was the most stable bond in fitzgerald's life. in the course of her long career she was showered with accolades like in paris in 1990. bridgewater met her there after an awards ceremony. when i went to the u.s. embassy i mean there were some in about 200 people there were at the embassy and there was a big spread and of course champagne and all kinds of drinks and all of these people were talking in this room and there was no ella fitzgerald little bit whereas. i went over and i sit down with her and i said miss fitzgerald and she's d.d. on the ellen saying. why why are you here you know this reception is for you and she said to me something that i have never forgotten she said a few things on that occasion. and she said you know didi i hate these kinds of behaviors i hate perceptions i hate those meeting in crete and she said because people just come to those things so they can get together interested in me you see no one has missed me you're the 1st person to come and look for. the other thing that ella told me was she said i ho

megan fitzgerald, news 4. >> so there is a goodhance you are covered by your auto policy. according to the insurance information institute, nearlyur fout of five drivers purchase that comprehensive coverage as part of their coverage packages. herential rain like we s this week is becoming far more common. and our changing climate is partly to blame for that. as temperatures get warmer, the atmosphere can hold and release more moisture. that leads to heavier downpours. not just here, but all across the country. pat lawson muse explains why th trend isnly expected to get worse. >> rep an essentiall part of the world's ather system. but a lot of rain in a short amount of time can overwhelm storm drains, leading to accidentad on the ro damaging homes and infrastructure. a new study in the journal water resources research shows heavy downpours are on the se. it a trend we've witnessed over the last three to five decades when global warming arted tointensify. >> the earth goes through warming and cooling processes and what we're seeing right now is that humans are reallynt cobut

meagan fitzgerald, news 4. >>> we reached out to the company that owns the building. when they say the air-conditioning did go out this aek last week but they say they called crews in right away to fix the problem. a spokespersonwent on to say when they receive complaints from the tenants they work quickly to address the problems. >>> when we come back after a break making progress, we have a status update on quarterback alex smith after that horrific leg injury he suffered last season. >>> plus, where you live matters when it comes to towing laws. the news 4 i-team explains why one northern virginia neighborhood is all fired up about a recent tow incident. but the county says it was perfectly legal. with this one little nexgard chew comes the confidence, you're doing what's right, to protect your dog for a full month.cks it's the #1 vet recommended protection. ieand it's safe for pupps. nexgard. what one little chew can do. >>> we all remember that horrific leg injury suffered by redskins quarterback alex smith >> we all remember that horrific leg injury suffered by

meagan fitzgerald, news4. >> there is a good chance you are covered by your auto policy. nearly four out of fiveiv drs purchase that comprehensive coverage as part of their insurance package. >>> rain like we have seen this week is more common. our temperature change is partly to blame for tha t as temperatures get warmer the atmosphere can hold and release more moisture. that leads to heavier downpours across the country. pat lawson explains why that trend is only expected to get worse. >> reporter: rain is an essential part of the world's weather system. but a lot of rain in a short amount of time can overwhelm oorm drains leading t accidents on the road, damaging homes and infrastructure. a new sty in the journal water resources research shows heavy downpours are on the rise. it is a trend we have witnessed over the last three to five decades when global warming started to intensify. >> the earth goes through warming and cooling processes. what we are seeing right now is it is contributing to the amou of greenhouse gases we are putting in the atmosphere. like carbon di

scott fitzgerald's masterpiece.age, one of its characters, tom buchanan talks about a fine book titled "the rise of the colored empyres." >> have you read "the rise of the colored empires"? everybody ought to read it. >> the idea, tom explains, if we don't look out, the white race will be utterly submerged. >> the idea is that it's up to us, the dominant race to watch out or these other races -- >> it's all scientific stuff. it's been proved, he says. fitzgerald might not have been endorsing these sentiments, the character who mouths them, tom buchanan, is one of the least admirable characters in the book, representing a certain kind of unthinking, vulgar rich man. and yet in 1921, just a few years before he wrote "the great gatsby," fitzgerald wrote a letter to a critic explaining his own views. the negroids sneak through. raise the bars of immigration and permit only scandinavians, anglo-saxons and celts to enter. fitzgerald seems aware his views were not politically correct. he adds in the letter, my rea reaction

megan fitzgerald, news4. >> we are working for yointhis morng to keep your kid safe whilebiking. a recent investigation by consumer reports says potentially unsafe helmets are widely available online. some helmets purchased online were missing an iortant and required safety label which means they may not meet safety standard. official say there should always be ahe labor on tnside to show the helmet has been test and meets safety standard set by the consumer product safety commission. >>> we are working for your health now with a warning about a nasty polasite in the po that could make your kid sick. it's called crypto and is chlorine tolt. it can cause day real estate that lasts for weeks. outbreak have been on rise over the past ten years. >>> a warning for pregnant women. the food you eat during pregnancy yay increaseur child's risk for autism. researchers ten university of central florida found high levels of a chemical typically found inse procesfood can taeck attack the fetal brain and change the development of a child. >>> researchers from johns hopkins research found peop

fitzgerald seems aware his views were not politically correct.the letter, my reactions were anti-socialist, provincial and racially snobbish. he persisted in his view of racial hierarchy. we are as far above the modern frenchman as he is above the negro. the reason i begin with this literary reference is to remind us all how deeply embedded is the idea of racial hierarchy in western civilization. in fact, in some ways it's in the dna of the modern west because from the 16th and 17th centuries, as europe grew richer and stronger, it began to assume that its material success must be a result of its superiority, religious or ethnic or racial. this view built on centuries of western success has taken deep root and not just among whites. people across asia and africa prefer light skin to dark. >> i realize an obstacle was my skin. >> spent billions of dollars on creams to make them whiter. >> in the black community in the united states, there's a preference for lighter skin. ironically, this all persists despite the fact that we're now living this an

permit only scandinavians to enter fitzgerald seems aware his views were not politically correct. in the letter, my reactions were anti-socialist, provincial and racially snobbish. he persisted in his view of racial hierarchy. we are as far above the modern frenchman as he is above the negro. the reason i begin with this literary reference is to remind us all how deeply embedded is the idea of racial hierarchy in western civilization. in fact, in some ways it's in the dna of the modern west because from the 16th and 17th centuries, as europe grew richer and stronger, it began to assume that its material success must be a result of its superiority, religious or ethnic or racial. this view built on centuries of western success has taken deep root and not just among whites. people across asia and africa prefer light skin to dark. >> i realize an obstacle was my skin. >> spent billions of dollars on creams to make them whiter. >> in the black community in the united states, there's a preference for lighter skin. ironically, this all persists despite the fact that we're now living this

scott fitzgerald's masterpiece.ts characters, tom buchanan, talks about a fine book "the rise of the coloured empires." ha the idea, tom explains, is if we don't look out, the white race will be utterly submerged. >> the idea it's up to us, the dominant race, to watch out for these other races. >> it's all scientific stuff. it's been proved, he says. fitzgerald might not have been endorsing these sentiments. the character who mouths them, tom buchanan, is one of the least admirable ones in the book, representing a certain kind of unthinking, vulgarer, rich man. yet, in 1921, just a few years before he wrote "the great gatsby," fir gatsby," fitzgerald wrote a letter explaining his own views. raise the bars of immigration and permit only scandinavians, an saxons and celts to enter. he adds in the letter, my reactions are all anti-socialisanti-socialist -- but he persisted in his view of racial hierarchy. we are far above the modern frenchman as he is above the negro. the reason i begin with this literary reference is

. >> the boys are now speaking for the first time only with news 4's meagan fitzgerald. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: there's nothing average about ranal and his brother any more. he was once a teenager like his iends, with big dreams. >> i smile through the day. >>> famous as a writer or rapper, a famous rapper. >> reporter: but on may 4th,is life changed forever. >> i was standing on the fence and i heard someshots, some shots ring out. >> reporter: he was shot. the bullet striking his spine. he spent weeks in the hosphoal ng for a full recovery, but it was his mother ebony who told him the prognosis. >> she told me, you'll be all rinht, but you're gog to be paralyzed. i said, i'll stillliv right? she said yeah. i said that's the only thing that mattered. >> reporter: he understood how precious life was. three months earlier on brother was ay his shot steps away from thr home near kennel worth avenue in northeast. >> when he was shot, i was running. then i pushed him out of the way. >> at2 years old, he said he saved a girl's life while almost losing his own. now he's too scared to go

"news4 today" megan fitzgerald is live where that newco erence will happen. >> reporter: it's been a dangerous week in d.c. we are talking about 93 murders so far this year. we saw 8 of them just within the past week. the latest shooting happening last night just in front of the brentwood recreational center. three men were shot there but we are told they are expected to survive. we to give you a look what this senseless violence is doing. this is 11-year-old karon brown who was shot steps away from his elementarychool on wednesday. he was in a car at a gas station on naylor road and shots were fired and striking that kid. his 12-year-old brother was with him but unharmed. the suspect in this particular case is 29-year-old tony antoine mclamb who was arrested days later. this morning, at 11:30, d.c. mayor muriel bowser along with the police chief peter newsome will be here to explainic to th puow they can work with police to try to stop this violence. back to you. >> meagan fitzgerald, thank you. >>> today, the public will have a chance to pay final respect to the late supreme court

ws 4.porter: meagan fitzgerald, >>> two years ago when millions of people in the u.s.witnessed a solar eclipse, remember that, today millions in south america were able to see that rare celestial event, check itout. this was one of the best views from chile where the lack of humidit and city lights created some of the world' clearest skies. the totalto eclipse place a little after 4:30hi t afternoon or yesterday afternoon lasted dbout two and a half minutes. astron mists sai the region had not seen an eclipse since the year 1592. amazing. >> how about that. >>> check this out. some extra pool time for penguins and seals in serbia. i love penguins. >> i knew this about you. >> i'm big on penguins. >> i think it's becse they're wearing a tuxedo. >> the zoo getting ready for a heat wavepo the ol is kept at a refreshing 68 degrees. expecting temperaturr to soa over 100. this is the same heat wave that hit europe the past fewweeks. >> we talked about the polar bears. the penguins need to stay cool, too. >> absolutely. they're not used to dealing wit that over there. that's

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reporting ini] prince georges ounty, meagan fitzgerald,lp news4. >> what a scene back there,e1 thanktate police issued an he was xtreme danger. they say thexde1 toddler waslp kidnapped wednesday afternoon in warren county, just before noon yesterday. someone returned him to his home unharmed. searching for this man who they belve kidnapped the toddler. >>> new this morning, the fourth of july holiday took aok dangers turn in chicago, while people were enjoying their xdfirewos. axd stabbing and shooting scare sent people on ac stampede, injuring more than a dozen. thisvideo from someone in the thick a&u ijdws sho the immediah afterma. officials say three people were stabbed just after the fireworks show began. all three vicms are listed in serious to critical condition. after that incident, at least 16 people we hurtç?$r' aw3xd stamp. they are expected to be okay. police saye1 someone th-m!q the had been a i]shooting. >>> and back herexd at home, wee learningbout a second case of someone throwing a t(firework aa police officer. on thursdayor prince gees county police say a teenagerxd

. >> "news4 today megan fitzgerald possess to tspoke to and has more on howe police figured out this was fake. >> on sunday morning, before 5:00 a.m., leonard pitts temporarily became a murder spect. pitts was sleeping when his phone rang. it was bowie police calling after a 911 aller contacted them after a crime happened in pitts' home. >> the caller on the line stated that he had murdered his wife and that eicient going to shoot the police when they arrived on scene. >> reporter: the caller gave pillts' address so police cad asking him to come outside. putting him in handcuffs before ghgetting his granddauter, daughter, and wife marilyn out of the house. bowie police chief john nestsky said it took minutes for them to a prank from the random caller. while the pitts are shaken up, they are grateful how police handled what could have been a dangerous situation. megan fitzgerald, news4. >> that ise a tible situation for that family. >> we are working for you this morning to keep your kids safe while biking. a recent investigation by consumer reports sa potentially unsafe helmets are w

i'm meagan fitzgerald. we are in store for a beautiful day ahead.nd you know what i ay, we deserve it. you remember last week, it was so oppressive hot, you couldn't go outside. sweating everywhere. face melting off. maybe that was just me. >> it was all of us. yesterday was gorgeous. the day before was gorgeous. i was off the last two days. it's been absolutely fantastic . weathe it's been a littlehot but it hasn't been that bad. from the live city camera, you can see the beautiful orange hues out there right now. it's a perfe sunrise. before the sun came up, it's on mynstagram page and all my social media, facebook and twitter, all of that. it's a beautiful sunrise, coming up about five minutes after 6:0 72 is our temperature right now. it's comfortable too. you walk outside and you're not hit with the humidity in the face. very comfortable conditions. might need a light jacket in the shenandoah valley. we have plenty of sunshine, could have an isolated chance of a shower or thunderstorm pping up later this afternoon. same deal heading into tomorr

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megan fitzgerald, news4. >> we are working for you this morning to keep your kids safe while biking. a recent investigation by consumer reports says al potentily unsafe helmets are widely available online. some helmets purchaseonline were missing an important and required safety label which means they may not meet safy standards. officials say there should always be a labor on the inside to show the helmet has been test and meets safety stane rd set by thnsumer product safety commission. >>> we are working for your health now with a warning about nasty parasite in the pool that could make your kid sickcr it's called to and is chlorine tolerant. people can get stick after swallowing contaminated pool water. it can caus diarrhea that lasts for weeks. outbreaks ha been on rise over the past ten years. >>> high winds blew a trampoline down the oreet. lok at this video out of north dakota. the trampoline raced down thcr street and ted spark as it moved. nobody was injured. reportsne window was broken. the national weather service said there wereind gusts more than 80 miles an hour at the

. >>> good morning to you, i'm meagan fitzgerald. thanks for joining us on this hot, hot saturday morning, temperatures only going up from here. that is why we're in weather lert mode this morning. another dangerously hot day is on tap.he foratest we'll check in with lauryn ricketts. it's like ablanket. >> it's that heat blanket covering you out there right now. even as we headed into the early torning hours you can s haze out there. sun coming up, just about two minutes ago. see if we canet that sun for you. but again it is a hazy day out there already. of course you see ouranners are red for weather alert. take a look, these are the temperatures right now at 6:00 a.m. on your saturdaymorning. in the 70s right now in d.c., coming in at 81 degrees. but let's go ahead and factor in that humidity. it feels like 86 out there. and last hour it felt like 88. it's come down a little bit, improvement, improvement, people. temperatures right now, again, are on the warm side. and so it feels pretty hot wen you head out there. that's why we ha

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news 4's meagan fitzgerald was there. meagan what, did he have to say? >> reporter: pat and leon, first i have to say that the judge and even his attorney was trying to stop the 17-year-old from speaking, warning him about his rights to remain silent and reminng name there's a courtroom full of prosecutors but he decided to speak anyway, telling the judge that his father was controlling his mind, and he says because of that he decided to kill him. reporter: the teen's mother seen here walking out of court in the long tan skirt moments after hearing h son confess to killing his father but shortly he spoke his mother decided to address the court telling the judge her son lived withis ather the last few years in bowie and that's when she noticed behavioral changes. she encouraged hisfather to be evaluated. the suspect's mother says the teen wasas evaluated week and one day later he was arrested for stabbing his father to death inside his suv. investigators say that vehicle thenollided into a fence in allen pond park before the teen dragged his father's body

the crash happened overnight and we are joined by megan fitzgerald. >> the call came in after 2:00 this morning. three vehicles invoed in a crash on powder mill road. you can see how bad after crash we are talking about. want to draw y attention to that blue car right there. it certainly appears as though the roof of the car was cut off. it's just on the ground just next to it. we know two people were extracted fm a vehicle. a total of seven people were injured, rushed to the hospital. one person experiencing life-threatening injury. we talk are three cars so show e you over this is the third vehicle that was involved in thisrash that happened just after 2:00 this morning. a total of seven people rushed to the hospital. one person has life threaten jurs. police stress this is a still active and otioing investion and unclear what contributed to the trash and the things they will sort out as they continue this investigation. the latest out here. throw it over to jack taylor with a first look atou y traffic. >> thank you. we can see in your live shot traffic detouring at beltsville drive o

eag fitzgerald. thank you for joining us. >> i'm corym sh. aibeautiful nny.mynlkntoha doesn't to humidithrghout the talk u the t rquickmpact us you seesome of, heavier band rain osh really jus through theo gulf of mexicand it's just to the west of new orleans. so a lot of that train of moisture ntinues to roll in there. it has weakened significantly, still a tropical storm. this is going to continue to push in louisiana. likely bn a tropical depressio later on, but still they are worried about the threat of heavy rains. back closer to home we hav no rain. we barely have any cuds out there. ou's a beautiful morning right in thegh 75 it's going to let'about it comi >>> we are staying on top of tropical stm barry this morning. it is dumping rain and threatening communities in floda to alabama. >> as nbc's jay gray explains, louisiana is taking the h strongest punc right now. >> reporter: barry announcing wits arrivalth gusting winds, rain, and places like mandeville, louisian a violent storm surge. es this is lake pontchartrain. >> reporter: wav

"news4 today" megan fitzgerald explains how it will work and w is behind the proposal. >> two d.c. high school students robbed of their chan to live their dreams. both boys murdered in may of 2018 in two different crimes shortly after leaving school. >> it's terrible! yes, absolutely terrible. >> reporter: yest d.c. councilman introduced legislation a different approach the city can take to proteent young stud. >> right now, they are afraid to go to school and that is just is not acceptable. >> reporter: grasso is spnsoring an that would bring city agencies together to figure out ways of effectively making sure students get to and from school safely. >> there are adults that are hired be on the street with the students as they are going to and from school and that's one area i think we could see a lot of improvement. >> reporter: he is proposing a free shuttle service at metro stations tt would take students to and from school. it's legislation that grasso says will cost millions of dollars to implement, but he says if it saves lives, it's worth every dolr. >> we are talking in the

meagan fitzgerald is looking alsot a tractor-trailer on the outer loop. right? >> reporter: exactly right. before t:00 this morningt a vehicle was involved in a single-vehicle crash and coming in to our newsroom, we are learning that person haspassed away. if you take a look behind me here you're looking at the aftermath of that crash. traffic very slow moving on the outer loop of the westbound side before the university exit. i want to get to chopper 4 to give you a better look at what we are seeing out here. slow moving traffic for the last 45 m or so. this is actually an improvement from what we saw earlier this morning when traffic was at a standstill. maryland state police were out here for hours investigating that single-vehicle crash. they tell us that driver somehow lost control of their vehicle, slamming into the guardrail and then immediately, of cours being transported to the hospital. we know that person has lost their life. right now, 3 out of the 4 lanes that are open here on the beltway. if you g areng to be commuting this morning for work and goi

news 4's meagan fitzgerald has the latest. >> reporter: the call came in just after 2:00 this morning for three vehicles involved in a crash here on powder mill road in beltsville in prince george's county. i want to give you how bad of a ash we're talking. take a look at the blue car there. you'll notice th the roof was cut off. it's on the ground. a lot of debris from that vehicle scattered all over the roadway there. three vehicles involved in the crash. we know two people were extracted from a car. a total of seven people rushed to the hospital. if you turn over here, you'll see that this is the third vehic that was involved in this accident just after 2:00 this morning. the roadway, of course, shut down as investigators try and iece together the pieces and understand what happened out here. that is the very latest. reporting fromge prince geor county, meagan fitzgerald, news 4. >> we are learningutore abo the victims killed this week in deadly jetski crash in maryland. the husband and wife have a to connection the washington wizards. the team owner tweeting his condolences to the

news 4's meagan fitzgerald spoke with the writer and family and how police found out it was all fake. >> write about everything, l poitics, women's issues, gay rights, race. >> reporter: leonard pitts has on several awards as a columnist. >> pulitzer prize for commentary 2004. this is the citation. >> reporter: but if you ask his 3-year-old granddaughter maya, she will tell you he's an aw d-winning grandpa, too. >> you know how i know how to put my feet up. >> reporter: on sunday morning just before 5:00 he temporarily became a murder suspect. >> never been arrested, and technically wasn't arrested then and never had handcuffs on before either. p >> reporter:itts was sleeping when his phone rang. it was bowie police callinga afte9 is11 caller called them about a crime happening inside pitts' home. >> the caller on the line state that had he had murders his wife and that he was going to shoot the police when they arrived on the scene. >> the caller gave pitts' s addreso police called asking him to come outside. >> reporter: they brought me out to right about here, put my cell phone dow

marion fitzgerald speaking to me earlier.triggers fires in the region, this year they have been worsened by summer temperatures that are higher than average because of climate change. plumes of smoke from the fires can actually be seen from space. earlier i spoke to mark, the senior scientist at the copernicus atmosphere monitoring service and he told me about the link between the fires and climate change. it seems in the case of the fires we have been monitoring the last six weeks orso, been monitoring the last six weeks or so, there is definitely occurring because of the higher temperature is as you've said and we also run copernicus climate monitoring service and if we look at the climate anomalies but last month, temperature was much higher than average and things like the soil moisture and precipitation is much lower than average wet this means is thatis lower than average wet this means is that is much drier and warmer so when there is an ignition fires have been able to process and spread quite quickly and in the six w

. >> reporter: news 4's meagan fitzgerald is live at the scene with the very latest. meagan?t. police tell us the suspect is running along fifth street here. a bullet went into a window right here at the howard i univers hospital. it was inches away from striking a mother hol wb ba. hedi snghoing. h it so close to home, so just weird to say. >> reporter: it was an unsettling and scary way to start the week for neighbors who live along fifth street in northwest. >> i woke up, started working. my desk faces the howard ta hospi 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 suecspstdar te running away on fifth street right near the entrance of hoitard university's ho. one of the bullets striking a seindow. a nur would works in the ob-gyn office at the hospital sent us these pictures saying the bullet went throug the wall of her department just missing this woman who is sitting down with her newborn baby waiting for an appointment. i spoke with the new mother who says the bullet nearly missed her house.

a rollover truck with accident and injuries eastbound 80 at fitzgerald. the good news is that this is the opposite of the commute direction. the bad news is that it may be there for some time because it will take that amount of time to clean it up and get out of the way. if you are headed away from the richmond san rafael bridge you may need to give yourself extra time. >>> a surprising new discovery this morning that could help astronauts.>> it is not in outer space, but a glass of red wine. according to a new study published in the frontiers and physiology, a compound found in red wine could help astronauts resist the negative effects of reduced gravity. it is called an exit into accident and blueberries in the skin of grapes. researchers they could help prevent the muscle loss that commonly happens to asked nesting in space for six months or longer. >>> dozens of people have been killed in a massive fire that has determined to have been arson at an animation studio in japan. the latest from the scene as condolences continue to pour in from across the w

. >> news 4's meagan fitzgerald explains who rush to the aid of patients and who was nearly hit by the gunfire. meagan? >> 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 he

news4's megan fitzgerald has who on the push to save young >> these are the faces two of d.c. high school students who were murdered in two separate crimes shortlyv after lg school in may of 2018. yshon perry, he was 16 and an honor student at. kip d college preparatory. jalen wheeler, a freshman at ballou who loves football and his family. >> they're going to have to come up with security plan. >> ysterday at-large d.c. an councilmavid grasso introduced legislation and a different approach the city can take to try to protect young y'udents. >> right now the afraid to go to school and that's not acceptable. our tenant rates are down, anxiety rates are up. >> grasso is sponsoringhe safe passage act. he says it would bring city agencies together to figure out ways of making sure students get to and from school safely. >> there are adults that are hireheto be on ttreet with students as they're going to and from school. that's one area where i think we can se a lot of improvement. >> he's alsoee proposing a fr shuttle service at metro stations that would take students to and from

meagan fitzgerald, news 4. >> trying to resell that after that. >> yikes. >> after that unbelievable rain, nothing but sunshine today. >> but we could have more severe storms later this wem. >> i'oing to be tracking those on thursday. it's not going to be nearly the flood threat that we saw yesterday, but we are talking ot the ptial there for some pretty strong win b so we'lle watching that very closely. thursday could actually be a weather alert day, but nothing like that today. whth a difference day makes. yesterday all rain early and today all sunshine all day. temperature-wise out there right now, we're sitting nice and warm. temperatures in the mid-80s. normally this time of the year we're around 89 and right now sitting at 84 degrees. 78, a gorgeous night there as well. take a look at the next couple of days, staying d and comfortable for tomorrow, but then possible severe storms for thursday. i'll break that down for you, and i'mracking the tropics, yeah. we could have a tropical storm sr a hurricane over the next couple of day making its way on the land and in the u.s. see yo

meagan fitzgerald, news 4. >> i would go with don't salvage. there is a good chance you are covered by your auto policy. according to the iurance institute institute four out of five drivers purchased comprehensive coverage as part of their overall plan. wendy? >> and a local reminder, irginia's segregationist past destroyed by the rains. a portion of thesoalled segregation wall in arlington collapsed in the high water that. wall was constructed in the 1930s separating the white waycroft woodlawn neighborhood from the black halls hill neighborhood. arlington took down most of that wall for development in the '60s, but, a portion remained ue and a plaq educated people about its history. >> fairfax county working to repairam ded roads today. chopper 4 shows you the damage on prosperity avenue at morningside dry.ok lo at these big deep cracks. this road near the creek bridge s.s huge cracks because of yesterday's ra the road is shut down while crews work to repair it. we'll have an update on ow long the repairs could take. that's coming up at 5:30

. >> news 4's meagan fitzgerald talked with the woman who put the flag up in the first place. >> you know, d.c. is normally a place that is very inclosive. >> d.c. is an inclusive city and betty rhodes says her neighborhood here isn't any different. >> we flew the flag for june even though it's july now. hadn't taken it down yet just to recognize pride month. >> reporter: and when she came home this morning and saw her flag on the ground she didn't think twice until she saw her security camera footage. >> it feels so devastating when sone takes aty pret passive thing and turns it into an act of violence. >> she's talking about this. a man walking on to her yard, tearing down her pride flag and slamming it up against her gate while hurling antugay sl. >> he just like ripped it completely off. >> reprter: she showed the broken pole that she found lying on the groundhe when s returned home this morning. >> to hear him being so disgusted and have such violent verbal reaction to a flag was really discouraging. >> she said she and her husband were flying the flag that showed support for pr

megan fitzgerald, news4. o >> we reach to the company that owns the building and they said the air conditioning in the builng did go out today and last week. theyewalled crs in right away blem.x the p >>> a spokesperson went on to saywhen they received complaints from the tenants, address quickly to their problems. as we continue to track the heat and the storms, you can stay one step ahead, download the nbc weshington app for live radar, forecasts and ather alerts for your area. breaking news, a house has just voted overwhelmingly to table a resolution tore impeach psident trump effectively killing it for now. this as he heads to north carolina for a re-election rally. the rally was initially scheduled for the night that former special counsel robert mueller was set to testify to congress. but that appearance has been ed postponntil next week. so the president is expected to focus considerable energy tonight on his ongoingwibattle four democratic congresswomen. craig boswell ison capitol hill to break it hi,

meagan fitzgerald, news 4. >> you see the last shot of the boy -- the child going down the stairs.ndicapped accessible, and we did reach out to the d.c. housing authori which tells us that their mother is at thetop of the waiting list to receive one as soon as available. also no one has been arrested in either child's shooting. >>> next on "news 4 at 6:00," computers, desks and showers. what ae're learningbout what ae're learningbout amazon'slans for p z3a5wz z16fz y3a5wy y16fy >>> hey, we are getting a first look now, an early one, at how amazon plans to into the neighborhood with its new hq2 in arlington county and so far it looks pretty good for walkers,c ts and public transit users. now the first proposed buildings are twin, 22-story towers. the metropolitan park on southeast street in pentagon ty. according to washington business journal, amazon expects about 64% of hq2 employees will use metro, rail, bus or walk to work. about 6% will bike and there will be 500bi long-term parking spaces. 58 showers, yeah, for all those bikers and 750 low, too, and as for public transit the t

. >> meagan fitzgerald reporting live. >>> a massive fire creates quite a stir across the region. take a look at this scene from chopper 4. this happened around 3:00 this afternoon. flames broke out here destroying a barn and a greenhouse on route 96. firefighters say th e weren't any chemicals or animals in thee barn, and were no ins ries. there'ill no word on the cause here but the thick blao smke could be seen for miles around. it even appeared on our storm team 4 radar. >> a man danding methadone killed a person and wounded a police sergeant before he was shot and killed by police. baltimore's police chief says the sergeant who was injured is5 ear veteran billy shiflic who isab in st condition before undergoing surgery. >>> the man who plowed h car during a white nationalist rally in charlottesville will spend the remainder of his life in prison. a judge upheld the jury's recommended sentence for james n field i the 2017 attack that killed heather heyer and injured several others. the judge called the video ofc hi driving into the crowd one with of the more chilling and distur

meagan fitzgerald, news 4. >> now to a story ported first here on news 4. two d.c. firefighters are charged with assaulting three d.c. police officers in an altercation at a local pizza shot. court recds show firefighters courtney barnes and kimberly gorhamwere off duty when that cronnor confrontation happened on connecticut avenue at 3:30 sunday morning. one of them t reportedly sa the officer that i hope you take a bullet to the head because i'm not going to revive you. on paid fighters are leave right no >> local senators are protesting plans to move another major federal office across the country and out of washington. that could potentially force local workers out of a job. as scott macfarlane reports, there's growing concerns about growing plans to relocate federal agencies. scott? >> reporter: last night onashis broadcwe told you the u.s. interior department has plans to move a federal land agency from m street in southeast d.c. to colorado with dozens of locke rall jobs at stake. virginia's senators are asking the u.s. department of agriculture to move the u

meagan fitzgerald, news 4. >> makiyah'sas familyet up a foundation in her honor. can you find a link to learn more about it in our nbc washington app. just go to oe s and search owkiyah wilson. >>> right two dozen protesters have shut down the entrance to i.c.e. headquarters in downtown d.c. t >> reporter:he group is calling on speaker nancy pelosi and all elected officials to find a comprehensive solution to the immigration crisis that doesn't include deporting people. protests were organized by never again who are equating what's b happening on tder to encampment centers for yous. >> i'm here never again as a jew. never again means never again for anyone. >> so far no one has been arrested. >>> the unitedations is the latest organization to denounce the new trump administration asylum regulations. yesterday the administration unveile a new rule to stop almost all immigrants from applying for asylum at the southern border. this interim final rule is expeckseding to into effect today shifting asylum cl ims from mexico and guatemala instead of the united states. th

. >> megan fitzgerald, news4. >>> new orleans is cleaning up after a storm caused this mess yesterday the french quarter was filled with fod water the trouble came quickly. many tourists said they became stranded at shops and reitaurants they were visg and unable to get back to their hotels. public transportation had to . shut do >>> that may be just the beginning for the gulf region. a tropical storm is brewing out in the gulf now. itias the pote to turn into a hurricane. million of people in the storm's they are preparing for the worst. flooding, storm surge and strong wind are expected there and grocery stores are picked clean. hardware stores are selling out of fenerators andshlights and batteries and people are doing their best to get ready for what is coming. >> i'm a little nervous what is coming today, chuck bell, here in the washington region. >> the last thing we need is i ra way more humid air has moved in unfortunately, overnight. the fuel that is needed for heavy rain later this afternoon. unlikely to have a total repeat performance of our monday flash flood event but mor

. >> news 4's meagan fitzgerald talked with the homeowners and has the story that comes from southeast d.c. >> we flew the f flag june even though it's july now.ha we dn't taken it down yet just to recognize pride month. te >> repor betty rhodes will tell you her neighborhood along independence aven in southeast is very inclusive and welcoming. why she and many other neighborhood flied the pride flag so when she came home this morning and saw the flag on the ground, she didn't think twice until she saw her security camera footage. >> it feels so devastating whne someoakes a pretty passive thing and turns it into an act of violence. >> reporter: she' talking about this, a man walking on to her yard, tearing down her pride flag and slamming it up against her gate while hurling anti-gay slurs. >> he just lake ripped it completely off. >> reporter: rhodes found the lying pole that she fou on the ground when she returned home this morning. >> to hear him just be so a disgustednd have such violent verbal reaction to a flag was really discouraging. >> reporter: she says she and her husband we