tom sherwood has a look at what's ahead for that area. >> reporter: the district in forest city development showed off new work on residential apartments that had been stalled during the recession. and announced that a half dozen restaurants and a harris grocer are signed and finally coming to the area in the next 12 to 24 months. >> and is it really is taking off. i really believe this is going to be one of the nicest new neighborhoods really in our country. it slowed down with the recession, but this announcement today means that we're back on track. >> reporter: right now, thousands of office workers have few choices for lunch time food and dinner meetings, but that soon will change. >> you come down here at lunch time in the park, you'll see lots of people eating a brown bag lunch. and now they'll have a restaurant they can go to as well. there's over 30,000 daytime workers here, over 3,000 new residents and the neighborhood that is changed in the last few years. >> when i was driving down this morning, if you remember what this used to look like down here and just to see all of the dev

pat, back to you. >> tom sherwood. thank you, tom. >>> in our weather today, we are near triple digit temperatures. it's that hot out there. >> but there is relief on the way, and there is also a chance for strong storms tonight and tomorrow. chief meteorologist doug kammerer is tracking it all. he's got details. hey, doug. >> hi, guys. we are watching those very warm temperatures out there right now, 94 degrees the current temperature, but that heat index is close to the triple digits. we reached 99 last hour. right now we're sitting at 97 with that heat index. winds outs of the south-southwest right now at 9 miles per hour. temperatures around the rest of the region are hot. 93 in frederick, 93 in sterling, 91 in fredericksburg. heat index, as i mentioned, in the mid to upper 90s, some areas over 100. and live digital doppler does show rain, but most over towards frederick county seeing rain, parts of montgomery county starting to see a shower or two there, and back toward the west, a severe thunderstorm warning in ef

tom sherwood here now with more on this story. tom? >> jim, the city worker arrested had no official role with the summer jobs program, but the arrest is having an impact on that program. mayor vincent gray says he's taking the sexual assaults very seriously. he is stepping up reviews of the summer jobs program and safety issues. >> they have a right, obviously, to expect a wholesome and healthy summer youth employment work experience. >> reporter: news4 has learned the man arrested and charged with felony sexual touching at the employment services headquarters, thomas nelson, has a long criminal record dating back to the 1980s. and he served time in prison. but a city background check officially only looks for crimes occurring within the last ten years, and nelson's record showed no sexual crime issues. city officials stressed nelson had a low-level job and no official contact with summer jobs. >> he is not a supervisor. all supervisors are required to have a background check, which the metropolitan police department conducts. >> and

tom sherwood is here with more. kind of ironic, huh, tom? >> yes, dorene, if the city had its way, no handguns would be allowed. none. but the city has to comply with the supreme court ruling. from the late 1970s, the district of columbia had the toughest ban on handguns in the nation. in 2008, the u.s. supreme court struck down the law, saying it violated the second amendment right for private owners to have such guns in their homes. the city since has written tough rules on where gun shops may be located, but there are no active dealers, and there is no federally licensed dealer who can transfer guns in from other states. a road block that could make the city violate the supreme court rule to go allow guns. now, d.c. council public safety chairman phil mendelson has an unusual idea. he'll ask the council on tuesday to approve emergency legislation to let the city act as the federal agent to transfer guns. >> i'm presenting legislation, temporary legislation, before the council that would make clear the authority of the government to acquir

jim, back to you. >> tom sherwood. ank you, tom. >>> after a corruption scandal in prince george's county, there is talk now about who might replace leslie johnson on the county council. johnson announced her resignation earlier this week. she represented the mitchellville area. she is a democrat, pleaded guilty last month to destroying evidence and a bribery scheme involving her husband. she'll be sentenced in october. according to published reports, three candidates might be vying for her job. derek leon davis, arthur turner, and bethea. another mentioned, samuel dean. dean lost his bid for county executive last fall. there will have to be a special election after johnson's resignation goes into effect at the end of the month. >>> the police have identified a pedestrian -- i'm sorry, dorene, go ahead. >> police have identified a pedestrian hit and killed after an accident hit in landover this morning. the crash happened along landover road near firehouse road at 5:30 this morning. prince george's county police say lel

tom sherwood takes us there. ♪ >> reporter: from a bluesy beat -- to traditional marching band tubas. course -- ♪ the official bureaucratic image of washington, d.c. >> this is an authentic hometown parade. >> reporter: and you pawear sil glasses. >> some people do. not me. chaos. we all try to take ourselves seriously. >> i haven't missed this parade in years. it's just a fun thing to do. traditional as you get. >> happy birthday, happy 4th. >> reporter: as families line bouth sides of mccarthur boulevard, just regular folks from the neighborhood showed up to be in the parade. police chief cathy lanier rode with her pet dog po-po, a nickname for police. >> when did we want it? yesterday! >> reporter: activists for voting rights made their annual appeal. and while local politicians handed out extra beads and candy, mary shea handed out dried copies of the u.s. constitution. you're giving out candy. >> i have to tell you, the kids are scrambling after the candy, not the constitution. >> reporter: there was a little flavor with traditional dancers, and uncle sam. does anyone really know

tom sherwood is live for us along the national mall with the latest on all that. hey, tom. >> reporter: hey, aaron. the first thing, somebody just walked by and said why don't you take off that tie? so don't expect to see this tie in the 6:00 show. as usual, these days people coming down this weekend monday night for the fireworks will have some light security to go through to get on to the mall. but the big no-no of course is no alcohol. lots of people already here, and this holiday weekend has begun. ♪ >> reporter: the rhythm and blues tent was a featured attraction at the folk life festival which opened on the mall today. ♪ the beginning of the july 4th weekend which will climax with monday night's fireworks spectacular. >> we came to town with about 14,000 pounds of explosives packaged into more than 2500 deluxe aerial bombs with some of those containing as many as 30 individual munitions. >> reporter: and the good thing about this year's folk life festival, it's in the shade under the trees. all this shade around. you're sitting in the sun. >> well, i rotate a

well -- >> reporter: you've got to do a better job. >> i guess i do. >> reporter: tom sherwood, news4ington. >>> the palisades parade is a local event, funded in part by an annual t-shirt sale. this year those t-shirts sold out. >>> next, outrage after a pipeline burst, contaminating montana's yellowstone river. >>> a fake report about president obama. >>> this is chris gordon. i'll report from the once top-secret bunker that was supposed to protect congress in case of a nuclear attack. i'll take you inside, ahead. >>> and a great dane's great escape. the chaotic scene outside a local restaurant and what it took to reunite this family with their dog. >> lindsay. >> it would not be 4th of july without a hot dog eating contest. joey chestnut shows again why he has a stomach for anything. >>> and the nationals show their resolve with another extra-inning win. and why the nationals' prospect has more than one reason to celebrate on this 4th of honey, why aren't you playing with your friends? i am playing with my friends. hey, mrs. d... joseph? sarah! it's mommy's turn now. let's go. [ mal

. >> tom sherwood. thanks, tom. >>> still ahead on news4 at 5:00, making the grade. the d.c.s its report card with mixed results. >>> plus, continuing coverage of the final shuttle mission. we're going to show you how folks in our area marked today's liftoff. >> botox can give you bad cosmetic affect, all the way up to paralysis and inability to breathe and death. >> the botox black market. you're told it's the same thing you get in the doctors office, but bad botox can pose serious health risks. >> and doug, what's coming through now? >> now another flash flood warning, this time for the district as well as prince george's county and anne arundel county. very heavy rain right now into portions of southeast d.c. around the suitland area, into maryland, towards mitchellville and right into anne arundel county into 50. we're going to be with this heavy rain situation over the next couple hours. >>> you're watching news4 at 5:00. >>> get out your boots. we have a down pore upon us, doug. >> torrential rain. some areas have already seen, others are about to see it. take a look at

tom sherwood joins us with the story. >> reporter: it's okay to call it a dive, because that's what thekers call it. now many are trying to help out the staff. >> reporter: the june 22nd fire in the kitchen, knocked out the dark but warmly welcome iing tune-in. everyone proudly calls it a dive. even chief chef michael tate. >> we're more like a dive. we're a dive. we're a laid back down home bar. you can come here and relax and enjoy yourself. >> did you say diner or dive. >> dive. and very proud of it. >> james forward has been a regular 40 years. >> i live a block and a half from here. i can crawl home from the tune inn. >> i bet you have, once or twice. >> yes, i have. it's a family. everybody -- we've been around a long time, we know when their kids go to school, get married. >> the tune inn is down but not out. the fire mines roughly ten hourly workers are without a paycheck, until it opens sometime in the early fall. dina iverson is helping organize the fund-raiser at the nearby american legion post just a few blocks away. >> they came together, we're all upset by it. the staff wo

>> tom sherwood found it earlier in the week. >> he was outraged. >> yeah. it's a little surprising. >> people are like let's party. let's cookout. happy fourth of july. >> good morning. how are we doing today? >> well, we'd be better if the sun-woo shine and we wouldn't be awakened by thunderstorms. >> true, true. >> other than that, we're happy to be here. >> right now we have the in between now. the lull in the atmosphere. we'll get some dry weather a little while. maybe some peeks of sunshine. then firing up more showers and thunderstorms again. 74 is where we're at. humidity is high. 87%. winds southwesterly at 8 miles per hour. other numbers from around the region. everybody's pretty uniform between 70 and 72. 73 in quantity quo and leopardtown. good morning. winchester, you have 72 as well. live digital doppler shows what's left over from our big cluster of thunderstorms is now really falling apart across the tip of southern maryland and st. mary city. we'll get a break from everything in just a little bit. we'll reach highs, going to try to reach the

and tom sherwood is out there, soaking it all in. tom? >> reporter: yes, i'd like to point out without a tie. in the 5:00 show, some guy game by and said why are you wearing a tie out here? to honor whoever that was, i took it off. anyway, thousands of people. none of them wearing ties, are already showing up here on the national mall for the big fourth of july weekend. ♪ these philippine dancers were a friday feature at the folk life festival which opened on the mall today. the beginning of the july 4th weekend that will climax with monday night's fireworks spectacular. >> we came to town with about 14,000 pounds of explosives, packaged into more than 2500 deluxe air quall bombs with some of those containing as many as 30 individual munitions. >> reporter: it's the fourth of july, but a new national poll says 25% of americans don't know what country america broke away from for independence. do you know what country we declared our independence day from? >> i'll let her take this one. >> the united kingdom, england. >> reporter: united ki