what is next for the residents of the georgetown condo building. better weather in store for weekend. steve is back to tell us how warm it will get and when rain is possible. robert: i'm robert burton. coming up in sports nats-cubs. can the good guys bounce back? we will preview game two. and will kyrie puerto rico's healthcare system is on life support... putting three and a half million puerto ricans at risk. it's an outrage. puerto ricans are us citizens and pay the same medicare taxes, but receive only half the federal healthcare funding as the other 50 states. the headlines tell the story.... "unfair treatment from washington"... "thousands without medications"... "it's a crisis that could imperil the whole economy." president obama must act now to protect care for three and a half million u.s. citizens. before it's too late... maureen: residents who paid million for condo in the georgetown building got word to clear out. the washington business journey reports they must vacate so the developer can remedy structural problems in the building ev

talking to the georgetown crowd. the georgetown people, and the washington post, out to get nixon.nd you know what? they got him. brian: another clip of julie nixon eisenhower. >> was your father unfairly treated by the media? >> there is a great book called "it didn't start with watergate ," which was published in 1976. his thesis is, political scandals always happen in administrations. there is a laundry list of mistakes and abuses of power that happen in modern presidencies. it is the question of, whether you want to go after the issue and pursue it. i think my father was controversial because of the war. i think he, those who opposed him probably pursued him very hard and it worked. they may not have pursued another candidate or another issue might have come along. certainly, he made mistakes with watergate. brian: the basic point is true. evan: nixon was hardly the first president to wiretap. he was envious of the kennedys and johnson, he thought they were better at early tricks than he was. he was trying to catch up to them. he wasn't wrong. i wrote a kennedy biography, the k

talking to the georgetown crowd, those awful people in georgetown." the georgetown people, and the "washington post," was out to get nixon. and you know what? they got him. brian: another clip of julie nixon eisenhower. [video clip] brian: was your father unfairly treated by the media? julie: let's put it this way, there is a great book called "it didn't start with watergate," by victor laskey which was published in 1976, which is really worth looking at. because his thesis is, political scandals always happen in administrations. political buggings, etc. just the laundry list of mistakes and abuses of power that happen in modern presidencies. it is justthe question of whether you want to go after the issue and pursue it. i think my father was controversial because of the war. i think that he -- that those who opposed him probably pursued him very hard and it worked. whereas, they may not have pursued another candidate or another issue might have come along that they didn't pursue. certainly, he made mistakes with watergate. evan: the basic point is tr

cat lovers lined up today to be the first inside georgetown's newest business.es, that is a line outside crumbs and whiskers. it's the first cat cafe and derrick ward take us inside the business where you can get quality time with adoptable cats. >> reporter: you're encouraged to touch certain members of the staff and people are lining up. and it's a trend in other countries and now in georgetown, he got the fever while on a visit to taland. >> i was hangout there and i was like, i can't walk away from this place. >> fast forward to a kick starter campaign and you get crumbs and whiskers. it's not a bring your own cat kind of place. >> it's something unique. >> and while there's no shortage of kitties in this city, these aren't the kind you pick up on the streets. these cats have to like people and other cats to. the 20 or so that make the grade can come from the humane society and are up for adoption. on the first day, they actually had to turn people away and lock the doors. >> you need a reservation for the cat cafe. there's a new place to find a good book. l

reporting live in georgetown tom roussey. leon: thanks, tom. going to be hard to sleep with those chippers working overnight. 7 is on your side. sign up for text alerts from our stormwatch team. we will get you on your mobile device. breaking at this hour, a deadly accident in northern montgomery county. news chopper 7. a car hit a pole. no word on the exact circumstances. police say the response was affected by fallen wires in that area. new information about the only man arrested in the murders of a d.c. family and their housekeeper. cnn aired a special focus on the killings of tim: -- savvas and amy savopoulos. they say suspect daron wint's green card was already in jeopardy. integration was never notified about that arrest. >> daron wint was arrested in march and they never received those fingerprints until he was arrested for the quadruple martyrs. it tells me there is a breakdown in the system. leon: wint is due back in court july 2. tonight, frantic moments at the yellow line metro train. today, the operator's testimony was released from

georgetown university, remembering a student killed in a house fire one week ago. a memorial service is underway for the girl -- for nina bre kelmans. she died when a row house caught fire in dupont. georgetown univers establish a scholarship fund in her name to promote the empowerment of women in the middle east. a historic arrival in alexandria. the french tall ship pulled in just after midnight, in exact replica of a ship that sailed into america back in 1780. sam sweeney is on the riverfront this noon with a look at that. hey, sam. sam: thousands of people here continue to pour onto the dock to catch a glimpse of history. whether they are here to take a selfie with the ship or simply marvel in its beauty, it's definitely turning heads this afternoon. it started its native more -- native voyage after 17 years of construction. >> the beauty of the ship became apparent. something you don't get to see every day. the last time a french tall ship waving flags came up the potomac it was 237 years ago. >> you can get jaded here thinking the seen it all. but this is not

at least toward rosslyn and georgetown and alexand dryia and spring -- alexandria to springfield. no active watches or warning for the immediate metro area. once the ryan moves in we look to drop from 98, probably by 10 to 15 degrees. inch the way upward again. 94 that was the high today. one degree shy of the record. looking at radar the capital beltway most inside the beltway is dry for right now. but as mentioned in the next half hour, to 45 minutes. we are going to watch this area right here move off toward the east. we will head in closer right now. we can see around the vienna area, these are the areas fairfax, the areas seeing heavy rain moving east. tyson corner just getting in on the action. heading further south. this is moving to clifton and buck hal. areas in red and orange the heaviest rain at this time. once again we have no active watches. no active warnings. this is a wider view. if you are looking for the severe thunderstorm watch. well west of us. garrett county in western maryland. the rest of us nothing at all. the temperatures are 88 in gaithersburg. the heat

>> it's going to be next saturday at georgetown. we want to thank our sponsor, dreams for kids foundation, and the celebrity baseball camp has partnered to put the event on so it's myself, craig and wilson with the kids. put them through pitching feeling and hitting drills, and just hopefully have a good time with the kids out there for a few hours. have some fun. >> why did you want to do this? >> i grew up in the area, and i've stayed involved since i retired. i was fortunate enough to play for 12 seasons any time you get involved with kids and give back to the community, it's the thing to do. >> adrian, we talked about the position. you like first base. what else do you like about the game of baseball? why are you such a fan? >> just being here, having the passion for baseball. it's amazing. >> i eat, sleep, and drink baseball. [ laughter ] >> that's what it takes, because that's what the guys in the big league do, probably eat, drink, sleep baseball. >> 24/7 when you're in it like that. >> the enthusiasm of the kids even though

i respect the job that does it you do the reporting to georgetown is 5 million jobs short of by 2020ople who have the proper prost secondary skills. what do we do about that? that is a question. we had done quite a bit about 5% of americans have a college degree and a 1965 with a higher education act passed for the first time 10 percent have a college degree and today it is 35% so we have made some progress in many would argue we have the best system in the world to have more people lined up to go from other countries. i believe that quite by accident with the gi bill for veterans to allow them to choose any institution of their choice we have lots of choice and competition in with 6,000 institutions that have created the best system and think how different that is with the market place with kindergarten through 12th. then i will sit down to talk about this. clear out the jumble of red tape that is regulating higher education. number to stop telling students they cannot afford college because most of them can. and more steps to make college affordable more than they should but four y

-- professor of law at georgetown university.l, i was really struck by the kind of frank honesty of that response, but it gets to the heart of the matter. do you think we are now having the conversation we should be, or is this sort of move against the flag happening with such rapidity that it's actually papering over the actual substance of the issue? >> it's a necessary conversation, chris. but it's kind of surreal that it's necessary. i really was expected to provide a list of reasons about why i don't respect people who thought my ancestors were property. that's bizarre. just like it's bizarre that there has to be a special convening of the legislature in south carolina to debate whether to take down a racist flag. the fact that we have to have that debate, again, is evidence that black lives just don't matter that much. you know, some people agree with me on the merits, but they said it was rude to say that i don't respect that woman's ancestors. so let me get this right. a white person says to a black person, i honor the pe

initially, georgetown fire chief kelly babion and his team are there to protect surrounding homes with sandbags. >> 1995, it was pretty high snowfall year, so the runoff was coming down fast and the creek was high and then we had a thunderstorm, which increased the runoff on this particular day. >> but while sandbagging, three firefighters slip in. one who manages to hold on to a short brick wall is pulled to safety. a second, wearing a baseball hat, is also rescued by his colleagues. >> can you kick? >> but a third, todd neskiss is not so lucky. he's stuck on the bridge and no one is able to pull him up out of the powerful current. >> his legs catch under the bridge kind of like this, and his upper body is against this bridge and the water coming against his back is wanting to pull him under the bridge. he was starting to slip under the bridge and his head was going underwater. we're trying to pull him straight up, and it really wasn't working. the physics of that. his boots were full of water and his turnout pants were full of water and that was helping to hold him down. so he was ve

a memorial will be held for nina breckerman today on the main campus of georgetown university. fire ripped through that three-story home. michael mclaughlin also died in that fire. both rented rooms on the third floor. meachem used to rent that room before the fire. >> i was in that room and it's not pleasant thoughts. >> according to "the washington post," the fire was caused by an electrical fire in that house. the landlord remains in the hospital. he jumped out the window to escape the flame. >>> a massive search for two escaped prisoners turns up empty. late last night, police swarmed the town of willsboro. a tip spotted two suspicious people who may have been the men. investigators are calling joyce mitchell a person of interest. she worked in the jail's tailor shop. >> she wouldn't do that against my father. it definitely wouldn't be an inmate. >> police questioned his mother, he confirmed she checked into the hospital with a panic attack on the day of the breakout. >>> right now the obama administration is nearing a decision on whether to send 500 more u.s. troops to ira

$100 million a year to help pay $60,000 a year at georgetown.iversities are a table. despite all this some people still need money and so you can borrow money. we hear a lot about student loan's, taxpayers generous enough is borrowing for can't be good investment for our students borrowing too much works one way to answer this is to compare student loans to automobile loans. when i was 25 bought my first car, and i had to get a loan. i was outraged the bank made my father cosines alone because i know assets or no credit rating. it took my car as collateral and senate debate the money back in three years. compare that to student loan today. taxpayers will donate up to 6000 a6000of the year, in addition to the pell grants aikido have to pay back. the credit rating doesn't matter. the interest rate is 4.25% for this year. at a fixed rate. you may pay the loan back using no more than 10% of their disposable income, and if it is not payback after 20 years, it is forgiven. is forgiven. issue student loan a better investment than your auto loan? cars d

this is pretty heavy rain over toward georgetown and spring valley. this is moving off to the east at 30 miles per hour. now back to the american legion bridge, light showers will begin to clear up a little bit. we'll come back and talk about a yellow alert tomorrow, a cold front tomorrow. tell you what that means in terms of storms and temperatures. >>> tonight authorities in lorton want to know how a child nearly drowned at a public pool without anyone noticing. peggy fox joins us live from pirate's cove water park where a boy nearly died. this is just such an awful story. how could something like this happen? >> no one noticed a little boy underwater until everybody else was out of the water when those thunderstorms moved through around 5:00. now that little boy is in critical condition at anova fairfax hospital. >> it's kind of terrifying. >> reporter: in this cell phone video you can see lifeguards working on a 2-year-old boy. they had just pulled from the bottom of the pool. >> you could be scanning the pool the whole time really attentive and n

nina brekelmans recently graduated with a master's from georgetown university. how she was remembered and what caused this fire. richard. richard: an emotional night here. you can see the flowers outside the house here. sources tell us they believe the cause of this fire was accidental, the cost was tremendous two young lives including a very impressive young woman. flowers and condolence notes now sit outside this gutted home. >> to be of this magnitude for someone so young. richard: a destructive fire that took the life of 25-year-old nina brekelmans and a house mate. >> it's so senseless. she was such a wonderful person. richard: sources say the wednesday morning electrical fire here was likely accidental. the deadly outcome has left a terrible void. >> i'm really grieving that someone with so much potential is lost to us. richard: on her facebook page, she is seen smiling in her graduation grown. >> nina was the smartest person in the class. richard: she had been rewarded a scholarship in jordan. >> a picture of nina with a member of the royal family and con

georgetown road also. you want to be careful. take a live look in the area of 15 street near military road. a heads up. military road tonight at 7:00 will be blocked off for weekend roadwork. this weekend you will have to plan around it. i won't reopen until monday at 5:00 a.m. that is a look at traffic. back to you. jonathan: thank you very much. we have to take you to breaking news coming to us from charles county. news chopper 7 over the scene of a police investigation in indian head. details are sketchy. what we know right now is police say a man is dead from a gunshot wound inside the home. more division tushing than that, a 3-month-old baby found inside the home not breathing. the child had no sign of trauma. rushed to the hospital. don't know the condition at this time. we are working the story and we will bring you updates when we get them in newsroom. kimberly: the remnants of tropical depression bill caused flooding in oklahoma. look at the flooding aftermath south of oklahoma city along i-35. a number of roads are clos

she had always been the awkward one, going up the tree to reach her bedroom in georgetown. but in japan i feel so big she wrote. uncomfortably told for japan. what a land of little people it is anyway. [laughter] i want to jump around and rush about and yet not have a thought about strange. every time time a gift to japan and they think i'm an honest. and i do too much of this. i am a size three and i fielded their, so i knew what she was feeling. i think it also speaks to the power of culture that it's not just about what you eat. it's how you feel physically anyplace and she captured that so beautifully. she changes so much it's not surprising i guess. she really in some ways it is astonishing to read her letters because what happened to her is she has developed the mind of a young american missionary in the body of a japanese girl who feels honored to the japanese government to go back and do her best in the service of her country but she thinks like an american whose duty it is to bring enlightenment. this causes great stress in her mind. she looks around at the men who

it happened this morning just south of georgetown pike. at 1 point more than 1,200 customers were without power. crews were brought in to chop up the tree and take it off the streets. >> we are so grateful scott rubens is in the control room today and so happy that he was not there under that tree. so, scott, glad you're here, buddy. >>> people in northern colorado are assessing the damage and bracing for more violent storms. as danielle nottingham explains, there were reports of at least nine tornadoes touching down as severe weather hit thursday night. a tornado ripped apart homes in the town of berthoud 40 miles north of denver. the powerful storm completely destroyed several home and flipped over cars. >> it's terrifying. >> reporter: one woman heard the twister coming and ran for cover. her father watched it coming from his porch. >> i figured that god was with me and it's is going to take my house, it will take me, too, and it didn't. it actually moved away. >> reporter: the tornado demolished don grabokski's garage but spared his ho

of conservative lawyers think probably the most credit belongs to through professor barnett of georgetown law school he is extremely smart and a nose constitutional law very well and part of the job of a lawyer is to figure out how to interpret what they favor. end you can be quite creative to do this and the job is to assess because you have stories on both sides but the government cannot regulate it is no protection of liberty at all but government cannot regulate me it really isn't an option to now participate in the economy or to mandate to buy insurance since it was in the penalty imposed on the tax refund and people old they get that if they engage in economic activity. but it is something nobody noticed at the time but with the theory that you have to engaged in some activity for congress to regulate you will never come up as protection of liberty. we will never hear of it again. >> what is the role of the commerce clause? >> with one of the chapters of the book offers the introduction into congressional power and when you look at it, the first thing you have to understand is why t

he received a bachelor of arts in history at georgetown, and his law degree from harvard law school. after a year as a sheldon fellow traveling throughout europe in 1961, justice scalia went to work in cleveland, ohio for a small firm. according to those at the firm at the time, as reported in a biography of justice scalia, "he was highly regarded at jones day and probably would have made partner, but he left in 1967 because he had long intended to teach." at that time, he became a professor at the university of virginia and he moved his family to charlottesville. after four years at charlottesville, in 1971, he entered public service in the nixon administration. first as the general counsel at the office for total medications policy in the executive office of the president, and there, among other things, worked on the formulation of federal policy for the then new industry of cable television. from 1972 to 1974, he was a chairman, focusing on improving the federal bureaucracy. that is all cleaned up now. we do not have to worry about the bureaucracy anymore, but a modest undertaking

still southbound 270 at old georgetown not a problem, not a big slow down. get out there early though. now back to you. >>> a busy day here at the supreme court as we are waiting on major decisions on this final day of the session. a lot of activity already, early this morning. about two dozen court observers already in line. as we await these decisions on political redistricting, mercury emissions and the death penalty. the death penalty is a hot button issue that follows some botched executions, where inmates were not properly sedated before the heart stopping drug is injected. justices alaina kagan and zonia co2 -- and sonia sotomayor say without the correct drug the person just burns up inside. we will be here and will pass along that information to you as soon as we get it. we are live outside the supreme court this morning, delia goncalves, wusa 9. >>> his last trial ended with a hung jury. the retrial of a former high school teacher starts this morning in prince george's county. 34-year-old andre brown is accused of sexual abuse of a minor. a 17-year-

he was also a visiting law professor at stanford and georgetown. a few years later, in 1982, president reagan appointed him to the united states court of appeals. less than four years later on june 20 fourth, 1986, president reagan again a nominated him for the position of justice of supreme court. i am honored to present justice scalia. [applause] justice scalia: thank you very much. i really welcome the opportunity to present the winner of the prize. the reason being that erwin griswold was my dean at harvard law school. not only that, but when of the reasons i ended up going to jones day in cleveland, i am a new yorker, whoever heard of cleveland. i went up there to interview. in the plane on the way back who was sitting next to me but my dean. the untouchable erwin griswold. he was a great man. his only flaw, as far as i have been able to discern was that he was utterly incapable of smalltalk. he gave you a headache whenever you were with him. it was always something very serious that he wanted to talk about. he was a great man. when he later j

how about that for a drop. 55 now. 52 in trenton and redding. 60 in georgetown. dover is 57. it was 70 this morning. the temperature has gone down with the wind coming out of the northeast. you combine that with the look of clouds and it's hard theo get that moisture out of here until the wind direction changes. you can see not only some green on the map but increasing green. there's some yellow a little bit heavier rain toward the lehigh valley about to go into the poconos. there's more rain into the southwest coming up this way. we're not about to clear out. if anything it's going to get wetter. the rain being reported. north and west of philly just the clouds through the south and east for now. future cast showing not a whole lot of rain for later today or this evening. eventually sochl that rain from the southwest coming up here. this might be underdoing it. tomorrow's not going to be that much different than today. there's wednesday. still showers. still clouds. that's all the way through thursday. not really changing a whole lot. for the rest of the day temperatures hol

they help students pay $60,000 a year at georgetown.any other private universities do the same. so for many so-called elite universities, they are available. in spite of all this some people still need money. so you can borrow money. we hear a lot about student loans. our taxpayers generous enough, is borrowing for college a good investment. are students borrowing too much? one way to answer this question is to compare student loans to automobile loans. when i was 25 years old, i bought my first car. and i had to get an auto loan. i was outraged that the bank made my father cosign the loan because i had no assets and no credit rating. they took my car as collateral and said i had to pay it back in three years. compare that to your student loan today. taxpayers will loan you up to $6,000 a year. that's in addition to the pell grant you don't have to pay back. your credit rating doesn't matter. your interest rate is 4.25% for this year. at a fixed rate. you may pay the loan back using no more than 10% of your disposal income. if it's not

. >> outer loop at georgetown road we have the two lanes blocked. kind of ebbs and throws there. you can see in flow downs at the bottom of the spur. taking a look at prince george's coin right now starting to see some volume and typical slowdowns here headed on indian head highway. same thing here. taking a look at 95, bw parkway, everything looking pretty good. 270 at shady grove road northbound southbound no major issues. back with travel times in ten minutes. >>> 6:02 today, a man accused of making threats against the metro system heads back to court. he's responsible for a string of threats dating back to last december. the charges include attempt to make terrorist threats. he appeared on a reality tv show last year. he pretended to be a well-known rapper to gain money from a fan on line. if coleman is convicted, he faces 20 years in prison. >>> the agency in charge of your security at airports across the country is under fire this morning. a new report reveals that the tsa screeners failed to test -- failed a test to detect weapons and explosives and now the acting head of

georgetown economy. seems like the only place. >> you don't want to go south jersey? particular.ill reap in the neighborhood of $2 million. all the way down the atlantic coast. what is no one else do it? >> i don't even know how long. they have no choice. bill: you put the free beach. and beach. and all of the people who grew up going there and now it's a free beach. bill: by next year they will be charging. bill: you are chasing the story about a nonprofit in maplewood. >> right. many of us us have been going up but probably took for granted. a nonprofit by two women. provide birthday parties. some sort of days. >> allows us to gauge. there have a financial strain a family crisis. nowadays they run anywhere from three to $500. i chased the story to attend the 9th birthday party and went bowling. i'm so excited. it's going to be awesome. >> setting up everything just the way they wanted. [applause] what's your favorite part? >> are your friends are able to come out and make it. >> you can fill out a nomination. find it on the website. they are welcome to that idea. >> in central

it is 88 degrees right now here in georgetown, but you throw in the humidity and everything else, and it feels like 98 degrees. this is only 11:15 in the morning. you can bet it's going to be a hot one. waiting in line to get into the washington monument. there's no shade so some people made their own. a good sun hat isn't a bad idea either. this family from australia knows the deal. what's the key to staying cool? >> keep yourself hydrated and stay in the shade. >> reporter: extreme heat is in the forecast today. people are advised to be careful when outside. >> drink a lot of water. it's very important. >> reporter: staying hydrated is important and stay indoors if you can, and fortunately, that's not an option for dale koskyi. he'll be working outside all day long. >> all day in this heat. it's a hundred or something? it's too much. >> reporter: if you need a place to high there are cooling centers in libraries and reck centers. people are reminded to drink plenty of water. that's pretty much the case for all the area jurisdictions. they're opening up public spaces for cooling cent

our resident cat lady got a sneak peek. >>> in the midst of the busy streets of georgetown and the cars cruising along the cobblestone sits a blue row house not unlike its neighbors but inside is something unusual. the only sound you'll here is [cat meowing ] >> what exactly is this place? >> a lounge with catses. >> it's crumbs and whiskers. the first cat cafe. >> people will be walking in, taking selfies with the signs. >> for people it's different benefits. mostly just unplugging and relaxing. this is a really relaxing thing to do. >> and for animal lovers who can't have a pet, it's a time to spend with a kitty. all the felines are up for adoption. >> we take them in until they get adopted out so they never have to go back to the shelter again. >> giving the shelter more space so they can save more lives. you make a reservation and pylon line. come in, find a spot, find a cat, and relax. and then you can order food or coffee. unlike some cat cafes, there won't be a kitchen. partner cafes will make deliveries. >> 14 cats and she knows them all. >> monica, fur ball, midnight -- >> if y

georgetown at 70 degrees. temperatures today warmer than we saw yesterday.today we'll warm into the 80s. our areas of fog show decreased visibility down near mount pocono to five miles. two miles in allentown. three miles in northeast philadelphia, one mile in mt. holly. right now temperatures at 53 degrees in the poconos. 57 in allentown. 60 in reading. mid 60s in wilmington. 65 in northeast philly. along the shore, 71 in avalon. 73 in dover. starting to see a few lingering scattered showers moving to the northeast. still moving into bensalem northampton, stretching up to the outside of clinton. clinton will probably be seeing a few sprinkles next. they moved out of cherry hill. the focus will be on the phillies game today. doubleheader. citizens bank park expected to see nice conditions. we will see more clearing. aer look at the radar shot shows most of the showers are pushing out of here. we'll see temperatures ranging today between 78 and 81. early showers lingering for the next couple of hours. breezy conditions expected. the seven-day forecast shows w

right now doctors at georgetown are using enhanced recovery for colon and abdominal surgeries. but this could also benefit patients undergoing all types of operations. >>> today you're going to hear the rumble of history on railroad tracks in manas is a. the family-friendly event is going to start at 10:00 a couple hours from now. you'll be able to see the inaugural trip of the 611 steam train rolling through the city. they'll take you from manassas to front royal and bring you back. >> now, that would be fun. i wish i could get out there by 10:00, but unfortunately work. >> there's no way. >> work istting in the way of these things. >> but later this afternoon, a lot of people still have planned and we know there's a chance of rain. but not everyone is going to get hit. >> it's hit and miss. there's no all-day soaker coming our way. i can't rule out the fact you're going to face a chance later on today. that's not the kind of rain we're facing. these are going to be 30-minute long rain showers. then they'll be gone and be back to sunshine shortly there after. there's the john

this afternoon, not all that bad certainly not by yesterday's standards any how much georgetown waterfront, our kids found our kids -- our crews found some kids doing what any one of us would love to have been doing. change is coming tomorrow. more of us down there in that fountain tomorrow. at least we would like to be, wouldn't we, veronica? >> for sure. the early afternoon before it gets a little stormy. yes, we are expecting some thunderstorms to come rolling through here tomorrow, start cooling us off, before that happens, we are talking about record heat forecast for tomorrow and easily, our hottest day of the year got up to 96 that was last tuesday. check out the temperature right now, at least the high today 93 that was just an hour ago, 90, manassas and leesburg temperatures will start cooling off, right on down into the 80s as we hit 8, 9:00, 83. it's going to be warm and it will start turning more humid during the overnight period and it's the higher humidity those high temperatures and fast-moving, potent cold front that enters the area that will present itself with severe weat

nixon would say there goes henry , to talk to the georgetown crowd again.hink it did hurt his feelings. he had to sort of bear it. he got a lot out of kissinger. one thing that is important about nixon and kissinger nixon was the idea guy. kissinger will tell you this. the idea to go to china was richard nixon's idea. in fact when kissinger heard that nixon was going to go to china, he said, fat chance. kissinger brilliantly executed nixon's policy, and nixon was lucky to have somebody as smart as kissinger with him. but he was the one calling the shots. tim: it is true that nixon was the great strategists and kissinger was the tactician that carried out the strategy. but what was the strategy? why did nixon go to china? why did nixon become the first president to set foot in the kremlin. it was part of the grand strategy to bring the vietnam war to an end. he thought he could play the russians against the chinese. he thought he could convince chairman mao and the communist leader of the soviet union to be nice and be our friends. he was clinking evan: glas

alison: our coverage continues with suzanne kennedy who is live at georgetown with more. reporter: we are right in the thick of it here. i want to show you what the problem is. take a look up at the sky. there is a thick and heavy haze that is hanging over washington dc. this is the first day of the season he wave get you can see kids and adults trying to stay cool at this water fountain that is absolutely the perfect place to be on a day like today. trying to keep body temperature down as the temperature rises. we were at six flags earlier today and everyone was walking around with a bottle of water just trying to stay cool. this is the kind of day that some people choose to stay inside because they have respiratory ailments are hard issues and this can be a very dangerous day for them. experts say the next couple of days will be particularly challenging because our bodies just are not used to this extreme weather yet. what firefighters and medics are concerned about is this the first real he wave of the cease -- season. it takes a ball to have your body acclimated to th

then once you get into maryland working to georgetown and continuing to bethesda 17 miles per hour. that is the average. i want to focus on the d.c. area. we have a tree and power lines down closing upton street northwest between 3 and reno road. near cleveland park. and the van ness metro. they don't expect to have it reopened until after 7:00. so orn uptown use van ness. connecticut avenue is always jammed up at this time, i know, but that is what you want to use. back to you. leon: okay. we thank you for that. alison: a texas firefighter responding to a call for a head-on collision was surprised to discover the victims were his wife and his son. aaron van riffer knew it was serious just by looking at the wreckage. his wife's car collided with an oncoming pickup truck over the weekend. he had to put his emotional pain aside, though, to rescue his family. his son was pinned inside the car. his wife was ejected. they were both rushed to the hospital and they both survived. >> i looked at the car and the fact they are alive is a feat. god has more things for them. alison: his wife wa

a new cat cafÉ in georgetown opened today. it is located on oak street and wisconsin avenue.you can enjoy a cat's company without the responsibility of owning an animal. the cafÉ gets the cap through the main society. if you want to adopt one, you can. -- gets the cats through a humane society. aps of history gone. the famous landmark reduced to rubble in the wake of massive flooding. that system heading our way. we are on storm watch tonight and brian is just minutes away kelly: one casualty of the flooding in oklahoma. a bridge believed to be more than 100 years old. the bridge was brought -- washed away by rushing water. one resident you said it looked like the bridge broke in the middle. it was featured in the 1973 gangster movie "dillinger." did you see that movie? brian: i did not. we have a severe weathering for -- severe weather warning. some active weather through the evening. this is the remnants of bill. the whole area under a severe thunderstorm watch until 11:00 tonight stop the most recent warning now just -- 11:00 tonight. you can see this highlighted in orange

this is at old georgetown road. fairly light which is much different from what we're seeing in parts of forestville and even silver hill. you can see that things are starkly different on this part of the beltway. we're going to have another update for you in about ten minutes. over to you. >> reporter: thank you, larry. this is mike hydeck in the newsroom with some of the stories we're following. it's day five of the manhunt for two convicted killers who escaped from a new york prison over the weekend. authorities turned tear efforts to the tiejy town of willsboro on tuesday but came up -- tiny town of willsboro on tuesday but came up empty. dan champion -- don champion has more. >> reporter: the manhunt for the two men continues. >> they're going to go into someone's house and someone is going to get hurt. that's my only fear. >> reporter: hundreds of law enforcement officers descended on this small community by the busload tuesday. authorities searched wooded areas and railroad tracks in an -- a tip that two men w

he is from mcclane, virginia, and went to georgetown school. >>> meanwhile, atlanta is saying good-bye to a real housewife. won't be returning to the bravo reality show's 8th season. an amazing platform. she has been with the series since it began back in 2008. >>> the president issues new rules when it comes to overtime pay and who should receive it. >> and chris cristie will become the 14th republican to enter the race for the white house. first, let's check in with allison. >> pretty comfortable out here. the humidity continues to increase. we'll see showers and thunderstorms today. a beautiful start. the clouds increase by lunchtime. some showers and stormings should be strong to severe. we'll track them for you during why are we watching this again? i pay for all these channels, so i make myself watch them all. joey, i'll watch anything except this. except this. go back, go back, go back, go back, go back, go back. fios custom tv lets you pay for the types of channels you want, not the ones you don't. 100% fiber optics is here. get out of the past. get fios. now for $79.99 a month

. >>> free fitness at georgetown this summer. you and your children can take advantage of free outdoor classes in georgetown at the water front park. the hour long classes are twice a week with different local gyms and studios leading each one. classes begin next monday. run through september 2nd. you need to register and there's only 50 people per class. so register quickly. we'll have a full list of those classes on nbc washington.com. i would love if aaron would do a yoga class with me. >> i bet you would. >> you could be outside. a pretty area. right on the water. >> lovely. just get me a chair, i'll watch. >>> germophobes, look away for a moment. apparently one of the dirtiest items you can touch, you actually carry with you and use all day. all forms of money. >> my mom always says that. my mother. >> viruses, bacteria. some of them are harmful. there's a school in denver that tested out bills and change from restaurants, banks and grocery stores and the results are pretty gross. >> you've got feces, fecal contamination. th

katherine broom, she is a hematologist and oncologist with medstar, georgetown university hospital.nk you so much for coming in to help us get through this. b cell non-hodgkin's lymphoma what kind of treatment is available? we hear cancer and everyone becomes frightened but how advanced are we now in treating this form of cancer? >> well, we are really very advanced. there are some wonderful therapies that we have that have been tried and true over the last ten years or so. one of the biggest treatments in treating b non-hodgkin's lymphoma is a targeted antibody therapy against the specific malignant b cells and has really given patients a lot of hope for a cure and long-term survival after treatment with this therapy. >> more about that, doctor. because everyone is wondering his chances and his odds. that was addressed at the press conference, too, to some extent, because no one knows, as you have mentioned earlier every case is different. but the fact that this had spread so much around his body discovered shaving kind of around his adam's apple and found several lumps just in his

a cyclist here old georgetown and we're trying to get more details. back in a couple of minutes. >>> plus, you might want to dig through your wallet or purse for old >>> ready to take a stand. a live look outside d.c.'s ballou high school where a sit-in is planned. the issue students are trying to draw attention to. >>> a hot and humid morning and it will only get hotter. we're looking for your tweet this morning to the #very humid. some of you may need the umbrella too as a line of showers pushes through the region. >>> storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein is tracking the chances you will see storms where you live in the day ahead and as well as how hot it will. it will get pretty hot. >> what will keep the heat down t clouds we have this morning. very cloudy. north and west of us, the clouds are producing light rain and that's showing up on the storm team 4 radar. the area in green it's raining lightly now. panhandle of west virginia and 81 up into martinsburg and hagerstown. along 70 between hagerstown and frederick and then between leesburg gett

one here in washington at georgetown and one at the kennedy school in hartford. they came to one conclusion independently and that was that there should be created an entity that exists for one purpose, purpose only. that is to conduct general election debates every four years. i was chairman of the republican party and in 1987, we created the commission, and we have had every debate since then, starting in 1988. have been 19 presidential debates and seven price presidential debates. i'm talking about general election as opposed to primary. host: according to the commissioner of presidential debates, you receive no dollars, no money from political organizations, candidates, or political action committees. it is a privately funded 501(c)(3). it is not controlled by or does not have any relationship with any political party. the criteria to participate, you have to be 35 years of age which is the criteria to be a u.s. president. natural born citizen and here is the sticking point -- have at least 15% support in national polls. some are saying that is unfair. guest:

rosslyn to georgetown, to upper northwest d.c. now seeing the brighter skies. we pull this out you can see to the west of us. it has started to quiet down. it's still hot out there. 88 at reagan national. 10 degrees cooler at dulles. 80 to winchester. martinsburg at 78. the feels-like temperature, last hour felt like 102 at reagan national. now feels like temperature of 96. still feels like 102 in fredericksburg. the rain and the thunderstorms on the way should cool us down a little bit. the night time lows not going to drop below the 70-degree mark. 72 to 78. it will stay warm and humid. you may see lingering thunderstorms but i am not expecting much. the future cast looks like this. tomorrow we have a frontal system to move across the midatlantic to bring us best chance for the showers and thunderstorms. some will have the potential to become strong and severe. once the frontal system moves through, lower humidity and the lower dew point and the cooler temperatures. highs in upper 80's. tomorrow another 90 to 95 degrees. middle 80 on wednesday. lower 90's by

the cat cafe opens in georgetown. this comes after a kickstart her -- kickstart her campaign. the businesses will have two dozen cats at a time. they will be vaccinated by the humane society. big crowds are coming out to celebrate the golden state warriors. the nba championsh are parading. they finished off the cavaliers in six games. this is the first nba title in a 40 years. martha stewart may be selling her brand. the wall street journal is reporting that she is close to a deal with the licensing firm. board of the deal has driven up stock rices of the company. they have released -- reduced staffing in recent years. it could be announced in the coming days. a wet weekend is ahead. doug is back with a final look at the ♪ ♪ ee-e-e-oh-mum-oh-weh ♪ ♪ hush my daing... ♪ ♪ don't fear my darling... ♪ ♪ the lion sleeps tonight. ♪ [snoring.] ♪ hush my darling... ♪ [snoring.] ♪ don't fear my darling... ♪ ♪ the lion sleeps tonight. ♪ [snoring.] take the roar out of snore. yet another innovation only at a sleep number store. jummy: he told you he would be back in arnold schwarzenegger

one here in washington at georgetown and one at the kennedy school in hartford. they came to one conclusion independently and that was that there should be created an entity that exists for one purpose, purpose only. that is to conduct general election debates every four years. i was chairman of the republican party at that time and in 1987 we created the commission and we fund every debate since then starting in 1988. have been 19 presidential debates and seven price presidential debates. i'm talking about general election as opposed to primary. host: according to the commissioner of presidential debates, you receive no dollars no money from political organizations, candidates, or political action committees. it is a privately funded 501(c)(3). it is not controlled by or does not have any relationship with any political party. the criteria to because of fate -- you have to be 35 years of age which is the criteria to be a u.s. president. natural born citizen and here is the sticking point -- have at least 15% support in national polls. some are saying that is unf