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what do you think? >> it is done. put a fork in it. temperatures, will be cooler. humidity will be much loper during the day tomorrow. we had storms, some severe. live digital doppler radar not showing thing across the area. that was not the case, 4:00, 5:00, 6:00 this afternoon. take a look at the storms that developed as the cold front started to move through the region the we did see big time thunderstorms. hail. quarter-sized hail in some locations with the storms around prince george's county area down around spotsylvania. 98 in washington. sterling, 5. baltimore, 98, set a record. right now we are still warm. we are still humid. by the time you wake up tomorrow, you will definitely feel a difference. i will come back and show you how cool things are going to get later in the week. doreen. >> thank you, doug, good news. the record breaking heat blamed for a power outage that kept thousand of people in the district from getting cool air today and that includes some restaurants that had to close for the night. craig melvin joins us, north capital street, where the power came on tonight but has just come on again. >> it has been a rough night for folks who live in the area, doreen. pepco said the lights would be on midnight at north capital. imagine their surprise at 9:00 when the lights start coming back on. show you something. you take a look. you probably can't seep it very well. the building we have been using as a gaj throuuge throughout th evening. it is pitch black again. in the last, 15 minutes. the lights went back out. it was too hot outside to go inside. so many here in the 1200 block of north capital sweat on their balconie balconies. vindetta murphy navigated stairs to tell us why she was worried? >> most are on respirators and stuff like that. >> very hot, my man. very, very hot. you know, it's ridiculous. you have got elderly, disabled. couple of babies in there. you know. don't make no sense. >> at another high rise across the street. more of the powerless and frustrated. >> a lot of people, all night long. >> all day. >> all day. is was hot. extremely hot. all of my food has gone bad in my freezer. i just went grocery shopping. >> reporter: government and businesses were hurt too. several december dels buildings had to shut down. nearby residents couldn't open. guests hung out in the lobby. dead stop lights slowed traffic. d.c. fire and ems had to take four people who live in this building to the hospital. the heat was too much for them. the red cross opened this shelter around the corner on new jersey avenue. metro buses became make shift cooling stations and fire fighters wheeled fans into lobbies and using power from their truck. meanwhile pepco workers tried to find and fix the three underground cables that caused the trouble. tuesday evening a pepco spokesperson said heat was partly to blame. >> several days of 90 degree temperatures. things expanned underground. no surprise there. >> shortly after 9:00 wednesday night. a big surprise. bright lights and big smiles. >> god is so good. they did their job. thank you, pepco. we can go home now. >> reporter: not just yet. folks, starting to spill on to the sidewalks here. the lights are out in all of the buildings where they had been turned on here shortly after 9:00. perhaps hear the sirens behind me. we should note, ambulances and fire trucks in front of the buildings throughout the day have not returned just yet. we also have not heard why the power went back out. when we do we will of course, pass it along to you. for now, though we are live in northwest, craig melvin, doreen back to you. >> craig, thank you. the tour bus company involved in a deadly crash in central virginia was supposed to be shut down days before that accident happened. four women were killed when the sky express bus overturned on i-95 yesterday morning. police say, the driver was fatigued. he was charged with reckless driving and is free on bond now. today, the u.s. department of transportation said, sky express was given an unsatisfactory rating back on april 12th. the company was supposed to be shut down on saturday, may 28th. but it was given ten more days to appeal the decision that accident happened yesterday. transportation secretary ray lahood said the dot is now doing away with that practice. a 12-year-old girl is dead. police have been swarming her neighborhood for more than 24 hours, but they still haven't said what happened or who they think is responsible. and that has neighbors very uncomfortable. jackie benson is at police headquarters in rockville with more on the story. >> reporter: doreen police have been extraordinary tight lipped about this. what they have not said speaks volumes. the townhouse on ravens avenue, remains sealed off. crime scene investigators continue to come and go. it indicates that detectives believe 12-year-old jessica newen's home holds the secret to who murdered her. the sixth grader's body was discovered in the basement of the house last night. the medical examiner says she died of trauma to her upper body. in the ensuing 24 hours, police have issued no warnings to the public. no plea to be on the lookout for suspicious persons. they did take into evidence a vehicle that neighbors say belongs to someone who spends a lot of time at the home. jessica lived here with members of her extended family some of whom were home when the girl's body was discovered. police have been asked are members of the public, other children in danger. the answer. >> at this point we are looking at every possibility. the investigation is very active at this time. >> reporter: news 4 spoke to a family friend who said, jessica, a shy, very quiet girl had never mentioned that she feared anyone who lives in the home. throughout the day her friends from gaithersburg middle school came to place flowers. >> me and her, we would share everything together. like, pretty much everything. >> reporter: police removed some items of evidence from the home tonight. but would not provide details. doreen, back to you. >> jackie benson, reporting from gaithersburg or rockville, thank you, jackie. >> coming up the backlash after rescuers stood by and watched a man drown without ever going to help him. >> a fist fight on board a flight leaving dulles leads to f-16s being scrambled and question as but the pilot's decision to turn around. >> a father who kept his eye on the ball, but dropped his kid in the process. the proces[ man ] i got this new citi thankyou card and started earning loads of points. you got a weather balloon with points? 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weather wise. >> in a big way as things come down. that's the temperatures that are going to come down. 98 degrees today. we hit 98 yesterday. you call it a heat wave. that is for sure. three days in a row. not just above 90. above 95 with the heat index between 100, 105. about time we start to cool off out there. right now, still little humid we look at the museum down there right now. pretty shot this evening. actually a fairly nice night. still a little on the humid side. live digital doppler radar showing -- the rain that we saw earlier, is now out of the picture that's the good news. we did see some storms and some big storms, some severe weather, earlier, coming through right around, 5:00, 6:00. right through washington. saw some large hail. largo reported large hail. south of fredericksburg, large hail from the storms. we are going to continue to seep the frontal boundary that caused the storms to move on out. you are not going to see the numbers any time soon. 98, the high temperature was a record at national air port. dulles record of 95. bwi set a record at 98 degrees. things are going to cool down tomorrow. you will notice a difference by tomorrow morning. outside right now. though, it feels a lot like it did last night. 82 degrees. 11:00. wind out of the west at 6 miles per hour. but that drier air is not too far off. right now, 78 in hagerstown. 81, manassa. 73 in culpeper. when you wake up tomorrow morning. temperatures, 10, 15 degrees cooler than right now. all because of the frontal boundary. the front that brought us the storms continues to move out. very dry air in be hinlhind it. as the area of low pressure moves out. we'll see nice weather move into the region. during the day tomorrow. especially during the day friday. high pressure will really start to dominate. bringing through, very dry air. friday morning. may actually feel a little cool. especially when you consider what we have been dealing with. mostly clear tomorrow morning. a nice morning. 58 to 66 degrees. we make our way through the day tomorrow. mostly sunny. warm. but not hot. it is going to be a lot drier out there. so we are not talking any humidity. temperatures tomorrow. 83 to 87 degrees. little built on the breezy side. northwest winds at 10, 20 miles an hour. hey we can deal with that. 82 on your friday. nice weather and call it a fantastic friday. saturday. 88 degrees. 89 sunday. slight chance of a shower sunday. right now i think the weekend is looking very, very nice for really whatever you want to have outside. do it outside. last couple days we have been inside. monday, tuesday. wednesday. next week. still on the warm side. but nothing like we saw, have seen over the past couple days. so first heat wave it is in the books. put it away. hope we don't see another one, for, at least a little while. >> how much more are we going to appreciate the next few days after all the heat. thank you, doug. >> thank you, doug. >> sports coming up next. saving the day. that is a heck of a save. the new droid x2 by motorola with a dual core processor ? 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and beat the phillies 2-1. and certainly happy to have lance nix on the team the way he has been playing. >> i didn't really know much about lance. like i said. he was a guy who signed late. played in a different division. i really didn't know much about him. so i don't know that i am surprised. just please heed is playing so well. getting big hits. and playing good defense. he has the a good arm. he's, a good all around player. we are lucky to have him. >> man, lance nix, nationals on the road in arizona. beginning tomorrow night. orioles need to thank their outfielder, adam jones. he found a way to frustrate his former team with three hits including the go-ahead home run against the mariners. os beat seattle 2-1. out west where the orioles were in seattle this afternoon. taking on the mariners, chill in the dugout there. bottom of the fourth, the game was tied at one. the orioles, brian mattis facing miguel olivo, who hits it deep into center field. adam jones is on his horse. watch this. is he going to get it? yes, makes a spectacular catch on the warning track. take another look ate. that is pretty good. and the team mates. and olivio, robbed of a double. score remained tied at one. now we go to top of the eighth inning. and jones is at the plate. a similar story line. and he, unloads, one to left field. hooks around the foul ball. into the upper deck for a home run. adam jones leads the orioles to a 2-1 win over the mariners out in seattle. to say game one of the stanley cup finals want down to the wire was an understatement. after a game full of frustrating mistakes, physical hits and a finger biting incident. vancouver scored with 18 seconds left to claim the first game in the series. we are in vancouver. the bruins, tim thomas. and the canucks, roberto luongo, the legend would make the difference in this game. end of the first period. a scrum behind the net. alex boroughs, and bergeron. as the players fight. boroughs, chomps down on bergeron's gloved finger. none too pleased. he walks off. trying to appeal for the penalty. no dice. second pore yeriod. check this out. got to show you again. a cart wheel on ice. take a look at this. he 'tis turned head over heels. >> wow. >> cross check. >> it princredible. did take a knee. final seconds of the third period. ryan kessler, at the line, passes to jansen freezes tomas, and gets it in. take another look at this. tomas, stuffed 33 shots. couldn't stuff this one. 18 seconds. vancouver wins game one. 1-0, game two, saturday night in vancouver. let's hope there are no finger biting incidents there. >> they must feel terrible. the goalies were really playing well tonight. stopping shot after shot. and comes in, 18 seconds left. >> i was sure it was going to overtime. >> want to bite his nose or something. >> they get another chance or something. >> thanks, lindsay. >> i was only kidding. >> still to come, a couple weeks [ male announcer ] there's a new ride coming to busch gardens williamsburg -- mach tower. dude, it's like two hundred and... ...forty feet high... ...right in the middle of oktoberfest... ...the seats go, whoooa... ...up to the top, then... ...the music just stops. and the seats totally start shaking. it's insane. but then all of a sudden... 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