garden, which is this amazing open space in dupont circle, and it's very rare in washington for there to be a big theen in the backyard, reason why it still exists and has to exist is because washington has something called the height act, which means buildings can only build up to a certain footage, and then they are not allowed to go any higher unless there can be an arrangement made with neighbors who have land that has not yet been developed. they basically buy the rights of their neighbors. our neighbor has purchased our rights, and the building and carriage heights have to remain the heights they are now because we have given away the right to build up. i hope you're able to get a feeling for the heurich family. they were a really important family in washington, d.c. they were this last story that at one point everyone knew who and they really helped build up washington, d.c. there's a part of washington that i think the rest of the country doesn't see and doesn't necessarily understand that is not just the federal city, it's not just the federal government and sony and. there a

dupont circle and furrow gate north. why is that? that's because the cooling system for these two red line stations have been broken for years. here's what you need to offline right now. they are working on a temporary fix which is a temporary cooling tower on the streets. that won't be in place until the end of the month. so it's going to be some time before you see some relief. back here as we go down frart into the station. you can feel a little bit more of the heat coming from the station down here. 75, 76, it's warmer inside the two red line stations. be prepared for that if you are coming down here into the red line today. dupont circle faragate north will be hotter than outside. the cooling system will be in place hopefully by the end of this month. give yourself some patience and try to stay cool. back to you. >> adam tuss live for us. thank you. >>> 6:33. here's a look at some of the morning's top stories. polls open in the pry rare ri race for virginia's governor. 4's justin finch is live. >> the popular national museum of

there's another gathering in dupont circle, an hour later at 7:30. we have a list of the other vigils in our nbc washington app. >>> that's what it sounds like when things get back to normal at simpson park. this is where the congressional baseball team was practicing. children take the field for the first tsi that field was supposed to reopen yesterday but the celebration was rained out. the sounds of kids playing ball will be a welcome sound compared to last week. this morning, we're learning more about how that shooting unfolded. three alexandria police officers are being praised for helping to take down james hodgkinson. the police chief says minutes after the first 911 call, three officers arrived on the field. one officer ran toward hod hodgkinson. the police chief says her actions distracted him. two other police officers started shooting. four people were wounded, including congressman scalise. neighbors say they're happy the field is reopening but things won't ever be the same. >> it's like post 9/11 normal. you realize that you still live i

it runs from 22nd through dupont circle and ends at 14th northwest. capital pride block party is on the street from 3:30 until 10:00. we have more information on the week end's event search capital pride event. >>> breaking nurks indian head highway finally clear right now. we're working to learn about six people who were hurt in a crash there. there you saw tow trucks getting off that scene about an hour ago. prince george's county police y palmer road. police shut down that road for hours this morning. >>> right now melissa mollet has a look at the rest of the morning commute. >> good morning, guys. a couple of problems on the beltway. inner loop express lanes before braddock road, i'm circling this general area for you. inner loop at 50, arlington boulevard still had the slowdown. it had shut things down. as we were saying, talking about this, indian head highway at palmer road, all lanes open northbound and southbound. delays not that bad. in bound new york avenue at capitol street, blocking the right lane. vehicle in bound at suitland parkway. we

a celebration bursting with color and pride, the annual capital pride parade in dupont circle earlier the community. q mccray explains how the festivities were interrupted more than once. ♪ q: the cheers. the flags. this was capital pride parade 2017. hundreds of thousands lined the d.c. streets, an event mayor muriel bowser holds dear to her heart. a message echoed by many in the crowd. >> the freedoms in america that we all enjoy. >> we wanted to show our support. q: the parade was interrupted multiple times by a pro-lgbtq group no justice, no pride. police had to reroute the parade, uptt it was disappointing. q: still, the parade went on, float after float. we saw a lot of pride, a lot of enthusiasm, a lot of of people coming together and making friends. q: the message of the day was not lost. in northwest washington, q mccray, abc 7 news. horace: it was beautiful today. some are starting in two weeks and it's already starting to feel like summer. a hot day and the temperatures are only going to climb, josh? josh: that's right, and quickly. some of us are already in the mid-90's. s

years of leaking pipes prevented metro from running the cooling to the metro stations at dupont circle and farragut north. fares willours and be adjusted. rail riders will see a fare to $.20.of about $.10 bus rides are going up about $.20. metro will also close 30 minutes earlier during the week, at 11:30, staying open an hour later on fridays and saturdays. 7 on your side, even on the rails. get alerts about metro on ur /text. a picture-perfect day today. stormwatch 7 meteorologist alex liggitt explains the forecast, next. horace: we continue to follow breaking news on the beltway in virginia. a tractor-trailer hit a boat as two men were working to secure it to a pickup truck parked on the median of the inner loop. the tractor-trailer than jackknifed. this happened just before 4 p.m. the people on the side of the road were taken to the hospital with injuries, the drivers of the tractor-trailer were not injure councilmember jim graham. graham died last week at the age of 71. he was one of just two openly gay members in the council's history. he led the largest gay men's health clinic d

of the women's initiative for self-empowerment organizing a vigil tonight at 7:30 for nabra in dupont circle. >> a lot of people are feeling vulnerable because of how they look. whether or not police say it's a hate crime or not. >> they believe that darwin martinez torres was all legally in the country but we couldn't find any other arrest history here. the fairfax police say this attack was brutal. but so far -- >> there is nothing at this point to indicate that the tragic case was a hate crime. >> nabra's funeral services were scheduled for tomorrow afternoon. later in the everything there will be another vigil in reston that is organized by south lake high classmates deavor stated by her death. >> her body was dumpe loudoun county there was question of jurisdiction here. we learned in the last hour that fairfax county will head the investigation. reporting live in sterling, i'm tom roussey, abc7 news. >> her decision was dumb and the reaction was priceless. the snake mistake up next. michelle: there is no end to a mother's love. see the incredible effort to save a baby elephant from drow

lovemusic, candles, and filled dupont circle.n committee pride fund to prevent gun violence. >> we stand united in the call for action from elected officials to address the gun violence epidemic in america. >> no one should get to decide that someone's story is over. tim: 49 candles out here, one killed. there will also -- there were also 58 people injured when year ago tonight. tim barber, abc 7 news. nancy: in orlando, a steady flow of people at the nightclub site. some people came dressed as angels, holding candles in honor of the victims. the owner of pulse says she misses everything. >> i'm grateful and comforted and i hear your memories and see your pictures. it breaks my heart that your sanctuary was taken from you. but i know we are resilient and i know we will not let hate win. nancy: there are plans to open pulse in a new location for stop a suspicious package and museum evacuated, people forced to leave the nati investigated. alison: the police decided there was not a threat, but it had left -- but it left visitor shak

. >> there will be a vigil tonight for nabra in dupont circle at 7:30. there's another one tomorrow at 6:30 p.m. we have a list of the other events mapping and gatherings in our nbc washington app. >>> little girl has gone missing and police need your help to find her. her name is a kyra watkins. she's 12 years old. she went missing say she was last seen around 2:30 on cindy lane in capitol heights. call the police if you find her. >>> the sound of bats will return to simpson field in alexandria. it will reopen today one week after the shooting at the congressional baseball practice. >> new information we're learning about the shooting. molette? >> the opening ceremony at the field, it's going to begin tonight at 6:00 p.m. representatives of the alexandria police and the fire will throw out the first pitch. we're learning more about how the shooting unfolded. three officers are being praised for helping to take down james hodgkinson. the police chief says minutes after the first 911 call, three officers arrived at that field. one officer ran towards hodg

ryan: and before the capital pride parade kicked off from dupont circle, we caught sheer d.c. warming up -- we caught cheer d.c. warming up. all of the work will definitely break a sweat. waterl have people with and ice, making sure we are hydrated and ok on the parade route. ryan: man's best friend also needed water at the stadium for pups at the park. the nationals and rangers goalie next innings in a game that started at noon. >> don't go anywhere without water. >> it is a perfect day for a baseball game. we are excited to be here falls more excited to see all of these dogs here. ryan: back live, a steady flow of water leaving the tent. earlier today, the crowds were not as big, but organizers say they are expecting more people as the evening goes on. is expected to take the stage later tonight, expected to be a big show. there is a lot more fun to be had tomorrow. live in fairfax county, ryan hughes, abc 7 news. horace: we definitely got a taste of the summer weather, two weeks before the first official start to the summer. meteorologist josh knight has the first look at t

life in dupont circle, wusa 9. >>> backing the pride movement, but one group wants to see that stop. in fact they are holding their own pride event this weekend. john henry has that story. >> george has attended pride celebrations all over the u.s. and big business has become a lot more interested in the events. >> our community is being more accepted. >> we have seen pride t-shirts like in old navy. and also companies like wells fargo, many,gm to mcdonald's. but that doesn't sit well with everyone. this group, no justice, no pride, marched on 14th street to protth >> the message is very much not about political identity for those people. we think pride is meant to be a celebration of struggle, political resistance against the norm. >> reporter: organizers say corporate americs done a lot to help the lgbt community. >> in terms of workplace issues bus also supporting our organizations. >> phil has no problem with businesses getting involved either. >> i would only ask those opposed to it, would you rather they not? you know, more on the fringe? i would like to be part of the communit

no act of hate, no act of violence can diminish that. >> there will be a candle light vigil at dupont circle at 7:00 tonight, and they're expecting a huge crowd in downtown orlando tonight for a final vigil. >> thank you, chris. >>> a double shooting inside a northern virginia hotel, some gues guests evacuated, others taking cover in their rooms. a woman staggers into the lobby of the quality inn in woodbridge. mark segraves explains what happened next. >> reporter: the evidence technicians are on the scene now, but earlier this morning, some very tense hours at this quality inn hotel in woodbridge. as a woman came into the lobby saying she had been shot in the head. the first call came in just before 9:00 a.m. an employee of the quality inn on horner road in woodbridge tells news4, the woman had a bloody towel around her head, saying a man inside her room had just shot her. >> as of right now, he is an involved party. we have one side of the story. we would obviously like to have his as well, to figure out what transpired here. a firearm was recovered from the room, we have that and as of r

during the brawl near dupont circle, security guards attacked protesters. nine people were hurt. police arrested two people at the scene. two additional suspects were narin of virginia, is expected in court today. you could be in for quite the sight in the skies tonight. tonight nasa will try for the 8th time to launch their wallop rocket out of virginia. the rocket used to study the atmosphere is expected to launch canisters triggering colorful clouds and an aurora like glow. quite the treat for star gazers. you can see it all for yourself tonight at 9 p.m. make sure you have binoculars. if you snap any photos - we want to see them! send them to us at burst dot com slash wjla time now for weather - not as hot today; slight break in the humidity friday through monday - hot & humid father's day weekend - next big change: less humid tuesday today: partly to mostly cloudy. not as hot. breezy, at times. isolated t-shower, mainly west. highs: 82-86 winds: ese 5-10+ mph tonight: partly to mostly cloudy. isolated shower. patchy fog. lows: 67-69 winds: se 5 mph friday: mostly cloudy, war

her death brought people nationwide in dupont circle. one of many circles to honor her and their wish to honor. the shocking assault has made some in the must decide community fearful. >> during one of the holiest times of the year >> a loving child, sister, friend, a thriving youth of our community. we're in all shock. >> reporter: nabra at that family addressing the media one last time before preparing her body for burial. mosque leaders say they have and falling that local law enforcement will fully investigate the circumstances. it was early sunday when 22-year-old dar torres struck nabra way a baseball bat after getting into a traffic accident with a group of teens she was walking with attending prayer services and heading back to the mosque after getting a bite two eat. fairfax county say right now, as road rage, we do know that they've always left open the possibility that if not more evidence surfaces of a hate crime, that they would continue to go in that direction. the funeral services are at 1:30. that was planned so there cou

night's vigils were held major cities across the country, including one in washington, d.c., at dupont circle. nabra's family and friends describe her as a good student and good muslim. the chaplain says it is important for people to attend these events today. >> our grievance process, that has to be done. the parents, the family, the friends, the extended family, extended friends -- if they do not make it to those events, they're going to feel like they missed another part of nabra. at 1:30uneral will be this afternoon and the burial will be immediately following. this evening will be held at the shopping plaza just down the road from southlake high school. she would have finished her sophomore year later this week. in sterling, suzanne kennedy. an investigation is underway in baltimore to find out why a blocksipe exploded two from camden yards. it left a crater in the road, making it look like a war zone. the roads are still closed and the mayor says it is a miracle nobody was killed. sam sweeney has the details. sam: this blast rocked downtown baltimore just an hour before the orioles game

but matt yurus is live there in dupont circle and tells us the pride parade was carrying on as it does what happens was, there were some protesters they had to stop and divert it. beautiful pictures though. if we could see them. and we will have a lot of those for you on the whole wrapup tonight atpop icon adam west has died of leukemia. he was 88 years old. >> the riddler. >> what is he trying to tell news. >> i don't know. let's go up and ask us. >> west is best known for his portrayal of batman in the 1960s tv series. it ran just three seasons. but west continued to appear as the caped crusader long afterward. he and bert ward remained close friends more than 50 years. >>> you may know him as the voice of mayer adam west on the animated series family guy. he is survived by his wife marcelle and six children. >>> britain's early elections were supposed to strengthen the united kingdom but it was a gamble that did not pay off for prime minister theresa may. her conservative party failed to give european union. she told the queen she can only govern with help from a small fringe party

the same thing happened outside the dupont circle station. this caused periodic suspensions of red line service and here's a live picture from the dupont metro station here where service was just restored but it could take some time for all the delays to clear. news4's kristen wright is live with more problems. >> reporter: hey there, guys, just talked to a woman who is so incredibly frustrated with metro at this point. she said she waited outside the station here for a couple of hours waiting for a shuttle and never saw one. just got off the phone with metro. as you mentioned, service has been restored on the red line. the problem, they're saying, an arcing insulator which we have heard before. residual delays. a group service has been restored, some of them are choosing to wait out here for the bus because of the residual delays and all the crowds that are still around. we want to show you video from just a few minutes ago before service was restored. the sidewalk outside the station swamped with people all trying to get somewhere and they j

by the time i graduated from college that changed and all dupont circle has gentrified. i couldn't afford to live there mat is the impact of zoning? i have a ground floor flat i could afford to rent to a family. they go to the merch school or -- they could live downstairs in a one-bedroom with a big living room, dining room, kitchen, a beautiful garden, but i can't do it because of zoning. i would like to do that and encourage my neighbors to do that instead of building this god awful, pardon me my french, homeless shelter with cubicles for people to live in without access to food and jobs. they can go to giant. they have to schlep their kids across town. the amount eye money they could buy and help people in this neighborhood and other neighborhoods to redo their basements to provide inclusive housing and get people on the right track to independence instead of continuing slavery by putting people in boxes in the police parking lot. >> all right. let me -- i'm going to talk about -- let me talk about zoning more generally. the term i'll use is exclusionary zoning, zonin

. >>> hey, there's new kind of luxury living come to dupont circles. news4 got a look inside.his is in the old paterson mansion, remade into studio apartments, 350 to 600 square feet. they're small, but it also includes a residence dining room, ballroom, and full bar and library. continental breakfast every day, all utilities, cable, internet, and the apartment comes fully furnished. >> oh. >> that's a good one. >> uh-huh. >> prices range from $2800 a month to $9,000. >> whoa. >> they're also focused on social connections. for $9,000, i d't want thaton [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> steve: from studio 6b in rockefeller center in the heart of new york city, it's "the tonight show starring jimmy fallon." tonight, join jimmy and his guests -- alex rodriguez, nick kroll, musical guest ,

first here at medical center and later at dupont circle and once more at cleveland park. now metro knows it's in deep water in more ways than one. >> the latest metro mess is all commuters could talk about. lamata also took to twitter. it blames water leaking into tunnels. that interferes with the third rail, causing a big problem. >> models were not mined to be water proof. better newer methods were not used. the red line is the oldest. 9 miles of track keep flooding. the problem is 2004 report. the u.s. geological survey found cracks in the ground. that lets water seep in. workers keep patching and making gutters, but sometimes like this time it's just not enough. >> they issued a rare apology for this. blaming rain overnight. topper counted a tenth of an inch. but they say it was the speed in which it came down. pete montine. wusa 9. >> virginia's attorney general asked for and got time to appeal a court ruling that took many of us by surprise. last month a federal judge said malvo is entitled to a court review of his lifelong prison sentence. it was the fact he was 17

evolved into a vigil where we could expect more than 2,000 people to cram into the park here at dupont circle. the first question of our interview was simple. what has changed in the past year after 49 people were murdered? >> i see an incredible amount of progress. out of tragedy has come triumph in a lot of different ways. >> reporter: jason lindsey is a veteran of the iraq war, with a new mission here at home. keeping the subject of gun violence at the forefront of the conversation. remembering those we lost one year ago. >> seeing the strength of so many of these people. especially in such a divisive, political environment, how people can really come together. >> reporter: in terms of what's changed from a year ago, lindsey tells us, there's a growing conversation on the local level about whether gun laws should change, while gridlock continues at the national level. permanently etched in my mind. her cousin went out to dance with his partner that night. he came to america from puerto rico to pursue a knew life. pursue the american dream. that dream was robbed of him. >> as for what he wa

more are expected this vigil was held last night at dupont circle.people who gathered are convinced this was not a hate crime. right now, fairfax county police call it a case of road rage. investigators say the suspect argued with the person nabra was walking with near her mask. the i ma'am helped her father express himself last night. >> he is saying he wants to have the community to express love always to one another, regardless of religion, ethnicity or race. >> online petition gaining steam since her death. calling or authorities to investigate the death as a hate crime. that petition has already gained more than 11,000 signatures. >>> later today, we are expecting to find out what the united states will do about otto warmbier's death. he was visiting north korea when he was arrested and detained for a year and a

this vigil was held last night at dupont circle. not all people who gathered are convinced this was not a hate crime. right now, fairfax county police call it a case of road rage. investigators say the suspect argued with the person nabra was walking with near her mask. the i ma'am helped her father express himself last night. >> he is saying he wants to have the community to express love always to one another, regardless of religion, ethnicity or race. >> online petition gaining steam since her death. calling or authorities to investigate the death as a hate crime. that petition has already gained more than 11,000 signatures. >>> later today, we are expecting to find out what the united states will do about otto warmbier's death. he was visiting north korea when he was arrested and detained for a year and a officials from the white house are going to be meeting with chinese leaders later today, they will talk about adding pressure on pyongyang. >>> angie goff has more on what happened to warmbier. >> reporter: what we have is news

. >>> and there was anger during the vigil washington, hundreds filled dupont circle. they insist muslims, especially black muslim women are being targeted. fairfax police must call it a hate crime. >> we are not going to let nabra's story go away. we are not going to let fairfax police tell us this is a case of road rage. >> reporter: this is organized by the women's initiative of self-empowerment, better noern as wise. -- known as wise. crimes against women are up 68%. they work their way through this investigation, more evidence could in turn lead to more charges, including ones related to hate crimes. >>> two of the five people injured when a shooter opened fire at a ball field in alexandria are still in the hospital tonight. majority whip congressman steve scalise still in good condition, he is awake and talking loved ones after another surgery over the weekend. lobbyist matt mika also had surgery. he is expected to have a full recovery. >> the words play ball never sounded so sweet and neither did the national anthem. . [music] >> stadium back to being a field of

that included a large group that gathered at dupont circle l tonight. they say even though h her death is not being investigated by a hate crime, bias fear directed at muslims makes them targets across the country. other vigils are planned across the week. we posted all the vij i locations and times on our website at fox5dc.com. >> developing tonight several streets remain closed in baltimore after an underground steam pipe explosion blew a huge hole in a downtown baltimore street just blocks away from camden yards. it happened around 6 p.m. as crowds were walking to the ballpark for an orioles game. five people were hurt. we are told they're going to be okay. the explosion covered cars with dust and debris. >> tomorrow marks one week since a gunman ambushed a congressional baseball practice in alexandria and shot four people, including house majority whip steve scalise. as the victims recover, ball field officially reopened. fox5's teisha lewis was there. she joins us live tonight from alexandria with this grand re opening. teisha. >>reporter: and shaw

many of them are taking place including in our area in dupont circle. other vigils are scheduled next week, including one in lake plaza in reston, virginia. we posted all of these different vigils locations on our website. >> we're following developing news in belgium. someone has been shot after explosion in brussels. a bomb squad performed a control explosion of a bomb belt that the suspect had central station photos posted on social media showed a small fire in the station. it is unclear right now if the suspect survived. it appears no one else was hurt. the damage was limited, a belgium federal prosecutor says it continues considers the explosion a filed terror attack. >> mike pence was among the people who parts participated in a blood drive on capital hill. patrick mack henry organized the event in honor of steve scalise a number of democrats also took part in today's blood drive. we're going to use this as an opportunity to race awareness, have the blood drive obviously and we all -- we're touched and moved by what happened last week to our frien

take a look as shomari mentioned they were first spotted at 5:00, dupont circle, then at 8:15, then, 15 minutes later on pennsylvania avenue southeast and 30 minutes later again at national harbor. now, we've reported on police response to these riders before, even though what they're doing is illegal, officers generally don't pursue them out of fear it could cause injury or worse. tonight, prince george's county police told us we are aware of this video and are investigating the incident in national harbor. the drivers' brazen and careless bevi roads and they need to understand it could lead to injury. >>> for the second time since friday police in our area are being accused to a heavy-handed response to crimes involving a young black man, one incident involved the metro station this morning and pepper spray. more on this story. >> reporter: well, the cell phone video we're going to show you begins as police attempt to cuff the man, but we do not know what happened immediately beforehand. >> hands behind your back. >> reporter: he was yelling as if he was in pain. >> and i felt like

dc's first wawa set to open in dupont circle by the end of this year. >>> like a colt following but they do have good the last time i ate were 30 years ago, regular sandwiches wrapped in plastic and nothing special >> maybe you should visit more than once every 30 years. >> there haven't been many around >> tony will do the ribbon cutting. >> maybe, >> it's good to see new businesses coming into town. that's wonderful. and i'll tell you what. we have just had the most spectacular day, a couple showers north of the city tonight. little disturbance up through pennsylvania and i think it just dip add little farther south, so nothing close by but mainly north of interstate 70, couple showers, meanwhile, what a delightful evening, a little change-up tomorrow, more of a mix of sun and clouds, and maybe temperatures that aren't even as warm is this, reagan national gotp we may be closer to 80 tomorrow. speaking of temperatures, 62 culpeper and manassas. 63 winchester, gaithersburg at 73. dulles 72. hre in the district 75, we're slower but all of these temperatures comfortable because the air re