From andre himself. He knows he says that that may never come, but he hopes his mother would be proud that he finally spoke up. I try to live my life to make her proud of me. Im never going to give up. Never going to give up on anything that i feel is important. And and thats her. And thats her. Thats living for her. Thats honoring her and honoring her name. Thats all for this edition of dateline. Im lester holt. Thanks for joining us. Anks for. Breaking news. Commandos storming a bakery. Right now trying to free hostages taken by isis. We will have the latest bangladesh. Cracking down on illegal fireworks sales. Firefighters urging you to leave the big stuff to the pros. An all nighter. The celebration going on until down at the air and space museum. First we begin with insane back backup. Chopper live over route 50 west of the Chesapeake Bay bridge. At 11 00, we have serious delays to the eastern shore. Backups up to 4 1 2 miles as recently as an hour ago. Headlights as far as the eye can see. Nothing but red brake lights. Officials are expecting record traffic because the 4th a monday. And it looks rough tonight, indeed. Those drivers not done with the rain just yet. Parts of our area still under a Severe Thunderstorm Warning tonight. Storm team 4 meteorologist amelia drafper, what are we seeing. The Severe Thunderstorm Warning is until 11 30. Folks traveling across the bay bridge not getting any help from the weather. Intense rainfall there causing flash flood warnings to be issued. Those in effect right now. The latest on radar. Very heavy rainfall to the south and east, a lot of lightning as well. If you are in the district, in arlington getting messages saying look at the intense electrical storm. This is the storm system that you are seeing. Not as much lightning as there was just even 30 minutes ago. Its producing very heavy rainfall. Potentially some gusty winds. Further back to the north, this with a cold front thats going to move through overnight and bringing us refreshing air by tomorrow morning. 6 00 a. M. , around 65 degrees. 8 00 a. M. Near 70. Mid 70s by 10 a. M. By noon, 80. Rain in the forecast july 4th. Im getting new information in right now. I will have an updated forever cast in 15 minutes. That includes looking ahead to what you can expect for fireworks monday evening. We will see you in a bit. If you are buying fireworks for your own celebrations this weekend, local Fire Departments want you to be safe. They are cracking down tonight on sales of anything thats illegal. For most counties in our region, thats a long list. Jackie ben sson joins us live wh more. Inspections like the one we saw tonight have been stepped up in recent years after an increase in complaints about illegal fireworks. A squad of fire marshals might not be the thing you want to see at your fireworks stand at the beginning of the july 4th weekend. But alice didnt break a sweat. This is her permit. Reporter her stand alongside a brick building in the 3400 block of 14th street northwest passed with only a minor infraction. The tag on this is dated 2014. Reporter a fire extinguisher fully charged but pass edpast i inspection date. She knows the regulations. Her mother began selling fireworks at this spot 55 years ago. A bit of d. C. History, a third generation. Daughter precious helps run the stand. My children help out. Have i two more and a grandson. Im ready to pass the baton when they ready to take it. They have to move the cars. They have to have 25 feet distance. Reporter many of the rules for fireworks stand have to do with keeping ignition sources everything sold has to be legal to use in d. C. In general, fireworks that explode like cherry bombs and roman candles are forbidden. She has the right product. No illegal fireworks. All this is good to sell in the district of columbia. Reporter earlier this week, they laid out a display showing which get the green light and which will get you a citation if you are caught with them. D. C. s fire chief noted, all of them have the potential to cause harm. This is the only one day of year that we put a sparkler, which going to 1200 degrees in a small childs hand. Reporter if you want to know whats legal and what isnt, download our app and search fireworks laws. Jackie, thank you. If you plan to enjoy the 4th on the National Mall monday, prepare for a lot of road closures. Everything around the mall, including the arlington Memorial Bridge will be closed from 0 constitution and pennsylvania avenues for the parade that begins at noon. Security is a top priority. There will be heavy Police Presence keeping an eye on the big crowds. Tens of thousands are expected to flood d. C. For the long holiday weekend. City leaders will also be watching out for mother nature. We will be monitoring the weather. It has been over 25 years since the last time there was a postponement or cancellation of the fireworks. We dont look at doing one this year. Reporte. Montgomery county announced its fireworks could be moved to tuesday if weather gets in the way on the 4th. If you still want to make plans for your family this holiday weekend, check out the nbc washington app. Find professional fireworks shows near you in d. C. , maryland and virginia. Plan your holiday on a budget with a list of events costing 40 bucks or less. Share your pictures. Use the were following breaking news in bangladesh where a Commando Force has launched an operation to take back a restaurant from terrorists and save the hostages inside. There have been reports of gunfire, screams and explosions as those teams have started to move in. Authorities believe there are anywhere 30 from 40 people inside, including children. Police dont know how many of the hostages were still alive. The attacker set off small explosions and stormed the restaurant friday night in the Diplomatic Area of the capital. There are reports that isis has claimed responsibility and posted pictures of what it says are dead foreigners. The state department is still trying to verify those claims. We have learned that about 100 commandos are taking part in the operation to get into the restaurant. There are some initial reports that some hostages have been at the live desk, im chris lawrence. Thank you. Metro says its a big step forward in making your commute safer. The old porcelain insulators responsible for this fireball at the Federal Center station in may have been replaced at all underground station platforms. No one was hurt in this incident captured by surveillance cameras. The old insulators have been replaced with a safer, more heat resistant fiberglass version. Phase two of the safe track surge wraps up sunday. Track work continues on the orange, blue and silver lines in Prince Georges County. No safe track work on the fourth of july. It picks back up with phase three starting tuesday night on the blue and yellow lines. They will be shut down between Reagan National and braddock road. Rail service will be reduced on those two lines. Tonight an 8yearold boy from maryland is fighting for his life in a hospital on island. He was airlifted from a Royal Caribbean cruise ship last night. The boy fell into one of the ships pools. And was under water for eight to ten minutes. Before getting pulled out. That ship departed from new jersey and was heading to bermuda when the accident occurred. It returned to shore shortly thereafter. Royal caribbean says it is providing support to the boys family. To politics and the email controversy that continues to hang over the clinton campaign. Nbc news learned the fbi could interview Hillary Clinton as soon as tomorrow, maybe here in washington. This as the u. S. Attorney general tries to tamp down the firestorm caused by her meeting with former president bill clinton. Nbcs Andrea Mitchell explains whats at stake. Work that i had done. Reporter Hillary Clinton within weeks of the democratic nomination expected to face her long awaited fbi interview as soon as tomorrow. The scene of a lot of activity, including her long time Legal Adviser as clinton faces a critical moment. Even as the attorney general acknowledging today she made a big mistake meeting this week privately with clintons husband, the former president. The most important thing for me is the integrity of the department of justice. The fact that the meeting that i had is now casting a shadow over how people are going to view that work is something that i take seriously and deeply and painfully. Reporter that meeting after bill clinton boarded her plane in phoenix. They say they talked about grandchildren and golf. Firing up donald trump. He happened to be at the airport at this time. Think of it, just happened to be at the airport. He was talking about golf and grandchildren. I love my grandchildren so much. But if i talk about them for more than about nine or ten seconds after that, what are you going to say . Reporter facing republican calls for a special lynch said she will let career prosecutors and the fbi director decide the case. Legal ethics experts say bill clinton should never have been talking to someone with power over his wifes investigation. The clintons decision to go on her plane was an audacious and highly inappropriate decision. If he had stopped to think about it for five minutes, he would have realized that. Reporter what did lynch learn from eric holder . Where the lock on the plane door was. One of the most popular Tourist Spots in the district open late tonight. Darcy spencer at a packed smithsonian air and space museum. Reporter its after 11 00 on a friday night. Like you said, the museum is packed. I will tell you what the celebration is all about and how you can join in. Coming up in a live report. We should all be there. Coming up, would make anybodys fourth of july a little sweeter. We will have the Winning Mega Millions numbers for you and the big showdown at the olympic swim trials. We have seen it before. Its our new intern, barts first week here at td bank, hes a robot from one of those other banks. Were training him to bank human. I am banking assistance registration technology. Wait, wait, wait. But you can call me, banking assistance registration technology. Hi amy. Thank you. Thank you. That is not protocol manager jenna. Thats ok bart, it is here. At td bank we do things differently, like having the longest hours of any bank. Dont just bank. Bank human. Huge crowds at the smithsonian. Darcy spencer tweeted this out earlier tonight. Shes live now inside with the all night celebration. 40 years in the making on the National Mall. Repr have heard of that movie night at the museum. Maybe you have seen it. This is all night at the air and space museum. Take a look here at the crowds. Its pretty incredible to have this number of people out here. Its free. Its open to the public. You can still come out here all night tonight. Theres plenty to do. Five, four, three, two, one. Reporter hundreds of people rush in. Its a 40year Birthday Celebration at the national air and space museum. So many people who have come through these doors leave touched and inspired by what they have seen. These experienced act as scenes fwor further innovation and discovery. Reporter its being celebrated in a unique way. An all nighter. With the great lectures and speakers that were happening earlier, it drew a lot of people off the mall here for the fourth its great timing for this to happen and a commemorative moment. Reporter those here will be treated to live music, star gazing and a Scavenger Hunt while everyone is sleeping. Paris brought his son. I think its great. Its an awesome time to spend with the family. Look at airports and spaceships from the years past. An opportunity to stay informed about what this great country has done through space travel. Reporter the museum open 1976. 300 million visitors have come through the doors. The main gallery just underwent a 30 million makeover. Im loving the history behind everything. Im super excited. Reporter back out live. This is part of the renovated area as you come into the entrance of the air and space museum this is incredible to look at the crowds here tonight. There are a lot of kids out here. If you are somebody who likes to stay up all night, perhaps a night out or grab a cup of coffee, again, they will be open all night tonight. Lots to do here. The movies are free. Come on out and enjoy it. If you can stay up that late. Thats where the caffeine kicks in. Good stuff. Thanks. The Mega Millions jackpot is the 10th largest in u. S. Lottery history for now. The 415 million prize makes it the Third Largest in Mega Millions history. We will see if that grows again after tonight. Here are the numbers for this evening. 20, 41, 42, 45, 49 and the mega ball is 14. If a winner chooses an immediate cash payout, that person gets 286 million. The only Major Grocery store in one Prince Georges County community is closing tomorrow. Its the the area already considered a food desert because of the lack of grocery chains. County officials tell us they are in talks with new retailers moving into the area. That safeway location lost money for years. Community leaders say they know why. There has not been not even a paint job inside the store. People shop in a store that looks presentable, that is clean. We even talked to them about having those sprinkler systems over the vegetables so that they would not wither. Safeway is telling shoppers to visit their store on benning road or order groceries from the company online. Amelia, did we get downpours . Fast in some spots. Yeah. This evening we saw a thunderstorm really bubble up and move toward the east. So many people talking about the lightning they were seeing. Overnight, we will dry out a refreshing air moves in. Low humidity is with us tomorrow and sunday as well. Spectacular day tomorrow out of the three days for the long holiday weekend. Saturday is going to be the best. Chance of showers later in the day on sunday. Most of the day is looking dry. Right now, its looking like pretty soggy for the fourth of july. Rain moves in sometime during the morning hours. Then continues at times throughout the day. Its also muggy on monday. The humidity stays very high. The entirety of next week. Currently, temperatures in the 70s. 76 in the district. Tomorrow the weather will have a low impact on your day. We will have plenty of sunshine, low humidity and high temps tomorrow in the low to mid 80s. As we go to video right now of some impressive storms, here you can see the lightning. This video shot from our chopper, i believe, one of shooting this video. Just lighting up the night sky tonight. We will be dry tomorrow. Most of the area is dry right now. These showers in western maryland moving into the panhandle of West Virginia actually with the cold front thats going to move through overnight tonight. Maybe an isolated shower or two. As the front actually passes through. Thats on the east he were shore and northern neck. Here is the planner for tomorrow. Lunchtime around 80. High tomorrow of 86. We will hit that at 4 00 in the afternoon. Gorgeous tomorrow evening. 8 00 p. M. , balanmy 81. Nearly perfect tomorrow. Showers late in the day sunday. Fourth of july looking rainy. Scattered showers around for fireworks monday evening. Here is the planner for the fourth. Rain moves in sometime during the morning hours, not necessari a move in. Its raining around the lunchtime hours with heavy rain at times. We could pick up one to four inches of rain if we see that much rain flash flood cog be a concern. 4 00 p. M. , still tracking showers. By 9 00, fireworks are trying to get under way. Temperature around 76 with scattered showers. On monday, a high temp of 81 degrees. Tuesday, a high of 84 with lingering showers and thunderstorms. Otherwise, partly to mostly cloudy. Wednesday, thursday, friday, keeping it dry. Temperatures warm into the low 90s. Saturday and sunday, after the holiday weekend, looking steamy. Low to mid 90s. Potentially a heat wave. Again, Storm Team Weather alert day, we track rain for a good portion of the day on the fourth. New information overnight and the updated forecast tomorrow morning. Looks good. Thank you. Michael phelps is on his way his biggest competition might be fellow american ryan lochte. Sports up next. One more look from chopper 4 out there tonight. Get the shades on. Its bright with the red lights. If you were hoping a midnight drive would save you time on the way to the beach, no the so. Backups random people walk up to sonja r ross calls those gold medal moments. She has basked in the glory for four years now. Its hard to believe mike Michael Phelps has earned gold medal moments for 16 years now. He jumped back into the pool. Phelps going against rival ryan lochte in the mens 200 meter individually medley. Fi phelps pulled away late. Both qualify for the event in rio. This is michaels second win at trials, taking the 200 meter butterfly wednesday. Also will compete in the 100 meter butterfly tomorrow. The womens 100 meter freestyle. She didnt fare as well with a time of 53. 99. The nationals looking for their sixth straight win taking on the reds doing what he does, launches it to center. He thinks he has home run 17. Jag jogs around the bases. The ball stays in the park. He should have had a double. Ends up on first. This one needed extra innings to be decided. We go to the 14th. Almost five hours after the opening pitch, a walk off double. Four of the seven biggest contracts in nba history were agreed upon today. Bradley beale is on the list. Washington agreed to a fiveyear 128 million deal with the 23yearold. Mike conly signed the biggest deal for a staggering 153 million. Rosen signed for 139 million. And drummond signed for thesa outside of that, the wizards have been quiet. They have 30 million to spend in eight or nine spots open. Look for a lot of activity in the upcoming days. Thanks the greek flavors of our mediterranean collection. Ve your choice of delicious chicken or hearty steak. With crumbled feta and cool, creamy tzatziki sauce. Try our mediterranean collection today. Subway. Fresh is what we do. If you know me, you know i love tennis. A grandmother may like it more. Bonnie is playing tennis right now. She will be playing when you wake up. 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