but later today there will behel a public hearing at the wilsonin building.buildi the d.c. cityouncil will beciy discussing this legislation legn that would ban tobaccoob products, their use in all all sports venues here in theere int city. city. before that, there will be a wle news conference with thee th american cancer society, the american heart association and tobacco free kids all gettingllt on the bandwagon.anag major league baseball, the players' association for at least the two of them are not nt signing onto this at all but it's been banned in those t other cities and now the d.c. d city council is consideringuncis pushing into the c locker roomse if you will.ou will. what they've already done and what some of the venues themselves have done here in h the district and that ishat i cracking down on smoking, ski dipping and can chewing here in the nation's capitol,itol guys.guys. >> big changes.>> bignges we will find out what the city c does. thanks bob. cosby dueahead bill back in court today. court today demands from his defense team hf coming up next. n fairfax coun

. >> d.c. city council member jack evans is on the metro board and says it's sad when jobs are cut but that the decision is necessary. >> it's important to down size. we have 13,000 employees and i think paul's actions are are very important to send a message that we are very serious about getting our house in order. >> it's in the midst of the most ambitious and for some most disruptive changes. it's stations on the silver and blue lines while repairs, upgrades and safety enhancements are performed. leaving thousands of computers to take shuttle buses around the closure. what do those effected by surge think of the purge? >> on the back end a lot of work done there too. so camper things going forward with the maintenance too. >> that's a lot of people being fired. i don't know if that's a good thing. >> they have a lot of redundancy already. >> they have to be worked out so the entire process could take months but he wanted notifications to go out as soon as possible so those effected could prepare

. >>> today, some faith leaders will call on d.c. city council to pay for family leave benefits.the mayor and the city business owners have expressed concerns over its cost. so far, the employers to cover the expense. >>> today, montgomery college will have active shooter response training. participants will learn the difference between shelter in place and a lockdown. they will also learn a.l.i.c.e., which means alert, lock down, inform, counterand evacuate during an active shooter situation. >>> donald trump will speak in virginia beach today. he will talk about veteran reforms. meanwhile, hillary clinton will campaign in northern virginia in thursday with senator and potential v.p. pick tim kaine. no word on where that events will be held. >>> the rnc platform committee begins a two-day meeting charged with crafting the parties core principles and >>> it is arguably one of the most popular summer olympic events and we now know who will represent the u.s. women's gymnastics team. they will be led by three-time world champion simone giles. aly spais reizman on the team and londo

. >>> the d.c. city council will hear testimony over the decision to hire a new food vendor for city schools. in may, sodexho magic was picked to serve food to students after chartwell pulled out of the contract. they had a suit with the city after alleged price gouging. >>> i am erika gonzalez at the live desk. within the last 15 minutes, we've learned that oscar pistorius has been sentenced to six years in prison for the murder of his girlfriend. the double amputee olympic runner killed reeva steenkamp in 2013 and the legal drama has been going on since then. he was first acquitted of murder. but found guilty of culpable homicide. so he was sentenced to five years in prison which wound up being a year of house arrest. an appeal after that brings us to where we are in the case sentence for murder in south africa. but the judge has clearly found some compelling reasons to be more lenient. oscar pistorius sentenced to six years in prison for the murder of his girlfriend, reeva steenkamp. >> erika, thank y

d.c. city council will take oncn the district. we'll tell you how the ban toan affect athletes and the fans.hen >> a live look outside on thisse thursday morning, it's july 7th 2016. you'll be reaching for ways to keep we're expecting a lot of heat lo and humidity.idy. tucker is standing by withg by your full forecast. f good morning, i'mor allison'm a seymour. >> and i'm steve chenevey. welcome to fox5 news morning. m. breaking news in the district.ic police searching for thehing driver involved in a hit and ait run happened about 4:00 a.m..m. on suitland parkway and firstnd sterling avenue in southeast.nuu the victim is in serious condition.io however, the outbound lanes ofds suitland parkway are opened pkwy now. they had been closed for been cr several hours so good news forsg the commute.ommute. we'll check in wither flynn ar few minutes to see what thethe impact is to the commute. cmute >> minutes after the hour now. developing overnight protests developing outside of thede othe governor's

et >>> if you or your kids are looking for some relief from this heat this week, take refuge at a d.c. citypray park. d.c.'s 13 spray parks have extended hours because of the heat wave. those parks are staying open an extra two hours this week until 9:00 at night. just open up our nbc washington app for a map of all of the pools and spray parks in the city. just search spray park. the temperature is just right for a dip in the pool. >>> looks look a good day to be outside. they may have to extend that to next week as well because our heat wave of intense heat is going to get worse as we head into the weekend. in fact, this coming sunday could be the first time we get to 100 degrees at national airport in four years. last time we got that hot event. a 104-degree day at the end of june 2012. and at the end of july that was the hottest month on record here in washington, july of 2012 was, we were 4 degrees above average and had seven days that month 100 or higher. outside for today, no 100-degree heat today. we are comfortably in the mid-80s. it's a humid day outside for sure. typical summer l

. >> d.c. city council head nod res cec and will likely vote on two bills in september. >> d.c. mayor muirial bowser is having two the mayor's first bill will allow chief kathy linear to rehire retired sergeants and departments to retain experience members to help them train new recruits second bill proposes raising age limit on young adults from 21 to 25. raising age will help long time washingtonians get on the force that might otherwise be unable to do so. >>> we're five past the hour this wednesday morning. gary mcgrady standing by with a look at heat and humidity making a return. where have you been. >> that's exactly right. never stays gone this long this time of year. i don't a two week vacation like everybody else in d.c. over the summer. this radar picture i'm about to take you takes you back to 11:00 lasts night and between 11 and 12 we started seeing thunderstorms form south of city and down through parts of prince william and then over to charles county and prince george county and that is all shifted. so if you're east of town you heard a rumble of thunder say 1, 2:

. >>> today the 48th d.c. citypen kicks off and it's actually starting a little early this year due to the olympic games in rio. and there are also two local players in the men's draw. dinas kudlaw and frances are among the top 48 players looking for a title. wish them all the luck. >> we'll see a lot of headbands on the tennis court this week. >> wristbands, maybe life towfi towels. >> you can't play without a shirt, though, right? >> my point is, chuck, it's hot. it's going to get hotter. >> yes. it already feels like 101 degrees outside at national airport. 95 the current heat index at manassas. nothing in the d.c. metro area just yet but there are showers out here across parts of west virginia. they're about three hours from i-81 that puts them there about weather updates and news any time with the nbc washington >>> i am really glad that you called. that's a cool thing to do. >> kim kardashian exposes kanye's phone call with taylor swift. social media is going crazy. welcome to "access hollywood" live. look wh

they'll also be joined by other folks including members of the d.c. cityouncil. >> this is about the simple efforts to stop gun violence. we see congress doesn't have much of an urge to do anything and thongchai jaidee'd watch tragedy after tragedy after tragedy unfold and folks are think and tired of it. >> proponents say these things keep guns out of the hands of lawful citizens who should be able to carry them. this march gets under way park. live in northeast, derrick ward, news 4. back to you. >> 5:49. a couple facing charges after a shootout with seven american soldiers. police in san antonio say the soldiers were at a park early yesterday morning when a woman gave her boyfriend a gun. police say he started shooting at those soldiers. at least one soldier fired back and hit the man in his elbow. none of the soldiers was hurt. >>> a tragic story out of florida, a father accidentally shot and killed his 14-year-old son at a gun range. police in sarasota county say a used shell casing fell down the back of the father's shirt. when he reached brian orakp

city. t >> as we led to break there'shes a live look across the d.c. region.gi some nice music for you.ou time now is 5:12, 78 degreesde outside. we'll be right back afterhtk aft this. th >> ♪ >> ♪ keep on track with dunkin' donuts' fruit smoothies, made with low-fat yogurt and real fruit blended into feel-good flavors like new wildberry. american runs on dunkin'. >> ♪ >> happening today, a protest set to take place in front of the trump hotel in northwestni d.c.akp grouplly put on by the making change at wal-mart isal-r calling for wal-mart to nott tot give money to 2016 republicanepa national convention. the group sites concerns of racist misogynistic and anti-te trump. the protest begins at noon. >>es today is the start of thetf national right to lifenati rig convention being held at the hilton washington dulleslt airport. this is video of last year's convention you're looking at. the event runs through this saturday. guest speakers include ed gilligillespie.illes >> it looks heavy and hot outut there.

fourth of july celebration press continue across the country this noon hour, among those cities, washington, d.c. rehearsal for a cam toll fourth. that's the national anthem from yesterday's rehearsal, now the practice run for this even involved cannon fire, which they go off, join the 1812 overture. other performers, who will be there, smokey robinson, and grammy winner, kenny loggins. the event is taking place on the west lawn of the us capitol, it will be broadcast tonight on pbs. >>> now, as you would expect, security is tight around washington, d.c., ahead of tonight's festivities. city's police chief says local and federal law enforcement agencies are fully deployed at this time. and she also tells radio station wtop working over the holiday is somewhat of a tradition for members of the metropolitan police. >> and another place where security tight is new york city. there have been increased patrols all weekend long, high profile places like sometimes square. us coast guard patrols also around the statute of liberty since more boaters are expected there. also, on patrol, more than 1200 new

d.c. area. drivers. >> i'm going to say this is a busy city. there's always grid lock somewhere, but i give d.c. drivers a i mean, not an a becauseecau sometimes you guys get a little nasty honk on the horn and do things inappropriately with your hands, but i'm saying overall il give you a b.. i've lived here my whole life really and the driving can be a little rough. not just in d.c., around therou entire region. reg i'm going to give it a c. the main reason i'm giving it a c is my pet peeve every day i see people looking down at their phones, holding up their phonep and driving. you got to stop that. that makes sense.ens finally tonight, are purses are a better investment than a real estate. an online tells us exclusive luxury bags, it claims bags that are hard to find like vintageina schinnell bags increasecrea 70 percent. tony, how do you grade this study. >> i think -- list he, i think it's a misleading. should you invest in hand bagsha rather than real estate, no, not really. i give this a b minus becauseaue here's why, most people are not

d.c. was city with highest likelihood of getting in accident. around the circles and city. >> it's unpredictable day-to-day you could do that tomorrow and have different results. >> there's no continuity for you. >> let's look at sue with water it sounded like i tripped on something before. >> i did i was trying to get the attention on myself again. i tripped over some. >> pokemon? >> oh, almost had to go oh, rob. you have to watch. >> jim and i get that. >> only jim and tony get that right. we'll sea save bull winkle for another night. so hot today. doesn't feel tropics with humid a and once again tomorrow back at it and today hitting 90. marks beginning of second heat wave. we have the month of july. it will be a very hot day tomorrow we're heeding to the mid 90s and then combining mutety makes it feel well over 100 in some areas maybe as worm as 105. with that said we could kick up a few storms a few on the strong side and maybe severe. we stay hot for the weekend into the first part of next week and it looks like most of the weekend should b

i mean, they were peaceful protests across this nation in various cities, including here in washington, d.c. the police here were just absolutely fabulous and supportive and protective, as they were apparently in dallas.

d.c. like all big cities, we have soft targets, too. big events that draw large crowds who like to walk. diane in d.c. with her boy scout troop for four days from pennsylvania. >> you have to be aware. that's what we teach the kids. >> we need to recent history around learn fast. -- around learn fast. >> it depends on us all reporting suspicious activity. scott: not only are the nationals increasing security. but i'm told all the metro lines coming to the game or going home you will see more security up on the platforms to the metro lines which is a little unusual. live at nats park, scott taylor, abc7 news. maureen: thank you. tonight we are learning more about the two americans confirm dead in france. they were sean copeland and his 11-year-old son brodie. they were from austin, texas. today those who knew the young boy called him a joy. >> i told him on the last day of school when you get your academy award i hope you remember this. >> a kid that you knew would grow up to be famous. ext maureen: we will continue to monitor the new developments from france in the coming hours as well as

d.c. council to change the city's paid family leave benefits. if the proposal goes through, d.c. ers coulda weeks off with pay to care for a new baby or sick relative. it would be one of the most generous benefits programs in the country. both mayor mural bowser and city business owners have expressed concerns about its cost. so far the plan is to tax employers to cover the experience. >>> atlanta braves player hector olivera will be back in our area for trial. he is charged for an incident in pentagon city. a woman told police that he hurt her. he's on leave from major league baseball right now. >>> a fairfax county father will be in court today on charges he shot and killed his own daughter and son-in-law. an argument led to the shooting. there was a s.w.a.t. suspect between -- stand off between the suspect and police. three children were in the >>> a story of heroism in the middle of tragedy in dallas. a mother broke down as she thank police officers for shielding her and her sons thursday night. >> they say -- i saw another officer -- i saw another officer got shot right in fr

d.c. police and the city council. the head of d.c.'police union says his officers will work to unseat ten council members who signed a resolution that calls for police reform news4's mark segraves is live outside the second district police station. what's making the police so angry about this, mark? >> report that was written as a way to begin a national dialogue on race relations between the community and the police department. but in that resolution, there is a list of victims. and it's that list that has d.c. police officers upset for several reasons. >> basically, telling us how violent and how police officers are just criminals. >> reporter: matt came here to let council members now how upset he and fellow officers are at a resolution. ten council members introduced on tuesday. >> my members realize that they have no support coming out of the wilson building. >> reporter: what has the officers upset is this. calling for police reform across the country. it was written by david grasso. >> the council really cares and is paying atte

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we have other protests occurring in oakland, new york city, washington d.c., l.a., seattle and others, and the information needs to get out to those cities and those law enforcement agencies right away to make sure they take precaution in the event that this is something even more coordinated than dallas. >> and you would think it's not a hot headed things. if you have at least two suspects who were there, sniper style, attacking. it wasn't somebody who got angry at all of the recent shootings. this is a couple of people who came out and said we're going to attack the police, right? >> ab i mean, and this is going to be part of the investigation. they're going to look at where the shots were fired from. so where were those sniper positions at the time of the shooting, and, of course, they're going to look at the protest, and where did the protest start and move and get to the point where there was a clear shot from the sniper positions and where were the law enforcement officers at the time of the protests as it was moving? this is part of the analysis that's going to take place with

is proposing topg select eight airlines to beginlb scheduled flights between sen bn cities and havana.ties a hav d.c of those of tho cities on the schedule.le. transportation officials sayicia restoring regular air service se holds tremendous opportunityppoy foster education, businesscati, opportunity. >> virginia is behind ona is ben bills. the state is reporting record rc tax revenues but only one problem. the amount collected is not n enough to pay the bills t b tallied in this year's fiscal fl budget. budget. terry mcauliffe says theauli state is in the holeol $266 million.. the problem payroll and tax collection fell short ofl ort expectations. >> maryland is giving its driver's licenseyls a makeover. the new design has cutting cti edge security features to protect against identity theft t of counterfeiting.g. some of the features include ine laser text and image engravingvg and code to verify that the cardveri was issued to the card holder.r. the new cards feature iconicco maryland symbols.ryla sym the last time maryland updatedld its licenses was in 2003. >> okay. >> as long as i don't have t

where did you find it in yourself to say, "i'm going to be in washington, d.c., this powerful city where everybody is educated from harvard and yale and this and that, and i'm going to do a talk show, i'm going to take..." where did you find that kind of "oomph" to do that? >> remember: i began as a volunteer. >> hinojosa: and everyone should become a volunteer in public radio? >> oh, i think it's a wonderful apprenticeship, and my mentor was my boss, but the first day i got there, to the studio as a volunteer, susan harmon, the manager, was there at the door, and she said, "oh, you must be diane rehm, the new volunteer." and i said, "yes." and she said, "well, i'm sorry to tell you, the host is out sick." >> hinojosa: (laughs) >> and so she said, "so i, susan harmon, am going into the studio, and i want you to come with me." i was on the air the first day. >> hinojosa: oh, the good old days of public television... public radio, public television. >> totally. but i did not think the way you are talking about it. i only thought, "here i am at this academic institution, which was the ameri

d.c. for the pentagon city metro station. one man from new york said it is hard to imagine the subway they are doing this. >> i would imagine this is a big deal. >> i cannot understand this. tom: colomibia used to live in d.c. they found out about safe track before arriving. easy. theend, it was one manthe story aired, walked by and said it was a mess. another man was confused. this is affecting a lot of people. metro estimates as this goes on, safe track phase four through monday, 86,000 passenger trips per day will be affected. live at reagan national airport, tom roussey, abc 7 news. leon: get alerts about your commute sent right to your phone. sign up for our text alert service at wjla.com/text, or text the word "metro" to 43817. alison: still ahead -- a safety alert for all of you suv drivers. rating for headlights. what is behind the new concern and what you can do about it. been the site has notorious for adultery, but now ashley madison says they do not want you to cheat. alison: and they were out catching pokÉmon and

at washington, d.c., the city council person for education and mayor anthony williams, democrats who said, vouchers matter. it is more nuanced then that that if you had to draw line, charter and voucher. headline, moynihan and the modern american family. i will read it back to. the moynihan report -- and this was it 1964, the secretary of the labor department of the time -- the report was not the first inquiry into the challenges of black lives. its findings struck shocked the nation. nevertheless what was most striking was the culprit moynihan identified -- the week emily structure in black communities. and you said the unwed mother percentage was 3.8%, by 2013, it was 40 point 33%. i will put up on the screen some of the numbers you have. brian: what happened? gerard: the number of children growing up in single-parent doubled. same for expanding and same for weight families. -- same for hispanic and same for white families. you see an increase in the number of students who actually graduated from high school from single-parent homes. the number of students completing college within

in major american cities like d.c., from 1995 to 2015, over 20 years, major crime dropped enormously by 50% in big american cities. okay. hillary clinton, tomorrow she appears for the first time to campaign with bernie sanders. she's expecting his endorsement as she fights the trump charge that she's part of the wave of crime that he promises to fight. steve handelsman, news4. >> thank you, steve. >>> vice president biden and president obama will go to dallas to attend a memorial for the murdered police officers. vice president biden spoke with nbc's lester holt moments ago after a meeting with law enforcement officers across the country. he said they need more resources for community policing. >> community policing is a highly intense, resource intense undertaking. if you don't have police officers out of the car and knowing who run as local grocery store, showing up at the boys and girls club -- >> you can watch more of this interview right after this it comes up on "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> virginia delegates won't face any charges if they don't vote for donald trump

the d.c. cityoday isay going to have public hearing on proposed legislation that wouldw put the tobacco ban into the dugouts. and basically, tell ball playera that while you're here, on the field, in the dugout, in theugou locker room or clubhouse, youseu cannot even use chewing tobacco. this is like based on laws thatt already been implemented inemene major league cities across the country.un new york, chicago, los angeles,, boston and san francisco. the first to adopt such restrictions last year. basically, major league basebalb has not done it themselves and so communities including thelung district of columbia are tryinga to say, look, we want you ballol players to be good role modelsod for your fans especially thehe young ones who already can't use tobacco products when they're aa the games and we want it to apply to you guys as well wel sampled some d.c. residents hers in the district this morning. mg here's what they think. >> i mean i think it's perfectct example if you don't want your, the

for the northeast, the big cities, d.c., philadelphia, baltimore and new york only will get worse, the heat lasts through wednesday, the longest and hottest stretch of weather that we've seen in three years. tom? >> people got to be careful out there. rob, thank you. >>> next tonight we move overseas and disturbing new details tonight about the 18-year-old gunman who opened fire at a popular shopping mall in munich, germany, killing nine, including seven teenagers. authorities believe the shooter studied mass shootings in this country and may have hacked a facebook account to lure victims to his rampage. here's abc's alex marquardt. >> reporter: new revelations tonight about the attacker's dark obsession with mass shootings. authorities raiding his apartment and finding a book on school shootings, including columbine and virginia tech. the first images of friday's attack showing the gunman outside of mcdonald's, firing at passersby. authorities now investigating whether he hacked a facebook page and lured people there with promises of free food before shooting nine people dead and kill

of transportation is proposing to select 8 airlines to begin scheduled flights between 10 cities and havana and d.c. is not one of the cities on the schedule. transportation officials say restoring regular a holds tremendous potential to reunite cuban american families and foster education and opportunities for american business of all sizes. >> and an exclusive one-on-one interview with d.c. top leader and police chief kathy linear and muirial bowser together lay out a plan to fight violence in the nation's capitol. >> and using a robot bomb in last week's ambush, one local department has the same robot and we'll talk to one police chief about the use here. . >> and pokemon is back in uber popular new app. even more popular than tinder or twitter right now. hey, sue. >> more popular than tippeder or twitter wow we have to see that. how about the preview of a beautiful day after last week's heat wave. today the humidity is nice and low. temperatures are comfortable in the 80s. so a nice little break for the summer sizzle and i have more of that in the forecast. we'll have a first look at your for t

you look at washington, d.c., the city council person for education and mayor anthony williams, democrats who said, vouchers matter. it is more nuanced then that that if you had to draw line, charter and voucher. charter, republicans voucher, democrats. brian: headline, moynihan and the modern american family. i will read it back to. you. the moynihan report -- and this was it 1964, the secretary of the labor department of the time -- the report was not the first federal inquiry into the challenges of black lives. its findings struck shocked the nation. what was most striking was the culprit moynihan identified -- the weak family structure in black communities. the birth rate of all unwed mothers was 3.8%, by 2013, it was 40.33%. i will put up on the screen some of the numbers you have. the percentage of black children raised in a single-family home, 71%. hispanic children, 53%. what happened? gerard: the number of children growing up in single-parent homes has doubled. same for hispanic and same for white families. on one level that is a challenge. the same time you see an , increase in

. >> in the wake of this, there are protests all across new york city and also in washington, d.c. that's the one in new york city right there. and one in washington, d.c. as well. and then in st. paul, minnesota. st. paul, minnesota is where we're going to found cnn's ryan young. he has been reporting on all of this. ryan, you're outside the governor's mansion. we have seen a lot of emotion. what's the scene like tonight? >> reporter: a lot of emotion, don. we've been together during south carolina and ferguson. you see a different crowd here. it's really a multi-cultural crowd. this is the governor's mansion. you can see the gates, you can see people standing on it. in fact, the governor walked out about an hour ago and talked to some of the people. this is the protest that's going on as we speak. if you come back this direction, you can see all the people in the crowd who were having a conversation together. once again, look i said, you see people from different cultures coming together, talking about having a conversation about how the chang was going on. they want to make sure

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d.c. area. now, the city's new arena football team has a name. time to welcome the washington valor. uniform still a work in progress. team officials unveiled the red, white and blue logo today. in a salute to the district, the v-shaped symbol, featuring an eagle with red and white stripes above it. they are featured to make their debut next spring. >>> if you stayed up late or woke up early to watch the first round of the open, you saw phil mickelson, knocking on the door of history. it wasn't the top four players today. it's all about lefty. he had a bogey-free round and came within cent miertds of making history. -- cent meters of history. could be more perfect. one of the birdies on the front nine. here this birdie gives the then staring down history. making round of 62. watch the ball right online. you can see it in his face. he's just like, i can't believe this. right around this. he had to settle for 63, and a three-stroke lead. >> it was one of the best turnouts i've ever played. and i was able to take advantage of these conditions. and yet i want to shed a tear right now. >>

2015, we did see a 54% increase in homicide. >> any homicide, quite frankly, in our city is too many for me. >> reporter: d.cr muriel bowser said the city has created multiple programs to try and knock the numbers back down. >> i just want the new initiative, for example, to attract more police officers who are d.c. residents and are expanding our cadet program. we also work with our communities to put out 1200 security cameras, which also makes neighborhoods safer. >> reporter: when you compare the homicide numbers for july 2015 to where we are now in 2016, murders have actually decreased by about 9% and the mayor's staff says we're now on pace to get back to where we were before 2015. ti >>> coming up, new concerns about the zika virus here in the u.s. doctors are worried about its spread. >>> summer vacation is so precious. here in montgomery county, it soon could be changing. i'm scott macfarlane. a big p hey how's it going, hotcakes? hotcakes. this place has hotcakes. so why aren't they selling like hotcakes? with comcast business internet and wifi pro, they could be. just add a customized message to yo

city. coming from d.c., rosslyn and points north and headed to a shuttle buses.ommuters are headed to the shuttle bus to get to the braock avenue. the braddock metro station to head south. shuttle buses like to get to reagan airport. how rough of a ride is this depends who you ask. >> we meet the johnson family inside the pentagon city metro station. >> it's frustrating to find our way to the airport. >> up expected detour on the trip from downtown d.c. to reagan airport and eventually home to portland, oregon. >> some way we will manage through this but we have to figure out the west way to do it. jeff: help come quickly. pretty soon the johnsons like many others are out of the station and on the shuttle bus moving again. >> it's not terrible but it's not my preference. at the beginning it was fun. >> safetrack surge four means the closure of the blue and pentagon city and reagan airport. it's tough for the airport travelers and the tourists. many of whom don't know metro well. >> wait for the airport. jeff: didn't know safetrack was happening at all. >> it's be

lives matter activists launched protests a multiple cities wednesday, including in new york city, washington, d.c., and detroit. in new york city, 10 people were arrested after activist locked themselves to each other using pvc pipe at the entrance of the patrolman's benevolent association. in detroit, six people arrested at a protest o outside a p polie precinct.. it was remembering a seven-year-old girl who was killed in her own home in 2010 during a night raid by police that was being filmed by a reality tv show. in washington, d.c., activist with black youth tragic 100 and black lives matter locked themselves. they were demanded police officer stop paying dues to the private union which they say defends officers accused of brutality. and the author of a bestseller book about his imprisonment at guantanamo bay may be free. mohamedou ould slahi is a mauritanian citizen and the author of "guantanamo diary." slahi has been imprisoned at guantanamo for nearly 14 years without charge. the prison's review board has now declared he is no longer a "continuing significant threat to the security of the

d.c.'s hopes were dashed last week when it was revealed that high prized free agent kevin durant had six teams he was considering and not the wizards. k.d. dashing oklahoma city's dreams by choosing to play for golden state. bit of a surprise from the d.c. native and scorers in the league. >> reporter: kevin durant, playing for the montrose school district in rockland. his coach was stu vetter. >> he was so talentd in high school, he could have played for us on friday night and played for the wizards sunday afternoon. that was the year they put the rule in he couldn't go from high school directly to the nba because he would have been in that category. >> reporter: instead, durant went to the university of texas and turned pro with the seattle super sonicses which moved to oklahoma city where durant became a nba mvp. vetter said durant's heart has always been in d.c. where he grew up in modest circumstances? suit land and where he still has family and lots of friends but vetter said he knows why durant chose golden state. >> one of his slogans is hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard. and he knew r but he wasn't going to get outworked. he was the

high heat and humidity will be spreading to the east coast, places like washington, d.c., philadelphia, new york city will have temperatures in the 90s for three consecutive days, feeling like close to 100 days. >> reporter: the holiday weekend over but punishing heat, leaving many wishing those holiday beach vacations would have lasted a little bit longer. >>> the fourth of july again erupted in gun violence. homicide so far this year already u% over last year. nbc news spent the holiday weekend tracking the violence on the streets with police and found an image that set it all, don't shoot, kids at play. today the grim tally is in, 50 people shot this weekend, three of them children, three adults were killed. tonight our ron mott takes us on to the streets with those trying to end the bloodshed. >> reporter: since the beginning of the year, chicago has more homicide than new york and los angeles combined. >> two little kids are among the victims of gun violence in chicago. >> reporter: caught in the cross fire last night, two young kids playing at a family celebration. cory is 8 years old, his cous

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during the 4th of july festivities tonight and they are ramping up security in new york city ascertain washington, d.c. >> reporter: from the joy of fireworks displays to terrifying explosion this year's 4th of july follows deadly attacks this month around the world. across the country major airports upping security. uniformed and undercover officers monitoring trains and bus stations, nypd keeping an eye on famous handle marks. officers checking bags at the annual fireworks displays and parade as the national archives celebrate the 240 anniversary of the declaration of independence. meantime fears sparked sunday at new york city central park. >> i have no idea what it was. >> reporter: 18-year-old connor golden was injured after stepping on an explosive. police believe the device may have been there for some time and ruled out ties to terror. isis using the holy month as a call to arms. the empire state building will be lit up red white and blue a symbol of patriotism amid hopes for peace. >> the threat of rain is not dampening the enthusiasm of people at the shore. a little girl was aglow in red whi

five cities have recently passed similar ordinances, boston, new york, san francisco, los angeles and chicago. if this bill is passed, d.culd join those cities. also being considered a second bill which would raise the legal age for buying cigarettes from 18 to 21. a press conference is being held later on today at 1:00, followed by a public hearing. two hours of the d.c. council will listen to comments from the public. reporting live from that stadium, megan mcgadget. >>> james comey is headed to capitol hill today where he's expected to answer questionh about the hillary clinton email investigation. he stated on tuesday he would not recommend charges against clinton no -- for her use of a private email server while she was secretary of state. attorney general accepted that decision. >>> in the race for the white house, bernie sanders says he's in discussion with hillary clinton about a potential endorsement. he made the comments on msnbc last night, he said he anticipates a coming"[ the two campaigns. >>> trump is headed to washington today. he's schedule to meeting with meetings of the house and senate republican conf

washington, d.c., chicago, new york city, and, of course, dallas. >> let's reset the situation here for dallas, because dallas is by far where the greatest drama has taken place. the loss of life there. 11 police officers targeted, apparently by snipers at the tail end of what had up to that point was described as a peaceful rally. in fact, i think later in the broadcast, you'll see an image that grant has of two police officers, we heard from one of the witnesses saying he was walking right along with a couple of police officers who were "helping them with the protest," and then shots rang out. >> clearly, this is just a couple of bad apples, because most of the people we've heard interviewed coming out of dallas talked how police were cooperating. in fact, a lot of police officers are not happy about the shootings that have been going on across the country. they know that increasing attention, and attitudes towards them. for those who go to work every day. just want to do their jobs, and take care of their communities. these kinds of incidents involving police officers shooting and ki

, you didn't have to be near a big city like washington d.c. the david versus goliath battle. [inaudible] >> so he marched right into city hall in protest wanting to know once and for all, yes or no, will the city use imminent domain. reporter: it's something they feel has been hanging over their heads for a year now. >> i went from being upset and crying to just being furious. they think it's okay to come in ask tell us you've lived here all these years, you raised your kids but you have to go now. reporter: tuesday, they 100,000 signatures to leave their home alone after [inaudible] found plans to use imminent domain. >> either you're going to move forward with this project and leave these homeowners alone and build around them. >> i can provide nothing in writing that we would use imminent domain which is to me, just as good. we recognize it is a governmental power but it's not part of the conversation at this point. we have consistently approached this that we want to keep your residents whole. reporter: it's become a back and forth between

a lot of people in oklahoma city and d.c. area were mad saying he sold out. he said i have to make the best decision for me. >> and golden state is not a bad place to be. >> and i still have a place in my heart for kevin durant. he's still one of the best and one of the nba. >> he's welcome home. >> a few years at golden state, he's going to make it to the wizards one day. >>> 5:57 right now. [ gunshots ] >> really! >> we're tracking developments right now out of dallas after gunmen ambushed police officers during a protest and rally. we've been gathering dramatic video all night long showing the seen as those officers came under fire. coming up, we'll take you live to dallas with more on the scene that's unfoing theldre my cousin's wedding is c♪ming soon. i like the bride more than the groom. ♪ turquoise dresses... so excited. did all her exes get invited? no ones got moves like uncle joe. ♪ when it's go book on choicehotels.com for instant rewards like gift cards, plus savings of up to 20%. book direct at choicehotels.com

d.c. police and city leaders standing in solidarity with the dallas police force today. they held a wreath-laying ceremony. mayor bowser says it's a small show of solidarity with the people of dallas. she calls for communities everywhere to work on their root causes of violence. >> our community, like communities across this nation, must come together to ensure that we are invested in solving the root causes of violence in our community and ensuring that we're going to deepen the trust between our law enforcement officials and between our community. >> today, flags at buildings in d.c. have been ordered to be at half-staff. >>> this is causing a ripple effect in our area. our meagan fitzgerald spoke with a detective about how we as a community move forward. she joins us live with details. >> reporter: people in the community are fearful, if they interact with the police or get pulled over, that they may get stopped and killed. after seeing what happened in dallas, a lot of police officers are fearful that they now are a target. officers were gunned down in dallas, many o

cities like washington, d.c. and norfolk, the temperature is 94. it will feel like 103. the threat for severe weather in many of the same cities in the northeast. new york, burlington and washington, d.c. it stretches all the way back toward denver and the yellow areas you see are under a slightly higher risk for severe weather. the main threat is the afternoon into the evening commute hours. alison and john, that is something we will have to keep a close eye on. >>> thank you. donald trump's rise to the republican nominee has shocked wall street. why aren't investors freaking out? we will have an early start on your money next. >>> britain's new prime minister theresa may is asking for more time to get through the exit of the eu. the prime minister spoke to german chancellor angela merkel and french president hollande. she has put together a new built for brexit cabinet. cnn's robin oakley live from london. not even a day on the job and she has a big job ahead of her, robin. >> reporter: absolutely. she has shown a remarkable ruth lessness in starting to put together he