good evening. i m natalie morales in for brian. we begin tonight with mother nature s wrath from east to west. across half of the country temperatures continue in the triple digits and it s not just the heat in the mid-atlantic region but the aftermath of friday s storms adding to the problems there. the death toll has now risen to 22. at the height of the storm over 5 million people were without power. now it s down to 1.9 million and they could continue without it all week. our team has it covered. nbc s tom costello starts off tonight in chevy chase, maryland. tom, good evening. reporter: hi, natalie. good evening to you. across d.c., virginia, and maryland hundreds of neighborhoods look just like this, a massive tree down, in this case it just missed this house. power lines are down and, as you said, it is hot. across the mid-atlantic today, the most dangerous jobs had to belong to the crews strapped into cherry pickers. dressed in protective rubber gear and working to
captions paid for by nbc-universal television good evening. i m natalie morales in for brian. we begin tonight with mother nature s wrath from east to west. across half of the country temperatures continue in the triple digits and it s not just the heat in the mid-atlantic region but the aftermath of friday s storms adding to the problems there. the death toll has now risen to 22. at the height of the storm over 5 million people were without power. now it s down to 1.9 million and they could continue without it all week. our team has it covered. nbc s tom costello starts off tonight in chevy chase, maryland. tom, good evening. reporter: hi, natalie. good evening to you. across d.c., virginia, and maryland hundreds of neighborhoods look just like this, a massive tree down, in this case it just missed this house. power lines are down and, as you said, it is hot. across the mid-atlantic today, the most dangerous jobs had to belong to the crews strapped into cherry pickers. d
good evening. i m natalie morales in for brian. we begin tonight with mother nature s wrath from east to west. across half of the country temperatures continue in the triple digits and it s not just the heat in the mid-atlantic region but the aftermath of friday s storms adding to the problems there. the death toll has now risen to 22. at the height of the storm over 5 million people were without power. now it s down to 1.9 million and they could continue without it all week. our team has it covered. nbc s tom costello starts off tonight in chevy chase, maryland. tom, good evening. reporter: hi, natalie. good evening to you. across d.c., virginia, and maryland hundreds of neighborhoods look just like this, a massive tree down, in this case it just missed this house. power lines are down and, as you said, it is hot. across the mid-atlantic today, the most dangerous jobs had to belong to the crews strapped into cherry pickers. dressed in protective rubber gear and working to
remain popular all summer line. aaa has seen a surge in families booking shorter destinations at tourist destinations that are closer to home. a steady drop in gas prices is a likely reason this holiday weekend is expected to be the busiest in five years. aaa says the national average for a gallon of regular unleaded is $3.66, 15 cents less than this time last year. in the district gas averages $3.75 a gallon, in maryland drivers are paying an average of 3.58 and in virginia the average is 3.47 a gallon. we re getting an early start to the memorial day weekend at the beaches. this week scott broom has been showing you what you can expect this summer from a new boardwalk in ocean city to the opening of the big indian river inlet bridge in delaware and some new solutions for those parking headaches in rehoboth. tonight scott is in dewey beach, delaware, where 9 wants you to know the battle is on over the town s hard partying image. reporter: dewey is a beach town with a
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