Despite the festivities its actually another topic on peoples minds. Thats right. Were here where behind me theres a statue dedicated to those who were killed in confederate wars. While some people have fought to take this statue down, many people are more concerned about the Confederate Flags that fly here twice a year. Reporter its a city of tradition and history. So who better to kick off alexandrias 266th birthday than a town crier . Over 30,000 people picnicked and showed off their dance moves as live bands rocked out for one of the citys biggest events. Its just a good neighborly celebration. Reporter but less than a mile away, cars drive pass the busy intersection of south prince and washington. This statue marked the spot where twice a year the city flies three Confederate Flags. They took it down in south carolina. So why should it be up here . Reporter the very question the mayor asked. Now theyre pushing to take the flag down. This is an opportunity to put that behind us, unite and be inspired that we can move forward in a more positive way and show the rest of the country that life is better afterwards. Reporter so far the people of alexandria seem to be in favor of this. If it offends people its probably a good idea to take it down. Reporter it may not be so simple. The mayor says there are some who want to preserve a piece of history. We want people to continue to come here for those reasons and we dont want anybody to harm that. The mayor tells us all of the Council Members are in favor of the keeping the flag from going up here twice a year but say they will be holding a public hearing before making any decision. The mayor says the council will actually discuss a possible removal of the statue as well as changing city street names. Near richmond, virginia today supporters of the Confederate Flag held a truck parade and flag run. It made the way through dinwiddie virginia. The purpose was to show support for southern heritage. Warm and nice sunday ahead. But chance of showers monday . I dont like that. Lets go over to first alert meteorologist erica grow. Doesnt seem like we can get a break for more than a day at a time. We got the sunshine back. Thats the way its going to stay. Some of these temperatures down in the low to mid 60s to start the day so nice refreshing start. If you live up toward the p. A. Border you might be able to open the windows, a rare treat this time of year. You see we keep it completely dry. Its in the western parts of the area up toward the mountains that well see a potential for a shower sunday afternoon. Monday though were going to watch those showers approach. 5 a. M. , its not raining in the beltway yet but is raining along 81. That pushes ahead toward the noon time hours. More rain is on the way for monday but sunday were going to keep it dry and its going to be a very pleasant one. Temperature of 88 degrees here at 4 00. Its not going to feel that terribly warm because the humidity remains on the low side. Well talk about the return of heat and humidity and how long the chances of showers and storms will last in the first alert 7day forecast. Recent spike in Violent Crimes in the district has dc police and Community Leaders concerned. Today they gathered in anacostia to look for longterm solutions. This meeting comes after an increase in homicides. The discovery of a child a prostitution ring, and what police say is a spike in the use of synthetic marijuana. We need everyone to really report suspicious things, report these drugs or people selling this k2 stuff and to make a difference because eventually it will impact you. I think the new legislation about going after the suppliers and the stores and even out on the street will make a big difference. We know what happened when we didnt stand up back then. It was a city under siege. You had a big population of people that were involved. Were trying to get a handle on it before it gets to that point especially with the synthetic drugs that are out there now. We have to get out here, grab our young people up, put fathers back in the household strengthen the household strengthen families and build up our culture again. A number of these Community Leaders say too many young people are in the city spending their summer with nothing to do. 15,000 young people are now employed in the mayors Summer Jobs Program and for the first time that program has been expanded to include young adults. A baltimore woman is arrested after she dumped water on the mayor. Stephanie rawlingsblake was greeting residents when the woman suddenly ran up and poured a large cup of water over the mayors head. The 37yearold was taken in to custody while aides quickly rushed to dry the mayor off. I dont know what it was that she threw at me. I hope it was water. It was more shocking than anything else. And unfortunate. That woman was charged with Second Degree assault. Donald trump is not backing down tonight from his remarks about mexican immigrants. The president ial hopeful defended his comments at a Campaign Event in las vegas and phoenix today. Kenneth craig reports those areas are hot beds for the immigration debate. Reporter donald trump continued to sweep across the southwest saturday refusing to back down on his immigration stance. Hes even confident that he hasnt alienated hispanic americans. If i get the nomination, i will win the hispanic vote. Reporter when it came time for audience questions in vegas he was confronted about his controversial comments. Im actually from mexico. Im incredibly insulted by the remarks. I was waiting for this. Has the governor of mexico asked you to do this . Reporter organizers were forced to relocate when the event grew too large. We have to stop illegal immigration. We have to. We have to. Donald trump has got to go reporter protesters have met trump at many of his stops including los angeles friday. There he met with people who said their loved ones were killed by illegal immigrants. Recent polls show him neck in neck with jeb bush, leading the race for the 2016 nomination. Kenneth craig, cbs news new york. Companies like uni vision have ended their relationships with trump. Islamic state supporters tonight are claiming responsibility for a car bomb explosion that damaged the entire building in cairo. One person was killed in the blast. A civilian and a policeman were hurt. Egypts Foreign Ministry said its government will pay to restore the heavily damaged building. According to an online claim by the islamic state, the car bomb contained close to 1,000 pounds of explosives. A man and woman are recovering tonight from cuts and bruises after an Early Morning robbery and assault. It all happened on 18th street near the U Street Corridor after 1 00 this morning. Police are looking for 10 to 12 suspects, both men and women. If you saw anything that might help police catch these people, theyre asking you to give them a call. Terrifying moments on a beach today. A sudden explosion sends a person flying. Its the video people love to see. What goes up is coming down with a boom after nearly nine decades. Coming up later for mystery lovers a Real Adventure game for you. Were back is there an elk in your bed . With sleep number now theres an adjustment for that. Only at a sleep number store. Dont miss the final days of the lowest prices of the season. Save 300 to 700 on selected mattress sets. Ends sunday know better sleep with sleep number. In china, meteorologists are calling it the most powerful storm to hit the area since 1949. A powerful typhoon slammed in to the coastline. Hundreds of Airline Flights and trains were canceled, leaving many people stranded in temporary shelters. The storms heavy winds and torrential rain turned waves almost 30 feet high. It also destroyed livestock and knocked down trees and power lines. In detroit the 89yearold park avenue hotel was reduced to rubble in a planned implosion. Todays demolition involved 200 pounds of explosives and came after a lengthy battle of preservations and the owners. Developers hailed the implosion as a major step in revitalizing downtown business. Others say it amounted to a loss in history. In rhode island an explosion rocks a beach. A 50yearold woman was thrown in to rocks by the force of the blast. Shed been sitting in the chair when the sand suddenly erupted. She was taken to the hospital for treatment. Police and fire investigators trying to figure out what caused that explosion. Pope francis met with married gay rights activists during a gathering of the faithful in paraguay, the first time a pope has met with a married gay in history. He visited Childrens Hospital where he met with Sick Children and their families. He spoke with a group of child Cancer Patients calling them Young Warriors and telling the adults to learn fromture of all children. Meantime, some 800 migrants were rescued by the Italian Coast Guard today as their small boat began sinking in the mediterranean sea. 12 migrants were found dead. Todays rescue is the latest in what has become a steady stream of migrant rescues off the italian coast. 75,000 migrants have arrived in italy since the beginning of the year most arriving from northern africa. So nice to have you here. Great to be back today. You bring great weather with you. We had the rain in the morning but then it cleared out in the afternoon and beautiful sunshine returned and we hit that 3degree guarantee without any trouble. Lets take a look at it right now. Toppers forecast high was 85 degrees. We got up to 88 degrees. 3 degree off from the afternoon high. By the way in dulles they only got up to 84. That High Temperature was right where it needed to be for today. Were going to see temperatures cooling off tonight but then tomorrow a seasonably warm afternoon. That sunshine will be with us again as well. Unfortunately the dry air didnt make it all the way south of the beltway so youre still dealing with higher humidity there but the rest of us had nice comfortable humidity and thats also going to help to suppress the thunderstorms potential for the next 36 hours. Showers are going to stay well to the west of us sunday. Then monday well see a return of the heat and humidity and that of course will spark up thunderstorms. Most of the rain holds off till tuesday. We cant roll out those thunderstorms on monday as well. Right now were already down to 70 in manassas and 64 in frederick. Can you believe it at this time of night . 68 in leesburg. 69 in andrews. 78 with that urban heat island effect. You can see our next approaching system. Its still far off to the west. Its going to be a while before it gets here. We stay completely dry through the Morning Hours and even heading in to the afternoon, a few light showers popping up to the west in the mountains, not affecting us east of the blue ridge. Monday those showers start to push toward us but were still dry in the beltway. Its as we head in to the afternoon that were going to see the showers and possibly rumbles of thunder. Still going to call this isolated. Not everyone is going to see the activity in the early afternoon. More rain will arrive tuesday. Look how much more widespread it becomes. Thats because a cold front is on the way. Temperatures well above our seasonal average. Overnight, mostly clear to partly cloudy. 62 to 70. That will be nice and refreshing. You can even open up the windows in the far west suburbs. Sunday morning temperatures between 65 and 85. Its going to warm up quickly. Mostly sunny. Not too humid yet though. And on sunday afternoon, High Temperatures between 85 and 90 degrees. Partly cloudy. Winds out of the southeast at 5 to 10 miles per hour. If youre heading up to camden yards for the battle of the beltways, temperatures will be in the upper 80s. Mostly sunny. It is going to be a nice warm day at the ballpark. First pitch at 1 35. Winds southeast at 5 to 10 miles per hour. You definitely want the sunscreen and shades for that game. On monday as i mentioned before, return of some thunderstorms but it arrives late in the day. Most of the day will be fine. And w also will have very isolated storms on monday. Thats why its still a green alert. On tuesday though we might have to upgrade this to a yellow. If this forecast holds thats widespread rain and storms. High of 94 degrees and in the first alert 7day forecast we stay at or above 90 for all seven days in the forecast. The worst of it looks to be on tuesday. Both the hottest day and the rainiest day but as the nats come back in town late next week, we will have to introduce that threat for the thunderstorms and those temperatures in the 90s. That makes for kind of a hot experience down at the ballpark. And fuzzy hair weather. The humidity is not going anywhere from monday onward. Good to know. Were all ready for that. The evening weather tonight though that was perfect for todays alexandrias 266th birthday celebration. Wusa 9 morning team members nick, larry miller, and allison were there. Theres a new thrilling clue game opening soon. Its called escape the oval office. Its a real life adventure for mystery lovers. There are benefits to being locked up in a room with others for an hour. Reporter matt and Cheryl Wilson are escape room enthusiasts. They can crack the code most of the time. Whats your rate of success . 75 percent. Reporter but they may have met their match in the oval office. The scenario, the family is on a covert operation. Theyre trapped with newborn son maxwell in tow. Theyre turning the room upside down, flipping the lights on and off, looking for clues to unlock the door and replace missing articles. My wife and i were both active Duty Air Force officers so were used to dealing with stress and specifically dealing with people on a team. This is sort of us getting a taste of whether or not we used to do without any of the risks. Reporter trying to get out of a locked room helps in building relationships teamwork and its a whole lot of fun. I love spy movies. Im a big james bond fan. This is right up my alley. Reporter tim smith is one of the owners. He says escape rooms have been around a long time but he wanted to put a washington, d. C. Spin on it. You can really get to know who you work with or who youre trying to get to know. You see how they react under pressure. Challenging your wit is not just for adults. But kids can also use their brain power in the mock classroom. An hour winds down and the Wilson Family could not escape. But matt still gives his seal of approval. Very difficult to end up in the real oval office so having something similar where you can be running around doing clues its kind of a neat thing. Reporter at the oval office on h street northeast wusa 9. Escape the oval office opens next sunday. The cost is 25 for adults, 15 for children. Have you ever listened to a song underwater . Yes, a real question. Hundreds took to the water in big pine key florida for the annual lower keys underwater Music Festival today. The event allows divers and snorkelers to enjoy music. It festival is also about protecting the underwater environment. Reporter you couldnt hear this well if you were at a concert sitting in the front row and actually watching the fingers of a guitar, this is all almost enhancing it. Its very magical and distinct underwater. Its incredible really. This is a celebration of the coral reef. Its a way for people to really appreciate the coral reef while at the same time listening to an environmental message and were committed to preserving the coral reef and keeping it safe. That first person is diana she in september 2013 became the first person to swim from cuba to key west without a shark cage. Very inspirational. Youre probably wondering what happened to her right . Who is that . [ laughter ] familiar sight is the nationals and bryce harper. Battle of the beltway game 2. Harper did something for introducing dunkins new fruit smoothies. Perfectly blended with real fruit and lowfat yogurt. Its a delicious choice you can feel good sipping. Discover the goodness of dunkins new smoothies today. America runs on dunkin. 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 at Devry UniversitysKeller Graduate School of management. You can learn to unlock the leader inside you. So if you want to own the room not just be in it. Youre our kind of different. Keller graduate school of management. Learn more at keller. Edu feel like a kid again with dunkins new oreo and chips ahoy flavored coolatta and iced coffees. Classic cookie flavor in every sip. America runs on dunkin. Bragging rights on the line again in baltimore. Nats looking to get even in this threegame series in camden yards. Bryce harper and the first place nl east nats, not looking good early for jordan zimmermann. Gives up the tworun shot in the 2nd inning and the orioles go up 32. Then that guy bryce harper, gets the nats back with his first ever home run against the orioles. This rope to right field cuts the lead to 43. Two on for Danny Espinosa another shot to right. Thats a threerun homer and that gives the nats a 64 advantage. Theyd hold on to the 7th for a win. Rubber match of the series tomorrow afternoon. Andue gss what . Catch the game right here on channel 9. Its nats on 9 1 30. And max scherzer is going to pitch tomorrow for the nats. So he will not pitch in the all star game according to Matt Williams but he is mustsee television. A lot of style but we get our first look at the wizards top draft pick. Kelly oubre, jr. Hes made a huge impact with those shoes. Remember those shiny stone studded shoes on draft night . Those are his nikes. He had good moves against the suns. Draws contact scores off the glass. Aaron white follow jam. After shaking off some early rust oubre jr. Would finish a team high 20 points. The wizards would lose their First Summer League game 8677 to phoenix. Former maryland star dez wells did not play because of a thumb injury. Going to be new faces for the capitals this Upcoming Season including tj oshie who stopped by to say hi to fans at the ice complex earlier today. Capitals hope oshie can be an added scoring punch. Hes 28. Hes got three straight 50pluspoint seasons. I guess a little bit yeah, i like to run around and i got a lot of energy and throw the body around a little bit. Hopefully i can bring that mentality here to washington. Age is nothing but a number right . But 22 grand slam titles, thats a number. 33yearold Serena Williams looking for her sixth wimbledon title as well as that 22nd grand slam singles title. Williams versus 21yearold garbene who showed skills. 64. Shes starting to feel it. Second set all serena. A 54 serving for the match. She wins and gets the hardware once again as she keeps adding to her incredible resume. Now its a time for the grand slam in the jooust open next for the u. S. Open next week. She means a lot to us. She means a lot to our city. Her and ven uss story means a lot. Where shes play ing maybe the best of her entire career to play for the castles is tremendous. Shell be in town july 21st for the castles. Shes got history here. Southeast learning center. She and her sister have done a lot of good work out there. A quick update next. Well, tell us about tomorrow. Lots of sunshine again. Pretty much a repeat performance of what we had this afternoon. Todays High Temperature was 88. Were going to get up to 90 tomorrow just a touch more humid on monday, a chance for a thunderstorm but the more widespread rain and storms will be on tuesday. Im liking sunday though. Its going to be a nice day to be outside. Thank you for watching. Were going to see you back here tomorrow. Dont forget you can get updates any time on the wusa 9 app. Why are you looking at me like that . Because i didnt know about this summer take flight, without having to take a flight. Because all the thrills you need are right here at Busch Gardens, and water country usa. In williamsburg, va. Like the daring new coaster tempesto. So ride together slide together whether its monster drops collossal curls or Furry Friends its all here. Vacation packages start at 50 per person per night. The ultimate Summer Vacation is closer than you think at Busch Gardens and water country usa. 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. Soccer. Top chef. Soccer. Top chef. [whi stles] soccer top chef [shouting] disco [singing] say it and see it. The x1 voice remote, only from xfinity. This is my office . laughs yes. You have a 10,000 stipend to decorate, and there is an Art Loan Program for equity partners. Here are your keys. And welcome. Thank you. laughs uh, well have this, uh, cleared out soon but, uh. This should be good in the meantime. You are highly valued here, cary. Good to hear. Please keep this between us, but there is a good chance we will lose a partner in the next six months. Which partner . Well, i cant say, unfortunately, but. I would like to see you join our ranks. Before she became a partner, alicia made herself valuable by interviewing and hiring