. >>> first, a registered sex offender hired to work for the dc government. raising serious questions about background checks in the city. i'm tony perkins >> i'm shawn yancy. the city is taking a closer look at the hiring following a district employee >> krysten leon pressed the mayor for answers on why this man was hired. she joins us with why they say his is a case that slipped through the cracks. >> reporter: that's right, tony and shawn if you search adam herry son bryant's name on the dc sex registry, you'll find he was convicted of quote travel to engage in latest schedule conduct. and enticing a child. that's what we found. this man properly veteraned before hired by the city special having access to young people's information, we sat down with district leaders to find out. this is adam bryant, according to the washington city paper, he was hired by the department of general services back in february. and was just recently fired once his criminal history resurfaced. and in case you're wondering, that department is the hub for other local government ag

the dc metro should be seeing it by tomorrow.d storms rounds of them, self rounds as low pressure moves through on thursday and thursday night. it does look like most of the wet weather clears out by friday, looks dry, there's a chance for thunderstorms. the weekend itself looks fantastic. there's a payoff to the nasty weather. storm tracke radar showing sprinkles north and west but the main action from front south and charles county and northern calvert county including waldorf, maryland being heavy rain. down south ofdale city and push ongoing parts of stafford, not much flow, it's not really going anywhere, poor waldorf maryland has been seeing the heavy rain for the past hour, waldorf maryland we're coming for you friday morning, fox 5 zip trip, i promise we'll have better weather than right now. outside, we got temperatures in the mid 80's dc upper 70's to low 80's, nats game tonight while there may be a few showers around and prepare for it, it doesn't look like anything heavy in dc. look at this, from 6:00 to about 10:00 y

arlington county, dc, all of dc and prince georges county. this until 5:15. is that right. so we've got bethesda coming in at 4:27. you're seeing heavy rain. this storm coming right through dc at 4:39 in about the next 15 minutes or so, alexandria at 4:47. and then around clinton maryland, now zooming in. this is what i'm watching right here, again, this kind of came through and let's take this back over the last hour. i want to just show you what it did here. the line was moving down to the southeast, looked pretty good and then watch what happens here, boom, just shifts on down to the south and east, a line that kale out of t more thunderstorms in and around fairfax county. right now right along the belt w -- beltway. let me show you what it's doing to the south of this as we move on down to the south. heads up around alexandria. heads up around dc, southeast washington, going to get it pretty good. that's the part. i know it's there at 7:00 tonight. i think we'll be okay. this is going to rumble through here very quickly. i'm worried about the winds right here. i'll zoom

i'm going to be jumping between two different red carpets here in washington, dc. literally going to be running to the second. i'm at the museum in premier of the new film an inconvenient sequel which is a follow-up to the al gore document ter about climate control. i'll be speaking to al gore about the film, what has changed since 2006 and his thoughts on president trump exiting the paris peace accord. shortly the directors and film makers and producers will be here and when that's done, i'll be running down 6th street to get to the space museum to interview christopher nolan one of the greatest film makers of all time, whose new film dunkirk opens up this friday, i'll be talking to him about being in dc and what the film means and i'll be seeing the film a second time afterwards. it's the best film i've seen this year so far, i have not started sweating yet but i'll be posting an entire story on my instagram if you want to follow along at >> hopefully he took a change of clothes. >> he just convinced me to go see dunkirk on friday. >> i want to see it. ever since

we haven't gotten below 75 in a couple days. 75 in dc. 72 annapolis, 68, culpeper. the humidity hasn't been unbearable. it will be on the increase tomorrow and i'm going to have to make you wait, the july 4th fireworks forecast coming up at 5:30. >>> how gubernatorial candidate is trying to the debate over fireworks >> that's right we're going to what's not.rough what's legal, - we'll tell you about one man's mission to change it all coming up. jim? >> the internet vice president pence saying he doesn't go to dinner with opposite sex unless his wife is there. the percentage of men versus women who feel it could be inappropriate >> the city of dc giving out $2 million in grant money for nonprofits, who serve dc's youth that qualifies for the funding coming up. coming up. . >>> before we head to break, we're stealing the lead because ronica was going to talk about this. the patriotism at its best. the homeowneron design himself along with the help of friends. it's great way to kick off this independence day on monday. >> that's america right there. >> thanks for stick

it will be hot in the dc region.shing in again as we head through monday, it will be the hottest day of the week, tuesday for the 4th of july,ing i cannot 100% rule out a storm. they're back in the forecast. the vast majority will stay dry. here at the independence day forecast. 93, partly cloudy and a good amount of of sun, very small chance of a thunderstorm once again, most will not see fox 5 accu-weather seven-day forecast. 94 today, up to 95 tomorrow. heat peaks tomorrow afternoon and start getting humidity back on tuesday, 93 again, watch out for a thunderstorm but most won't see it. 89 on wednesday with a couple of spotty storms as well. thursday, friday, probably the best two chances of rain next week. of we'll dry out into next saturday with highs dropping back into the 80's. that's your accu-weather seven-day forecast. annie, back to you. >> thank you. >>> no longer holds the world boxing organization's title this morning, 11-time world championship was stunned last night in front of more than 50,000 people

a one-year-old child shot in dc.s happened around 9:00 on i street in northeast. >>> marina marraco is live on the scene with the latest. marina? >> reporter: we were just briefed by chief newsham here on the scene. we were told the 13 month old child is in surgery at children's hospital. you'll see behind me here the crime scene. it's in this alleyway. these are the wily court condominiums, this is the trinidad neighborhood. see mobile crime on the scene. first district commander here as well as council member charles allen, here just told us minutes ago. >> >> looks like there was group outside, this is preliminary, but there was an exchange of gunfire. we had one victim appears to be a 13 month old boy. he was taken to a local hospital where he's in stable condition. looks like the gunshot at least one gunshot struck him in the lower extremists. >> reporter: and this is an incredibly large scene with a number of detectives out here, trying to comb through the witnesses appears there was a large group who had gathe

the wonder kid of dc wrapping up his week with the castles last night. it was his bobble head night of all things as the castles fell to the freedoms. the hope is he will advance far in the u.s. open later on next month. his proud pop was on hand to watch his son play last night. >> i wasn't expecting this really. he took it to a different level. which is i'm very happy. well grounded. he got his act together. >> you will do bid things. we are pulling for him. >> when you have your own bobble head. that's good right? >> you're there. [ laughter ] >> you know the late sports anchor george michael spent a lot of time on the desk with jim vance. here is a look at their last day on the desk together. >> just because of that, this was a [ indistinct chatter ] [ intense music playing ] it's here, but it's going by fast. the opportunity of the year is back: get to your dealer today for incredible once-a-season offers, and start firing up those grilles. lease the e300 for $569 a month at your local <

now, it is now available in dc.more, ticket tikd. >>> sometimes a decoy is all it takes >> one man in massachusetts put you up a fake life size police cruiser to get people stop speeding. this is the size of a real police cruiser but made of plywood and aluminum siding. the guy who created it said it's been successful in getting people to pump brakes for years, the man also said police officers are on board with the idea. some have stopped to take a picture with the fake car. >> that's quite the arts and crafts project >> really? yeah. >> good for him if it works more power to him. >>> on the way, president trump's nominee for fbi is on the hot >> hey, fitz. >> reporter: good evening, yes, he has his confirmation hearing today, there were lots of questions, and christopher weighed in on that question, is this a which that's been going on into the russia trump investigation? we'll have all of that. >>> sexual assaults on college campus, what secretary of education, betsy devos hopes to accomplish by meeting with accu

this is what dc police are looking for. a silver or tan ford but can't make out the license plate and here is the damage that it did. this car was apparently going through neighborhoods in southeast dc around 11:00 in the morning on tuesday, shooting at electricians, construction workers, one man was cutting his neighbor's lawn, even a woman working a hot dog stand. some of the victims say, those paint balls, they stung, they hurt and police have been looking for the people who did it, again, now they have these two cars one car, i should say, they're starting to identify who owns it and if it's related to this shooting spree. live desk, krins lawrenchris la 4. >>> other top stories, chit poet lay is -- chipotle is not serving dinner tonight. several customers became sick over the weekend. some of them went to the hospital with stomach cramps. sickness has been reported by people who ate at the location in er video could help track down two more men wanted for opening fire near children, playing in northeast dc last week. m

this is what's known as the mag dc to new york is in an hour. sounds pretty great, right. >> about a month ago, one of my elderly neighbors comes up practically in tears and said did you hear about the train that's going to come through and take our homes. >> the project has reached a point where potentially routes are being identified. >> it's not only through communities and schools. >> public meeting just held. the first leg of this train will be between dc and baltimore. while no final decision has been made on any route, buoy could be right in the middle of it all. concerned that the tree line streets here, the home, the golf course, the small town field could be rattled by the new train. >> i am a little bit worried. i really am a little bit worried. i'm under 50. my husband has a stable job. if we had to pick up and move. it would be hardship, but we could do it. my neighbors can. they're in their 70s -- my neighbors can't. they're in their ops. >> it's really under the radar. >> the company spearheading, saying no decision has been made

i asked the head of the dc union. he expressed what happens during the high-stress situation when officers perceive they're under threat. >> you go into that fighter flight. police officers are trained to fight and they don't remember. it's just one of those things. >> now remember that 30-second preroll i was talking about, adam? so the 32nd preroll is now one whole minute. that was a change dc police made knowing there is a little lapse in time. so they now went to one minute and hopefully they are going to two minutes once that software is available. >> it's just like what the gentleman was saying. they might not remember despite the fact there is a policy to get into that

they are warning that the mask that dc message that dc is creating is hurting our country. >> we become one of the most consuming --dash consuming anxieties on the planet. and listen to the stupid things that we have to deal with. we have to get our act together or we won't do what we want to do for the average american. is this holding back job creation. i'm taken mcdowell. the bulls bowls in bears this week. welcome to everybody. is the mess that is created dc hurting this country. the only thing that is bipartisan is just widespread throughout the capital. they passed with past with a hundred% partisan vote. it's going to be these guys refuse to work with each other. that is a record. and a lot of the reason is because the gridlock in congress. we have no agreement on taxes or repatriation of money. we have no national immigration plan. we can't fix immigration because the guys in dc can't get along. we are losing jobs to china and india. we have no national education plan. this gridlock is starting to hurt america. >> you hear it in jamie diamonds voice and not something you don't g

it's popular early in the morning, riders and dog walker, but today was brocked off after gunfire, dc police, park police and the dc humane rescue alliance, a little bit later, animal officials were loading something into the back of a truck. it was in a black bag. here say police officer with what he had to say about all of this. >> officers arrived on the scene, and discovered an call black male suffered from multiple gunshot wounds in an unconscious state. dc fire ems has responded and he has been pronounced at this time. >> reporter: back out live here. once again, we're very close to the authorities had this area right behind me blocked off for a good six or so hour, they may be a little bit less has that. the motive? authorities aren't saying at this point in time also, we don't know who the victim might be. we've been in contact with law enforcement today to ask them for further details, but at this point, they're simply limited. as far as the dog, we know that the humane alliance was here but we haven't been able to actually make that connection between the dog, there was also

in dc.that heat and humidity comes the possibility of a pop-up shower or thunderstorm tomorrow. not widespread, hit or miss, we're seeing showers especially along and west of interstate 81 that are weakening as they get closer to this region. if you get a cooling shower or storm, you'll be among the lucky. heat continues through late week. break friday when temperature at least drops down to a more reasonable 90, which is more typical for all this time of year. plan to take it easy as you get through your day the next three days and we'll have a look at the weekend forecast which offers more relief coming up in a few minutes. jim? >> thank you. >>> dramatic video shows major wildfires along a road in southern california. the fires forced at least 3500 causing major roads to close >>> the minnesota police officer acquitted in the fatal shooting of philandro castile will receive more than $48,000 as he leaves the demarco. it's part of terms of a separation agreement that were announced today.

down on the mall down there towards dc.e a look at this now normally look at storm complex like this and you say, this is coming right into the dc area. this will die out as it moves off towards the east. won't be surprised if some of these move in and maybe as far frederick, down towards the winchester area, you may see some showers tonight, storms should begin to last. tomorrow, humid at 7:00 a.m. hot lunch for noon. >> it gets rather impressive to degrees. start to think about what you're going to do for the heat. make sure you're taking plenty of breaks, especially if you're working outside, loose fitting clothing and bring in the pets, very hard for them to stay on the cooler side of things. 95 on wednesday. that, we're calling it weather alert. it could be, as well. because the weekend, humidity, a little bit cooler with a better chance of storm on friday, isolated storms tomorrow afternoon, but really just about any day we could see the storms saturday and sunday. >> and we have some breaking news for you, there are

so there's a place in dc. i can't remember the name. i've tried it.s the new thing in ice cream, they roll it. it's delicious. tastes a little different. >> it's almost sweeter, i thought >> i'm all for it. you got to try to reinvent things attracts people into the shop and they're making money good for them. >> try it this summer. rolled ice cream. thanks for joining us at 6:00. >> keep it here. 5at630 right after the break. i no longer live with the uncertainties of hep c. did he have curbingkirk cousins harvoni is a revolutionary certain patients can be cured with just 8 weeks of harvoni. before starting harvoni, your doctor will test to see if you've ever had hepatitis b, which may flare up and cause . >>> ♪ ♪ ♪. >>> president trump days away from crucial meetings from russian president vladimir putin and angela merkel at the g 20 summit in germany >> this is one of our top talkers tonight at 6:30, you're invited as always to join us. president trump is in poll land, he is expec

west of dc along the mountains.would say if this is correct over the mall we're fine after about 5 clock. 2-day forecast, stray thunderstorm for tomorrow, 91 degrees. storms are more likely on a cloudier wednesday and that's the case as we head into thursday as well. 91 tomorrow the temperatures take a bit of a hit on wednesday, thursday friday we start off with rain and slowly clear out, 92 degrees it will be a warm one. next weekend actually looking and we see 88 dry pleasant weather, 86 on sunday. 90 again by monday but that could be nice dry weather in comparison to the sticky weather we've had the past few days. independence day not a wash-out. >> thank you very much, caitlin. >>> a 7-year-old in arkansas has proven you're never too young to start a business. this is kyli. she says owning a business is a great learning experience. >> i want to give her the opportunity to see that there's many options she can do and be whatever it is she want to be. this is just only the beginning for us. >> wow. her mom says he

dc police rolling out the crime scene tape. blocking people from a busy sidewalk. >> you have to go around. >> through the glass of the m and t bank our camera captured fbi agents collecting evidence this bank and a few blocks away two more attempted bank robberies those were closed for business as investigators collected clues. late this afternoon, we were expecting the fbi to possibly give us surveillance video from these banks, when we called, they said you might want to check with dc police, because we're hearing there could have been some kind of apprehension, when we checked they said they had taken somebody into custody. they believe connected to the three bank robberies, but they would not give us his identity until h so definitely a tense situation in downtown dc this morning, sounds like police have captured the person responsible. live in metro center, matt ackland, fox 5 local news. >>> dc police are also looking for person responsible for three armed robberies in northeast. this is a look at surveillance video of t

outside right now, 89 degrees here in dc. it's a warm summer night, 84 in annapolis, 88 in stevensville, 90 frederick and martinsberg, those due points have been a little lower today, making eight bit more comfortable. just cloud and showers went through new york city only 74 there, 86 in boston. look at that, showers keeping it down to 69 in pittsburgh. there is a light front off toward our north, a front bringing light showers off towards our north. that's north of us, then a front bringing showers down towards the south. in between, night and into tomorrow, with that front towards the north approaching we have the enhanced chance for thunderstorms. the heat and humidity continues. with that ridge off towards the east. for tomorrow, we'll be judgment as warm, high temperatures in the upper 80's to low 90's, but we'll have a chance for widely scattered showers, parade should be fine, partly cloudy skies. into the afternoon, look at that, that would be a shower popping up over washington, it's a brief shower, but that's why w

>>> a website lets you rent a friend in dc. so we rented one. >> you've got questions about beating speeding tickets. and we're ready to verify the answers employ. >> did the president really do a 180 on transgender rights. >> and an unarmed black man killed by dc police. why wasn't the body camera turned on? >>> for 10 months, we've been asking questions and digging deep into the shooting of terrence sterling. we never awe the events leading up to the shooting. new we've learned that dc police have made changes to the way they use body camera video. >> reporter: to get to the bottom of the body cam issue, we ordered one. the axon body two, the same camera issued to all officers working the streets of dc. 2600 of these cameras. brian trainer had one too. he's the 27 year old who shot and killed terrence sterling. 4:30 in the morning. sterling on a motorcycle, officer trainer in a cruiser that cut off the bike. sterling hit the passenger side or. officer trainer was sitting in that passenger seat. the officer opened fire. shooti

he took the phone to an apple store in dc. authorities say the device had the images on it that would later be linked on line. prosecutors allege mccollum created hot mail and facebook accounts under a fake name then sent the images to politicians, reporters, and other people who knew the he even friended the challengers in her upcoming primary contest. now, a couple of years ago, mccollum was featured on the hills a most beautiful people list and about 10 years ago he appeared on a reality tv show on vh 1 called, i love new york. grand jury has charged with two counts of cyber stalking. a second staffer has also been indicted for obstruction of justice and lying to police as they were investigating this case, doreen brown lewis pleaded not guilty. she'll be back in court next week. >> attacked on the job. up next the new clues as police searched for a man who beat a driver while bus was in motion. >> jury deliberations underway, that wedding day murder case, a caterer stabbed to death after heated confrontation. the suspect h

it will stay that way by fireworks time nothing over dc and most models don't have anything over dc.will be more north of town tomorrow afternoon high temperature of 91 expected. and again partly sunny and humid with some pop-pick i'll give you that 7-day forecast as we get to it. we are expecting temperatures to be a little bit cooler as we get into wednesday and thursday. 87 there, 85 early showers friday next weekend looking good with temperatures in the 80s. that's a look at your 7-day forecast. marina? >> it's a mystery that has gone unsolved for decades. tonight the dc council is renewing its efforts to find an actual sized replica of the liberty bell. the feds gave the city the bell in 1950. the bell was placed in front of the wilson building and fast forward to 1980. work started on pennsylvania avenue that led to the creation of freedom plaza. the bell was moved during that makeover and the bell hasn't been seen since. >> none of these people remember what happened to the bell. they remember the other three monuments being moved off-site. they don't remember the bell leaving

listen to dc councilman, jack evans. he supports the decision to stay right here in the district. >> i applause the cancellation agents of this ridiculous contract going on, if the president did it, @ plowed him for doing it, dragon for ten years, convoluted, would cost way too much. never made any sense. so what they got to do keep the fbi here in the district. we have two places, popular point, which is all federal lands, and huge chunk of it, baseball stadium, the other place is the saint elizabeth site, which against, huge piece of federal land could be easily secured. costs half the price whatever they were talking about. >> well, gsa spokesperson reportedly said in a statement that cancelling the project doesn't take away the need that the fbi has for a new headquarters, and that they will continue to work with the fbi to address their space requirements. reporting live, at f.b.i. headquarters, ronica cleary, fox5 local news. >> the controversy over russia's involvement in the 2016 election has a fresh focus tonigh

and 106 dc. this is the day we're kaurling it a weather alert day, it will be that weather alert day because of the heat going for actual high temperature now of 100 degrees on thursday, 95 tomorrow. but 100 on thursday. 93 on friday. it was a good chance of scattered thunderstorms on friday. some of those could be on the storm side and heading into the weekend, a little bit less humid, rather hot. that's actually average, average high this time of year, 89 degrees. >> the only thing hotter than that, some of the deals available on amazon right now. >> there you go. >> there you go. >> a few hours left major deals on amazon prime day. >> what about that checkbook. consumer reporter is digging >>> in news for your health, changes in your vision may be an early sign of parken sin's disease. it's the loss of brain neurons resulting in impaired balance. researchers found disorder can impact nonmotor skills like changes in your vision, experts say more doctors and patients knew about this link, it cou

taxpayer. >> dc council member jack the decision.plans to write the president suggesting two possible sites until the city. pob lar point. >> people who live in a troubled mobile home park find their future still in limbo. just a few minutes ago the city manager told us that all is not lost city council delayed a decision of letting the charity take part. the charity and the city are working on agreements to ensure that repairs will be made in a reasonable amount of time. manassas has been fighting with the park's owner to fix sewer we are problems. if they take control if the city retains the properties, residents will have to move. >> it's a campaign to control shopping cart being waged by residents who live in the pentagon city area. they say they're fed up with the neighbors who litter the area costco bears some of the blame. julie carey joins us across from the store. >> hey, wendy, well this is one of the biggest shopping cart dumping grounds we found in the pentagon city area. as you walk or drive around here. it is easy to sp

we even bought one identical to the cas meraused by more than 2000 dc police officers. we learned a few things about how they work even before you press record. this is a wusa9 special assignment investigation. >> police department in minnesota is having issues with some officers not turning on their body cameras. changes were made to date and some officers have to turn on the cameras for every call starting saturday. police were criticized following the shooting death of an unarmed woman who called 911 to report a possible sexual assault. the officer who fired the shot at his body camera turned off at the time. >> many of our officers are using their cameras a lot. as they are intended to be used but there are some officers that are not using them nearly enough. >> the backlash from the shooting forced the previous police chief to resign. >> more than two years after her husband was killed of a new york city police officer gave birth to his daughter. a healthy baby girl was born yesterday in new york. the mother who goes by the name sammy lu used in vitro fertilization

attorney's office for dc. >> we take these cases very seriously. if a person jumps the white house fence or attempts, we'll prosecute that case. >> in 15 of the 22 cases we found, judge order competency hearings, including alicia who attempting to breach the white house at least five times, including two straight july fourth holidays and annual easter egg roll. >> once they do it, even -- they obviously are going to get caught. they get that fever as, okay, i can do it again. >> the i-team found at least two are fugitives after their arrest, including antonio arrested in 2015 for ramming his vehicle into a u.s. capitol barricade. he never showed for a court appearance. >>> it's dc police assigned by the feds -- the spokeswoman says the agency works activitily, others are more difficult for them to track they come from so far away. 17 of the 22 cases uncovered involve people who live outside the dc region, including joseph connecticut pleaded guilty after scaling the fence thanks giving day, 2015. >> president obama was having thanksgiving dinner an

co dc loses 4-0. story. we showed you this video last july of a young boy upset because he thought his dad forgot his birthday. he was brought to tears when he learned his dad got him exactly what he wanted. his dad got him a brand new bat. devon told his son, i want to see home runs with the bat. this is this week. there's braheem. gets a hold of one, dad going crazy. he's filming it. you see the shaky footage. check out guess who caught the homerun? that's right. dad caught the homerun. you saw the ball there in his hands >> he filmed it, while filming it. he caught the homerun w that brought him to tears. >> one handed >> incredible. >> exactly. >> it's the perfect ending. >> that's perfect with the new bat >> with the new bat. >> almost seems >> comes together. congratulations that is he hit that. it's pretty great. i'm sure dad was excited. >>> coming up you heard of the expression mind over matter. but could that hold true when it comes to your health. how your negative thoughts could cut your l

at the classics motor of dc dealership.s unclear how he died or if the man was an employee of that business. >>> also in the district. nearly a dozen people are without a home tonight after the wall to their condo building collapsed. the residents have now been placed in temporary shelters and the red cross is stepping in to help. evan lambert is live in southeast with more on all of this, and evan, what can you tell us? >> reporter: tisha, we're at the fairfax county village condoses off v street southeast. there were no injuries but 11 people displaced across five units here. here is why. look at those holes right there in the basement. basically. the bricks just peeling away from the rest of the wall according to dc fire and ems, around 3:00 this morning, they started getting calls reporting that this was happening, these are pictures that you're looking at. firefighters took at the scene. fire officials blame the heavy rains which likely forced the brick basement walls of the condo building to cave in. fortunately. emer

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dc police just busted an illegal operation. steve newsham says it was selling fireworks to children. it's against dc law to light up any fireworks that explode, that means mortars, cherry bombs, even roman candles. >> that noise woke me up early this morning. >> reporter: paul is a deacon in northwest dc. he wants more enforcements against booms that are beyond bad all week. >> all day, during the day, all night, during the night. man, i think you just heard one. >> reporter: neighborhoods everywhere declaring independence from local law. >> red, white, blue. it's supposed to be loud. >> reporter: checking the police scanner, blowing up with fireworks called. firefighters have set up a special line where you can report illegal fireworks, 202-727-1600 or 911. pete muntean, wusa9. >>> president trump welcomed army families, he and medical lania hosted a picnic on the south lawn, a pledge to the men and women in uniform. >> there could be no greater privilege than to serve as your commander in chief. i pledge my unwavering support

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dc delegate eleanor rose will speak on the house floor to honor vance. told news wasn't just like a local, but also to lawmakers and staffers who lived here part time in washington, too. >>> and one of the best things about vance was his way of connecting with people. his viewers were as important to him as his own family. and since the news of his death spread on saturday, hundreds of you have reached out to us to tell us how vance touched your lives, many of you -- many say -- >> very smooth guy and emotional. >> and pretty much -- and get a little mostly behind that. >> he was really special. it's hard to explain and give you so much. it's hard to explain. >> people who never -- a he was real. he was people. when it showed. >> seeing him. and he was a straight shooter. that was the great thing to have. >> it's over that way. >> mr. vance literally is my childhood and my adulthood. and any news that has ever occurred, pretty much, got from him. >> my biggest memory was when he was the first famous person i knew, jim vance kind of broke the news to us.

started this morning over dc. pockets of heavy rain and thunderstorms and continued to spread all across our area. no one is going to be spared from the heavy rain, and yes, some thunder and lightening tonight. inside and all around the beltway we got heavy rain and even lightening up by berwyn, by greenbelt, it is tough being anywhere out. heavy storms northeast across the bay on to the eastern shore and a large complex of showers and thunderstorms north of charlottesville, waves of the heavy rain will continue and we have flooding concerns which will only be exacerbated by continue rain overnight. you got saturated soil out there by now. flash flood watch warnings for the district. parts of prince george's county county, northern half until 6:45 and alexandria, the video we just showed you from earlier, you and falls church under a flasfl 6:15 and this will come and go you. aerial flooding warning for montgomery county rockville, area that is saw an incredible amount of rain, gaithersburg several inches within a

i did contact dc police and ask them what they could tell us. dc police said we needed to contact secret service, again, very basic wounded here, secret service said one person wounded in the thigh. it is unclear exactly what happened, we're still trying to get to the bottom of it. live outside 1100l street northwest, paul wagner, fox5 local news. >>> now to what's apparently becoming a dangerous new trends. >> people committing unspeakable acts while broadcasting them live on social media. >> showing violent attack while two women stood around and watched, streaming live for nearly six minutes. >> then there is this video coming out of california, 18 year old woman driving under the influence, life streams the moments she gets into a deadly crash, where her 14 year old sister was killed. >> it is happening all across the country, fox5's matt here now with new details about 12 year old attack by four teens in southwest. >> jim, this is tough one, the mother of 12 year old boy who was beaten up saturday called us to tell us she was being attacked

maybe a deal done. >>> to another young dc star taking the night off after career night.yce harper. going homerun and his reward a day off. he not be in the line r lineup tonight >> the tour france has a reputation as one of the most grueling athletic endeavors in the world. let's not focus on the cheating. this year's edition sees 198 writerers tackle a 23-day 21 stage 3,000 mile route that takes in 23 mountain climbs and force competitors two rest days, the polish rider finished 16 stages and this is what happens to a human after 16 stages of cycling most prestigious race. he wrote on his instagram account. safe to say, looks like a dried maple leaf. >> it does. >> it look painful >> and so some doctors have looked at this and basically this is what happens when they lose so much weight before the tour but they build up their le you're so vascular doing this for so long and this is what you look like after stage, it's ridiculous. >> just a little bit. >> hopefully it's all clean. >> hope so. thank you, brody >> the maryland boy who underwent the world's first double has

we hit 91 degrees today in dc. where are we heading to tomorrow? it looks like right back in the low 90s. a chance we could see a few more thunderstorms late afternoon early evening. also capable of putting down some very heavy downpours. we'll track those coming up a little bit later. heat wave will keep later this week. tony over how. >> you can see what's in the pool and from that point my wife realized that the pool was overflowing so she put the exhaust on and we ran the water out. but it was still so much water that what happened was it came down and h >> earlier we spoke with jamie bush of laytonsville. it was not as bad as it could have been. nearby in gaithersburg the rain flooded some roads. this was the scene that sue was just talking about. drivers there were told to stay away. >> developing tonight in prince george's county, a motorcyclist is in critical condition after multiple cars crashed in largo. there's no word on exactly what caused this crash. the road was closed for some time. we understand it is now back open. >> and here's a

it was 104 in dc. the strongest storms.h, let's take a look and show you what we're dealing with. current temperatures sitting at 994 degrees. -- 94 degrees. it's not just hot, though, it's all about for us, the humidity. 94 dc. 96 in huntington. we did get to 97. take a look at the heat index, though. i think this is a little high. 101 over towards manasasa. look at fredericksburg at 105. that's why much of the area, now, under a heat advisory right on through 8:00 tonight. with that heat index value around 105 that includes everybody east, including all. we have seen a couple of showers and a couple of storms and not really going on here down to the south. we're looking at a couple of showers, that's about it, though, the wider picture, we've got severe thunderstorm watches new york in philadelphia. nothing in our area, i'm tracking this little system here, this little spin in the atmosphere. we can see a line develop across our region and move through around 7, 8:00, that's something i'm going to be watching very closely

we'll start to tell you it's feeling a little bit humid. 70 it's the dc gross above 75.s like tropical out there. dew point temperatures right now in the low 60s, upper 50s are just spectacular and unusual by far for this time of year and you can expect some temperatures tomorrow. here is a look at your exercise outlook. 70 if you're getting there temperature around 80 degrees. 75 degrees with the sun set time at 8:25. guys it's hot and mu mid -- hot and humid mid on thursday. and then a nice weekend. >> amelia, thank you. and we thank you for having us in tonight. nightly news is headed your -- heading your way next. >> we'll leave you now with another look at the tribute to jim vance at nats' park. ♪ snend ♪ ♪ >>> tonight, mccain's message. stirring moments on the senate floor, a rousing ovation, a critical vote in the health care fight, and an ailing senator delivering powerful words. >>> on thin ice, president trump blasts his own attorney general again, steaming over jeff sessions' recusal from the russia investigion. will sessions quit? will he be fired and how doe

dc's first accurate. >>> we're talking about the rain. and this video was shot in northwest dc. it's just one of many spots effected by all this rain over the past few days. melissa nord joins me now. rain, rain, go away. just go away. >> i was talking to a viewer a couple minutes ago on the phone from dunkirk. he picked up 7 inches of rain. in a 3 hour period he picked up 4 inches. >> and he called to tell that. >> he did. >> it's been pretty wet. and it's interesting to think about how wet this month has been. and is ending verses june that ended up our third driest on record. now it looks like our july in dc could end up as one of those top ten wettest. that does seem pretty crazy. nine inches. over nine inches this month. last month we had one inch. >> my raincoat was not getting a work out in june. it's getting a work out this month. we're seeing showers tapering off this evening. comfortable with sunshine tomorrow. then as we go into the workweek, a gradual warming trend, we're going to hold off on rain chances and storm chances until we get to the very end of the workweek

record highs tomorrow 97 and 100 in dc, 99 in baltimore. heat index will be well over 105. 98 tomorrow, 94 friday, low 90s over the weekend hot but not a bad summer weekend dry less humid and 92 on monday. here is the futurecast heat index. 10:00 tonight feeling like 92 downtown. by morning feeling like 84 downtown. it will feel a little better in the suburbs feeling like 70s. by lunchtime it feels like 102. in dc all the way up to leesburg and this time morrow evening 103 downtown to 103 in rg so li your body. check your body. yellow weather alert friday for the strong storms. not as humid saturday in the lower 90s so we will take it. lower 90s sonunday with a few storms and then better chance for storms tuesday and wednesday with highs hoveri >>> the clock is ticking for the redskins and kirk cousins getting a long-term deal done. how th for millions who suffer from schizophrenia a side effect of their medication... is something called "akathisia." it's time we took notice. >>> now, wusa9 game on sports brought to you by xfinity. >> the c

dc metro area seeing sunshine right now, no rain in sight. that's not going to be the case. it's the sail area of rain. you see the really impressive storm, i was just talking about before the break, that's where that tornado warning is. all of this rain slowly making its way back. let's go back down to where the tornado warning is. look at all of this lightning. when we see a tornado warning or potentia echo you hear so much about, uptick in lightning. dramatic uptick in lightning. i've seen that happen here on storm team 4 radar. i'm not surprised that the national weather service has issued a tornado warning for parts of orange county until 7:15. i'm going to step off the screen so i can track the storm for you. not only are we seeing lots of lightning out that way. very heavy rain fall, as well. as we continue on into the evening hours, we'll have scattered showers at time. pockets of heavy rain will continue this storm is moving towards the east at about 30 miles an hour. so let me take the lightning off here and first show you the rain fall rate. let me move this so i

." >>> heartbreaking news this time out of dc. a 13-month-old child has been shot and we don't know how badly he's been hurt. this happened just before our newscast last night near the h street corridor in northeast. tonight, that little boy is home with his family after an overnight stay in the hospital. police aren't telling us more about how this happened. >>> now to our prince george's county bureau where a string of violent crieps has kept the -- crimes has kept the police on a long day. the police chsp reporters today including our john henry. >> he would be living today. >> they think maybe road rage. >> we need whatever help we can get. >> frustration, confusion, those are some of the feelings people in prince george's county have had after a recent rash of violence. nine people have been murdered in the past week. in an attempt to cut down on crime, the department plans to have officers work 12-hour shifts. >> it is not 0 tolerance enforcement approach. it's about having much greater presence on the streets in the communi

it's dc academy. >> a -- in southeast dc, the driver didn't stop. burgess johnson, tonight, is on life support. his family says, a . >>> the family of southeast drgs c man is heart broken tonight and asking for help to find the person who hit him with a car. burgess johnson was on his bicycle last week when it happened. he's still in the hospital on life support and isn't getting any better. news 4 kristin wright is live for us at the intersection where johnson was struck in southeast. kristin, you spoke to johnson's sister today. how is the family coping now? >> reporter: yeah, this is really tough for the family. a few of the neighbors have come out asking us how this man is burgess johnson was riding his bike right here. we believe these are the markings from the police investigation. now, johnson's family says he is in very bad shape, but that knowing who did this might help give them some closure. >> someone to leave a person in a street to die. >> reporter: valerie logan is heart broken to see her brother on life support. >> my brother was the

he joins us live at dc superior court. pat. >> reporter: wendy, no more dump truck driving for ismael alvarez. well, at least for the time being. mr. alvarez, can you explain to me why you left the scene of the accident? 62-year-old ismael alvarez, charged with hit-and-run after his fort myer dump truck struck a student in the crosswalk on florida avenue and then police say the truck kept on going. >> reporter: can you explain to me why you left the scene of the accident in the dump truck? it happened in november 2015. the victim, 22-year-old ethan zimmerman. he suffered brain injuries, broken bones, went through numerous surgeries and is still on the mend. now while awaiting trial on the hit-and-run charges, alvarez got involved in another serious pedestrian accident. two weeks ago he was behind the wheel of another fort myer dump truck on south dakota avenue when it ran over 23-year-old bianca but her family said she's gone through three surgeries and is still unable to walk. there's a lot of medical work yet to be done.

but as we look live, just kind of looks hazy here, as we look out over the dc area.omplex of storms that started forming up in ohio, and west virginia, and is really held together as it is getting closer now, spreading new deck of clouds in, and again, this is an update and extension of the time. now the severe thunderstorm warning affect clark, lowden county, goes until three and here is another look at that storm, a lot of lightning, and it is definitely had history of bringing down some trees, as well as hail to the size of nickles, as it moves southeast at about 20 miles an hour, i'm sure you can she coming in the leesburg area, speaking of leesburg, should be there momentarily, rest ton, around 6:00 and maybe to rockville, at 6:09. watch this very strong storm t does again have a bit hail history. and as we put this in motion, looks like it is stable able to put down hail to the size every nickles, few reports of that. in addition, we've had reports of some trees down, around the winchester area, you can see the location right here, woodstock lane, gray avenue,

columbia maybe including those but at this point, it's just people who were born here in washington, dc and i asked them to provide a list of some people and wre oh our website, so you can take a look. by the way, how much will this cost? i'm told by experts that designing, constructing, putting together a statue can cost a lot of money. so far, there hasn't been a fiscal study on this to determine how much this will cost taxpayers. live at thomas circle, my brother, fox 5 local news. >>> throwing away money >> a new report finds drivers waste billions searching and paying for parking spots and dc landed on that list, of course, how much drivers in the district are spending and how much time wasting too. >> then there's this, the traffic tickets. you've got one before, admit it. if you need help fighting your fine, there's an ap for that may