erica gonzalez is live in dallas. darcie spencer spoke to people honoring fallen officers here at home. and black lives matter protesters march through city streets. >> 48 hours after the deadliest attack on law enforcement in this country since 9/11. dallas police dealt with another major scare. the anonymous threat that hit a city that continued to grieve. >> in dallas saturday night, more tense moments. dallas police say they received an anonymous threat against their officers, then spotted what they called garage near police headquarters. officers sprang into action. after a chaotic two hour search, police say they didn't find anyone. it happened just yards from where well wishers have created a memorial to the five police officers. all day saturday, they brought cards, kangd els and flowers. >> police officers always keep us safe in the community. we have to give thanks. >> invest gators have the tough task of investigating the deaths of their own co-workers, friends, family. doing it on no sleep, little food and

>>> i'm erica gonzalez in dallas. i'll tell you the questions coming up. >>> a rally for peace on pennsylvania avenue. hoping it will resonate up the street there. we'll have details coming up on news4. >>> and an update to the breaking news we first brought to you last night. authorities pull a car from the potomac after a crash killed two people inside. >> news4 at 6:00 starts now. >> we have team coverage tonight on the latest developments on the tragedy in dallas and the rally for peace and justice here in our area and the violent clash breaking out across country. it's going to be another tough week in dallas. the community is preparing for the funerals of the five fallen police officers killed in the ambush. president obama will be in dallas on tuesday where he'll speak at a memorial service. in dallas at a church service this morning, the girlfriend of the african-american man shot by the minneapolis police officer during a traffic stop called in to address the congregation. diamond reynolds said she could inst

erica gonzalez is l location for tonight's vigil with more now. erica? >> good morning.e was nearly home. he was talking on the phone with his girlfriend moments before he was jumped and shot in the back. tonight, a vigil for him right here in the bloomingdale neighborhood. right behind me, all these road closure signs are because of the work in the area to try to fix blooming dale's flooding issues. there is concern that may be leading to more robberies in this area. we now learned that d.c. water is doing everything they can to enhance the security in this area. and i just tweeted a phone number. you have a free ride service, a 24-hour hotline if you need to get some place and feeling unsure about your surroundings in the bloomingdale neighborhood. hillary clinton weighing in on the matter. >> just this past sunday, a young man, seth rich, who works for the democratic national committee to expand voting rights was shot and killed in his neighborhood in washington. surely we can agree that weapons of war have no place on the streets of america. >> it could make for a ve

news 4's erica gonzalez is live on the scene now of tonight's vigil.od morning. >> i'm standing where that vigil will be taking place. i'm on first street in northwest tachlt i a look behind me, my photograph pushes into that scene there. that's where can you take a real good glimpse at the bloomingdale flood relief area. so all of the construction that is going on here, everybody knows bloomingdale is one of the areas where whenever it rains, we have huge flooding concerns here. well, now residents are wonldering if because of the construction there may be some added safety concerns in this area. safety concerns, maybe thieves are taking advantagest areas. seth rich was nearly home much he was talking to his girlfriend on the phone moments before he was jumped, shot in the back. tonight as bhengsed, a vigil right here in the bloomingdale neighborhood in his memory. we now learned that d.c. water is going to step up their efforts to enhance securit i this area. if you need to get some place and feeling unsure about the neighborhood, there is a free bus

news 4's erica gonzalez went to texas and she talked to one pint-sized good samaritan trying to make difference. >> reporter: what was onc used to honor officers. somewhere beneath the cards and the flowers, dallas police cruisers. the week's deadly shootings have had an impact on everybody. >> you know how close that could have been to me. >> reporter: even the youngest members of the community are learning about loss. with a bucket nearly bigger than he is, 6-year-old charlie argo from burlington, texas has set out to help. with cookies, lemonade, and kool-aid, he's learning the value of a dollar for a greater cause. he told his mom whatever profit he made he'd donate. >> to help the families of the police. >> reporter: to charlie big cookies mean big bucks. and big hearts. >> 25 years as a volunteer fireman. thank you. >> reporter: working in the texas heat is hard work. >> i'm tired of standing. >> reporter: and doing good can charlie tell you. >> it's -- it takes forever. >> reporter: if you couldn't tell by his kool-aid mustache or the chocolate on his face, he's dipped into hi

. >> i'm erica gonzalez in for yung i can't think.affic as we begin this holiday week which chuck bell for an update. >> we're off to a mostly to yet. our picture here from national harbor shows a mostly cloudy sky today. for this morning, you are going to notice it's turning much more humid. by later this afternoon and into this evening, there will be a chance for thunderstorms coming through and we are under slight risk for severe weather today. keep an eye on to the sky. good news for your week, particularly saturday and sun, humidity will drop and the sunshine will return. tracking a few light rain showers down here, way south of us for now, at the rate they are going, if they are hold together long enough, they will be out to southern maryland at 8:00 this morning. our better rain chances coming in after 3:004:00 this afternoon. let's go to wtop's glass

reporter: this is the last known photo of the hot air balloon at sunrise on saturday, taken by erica gonzalez. >> to couldn't climb. they were stuck right above the tree line. >> reporter: moments later, the unthinkable. the the balloon bursting into flames and plunging to earth, killing pilot skip nichols and his 15 passengers. the ntsb says the balloon traveled eight miles before striking a high-powered transmission line. and investigators have found what may be the biggest help, a number of passenger electronics. >> and the fbi evidence response personal electronic devices, including cell phones, one ipad and three cameras. >> reporter: investigators say there was low cloud cover, about 500 feet. would you have flown with a 500-foot minimum on saturday? >> no. >> reporter: why not? >> because it doesn't give you room to get out of things that are in front of you. >> reporter: sports balloonists say the power lines, 170 feet tall, can be almost invisible from altitude. tonight,tr victims, including dr. mark and sunday rohan of san antonio. they were newlyweds. >> he and sunday were the cute

. >> news4's erica gonzalez went to one gathering and said this friday night looks a lot like a sundayning. sounds like it was packed. >> reporter: yeah, chris, people here in dallas tired of seeing the flashing lights, tired of hearing the gun shots. tonight they're looking for hope. ♪ anguish and unrest. ♪ a handful of dallas churches came together under one roof. >> i had two questions, where and when. ♪ >> reporter: looking at this sang rare, you'd think it were a sunday morning. but it's not. on a friday night in dallas, texas, people are here together. >> i think we need some type of closure and some type of answer and some type of direction as to what -- how to respond and how not to respond. >> the heaviness of hart satch rates the room and questions of why and when does it stop brought here. >> there's a hopelessness that has come over people in our communities, not just in dallas, nationally. >> reporter: in demonstration this week, hands up in the church tonight, hands up. people trying to counter balance all that they've seen on social media this week with something else, s

. >> i'm erica gonzalez, in for eun yang. what everybody wants to know.end? >> chuck bell is here with our weather headlines. >> good morning. welcome to friday, everybody and welcome to the month of july. partly cloudy sky out there this morning and your weather headlines, you are going to notice it. it's turning much more humid today. it's already a big there will be an opportunity for thunderstorm this afternoon into this evening. you may end up with a little bit of a rain delay to get your weekend started and there's another chance on monday the 4th itself. between there, saturday and sunday are looking great. nothing on storm team radar close by for now, nearest showers are near richmond. those afternoon storms i'm a little bit more concerned about. for now, it is traffic time. let's good to jack taylor at wtop. >> good morning. the crews have been working on the inner loop of the beltway, they just wrapped up, they ñ crews are still busy. they are working down at the kennedy center. traffic alternates by one direction at a time. and crews i-70, head

. >>> i'm erica gonzalez at the live desk. 11-year-old boy and his dad are among the dead in the nice, france, attack. lakeway is 25 minutes outside of the austin, texas, area. the state department confirming the deaths of two americans this morning. again, hearing a number of condolences on that hill country baseball club facebook page from all the people in that surrounding area. at the live desk, gonzalez. >>> it will be an emotional day in baton rouge today. alton sterling's funeral is today. he was shot and killed by police officers last week. that sparked protests around the country. those officers are now on administrative leave. >>> also today a funeral following the tragedy in dallas. one of the five police officers who was killed there by a sniper last week will be laid to rest. krol served with the dallas police department for nine years. he was 40 years old. >>> we told you that micah johnson was deployed in afghanistan. while serving overseas, he was accused of stealing a woman's underwear and he was dismissed. pe

erica gonzalez is live with the most. >> protests in minnesota right now after a black man was fatallyhot by a white police officer and the disturbing scene was uploaded to social media. we need to warn you this video is very graphic. he was shot during a traffic stop outside minneapolis last night. he was with a woman and a child in the car. that woman was apparently his girlfriend. and captured the entire incident on video in which she's heard telling the officer he had a license ton, carry and was reaching for the permanent and i.d. he had been asked for. the saint anthony police department said a handgun was recovered from the scene and that the on paid administrative leave. back to you. >>> new protests over the deadly police shooting of a black man in baton rouge, louisiana.=hfg 37-year-old alton sterling was killed tuesday. protesters gathered for peaceful protests for hours near where the shooting happened after a vigil there last night. >>> there is new avoid of the shooting. a warning to you it can be disturbing to watch. the video shows officers pinning him to the ground and

. >> what we see here is a photograph that was taken by erica gonzalez, passing by in her car and sheticed it was awfully low, just beyond the tree line and she snapped a photograph 18 minutes later is when the accident happened. this is what she had to say. >> as we were getting closer to it, we could see they weren't really moving. they were hovering in the same spot and the gondola was full of people and they weren't moving. as we got even closer you could see the flame turning on and off and on and off and we thought something has to be wrong. >> did it look like they were trying to climb? >> i don't know very much about hot air balloons. to me it just seemed they couldn't climb. they were stuck right above the tree line. >> the faa does not require a passenger manifest so the authorities are trying to determine everybody who was on board to notify the next of kin and there are no black boxes on a balloon so this is truly a forensic investigation. frances. >> so tragic. gary francis there in lockhart, texas. thank you. and that does it for me. i'm frances rivera. up next, joy reid

i am erica gonzalez.ished at 66 eastbound, and the tree limbs were blocking two, and now both travel lanes open and 95 getaway traffic in virginia, southbound delays near dale city headed towards humphreys. this is all getaway so far. >>> we will get a check of your forecast coming up next. stay with us. >>> nice quiet start to the day and could have a few showers in maryland over the next hour or two in the low to mid-70s in the metro area right now and temperatures in the mid and upper 80s with shower and thunderstorms chances creeping up after 3:00 or 4:00 this afternoon and the rain chance today, 60%. >>> we will get another news update in about 25 minutes. now back to "today." ♪ >>> it's 8:00 on "today." coming up, christmas in july. two of the nation's biggest retailers announce major discounts in a summer sales battle. how you can save big this holiday weekend. >>> plus, professor mcconaughey. the actor announcing he's headed back to school to teach a film making class. will he make the grade? ♪ th

. >>> maÑana en casa los protagonistas de eva la trailera lera seÑores edith gonzÁlez Érica de la rosagaste bien. >> claro que sÍ. te voy a extraÑar mucho, mi amor. [sonrÍen] ¡me voy, se me hace tarde! >> ¡cuÍdate! [♪] >>¿y esto? ¡no puede ser!

ana patricia: feliz cumpleaÑos para erica, que cumple 22 aÑos. francisca: isabel gonzÁlezerto en una casa, al parecer luego de pegarse un tiro. botando vapor como chimeneas, cada vez son mÁs los adolescentes que se estÁn iniciando en el consumo de cigarrillos de vapor, ya que creen que no son nocivos para la salud. muchos optan por probarlos y se ven atraÍdos a fumar los tabacos tradicionales. lourdes del rÍo nos muestra lo que dicen los expertos. lourdes: el nÚmero de adolescentes que fuman cigarrillos tradicionales ha descendido en los Últimos aÑos. sin embargo, los cigarrillos electrÓnicos son cada vez mÁs populares entre los jÓvenes. >> muchos adolescentes piensan que no les va a hacer daÑo su salud. sin embargo, a los pocos meses o al aÑo hacen una transiciÓn al cigarrillo combustible. lourdes: esto se debe a que los cigarrillos electrÓnicos tambiÉn contienen nicotina. autoridades de salud reportan que los cigarrillos electrÓnicos fueron el producto de tabaco mÁs utilizado entre estudiantes de escuela primaria y secundaria. estiman unos dos millones de estudios. el do