amelia?eon, i have a severeth derstorm warning in effect for parts of charles, prince george's and prince george's county until 5:15. we could see some floodndg issues a absolutely producing horrific lightning. look theater onstorm team 4 radar. elsewhere, dealing with more showers and thunderstorms across the area. 'm tracking out what you can expect tonight and what when means for the r e compare comcast business to your current provider. my current service providerro doesvide half of what you provide. and to know that i could save money? i'd be thrilled. this sounds like a whole business package, which would be incredible. so what are you guys waiting for? let's do it. (laughs) comcast busi ss gives you more. let's do it. (laughs) switch now and get fast, reliable internet for a new low price of $39.95 a month. plus, get fr for better, faster? of $3installation. i mean sign me up. call today at 1-800-501-6000. comcast business. beyond fast. >>> amelia will be back wh the weather in a few m

amelia has to look at impact.lus, she's looking at chances of severe weather over the weekend here as well. she's breaking it down for you next at 5:00 right here. >> well, we may havespent the fourth of july sweating out here in the dmv but in colorado check it out. quite a bit cooer out there. cool enough to sky, in fact. skiers were decked out in their red, white and blue on the slopes. this fourth of july marked the end of this year's ski season io codo, the longest one they have had since 2011 but not been the longest season ever. that one was back in 1995. tha season continuedght into august, if you can believe it. now no indonesia, where authorities are aking amends for past practices. eight baby sea turtles were released into the ocean from bali. for years these turtles were poached for profit and now authorities want to make sure that things have changed. these sea turtles are on a vulnerable species list but they now have a chance to survive. >>> and in greece brushfires are forcing evacuations of four v

amelia is back with the amelia is back with the ho-by-hour looat your ur z3a66z z16fz y3a66y y16fy >>and right now a severe thunderstorm warning in parts of prince william county and il manassas unt:00 doesn't. right now though there's a live look down at the national mall. here's the severe thunderstorm warning takes effect and look at the lightning, parts of southera prince will county. not only have i seen a lot of louds with lightning but very heavy rainfall where weould ee flood system. if you're heading out to fireworks tonight, it's going to dicy. still tracking thunderstorms i'm gh 7:00 and 8:00 p.m., keeping the rain in. at:00 p.m., this reflects thunderstorms does diminish as s the sunets and rain chances in there at 11:00.m. with the temperature down around0 degrees. right now we're at 77. here's the fireworks plan if you're heading out tonight. you want to bring a tarp or a chair because the ound is going to be wet. download the nbcng wasn app and as thunder roars head indoors. >> thanks, amelia. >> three shootings in fairfax county this week and police tell us they could

you'll be able to tak a look at that in a second, amelia.of hours. >> we think the best idea if you can avoi travel from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m., that's the way to go. play if safe, especially after monday. his is the storm team 4 radar tracking it for you all across our storm team 4 radar? - how abo how about some video right now around route 50 around the bowie a little earlier, heavy rain falling around 50. again, very heavy rainfall with e of storms part of the severe thunderstorm coming on through that area over the last hour or so. no longer a severe thunderstorm warning now. swe don't have any movere thunderstorms in our area. still strong storms coming in towards arundel county and fauquier county, especially this one right here, this is one that we're tracking for you.et now, l take a look at this storm right here. the line is continuing. you see less of a line of red. that's whyehe s thunderstorm watch was allowed to expire. around bowie towards upper marlboro. heads up for very heavy rain there. lock at this line that's formed. i want t

amelia draper here now to explain that for us. amelia? >> well, pat and leon, yesterday nasa came out with new numbers saying that june was the hottest june on plant earth, and it's the second agency confirm that. here's the map that they released talking about this. what does this actually mean? well, our temperature for june was running about 1.7 degrees above the normal june temperature for the planet. the old record goes back to june and 2016. what helped contribute to this? ll, european heat wave where we saw so man record high temperatures falling. here's the thing. those records don't just go back maybe 50 years. those wer old records that fell. e also had a very warm arct which helped contribute to the warmest june on record. now july is on track to be the n hottest earth with the united states helping to contribute to that. in e only are we tracking dangerous heat in our area, but much of the country will be getting in on that dangerous heat wave through the weeke y. theear could end up being the top three, not just the top five

amelia is back with the best time to get out this weekend. the allergy report and something really cool in the night sky. first, a path way to purpose. spotlighting the local program changing lives in our honeet this gis ridiculously fast. we are seriously keeping up with the joneses. keeping up with the ford's. keeping up with the garcia's. the romeros. patels. the wahh-the-wahh wolanske's. right. no one is going to have iernet like this. xfinity makes keeping up with the jonesesea simple. . awesome. want gig-speed internet? we've got you covered. or check out our other amazing speed options at new low price. get started now for as low as $29.99 a month. call, click or visit a store today. >> we are talking an absolute epic rain makerff the gulf coast right now. you are looking at radar or satellite of tropical storm barry there. amelia is tracking this system. she's got a look at our local focast coming up in two minutes. pat? >>> we may be well past graduation season but there is an emotional and meaningful ceremony. several black men once

amelia? >> stilleeing showers in the d.c.mpressive thunderstorms back into parts of rappahannock county and back around i-81.pl fireworks diss could bene postpod due to thunderstorms. we're tracking storms and rscertainly some showere possible. no showers right now continuing over the national mall. notice the future weather at 9:00 p.m. has most of the area dry but know that it will be damp out the ad cloud ceilings might be a little bit low in most locations but for the most part ito lo like these thunderstorms are fizzling out on time, susan. >> thank you all so much and thank you all for joining us as ll. "n >>> breaking news tonight, southern californiaocked by a strong earthquake, the 6.4 magnitude quake is felt from los angeles to las vegas causing the ground to roll and buildings to shake for hundreds of miles. >>ll the knickknacks and things from the cabinets were flying oulike missiles. fires, rock slides, and damage reported, but los angeles is spared by the largest earthquake to hit the region in two decades. >>>

amelia draper is in the storm centeth a look at what to expect. amelia? >> and, pat, ikehink the word is some. most of us are going to stay dry out there tonight, but tomorrow i'm tracking widespread showers and thunderstorms looking likely later in the day, but where it is raining, it's raining heavily a this is back toour west right now. this rain is slowly trying to move into parts of frederick county and virginia. successfully now moving into shenandoah county where it's producing very, very heavy rainfall right alongi-81. starting to see a little bit of rain as well. based on the latest track it's going to be moving into luray. we'll see that pop up there and the steady rain at 5:30 and 5:40 d winchester at 6:15 and perryville at 6:50. closer to home in the metro area, i'm seeing isolated showers popping up in montgomern and right on the border of frederick and loudoun county and up around theus damasc area. most of us stay try tonight and everybody dealing with the heat and humidity. 89 degrees right now. it's feeling like 98 across the area, and th

warn pat, back for you. >> thanks, amelia. our coverage of this dangerous heat is just getting started. coming up in five minutes we're working for you on how to save on your electric bill. then later in the hour your heat and your health. what you need to know before you plan youroutdoor activities this weekend, and, remember, can you monitor the latt heat advisories right on your phone.n doload the nbc washington app and set weather as your home page. >> ava ated mother talking about the loss of her youngest child this evening. >> 11-year-old karo brown was gunned down at a gas station in southeast washington last night. >> news 4's derrick ward joins us now live with how that boy is being remembered today. derrick? >> well, behind me is the stanton school. that's where karon attended some classes and a program his mother said he was crazy about. on the other side of that school is the place where he died, and in family, this whole community is trying to reconcile that loss. >> he's just a baby. he was my youngest. >> karon

well.etco a as meteorologist amelia draper is here with a look at our change climate. amelia?y and doreen, nasam just cg out with these numbers yesterday. this is now the second organization that's conthrming june was the hottest june on earth in record-keeping history, and here's by how much, by about 1.7 degrs we saw the month running above normal. the old hottest june set bac in 2016. now what contributed to this heat? hll, the heat wave where we saw so many recordgh temperatures fall, france, germany, poland, all set record highs, and theirp record-keg history goes back a long way, so these were old records. we also t contribu warm june to a warm arctic out there. july is currently on track to be the hottest on earth as well, and the united states is helping to contribute to this as we talk about dangerous heat here. it's also happening across most of the country through the weekend, and in addition to that, the year already on track to be the third ttest year on record, not just the top five, ut already looking like it will be a top three, and would i say this all the tim

lettart out with doug and amelia. 'here are the storms right now. >> th all around us to the north and west, down to the south and the d.c. area. much of the area under a severe storm watch. much of the airy is out for a flood watch. >> most of us are under that un severe thrstorm watch until 9:00. >> where we're seeing the rain, it's coming down heavily.so al severe thunderstorm warnings down around this area. i'll take you to the north. this severe thundstorm area is through west virginia. look at the line that's formed right now. it's going to make its way through frederick county, virginia, over the next hour or so. more rain to the south and even farther down tothe south. we're looking at page county, madison county, severe thunderstorm warning and flooding concerns toward the charlevoix area and toward st. mary's county looking at strong storms along the northern neck and the potomac as it enters out into theak chesapebay. a severe thunderstorm watch in effect forhe areas in t pink all the way up the east coast

>> thanks, amelia. remember, storm team 4 is orking for you around the clock as these temperatures rise. download the nbc washington app and set weather at your home page, and can you see everything there like the heat index numbers and get alerts about any advisories right th on the phone at all times so keep that handy. now, let's turn to se breaking news in maryland where a man is in custody this afternoon charged in the murder of a transgender woman. >> the victim in this case gunned down just over a month ago near eastern avenue on the maryland side. >> zoe spears, the second transgender woman to be killed d that same neighborhoo this year. >> let's go to news 4'sderrick ward who is live at prince george's county police s. headquart derrick? >> reporter: well, the arrest in this case is a major development for the community and for the police department, butit still leaves some questions to be answered. police arrested engineer ardo thomas at a job site in cecil county maryland. he's charged with f

. >> thanks, amelia. thanks, amelia. >> this weekend is national cut the cord day when people ditch their cable>> service. nd as cord-cutting gets more opular beware. streaming services are getting more expensive. we're going break it all down for you at 6:30. >> a devastating fire ine bowi displaces a family of honey, this gig-speed internet is ridiculously fast. we are seriously keeping up with the joneses. keeping up with the ford's. keeping up with the garcia's. the romeros. patels. the wahh-the-wahh wolanske's. right. no one is going to have internet like this. xfinity makes keeping up with the joneses simple. easy. awesome. want gig-speed internet? we've got you covered. or check out our oths amazing speed option new low prices. get started now for as low as $.99 a month. call, click or visit a store today. >>> a local familiar life nine has been displaced afterire ripped through their home this week. the father has coached in the ye community for s. >> now that community is trying to make life bett

has it cooled off an amelia? >> really hasn't, pat. still talking about feels-like temperatures in the triple digits in some locations, andhe with t dangerous heat in the forecast tomorrow, the national weather service has already issued a heat advisory. this is going to begin at 11:00 a.m. at the morning and go until 9:00 at night. check it out. all the sountiesded in orange are under a heat advisory. right now leesburg is feeling 100 degrees. tomorrow it will be feeling worse area-wide throughout the day, especially during the afternoon hours. looking to the iweekend, this saturday and sunday. all of the counties here in red are under an excessive heat g watch an for both your saturday and your sunday, so i'm talking about dangerous heat tomorrow, saturday and sunday as wel over the weekened will feel anywhere from about 105 to maybe en close to 115 degrees at times. bottom line, you want to take it easy the next through days. right now we're at 92 degrees, nd as we head throughout the ss hour stniill feveelieng 9 5ng o degr there. 1

. >> let's get it started with doug and amelia stand b in the storm center. we're in for a bumpy next couple of days. e> we saw it yesterday, some severe weather camhrough the area yesterday. we we'll see it again today. tomorrow is the 4th, looks l the biggest threat. >> putting together the 10-day forecast, we put a 70% to 880% chance of rain in the forecast for tomorrow. before tomorrow, we're dealing with storms tonig's. >> what happening across our area. nothing around the d.c. metro area but around hagerstown, coming no parts of west virginia and western maryland along 70. if you draw a line and move down, heads up next hour in through frederick, over tooward winchester and northern virginia and montgomery county. this will be wh we watch through the rest of the evening. very unsettled and warm and humid. everywhere across the mid-a lantic region and that' why we think this going to happen again tomorrow. but we expect it to be a lot more widespread, tracking storms tonight. if you have any plans tonight, there's a locate of things goin. more widespread

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. >> thanks, amelia. meantime, we're following making news in maryland where police ay a unique paint job help them track down a killer. >> a man is in custody for the murder of a transgender woman, zoe ars who was gunned down last month near eastern avenue. the crack in thisam case c from surveillance images of a car.4' news derrick ward joins us with details. derrick? >> reporter: yeah. you know, sometimes it can be the smallest details, seemingly insignificant details, that can lead to a major development in the case like this, and as you'll hear in a story phlice e a suspect. they say he's being vague about some things and the question they wouldn't most answered is why. the arrest of gerardo crescendo thomas r the murder of 23-year-old transgender rom zoe barnes last month is a major break for investigators, but it leads to more questions. do >> we still not have a motive in this case. he was very vague about his involvement, and i'm not going to get too much into the interview and interrogation. how

. >>> and alexa, siri and now amelia? jobs may have been busting out all over in june but is the a.i. takeover closer than anyone thought? a ceo on how his company's tech is leading the revolution that could see humans and digital workers at a 50/50 ratio in just five years. >>> farm country on ice. as if the harsh wind of the u.s./china tariff fight wasn't enough, the heartland now grappling with a new blast of trade. we talk to a ceo. >>> and elon musk makes good on his promise of record deliveries in 2q. dan ives warning of a albatross hanging around the behemoth's neck. the hazards he still sees in tesla's roads, up ahead. tesla and major indices stuck in the red but the nasdaq moments ago revving its engine tos to g out of negative territory. this is usually what we see toward the last 15 minutes of the day. we are less than an hour to the closing bell. let's start the "countdown." kristina: breaking news. powerful aftershocks still shaking in southern california following yesterday's massive 6.4 magnitude earthquake

let's go back to amelia. what's the timing of all this? >> well, louisiana really dealing with barry throughout the res of the workweek into the weekend. here's the latest on the track. it has picked up speed out there tonight, maximum winds at 50 miles an hour, moving extremely slowly ats only 3 miler hour. the track virtually .unchanged and barry only expected to retrain a tropical storm,ot strengthening to a hurricane according to the national hurt center. but here's the thing, thatdo sn't matter. this storm is about the heavy rain. parts of louisiana, including new orleans, could see 10 to 20 inches. the mississippi river also dealing with flooding concerns. so those two elements gether, louisiana unfortunately under the gun from this storm. >> amelia, thank you. m ether it's tropical st barry or storms here at home, don'tha forget tyou can get up to the minute forecasts from storm team 4 any time,er anywhe, bcere our n washington app. >>> new tonight, a man is in custody in d.c. accused of sexually assaulting a woman on r platform. th

amelia. >> i'm calling this one small thing.ding out of town and you want to get the car washed before you do so. guys, you think it's better for the planet to head to the car wash or wash tn car i your driveway? >> driveway. >> driveway. >> okay. >> i would say driveway, too. it's better to head to the car wash. based on research, you're going to use about 50 less gallons of water by heading to the car wash. they have to reuse their water and less pollution as well and when you wash it in the driveways you get the runoff and that goes into creeks and strings.up firing the grill, charcoal or gas. >> that's interesting. they both emit something. i'mgoing with the taste factor. charcoal. >> so if you want to go with taste, you might be going with a charcoal grill but gas grills will be much better. check this out. by using'r charcoal, you going to emit three times mo greenhouse gases for the same job. now some other tips for you, as far as your refrigerator goes when you're getting things out to get re for the barbecue. do you wan

. >>> let's get right to doug and amelia in "storm team 4." >> plenty of us are still seeing strong storms. what's the latest, yu guys? >> that's what we're telling you. a better chance of seeing them. to the north, completely out of the clear. >> we have a new flood warning until 9:00 p.m. from the heavy rain al a rainfall and a new warning for maryland. >> there's one through calvert and anne arundel county. a strong storm e saw a lot of trees around the fredericksburg thi incde arease in dar. krca.h and to the south. no longer under severe or thunderst watches now in that area, so that's good news. here's the extreme thunderstorm watch until 6:00. we're waiting to see if they do update this. heads-up right along route 2.nd ahen look at this storm. this storm continues to build into st. mary's county.st mary's county under a severe thunderstorm warning. i'm watching this area this is going to continue to build here. watch out for some flooding in this region. ere's a flood watch or warning in effect for calvert county. we could see one to the south, back to the west. this is all norm rai

. >> thanks, amelia. >> coming up, a race to repair.ext we're taking you back to a maryland neighborhood cut off by a sinkhole i monday's flash emergency. we'll tell you why there c are telling us these repairs will be antough. >> d you know our beautiful weather won't ls. doug an amelia >>> we're back now with what the radar can look like a little later on this week. you can see that there, a few blobs to be concerned about. doug and amelia are looking at that and they are back in two minutes toor time out our s chances here. >> meanwhile today it's all about the cleanup following yesterday's torrential rain and severe flooding. >> yeah. >> take a lookat this. this is damage on prosperity avenue and morningside drive in fairfax county. the roads shut down because the huge cracks that you see. >> that's not the only trouble spot. mollette green reports from montgomery county with the latest on sinkhole repairs on belfast road. one by one trees are cut and come crashing down. this tree work is a big part of thers repai to belfast road. t

we shall see. >> thanks, amelia. >> next up something that's pleasantly hot. the nats hottest team in baseball. they took their scorching form up 95is to v the frequently scorched orioles. highlights of the battle >>> this is the xfinity sports desk. >> it's no secret the nationals ohave been the hest team in national baseball since the end of may. a trip to first ace atlanta is looming this weekend, but first trip up 95 to face the orioles, who just happen to be 37 games under .500. nats have dminated this series as of late winning 8 of 11 and week.t afford a slip-up this the orioles hosting the first two-game set, trying to cool off these nationals. top of the second nationals strike first. watch this. matt adams down the line in right. that lands on utah street, folks, and up onhe awning. you see that there. 1-0 nationals. bottom two, ories answer back. berther goes solo.p tied u 1. top of the sixth 2-1 nats. juan soto continues to be better at baseball than me. deep and gone to right ceer. -1 nationals. same frame, this is theorioles' 2019 season in a nuts

. ♪ oh say can you see by the dawn's early light ♪ >> reporter: this is 2 1/2-year-old amelia bubenikfornia. ♪ and the rocket's red glare the bombs bursting in air ♪ >> reporter: her rendition of the national anthem going viral after mom amy posted the video online. amelia not missing a single word. ♪ for the land of the free and the home of the brave ♪ >> she sang it on the first try. i had chills the second i saw she sang the whole thing. >> reporter: amelia's dad john, a navy vet, as was his father before him. >> we want to instill the values of being an american into our children. some have sacrificed their lives and we want our children to honor that. >> reporter: tonight, amelia here with a birthday wish. >> happy birthday america. >> and happy fourth of july. thank you for watching, i'm cecilia vega here in new york. i hope to see you right back here tomorrow. have a good evening. now from abc7, live breaking news. >> right away, that where firefighters are fighting several fires. these flames broke out along highway 87. good afternoon and thanks for joining us. i'm dion lim. >

what happened to amelia earhart?d during her attempted around the world flight in 1937. now robert ballard, the famed d.c. explorer who found the titanic are on a mission to find the doomed plane. and now the pleasure to welcome to the program, allison fundit. thanks for being here. i lived in kansas. i know about the areas that were praying for her to come back. what do you think happened to amelia earhart? where do you start? >> hi, harris. thank you very much for having me. it's a really good question. it's been 30 years of people really looking into this in great detail. we're standing on the shoulders of three decades of research being conducted to really figure oud what happened. people believe she and her navigator fred noonan landed up landing in part of the republic of caribas. we're taking our ship and diving robotic vehicles to explore the deep waters off the island to, hopefully, really put to rest this great mystery. >> harris: has anybody done this before? i would think in 30 years they would have looke

amelia says this is our sixtha wave of the year. she's going to join news two minutes with a look at how long this is going to last and we'rem expecting s strong storms to move through, too. >> she sold her spotlight beating her idol venus williams and now tennis superstar coco goff is would you go crowds here at the city open here in the district. she will play her first round match tomorrow. our own james handley caught up with her duringrm wa practice and asked her about hes mee to up-and-coming tennis players. >> reporter: you are a role model now to sany young girls and women. what message do you have for them if they are thinking about gettingnto tennis or any sport for that matter? >> just keep working hard and dream big. don't let anyone limit you because the possibilities are endless. >> nco goff plays round three of the women's doubles tournament later today. >> she is something else. she so composed. >> yeah. >> just seems to have it all together. >> the sky is the limit. >> why so many folks are rooting for her because s

hi, amelia. >> even at 6:00 p.m., it's still feeling close to 100 degrees.f the area the mugginess has moved in and it's here to stay. check out the heat index in your neighrhood this hour feeling about 98 in washington and 99 in manassas and 2 down in quantico and 102 degrees out in leesburg right now. i heatex is when you factor in the humidity level and the air temperature currently coming in at 89 degrees. even by 7:00 p.m. it's still feeling like 98 o

how hot is t it going get, amelia? >> we could hites 100 degre and if that's the case, it will be the first time reagan national has hit 100 since august of 2016. we think at night we'll get a little bit of the break from the heat. i just noticed the heat index in washington go up from 10:00 p.m. at 96 degrees to jump up t 99. it's actually feeling hotter out there this hour than it was last hour with the humievty ls potentially ticking up a degree. here's the current heat index across the area. this is stifling. 99 in washington. 104 in annapolis. feeling like 97 in leesburg right now. this is for 11:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m. this is dangerous heat.ou f you can yant to stay indoors especially during this time period. 11:00 a.m. it's feeling about 110 degrees. i'm going to have much more on the heat throughout the wekend plus the storm outlook coming um full forecast. >> all rwht. e'll see you in a few minutes. thank you. >>> liftoff on the national mall. a recreation of the launch of apollo 11 played out on the to washi

amelia draper will explain.st he look at the global temperature l anoms, and you can see what i want you to see here is the past five years the ate top, so over the last five years we have had the hottest temperatures globally on record. 2019 isn track to be the third warmest year ever on record ased on the temperatures that acwe've seen ss the earth so lor this year. now ally, today is the 35th day that we've hit 90 degrees or higher our yearly average is 36 on average in august. we see about ten 90-degree days so we' likely be well above average wit9 0-degree days this yea august herer area is predicted to be above normal temperature-wise so it's going to continue to be hot. now nationally june capped off the wettest year on record. our entire country has been ealing wit a lot of water, most lately and we're on track to be the third hottest year. >> amelia, we've talked about record rain as well as record tu temperares so far this year. related?e >> they really are reled, pa because when you get warmer emperat

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. >> all right, amelia, thank you. now to the gunshots fired at a gas station in southeast washington last night. one boy ran in one direc and his older brother ran the opposite way. >> that younger brother couldn't ahesc t wa gunned down. he died. we have team coverage of this tragic story for you this eving beginning withnews 4's derrick ward. derrick, you spoke with ka's >> is, you know, and it's still starting to resonate with she's still figuring out what happened. it's unmge nabiimaginable what going through. the program that she was enrolled in here at stanton school, taught him patience and on the other side of the school he ran into somebody who probably hadn't learned those lessons of patience, c and itt poor karon his life. karon brown's mother doesn't i want herntity shown but she wants people to know what her son was like. >> funny, ving, very outgoing.ve he lo babe is. >> reporter: karon and his brother hadn't ventured far from home when they found them selves in the midst of deadly gunfire. >> he ran one

we over go the amelia in the storm center. doug is out today.t has bely a re nice day. >> boy, did he pick the day to be at a swimming pool. doug, you're getting in at some point th evening, right? >> reporter: lys. i'll tel you. we'll have so much fun across the area. yes, i'm getting in the pool today with these guys. this is the swim team here at stonegate, and, boy, d we have a great day for backyard weather and more importantly i like it when we've got a pool. i'ming some ofu you guys. yoady? i'm racing this one right here. i'm racing this oni rt here. >> don't pick on the baby. >> she's ready for you, doug. >> all right. doug. we'll check back in with you. we love those really cool text features in our car even though we it's distracting. what changes now could come to y> r ride. >>eet success. a local woman opens her own business in the district. business in the district. how she hopes it will inspire i switched from dodge. we switched from ford. i switched from ram. i switched to chevy. we switched to chevy. we switched to chevy. dependa

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erika.d thanks, amelia. >> a d.c. woman chose it's never too late to chase a dream. ahead at 5:00, the 71-year young grandmother and the special moment today well worth the wait. >> plus, celebrating the lun landing while looking ahead to a mission to mars. coming up, the mans for food on >>> going to be another hot one tomorrow, but if you can stand the heat for a little bit, e th's a pretty cool festival that will be wrapping up tomorrow oational mall. nasa and the air and space museum are celebrating 50 years since the apollo 11 landing and the first steps on the moon. there are a number of intehctive and ds-on exhibits. the festival runs from 8:00 tomorrow, and, of course, at night there will be projections of the saturdayocun rt on the monument. details for all of this in our nbc washington app. >>> we know in recenst fa syep shifted a bit further into the solar system. as nasa gears up to head to mars, some students and scientists at villanova are trading in moon rocks for martianoil. a look now at their efforts for the efforts to have a green thumb on the red

thanks a me s amelia. in about eight minutes jay gray give us a live update from the gulf. >>> president trump confirms that i.c.e. raids that begin on sunday will target thousands of undocumented the president says agents will be going after people who have already be given deportation arrders. raids planned for ten cities including baltimore. mr. trump says these raids will be focused on criminals. cri ocs say theeration is designed to appeal to mr. trump's base. >>> across the country tonight a show of pport for immigrants. >> vigilins are taking plac in hundreds of cities including here in d.c. >> jackie bensen joins us live from lafayette square. >> reporter: there were well attended protests all across the country tonight, but this one was within sight of the white house. >> hate has no pla here. >> reporter: as the sun began to set, hundreds of protesters held battery candles, some raising the them skyward in memory of the people who have died at the u.s. southern border. many held signs protesting

was today 12 or 13, amelia?> 12 days in a row. 12 days in a rove 90-degree plus heat and many of the days about 95. maybe some sun tomorrow evening and we might get in for pretty good sunsetch refreshing air. some of you tonight will be in thend0s a as you wake up early on wednesday morning and look at this, great weather wednesday, thursday andriday. a've got my backyard weather coming on thursd it's going to be an absolute perfect position for that on thursday, so we'll be talking much more about that the next couple of days, look as we make our way towards the weekend. also looking pretty good. getting on the hotter side and then next week, yes, we do see another heat wave as the month of july does move. out again, guys, there's the forecast. 70s for tomorrow with that chance of rain and then we've got 90s into next week. squeez b in between,utiful weather. >> got to find a way to slow the clock down once we get to wednesday. need to find a way to do that. >> refreshing is not a word that we've heard associat

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let's get back to doug and amelia the in the storm center. are watching the storm center blazing through the region, but we have good news to report. i'd270 is back open near clarksburg. a lot more to come our way, right? >> a lot of damage from the first round of storms th t came through mostly to the north and west of the d.c. area and south and east. it's still extremely hot, and that's why w still have another round to go. >> and with that humidity and the temperatures still in place to our south. storms later tonight could still have strong gusty winds. downpours are still possible. it's not going to be until tomorrow where we feel some relief out tere area-wide. >> and that's going to be big-time relief. we've seen damage from the storms. take a look at the video that we got out of the mt. airy wind. this is when a tornado warning wa in effect for mt. airy and you seat video taken. i'm not sure exactly where this camera is, but it's looking at a house it's in theckyard of a house on some kind of atructure, and at the end of this, you ac

this is cool, amelia.s is amazing, we were sayingha tt this just brings back thet excit of the total solar eclipse back in august ofi 2013. happening in chile. we'll see it happen only for a few more minutes, a total solar eclipse is -- you can hear people out there getting so excited. that's how cool this . this is, of course, a live feedo from right, a solar eclipse happens when the moon passes between the earth and the sun blocking out the sun's rays, and it is absolutely fne for you to look at this ige without the protective. glasses another vantage point. how cool is that imagery up there in the corner of that. the next tolal eclipse happening here in our area is going to be in april of 2024, april 8, 224. sight.atch this that solar eclipse here in the united states will start off around texas and head out towards the northeast. now talking about the frequency wof these, see a total solar eclipse on average about once every 18 months, so we get two solar eclipses every three years out there. this is t

amelia, this today is the ni cool day, right? >> absolutely, with a high temperaturrearound 90 deges and humidity levels not that bad. the humidity builds in tomorrow, and then it is muggy right on through the ekend. we're still at 90 degrees currently at 7:00 p.m. and we'll fall to 88. by 9:00 p.m. in the low 80s. it's dry and warm, and, yes, tlear skies out there. really pleasan night. we're waking up tomorrow to temperatures in the upper 60s to mid-70s and we're warmer and more human. check out your temperature trend. our average high is are now 89 degrees. we're not only run above that every day through the weekend, we're running well above it on frid and saturday with dangerous heat at times in the forecast when you factor in the humidity throughout the rkweek andeekend. more on how hot it will feel and what's happening with barry here could have a impact on showers and thunderstorms. >> amelia, thank you. >>> metro is staring down a huge lawsuit. still ahead and only on news 4 a maneliberately jumped on to metro tracks and

a dowli amelia will join you in just aes few minut. >> okay.olks.his out closely, watch now as this fishing trip off of cape cod turned into a viral video. that a greatar white sh there snagging a fish that was already hooked while someone was reeling it in on saturday. that yo boy stood just feet from where the shark left the water devouring that fish. two beaches were temporarily owosed for swimming. >> w that's something. >> we're less than a nth away from my favorite thing which is clear the shelters.p we hel animals find their r forevehomes. >> cats, dogs, no sharks. cats and dogs and lots of them. >> and last week our pat collins put out a challenge to help us gy into the spirit b showing best tricks. >> we had a lot of entry,th severa were quite impressive, and today the field was narrowed to the final four. ♪ >> it's pat's. >> prized. >> pets. a>> i've been waitingll week for this, who has the best pet trick? who is going to get the official limited edition pat's prized pet bowl? why let the judging begin. >> we got dozens of entries. d

storm team 4 amelia draper is working for you to explain why the fireworks failed on the d.c. side. >> here is the fireworks. they are not typically an issue. warm airt the surface and air tolder as you go up into the atmosphere, so thaair, that smoke has a place to go. what happened was warmer air was just above the surface with cooler air trapped below it and the smoke had nowhere to go and what we call a temperature aversion. why could folk smoke pile up in the district right where the fireworks were happening and virginia you got a little bit of clearing. >> so glad amelia hadan explanation for what happened. you had a good vantage point. i' i was watching from the north. m directly north of the me lincolrial. i could see everything on the east side but on the west you can see it was just smoke. they could see nothing. >> that was the first time the fireworks were launched from west potomac park. >>> president trump's crew forced crews to relocate the fireworks along the reflecting new this year was a string ofim essive military flyovers. aircraft from every military branc

another one right now, amelia. what are we dealing with right now?lood warning for fairfax county and prince george's. what are we looking at now? >> that's exactly what the national weather service is saying, aerial flood warning until 9:15. >> okay. great. we're talking about this lasting right on throug the rest of the evening. >> absolutely. we're going to see rain until about 8:00, 9:00 p.m. tonight. i think i it'sortant to remind everybody what exactly these weather alerts because i know it can be confusing. i want to startitou off wh what exactly a watch means.ot a of us including the d.c. metro area are under a flash flood watch until 2:00 a.m., ou although dg and i think that will be cancelled a lile earlier. a watch means it could happen so you want to be prepared. we go to an advisory, this means the event is happening but it's a pretty low-risk situation. a flood warning means we're seeing flooding out there. the risk is moderate to high. and an emergency is the highest level that can b issued. this is what we saw on monday morning, that

. >> coming off of like 110 degrees we had last week, so amelia, we've recovered clearly from the 50s and 60s, what i the rest of day have in store for us. >> a beautiful day out there really, we're going to see our temperatures warm ito the mid to upper 80s if you're out there for an extended period re time, not ally moving around. right now, it is lovely, 81 degrees, sunny skies. here's the thing, though, i can't rule out an isolated shower th afternoon, especially around the i-95 corridor. we're not going t see heavy rainfall like i saw yesterday, i'm keeping a 10 to 20% chance of an isolated shower this afternoon a high today of 87 degrees, beautiful evening out there, to eat outdoors, take the kids to the pool this afternoon, here's a look at storm team 4 radar, we're all clearre out the right now. coming up, we're going to have future weather taking youro thhout the day. letting you know that isolated rain risk, and it's thursday, let's talk about the weekend. i have that forecast coming up at 11:20. >> to beclear, i was not complaining about wearing that jacket, it was a nice c

tomorrow, amelia, we're talking bout temperatures close to average.erage high temperature today 89 degrees. >> today we had only 80 for our official high at reagan national. tomorrow morning it's going to be a really nice start out there. we'll have plenty of sunshine and low humidity and comfortable. 72 degrees at 7:00 a.m. so if you're getting out in the ve den tomorrow, things dried out. it's looking quite nice and especially the earlier the better. around lunchtime we're at 84 degrees. plenty of sunshine around the day and a high tomorrow 88. those humidity levels will stay in check on your tuesday. w the experts at merryfield garden center tell us to corol mosquitos by eliminating sources of standing water if that's not possible. you can use mosquito dunks in birdbaths and ponds. those are pet and people friendly. other impacts that the htather mie having on your day tomorrow, a pretty low impact. rk. commute to and from w no issues weather-wise so whether you're driving, walking, taking the bike to and from work, tomorrow will a nice day. exerci

and amelia will fill you in on the science oof all that.ackie is out on thmall where the show was less than stellar. >> reporter: i am not expert on this, but iatcan tell you wh i saw. it seemed as if this humid cloudy air was holding down the smoo the fireworks were difficult to see. the logistics for best viewing were a bit different this year lfcause of chang to the firework show itse. those sitting to the east of the washington monument saw a few minutes ofk, dazzling firewor but as the program continued, the fireworks became obscured by what seemed to be undissipated smoke by the explosions. it caused the audience see them as a giant colored glare. >> it was just too much smoke. > the first few minutes was good. then after that it was like a cloud. you couldn't see anything. you could see people going home right now. >> reporter: others made the best ofhis independence day celebration. >> it's phenomenal. you see aot of people. you meet a lot of people. the environment is nice. the fireworks ares beautiful. it's a nice place to be. >>

nassau county, home to amelia island, charges $5 a day for visitors to take a vehicle on the beach. technically, the law allows drivers to park there, but videos show potentially dangerous behavior. like cars doing doughnuts. >> it's preposterous. >> reporter: this lawyer has represented six women in the last few years who were run over while sun bathing on florida beaches. he's identified more than 40 other incidents. >> letting pedestrian vehicles on a beach seems to be driven by almost antiquated yore. i mean the grandfathers drove on the beach so they'll drive on a beach. >> reporter: at least a dozenllg while deaths are uncommon, they have happened and accidents are not well tracked. unlike injury or deadly crashes on the road, beach accidents are not reported nationally. >> we don't know for certain how many events and how many injuries, how many deaths occur. any time there's a combination of motor vehicles and individuals in a relatively unprotected environment, the risk is really elevated. >> reporter: the city tightened its beach reckalations and they now encourage sun bat

amelia draper joins me at 5:45. do it on the alexa app. raising went nuts right now .t questions tonight about h metro spends your money. ahead, why they spent more than half a milliononolrs dla toilet? >> boy. >> plus it's ontw day o of training camp, but the competition at qb already orhet. fns >> it's an iconic music event, and it could son be oco of our ok now at some top stories today. local health departments warning people about atubborn intestinal illness making people sick in nearly a dozen states. multiple cases of psychosporea have been confirmed in our area including more than 40 cases in maryland. today the fda confirming it has traced the source to a batch of fresh basil fromexico. health experts say wash your produce thoroughly and wash your etnds to adoi gvng tisome busy roads in montgomery county. traffic safety officials are re cing th e limitsin high pedestrian areas, so many so of the roads affectednclude bradley boulevard, wilson lane and old wee llst t .d.roawn geshington a rpp t he new limits go into effect next week