through this next half hour, we're going to share doreen's stories once again. things you can do now to keep unwind from school and . settle iumo sr vacation mode. >> research shows kids can lose up to two and a half months of progress in langua, ad math. >> ann dolan is a former fairfax county schooleacher and mother. she's also the founder of educational connection, an in-home tutoring service. one of the best ways to keep kids mentally sharp is by reading. >> that is really the start, engaging kids, t even signim up for your local good old fashioned library program where they can be incentivized andte moti to read books this they love. >>f a reluctant reader, audio books are a good option too. >> stues showhat that's just as positive and helpful than reading books independently. newnd teaching your child a skill over the summer like cooking is another easy way to integrateh into their day. >>n if it's oh, can you measure a half a cup of what's half of a half a cup,enetting themged. asking them to measu the ingredients is a very easy way to incorporate math. >

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>> reporter: yeah, that's right, doreen. police had told us that the suspects ran away from the scene after the shooting. hod as you can see in this picture, that is we believe to be the shooter. you might even be able to make out what appears to be some sort ofbject in his hand. again, police tell us that this all began as some sort of vbal altercation. karan brown 11 years old sitting in a car on naylor road, altercation words were tossed around. that's when the shooting started. he was driven to firehouse in prince george's county and then transported to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. police are looking for one shooter. that shooter was withfour other people, so authorities are looking for five total people, but again, that pture that we showed you, that is a suspect they are looking for tonight. it is a black male in the 20s or 30s. if you have information you are asked to contac the metropolitan police department leon, back to you. >> thank you, cory. a woman made international news when she flashed an obsce

i'm doreen gentzler. >> i'm jim haa dly. few of you may have seen some showers tonigat but this look future weather shows we have a lot more coming our way tomorrow. ief meteorologist doug kammerer is here. doug, what time should we start seeing these storms? >> this isot going to be a washout of a day for your wednesday. but we are talking about a good chance of storms during the afternoon tomorrow. so you want to take tumbrella when you head out the front door. that's for sure. we're not going to be seeing any storms early in the morning but these will come in after the the noon hour and i think a little bit sooner than they did today. storm team 4 r5idar sti tracking some rain and some storms down around spotsylvania county, culpepper this is an area that has seen it for the last couple of hours. but evident of us have been dry all day. we did see a couple of severe stormsa eier and we are tracking this unsettled pattern right now. you see packets of storms areawide. tomorrow everyone gets in on the action. severe storms

na reporter: hi, jim and doreen. now down to fil preparations as both sides get ready for tomorrow's highly anticipated testimony. former special counsel robert mueller stepped into this hearing room wednesday to be questioned for the first time about his russia report. the department of justice citing executive privilege is warning mueller to stay within the boundaries of the report. >> it's part of the ongoing cover-up by the administration to keep information away from the american peoplert >> repo: the house judiciary committee will question mueller first followed by theou he intelligence commit. >> administration is making the broadest most claims executive privilege hi that i any president has ever made. it is a stonewalling and delay tactic. >> reporter: the former special counsel h previously promised he will not veer from his findings. >> any testimony from this office wouldnot go beyond our report. >> reporter: if that's mueller's intent, wt's the democrat strategy? >> get mueller to say in hiswn rds exactl

doreen? >> all right.u. >>> an investigation has found that former virginia governor douglas wilder kissed a university student witho her consent. the student is 66 years younger than wilder. the young woman filed a formal complaint with virginia commonwealth university in december of last year. wilderwas the first elected african-american governor in this country and he currently teaches at vcu. wilder has until next week to contest the investigation's findings. "the washington post" reports the investigationalso cleared wilder of three othehe allegationstudent made. >> the former movie mogul harvey weinstein is reshuffling his legal team again. woman. attorney is a at a hearing today, the judge blowed lawyer josez to leave the case. baez previously told the judge hey crashed over legal strategy. harvard law professor ronald sullivan left the team in may after considerable acklash from harvard students and his first lawyer with drew from the case about six months ago. today's shuffle comes just two months

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doreen and wendy, back to you. >> pat collins reporting from t crystal ciy. thank you, pat. >>> coming up, an off-duty police officer becomes a hero tl one l couple. >> i ended up getting down on the ground, and i could see his legs. >> next, how that officer pulled both of them to safety from an intense house fire early this morning. >>> on the 50th anniversary of liftof for apollo 11, news 4's aaron gilchrist takes us back to the moment in time that united mankind. >>> and amelia is tracking thin tense heat. tsfelt like triple digior some of us today, and a blistering weekend is headed ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ we stched from ford. i switched from ram. i switched to chevy. we switched tohevy. we switched to chevy. for dependabilit for technology. for the muscle. juan st d isek e lfor t.yoaturf oo why people are switching at the chevy all-star open house. current gm owners can get over $5,100 below msrp on this equinox. find new roads at your local chevy dealer. >>> a house explosion in landsdowne left a man with serious burns. the explosion blue out the back and front

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doreen, back to you. >> thank you, craig. >>> back to the heat now. right noult extreme heat is taking a toll on all of us, and gcommute remembers facin number of challenges as they try to get around. joins fans were brought in to keep two busy metrotations cool, but fans right now can only do so much. it's just blowing around hot air. transportation reporter adam tus is out in the heat at up of those stations, the dupont n.rcle metro stati they have been sitting it out for several summers there. riders have to be hot and fed up tonight. >> reporter: leon, this is years after years after years of dupont circle, fairgate north and union station, all of them without the cooling system for a long time now. riders geingfrustrated. it's steamy out here, on a plane, a train, a car, riding a security, it's just downright hot. trying to beat the heat as you try to get around. >> you just feel like you're wearing a plastic bag all over. >> reporter: it's terrible. >> horrific. >> reporter: hey, this is d.c. in july, after all, but metro riders have been sweati

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>> reporter: doreen, it appears to be an act of road rage in the third street tunnel, an accident, an argument, a shooting, a man in critical condition, the third street tunnel shut down now for more than three hours. let's take look at this scene live right now. can you see they have removed a number of the vehicles and a lot of evidence here.l poe are still on the scene. there is hope that they could open this tunnel soon, but, agin, it's been shut down now for nearly three hours. this is what it looked like earlier. the focus here, this golen explorer. police say that the gold explorer ran into t backof a dark-colored sedan. the occupants of the dark-cored sedan and the gold explorer got out. thereto was an argument. a man from the dark-coloredpu sedan out a gun and shot the driver of the gold explorer, and then that dark-colored sedan took off. here now, here n-- hear now fro morgan cain,he first district commander. what do you make what happened here? >> this is actually -- i make that this was unnecessary. this is truly tragic, that a simple accident, vehicle accident, it's an a

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good stuff. >> thanks, doreen. >>> turning now to the weather, and we need to practice saying the wood> cool. >> if we think it will happen. >> well, i think the thing iswe can probably save as much as we want to but it's not really going to feel really comfortable around here until tuesday. we have dangerous heat in the forecast. over this weekend satury as well as sunday.ce tainly going to be cool inside, i think, making plans indoors this weekend is the way to go. if you'rel, at the poo remember, you still need to high drape. i think sometimes you lose sig of how much you and the kids might be losing water because you're feeling refreshed in the water. here's a look at your weather anadlines. again, drously hot in the weekend. that's why we're in weather alert mode and will remain there until sunday evening. tomorrow it's mainly dry, but on sunday you'll have a 30% chance for some late day thunderstorms. a better chance though on monday and now even on tuesday, and you'll notice your ird weather headline here, watching monday for heat hand thunolrstorms. a c front is going to move t

doreen? >> james fields is spe rest of his life behind bars for ramming his car into counterdemonstrators afterhe 2017 unite the right rally in charlottesville. we're able to show you some oke the evidence prosecutors used to argue for the life term. prosecutors showed the judge this vid taken by counter demonstrators. the feed broadcast captured the peaceful marchers, then the chaos as fields barrelled down the street. >> oh, my god that car just dro through them. >> virginia state policeca ured a view of the entire rampage from above. the pilot and copilot, made it theirission to keep his car in their sites. three hours later, one of those pilot ent trooper diff took off in the helicopter. unfortunately the chopper crashed and both en were killed. >>> court action in another state. pcutors in massachus ts have dropped charges against actor kevin spacey. he was accused of groping an 18-year-old man in 2016. that case crumbled about a week ago when the accuser invoked his fifth amendment righ

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news 4's doreen against err tells us why. >> they call them menu minefields.'re ordering something that's good for you g only to hit with added ingredients that can be disaster for your diet. we're working for you to show you somepular dishes that you might want to avoid and what to choose instead. the cedar salmon with maple mustard glaze. seems like a sensible option at applebee's. after all salmon has heart healthy omega 3s and if you go by the calories listed this dish sounds like a really good choice but count is amodire than half the amount that yo should be having in a whole day.th solution, ask for the fishbe to repared without salt and get the sauce on the side so that youro can cont how much salt and sugar you get. now to chipotle, the vegetarian bowl getsor kudos f its whole edains, veggies and beans, but it's actually pac with sodium and saturated fat. instead, make your own burrito bowl and sca back on the whiteries or gawk mole toe make your lunc health yefrm thier. it even has a tool you can use to customize your dish and see how it's changed th

. >> thanks, doreen. >>> the sunflower fields in montgomery county are now in peak bloom.hopper 4 flying over this field earlier today. visitors are invited to tour the fields and snap your photos.s the fieare also part of the county's conservation program. the blooming flowers or a food ource for morning doves, songbirds and other wildlife, and they are beau iful. >> a they love the sun, they are getting their fill today. they are getting their fill this weekend, that's for sure. i we're ta about temperatures this weekend feeling like 110 degrees both saturday and sunday. just, you kno very dangerous. >> i heard chuck earlier today say this is the eighth day in a row. >> we're in the midst of a heat wave, tracking temperatures in the 90s, maybe even 100 on saturday. relief doesn't really arrive until tuesday. right now it's feeling like triple digits in washington with the heat index out there of 101. agn, the heat index is the temperature and the dew point which is theumidity combined as to how hot it's feeling out there. you can see 99 in the manassas and 97 in gaithers

doreen, back to you.t.all r craig, thank you. >>> and we invite you to keep it right here this wednesday for continuing coverage of robert mueller's testimony. it's set to sta just after 11:00 in the morning and last for several hours. nbc news will provide special coverage that you can watch rightere on nbc 4. >>> a tragedy on a popular local hiking trail. a woman on in her only 30s died this weekend out in that intense heat. u.s. park police say rachel parkerson collapsed saturday on the billy goat trail. she was in severn, maryland. the heat index around 2:00 on saturdayafternoon wasround 106 degrees. >> a sipe of the time, a celebration did iv vied oer partisan politics. >> the war of words heating up in virginia. in virginia. >> and a metro milestone we are sist rs. and we jved in together. why alissa and aleah chose fios. we stream so much. a lot of times alissa is watching tv on her laptop using her phone, also using her tablet. i am really good at multi-tasking cause i'm awesome. a little. thget e

doreen gtzler is getting advice from the sleep experts. >> sleep appsc have bee a booming business withdownloads increasing as much as 20% over the past year. an app called sleep as android has been downloaded 18 milli times since 2010. the science isn't settled. >> while there has been some research on thef effectiveness o sleep apps, it's preliminary at best. >> noise apps can help by blocking out thatar bng dog or street traffic. >> hi. welcome to relaxability sleep meditations. >> other apps lead you through guided imagery andyp hsis to calm your racing mind. one of the most effective treatments is cognitive behavioratherapy or cbt where a trained therapist can help you fix bad sleeping habits. >> the americanac emy of sleep medicine says that cognitive behavioral therapy is the best first step in treating chronic insome at. i can' that's because it can help you change the thoughts and behaviors tat lead to sleep problems. >> what about the sleep tracker apps that claim to say how long you spend ineeper stages of sleep? even though some people swear by them, doctors say they aren't

>> reporter: well, jim and doreen, police tonight are looking for the gunman who shour a drivere in thel yesterday eve. this afternoon i spoke to a passenger who was riding with the driver who was shot through the neck. n that passenger, that witness says what seemed to be a minor traffic accident led to an hagument that turned violent. >> itened so fast, man. i don't know. >> reporter: this man says he was riding witthe driver who was shot. he says the brown path finder they were in tapped the vehicle in front of them. he describes a young woman jumping out yelling at the driver and lunging at him. then heys he saw a man emerge from the front. >> a man got out of the car. i'm thinking he's t going grab her out of the way and tell her to calm down. and before i know it, i heard the pow. >> the man fired the shot? >> yep. >> what happened? >> they jumped back in the car and left. >> the witness identified this four-door gray mazda aspa:m th involved in the shooting. he tells us something he only previously ared with police investigators. >> i tried to get the tag number but they had a bi

doreen gentzler, news4. >> i had a tick scare a few ars back. >> you did? >> i did.ad no clue what to do so i was as! mes >> i can only imagine, aaron. >> good thing for those countryo friend at. she is like, you're fine! psstt! >> yourcountry friend? >> right. good thing about being from the south. rn>>> still ahead this mong the d.c. power outage thatmpact thousands of people over the weekend and petco has another warning. >> three armed robries and police believe each was pulled we have details on the crime and the specific type of person that may be targeted. >>> another hot day to spend any time outside so if you'r doing time outside so if you'r doing any dog walking, get it done z35whz z16fz y35why y16fy it>>> heat and humidy and the chance of storms. sound familiar? o a feudf beautiful ewea the d.c. region appears to be moving back to the same brutal temperatures we have seen so much already this isummer. used to this, right? is is summer in washington. yesterday was fine. >>> good morning, everyone. i'm eun yang. >> i'm aaron gilchrist. we will check on the f

doreen gentzler, news4. >>> after being outside check your clothing and hair and take a shower to reduce your risk as well. a tick need to be a36tached hours before transmitting lyme dees but other tick bites can be transferred inouminutes. >> yhave to check right away. >>> still ahead this morning the d.c. power outage that impact thousands of people over the weekend is over. pepco has another warning that to linger all week. >>> three armed robberies and police believe each was pulled off by the same man. we have details on the crime and the specific type of person that may be targeted. >>> chutk, how abohe weather? > here is a dog that would be great for your walk and he is available at humane dog rescue alliance. get your miles walked early. pavement and air will be plenty hot later on this afternoon. locally-owned novec has the most reliable power in the region. and we all know how ab important being reli is. novec provides electricity from multiple renewable sources. groovy man! and will soon include even more solar. yeah! and novec offers convenient 24/7 online services. i just pa

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

and joining me from nairobi is the correspondent joy doreen beera joy the most bossa nairobi rail line it was mentioned this report this was sort of a prestigious project for chinese african development relations but it's had problems it's expensive it's underused according to projections and least compared with projections is beijing just calling a failure a failure here. well these 2 sides to that canyon looks at the project as the gateway to the intact east african region but as it is it appears you know when the president went to china to request for an extension of the loan it just appeared that china said you know they would like to have proof of the viability of the project and while he was not able to get the loan for this particular project he was able to acquire. less for the construction overall of that connects you know the city center to the airport but getting there and standard gauge really particularly this one has been a tough call for the president of kenya. so does this mean that china is now attaching more strings to its foreign lending. i think what china has decid

>> doreen gentzler hasce adto keep kids eating right,ven on the go. >> if someone said try this, it'sd for you. the first rponse is going to be yuck. >> getting kids to eat healthy can bechallenging with summer camps, vacations, long days at the pool. but there are some simple things you can at home to encourage smart decisions, and it starts with where you keep your food. >> placement in the refrigerator, freezer, and counter are critical. studies show if they are visible and grabable, that's when children and adults are more likely to eat something. katherine talmadge is a registered dietitian. to promote healthy hats, she tells parents to make children part of th process from grocery shopping to preparing the meals at home. and try to keep meal times consistent. even on vacation. >> that's one of the reasons they're in weight when not at work or school. they don't eat at their regular times.d an when you skip breakfast that's going to make you hurier later, and less particular perhaps about your choices. f you're hitting the road, try to plan ahead to avoid stopping at fast food t

doreen gentzler here i 90 weather alert. doug will be here in a few minutes to take us through the nine hours. you don't want to miss that. >> there is a landmark law inyl mand that's making it easier for women to access birth control. >> yeah, but a lot of people dot even know the service exists. "news4's" doreen gentzler tells us how itworks. i didn't know about this. i'm sure a lot of people do not either. maryland joins a handful of states to bypass a ctor and get birth control straight from the pharmacist. it makes it more accessible and affordable. forget about the ssle to take time off from work or waiting weeks to get a scheduled appointment with a doctor. pharmacists are now able to prescribe birth control. >> if they want it, the pharmacist can do a full consuation and the patient can leave with the medication in hand. >> reporter: safew is one of the first to offer the service. >> patnts who for whatever reason are not able to afford a physician's co-pay or maybe they don't have insurance, we have seen new patient

game and see what a quick he's doing now to say the east is on wall street for us we've also got joy doreen biro who's tracking the emerging market reaction from nairobi there's a starting with you what is the market reaction fill us in. good reactionary has been a relatively muted so far band investors have been discounting our right for quite a while now so there's a decision that's not commissar surprise nor does the ending of the of the reduction of the present volunteer day 2 months earlier that's the question that bleeder is now in may the fed chairman your own problem will give us a hint that doing these present conference is a good these is just a safeguard and appease them to break out similar to the ones that we saw in 1985 or 9098 or even the start of a deep and sustaining more i commodity of cycle trying to a stimulate an economy that could enter a recession. that would be a worry for the world joy what's the reaction across africa well the reaction is very positive it is welcome news for most of the african economies at this point and while most of our economies have been keepi

. >> thank you doreen.eat advice to keep in mind,lk fo drowning is the second leading cause of unintentiona deaths behind car accidents for children under the age of 14. be careful out there. the life lessons kids learn as part of a team or club can stay with them throughout their lives. the special olympics cheer and dance team, we got a chance to see them in action and it is clear to us they love performing together and celebrating who they are. that is thanks to this week's harris' hero. >> they are attached at the hip. >> i met her at her church. >> these two red heads are best friends thank to gail tewarson. >> she does not care where you come from. she will put you on the team and find a spot for you. >> coach gail gave these two a sa place to be themselves. >> it is nice to feel included. >> she is not jus a coach but a mother to this entire team. s >> don'trt crying. >> coachee gail has bn coaching the team the last 11 years, bringing together abled bodied athletes with those with disabilities. >> w

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that was doreen gentzler from diet and exercise to sleep schedules and educational tools to stay ment sharp. you can look back at our series on preventing summer brain drain. we've posted all our stories on our website and app. >> today would be the day to stay indoors and do a little bit of workout because it's hot and the rain is coming, right, lauryn? >> yeah, that rain is coming ano it's on doorstep any time after lunch time, 1:00. especially in the shenandoah valley, north and west of d.c. after this afternoon, all bets are off. temperatures in the low 90s today. and, again, damaging winds and also flooding going to be aai m concern. dropping humidity tomorrow and nice throughout the week. >> lauryn, thank you. >>> that does it for us here on "news4 lldday." we'ee you back here this afternoon for news4 first at 4:00. >> geesnews and weather updat any time with the nbc washington app. have a great day and we'll see you in the morning. ♪ we are live. in five, four, three, two, one. >> happy monday everybody. welcome to "access live." wow, we got a rowdy crowd today. rock claire is

doreen?> this is a story we've been folling for months, now a big new development as allergan recalls its textured breast implants after a requestrom the food and drug administration. the textured implants have been link odd to a rre cancer, alcl. it's not breast cancer, but a cancer of the immune system that gron i the scar tissue surrounding the implant. today's recall comes after t fda says it discovered new idence showing women with allergen's textured implants were six timesore likely to develop ccer, compared with women who had textured implants from a different manufacturerit lso includes tissue expanders, used for breast reconstruction surgery. the fda reports an increase in the number of cases globally, 573 women have been diagnosed with this rare type of cancer worldwide. of those, 481 women had allergen implants. and 33 women have died.ay the fda s you don't need to rush to have your implants removed. but if you're experiencing swelling or pain, that could be a sign that something

>> reporter: yeah, doreen and wendy the shooting happened in broad daylight just before 10:00 this morning. amother and newborn child, they were inside the howard university hospital when a this almost dismisses woman's head, but tonight the employees here are saying it's one of their own that's hero. >> this is not a site neighbors who live in this shaw rh neighbod thought they would wake up to on monday morning. crime scene tape was up while police were out investigating shooting. >> i woke up and started working. my desk faces the howard l, hospita and the next thing you know i hear a couple of pops. >> reporter: brett porter was inside his home when d.c. police say two suspects started chasing and shootint a a man who was running away on fifth street right near the entrance to howard university hospital. one of the blets struck a window and a nurse who worked in the ob-gyn office at the hospital sent us these pictures. she sa the bullet went through the wall of her department, just missing this woman o was sitting down with her newborn babe waiting for an appointment. i spoke with the

. >> news4's doreen gentzler joins us with more.e a lot of you. >> this someone ofthose tricky things that parents deal with da every one of the leading sleep doctors in the country is sharing new research with us.e the rsults may have some parents rethking their child's bedtime routine. it has to do with the time your kids go to sleep ande wak up not just how many hours of sleep they're getting. if your child has mood swgs or even trouble concentrating, this could be a clue about why that's happening. >>> these clocks in our body tell us we when to go to sleep. off 's so easy to get schedule in the summertime when re of n't have the struc school or morning routines. the changes can throw off yr child's internal alarm clock. >> so young children, there's a strong tendency for them to want to go to bed earlier and wake up earlier. utting a very young child to bed very, very late is problematic. it doesn't fit with their body clock. just as putting an adolescent to bed at 8:00 or 9:00 at night is problematic. they can't fall asleep th

doreen? >> sarah daof, thank you. >>> a few minutes ago we heard from democratic leaders on capitol hill not surprisingly they had a different take away, than the president when it came to robert mueller's back-to-back hearings. >> the president still continues to call this russian attack on ouremocracy a hoax. as something that director mueller directly refuted. that he still calls a witchhunt something that the director mueller today directly refuted. >> house speaker nancy pelosi adding that today's hearings ave the american public a better sense of mueller's investigation. and why congressional oversight is needed. >>? for a number of lawmakers on oth sides of the aisle their questions did not get quite the response they had been hoping for. here's a sampling of what rd hever and over and over again. >> i stick with the language that you have in front of you. that's not -- within my purview. the matter being handled by others at theme depart of justice. i'm nothing go to engage in what ha

>>hank you, doreen gentzler, for that info. >>> meghan markle and harry had a date night. they left archie home and dressed up for the london premiere of "the lion king." beyonce and jay-z were there and had a meeting so to speak. queen b is a part of he cast. on john was there. >>> after flash flooding ripped up road across the region, encouraging updates on the repairs being done. >>> arson deal struck. >>> we have got temperatures out there right now on the comf temperatures are headed into the upper 80s today but more rain is on theway, alg with heat. on z3d2uz z16fz y3d2uy y16fy >>> 4:30 is your time right now. >>> gooaamorning. i'm n gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. >> we may see hot temperatures this morning. jummy olabanji is taking a look at how the district is trying to prepare to help keep people cool. > let begin with a look at the etrecast with meorologist lauryn ricketts. >> a warm on as wead through the week. today is a bonus day. temperatus around normal which is 89 degrees. we are leroking at humidity out there.'s itgoing to be a beautiful sunrise. the sun is c

nd >> doreen jim, good evening. a new wave of legal action by democrats today to enforce subpoenas and get more evidence from the muler report. democrats on the house judiciary committee have crossed a threshold. they filed a petition in federal court to get secret grand jury evidence used in robert er muell report on russian interference in the 2016 elections. >> the committee is exercising its authority to investigate all these scandals and to recommend and decide what to do about them which could includearticles of impeachment. >> reporter: house speaker nancy pelosi dealing with a growing number of democrats to call for imaeachment proceedings sng she will make the decision. have will proceed when we what we need to proceed. not one day sooner. >> reporter: they want documents relating to obstruction of justice by preside trump. his response today. >> these people are clowns. the democrats are clowns. they think we're going to w so they are going to do everything they can with the impeachment nonsense. >> report

>> reporter: doreen, it appears to be an act of road rage in the third street tunnel, an accident, an argument, a shooting, a man in critical

>> reporter: yeah, doreen. this ita a very s warning. it's coming from the union of concerned scientists. they're a nonpartisangr up of climate researchers. they say as the 21st century progresses, we will continue to see extremely hot days. they will climb in an amount that is potentially dangerous. >> it's really hard to stay cool. >> i like the water fall. >> reporter: these children, surviving the dog days of summer is a slaplash in the park. their mother can't help worry about all of theitomorrows as the days of extreme heat pile up on an already warming planet, she wonders if days like this will become the norm. >> i don't want to wait untist what scientis predict. >> the research started a long time ago. >> for climate scientists, that prediction is summed up in stark terms. >> it's going to get hot. that's the bottom line. >> for their newer kiheat study, researchers at the union of concerned scientists spent two years rying to figure out how many dangerously hot days we could for the rest of the century. >> we use a threshold of

doreen gentzler shares some of the biggest offenders. >> and can't wait to keep an eye on this after yesterday. storm team 4 tracks the severe weather risk for later this week. check out what the radar could look. like amelia? >> over time the way that we tell the weather story has changed a little bit. a lot more impact graphics now and today i'm excited to announce we have a new tool in our toolbox to help bring the weather story to you. more on that after the break. >>> all right. so a if you knowout news 1's tommy mcfly, knowing anything about him. you know he's got his finger on the pulse of everything at happening he dmv and that's why we've launched awnene and one of the mostiq un festivals in the district is getting under way and tommy has the details on the capital fringe festival. ♪ >> reporter: since 2005 the capital fringe festival has brought the best, the burgeoning d the wderfullly bizarre of live performances from all across the region. this week's festival kicked off with dozens of performances stages of all sizes from church stedges with comies and ol musical,ical s

i saw him following doreen >> no, you didn't.t on omar's phone. he's following doreen. i can show you >> why do you have omar's phone? >> i took it >> why >> i had to. i had to follow chucky, mom. >> seth: please welcome back to the show our good friend, aubrey plaza, everybody! ♪ [ cheers and applause >> seth: welcome back! thank you so much for traveling all the way out he to new york city. you had your premiere last night in l.a >> i did >> seth: was it exciting >> my god, it was so exciting. it was even more exciting when i forgot my i.d. this morning at the airport. >> seth: yeah, and yet you still got on an airplane >> at 4:30 in the morning. >> seth: wow >> i don't know why they let me on >> is it -- "parks and rec?" do you think that's it they recognize - >> no. i don't -- there's like a secret -- i don't know if anyone is supposed to know this but you can totally get on a plane with no id. [ laughter ] it's not a thing >> seth: yeah, i don't people are supposed to know that. yeah >> yeah, they just searched every, like,

jim.ey, doreen and we had a high today of 94 degrees. tomorrow we'll have high temperatures in the mid 90s. and right now it's balmy si out. we're at 83 degrees tomorrow morning. we're also warm 7:00 a.m., at 76 degrees. we do have plenty of sunshine out there during the morning hours. we're alreadyn the low 80s by 9:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m., a temperature of almost 90. not only hot tomorrow but humid as well. our average high now 88. tomorrow will be the hottest day through saturday. you can see here on your temperature trend.ow after tomorr the temperatures do start to decline. but i have storm chancesn the forecast just about every one of these days. i'm going to have much more on the timing and impact of those stor coming up at 11:18. >>> the city of baltimore has come out swinging against president trump's direct and continuous attacks on their co munity. city, county, and state leaders are pushing back as well as trumpargets representative elijahcu mmings. mr. trump has said the city of baltimore is rat infested, then he said his comme--

not bingo or scrabble but the pare of today's competition two doreen and christen and beginninger againstert and others easing our opponents for the stair down is a pregame strategy even in lawn bowling. >> play ball. >> yes. >> almost. >> (clapping). >> the size of tennis ball the object of the game our control to so when the players on both sides are bold at any rate the complete ends you do do scoring it is you'll get within point lead for this bonus first of all, a jack can be moved and a or picked up to some other point or move the jack with i have a goal behind the just a second a lot of elements to the game. >> we're about a yard long. >> aim a were not player i'll play any weighed see on the inside in the goal is a minimum the latter side will make that arc in i'm right-hand side i play my for hand and to my left if i wanted to acre my respect i extend so it is arced to the right have to be able to pray both hands. >> (clapping.) who one. >> nice try and hi, i'm been play lawn bowling affair 10 years after he retired i needed something to do so i picked up this paper and in this p

>> reporter: doreen, jim, a lot of heartbreak in this neighborhood tonight.this is the construction site where that deadly accident happened this afternoon. police tell me workers were building a sewage line for a new neighborhoo on the other side of this lot. that is when a ditch collapsed, trapping two workers inside. >> medic 104.: >> reportis is the call that went out for help this afternoon. first responders learning two construction workers were trapped in a ditch. one of the workers a young person below the age of 18. he would later be pronounced dead at the hospital. several neighbors too distraught to go on camera, but he had told news 4 they saw people using paddles to try and revivehat youngorker on the sidewalk. >> my prayers go out for the rson who lost their life. >> reporter: peter gilbert lives nearby. he says he often saw the workers and never noticed any unsafe conditions. >> there seemed to be a really d manag coordinated type of effort going on.po >> rerter: the other worker who was trapped was taken to the hospital and is expected to be o

lawyer and am has more from here in the occupied west bank thought of as he missed his little sister doreen the most israeli authorities to help the 15 year old under arrest for 3 months last year charging him with throwing stones at israeli soldiers he says he was questioned without any good counsel or member of his family being present and he only saw his mother once from a distance while he was detained. my friend was a recent with me the israeli interrogator told him that i confessed against him that he threw stones they wanted him to confess against me as well he came back to the prison room angry and shouting thinking that i did that to him he almost hit me via palestinian prisoners associations say the teenagers like partick and even younger children are often arrested late at night or during confrontations with the israeli army in the occupied west bank they are tried in military court and around half face charges of hurling stones that carry a prison sentence of around 6 months now the israeli human rights organization how good is but titian in the courts to allow minors to have ac

i'm doreen gentzler. >> i'm jim handley. now at 6:on tht, why not much is changing to stop it from happening again and why emocrats are leaving capitol hill still divided after robertl r's testimony. >> plus a health alert that impacts what you eat. new information abhe parasite making people sick in d.c., maryland a virginia. >> and three d.c. bars looking for the green light t start legal sports betting. il'll explain why placing your first bet could stl be a ways off. arting nsive activity s in 2014 and into at least 2017. ohat's the finding of an investigation int russian election by the republican-led senate intel committee. >> targeting infrastructure at both the fed and local level. >> the 6 is-page level finding vulnerabilities across the boards and details recommendations to make election security a virginia's mark warne the

doreen lost her entire home after powerful cycling swept through the area. but the house was ripped apart the iron roof was damaged we were later able to repair it but before that we were not able to sleep every time it rained we couldn't sleep. a family are not trying to come up with creative ways to make a living. i'm making these donors to help support the family so we can eat because none of us has a job or used to have a hair salon that's where used to make money but now with the current situation it doesn't help i need to pay for water food and look after the children. cyclonic i was one of the deadliest storms ever recorded to hit the southern hemisphere it tore through southern africa in early march flattening villages destroying roads and bridges and triggering the 9 flights it was followed by a 2nd one in april cycled kana which devastated infrastructure in mozambique's north overall hundreds of people were killed and more than a 1000000 thomas. remnants of the damage still remains students at this school can only attend class when it's not raining