lmost two weeks after a deadly sooting in northwest shington, police say they need your help to find a possible killer. >>> an ongoing dispute between unionbus drivers and officials escalates again. it could cause problems as we prare to host the all star game for baseball. >>> good morning. i'm angie goff. we know alstar weekend is here in

. >> 81 is our temperature in shington. now, if you were watching yesterday morning, you would have noticed our suburbs in the 60s. if you were watching the morning before that you would have noticed the suburbs were in the 50s. certainly aorning warming trend. it's 81 also in annapolis this morning. 71 degreesgate burglary. 72 in lorton.st day we made it into the 90s. today at 90 degrees. by lunchtime, into the upper 830s. more sunshine throughout the day. mostly cloudy skies for part of ar area. tthe humidity will sta drop a bit. you might start to notice that. by 7:00 p.m., in the mid-80s. hurricane chris, it's a category 2. it looks way o moreanized than it did yesterday. you can see that eye right there. still pretty farff the coast. it's still stirring up the water along the coastline. we have a high risk of rip current along many of the beaches here.th it's going to head to the northeast through the next several days. pretty quickly, tost l into the weekend, we have that rip current threat if you're headed to thes. b

if you're traveling in fort shington all lanes of northbound 210 after fort washington road are blocked now for a crash investigation. single suv slammed into adraidr two childre wn froargum that suv taken to the hospital as we. caution down there. you'll have to detour and what much for delays. mccomb street at 34th street crash blocking all ingive yourso get a youroming up on f morningn faces backlash for hert role. >>la lawmaker has police called on her. >> fox5 morningfts back a this. >> ♪ >> ♪ breyers natural vanilla. lk and fresh cream, and only sustainably farmed vanilla. it's made with fresh cream... sugar... and milk! breyers. the good vanilla. we proud f partner with amerarmers for grade a milk and cream. mmm! where the sun soaks the leaves with 4000 hours of sshine before we pick them at tand aromaf freshness foe in every cup of lipton. >> ♪ >> welcome back to f5 morning. th is 4:3 and it ist 80 degrees. >> holly morris returns with e stories you'rengin th mth mng on esocial media. >> first up an oregon representative was accused of casing a neighborhood while she was canvass

nbc's tracie potts joins us from shington with more tracie, good morning. >> reporter: frances, good morning. new numbers from the nbc news wall street journal poll. 26% approving 51% a slight majority disapproving of how president trump is handling russia. that is breakin down par lines with most republicans proving. it shows that his overall job approval is steady. people like how he's handling the economy but since the summit last monday, a week ago, they do not like how he's handling russia. also over the weekend, the justice department has released a warrant, a secret scout warrant that they useo do surveillance on former trump campaign adviser carter the president also responding to that and sob is p cartere who says he was not working with russia. >> i've never been an agent of the foreign power in any -- by any stretch of the imagination. >> reporter: the president responding tt this was political. take a look at his tweet. the president saying it's looking mor and more like the trump campaig for president for being legally spied upon. he makeseference to crooked hillary, the

for his part the president is returning from newersey to shington tonight. >> thank you. the president of iran issued a strong warning to president trump today saying that a military conflict with iran would be the mother of all wars. preside the comments come two months -- he warned the presidentplon't with the lion's tail. this would only lead to regret. >>> in syria they are known as white hmets who help civilians caught in the cross fire of the brutal civil war. overnight hundreds of them were evacuated out of the country as the syrian government's expanded reach threatens the mission. the dareg res may spell trouble for those left beepnd. orter: in syria's seemingly endless war even the rescuers need rescuing. last night was no ordinary relief effort that the urging i real, extracted more than 400 resc workers and families grabbing the so-called white helme helmets from the jaws of regime forces. t the white helmets entered on foot and then crossed by bus. it was israel's biggest intervention yet into syria's g 7-year-old l war. many have the white helmets to thank.

california, and twoup until yesterday in the afternoon when we secured their release were detained up in shington state while the children have two of the daughters in texas and the third in the state of arizona, they're being kept very far if one another. >> you've filed a federal lawsuit on their behalf. what are you claiming in that ctit? >> that's cor we filed a federal lawsuit on their behalf, we filed late last night. seeking trauma informed care for these parents and family, care for the children as well. >> what does that mean. what is trauma-informed care? reunification is the first step to get these folks out of custody and into a fe environment. given the trauma that they have suffered and our clientsve suffered severe trauma in their home country. also suffered trauma anew the hands of our government. who tore them away from their children. and we believe that because the government acted in that way and inflicted that harm on these individuals that they have a right for theovnment to help remedy that harm. >> cindy, you've been speaking with families t theu.s./mexico boarder in tijua

if a design issue is tam it will talk to nhtsa about conducting a tom costello, nbc news, shington. >>> we are working for your health. this morning, federal hea h officials are trying to figure out why more and more people are dying from liver cancer the death rate from liver cancer in adults increased 43% from 2000 to 2016. even more troubling, the district leads the nation with nearly 17 liver cancer deaths for 100,000 adults. obesity, smoking and drinking too much are the risk factors. safeat do you consider amount of alcohol? >> women no more than one drink in a setting and for a man, no more than two drinks in a setting. >> doctors say it's a big problem for millennials. d young people avengi inare drink than the previous generation and fferent types of liquor that are more potent. >>> at wt age did you decide on your career? area teens have already made their decision. te>> taking to fight fires and save lives. molette green is suiting up at the special freshman firefighter camp in manassas. >> i love it. i love it. hold this? this is a hose line. juliana i right behinme. it ta

amend we're waking up tomorrow temperatures in the 60s in the suburbs, and around 70 here in shington. a high tomorrow of 92 with plenty of snipe. again, the humidity during the day not all.hat b as we move into sunday though, a high temperature of 94. feels more like 98 degrees. on mondaore like 100 degrees outside during the afternoon and evening hours and on tuesday, well, we start to keep towards yat advis criteria with a temperature of 94, feeling more like 103s, degr so the heed and humidity moving back in. a little bit on sund, but especially on monday and tuesday. monday there's a 30% chance f some afternoon showers and thunderstorms, especially north and west of washington. a 50% chance for showers and thundersrms on tuesday later in the day and area wide as a cold front moves through the area. some of the storms could have rainfall. i'll keep an eye on how this will affecte the h run derby and all-star game on tuesday. really nice weather returns on wedaesday and thu wendy and leon, with high tempe utures in thepper 80s and low humidity levels once again. >> sounds good. tha

there are plans for putin to come to shington.ation surprised some in president trump's own administration. the visit will happen this fall at the heigh e ofction season. it would be fputin'sst visit since interfering inhe 2016 presidential election. since the suit, the president had received a lot of criticism for flip-flopping answers about whether he believes russia meddle in the election. the president insists his message has been consistent. >> look at the sanctions i've put on. look at the i diplomats threw out. look at all of the things that i've done. getting along with president putin, getting along with russia po a tive, not a negative. now, with that being said, if that doesn't work out, i'll be the worst enemy he's ever had. >> coming up, news 4's tracie potts will explain how one of the president's advisers found out about the meeting on live tv. >>> today, main street in ellicott city will reopen to c. traf that street has been closed for yearly two months after de dly floodingestroyed businesses in the city's histor

you can find out more on the nbc shington app.sure you join us and visit online at clear the shelters. >>> clear the shelters and clear skies out there this morning. it's a relief as we have had a rainy week behind us. but looking ahead to what could weekend, already a beautif start to right? i do. it's a busy, busy place. whenever you're ready. it happens every time. i've got it. and every time, she wins. you always do this. no, no. i insist. it's on me. alright. but you have the bb&t app with zelle who are you texting? oh, uh no one. i really should go back. and can pay the bill before she even leaves the restaurant. beth! ah... the taste of victory! bb&t. all we see is you. you know doc how can i get whiter, brighter teeth.. and the dentist really has to say let's take a step back and talk about protecting your enamel. it's important to look after your enamel because it's the foundation for white teeth. i believe dentists will recommend pronamel strong and bright because it's two fold. it strengthens your enamel, but then also

lmost two weeks after a deadly sooting in northwest shington, police say they need your help to find a possible killer. >>> an ongoing dispute between unionbus drivers and officials escalates again. it could cause problems as we prare to host the all star game for baseball. >>> good morning. i'm angie goff. we know alstar weekend is here in d.c. d.c. hosting the tll stare for the first time in almost 50 years and the weather couldn' look any nicer. lauren rickets is here to show us what we can expect heading into saturday and for the rest of the weekend. such a beautiful sunrise. >> gorgeous out there. sun came up about 5:55. a beauful-looking saturday morning. a string of them over the past couple weekends. day doesn't disappoint at all. let's go ahead and show you what's going on. we have the beautiful sun rise. we'll have plenty o that throughout the day today. those temperatures, that's 71 degrees. we have a light south wind and it's still very comfortable out ty fact, we're going to continue to have low humihrough the remainder of the day. it's not going to be that bad. a pleasa

. >> woodruff: kavanaugh's lengthy shington resume includes a stint working in presidentor w. bush's white house. mr. bush nominated kavanaugh to his current judgeship more thane a dego, and it was justice kennedy-- a former boss of kavanaugh's-- who did the swearing-in. "kennedy clerk," "bush nominee," and "experienced judge"-- those are all kebels that fit ledge as well. buasmost of his legal career been in michigan, and at the appeals court in ohio. barrett clked for a different justice-- the conservative icon antonin scalia. she was a notre dame law professor up until last year, when president trump nominated her to the federal bench. at her confirmation hearing, t catholic barrett was sharply questioned by senar dianne feinstein about her views on religion: >> i think whatever a religion is, it has its own dogma. the law is totally different. when you read your speeches, the conclusion one draws is that the dogma lives loudly within you. >> as i said to the committee, i would faithfully apply all supreme court precedent. >> woodruff: social conservatives rallied behind ba

. >> schifrin: aman travels from her home in delaware t shington to advocate for veterans. she says at first, doctors said the problem was in her mind.t >> when i fiarting going to the v.a. and explng my symptoms, automatically th were telling me it was anxiety, i was hyperventilating, they try to put me on anti-psychotic meditions, mood stabilizers and thingsf that nature. and i was telling them, "no. it's shortness of breath, it's something physic. it's not psychological. i'm not depressed, i'm not anxious." you know, i want to find an answer. >> schifrin: after dozens of medical tests, aman got a surgical procedure like the one seen here: a lung biopsy, where doctors remove a sample of her lung. when they examined it, they realized she had constrictive bronchiolitis-- a lung disease where the small airways are destroyed. it's rare among civilians. and there's no treatment or cure. the first time u.s. troops came down with constrictive bronchiolitis, it's believedhe they'd brein the black haze caused by a sulfur fire like this one. s wed toxic fumes for almost a month. bu

we would not say it's nebraska's problem, it's, you know, shington's problem. we would say, you know, this is a national security problem. >> woodruff: and do you see just quickly, laura rosenberger, thmefederal gove weighing in -- monitoring this as it needs to? >> i think there is activity being done to monitor this. it's not as it needs to. similar to what juliette just described on the cyber security side, on the disinformation, informion side, this is a challenge that requires working across different parts of the federal government, with the private sector, the th csector. this is a complex problem that requires a whole bunch of people coming together that requires political leadership from the top and that, unfortunately, is what we're missing now. >> woodruff: and the alarm bells couldn't get an louder than they, are given what dans coe director of national intelligence has been saying. >> that's right. >> woodruff: thank boh both you. clearly, we'll continue to watch this story, as important as is. laura rosenberger, juliette kayyem, thank you both. >>

there were several french restaurants including one in shington, d.c. that were refusing to serve french wine until they did something about the heroin problem. they were running a tally much like they had done during the vietnam war. there was a good deal of pressure on france to do something. when their president came to visit president nixon, he was to have the to president place upon him this tremendous responsibility of getting his country out of the heroin business that was damaging the united states so uch. again, i was in paris at the time but was working with the police. i agreed when the french president returned from his visit to the white house, the mets sadge came to the minutes -- message came to the ministry of the interior that they had to step up their operations and get serious about the heroin labs in southern france. my colleagues, the police officers that i worked with on a daily basis, they said we don't know what your president said to our president, but whatever it was he's lit a fire on under us so we've got to close these place

shington wizards have agreed to one-year deal worth $5.3 million.l be hiscial once howard clears waivers.that will happen on frir >>> veteraward jeff green is going to be joining the wizardel as w he's reportedly leaving the t cavaliero sign a one-year, $2.5 million contract with hisea hometownm. green was born and raised in prince george's county and spent three seasons and atet gown. ♪ all right. i did see england win yesterday, holly. >> it was a hea stopper, wasn't it? >> well, yeah, you know, just -- they playeder defensively aft at happens. the goal andwh thats but it was exciting. all right. let's see. 80 now in washingn. we will be about 9his afternoon. so yterday we were 9. a little better temperature wise and therexore our heat should not be quite as high today. úcloser to 100 rather than 110 r 115 like yesterday. with that being said, it will be a hot and humid day and hazy with a scattered afternoon thunderstorm and just like yesterday, much of the area will remain dry but a few spots cou l getally heavy rain here with slow-moving storms

temperature right now, 80 i shington. 83 in annapolis, it will be around 92 by lunch 97 for an afternoonundhe d.c. metro area looking dry for that. next big rain chance friday into early saturday. it agaid i do goal! i got to keep going, right? >> dylan, thank you so much. megan and shu nell are here and they'll help as we kick off our series read for today. we're taking a look at the state of reading in america. >> with summer here, it's a great time o pick up abook. >> i love to read. i'm a book worm. it started with my .fami my mom laura bush is a librarian and she alwaysd encouray sister barbara and me to read. so we wanted to see the state of books now. >> there's so much that's i literature that can provoke conversation. talk about the importance in reading. >> for me, it's a about empathy. how especially as a young reader i came to explore the world. >> picking up a book and reading it is atually fun entertainingto and it's telling. we know we love stories. >> it's the love of story telling that inspires a national book foundation, the organization that honors authors with the pre

we do have some clouds around, but it is starting to warm up. 76 degrees right now in shington.cold front that's going to get closer later today.er we'll see thuorms move through. some of those storms could be strong to severe, so we could sewi damagings, heavy rain, lightning, hail. that yellow shaded area, including the d.c. metro, that is the higherisk for some severe storms. so, that's mostly going to be after 4:00 p.m., after nttemperatures get the low 90s, lasting through this evening, dry tomorrow. ♪ >> announcer: the citi concert series on "today" is proudly presented to you by citi. >> a right, julia mooikles is about to perform live here on the plaza. you may know her from her grammy-nominated song "issues." >> what you may not know is julia has written a number of hits for other artists, so wet o sit down ahead of this morning's concert to talk about your wesome journey and journey from becoming behind the spotlight to in front of it.♪ ♪ uh huh, i think you're moving too close ♪ >> with catchy hooks and a knack for turning catchy thoughts into intimate tunes, julia mi

those stories are coming up on --shington journal p or come washington journal. >> there are lots of people who feel like i don't want my kids to read stories that are sad, disturbing, downbeat, whatever. that is not a totally illegitimate thing to say. a parent choose as when my kid understand stuff that may bring them grief. but there is a certain point 20 yuan tore 14 and reduce him to the idea that not everything is perfect outside your all-white suburb? so all of this goes together to create the perfect dumpster fire mass censorship of books by marginalized people. lives sunday, discussing his latest book, "walk away." interact with him by phone, facebook or twitter. ,ur special series in-depth fiction addiction is live sunday at 3:00 p.m. eastern on c-span 2. c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1970 nine, c-span was created as a public service by americans cable-television companies. you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and public policy events in d.c. and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. "