dr. newman is head of children's national here in d.c. he's been practicing for 30 years. he shared some child care checklist items with our own doreen gentzler. >> being prepared before your child has an emergency is key. >> if you have a plan head of time, like you would have a plan if there's a fire, do the same thing for the child. >> here's the checklist. know the location of the emergency room nearest your home that treats children. not just the one closest to your home. but also close to school and close to your children's camp. know if your children's hospital is covered by your health insurance plan. know what types of services are covered for your child in an emergency. not all of them are. for example, does your health insurance plan cover the cost of an ambulance? if you can't get to an e.r. that treats children, you should ask for a that's especially true when it comes to broken bones or concussio concussions. growing bones and brains are different than adults. they need special care. tomorrow, we'll have dr. newman's insight on caring for your child's emotion

dr. newman says it's critical to make your children's emotional well-being a p upsetting them can show up in different ways. >> first of all, work with your child's doctor to rule out potential medical reasons for your child's issue. here are other things to be aware of. watch for changes in your child's eating habits over a period of time. changes in sleep. changes that happen in the school setting. also, irritability over a period of time. dr. newman also said in the years he's been treating families, there's no substitute for a parent's intuition. so if something seems off with your child, talk to your pediatrician and take steps sooner rather than waiting. >> there are lots of good resources online to help parents navigate through children's health care needs. we'll share favorite resources of the doctor tomorrow. >>> good morning. i'm standing outside. chuck will be joining me in just a we have some foggy weather. there we go. temperatures nice and warm this morning. right around 70 degrees. coming up, we'll talk about the heat on the way this afternoon. but a much nicer day. that's

dr. newman is sharing that story in a book called healing children. both dr. newman and greg join us this morning, good morning to the both of you. >> thank you. happy father's day. first and foremost, and in this day, it's a special day because we honor and celebrate dad, but the both of you, it has an extra special meaning. can you tell us about that day four years ago when you had to make that difficult call to your friend >> my sons were born one morning, 7:00 a.m. doing well, apgar scores were perfect. smiling and as the day wore on, my son started to show signs of listlessness and i heard tell a story once about when a child vomits green, it's dangerous. i picked up the phone and called cutter and the hospital where we were, said he just had an air bubble. they did an x-ray, and curt said no, you got to come here. at 2:00 a.m. my son was operate on at 6:00 a.m. and his life was saved. >> how frightening. what was it like for you to get this call from your friend >> it was very disturbing and unsettling. but it's all too common call that i've gotten over t

dr. newman's insight on caring for your child's emotional well-being. >> and he just wrote a about about his experiences. >> if you would like to know more about healing children, go to our nbc washington app. >>> any sunshine that you are seeing out there will probably be gone. it is inevitable. we're going to see rain. we are expecting the storm to arrive. we're talking stroj to severe storms likely. take a look at your place. we are headed toward this. first one of biggest things we will be impacted by is the rain. we're expecting very heavy rave. in fact torrential rain that's different to drive through. lower risk for an isolated tornado, but of course that's on the board as we are expecting severe weather. let's time this out. can you see the line on the -- makes its way just outside of the district loudoun county towards montgomery, and we are going to see this line of showers strengthen as it amuch proing the district. by 4:00 p.m. moving through portions of prince george's county and around 5:00, 6:00, that's when we'll start to see it impact southern maryland. this would be an

dr. newman recommends. for injury prevention, safe kids.org.p finding a good children's hospital, then go to children hospitals.org. to learn more about pediatric specialists, go to children.org. >>> and we know that that was a lot of information, but don't worry, we have it all written out for you in the nbc washington app. >>> and tomorrow we'll have a look at how to prevent some of the more common injuries kids suffer. >>> well, kids love summer and summer weather is now in full swing. and you know today is the first full day of summer. >> that's right. summer solstice has arrived. and also was the most daylight in the northern hemisphere. storm team 4 is tracking the temperatures and tropical storm cindy that could bring rain to our area. >> but doug is out in the sunshine with a few clouds. all right t >> reporter: the sun is his face, but your face still looks really good. take a look, everybody out there will tell you it looks good. can you either smile or you have to make an evil face. so give me a smile on this side, smile on this side

dr. newman reasonable degree of medical certainty. to learn about injury prevention, safekids.org. forp children's hospital near you, go to children's hospital.org. to learn more about pediatricians and specialists, go to healthychildren.org. to learn about hospital safety rankings, go to leapfroggroup.org. >> that's a lot of information. don't worry, we have it all out for you there on the nbc washington app. >> a good resource to have just in case and our healthy kids series continues tomorrow. how to prevent some of the more common injuries that kids seem to fall into. >>> a mother with no criminal record forced away from her family. her story and the outrage it is causing still ahead. >>> plus, our first day of summer forecast. sheena parveen heading outside to tell us how hot it is going to get. >>> and ben's chilly bowl. we will fill you in on the for years, fios has been promising fast internet to small businesses. but for many businesses, it's out of reach. why promise something you can't deliver? comcast business is different. ♪ ♪ we deliver super-fast internet with speeds

dr. newman recommends. to learn about injury prevention, safekids.org. for help finding a good children's hospital near you, go to childrenshospital.org. to learn more about pediatricians and specialists, go to healthychildren.org. to learn about hospital safety rankings, go to leapfroggroup.org. >> that's a lot of information. don't worry, we have it all out for you there on the nbc washington app. >> tomorrow, how to prevent more common injuries kids fall into. >>> we continue to follow breaking news. prince george's county which i have rushern baker getting into the race for governor of maryland. how this could have a major impact in our area. >>> justice for nabra, rallies and outrage after murder of a teenager in virgia. someni s countless patients. countless ailments. countless hours. and guess what? you can handle it all. be a leader in your field with a bsn from strayer university. a nursing program created by and for nurses. let's get it, nurses. >>> breaking news this

dr. newman also said in the years that he's been treating fami, something seems off with your child, talk to your pediatrician and take steps sooner rather than waiting. there are lots of good resources online to help parents navigate through their child's health care needs. tomorrow, we're going to share some of dr. newland's favorite resources. >>> it is 11:24 and we're following some breaking news in montgomery county. chopper 4 is over a crash where a pedestrian has been struck in german town. this was on great seneca highway and police are telling us the person who was hit has life-threatening injuries. it's not clear yet what caused the crash. but whoever hit that person also ran into several other cars. police have the entire road shut down. we'll bring you new breaking new information right here on news4. >>> turning now to the weather, what kind of day are we looking at, sheena. >> much better than yesterday. >> looks tomorrow's the official start of summer. so it starts shortly after midnight tonight. we'll have close to 15 hours of daylight. but believe it or not, areas in a al