elaine reyes is down on the mall with us. elaine, looks like the rain has stopped and they're getting ready for a party. >> it's getting a little steamy out here, aaron. but what do you think of names like josh groban, steve martin, matthew morris so from glee or mark from "dancing with the stars". they are all headlining a concert tomorrow night before the fireworks show on the west lawn of the capitol. if you want to miss the crowds tomorrow, you can come out today. they're going to be rehearsing starting later on this afternoon and this evening. so you can get a sneak peek of what's to come without the crowds. now, the finishes touches for tomorrow's capitol fourth are well under way. whether you're looking for a spot on the west lawn for that concert or on the national mall, you can expect checkpoints all over the place. and all bags to get checked and searched. these are just some of the security measures that you will see. but there are plenty of others that you won't. >> the greatest amount of security is that which you

news4's elaine reyes is live at sandy point with a warning for, of course, all parents. elaine?> reporter: that little boy is only 5 or 6 years old, and authorities are reminding people to never swim alone. now, there are lifeguards here at the beach, but this happened in a section that wasn't guarded. and we're also being told that this young boy was only found in four feet of water. at sandy point state park, the sights and sounds of summer are everywhere. on this july 4th holiday, there's also tragedy. >> there was some people with some earphones, headphones, like scanning the water and everything. they had mentioned that someone had drowned this morning, the paramedics. so i made sure that we were all out here watching the kids. >> reporter: a young boy went missing in the water as the day began. park workers sprang into action. >> they formed a human chain in the water, which allows a large number of people to search a very large area very rapidly. and that's how the child was located. >> reporter: when the incident happened around 8:00 this morning, authorities estimate th

reporting from sandy point park, elaine reyes, news4. >>> authorities say the boy was found in waterbout four feet deep. they have not released his name. >>> montgomery county fire officials have released the name of a bicyclist who was killed in that storm yesterday. the biker has been identified as 56-year-old neil rich. he was riding along the towpath last night when high winds and heavy rains knocked down several trees. one of them fell on top of rich he was pronounced dead at the scene. >>> following the storms last night, dominion power working to restore electricity to more than 3,000 customers in northern virginia. strong winds and rain brought down trees and power lines all over that area. run one of the areas hardest hit was arlington. residents today are starting the effort to clean up. >> we have some damage on the roof, a hole in the roof in the back of the house. we got leakage in the master bedroom. >> we had a branch probably, several of them, this big come out of our trees. it just was whooshing around last night. >> reporter: dominion power said it expects to have a

. >> elaine reyes, thanks. >>> senators cut short their 4th of july break in hopes of keeping the country from falling into an unprecedented default on the national debt. lawmakers are back on the hill tonight. still no signs of a compromise between republicans and democrats. brian mooar has our report. >>> president obama is summoning congressional leaders back to the white house on thursday to hammer out a deal on the debt crisis before it's too late. >> we've made progress, and i believe that greater progress is within sight but i don't want to fool anybody. we still have to work through some real differences. >> he says he's open to compromise but not what's been called a mini-deal. we need to take on spending in domestic programs, defense programs, entitlement programs, and we need to take on spending in the tax code. >> with time and the nation's credit limit running out, democrats are predicting the economy could unravel if the fight isn't resolved soon? >> defaulting on our debt would risk millions of american jobs. it could halt tax refunds, social security checks, medicare payme