scott macfarlane, news4 i-team. >>> the sun may have been shining in d.c. over the weekend but a differenttory in the midwest. severe weather struck minnesota, leading to widespread flooding. look at that! across the state, drivers had to abandon their car when the water on the road just became too deep. basements and properties flooded. in one part of the state, 30 heads of cattle were washed away as a pasture turned into a river in matter of second. >> let's head over to europe now. it wasn't rain there b the heat made headlines. in france, the temperatures so precaution. exts an t cle changh not typically n paris the other day, the kickoff s at 9:00 p.m. and it was 87.on stillt at point.thee. we will see heat coming back our july! there. >> very pretty >> sun coming up an hour from now. 5:47 is the official sunrise in d.c. clear sies out there. a beautiful day out there.lis g. you may neat jacket es0s. anotheea we in theidda could havetoday. current te t 59 andbo the wapot we have cool there on the 1st of blue skies d the wind are going to be light terd.

scott macfarlane.ks so much, scott. >>> a teenager has been arrested for throwing fireworks at a patrol car early this morning in prince george's county. police say the o teen came from a wooded area in capital heights and hurled the lit firework. it exploded beneath the cruiser's front bumper and the officer chased down the teen and arrested the incident for ckless assault ad fireworks charges. thankfully no one was hurt. >>> on saturday police sa nother prince george's county patrol car was targeted. you can see the person toss the firecracker, run off, nd explodes in this video recorded by an -- police are still looking for who did ythis, the said thisid inct happened aium of days ago, but it did notpe related to the one today. >> coming up next, a mysterious >> coming up next, a mysterious explosione in colleg park this is fred. he's dancing like nobody's watching. and because all of the devices on fred's wifi network are protected with xfinity xfi, literally, nobody's watching. exceptofor millions

scott macfarlane explains. >> reporter: a woman on a flight home from orlando after a trip to disney world said she nearly died aboard the airplane be use of what was circulating in the recled air. icia powell had a severe 3:00ts of nu and called aheadf her ig 2007 flht to warn the airlines but she said that doesn't stop the flight attendant of not servng peanuts around her. she used her epipens and went into shock. the crew made an emergency landing. the i-team wanted to know how often these allergic reacttions happen on flights and the ou airlines wn't release internal figures and neitheror theyhe faa are required to keep counts. we found members of congress havinglt difficu to get answers. tonight as part of our full new i-team reporthat airlinesre doing to protect passengers with severe allergies and why health experts say this may impact more peole than you think. at reagan national airport, scott macfarlane, news4 i-team. >>> we have got a first 4 traffic report. he a lot of problems on road. here is one of them where justin finch is live f finch is live for you. only thing by

scott macfarlane, news4 i-team. >>> this week, we are celebrating the apollo 11's 50th anniversary. in a few hours, neil armstrong answer space suit wi be revealed at the time smithsonian air and space museum. this suit was taken off display in 2006 and put into storage. in 2015, donation made through a kick-starter campaign helped to create a special display case and mannequin for this fragile suit. this morning, the two other apollo 11 mission suits remain in storage. >> they along to buzz aldrin and michael collins. here is a look at the collins' spae suit that is k in a northern virginia all about rla. thto only had 20 minute uit up. >> you had three guys and these suits and having to get into them, you can only really do it e at a time, sou have to go in sequence and not panic, not have any disder so they were all very methodical and they knew what they needed to >>do. here is no word on when collins and aldrin's suit might gok on display. they hope the research done on armstrong's suit will help place more collection ondisplay. just the reality everything the astronauts had to

for now, scott macfarlane, "news4 today"i-eam. >>> here is something we do not see often on the bay. craigelton sent us this video her about 24 hourago. people on the bay reported geeing several water spouts tuesday ni. we don't see them every day b this is the time of year they tend to show up on the bay. interesting. >> i tweeted, if you follow me on twitter, back to my feed yesterday. hthey had a severe we up on cape cod. they actually had a tornado which is rare. it's only the fourth tornado on cape cod since 1950. they had a great video of the 80-mile-an-hour wind gusts going through chatham harbor. you would have thoug they were in the middle of the raging ocean. all of the boats still on their morning lines there and tossing and turning.t perfeceather for a three-hour tour! >> it did good like gilligan's island for sure. >> if you're on twitter, go back to mytwir feetter. >> we love twitter. >> i guess. a very popular thing to be on, i discovered. > 31 days this year 90 or gher but two in a row without making it bove 90degrees. we might have two more as well. we won't be 90 to

for now at reagan national, scott macfarlane, news4 i-team. >>> not only the d.c. region that saw severe weather over the weekend. the midwest got hit hard. storm damage can be found across the southeastern wisconsin. strong wind and pounding rains took down power lines and tree limb and a lot of people lost power. this morning, many of them are still in the dark. right now, we have not hrd about any injuries in the area. >> that rough weather extended into western michigan as well. wind gusts clocked at 70 miles an hour. homes there were damaged with all of those ee came crashing down. also good news. no injuries were reported. in our n we have people area last night in the dark as a result of the storms that came througho >> even mre widespread chance of thunderstorms later o today. they have been just sort of vere isolad in nature the lastou cple of days forming in the intense heatpdf) and humidity e have ha now we actually have a trigger to cause the develop storms. that is a cold front which brought that severe weather to wisconsin and michigan. you just saw

. >> i'm scott macfarlane in blacksburg, virginia on a closet et. it's where the university is testing new systems and technologies to reduce de pedestrian acs in our area. we'll show you what they are testing and how it works coming up. >> hey, look, getting across the street, that's not always the easiest thing to do round here but take a look over here. i'll tell you why these new devices aim to i mp at havertys we know everyone has different tastes. and this independence day we're making it easy to find your style at havertys 4th of july sale. when you spend more, you save more up to $1000. on furniture that's already marked down! with more styles and custom fabrics to choose from. celebrate your independence with furniture that fits you. havertlife looks gd >>> right now a man who brutally killed an axandria shop manager is found not guilty by reason of insanity. >> a murder trial earlier this year ended in a hung injury. today prosecutors decided not to seek a second trial for the jackson. f slad >> they spoke with jackson's friends who are fu

. >> scott macfarlane at the live desk. maryland state police say they do have i-270 closed in both directions in northern ntgomery county as approaches frederi county. downed tree limbs and downed wires necessitated the closure. here's a look at the tower camera, northbound i270 on the light. just brake lights andvery little movement in the southbound lanes, closed off by maryland state police. montgoery county also responding. closed indefinitely at the start of rush hour. at the live desk, i'm scott macfarlane. leon, back to you. >> all right. thank you, scott. >> new at 4:00 now, we now know the name of the woman who died from a heat-related emergency saturday on the billy goat trail of the potomac river. u.s. park police say that she was just 32ldyears her name, rachel parkerson. she was from severn, maryland. the heat index saturday afternoon was 106 degrees. >> if you find yourself in a storm watch or warning right now, get your phones and your tablets chargedow because you can follow the weather on the nbc washingto

scott macfarlane and the news4 fteam looked into this. >> reporter: wend people arrested by the dozens in our local airports this year including at reagan national and bwi and dulles national. the i-team did some digging and we found those arrested avoid most instead paid fines and completed community service or unsupervised release and most had their cases eventually dismissed. we found many of these arrets are happening in frequent flyers who undergo background checks first. like a loudoun county man asked me not to show h face out of concern publicity of arrest could cost him his job. how do you get arrested? >> maybe when you travel enough and you think that airport is just like your home because that is exactly how i thought it. >> reporter: tonight as part of our iestigation, why one loc prosecutor says she does not seek jail sentences for those stopped in airports with guns and people in other states face higher punishment. for now at reagan national, scott macfarlane, news4 i-team. >>> many american teens say they feel unprepared to ben adult. it's not because of school. but be

scott macfarlane, news4 i-team. >>> take a look what the folks in the midwest with dealing with.teis is happening in minnesota. across the stadrivers had to abandon their car when the water on the road just became too deep. basements and properties flooded in one part of the state. in one part of the state, 30 heads of cattle were washed away as a pasture turned into a river. t' >> lehead over to europe now. it wasn't rain there but the heat made headlines. in france, the temperatures soared to 113 degree. several schools, which are still in session there, closed as a precaution. experts call than an unprecedented heat wave attribute it to climate change. >>> another day with a from the humidity and not dealing with what other folks in other palds of there dealing with. >> not todll. we wi see the temperatures go up but not tetoday. eratures seasonable today. uthe sun comi at 5:47. you can see it is a beautiful start out there. but it is a cool start out there today. temperatures in the 50s in some spots. another heat wve in the works and we will warm up this week and it's a hot

. >> scott macfarlane is at the live desk and has the video of this incident. scott, what can you tell us about what happened here? >> montgomery cnty police said the post on twitter shows an officer slamming the head of a man who appears to have his hands behind his back. we have blurred and believed out some of the language though some people might find part of this clip disturbing. [ bleep ]. >> get up, boy. >> don't move. [ bleep ]. [ bleep ]. agh! >> crazy, huh? >> bleep, [ bleep ]. you've got my [ bleep ] hand! >> this incident happened at the mcdonald's at connecticut avenue in aspen hill and it wa posted to twitter yesterday.u as yon see, a police officer is seen driving his kneet into he man's head, and the man's head then slams into the ground. still working to find out what happened befo the video and why police were detaining this montgomery county police say they are opening an investigation and asking for any witnesses to come forward. this comes amid other confrontations involving montgomery county's police department in may and an officer was cau

our scott macfarlane lookedt( io what's on the way to b$uju protect you. )t an image in this report disturbingth theñr right of way in crystal city. >> i was like 22 feet intoñr th crosswalk. >> reporter: and was struck by a metrobus and trappedunderneath. >> i didn't even scream. i didn't have time to scream. 50 feet. >> a pedestrian saved me and stopped the Ñibus.çóçó >> reporter: another pedestrian intervened to stop theus b >> mm-hmm,c ran up to the bus, banged on the door and told him to xdstop. >> reporter: she was rescued byo firefighters. her legs required eight surgeries and years of rehabilitation. ttlede1 for a confidential seount. .z-peven see ythe bus didn't >> i don't think he did. >> reporter: last december, a tour bus killed a womavp and h mother as they use the crosswalk in downtown d.c. the nation's capital is saturated with tour bus. transit buses. the i-team found nrly 20 people get hit by transit buses counting school orÑi commerciad. buse it's a problem that plagues cities and suburbs alike. >> it's really rough being a pedestrian in montgomery coty or the d.c.xd region.

at reagan national airport, scott macfarlane, ns4 i-team. >>> 5:50.melissa has a check on everything going on on the roadways. >> chopper 4 showing us this problem only getting by on the left side of the road inner loop at connecticut avenue. long time before this clears out of the way. look at the map. you can see the delays. brad freitas is up in chopper 4. not a bad day to consider the icc. >> reporteryou're right. alternate route in general for the top side of the beltway will be good for us. ctor-trailer t pretty much opened up and split and opened its load onto the beltway here. three lanes blocked with the cleanup and we have at least a mile abackupnd building but this isn't the only thing going on up here. what is going on on the outer loop? >> a mess after new hampshire avenue all traffic is stopped.h hampshire avenue and they have moved this camera so you can see that situation. this is a crash investigation and wherege meagan fitzrald is live for us this morning. taking a look at gw parkway. northbound diverted 123. they are moving heavy eq

our scott macfarlane looked what's underway to protect you. a wning.ight find these images thin this report a little disturbing. . all right. looks like we are having issues with that story. we will get to that as soon as we can. >> all right. >>> switchg gears here, there is much more on the story though in that nbc washington app. and we will ge to that in just a few >>> time right now is 7:13. we are going to be back with your weather m and a look re news as we start this sunday morning here. 76 degrees. lauryn says you might also need get the deals atw during the gmerican tent sale at sears. save up to 30% off appliances... ...like this ken fridge for twelve ninety-nine ninety-nine. plus, you get $300 cashback in points over twenty weeks. shop istore or at sears.com to start making your summer moments matter. shop istore or at sears.com by finding the best deals on paint and stain. lowe's knows you do it right we do it right too, with big savings on top otbrands like valspar, cab and hgtv home by sherwin williams. the time is right at lowe's. >>> w

our scott macfarlane looked into what'stenderway to betr protect you. a warning here. you might see a couple of images i disturbing. that are >> reporter: few work harder to move faster than tina glen any, a personal trainer who used to beat the traffic on foot in arlington. until one night in march 2016 -- >> i didn't usually go that way home. >> reporter: when she crossed 15th street withhe right of way. >> i was 22 feet into the crosswalk. >> reporter: and was suck by a metro bus and trapped underneath. >> i didn't even scream i didn't have time to scream. >> reporter: the bus dragged her 50 feet. me and estrian sav stopped the bus. that was pretty amazing. >> reporter: tell me about that. another pedestrian intervened to stop the bus? >> mm-hmm. he ran to the bus and stopped. banged >> the door. reporter: she was rescued by gh firefiters, suffered traumatic injuries to her legs that required eight surgeries and years of physical rehabilitation. she sued the transit agency and settled for a confidential amount. seems like the bus didn't see you? >> i don't think he

for now in blacksburg, scott macfarlane, news4 i-team. >> really cool technology there. >> nice to see them put it to use here to save somople, possibly. >>> in you're traveling for the 4th of july holiday, it will be crowded. >> in the air and on the road. we have more on your morning business report. >> if you're flying on the 4th, get to the airport extra early. the tsa says a recordumber of planes flying this week between july 3 and 7. the peak day will likely be sunday. the tsa anticipates screening about 2.7 million passengers and days.embers on peak that's an additional 500,000 ceople than on a typical day. you can xtra traffic on the roads this weekend, as well. aaa says the number of drivers is expected to rise by more than 4% thyear, and some cities more congested. new york, boston, houston and seattle all projected to see delays at least three times longer than normal at the busiest travel times. wednesday is expected to be the worst day for delays. more than 41 million people are forecasted to hit the roads, a aaa projects the delays to increase by 9 perce% nationwide. with

scott macfarlane reports that y were say that t rushed into a decion whether to go or stay here. ott? >> that's right, leon. the jobs moving into the kansas, missouri border, over 500 d.c. usd a employees are impacted by this. news 4 has learned of those who ded to move to kansas city or leave their jobs, nearly two-thirds have decided to leave the agency and to find other work. congressional staff who briefed news 4 say dozens have yet to decide and for those people there's a new concern. in a letter to the a usd ongress says there was a july 15 deadline and none of the extensions requested have been approved according to the letter and among those workers who dot et an extension to consider whether to move is a current employee undergoing therapy wh must continue treatment and an employee undergoing treatment for multiple sclerosis. virginia congresswoman jennifer wexton says workers were given onlo a month t decide. >> nobody has been given an extension to makethis life choice. >> i'm not aware of any constituents who have been given an extension of time. they had until this pa

scott macfarlane and the news4 i-team looked into this. >> reporter: we found people arrested by theozens in our local airports this year, including at reagan national and bwi and dulles ainternationl. the names are not released so the i-team did some digging and we found those arrested avoid fiil. most instead paid s and completed community service or unsupervised release a most had their cases eventually dismissed. we found many of these arrests happening in tsa checkpoints with frequent flyers who undergo background checks first. like a loudoun county man asked me not to show his face out of concern publicity could cost him his job. >> maybe when you travel enough and you think that airport is just like your home because that is exactly how i thought it. >> reporter: tonight as part of our full team investigation, why one local prosecutor says she does not seek jail enforcement for those stopped in airports with guns and people in other states face higher punishment. what the tsa says is the most common excuse it hears from those caught. for now at reagan national, scott macfarlan

as scott macfarlane reports, workers say they were rushed into a decisionhether to go or to leave. scott? >> yeah, pat, about 500 u a employees impactnd by this one of its economic offices nd one of its innovation offices are being moved september 30th. news 4 has learned those who have decided to move to kansas city or leave their jobs, two-thirds have decided eave their jobs and find other work. and dozens have yet to decide and there's new concerns. local members of congress say there was july 15th deadline, monday, for workers to decide and many requested extensions to make a decision and that none has been approved. among the workers denied an extension who have t yet heard back, it includes a current employee undergoing chemotherapy who must continue treatment and an employee undergoing treatment for multiple sclerosis. jennifer wexton sayser were given only a month to decide. >> nobody has been given an extension to make this life choice? >> reporter: i'm not aware of any constituents that have been given an extension of time. they had untilay this past mo the 15th to decide

scott macfarlane explains. >> reporter: if you're part of a tsa precheck program you spend extra money through security but some travelers tell the "news4 today" i-team they are not getting what they paid for. john morris is one of 20 million americans with a mobility issue but a wheelchair after a 2012 ur crash morris never thoght of giving up his passion for traveling the world. loves to fly. >> reporter: to make things simpler he enrolled in tsa precheck for a faster trip and easier trip through security. but he discovered washington national is one of a handful of airports nationwide are not wheel-chair accessible. >> the down side now you have to remove the itemsuthat you're pposed to be able to leave into your bag. >> reporter: often shifting him to the standard line where he says he has undergone the pat-down and slow downs he paid to video. not what you you paid for?y >> extremel inconvenient. definitely not what i paid for. >> reporter: a spokesman for reagan nional says new tsa checkpoints are under completion and 2021 they will wheelchair accessible. coming up, the other fre

for now, scott macfarlane, news4 i-team. >>> now to a story that will tug every parent's heartstrings, the family a toddler who died on a cruise ship is demanding answers. >> just so tragic. -month-old chloe wiiee gand. her grandfather put the child ua gainst the window because she loved to bang on the glass. he didn't realize the window was open. >> there was one point where my son said, mom, i wish i would have been standing there, because i wuld have jumped and i would have saved her. and that was like -- toreus me. beca i know that he believes that. you know. and to know he's living with that. >> the parents have hired a lawyer. they say there should have been more protective asures in place that high up and they want to make sure changes are made so this does not happen to another family in the future. the cruise line released a statement, saying its hearts go o the family. >>> they're demandi answers. so many quesmaons. >> so ny questions. such a sad story. >> high temperatures in the 70s. the big changes that are coming to our weather. >>> plus, baseball back in d.c. starting t

i'm scott macfarlane. wendy, back to you. >> t, scott. >>> well, yay, if you take canal road it's back open. that road has been shut down sinceast week's flash flood emergency. crews worked to patch up the big sinkhole between reservoir and foxhole roads and managed to get the work down four days early so there you go, literally. >> all right. >> good for them. >> well, if you're looking for something to do this week, we recommend union market. and not just for the food. tennis anyone? more live from the rooftop of the northeast hot spot and the washingto castles are getting ready to kick off a brand-newa sen. tell bus it. >> reporter: what better time than to kick off professional d.c. tennis than right nowte af an incredible wimbledon final where we saw roger federer and novak jokic spark interest in their five-hour match. up here we won't see a five-hour match but we'll see plenty of tennis fireworks behind me. this brand-new 700-seat multi-million dollar stadium, the cap toll overlooks it and if you're

for now, scott macfarlane, "news4 today" i-team.>> >chuck? a good looking thursday morning and getting closer to the weekend. shining ir of the sun in washington. four thing to know about the next four days. today like yesterday dry for most. now there were quite a few of us that got hit by raindrops, yours truly included yesterday. but rain chances are getting lower today and then dry weather returns for the next coupled which is important. radaesover yrday afternoon. not everyone got wet but look at this little burst of rain that developed during the middle th parts of afternoon over washington and over nats park. a big chunk of northern virginia and suburban maryland nev saw a drop of rain yesterday. national airport picked up a third of an inch of rain. nothing at bwi or dulles. this area of high pressure providing cool air aloft and the reason for the showers yesterday. that will be anoth reasonor a small chance of showers later today. here is future weather for your thursday. starting off here at 6:00 a.m. this morning. clear sikies and

scott macfarlane looks at what is under way to make your roads safer.find the images in this piece disturbing. >> to move faster than tina glene who us to beat the traffic on foot in arlington until one night in march 2016. >> i didn't usually go that way home. >> reporter: when she crossed 15th street with the right of way in crystal city. >> i was 22 feet into the crosswalk. >> reporter: and was struck by a metro bus, stopped thundern >> i didn't even screen. i didn't have time to scream. the bus dragged her nearly 50 feet. >> a pedestrian saved me and stopped . >> reporter: another pedestrian intervened to stop bus. >> he ran up to the bus and banged on the door and told him to stop. >> reporter: she was rescued by firefighters and suffered traumatic injuries to your leg and she sued the transit agency and settled for a confidential amount. >> you don't think the bus driver saw you? >> i don't think he did. >> reporter: last year a tour bus struck and killed a mother d.c. aughter in downtown and the nation's capital is saturated with tour buses and t

as scott macfarlane and the news 4 i-team show us, traveling by air can be a particularly rough ride people in wheelchairs. ♪ m>> reporter: forillions of travelers, the travel time saver. >> i'm the rare person who loves to fly. >> like john moris who often uses his tsa pre-check to get through security faster. >> his story changed six yearswh ago he was left in a while chair and soed cha his other practices. >> people with disabilities are directed to a standard lane. >> whichmeans here in reagan national and a few other airports across the country heet doesnhe benefits of most pre-check passengers. >> the downside is that you now have to remove the ems that leave intoour bag. be able to >> isn't that what you paid for? >> extremely inconvenient. definitely not -- they said because i was-ins had a wheelchair i had to go through the line. jonathan says he never knows what to expects so got on his flight. >> three different airports? >> yes, shedifferent airplanes. a tsa spokesperson says items in bags musttill be removed. >> pat-downs can be pretty invasive. >> reporter: heather hand

see this video tonight on "news 4 at 11:00. ". >> scott macfarlane. >> wow, that's efficiency. >> you'llhen your car is on that book, do anything to get. it ba >> we're on the hook now for some really hot, hot stuff coming. >> going to get some nasty g storms al with it? >> we couldee some nasty storms but they will be isolated. the chance for rain this week only at 40% and it's really all about the heat anduhumidity, bt to wendy's pointld we c be dealing with evening thunderstorms out there tomorrow and then maybe a few scatters showers and thunderstorms during the sdy on th. the storm chances tomorrow evening into thursday coming from what's left of barr but everybody is dealing with the heat and humidity, and i've been talking to so many people, and it's like the time is right for outdoor concerts and the dangerous heat to aline. i'll be out there tomorrow night with my mom a wolftrap, daveth mats at jiffy lube live over the weekend. if you're going there, think about what you're wearing. wear light-colored loose-flitting clothing and stay hydrated, especially if you're drink alcohol

and how is it looking for >>> scott macfarlane with news youe hearingirst on 4:00. two firefighters are charged with assault after being asked to leave a shop and police rived and one of the firefighters hurled insults and began punching them. a second fele fire fighter is accused of jumping on one of the officer as police were trying to arrest theirst firefighter. a third person all assaulted with assaulting a police officer. at the live esd i'm scott macfarlane, now back to you. >> thank you, scott. >> here at news 4, we are committed too talking ab our changing climate. >> yes. this week nasa released new in numbers showg that last month was the earth's hottest june on record. >> and it's looking now like e ly. could bre of the same. amelia draper here now to explain that for us. amelia? >> well, pat and leon, yesterday nasa came out with new numbers saying that june was the hottest june on plant earth, and it's the second agency confirm that. here's the map that they released talking about this. what does this actually mean? well, our temperature for june was ru

an investigation by scott macfarlane and the news 4 i-team is raising questions about whether or notevent it from happening to someone else. >> reporter: patricia powell, a ther with severe food rg alles, preparing to fly takes a whole lot more effort than erst. >> we we heading back from disney. >> reporter: bere her family flew home from a florida vacation in 2017 she says her husband placed a call to the airlines and asked that nuts not be served. >> i thought the airline actually listened to our request. >> reporter: and then the flight attendants startedhanding out snacks, and she's holding these little trays of nuts. >> what runs through your mind? >> oh, my god. i'm praying to god, please. >>eporter: within minutes she had trouble breathing. she used her epipen but her airways continued to close. >> i'm struggling. struggling to breathe.rt >> repoer: with her young son beside her. >> he's calling me, momma, momma, momma. >> the crew made an emergency landing in north carolina where medics rushed her to the hospital. >> i thought i'm going to die here on the plane, and i will l

as scott macfarlane reports, there's growing concerns about growing plans to relocate federal agencies. scott? >> reporter: last night onashis broadcwe told you the u.s. interior department has plans to move a federal land agency from m street in southeast d.c. to colorado with dozens of locke rall jobs at stake. virginia's senators are asking the u.s. department of agriculture to move the usd a offices from here to kansas city and they arealso asking the usd a to give its employees more time whether to accept or reject the new assignment if the move to kansas city occurs. the senators and several us. house members from virginia maryland and d.c. write we remain concerned that this restructuring will gut the ability of these agencies to successfully carry out their important mission. union reps spo to msnbc about the planned moves. >> what we're afraid of is this might be a blueprint for dismantling a federal agency. >> reporter: these are just the latest efforts to relocatera fede agencies outside the d.c. area. a senator from indiana has introduced new legislation requiring federal a

. >>> the news4 scott macfarlane has learned about a new probe into the decision to cancel the move inhe fbi headquarters out f d.c. an internal justiceepartment watchdog will interview why the fbi voted and decided to keep the j. edgar hoover building downtow house democrats may oppose that move because presidentum tr didn't want developers to take over the property and compete directly with the trump hotel and feel the fbi headquarters lare acting and too sma >>> we are learning new details about another shoppers set to close in our area. in a statement to news4, shoppers parent company says the store near falls church will have a liqd dation sale on monday an sale expected to last through august 3rd. the location will be turned ints a giant foodre this fall. last week, many shoppers' employees protested outside several stores. they say the company left them in the dark about which stores are closing. >>> things could start disappearing off the menu at taco bell. find out more about the proldems that coutop you from enjoying your favorite meal. >>> setting off fireworks can bo fun th

ad traveling, start wit bag when packing so you're not the one causing a delay at tsa for ev scott macfarlane >> punishment for this can vary by st for example, the tsa says people that stop at la guardia or jfk jail time because of strict gun laws. to watch our entire series, open our nbc app. and there you have it. t to talk weather and yes. y some good i >>s going to be a beautiful s g to be great, awesome. >> yesterday was pretty nice too. >> not bad. i was out and about yesterday. o yesterday? >> i was. >> very similar to today. pop-up shower or storm maybe west, less than about a 10% chance. not looking like anything like te an uptick throughout the weekend, but not oppressive,ing in like we were dealing with the last week. distant memory, all i ow. as far as what we're taking a look at outside and checking out ouide, a little haze out there, maybe a little fog in the shenandoah valley, ft looking . temperatures are comfortable. heat wave in the works. heat wave here in the district is defined as three or mor consecutive days at or above 90. yesterday we were at 90 and we're going to sp

scott macfarlane, news 4 i-team. >>> the tsa says people stopping at la guardia or jfk can face jail because of new york's strict laws. to watch our entire flier beware series, open our nbc washington app. interesting and scary t at the sae to be on a plane, or obviously they don't get that far, but someone bringing a loaded gun. it's scary. >> i was thinking on my walk , here i think i've known one or two people that have had problems because they've had -- same how that guy had, hwas on the shooting range or something like that, and taking his bag. at first i was like how do you do that with a loaded gun? you should know where that is at t miste. crazy. >>> what i love bout today is that it's a great day, it sounds like, to go outside. have brundh outside. y a i are going to that nats game.n, oh, ma we've got to work on that. >> trying to make up a handshake. >> we're t headedthe nats game. come say hi if you see us out and about. the temperatures for the nats game are going to be great. it's going to be hot out there. if you haven't gotten your tickets yet and you're sitting in th

in the newsroom, i'm scott macfarlane. now back to you. >> thank you, scott. c >>>onstruction of a new fence along thewn north l of the white house isly official under way. today cameras were there asco truction cruise put up a temporary white wall that will make it a little harder for you to sna p therfect photo of the executive mansion. the new fence will be 13 feet tall, double the size of the current one. it will take a couple of years to complete the $64-million project. >> new at 6:00, an eighth person has beenea arrested in the dth of a 10-year-old girl killed by a stray bullet last summer. tomorrow marks one year since makiyah wilson was on his way to an ice cream truck not far from capital stet when several men jumped out of a car and started shooting. the 10-year-old girl was an innocent victim in what police say was an ongoing feud between rival neighborhoods. a short time ago d.c. police says anton murchison was been arrested and charged with first-degree l rder. severaother people have been arrested on similar charges, the youngest of whom is 16 y

at reagan national airport, scott macfarlane, news4 i-team. >>> still ahead, new leadership for a struggling franchise. >> detail s >>> you can drive on a aretha franklin memorial highway in detroit. the michigan governor signed the bill into law yesterday. she was raised and lived therl much of hee. she died last august after battling pancreatic cancer. >>> beginning of a new r era the washington wizards. >> the team announcing their brand-new meneralager yesterday. shmy >> tom shepherd was assistant general manager and executive vice president oopbasketball ation and shepherd is taking over for ernie grunfeld who was fired o april. just change in the all-new monumental sports group. >> for me, it's such an unbelievable opportunity. i'm so grateful. i'm so humbled. a it isream i've had since i was a kid. and to have that happen i'm very grateful and very excited.i n't wait to get going. th >> anoer new face in the monumental sports group is a familiar one. former georgetown coach john thompson iii will lead the new athlete devegpment and enagement department. thompson will focus on the wiza

scott macfarlane, news4 i-team. >>> we want to go back to the details of the investigation under wayo current and former ctoms agents. >> jummy olabanji is in the newsroom with details. >> reporter: we know immigration is a hot button issue right now especially with what is going on at the border. we learned 70 people are under investigation because of this facebook page and much of wh was posted allegedly contained graphic images, even disturbing language. these members of the page apparently were joking about the death of migrants and openly questioned much of the reporting about the poor conditions atrd bor facilities. mention were made on the page about young women who madeio accus of sexual assault while in custodyvnd e imagines of democratic congresswomen doctored and posted and showed them engaging in sexual acts. u.s. customs and border official calling this content inappropriate and unacceptable archivebook is asked to anything on the page to make it available for investigator. that page apparently had nearly 10,000 member and some current and some former member of cbp. once

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. >> reporter: i'm scott macfarlane breaking news at the live desk. there's en a deadly construction accident in fairfax county. police say two males were involved. one is a juvenile which could mean a teenager and one is an adult. the juvenile is dead and the adult isospitalized. the accident happened in the 1800 block of solitaire lane in mcclain. you're looking at it via chopper 4. that's about two miles or so west of the river, west of the george washington parkway.rs one pe is dead and one person hospitalized. fairfax county police are on the scene and news 4 is on the way. >>> boy, did we cool off today, and after today we've got nothing but a long stretch of sunny days with no humidity, right? >> no humidity. you know, i've not been able to mow my lawn and a lot of you are weighing in on my facebook page saying the same thing. too hot tomow the lawn and then too riny to motorlawn. the next couple of days it's great to get out there and mow the lawn. trying to mow mine. >> mine is >> can't do yours thursday. >> do you have the schedule? of mine

storm team4 meteorologist amelia draper and i-team's scott macfarlane. we have a lot to unpack from the last week we just wenta through. looking forward, amelia, the heat wave that we just went through. first of all, i describe that as gross. >> yes. >> that was absolutely brutal. but there are larger impacts here. how are we stacking up? wele series of reports on climate change. where are we stacking up when we talk aboutum the nr of heat waves that we are going through now? >> what we ar seeing with heat waves is they are becoming more frequent and lastingr. longe this heat wave was 12 days, which is three days longer than your average heat wave. heat wave means we are hitting gher three or h consecutive days in a row at least. somepeople argue that the temperatures kt at reagan national is on the tarmac there. so it's not necessarily an accurate capturing of the at tempere, but it's the metric that we'veused going back in record-keeping history. as far as 90 degree days this year, we have hit 31 days at 90 or higher. so we only need six more to hit ou