south to the carolinas, georgia, and as far as florida, and as far north as new britain wick, canada. >> reporter: ironically when this tree calm down, it didn't knock out power. >> because the how is itself had power, we were not a priority. >> that meant a delay in moving it. they were fortunate enough to find a tree-clearing crew that could work around the how lines. meanwhile, a different story, no power utility crews yet. >> i'm on a breathing machine, so i'm getting like double punches here. i'm trying to deal with the heath, then my breathing goes, then all my food is gone. >> reporter: a block away, the likely source of the outage, but some help is here, thanks to metro and this cooling bus. >> i was wondering why this bus was sitting here. nobody told me until this morning. so i've been in this bus ever since. it's very cool. >> reporter: some innovation for things like keeping cell phones charged and finally a little humor. >> if i opened up my door, it's like the devil, he says well, come on in, because i'm going back down where i come from, where it's cooler, you know? >> reporter: indeed they're well into the situation here. hopefully once it gets removed, we'll still have to wait for overhead utility crews to get here and restore power to those who don't have it. of course, that wait is going on all over the city. pepco does say indeed the canadian crews are due in town. so hopefully they'll be rolling in the communities shortly after that. live in northwest, derrick ward, news4. >> go canada. >> and devil, too. where do the power outages stand right now? joins us is marcus beal. we're hearing now that pepco hopes to have all the customers up on friday. is that being accelerated at all? has today gotten any easier for the crews? >> we're still making progress. the more data we gather, the tighter other restoration timelines will get. where we currently stand we're at about 41,000 in the district, 121,000 in montgomery count county. and we will be updating our estimated restoration time this wednesday, with hopefully a little bit more of an accurate depict turs of exactly where everyone will be. >> what's your greatest challenge at this point? is it still the trees that are down? >> i think just the sheer magnitude of the damage. yes, we have trees, wires down, poles, a lot of manual effort that's required. >> marcus, how much of a problem is the heat posing 1234 they're putting in long days and nights? >> you know, we are human, but, you know, this is our job. this is what we do. so i think everyone in this industry, you know, knows when a storm comes around, we have to step up. >> just one quick question. if you're still without power, do you still want to hear from people in the little pockets that are still without, or do you know looking at your grid? >> we definitely encourage customers to continue to call us without outage notifications. they can use our website, we have a mobile app sprabl for blackberry iphone and android users, and you can also just give under the circumstances 877-pepco-62. marcus, thanks so much. >> we appreciate it. the city of gaithersburg just canceled it's fourth of july celebration, including the fireworks display. the city may reschedule if montgomery county is still reeling from the storm. chris gordon continues our coverage. he's taking a look in the damage at bethesda. that looks like a mess, chris. >> it's what you were just talking to pepco about, trees tearing down power lines, then blocking roadways. we're in a neighborhood called wildwood manor. it certainly has earned its reputation. everywhere you go, people have a story to tell. in the wildwood neighborhood two trees took down power lines, snapping a utility pole, blocking traffic. when pepco crews arrived to assess the situation, the first thing they had to figure out is how to get to the pole and then the caravan of trucks took an alternate view. >> he said it's worse in the area, they thought, but, you know, people are conditioning this is a danger, you know, could fall on somebody. they think maybe some wires might become live, you know, hurt somebody. with dozens of traffic signals still dark, maryland state troopers joined montgomery county police directing traffic. at busy intersayses at democracy and old georgetown. in silver spring, the neighborhood around the manor country club was hit hard by the high winds. downed trees and power lines block streets. diana had four trees go down. despite numerous calls to pepco, she says there has been no reaction from them. >> we'll call and then we'll call back a few hours later, and we're told this is the first time near hearing of some of these situations, which we know can't be correct. we're all calls again and again and again. >> reporter: she says they are frustrated, because it's a dangerous situation for drivers and children walking inned neighborhood. they're hoping they see a pepco crew soon. that's the latest live. chris gordon, news4. thank you, chris. well, you know, calling this a storm, that's just not good enough. this thing did more damage than hurricane irene last year. >> experts have put a fancy name on it, a derecho. doug watched them all friday night. he joins us now from the storm center. simply amazing how strong this storm was. what a derecho is, i caused it a mezzo-convective system, all that means is you have a line, there it is, that line will make its way on down across the region. that line put puts out incredible straight-line winds. this is not toerds, no, no, these were straight-line winds that came through our area, from chicago down through indiana with 90-mile-an-hour winds through ohio, over 80-mile-an-hour winds there, and in west virginia, right on down to the coast. you can see the storms coming through the d.c. region. back to the west along the i-81 cordon. watch what happens. he think that heat so hot on friday, and intensified once again. we saw winds of 82 miles an hour. simply amazing the amount of wind we saw with these systems. again, they continued all the way down to the coast. what about a derecho? how often do we see an event like this? in the mid-atlantic it's about one ever four years. chuck bell doing a little research, the last time we had one of these, though, back about 30 years ago. we don't get something like this very often. more common to the north and west, and back toward the west you get about once a year, most of the time they do not reach our area. the good news is things are calming down, but the heat will build back up. i'll show you wen. the scene is much the same across the river in virginia. many of them are still in the dark. news4's jim ross evanfield has more. >> reporter: huge tree across the road, and see those power lines snarled beneath it? the power is continuing to be restored, but not fast enough. it's delicate work under way here in arlington. virginia dominion crews surgically removing this huge tree among the thousands toppled during friday night's storm. >> he was just saying be safe, be say, get in the basement if you need to. >> it took a direct hit. fortunately the family and house were both spared. as many inside headed to the basement. >> it's like you feel blessed, because we still have a how, still have our family. just thanking god it didn't hit us. >> here in arlington, forest, you see the problem, the utility poles snake through this wooded area. on friday night, a dozen napped, leaving 60 homes in the dark. >> it shows you the intensity of work we have back in these subdivisions. >> operating 1 bravo, engine 1, respond to is it 39. >> at arlington's emergency call center, only spotty problems continue here, but officials echo others across the region, with verizon outages that deeply affected -- >> extremely concerned. i have never in my career seen anything like this. >> reporter: especially dangerous when the ac goes out at areas like this senior living facility. home to nearly 350 elderly restaurants, but martial elevator service only came back today. folks like brad and melvin, can only try to cool their bodies under a shade tree. >> we have 50% electricity, so we're able to have a light on, the tv, and -- >> reporter: what would you like most of all now? >> the air conditioning, of course. >> jim rosin feld recording from. in prince georges county, there's this is knee cypress street, a utility pole crashed and caused a domino effect. a bunch of stores had to close because they didn't have any power. mcdonald's is one of the few places open, and it's become a bit of an oasis with people struggling to get something, because they don't have the refrigerator or anything else. that's tough. it is. drivers remain careful out there. there are several transportation officials are reporting about 400 signal outages across maryland. including these broken signals in bethesda. officials in fairfax county tell us more than 80 intersections. drivers are urged to treat those signals as a four-way stop and always proceed with caution. to keep the evening community moving, restrictions are lifted. this is a live look at traffic as you can see a lot of people are telecommuting. tonight you don't need the two or more passengers. outside the belt way and on i-95 and 395, the usual rules of two or more passengers per vehicle are still in effects. police have more to worry about. >> i do, too. our team coverage continues on this storm aftermath. up next, if a tree fell on your house, does insurance cover it? 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[ obama ] i'm barack obama and i approve this message. going all these days without electricity and air conditioning isn't just frustrating for senior citizens, this heat can be dangerous. month gonalry county executive visited a home for senior citizens this afternoon, talking to people who are living without power and relies on fans. senior centers, nursing homes are on the priority list for restoration, but leg get believes more needs to be done. >> it's not enough given the number of nursing homes andaged people we have in the community, that you simply need to bring in more crews in order to help. >> ike leggett says pepco's estimate, he's call it, quote, unacceptable. as you've seen, downed trees have damaged homes. >> and the cleanup can be costly. tissue al thompson is here with who -- >> everywhere we went, we saw huge downed trees. the question was who will pay for this? if a tree falls on your house, your homeowners insurance will pay for it. but if your neighbor's tree falls on your house, it's your insurance that pays. if a tree felt on your car, comprehensive auto insurance pays for the damage. if a tree felt and it didn't damage any property, you probably have to pay to have it removed. at folks starts to clean up. beware of nigh by night contractors. for starters, don't rush to hire someone. some fraudulent contractors will overcharge consumers or late them to believe the damage is worse than it really is. check to make sure a company is licensed before hiring, and make sure you get a written contract. it should include the contractor's name, address and home improvement license number. if you plan on filing a claim, remember document all the damage with pictures or video, and don't forget to keep your receipts. jim, wendy? >> great advice. >> tisha, thank you. >> you talk about unique. this was different than the ordinary storm, certainly. >> we really don't get storms like this very often. thises worse than any hurricanes in our area. the reason why is because everybody was affected. you get a hurricane, it will affect some of our coastal counties, but never get winds of 70 to 80 miles an hour in our region across the entire area. the mountains, inland area. most of us fortunate to have some power right now. bright blue skies, a very nice days, it was on the hot side, this is why it's been so problematic. we saw 104, an all-time june -- 97, 99 yesterday, and 94 degrees during the day today. you know you're talking about some heat. still sitting at 91 right now. look at the heat undetection, it's not a factor. heat index is also 91. so you're not worried about the heat and humidity combination. 90 degrees, haguers town 90 leesburg down toward and down towards cambridge, coming in at 90 too. storm radar, not going to see -- i think we'll by safe, and then we'll get into fourth of july, got to think about the holiday in a minute. fourth of july, we could see some fireworks from mother nature as well. we'll talk more about that in a second. satellite and radar showing clear skies. now, frontal boundary just off to the west, it's a warm front. don't look at any of these showers, but tomorrow could be a difficult story, maybe along the blue ridge, but i think it will be farther to the west. a little bit higher humidity. on wednesday, however, i do -- and i do expect at least some scattered storms around our region. some storms could impact the fireworks displays, so you want to make sure you keep an eye to the sky. this evening, mostly clear and warm, temperatures 80 to about 86. this is about 8:00, 9:00, so not a bad evening once we start to see the sun go down. now tomorrow morning, mostly clear, not too muggy. winds out of the north. and those winds tomorrow out of the south will be switching out of the south to southwest. that will bring in a bit more humidity, but still not that much. an isolated storm to the west. and here's your next four days, showing a high of 96 on wednesday. fourth of july will be hot. the heat index could be near 100, so make sure you have plenty of water. 94 on thursday, 97 on friday, with plenty of sunshine on friday, but the humidity does work back in for the weekend. 97 friday, 98 on saturday, some areas could be near 100. the heat index will be over 100 once again, so hopefully we'll get the ac turned on on all those places -- >> you know it. here we go again. still ahead -- >> but first. live pictures in gayers burg. long lines at a dump facility where people are trying to get rid of the storm debris. >> look at the trees there, too. tahrir after tree after tree, that is simply amazing. >> look at the trucks. >> look at the lines right there. a lot of the public utilities will not come out and pick up those trees. a lot of people have have to do it themselves. coming up is our storm coverage continues on news4 at 5:00. the mayor of d.c. meets residence affected by the storm. and people in virginia can now drink their water without boiling it first. and in sports tonight, confusion after controversy, why a runoff to determine a spot off we're getting word the tiebreaker won't happen. >> why? >> we do not have an answer. it's a soap opera suited for "days of our lives." two runners, one spot left. jeneba tarmoh and allyson felix had a runoff. zachary kiesch has the story. >> reporter: with years of hard work and dedication at stake, last saturday night jeneba tarmoh, and allyson felix were in a -- a visibly dejected felix -- >> everyone goes through ups and downs, but when you're trying to make an olympic team, it's extra hard-breaking. >> reporter:up about the same place jeneba tarmoh about finished, the pot was stirred. the photo finish wasn't so clear at all. >> the outside camera was inconclusive due to some okay secured torsos. athletes arms were up obscure the torso. it's the torso that determines both time and place. >> reporter: but there's one big problem. this had never happened before, and the olympic committee didn't know what to do. they came up with a couple options. or even better yet, we can just flip a coin. >> we fully expected the tie we're broken either via a runoff or either of the two athletes bush did you i don't think anyone legitimately thought it had end in a coin toss. >> reporter: after a week of controversy, on sunday the runners made their decisions. >> well, today was a bit of an emotional roller coaster. i was a bit undecided, but i made my decision and say we'll do a runoff. >> reporter: they scheduled a primetime showdown tonight for all the marbles under tahmoh pulled out of the race early this afternoon? wait, that wasn't one of the options, was it? zachary kiesch, news4 sports. that's the reality, though. emotions running high. we may never know why tarmoh conceded her spot. of course they'll be teammates. tarmoh has qualified. no individual event, but a member of the 4 by 100 team. >> so lead with the torso. >> the way technology is, you know, it's only going to happen more and more. they should have some sort of rule for this, i think. >> carol, thanks a lot. >> see you at 6:00. also katy le decki, we talked to her. out of our area, which is nice. coming up in our next half hour, state of emergencies are declared in our area. >> so is the july 4th fireworks on the mall? jeopardy? >> i'm tom sherwood. the city of trees is now a city of stumps. how d.c. is responding to the storm. the story is coming up. i'm darcy spencer live in laurel, maryland, where lots of folks are still without power, and here's why. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] virtual wallet can help you be that person who's good with money. see what's free to spend. move money with a slide. save with a shake. feel good about your decisions. they're wearing out some of that equipment. tom sherwood is live on capitol hill, which has a lot of trees. what's the situation up there, tom? >> reporter: summer school is closed again tomorrow, some libraries and rec centers are still open for those without power. >> week diehl city traffic maneuver maneuvered, dozens all over town, at least some people were treating them like the four-way stops they should be. >> people are stopping, then proceeding. >> reporter: that's good news, because some places that's not happening. >> it's happening from here and day dams morgan. >> reporter: public works crews fanned out all over the city, clearing so many tons of debris, power saws are giving out. >> i'm told that many of the chain saws have been worn out and have to do an emergency procurement. >> mayor vincent grate just hours back from a trade mission to china, was briefed on the storm's damage to the city. more than 12,000 emergency calls, a city decision to open libraries, still without power, including his own. >> i think fed up with power outages. we need a game changer. we need an approach now that is going to address how we stop this in the first place. >> reporter: while people are stocked up on water and other supplies. what are you doing with the water? >> bringing it to work. >> reporter: why? >> because we need it. >> reporter: the park service announced the fourth of july fireworks on wednesday are still on. chief kathy lanier says her officers are already working 12-hour shifts are ready. >> we're still planning on going forward. we do have the extra presence. the officers are working in very tough conditions. they're on traffic posts, we've been running water around to them, trying to relieve them as quickly as possible. >> reporter: and, of course, and of course the police and everyone else wants you to take metro if you go to the fireworks on wednesday night. >> reporter: jim, the devastation was so balance in lawyer, the mayor declared a state of emergency. thus route 1, one of the major thoroughfares in and out of the city of laurel. these are contractors for bge. several toppled. >> no lights for me. no lights. >> reporter: this is life for thousands of people in prince georges county. closed signs on restaurants. power has been out for many -- >> i'm going to try famous dave's. they said they're not open. i come here, i thought they were open, because i saw people in there, but they're still closed as well. i'm really hungry. >> reporter: friday's powerful storms knocked out power to hundreds of thousands. scott and hendra dye have lived in laurel for more than three decades and never seen it this bad. >> what do i think about them? they were good until right now. we've lived here for 33 years, never really had a problem with bge at all. >> i came down before and saw this, and i said, you've got to see this, because we've heard rumors, but this is big time. >> reporter: winds packed a power of punch. dozens of traffic signals have been out for days. please directed traffic in boundsville and many other intersections. among the worst of the damage, route 1, where multiple utilities poles were toppled, knocking out power, forcing businesses to close and traffic to snarl. >> there's no one there to notify the folks that those power lines are still energized. you can't see flames shooting up. >> reporter: these pictures show some of the damage to apartment buildings in riverdale. fierce winds ripped the roofs off. two utility companies searched prince georges county. both say they have crews working around the clock and are getting help from out-of-state contractors. still, rest ray could take days. >> i have somewhere to stay, i have an air conditioner, it will come back on when it comes back on. >> reporter: on another positive note, some of the businesses have started to reopen, including famous dave's that was mentioned in the piece, a very popular rib place. that has reopened. pepco has said that restoration is going to take at least seven days, what is bge saying? i'm going to have their response coming up on "news4 at 6:00." now to -- ken barking is joining us from dominion. what is the latest on restoration efforts? >> thanks for having me. we're down to about 130,000 customers or so in northern virginia. that equates to about 70% of the customers being restored to service since the peak friday night, but we have a lot of work left to do. i was looking at some of these subdivisions, and we're get a lot of help, but we're having to rebuild these facilities from the ground up. trees have leveled or poles and wires. we know customers' patients is wearing thing, but be assured we're working around the clock on this. >> you said you have to rebuild this. we were looking at some pictures over in laurel and maryland, that's not easy to do. you can't just throw up new utility poles and string up electricity in a matter of an hour. correct? >> correct. again i was with some customers today, and they were amazed at the steps. we have to untangle the trees and wires, make sure the facility is safe. then you have to bring the poles in and augusters, even hand-carry the poles into areas you can't get to with trucks. it sounds simple, but very, very labor intensive. >> ken, do you still want to hear from people too? you know exactly where all these outages are. is that right? >> we know where they are, but i would tell customers in doubt, give us a call. if you're concerned we may not know you have called in. it was early in the outage, feel free to call us again. it doesn't hurt to confirm an outage. >> ken barker, good look out there. godspeed. i'm sure a lot of people are hoping that your crews will get their stuff done quickly. >> thank you very much. >> again, good luck. >> thank you. well, good news for residents in northern virginia tonight. the boil water advisory has lifted for the customers in falls church. in tyson corn, vienna and dunloring. the it was issued injures a a precaution. the company says no dangerous levels were ever found in the water supply. it was just a precaution. 15 schools in falls church have been forced to close. downed trees are causing imagine problems like this with in west great falls. the city-owned tree toppled taking down power lines. nearby residents wants utility crews to cake care of the live wires on the roadway. if you still don't have air conditioning, you can head to one of the many cooling centers that are open throughout our region. in d.c., five libraries will stay open. district officials have designated a handful of churches. some schools in maryland are doubling as, malls, rec centers, they are open. you can go to our website, nbcwashington with the com and search cooling centers. libraries are popular once again. >> that's a good thing. read some books while you're there. right, old school. a major pharmaceutical company settled the largest case of health care fraud in u.s. history. and two. we'll going back to our aftermath coverage of the storm in just a bit, but first a look at some of the big stories around the country today. glaxosmithkline will be paying $3 billion in the largest health care fraud settlement in the nation's history. the justice department says the settlement is both civil and criminal. it is illeague to promote them. gsk will acknowledge favor to disclose safety information about avandia. in colorado springs, thousands were allowed to return home for just a few hours. right now it's 5% contained. nasa says the most advanced spacecraft ever designed has arrived at the kennedy space center. the orion capsen is the first to built to carry astronauts to mars. a test flight without any crew is slated for 2014. nasa says the new program will help it in the outsourcing of space industry jobs. coming up next, michael phelps will not del duplicating his medals today why he bowed out of a race. plus a hot spot to keep your food cold. and take a look at the heat across our area. 94 degrees today in washington, one of the higher numbers across glow boy, if you have ice, you are the most popular person around. it's one of life's necessities if you don't have powers. talbot's doesn't have power there, so they're not selling drinks today, but they do have ice. as long as you pay cash. one of the customers we caught up with in the parking lot was none other than diamond importer ronny murvis, he came -- >> we need the ice very badly, but i'm in the ice business, too. and the difference between our ice and this ice is our ice is forever. our ice is forever. that's it. >> you can survive anything the desert gets to 140 degrees, and they live without air conditioning. >> don't want to put his ice in your gin and tonic. a pearl of wisdom, nonetheless. not bad. >> boy, that stuff is moving fast. pour than 2 million people lost power up and down the east coast. >> huge trees were just uprooted out of the ground. the weather channel's mike seidel reports. >> reporter: it was a long and uncomfortable weekend for thousands. the power is still out, because the winds took down all these trees, like this big hardwood took out this jeep. pepco is saying some of the power may not be back on until at least friday night, as the heat wave rolls on across the mid-atlantic. the sound of cleaning up. after fierce rain storms. in its wake, a swath of damage and power outages from indiana to virginia. states of emergency were declared in maryland, ohio, virginia, best virginia, as well as the district of columbia. >> it's a disaster all over. as power crews worked around the clock to restore service to more than 2 million customers. >> there's no air, and it's really hot today. the power i think is the main thing. >> reporter: communities opened up cooling centers for those in need. >> it's here for the people who don't have electricity. they can come here, cool off, especially people with very young children, elderly, people with respiratory problems. >> reporter: in west virginia toppled trees stranded 232 passengers on this am track train for more than 20 hours. just like following a hurricanes in a tornado, local power companies rely on outside help action and bg & e, pepco and dominion, the three main companies in baltimore, washington and northern virginia, are getting help from companies as far away as canada. in fact, some folks here say they headed into work early just so they could get some air conditions. >> mike is everywhere, and he only showed up where it's the worst and he's hear. >> isn't it interesting that work looks good to people these day, because there's ac. >> honey, i'm staying at work a little longer today. i've got some things i've got to do here. yeah, you're just trying to stay in the ac. we need the ac. temperatures have been in the 90s. we were 104 on friday, yesterday 99, today a high of 94. but fortunately the humidity hasn't been that bad. clear skies, at least mostly clear. that's really going to be about it. we'll see clear skies tonight. most of us will cool into the 60s. if you don't have power in these areas, not a bad idea to open up those windows after 10:00, 11:00, that's when you'll start to feel the cooling airs. there will be a bit added humidity, and a better chance of thunderstorms, not a big chance. the biggest chance of thunderstorms unfortunately will come on your fourth of july holiday. around 9:00 at night. around 9:30, down towards the mall. this is what i'm expecting. warm and humid with possible storms, they will not be ever where, so don't expect for things to be canceled. you just might want to call ahead of time. as far as the beach forecast goes, for the next couple days, here's where you can get some relief. chance of storms on your fourth of july, but one against temperatures into the 80s. at 6:00 we'll give you the later on the four-day forecast. a look at two of the stories that are trending today. there were tributes to whitney houston, including an emotional performance by the late singer's mother. can jay west and jay-z won the top prize for "otis." other big winners best on, and chris brown won for best male r&b. today michael phelps' coach announced he will not doing the 200-meter, he qualified in the five individual events. he's also expected to swim in all three relays. he won a record eight golds they beijing games. his coach said no one should be expect to do do that twice. >> have to settle for seven. coming up on news4 at 5:00, an american student studying chimps abroad gets there are signs of improvement today for a texas grad student mauled by chimpanzees at a wildlife sanctuary in south africa. >> today we're learning more about what may have led to that attack. >> reporter: andrew is recovering well after six hours of surgery yesterday. he's stabled and being sedated by a team of doctors. >> i think under the circumstances of multiple injuries, he is doing well, and we are hoping for a positive outcome. >> reporter: this is the chimp sanctuary still closed to visitors this morning. we were allowed inside to see some of the 33 animals looked after here. each one rescued from poachers, or from their life as an entertainment act, a life that's left some psychologically damaged andangries volume tile. he was here on a study trip from the university of texas with a passion for chimps. just before the attack, he was giving a presentation to a group of tourists. then he's said to have crossed a fence into a no-go zone. eyewitness accounts suggest he stepped into a rocket that was jacked into the fence, perhaps to try to prevent one of the animals hurling it to passersby. >> i've seen chimpanzees in a lot of different conditions, but never seen one so angry in all my life. >> eugene cousins helps to manage the sanctuary. he was on the scene moments after the attack when the chimps turned on him. >> when they attacked andrew and moved their focus to me, there was no -- there was no other method of communication. it was pretty much a territorial dispute and i was another threat moving in. >> eugene used hi knowledge of behavior to calm them down, but it didn't work. i climbed out of the vehicle, i charged them, fired warning rounds, in order to get them to disperse. that usually would do the trick, but in this event it did not work. >> eventually they became restrained, but andrew by then was seriously injured and on the way to hospital. his recovery is now beginning. now at 6:00 tonight, live team coverage of the severe storms. everyone wants to know when the power will be back on for thousands of people who have been in the dark and heat. >> local power companies have been working around the clock, now getting help from canada. >> we have team coverage. good evening, i'm jim vance. here's the up to the minute details. nationwide, at least 22 people died. officials in virginia said today that three more deaths were blamed on the storm in that state. in maryland, officials said they recovered thod