Move in, in the afternoon and evening. Any storms we do see could be severe. Ooking at the radar right now, its fizzled out and just turning into light rain in southern marand. Right there we actually saw lightning, heavy rain. That was a thunderstorm bubbling up this early in the game. Kind ofag setting the st for what were going to see later in the day. Temperatures right now already on a race to the high. 87 in the ditrict. 88 in gaithersburg. All the way up to ederick, really hot. Were going to the low 90s this afternoon. Its going to be a hot and humid soupy kind of day. Shows and stormsagain really beginning after 2 00 p. M. More widespread. For your fourth of july outlook, the morning iexercs, if youre waking up now, getting ready to hit the pavement, it is muggy out there. Barbecue parties, be able to moveindoors. Fireworks, some of us, not everyone, but some of us will be impacted. Well talk more about the rain chances and ill take it hour by hour. Thanks, somara. Developing this morning, police havete activa an amber alert that abducted a 2yearold boy from Warren County. Take a good look at your screen. This is raiquan allen ashby. He was abducted yesterday in thront royal. ve recovered the minivan connected to the abduction. It was abandoned at a Warren County boat ramp. Were working to learn more about this. If you know where rae quan might be, you should ca 911 right away. Now we turn become to fourth of july celebrations taking shape here inti the nas capital. One of the best spots to spend this holiday, but as somara just mentioned, rain might be threatening the fireworks show. Justin finch is live along theo na mall for us this morning with what we need to know. Good morning. How is it so far, justin. Reporter good morning. And happy fourth as well. Looking pretty good here. Behind my shoulder, one check mint. The crowds areing in. Not many crowds. Over my other shoulder by the monument, you can see people under the tree having a nice day. Were waiting for that parade to start in a just bit of time. Know a few things. One, its already hot, bring water or medication if you need that. And also, we have talk of rain as somara mentioned. Be sure to have a small umbrella or a poncho. As i mentioned, the checkpoints pen for an hour. The clouds moving at a pretty good clip. Thats good news, too. If you are coming down utday, pour phone to work for you. All you have to do is text july 4dc to 888777. That will push an alert to your phone about everything from traffic a weather, even connect lost people in your party back to you. There are some things to leave at home. Obviously items. Bikes and scooters, glass bottles. Large laumbrel did you feels and suitcases. No weapons, no fireworks, laser pointers or drones. We have also been speaking with people coming out for the big events. Many here for a traditionaf rth of july here in d. C. , for the fireworks, the concert. And also, many here for that salute to america speech from the president and with that extra element there, that means more security. Trump would never go to chicago probably so were coming to trump. Still specifically, the salute to america event made you want to come mor yes, thats why we came. If youre supporting blow the whistles. If youre not happy, blow the whistle. Just express yourself. The freedom to have a different opinion and express it without any fear of oppression. Our independen and all the brave people who are defending us, past and present and future. Reporter for all those coming up, the National Park service says that, yes, given the president being here, that means enhanced security. They want everyone to feel sa. But demonstrations will be likely and expect Mark Segraves watching one of those for us. What are you seeing down there . Reporter yeah. Were a couple blocks from the white house here on pennsylvania avenue. People are here picking up their baby trump blimp balloons. Leese are the li knockoff balloons. Im sure youre familiar with the big blimp, the huge blimp that flue over london when the president was there and will be on the National Mall today that code pink has a permit for. These guys have been selling these balloons online. People pay for them in advance and picking them up today. More than 300 people signed up to pick up these baby trump balloons. They areuilled with helim. They are one of the prohibited items that you heard justin talking about on the National Mall. You cant take them down there and you cant release them. People are being warned about that when they pick them up. He again, tse guys sold more than 300 of the baby trump balloons. People are excited to pick them up. Weve seen a few Trump Supporters down here who expressed their lack of appreciation for whats going on. Isten to what one person here who picked up ten balloons told us why he was down here. H i wis that this was more about the people and not about the person thats inthe white house. I totally believe,vi obsly, in civil obedience and respecting the president but the president needs to respect the nation and theason why we have a declaration of independence. Reporter now, again, if youre interested in getting one of these, its too late. They were pre sold. Would have been illegal to ell them on pennsylvania avenue. One of the people behind this effort is the son of our former colleague here at news 4, tom sherwo sherwood. Thank you, mark. A sheadup, you can get a free ride home from sober ride. S lyft i teaming up with a t programo offer free rides to prevent drunk driving. Youll need to get the promo code from sober ride. Com and the code on the lyft app. The free rides start at 7 00nd run until 2 00 tomorrow morning. The first 15 of the ride will be free. Remember to download the nbc washington and. There you can get the latest weather alerts and warnings and lyfts, all the fireworks in the area. Uly. Ch fourth of new details in a deadly jet ski accident in an arundel county. Know the victims were a married cole from weston, virginia. The couple was riding together on a jet ski when they suddenly crashed and they crashed into a marker on theu so river early yesterday morning. Fire officials later recovered the bodies of Elizabeth Howell and jeffrey sessions in the south river edge water. Were told that neither was wearing a life jacket. This happened not far from where a secret Service Agent died over theeekend while kayaking near annapolis. There ha been six deaths in Anne Arundel County waters in less than a week. A Montgomery County judge iw ordering a psychological evaluation for a mother charged with killing her two children. Katherine hog he will has been in a Psychiatric Hospital nce her children went missing five eyears ago. Been charged with moyurder. Shes been deemed incompetent to stand trial. Eprosecutors think sh faking mental illness. Yesterday, the judge ruled they can have their p ownchiatrist evaluate her. Fairfax county police are investigating a string of shootings in week in the springs area. A man was shot last nigh hes expected to be okay. The shooting with gang related and likely connected to a monday night shooting on the same block. That sent two teens to the hospital. Both injuries were lifethreateotng. A thirdng happened on tuesday and sent three people to the hospital. They are all expectedto be okay. New this morning, weve learned an offdty Police Officer who shot and killed a man last year will not be charged. The office of the attorney or u. S. Aey for the district says the unnamed officer will not face festral or dirict charges in the death of 24yearold d quan young. Young was shot here the entwood Recreation Center in northeast. They found young pulled a gun on the officer and did not follow commands to put it down. Virginias general asmbly will hold a special session next week to discuss new ean safety msures and a new pwsll sho broad support for the changes lawmakers will consider. 54 of virginia voters sayts more important to control gun ownership than to protect gun rights. But there are partisan gaps on this issue. 82 of democrats strongly favor gun control and 64 before republicans favor gun rig but the partisan divide narrows when voters aresked about specific policies. Overall, 84 of vers favor background checks on all gun sales and65 support banning assaultstyle weapons. Virginia Governor Ralph Northam called thepecial session in response to the workplace massacre in virginia beach. A City Employee killed a dozen people in inside a municipal mabuild not guilty lateand was later killed by police. Yesterday, Governor Northam released a list of bills that he plans to introduce next week, including mandatory background h ks, assaultstyle weapons ban and red flag law. It would let Law Enforcement temporarily remov a persons firearms if they exhibit dangerous behavior. The news 4 eye teams scott mack far land learned about a new probe to cancel the move out of d. C. An internal Justice Department watchdog will review why the fbi chose to keep the hoover building downtown instead of moving it to prince georges or fairfax counties. House democrats say President Trump may have opposed the move because he didnt want commercial developers to take over the property and compete directly with the trump hotel. They also feel the current fbi headquarters is aging and is too small. Were learning new details about another shoppers foods set to close in our area. In a statement to news 4, Shoppers Company says the store at 7 corners in falls church will begin its Liquidation Sale on monday. That sale is expected to last through august 3rd. The location will be turned into a giant food store this fall. Last week, many sh ppers employees protested. The company has kept them in the dark about which stores are closing. 11inutes after the hour. The wait is over. We now know who the next Disney Princess will be and heres a hint for you. Shes a protege of queen b herself. When news 4 midday. Continu well show you who is causing a stir under the sea. Megan . Reporter a slice of americana in kensington. Ill take you to the im meg kensington, maryland, what says the fourth of july more than a good oldfashioned bike parade. Here in this community, theyve been doing this for more than two decades. A good oldfashioned neighborhood pare. Its as american as apple pie. Here in kensington, its been happening for 24 years. Its not commercialized. Its just kids having fun with their parents. We give prizes that are 2 each. The kids love it. Families come all the time. I mean, for 4 24 years the same families come. People coming t the fourth of july. No floats orphans i vintage cars. Just bicycles and strollers most with flags or ribbons. I just added this. I really like the colors. Why do you like being a part of it all . Because its fun and i le decorating my bikes and scooters. This family has been riding in the parade for the last several years. Its become a part of their Independence Day tradition. It gives us a chance to connect with them if we haventa seen or aukd ked to them in a month or two. We have run into other families that we basically see only at the parade. He how are you doing . Its been a long time. Reporter the parade is growing in popularity over the zears. The organi think there might be a thousand people or more participating this year. In kensington, megan mcgrath, news 4. Iin love see all the kids decked out in red, white and blue. Adorable. How many bygers do think you can eat in ten minutes . About one. One woman devoured 32. She made history in the district. Molly schuyler congered the championship in northwest yesterday. This year she demolished, thats a good word. She ate the previous record 28 burgers. Winning is nothing new for this fast od champ. She won the competition five years in a row. She beat 13 other competitors from arounthe country a took home the grand prize of 1500. How do they do that . I needmo more ey than 1500, though. If im going to try it. Happening at coney island, a kch dent Joey Chestnut hopes to win hi12th nathans hot dog eating contest. Chestnut and miki sudo weighed in. Sudo ate 37 p if they repeat, theyll each take home ,000 bucks. Congrats to all of them. Decades old dupont staples. According to the washingtonian, buffalo billiards and front page onth. Close next they share the New Hampshire avenue building about to be revamp under brand new ownership. They were not given the opportunity to renew their leases. Both are now looking to relocate. Someday ill be part of your world disney has found its princess under the sea. Hallebailey, not to be confused with halle berry. Halle bailey tweeted this after being cast. Shes part of the duo and proteges of beyonce who is voicing nahla in the remake of the lion king. She has a beautiful voice. Yeah. American teen advancing to the third round at wimbledon. Coco gauff, shes only 15. You probably saw her make headlines for her opening round win over Venus Williams. Everybody talked about it. Its awesome. Nbcs byne alexander has details about this young star from wimbledon. Hello to you from another butiful day at wimbledon where all eyes are watching that 15yearold tennis phenom, coco gauff. Shes the youngest player to qualify for wimbledon. Shes showing that mondays victory, that stunning win against Venus Williams wasin certaly no fluke. Sheeat yesterday another opponent and shes advancing to round 3 on friday. No cory has been forthcoming and opening saying she never expected to be here. She cant believe shes here. Now that she is here, the goal is to win and to continue tnning. She waes social media, watches youtube videos that get her in the mindset before she steps onur the co once shes there, its all business and she intends to keep winning. At wimbledon, im blayne alexander, nbc news. Another phenom. Shes going to be around for a long time. You can tell that. Still ahead on this 4 midday, giving the gift of life. Were introducing you to a pair of sisters who donated their kidney for a s its going to be a special weekend for the British Royal family. Prince harry and meghans little iy archie w be christened in a private ceremony in windsor on saturday. This is video of Little Archie being introduced to the world two days after he was born in may. Breaking with tradition, saturdays ceremony will be led by the archbishop of canterbury in a private chapel in windsors inead of buckingham palace. The royal palace says the god parents will remain a secret. Want to keep some things private in their very public lif fe. A little element of surprise. Well be watching tomorrow. Everybody is watching today to see what willhappen with tis weather. I know. Do have the threat for some storms. We definitely seesome. But the thing about it is, not everyone will. Lets keep our fingers crossed where the fireworks are going off, you dont have any storms with. Ntend i cant make any promises, thats for sure. Temperatures in the mid to upper 80s. Its not lunchtime quite yet and were already near 90 degrees. Thirinflux of a from the south at 7 Miles Per Hour really heating things up. Heres a look at your futurecast. I went little too far ahead. I wanted to start at 2 00 p. M. 2 00 p. M. Showededore scatter showers and thunderstorms. Notice at us7 00, before sunset, were still seeing activity in the area, especiacky balong i81. Things begin to finally calm down around 9 00, but i cant rule out an isolated shower or storm popping through tonight. Thats the goodish kind of news where it wont be completely widespread aftersu et when most of the fireworks will be going off. Well be drying out, though, until well after midnight and starting to clear just a littlee bit beforore clouds move back in for your friday and you fast forward through anot round of showers and storms tomorrow afternoon. I wanted to show you the radar right now. Looks like wead just h a warning put into place there. Or im sorry, that looks like a flood watch. Im going get the details on that literally came up there. Were certain to see storms pop in southern maryland. T righw, just a few showers that kind of fizzled out there. In the daytime heating wit the energy, the disturbance moving through, well see enough instability for the storms to pop more. The timing on this is looking like 2 00 to 9 00 p. M. Is the window. The window that we will see storms popping throughout the area. Doesnt mean its going to rain continuously through 9 00 p. M. Inits also to be very humid out there. A f things to remember if youre going to see thefirework. Bring the tarp and the poncho. You dont want to get washed out there and just keep in mind a ou place wherean go indoors. If you see somewhere close, scope it out early in case we get the storms hitting during ourrbecues or a time in the pool. Teny outlook, showing you by the numbers, notice were in the upper 80s, low 90s, volleying in and out of the 90s the next daw and the Storm Chances sticking with us into the holiday weekend. Were also going to see some orm chances on sunday afternoon. But the good news is, we should get a nice set of dry weather ae ttop of next week. Stick around. This years fourth of july will have President Trumps stamp on it. He is planning a salute to america at the lincoln memorial. Military flyover is planned and thenks are already on t ground for the president s speech later today. Nbcs Craig Boswell reports, many people have mixeds emotion about the event. The stage is set and so are the tanks. For president s speech at hisr fou of july salute to america. I think its exciting, the fact that were gng to be reminded how we got this freedom. No tanks in washington, d. C. Major changes for hundreds of thousands of people converging on thell national ma today. The president using it as his own holiday. This is the President Trump national day. I hope he gears it more towards our veterans and our troops thats serving and has served. The president s speaks at 6 30accompanied by military flyovers and an extended fireworks display. Its not even a thinly veiled campaign. It looks exactly like a campaign event. Fe the administration deing the cost. Celebration of our country, our freedom. It costs a fewbucks, so be it. He didnt mention security costs. Imagine what the costs will be for a president to be on the mall. The d. C. Government says it will send a bill for any damage done by tanks and armored vehicles. The show of military muscle whats traditionally by a venue for viewing fireworks on the 43rd birthday. Operations at Reagan National airport will cease for almost two hours for the president s speech tonight, the flyovers and of course the fireworks. Craig boswell, nbc news, washington. Look at that. A fire setting off, an accidental fireworks display in south carolina. Check it out again here. As you can see, n that was supposed to happen. Flames started to spread this morning outside of a fireworks Storage Facility sparking all of these explosions. No word on what caused the fi if anyone was injur. Now to some new video into our newsroom showing aan rowing a lit fireworkt a Prince Georges County patrol car in refostville. An accomplice recorded it on a cell phone. The officer was not injured. It happened saturday htnig. News 4s drew wilder has more of e video and reminders about where just buying fireworks g could you into trouble. P rince georges county police say they have a person of interest in their search for the people in this video. Watch the person t acro street toss a lit firework at the patrol cruiser. Once the car passes through, the fireworks goes ff. No one was injured. But the chief of police says they will not tolerate attacks on its officers. Obviously throwing fireworks at anyone is illegal. In Prince Georges County, no firework of any kind it legal. Throughout the dmv, firework laws vary slightly. But the first one is simp and true for everyone watching. Any firecracker that explodes, cherry bombs, roman candla , et cetere illegal to have he, sell or light off. For more specifics. In Montgomery County, sparklers are even legal. Th e only option in montmery county, snakes or party poppers. In frederick county, you can use gold label sparklers and ground based sparklers. In arlington, heres what you cannot light off. That emits flames, sparks greater than 12 feet. In Fairfax County its pretty much the same as arlington. Alexandria does not allow any fireworks at all. In loudoun, you can use s arklers in fountains or co stationary on the ground. In Prince William county, an sparkler fountains are okay but anything that explodes is not. The bottom line here, your best bet is to grab a lawn chairand a bottle of water and hit your ocal fireworks display put on by the professionals. Drew wilder, news 4. There are plenty ofto thing do outside of the beltway. We have a list of parades and concerts and fireworks shows all across the d. C. Area. Open the nbc washington app and search fourth of july. A 9 11 First Responder who spent his final days fighting for funding for his colleagues has been laid to rest. Hundreds gathered to pay their lasto respects tuis alvarez in new york city yesterday. The former new York Police Detective died surday after a long battle with cancer. His illness is connected to his time spent at ground zero. Just last month, alvarez testified before Congress Asking lawmakers to continue to fund the september 11thct vi compensation fund. A decorated navy s. E. A. L. Acquitted of murder and war crimes is now speaking out. Chief Edward Gallagher says hes grateful for the support les received. But hes stil facing jail time for taking a picture with a dead isis fighter. Steve patterson s more on th dramatic end to this closely watched ial. Reporter this morning for the fist time in weeks chief eard gallagher will not have all eyes on him in military court. The navy s. E. A. L. Now free, but still beinn punished. Otuesday, gallagher was acquitted of murder and other war crimes. On wednesday, he faced sentencing for taking a photo with a dead isis fighter. The jury recommending reduction in rank from chief to first class petty officer. Gallaghers pay also reduced fo two monthd he was released with time served. We were certainly hoping for a different sentence. But at the same time, thats not something thats finalized. The demotion would mean a reduced pension for the career military man. But the Commanding Authority overseeing the case will now have the ability to approve, deny or reduce the sentence. Gallaghers legal team feels theres a good chance it will at least be partially adjusted. Were prettyth confident he will ultimately be allowed to retire at his current rank. So continue to call him chief. The gallaghers telling fox and friends theyre happy the ordeal is over. I feel grateful and blessed to have the sort that i had this whole time from the country and from a the troops. Now, everyone in the country is able tosee what weve seen all along, which is my husband is a hero. The 40yearold celebrating his acquittal by getting a huge tattoof his wifes eyes. A tribute to her for relentle relentlessly campaigning for his exoneration. Posting the photos in various stes of progress on facebook. Gallaghers troubles began when the decorated navy chief was accused of killing a wounded iraqi prisoner and shooting an unaed civilian during his deployment in 2017. The trial turned when fellow seal team 7 member cory scott, who has had immuni testified that he, not gallagher, killed the young prisoner. President trump congratulating the navy s. E. A. L. Tweeting, glad i could help. Brought National Attention to the case. Brought us a lot of support that was Steve Patterson reporting. In a couple of weeks, Gallagher Hill reach his 20th year in the navy. Attorney says he will likely retire after that. 11 35 is your time now. Fi food and a soothing ma sanl. You can find it at the Gaylord National resort in Prince Georges County. It cant happenithout a quarter of a million bees living on the roof. Findut how theyreelping the its time for our lowest prices of the season on the sleep number 360 smart bed. It senses your movement and tomatically adjusts to keep you both comfortable. The queen sleep number 360 c4 smart bed, now 1299. Plus, free premium delivery when you add a base. Ends sunday. Honeybee population arou the world. You might be surprised to learn that hotels are getting into the busine of bees to help the environment. Erika gonzalez shows us how its impacting what you eat and how you relax at the spa. Reporter its a windy day at the Gaylord National resort and conventionce nter. But if you listen closely, you can hear the buzz of bees humming fr the resorts rooftop at national harbor. If you look closely, youll find hundreds of thousands of these little guys right in here. Be es are one of the things you assume are just around. David creamer is the executive chef at the Gaylord National where theyre committed to supporting honeybee sustainability. We started out with four hives. We started those no 2017. We built additional four hives. Up t eight hives. Approximately 350,000 bees right now. Our goal is half a million by the end of the summer. The bees first harvest brought in 400 pounds of honey, all being used in some way for your next visit starting with the kitch. Honey cider and dee john vinaigrette. We put a drizzle over the top of that. Our local honey. Adding a great glaze. Really tasty. I need three of these. Creating a and beverage is but thats ot all. T the resors spa. It continues to glide over the skin and t notoo sticky. The honey is used in facials, man manipedis and massages. It will leaveou with a polished glow. The honey can vary in color and taste depending what theyre feeding on. The resort added flowers, plants and herbs to the rooftop as well. The key essential factors and make sure the area blooms. Without that, we cant lower our carbon footprint. Its about doing good for our ecosystem. In the hotel industry, whats being done up here is buzzworthy. Erika gonzalez, news 4. Now, for a closer look at the impact of climate change, we invite you to open the nbc washington app and search changing climates to see how it can affect your family, your health and even your commute. Thats good to know that thats going on there. Who would have known all those bees on the roof. We need them. The food is on the table. Somara, the storms are going to cook up and spread around . Ny a better idea where theyll hit . I think at this point its just going to be the d. C. Metro area is going toee it. Are we going to see any rain . Yes were going to seeain on our fireworks. We are going to see showers and storms pop in the area. The timing is what wn comes do to. The fireworks will hold off until closer to sunset. That works in our favor after dark. We tend to lose the zeal we had during the day. I think well have enough instability that well have storms during the day. Heres the radar. You can see stuff trying to situate itself and pop nothing major right now. Butup this is ju. St the incepti of the storms that are moving ou thr, going to be moving through today back west seeing a lot of activity out towards reas like petersburg. Now, check out this green. This green is denoting afl flas d watch that was issued within the last half hour by the National Weather service until 8 00 p. M. Thats saying were going to see Copious Amounts of rain in a short amount of time so, yeah, notice the areas in green. Thats srobably where well the powerful storms pop up. Downpours are likely andtt scaed in nature. Not everyone seeing it, but fast forwarding through this evening, showers and storms pop. I went to 8 00 because i know a lot of folks want to know, what about the fireworks and like i said, happening closer to sunset time. This model keeps us kind of dry at that hour. Am i buying it . Not completely. I think there will be pockets, isolated showers and storms at that time. Hat will increase our chances of having acent fireworks show. Thats good news. However you cut it, you need to make sure youre prepared with the rain gear just in case ast orm pops over your area. Friday moing, quiet. And moving into friday afternoon, another round of showers and storms is expected. Okay. So res the impacts with these storm. In particular heavy rain. Thats why they issued that Flash Flood Watch. Ere expecting very heavy downpours withthis. Another thing with the storms, especially with the heating out there, lots of lightning. Okay . So if you in a pool, you want to be able to jump out really quick because i think these storms will be packed with lightning. Some strong winds in there. I think the hail end of at that spectrum is on the low side. Were at 87 degrees in the district and climbing. A inga gaithersburg. Its definitely pool kind of day. I showed those temps because i want you to know go ahead and jump in, in the next hour or s its not going to be bad if yre headed to the pool. It feels perfect. You want to jump in at this point. The fireworks forecast does show the storm chance. I dont want you to panic there. Not everyone will see it. R stoteam 4 tenday outlook sh ws the storms stickingith [music playing] vo this is matt and rachel. And this is the few minutes they have until naptime is over. This is rachel depositing a check without leaving the house. rachel [whispers] have you seen my debit card . matt [whispers] no. Ngo this is rachel turff her debit card. matt [whispers] babe. vo and back on again. This is your right here, right now bank. This iwells fargo. Outrage growing over the conditions for migrants held in facility at the southern border. Also with that. The head ofmeland security is launching an investigation into social media posts he calls disturbing by Border Patrol agents. Nbcs Gabe Gutierrez reports. Reporter this morning, these drawings are painting a heartbreaking picture. The American Academy of hepediatrics says t came from 10 and 11yearold kids after they were released from the custody of customs and Border Protection in texas. O what d these pictures tell you . Its horrible. I can guarantee you within the fext few years, the psychological ef that it will take on these children is you cant explain. Dr. Carr lows gutierrez is a pediatricianwho volunteered to treat children after their releasefrom cbp custody. You dont believe they should be in Detention Centers at all . Te absolu not. President trump tweeting they are not hospital workers, doctors or nurses, sayingmi ants are living better now than they came from. With evidence of crowded conditions and a lack of necessities like food, water and clothing in some locations my goal today is to just sell the misinformation out there. This vide was shownowing the Processing Center in arizona stocked with supplies. It has to diapers, baby wipes. Clothing for children marked by gender, age. Clothing for men and women. Meanwhile, Homeland Security secretary is launching an immediate investigation after at repor highlighted disturbing and inexcusable social media activity including active Border Patrol personnel. According to pro publica, it included crude and sexist jokes and mocked migrants we dont know that theyre even agents. But we certainly dont condone that. Its not the way we act. Ill take that to donald trump and he says cory booker visited the Asylum Seekers in mxico where thousands of migrants are waiting for applications to be processed. This president by eecutive order, things hurting our ountry, makes us less safe and assaulting our dignity. Gabe gutierrez reporting there. The Union President tells nbc news, thefficers are overworked and overwhelmed. He also says morale is extremely low in el paso. He and Homeland SecurityOfficials SayCongress Needs to set aside more money to fight the crisis at the border. Want to you look at this scene in a hawaii courtroom. That man showed up for a sentencing hearing in blackface. Thean was convicted of attempted murder and assault for road rage attack back in 2016. State Officials Say he disobeyed several direct orders from jail staff to wash his face before court. In a racially charged rant, the man said he wore blackface because he was being treated like a black man. Charges. Aces new five lives saved and more to come because of two sisters who donated their kidneys for a special reason. Nbcs lauren petty explained how they started a chain reaction. Hugs and tears of joy made possible by these two sisters. At the end of the day we wanted more time wit our dad. I hope this person is getting more time with their loved ones. Their dad mark was in kidney failure when this man donated his kidney. We were told hene eded a second transplant. I we were told at the time my dad was too sick for surgery. Mark passedor away bef he could receive another transplant. In march, the two sisters decided to donate anyway. I felt badly. Like i couldnt save my dad. I felt like somedy else deserves the kidney as much as he did. Your kidney went to melanie. Its cool to see how one person in this case two wonderful people making a decision, a selfless decision to donate can affect so many people. Because each sisters donation started a chain. Melans melaniead was willing to donate but he wasnt a his daughter. Hen he got he donated to christopher heights. Thanks to the sisters here, opened up that possibility to truly regain our life. The sisters enabled five sick people to receive kidneys. Northwestern invited the donors and the recipients to meet for the first time. Hanna meet julie, your recipient. Hear how their selfless act e had a hu impact. I feel much better and im able to live a normal life. All you people that donated, you got a heart of gold. I loves youall. They arent even complete yet. More people are getting transplanted because of their initial gift. Hanna and bethany believe its what their father would have wanted. Hes a giving person. If he was healthy, he would have thing. E same wonderful selfless acts. That was lauren petty reporting. Bethany and hanna say their father nted them to give back and help others. My goodness, theyre doing that. Theyre doing it. Thats incredible. Were running down ways to make sure you stay safe this fourth ojuly. And be sure to stay with us later this afternoon for ellen. Comes up at 3 right here on nbc4 and then watch news 4 at 4 00 for the very latest on vents down at the mall and throughout the area. News 4 midday back in a moment with the latest on the pending stimor cant say it ough. As People Get Ready to celebrate the fourth of july with fireworks everyone agrees, fireworks are fun. But that canake a dangerous turn. Nbcs sara doh dallof has more how to stay safe. At fireworks stands acr ss the country business is, well, booming. I plan on having a big sale. All the focus of south carolinas area 51 is getting the biggest bang for your buck. Safety. O on you got to have somebody there to help you. D andont drink. Thats the whole key. More than 9,000 people were hurt in fireworksrelated accidents last year. Dr. J. R. Yog sees injuries, including cuts, burns and permanent disfigure ration. Children have injurieso the eyes. 30 leave p tormanent blindness. Pets are also at risk. Fireworks can injure or spook them. Experts advise pet parts to update all tags andps microchi. Even better, put them in an escape proof room. If barbecuing, keep them away from hot grills d sharp skewers. Theres also this message. Clean, separate, cook and chill. Dr. Mindy bra shears encourages people to wash hands, cook meats to the proper temperatures and chill leftovers within an hour. The temperature is higher and bacteria grows faster at the higher temperatures. From firing at the grill to firworks, simple tips for a safe fourth of july. Sarah dallof, nbc news. Timing is everything with the fireworks. A lets get final check on the forecast. Somara, how is it looking . Showers y seeing the pop towards fairfax, montgomery. Nothing major yet. But whats going to happen this afternoon has promptenathe natioweather service to issue a Flash Flood Watch until 8 00 p. M. We could see a ton of rain out there. 2 inches or more possible in a keort amount of time. Downpours are lily. Lots of lightning with this. Taking you through 0it, 1 p. M. , notice the heavier showers and storms starting to develop in the d. C. Metro area. 5 00 p. M. , ill scattered about. Not everyone seeing it. Heres the critical time moving towards sunset. A lot of usde wonng whats going to happen with the fireworks. This model right now keeps us pretty dry. I will have to leave in there the chance for an isolated shower or storm to pop closer to sunset. Well still ave that daytime oating. One quick checkf that fireworks forecast. Temperatures in the 80s. Into the low 80s just after sunset. Back to you, molette. Thank you, somara. Were covering all aspects of todaysti festivies on both sides of the protests. Theres lots to see and do. A lot to keep you up on. Heres a live scene as festivities get under way downtown. 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