aimee cho. news 4. >> thank you, aimee. aftershock hit california southern this morning after people had to deal with the stoppingest act in decades. we've all been watching the information coming in. the 6.4 quick hit in the mojave desert 150 people away. seismologists say why the. it uld be 125 times stronger than what rattled folks yesterda >> we're used to after shacks. we are not -- >> there's an earthquake alert system andeople are wondering what the -- >> this issin explosion outsides two firstores in south carolina was caused by a fi that was intentionally set. the fire started in the storage container. once the fire was started, those fireworks did not so far no, arrests have been made. >> speakingof -- at least you could say it. exactly. lot people said the saw some rain. what happened? >> we saw the temperature inversion and i'll explain that in a moment and because of how the atmosphere was set up, not only could we not see the fireworks but the air quality from the fireworks going off was terrible. >> wow. >> a

. >> aimee cho takes us to georgetown campus and introduces us to a computer science camp. >> reporter: ask any of these girls and they'll tell you -- >> if some condition do this. >> reporter: the first key to success is simply knowing how to press forward. >> it's not going to run because i did not initialize x. >> report: when she was learning computeroding she says the boys in her class said she'd never make it.n not only is she a successful software developer -- >> take a couple of minutes to talk with a partner. >> reporter: she is teaching other young women how to write computer code. >> i have never seen so many girlsall coding in one space at once. >> reporter: the girls who code ummer camp is put on by a non-profit called soware.org. two basic -- >> reporter: it wanted to encourage girls to go into computer science. >> believe in yourself. ouke don't care like if like any males are dominating that field.

live at union station, aimee cho, news 4. >> all right, aimee, thank you so much. glad everybody i okay out there. >>> let's turn to thr wet weathenow because it's once again going to return to the area. a flash flood watch goes into effect in just minutes for the tntire d.c. area. take a look a the live storm team 4 radar. you can see a lot of heavy rain moving across the region and not going away any time soon. let's get right over to clayon anders in the storm center for us tonight. clay? >> and corey, what you see from that map is that the flash flood watch includes not only maryland but actually two-thirds of pennsylvania. well into west virginia. and that means as the rain showers converge across our area, we will be looking at some rain this evening and during the overnight hours. as i said, talk about how far it stretches out from teast to the west from annapolis all the way across the shenandoah valley into pennsylvania, into west gi vira, yes, you do watch out for the high water. as we talk about where it's coming from. take a look at the clouds from char

aimee? >> yeah, wendy, just to emphasize how extensive that criminal record, isntwe pri out the charges on pieces of paper so you can see them.li michael hd has been arrested over 70 times in his life, each line on here represents a separate crimin charge. those charges include groping, sexual assault and kidnapping, and this latest arrest happened here in loganle ci he was accused of pushing a pregnant woman in the stomach, s that wust four days ago and yet hill injured already back on the street. this is a picture that d.c. police shows hilliard walking away moments after he groped a woman at logan circle back 2017. hilliard was arrested and released the very next day and then back i jail less than two weeks later for groping yet another woman. it's a pattern that's played out with hilliard over decades. but today folks in logan circle tell us they don't understand why hilliard keeps getting released and say they are hat he by the idea would push a pregnant woman. >> i'm shook. like, i rea

news 4's aimee cho joinss live just off of mcarthur boulevard. crews have been business out be there ind you, haven't they, aimee? >> wendy, absolutely. we're on belfast road. crews are having to fill this road in with rocks and gravel. that's becaus earlier today that road was completely washing away and this is the only read had to trek through the forest arnd the road if they wanted to go anywhere. a look at some of e unbelievable damage tonight todays is this is a type of scene that played out all throughout montgomery county this morning. a neighbor along stable lyne lane in potomac took this video showing this car completely stuck in the mud and whatever plans these neighbors in bethlehem have, they will have to wait. >> they can't even wait. >> on to mcarthur before, they will fast through. not a -- it's the only road into this neighbor. she says she's never seen anything like this. >> i'm worry about the poor people. >> doug worries abt the other side of the split. >> it's narrow but you can get down there. >> reporter: he had to cross th

aimee? >> reporter: hi, we just learned a short time ago the manhunt for the alleged killer of an 11-year-old boy has now finally come to an end. d.c. police say tonight they arrested 29-year-old tony antwoa mccm from southeast d.c.ay police s he allegedly fired shots into the car that 11-year-old brkaron n was sitting in. now this is a surveillance photo that poli say shows mcclam around the time of the shooting. he is charged with secondegree murder while armed. police say they are trying to figure out why he would shoot an 11-year-old boy. koran brown had just finished fifth grade at stanton elementary. his mother says he was funny, v log, and kind. on thursday night, karon was affidavit a gas stion -- at a gas station and he and adults got into a fight, and gunshots started ringing out. the little boy made it into a ar c. that's when mcclam allegedly started firing shots into the carhind him. the 11-year-old later died at the hospital. it's not clear if he was the intended target. tonigh

aimee kh aimee cho gives us a look at t setting upt day. >> reporter: these are usually the fireworkst we see on the fourth of july, but before any of that can happen, all of this has to happen. welcome to the new laun site for d.c.'s fourth of july fireworks. >> this is a subsite. >> reporter: chr santoriis in channel of designing the show and he and his crew have been working all year long hand never put on the same show twice. >> we're very much like kids in a candy store. the hand stands up, goose bumps. >> reporter: here's how it workks the fireworre placed inside these boxes and launched through these tubes here. everything about fireworks has to be so precise. that's why they use protractors to measure the exact angle. theolks who make these fireworks say this year's show will be the biggest in d.c. history. the new launch site is larger than the older one meaning it can fit more fireworks, and this year the show will be about three minutes longerha t before. >> like a wedding. you have a year's worth of work and then it's all gone for us in 20 minutes. >> reporter: even though

aimee what, a scene. . >> pat, absolutely. this entire stet right here behind me was spal owed up by that sink home. i want to give you a closer look right there. take a look. that thing is 20 feet deep. there was a van parked right there when the sinkhole opened up last night and i want to show you some video from earlier as well when crews pulled the van out from the ground. thankfully no one was in the car when it fell innend no o got hurt and crews tell me they think the cause of the psych hole was heavy rain and water rushed into a pipnd undergrou and the pressure was so great it washed the pipe away and caused the ground on top to collapsei nhbors tell me they feel terrible for the owner of a car and they are trying to help that person and neighbors say this ia an imp wake-up call, that they need to take flash floating alerts seriously. >> tells me that they need to get off the roadways and make sure that we nee to use these. >> obviously a lot of roadsne to be fixed. gl nobody got hurt. >> crews say it will take at leas

. >> aimee cho is live with reaction. >> reporter: good morning. neighbors here are furious. they thought they were getting grocery store and shops and restaurants when they moved in here but clearly it has not happened. a bunch of empty field and this space could soon become a huge warehouse for amazon. last night, about a hundred neighbors packed the room at a community meeting to share their complaints. the neighbors say they tenant sign -- didn't sign up to live near a warehouse. new warehouse will be about e size of 14 football fields. the developer has not confirmed if it is amazon moving in but he says he think it will be good for prince george's county and bring 1,500 new jobs but the neighbor here want no part of amazon. >> it will bring jobs but, at the same time it will bring traffi property values.r i'm young. i probably will refinance my home and i'll be concerned when it comes to that point. >> reporter: the developer also says he thinksew this n warehouse will finally attract the stores and restaurants to this area. another hearing on thursday at 1:00 p.m. at t

thanks, aimee. >> reporter: thank goodness for good neighbors. >> exactly. folks will need neighbors for .he next few days for su the fast moving rainfall created a big mess for all the people across the area. >> reporter: chk out just one of the situations metro had to contend with today at the virginia square station. it looked like someone turned on a giant faucet right above the track. we're told it was likely an issue with drainage above the station. trains on the orange and silver line had single tracks and metro had to temporarily shut down some elevators that had walk aking in and arcing insulators led to delays on the red line. it's a mess. >> alsck a tri situation along canal road here in the district. the morning traffic was only flowing into the city meaning some drivers became trapped once they reached the flooded out portion that have roadway.r we'll hearom wtop's dave gildine who captured picturesndf folks stag on top of their cars. >> meanwhile, just outsidee of thltway it was a bumpy ride for drivers along bradley boulevard between seven loc

live in upper marlboro, aimee cho, news4.> reporter:nly on "news4 today," our qaercameras were th. a teacher secretly recording students undressing was in court. our northern virginia bureau chief julie carey was there to question him about the charges yesterday. >> reporter: whdid you secret record your students and teenage girls? >> police arrested rafael in aw april for unll filming. a nanny found a recordings device in his room in reston. the police seized property and child with possession of child porn. officers say many of the girls in the video appear to attend herndon high school where he tght drama. fairfax county school has suspended him. >>> 60 out of more than 200 greenspring t retirement community in springfield have become sick. two deaths are associated with the outbreak as well. 23 people had to go to the hospital. health officials say what is striking about the outbreak is the number of people are d affected that they are getting sick in the summer rather than the wint. >> d.c. police are warning about a pic

. >> aimee cho is live at the scene with the latest. aimee.e understand it's going to be a while before they fix that. >> reporter: the sinkhole that opened up is going to be almost -- is 20 fe deep, and it's almost four times my size to give you a sense of how massive this thing is. i wantto give you a closer look over that way and a sinkhole did swallow up a car last night. we were here earlier as crews pulled the car from the wreckage. we want to show you some video from that awell. we got the car out and thankfully no one was in the car wn it fell into the hole and crews tell me they think the cause of the sinkhole was the heavy rain last night. water rushed into a pipe underground, and the pressure was so great it washed the pipe away and that caused the ground on top to collapse. now crews say itke will li take up to two weeks to fill in the hole and open the road back up. neighbors here telle they feel terrible for the owner of the car but they are glad no one got hurt. >> it lets you know that when mother nature is happening we need to

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

as aimee cho reports. he was trapped for an hour found good samaritans him. >> at first glance it looks like this man may be wearing long socks, but take a closerer look, and that's actually mud. it shows just how deep in he was travuced. lly his two dogs were able to run offl and fag down help from nearby cyclists. >> so i know how dangerous mud can be. >> reporter: captain eddie russell with the montgomery county fire department. >> and he had waders on. >>porter: he was one of the poem who helped the m get home safely. russell says he'smi been d in mud before, too. >> you don't realize that when your shoe or feet become stuck, the more you move, the worse you're making it. >> reporter: so what to dofif you yourself in that stickytu siation? we dove in and got a look at the gadgets first responders can use. imagine this bucket of water is filled with mud. >> so we'reay going that her right boot is stuck in the mud.: >> reporte if my foot was stuck in there, firefighters would take these two pipes and blo

news 4's aimee cho is live forn us i tenleytown. it's a familiar story, aimee. >> reporter: hi, jim. absolutely, and it's an important reminder that these fireworks stands are the only places you should be buying from, ones that are licensed. summer has just about, but already we've seen two young boys badly injure their hands because of illegal fireworks. i want to show what yo we're talking about here. these arem- s archery bomb fireworks, and d.c. fire says tho they thought they could throw them on the ground qseuick tly instead the fireworks explodedi side their hand. those boys are expected to be okay, but this is an important safety reminder thaty most ts of fireworks are banned in d.c. one of the only types you can use is sparklers, but d.c. fire says every year they get reports of people selling homemade foyer, out ofbackpacks or the unks of their car. those are incredibly dan rous because you don't know what materials are in them. >> none of these fireworks are supposed to be on our streets, 'rt we know that they are out he

>> reporter: aimee cho, news 4. >> you got it. u earned it. that's a wonderful story. >> it is. >> and now that lula mae thomas has her diploma, she's hoping tl visit assrooms around the city and share her story to inspire others. that's the story of day. congratulations. >>> now there's a b change in one city in an effort to be inclusive. coming up, why words like manhole and manufactured are being pulled off the city code. >> plus, the popular pickup >> plus, the popular pickup trucks recalled over an we are sisters. and we just moved in together. why alissa and aleah chose fios. we stream so much. using i am really good amulti-tg tablet.t tv on her laptop cause i'm awesome. a little. get the internet your family needs at a price you'll love. plus, the first month of youtube tv on us when you switch now. only on fios. . >>> we had an official temperature of 96 at reagan national. here's ur evening manner. we're dry with clear skies out there. look at the feels-like temperature by 11:00 still 95 degrees. more on your weekend and when you see

. >> let's get to news 1's aimee cho live on solitaire lane. reat are you learning? >> reporter: do and jim, an extremely sad development. police just confirmed a short time ago a juvenile is now dead, and a man in the hospital after both were trapped in a ditch at a construction accident. i want to give you a l tk at construction scene behind me. there it is over there. asappears to be an empty lot of now, possibly for a new home. police tell me the child and the adult were doing work here at the construction site when both of them got stuck in a ditch and had to be pulled out by first responders. now the adult is expected to be okay. the juvenile did die shortly after. now you can see the construction sion is set up a slope. i spoke to a neighbor a short time ago who told me he had walked by the site and he wasco erned because of the recent rape, and he felt like some of the ground there looked unstable. now it's unclear how old the wa juvenile who was killed. police say privacy laws prevent them from saying, a and keep in mindto according virginia and child labor

next at 6:30, news 4's aimee cho finds out why some won't get any financial help. >> maryland is looking to pick up the slack after plans for woodstock 50 collapsed in new york. what will be left of the concert here?p if it gets >> drivers, get ready for lower speed limits by this time next speed limits by this time next big health insurance, inc. how can i help you? speed limits by this time next hello, i'm calayng because i've been ping more for my medicines in medicare and i hear there may be discounts.re we work with middlemen called pharmacy benefit managers to negotiate discounts. oh, great! so, i can get those at my pharmacy? nope. that's not the way it works. so, you get discounts on medicines, nbut you're nott ssing them on to us? [hangs up] hello? hello....? >>> right now at 6:30, drivers o will have tump the brakes on some busy commuter routes that rymany of us drive eve day? transportation officials are lowering the speed limits on some roads in montgomery county. it's part of a new push to save lives. >> news 4's chris gordon has more on where theit new lim are and when they

we've got aimee cho at a watch party and we begith wi dave johnson in the newsroom. this is the finish we were hoping for, dave. >> let's make this every tuesda england, ofourse, gave the world sucker, but it is the united states that continues to perfect it at the women's world cup. tournament time. the americans carried a ten-game world is up winng streak into this afternoon's is. against england, the.s. were challenged by prevailed. >> megan rapinoe not starting. hamstring injury apparently keeping her shrined and kristen prnss starting i her place. ninth minute on the cris and press beats the keeper and puts 1-0.united states up how is that for filling n.lindsey horan, alex morgan finishes it with the head her 30th birthday. when you score against england you celebrate your birthday by having some tea. you thnk that went viral. socialedia going crazy and the u.s. wins 2-1 and advance tofa the netherlands and sweden. this will be the united states third straight trip to the world cup final. so the u.s.moves on, and we continue our coverage. news 1's aimee choempt

aimee cho, news 1. > tonight a new attack focusing our attention on racial division in politics. evening, i'm doreen gentzler. >> and i'm leon harr a. no 6:00 the president not backing down from attacks on black lawmakers or the city of baltimore. tonit a look at the pattern that dates back to his inauguration. >> no words to heel one community's grief. a 6-year-old boy and a 13-year-old girl. ong the people killed in a mass shooting ias california lt night. police say overs prevented even morebloodshed. >> and another day in the 90s keeping us on track for sizzling month of july. amelia is tracking the end. our latest heat wave and why it could include some severe storms. >> we begin tonight with the racist remarks by the president on social mediarg taing longtime maryland congressman elijah cummings and the city of baltimore. >> it's the second time in just over a week thatr mtrump has used divisive language while talking about minority lawmakers. >> the attacks drawing a rebuke from republican governor lay hogan. >> reporter: we have team coverage including reaction from cummi

it's been fantastic. >> reporter: in annandale, aimee cho, news4. >>> 6:25.till ahead youay have spent the weekend at the pool but d. spent that time getting ready for the fourth of july. >> we will show you what is being condone in anticipation fr the largest fireworks display in washington hi ory. >>> plus, tragedy at a virginia church. the ceiling caved in, leaving the building unusable. we will tell you why this could have been much worse. >> lauryn, how is the weather? >> hey girl. listen. we are talking about insect and low humidity. doesn't feel like thest of july. but it is. temperatures mid to upper 80s today but heat and humidity is coming up. what really sets duke's apart is that little bit of extra tang. it's the best. i mean the flavor is fantastic. it makes your food taste so much better. it's clearly the best mayonnaise in the world. right? who thought you could do a desse with it? in the cake, instead of the butter i use duke's mayonnaise. it's nice and smooth, and you don't have to worry about any sugars. delicious. it'srazy moist. du there a

back to you. >> aimee cho, thank you. >>> american airline will not fly passengers on its boeing 737max planes any time soon. boeing is still in the process of correcting an issue with the flight control software. and american sa it wouldn't chedule use of the planes until november. american has 24 of those jets in its fleet. the decision to ground those planes came days after the crash of an ethiopia 737 maxll kied all people on board. >>> we are days away from marking the 50th anniversary of americans landing on the moon. the man who took th steps was honored in his home estate over the weekend. two statues were unveiled at the armstrong air and space museum. one of them depict a young neil armstrong. the other shows him in his flight suit. 2.7 million dollar grant was cralso announced to help eate a new stem learning center for schools in that area. >>> it was a big weekend for local history buffs.at sday marked 155 years since confederate armies tried to capture our nation's capitals. city leaders gathered in es northwd.c. to remember the battle of ft. stevens. a battle reenactme

it's been fanrtstic. >> re: in annandale, aimee cho, news4. >>> still ahead, d.c. is gettin ready for the fourth of july. >> we will show you what is being done to prepare for the largest fireworks display in washington history. >>> plus, tragedy at a virginia church. the ceiling caved in, leaving the building unusable. have been much worse. his could >>> lauryn, at is up? >> we are talking about that n. that sun is coming up. 5:47. beautiful out there but chilly. look at the temperatures in the shenandoah valley. you might need a light jacket but not the rest of the week. but not the rest of the week. we know evtayone has different at havertys 4th of july sale. when you spend more, you save moreupo $100. evtayone has different with more styles and custom fabrics to choose from.dendench furnitur havertys life l he's dancing like nobody's watching. and because all of the devices on fred's wifi network are protected with xfinity xfi, aliterally, nobody'she deviwatching.ed's except for millions of you, of course. wait, millions of people are wching? yeah. we're making

. >> reporter: in annandale aimee cho, news4. >> i hope they can work that out. >> just more talking. >>> you may have spe the weekend at the pool but d.c. spent that time getting ready for the fourth of july. >> we will show you what was done in anticipatio of what is being billed as the largest fireworks display in washington history. >>> plus, tragedy strikes a virginia church. the ceiling caved in leaving the building unusable. we will tell you why this all could have been much worse. >>> we are talking about pool time out there. july 1st. yeah, that is today. today looking comfortable. not feeling like july but the heat and humidity coming back. we have daily stormhances after today. let's time out that rain and talk about your fourth of july coming up. ♪ let's get down to business.ne the bu of getting it done. the business of road trips. the business of getting everyone back together. ththe business of hustle... ...and hard work...th tht...and whatever is is... modernized comfort inns & suites have been refreshed because whatever business you're in, our business is you. book dir

live in logan circle, aimee cho, news 4.hank you very much. >>> a major commuting corridor back e arundel county is open after a horrible crash this morning. take a look. this is all that's left of a ickup truck involved in that deadly crash other in croston. chopper 4 capturing the scene over route 3 north of annapolis road. maryland state police tell us the crash involved two vehicles and at least one peon has died. we're working to learn what may have caused this accident. >>> a surprising and controversial announcement toda from attorneneral william barr. after nearly two decades, he's ordered the reinstatement of the federal death penalty, the federal bure, o of prisons has already scheduled the executions of five death row inmates convicted of murder. theirxecutions will be carried out in december and january. a person hasn't been put to death by the federal government in 16 years. the practice was stopped in 200s aftereral lawsuits regarding the three drugs used at the time.under mr. barr's orders one drug will be use

live iner upp marlboro, aimee cho, news4. >>> today, james fields jr.will be sentenced in virginia on ge state char fields was found guilty of intentionally driving his car into a crowd of counterprotesters during a unite the right rally in charlottesville in 2017. heather heyer was killed and dozens others were hurt. >>> this morning a bowie man accused of arson knows his fait. fate. >> joseph clark will spend more than a decade in prison arter stting fire on utility vehicles. he accepted a plea deal on charges he set multiple vehicles on fire at the bowie public works facility. you can see some of what was left behind on these photos from the prince george's county police department. clark will be locked up for more than 13 years. and also placed on five years probation when he is s leased. >>>rning, a 42-year-old e man is recovering after being hit by a policcar in reston. this happenedne the intersectionf reston parkway and sunset hills road on sunday morning. the woman was hit after stepping off the sidewalk into the road there. she is expected to

they adopted kyle and aimee and acted as guardians of another child. a stable and permanent family is perhaps the most important thing in a child's developing life. every day we rely on people like ellen to unite families and improve lives. i applaud ellen for all of her hard work and for her fighting for families in the 13th district of illinois. thank you, ellen. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas, mr. olson, for five minutes. mr. speaker, this should come as no surprise, but the world's champion crybaby, the islamic republic of iran, threw another hisy fit this week. their navy tried to hijack a british tanker with a royal navy escort. they admitted they were breaking international law because they demanded the ship drive itself into their waters to be boarded. royal navy frigate fired back with a salvo from a radio. they said, back off. the iranian babies put their boats at full speed, roaring back to iran to cry on the ayatollah's shoulder for their humiliation. this has happened over and over. and

really poured their hearts into it and really played a good game. >> reporter: at national harbor, aimee cho, news 4. >> nike stands with colin epernick, and tonight the sports apparel giant is facing new backlash. we'll explain the latest firestorm over what was to be some patriotic sneakers. >> and doug is tracking new storms around the area. a new warning up in fred rick county maryland. compare comcast business to your current provider. vi my current service proder does not provide half of what you provide. and to know that i cod save money? i'd behrilled. this sounds like a whole business package, which would be incredible. so what are you guys waiting for? let's do it. (laughs) comct business gives you more. switch now and get fast, reliable internet for a 5 w low price of $39month. plus, get free installation. better, faster? i mean sign me up. call today at 800-501-6000. comcast business. beyond fast. z3a66z z16fz y3a66y y16fy >>> all right. l what ft to move through this area. >> well, we've got a whole line up to the north. to the mon dixo line and that comes here as well. this

remembers sprucing up arlington national cemetery alring the annu renewal and remembrance news 4's aimeeho shows us this small act of kindness that's making a big difference. s> yeah this. day i real all about serving those who have served us. that's why about 400 volunteers are here at arlington national cemetery today to donate their time and help do landscape work and make the place more beautiful. now some. work they are doing it today include presentla pnting flowers and fixing the talks and pavements of the idea is to honor the veterans who are resting here as well as their family and friends who have come to pay their respects and volunteers have come in from all around the country and many of them veterans themselves. the volunteers tell us they feel honored to be here. >> gives us the opportuni to y thank you to those who are buried here and who have paid the ultimate a sacrifice also gives us a chance to help the families care for a place and what the cemetery does. >> i'm very impressed. i'm impressed they come from all over to do this for one day so we're just happy tth have

in the district, aimee cho. news 4. l all fireworks littlegal in montgomery and prince george's county. >> yeah. we put the complete listing of legal fireworks in the nbc washington app. if you want to go osh ping, just be careful. >> there's different rules everywhere. yeah. >>> now the best way to stay safe is leave th fireworks to the professionals, folks. coming up, doug is tracking a storm that could have an impact on the show onll the national this year. >> but first sharing the road. buses and pedestrians can sometimes be a dangerous mix. >> you don't b think theus saw iyou? >> no, don't think it did. >> the news 4 i-team is more than something you sleep on. it's something you live on. (giggling) and we want it to perfect. get the most out of your mattress with havertys mattress sale! our experts will help you choose from a wide selection of top braans and we'll match price. right now, save uto $500pe on tempuc breeze mattresses. f and get freeancing on mattress and foundation9.urchases over $1,99 havertys li loo

news 4's aimee cho takes us to the city of fairfax to see their big show. >> happy fourth of july. >> it may be hot out. >> but these pint sized parade watchers nothing is cooler than finding some freebies. >> candy! candy, candy, candy! >> whether you're young or young at heart. the city of fairfax parade today holding a little something for everyone. >> and it's a good t day celebrate america and all that it means, you know. spend time with family. eat good food, the usual. >> a big part of today's celebration honoring those who serve in uniform to keep us safe and free every single day. >> it's good. it's good >> i think we're scheduled for a tour of the white house, t, so that will be -- that will be a first for me. >> but others say steering clear of the downtown parade. ♪ >> prefers this one inside. >> it's depression and sad that we've made the fourth of july a political statement. >> reporter: fairfax wasn't the only city today. each celebration full of festivm outfits,ching bands and playing music and enough spirit to fill a sidewalk. >> a lot of diversity and a lot of inclus

aimee cho, news4. >> nothing against cats -- >> hey, don't go there. >> that's why dogs are the best. >> puppies? >> nothing againstpu ies or cats. >> puppy would save me. >> you are stuckin the mud, pup puppy would be like, let's just hang out. >> did you not see pat collins' pet tricks things. cats can do things, too. >> yeah, but a dog won that contest, too. firefighters say if you get stuck in the mud, don't struggle. it only makes you sink faster. they have special gadgets to help you out. >> we're glad lamar is all rigt. listen to your wife next time, too. >>> all right. listen, it's nice out there. >> today is the day to get outside. it's going to be hot? >> yeah. you were outside yesterday. you were sitting in the sunshine. >> melting. >> i know. i mean, the july sun -- we were lking about the nats game. it's hot out there. and we don't have the humidity t outre today. that may fool some people. why are you smirking lke that? >> it's the end of july. >> you said it was august earlier. i was like, whoa, whoa, whoa. >> we are close. what is today? the 28t i guess we are close. s

. >> news 4's aimee cho kicks o ur coverage live from potomac. what was it like there, aimee? >> hey, jim and wendy, it's bee absolutelazy out here. we're on belfast road where crews are working to fix the street. earlier today that wase onant hole. the entire street was washed away. the crews have since filled it in with rocks and a gravel. they have been working very quickly. now this street is the only road that leads into that neighborhood over there on the other side. neighbors who live on the other side were having to trek through the forest around the road if they wanted to get out. certainly very dangerous and convenient, and it is also the type of travel that a lot of people around the region have been forced to do today. >> i want to see how deep it is. >> reporter: wading through dirty water. this morning that was the only way tot around a lot of streets in potomac. the tennis court practically under water. here you can barelyl, tel but this is a swimming pool at the river fall swim and tennis club and over on horseshoe lane rushing water turned this street into a r

the point, aimee said, is to create safe spaces fone interested in participating. >> l.b.t.q.e themselves reflected in the broader culture, so it can be life-changing, and even life- saving to have that kind of affirming prograveing in their and schools. >> reporter: and for domingx, whether the kids understood what a drag queen is, wasn't the point. instead, she was glad everyone seemed to enjoy the show.>> rag queens are just here to entertain. we can read, we're intelligent. like, we are harmless. i just hope that, you know, moving forward, and it kind of just, like, stretches those imaginations a little bit and, you know, give people a little bit more like fearlessness to take home with them. >> reporter: fearlessness with a dash of fun. ♪ goodbye for now until we meet again ♪ >> reporter: for the pbs newshour, i'm julia griffin in washington, d.c. >> woodruff: and on thhour online right now, a new study on mice could chart a path fornt h.i.v. pat the innovation eliminates dependency on medication tona the disease by using gene-editing with a technique known as crispr. you

themes being prese.ed to childr new york city's drag queen story hour head, rachel aimee.queen s hours in other parts of the country have had serious backlash, and people protesting their events and disrupting them sometimes, in some cases, even events have been canceled. >> reporter: the new york city chapter now runs the whole organization's website and social media channels, and sets guidelines for how to run drag queen story hour events. >> we do provide support and guidance to chapters who are facing that backlash. >> reporter: in the big apple, drag queen story hours have become so popular that the chapter now offers events in spanish and for children with autism a other special needs. the chapter also hosts drag queen fashion design and makeup workshops for older kids. the point, aimee said, is to create safe spaces for anyone interested in participating. l.g.b.t.q. kids often don't see themselves reflected in the broader culture, so it can b life-changing, and even life- saving to have that kind of affirming programming in their lives and schools. >> reporter: and

we'll see aimee, john, michelle, yamiche, thank you all.th ari melber"" starts right now. >> sorry. we begin our breaking news from the floor of the u.s. house. for the first time since democrats have taken control of the u.s. house, right now, moments ago, a bill to impeach president trump just reached the house floor. that itself is unusual and what happened next was also striking. speaker pelosi leading democrats to unite with republicans as you see right here right now to squash this effort, voting down this bill to impeach the president of the united states donald trump by the 332-95. these numbers just came in. breaking. the debate comes amidst deep tensions as the house just formally rebuked donald trump laht

news 4's aimee cho takes us to the westover neighborhood in lington where neighbors say the reptsr cosave been devastating. > this is what used to be our kitchen. >> reporter: picking up the pieces. how do you begin to do that when there are hardly any pieces left. >> dishwasher, stove,s,cabinet all gone and all too damaged to be saved. >> reporter: athena burke et and her husband kenny worked hard to buy theirfirst house in arlington, but in an instant their dream home went from looking like this to being fill ytheah.wi we're just recovering from that since then. of reporter: burke et sitting in what remains the first flor and as for the front living room itlooked like this right after the flood and now it looks like this. the second for survived, but water took out part of the staircase. >> so to go upstairs i usually will get my balance here and pull up. nd another uphill battle, this was their basement. the whole thingre swage water >> the first couple of days it -- the smell was unbearable, and itas also really hot. >> to make matters worse burkette says they didn't have inlood rance

. >> news 4's aimee cho takes us to the city of fairfax for its big show new at 5:30. >> that's lik theirst fire truck invented. >> reporter: these pint-sized he parade wa might still be in the school. >> happy fourth of july. >> reporter: but they already know a thing or two about history. >> i like fourth of july toat celebrthomas jefferson and how he lke did the declaration of independence. >> reporter: today's fourth of july parade in fairfax, a tribute to everything america. >> it's a tradition me and my dad have had for years. we go to the parade every morning, and that's kind of how he start off the fourth of july. >> reporter: a big part of today's celebrati, honoring those who served in uniform to keep us safe and free every single day. >> it's good. it's good, yere. >> porter: air force veteran ray taking in the fairfax parade today. he stopped here first before heading downtown to d.c. >> i think wre scheduled to tour the white house, too, so that will be a first for me. >> reporter: but others say they are steering clear of the downtown parade.♪ ♪ >> preferring this one inst

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. >> in the district, aimee cho.ews 4. >> "news 4 at 5:00" starts now. >> yes, right now at 5:00, storm team 4 tracking our chance of thunderstorms in thes area thi afternoon. >> yeah, it's starting to rock out there right now, folks. there's a severe thunderstorm warning in effect for montgomery county. >> and those storms are n the move. let's get the latest from doug for the storm center. >> yeah, i've been acking these storms coming through parts of area. you see numerous little storms around here. the biggest storm and most ht intense rigver montgomery county. this is in through the gaithersburg area. really encompasses most of 270w no and, of course, 2770 always a mess this time of the night. going to be a problem as youon move through the hour. this warning goes until 5 sack and includes areas like bethesda rockville.hrough does include northern fairfax county so if you live around tyson's or mcclain's you got that update on your nbc washington app but i really think that's the heaviest of which will be in thr

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we'll see aimee, john, michelle, yamiche, thank you all. we'll be back tomorrow with more "meet the press" daily" and "the beat with ari melber"" starts right now. >> sorry. we begin our breaking news from the floor of the u.s. house. for the first time since democrats have taken control of the u.s. house, right now, moments ago, a bill to impeach president trump just reached the house floor. that itself is unusual and what happened next was also striking. speaker pelosi leading democrats to unite with republicans as you see right here right now to squash this effort, voting down this bill to impeach the president of the united states donald trump by the 332-95. these numbers just came in. breaking. the debate comes amidst deep tensions as the house just formally rebuked donald trump last night for "racist comments." as the house barrels towards new rebukes of trump officials, as well on the floor tonight which we will get to, this impeachment pressure came from liberal congressman al green. he seized the momentum from the rebuke of trump l

aimee willmott was a little bit of, molly renshaw stepped up, anna hopkin, they are nearly there, women'sccess , through decades. you touch on the success, i know you have been anchoring the coverage for the bbc, have you got any highlights, what stands out? adam peaty is a big one, he performed, and we knew he had performed. the hungarian, malacca, 200 fly, performed. the hungarian, malacca, 200 fly, regan smith on 200 backstroke, 17 years old from america. there have been some fast swimmers coming through, swimming never seems to stay still. sport progress is all the time but swimming, world records constantly, well, not constantly but they are being broken. i love seeing the sport evolved and get faster. people say, why is that possible? underneath the water, so much goes on and now we have technology to look at that, and make athletes go faster in the gym and with diet as well, that creates, it interesting. our multiple swimming after the success of 2012, are we seeing the grass roots swimmers come through or is it too soon? it's always one of those things, if you have kids, you teach

aimee will be in the thick of it, you know, making sure that everybody is all right. >> folks seem to take it in stride. did they? >> yeah. >> it hasto be devastating to see all of your belongings desoloyed? >> absutely. i was surprised how calm y everybodemed to be that day. they were responding very well. one w the who her it when t eventually told herself these are just things, they can be replace aed. they are glad no one was hurt. all across the region iave been talking to people. es, their cars weredestroyed, swimming and tennis courts. of the day they were okay and that's what most people are thankful for. >> a lot of it is>> lot i porecy is if yourt's covered. anythinew uvered. anything coming and for many people it was the first time ey fl think has my home fl nd floodrae. even iyou are notn dpin, goodte those people will have flood insurancew. they may not need it again. this was maybe a one-time evente in their li but a good idea to do it because a lot of these people are not going to be able e eople had five, thament. thatevything. i the basement whereever seen water in th

aimee cho with the incredible story about how his dogs helped him bark down help. >> reporter: a storybout man's best friend. meet blue and jax and their human lamar. we talked to him for five seconds. you will see where y is he popu with pets and people alike. that is his name on his st rt. >> i put on so people know who i am. that's kind of nice. >> reporter: monday he thought it would be nice togstake the do by a walk by the c and o canal. his wife was going to see a movie. sheold her husband. >> if you fall down,nobody will know where you are. >> reporter: did lamar wait? nope. he did not. and sure enough, found himself in a sticky situation. >> i tell you, that mud was terally up to my knees and i couldn't pull my legs out. >> reporter: mired in mud. the more he moved, the more he sank. >> i w trying to dig itut with my hands, but it just oozed back over and made a mess. >> reporter:amar stood there n hour yelling for helpful wasn't loud enough to be heard, but these guys were. >> if they hadn't been with me, i don't know whether i would have gotten anybody. good orter: eventually