National captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] on your side. The sky lighting up for the fourth of july after a day of heavy rain and crowds. The big moment went off without a hitch and ron slater is live. What is it like now . Roz the mall is just about empty. It only takes about a half hour to clear them all of the crowd after a big event like this. There were thousands and thousands of people waiting to see the fireworks and they were not disappointed. The Fireworks Show lit up the sky right on cue and it was glorious. Well worth the wait, topping off the july 4 celebrations. Thousands got a front row seat on americas front lawn to celebrate freedom, each with something to be thankful for. Definitely for the armed forces. My brother is in the army. As far as the country goes, a lot of people working hard. A really great time to be in america. America is all about freedom. It is great to see it celebrated. Roz on the west
On your side. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] anchor we start with an amazing story. Police officer in the right place at the right time. Veronica is a mother of two and always carries a medical bag in her trunk. That helped her take immediate action way sevenyearold was shot near a church in southeast d. C. Yesterday. In talked to our diane cho interview with you will only see on 7. Veronica baskerville was at her nieces baby shower in an afternoon when an afternoon filled with laughter and smiles turned into anything but. I realized it was gunshot, not firecrackers. I heard probably five. Diane the offduty d. C. Fire emt jumped into action and found a young boy had been shot. Down when i saw it was a child, but i had to pull it together and go to work. Diane she says the child started to panic a little, but she was able to call him down while to waited for the ambulance to get to
be back later today. so after a gorgeous weekend will be informed of heat around here during the course of the next several days. except reagan national, still fairly comfortable to the northwest. 72 in frederick and we are at 77. macaws today than we had this weekend. northwest cold front in chicago and cleveland and that will get here later today or really tonight. i think the best chance for that will be later tonight. ahead of that we will get caught cover today and hot temperatures. i do for your daytime high, and here comes the heat and humidity. reagan s legacy 25 day forecast. thank you so much darker. some of our top stories this morning, starting with breaking news. up to five powerboats on fire. it happened in the waters of the west and yacht club. flames were first reported just before three in the morning. investigators said the fire started on one vote and spread to the others. no one was hurt and look at a live report from the scene just a few minutes. also
expected to start as rain this evening but could turn into snow overnight, making for a messy commute. protestors are voicing their outrage. the council will call a special session today to punish councilmember marianne berry. news4 begins right now. good morning and welcome to news4 midday. i m joe krebs. and i m barbara harrison. happening today, the d.c. council is deciding whether to cencure marion barry for directing to a girlfriend. this is tracee wilkins outside the wilson building downtown and has more on that. tree. good morning, barbara. these are the three recommendations the council will be taking a look at. some of this deal with the censureships and some deal with the county. just a few minutes ago, we spoke with councilmember or council chair gray and asked him about this decision to move forward with the possibility of censuring the former mayor of washington, d.c. after an eight-month probe into allegations that councilwoman marianne barry misused