Likely more heat advisories for the next few days. Temperatures still running most spots lowtomid 90s. Leesburg still 97 degrees. When you factor in the humidity, feels like 103 in pats river. Our heat index is 103 at the moment. We are watching a couple of thunderstorms. There is a little boundary up here. There is much drier north of the pennsylvania turnpike. Thats helped to kick thunderstorms, strong ones, south of pittsburgh. Also moving towards northeastern maryland. We have seen a little bit of thunderstorm activity from hagerstown to frederick. A little shower or two from dickerson trying to move down towards boyd and germantown, maybe clarksburg. Not much relief from that. Tonight most temperatures in the 70s, near 80 in town. As we look at the next few days, i just got to show you the temperatures that im expecting here along with the heat index values. Upper 90s, tomorrow, tuesday 97. Maximum values could be as high as 108. Better by wednesday and thursday. I got 90s for the foreseeable future in the sevenday forecast. We will look at that in a few minutes. Thank you, howard. If you are trying to stay cool, download the wusa9 app for a complete list of spray parks, cooling centers 24 7. Hillary clinton and her newly named running mate tim kaine stumped in the key battleground state of florida. That was ahead of the start of the Democratic National convention. Hillary clinton introduced her pick for Vice President at a rally in miami saturday. Senator tim kaine is everything donald trump and mike pence are not. Reporter virginia senator tim kaine showed off his fluent spanish skills hoping to appeal bienvenidos a todos. Reporter clinton said, unlike donald trump, kaine is qualified to do the job. From Atlantic City to his so called university, he leaves a trail of broken promises and wrecked lives wherever he goes. Reporter the newly formed democratic ticket is looking for momentum heading into the Democratic Convention next week in philadelphia. Clinton needs to shore up her support among single woman who will be key players in this years election, making up more than 20 of voters in the u. S. Thats what hillary brings to the table is concrete ideas and a path forward to get to them being accomplished. Reporter meanwhile, donald trump called kaine a career politician and claimed he was owned by banks. Kaine has a reputation for reaching across the aisle. Republican senator jeff blake of arizona tweeted, trying to count the ways i hate tim kaine. Drawing a blank. Congrats to a good man and good friend. And kaine was elected to the senate in 2012. Its no secret hillarys pick quite the history in virginia. Her move to choose kaine as a running mate the hot topic there. Reporter we heard from voters on both sides this morning. Some say they wouldnt vote for hillary no matter who she chose. Others say they believe senator kaine was a good choice and only solidified their vote. He has never lost an election. He was a worldclass mayor, governor, and senator. Reporter hillarys choice for Vice President , senator tim kaine, has a long history in the state of virginia. First as a mayor of richmond, Lieutenant Governor and then the governor of virginia. I love my job and i am trying not to, you know, overly think it. Reporter but many Northern Virginia voters, hillarys choice was a nobrainer. Others not so much. I have honestly never heard of him. Reporter Adam Hernandez originally a bernie supporte else. I was hoping for a more left running mate. When i heard rumors about Elizabeth Warren i thought maybe she would pick someone on that side. Reporter many say her running mate will make a difference. Indifferent. I am an independent. So im still i am undecided. Reporter they will get plenty of opportunities to get to know senator kaine next week at the Democratic National convention. In the newsroom, nikki berdine. Volunteers busy getting ready for the Democratic National convention. They stuffed bags with bottles of water, maps, and information to hand out to busloads of local democrats heading out for the convention in philadelphia. Basically, what were going to do is there are going to be buses leaving from prince georges county, baltimore county, northern maryland, eastern shore. They will all be traveling up for a big celebrn. Starts on monday and ends july 28th. And wusa9 will be there next week. We will be reporting from there right here on wusa9, and also on facebook. We are going to have a preview at 11 sunday night. Todays hot temperatures had many of you looking for ways to stay cool. John henry has been talking to people about what they are doing to avoid the heat. John, are you keeping cool . Reporter yeah, debra. I have been drinking a lot of water. We have this thermometer. We can tell you what the surface temperatures are of things around you. Its telling me 110 just on the ground here right here. There are a lot of people who were scrambling to look for ways to stay cool through these hot temperatures. Whenever you went today, was hard to escape. The oppressive heat made most Outdoor Activities feel like a chore. Its hot. Compared to last week, now this is horrible. Reporter one tried and true method to stay cool proved to be popular. Hanging out at the local pool. I am just chilling in the summer. I am really excited. I just want to keep coming here. Reporter the pool on Georgia Avenue has been packed all day long. The city says its importantthal residents have a way to beat the heat. The district of columbia has activated a heat emergency plan. We are safeguarding the residents from the elements. We treat it as a snowstorm. Reporter these werent the only people outside today. Out in Montgomery County we found kids taking part in a voluntary football practice at thomas wooden high school. Parents signed off on the measure so long as their children made sure to take ue found no shortage of Water Bottles on the field. Heat is something we keep in mind. We make sure that there is plenty of hydration and we have provided a lot of extra fluids. Reporter in the end, local emergency crews ask that you use caution if you have to be outside. They say its not only important to drink a lot of water, but use sunscreen and wear loosefitting and light colored clothing. In this heat a little effort can go a long way. The district has opened many cooling center and spray parks around the district so people can stay cool. On top of that a few pools will stay open until 9 00 tonight. Ths much later than normal. Thank you so much, john. You have to drink that water today so you are hydrated for tomorrow. I learned that from firefighters in fairfax yesterday. Switching gears now. American muslims are gathering on the National Mall d hate, and gun violence. Our matt urias is live there. Reporter there are a few hundred or so people here. Organizers told me they thought thousands might show up. Its not stopping these families from having fun. You have a speaker right now behind me. Music is expected. You have tents with food and water. Educational booths, too, where they are giving away free qurans and brochures to explain islam. Folks carried antiisis, peace signs, and the american flag. A lot of us are born and raised here. We are peaceful, lawabiding citizens. We love this country. We would do anything to protect it. We want to get that message across because a lot of times we hear people saying that muslims are not voicing how they feel about things that are going on in the world and that we are not condemning certain actions. Reporter deb, that was a woman fr sterling, virginia. I want to make one last quick note. We are battling these high temps as well. So there are medics and cooling stations nearby for anybody who might need it. That event wraps up tonight at 9 30. If you are looking to escape the heat by heading to a tourist draw, we have what you need to know about the Washington Monument when we come back. And a ban on public gathering in afghanistan after an attack killed at least 80 people and 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. Because we cover any difference between their military pay 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 remo than energy. Stand by me. Fios is not cable. Were wired differently. So we wired the wagners house with 100 meg internet. Which means that in the time it takes mr. Wagner to pour a 20 oz. Cup of coffee, tommy can download 30 songs, and jan can upload 120 photos. 12 seconds. Thats the power of fiber optics. And right now you can get 100 meg internet with equal upload and dowloads speeds, tv and phone for just 69. 99 per month online. Cable cant offer internet speeds this fast at a price this good. Only fios can. Overseas a ban on public gathering of all types for the next ten days in afghanistan. The ban follows an attack on a protest march in kabul that killed at least 80 people and wounded more than 200. Todays attack was the deadliest to hit kabul in 15 years of civil war. Authorities say two suicide bombers detonated bomb investments near the march in a popular square. The third attacker was shot by security forces. Visitors to the National Mall may be disappointed because the Washington Monument is closed because of an elevator malfunction. The monument will remain closed at least until tuesday so repairs can be made. And a chlorine leak at the smithsonian Sculpture Garden is ov open. Hazmat teams worked for several hours in intense heat to contain that situation. Fire investigators say this all happened when a chlorine pump malfunctioned due to a power outage. Well, trending now on wusa9, the tooth fairys note to a little boy didnt exactly leave him with a toothless grin. Little elliott lost his fourth molar. He received five bucks from the tooth fairy and a list of chores to do. Heres the thing. The form letter carefully crafted by his parents included this. It said if he didnt complete that chore list, the tooth fairy would return to take the rest of highs teeth out of his mouth while the boy slept. The parents say it was a joke. Well, we are hoping for a break from the heat. When are we gonna catch it . Howard has the full forecast when fios is not cable. Were wired differently. So we wired the wagners house with 100 meg internet. Which means that in the time it takes mr. Wagner to pour a 20 oz. Cup of coffee, tommy can download 30 songs, and jan can upload 120 photos. 12 seconds. Thats the power of fiber optics. With equal upload and dowloads speeds, tv and phone for just 69. 99 per month online. Cable cant offer internet speeds this fast at a price this good. Only fios can. Youthats why you drink ensure. Sidelined. With 9 grams of protein and 26 vitamins and minerals. For the strength and energy to get back to doing. What you love. Ensure. Always be you. Today is a yellow weather alert today. Now here is wusa9s first alert weather. So obviously its really hot and oppressive. It could be dangerous for lots of people . Yes, especially with the nighttime lows not below 80. If you dont have air conditioning, it can be dangerous. If you dont have ac, find some areas to get to the cooling centers. We have the whole list of cooling centers on the wusa9 app. Lets talk first alert doppler because we have some showers and storms near the masondixon line. This is oppressive, steamy, tropical garbage on ton of us, which is a code orange air quality again on sunday. You want to limit outdoor time. We had some showers in frederick county. They are quickly falling apart. Its trying to ho towards Mount Erie East southeast at 25 miles per hour. This shower here, oh, just south of germantown approaching 270 also falling apart. What ive also watched, a shower pound up south of strasburg in the last 20 minutes. Its moving towards front royal. We will watch that. You get the idea. Isolated stuff tonight. Looking outside, a little hazy with the heat. Thats what were gonna have. Low 90s at 8 00. 93. Mid 80s in town. 83 at midnight. Yeah, that is kind of oppressive. We are keeping the yellow alert through tuesday because the sweltling heat is going to stick around tomorrow, monday, tuesday. Maybe a little cooler by midweek but not much with isolated storms the way it looks now. Dont see anything terribly organized that will give us a good soaking rain or cool us off all that much. Last time we hit 100 in 2012. Highs into 90s next week. That heat days, 95 on wednesday. You are wondering if we will hit any records . We might get close monday. Generally, a few degrees shy with a record monday at 100. Currently 96 in town. Rain cooled 84 in hagerstown. But lots of lowtomid 90s t feels like its well over 100 degrees with that dew point at 70 making it feel closer to 103, 104 right now. Its been a steamy, steamy day. Tomorrow upper 90s on the eastern seaboard. Heat continues in the central part of the country. Not much relief in site. Our forecast tonight, an isolated storm. Otherwise partly cloudy. Warm and muggy. We are dipping mainly in the 70s to near 80 in town. Maybe closer to 70 in the outer suburbs. It is going to be sticky. 72 in the morning in the cool spot. Low 90s by lunch time already on sunday with highs midto upper 90s, near 100. Isolated storms again on sunday storm or two. Tuesday 97. We will keep the yellow weather alert going. By the middle of the week still hot but maybe not as hot. I think highs staying lowto mid 90s for the foreseeable future. Hate to say it. Stay safe out there, everyone. This is no joke. Whats going on . They are playing baseball tonight. Its quite the hot weather. With their not canceling it because of the heat. The bats have been cooled off lately for the nationals. Trying to change that with the padres in town. A preview now wusa9 game on sports with frank hammer brought to you by xfinity. Skipper is going to have to make changes to shake things up for the nationals because the offense is not getting it done. Not coming through when it matters in the clutch. They lost their opener with the padres straight losses overall. Its so hot in nats park right now, they had limited warmups to last nights game. Max scherzer pitching for the skipper dusty baker. He loves the big stage. He feels he is like one of the elite pitchers in this league, which he is. Its taken a couple of years to get to this point. Once you find the formula how to do it, then i think hes found the formula. The only thing is we have to get max through the first couple of innings without his pitch count going up. First pitch at 7 05. The mystics are putting their support behind the black lives matter move meant. They answers questions related to the black lives Matter Movement and minutes, wnba president said the league will rescind the fines and use the olympic break to come to some sort of understanding. In fact, here is the tweet from borders. Our players express themselves on matters important to them rescinding the fines to show even more support. One of the Coolest Stories following the nfl is that of former running back Keenan Reynolds trying to make it as a rookie with the baltimore ravens. The rockies have reported to camp. Diane roberts has more. Reporter he has taken part in offseason workouts. Training camp is going on now. What kind of guy are the ravens getting . Quarterback Keenan ReynoldsCollege Career at navy is well documented. He holds the record for touchdowns in division i football at 88. He also the most rushing yards for a quarac successful in the nfl. Reporter Sports Writer and author John Feinstein has covered navy for years and says reynolds is the real deal as a person and a football player. He is only going to get better. He is going to learn as he goes because he is a learner. As a person, hes the kid id like my daughter to date. I mean, for goodness sake, you cant find anything wrong with him. He is a natural leader. Its going to be a lot of work. Day in, day out grind. Reporter reynolds is not afraid of hard work, and in fact thinks his work ethic will be one of his best attributes in the nfl. I have to work really, really hard to do what i did in the Naval Academy. Thats something that will stay with me and i will be dedicated to working and do all the things it takes to be successful to make the team and contribute. Reporter the triple threat option qb will construct in other positions since turn man. Now that he graduated from the Naval Academy the secretary of the navy said he could see reynolds helping with the navys outreach in advertising projects while he competes in the nfl. Diane roberts, wusa9 sports. We will be pulling for him certainly to make the team. Yeah, interesting to watch. All right. Lets talk about the heat. We are going to make it, too. Just be smart. Stay cool. Its going to last for a few more days. We will see you back here at 11. Stay cool. Come back at 11. See ya. 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. 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