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Plenty of clouds around today. 60s in the shenandoah valley. Mid70s in and around the metro area. 77 at National Airport now. Most areas going to hold in the mid70s for the next couple hours. Best chance for some showers west of the blue ridge and down into parts of Southern Maryland. Tomorrow im already a little bit more optimistic for your sunday forecast. And yes, indeed, many, many 90degree days on the zsevenda. Today russian rebels are blocking european investigators from entering the crash site. Armed rebels guarding the perimeter of where that Malaysian Airlines plane was shot down thursday. Ukraine also claims that prorussian separatists moved 38 bodies to a nearby morgue. Remains of other victims are still out in the open. They believe rebels plan to move plane wreckage onto russian soil. In light of the downing of mh17, Malaysian Airlines says they will wave change fees. If they want to cancel them altogether, they wont be charged. Customers will also receive a full refund on canceled flights. Now, the waivers are only good for flights between now and the end of the year. As for the investigation, we now know the plane was shot down thursday by a surface to air missile. The big question, though, still who did it and why. U. S. Intelligence thoughs it was launched from inside a russiancontrolled area. Yesterday president obama said insurgents would not be capable of carrying out such an attack without the help of russia. Both governments say they were not involved. Only one american has been idd as a victim in the malaysia crash. Hes a new jersey native who had dual dutch american citizenship. Quinn Lucas Schansman moved to the netherlands when he was five. He was on his way to bali for a family vacation. His grandfather says he was very lively and will be missed. We want to know why, who s t shot. Another passenger had connections to the u. S. Karlijn keijzer was a dutch citizen but was working on her chemistry doctorate at indiana university. Many of you are showing your condolences for Crash Victims and their families at a vigil last night people held hands as they walked through northwest from the Dutch Embassy to the embassy of malaysia. A mother dropped off flowers because she couldnt stop thinking of the kids who died. And others knew the researchers who died. They have nothing to do with the conflict. So frustrating we cant do anything else. But at least we can bring some flowers. The Netherlands Embassy is going to open a written registry on monday and tuesday so people can leave their condolences. Were keeping an eye on all of the developments in the crash of mh17. More on our website nbcwashington. Com. Just click the news tab at the top of the home page. Another big story, today is the grand opening at the station. Derek ward has what you can see and experience today. Reporter good morning. This is exactly the kind of opening of the garage. Where we are right now as you look at the map, we would be at the intersection of 267 and wiehle avenue. It is multimobile. Thats the term you hear here. You see one of the bus bays, one of several that will run from this station. And not far from them, youre still sheltered from the elements is a bike garage. A bike parking place where youll have 200 parking spaces. And then 2300 spaces provided for vehicles. Again, this is sort of embodying the whole thought process of the Transportation Industry now. And this bike locker will feature a fix it station as well as places for oversized bikes and trailers. In terms of the buses, there will be a total of 15 bus bays here. And the connector will run at the facilities as well. Of course this all opens on july 25th. We are giving you a tour today. And of course when this opens, it will be open for business and you can presume that people will more than likely get used to. We are live at wiehle east. Back to you. Thank you. Something weve gotten used to is seeing that crane. Its become part of the skyline out here. Thats really the only parking lot on the silver line. Thats the only place to park your car. Speaking of the silver line, tomorrow on that line theyre going to begin testing those trains out with passengers. Thats right. The Simulated Service will last without. All week without passengers. And the purpose is to give train operators a chance to get familiar with the route before you begin boarding. The test will cause some delays in service. Youve heard a lot about the blue line delays. But you could be waiting longer for trains on the orange and yellow lines as well. At most six minutes longer than normal for a train. This morning an up close look at thieves after your money. The card reader that could access your aounts. Plus how to spot this device at any atm. And cracking down on bar crawls. How the rules could change today for the popular party. We also have new videos coming into the newsroom right now showing no signs of a ground operation slowing down in gaza. Small Business Owners this is your last chance. Your free upgrade to fios quantum internet from verizon will be running out soon. Nows the time to doub your download speed to 50 megs for no additional cost. Switch to fios internet and phone with a 2year agreement and get a free upgrade to fios quantum internet for just 99. 99 a month. But hurry this offer runs out july 19th. Or. Ask about our no annual contract options. Call 1. 888. 774. 4418 now. Internet and phone that make you Small Business ready. Thats powerful. Pub crawls in arlington may never be the same again. Today county leaders are preparing to create new regulations on them. The county board says since bars and promotors are the ones benefitting from these crowds, they should foot the bill for extra police and trash cleanup. Todays vote could require bars to get a permit to hold these parties. The county manager will then decide how much the businesses will be charged. Well, here is a good reason to smile this morning. Theres a free Dental Clinic in waldorf, maryland. Look how packed it was at yesterdays clinic. Hundreds waiting for hours just to get in. One woman even went into labor. Yep. Some say that shows the need for the service. Todays clinic is at north point high school. It opened up around 6 00 this morning. Its going to go on for a few more hours. Closes at 4 00. Theres been change when we talk about the change of plans to put a gas station right in the middle of the river. Its been moved. It was supposed to bring attention to environmental issues. Recently local leaders sent a letter to mayor gray detailing how the project sends the wrong message. Yesterday the Arts Commission pulled back from the plan. The mock gas station will still be built, but its not clear where. A capitol hill staffer due in court on the weekend. The crime hes accused of t will land him in front of a judge today. Whats up with the clouds, chuck . The clouds are here for a few days but that doesnt necessarily mean the whole weekend will be washed out. Keep faith alive, everybody. Ill have your weekend forecast which includes many dry hours. Coming up. Israel is expanding its ground advances in gaza today. They attack 36 new targets. Officials say this invasion could last up to two weeks. Launched seven rockets into israel today killing one person and nearly 300 people have died since fighting began 11 days ago. The United Nations says 1 5 of those killed are children. Today we could learn why a capitol hill staffer brought a handgun inside a house office building. Ryan shucard will make his First Court Appearance today even though its a weekend. He works for tom marino. Yesterday he went into the Cannon House Office building with a. 9 millimeters handgun and ammunition. Darcy spencer talked to shucard by phone and he says it was an accident. Carrying a handgun without a license is a felony in the district. Were getting a new look at robbers trying to steal money right out of your account. Take a look. Fairfax koun bty Police Released these photos showing a man and a woman wanted for atm skimming. This is our first look at the female suspect. Police say at least three other men are involved. They put secret card readers on machines. If you see a machine that looks odd around the card slot, dont use it and notify the bank immediately. Teams are out on Lake Champlain searching for a plane that disappeared more than 40 years ago. They hope new technology will help solve this decades old mystery. I didnt think this would ever happen. Reporter Christina Coffey has waited 43 long years to see this. A search team scanning Lake Champlain for her father. I have a philosophy now, you cant find peace until you find all the pieces. Reporter her father was George Nikita. He was the pilot of a commercial jet like this one. He was flying out of the airport bound for rhode island. In near blizzard conditions the plane vanished. Nikita, his copilot, and three businessmen on board all from the south have never been found. Theyre believed to have died when the aircraft crashed into the icy lake. I hate that fact that these men are still down there. That theres never been any closure. Reporter now new hope from new york and Vermont State Police and other agencies. Theyre crisscrossing an 18 square mile quadrant looking for pieces of the plane to help solve this mystery with tools on board that werent available in the 1970s. The search here on Lake Champlain will continue through the weekend with all sorts of technology from sonar to submersible robots. Ultimately the goal is to see if there are any bodies intact in the wreckage and if they can be recovered. This Marine Exploration Group is helping organize the mission empathizing with nikitas family. The pain theyve been going through for years, i cant imagine it. Reporter kate stenslands late mother was nikitas sister. All this time wondering if there would be another. What would this moment mean to your mom . Everything. And that has been, i think, the hardest thing for me is that shes not here to witness this. Reporter she and Christina Coffey are optimistic this work will allow them to finally give George Nikita a proper burial. He deserves that. Thats Jack Thurston reporting. This is new video of wind whipped fires burning out of control in Washington State. Right now its on path to char through two more communities. Yesterday people who live in the town of pateros returned to rubble. About a hundred homes were scorched. People in nearby towns are under evacuation orders. So far the fire has blackened 260 square miles. And its been hot out there the last couple days. Its going to be two or three days before we get back to typical Washington State weather like cloudy and overcast. Like we have here. Youre not happy, i can tell. Keep it deep inside. Theyre saying that fire is 0 contained. Its a really scary situation out there. Tough stuff for the firefighters out there. We wish them the best in trying to get that contained. Meanwhile around here we can use a bit of rain, but never on a weekend. Heres the way it looks over capitol hill right now. Plenty of clouds outside first thing this morning. The weather impact on your weekend, itll be fairly low today. There are plenty of clouds outside. And weve seen a little bit of light rain and sprinkles around. Theres a chance those may continue out to the west of town through much of the afternoon. So pool weath today may not be the best pool day. Its a good day for pool day for me, but not for a lot of people who like to worship the sun. Uv index at a seven. Thats still in the high range. You can still get a burn. 77 at reagan National Airport. Humidity 56 . Not much of a wind right now. Winds will gradually pick up out of the east in the 5 to 10 mileanhour range later today. The warm spot at 77 in washington. Still in the mid to upper 60s in the shenandoah valley. Washington county, maryland, 72 now. 74 in fredricksburg. Chances of rain fairly low through the metro area. A little better chance out here across the shenandoah valley. Even where you see the higher rain chances, that doesnt mean a lot. Rainfall will be under. 1 of an inch. Lets zoom in on storm team 4 radar. Where the bulk of the rain chanes areor now. This is where theyll stay much of the day. This is light rain now moving in towards woodstock headed up towards winchester. And a few lonesome rain drops now southernmost st. Marys county. Those will drift over the bay in the next couple hours. Looks like a lot of rain chances all weekend. But in reality the air mass over us is really dry so its going to eat up a lot of those rain chances. Most of this in West Virginia is headed up into western parts of pennsylvania. And most of this down across North Carolina will be drying up as it comes our way. So it looks pretty intimidating there on the regional radar view. But i think our rain chances are relatively low in and around the area for today. So your saturday afternoon planner, mostly cloudy. We will see a sliver or two of sunshine. Temperatures in the 80s today. First pitch of the nationals and brewers game tonight. Temperatures in the game in the 70s. Not much of a rain threat according to our computer. But i couldnt rule out a sprinkle or two. Sevenday forecast time, everybody. 80s today and tomorrow. Low 80s at that. This is saving money on the air conditioning bills, for sure. Dont you worry, summer lovers. If you like 90 or better, its coming back soon. Tuesday we get back to 90. 95 on wednesday. 92 on tuesday. Plenty of heat and humidity and some thunderstorm chances coming back. But in the meantime, relax and sit in the hammock. It does feel nice. Have we hit 100 yet . Nope. 97 is as high as its been. Thanks, chuck. Coming up a Traffic Alert to pass along. The bridge shutting down this weekend and the work happening to update the structure. And greek yogurt. Its supposed to be healthy, but does it hold up to those claims . One scientist found something odd when she put popular brands to the test. Greek style yogurt is the new it snack. Its popularity has propelled sales to over 70 billion a year. But how do they stack up . Erika gonzalez put them to the test. Reporter more people than ever are eating yogurt. Especially greek yogurt. Its a good source of calcium. But greek yogurt has more protein. Reporter they tried out for taste and nutrition. A slight generic vanilla intense ta with a fruity note. Reporter the nutritionists noted somethinged a noticing the 365 fat free plain greek yogurt claims to only have 2 grams of sugar. That seems really low. The others had five to ten grams per cup. Reporter so Consumer Reports tested six samples and found that the whole foods yogurt averaged 11 grams of sugar. More than five times the labels claim. In Consumer Reports taste test, it received a good rating. But others were better. In the end fage was the most thick and creamy with a well balanced flavor. Of organic, wallaby took the top spot. It does have eight grams of fat and 27 grams of sugar per cup. Erika gonzalez, news4. Great. So we cant believe anything on the label. A spokesperson for whole foods says Consumer Reports findings are not consistent with the test results it has gotten from reputable third party labs. It is investigating the matter and says it will take corrective action if any is warranted. Coming up, not so fast. Why the rock is criticizing a move made by new jersey governor chris christie. Plus the takedown of mh17. The photo that may put investigators one step closer to finding out exactly who shot it down. And a few rain drops for some of you this morning. Chuck headed outside to the storm team 4 weather deck we want to recap the latest development in the downing of mh17. Armed rebels are guarding the perimeter of the field where the malaysia Airlines Plane crashed thursday. International investigators say they are not being allowed to enter the crash site. The Ukrainian Government is also claiming that prorussian separatists took 38 bodies from the crash site to a nearby morgue. The rest of the victims bodies are out in the open. The prorussian rebels are asking to take control of the bodies. The u. S. Says the missile was a russianmade buk missile unit. Ukraines interior ministry is releasing new video showing a truck carrying a buk missile unit to the border. The unit usually carries four missiles. In that video one appears to be missing. The missile was fired from inside an area controlled by prorussian rebels. A hundred of the passengers on that Malaysia Flight were on their way to attend the International Aids Conference in melbourne. Last night we spoke to an attendee about the impact this will have on the aids research world. We lost some leading researchers, leading activists, but we know within the international aids community that that bench is deep and that that will further strengthen the resolve of those who are still with us to continue this incredible fight. And we will honor their memories by doing so. A moment of silence honored researchers joep lange. This has been one story thats been hard to report and also one to watch. We know Health Experts say that there is a reason why we cant seem to look away from our television when tragedies like this happen. Psychiatrists say this morbid curiosity is normal. They say to some degree we all think about it or imagine if it was one of us or perhaps one of our relatives hurting. Experts say its good to be informed, but its not particularly healthy to watch the same story for hours. Switch gears here and talk about the weather. 9 31 on this saturday morning. Theres a bright side to the clouds out there right now. Youre looking live at skies over northwest d. C. We can see peeks of sunshine later today. If only we could get a repeat of that nice weather we had during the work week. It was nice. Chuck bells words, i think the last ones were goodbye. Say goodbye to that kind of weather. Right, chuck . Yeah, we get to keep the cooler than average temperatures over the weekend. We will have to cope with the cloud cover today. Tomorrow i think a little bit more sunshine will come our way. So not all bad news. And temperatures cooler than average in the month of july. Cool in july is almost as good as warm in january. Thats the view looking northbound here in northwest washington over bethesda. Silver spring off to the right there. Theres the capitol wheel. Still plenty of clouds there. And even out to the west across fairfax and Montgomery County there under b the clouds dpriar still back to the west. Thats where the chance will stay for the day. 83 we the clouds. Yes, drops. Only a few today. The better day of the weekend is going to be tomorrow. Sevenday forecast coming up. Beach forecast coming up. Itll feel like summer before you know it. Not too bad out there right now. Looks all right. After a long week of huge developments on the border and overseas, president obama is foregoing his usual round of weekend golf. Chopper 4 spots marine one taking the first team for a weekend escape to camp david. Their first trip to the mountains in almost a year. In the week ahead, he will bring Central American president s to the white house. They will discuss the flood of undocumented children over the border. According to administration sources, Border Patrol agents have found fewer than 500 undocumented children at the border in south texas this week. Last month agents were stopping as many as 2,000 a week. Illegal crossings do tend to slow during the summer. D. C. Candidate for mayor goes on the defensive. Shes standing up for her decision not to hold public hearings on a rundown apartment complex controlled by her political supporters. Now, in april the d. C. Government took control of the park southern and southeast which has 700 low or noincome residents and seniors. Hundreds of thousands of dollars in rent money is unaccounted for. The two previous managers support bowsers mpaign. Bowser is chairman of the Council Housing committee that oversees projects just like this. Instead bowser has asked for an Inspector General investigation. The cleanest way to make sure that we have all the answers is to do what ive done and have the Inspector General who is independent from the executive and independent from the council whos armed with investigators and auditors to get to the bottom of that case. Bowsers critics say she has acted to protect the dismissed managers rather than helping the tenants in the buildings. Metros multibilliondollar Improvement Project could slow you down on the route this weekend. The green belt is closed for track work on the green line. Expect delays on the red, orange, and blue lines as well. Now, all trains should be back to their normal schedules for the monday morning commute. And a Traffic Alert for tomorrow. D. C. Plans to shut down a welltraveled bridge. Heres news4s Melissa Malay with your news4 traffic. Early morning drivers, you may be forced to take a detour in the district this weekend. Plans to keep the Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge closed for the Early Morning hours. Also on the south capital street bridge and it could impact your drive getting to the water front. The bridge will be closed from 4 00 a. M. To 9 00 a. M. Sunday. They are testing the swing span. Its part of a plan to replace the bridge and make this is more scenic area. For your first 4 traffic, im Melissa Malay. We just got this into the newsroom. Police releasing a sketch of an attempted assault suspect. Take a look at your screen if you can. This is a man that attacked a woman on rocky run trail. He was riding his bicycle and wearing a neon shirt. The victim wa a run away and call for help. This happened on rocky run trail. Its the wooded area that runs from the greenbriar neighborhood. The time now 9 36. New this morning, a major ruling against a large Tobacco Company. News4 got ahold of the jurys billiondollar decision and well show it to you coming up. And hes forever known as the White House Party crasher. Now new evidence that suggests the title may be crushing his chances of a political career. And a new low for criminals. How thieves are using your loss of a loved one as their own personal gain. How to protect your family from ever falling prey. Uncle craig, whats the deal . Oh. You cant record that many shows at once. Why . You cant save every single cartoon. Why . You know you cant pause the tv here and play it in another room. Why . Its time for fios quantum tv. Store up to 200 hours in hd. Record up to 12 shows at once. Pause and play live tv, room to room. Plus, watch live tv on the go with the fios mobile app. Redefining what tv can be. Thieves are targeting families in mourning. Its hard to believe, but this does happen. Each year crooks steal personal information from more than 2. 5 million deceased americans. Its awful. We report on how to protect your family from i. D. Theft. Reporter for members its a time to mourn a loss. For criminals its a chance to gain. Disgusting. Its a violation of your being. Even when youre alive and somebody does that and you have to start all over its just sad. To see you worked your whole life to become something and then somebody takes your identity and then youve got to start over. I wouldnt know where to begin with that. Im not surprised it happens though. Reporter so how do these criminals do it . Steal from millions of dead americans every year. Fraud experts say all the information they need is at their fingertips printed in black and white in the obituary section of the newspaper. I think its terrible and i think you need to keep track after someone dies. I did for the motherinlaw. Reporter a quick Search Online gave these suggestions on how to protect your dead relatives. Most important keep the obituaries short. The less information these criminals have, the better. Keep a close eye on death certificates. Notify Credit Bureaus and have them flag the accounts. Close bank accounts, credit cards, even cancel memberships to places like costco and sams club. Criminals are criminals. If they can think of a way to do something, they will rip you off. Experts say its important for relatives to send copies of the death certificate to each Credit Reporting Bureau asking them to place a deceased alert on the credit report. If youre closing an individual account, make sure the institution lists closed, account holder is the deceased. News4 first to report a jurys verdict against a Tobacco Company today. Shamari stone just got off the phone with a lawyer in this case. What the attorney has to said to those who called the 23 billion settlement excessive. We have cloud cover, but the whole weekend wont be cloudy. Ill have your weekend forecast. And if you want the 90degree weather back, wait for the new this morning, news4 has learned new details of one of the largest jury verdicts ever. Were talking about 23 billion awarded overnight to a florida family. Smoker Michael Johnson sr. Died of lung cancer in 1996. His family sued rj reynolds tocco company blaming it for his death. Friday night the jury ordered the get manufacturer to pay 23. 6 billion in punitive damages. Thats on top of the 17 million that a judge awarded johnsons family. Just minutes ago, news4 shomari stone had an exclusive interview with the family attorney who won last nights verdict. Some say this verdict is excessive. What do you say to people who have the opinion that johnson decided to smoke on his own, he knew about the dangers of smoking. I say to those people lets go in and stop the Tobacco Industry while they drive to the bank laughing at us. Lets stop them. Lets put the grave diggers out of business. Cigarette smoking is killing 480,000 people every year. People that never would spoke. People that wouldnt spoke. They spend billions of dollars on advertising. They lure our kids into smoking. Our children. Now, the case could be up for an appeal and then to be settled. People in richmond dont want tariq salahi to crash their politics. They were the White House Party crashers. He failed to submit enough ballot signatures to run for the run. He needed 1,000 signatures. He got less than 500. Dwayne the rock johnson says theres no hard feelings between him and new jersey governor chris christie. This week johnson asked christie to take down an online video that featured the former wrestler. The video was about pension reform and featured the 42yearold action star in it. Johnson says he told the Governors Team he doesnt have anything to do with that issue and asked to be removed. But johnson says he still considers christie his buddy. Did he ask him if he smelled what he was cooking . New cameras up and running in d. C. Two cameras will make sure youre driving at or below 25 miles an hour while another one will make sure you obey pedestrian rules. If these cameras catch you, youll only get a warning for the first 30 days after that, a big fine. More legal challenges for taxi alternatives uber and lyft. Eight Taxi Companies just filed in court. They want a judge to stop them from operating in virginia. Now the companies are already the subject of a cease and desist order but are still operating. And d. C. Cab drivers recently protested against them as well. And in northern virginia, arlington is celebrating the National Independence of columbia with a day of festivities for families. Music and dance performances and they are hosting Colombia National day cultural events. It begins at 3 00 this afternoon at arlingtons gunston arts theater one. The cost at the door is 20. If they have food, its going to be worth every penny. Yeah, it is. Colombia food is so good. Not a bad day. Todays not a bad day weather weiss. Temperatures okay. Its going to feel okay. Well take it. For all the brides out there that will say its cloudy on my wedding day, cloudy days take the best pictures. No squinting. No hard shadows or squinting. Theres a bright side to your otherwise cloudy forecast for your saturday. Even better news is its not going to be a washout of a day. We may have a little random sprinkle or two. But thats just about it. Its mostly a cloud threat. Not much of a rain threat for your saturday. And we can deal with cloudy skies. And temperatures, even though theyre cooler than average, well make it into the low 80s across the area today. Perfect shorts and tshirt weather. Theres the view of capitol hill now. Definitely a cloudy sky out there. I was just outside on the storm team 4 weather deck. On occasion you could see a hint of a shadow out there. Theres plenty of sunshine getting through. 77 degrees at reagan National Airport right now. Humidity creeping back up now. 56 . It is at 74 degrees now in annapolis, maryland. Solomons island, leonardtown all in the mid70s right now. Still upper 60s in the shenandoah valley. Thats where the clouds are the thickest. And where the lightest rain drops have been the most frequent. Your hometown forecast today. Annedale, virginia, 79 degrees. A deliver of sunshine possible. Back into the mid70s by 8 30. Still a mostly cloudy sky. And mid to upper 60s first thing tomorrow morning. Its going to be a nicer day tomorrow than today. Heres our future weather forecast. Cloudy skies in place. Notice our computer model. Didnt paint a single rain drop out there. I think there will be hit and miss light rain chances here from the blue ridge westbound into the mountains. So keep your eyes out there for an occasion nay drop or two. In and around town, not much of a threat. Then sunday morning, still plenty of clouds. But tomorrow during the day i think the skies will brighten just a bit. And i think the seconds half of tomorrow should be pretty nice. Rain chances tomorrow should linger way back west of i81 into the mountains. More clouds back in early monday morning. But the warmer air is coming back, everybody. So i think monday afternoon will turn partly to mostly sunny. Your rain chances today, very low rain chances in the immediate metro. Little better chance in Southern Maryland and along interstate 81. Just to show you where the rain drops are now, heres storm team 4 radar. Sprinkles now towards the north side of West Virginia. Just on the west and north side along i81 towards woodstock. Starting the trend as the rain drops try and come in here. The air mass over us is very dry. Its eating up a lot of those drops. So just sort of keep an eye out there. Port royal, fredricksburg could get a sprinkle or two. Thats about it. Sevenday forecast time. There is some hot weather coming, everybody. Folks who love summertime and i know theres many of them out there that think 95 degrees is just when it starts to get good. Thats when i hunker down in the ac with an ice pack on the back of my neck. But, yeah, hot weather comes back. Enjoy the cool and mid80s this weekend. 90 tuesday. 95 wednesday. 92 thursday. So thats three 90s in a row. That ought to keep everybody happy. It should. Well, you know, we should not forget for those of us complaining about the hot weather just how long that winter was. Polar vortex. Just say that. I feel better already. Thanks, chuck. Well, free food and a free movie. Perfect if youre looking for something to do. A look at the weekend scene is next on news4 today. Still looking for something to do today . Well, the weekend scenes got you covered. Heres barbara harrison. Reporter from concerts to a celebration of ice cream, theres a little bit of everything going on this weekend. The Washington Post is here with some highlights. How are you doing . Great. Lets start with the event takes place this weekend that will make a lot of folks hungry when they hear about it. It has to do with ice cream. Thats right. Its d. C. Scoop. This is the fourth annual. Its a festival of ice cream and its held at union market. And whats fun about this is we have so many ice cream makers now. Were covering a lot of these and were seeing them compete. There are 14 different ice cream makers. There are samples and this is such a fun kid friendly event. Kids actually get to come taste, vote for their favorite flavors. This is victoria, she won the peoples choice last year. Shes coming back this year to be a judge for this years contest. Does it cost to participate . Its free and its saturday from 1 00 to 4 00 p. M. Free and at union market. Okay. Tell us about the dupont summer concerts. This is an annual tradition. A lot of the concert parks this year have seen their budgets slash. Folks have been asking me if the concerts are coming back. They are. They were just announced. Theyre going to kick off on saturday with a Favorite Local deejay. Its going to be a lot of fun. Those will take place from 7 00 to 9 00 p. M. And continue every saturday through august 9th. If movies are your thing, extend your weekend to monday night because theres a movie outside on that night. Screen on the green. Talk about tradition. Thats one thats been going for 20 years in washington. Great date night. Skip out of work early. As you can see so much fun. Were going to see this kick off with karate kid. Its going to take place every monday beginning this coming monday. Totally free. Bring a blanket. Grab some food from district taco. Weve got all of details in this weeks weekend section. You should get there early to get a good seat or can you hear and see from just about everywhere . Ive done both. Get there early if you can stand the heat. A lot of folks show up after the work hour. A lot of d. C. Folks work. Theyre showing up at 6 00 or 7 00. The movie starts at dusk so its kind of a late night. Typically around 8 30 is when the movie starts. Sounds great. Good movie to see this monday night. Thanks. And for more ideas for your weekend, log onto nbcwashington. Com or the going out guide on washingtonpost. Com. And as always you can come out to reston. They have the concerts out where the rink is. And you can say hello to angie. Yeah. Well be out there with the lawn chair and kiddos. If you want to babysit, come on out. Should be a day i agree. A lot of people wanted to escape to the beach this weekend. Not a bad beach weekend. A bad day at the beach still better than a good day at work. No doubt about it. Its true. Not much of a rain threat at the coast. But maybe a few light rain showers. Certainly worth the trip down to the beach. Nice, Cool Temperatures in the 70s down at the coast. Well be in the mid to low 80s today own tomorrow. Best chance of a sprinkle tomorrow afternoon. Hot weather to start the week and 95 by the middle of the week. All right. Hate it. 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