Bladensburg Police Officer is in the hospital after someone hit him or her with a car. Prince georges county police saying an officer was responding to the domestic dispute call on kenilworth avenue near wyndham road. Someone tried to drive way with the Police Officer in process and police say they caught that man and sent him to the hospital as well. We dont know either persons condition right now. This just in the motorcyclist who crashed into a car in gaithersburg has died. This happened on frederick road last night. The 35yearold motorcyclist ran into a black acura suv. This as it was making a uturn on frederick road. Crews rushed the ride tore the hospital but he didnt survive. The woman and two passengers in the acura were not hurt. New this morning, were hearing from the family of the suspected shooter in the deadly chattanooga military center attack. In a written statement, abdulazeezs family said their son suffered from depression. Heres what part of the statement reads, quote, it grieves us beyond belief to know that his pain found its expression in the heinous act of violence. The family also extended their sympathies to the families of the victims and everyone affected by the tragedy. Four marines and one navy s. E. A. L. Died in the shootings this week. And this morning the fbi is continuing to collect and process evidence at the two military sites where the attacks happen. Fbi agents also served warrants at the abdulazeezs homes this week. Meanwhile, increasing calls to allow military recruiters to carry guns and governors in five states introduced legislation this week that would allow for that. In florida, rick scott said recruiters would be relocated to the nearby armory until recruiting stations can be made safer. New developments about the accusations of rape against bill cosby. A new report says he paid a woman not to tell his wife what he was doing. Now, this is all part of a full deposition from ten years ago. The New York Times said it acquired the whole thing after part of it came out earlier this month. The new excerpts said cosby seduced women by offering to mentor them. He admitted to giving women drugs in order to have sex. Cosby has not been charged with any crime. A new update on former president george h. W. Bushs health. He fell and broke a bone in his necklace week. He is doing better but still in the hospital. They also say hes quote his spirits are good. President bush is 91 years old. In decision 2016, Donald Trumps latest remarks have the billionaire businessman and president ial candidate back in the spotlight this morning. He insulted senator john mccain and military record. Nbcs dan schenamen has more on the political fallout. Reporter new fallout for donald trump after blasting senator john mccain in iowa. Hes not a war hero. Hes a war hero 5 1 2 he was a war hero because he was captured. Reporter stunning the audience after he was held for more than five years as a pow in vietnam makes him appear less president ial. Hes a war hero because he was captured, okay. You can i believe perhaps hes a war hero. Reporter fellow candidates were quick to respond. On twitter, jeb bush enough with the slanderous attacks. And from the campaign trail in iowa well, i think hes crossed the line that the American People wont tolerate. Donald trump owes every American Veteran and in particular john mccain an apology. Apologize to mccain . No. Reporter to many, lindsey graham, trumps brash, boisterous approach has gone too far. Between the illegal immigrant remark and now this, we have a window into his soul and how he thinks. Not a pretty picture. Reporter despite what some call incendiary rhetoric, some polls have the controversial trump as the gop frontrunner. Dan schenamen nbc news. Democratic president ial nominee Martin Omalley had to defend his mayoral record on Police Brutality in arizona. During the annual convention in phoenix, protesters began chanting black lives matter. The social media slogan is meant to raise awareness about Police Brutality. One of the activists then went on the stage to confront the former mayor. He sat down with one woman later in the day for an interview. Protesters also heckled bernie sanders. Lets get back to our coverage of this oppressive heat wave. Amelia told us it will be dangerously hot out there. You can go to a cooling center in d. C. , maryland or virginia if you feel overheated. Also splash parks are opening in the district. Lets check in live with derrick ward hes in northeast washington, where some are trying to stay cool this morning. Derrick . Reporter well indeed they are. They have to rely on shade right now. Thats smart thing to do. You can see theres a play ground and theres a splash park. In the foreground, a water fountain. All things that are important today. Were concerned about the feels like temperature that takes into account and the humidity and how it feels to the human body. When it gets to 95 degrees when that heat index gets to 95 degrees, d. C. Takes on its emergency stance. So theyre advising people to turn on their air conditioners or stay inside if you can. Dont leave kids or pets in your car and use sunscreen 20 minutes before you go outside. Keep water on the outside as well as what people will be doing when this splash park opens. It abouts at about 10 00 today. Thats when we should expect to see some people here trying to stay cool. We had some people who had plans about how to do it. Well bring that more of that later on. Derrick ward news4. Thanks, derrick. You have seen the devastating pictures that wildfire destroying cars right there on a california freeway. See what technology firefighters say hurt their efforts to put it all out and how things are turning around for them this morning. People in the west dealing with some serious flooding. Homes swept way. Well look at the other conditions that people are dealing are right now. Youre watching news4 today. Heavy rain caused what youre about to see right here incredible flooding in arizona. These rushing floodwaters toppled motor homes and destroyed sheds. Two interstates had to be shut down. Looks like a river right there. More than a thousand folks without power. No word on how many people were trapped by all of that flooding. And this morning, much needed rain is helping firefighters in california get a handle on all of this. These wildfires by now you have seen the images of the fire just engulfing the cars in flames on a highway outside of l. A. And now folks are going back to assess the damage this morning. Nbcs Gadi Schwartz has more. There is fire. Reporter it was a freeway firestorm. We were really scared. People were crying kids crying. Reporter flames devouring car after car on a busy stretch of interstate from l. A. To las vegas. I grabbed my water and the bag and the flames was already in the truck. Car was parked on the outside edge and when the fire hit it it burnt the sides. The back cooler. Reporter parents pushing strollers dozens of people running for their lives. We were stopped because we see the fire behind us. We tried to run and thank god we found a woman. She helped us. Reporter at least 20 destroyed. This morning, families are checking tow yards for the cars they abandoned. Many cars saved by the air drops overhead, but others arent so lucky. Fire crews are frustrated. A number of hobby drones flying near the fire kept them away. How many drones are we talking about on this fire . There are five. Reporter five drones . Right. Reporter firefighters say the small drones are extremely dangerous to everyone involved. Two of the drones pursued our lead plane. One underneath. One actually flying over the top. Were talking about a situation where dozens of people could have been killed. Reporter another fire about 20 miles away flared up, forcing hundreds of people to evacuate, including a camp for children who are hearing impaired. No major injuries reported but terrifying moments and a vivid reminder of how fast a fire can move. Gadi schwartz, San Bernardino county, california. And staying in california for another developing story were following. Learning more details about a family of five found dead inside their home. What police are telling us about what they have already uncovered in this investigation. It is down right muggy out there. And this sticky hot feeling sorry to say its actually going to stick around all day long. Then all day tomorrow. Well check in with amelia 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 a drop developing and tragic story out in california. Five people including children found inside a home. The Modesto Police went to do a welfare check yesterday. Police calling this a homicide investigation. We do know they have identified a person of interest. Today, a texas church will hold a prayer walk for a woman found hanged inside her jail cell. Police say sandra bland hanged herself three days after being pulled over by police for a traffic violation. Her family said shed never kill herself. What a mess because of a 23car crash. A semitruck went across lanes and slammed into cars that were sitting there stuck in a traffic jam. The truck flipped over sending the rocks everywhere. Rocks fell on dozens of cars. Dozens were hurt. Two in critical condition. State police say the truck driver may have suffered a medical condition before this crash. An agreement is in place to give employees at Frederick County schools a raise. The supportive employees will be upgraded december 1. This is according to the Frederick News post. The Teachers Union negotiated a contract this year, but negotiations are on going. Big screens coming near nats park at the yard. The theater is going to have 16 screens, 1,500 seat, the deluxe leather recliner seats. It will be on m place. Show place icon at the yard is what it is called. And its expected to open in 2018. Serena williams may have to miss her visit to washington this week. She is scheduled to play with if castles on wednesday, but she hurt her elbow and may have to take time off. She plans to take a week off because of her elbow issue. She is also scheduled to be at a capital games tomorrow in philadelphia. Whether you like cats or dogs either way, nobody wants to see this happen to their pet. Take a look. Someones cat got stuck in the hood of a car. This is in adelphi. It is under the engine right there. Firefighters able to get it out because, well they worked hard on it. They eventually gave it some oxygen, took it to the hospital. The cat is expected to be okay. My guess is that cat was just looking for some shade. Right, exactly. Yeah. Thats a very good guess. Speaking of shade a different story about this time yesterday morning because you had the umbrella sitting next to you. Yes. Even though its hot and humid, for the most part, a lot of us will stay dry today. Completely dry. Only a chance of an isolated storm this evening, but during the day its all about the heat the humidity. The mugs. Yes. Yes. Thats going to continue right on into tuesday. Today this afternoon, feeling like temperatures are between 100 and 110 degrees. You see the red banner at the bottom of your screen. Our graphics have red on them. Thats because today is a weather alert day because of the heat and humidity. The warmest day of the year if we hit our forecast temperature of 98 degrees. Heat advisory for just about everybody today. I think the National Weather service will issue a weather advisory for the metro area tomorrow. But it will be hot and humid everywhere. If youre headed to the park make sure that the kids are only outside for a little bit of time, resting in the shade drinking plenty of water. Heat and humidity continue with minor improvements every day. Wednesday, looking nice. Looking refreshing. Dry with plenty of sunshine. Not today though. The weather having a moderate to high impact on your day. Take it easy outdoors. Hazy sunshine in the forecast. Temperatures already in the low to mid 80s. Frederick one of the warm spots at 84. Culpepper one of the cooler locations at 79. The district coming in at 83. Heres the High Temperature today, in your neighborhood highs in the mid to upper 90s. 95 in luray. 98 in washington and 94 in la plata. For your outdoor plans heres what you can expect. What i would recommend i guess. Headed to the pool, sunscreen. Lawn and garden, you might want to put that off until tomorrow morning if you can. Not a lot of rain in the forecast, so if you dont get around to cutting the grass today, it may grow a little bit, but not steady heavy rain over the next seven. Nationals game this afternoon, youll want to hydrate if youre headed to the game. Monday afternoon, this is what its going to feel like tomorrow. 100 and 110. Tomorrow afternoon, feeling like temperatures are around 100 to 105. 103 in washington at 1 00. 101 in leesburg. 3 00, 105 in washington. 98 degrees in gaithersburg. Even tomorrow evening still muggy and uncomfortable outside. Walking the dog tomorrow night, just as uncomfortable as its going to be tonight. In addition to that, some scattered thunderstorms are tomorrow. Only about a 30 chance but the threat is there and because the humidity is so high tomorrow with the high of 96 we could be dealing with some heavy rain. A better chance of some thunderstorms on tuesday. In the day but especially later in the day when once again heavy rain is possible, david. Some strong, gusty winds. Beautiful wednesday through next saturday. Amelia thanks. Were going to help you protect yourself from business backlash. The question is can you be honest in those Online Reviews . Well, the news4 consumer watch youre watching news4 today. Thinking about shopping or perhaps taking a trip, we use them all the time. Talking about the Online Reviews. Some you have some of you even post them. Thats right. Erika gonzalez says you can write anything you want, but it may not always protect you from a lawsuit. Reporter carol moses is looking to upgrade the bathroom in her gaithersburg home. New showers tile and cabinetry shes going to spend a lot of money to fix two bathrooms and she wants to go with the best contractor for the job. I do a lot of research. Reporter she narrowed it down to two, chose one. But its the one she didnt choose that she wrote a review online and why were talking to her now. You feel like what you gave was an honest review. Yes, i do. Reporter she says the review with us mostly positive. However i let people know i had chosen not to use him because i felt he was too pushy. Reporter thats when carol got calls and emails from the contractor. The contractor threatened me with a suit for slander and i contacted an attorney. The attorney said the case for slander is weak if anything. But in your best interest i would just take it down. And so i did. Reporter jack gillis is with the Consumer Federation of america. Theres not a lot consumers can do in this situation. Thats why its the wild west. You really dont have much protection against the company that doesnt like your review. Reporter gillis said keep ber one, post on an anonymous basis and number two be ready to go to bat for your posting whether its a review about a hotel, auto service or the hamburger you had for lunch. For the most part youre protected by freedom of speech. However, that does not necessarily stop a disgruntled and particularly wealthy company from coming after you. Reporter for many people like carol, the sheer thought of being sued is enough to make her sick. I did not want to deal with any repercussions of a negative review. Reporter when youre the one reading reviews the cfa says take them with a grain of salt. Too good and they could be planted by the company. Too bad could signal someone with an ax to grind. Erika gonzalez, news4. 9 26. It is a weather alert day and news4 has you covered. 7 30 amelia segal is timing out when it will feel the hottest and what day next week things will cool back down. A developing story out new york. Members of a pry dahl bridal party killed by a suspected drunk driver and what he did after the crash. Violence iran keeps their nuclear facilities. Military sites can go uninspected. Restrictions end after 10 years. Then iran could build a Nuclear Weapon in two months. Iran has violated 20 International Agreements and is the leading state sponsor of terrorism. 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. Were back with a weather alert day. Were talking extreme heat for a couple of days straight. This heat wave really intensifies today. This shows what it feels like if you walk outside today. Some 80s and 90s in place. Good morning im angie goff. Im david culver. Amelia is braving the heat and humidity. Shes on the storm team 4 weather deck. How does it feel out there . It feels lovely. It feel as little bit humid i have to be honest guys, after being inside all morning. Its so cold in studios. It is kind of refreshing out here. Its still bearable and our storm team 4 weather deck is in the shade. Temperature in washington already up to 83 degrees when you factor in the humidity though. Its feeling like 92. And looking at all the heat index temperatures, feeling about 97 in leesburg. 96 in frederick and 92 degrees in washington. Heres your hour by hour planner on into the afternoon hours. By noon feeling about 90 degrees. By 3 00, feeling about 95 to 98. Today guys likely the warmest day so far this year. Its not just extreme heat were dealing with today. Thats why today is a weather alert day. But overnight tonight its muggy. Coming up in 15 minutes im going to let you know how cool its going to get in your neighborhood and its not going to be very cool at all. Pretty uncomfortable overnight, in fact. Thanks amelia. A developing story out of new york. Four members of a bridal party are dead after a drunk driver smashed right into their limo. The women were part of a Bachelorette Party in new york wine country. The limo was leaving the winery yesterday afternoon and a suspected drunk driver plowed right into the limo. The driver of the pickup truck ran from the scene. Officers did catch up with him a short time later. They put him under arrest. Four other victims are in the hospital this morning and the pride is in critical condition. Right now, family and friends are holding a Prayer Service for a woodbridge man who died in a motorcycle crash. We are getting the first look at the semitruck driver thats responsible for the crash. Police say daniel serna may have fallen to sleep behind the wheel. The motorcyclists stopped on the side of the highway and serna hit six riders. The Prayer Service is at a church in richmond. Fire investigators want to know who torched half asdozen cars. You can see the pickup truck is destroyed. Fairfax county fire marshals say this happened to six other cars early yesterday. Theyre asking the public to help them find out whos responsible for this. Theres concern among some folks in d. C. About several cases of criminal violence this weekend. News4s Darcy Spencer spoke to neighbors in northwest washington about their concerns. Reporter the bars and restaurants on 14th street in northwest d. C. Draw big crowds on the weekends. But just a block away on riggs street between 13th and 14th street a man in his 30s was gunned down early saturday morning. I want to see police on their feet walking these sidewalks. Reporter Jeremy Peters is a reporter who lives on areriggs. He said police need to show more presence and there are a number of violent incidents over the last couple of years. If people knew there were this many violent ips incidents stepping away from one of the busiest pedestrian night life thoroughfares in the city they would be alarmed. Reporter Police Identified the victim as 33yearold charles douglas. He lived in Prince Georges County. He was the third homicide in the district overnight. This neighbor had no idea it happened. Too close for comfort, it is scary. Reporter d. C. Police statistics show theres 77 killings in the district so far this year compared to 65 at the same time last year. Thats an 18 increase. People walk the streets and were out late at night. And you just kind of think its not going to happen this close to home, but i didnt realize that these things are happening literally in my backyard. Darcy spencer with that report. Later this month d. C. Council member Kenyan Mcduffie plans to hold a Community Meeting to talk about the increasing crime. Im here for my forefathers that died under this flag. Yall need to go back home heated emotions in South Carolina where the ku klux klan held a rally at the state house. They wanted the confederate flags flying again. The state lawmakers removed it following a shooting at a Historic Black Church last month. Things got physical theyre. The klan members showed up just as black panthers rally, one of those rallies was ending there. And in Northern Virginia people are asking for more balanced recognition of the civil war. The naacp held this rally yesterday. This is at the Loudoun County courthouse. There was a Confederate Monument there. The naacp wasnt asking for removal of the Confederate Monument. Instead, the group says they want a Union Monument in addition to it. Confederate flag supporters also held a rally. One said that he would support a Union Monument as well. The confederacy debate continues in rockville. The mayor wants to know what you think about the confederate soldier statue. Some want it to stay others to go. They want your input on what to do with the statue. So they have a meeting set up for tomorrow at 6 00. Its going to be at city hall. And today you may see some changes beginning on the highways. Vdot making route 50 a little bit wider in fairfax county. You can see lanes will be closed in chantilly between lee and Pleasant Valley roads. That work going to start around 7 00 tonight. Should wrap up by tomorrow morning. An injured Prince Georges CountyPolice Officer is back home. He was hurt on the job dragged away by a car last week. The officer pulled someone over near alberta and todd drives in district heights. The driver took off with the officer in his door. He made it 100 yards, then shoved that officer out of the car. Doctors had to operate on the officers leg but hell be okay. 9 36. Today, they risk their lives to serve the country, but is the government serving them. The news4 iteam investigates. And why the d. C. State fair wants to see the best marijuana plant you can grow. It will get a lot hotter than it already is. Already in the 90s in some places. Amelia segal has more on the heat advisory for today and why tomorrow, well, it will also be a weather alert day. Youre watching news4 today. So get this, theres going to be a pot growing contest at d. C. s state fair this year. As you know, the district legalized small amounts of marijuana earlier in year. People are allowed to grow the plants in their homes. The state fair is now holding this contest for the very first time. People will be judged on their plants appearance, smell and touch. The fair show cases culinary and agricultural talents. Well hes proven hes a lucky guy. Now theres hope he can beat the odds and find an adoptive family while hes a little boy. His name is rayshawn. He has been beating the odds for some time now and hes not even 3 years old yet. Heres news4s barbara harrison. At kidville inside the big muscle gym all that laughter was coming from rayshawn who is having a ball. Literally. Yeah those who know him say rayshawn has beaten a lot of odds. Hes been here for more than a year. He suffered a traumatic brain injury which he was not expected to survive and he came into care following that injury. He was not expected to walk but hes taking some steps so hes surpassed everything that the professionals said he was not going to do. In kidvilles theater room we were showered in bubbles and serenaded by the Rockin Railroad band. Rayshawn was fascinated. He is a very energetic very happy, very loveable affectionate. He has limited use of his right leg and hand. But he plays ball, he plays the trains, he likes to read books, hes very active. He has no medical issues. He has very limited speech at this point. Hes working with speech and language. He does some signing. He has no problems making his needs known. If he is hungry or looking for a toy he will let someone know. Its easy to imagine rayshawn find love him. Hes very loveable. He really likes affection. Barbara harrison, news4 for wednesdays child. What a precious little boy there. Well, if you have room in your home and your heart for rayshawn or perhaps another child whos waiting call a special adoption hotline. Or search wednesdays search on nbc washington. Com or our app. This next story may get you posting on social media. Dozens of workers getting paid to spend time on golf courses on your dime. And how some got away with it. You may not want to spend too much time outside today also. Its going to feel so hot youre going to feel like youre melting. I mean some are already complaining youre watching news4 today. All right. So we pay their salary, but theyre not showing up to work. Yeah, we found dozens of recent cases of no show federal government employees. As Scott Macfarlane and the news4 iteam shows us, the Civil Servants were far from the office while on the taxpayers dime. Reporter some of them went golfing. Or gambling. Or just gallivanting around town while on the clock. Ball tina pierce admitted to doctoring her time sheet. For a total of five full workweeks. Im Scott Macfarlane. It went on for two years costing taxpayers 15,000 for work she never did. Before the feds caught on and prosecuted her for fraud. We would like you to stop it. Reporter john beale, a high ranking epa official pretended to be a cia agent as a way to get permission for an extra paid day off each week. About 13 years passed before investigators discovered that he didnt work for the cia and he had burned taxpayers for hundreds of thousands of dollars in free vacation time. His work emails obtained by the news4 iteam show his cia scheme. He tells colleagues im off to points unstated. Just leaving langley. Allan williams investigating these cases for the office of the Inspector General. This isnt as rare as we think it is . Its not rare. Its not rare. I like to say here at the epa i think its just a fraction, a small percentage. But again, i dont know what i dont know. Reporter internal auditors obtained by if news4 iteam reveal more than 60 workers across the federal government have doctored their time sheets to sneak out of work while on the clock. This happened on federal agencies not just the epa but also at the pentagon. About half a dozen cases at the department of transportation, at the Labor Department smithsonian nasa. We found this costing taxpayers about 1 million just since 2012. A jury convicted herman ransom a top official with the housing and urban development with theft for going to the casino while on the clock. At the General Services administration, one worked on his swing, bragging in an email, everyones in. He said he was using slick leave to get out of office. Had the manager did their due diligence, then they could have prevented this from going further. Reporter but that wouldnt have topped this woman. Why . Because she was the timekeeper at the epa. Pierce managed her offices time sheets and she figured out a way to doctor them. They need an internal watchdog and thats the inspect or the general. Reporter but many of the inspectors generals are underfunded. The iteams review found nearly every major Inspector General reinstituted offering time travel. They are save up to 12 to 20. Reporter most hard working Civil Servants risk getting a bad rap. I think we reached the tip of the iceberg. Reporter because of goofing off on the clock. Scott macfarlane, news4 iteam. It will be hot out on the golf course today. Yeah. Were under a heat advisory. East of the blue ridge, everyone is under a heat advisory, from 1 00 to 8 00 p. M. It feels like temperatures are between 100 and 110 degrees. Heres what it will feel like in the district over the next few days with the high levels of heat and humidity. Today and tomorrow our storm team 4 weather alert days, feeling about 108 degrees in washington this afternoon. Around 105 degrees tomorrow afternoon. Tuesday, not much better. Still feeling like temperatures are over 100. As we get into the afternoon hours. Traveling just fine, as long as your air conditioner is working. Exercise if you can, head to the gym. Heading out and about, drink plenty of water. Spend as much time indoors as you can. This is what it currently feels like outside. 97 in leesburg, 96 in frederick, 92 in washington and manassas. So the temperatures are climbing, the humidity is already in place. Hazy sun throughout the day today. The heat index in washington in the low 90s. Heres your hour by hour planner. 11 00 a. M. , around 90 degrees. 95 at 1 00 a. M. And 4 00 thats when we will hit the high of 98. Likely the warmest day of the year thus far but temperatures above 100, even at 7 00 this evening. Temperatures in the mid 90s. Uncomfortable. Overnight tonight, this is what you can expect. Low temperature in your neighborhood. Only 80 degrees in washington. 78 in annapolis. 76 degrees in winchester. Youll like to open the windows, turn off the air overnight. Tonight would not be the night to do that. Tomorrow low to mid 90s so only a smidge cooler than today. Some scattered afternoon thunderstorms are possible tomorrow, but the focus really continues to be the heat and humidity. Future weather showing you the chance of showers and thunderstorms. More widespread than i think well be tracking on storm team 4 radar tomorrow. But you get the idea. The threat is there. Of course with the humidity in place any rain we are tracking tomorrow could be very heavy in nature. We have had so much lately. It doesnt take much to get flash flooding across the area. A better chance of dealing with thunderstorms and storms on tuesday. Notice by noon were still dry, but by 5 00 p. M. We have the cold front dropping in until 8 00 p. M. And has a 40 chance of you dealing with a thunderstorm on tuesday. A High Temperature of 93. Some gusty winds are also possible in any storms on tuesday. Wednesday, big improvement. Not only is it cooler but the humidity is lower. A high around 89. Mostly sunny skies. Plenty of sunshine, guys, thursday through saturday. High temperatures around 90. Asking people on facebook and twitter if theyd rather go to the pool or catch a movie. Im thinking pool. With sunscreen. What about you . I dont know. Tempting. Im with you on that one. He may be king at table tennis, but hard to believe he is suffering from youre watching news4 today. Hes known as the bionic man in the world of table tennis. A Montgomery County athlete has overcome the challenges a partially mechanical heart to be one of the top players in the world. Hes now trying to qualify or the Paralympic Games in rio. News4s Melissa Mollet reports on the latest battle hes facing. Life has been about defying the odds. For table tennis lover navin kumar, the odds have been stacked at times. Five open heart surgeries, a pacemaker, a partially mechanical heart and most recently a diagnosis of parkinsons disease. Its the parkinsons that brought 41yearold navin here to the Table Tennis Center in gaithersburg. Hes part of the Paralympic Program and the first person with parkinsons to qualify for any paralympic sport. His goal, to represent the u. S. In rio 2016. Navin loves the rush of the game. His wins. But plays for his health. Table tennis takes stamina, it takes focus. Navin believes this is what it takes to keep his parkinsons disease from getting worse. You really feel that this is part of your survival . 100 . Doctors across the country touting table tennis as a therapy for parkinsons. Not only to improve my cardiac issues but in terms of the parkinsons disease it greatly improved my muscle stiffness which i did not expect. He said it helps with his balance and muscle weakness. Theres something about table tennis and what it does for the brain that really, really is beneficial. A new reason to play. As a young boy he played the low impact sport because it was something his little heart could handle. It gave me some confidence in myself being able to actually play something physical and enjoy it. Navin says the proof is in the power of the paddle. Just watch. Right now i have to deal with the shaky hand. Go figure. But how do i compensate . Take this beautiful thing here i have in my hand, pingpong paddle, stick it in my hand and the hand shaking is gone completely. After his First International table tennis match in barcelona last month he has a worlds ranking thanks in part to coach larry hodges. Navin today is not like the navin of a year ago. Each serve or forehand hes the tiniest bit closer to the games and the goal of keeping his heart and hands healthy. But being this good takes a lot of practice. Navin is here about 20 hours a week and typically plays like somebody who knows what theyre doing. You think my hand shakes from the parkinsons but im scared to play melissa here. A winning personality to go along with all of that heart. For sure. New and damaging revelations coming from a deposition about bill cosby. What he did to seduce women and how he hid it from his wife camille. A Police Officer nearly run over by a man. What happened when that driver tried to get away. Its a weather alert day. Today could be the hottest one of the year. How long that amelia segal said that heat is going to last. Thats coming up in the 10 00 a. M. Hour. Uncommonly hot temper this is a storm team 4 weather alert. Mercury rising. It is a weather alert day. Extreme heat is here to stay and its going to feel a lot worse than it really is out there. All right. Angie, were looking at the feels like temperatures in the 90s in some spots. Upper 90s in others. You can bet its even going to get hotter as we go on in the day. Were bringing you live team