i'm pat lawson muse. l>> and i'meon harris. storm team 4 is tracking what is the most extreme temperatures s we've seen far this summer. >> taking a look at the current heat index, you can see it's feeling pretty hot now, andwit only get worse as the week wears on. >> let's get right over to amelia draper in the storm center because ae will t about how awful this stuff is but will smile when she does to make you feel better. >> you kind of have to. if utu're not laughing abo this, i think you're crying about it. just walking my dog today and not even that far, absolutely sweltering out there. right now we have triple-digit heat indices across most of the area. feng about 102 right now in washington. gaithersburg 101 and leesburg 99. it's going to feel a f degrees hotter out there tomorrow. some of us could be under a heat advisory. so we're talking about dangerous heat in the forecast for wednesday, and then the heat ramps up heading into the weekend of the now now right noe ir temperature coming in at 92

degrees. by 7:00 p.m. low 90s but it's feeling close to 100 when you factor in the mugginess. most of us are dryt there. i can't rule out a few isolated showers and thunderstorms, in especially northern virginia. again, most of us are dry. everybody is warm. that should say 81 at 11:00 p.m., but it will feel more like 91 at 11:00 p.m. when you factor in the humidity. here's the latest check of storm team 4ar rad the d.c. metro area is looking dry. back to the west, showers into washington county,he panhandle of west virginia and out into lualay. this is about the dangerous heat. more on how hot it will feel as the week wears on coming up in my fl forecast right around 4:20. >> thanks, amelia. >> folks, as those temperatures rise we'll be on weather alert later this week, and the best h thing toe with you, our nbc washington app. that or a fan. can you make weather your home page there and getts alerent right to your phone at any time. pat? >> it's been one year since a

10-year-old girl sitting on her front step in northeast d.c. was shot and killed. on monday d.c. police announced the arrest of the eightherson charged with the murder of makiyah wilson. her parents michael and donetta wilson have so many fond memories of their daughter, but today those memories mean so much more. the couple spoke to meagan ab fitzgerald t what this past year has been like. it's an interview you'll only see on news 4. >> my life has changed. >> got that call that still to this day haunts me, to this day. >> the frantic call was made toa mas dad just after 8:00 in the evening. their daughter was shot to death on her front porch when masked gunmen opened fire in the courtyard this. past year has been incredibly difficult for hem, but's also been a year filled with an undying will and desire to make sure makiyah's spirit lives on.

tonight the family is hosting a wa and celebration through the clay terrace neighborhood to celebrate and remember makiyah's life. coming up at 5:00, h parents explain to meagan fitzgerald what helped them get through this past year. newht developments rig now after the justice department announced today that it would not bring charges against a new yorwacity police officer wh accused in the death of eric garner five years ago. that case prompted national protests and started a conversation in the couuntry ab excessive use of force by police. wendy rieger standing by now at our live desk with what we're a learningut this decision today. >> leon, this case also sparked fierce debate in the justice department. in the end nbc news has learned that attorney general william barr made the final decision not to chargeic the o who was seen in the video with his arm warned garner's neck during this encounter. he was arrested for selling

untaxed, loose cigarettes, but garner was asthmatic and during that confrontation he was heard saying i can't breathe. that phrase came a rallying cry during protests after his death. while some say an illegal choke hold was used during this arrest, the officer says he used a legal move. it's call the seat belt. according to a senior justice official, attorney general barr took the recommendations of the brorklyn prosecut not to press charges, but justice sources say attorneys in the civil rightsis divn argued charges should have been filed. officer pantaleo still faces an internal disciplinar trial f the nypd. a judge has not made a decision in that case. back to you. >> thank you, wendy. wendy rieger in the newsroom. >> anotherla escation in the public friction between president trump and democrats. >> for the third da in row the presidentckrefused to ba down from comments that have been widely criticized as

racist, and democrats in the house are taking action. they have introduced a resolution rebuking the president for his remarks about four members of congress, congresswomeof color. susan mcginnis is tracking all of this on capitol hill for us. susan? >>eporter: well, pat and leon, members of both parties are now having their voices heard while he president is again telling these freshmen lawmakers if you don't like it here, you can leave. it was the president versus the squad day three. >> it's my opinion they hate our counter. >> reportthe president escalating his attacks on four democratic congresswomen of color, the self-described squade claiming h has a list of derogatory comments they made. >> that is so bad, so horrible, that i almoo don't wantead it. >> reporter: earlier the president repeated his sunday tweet telling the congresswomen if they are not happy here, they can leave. one of his targets, alexandria ocasio-cortez, responded tweeting the president would rather see most americans leave

than handle our nation's en hrined tradition of dissent. the senate's top republican calling on all sides to lower the temperature while defending the president. >>he president is not a racist, and i think the tone of all of this is not good for the country. >> this is about ideology. this is about socialism versus rfreedom. >>orter: democrats continued to condemn the remarks. >> and there's no one that cannot take that as a racist statementrm >> the skish uniting how democrats recently engaged in an internal power struggle. >> these are our four young, smart siste and we stand together. >> reporter: today house democrats moved forward on a resolutn condemning the president's comments.de the presi says congress should vote instead to rebuke the congresswomen. now the resolution is a symbolic reprimand of the president's remarks. pat and hleon, olds no force of law. >> allght. susan mcginnis, thank you, susan. >> we've got some breaking news

just s in. r ger r. kelly has just been ordered held in jail without bond. kelly was arrested last week and charged with multiple sex crimes includi having sex with minors and trying to cover it up with bribes and threats. prosecutors argued that kelly was a flight threat and a risk to minors. the judge is also now mabting out how to proceed with the case and charges in both chicago and new york. >> prince george's county police are investigating a deadly lshooting that took placte last night. we're told ernest bowman of orthwest washington was found on richieboro road in maryland. this afternoon investigators believe bowmanas targeted. detectives are working to figure out a possible motive and find suspects in the case. anyone with information is asked to call prince george's police. an arlington man is in jail right now accused of attempted rape along with theft and fraud

charges. joe gebreyesus is charged. arhe was found ne the crystal city metro. it turns out he was wanted for a felony probation violation. d.c. police need your help locating a man and his dog.r these asurveillance pictures of the two. officials say they want to talk with this man about a child who was bitn yesterday at the lowe's on market street northeast. that dog is described as a gray mastif with white onhe tips of its paws and tail. call d.c. police if you have any information. a local cop being called a hero tonight after he raced into a burning home this morning and rescued the couple who were inside. news 4's mark seagraves poke with that officer and the homeowner who isu alive becase of it. >> dan and his wife are alive today in large part to the quick actions of montgomery polgee st scott brooks who pulled the two from their burning home early this morning.

the couple were in bedt j off new hampshire avenue in randolph springs. the sergeant was driving to work on new hampshire avenue at the same time. >> observed like a big funnel cloud/smoke going straight up into the sky like black smoke. >> reporter: brooks called in the fire and he was the first to arrive. the house was fully engulfed with both smoke and >>fire. reporter: brooks didn't wait for help. went to the front door. the front door was locked. an >> reporter: ile inside the burning home, the man and wi were getting out. >> we heard stmenge noises. my wife jumped up. the wall is on fir so i jumped out of bed and started making my way towards the door. that's when sergeant brooks decided to kick in the front door. >> when i kicked the front door in, the female occupant w on the other side of the door. i actually knocked her over when

i kicked the door. i dragged herou out the front door, and she was screaming that her husband was skill inside the residence. >> reporter: sergeant brooks went back inside e smoke-filled house. i tried to go in a couple of times, the smoke was pretty bad. i ended up getting down on the ground and i could see his legs in the center of the room area, oind at some p he fell to the floor, and i went in and drags him out. >> the cause of the fire remains under investigation, but aes spokrson from the montgomery county fire tells news 4 it appears to have started on the back porch where severalte batries were stored. in montgomeryco nty, mark gr sees, news 4. news 4 is working foryour help. today a promising sign from the top alzheimer's researchers. a change that could reduce your risk by 60%. >> plus, the apollo 11 mission 50 years later. an inside look at what made neil

armstrong's one giant leap possible. >> that's so cool. emt first the my nominations a they are out we'll get the itide scoop with ki hoover from access coming up net. >> reporter: oh, snow stick, it's the worst time of year. no winter no snow, nothing to measure, just the dog days of summer. what are we going to do now? seriously. i'm looking for some ideas here. >> here's an idea. send us a picture or video of your pet doing its best trick. you could be featured on news 4 and maybe even get a visit from t himself. >> hey, wanna play fetch? dogs love fetching sticks.ed pat's prizets only on news 4. e. i switched from dodg

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we're back now at 4:15 int' whafweerg up to be the hottest days of the summer. get that ice tea and lemonade ready. 's feeling hot i right now and it's only getting more from amelia just ahead. my meanwhile, the 71st nominations are out, a to ae's surprise "game of thrones" rocked up whole bunch. >> yeah, but one big surprise had social media lit upuite a bit this afternoon. >> kit hoover with "access" ins us from live fr universal city, california, with

a preview of what's coming up tonight. kit, what's the buzz out there about today's nominations? >> reporter: hi, pat and leon. around -- the arnold palmer ice tea, sounds good. finally best actressnomination for mandy moore. i talked to her on the phone right after she heard the news. >> i went and sat ar my c and i had 65 text messages and i was like oh, no. oh, no, did the show not get nominated and people are bummed out, and i opened my husband's texts and it said you did it with 50cl ation points and i'm like waithat? i did what? i couldn't comte it. i was thinking aboutli your , mandy. u get married, you climb everett and get nominated finally for your emmy. what do you make of all of this? >> this really is the cher on the sundae. >> reporter: she's just the

cutest. susan colecci and sterling k. brown, milo did, so that will be fun. now are y'all "game of thrones" people? >> kind of sort of.e weot friends around us who are all into it big time. >> all in. >> reporter: i think we're the same then. scored 32 nominations for its final season. it broke the record for most nominations for a show in a single year. you know what show previously healed, that can you guess? cop show. blue in the title. >> "hill street blues." >> nypd blue". >> "game of thrones" and swept the actor category. that's fun to see them on the red carpet. ava duvernay's powerful netflix series "when they see us" scored big. 16 nominations, including best limited series. the true story of the central park five, the five teens who were wrongly accused of rape back in1989. hard to watch. such an important story. so excited about that. also beyonce could be her year.

her documentary "homecoming" nominated for six emmys. beyonce on the carpet, getting her emmy, could be good. >> you don't bet against beyonce. >> ever. >> you never bet against beyonce, whatever you do. >> kit, who got snubbed this year? >> reporter: oh, my gosh, so many snubs. help me thi here in my room. what's the show "pose," the woman from "pose," julia roberts got snubbed, and she posted the funniest thing covering who else got snubbed like george clooney, julia roberts. oh, gosh. pat, you've got me. guys, give me more snubs. i got snubbed because i can't remember, but we'll celebrate the winners. >> that's right. >> reporter: to yo point, pat, i always feel so bad, ones that i look at the category, no, i wanted more. henry winkler got nominated for a nd time so i cannot wait

to see him. >> all right. kit. >> good deal. thank you. >> reporter: thanks, guys. >> have a good one. 'll see you later on. >> the emmy awards will take i place september, and right now you can read more about the shows and the actors nominated. >> just pull up the nbc washingtonnd app a search emmy nomination t they are allre for you. no awards given out for this weather forecast. >> hottest day othe year. if we hit 97 degrees tomorrow, it will be the hottest so far this yr. if we hit 100 over the weekend, it will be the first time we've hit 100 since august of 2016. >> wow. >> so hard to believe that we haven't hit 100 degrees at reagan national for almos three years. something we'll be monitoring. no matter how you split it thoura, we're ting dangerous heat in the forecast. something you need to take seriously. dangerously hot at times and right on into the weekend. i could see the national weather service issuing a heat advisory potentially tomorrow for the d.c. metro area. we're kind of right on that

cusp. e need to have a heat index here of 105 for the national weather service to issue a heat advisory. we're going to be very closn somet we'll monitoring, but regardless, with the kids tomorrow, you want to plan for someme indoors where they can be out of the heat, andwe see some really serious heat and h humiditye friday, saturday and sunday where it will feel like 110 degrees fayday, saturd and sunday. we'll definitely be under a heat advisory if not a more serious heat warning friday on into the weekend. so with that being said, heat safety tips for you. make rire you're ding plenty of water if you do haveo be outdoors. you want to limit time outdoors, especially for the kiddos.y want to avoid long hoursut in the sun, especially duri peak heat. high temperaturesat 4:00, 5:00 and 60. after lunchtime if you want to brg the kids inside. at least try to i keep themn the shade. make sure you're wring light-coloredoo le-flitting

clothing. if you're wearing dark colors that heat is absorbed making you even hotter out there, and you never want to leave kids or pets in cars. i want to have more on how hot the asphalt gets as you're walking your pets around in these types of temperatures coming up at 45:00, but currently this is what we're talkinabout, this is t heat index. we need to change that over. when you factor in the heat it will already feel like 80 degrees out there by lunchtime. it's feeling about 95. 4:00 it's feeling roanywhere f about 100 to 105 degrees out there. even at 7:00 in the evening, st it's ll feeling about 101 with the high temperature of 96, and we will have some evening thunderstorms outhere tomorrow. not everybody will be seeing rain, but i can't rule it out. not during the afternoon hours but during theeveningours. again, our heat index tomorrow at about 105. on thursday we're feeling about 100 degrees on there. on friday it's feeling about 110 degrees. here's your four-day forecast. i have the ften-dayecast

coming at 45:00. storms again tomorrow evening, but dangerous heat during the day. a high of 96. 93 on thursday, bhe chance for a few scattered showers and thunderstorms around throughout the day. theisks through will be about 0%. friday and saturday we see our temperatures to near and around 100 degrees. >> you ready? >> i think. all right. still ahead on news 4. new strides in the fig against alzheimer's. > plus, lions, tigers and beers, oh, my. tommy mcfly has a sneak peek of brew at the zoo. >> and double dutch, not just for kids anymore. we'll meet the women all over 40 now jumping in. that's coming up next.

if you still haven't taken that summer road trip expect the price at the pump to go up. average price is 2.79gallon, ten cents more than you were paying at beginning of july. the increas are due to high crude oil prices and high demand during the summer driving season. if you're looking for good news

though, prices are still lower than they were this time last summer. >> if you're of a certain age, it was probably hard to miss scenes like this all over the country. double dutch. once a popularme pasti for young girls and now the young girls are 40-plus and they are rediscovering their love for double dutch all over again. news 4's mollette green is in the community with a group of na women joininonwide movement. >> i'm in rope. we've got women here at young at 44 all the way to 58 yars old. the double dutch club mission. 40-plus, that's the whole goal. plela robinson few in today to be with us from chicago. you're the founder of this. >> yes. >> reporter: and you've seen this thing just explode. >> yes. hince we appeared on the local tv show ingo in may, posted on social media. it has grown exponentially since then. ave members all over the world, includg ghana, nigeria,

belize. we'rell over, a movement and opportunity for women to promote friendship, un and fitnes that's what we're doing. >> thas what we're doing. as we're watching some of the better jumpers. 40 plus double dutch. >> 40 plus double dutch. 40 plus double dutch. 40 plus double dutch. 40 plus double dpoch. >> reer: i used to be this good. thanks for letting be out here at the fields at rfk. we're going to keep jumping and keep it real fit, right? back i to you. >> that's a lot of oxygen and a lot y skill. >>ou got that right. coming up tomorrow onws 4, mollette is hitting the green. we're live onolhe gf course of the first tee of waington, d.c see how this development program is changing lives on and off the course. >> are you inspired then.yo

will u go home and grab your ropees >> it tak two. i don't think my husband is into that so the answer is no. >> you need s have a conversation when you get home. >> i'll be jumping by myself. a all right. coming up nextfter we cross the bottom of the hour we' working for your health. >> aew study looking at the impact of inflammation and up coming a look at what it could mean for reducing the risk of alzheimer's. >> and we're also helping to keepyour kids' mind sharp this summer. still ead, aahe

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if you're just joining us at 4:29, let's get you caught up on what you need to know. it's opinion a year since makiyah wilson was shot outside her d.c. home, shot by abustray let from this exchange which was caught on surveillance video. yesterday police charged an eighth person in connection with her murder. no charges for the officer involved in the o death eric garner in new york city. officer daniel pantaleo was accused of putting garner in a chokehold in 2014. gaern was asthmatic, and he died after the arrest. sources say attorney ral william barr made the final decision not to press charges. more friction between president trump and democrats. today he repeateds contention that four congress women of

color can leave the country if they don't like it. democrats have introduced a resolution rebuking the president's language that has long been considered a racist trope, and a man is being held without bond facing multiple charges in connection with ant attemp assault in crystal city. police say the man cornered a woman and also made inappropriate cmments to another woman on crystal drive on saturday evening. he ran off when she ran and pushed her away but inveoligators say he her push and used her credit cards before being arrested. patollins will have more ahead at 5:00. for now we'll send it back to you in the tstudio. >>nks, wendy. who doesn't like a cool treat on a hot day. >> especially if you'rstuck outside in the heat because that's where you work. >> news 4's drew wilder shows us how he put smiles on some faces in clarendon. >> reporter: we know that you know that it's really hot outside, but instead of just talking about it, today we wanted to do something about it

swe packed up the cooler and cam down to clarendon, and we'll help people sy cool. hey, how you doing? with channel 4 news, running around handing out popsicles to people out in the heat. youant one? >> sure. >> reporter: you're working your tail down, when you set these down would you like a popsicle or a bottle of wate >> you're very welcome. >> it's hot and i'm working. >> reporter: y'all on break. >> not right now. >> reporter: thanks for doing the wok here. >> thanks for looking out for kee community. >> reporter: ma shuart pets are inside and well hydrated this week. we brought a dog friendly treat along just in case this >> oh, no. not for me. >> loo at how fast the popsicle is meting. we're not even in a heat adviso yet. we'll probably have a heat advisory tomorrow, but friday, saturday and sunday, we're going

to have a heat advisory. we could hit 100 degrees. that would be the first time that we've hit 100 since august 2016. when you factor in the humidity, it's going to feel like 110 degrees. >> when you say heat advisory, obviously we know that means it's going to be hot. what extly does that mean? where's the threshold for heat advisory. >> in our area the threshold is wh you hit so 5 degrees or greater so we'll be near 105 on wednesday. friday, saturday and sunday we're talk 1g about degrees and that's dangerous heat out there. >> we'll need more popsicles. >> this one is already melting. you think? >> yes. >> we want one. we've just lived the hottest june on record, and july could set a record, too. storm team 4 meteorologist amelia draper joins us us jt a few minutes to explain why. i >> news 4 working for your health this afternoon with a look at a new report on alzheimer's disease.

>> a harvard researcher says targeting inflammationay help reduce the risk of getting alzheimer's. >> dr. john torres, medical correspondent for nbc news, joins us live now from new york to talk about this report. doctor, this is really interesting. we're talking about like your inflammation, l like what we get in our niece and joints? >> reporter: that's exactly what we're talkingabout, and up until now the last couple of doctors we've been focusing on amyloids and plaques, things in e brain that we know contribute to alzheimer's, but it looks like early alzheimer's when it starts010, 2 years ahead of time. you've got to get the inflammation under control. that's what you're talking b.hit your elbow, it starts swelling up. that's your body's defense system trying to protect it. the same thing happens in our brain, unfortunately, wheto it tries protect those areas, it ends up killing ofner of cells of cells particular to our learning and our memory, and that's why it's important to make sure that you get that inflammation under control. how do you do that? what are some of the simple things that people can do to reduce inflammation?

>> reporter: so what the experts have come up with anni ac called shield, s means sleep. extremely important. seven to eight hours a night. oesn't have to be all together because they say even napping i can help w that. h, handle stress. want it as low as possible. i, isolation. you want to b as social as you possibly can, because the more you're by yourself the more that it canause the inflammation and other problems. e, exercise on a daily basis, and enough side about that. l, learn new things, and that doesn't mean puzzles or suduko, learn a new language, how to paint, magic trick, things that exercise your pet, the fruits and vegetables, extremely important and never t young to start that thing. >> that plan sounds like everybody needs vacation. every single thing you mentioned is what we do. >> can certai handle the stress, couldn't it? >> exactly.

>> keeps the stress under control that way. >> thank you so much. >> dr. john torres, hear more of hi reportoming up tonight on "ni htlynews" with lester holt coming your way right her on nbc 4 at 7:00. well, it was a momnt that changed exactly 50 years ago, changed historyo 0 years ag today. >> that's right. we're talking about the apollo 1mission to the moon. still ahead here on news 4, the amazing story behind neil armstrong's famous spacesuit. >> but, first, that trip to the zoo with a cold one. tommy mcfly shows you how you can enjoy brew at the zoo coming up next. >> and nasa come out with new numbers yesterday. june was the hottest june on planet earth what does this mean and why? and how is it looking for

scott macfarlane with news youe hearingirst on 4:00. two firefighters are charged with assault after being asked to leave a shop and police rived and one of the firefighters hurled insults and began punching them. a second fele fire fighter is accused of jumping on one of the officer as police were trying to arrest theirst firefighter. a third person all assaulted

with assaulting a police officer. at the live esd i'm scott macfarlane, now back to you. >> thank you, scott. >> here at news 4, we are committed too talking ab our changing climate. >> yes. this week nasa released new in numbers showg that last month was the earth's hottest june on record. >> and it's looking now like e ly. could bre of the same. amelia draper here now to explain that for us. amelia? >> well, pat and leon, yesterday nasa came out with new numbers saying that june was the hottest june on plant earth, and it's the second agency confirm that. here's the map that they released talking about this. what does this actually mean? well, our temperature for june was running about 1.7 degrees above the normal june temperature for the planet. the old record goes back to june and 2016. what helped contribute to this? ll, european heat wave where we saw so man record high temperatures falling. here's the thing.

those records don't just go back maybe 50 years. those wer old records that fell. e also had a very warm arct which helped contribute to the warmest june on record. now july is on track to be the n hottest earth with the united states helping to contribute to that. in e only are we tracking dangerous heat in our area, but much of the country will be getting in on that dangerous heat wave through the weeke y. theear could end up being the top three, not just the top five but based on the current track, the host year and what do we need t do? we need to lower our eenhouse gasss emiions. >> not records we want to keep setting. >> absolnkely. >> thas, amelia. t>> on thursday nigh it's the annual after hours fund-raiser brew at the zoo. news 4's tommy mcfly sets theen sce for us. >> your mission drink beer, save

animals. i'm tommy mcfly with the scene. this thursday it's brew at the zoo where the national zoo invites the over is crowd to sample more than 20 brews at the dszoo. proceeill help out friends of t national zoo in their constant work to save species. this is a rain o shine event feursday night at the national zoo and ures a dinosaur and fossil theme. you like doing fun stuff around town? we've got plenty of activities and events on the scene page of the nbc 4 washgton app. i'm tommy mcfly. >> the bre at the zoo event is not for kids, but if you want to make it up for the kid, take them out to the go cart track that's now open in fredericksburg. tommyf tried that out hiand is story is in the nbc washington app and search "thes ene." >> everyone wants to go down to that track. >> go carting isf a lot ofun. >> goes all the way up like

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back now at almost 45 after the hour now with the dangerous temperatures outside. storm team 4 is trackis what' likely to be a heat advisory this weekend, but we could see an even stronger warning coming, couldn't? amelia is back with the extreme heat and a look at all that just ahead. >> we all know about the of children spending too much time on their phones and tablets. >> yeah, butou know, if they are used the right way, digital

devices can actually help your kids avoid the summer learning slide that happens every single year. news 4's doreen gentzler here now to explain how to do that. >> our kids are just watching us, right? >> yes. le we're not exactly setting a good examphen it comes to >>creen time. that's true. >> students can lose up to three months of learning during summer whcation and that's it's important to keep them engagedth when ey are not in the classroom. our week-long series continues now with a look at four different apps that can help prevent summer brain drain and keep your kids' minds moving. >> as a parent we want to find this balance between trying too hard and, you know, asking your kid to do worksheets every day and then doing nothing at all: >> reporterletting your child zone out on cartoons or video games can lead to summer brain drain and a loss of learning. >> many teachers complain that they have to spend a tremendous amouof time reviewing because he students that come back without a foundation are really st at the beginning. >> reporter: and that's where technology can come into play.

ann irn ldo runs an educational connection tutoring center and says the devices your kids love can be used strategicaly to lern a new skill and inspire a new curiosity. >> it helpsof kids all languageds learn a new and i talked to a m her 50-year-old is obsessed with learning german because of the app. >> skillshare teaches the kids how to do calligraphy, photography, how to cook different recipes. ere are thousands of courses on this app,ome free. another app called skyview encourages kids to look up and learn by gazing at the stars. >> this is fascinating especially for kids who love science or if you want your

child to be interested in astronomy. take the iphone or ipad and point it up to the sky, and it can identif constellations or star patterns. >> reporter: and com academy, thousands of instructions from coding and music to math and le history ons. maybe your kids aren't going to seek those apps out, but if you introduce them to them, that could be the start ofmething great. parents should, of course, set limits when it comes to how much time the children spend on their screens, and you wa to make sure their devices are turned off an hour before bedtime which is good advice for the parents and the restof the family as well. tomorrow at 4:00 our series continues.

we've got a look at summer sleep schedules. is it okay to let your kids sleep in, and how much sleep should they really bein gettg? we'll share some new surprising research on bedtime tomorrow at 4:00. we've talked lot abouthow many hours of sleep kids shoulda get, there's new research we s shouldre tomorrow about what time different aged kids should be going to bd. that can be confusing forts paren to figure out. >> the apps are really cool. >> not for kids, er us. >> w're over here taking notes. i'm getting two of these, i'm sure. >> duo lingo. >> i tried duoli ngo, and i haven't gotar enough, but r- my 27-yeaold son is obsessed with it, and he's learning a new langge. german sounds good. >> thanks, you introduced me to sky view. that's eally cool. >> we were actually trying to use it on friday night. >> itreas jupiter we we looking at. >> jupiter d the moon. a lot of cool apps out there, e and if you looking at your

apps, the thing that it doesn't actually tell you is how hot it feels out there, so th's what i'm going to be telling you right now. it's going to be dangerously hot out there friday, saturday and suayday. >> ok so we've got to brace oursels, the hottest day so far this yearly >> absolute, and i just called the national weather service because we were talking about a heat advisory a p i'mutting together the heat index and i'm starting to think th we may get a little bit above, something more serious like a warning, and that would be an excessive heat warning that w could potentially see friday ort surday, but i want to give you th storm team 4 radar out there cght now. there's a smance that we're dealing with a shower out there tonight. you can see this activity. this is back around northern loudoun county, the western frederick county and maryland and just dealing with rain showers. again, a look at the bigger picturoi not much g on out there tonight. most of us it's a dry night. we don't need to be dealing with any rain right now, especially when we have o all this heat in the forecast. here's your planner for

tomorrow. it's a warm, muggy start already. at 7:00 a.m. we're almost at 80 degrees. by lunchtime we're at 91. that 96 is going to feel like 96 toonrrow. right he threshold and i don't want to split hairs because i want to get the message across with the kids outdoors get them outarly in the morning and keep them indoors more so during the afternoon hours when it was extremely hot out there. if they ee outsid make sure they are drinking plenty of water and hanging how the in the shade. there's a storm tomorrow at 7:00 p.m. and the days dry. 990 degrees tomorrow at 7:00 p.m. also when it gets this hot id's a idea to remember just how hot the asphalt is because it's black so just absorb that sunlight where it's lighter colors like concrete and send a lot of that. but when you're walking your bet, 87 degreesn produces a asphalt temperature of 143. a good way to check in your grounis too hot for your pet, put the bottom of your hair down

and if you c't hold it there for seven seconds, that's too hot for your pet. 87 degrees pduces an asphalt temperature of 143. as we get into the next few days, i think it's important to go over some symptoms of heat exhaustion. if you're feeling faint or dizzy, excessive sweating, nausea, vomit, a rapid weak pulse and if you're getting muscle cramps, all signs you need to get out of sun and rehydrate. heading to the pool will be great as long as ys'reg sunscreen and drinking plenty of water there, especially tomorrow and friday. can't rule out a daytime showerr or thundorm on thursday, and here's where i'm thinking we might have an excessive heat watch posting friday, saturday and sunday as it feels like 110 degrees out there with the humidity. maybe even a little bit hotter. here's the storm team 4 ten-day forecast. if we hit 100 on saturday, it will be the first d100-degree at reagan national in almost three years and going to 99 on

sunday, athhance for nderstorms later on sunday and maybe more storms out there. the storms on monday a welcome rain event with a cold front. it produces breezy, low humidity on tuesday soti basically unl we get to tuesday we are goingino be fe the heat around here. >> hydrate. >> absolutely. can say it enough. >> slather on the sunscreen, all right. >> you might want to slather something else on this next one. all right. check this guy out is this a person putting his best foot forward? a little. anyone who flies knows there are rules in the air, some spoken, some unspoken. >> this is just not right. that's why some passengers on this flight were appalled to see a fellowr passenge using his feet to scroll through movie options on the touch screen pinned to the wall in front of him. oh, my goodness. >> the person who posted this video said at man had no issues with his hands. he went in and out of the plane carrying his own luggage, so

what do you think? >> i don't think it's sanitary. that's a good time to spill a cup of coffee as you're walking to the lavatory. yes, oops, a nicebig oops. >> we need some wipes. >> that's just disgusting. >> i don't even like seeing people's feet on a plane. can you just keep your shoes on or keep some socks on. isn't that why they hand ought those sock slipper things? >> exactly. >> all wi right. stract you. >> yeah. >> big day in television as the emmy nominations are announced and a local teenager and actor hears his name mentioned. we'll hear his reaction, it's fabulous, and ourcott macfarlane explains why some companies are being accused of getting more out of your wallet than the law is allowing. and we're watching a developing situation right now. hundreds have gathered for a protest outside the immigration and customs headquarters in downtown d.c. we're watching for arrest as they demand changes at that agency, so coming in the studio

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there would be no moonwalk, no giant leap for mankind were it notr the spacesuit that the astronauts were wearing during the apollo 11 landing. today as we mark 50 years since

we'v blasted off forthe moon, news 4 owes corey smith got a chance to see neil armstrong's origin suit up close. >> all engines running. liftoff. >> reporter: 50 years later, still mael at the vessel that took us to the moon and now we can admire the spacesuit that allowed neil armstrong to step foot on the moon. >> we have to take our environment with us, and the only way to take our environment with us is with a spacesuit. >> the while she's never worn it dr. kathleen lewis knows this suit inside and out. >> the this spacesuit was made to fit neil armstrong and no one else. it weighs a little over 60 pounds all told.t outer layer that you see is made to reflect solar radiation and sunlight. >> reporter: it would take some of thesc sharpestntific minds

in the country to design the suit. the job of stitching it togethee into the hands of everyday seamstresses. this brings that human sued that i think is truly inspiring. >> reporter: for visitors like michael staring into armstrong's he will smet like almost looking into the past. >> to see the suit as he wore it with the lunar dust still on it, it's just incredible. it's emotion and it's a very portant artifact that needs to be protected and preserved for future generations to see. >> reporter: that's a big reason why the suit is on display, not just to honor the past but to inspire the next generation of innovators and explorers to dream big. >> it's really cool. >> reptter: what did you noe about it? had the red attons. >> i thought the dirt on it was really cool. >> reporter: proof that when old made new it can still leave awe.n in the district, corey smith, news 4. >> andtight now a 5:00, storm ng

team 4 trackihe start of a heat wave and our hottest temperatures of the summer. >> yeah. doesn't feel very comfortable being outside right now. take a look at the numbers out there. e ese are the feels-l temperatures. a lot of triple digits on the map, but it's only going to get worse as the week continues. amelia draper is standing by in the storm center with the details. amelia? >> looking at the numbers right now it's feel tropical out there, and it will continue to feel tropical, muggy, gross, whatever you can think of right on into the weekend. check out how hoe it'sing in your neighborhood and a lot of triple digits still out there. the pawtuck river feeling almost 110 degrees. temperatures are bad enough on their own. we're at 91 degrees. you add in the mugginess, it's feeling 99 in washington and 98 in gaithersburg and 100 degrees right now in as we head throughout the evening hours, we'll slowly fall into the 80s, but even at 7:00 s

p.m. it'sll feeling close to 100 degrees out there. most of us are going to be completely dry tonight. a few i olatedowers and a rumble of thunder west of the d.c. metro area. uor everybody tho it's about the warmth, and at 11:00 p.m. we're still at 87 degrees. i'll leave you with this, them huidity levels. that is prett, telling wednesday, thursday, friday, saturday and sunday,and, again, i'm trackingat dangerous he in the forecast. likely tomorrow, especially over the weekend, including friday. i'll have much more on how hot it's going to feel as the week wears on coming up at 5:25. >> those are not happy faces. thank elia. can you keep track of these rising temperatures and the thunderstorms that often accompanying them. you can make weather your home page. >> had a local cop is being called a hero after racing into a burnin home this morning and rescuing them when they are trapped inside. news 4's mark