great waves in alexandria. some showing up as soon as the doors opened this morning. >> we were going to go sailing in the morning but there was no wind so we decided to beat the heat. >> reporter: the heat wave comes on the heel of a sizzling fourth of july where tens of thousands packed the national mall awaiting fireworks. this morning, it was much quieter. the dawn of a much warmer day. and many tourists had a new game plan. >> the plan is to visit the capitol building this morning. and then stay in the museums as much as possible. >> reporter: that not everyone took heed on this code red heat alert as officials issued warnings for poor air quality during this dangerously hot and humid weather. some joggers found out the hard way that being outdoor in the noon hour wasn't the smartest thing to do. >> it was really hot. we stopped out there a couple miles and walked and talked. the point was to get out of the suit. >> i'm from atlanta so it doesn't affect me. i'm used to it. >> reporter: for those who had to be outside, authorities were urging people to limit their activities. many of those at the wave pool were doing just that. with the water just a few yards away. >> this is ideal for them. if i didn't want to mess up my hair, it would be ideal for me, too, because i would be in the water. i i'm relaxing in the shade. >> reporter: the weather is something to take seriously. there have been six heat-related deaths in maryland. that ties all of last year. virginia and the district have already surpassed their numbers of heat-related deaths. jim? >> thanks, jane. stay cool. the big temperatures are the start of a wicked week. tell us all about it. >> another heat wave for us. it was nice last week but we were getting the cooler temperature and did get the cooler temperature across the area. now we've got the stagnant area in the high heat and of course, we get any one of these during the summer is bad enough. together they just spell a day with poor air quality. today, code red. the first time that we've had a code red day since 2008. mid july, the 17th and 18th. that's why we've been telling folks to stay inside. here's a like the temperatures. it is 6:00 and we're still at 97 degrees here in the district, as well as down through la playa. we've had some cooler air though right near the water. annapolis and leonard town and all the way over to ocean city and around dover. there you can see how light those winds have been today. couple pepper and manassas with the calm wind. sister-in-law at just 3 miles per hour. this win, really not helping to mix the air up. we've been in that green zone for good air quality all of last week. but now on the far right-hand portion of the screen, you can see we're rising into code red. that's the forecast tomorrow as well as wednesday. along with the heat advisory for the area. we've got a very warm night coming our way. we'll be starting out in the 70s. meanwhile, the humidity is going to be on the rise. this heat wave is going to be sticking around. i'll tell you for how many days as well as the chance for any cooling thunderstorms coming up in a few minutes. a 9-year-old boy was rescued after nearly drowned. life guards say they noticed the boy noting on his stop sxak they rushed him to action. they pulled him out and realized he was still breathing. >> he wasn't responding. at one point, he grabbed one of our lifeguard's hands. i said if you can hear us, squeeze his hand. at that point the boy did squeeze our guard's hand and that was like, oh, okay. it's going to be okay. >> emergency rescue crews took him to a nearby hospital. he is expected to make a full recovery. >> 11 people were injured when fireworks went out of control in pennsylvania. this is some home video taken in palmyra last night. one of the fireworks misfired, causing an explosion that sent material into the crowd. people suffered burns and bruises. one adult and one minor are still in the hospital tonight with nonlife threatening injuries. the company responsible for putting on that show in pennsylvania was also involved in a similar incident in our area. shaffer pyrotechnics that on a show in vienna, virginia, in 2007. you may recall 11 people were injured when fireworks shot into the crowd there. one of the victims suffered a brain injury. others were severely burned. two families of the victims filed a $2 million lawsuit in that case. they've replace that had cracked water main affecting thousands of people in prince george's and montgomery county. but the mandatory water restrictions are still in effect. derek ward is in potomac. >> reporter: the near break in the water main has kept crews busy here. and the water restrictions that have come along with these repairs have kept wssc police busy as well. for those who lived under the restrictions for the past several days, there is light or maybe more appropriately water at the end of the tunnel. the new section of eight-foot water main is in the ground and water is running through it again. but there is flushing to be done, bacterial testing and chlorination levels to be checked. >> as soon as we finish with that, we'll look at the water in the distribution system, make a determination on when the restrictions can be lifted. >> reporter: those tests could take up to 18 hours to perform so for now it is expected the restrictions will be lifted sometime tuesday. brown lawns and dry fountains show most people are following the conservation order. >> we're really trying to adhere to the rules. and the laundry is really piling up. >> reporter: so are the warnings and fines for those who aren't adhering. 292 warnings and four $500 citations have been issued and the 30% reduction target has yet to be reached. area pool have done their part. in greenville, the aquatic and fitness center has closed one of its pools. and the water was trucked in in rockville. at least one local nurse 50 hand watering its inventory and offering counsel to customers. >> the only thing you need to worry about in your landscape is stuff that's newly planted. stuff that has been put in the last three, four weeks. that stuff, you still need to make sure you water. >> reporter: as for wssc, this has served to strengthen their resolve to broaden the use of the fiberoptic technology that warned them of an imminent pipe failure. >> we will do a full analysis to understand exactly what happened but we do know the cable does what they were supposed to do. we're going to continue to work to put those cables in all of our large transitions because this could have been a very serious situation and it wasn't. >> reporter: so residents of prince george's and montgomery counties who are toiling unthose mandatory water restrictions only have a few more hours. live in potomac. back to you. >> thanks. day 77 of the disaster in the gulf and there is yet another setback. oil has now reached the texas coast. tar balls have been found on the texas coastline. it is the first known evidence that gushing crude from the deepwater horizon well has reached all of the gulf states. in the meantime, a massive oil skimmer, that's a that i can tougher it there. it is still undergoing tests off the coast of louisiana. that ship arrived in the gulf on wednesday but officials want the epa to sign off on it. although the skimmer cleans most of the oil from sea water, trace amounts of crude will remain. the water has been too choppy in the gulf for the last few days for the tests to be conclusive. the weight is frustrating a lot of the locals. they say the ship should be put to immediate use. instead, it is one more delay in a crisis that has no clear end in sight. the stress is starting to show. jay gray has our report.pools oe a trail of devastation that is impossible to hide. but it is what you can't see in this crude that could ultimately lead the most severe scars from the spill. >> it is like a nightmare. >> reporter: a nightmare that grew more frightening last week with the threat of a hurricane. >> we don't know what tomorrow will bring. i don't know what tomorrow is going to bring. i live day to day. r the storm couldn't push thomas from the only place he had ever lived. the oil though, likely will. >> i do know that me and my family cannot live here anymore. i have to find some type of work. >> reporter: work is tough, if not impossible for many whose lively hoods and lives have been these gulf waters. a strain that ultimately pushed a charter captain in orange beach, alabama, to take his own life. >> our lives are upside down with no end in sight. again, that is the most helpless feel you can ever imagine. >> a helplessness slipping into hopelessness for some here. >> the people who had health insurance now will no longer have health insurance. so this already unhealthy state is going to become sicker. >> reporter: a sickness that nurse practitioner bobby has already seen. unable to afford the fees, medication or just the gas to make trips to his clinic, more than 150 patients have canceled appointments since the spill. >> they're hurting. they really are and they need help. we all do. >> reporter: help that many say should come from the company they see as the source of their pain. >> bp needs to foot the cost of health care for everybody in louisiana that has been affected. >> reporter: a bill that like the suffering here, only seem to be getting worse. jay gray, nbc news, venice, louisiana. when news4 continue, the metro official talks about the impact of removing 100 cars from service because of a problem with the doors. looking for five suspects and a robbery and murder at a barbecue in the district. and michael steele in the wake of his comments on the war in afghanistan. we'll tell why congress may order some changes. coming up, weather. the oriole slug it out with the tigers in detroit and a national pitcher will be at the all-star game next week. it was that controversial statement that landed the gop chair michael steele in hot water. member have strongly rejected his comments and some called for his resignation. ron paul is the only elected republican defending steele in a statement he congratulated him saying, michael steele has it right and republicans should stick by him. steele has put out a public statement saying the country must give troops the necessary support to win the war. army general david petraeus is officially in command of u.s. and nato forces in afghanistan. and one of his first official, he addressed the needs of troop on the ground. >> reporter: after formally taking command of all nato and u.s. forces in this circus general david petraeus issued an open letter to the troops. it was both a pep talk and an acknowledgement of many of the soldiers' complaints that the rules of engagement are too strict. out of concern for civilian casualties here, it is often difficult for the soldiers to defend themselves. general petraeus said we are in this fight to win. it is not just a hearts and mindsish. >> we are engaged in a tough fight. after years of war we have arrived at a critical moment. we must demonstrate to the afghan people and the world that al qaeda and its network. extremist allies will not be allowed to once again establish sanctuaries in afghanistan from which they can launch attacks on the afghan people and on freedom loving nations around the world. >> reporter: he said nato forces would not shrink from the fight. nbc news, kabul. white house officials say president obama called general petraeus to congratulate him for taking charge of the effort in afghanistan. the president healed conference call with petraeus and karl eikenberry. today israel dropped longstanding restrictions on allowing many consumer goods into the gaza strip. that decisions ends the uses of a narrow and seemingly arbitrary list of food and other items that were not allowed into gaza. however, limits on construction materials are still in place. the new rules follow the international outcry after a deadly israeli raid on a flotilla trying to run the blockade. the change also comes just before israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu visits washington. that meeting is set for tomorrow at the white house. an earlier meeting scheduled for june 1 was postponed because the prime minister had to return to israel to deal with the fallout from the raid on the flotilla. netanyahu said today that his chief goal for tomorrow's meeting is to bring about direct peace talks with palestinian president mahmoud abbas. he said he would speak to president obama about other security concerns including iran. a collection of documents that belonged to george washington will be the center piece of a new library being built at mount vernon. the documents have been studied for more than 40 years at the university of virginia. scholars say they've opened a window into washington's life and they've been able to learn a lot about the nation's first president by identifying the people and places mentioned in those papers. workers digging up a backyard to install a pool making a prehistoric discovery. and over in japan for more than 50 years when people have gotten together to race down a river in an old-fashioned wooden wash tub. about 200 people were involved in the race this year. they use only rice paddles to power their trip. they only go about 400 miles but keeping their balance is quite tricky and it really wears them out after a while. by the time they get to the finish line, they're pretty much all washed up. if they make it at all. it looks like some fun. >> four miles? >> 400 yards. >> we could use that activity here today. >> to cool off. >> anything to cool off. >> like white water rafting when you get to fall out. we're not getting much relief. sometime we get those cooling afternoon thunderstorm. not seeing much of that until the end of the week, jim and wendy. a hill bit of a breeze and i do mean hail at time. we got up to 99 degrees for the high temperature for today. and this year, so far, this year we've had 25 days that have been 90 degrees or higher. last year, we only had 22 for the entire year. the most ever that i know of, 67 days. that was back in 1980. and there was a stretch of 21 days. a stretch. consecutive days, 90 degrees or higher. i hope we do not have that to deal with. right now it's 97 degrees at reagan national. you can see we have a hill haze. finally our wind has switched out of the west and southwest. it has been light today. now at six miles an hour. where do we go from here? during the overnight period we still have those clear skies around the area. it will be plenty warm tonight. 85 degrees by 11:00 p.m. then early tomorrow morning at 5:00, and 7:00 a.m., 77 to 78 degrees. check out the tmz across the eastern half of the nation. 94 in dallas. 97 degrees here, new york city, 98. right here some of the highest temperature across the entire nation with the exception, of course, of the southwest portion of the nation. 60 degrees. the dew point temperature here. 66 in cincinnati. 67 degrees in st. louis. and high pressure moves east. we'll be getting more of that moisture across the area. we'll have higher humidity to deal with starting tomorrow. and that means haze, too. right now the heat intext is at 91 degrees. it feels like 97 in new york city. and 101 in dallas. so again, the high heat and the poor air quality from d.c., up into baltimore as well as philadelphia. back out of the way here, you can see one of our weather pictures. this was sent in from i'll call it our weather warrior since it is so hot outside. look at the temperature. that's the outside temperature. 108 degrees. so if you get some weather picks, send them in to us. so our pattern, it will change very little over the week. really the next two days is when we're going to be dealing with the extremely high temperatures. from around missouri up into michigan. then cooler temperature out west. it fg to be staying hot. the next two days, near 100 degrees as far as any relief from rain. it west with this slow moving weather system. chicago you this wichita, that is wherehere are some flood warnings. watch this system. the system stays stalled out so spot like wisconsin and down through missouri, that's where the showers and storms will be firing during the afternoon. for us, the high pressure sinks southward. the south westerly wind and that means more heat, more humidity for the area. so a warm evening. skies will be fairly clear but more haze coming our way starting tomorrow. early tomorrow morning, a warm spot for us. 71 to 78 degrees. the sun is up at 5:49. the high temperature like today, back up to 100 degrees. another code red and a heat advisory for tomorrow likely to be seeing the same conditions around the area on wednesday. we should have highs 85 to 87 degrees. a little bit of a cool-down. but another heat wave for us. >> summertime. thanks. ful? hundreds of metro cars have been taken off the tracks. one man is dead after an armed robbery gone wrong. now they're looking for five suspects. toyota begins recall of tens of thousands of cars because of an engine problem. and helping some soldiers overcome the effects of post-traumatic stress disorder. coming up, lance armstrong survives another crash. the question is which nationals pitcher will be making his first appearance at the all-star game? and the oriole forced to duck for cover. 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[ static ] police are looking for several guys after a man was shot and killed this week, and in southeast d.c. neighbors say he was among two other people doing what everybody was doing yesterday when a bunch of thugs walked in and tried to rob everybody. welcome back. i'm jim vance. >> and i'm wendy rieger. police say that happened in the 3000 block after an armed robbery wept wrong. john has more on how the community is coping with this enormous loss of this gentleman. >> plefs fix why it. he was mcgyver, my best friend. >> reporter: this emotional man who said he witnessed the shooting does not wish to have his face on camera out of fear the gunman will return. he and the rest of the neighbors are visibly shaken up toe loss of 66-year-old john purnell, a man many called the mayor. >> the vacuum cleaner was broke, anything, john would be right there to help you fix it. he did things like take women to the grocery store. whatever you needed done, john was here to do. >> reporter: police say he was shot and killed saturday around 4:20 in the afternoon during an armed robbery gone wrong. witnesses say at the time, there were eight people inside this barbecue pit washing down the grill and preparing for the neighborhood's annual cookout. suddenly witnesses say three arld men approach from the front. two from the back, trapping everyone inside. witnesses say they were told to immediately get on the ground and give up everything in their pockets. seven of them did. witnesses say purnell in a here oik attempt to save his neighborhood, fought back. >> reporter: he 'tis charged a bullet into his own hand but there were four other armed robbers. another witness said he never stood a chance and was shot twice. >> we're here and he's gone. that hurts the most. we seen it happen. we seen it happen. and if there was anything else that i could do, i probably would have did it. >> reporter: with firecrackers going off at the time, many neighbors say they not the hear the shots that brought him to the ground but the community is now hoping whoever shot and killed the protector will soon be found. >> and i hope that you have it in your heart to turn yourself. in turn yourself in. because he didn't deserve that. >> reporter: in southeast, news4. >> witnesses say the suspects made off with about $100. because they were not wearing masks, police were able to get a description. d.c. police are looking for witnesses in the shooting death of a 19-year-old man. home from college for the summer. joshua hawkins was killed after midnight on saturday near watts branch recreation center on banks place in northeast, three blocks from his home. hopkins was a communications major at fairmont state in virginia. he spent the summer in 2008 as an intern. friends and family will hold a candlelight vigil tomorrow night at the rec center. a woman from virginia is in critical condition tonight. her sister is dead after a house fire in new jersey. michelle gonzalez was visiting her sister when that fire broke out. the sister was able to save her infant son from the fire by dropping him from a window into the hands of a man below. police say she died after jumping or falling from a third floor window. that infant child, gorngsz and her two children, are in a hospital in critical condition now. investigators are still trying to figure out what cause that had fire. 18 people are homeless after a two-alarm damaged a house in the district this morning. somebody saw a fire coming from the roof of one of the houses. neighbors banged on the door and got the people out. nobody was injured. fire officials say the residents had a fourth of july party on the roof last night. they're still trying to figure out what caused the fire them do believe it was accidental. charges could be filed against the driver involved in a fiery crash with the metro bus. in d.c. this morning, it was around 2:30. it was near pennsylvania and potomac avenues in southeast. police say a car with stolen plates, ran a red light, collided with the bus causing to it lose control and crash into several parked cars. apparently the gentleman that was driving the camaro that has been towed out of here had a stolen tag on his car. and had been running from police officers in other districts earlier in the evening and he decide he was going to keep running and once he did that, he hit the metro bus. the metro bus hit him. t-boned him. which caused the whole know. the bus driver and two passengers were, had to go to the hospital. they're expected to be fine. the other driver he was seriously injured when his car burst into flames after the crash. there will be fewer rail cars in service on metro over the next few weeks. about 100 metro cars were taken offline so crews can inspect and repair a potentially dangerous problem. metro says some of the doors could open while the trains are moving. chris gordon has our report. >> reporter: metro has removed all of the series 4000 rail cars after discovering a possible short in the car door circuitry. the problem is that if the door opens when it is not supposed to, a passenger could get hurt. so all 100 of the cars have been taken out of service for inspection testing and repairs where needed before they're returned. that reduces metro's fleet to about 1,000 rail cars. during morning and evening peak hours, metro uses 850 cars. we asked metro board chairman peter benjamin what passengers should expect during rush hours. >> there probably will be some impact. at this point we have pulled off all those cars that we're working on. obviously by tomorrow we hope to have a lot of those back in. it will probably take, as i said, most of the week before they're all back. >> reporter: regular riders seem to appreciate metro's decision to do preventive maintenance to remove 100 cars from service, to inspect and repair door motors in order to ensure safety. >> i think it is a safety thing so it is a pretty good thing they're repairing them. on it is really important, safety is always very important. >> i think it is a good idea for safety. because you do see people leaning on the doors regularly. so i think it is a good idea. i don't like it. it slows things down when you have less cars in the system but the safety, you have to do it. >> i don't want delays. as long as they can take them out of service and put new ones in, not really hold up our commute, that would be great. >> reporter: metro points to the july 4th holiday crowd and said it gleerd a quarter of a million people from the mall in about two hours and it is confident it can handle the rush our demand this week. metro says its engineers and maintenance crews are working around the clock to repair door problems and to get all the cars back in service as soon as possible. 16 cyclists are raising aware bns low income housing. the group is part the center for housing. a nonprofit. they started in niagara fall june 20th and arrived in manassas park, virginia, today. despite the hot temperatures, they did repair home along lambert drive and costello park. >> we sleep on church floors, we bike 70 miles a day, and then if we still have any energy left, we stop and put down our bikes and raise our shovels or our hammers or paint brushes and we go into the local communities where we're bik through and put our hands to work. >> the bicyclists are hoping to raise $250,000 for their organization. they plan on riding for a total of 50 days and new orleans will be their final stop. coming up, congress considering rule that would bring the era of the silent hybrid car to an end. the jaw dropping discovery by a family digging up for a a family got quite a surprise when they were digging for a swimming pool in their backyard. contractors found part of a jaw bone that belonged to a prehistoric mammal. a few teeth were still attached. it is believed the bones are 30,000 to 2 million years old. and belonged to an animal related to the mastedon. the homeowner said his wife called with the starting news. >> they found a dinosaur. and i'm thinking, yeah. okay. no, really. >> dug into the dirt and something cracked. a little piece of tooth fell out. i didn't know that at the time. it just had a white look to it. >> the broenz about eight feet below the surface. we're not sure when this happened but when we find out, we'll report that, too. and veronica, it will be a hot one. >> and it's already been a hot one today. even here now during the 6:00 hour, look at how high those temperature are out there. 99 degrees, the heat index. 100 degrees, montgomery village is what it feels like marysville. even brandywine feel like 98 degrees. we're up at 97 degrees still here. we've got a light wind out of the west southwest. this evening, by 9:00, we'll drop to 87 degrees with clear skies. it will be a warm evening and a warm start to the day tomorrow at 77. then tomorrow, once again, a high temperature of 100 degrees. wednesday, not much better at 97 with higher humidity. it will feel probably like we're up around 105. a heat advisory for tomorrow. another code red day, in fact, the next two. then we drop to 90 to 95 at the end of the workweek and we are going to be getting a little bit of rainfall in the way of thunderstorms on thursday, friday, possibly even saturday. >> thanks. boy, do we have a weekend in sports. all kinds of good stuff. >> we sure do. a lot of good stuff. a lot of surprises, too. the nationals will have a pitcher represent they will at the all-star game. i'll tell you. who the orioles and tigers could have used some all-star pitching today. and miserable conditions lead to big wr so, we're starting out with the baltimore orioles tonight. huh? our lead show in the sportscast. >> the nationals are enjoying a day off. you know what? the orioles are in our neck of the woods. >> how about detroit? >> here's the deal. if you're feeling bad about yourself, consider the orioles. the oriole are 25-57. it is today, they endured a four-hour nearly four-hour game in the heat in detroit. it took an hour and a half for the orioles and the tyingers to get out of their first two innings. the os showed their share of offense themselves cannot seem to get a break. every starter in the game reached base in some way but today things started off so rocky for the os, the starting pitcher didn't even make it out of the first inning. here he is. kevin millwood, not good in the first at all. a 10.06 earned run average. bottom of the first, two. on miguel cabrera sends it deep to center field. off the wall. johnny damon and magglio ordonez both come in to score. the tigers take a 2-1 lead. the start of a very, very long first inning for kevin millwood. three batters later we got two on for brandon inge. a ground ball tunnel. the tigers are up 4-1. a big afternoon. millwood lasted only one inning, gives up five earned runs. top of the second we go. the orioles are able to get back in it. this is why this is important. game tied 5-5. eddie bonine, second and third. baltimore retakes the lead. 6-5. but it was short-lived pause in the bottom half of the second, carlos guillen, he was on fire. he delivered with the bases loaded. single to left. damon and cabrera come in to score for detroit. a very productive day for guillen. three for four with three rbis. ron samuels saying can we please, please get some help? bottle. seventh. 10-7 detroit. brendan adds to the orioles' misery. or tones and born of come in to score. look at this ride. he avoids the tag. he's safe. that is pretty good. juan samuel comes out to argue. they dropped the oerpz 12-9. the nationals are enjoying a much needed day off. many hit the water courtesy of ryan zimmerman. zimmerman, one of the nationals with potential to make the all-star team as he was named one of the finalists in the 2010 fan vote. five players from each week will make the roster by fan vote which ends july 8. the lone player name to the all-star team was closer matt capps. named to his first all-star team in his first season as the nationals closer. his 22 saves are second in the majors. this is huge for him. he said it is even more special because of what it would have men to his father who died last year of a heart attack. last season he was 4-8 with 27 saves for the pirates. end he loves playing for the nats and could not be more proud. >> i've had the time of my life here. i can't say enough about this organization. the way they've treated me and gone about their business. it's just been a lot of fun. it's pen a great ride and i'm looking forward to the second half. try to take calm days, go out to anaheim and enjoy myself. >> matt is just a class act. a power pitching strike thougher. and i'm really happy for him that he made it. and i hope a lot of our other guys got consideration also. and i noticed zim is in the running for a spot also. >> jim is proud. matt capps. steve strasburg not on the all-star roster. no problem, he'll make it several times in the future. >> as it should be. stage two of the tour de france. a 125 mile ride. conditions were tough. rain helped cause several accidents along the way in an already grueling part of toofrl let's to go brussels. it was all smiles. five time tour rider eddie, lance armstrong during the stage though, no smiling for labs and his fellow riders. the weather turned nasty. the rain made the road very, very chicago. that starts a chain reaction. wow! it started a massive pileup that included several of the top riders in the race. one involved the 2009 andy who hurt his left arm. he would get another bike from a teammate and he would continue on. the winner of the stage, a gentleman named sylvane broke away early in the day. and the lead just grew. he finished in fact almost four minutes ahead of the main pack. he took over the yellow jersey for leading the overall tour. the main pack finished together in overall protest. lance armstrong finished with the main group. he dropped to fifth in the overall standings. 3:19 back of the lead. to nascar, it was a wild one in daytona over the weekend. four cautions came out in the last 30 laps because of huge racks in a race that had a lot of points. it was kevin harvick that prevailed after more than half the field was wiped out. let's to go daytona. an hour and a half rain delay to get it started. all the action in the final laps. with 13 to go, this is what they call the big one. a wreck involving 20 cars. carnage on the race track. several cars were mangled beyond repair. luckily nobody was injured. take a look at this. mark martin's car on fire. smoke was pouring out of his machine. mark martin found a way to get it down to pit row. look at this. those are jimmy johnson's crew members pulling mark market from his car. unbelievable that he would walk away uninjured. one of the worst wrecks. in the end, it was a the man that started up front. kevin harvick able to avoid the knows. he rode to his second victory on a restrictive track. he is still the points leader. pretty incredible. >> oh, my. >> so was your performance, by the way, and i want to acknowledge. that you had to sit through that two-hour rain 38 and all those wrecks and everything. >> it was a lot of material to work with. that's for sure. >> hooty and the blow fish. >> that was a lot of fun. still to come, toyota begins its recall as thousands of cars possibly affected by an engine problem. and the case of mind over matter. a therapy that's helping some to train their brains to overcome addictio toyota started recalling more than 90,000 luxury lexus and crown vehicles today in japan. and that recall could soon come to the u.s. the recall involves about 270,000 vehicles sold worldwide. it involves a problem with the engine that could result in the car's stalling while in motion. about 138,000 were sold in the u.s. and toyota says it has received about 220 complaints referencing this defect. there have been no reported accidents. an auto safety bill could include a clause that puts some noise in hybrids and electric cars. they run quiet. researchers and safety group say they have engine that's are too quiet at their low speeds when the batteries are engaged and that pose as risk for unsuspecting pedestrians and for the blind. a report by the national traffic highway safety administration found last year hybrid vehicles twice as likely to be involved in crashes with pedestrians at low speeds. compared to cars with the conventional engines. it might be possible to actually retrain your brain to help cope with traumatic events or even help fight addictions. here's more on a therapy called brain training. >> reporter: at the alternative health care center, practitioners are using brain training or brain opt meization. >> eating disorders, drug addictions, alcohol addictions. literally you can conquer those in less than ten visits. >> reporter: sound too good to be true? retired nay nurse thought it might be just what he needed after his helicopter was nearly blown off the deck in the persian gulf in the mid 90s, he returned home with post-traumatic stress disorder. >> the lights were going off and alarms were going off. >> reporter: an event he thought he had successfully survived came back to haunt him in his dream. >> and i was falling and falling and falling. it was like free falling. and then i remember hitting the water. >> reporter: his disorder was cutting into his life so he turned to brain training. they have sensors attached to their head. five of them. and then they listen to tone. lincoln says this therapy isn't for people who just have illnesses. it is for anyone who wants to be more efficient, relax asked creative. >> when the brain is balanced, the body tends to follow. that r darren has flown twice and preparing for a third slice. he said this is a local option for people suffering from the wounds of war or who just want to function better. >> that was nicole ward reporting. you are remind that had you should talk to your doctor about you undergo any new treatment. let's get a final check of our hot forecast. >> that's right. after a hot one today, up to 99 degrees. it is going to be a very warm overnight. the temperatures will drop to 87. 77 and 78 degrees. i want to get you updated on the tropics with hurricane season having started june 1st with the atlantic. call. waves, one big one we'll be watching in the northwest caribbean. that's in the middle of the screen. it has the best chance of developing further. here for us, a big area high pressure. that will be a big heat provider for the area. as well as the humidity provider as it makes its way eastward. there is a live change from 97 to 96 degrees in the district. manassas, you're at 91. some clear skies. tomorrow just a few high clouds. up to 100 degrees. as the high temperature tomorrow. if you missed the forecast here, you can get it on cable or nbcwashington.com. thanks. she lives in the united kingdom and is 77. she has become the first woman in the world to be awarded her seventh black belt in jiu jitsu. she is a familiar sight in her village. she works as a crossing guard and teaches jiu jitsu. whether on the road or in class, her students know, don't mess with her. >> she can be strict. but she's fun. >> nothing wrong with me as far as i know. these men here and the children treat me as one of themselves. they don't think, oh, she's 77 years old.