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National captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] on your side. The sky lighting up for the fourth of july after a day of heavy rain and crowds. The big moment went off without a hitch and ron slater is live. What is it like now . Roz the mall is just about empty. It only takes about a half hour to clear them all of the crowd after a big event like this. There were thousands and thousands of people waiting to see the fireworks and they were not disappointed. The Fireworks Show lit up the sky right on cue and it was glorious. Well worth the wait, topping off the july 4 celebrations. Thousands got a front row seat on americas front lawn to celebrate freedom, each with something to be thankful for. Definitely for the armed forces. My brother is in the army. As far as the country goes, a lot of people working hard. A really great time to be in america. America is all about freedom. It is great to see it celebrated. Roz on the west lawn of the capital, the fourth concert. The show going on after rain and wicked weather threatened to put a damper on it. All of this under the watchful eye of hundreds of Law Enforcement officers, security is heightened and checkpoints along with roadblocks and barricades seemingly everywhere. Im thankful they are here. It has not taken away from the excitement in the air. It is a great atmosphere. Very patriotic. Roz the type security continues tonight. Im told this was pretty much an uneventful day. That is the kind of news you want to hear on the fourth of july. Roz plater, abc 7 news. A special thank you from the first family tonight. President obama we are grateful to the armed, our military families, to our veterans. Without you, we could not enjoy the incredible blessings we do in this greatest country on earth. The president and first lady said they were especially thankful for those spending the holiday away from their families overseas. One of the Biggest Challenges for the holiday, navigating the crowd as you try to go downtown. Rebecca cooper is live right now. People are coming up with all kinds of things. Rebecca they are trying kellye. They are definitely trying to get out of the area around the mall. Usually the streets are deserted on a saturday night. Take a look at this. After the fireworks are over, there is still gridlock downtown. Predictions of any kind of Security Problems did not play out. The predictions of traffic did he cuts people spent all day getting here. For the thousands who came tonight, first of they had to get around closed roads. Visitors used all kinds of strategies to get here. Including planes, trains, automobiles and a nap. We came from arlington. We heard metro was bad. Rebecca for him, it was great. There was plenty of parking. Walking in to tickets was easy. There were no lines. We got on the train. Rebecca liz drove from cincinnati to enjoy the fourth. We left around midnight. We drove straight here. Rebecca this traveler says airports were crowded. We went through houston and it was busy. I missed a flight. Rebecca tonight, Cheryl Jackson has a strategy to get ahead of the mass of people. We are walking down so we can be as close as possible. So we can get on the train so we are not stuck in the crab. Rebecca so the best view is the ticket to leave. Exactly. Rebecca good news, breaking news, these are some of the pointers they have had closed metro buses blocking the traffic. A trash truck just told away the bus. It was closing off the streets. The streets are reopening and that should help get the traffic moving. No one is leaving anytime soon to get all the way home from downtown. It was a good fourth of july. But the traffic is playing itself out. Rebecca cooper, abc 7 news. Kellye thank you with that positive development. You dont need a spectacle to celebrate the fourth of july. Many people avoided the crimes on the mao and spend the day in places like vienna including an antique car show, a pie eating contest, and jazz music. Visitors say the community feel is what brought them to camp. There is good music here. There is animals balloons. Everyone is having a good time. We like the people and the town. This is a wonderful place. Kellye they held a Fireworks Show last night. There was an increased Police Presence because of heightened concerns about terrorism. We mentioned the rain delays. Thousands of people ordered off of the field during a concert. We saw heavy rain and lightning around 5 00. It did clear in time for a gorgeous night to watch the fireworks and devon lucie is in the weather center. Devon having to get through some fog tonight. Some areas developing that. Some storms. They are still over the eastern shore. Pushing out to tour the atlantic. It is the dense fog advisory for the commonwealth. Culpepper, stafford, fredericksburg, just to name a few. King george is included. Looking outside of the harbor showing some of the haze. There is the flag, not moving at all. Calm wind, higher humidity, allowing some of those displays. The other displays other than the cities tonight. Some of the smoke is adding into that. There are the storms pushing away. A little bit of sunshine midday fueling the storms. 70s, higher humidity. We will need to keep watch it to see if more counties will be added into the dense fog advisory. Be safe at high speed. Rain chances go down. If you did not take monday off weve got some storms to contend with. Humidity toward the next week. Really hot temps make a return. The complete forecast in a few minutes. Kellye see you soon. 10 people hurt, including three children, after a boat exploded in maryland. This was at the marina on Solomons Island around 6 00. It was apparently fueling up when it ignited in a fire. The 10 people were rushed to the hospital. Police are investigating a deadly stabbing at the nomagallaudet metro station. An up close look at the crime scene. A passenger shot this video from a passing train. We caught up with the person who shot it and asked about the situation on the platform. A lot of Police Personnel on the platform. A lot of people consoling each other. A couple were on the steps holding each other. We knew something serious had to have happened. Kellye the metro station is back open. An original that can action coming up. How people celebrated the reopening of a monument that is different from the one you are used to. Plus my gosh. Kellye a terrifying misfire. What went wrong that send fireworks into a crowd. An emotional welcome. The fourth of july ceremony with a you are watching abc 7 news on your side. Kellye we want to give you another look at the fireworks tonight. Our cameras captured the show in maryland. We wish everyone a safe and a very happy fourth. We are glad the rain held off. All of the country thousands of people became americans on this fourth of july. As i say welcome to my home on this twice special day. Kellye mount vernon played host at one ceremony. 100 people from 45 countries recited the oath of allegiance. Between july 1 and today more than 4000 citizens took the oath at 50 ceremonies around the u. S. The race for the white house using fourth of july to score points with voters. Hillary clinton walked in a parade in New Hampshire. Bernie sanders drew big crowds in iowa. Sanders has closed the gap between him and clinton by 30 points. And republican candidates Chris Christie and marco rubio hit New Hampshire for the fourth of july parade. The state was the destination as candidates look to win over voters. New hampshire is home to the primary. At lindsey graham, jeb bush, and rick perry are among the other candidates who attended events today. Investigators are trying to figure out how a fireworks display in colorado went wrong. Fireworks flying into a crowd of thousands, injuring spectators. Starspangled danger at this show. Up to 20,000 spectators gathered for the annual display last night when this happened. The rocket shooting toward the crowd instead of the sky after a shelf tipped over. Nine people injured. A similar incident two years ago north of los angeles injured 36 people. Hitting spectators like shrapnel. It is the nightmare this person is hoping to avoid tonight as he makes safety checks ahead of the rose bowl celebration. Disastrous for the industry. We all suffer when there is a tragic accident. Individual fireworks causing serious damage as well. Most injuries occurred to be handed face. I injuries have doubled the last few years. It is the one day year we want we have a sparkler in the hand of the children. Kellye and the original Washington Monument has now reopened. Located in mount vernon, and was closed for five years, the city mark to the occasion with a country fair with entertainment, baking contest, and food. The cornerstone was laid 200 years ago today. Good to see that reopening. Devon makes me wonder about the cuisine 200 years ago. It lobster meat . Kellye that would not be bad. Devon they fed it to the inmates. Kellye how things have changed. Devon some of the best news was the weather changed, but weve got some humidity going on tonight. Some smoke coming off on that. Right now dense fog advisories through east virginia counties right now. Prince william county, the city of manassas included. Along 95, high speeds could be an issue. And also for rural roads. Maybe more counties could be added on later on. We will show you how it looks. 75 in washington. National harbor, the American Flag sitting still. Tom wind. This is going toward wilson bridge. You cant see that well with the fog. We will get into the Bigger Picture and watch for that tonight tomorrow morning if you happen to be on the road. This area of low pressure with the cold front had a leading warm front and that will push way over the next few days. Warming of tomorrow, rain chances go down. 20 chance of showers storm. West. We are into monday and this is more of an upperlevel system. Very week in nature. It does get closer to the region. Tomorrow morning, low temperatures around 70. Higher humidity. Watch out for fog. Could be more counties will be added. We will tweet it out and let you know. Warm tomorrow, isolated showers. Most likely south and west of washington. South and west tomorrow. Low to mid 80s coming in. A little bit warmer with higher humidity and the nationals playing a night game later. The game today was earlier. This is another nationally televised game. Sunday night baseball should be nice. A little bit humid. Higher humidity is easier for the ball to fly. Here we go on monday, the fourth of july holiday weekend, scattered showers and storms afternoon to evening. You get to the hottest part of the day. We have heard this before. The last four weeks. A slight chance of that tomorrow. Temperatures warming up. Monday scattered storms. Afternoon and evening time frame. Temperature wise, into the 70s. A little break. Temperatures up to the mid90s. We are going to wait and see but if that is to be the case, we will update. Kellye we know you will. The nats played today. Stephen strasburg got soreness. How would you describe what happened . Baseball injuries are so weird. We will talk about it. Details on his injury. A wakeup call for the nats. And now the toyota sports desk. An Early Morning for the nats. Popping in the first inning. The bottom of the first. Michael a tailors rulings have the first pitch from madison bumgarner. Dries a deep left. I cant remember the last time anyone at seen that. Two batters later. I think it is a body issue. That is out of here. Number 25 for hapr. Take a look at that pitch. Looks like a painful situation. A couple of batters later, looks like it got worse. He would leave the game. The nats would win 93. It was tight. He said that was going to be the case. Iced it a couple of times. Everything is all good. Posey grounded out and i felt a grab. Robert os down 1. Davis smacks this one. Never gets old. Looks like it is gone. Garcia robs him, saves it for the white sox. The final for this one 32. More cool catches for you. Tigers and blue jays. Foul ball down the firstbase line. Alex of the let, he does not normally lay first base. Alex avila, he does not normally play first base. The astros and red sox. What has gotten into people today . Check out Pablo Sandoval making the catch over the railing. Players start acting crazy if it gets warm. They tried to keep him from falling. Not an easy task. 255 pounds. That is massive. Roger federer has found himself in the fourth round at wimbledon. He defeated sam groth. He came back strong in the fourth using his all court game to wear down the all serving aussie. Since 2011, it has been a long four years after going down to japan in the final. Now they can look for to the rematch. Japan took the last World Cup Final after a twoto draw on a penalty kick. It is sort of becoming a rivalry in womens soccer. Megan says that is what it is all about. This is why you spend all of those hours doing stuff you dont want to do, sweating and pouring all of that into it. To get to a final is incredible and to know what it tastes like to lose one is not incredible. It is motivation. We are confident. We know we have the team to go out and play. Robert in golf, things are not Getting Better for tiger. You knew that was bad. From his body language. On the cart path. He is tied for 47th going into tomorrow. England beat germany for third place in the world cup. That is a quick final note. A fine fourth of july. Including the fireworks. Kellye and a big game tomorrow. Thank you so much. A familiar face this fourth of july. Making waves one is st kellye one more look at the fireworks on the national mall. Did you see them . Our cameras were right by the monument to catch these gorgeous shots. I really enjoyed the smiley faces. A different kind of fourth of july parade took place on saturday in new york city. More than 145 boats participated in the parade of ships in the hudson river today. And the replica of the french ship led to the show. It was docked along the waterfront last month. They navigated past the statue of liberty to be museum. They are symbols of america and tonight ball the goals are back in record numbers along the james river. Bald e area back ing record numbers along the james river. Les it is bolstering the population numbers. As recently as 2000, there were only 56 pairs along the river and in the 70s, they were nearly wiped out by pesticides

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