this storm and also thunderstorms in pennsylvania potentially movine into tharea. doug and i have the timing ad doug and i have the timing ad then

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new numbers sh the closer afternoon old town business is to the k street metro station theer hard the hit taken. >> it really has t affected business. from people washing the dishes to you coming out and joining us. >> the tourism arm conducted a city three weeks after metro closed the station form platf work. >> we saw six in ten businesses were even with prior years or up nd four in ten were experiencing decline in business. >> the business is doing well are those closer to the water but as you walk west dn king street shops are reporting losses greater than 10% and some much greater. >> i'm down like 30%, 40%. >> as you can see, it's a buffet and i don't have a single guest

sitting in the building. >> reporter:adly his empty dining room is not unique. we poked into several businesses and they all say the shoppers practically disappeared as soon as metro closed the station. >> we always joke about how it's right across the bridge, but when it comes down to the metro not being there, the bridge might as well be miles away. >> reporter: and they will have to endure because metro says the ki street station is set to reopen on september 9th. >> so then we should be able to survive, hopefully, hopefully. hopefully is the word. >> reporter: drew wilder, news 4. >> well, school is out for summer. before your kids dive into the swimming pool or head to the each there's important reminders for parts to know when it comes to their safety. news 4's dolpeen gentzler he to debunk some swimming myths before you get back into the water. >> when it comes to swimming safety, there's a lot of youthful information online and some of it says it's downright dangerous.

chances are you've asked yourself do you really have to wait up to an hour after eating before you ghe into t pool? and is dry drowning a real thing? well, we took your questions to emergency room doctor to help separate fact from fiction. >> misinformation in medicine seems to spread faster than actual evidence-based research snoretidr. chris johns is a pediatric monk physician and mother of two. e says her offices are busy with phone calls and visits this time of year from panicky parents reading stories of so-called dry drowning on social media. >> that catches on like wildfire, and then all of a sudden you have a situation where we're believing something when it's really only half of the story. >>eporter: the fact is children who inhale pool water do not need to be monitored for several days for signs of respiratory distress. >> if there are any symptoms related to that event, those are going to occur in the first

several hours, and not days later. >> reporter: instead she tells parents closely watch their child immediately after they swallow a mouthful of water and get medical attention quickly if youhink there's trouble. here's what to look for. >> is there any difficulty breathing? are they having trouble speaking because they are breathing so fast or seeming like they can't catch their breath, coughing a lo >> fact or phil mickelson. you should wait up to an hour after eating before getting back into the poo a >> there some truth and fiction about eating around swimming. >> budr. john says waiting to swim really i't necessary. the myth centers aund the belief that blood will be diverted away from your arms an legs and towards your stomach's digestive track after you eat at big mealng you at risk of drowning. >> and that's just not true. you co i the pool. your tummy might not feel very good if you're full but it's not

harmful or dangerous. what is harmful or dangerouswh kids go into the pool with gum or food in their mouth. it's easy toe choke or getth ings tangled up in the mouth and airway than really is a no-no. >> fact or swfiction, imming with arm floaties will protec my child. not true, because those arm float escan pop or slide off or deflate and they do not keep a cld's head above water in case of trouble. the american academy of pediatrics recommends a coast guard approached life vest. >> these are tunlike floaties because they are not blown up, cannot pop or get destroyed as easily. >> fact orfiction, if my child gets into trouble in the pool struggling in time to help. not true. drowning is often a silent sinuggle and can happen seconds. that's why it's important to have a designated water watcher who isn't distracted by a cell one. >> they need to not be distracted. they need to have one job and

one job only, and that is keeping an eye on the safety of kids who are swimming. > the american academy of pediatrics recently updated their guidelines and now recommen that children start learning to swim around the age of 1. that's three years earlier than this prestigious group earlier advised. back to you. >> boy, that's something we didn't have to worry about, the cell phones. one way to rip the phone -- can't bring a cell phone in the water. >> all of our parent were smoking cigarettes off on their side and what they hated about u their ands, so come on. just a baby boomer thing that we have. >> that is a myth. >> doug, how are you? >> i'm feeling pretty good. most of the pools in our area are okay, too. severe thunderstorm warning in ndince george's county a anne arundel county. tracking that storm for you. storm team 4radar, can you see the yellow box encompassing parts of north prince george's

and anne arundel like croston over towards the annapolis area. even in the district we're seeing rain. leesburg, you already got hit by one storm and another one right over you and a couple more storms, movg across route 66 and also right on through the d.c. metro area.ig seeing this along the beltway. this is the heaviest storm right over bowie. bowie, i know i have a firework. display tonig this should move out in time to get that done. also that's the good news and that severe thunderstorm warning going until 6:15 tonight and heads up if you live along route 50 an that's the area down to the south and down around the washington, d.c. metro area or in through the cityll actua in through pleasant and shefferly and back towards bailey and alexandria. heavy rain as well, and then you can see what's happening up towards the north, and when i say oke north, lo at the storms now into pennsylvania. some of these are on the stronger side moving towards the northern zone over the next couple of hours. this is going to be the scenarir

again tomrow. rather unsettled, hot and humid unsettled. just like we saw last week and tomorrow just like today any of e storms could be strong, possibly severe again. >> yeah, absolutely. >> here arehe impacts for tomorrow and real these are the impacts right on through sunday including the same time period for the biggest threat of severe weather. between 3:00 and 9:00 p.m. the greatest concern with any ntunderstorm again, not just tomorrow but on ithe weekend is going to be some very heavy rainfall followed by some strong gusty damaging winds out there. see somemaybe we could small hail, but, again, thegg bist concern with any thunderstorm with the heat and humidity back in full force is going to be some heavy rain that could lead to flooding concerning. if you're traveling tomorrow, the earlier that you can leave the better with those thunderstorms firing ding the mid-afternoon hours, and then continuing on into the evening hours. pact.at's your travel if you're heading to the rolling stones at fedex field bring a poncho. they also sell them there just in case you are impacted by one

of these thunderstorms. a 60% chance, by the way, that you areealing with rain tomorrow area-wide. if you're heading to the nats game, you could certainly see a delay.ou i cn't even rule out a postponement tomorrow so do be prepared. basically you have to be weather ready toorrow right onnto the holiday weekend. here's a check your fourth of july planner. we start off the fourth feeling like summer at 74 degrees. mig out there and hazy sunshine by lunchtime and still dry so he setting up t barbecue won't be a problem with temperatures near 90. a high of o 90the 4th but once again more scattered showered and thunde and 9:00 p.m. 3:00 better to leave tomorrow morning day.later in the no one day is a washout. what you need to be is weather ready. be able to move indoors and have the nbc washingto app, and we're also talking about heat indices near 100. manyo, days, to with the high l humidityel. >> we'll get there tomorrow. take a lookt this. look what we got right here.e

nice littl rainbow we've got right here. >> oh, that's pretty. >> we'll see this again during the day tomorrow. we'll see scattered showers out there. this is the fourth of july plane. again, 5:00 in the afternoon. 90 degrees. 82 degrees by 9:00 and, yes, we could see sattered storms there, too.

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nasa has cleared a critical hurdle in an effort to return to the moon and eventualer put anoth man on mars. >> the agency is testing that key function of its orion spacecraft meant to tensuree safety of those traveling up in space. >> bruin hughes has a closer look at today's ergency simulation. >> first came the bright orange sun over florida's east coast. minutes later thearky was pierced by then bright orage glow of a rocket carrying ece orion spacraft. it didn't take long for nasa to declare success is. the space agency demonstrated how the or crop's spacecraft launch abort system can outrun speeding rocket and pull astronauts to safety during anen emerg at launch. >> to me what the launch meant today is that the crew is going to have a way of, you know, returning safety if something happens to the launch field. >> and it's a milestone for the

agency's quest for art miss missions. orion will bringro astnauts to the moon and mars in 2024. they simply used a test version of the crew module. it went off without a hitch at 7:00 sharp more than seven mills above brevard county. >> today wasay a huge for the nasa exploration program. we explored the system that will protect the cues t during ascent phase. >> watch as the motor fires and pulls the crew module away from the rocke seconds later it splashed down in the atlantic ocean. all the high-tech drama proving a big success. and now welcome to "news 4:00 at 6:00" and the firepower on display on the fourth of july. >> on the grnd and up in the air. >> new details tonight about the tanks that will be on our national mall for the president's salute to america and the military might that you're going to be seng flying overhead. >> also protests against the conditions at the detention centers on the u.s.-mexico

anrder. another one pld in the next hour outside of the white house. doug? >> and i'm tracking a severe thunderstorm right around bowie right now and a severe thunderstorm warning in effect until 6:15 with this storm and numerous other showers and und.derstorms a we'll show you who gets what and how this alk about could affect the fourth of july fireworks display. w and those fireworks't be the only things to watch in the sky this fourth of july on our national mall. good evening, everyone. i'jimhandley. >> and i'm wendy rieger. today we learn the aircraft that is involved inresident trump's salute to america will have a huge impact on one of our local airport. >> and local leaders ar worried about the impact literally of those tanks on our national mall. >> and that's where our team coverage begins, with news 4's corey smith. >> reporter: wendy and jim, ple, tanks and yes, military