From Dallas Police headquarters where chief david brown is holding a briefing at this hour. The live desk is watching the News Conference and well be updated throughout the newscast. Meanwhile, chief brown said yesterday that micah johnson, who man who killed five Dallas Police officers, had larger attack plans. The investigation into johnsons attack is still ongoing and much remains unknown, including how johnson got his weapons. Right now federal agents are trying to trace the origin of a militarystyle semiautomatic rifle. And as that investigation continues, for the first time today, many key streets and buildings in Downtown Dallas will reopen. Hundreds of people will gather in dallas tomorrow for an Interfaith Memorial Service. President obama and former president george w. Bush will speak at the service. Edward lawrence has the latest. Reporter good morning, barbara. The president was briefed this morning about the latest on the investigation in the dallas attack that killed five Police Officers. The president now turns justice that black lives Matter Movement wants with healing the nation. He will travel on tuesday to an Interfaith Memorial Service for the victims of the shootings in dallas. President george w. Bush will be there, along with Vice President joe biden. The Dallas Police chief says the gunman, micah johnson, had sinister motives for his murder spree. He adds the suspect practiced with explosives in his backyard and had enough to be, quote, devastating for the city. Now, meanwhile over the weekend protests erupted in the states eechktly affected by police shootings, including minnesota and louisiana. They were joined by protests here in washington, d. C. , also east coast to west coast. The president still facing questions about the feeling among Law Enforcement that he prefers or favors the activists over Police Officers. Reporting in washington on capitol hill, edward lawrence. Now back to you. Edward, thank you. Heres more on the protests edward just mentioned. More than 300 people were arr tense protests around the country. In atlanta, protesters held sitins that blocked roads. The black lives matter group crossed the Police Barricade and went onto interstate 40 in memphis. Demonstrators brought highway traffic to a stand still by blocking a bridge. In louisiana, hundreds of protesters confronted police in riot gear in the streets of baton rouge, all of this in response to the shooting deaths of two black men by Police Officers last week. Protests in our area this weekend did not lead to any arrests. There were four different events in our area in response to the shootings yesterday. At the africanamerican civil war memorial, members and supporters of the black lives matter group rallied before marching. At freedom plaza, hundreds attended a prayer service. At rfk stadium in southeast, demonstrators addressed brutality. At brookland political leaders to discuss necessary political change. The last hours of metros safe track surge are ending now. Surge four starts tomorrow. Megan mcgrath is live at the crystal city metro station, which will be shut down. Hi, megan. Reporter well, good morning. Yeah, the next phase of work still happening on the yellow and blue lines, but this time just in a different spot. Beginning tomorrow morning the crystal city metro station will be closed. Closed for about a week. People trying to get to Reagan National from d. C. Or rosland will have to take a shuttle bus. Same line, different section. Metros safetrack surge four gets under way tomorrow morning. The work zone is now north of Reagan National airport on the yellow and blue lines. We either go to Pentagon City or get on the bus. Reporter riders were given pamphlets this mornin explaining the impact. Its a complete shutdown between Reagan National airport and Pentagon City, which means the crystal city station will be closed. Just take the bus from my location instead of stopping here, were going to get off at Pentagon City. So its not going to be much of an inconvenience. Reporter shuttle buses are an alternative. The work is expected to last seven days, wrapping up on the 18th. Closure means people coming from d. C. Or rosland wont be able to get to the airport by rail, theyll have to hop a bus. The ongoing work has presented some challenges, but riders seem pretty understanding. A lot of the regulars i see no longer riding, but i think they have done a pretty good job handling it so far. Of course theres a lot left to go, but well see how it goes. Reporter now, if youre heading into d. C. From the south, the folks at metro would like you to offload at the braddock road station and take a shuttle bus from there. Passengers riding the rails all the way to Reagan National. Again, that is if youre coming from the south. Back to you all in the studio. Megan, thank you. New today, d. C. Police say a 27yearold man is the person who died in a shooting. Well have that in just a moment. First lets check in with storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein. Gorgeous monday under way. Heres a live view from our storm team 4 prince georges camera, overlooking national harbor. Four things to know for the week ahead. Its going to be turning more humid beginning tomorrow. We also have an increasing storm chance during mainly the afternoon on wednesday. Then its going to be getting hotter thursday and friday and looks like a hot and humid weekend is on the way, so enjoy this day while you can. Right now temperatures are in the comfort zone, absolutely gorgeous. Were in the upper 70s. Most of the region from the mountains to the bay. Reagan national up to 81 degrees. We dont have any showers district, the bay, and on the Eastern Shore at the atlantic beaches. A look at our next chance for some storms coming in. Well look at the heat wave on the way too. Thats coming up in just a few minutes. All right, tom. Now to that story in d. C. Police say a 27yearold man is the person who died in a shooting yesterday morning in northwest washington. Detectives first went to flagler place after reports of gunshots around 4 30 in the morning. Police say they found seth rich hurt but conscious. He later died at the hospital. Officers are offering a 25,000 reward to anyone who can help them make an arrest in this investigation. If you are in an emergency, you shouldnt have any problems calling 911 in Montgomery County right now. That wasnt the case overnight. The system was down for several hours because of an internal issue. That meant to get help you had to call 311 or look up the number of your local police or fire station. Montgomery county says the problem is totally resolved and that you should only use those busy signal on the line. We just learned that hundreds of more u. S. Troops are going to iraq. U. S. Defense secretary ash carter saying that 560 more troops will deploy to the country to help iraqi forces. You are looking at some video taken earlier of carter arriving in the country. This was an unannounced visit. He said this morning that the troops will help with infrastructure as well as Logistical Support at a base that is going to be built to support that push to take back mosul from the islamic state. We are hoping to get more details shortly, this news coming just days after president obama said american troops will remain in the country of afghanistan longer than originally planned. Barbara. Thank you, angie. Turning now to the race for the white house. In just a couple of hours donald trump will speak in virginia beach. Hes expected to talk about veterans reform at that event. New jersey governor chris christie, a potential trump vp pi w that event. The Republican National convention now just one week away, speculation is mounting over who donald trump will pick at his running mate. Nbcs Peter Alexander has more. Reporter its decision week for donald trump. With the Republican Convention in cleveland just seven days out, trumps highly anticipated vp pick could come any time now. Could trump go with another political outsider . The latest contender, retired Army Lieutenant general michael flynn. He brings National Security expertise, but also supports abortion rights. A position alarming to many republicans. I think for women, these are difficult issues, but i think women have to be able to choose. Reporter one antiabortion group immediately rejecting that view as unacceptable, saying flynn has disqualified himself from consideration. Further complicating matters, flynn is a registered democrat. Also in the running, new jersey governor chris christie, providing trump backup at a and indiana governor mike pence, likely to join trump tomorrow outside indianapolis. Newt gingrich this weekend telling the ap if hes asked, its not an automatic yes. Meanwhile following the dallas shootings, trumps response initially more restrained and inclusive. We must stabbnd isnt solidarity with Law Enforcement. But later attacking president obama, citing his comment that the u. S. Isnt as divided as some suggest, arguing that the president is living in a world of make believe. Trump also blaming president obama and Hillary Clinton for raek leadership. We are a divided nation. In cleveland ahead of next weeks convention, police are planning to further tighten security. The events in dallas kind of heightened everyones awareness. Reporter the citys chief promising enough officers are ready in case of violence. And that was nbcs Peter Alexander reporting. Bernie sanders is expected to endorse Hillary Clinton at an event tomorrow in new hampshire. They will rally supporters together at an event in portsmouth. This comes after sanders was able to get several of his top issues included in the democratic partys platform over the weekend. Right now, hundreds of volunteers are at Arlington National cemetery. The major project landscapers are taking on today. And team usa. We will introduce you to the five talented athletes who make up the u. S. Womens gymnastics team, which may be the hardest olympic team to qualy for. Staify woman i have a masurprise for you. Are you . Man you have a surprise for me . Narrator at dominion, 1 in 5 new hires is a veteran. And when theyre away, they miss out on a lot. But they wont miss out on financial support. And their dominion salary, and continue benefits for them and their families. Why do we do it . Because our vets sacrifice enough. Dominion. Depend on us for more than energy. Stand by me. We have a Big Development in the brexit story. Prime minister David Cameron just announcing that he will resign this wednesday. Home secretary theresa may, a conservative, will succeed him. She could replace him as soon as this week. Cameron saying hes going to attend a final session in the house of commons before going to the queen and tendering his resignation. It is the queen who has the formal role to appoint the new leader. Cameron said he would step down after the country voted earlier this month to leave the european union. Barbara, thats the latest from the live desk. Frightening video out of florida where a plane crashed into a lake. The plane is still in the water near orlando right now. The pilot and his 9yearold daughter were both on board and they both had only minor injuries. This happened last week but the faa says they cant investigate until the planes owner retrieves the plane from the water. Right now at Arlington National cemetery, a huge day of Service Project for hundreds of volunteers and veterans caring for some of our nations most hallowed grounds. More than 400 landscaping professionals from around the country are working on the grass, the plants and even the irrigation system. Many of the landscapers are veterans themselves. This event of beautifying and restoring the cemetery has been going on for 20 years. Right now lieutenant brian rice is back in court and fellow officers could take the stand during his trial. He is the highest ranking officer to stand trial in the death of freddie gray. Gray died, youll remember, from a broken neck while riding in the back of a Police Transport van last year. So far, two of the six officers accused in the case have bee one of those, edward nero, has called to testify in the rice case. Officer porter, whose trial ended in a hung jury, could also take the stand. Police have a man in custody today charged in the murder of his estranged wife. 41yearold daron odom turned himself in sunday. He faces murder charges in the shooting death of jemilla odom. Police arrived and found the victim in a car with several gunshot wounds. She was pronounced dead at the scene. Charged in the death of a 62yearold woman. This happen friday in landover hills. When Police Arrived on the scene, they found lenice suffering from trauma to her upper board. Her neighbor says this is an example of why members of the community should look out for community we have to be more vigilant as neighbors. Police say the preliminary investigation shows the motive was robbery. Police believe speed may have played a role in a deadly car crash. This car went off the road and plunged into the Potomac River right near the roosevelt bridge sunday morning. Three people were in the car. The driver and one passenger died. Another passenger managed to escape, swim to shore and call police. Police are hoping the lone survivor will help them figure out what happened. We have just four weeks to go until rio, and microbiologists in Rio De Janeiro say they have detected superbacteria in the waters for athletes that will be competing. Its just another new concern on top of worries about the zika virus and security at the games. But at Miguel Almaguer reports, the city and olympic Officials Say there is nothing to fear. Reporter renowned for its incredible raw beauty, raw sewage most spectacular landmarks. Here in the bay where sailors from around the world will soon compete, microbiologists say they have discovered a dangerous drugresistant superbacteria. How dangerous are the superbacterias to humans. We dont know the real risk to the people because we need more studies. Reporter experts say they believe the superbacteria entered rios waterways when waste was discharged from local hospitals. The International OlympicCommittee Says the city has worked to ensure athletes will be safe, improving the quality of water, including using ecoboat to collect waste. This as the ongoing threat of the zika virus has prompted some athletes to skip the games. Public health isnt the only concern here. As more than half a Million People get set to visit rio. Police and firefighters here have threatened to go because of budget cuts, but the government promises the games will be safe. This weekend a show of force. Troops in Armored Vehicles out on the street, all part of a training exercise. 85,000 soldiers and police will soon be out to secure the games. Rio is going to be the safest place on earth to be by august. This is the maiden place, the maiden city. Ever foreigner that comes here falls in love with rio. Reporter the world is watching rio, with the games just 26 days away. Miguel almaguer, Rio De Janeiro. Weve just learned another golfer is withdrawing from the olympics. Jordan spieth just made the announcement from the beneficiabritish open. That means it will not include the top four players in the world, jason day, dustin johnson, Jordan Spieth and rory mcilroy because of the concern for now to the athletes that will compete in rio. Youll see some familiar faces representing the u. S. Womens gymnastics team. Look at her sticking that landing. That is Gold MedalistGabby Douglas and aly raisman who will make the team again. Simone biles, Laurie Hernandez and Madison Kocian round out the new fierce five. All the girls sat down with Natalie Morales to talk about this huge accomplishment. Representing the usa is so amazing. Going to two olympics is wow. Team competition is my favorite because to reach your goal, you guys can cherish that moment together. Together i think were stronger than individually. What a team. Douglas and raisman are the first gym nnasts to make backtoback olympic teams since 20 00. Well have to miss the nationals in action this week, but many consid event the most fun batting practice of the season. Well tell you about the hitting contest that kicks off the allstar break. And the people being held responsible for a massi vew hundreds of people who evacuated because of a big fire near los angeles are getting to go home today. Firefighters say the sage fire has been about 50 contained now. Its covering more than theres also a big fire burning in colorado right now. Over the weekend two campers were arrested and charged with starting that fire. Sherfs deputies say that they didnt put their campfire out correctly. They were charged with felony arson. The d. C. Department of public works will pick up trash and recycling items an hour earlier this week. Pickup will begin at 6 00 a. M. It is due to predicted high temperatures this week. Early collection will continue through friday. Your asked to put out your items at 6 30 p. M. The day before to make sure theyre collected. We had a pretty nice start for this day today. Nice blue sky. I hope it lasts. Amazing. Is this july . I will take this any day. Is this washington . Are you sure . Isnt it nice like San Francisco . It was 55 degrees when i was out there last week. You can track the weather any time with your nbc washington from our live capital camera on this monday. Absolutely gorgeous there. Look at the visibility. Wheres the haze . I dont see any haze around there. Weve got clear sky with low humidity in place. Its going to be with us here for the rest of the afternoon. And over the next six hours, temperatures will be climbing into the mid to upper 80s. Around 3 00 to 5 00 p. M. Well be hovering there. Lots of sunshine through the day so dont forget your sun block. And we had a gorgeous sunset on sunday. This photo posted on my twitter page by candice trimble. This was taken near front royal, virginia. Post your photos. We love seeing your photos when youre out and about. Temperatures in the 70s to around 80 degrees. Reagan national is at 81 degrees. So for the next several days were going to have a heat wave returning. After we have this gorgeous day today, tuesday, it gets more humid tomorrow with afternoon highs in the upper 80s and theres a small chance of an a greater chance of storms around on wednesday, mainly in the afternoon. Might get a morning shower and a greater chance of afternoon storms on wednesday with highs in the upper 80s. Then here comes the heat wave on thursday, friday, saturday and sunday. Each of those days into the 90s. Might get some storms on saturday afternoon, so keep that in mind for your weekend plans. And then monday, tuesday, wednesday, as we get into next week, a chance of storms each of those afternoons, but cooler with highs in the 80s. Thats the way it looks. All right, tom, thank you. Most Baseball Players are getting the week off. The allstar game is tomorrow and only the best will be playing in san diego tomorrow night. Some will also be on the field tonight for the home run derby. The nationals have five allstar, none of them is participating in the home run derby. In fact outfielder bryce harper said he may sit out the derby for the rest of his career. Thats too bad because hes so exciting to watch. We have some new information out of dallas this morning. The citys police chief just stte five officers and the Service Planned to remember them. And remembering a bull fighter killed during a Live Television broadcast. He was the first professional matador killed in the ring in here we live desk we are learning more about the Dallas Police shootings. As we monitor a News Conference that is happening right now at this hour at police headquarters, speaking earlier, Dallas Police chief david brown. Take a listen. Detectives are reviewing over 300 statements to determine which witnesses and officers need to be brought back for further interviews. He went on to say this is a massive investigation. They have multiple Police Body Cameras that they are reviewing. At this moment he is now taking questions from reporters, so we here at news4 in the newsroom will continue to monitor that. This is a huge crime scene. Not only does it include the garage where the shooter, micah johnson, was killed but also two other shooting locations. Now, last thursday 12 others while hundreds gathered to protest Police Killings of two black men by white officers. Stay with news4 for more on this story that continues to develop. Barbara. Thanks, angie. Of course one of the big stories coming out of dallas right now is the way Police Killed the suspect, micah johnson. They used a robotic bomb and blew the bomb up. Tom costello talked to experts around the country about military tactics like that and what it could mean in the future. Reporter the decision facing Dallas Police was life or death. The heavily armed suspect, micah johnson, had already killed five Police Officers, wounded 14 people, and was taunting officers, warning that he had planted bombs throughout the area. With police Sharp Shooters unable to get a clean shot at the suspect, s. W. A. T. Commanders presented the chief with a plan. To improvise our robot with a d corner within a few feet of where he was that would take him out. I approved it and ill do it again if presented with the same circumstances. Police have been using robots for years. Most recently ramming holes in the orlando nightclub, trying to free hostages, but also to remove suspicious clothing from suspects, inspect suspect packages and even fire weapons to detonate explosives. The Montgomery County, maryland, bomb squad is run by the Fire Department with a small fleet of remotely controlled robots equipped with cameras, microphones and cloths. Our main mission is to render an explosive safe. So instead of putting a bomb technician into harms way, well send a robot. Reporter since 9 11, Many Police Departments have beefed up their firepower. Some departments criticized for showing up at lawful demonstrations in armored personnel carriers with semiautomatic weapons. Now for the first time using a remotely controlled i think Police Departments all over the country should be very careful how they use these kinds of technologies. Our own civilians with military style equipment is probably the biggest problem here. Reporter veteran cops say you cant secondguess the dallas pd. In a case with this many policemen killed and shot in the center of a major American City with possibly more bombs, it was the right decision in that unique location of a parking garage on that unique day. Reporter dallas chief brown. Ive got former s. W. A. T. Experience here in dallas, and you have to trust your people to make the calls necessary to save their lives. Its their lives that are at stake, not these critics lives who are in the comforts of their homes or offices. That report coming from tom costello. Many people have praised Dallas Police for using that bomb. The new york police commissioner, bill bratton, said that they m but that there needs to be more discussion before its used again. D. C. s former police chief is urging an end to the growing divide between some people and some members of Law Enforcement. Charles ramsey appeared on meet the press yesterday morning. He said cooperation will be especially important at this months democratic and Republican National conventions. Youve got two conventions coming up that are going to be very, very challenging to handle. And i dont think theyre going to go without some incident taking place. Its unfortunate, but thats what i personally think. I hope thats not the case. But youve got too many people that are now with this extreme rhetoric and that is just not good for anybody. Ramsey is the cochair of the president s task force on community policing. To Fairfax County now where protesters are pushing the sheriff to take action after the death of natasha mckenna. She is a mentally ill inmate who died after deputies tasered her multiple times. It happened last february. Deputies were tg mckenna from her cell at the Fairfax Adult Detention Center when she became combative. This morning they called on the sheriff to discipline the six deputies involved. A plan to build a highspeed train in is causing some concern in fredericksburg. Some people received notices that the tracks could run into and through their properties. Theres a meeting tonight to talk about what else can be done. Thats happening at Fredericksburg Christian high school and it happens at 6 30 this evening. It is a game that started a frenzy, but its also being used to lure victims for armed robberies. This happened outside of st. Louis over the weekend. Police say four people were arrested after they used pokemon go to target their victims, and they used part of the game that allows players to attract both pokemon and other users to their location. You know, it may not be just as much as them using th individuals, but as well as the inattention of the persons Walking Around staring at their phone. Police are also looking at whether the suspects are involved in similar robberies around st. Louis. Today hundreds attended the funeral of a spanish bull fighter who was killed on Live Television. 29yearold Victor Barrio died yesterday during a bull fight. He was gored in the thigh and chest. Today people applauded as his coffin was carried through town into a packed church. Barrio was the first professional matador to die during a bull fight in spain since 1985. Despite the death, the running of the bulls continued today at pamplona. Spanish medical officials said four people suffered bruises, but no one was gored. More than 1,000 people took part in todays run, which lasted three minutes. The festival ends on thursday. Our weather hash tag today, marvelous monday. How fitting. Tom is back aft w welcome back. Here is your chance to get a free slurpy today. Days july 11th or 711. From now until 7 00 tonight 7eleven customers can get a free small slurpee. Theyre also offering 7. 11. You know, anything frozen and slushy is just it just says summer, right . Yum. Its going to get a little hot. Were climbing into the 80s but still very comfortable with our low humidity in place. As we go forward here for the rest of the day and into the evening hours, temperatures by 2 00 will be in the mid80s. Just a few clouds around through midafternoon. Upper 80s 4 00, 5 00 p. M. And by 6 00 a beautiful evening coming up by 8 00 p. M. , back down to near 80 degrees. Our sunset today, 8 34. Then a clear sky by 11 00 p. M. It will be back down to the upper 70s. By then youll notice the humidity will begin to increase a bit. Post your pictures. Heres another one, kathy sims in charles town, West Virginia. Love it when you post your pictures. Send them to my twitter page, thats what kathy did, or post them on my Facebook Page as well on instagram. Love to see your photos when youre out running around seeing our beautiful sights. Its a Beautiful Day around the bay, around 80 degrees there now and weve got the sunshine with just a few clouds all across the region in the upper 70s to near 80 from the mountains all the way to the atlantic beaches. Tomorrow the humidity does return. It is july, after all, and its washington. Its going to be in the upper 80s. Theres a small chance of an afternoon storm but a greater chance of a shower or storm on wednesday with upper 80s and steamy heat. Hot and humid. The two hottest days look to be thursday and friday. Only a small chance of an afternoon storm both of those days. A greater chance of storms perhaps on saturday with highs in the low 90s. Sunday up around 90 and a bit cooler next week. Chance of afternoon storms monday, tuesday and again on wednesday. Thats the way it looks. Thank you, tom. An alarming new report that affects women. It says women have a much higher likelihood theyll be living in poverty later in life. Women of 80 more likely than men to be impoverished when they reach 65 years old or when theyre retiring. The report says there are a lot of factors in this. One is the pay gap, women earning 70 of what men make in their lifetime. Other factors include divorce, single parenthood and the fact that women usually outlive men by quite a few millennials arent investing in the stock market were hearing. A new bankrate. Com survey found as much as 80 of 25 to 30yearolds are staying out of the market for very consistent reasons. Everyone tds to be squeezed by low wages in first an early stage career job and also squeezed by student debt. On top of that, many millennials admit they dont understand how wall street works. Despite their lack of participation in the stock market, Research Shows millennials actually save more than previous generations for both emergencies and for retirement. Jail inmates rushed into action. Well tell you about the emergency that had them showing off their good side. And an update on the health of aerosmith rocker joe pe the cdc estimates approximately one in six americans suffer from foodborne illnesses each year. With so many of us traveling this time of year, food safety should be top of your mind, whether youre headed to a picnic, a barbecue or an allday sporting event. Joy dubois joins us with some safety tips about the kinds of picnics that well be going on, taking stuff with us. You say there are some foods that we should just avoid taking out of the house, huh . Actually no, you just have to be really smart about it of how were getting ready to handle our picnic. For instance, first off wash your hands. Some people honestly forget to do that. Water may not be available so a great thing to have is a pocketsize gel. Make sure its 60 alcohol. That helps kill any germs. Also remember to clean your coolers before you pack them because a lot of people forget to clean the coolers and theres unfortunately bacteria that can lay in there, so wipe them out, clean them out. Keep food separate. For instance, make sure that the raw meats are separate from anything thats cooked or already prepared like fruits or vegetables. What about things that have mayonnaise in them, dont they usually say dont have mayonnaise out of the refrigerator for very long . Yes. Basically what you want to remember is anything that youve already taken out and put out in the open and in, you know, that picnic environment, you have two hours until microbes can start heres the rules that you told us about. Keep the food cold. Correct. Lets talk about the other things. Basically you want to keep and clean your produce. One thing to remember with that is also, you know, when you slice that produce, wash it before you do it because actually that blade can act as an inoculator and make that bacteria grow in that produce. So make sure you wash the produce and make sure your utensils are only being used for that produce and use the utensils for raw meat. Keep them separate. Speaking of handling meat and that kind of thing, you brought an interesting board with you that you think is a good thing to take with you. Tell us about it. Basically you can get these at a lot of different home supply shops. What it is, is you want to keep, again, cooked foods separate from raw foods. For the red you can cut up your meat. Green i think for vegetables and keeping the produce clean salads or anything like that. Make sure theyre clean before you use them and keep that produce separate from the raw food. Do you suggest using the rubber gloves when youre handling the meat . Yeah, absolutely. You can use that. Again, rubber gloves would be great. These little plastic bags that you find all over the produce aisles, make your raw meat in those plastic bags and separate tm on your coolers. Keep one cooler for the clean produce, those type of items and one for raw foods. Now lets talk a little bit about the leftovers. When you finish your picnic and are taking things back home, lots of time its good stuff and you dont want to throw it away. The rule of thumb is anything that sat out for less than two hours is safe. That time gets cut in half if the temperature is greater than 90 degrees fahrenheit. The danger zone when foods can multiply is between 40 degrees anything over 90 degrees like what weve been having lately is only going to be good for one hour so you should definitely throw things out unfortunately. As long as you keep it in the cooler, take it out and put it right back in. Absolutely, then youre safe. Sounds good. Im ready for a picnic. One more thing, dont forget your thermometer. For the meat. Check the temperatures and then youll know. And what should the temperature be . Greater than 140 or less than 40 degrees fafahrenheit. Thanks so much, joy. Thank you. A group of inmates broke out of their cells in a texas jail to save a guard. Take a look at the scene here. The inmate noticed the armed guard loses consciousness. They start yelling, break out of their cells and begin banging on the doors for help. It turns out the guard was having a heart attack. Other deputies rushed over and called 911. Paramedics were able to revive the guard. Condition right now, the guitarist for aerosmith. He collapsed at a concert in new york last night. In this video here you can see him unable to stand properly and playing while sitting down. He then walks off the stage and collapsed right after he walked out. It was not clear what was going on or why he wasnt feeling well. Now perry is in the hospital recovering. The red cross in our area has issued an emergency call for blood. The Organization Says donations are down because of summer vocatiovo vacations and they have a significant shortage. Head to the nbc washington app and search red cross. An idea that could spark lifesaving programs across the co you know, it might be a good idea to think of making a road trip right about now. Gas prices are down this week. The National Average price for a gallon of regular is 2. 24. Thats more than 50 cents cheaper than it was this time last year. The average price in d. C. , 2. 51 a gallon. In virginia 2. 05. In West Virginia its 2. 31. In maryland youll be filling up at about 2. 22 a gallon. According to researchers, kids who suck their thumbs or bite their nails are better protected from developing allergies to dust mites, grass and other allergens. The reduced risk lasted into adulthood. Experts dont recommend encouraging kids to pick up these habits if they havent already. Troubling news for parents no longer just a substitute for cigarettes. Teens who normally would not smoke traditional cigarettes are now vaping with flavored egr s ecigarettes. Health experts say any kind of smoking leads to nicotine addiction. The study was published in the journal of pediatrics. One grandfathers good idea could change the game for millions of americans living with kidney disease. Heres nbcs erica edwards. Reporter 66yearold Howard Broadman is a selfproclaimed pusher. Another one, that was a crummy kiss. Reporter so it makes sense that broadman was the one that came up with the plan that could revolutionize kidney transplants. If it helps people, its a gamechanger. Reporter broadmans grandson, quinn, was born with one kidney that does not function well. Broadman wanted to be the donor, needs to donate a kidney now. Well, wait a minute, this doesnt make any sense. Why dont i just give my kidney to somebody else and get a voucher and give it to quinn. Its amazing we didnt think of this sooner. Reporter dr. Jeff veal and his colleagues embraced the had why. Broadman started a kidney chain by donating to a stranger in 2014. Armed with a Gift Certificate from his grandfather, quinn will be the last recipient from a living donor on that chain when hes ready. He will not have to be placed on the deceased donor waiting list. That already has 100,000 people in queue. You can get a kidney more or less immediately, and the advantage of getting a living donor kidney is that living donor kidneys function for twice as long as deceased donor kidneys. Reporter nine other Hospital Systems have signed on like ucla. It will be honored in places across the country. And like a has no expiration date. Erica edwards, nbc news. Great story. Thats for sure. A grandfathers love knows no end. Lets check on our weather now. Tom . Weve had some cotton ball clouds popping up here as we approach noon time. Live view overlooking the Potomac River in washington. Temperatures are climbing into the low 80s. Reagan national now at 81 degrees. We dont have any rain or any storms anywhere in the region. Were all clear on this storm team 4 radar. Our hourly temperatures and sky conditions as we get into the afternoon will be hovering in the mid and upper 80s from 2 00 p. M. To 6 00 p. M. With lots of sunshine so dont forget your sun block. Low humidity in place for the rest of the day but it does get more humid as we get into tomorrow. Afternoon highs on tuesday climbing into the upper 80s. Steamy day tomorrow. Now we might cook up an isolated thunderstorm tomorrow afternoon. Just a small chance, about a 30 chance. Theres a greater chance, though, of a morning shower thunderstorm on wednesday, otherwise partly sunny, hot and humid, into the upper 80s. Morning lows in the 70s. Then here comes another heat wave. As we get into thursday and friday, both of those days, the hottest days here over the next ten days, likely into the mid90s. Hazy, hot and humid both days and only a small chance of an isolated storm on thursday and friday. Then into the weekend, keep this in your plans, might get interrupted by an afternoon thunderstorm on saturday, otherwise partly sunny. Still hot and humid. But a little less humid on sunday with sunshine up near 90 degrees. Then it cools down a bit as we get toward the end of the week or rather first part of next week. Monday, tuesday, wednesday, each one of those days highs in the 80s and a chance of afternoon storms. Thats the way it looks. All right, tom, thank you. And that does it for news4 midday. Thank you for joining us. We are back on the air this afternoon first at 4 00. You can get your news and weather updates any time with the nbc washington app. We hope you have a eni enjoy the its a great day for an adventure. Surprises are hiding around each corner. Come chase thrills that lead in every direction. Yet somehow bring us all back together. 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