. >> something went wrong at that pepco power station. a substation, actually, on florida avenue in northwest. that cut power to se 39,000 customers. in northwest in the areas around shaw, mount vernon square, generally that part of downtown. now, trafs,c light cash registers, and of course those air w conditionere not working. pepco says they know what happened. they think the crews have been working on the problem. it was a transformer. we heard from a pepco executive in a conference call earlier this morning. they now have a handle on things. take a look. >> the event resulted in multiple equipment issues that we had that impacted electric service toxi apptely 39,000 customers in northwest d.c. our crews were able to restore service through alternate switching to restore service to the majority of those customers impact 5:00 p.m. yesterday. >> and the last t ofse customers who were left in the dark were back online by this morning. early hours of this morning. now, pepco had to rebuild some of the damaged equipment right t.ere on the s

pepco at this point is saying we just don't know. a show at the lincoln theate(e1 canceled.oys and poets at 14th and v shut down. no power. thousands of d.c. residents and businesses are stillfá in thejfk after a massive power outage. >> we actually just moved here yesterday. and so we were in the middle of unpacking boxes. >> welcome to washington. >> thank you. >> reporte thet( outage, 39,000 pepco customers were affected. ose numbers droppedt( steadily throughout the day. >> we understand t.%e impact tht around the clock to gete1 all o oure1 customers >> reporter: the problem was trace today to a oksubstation o florida avenue. pepco is looking for the cause. they can't say when everyone's lights will beÑi backxd on. power was also knocked out at several intersection. some had traffict( control to kp everyone movij and some did not. medstar washington hospital center, howarduniversity, and children's hospitals all lost power ndfb (@y toe1 operate on emergency backups. ambulances were divertedñr to other medical centers. d.c.q fire had to rescue numeros people stuck on elev

pepco says set it at 78 degrees. >> pepco is prepared tohe face t heat. here at the benning surface center they have repair trucks on the ready. this is their storm room, staffed with a tm monitoring the weather. pepco prepares year round. to avoid a blkout like the one in new york city last weekend. >> when we have a lot of consumption of electricity, we want to experience those power outages that we obviously want to avoid, because when there are outages, our customers are, you know, in some cases, they are without medical equipment, and o we want just try to avoid avl that h >> carmelita edwards of northeast washington says this heat wave is dangerous for her. >> i suffer with the heat. i hate the heat. i suffer very much. i'm anis as make the, so th weather, it's not my friend. >> as you can see here, the blinds are open. >> pepco showed miss edwards how she can stay comfortable while saving energy in her home by drawing her drapes a shutting the blinds. using the ceiling fan to ai circulate unplugging unnecessary lamps and appliances and setting her

as you can see, it's black outside. >> pepco is hoping to restore power by 1:00 a.m.we're still working to learn what knocked the power out in the first place. that is just coming as we prepare for the return of heat and humidity. >> outside right now, doesn't feel too bad. but all of that is going to change later this week, folks. we're going to have feels like temperatures over 100 degrees. >> we're also watching what's left of barry, the storm systema drenched ts of louisiana with 17 inches of rain. it's now over arkansas and moving slowly this way. let's get caught up on all of it with amelia draper. how is it looking? >> it's all about the heat and huidity out there this week. the humidity hasn't been so bad. that's changing as we speak. check our temperature trend. our average high is 89 degrees. we're running well above normal9 into the through the weekend. we could even hit 100 degrees on saturday, something we have not had happen at reagan national since august in 2016. now, starting off tomorrow morning, it's notoing to be that bad. but we warm up quickly. w

pepco crews with continuing to work and hoping to get power that was out to several dozen customers by 7:00 a.m. i look around right here, i'm seeing lights on that were not on befoch as that home there. so maybe the lights are trickling on before 7:00 a.m. that is their target. if you're in this area, you will see a road closure here. >> justin finch, thank you. >> along with the storms the heat is proving to bedeadly. extreme heat is now blamed for four deaths in maryland. the two most recent deaths happened this week in prince george's county and worcester county. one person died in baltimore city this week and anne arundel county because of the heat. if you don'have air-conditioning in your home most communities in the d.c. area open recreation and community centers to the public when thep the republicans 90 degrees. find information about cooling centers in the area by going to your nbc washington app. search heat wave. >>> new details this morning about a northern virginia retirement communit fighting an outbreak of illness. a third resident at the greenspring retirement communit

bigger issue at the moment is noise.in you're s live pictures right now from florida avenue where pepco started working on the substation. theyre moving a transformer there. people who live in the u street and shaw areas may see extra crews working, and they cou hear a lot of loud noise tonight. pepco says they hope to be done with this sometime this week. >>> this week is not a good one fall asleep without ac. we are back into the 90s again this week, folks. >> yeah, and the numbers aren'tn coming dowor a few more days. amelia draper is tracking the temperatures and some potential storms this week. jim.ey, doreen and we had a high today of 94 degrees. tomorrow we'll have high temperatures in the mid 90s. and right now it's balmy si out. we're at 83 degrees tomorrow morning. we're also warm 7:00 a.m., at 76 degrees. we do have plenty of sunshine out there during the morning hours. we're alreadyn the low 80s by 9:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m., a temperature of almost 90. not only hot tomorrow but humid as well. our average high now 88. tomorrow will be the hottest day through saturday. you can see

ng over to my thermostat now, what do you set your thermostat at, according to pepco, 78 degrees. now that sounds warm. you may even glisten a little, but it's better than being outside. if you think it's just too darn hot, look at this, a road crew laying blacktop in northeast washington. >> with that asphalt down on ground at 200 degrees hotter, depends on h hot the heat is the underneath the pavement, have you to stay>> hydrated. reporter: here in bethesda people are trying to beat the heat any way you can. >> it's really hot and i'm dressing cool. >> reporter: how are you dealing with the heat? >> we're going to the movies to keeol. >> reporter: and you probably already know where this is going. you had --? >> an ice cream cone, sugar cone. >> reporter: does this help with the heat in the. >> not necessarily but it was delicious. >> reporter: pepco hasextra staff on call at its benningce servi center. pepco is prepared for the heat wave and hopes to avoid a blackout like the onein new york city on saturday. >> friday, july 19s will be a peak savings day faryland customers. ear

we hadelhone conference this morning with pepco's chief operating officer. he says they now know what happened. crews work overnight to restore the problem. it was a transformer blew with that substation and they got the first batch of customers,or 5,0 so, up by 5:00 p.m. the last of those customers were restored this morning. onow, pepc crews rebuilt some oa the tformers on site and brought in some backup units from del mar hamarva power and sources. now,in thabout transformers. they are the things that make the power, the voltage that power companies use to send the power out over the line safe to usein your home like when you charge your cellphone. that little block is a transformer. that helps voltage not burn your s happened on larger scale at that pepco substation and they are now working to find out what happeneom in the news derrick ward, news4. back to you. >> certainly a lot of people happy that the power is on. >>> politics now. president trump spent part of his weekend attacking maryland congressman consulti congressman elijah cummings and the ci

pepco has another warning that to linger all week. >>> three armed robberies and police believe each was pulled off by the same man. we have details on the crime and the specific type of person that may be targeted. >>> chutk, how abohe weather? > here is a dog that would be great for your walk and he is available at humane dog rescue alliance. get your miles walked early. pavement and air will be plenty hot later on this afternoon. locally-owned novec has the most reliable power in the region. and we all know how ab important being reli is. novec provides electricity from multiple renewable sources. groovy man! and will soon include even more solar. yeah! and novec offers convenient 24/7 online services. i just paid my electric bill. novec. power you can trust. >>> heat, humidity, and the chance of storms is the temple around the beltway. a beautiful look outside from chopper where have we heard about the hot weather? after a feud of beautiful weather in the d.c. reon, it appears that we are going back to those hot, high temperatures we haveeen so much of already this morning. >>> g

now pepco's outage map shows the blackout is over. we are still working to learn what knocked out the power. >>> this morning, investigators are trying to figure out why someone fired shots at an office building in montgomeryppounty and ed on rockville park at twin brook parkway in the rockville area. fieart radio and other businesses have s in that blding. the shooting happeneulover the jfourth weekend. we are just learning it about now. you can still see the damage to the window there. >>>er efficierifyings a mother de acribing moment when bullet nearly hit her as she held her baby at at hospital. pictures taken by a nurse show where the bullet pierced the wall. the man who works i the hospital dialysis helped to get his patient to safety. we had patients on the bus and had to get them back inside to a lockdown area. you don't think about it during the time. you want to make sure esarybody is fe. >> no one was hit by the gunfire. police are stilthsearching for gunman. >>> today, a peace rally will be held in honor of makia wilson. i

now pepco's outage map shows the blackout is over. we are still working to learn what knocked out the power. >>> this morning, investigators are trying to figure out why someone fired shots at an office building in montgomery county and had happened along rockville pike at twin brook paverkway in the rockville area. iheart radio and other businesses have offices in that building. the shooting happened over the july fourth weekend. we are just learning it about now. you can still see the damage to the window there. police are still looking t fore shooter. >>> terrifying is a mother describing then moment wh bullet nearly hit her as she held her baby at hospital. pictures taken by a nurse show e ere the bullet pierced gill. no one was hit by the gunfire. police are still seching for the gunman. >>> l day, a peace rally wilbe held in honor of makia wilson. it has been one year since she was shot when she walked to an ice creatruck. wilson was hit by a stray bullet vi this exchange caught on surveillance deo. yesterday, police arrested an

he got a special tour at pepco headquarters in t northwest that's because when the power went out ats home in wheaton a while back, he got a bright idea. eli drew his design of a messaging system for the power company to usedi to show immeate outages. today, the 7-year-old got to pitch his idea at pepco's innovation lab. >> when it transformer can blow and you click whale and it shows the c sky view and the red is where transformer has burned. >> aha. eli also got a tour of the facility. his mom says he's really into s.t.e.m. subjects. save an office for him. >> he'll be going to work at 6:00 in the morning when he's 11 years old. >> great stuff. >>> news4 is committed to bringing you covege of our changing climate. nenumbers are showing carbon eoxide levels ar at their highest level in human history. >> some grmat concern to , amelia joins us in the studio with more on how it's impacting the earth. amelia? >> first i want to show you this chart here this kind says it all. this isin gog back 800,000 years. thecarbon dioxide levels as weo get t present day -- they just spike. imprese

. >> the district is partnering with pepco, new partners community solar and jubilee housing a nonprofit that creates affordable housing for no low incom residents. there are 194 solar panels on the roof of this building. the low income residents who live here will realize a monthly savings of between $40 and $50 for the next 15 years. >> that's $50 that provided to pepco, that's another two, three meals a week. i'm grateful for it. >> the d.c. government iste committo more energy efficient, affordable housing, they call it environmental justice. chris gordon,news4. >>> the testimony you'ring about to give is true and correct. >> it's not a witch hunt. >> he did not reach a determination as to whether the president committed a rice. >> president trump direct theed white house counsel don mcgahn to fire you, isn't that correct? >> true. >> i agree with the chairman this morning when he said donald trump is not above the law. he's not. but he damn sure shouldn't be below the law. which iswhere volume two of this report puts >> did you interview him? >>. western intelligence or russian inte

pep krnc pepco says here is a couple of quick tips to save money on your energy bill. i know 78 degrees sound warm buo pared to the outside temperature you'd be amazed how cool 78 degree can feel. when the ac is on do your bestp to kee outside doors and window closed. also close your blind and curtains dur when the afternoon sun comes on in that is heating the room up and your personal expense. you can also turn off or unplug any light devices and appliances that you're not using. ands appliance that produce heat like your dryer and oven and when with it cooler outside, run it late at night. make sure the deducts and fans are cleaned out and use your ceiling fan. just moving your thermostat up a couple of degrees when it's hottest outside may save you $3, $5 a day 3 and over days, that is $10,0. $3 >> thank you, chuck. >> you know everything. >>> traffic on i-95 can get bad. the worst spot othe entire interstate is in virginia. the traffic jams are worse than any other par a in thisea according to the i-95 improvement project. people spend 1.2 million a year in delays

pepco hopes to be done sometime this week. >>> here is a look at other top stories we are followith for you s morning. >>> thousands of people turned out in gilroy, california, last night to remember the three people killed during a weekend shooting at an outdoores fval. a 6-year-old, a 13-year-old and 25-year-old were among the ctims. another 12 people were wounded. the gunman was shot and killed. >>> d.c.ed police releas surveillance video of a man ooting four people outside of the howard theater and happened on sunday morning on t street t. northwe all four victims are expected to survive. no arrests have been made. >>> this morning, we are working to learn more about a in southeast washington. last night, we knowni a juve was struck when shots were fired on t street. detectives aren't releasing many details but we know the child was taken to the hospital, conscious and breathing. the name of the child has not been released and no arrests have been made. >>> 11-year-old karon brown was laid to rest yesterday. police say edown was kil by 29-year-old tony mcclam who is now facing secon

pepco prepares year round to avoid a blackout like the one in new york city last weekend. >> when we have a lot of consumption of electricity we want to experience those power outages that we obviously want to avoid because when there are outages, you know, our customers are, you s know, ine cases, they are witut medical equipment, and we want to just try to avoid all that hore. >> repr: carmelita edwards of northeast washington says this heat wave is dangerous for her. >> i suer in the heat. i hate the heat. mi suffer verych. i'm an asthmatic so i just -- thiser weath it's not my thing. >> reporter: as you can see your blinds are open. >>eporter: pepco showed miss edwards how to stay comfortablev while sing energy in herhome, by drawing the drapes an closing the blinds by using the ceiling fan t circulate air andg unng lamps and appliances and setting her thermostat at 78 degrees which is an adjustment. i would not want to be a part of having a powerutage where there are people out there that don't have any way or perhaps don't have air conditioning at all. i'm still praying on that

abo 39,000 pepco customers were effected by the outage here. power was also knocked out at several intersections. that forced police officers to direct traffic. a lot ofospitals had to operata operate on emergency backup generators. by nightfall you could see entire neighborhoods were dark. we moved here yesterday. we were inned middle of unpacking boxes. >> welcome to washington. an t as traced to electrical equipment issue at a substation on florida avenue in northwest d.c. >>> politics now. president trump spent part of his weekend attacking maryland congressman elijah cummings and the city of baltimore in a war of words. overnight the president tweeted, quote, so sad that elijah cummings has been able to do so little for the people of baltimore. statistically, baltimore ranks last in almost every major category. customerings has done nothing but milk baltimore dry but the public is getting wise to the bad job he doing, end quote. he described cummings' district as a disgusting rat and rodent-infested mess. the president was apparently react

pepco hopes to be done sometime this week.be. >>> 5:35. >>> here is a look at other top stories we are following for you this moing. >>> thousands of people turned out in gilroy, california, last night to remember e three people killed during a weekend shooting at an outdoor festivaly ar-old, a 13-year-old, and 25-year-old were among the victims. another 12 people were wounded. the gunman was shot and killed. >>> d.c. police released surveillance video of a man shooting four peoploutside of the howard theater and happened on sunday rning on t street in northwest washington. ed toour victims are expe surviv no arrests have been made. >>> this morning, we are working otto learn more about a sg in southeast washington. last night, we know a juvenile was struck when shots were fired on t street. detectives aren't releasing many details, but we know the child was taken to the hospital, conscious and breathing. he name of the juvenile has not been released and no arrests have been made. >>> 11-year-old karon brown was laid to rest y

. >>> now to an update we brought you at 11:00, pepco worked overnight to restore power to thousands of customers in d.c. it was pitch da, the nand was all black, except for two police cars at a 7-eleven. we're still working to find out what knocked out the power. >> this morning, neil armstrg's apollo 11's space suit was reunveiled if you will at the smithsonian. the suit had been in storage since 2006. in 2015, donations helped toea this display case. mike pence spoke before the unveiling about what the mission meant. >> whenn president keny declared the united states would put a man on the moon before the decade was out, it is important to remember in our tim that he issued a challenge before our country was able to meet it. the truth is, we didn't have the rockets, we didn't have launch pads, we didn't have space suits. >> but within six months, the suits were created. today they are symbols of a moment of national pride. f new birth o exploration that all started with a simple decree. >> i believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal before this decade is

according to pepco's website. customers won't get their power back until tomorrow afternoon. and at least two people were killed in a nightclub collapse in south korea and at least a dozen are r injured including american athletes. frightening scene unfolding overnight when a balcony inside the coyote ugly club fell to the main floor. members of the u.s. men's and women's national water polo teams were at the club celebrating the women's world championship victory. three of the polo athletes were hurt. no word yet on what caused the balcony to collapse. eric: middle east peace between the israelis and palestinians has been a tough mission of international diplomats for deck it's now. president trump and his administration along with israel and the sa arab word have say promoters broken the mold by promoting the help of palestinians. 24 have turne they have turned . i sat down to talk about all of this with jason greenblat. he went to the united nations this week, addressed the security council and gave it to them.

pepco say they are also bringing in a spare transformer from another sub station as a precaution. most of the customers had their power back on now. >>ward university hospital could soon be part of the juventus healthcare system. most recent hospital was run by palladin healthcare capital. juventus operatesmawo r hops, washington and vosnice hpital and shady grove medcality center, and it's about to open up a brand-new hospital in white oakes next month. >> a dramatic new development inside a prince george's countys father an suv inast father was time andie lost control and crashed. today the teen ignored his attorney's advice to remain silence. whe teen says he turned on his father. >> reporter: it was a dramatic day inside a prince george's county courtr on friday 17-year-old barba teroma admitted tom t cohert di repeated warnings he his attorneys he confessed again telling t judge hisr d sa me i committed the take a quick look at some ofe our>>> other stop stories t 6:30. president trump doubled down on his attack against maryland's in elijah cumm and the city of baltimore. he

pepco restored those lines. we are told their early target raner is to have pow here restored by perhaps 7:00 a.m. so the window is shrinking. perhaps they will make it and perhaps go over so keep that in mind too. if u drive in this area know you willind congestion here. thstin finch, news4. >>> along wihe storms, the heat is proving to be deadly as well. extre heat blamed for four deanhs in mar the most recent happened this week in prince george's county and earlier tis month one person died in baltimore city and onene in an arundel county because of te heat. if you don't have air-conditioning in your home most d.c. area have opened communities centers and recreation centers when temperates reach 90 degrees. you can findor inftion with cooling centers by opening your nbc washington app. >>> >>> a third resident at the greenspring retirement community in springfield has died. megan mcgrath is live at greenspring retirement community in springfield with more. >> reporter: good morning. we have new information to

pepco says to save money, set your thermostat at 78 degree that may seem warm, but compared to the outside, it's quite comfortable. also when the ac is onr keep you outside doors and windows closed kd consider closing your blinds a curtains toeep the sun out. you cano turn off or unplug any lighting devices and appliances you're not using and runpl apnces that produce heat like your dryer, your oven, youe dishwasat night when it cools down. >> finally, use ceiling fans and make sure air ducts and fans aren't blocked by furniture. >>> heat showers storms no matter what the summer weather brings you can stay a step ahead with the nbc washington app. check out our hour-by-hour forecast andlook at live radar any time, anywhere you are. pe james fields is sing the rest of his life behind bars after getting multiple life sentences for plowing his car into the counterdemonstrators after the 2017 unite the right rally in charlottesville. he killed one woman and injured more than two dozen.on tonigh on news4, we can show you and play for you, some of the evidence federal prosecurs use to convince t

about 39,000 pepco customers were affected.was traced to ln electrical equipment at a substation. > it will be agt and warm ain today. a look at your f . we are sisters and we just moved in together. why alissa and aleah chose fios. we stream so much. a lot of times alissa is wahing tv on her laptop using her phone, also using her tablet. i am really good at multi-tasking cause i'm awesome.a little. get the internet your family needs at a price you'll love. plus, the first month of youtube tv on us when you switch now. only on fios. let's check in with lauryn who says it's going to be hot and warm today. n't give me grief for that. >> i'm glad we can have both, hot and warm. it's warm outhere right now. hot later on today. temperatures are in the 70s out there right now and we will continue to see those te teratures rise right around 90 degrees. low 90s will be our daytime high today. we will have a chance for s as w head into nd the amp and evening, but mainly district.he then we have a 20% chance of rainn tuesday. better chan