calling it loudoun police appreciation. they say they are working to support local law enforcement agencies in the wake of all that has been happening like in louisiana and texas over the last few weeks. we'll take you to that event coming up at 5:00. alison: also in loudoun county sheriff deputies there hit the streets earlier today. handing out sweet citations. this is for kids. it's a program that proves hard work pays off. in this case, it is all in the form of 7-eleven slurpies. what could be better on a hot day? they have done it before but as amy aubert shows you on the ride-along with the crew, this year it means a little more. >> are you going to 7-eleven to get slurpies? amy: for the loudoun county sheriff office it's all about getting involved. and meeting the faces of the com dialogue there and keep the presence there. >> this summer operation chill offering a free slurpie coupon to kids working hard brings a deeper meaning. >> we are not the bad guys. >> this shows how much they are helping out. >> it means a l

instead, july 2016 will be love loudoun month. supervisor on the county board proposed honoring the lbgt community, but she was met with strong opposition. before tonight's vote, the public weighed in. >> a lot of people, republicans have whispered in my ear, oh, jonathan, we're not anti-gay. well, show me. >> this also seems to be an undercurrent in some of the presentations that if you're against this resolution or if you're against the gay lifestyle, you're somehow ignorant. >> county leaders approved a much less controversial plan. the resolution plan says all are welcome in loudoun and urges people to love and respect the d >>> the fourth trial in connection to the death of freddie gray is set to get set on thursday morning. brice's attorneys argued that acquittals in the last two trials show there is no sufficient evidence to convict the other officers. rice is opting for a bench trial. he's the highest ranking officer charged in connection with gray's death last year. >>> next at 11:00, 454 million dollars up for grabs toni

gee that loudoun and careen jaun pierre. thanks for being up with us. for a lot of americans, it was the first time they heard from mike pence, the vp candidate. >> i think he did a great job and i think the contrast going from ted cruz who was anything but states manly, anything but gracious, anything but what we wants a a party leader and then going to mike pence and confirms that he's first a christian, conservative and republican, and i thought it made a strong distinction between the factions. >> and confirming that i'm not well-known. >> and as you were watching ted cruz's speech, were you picking out elements that you could use no the testimony he can campaign? hillary clinton obviously her folks were, were they already are using it.hillary clinton ob folks were, were they already are using it. >> unfoornly trtunately the tru campaign stepped on on this once again. they knew ted cruz wasn't going to endorse and i don't understand why he would give him a prime time slot with the unknown. and we saw what happened last night. and so i think what it

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loudoun county sheriff department they've taken to facebook with a list of five tips for concealed carried gun owners in traffic stops and knowing the laws and own dome lights and telling the officer you have a weapon and displaying or reaching for id slowly and also understanding the officer does not know who you are. and here in fairfax county meanwhile police created a youtube video. viewed 50,000 times and shows traffic stop from officer perspective and in virginia concealed carry gun owners are not required to tell police they have a gun and still officers say sharing that information with officer at start of traffic stop is courtsey they want to see concealed carry owners extend. >> it's not by law required by law to let an officer know you have concealed carry or you're actually armed. it is a courtsey thing letting us know you have a firearm on you or in your vehicle and letting us know where it is as well. >> and just the last twelve months loudoun county alone tells us they have received more than 3,000 7 0 requests for concealed carry pir mit. northern virginia, tom fitzgerald.

coming up, the victim reacts into tonight, the loudoun county board of supervisors vote on a measurewould create an bt pridelg >>> the driver of an ice cream truck shot and critically injured on the fourth of july as police shed light on a motive. >>> controversy over recognizing the lgbt community in one city. >>> sentencing day for a hairdresser who admitting to poisoning a co-worker. >>> 2 billion miles and $1 billion later, a cler the latest milestone for nasa. >>> co-workers say they are scared to go to work. >> they are shaken up after an ice cream truck driver was shot outside of a distributor in prince george's county last night. bureau chief tracy wiee wilkins spoke with those workers today. tracee? >> reporter: they say it's very unusual for someone to be shot during a robbery and to be shot multiple times means that they are dealing with extraordinary violent suspects. >> it's very scary. >> reporter: returning to this lot is frightening after a colleague is shot here nine times in an apparent attempted robbery. >> the 26 years that i've been doing this business here, i've

leon: tonight police officers in loudoun county are getting a show of support from t there.oz plater joins us live from ashburn where officers are treated now to something really nice before they hate the streets. tell us about it. roz: i'm in roll call. they just had to leave a couple minutes ago but let's show you pictures. these folk came out in roll call to bring them treats. pizza and brownies and the sodas to wash it down, letters of appreciation. this is the work of a new community group called the loudoun police appreciation group organized on facebook. they were moved to do something after the deadly attacks on the police officers in other cities like dallas and baton rouge. here is what the organizer had to say about it. >> what was jarring to us is the facebook post by the officer in baton rouge, the way he had felt both in uniform and outside of uniform. show our support to the police department. roz: they are also bringing with them letters of support. a lot are written by kids in the neighborhood. "i feel bad you have to be scared sometimes. you have so much co

first thing on your way out the door, plenty of rain to be dealing with, howard, montgomery, loudoun, fairfax, prince william, fauquier counties, all soaking in the rain this morning. you'll need sunglasses this afternoon but umbrella this morning. temperatures rising into the mid and upper 80s. there's a little chance for a few showers south of the city after 3:00 or 4:00 this afternoon. i'll show you where those ten-day forecast. jack taylor, good morning. >> we've got the crashes in prince george's county on the outer loop of the beltway before branch avenue. the better part of the roadway is tied up. fire rescue has arrived on scene leaving the right lane and right shoulder getting by so be very careful riding through the area. we believe the crash on branch avenue near sar rats road might be cleared. >>> imagine you're sitting in a restaurant at lunch today when a man climbs on the table and starts yelling about ala. the situation thsent some diner in running. >>> now we're life's sharing a meal. and a kitchen with room for everyone. spend $4000 or more on a new kitchen and get 1

instead, they voted to make july love loudoun month. several sounded off at a meeting. >> republicans have whispered in my ear, jonathan, we're not anti-gay. show me. >>> by some of us, we're -- >> the new resolution says all are welcome in loudoun county and urges everyone to love and respect the diverse community. >>> time is running out to find a victim of the deadly floods in west virginia. it's been eight days and search crews still haven't found a 14-year-old girl. rescuers were trying to save michaela phillips and two of her siblings when a cord snapped and she was separated. search leaders say rain on top of the flooding made the rescue even more difficult for them and >>> baltimore prosecutors won't be able to introduce some key evidence in the trial of lieutenant brian rice. judge barry williams ruled that evidence about his police training cannot be used. rice is one of several police officers charged in the arrest and death of freddie gray. prosecutors are expected to argue that rice should have known it was against departme

all the rain just about done in loudoun county as well. you can see the bigger view there, no more than a few strangling showers in the mountains of west virginia. temperatures low to mid 70s now. mid to upper 80s for highs today. there is a 30% chance for a stray shower or thunderstorm after about 5:00 or 6:00. best chances will be south of the city. i'll have a chance of your outdoor activity planner in ten minutes. let's head over to jack taylor to see how the toll roads are doing? >> not well. the accident activity is on the left side of the roadway, but state police pulled up on the southbound side of 270. now we have a bit of a delays. on the toll road broken down vehicle that was in the left lane. we believe that may now have been hit unfortunately. authorities are headed to thestein on the toll road eastbound after hunter mill. in centreville out of manassas, 28 northbound near compton road. apparently according to the traffic center, they may have moved everything out of the roadway. that's much better news, 28 northbound moving t

tom is in loudoun county where they do use emergency texting with what's holding everybody else backs well. >> reporter: walk into any major 911 center, the tempo is the same. >> loudoun county 911, what is your emergency? >> there's a house with you until help comes. >> reporter: but in this age of instant messaging, only a handful of 911 centers can receive text messages. in orlando, eddie justice was draped in the nightclub restroom wi the gunman fast approaching. he texted his mom, please call police, i'm going to die. >> mommy, i love you. in the club. shooting. call police. i'm going to die. >> reporter: while orlando police were flooded with 911 calls, the department wasn't able to receive text messages, and it's hardly alone, out of nearly 6600 dispatch centers nationwide, only about 10% can accept text messages. new york, l.a., miami, dallas, and seattle are moaning the big cities where people can't send a text. >> if we wait for police departments to spend the money, it's not in their budgets, they're constrained about this. >> reporter: but in loudoun county, virginia, 911

watch for that near the wilson bridge loudoun county sheriff's deputies hit the streets this week.... handing out sweet' citations. it's a program for kids - to prove that hard work pays off. in this case, it's in the form of 7-11 slurpees. police have done it before, but as our amy aubert shows us... this year, it means a little more. trt 1:24 standard source: we nc8 10- n pkg police good dee + gmw or abc7 sigout dozens of local students get a taste of the real world, working behind the scenes of the citi professional development day. students th education foundation got a chance to shadow the pro's who work off the court. the organizations purpose is to promote academic success and encourage career opportunities in sports that are not just focused on playing the game. the foundation will recieve a 50-thousand dollar check at the end of the tournament to use on it's programs. remember you can watch the citi open on our sister station the tennis channel. here's a list of where you can find that through our local cable and satellite companies. you can also find this list at wjla dot co

loudoun, fauquier counties, under the severe watch. still by the national weather service. heavy rain in the forecast and high wind and a bit of hail as well. impact tomorrow, though, the weather having a low impact on your day. plenty of sunshine and highs in the low to mid-80s and we repeat that weather. just added a few more clouds on unfortunately, on monday. here's your planner for the fourth of july. rain moves in during the morning hours. by noon, 77 at that point. 81 degrees around 4:00 with showers still impacting the area and scattered showers around the time fireworks will get under way. 50% chance of rain at that point. rain in the forecast at the beaches. temperatures in the 80s. for the weekend, we're talking about highs in the low to mid-80s on saturday and sunday. here we are on monday with a high of 81. maybe lingering thunderstorms on tuesday, wendy and chris. >> thanks, amelia. >>> coming up in sports, nba free agency is under way. >>> first, here's thomas roberts with a look ahead on "nbc nightly news." >> ahead for

a judge in loudoun county has banned a 10-year-old girl from play competitive golf for the next year. tj holmes explains what. the 10-year-old was ordered by a judge to stay away from golf tournaments for the next year, that decision part of an ongoing custody battle between the parents that has lasted seven years come at a time when she says her career and talent are flourishing. >> it just happens to be that she has won 23 of 33 tournaments in the last few years. t.j.: plastic clubs when she was three and she has developed into a promising young prospect. level,ar as her skill she is in the top 10% in the nation. she is ready to obtain a scholarship to college, and here she is only 10 years old. but the custody order says among other things like who she spends holidays with that she shall not be permitted to play competitive golf for one year and is not allowed to take lessons with any golf pro. her mother has sole legal and physical custody of the child. the latest order does not lay out why she can compete. >> i think the judge thought that she was playing 5, 6 hours per day, whic

. >> but as tom costello reports, loudoun county is an exception to that. >> i'm going to stay on the with you until help comes. >> reporter: in this age of instant messaging, only a handful of 911 centers can receive text messages. in orlando, eddie justice was trapped in the nightclub restroom with the gunman fast approaching. he texted his mom, please call police, i'm going to die. >> mommy, i love you. in the club, they are shooting, call police, i am going to die. >> reporter: while orlando police were flooded with 911 calls, the department wasn't able to receive text messages and it's hardly alone. nationwide, only 10% can except text messages. new york, l.a., miami, dallas and seattle are among the big cities where people can't send a text. >> if they are waiting for the police departments to do this, they don't have the money. it's not in their budgets. >> reporter: but in loudoun county, virginia, 911 texting began in march. operators get several text messages each week. >> this is what we see and we click on this. green pops up. >> reporter: along with the messages, gps coor

now take a look at this in loudoun county that means they started a facebook post on their own page. what this is they're five tips they're calling this for concealed carry gun owners in traffic stops, knowing the laws, turning on dome light. telling the officer you have a weapon. displaying or reaching for your i.d. slowly and understanding the officer does not know who you are. and fairfax county meanwhile police are producing a youtube video that has been viewed over 50,000 times showing a traffic stop from officer's perspectiv perspective. now, in virginia again concealed carry gun owners are not required to tell an officer that they do have a weapon on them. but, officers still say sharing that information with an officer, the start of a traffic stop, well that is a courtsey they will like concealed carry owners to end. it's not by law required by law to let an officer know you have a concealed carry or that are you actually armed. it say courtsey thing letting you know you on you or in your vehicle and letting us know where it is as well. >> reporter: now, in the loudoun county

. >>> in loudoun county, the month ofeam7 july is being called lov loudoun month.ti to honor the victims of the orlando nightclub shooting. a supervisor on the county board originally proposed,ëx honoringe gay community by making june lgbt awarenesst month. that title got a lot of pushback from the board and community members. the county board voted for the substitute resolution last night. often parents with sick children have to travel to get the best care at certain hospitals around the country. ] families homes away from home. >> hi! >> reporter: on theçdcuñ vernal his first birth way, oliver huffman might think the average home looks a lot like a hospital. born in minnesota with a series of intestinal problems, oliver's family headed east for treatment at boston children's. but parents brandon andázcéñ ch also needed a home and found one with total strangers. >> the esophagus looks great. >> harvey and pam have become extended family. >> they're sort of like an extra set of in-laws. >> i was just saying we know a lot about pam and harvey and they know a lot ab

we have loudoun county, which is a purple county. >> reporter: both virginia republicans and ben carson believe donald trump will do the unification work tonight. >> he's got a heavy lift tonight. he needs to make the outreach to people and proving that, look, he's serious about the presidency and he can be trusted as well. >> reporter: and the virginia republicans know that they are one of the states that could make the difference of what happens on november 8th. >> that's right. a lot of attention on virginia. it's a swing state, as usual. we'll be right here all evening bringing you the very latest from quicken loans arena. jim, wendy, back to you. >> and we'll be back after the convention. guys, thank so much. >> well, still ahead, more coverage of the rnc convention in our next half hour. chuck todd works with polito fact to check some of the claims that mike pence was making last inmate in the d.c. jail has settled his lawsuit against the district and will be collecting $25,000. the incident that triggered this was revealed in a news4 i-team investigation. keith johnson, then an i

you a sense of the timing, the first part of the day drive. 2:00 am a light rain starts to pop up loudouncounty, warrenton, and further northwest. that is where we have the bright red, orange, andellow. 5:00, more.c., likely to get rain. the chance sticks around through the evening. into pennsylvania is where i think the majority of the severe weather will stay. for us, just a few showers and thunderstorms moving across. into tuesday, 8 m., starts out drive. then we have a chance of light rain. a few thunderstorms possible, but in general tuesday it will be warm, muggy, and you may need the umbrella. in general, not going to rain all day either day come just a mid-sixties to 74 overnight. 96the afternoon, we're up to degrees thanks to the morning sunshine, firing off the late they spotty thunderstorms. that is a 30% chance tomorrow, same story tuesday. both days i think it is worth having the umbrella because some of the rain will be heavy, but not all day. wednesday and thursday are by far the nicest of the week. , theak from the humidity temperatures feeling better, when stay in the 80'

does not include our friends in loudoun county. but in the immediate metro area. you don't want to exercise for a while. you really don't. this is a look at our current temperatures. still 94 downtown. and 95 in leesburg and sterling. feels like 102 downtown. and even cumberland feels like 97 degrees now. when we come back, we'll talk about the heat being a little less oppressive. we'll talk about which day you might want to plan your activities. >>> a baby rescued is healthy and safe. many of you continue to ask questions about why that baby was taken from her mother in the first place. an emotional scene played out during our newscast. officers moved in on a hyattsville, maryland apartment. and came out with a baby in a cart. look at her. a few minutes later, put the mother in handcuffs and canceled the amber alert. tonight, viewers on social media, asking questions about why they took the baby from the mother. she said she doesn't want to misjudge the mother without knowing the entire story. wusa 9 reporter andrea mccarren is the one who called police with the

so areas like frederick, loudoun counties, up around washington, and back into far western maryland. and the panhandle of west virginia. i'll be tracking it on facebook and twitter as well throughout the evening hours. you can always find me there. i've also posted how hot it would feel in your neighborhood. and because of the extreme heat, tomorrow having a high impact on your day, a day you really want to take it easy outdoors. dangerously hot. if we hit 100, and there is the chance for some late-day thunderstorms. if those storms do materialize tomorrow, they could have some heavy rain and some gusty winds. so we'll start off the day already at 80 degrees. so if you like to get up and out early and get the outdoor exercise in, know you'll be dealing with that and extreme mugginess as well. by lunchtime we're in the mid-90s. we're near or at triple-digits by four income the afternoon. our high tomorrow 100. and that will happen at about 4:00. 8:00 p.m., around 93. best chance for thunderstorms is during the afternoon and evening hours. i want to show you this here on future weather

we had a pretty good storm here in loudoun county. that has died off. making its way to damascus and mount airy. few more back to the west. what the big story is is the heat the hottest day of the year potentially tomorrow. more heat on friday and then, yeah, the heat will last. kind of which exclamation point, too. how long will it last? i've got your forecast. >> new at 11:00, the white house says president obama will find help for drug addicts. a bill lets the federal government award grants to states to treat people who were addicted to pain killers. the legislation is dprooifgs control policy which is focused on law enforcement rather than on treatment. 47,000 people in the country died from opioid overdoses in 2014. 0e7 outside deaths surpassed car accidents as the number one cause of injury death. for more information open our nbc washington app and search opioid addiction. >> tonight, the bloomingdale community came together to remember a staffer killed over the weekend. neighbors held a candle light vigil for seth rich. he was shot during a rob

but we are in the middle of a fast-growing area in loudoun county.t looks like the church is coming down. along busy church road in sterling you might not notice it. the windows pealing, the old methodist church hasn't been active for 30 years. recently used as storage for a landscaping company, a developer plans to demolish the church and build five-level storage facility. some preservationists hoped the building could be disassembledded, piece by piece and reconstructed elsewhere. after a marathon meeting a small park will be built here instead with a historical marker. but the spires will be kept on the site. the church's demolition is making many people think of the sterling's past as a rail stop and the fast-growing future. >> it could have been a pretty church when it was in good condition. i can see why they want to do that. but right now it doesn't look like much. >> rather than tearing it down, it would significant element of the church and reuse them somewhere in the community. we have a lot of history here. that history is diminishing. ric

those counties in yellow including manhattan and the district and loudoun, those are severe thunderstormatch but pretty much i'm thinking anybody now north and west of this line to our southeast, if you are here i am not concerned. down in southern maryland and parts of the northern neck, the eastern shore, we are still rocking and rolling there. shower in montgomery county rained itself out. we are doing better across charles and much of prince george's. look at this activity from southern prince george's across the bay, just about toward east and at saint michaels and approaching tilghman. this is headed down toward huntingtown, prince frederick, already to lower 3 inches per hour and the heights are these still over 40,000 feet when we do the vertical slice of the storm here. earlier we had some hail makers that moved across parts of prince george's and anne arundel during the eastern shore. al plata your showers have fizzled. crossing the river in toward virginia, look at all the lightning around port royal, more to the south, a few stragglers coming through spotsylvania but this act

. >>> new at 11:00, the loudoun county sheriff's office is investigate beinging a woman's n sterlingshe had just renovated her apartment on cardinal glen circle. her name has not been released. >>> twin bombings in baghdad have killed 150 people and injured nearly 200 more. as lucy kavanaugh shows us, the bombers targeted victims when they were the most vulnerable. >> reporter: baghdad's sky's ablaze after a powerful blast. death and chaos on the streets. isis claiming responsibility. two bombs in one night. devastation on an appalling scale. shops and regular toronstauranto rubble. timed for maximum impact. a refrigerator truck packed with explosives pl explosiv explosives blowing up outside this mall. as firefighters battled the blaze into the early hours of the. >> -- morning, rescuers searching for survivors. inside, the dead and injured. many of them women and children. it was the third mass slaughter of civilians blamed on isis in less than a week. istanbul's airport, a popular cafe in bangladesh. now baghdad. the terrorists keeping their promise of a series of attacks before t

well, a judge in loudoun county has banned a promising 10-year-old golfer from playing in tournamentsth her parents. she has been called a prodigy by golf professionals. the father said her game will suffer. he plans to appeal this ruling. coming up after the break, a final check of your holiday forecast and a story about a teenager overcoming major obstacles to your home can be perfect.re, even when life isn't. the neighbor's back. oh, no. this is my husband, gibby! i wanted to show him your furniture! i like it! you wanna come in? oh no. that would be weird! the 4th of july sale is happening now. havertys. jummy: a really inspirati from texas. one graduated from high school with honors. what makes that so much impressive is he's been homeless for three years. his mother died when he was 5 and the rest of his family abandoned him. he decided to make the best of the situation and show up for school. >> what else was i supposed to do? it was either that or be a low life, you know? i could just throw all that away, have a chance. i have a chance so why

president vice president biden met with local law enforcement officers, including those from maryland and loudoun county, virginia. here in the district a few hours ago, mayor chief frank sowinski met with them on a panel, and they were also talking about ways they can bridge the gap between the community and law enforcement officers. >> they don't know what to think. >> reporter: walter kirkland drove his son there. even though jordan has never been in trouble, he says he may run away if police stop him. >> because of history as in police brutality, you think that they're going to come after you next. >> reporter: the police-involved shootings of alton sterling and philando castile reinforce that fear. t they sparked protests around the country. tonight prince georges county police chief hank marylayor marian bowser sat on panel. they said it starts with respect from both sides. >> if you have a respectful interaction, you can expect that interaction to go well. >> when police officers and the community know each other in good times, they can better work with each other when there is a challengi

you can see starting to clear out in montgomery county, western portions of fairfax, loudoun and it will be it for the night and we also wanted to show youal the tremendous numbers of storm reports all of these lights blue balls indicate writing wind damage has been received. so this has been long lived as the storms began up west of interstate 1 and have been taking down trees in their entire path i expect that to continue for the next little while. good newsment start sod see severe thunderstorm watch scaled back. for most of d.c. it's over. still in effect parts of s mary and calvert and i bet those go enjoy more comfortable temperatures. bouncing up a bit from 73 to 75 and that's a whole lot better than 95. we had along 4:00 this afternoon and so a little bit of break in this intense heat and humidity and we'll talk about that with the 7 day forecast and when you need to prepare for triple gij its too coming your way in a little bi bit. shawn, back to you. >> we're prepared, thank you. 2016 national republican convention is underway right now in cleveland and in fact maryland governo

and developing now - a suspicious death in loudoun county.riff's office says they were called to a home on cardinal glen circle in sterling friday morning. when the arrived, they found a woman's body in the garage of her home which was under renovation. we still don't know why police went to first place. the cause of death is still under investigation. happening right now - beefed up security here in the nation's capitol because of these type of recent terror attacks. law enforcement officials say they are monitoring radical islamist threats - as ramadan ends tomorrow night evening. the department of homeland security is urging those of you heading to events like the parade, capitol fourth concert and the fireworks show to be vigilant and aware of your surroundings. coming up at 4:35 - the do's and don'ts if you're heading to the mall today. a fairfax man is in the hospital, after being severely wounded in an explosion in new york city's central park. friends of 18-year-old connor golden tell us.. they were climbing rocks yesterday when golde

. >> the new resolution says all are welcome no loudoun county and urges people to love and respect the diverse community. >>> today, we're expecting a major announcement about a product recall from the consumer product safety commission. we don't know what's being recalled but it's some sort of children's -- something that adults and children use and once that announcement comes around, around 10:00, we'll send an alert to the nshs washington app. >>> the water scare at the u.s. capitol. house lawmakers and their staff will be allowed to take free blood tests. doctors are looking to see whether elevated lead levels are the capitol. officials shut off the water in the canon house office building after tests showed lead levels slightly above national standards. >>> the current temperatures around here this morning. a lot of you seeing the 70s right now. but it is about to get even hotter. a closer look at that and your what to wear forecast when we check back in with chuck bell. >>> the fairfax county man who lost his foot after stepping on an explosive in central park. what we expect to

loudoun county in northern virginia is a key swing district, and a reliable bellwether for the state.e are a must-win for clinton and for trump. she runs a gym. she is a classic swing voter, economically conservative but socially liberal. she has voted both republican da and democratic in the past, d is struggling over who to vote for this year. >> we need to regulate the economics in this country more. that is my draw to donald trump. he's a businessman. he has the economic background, and has made a successful business of it. her foreign policy background draws me to her. i feel more confident having somebody who has sat at the table and held the position she has had, and, i guess i'm very torn between being a businesswoman and being a woman. katty: ultimately, the candidates' vice presidential choices may help her make up her mind. but she suspects many other conservative leaning independent voters may decide just to stay home this election. >> i think it's huge. if women do not show up to vote, it will drastically turn what this election could be. no one knowsrse, precisely how ma

is loudoun county you're not inntyt it either but don't think it's i not going to be hot.ot you'll stillheat index values around 100. this meansti the heat index ind values will be running 100 to t 105 late this afternoon.ftno 96 for a high today, 98 manassas, 97 for culpeper.ulpep. but again the heat index is inds going to get you. get you up over a hundred degrees.re it's thursday morning.orning erin has a great term for this. >> friday eve, gary. 4:56 right now and we have a lot of overnight road workd w that could still slow us down ud prince george's countyount suitland parkway outbound atd naylor road. inbound portion of suitland parkway cruising along without any problems. utility problem ongoing workoinw prince george's county.e ge cou silver hill road westbound atesa silver park drive. aside from that the beltway cruising along. metro is picking up service. sei still dealing with safe trackrak surge four. more on that as we continue.nue. maureen and wisdom.m. >> coming up on fox newsews morning health leaders in leaden virginia have a new plan to combat the zika >> independent a

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loudoun county has approved the expansion but the board of supervisors has to consider it on july 14thw details now about the man who died in a self-driving tesla car. 40-year-old joshua brown was in a tesla model s similar to this one. it was in autopilot mode when it urn itted into a tractor trailer in florida back in may. brown had gotten eight speeding tickets, including one in virginia, since 2010. he was most recently driving 64 in a 35-mile-per-hour zone in ohio. >>> all week we've been telling you about the dangers that could come from fourth of july festivities. now we're going to tell you why it's a dangerous time for your pets. >>> and we are tracking showers and storms moving in just in time for yourç friday evening it's our new intern, bart's first week here at td bank, he's a robot from one of those other banks. we're training him to bank human. i am banking assistance & registration technology. wait, wait, wait. but you can call me, banking assistance & registration technology. hi amy. thank you. thank you. that is not protocol manager jenna. that's ok bart, it is here.

showers this morning, tracking them as they come into loudoun county, or county maryland. headed southbound colesville, eventually leesburg seeing some of that rain. today, cannot rule out a straight day thunderstorm, but it's still the green light for that. holding up the game. wednesday and thursday, our first pitch as we take on the dodgers. near 90 degrees thursday. again, green light because of low humidity and nothing like we will see at the end of the work week, jamie, which has the temperatures popping out in the upper 90's. a's definitely going to be hot one. jamie: it is a slow one out overhead, aust different view of this accident activity, you can see it right there with two lanes completely blocked on the outer loop of the taking out the two left lanes want to get past colesville in thenother backup single digits. 495, get ready for this. college park into silver spring, 37 minutes from 95 continuing to the 270 spur. 30 of those minutes just in this stretch. take a look at the backup. this is the outer loop and we are moving very slow. inner loop dealing with

meaning montgomery county you're dry for the most part to loudoun and fairfax. east side of beltway rain extending to prince george county and over to anne arrundel county. stayedest showers around dale city to waldorf north of prince frederick and annapolis seeing light rain too and that crosses over bay into the eastern shore. not a beach day for all of you who headed down yesterday you had fantastic warm. unfortunately. let's check the temperatures. it's a cool rain right now. 65 at reagan nagal. 64 dulles and 64 bwi mar sal and one of the cool elingt 4th of julys on record with high temperatures reaching upper 70s tomorrow. here's another look at temperatures across the area. pretty uniform. low to mid 60s. and here's setup as we go through dunkin' donuts. showers now give way to mainly clouds and isolated showers and we're not talking about widespread rain all day long. we have showers now. we'll see breaks. even a peak of sunshine or two off to northeast. no sunshine in the forecast tomorrow morning. batch of rain moving on through with heavy rain on there

again, the montgomery county coming up and loudoun county, that's what we are looking at throughout thernoon and throughout the really ianieveni we could see scattered showers and thunderstorms. temperatures, we are in the 80s right now, you factor in the humidity and this is what it feels like outside. it is feeling like 92 degrees right now. it is a little on the warm side out there. we'll continue to see showers again and more scattered as we get into the afternoon and threats will be over by about 1:00 10:00 or 11:00 at night. outdoor runs, if you are headed to the pool or eating lunch outside, again, we'll deal with hot and humid conditions and a few storms as we continue into the afternoon and 30% chance on thursday and isolated chance on friday. we'll keep some isolated chance throughout the week, look how hot it gets. yes, it is going to be humid all the way through the weekend and it is going to feel warmer. >> oh, lovely. >> thanks lauren. >> we have a new look at the best rated airlines. >> seasonal cooking. maybe lauren just how hot it is going to be over the next few days.

you can see starting to clear out in montgomery county, western portions of fairfax, loudoun and it will be it for the night and we also wanted to show youal the tremendous numbers of storm reports all of these lights blue balls indicate writing wind damage has been received. so this has been long lived as the storms began up west of interstate 1 and have been taking down trees in their entire path i expect that to continue for the next little while. good newsment start sod see severe thunderstorm watch scaled back. for most of d.c. it's over. still in effect parts of s mary and calvert and i bet those go

kristin wright has more from loudoun county. >> reporter: teachers take flight. >> i think it's importante world to see that. >> reporter: educators flying drones, all girls, fox crop school in virginia hosting the da vinci challenge, build a drone workshop to put unmanned workshop in the hands of teachers from the d.c. area and around the country. now they take what they learn back to their students to get them excited about science, technology, engineering and math. and the world of possibilities. >> and our new project is to use systems for locating and detecting -- >> reporter: and the teachers built >> fox crop department chair dr. mar maria evans believes it helps the girls understand that stem is not just for the boys. >> when the girls come back, we will be looking at missions for these drones. how could they use drone technology to solve a problem. because for girls, that's where they get motivated. >> reporter: a sophomore and her dad came from massachusetts. >> because usually guys are interested in drones. girls aren't. so it's important to change that. >> reporter: carlos cas

, prince william county, into southern not -- maryland, but notice montgomery county is clear and loudoun county clare also. -- clear also. the brighter yellows are severe went -- severe these are to the southwest of culpepper. impacts -- wet commute, low to moderate -- moderate. it won't be a huge problem but roads will be wet. thunderstorm severe risk -- is high. and hail -- that's very low. these aren't really hailstorms. it's still 73. winds out of the southwest. and 35 to 40 mi./h. now we conceal this -- the showers and storms and this is the really heavy activity. this is just heavier rain as everything is pushing off to the east southeast. moving at a pretty good clip. by 5:30 or 6:00 -- that will be lingering into southern maryland a little bit. you can see a severe thunderstorm warning in effect near charles and , and then that will eventually expire. but back to the west, we do have a warning in effect from a minute ago. it is still a pretty good storm as it moves across 5:22. so here we go -- severe thunderstorm watch for 8:00. main threat winds and heavy downpours. it's not as

so in towards loudoun, you're in the next hour or so. some of these could move into the d.c.rea around 8:00, 9:00. i'll continue to watch it for you. not expecting a whole lot and most of us stay dry. don't be surprised to see a shower or rumble of thunder. 90 by noon tomorrow. not the best day to get lunch outdoors. tomorrow won't be as quite as humid as tomorrow. we won't see a heat index of 105. your impact tomorrow, it's going to be on the moderate side. we're talking about the extreme heat that's coming on through here and we'll see that during the day tomorrow. there's the ten-day forecast. all in red and we're talking all night. 95 tomorrow. 92 on saturday and sunday. a little more comfortable on saturday and sunday and back to 94 on sunday and stay on the hot side all the way week. >> that's what our summer looks like, huh? >> thanks, doug. >>> sports is coming up. >> phil mickelson so close to history at the british open, he sa woman: i have a masurprise for you.are you? man: you have a surprise for me? narrator: at dominion, 1 in 5 new hires is a veteran. and when t

. >>> to decision 2016 right now, virginia senator tim kaine was in loudoun county today. >> david culver is reporting. speculation about clinton's vp is what most people wanted to talk about. >> reporter: while most of the happenings are dealing with the republican pa their convention, a lot of political buzz these days, especially on the democratic side of things. as we walk you in right now to a round table discussion hosted by virginia senator tim kaine, his name coming up multiple times as a potential vp pick for secretary of state hillary clinton as she is running for president, of course. so, you know, he's addressed that rumor. he hasn't said yes or no or if it's something that he's even fully considering. right now he's focused on discussions like round table discussions that have been planned for months. you're going to notice a lot more media attention in places like this, wherever the senator is going. this is something that we were with him several months back and didn't notice the media. in fact, it was just him and i on certain stories and jewelry carey with him. a lot more

and there has been kind of a long lived storm in northern loudoun county and parts of east.may have had a little whale it and a lot of lightning and gusts to 40. the big deal is it's capable of dropping an inch 1/2 two inches of rain. it drifts north to 270. these are communities that sea seat. it right about now in bar barnsville to poolsville and clarksburg 10:22 and gaither gaithersburg 10:35 as it hold together. today 90. mid 90s tomorrow and i have to let you know as we look at high temperatures around the region feeling like with temperatures newspaperer 0s it will be hotter than nat. these are areas in heat advisory for tomorrow which means it will feel like over 100. i think everybody will feel that and there's possibility of one or two stronger storms in the afternoon, toovrment you'll know any storm we see will be capable of heavy rain with humidity. >> we'll stay glued oun. thank you so much and keep weather app handy too. >> there you go. over to you. >> we george county where police shut down six flags america after reports of suspicious packages in the park. an

>>> i'm dispatch here in loudoun county, virginia, where they can receive and send text messagesare so many departments around the country not yet text ready? that story coming up on "today." >>> it's a special day for some children in d.c. today the birthday project launches in the district. ♪ >> the project has a six goal. bring joy and happiness to homeless children through the manualic of birthday parties. p)ln hour and feature games, ar and crafts and a lot of fun activities. >>> every child deserves to be celebrated and that's what the birthday party project hopes to accomplish. to celebrate all children, to let them know how incredibly special they are, how valuable they are to our world. >> the birthday project hosts parties all over the country and since the project started, it has celebrated 2,000 birthdays what a wonderful program. >> cute kids too. you love to see that. >>> new morning, aaa says not all gasoline is the same. a lot of drivers are clogging their cars engines by not using gas with enough added detear jents. they found that lesser gas liens left 19% more

. >>> this is love loudoun month at last night's my ard of super ac conoversial roke june lgbt prideonth. instead the board passed a resolution that says all are welcome in the county and urges people to love and respect the diverse community. >>> a pretty special reunion for a retired doctor today. he met two people who helped save his life when he suffered what would have been a fatal heart attack. mark sea segraves is l >> reporter: a retired physician who lives in potomac, maryland, and has come here to the theater with his friends last month. as the play was beginning, kornfeld began feeling pains in his chest. he collapsed on the floor of what his doctor said would certainly have been a fatal heart attack. a call went out in the audience for help. two people stood up and went into action. >> i assessed him to see if he needed cpr. i started krst pr. dillon came down and offered to take over. we defibrillated him. >> you don't have any hands-on experience unless you're in a situation where it's necessary to keep someone alive. >> reporter: a young man lfr learned cpr as a boy sc

. >>> loudoun county officials are engaged in an increasingly heated debate over making june lgbt pride. a board member introduced the resolution after dozens of people requested it but republicans and other elected leaders will slamming the proposal. e gender confusion to children and promotes it. >> no bill! >> protesters arrested this afternoon in the capitol rotunda for staging a sit-in. they were chanting no bill, no break. they were holding pictures of loved ones that they have lost to gun violence. they called on legislators to take up legislation that calls for universal background checks. >>> members of d.c. moms and dads for national gun safety legislation marched to the capitol to ask for gun safety legislation and congressional interference with d.c. gun laws. >> when i hear about congress people from kentucky or somewhere else trying to change the laws so guns are allow say in the matter, it's infuriating to me. >> charles allen took part in today's rally. this week, they will vote on a gun control proposal. >>> a maryland woman is going to have to spend time in jail after

if you're north of this line, this is montgomery, loudoun, baltimore, you're going to be dry from herestrict and areas to the south, potentially still dealing with a little more rain. i'll have more on this evening's forecast coming up and also taking a look ahead to a rainy fourth of july, çwendy. >> thank you, amelia. >>> in other news tonight, attorney general loretta lynch under fire for a private meeting with former president bill clinton. >> she said it was a casual conversation at the airport in phoenix, but with the fbi investigating hillary clinton's use of a private e-mail serve, even lynch admits she wouldn't do it again. brian mooar joins us from capitol hill. how is she trying to repair

gina loudoun and democratic strategist lauren sha say. thanks for being with us.a, one of the longest speeches in convention history. it seemed the main theme was keeping the country safe. >> yeah, and that resonates with everyone. everyone wants security. and they want national security. and i thought he reached a whole new level of self agadeprecatio and humility. there is no person if they watched that speech from start to finish didn't find something in there that was in there for them. and i was on the floor toward the california delegation and everyone was standing in their chairs holding up their signs, they were so excited about this speech. >> lauren, seemed like there was an attempt to reach out to different demographics, different groups. did you think that was successful? >> well, i think the question is where or not those groups think it was successful and i think there is unfortunately very little chance of that. it was extraordinary and unprecedented that he reached out or called out the lgbt lgbtq community and called on republicans to be tolerant

. >>> loudoun county sheriff's department is on paid administrative leave after police in leesburg arrested him on charges stemming from a domestic dispute. kennedy has been with the sheriff's office nearly eight years. a magistrate released him on a summons. >>> with so many recent attacks and tragedies around the world, hundreds of northern virginia parents hugged their children a little tighter today as they boarded a flight for europe. young catholics headed off to a world youth day pilgrimage. >> reporter: bags packed and rolled out the door. eager for the trip through italy and ultimately to poland. his mom and dad hesitant. are you looking forward to him going? >> i am. very excited. i'm also concerned and so i'm praying a lot and giving it up to god. >> reporter: this high schooler joining other young catholics for world youth day. these are scenes from rio in 2013. that was the last world youth day. time for young catholics to come together in prayer. hope francis leading them. it comes at a time when many are asking for prayers. recent attacks and instability around the world high