Prosecutors argue that brian rice failed to buckle gray up in the back of the police van last april. He later died of injuries he received in that van. The defense says the 25yearold was uncooperative at the time of his arrest. Rice opted for a bench trial. Meaning a judge, not a jury will decide his fit. Ease off the a. C. Today if you can and you can get some money back on your next energy bills. Pepco is hovering incentive to try to keep the stress on its system down. Peak demand is expected between 2 00 and 6 00 p. M. You can earn a dollar in extra credit for energy use reduced during that time. Time right now is 4 31. Its going to be hot today. Most of us under a heat advisory. If you are outside, make you are drinking plenty of water. The early afternoon and evening hours. The focus today on the heat and humidity. It will be feel the hottest between 3 00 and 5 00. Look at the heat index at 3 00 here. Feeling about 103 in the district. 105 in leesburg. Even at 5 00 p. M. , when you are coming home from work, air conditioner on in full blast, feeling about 103 in the district and 101 in annapolis. Now, coming up at 4 41, ill be tracking the humidity levels for you over the next few days. For now, lets send it back over to jack taylor. Weve got our work zone still in place at rock creek parkway at the kennedy center. Traffic gets by one direction at a time. Youll also find in Prince Georges County on 50 eastbound, this is the john hanson highway, 197, wev going on for the last couple of nights. Only left lane is getting by. It is eastbound. Not causing a huge delay. Westbound completely unaffected. Today, a judge will decide whether a man will go to trial for killing his exgirlfriend. This is video from the scene after the shooting. Donald bricker jr told them that night he was guilty and he accepted a plea deal a couple of weeks later. Now he says he did not have the right counsel present when he made that decision. Developments now in a crash that hurt a High School Sophomore and killed the rest of her family. We flew over the accident on river road in february. Yesterday, Montgomery County police say the man driving the car which hit theirs agreed to plead guilty to man charges. Officers say he was excessively speeding at the time of the crash. Theres a maximum 30 years in prison. Some of the nations biggest basketball stars say its their moment to build up relationships with police. Thats the way last nights espys awards started. The nba stars challenged everyone to do better and to make positive peaceful change in their own community. Meanwhile, a similar message but a much different approach in the district. T. C. Gordon is a mounted police officer, he and his horse are working to bridge the gap between Law Enforcement and the people of northeast d. C. One father tells you he appreciates that gesture. It gives her an opportunity for her to see community and officers coming together. Officer gordon says trooper is what really builds the bonds. Trooper also lets officer gordon approach residents without to take any kind of action or correct something thats going on. House democrats will demand action on gun control. Its part of the National Speak out on gun violence. Gun violence prevention organizations and activists will join them at the event tonight at 7 30 on the west lawn of the capitol. The Bloomingdale Community came together last night to hold a candelight vigil for seth rich. He was shot and killed over the weekend. The speakers included debbie w white house, where today Hillary Clinton will get some help from virginia senator tim kaine. Virginia is once again a hotly contested Battle Ground state in the president ial election. And speaking of Vice President joists choices. Donald trump will reveal his pick tomorrow in new york. Nbc news has revealed a partial lineup for next weeks Republican Convention in cleveland. Four of trumps children and his wife will also speak there. Today, were going to find out everything about d. C. s brandnew arena football team. There is a newsonference this morning where the teams logo, name, and colors will be revealed. Arena football is a little like the nfl, a little. Its also played on a field half verizon center. What works . Noodles, cakes and sandwiches . There is a brandnew lineup at fedex official and it is delicious. There was a special event held for season Ticket Holders yesterday. 75 of the dishes are completely new. Italian, gyros, and monkey bread and you dip it in many mariona sauce. The new menu is a collaboration between the team and fans who wanted more options and healthier choices. Many of the things on the menu are locally produced as well. Look at that spread. That food looks delicious. I need to be in that proper setting, im watching the game, i want fork and knife, whole spread setup. When im the game, i want to eat some bad food too. You have to have french fries, you know. Were happy to sample all of it. Exactly, sign me up. If you use metro, this is something you are going to want to hear before you leave for work. Why part of the agency is being called dangerous. Smaking sure the zika virus stays out of the commonwealth. What virginia is doing in the hope of keeping you and your family safe. Get ready for a scorcher. How humid wil time nor weather and traffic on the 1s and can you feel the heat already . Hot, amelia. Oh, it is not comfortable out there and as we head on into the after hours, when you factor in the humidity, feeling oppressive. Feeling like temperatures are anywhere between 100 to 105 between noon and 8 00. Now, the good news, as you look to tomorrow, closing out the workweek, the humidity levels drop somewhat. Its still muggy. Over the weekend, not as bad. Humidity builds back into the area in a big way on monday. 77 at 7 00 a. M. Lunchtime, 90 degrees. In ten minutes, ill have an exclusive look at the tenday forecast. For now, jack, how are things lo very, very quiet, thankfully. Well start things off on thursday morning. Good foot, if you will. Inner, outer loop, maryland to virginia, all your travel lanes are open. He had headed toward 236, thats cleared. The work Near University boulevard is also gone. Rock creek parkway, crews still working. They have another 1120 minutes before they clear. University boulevard at the beltway. Theres a paving project of some sort going on. We basically have just the right lane getting by both directions. That should be cleared before 5 00. Back to you. Were just about 24 hours away from learning who donald trump will pick as chis choice for choice for vp. A look at the short list when we go live on capitol hill. New details about four men accused of opening fire on d. C. Police. Donald trumps big reveal of his vp pick will be tomorrow morning in new york. Speculation is wild right now about who he will pick after meeting with the potential finalist yesterday in indiana. Nbcs tracie potts is live on capitol hill. Any indication of where trump may be heading with his pick. Well, there was a lot of buzz about mike pence, the governor of indiana. There was so much activity concentrated there because trumps plane broke down. He was stuck in indiana. Sphed of going on in california as planned, he not only brought his family in to meet pence. He brought in gingrich and he was on the phone with chris christie. All of them believed to be the top three final pick. A lot of talk about pence, thinking he might stabilize the campaign and bring along some of those swing voters from either indiana or ohio and our polls are showing trump and Hillary Clinton with tied in ohio right now. Hillary clinton is campaigning today in virginia with senator tim kaine. Whats the latest on her search . She may have narrowed is down to three as well. Were hearing the top three appear to be tim kaine who will be with her in this area today. Tom billsack and labor secretary tom perez. There has been a lot of talk about elizabeth warren. She was vetted but doesnt appear to be in the top three at this point. Live on capitol hill for us. Thank you. Also happening today, the rncs rules Committee Meets in cleveland. Th the panels votes are expected to demonstrate how firmly trump and gop chairman Reince Priebus will control the convention. Chris lawrence and tom sherwood will bring you live reports from the Convention Hall beginning sunday night at news 4 at 11 00. Were learning more about two incidents where d. C. Police were shot at this week. The four men charged make their first Court Appearances this morning. Five people were taken hostage inside this suv and fired at officers as they arrived. He was shot in the ankle. The three men in a car chase that ended near the u. S. Capitol. One of those suspects fired at police with a mini machine gun. If the metrobus system you dangerous in the nation. The Washington Post look atted data and found that metrobus had the highest rate of crime. Those rates were higher than cities including new york and chicago. It also has the third highest rate for crashes in the country. Expect some late night delays if you travel along the beltway. Crews will be resurfacing a fourmile stretch of the avenue between New Hampshire avenue and baltimore avenue in montgomery and prince georges counties. Two lanes will be closed in that area starting at 9 00 tonight. People living in the great falls, virginia, are seriously considered about a lowhanging utility wire. A year ago it was knocked down during a storm but it was never put back up properly. The wire which v dot says is owned by verizon is pulling on a power pole and collecting br its a safety issue. This is an issue of losing power. Today is british prime ministers theresa mays first day in office. Shes assembling her new government. Shes appointed exlondon mayor and Boris Johnson has britains new foreign secretary. Shes appointed a new chancellor of the exchange or checker which is the equivalent of the secretary of the treasurer. Got it. Virginias Health Department will Start Testing mosquitos. All of the confirmed cases were contracted outside of the country. They are worried about a scenario in which a person carrying e a mosquito here in this country and that mosquito by the another person in this country. The second major threat of passing the disease is sexually. Zika is now directly related to deadly birth defects. The bugs. Perfect breeding ground. You know its bad when its 5 00 a. M. And you can feel its sticky already. It will feel like temperatures are between 100 and 105 degrees. Its going to feel like the warmest day so far this year. With the heat and humidity, some isolated Storm Chances for the afternoon and evening hours. The main story, though, today, the heat and humidity. As we look to the weekend, a little bit cooler, highs around 90s. Still hot though and some storms are possible on rd next week, youll see this on our tenday forecast. Its still hot. All 90s on the board for the most part next week. 77 in the district. 75 in gaithersburg. In the afternoon, well warm into the 90s. The district hit a high temp of 96. Our high yesterday 90. A high of leesburg 95. Many some ois elated isolated late day thunderstorms. I wouldnt cancel any pool plans. The risk at 30 of thunderstorms. High today of 96. Tomorrow, 95. Its not going to feel as hot because the humidity levels will be lower. All in all, during the evening, looking pretty nice. There is some chance for afternoon and evening thunderstorms on saturday. Notice the temps. 89 degrees for a high. On sunday, were around 90. 97 on monday. Chance of showers and t a high of 92, and then you see the rest of the numbers there. Low to mid 90s for highs. We still have some more information coming up at 5 00. Im going to have your hourbyhour feels like temperatures through the afternoon hours. Take a look at your morning planner at 5 10 and 5 21, were going to look at the tenday forecast. We cant get enough of this heat, right . Its definitely here to stay. Well send things over to jack for a look at the roads. Way too many nines. Weve got our work zone hanging in. It is in university boulevard right at the beltway. Both directions are affected. Weve got the right lane getting by both sides. They should be wrapped up very quickly. They hope to be out of there by 5 00. Maryland, 50, eastbound, before 1 197, paving project going on. Eastbound is going against the flow. Also in northwest, well keep an eye on this, rhode island avenue at fi pushoff if you will. Flooding the roadway, could be a water main break. Were going to send our driver over in that direction to find out whats going on. Its a crime that may have you extra vigilant today. A man arrested for taking pictures up a womans skirt. There may be more victims. How robo calls are scamming people out of their money. If you have a few choice words for people on the road this morning not me. You are not alone. The report just in that says most developing right now, a Homicide Investigation in Prince Georges County, police in bladensburg say the man was shot and killed last night. News 4 Erika Gonzalez is getting more information. Well where i youen you an update. It is a storm team 4 weather alert day. Were under a heat advisory right now. Amelia draper has more on what to expect coming up a d. C. Man is facing charges this morning after police say he took photos up a womans skirt at the courthouse metro station. Arlington county Police Arrested 34yearold mario revelo yesterday afternoon after the woman and other metro passengers cornered him. She saw him point his cell phone he tries to smash his cell phone on the ground. Police think more victims are possible. If you believe you may be a victim, police calling the Arlington CountyPolice Department so we can investigate. Even if the mans phone is broken, they can still try to recover other information on it. Aaa says 80 of drivers reported getting aggressive in the past year. 8 million of them even admitting to purposely ramming another vehicle or getting out of their car to confront another driver. Weve all heard the old adage, we say things we dont mean when you are angry. When you are behind the wheel, you do things you wouldnt otherwise do when you are angry. They believe aggressive driving is a bigger problem today than it was three years ago. We share what to do if you find yourself t aggressive driver coming up in 15 minutes. She is one of the best College Coaches in history. Today, tennessee is giving pat summitt a big heart felt goodbye. There is a celebration of her life at Thompson Arena tonight. More than any other Division One Basketball team, any other team, summitt was 64 years old when she died last month. She retired four years ago after revealing she had early onset alzheimers. Also today, more than 50 kids are receiving a bigon another right here in washington. Michelle obama is hosting her state dinner for kids at the white house. You are looking at video from last year. Their meal will include many of the recipes from the health food challenge. A scam warning to let you know about. Thieve get their hands on their money. They are primarily targeting the elderly. Most scammers are using spoofing technology which generates a false caller i. D. The victim answers the call. One woman says she lost 9,000 to a scammer who pretended to be a policeman, saying her grandson was locked up. Were seeing them be able to use technologies to their advantage, to target more victims in a shorter amount of time. The average consumer receives ten take calls fake calls a week. Never give out personal information over the phone. If someone asks for money, hang up on that person. Dont ever give money over the phone. Scamming the elder. Come on. Not nights, people. News 4 continues now at 5 00 a. M. Im Erika Gonzalez at the live desk. Keeping an eye on breaking news. A man shot to bladensburg. We understand this happened shortly after 9 00 last night on the 4400 block of blue heron way. What you see there on the outline there, a number of nearby schools in that area. We understand Police Responded to the scene and they found this man dead on the scene. Little information about a suspect or even a motive in this case. Definitely something that we will be following in the coming hours. Back to you. Good morning, everyone. Im eun yang. And im adam tuss in for Aaron Gilchrist and, man, we are facing a scorcher of a day today. And many days ahead as well. Storm team 4 meteorologist Amelia Draper is telling us more about our forecast. Good morning. Good morning. Today, feeling like the hottest day so far this year when you factor in the high humidity levels. Most of the area under a heat advisory. Everybody here in orange. This goes into effect at noon and runs until 8 00