Okawhoa ady . [ explosion ] nothing should get in the way of the things you love. Get americas fastest internet. Only from xfinity. We wan w y themer of 2016. Folks were enjoying Fairmount Park tonight as summer officially began at 6 43 and, yes, we marked the occasion with some very distinctly summerlike weather. We said good night sun after the longest day of light of the year. The summer solstice signaling the first night of summer. And cecily tyn enjoying the summer night with late word from accuweath. Cecily . And j, i is officially summer, but it actually felt like summer for the past two days. Yesaynd today, both days, we reached a high of 91 degrees. Thats seven degrees above normal. D tonight, not only is it warm, its getting more muggy. Philadelphia79es. Its still 80 in trenton. Cape may, 72. Reading, 78. And wilmington, 77 degrees. So a very warm night. And stormtraeri double scan showing that weve got a ribbon of thunderstorms stretching from western new york state into the
Protesters will push until the sun comes up for a ban on assault rifles. And a chance of strong to potentially severe storms tomorrow. Ill break it down for you hour by hour. News 4 at 11 00 starts now. On a night of debate, theyre not going anywhere, theyre not giving up. Thats the message from people who want stronger gun control in the wake of the orlando nightclub shooting. Im jim handly. A large group of people showed up to protest at nra headquarters in Fairfax County after the senate failed to pass new legislation to curb gun sales. The senate will come to order. Reporter Senate Democrats demanded tougher gun laws in the wake of orlando. And my republican friends do nothing reporter but republicans oppose nun what we should be making this about is the fight to eliminate the islamic extremism that is the root cause for what happened in orlando. Reporter four proposals failed. The motion is not agreed to. Reporter democrats urged voters to punish republicans and the nra. Mr. And m
In this video from Arlington County fire, you can see flames in the street. The fire is coming from a transformer fire in the basement of one of those buildings there. News 4s derrick ward is on the scene and joins us live with the latest on this developing story. Does it still look like that . Thats a live picture, isnt it . Reporter well, probably not. I mean, the picture youre seeing is probably from earlier. The fires actually out now. Take a look, it is still a scene youre being asked to avoid clarendon boulevard while they clean up. This was a transformer fire indeed. Take a look at those flames. This is what happened about 9 45 and the call came in actually for an explosion. And when they got here they indeed found thatc fire comingp out of the grate in the street and realized it was indeed a transformer fire. They actually brought in the crash crew from national airport, from Reagan National airport so they can use foam and other dry chemicals because water doesnt work on that
Fall apart as they come east of the mountains, but a stronger line of thunderstorm chances comes our way in the metro later this afternoon. Muggy and mild yesterday we had 50s on the map, today everyone is in the low to mid70s. So the next 24 hours, chance of strong to severe storms today between about 2 00 and 8 00. And then moving in to Southern Maryland after that. 75 this morning with showers in the shenandoah, but nice and dry in the metro. Fairly cloudy start coming up tomorrow morning with temperatures near 70 degrees. That leads to another storm chance on thursday. More about that coming up at 5 21. It is time for traffic right now. Good morning, dave. Good morning. No signs of trouble. 66, 270, montgomery fredry co e county line, lots of space. No signs of issue or incident. Out on the rock creek parkway, doing the work zone near the kennedy center, northbound lanes blocked for another few minutes. And on metro, other thrangnd next week for safetrack. Thats the latest. Back to
Call. In it omar mateen pledged allegiance to the Islamic State and mentioned other known terrorists. They are investigating how he passed a psychological test to become a Security Guard and carry a gun. Dozens of Fairfax County police and firefighters gathered for a group photo last night outside p jeb stewart high school. People waved rainbow flags. People in Montgomery County are reaching out to lgbtq members of their community in light of the tragedy in aerorlando. A public forum starts at 7 00 tonight and they hope to talk about resources this they can offer and foster an open conversation about any police bias involving the Lgbtq Community and plans cooperation. Today a preliminary hearing in Mohamed Khweis case. He became disillusioned after a few months and surrendered to kurdish forces. His Attorney Says his change of heart proves hes not a threat to the u. S. Hes being held without bond. I think chuck is right. Yesterday was hot, not that humid, but i think it will be worse d