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Health police, atf, fbi, secret service and department of homeland defense. Reporter security teams began a systemic search of building one, 20 floors had to be cleared, every square foot searched. Nearly five hours later, another siren, another announcement, this one much more welcome than the first. It was the allclear. Allclear. Allclear. Resume. Reporter and of course, the best possible outcome in the situation and no one is criticizing the person who reported what they thought was a gunshot. This is exactly what authorities want people to do. They want to be able to sort this all out. Jim, back to you. Derrick ward, thank you. A better look at the Walter Reed National military Medical Center. This map gives you an idea why it took so long for police to search that campus, 243 acres. Todays scare happened in building one. Thats the tower in the front of the complex. Its a prominent building that can be seen as you drive by on Rockville Pike. For three hours, workers inside the complex were told to shelter in place while many outside waited for any sort of group date. News4s Meagan Fitzgerald continues our Team Coverage. She was live on our air for hours today. Reporter many of the folk wes spoke with were leaving gate two behind me here at 2 00 when they were given the allclear, of course, very relieved this ordeal was over and very grateful to Law Enforcement for their, aggressive response. Your attention. Your attention. All personnel are directed to shelter in place. Reporter this is not the scene anyone wants to walk into when trying to head to work or make an appointment. Some reports of a possible active shooter but theres nothing confirmed yet. Reporter questions looming around Walter Reed Medical Center of whether or not a shooter was inside. Some employees received text messages. Others were waiting to hear from people they knew inside. But mostly, everyone had a sense of calm even though they didnt have much information about what was happening. What ive learned is how wonderful the reaction is the security personnel. So its very comforting. Reporter what was even more comforting was when the allclear came at around 2 00. Resume all operation. Reporter when those on lockdown were able to leave and go home. We hear that theres an active shooter alert, told to get inside under cover get down that whats we did a lot of calm because a whole bunch of military veteran, combat veterans so, we are all kind of all of us have experience. Reporter while many veterans say they found security in their own experiences others say they turn to a higher power and believe that whatever was happening was under control. No. I have strong faith. And do you what youre supposed to do and if things happen, then they happen. Reporter yeah and one woman we spoke with said you know, it might have been an inconvenience but it also shows that people are aware of their surroundings. If they see something or hear something, they are saying something and thats precisely what Law Enforcement want to get across to people, is that importance of letting them know if they see something suspicious. Now, coming up at 6 00, we spoke with a woman who was inside during the lockdown. She detail what is that experience was like. Wendy . Thank you. During that lockdown one worker inside walter reed did speak us to by phone about what happensing inside the secured rooms. We have been in hiding. We have to basically evacuate all the hallways, turn off the light, put all the patients and personnel in safe areas, safe zones and lock up all the lights. Contact our family about whats happening. The scare at the National Naval Medical Center comes just days after a similar lockdown at the Washington Navy yard. At that installation, a worker reported hearing a gunshot thursday about 7 30 in the morning and Police Ordered everyone at the navy yard to shelter in place. Teams combed the campus. Police found no signs of a gunman or no sign of a shooting. Our Team Coverage continues with news4s tom sherwood taking a closer look at the Massive Police response at both military facilities. [ sirens ] reporter it was bethesda today. The navy yard thursday. Almost backtoback police alerts within days of each other, prompting massive responses from Law Enforcement and military officials. Montgomery county Police Captain paul starks on Rockville Pike today. Military, federal county, state. Whos coordinating all of this . Its a its a joint venture. Of course we are assisting our many local and federal partners here on the scene also fire rescue, too on the scene not just a Law Enforcement action. So its Rockville Pike returned to normal today, Security Consultants and Officials Say they all have a to respond with overwhelming force they know whats going on. Look for explosive devices, out of an abundance of caution. No indication that there are any, we are here want to do a complete job. Reporter for the always busy Rockville Pike, another indication the Nations Capital and sprawling suburbs are filled with institution and installations of all times this always call for a quick and heavy response. Tom sherwood, news4. If youve only ever driven by it maybe hard to comprehend just how massive the walter reed complex in bethesda actuallisome sitting on 243 acre, walter reed is the Worlds Largest military Medical Center. It has a total staff of 7,000 to help care for members of the military and federal government officials. Wow, a spectacular, spectacular picture. Radar currently, making its way from the south to the north across the region, Montgomery County more shower activity to the south, back toward the west, winchester, showers along i81. Numerous showers in Frederick County Loudoun County seen a lot, more down toward the south. The heaviest shower through Montgomery County county, zoom in on this area, show where you the showers are and they continue to go gaithersburg, the olney area, down toward beth these d. A. The one that came over north best a second ago, moving through chevy chase and beth theseesda the next few minutes. I think the nationals will get their game in tonight. Could be a delay or two. Talk much more about that and have that sevenday forecast in a few minutes. The man who was wanted in the murder of that American University alumni on a metro train is in custody this evening. D. C. Police arrested jasper spires for the deadly stabbing of Kevin Sutherland. They say that spires attacked sutherland on a train saturday afternoon while the train was approaching the Noma Gallaudet station. Jackie bensen is going to join us in five minutes with a statement from the u. S. Attorneys office about the decision to release spires from jail just hours before that deadly stabbing. New at 5 00, a maryland state trooper accused of forcing a woman to perform a sex act on him. Investigators tell us officer brian tucker agreed to pay the woman for sex but during that enkoirngten encounter, the woman says tucker forced her at gunpoint to engage in other act. He has been charged with first degree sex offense and a handgun charge. The gun in question not the troopers duty weapon. It is a sad case that so many of us have been following and tonight the maryland boy who was beaten for sneaking a piece of birthday cake has died. 9yearold jack garcia was in Childrens National Medical Center with injuries to his back, his legs and his stomach. His mothers boyfriend robert wilson, is now being held on 1 million bond. Hagerstown police say wilson handcuffed the little boy last week for eating cake without permission inside the apartment where he lived. And a teenager a teenager from our area drowned in what appears to have been a terrible accident at lake anna in virginia. Crews pulled 19yearold Justin Briggs body from the lake yesterday. Briggs is from fairfax and graduated from langley high he had been reported missing after attending a fourth of July Celebration at a lake house. Investigators believe he may have slipped on the edge of a dock pontoon boat and hit his head before falling into the water. The secret service opens up on a rare tour that you will see how they are preparing for the popes visit and what changes are in the works. New details about a deadly Home Invasion. How police say the homeowner knew the man he shot and killed sneaking in through a window. The baby abandoned. We are going to heart first 911 calls. The maryland mother accused of leaving her baby on a road side is being held on half a Million Dollars became tonight. Sandra mcclary is charged with child neglect and reckless endangerment. Police say that she left her new born daughter in a car seat on the side of the road saturday in pasadena. A local bishop found the baby as he was returning home from church. It was just before midnight. Now for the first time, we are hearing the calls to police that came in when that baby was first spotted. And its a baby in our street. And no ones around. We dont want to run over it in the street. Senate the road . In the road . Does she look like shes hurt . No steady crying. The baby is with child protective service. Mcclary has a long rap sheet and expected to go on trial this week for a series of robberies. Tonight, prosecutors reacting to the arrest of a teenager in a deadly stabbing on metro hours after that teen was released from jail. Tonight, condolences for the victim are coming in from as far away as connecticut. Police arrested a man thursday night, and he stabbed a man on a metro train. Jackie bensen has word from the u. S. Attorneys office. Reporter we asked the u. S. Attorneys office why spires was out of jail after that earlier arrest for what we also understand was a robbery. We are basically told that based on the evidence that they had at that time, based on the charges they could bring against him based on that evidence, and the fact he had a minimal criminal record, the they let him go he was allowed to go until the next court appearance. But still, a lot of people have a lot of questions about this why this man was still out on the street. Now, we are told the patrol officers from the Fourth District arrested spires again this afternoon, in the 4800 block of Georgia Avenue north best. Its not clear why police were able to identify and release a picture of spires just hours after the fatal stack, which happened saturday after near at metros know ma station. The victim, 24yearold Kevin Sutherland is a graduate of American University who had brief cubs wouldly worked on capitol hill. Now, coming up on news4 at 6, we will hear a detailed statement from the u. S. Attorneys office attempting to answer the question that many people have when they are learning the facts of this case as to why spires was out on the street in the first place. Live at d. C. Police headquarters jackie bensen, news4. A young man in leesburg remains in Critical Condition this evening after shooting went off during a fight. The victim in this case is 21 years of age. We are told he was shot several times friday night along rhonda place southeast in leesburg. Jacob consistencicy is now being held without bond. We are told the police think they also have the gun used in this shooting. A Prince Georges County teacher is accused of calling a student a little osama bin laden. Now a Civil Rights Group is calling for a federal investigation. The teacher at Benjamin Tasker middle school in bowie was heard saying, you terrorist you little owe sam marks you have a bomb in your locker. It came after an argument between students this past school year. The council on American Islamic relations says such offensive remarks are particularly troubling because they come from a faculty member who was entrusted to maintain a safe, inclusive classroom and serve as an example for her students thats a quote. President obama says the u. S. Military is making progress against isis in iraq and syria but a lot to do overseas here at home he spoke after a pog briefing on isis that wrapped up about an hour ago. We are doing a better job at preventing any largescale attacks on the homeland. On the other hand, the small individual, lone wolf attacks or small cells become harder to detect and more sophisticated using new technology and that means we are going to have to pick up our game to prevent these texts. Republican critics have urged president obama for more robust response to isis but the president said todays review did not include any plans to send Additional Forces overseas. South carolina lawmakers take an important step in removing the Confederate Flag from state house grounds. In a special session this afternoon, the state senate voted to take dont flag. The bill now moves to the house. That flag has been controversial in the state for decades but momentum to take it down gained steam after the church mass sack theyre killed nine people in charleston. The suspected shooter showed an affinity for the Confederate Flag. It is not about the history. It is not about heritage. It is not about hate. Its about how to heal wounds that stretch back many many years. If the bill pass the house it moves to the governor, who says she will sign it. A Summer Celebration outside and suddenly, a deco lapseko lapses. We have details about the incident that sent a Northern Virginia family to the hospital and a warning of the warning signs you need to look for. And neighbors are calling for change in the community where a d. C. Family was tortured and murdered. Im julie carey in alexandria where residents first complained of repeated incidents of shots fired, then last week, a ho folks who live in the old town delray neighborhoods in alexandria are dealing with a very messy problem tonight. They are cleaning up from sewer backups and ground flooding. The city tells us last month was the second wettest month on record. Alexandrias storm drainage system is aging and cant keep one that much stormwater. Officials suggest resident does what they can for themselves by cleaning gutters and downspouts and making sure such pumpmp pumps are working properly. Watch showers and scattered thunderstorms out there this is mostly just showers and downpours we have coming through the area nothing severe nothing too strong. Right now, you can take a look, you can notice the clouds bubbling up across portions of the area rain come through here earlier, temperature at the airport, no rain yet, 88 degrees. Look that the heat index up to 94 a very hot and steamy day, especially out at the airport. Notice easton, 90 degrees some areas hotter leesburg, 79 gatorsburg, 75, areas that have seen rain come through and raincooled air. Storm team4 radar showing the showers making their way up from the south, toward the north, off to the west we will stop this four, notice back towardism81, shower activity, culpepper county numerous showers, a if you showers, Prince Georges County Montgomery County but nothing too heavy we dont have any severe storms and really havent seen much lightning out of these at all. We are watching this boundary, see this line right here, this is whats called an outflow boundary coming from the storms here clarksburg making their way toward chantilly, zoom into this one, chantilly, centerville area, right along, in toward chantilly, 50, cross right over 50, so some very heavy rain coming toward the airport the next 15 to 20 minutes. More down toward clifton, burke, move off towards the east here. Notice right along college park heavy rain, another shower, to the south of national harbor. This one making its way up to the north may clip northeast portions of d. C. Parts southeast. Heading down toward the nats game, i think we will be okay tonight. Take october reds, winds in our belt helping get a couple more, heading down toward the game take the umbrella, maybe the important cho game get the game in yes. We see shower activity . Yes. See possible delays, the game should be okay. 85 7 05 start, 81, seventh inning, nice and humid the time we make our way through the end of the game. Future weather showing things by tomorrow morning, all clear. I think starting off tomorrow should be great, temperatures into the low to middle 70s very nice start to the day then during the afternoon, we will see some cloud cover but notice, no rain around the area. We will see some shower activity around the 5, 6 00 hour back to the west back toward the mountains, it never makes its way across. About that, a dry tuesday. Wednesday could be a little bit different, we have a cold front making its way down toward our area. Not going to move through it will move into our region and then back up to the north. What that means is we have a chance for some strong some showers maybe a couple of thunderstorms here, look at the timing, early, 11 00 in the morning, something we will be watching as we head our day through wednesday. Warm and humid getting out, walking the dog, good day to mow the lawn, will be a little humid. 76, 9 a. M. , up to 88 by 1. What are we going to seat next couple of days temperatures above average. Not too hot. 92, hot. Humid side index 95. 91 on your wednesday. 91 thursday. A good chance of showers and thunderstorms, rather humid thursday and friday. Not too hot as i mentioned, temperatures mid to upper 90s, i dont see any real heat coming in for the next week to ten days, thats good news, too, temperatures at or above average, we head to the weekend, high temperatures this weekend, 88 on saturday, 89 on sunday, chance of a few showers and thunderstorms, but all in all, looking at a pretty good weekend. Can we get there quickly now . Only monday. Thank you, doug. Alexandria are going to have chance to talk with police about the recent violence in the city find out what actions being taken since that city marked its first homicide of the year. And its the kind of vacation plan you may not think about. We will tell you how to safeguard your home while youre away. A lady Home Invasion inside of a gated Upper Marlboro community. I speak with someone who was in the house when it happened. Right now at 5 30, a frightening three hours ends at walter reed with nothing found but just like last week at the navy yard, a report of gunshot sent the huge medical complex into lockdown today and led to a huge police response. Chris lawrence is at our live desk with a closer look at how this all unfolded. Chris . Reporter a massive sweep but no evidence of a gunman or shots fired at walter reed. This all started this morning just before 11. Someone called 911 and said they heard a gunshot inside building one. Police put the campus on lockdown and around 11 40 alarms started going off. A signal for workers and patients to shelter in place. 12 40, we saw workers evacuating the building with their hands up. And as they were coming out, police and canines searched all 20 floors of that building them didnt find anything and just before 2 00 this afternoon, officials finally gave the allclear. It was a tough tense few hours for everyone at walter reed. Last week, same sort of put the Washington Navy yard on Lockdown Police didnt find any evidence of a shooting there either. All right, thank you chris. A lady home inraising is in Prince Georges County involved two former romantic partners according to police. It happened early this morning in Upper Marlboro a homeowner reportedly shot his ex, who is accused of breaking into the house much as news4s strays wilkins reports, neighbors in that community are on edge tonight. Nothing random. I have been here for over 13 years. Theres no incidents like this ever happened. Reporter people who live in Upper Marlboros exclusive meadow gates estates knew right away todays deadly Home Invasion was somehow personal and they were right. I have been here 15 years. The first time anything happened like this. Reporter according to Prince Georges County police, the man who tried to enter this home inside this gated community knew the homeowner. Police say the two had been involved in a romantic relationship. This is a very Quiet Community and something thats very unusual. What did you hear this morning . We spoke with someone by phone who was inside of the home at the time of the shooting. He said he heard the gunshot and then heard the suspect yell out, you shot me. You shot me. The homeowner cried out i didnt mean to. Stop breaking into my house. The suspect has been identified as craig corbin jar of baltimore. The shooting happened just before 3 a. M. Core bip was found dead on the property. You have the right to defend your home. People cant just go around busting in windows with screw drivers. Reporter will theres not word if the homeowner will face charges at this time. He is not in police custody. I dont want our home owners to think this it is something they need to concern themselves. It was an isolated incident and everything seems to be calm right now. Reporter at 6 00 turns out has been arrested inside of this home before. In Upper Marlboro, im tracee wilkins, news4. Some neighbors near the northwest d. C. Mansion where five people were murdered now want that house to be torn down. People who live along Woodland Drive here behind the cathedral say what happens to the savopoulos family is still taking a toll on they will. Many children walk past the house to get to school every morning. Their parents say the sight of the mansion is a constant reminder of the tragedy. So far news4 has no indication that the home will be condemned. A deadly shooting on a San Francisco pier is refocus the debate on immigration policy on whats called deportation sanctuary. The alleged gunman, fran cisco sanchez, admitted to killing kate steinly. He says it was an accident. Sanchez is an illegal immigrant from mexico who has been deported five times before last wednesdays shooting. In a jailhouse interview he said he kept coming back because he knew that the local police would not turn him over to the feds. Homeland security secretary jeh johnson today urged socalled sanctuary cities to stop resisting and start working with them on deportations. You have an undocumented in your jail who is dangerous cooperate with us to hand them toifrs. Immigration officials turned sanchez over to San Francisco authorities in march and asked that he remain in custody until agents could pick him up but San Francisco did not honor that. Rain across the region. We cant shake this humidity out there. A little bit on the warm and humid side but not talking about summer extreme heat. Not talking about a heat wave moving in, just afternoon showers and thunderstorms what we continue to see. Cant shake it you can squeegee it off today it was really thick outside this afternoon. This is feeling like florida outside today. Showers continue to dot the landscape here across northern Howard County northern Montgomery County. These are all going northbound and no thunder and lightning with these just yet, not much of a Severe Weather threat. That doesnt mean it cant rain pretty hard and reduce visibility in times. Route 50 west of shan tilly. Dulles International Airport here coming on the property of dulles airport. Could have temporary, shortlived flight delays, outbound traffic held up for a couple of minutes. Then these heavier showers here northern Frederick County, headed up toward the pennsylvania bothered, same as Carroll County as well, lifting northbound. By the time waking up, humid outside, rain will be over puddles and wet roads out there startoff temperatures, low to the mid70s tomorrow a few more minutes, take a look at the whole sevenday forecast. Thank you, chuck. Alexandria community is on edge days after the citys first murder. Northern Virginia Bureau chief julie carey is live in the neighborhood where police will address those safety concerns in just a couple of hours. Julie . Reporter the police chief called the meeting here tonight to address Community Concerns over the shooting death of a young man last thursday night just blocks from this reck center, but some west tound town West Old Town residents had already on on edge because of what they say are repeated instances of shots fired during the night in the months and weeks leading up to the homicide. Leslie zuban is president of the residents aassociation, lived in the area since 1980 n recent months, she says she has called police three times during the night when she has heard gunshots. Last thursday night, a 22yearold woodbridge man visiting his family in the neighborhood was shot to death. No arrest has been made yet. She is eager to speak to the police chief tonight. As someone who has lived in the neighborhood 35 years, we have rash of shots in decades. We are very concerned because we believe that Community Policing has really been weakened in this neighborhood and needs to be beefed up again. Reporter not everyone in the neighborhood shares her view. At 6 00, another view and what the Citizens Association will ask the police chief to do tonight to combat the gunfire. A deck reduced to shreds of wood. Find out how a Summer Celebration for a Northern Virginia family ended in the emergency room and what you can do to make sure your deck is safe this summer. Malia obama may have a summer internship that most teens would love. We will tell you were shes all right. This next story is taking off on social media. Grab your fran chinos, starbucks is raising prices for a lot of the coffee drinks. Got to be iced this summer, right . Starting tomorrow could you pay up to 20 cent morse to get your fix of your favorite caffeine boost, but if you order just brewed coffee, you will only get about a 10 cents more. The price hike would bring the average large cup of regular coffee to 2. 45. Starbucks tells us part of the price hike is to help pay for rising costs of rent, labor and equipment. It has been quite a week for president obamas daughter malia. If the rumors are true, she spent time on a pretty pretty enviable internship. Read my lips, right before her birthday. Photographers spotted malia on the set of the hbo series girls last week, and set off speculation whether she will be interning for the show this summer that came a couple days before malias 17th birthday the fourth of july. Next wednesday, amazon says it will more deals than black friday. The Worlds Largest online retailer celebrating its 20th birthday with what it calls prime day. Starting midnight july 15th, amazon will offer deals as often as every ten minutes to amazon prime customers. Annual memberships, 99. You can also sign up for a fremontly trial to take part in the big day. Developing right now tonight stocks rebounded this afternoon even after investors expressed concerns over greeces volatile crisis. Greeces finance minister quilt after a vote of no on bailout terms. The finance minister says his departure will help ongoing negotiation queens to greece and european creditors. Greeks continue to wait for unrestricted access to their Bank Accounts today as limits on withdrawals were still in place. People there have allowed only are allowed only to take out about 60 a day. Its the place in the suburbs of washington where the secret service is preparing for the popes visit. We will take you to a tour that shows you how security changes will impact many of us. Staging your home. What you need to know about protecting your valuables before you go on vacation. And we have been tracking the rain showers all after into just about all of our reporting stations have had at least some rain today. Soer far the big win verse been out in the mountains of West Virginia, petersburg, way over an inch of rain, a few hundreds around town. When do we dry out and how warm why are we watching this again . I pay for all these channels, so i make myself watch them all. Joey, ill watch anything except this. Except this. Go back, go back, go back, go back, go back, go back. Fios custom tv lets you pay for the types of channels you want, not the ones you dont. 100 fiber optics is here. Get out of the past. Get fios. Now for 79. 99 a month. Go online or call. Call the Verizon Center for customers with disabilities at 800. 974. 6006 tty v 0bononconl u hundreds of people turned out for the first mass of pope francis in south america. He tell celebrated a mass dedicated to family praising them as the bedrock of society. He said miracles occur every day inside a family because of love. He heaps meeting with bishops will come up with concrete solutions to the difficult challenges facing families these days. The pope wont be in our city until september, but Law Enforcement agencies are already preparing for that visit. Mark see graves spoke oneonone with the director of the secret Service Today about what the papal visit will mean for us and how the agency is preparing. Reporter pope francis arrives here in d. C. On september 22nd and he will be here for three days. He will meet with president obama, say mass at Catholic University and address a joint session of congress before heading to new york city and philadelphia. Director clancy says his agency is already coordinating with local police. Specifically here in washington, we have always had a Great Partnership with chief lanier and the metropolitan Police Department and we have all been working on this since january. Reporter the pope is sure to draw large crowds while he is here and because he may want to personally greet people in those crowds, secret Service Agents have taken added steps in preparing for his visit. Each protecty is a little different, is a pope or a president they all have different ways of operating and to that end, we actually went out to rome, i brought two detail leaders for the popes visit as well as myself went out there and we met with the vatican secure and i we had a chance to watch the pope go through the crowd at the vatican square and how mingles with the public and how he that outreach to the public. We have to adapt but we will do it in a very secure fashion. Reporter today, news4 got a behindthescenes look at how the secret service trains for worstcase scenario whether a fence jumper at the white house or an ambush of a motorcade. Coming up at 6 00, the director tells us why he wants the penalty for jumping the white house fence to be more severe. [ tires squealing ] at the secret Service Training facility, mark see graves, news4. Five members of a Northern Virginia family are still hospitalized this evening after a 14foottall deco lapsed on the fourth of july. It collapsed because of old rusting nails much the family was renting this house in North Carolina, in a North Carolina beach. More than two dozen people gathered on the deck saturday evening for a family picture. Among those injured a child and a 94yearold. Inspectors found no Building Code violations when they checked that deck but even wellmade decks can have problems. Montgomery countys residential inspectors say you should limit how many people are on a deck at once. The more weight, the greater chance that deck could fail. And every deck needs to be well maintained. But make sure you get a permit before you make any repairs. And before you hire a contractor, make sure the contractor is licensed because faulty work can be disastrous. Some decks that were constructed without permit and inspections may have been nailed to the house and that can result in deck failures. Some counties offer free deck inspections. For a look at deck safety options in every county, go to nbcwashington. Com. I asked chuck bell for my personal dinner break forecast. He said think of it as florida out there. In and out it just keeps moving. Know better. This was the ultimate answer for a floridian you know . Really is. So humid outside this morning. It s little rainbows spotted all over the area. Catch a picture of it on your camera, send it on into us here. Love to get social media sharing. Otherwise, in and out of the sunshine and the rain from all over the area. Theres a view from our tower camera looking northeast bound or northnortheast bound, up wisconsin avenue southern Montgomery County. Looks like a Beautiful Day sun shining across northwestern washington right now, southern Montgomery County. But really depends on where you are. Prince georges county looks a whole lot cloudier than there in Prince Georges County on the other side of the boatpotomac now. Hit and miss slow downs from the Weather Department here for the remainder of your monday evening commute. Tuesday morning and tuesday afternoon should be green lights. From the Weather Department Melissa Mollet will keep us up on weather in the morning. Rain chances this week, i said more dry days than wet, three out of five isnt bad. Tomorrow should be dry, thursday around friday looking dry. Even saturdays rain chances that 20 to 30 range. Most of the rain chances centered on the day wednesday. Right now, its just really humid outside, raincooled 77 in gaithersburg. 82 now in frederick and leesburg. 84 manassas, 86, fredericksburg. A rumble or two of thunder, up across northern Carroll County now, taper back to a few showers by 11 00, temperatures mid80s stay there through 7 00, back into the upper 70s by 7 p. M. Little wave of thundershowers here coming out of the richmond area, that is going to be in Southern Maryland the next hour or two our friends and neighbor there calvert and st. Marys county, hasnt rained at your house today, do know your rain chances are coming. Hit and miss showers in the mountains of West Virginia northern maryland, headed straight into southern charles and st. Marys county the metro. Hit and miss showers thunderstorms in Carroll County those are going northbound into southern pen. Around up to, again it looks like its sunny looking this way from our tower but from the camera and Prince Georges County that way, you can tell a whole lot more clouds much dont stray far from your umbrella, jim handily, you may very well need it. All right. 78, rockville, 84, hunting town and camp springs. Future weather takes the rain drops out by 11 00 tonight. Dry start tomorrow morning. Sunshine coming back tomorrow, promises to return to hot weather backs into the 90s we go. First International Airport 90s, may be able to go a couple days without rain, wont be until we get toward thursday and friday. Not much to worry about tomorrow. A dry start early on wednesday morning. But as early as 7, 8, 9 00 wednesday morning, a chance of a couple showers coming through here, a weather front tries its best to make the i95 corridor before lunchtime f it gets here later in the day will arrive and may have a bit of a thunderstorm chance with that. Plan on a mild night tonight temperatures back into the 60s, cooler western suburbs low 70s by the waybay, mid70s in town, going to be a warm one, back into the 90s for tomorrow in many neighborhoods, spots like damascus and gaithersburg, may hold the upper 80s, 92, tomorrow, the sunshine 91 wednesday watching out that chance for thunderstorms, then, one, two, three poe tengly dry days in a row thursday, friday and saturday as i mentioned that will be the first time in nearly a month we have gone three days in a row without any rainfall. Fingers are crossed. All right thank you chuck. There are more home burglaries in the summer than any other season. Proven research by the justice department. Before you head out for your summer vacation, consumer reporter Erika Gonzalez shows you how to help safeguard your home. Reporter the roads, the skies the beaches are calling but before you lock up and leave, make sure your house is secure. Ann harkins is president of the National Crime spreensprevention council, warning people about burglaries this time of year. She picked this home as an example, four twice keep burglars at bay prickly bushes like this are great deterrent to an intruder but want windows to be clear and leave no gaps between shrubbery and your house. Burglar were trying to work his way into the house through this window, he could crouch behind these bushes and none of the neighbors would see him. Reporter . Are reporter what about your doorstep . An open invitation to a burglar the house is empty. Good time to get it. Reporter ask your neighbors to pick up packages for you. Im erika with nbc4. Take a minute to actually talk to the people who live around you. Is it uncommon for your neighbors to call you tell you that they are going away . Do people still do that in this neighborhood . Well the ones that im in communication with dont mind at all. Reporter if youve got a window ac unit make sure its securely fastened. What you want do is get brackets and bolt that window air conditioner in so that its hard to remove. Reporter and sliding glass doors, you should get the ones with reinforced glass. Getting the best quilt, setting a lock and then using Home Remedies if you need to you stick a piece of board in there and somebody cant just slide it across. Reporter wherever you head this summer, want the peace of mind your home is safe and secure. Small steps like these can make your house seem like less eye candy to crooks. Erika gonzalez, news4. Bryce harper back in the allstar lineup and the world celebrating a new sports hero. More reaction from the world cup next. And then tonight at 6 00, a big step forward in the fight to know you can deposit checks right from your phone transfer money to someone quickly and easily speak to a financial professional when its convenient and pay for things with the tap of your finger know that with pncs Convenient Solutions at least your finances will be easy to control. Neck stop, the white house. Members of the womens u. S. National team got a call from the president today, as they continue to celebrate that big victory over japan. He said he looks forward to welcoming them to washington to celebrate with them as well. They won the 2015 womens world cup championship game 52 thanks to three goals from carli lloyd. It was just an unbelievable moment, something that we will cherish for the rest of our lives. Oh was she amazing. One american runner not feeling as celebratory today. Take a look for the first time ever, there was a photofinish down at the peachtree road race in atlanta, july 4th. American runner ben payne started celebrating before he crossed the finish line. Never do that. He apparently failed to notice british runner Scott Overall making a final push for the mat on the ground that marked the finish line. Overall won by 9100ths of a second. Wow. I noticed out of the corner of my eye, he had his arm up celebrating just before he got to the line and we were told in the athlete meeting yesterday that the first timing mat was the official finish line, that is what i was aiming for. Upping the gun on the finish line. Overall got a dig at his overconfident opponent posed a tweet saying, pleased to take the win at the peachtree 10k, always run through the line. Good advice. Yes. Now to the redhot nationals who take on the Cincinnati Reds right here in washington tonight. Bryce harper leading the way for the nats and the National League allstar team. Carol maloney is live at the park. Hey, guys. Yeah, we are talking about bryce harper, his third allstar appearance, a record vote getter crushed the competition by 4 million votes. He is not just an allstar. He is the star of the midsummer classic a week from tomorrow in cincinnati. They are taking on the reds tonight. You see the tarp behind merck the rain just stopped, looks like they are going to play any time. Bryce harper, many people call him the best player on the planet. He says he is just part of the team. A great group of guys around me, being able to just come in here and have fun and do the things we need to do as a group the family that we are, you knee a lot of credit to them. A nobrainer, see the memories putting up and, you know he is well deserved and im happy for him. To think where i was when i was 22, a senior in college and not i couldnt imagine being in the big leagues doing what he is doing and getting 14 million votes and can that kind of stuff. Really impressive to watch. It is fun. See how much he has grown, the talents always been there. But its in this game not always about that its about doing the Little Things the ability to get base hit, get a walk. Theres just so many things that he does for us brings electricity and jolt in the lineup every night. The skipper there if i need something on a pitch, not feeling right, trying to keep me calm. Credit ian desmond. One of the gays in keeps me even keel. Really just on daily basis and trying to stay and do my own thing and help us win games. Bryce harper ready to represent. Did he announce today thats going to pass on the home run derby, which is a week from tonight staying is not right with his dad having shoulder surgery. About ready to take the tarp off, live from nats park im carol maloney, news4 sports. Now at 6 00, three hours of fear and uncertainty. We have been in hiding. We have to basically evacuate all the hallways turn off the lights. Workers and patients hid out in bathrooms as police searched floor by floor inside Walter Reed National military Medical Center. There is no evidence or any indication of a firearm being discharged. A situation resolved but nerves on edge and question remain a days after a similar scene at the navy yard and another false alarm. We have Team Coverage tonight from how it all got started to what was going on inside building one as it was being searched, floor by floor, office by office. While some workers hid in the dark, others were evacuated with their hands up surrounding roads were also closed. Nonemergency doctors appointments canceled. More than three hours after that initial 911 call came energy the search was complete and police say there was no evidence of a shooting, but the investigation is far from over. We begin tonight with news4s derrick ward with more on how this unfolded for the Police Officers who rushed to the scene. Derrick . Reporter jim and doreen, there were a lot of resources brought to bear on this facility. They were varied. They came from as far away as