row inmates has caused some states to rethink the practice. 21 states in the district of columbia have abolished the atdeially biased and sometimes leads to t innoceneople being killed. but the trumpha administration been pushing to reinstate capital punishment at the federal level and the bureau of prisons has been ordered create a newol protocor lethal injections using just one drug to put people to death. in the past a combination of hree drugs had been used. all federal executions willplake ce at a federal prison in indiana. chris pillion, nbc news. >> i'm era gonzalez. virginia is reportg more illnesses due to a bacteria. 37 of the cases this year have come in the last two wes, and they still don't know the source. virginia is reporting 39 cases

of the illness since may 1st, and three workplace cafeterias are part of that investigation, including two of them in mclean. one in the capital one building and the other in the valo park buildinpe ple most often get infected by ingesting contaminated food or water. right now there's not a known source for e outbreak. wendy? >> thanks, erika. >> we're signature on top of the latest developments of the arrest of 16 active doubty ton, rs at camp pn california. they are accused of smuggling people over the border from mexico. today's arrests ste om an investigation that began earlier this month when two camp pend tele-based marines were arrested after border patrol agents caught undocumented immigrants jumping in their car near the border. the undocumented immigrants told investigators they had paid the marines $8,000 to take them to los angeles.

as nbc's courtney kube explains, there's still unanswered questions about the marines who were arrested today. >> what we don't know athis point is whether this is one large ring of behavior or whether these are just, you know, individual who mayave been caught as part of this larger investigation. one thing we do know about the arines is none of them were actually assigned to the southern border mission. >> eight more -- eight more ma reasons were arrested and o question alleged drug offenses, but officials say that was not related to today's arrest. a> a pregnant woman was pushed repeatedly byan while she was out for a walk in northwest. ., and news 4 has learned the man accused in the attack has been arrested dozens of times before. news 4's aimee cho is in logan circle with more on this. aimee? >> reporter: doreen, we atesented out all the criminal charges for th alleged attacker mike rall hilliard just to highlight how many there are. the latest chae is allegedly

shoving a pregnant woman in the stomach, but as you can see his arrests go back for decade. each line onhe sheet of paper represents a separate criminal charge. some of those charges include sexual assault and kidnapping. w people talked to today said they don't understand why hilliard keeps getting out of jail. this is the picture d.c. police put out back in 2017 when they were looking for hilliard. he wasse accu of groping three women in hilliarire. police caught him and he was released from jail the next day and less than two weeks later h would go on to grope another woman. now hisl latest crimi charge, shoving a pregnant woman in the stomach in logan circle. >> i'm shook. likre i ly did not -- like you feelike this is kind of a good safe neighborhood. >> reporter: but today folks in logan circle tell ushey don't understand why hilliard keeps getting released and say they are alarmed by the idea that he would push a pregnant woman. >> that's really, really sad. that's horrible and should nevep

ha to anyone, and, i mean, it's scary. >> others say they will intervene if they see hilliard attack anyone else. >> look at my face. >>myes. >> i'ike remember this. >> reporter: chad jackson and rick ingram are homeless men who say they feel protective of people in the area. >> you don't put your hands on a pregnant woman. he knows that. >> you don't put your hands on a female period. >> and others hope something can be done to help the cycle of violence. >> it's really important that we -- we find outhat's fundamentally wrong instead of letting someone back on the street assaulting women multiple times. >> reporter: we just heard from the neighborhood commissioner for logan circle. he says he's also extremely concerned that hilliard was re ased, and he called it, quote a failure by the d.c. government. 've been trying to get in contact with the u.s. attorney's offi for comment, but we've not yet heard back. >> aimee cho, thank you. >> been a deadly summer in the

district. several murders over the span of days including the death of the 11-year-old boil. district leaders aregblaming ill guns for this spike in violence. today, the mayor promised to go auafter people who are ct with a weapon. news 4's mark segraves is reporting that there weren't a lot of specifics about how to make that happen. >> reporter: today mayor muriel bowser and chief of police peter newsham stood with federal prosecutors from d.c. a virginia as well as the bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms toarn people against buying a selling illegal guns. of the bowser and newsham have been steadfast that theest way to stop the growing murder rate is to stop the guns from coming into d.c. majori of those illegal guns come from one state. >> we think be a intense focus on virginias going to yield the more. >> reporter: the top prosecutor in virginia sath will help track down guns who buy them legally in virginia and sell nthem illegally i d.c. >> we'll use scienceto get

after this and hopefully maket extremely hard for individuals to get guns and that's our commitment. >> just five months ago bowser and newsham stood with the u.s. attorney for the district to announce a plan to prosecute felon and possession cases in cour so far ththere's been nearly 100 arrests for felony possession of a gun. only 65 of those have actually been prosecuted in federal court. last week chief anysham complained publicly that the consequences for being arrested with a gun weren't enough to stop the violence. we asked of the more than 600 total gun arrests this year how many had been prosecuted. >> i don't have those numbers for you. >> reporter: 2016, then police chief cat i lanier blasted the district's criminal justice system calling it beyond broken and mayor bowser agreed complaining that feder prosecutors were unaccountable. >> prosecutors don't report to thepeople. they don't report to me either. judges and others don't. >> reporte today bowser

stepped back from that's remarks. >> we have been very aggressive about our partnership and focusing on the things that are going to keep the dstrict >> whe gun violence has ilfer. increased this year, overall violent crime is down in the district. mark segraves, news >> the young person killed on a fairfax county construction sight this week may not have been old enough to dowohat. police say that person was killed and an adult was hurt when a ditch collapsed at a 4:0 lean construction site tuesday. diggs development corporation is building homes on this site. inirginia. the department of labor tells news 4 that generally that is not construction. rather it's excavation, but you have to be 18 to do that work. diggs development has not returned our calls. the deptment of labor is investigating. within the past hour lawmakers in the house passing a bipartisan budget dee. thdemocrats had enough votes to pass it on their own but got the support of 65 republicans. president trump has also touted the agreement earlier today.

this is a two-year deal that suspends the debt limit until the end of july 2021. it includes a $22 billion increase on defense spending. 27 billion for non-defense. the measure also ends the automatic spending cuts that would have kicked in. redskins hitting the field today for the first time at training camp, and the quarterback battle, oncegain a hot topic. news 4's sbures is live in richmond. >> where do we stand with that now? eporter: there's still a lot of questions with that, wendy, but i've got to tell you the practice day just wrapping up, day one in the books, and for the next two weeks the routine is going to be morning practice, afternoon walk-thea andrews with the hope that the redskins willf be ready the first preseason game, and what s fans already cheering just on day one is quarterback alex smith coming o outn the field. smith finally in just a brace

after suffering a gruesome leg injury last ar ande training camp grind is a welcome workload for some players we talketo saying this is ju the start to what they hope is a long season ahead. as you said it, wendy, the nebiggest question that ds answering is who is going to be the starting quarterback? coming up in sports, head coach shed a en is going to little bit more light on how he's giving up the reps to narrow down who will be starting qb. back to you guys. >> sherree, thank you. still ahead, amtrak announcing a new non-stop from union station to new york. >> but to nbcwashington.com did digging and finds out why it may not be your best option on the kids. >> miss behaving kids d icy roads, the main challenges for school bus drivers today but thanks to the sheriff's office these drivers are learning how to deal with angry parents and somebody with a gun. >> and i'm storm team 4 chief

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chat messages between the governor and his tops. advis puerto rico's justice secretary will take over as governor as of next friday. >> dgraced billionaire jeffrey epstein is on suicide watch. he was found in his jail cell with marks around his neck. vectors are trying to determine if he was a victim of an attack or if he tried to hurt himself. two sources tell nbcws epstein tried to hang himself. an inmate was questioned but the man's attorney says his client was not involved. epstein is in jail for conspirg to traffic in teenage girls for sex. had's pleaded not guilty. in our area a virginia family is dealing with a double layer of grie a 17 years aspiring rapper killed by what appears to be an accidental sooting per ec fnda eh family. news 4's corey smi talked with the teenager's family in manassas.

>> i have to learn how to livel fe without him here. >> this has become daniel person's daily routine ever since her son malikyh was killed. >> i come in here every morning. >> reporter: she can smell him in his room and can still see him in th photos scattered downstairs and can hear the voice in the music and what she wouldn't give just to be able to touch himne more time. >> just keep praying and asking god to get me through it. it's hard. >> reporter: that grief surrounded by the circumstances surrounding malikyh's death who was accidentally shot by a nd family frie. >> to get a call at 6:00 in the morning that my brother is gone becauseof a gun. it's like what? how does this happen to reporter: that bullet sed the music for a young and aspiring rapper who was already getting calls from record labels and what his brother kenny thinks is what could have been.

>>oi know he wd have been someone great. >> reporter: danielle had an inkling of his son's popularity because of the growing fan base he was growing with his music. itwasn't untilhe came here it stonewall that she knew about the extent of her son's reach. >> it was like, wow. they really loved him. >> reporter: she has now abide by one of her own house rules. >> if i want to see my son one day i have rg foe, the grace to focus on malikyh's aife not his death and even in a home where spirit has beenlost and darkness hasd , he will not be forgotten. here in new york the only option, 4:30 train to new york.d

southbourabs leave new york at 6:30 in the morning. our digital team cranks the nuewber. the n service is expected to be just over two and a half hours saving you just about 25 minutes, and price-wise once the super saver tickets run out it's about the same cost as a regular acela. you cse take a clolook at how it compares with other travel options in our nbc washington app. >> and today owes backyard weather tkes doug to stone gait swim club in silver spring. >> he'sin been h too much fun. great day to hang out the pool, dug. >> a great day to hang out the pool. we love backyard weather and these ladies right here said why don't you come it our back-yard. this pool isur backyard, a community pool. we have tracey and jessica. we have erika, the three ladiess that brought down. i want to show you some video that they took actually. they actually produced this

video. just so we would bring backyard weather to their pool. take a look at this, guys. got a lot of the different -- a lot of the different kids from the team, getting the kids out there. 180 kids right now onea this t and, again, from 4 to 18. so you can see what would happen there. me. you guys know we happen to be in front of the food. take a look, guys, you know we had to be in front. food eventually, and he it is ght here. you've got a whole let are a of food that's coming in. i'm excited about this chile right here. somebody made the chill erg. i'm excited about that. is this yours? did you make this, bud?l >> telme what this is. >> this is a cumulus cloud cake we made for you. >> acu lus cloud cake. >> how about that, guys. fortunately no cumulus clouds around us today and none of us -- i love it, i love it. you brought us out here. what is it about the community pool that you said i've got to bring backyardheeather ? >> we live here. we're here every day of the summer, swim tea season, rap

night, food trucks. where we are all the time. everybody has friends here, whether they are 4, 10, 15 or older than that like a grown-up. we allhave our friends here and all hang out together and love it. >> jessica, what do you think it means for all the kids as well? >> ut a great placefor us all to come out and have a great time outside, jump off the diving board, cool out and enjoy the playground and bring your dipper here, too. i don't want to have dinner at home. bring it the to will pool. >> let's show you what's happening out there right now as concerned.her is beautiful weather. temperaturendise, 80s current temperature outside 82 degrees and winds out of the northeast at 7 mileser hour. so just beautiful. low humidity. area-wide everybody made their way into the 80s today. 82 right now leesburg and87 manassas and 8 of over towards fredericksburg. now, no rain. that's some very good news. the leon harris called me from nats park. nats park last night, nationals game was postponed and he said, doug, we have clouds down here. don't worry, buddy.

you are a-okay and we need that game, too. out there right now a look at clouds and sun. beautiful afternoon here and acrossest most country. take a pi and respect the temperatures, too. 90s way down to the south. we are not going to seese tho until probably saturday at least by saturday, maybe sunday. i do think we'll start our next heat weave this weekend but for right now enjoy the beautiful weather. tomorrowemperatures back into the mid to upper 80s. mostly sunny and nice and warm. an isolated shower can't bele ru out. but fall all a perfect afternoon. we like to call them fantastic fridays. 90 degrees on saturday if we get there. 92 on sunday and 93 on new england, and as we make our way towards next week, yes, we're no expecting aer heat wave which means perfect for the pool, but this heat wave is not ne as long as the last one we're talking about. the a four or five-day heat wave. 6:45 i'll be diving.

take a look at this. go on to nbcwashington.com and go to twitter, and you can actually see and vote right there. backflip, front flip or cannonball, doing it at 6:45. what do you want to see? >> cannonball. birthday boy here, 17 years old. >> yeah. >> what do you think? >> kammerer cannonball off the high dive. >> the kammerer cannonball. i likthat. what about a back flip. >> that begins in a cannonball. >> don't they have had a high ve en a back flip cannonball do says. oh, i might have to think about that one. i might have to think about that one. >> you can do it. we have confidence. >> all right. that's coming up. you can ski which one he does. >> 6:45. >> anks, doug. still to come tonight, teenage vaping surge. how juul co-founder tried to

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our vehicles are constantly utbecoming more advanced bthe new technology meant to make our rides more enjoyable will also pose some risk, particularly for older drivers. rode with chers who people aged 55 to 75 say those drivers took their eyes off the road eight seconds longer than younger people. to do things like program their navigation or use other in-car n techogy, and voice technology can also be a distraction. plus you want the device, here's the wrong thing.

you know why i oughto. perts warning taking your eyes off the road for just two seconds can double yo crash risk. >> multitasking. >> yeah. >> and it's important to note that the are not just age-related differences. these are nd of affected over and about the general effect of aging. >> aaa says manufacturers should make new car technology more intuitive for everyone and say people should get familiar with the devices before they drive off. >> there's a heat wave stretching across europe right now. parisit a high temperature of 109 degrees today. that's a new all-time high for that city, and it's been going on all month. france has seen a spike in drownings and other heat-related deaths inuly. storm team 4 meteorologist amelia draper is here to explain what's going on. amole yeah, what is going on? >> well, 's allabout the jet stream and how an area of high pressure has oriented itself over europe right now.

this is what the jet stream is being looing like over europe. think of the greek letter omega, and that's how the jet stream looks right now. when you get an omega block, it's really hard to move in the atmosphere, so what's happening is hot air is able to come up from north africa and europe and this air mass is just sitting here. now it's going to start to dislodge overnight tonight and then tomorrow, but hhen iteads towards the arctic over the weekend. now, this is the second intense heat wave that europe haslt d with this year. we're talking about triple-digit heat. check out the record all-time highsy. to paris france as we said 109. belgium, the netherlands and germany set all-time highs the uk, so 1 degrees. london has an average high of 7 so we're running 25 deees above normal today. climate change plays a role in this in the sense that, yes, we've always seen heat wavehand really intense heat at times but the extremes are becoming more extreme.wa

heat ves are becoming more common. they are lastinglonger, and those temperatures continue to take toet record new highs. as the heat heads towards the arctic it's important to note r that the actic sea ice right now is at an all-time low. >> wow, sounds ominous. >> when you look at her map, the heat wave in oslo and helsinki, at's kind of nuts. >> yes. >> absolutely. >> thank elia. >> coming up next at 6:30, training for the worst. just a few weeks before school is starting in one of our local districts. >> guns not in the classroom but on t school bus. >> news 4's julie carey takes us to stafford county. >> happens all the time in shopping center parking lots. open the door andy accidentall tap the car next to you, but when it happened here at the anwie town center last year, it resulted in one mdying and another one being sentenced to

jackson-cartwright right now a i little ding a car dore led to a fight, some punches and a man's death. >> that violence broke out at a ing ce george's county pa lot. >> today the man who delivered the blows learned his fate in court. >> prince george's county bureau chief tracee wilkins is here with the convicted remurr's sentence. >> i won't accept it. >> reporter: a year later and she's still struggling with the violence, an nextent abouted death of her son. >> he died two months before his 22nd birthday. never really had a chance to be a man. he's my only child. >> reporter: today thomas hughes was sentenced to eight years in prison for manslaughter after he seerely beat 21-year-old

nicholas keys in june of 2018. state prosecut trs say theo men got into an argument in the parking lot of the dollar tree ir bowie town center after hughes'riend dinged keys' car with her car door. poli say keys grabbed a bat and hughes threw that bat across the, aing lot according to testimony and began punching keys. >> the injuries that he received from the blows were exacerbated when his head hit the pavement and it killed him. >> reporter: his parents remov him from life support three after the fight. the victim's mother says she's h not satisfied he sentencing in this case. >> i don't think there's a sentence long enough when you lose a loved with you. i feel like he should have got ebb more. >> reporter: hughes is a father of three with a fourth child on the way. he was onti proba for his part in an armed robbery that led to a gunman killing someone when this fight happened in bowie. >> he's been in and out ofl. jai they locked him up and released him and locked him up and released him. he's living his life.

my son is gone frever. there's no justice in that. >> hughes was sentenced to eight years for the manslaughter conviction, but he'll be back in court in a week, and he could be look at an additional 12 years because when this fight happened at the bowie town center hes on probation for armed robbery. the state's attorney says that he violated his probation with th offense. in upper marlboro, tracee wilkins, news 4. >> now a look at some other top stories. nt is stice depart reinstating capital punishment for federal death row inmates. there have been no fedral executions since 2003, but the first of five has beenc sheduled for december of this year. there's currently 62 prisoners oneath row. >> a mass arrest of marines at mp pendleton. 16 active duty service memberse ar facing a number of charges, including human trafficking. according to military officials, based ines were arrested on information gained from a prevus human smuggling investigation. > d.c. police say a woman who

is eight and a half months pregnant was pushed several times by a homeless man near logan circle this weekend. the suspect michael hilliard has been arrested dozens of times. h in 20 was arrested and charged are groping four women. >> school bus drivers in stafford county are going to start the new year with some new ttrategies to keep students safe. ay the sheriff's office helped train them to deal with some scary situations, scenarioe such as intru trying to get on the bus, students bringing guns on to the bus. northern virginia bureau chief julie carey hasore on what they learned. >> the problem is that he's bullied on the bus. >> in her 20 years as a sfford school bus driver jenna brown has never had to confront a threatening parent, but after today she will know how to respond. the angry parent here is really a role-playing stafford sheriff's deputy. >> why can't i take to you from here? i'm not hurting anybody. >> you're trespassing. back off the bus. >> tress pag, i my kids ride on the boss. >> a sign down there says you're

trespassing. back off the bus, meese. >> reporter: and drivers were asked to practice something really basic and that's important taking off the seat belt if they need to stand up to confront a parent. >> watch how bernie does it. >> i need t tell but this kid. >> i'll talk to you but please step up. >> reporter: >> i need to tell y about the kid. >> circumstance thank you. >> reporter: gets high preys to blocking the path to the students. bennand jenna among several hundred bus drivers getting the special training from the stafford county sheriff's office. >> we want o etch tohem to be prepared, not paranoid by prepared. >> reporter: prepared and empowered to act if an intrudert tries toke over the bus. >> i'm going to put my foot out and stop them. >> and drivers even got some ideas about how t handle the worst case scenario, somebody with a gun. >> we're talking extreme, severe circumstances. hopefully you'll never encounter anything like in a. >> reporter: the boston drivers starting the year with a new-found confidence. >> a lot ofh confidencee in

having to protect the chirp. hive never had that before. for the 0 years i've never had that nd of confidence. >> reporter: confidence and skill she hopes she won't ever have to use. in the stafford county, i'm julie carey, news 4. >> we told you last week that the national philharmonic orchestra could be forced to close but now it's launch an online fund-raising effort to remain in mongomery county. they perform at the strathmore in rockville. they are hoping to raise $150,000 by the end of the money. at ishe county declining to earmark the funds for the current fiscal year. e national philharmonic has been the ensemble in residence at the strathmore since 2005. we have an update to a story that we've been telling you about all this week. >> yeah. metro transit police officers gave a helping hand to a young autistic boy and was honored today by the metrooa brd. overs dominic case got a big round of applause duringto y's board meeting. the little boy and his mother were also there to stay thank you. a now viral photograph showf

oer case jumping in to soothe 4-year-old andrew and help his mother after andrew was having a bit of a the officer even rode the train home with them. officer case says he has a 4-year-old himself so it was easy for him to relate. >> more delays with boeing max jets forcing southwest airlines to stop all flights at newark airport and to makeha more ces that will impact holiday travel. >> next's tom costello breaks it down for us, andre vaping companies getting teens addicted juul cigarettes? >> and now to doug. >> we've been doing this online, on twitter and my facebook page. what was the dive in the back flip, front flip or cannonball or nicknamed here the kammerer cannonball. i happen to love that. it won't be from this diving

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out on the water to give us a look. >> and we've been waiting all afternoon. up next, doug dives into the pool at stone gate swim club as

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look. business is booming. >> i know that a lot of our tourshat we have through charles county which is three sundays out of the month, they lately they have been filling up like crazy. >> interest in the bay is increasing because it's just been named the first new national marine sanctuary in almost 20 years. >> we're extremely excited about the prospects that it brings for regional tourism and recreation. >> this was used as a ferry boat across chesapeake bay balt in 1987. it gives you an idea of the scalef the 100 world war i era ships that are submerged below the surface here called the ghost fleet. >> the ghost fleet is tremendously important because it is the largest homogenous collection of ships related to world war i, merchant marine ships in one place. >> vegetation and wildlife have taken over many of the ships. some look like islands. these steam ships were sunk here

after the metal on board was salvaged. the water is salvaged and visitors can paddle right between the ships >> unlike our other national marine sanctuaries, these resources come to you, really emerge ent especially at low tide. >> an archaeologist's treasure trove with artifacts dating back to the civil war and the earliest native americans w live here. reporting from charles county maryland, chris gordon. news 4. southwest s airliness its fleet of max jets will remain grounded to at least january and that couldean all of us paying more this fall for the busy thanksgiving and holiday travel season. >> nbc's tom costello kes a closer look at this issue. >> reporter: wendy and doreen, good afternoon to you. southwest airlines eally in a pickle here. they simply don't have enough aircraft to handle tir current passenger loads and then if this extends through christmas they problem. real

they are constantly shifting planes around to handle record travel loads this bsummer, they have already had toins can a el 20,000 fligectsse the 737 max is grounded and they have more 737 maxes than any other airline, so they are nowg g to discontinue service to newark airport as of early bu novemb here's another hea tine. they sayhey will not plan on having the73 max back inth ir fleet until january 5th of 2020. they are now the first airline to say th are riding it off the entire year. don't think it can o depend them coming back into service. the question is will other airlines follow suit. boeing now is now talking aboutt having possibly cut production of the 737 max if the faa doesn't certifyt until well into the third or fourth quarter and that's looking increasingly likely. so thise has bme a huge nightmare for boeing and this plane has now been grounded longer than any other aircraft in history following those two

fatal crashes overseas that killed nearly 350 peep. ladies, back to you. >> tom costello, thanks, tom. see more of his reporting coming p on nbc nightly news wi lester holt right after this broadcast. the 50th anniversary of woodstock music festival is coming to maryland. right now howard county executive is holding a news nference to announce the last-minute change. woodstock 50 was supposed to happen next month in upstate new ace that the ple p original festival was held in 1969, but bloomberg reportswa there a lack of financial support and permit trouble for that location, too, so it's moving to merriweather post . pavilion look for an update on tonight's announcement tonight at 11:00. ♪ >> let's go back to doug one st time for backyard weather

duty at the stonegate swim club in silver spring hing too much fun. >> right. >> so, doug, the people have spoken. what are you doing off the high dive? >> oh, wendy, o yeah, guys, i'll tell you, we have a lot of votes out there on twitter, on my facebook page and it'sall me down to this. three hours of voting, and, sah, we're going to get to that in acond. can't let you know just yet, but i will tell you this guy right here coined the phrase so i will tell you what it ishe righte. i want to thank everybody out here at stonegate for having us out here, joseph from telemundo was here. you guys are doing backyard weather as well. how much fun was it for you? >> everyone is waiting for you to dive in. >> all right. do you think iwas the back flip? >> no. >> you think it was the front flip. >> no. >> cannonball. >> yeah! >> that's right. it's the kammerer cannonball. i love that, i love it. these three ladies right here.

thanks for having me come out here today. thanks for doing the video. you guys were fantastic. all right. who is ready for this? [ cheers and applause ] >> we all know what it's going to be. you know, i weigh b a little so you know there's going to be a big splash. all right. hold on. hold on. i got to take all this off. can't go in with that. all right. amelia. wish me luck. [ cheers and applause ] >> i'll do it in a minute. after amelia can do the weather. i'm getting a little scared now. >> i'm going the place holder tt all of excitement. i love that. quickly we're going to go through the weather forecast and then we'll get back out there to doug. right now we're at 83 degrees. a nice night, maybe a few sprinkles falling out around the

anendale area. 74 degrees at 11:00 p.m. and a nice start tomorrow. we're at 70 degrees at 7:00 a.m., so perfect for going for inat early morning run or walking or bik to work. by lunchtime 82 degrees. nice to have your lunch outdoo. great pooleather again tomorrow. a small chance for an isolated shower, but for most of us it's a dry friday with a highte perature of 89, a degree warmer than today. as we look to your weekend, 90 on saturday and 92n sunday and most of us are going to be completely dry both saturday and sunday. back around the mountains e i-81 corridor, can't rule out a late-day shower or thunderst m but thec. metro area is looking dry and we have warm and mild evenings out there. our ly what we want for summer weather. a bit humid out there over the weekend, especially on sunday. we do start our heat wave, another heat wave, the fifth one ofnhe year with 90 o monday and 92 on tuesday and thunderstorms wednesday, thursday and friday and, again,

people were voting all day, front flip, back flip, cannonball, and it landed on the cannonball so without further adiet doug, take away. >> all right. it's a little high,ut trust me, we got this. here we go. a kammerer cannonball. >> that's a jackknife. >> that's a jackknife. >> what region are you from. >> when is that ever a cannonball! >> both legs are tucked in. that's a jackknife. >> virginia beach that was a jackknife. >> or a can opener. >> can opener. >> makes way less ofs a ash. >> come on. come on. >> all that nvoti all that time. however, vote if you want, the doug kammerer swimsuit calendar

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all right. day one of training camp in the books. how are they lookin sherree? >> reporter: well, so far so good, wendy. you know the grind of traing mp is something the redskins players say they are welcoming, and they are really starting to settle into their routine that they will ha for the next couple of weeks. there's a special sighting earld onay one.

quarterback alex smith leaving practice here with redskins super bowl champion joe theismann. this is the first time seen him without that external fixator removed ten days ago, but smith out entire year, and that doesn't make it any easier to answer the question who will be the starting qrterback this season for head coach jay gruden. >> you know, we just have to be aware of making sure that people get challenged in critical situations as well as first and second down. c> it will be a goodllenge for us. i think obviously that's the nuater one challenge th we have as a staffaking sure we give the guys the reps and ve them ample opportunity to succeed so that they are the starter. >> tomorrow aft wr practice,e will be taing withhe quarterback, but another position battle, the running backs. a tight-knit group making the

competition in order to make this team better. it's featuring hafuture hall of famer adrian peterson and current back darrius guice. >> all you can control is how you play when you're in there. >> we don't talk about getting you more reps onpassing and stuff. just happens. if the quarterback ends up throwing you the ball, they will see what y can do. if you don't, then they will try somebody else. >> when it's our time to go, we go. >> you just heard from head coach jay gruden saying the guys are looking stronger along with darrius guice, the last guy off the field signing autographs. back here tomorrow morning to heactice at 9:45. now right now t nationals, they are going for a series sweep against the colorado rockies, and who else would you

want leading that charge than arter max scherzer. everyone loving a good matinee game, even world cup champion and virginia native ali krieger. mx scherzeraking his first start since july 6th and getting a lip help from his defense. ball down t line towards third and rendon with a rocket to first. check this out. scherzer even loving t.max went five innings striking out eight and allowing three runs, so in the sixth you know what this is this is. sharks swimming at the parks. nats down 5-3. parra with two on taking it into right center. both runs come around to score. parra heading to second with a two-run double. trai turner gives the nats the lead and the very next at-bat, they are up 7-5 in the seventh baning. that shark thing, man, it is working. one final note for you. olympic gold medalist and bethesda's katie ledecky has been sick at the world

championships. she lost her race and had to pull out of some other ones, so she was back in the pool today helping the u.s. win before they 200 meet freestyle. we'll be talking to the redskins quarrback tomorrow morning, and certainly they could use a pool after a hard day's work, but i think doug, doug has that covered for us. >> yeah. >> there's some controversy about doug's cannonball. let's back to doug and -- you've got tom explaining to do. >> yeah, doug. >> what was that? >> where we come from that's called a can opener. >> i -- and i -- i absolutely agree with you. i did not get a fl tu on -- on the cannonball and i apologize for that. i did not live up to the kammerer cannonball name.

you guys had it in slow mo, too. >> not pretty, buddy. >> pretty nice splash though. >> not my best work, but i hear we have -- we have a little extra time. don'we have a little bit of extra time? >> i think we do. >> why don't you -- maybe you should do another run. >> un, run. >> and we have to give him some props for his performance on the swim relay, too. he did a pretty good job. >> run, run, run. >> run, boy, run. >> all right. here we go. the kammerer cannonball take two. here we go. there we go. >> that's more like it. >> all right. >> thanks for joining us. very good. very good. >> well done. can't even hear us. >> that hurt. >> the "nbc nightly news" is next.

breakingews tonight, the dramatic takedown after a deadly shooting spree st ju short time ago. police capturing the suspect wanted in the killings of four people at three different crime scenes. >> i just saw ten police officers with guns, rifles and handguns going crazy. >> the suspect's father and brother among the dead. the shots shocker at one of america's largest military bases. marines arrested on charges from human smuggling to drug offenses. the dramatic arrests happening durin battalion formation. >> jeffrey epstein placed on suicide watch. was he attempting to take his own life or could he have been attacked by another ma