Reporter melania trumps speechwriter took the blame for, she said, not noticing Michelle Obamas quotes in monday nights speech. The speech writer is not fired. Donald trump tweeted all press is good press. Mike pence addresses the convention tonight, to reassure conservatives about trump. When trump got the nomination last night. Congratulations, dad. We love you the support from don, ivanka, eric and Tiffany Trump left an impression about their dad, donald, that lingers with delegates in cleveland. And they hope with voters. If the kids who know him the best think that much of him, how can we think less . Its refreshing to see family values. Thats what were about as a republican party. Reporter eric trump speaks tonight along with the tough primary rival who donald trump used to call lying ted cruz. Reporter across america people will be watching tonight to see if ted cruz gives donald trump an enthusiastic endorsement. I have toll you, theres a question about whether there will be any endorsement from ted cruz. Theres a lot more interest in what cruz does here tonight than what mike pence does. Back to you. He will draw plenty of attention. Thanks, steve. Here is what we learned so far about meredith macguyver, the woman who took the blame for melania trumps speech. She is a former ballerina who lives in new york city. Nbc news has confirmed she is a registered democrat. Macguyver works for the Trump Organization and not the Trump Campaign. With the primary in the past, donald trump is looking to the general election in november, has yet to make any headway with, according to the Chris Lawrence continues our coverage from cleveland with a story about a couple hoping to change that. Chris . Donald trump says latinos love him, that he can make inroads with africanamerican voters. The poll numbers dont bear that out but we ran into a couple from alexandria who are determined to prove him right. A month ago, Bruce Cleveland wouldnt have been caught dead in this shirt. Now shes hoping to sway more voters his way. Were you a trump supporter from the get go . No. Of course not. At first it seemed like he was a clown. The clown has taken off his makeup and has the real man showing. Reporter ruth and her husband came to cleveland, thinking of the things that trump said. Building a wall with mexico, banning muslims, how did that initially go over with you . At first it was like running your nails down a and i was repelled by it. Do you want to know what kind of president he will be . Let me tell you how he ran his businesses. Reporter the more she heard from trumps family, the more she liked him. You saw him as the father, the husband. Reporter they believe trump when he tweaked his earlier comments. I dont believe that trump meant to louveave out a whole gp of people by saying things about muslims. Reporter most minority voters dont buy it. Nationally trump is getting 6 of the black vote and 3 out of 4 hispanic voters plan to vote for Hillary Clinton. It makes us know we have a lot more work to do. Reporter they plan to knock on neighbors doors as soon as they get back to alexandria. We have to sit down and talk to them, make them see what theyve been hearing in the press and from a bunch of n a. Ysayers is all wrong. Reporter to borrow a pe fired up and ready to go. Boy, the numbers are stacked against them. Nearly 2,500 delegates here in cleveland. Only about 80 of them are africanamerican. Doreen, back to you. Chris lawrence in cleveland. Thank you, chris. One theme during this years rnc is our military heroes and honoring our veterans. Weve already seen several members of the military speak at the convention throughout the primary. Donald trump says he wants to improve the veterans administration. Ahead in our next half hour, tom sherwood will look at the military vote, particularly in virginia, where half of federal funds for the state are spent. Members of the d. C. Chapter of a group called black youth 100. They organized a protest that blocked part of massachusetts avenue in northeast d. C. Today. They also blocked the entrance to the legislative office of the fraternal order of police. Protesters accuse the organization of actively opposing legislation, that calls for Police Accountability and transparency. Weve asked for a comment but have not heard back from them yet. They came from across the country. Black Police Officers marching to Howard University in honor of their fallen colleagues. Community members and teenagers joined in to rebuild ties in light of the recent tension and police shootings. News 4s Meagan Fitzgerald is live in Howard University. Meagan . Doreen, these officers were in town to participate in a conference. Were told this march was particularly important for them and for Many Community members who watched this morning, they say its a gesture they believe will go far. The recent tragedies in dallas and baton rouge are just reminders of how dangerous policing can be. Lord, we thank you for this gathering. Law enforcement officers, those lives were remembered. Theres one blue single candle that commemorates the loss of the guys in dallas, the guys over in louisiana and then most recently the young captain over in kansas city, kansas. Reporter the last five days, these officers from around the country have had conversations about how to restore trust in some communities. Weve made mistakes. That we havent been as good as we should have been with developing those relationships. Were at a time in our country where weve all got to come together. Weve heard that over and over. Reporter this morning over 1,000 officers, Community Leaders and teenagers marched together to show their commitment to each other. Its better for us to come together. Theyre taking the lead. Theyre letting the Community Know that we want to deal with this. Reporter most would agree that theres still more work thatne hopeful that working together will create a Safer Society for all. Love one another. Treat each other with respect and understand how important Law Enforcement is and how much we all rely on it. We live in the same communities that we police. These communities are important to us. Theyre more important now than ever. That fiveday conference ends tonight. Jim, were told theres a red carpet dinner for the officers to participate in. Meagan, thank you. Weather now. Storms last night. But, boy, do we have some nasty stuff coming our way in the way of heat and humidity. Crews in Silver Spring took out heavy equipment today, toppled trees, damaging homes in the four corners area. Fire Department Says some homes were also damaged by lightning. No reports of anybody being injured. Amelia draper joins us now to tell us its going to get really hotr you got it. The heat moves in friday. Were talking about extreme ly hot, recordbreaking temperatures over the weekend. Dangerously hot. Overnight tonight and tomorrow morning, mainly clear skies. All in all, not that bad. 8 00 pm around 82 degrees. Still warm. Were in the 70s. Well start the day off tomorrow around 74 degrees at 7 00 am in washington. 60s in the suburbs. Pretty nice during the evening hours. We workarm up quickly. Highs in the low 90s. After that, it will start to feel like triple digits. Ill let you know how long it will be dangerously hot in my full forecast. Doreen . See you in a few minutes. Thanks, amelia. Violent attack caught on camera. D. C. Police released the video, hoping someone will recognize the suspects. It happened may 30th at mapleview place. The suspects and victim appeared to share a friendly greeting. Seconds later theres an allout attack. The victim was knocked to the ground, punched and kicked. The suspect got away with his wallet, his phone and his passport. Power issues kept metro from doing any physical work on the tracks at the start of this latest safe track surge. That happened this morning. The latest round focuses on the silver and orange lines between boston and east falls church. They had to switch power to certain sections of the tracks which meant work crews had to be kept clear of the tracks for safety reasons. That issue was repaired after 10 00 this morning, after the rush hour. Trains will be single tracking between the two stations for the next 12 days. Attacked on the streets of d. C. How a Good Samaritan stepped in to help a man moments after he was robbed this tree tears down phone and power lines in last nights storm. Ahead, how it caused a close call for one bethesda couple. So many people come here through the dulles toll road every day. Are these tolls being paid illegally and going to the silver line when it shouldnt . A new sfx turbines revving up, you hear that . And louder thats the sound of our summer sale firing up its engines with fares as low as 69 dollars oneway. So get ready to take off. Because sale prices as low as these dont happen every day book your low fare now at southwest. Com low fares. Nothing to hide. Thats transfarency. Sfx clap, clap, ding a giant tree came within a few feet of destroying a couples home. That wasnt the only close call in a bethesda neighborhood hit hard by those storms last night. Chris gordon is live with a closer look at some of the damage. Chris . Reporter this tree has closed this street all day. It nearly hit the home of a bethesda couple. Tree crews could only clear part of this giant branch. Its bigger than many trees in the neighborhood. It was torn down when the storm hit bethesda last night. Power and phone lines are strewn across the drive. All of a sudden, we had about 30 seconds of huge flashes and incredible thunder. And i heard the snap. It was like a bomb had gone off. Peter dolan and his wife were in the upstairs bedroom of their home when the branch hit the gutter on the corner of his roof. I cant overemphasize how fortunate i feel. Had this tree been maybe ten feet farther to the left into our house, it would have seriously damaged not just the roof but the structure as well. Few blocks away, the storm caused another close call. Lightning struck the siding this house on snow point drive, setting it on fire. Robin wexler, who lives across the street, tells me neighbors put the flames out with a fire extinguisher. They told me last night, the policemen and firemen told me last night this house could have blown up, had they not put the fire out, and taken some houses next door with it. No one was home at the time that lightning struck this house. 14yearold jonathan mazen, who lives across the street, was on his phone, looking out of his from the sky and it my window turn completely white t looked like it hit kind of the street and that house over there. Some people say theyve not been this scared by a storm since the derecho. That was four years ago. Thats the latest in bethesda. Back to you. Thanks, chris. Rough day for people trying to catch a flight on Southwest Airlines. Long, long lines are caused by a computer glitch. Shomari stone at the airport with reactions from some on the passenger list. Shomari . Im here at Reagan National airport. It is quite a mess. Take a look at these delays on this board right here. You move a little to the right, also several delays. A lot of folks here are wondering what isgo an announcement moments ago on the p. A. System basically telling passengers that the system is gone again. Take a walk with me over here. Go to the Southwest Airlines website and it says were working hard to get you where you want to be. But the system is down right now. Now, a lot of folks tell me that theyre trying to get home. This Computer System glitch has caused a lot of emotions at Reagan National airport. Computer issues grounded southwest flights for about an hour nationwide. Southwest Airline Officials say there were issues as a result of an outage on multiple systems. Back here at regulagan National Folks are waiting to see if their flights are going to take off. Back to you. Shomari stone at Reagan National airport. Have you been ifpaying tolls illegally . Thats the focus of a new lawsuit. Its also putting the Washington Airports Authority under the microscope. Adam tuss is along the toll road with details. Hi, adam. Reporter hey, doreen. This lawsuit claims hundreds of millions of dollars should go back into those who paid the tolls here. Should your toll money be used to fund metro . Drivers are split on that issue. Im not a metro person. I dont like taking the metro. If it reduced traffic that would be a good thing especially for residents in this area. Reporter Airports Authority which operates the dulles toll road is using to help fund the silver line and attorney Robert Cynkar says its wrong. Money is being taken from folks for mode of transportation that theyre not using and never used. That seems unfair to folks. Reporter hundreds of millions of dollars, he says, should go back into pockets of every driver who has used the dulles toll road in recent years. Hes also taking aim at the Airports Authority which he says has no true oversight. If they take money from you, you get to vote the bums out if you dont like what theyre doing. This authority is structured to be independent from all other forms of government. They have no check on them. No one can vote them out. Theyre like little emperors within the facility. Reporter theyre not elected but are appointed by the u. S. President , governors of maryland and virginia and the mayor of d. C. They declined comment on this case because its angoing legal matter. The toll has risen to 2. At the offramps. No plan to increase tolls until 2019 at the earliest. We should say that th is not the first time that they have faced a lawsuit like this. All the previous attempts have been unsuccessful. This one, guys, goes directly after the authority itself. That is new. Back to you. Thanks, adam. Traffic already bad. But it could get worse because of a new casino thats about to open in National Harbor. What level are you on . Level eight. Level eight. Have you heard about this pokemon craze . Its everywhere. Even here in Fairfax County. Im david culver. Just ahead how local police and some local leaders are trying to make it as safe as can be. Did you catch one . Temps in the 80s. Official high today 89 degrees so a break. Not by much but a break from the 90s. 87 in rothville and mainly clear skies. Checking the rain to the south. Very heavy rain. You can see the immediate area, completely dry. This weekend looking mainly dry. Big focus will be on the heat. And not just hot but dangerously hot. 8 00 pm, around 81 degrees. Keeping it completely dry. Clear skies overnight. Nice if youre taking the dog out later tonight. 10 00 pm, temperature around degrees. All in all tomorrow the weather is having a low impact on your thursday. Plenty of sunshine. Hot, not too humid and completely day for thursday during the morning, midday, afternoon and evening hours. Hour by hour throughout the day tomorrow, 7 00 am, 72 degrees by lunchtime. Were in the upper 80s. Not too bad if you want to have lunch outdoors. 4 00, 92 degrees. Really nice pool day tomorrow. By 8 00 pm in the evening not bad if you want to fire up the grill, eat outdoors. 85 at that point. Pool forecast looking great. Sun screen. Friday, heat starts to move in. Still a good pool day. Saturday a chance of a lateday shower or thunderstorm. Sunday record heat. It might be too hot for some of us at the pool or whatever your outdoor plans may be over the weekend. Here we see the numbers. Because of the heat, it is a storm team four weather alert day friday, saturday, monday. 99 degrees friday. Saturday, sunday and monday, were forecasting high temperatures in the triple digits. Coming up, the next time you see me ill be talking about how much hotter the will make it fee feel. Thanks, amelia. Team coverage of the Republican NationalConvention Continues with a live report on the lastminute preps. Also, growing speculation on Hillary Clintons selection for Vice President. What senator tim kaine just said about his chances. Risky ride, what one driver admits to doing moments before crashing into a Police Cruiser in maryland. Reporter aaa says maryland is getting this portion of the beltway all wrong and its you hear that . Thats the sound of our summer sale firing up its engines with fares as low as 69 dollars oneway. So get ready to take off. Because sale prices as low as these dont happen every day book your low fare now at southwest. Com low fares. Nothing to hide. Thats transfarency. Sfx clap, clap, ding woman i have a masurprise for you. Are you . Man you have a surprise for me . Narrator at dominion, 1 in 5 new hires is a veteran. But they wont miss out on financial support. Because we cover any difference between their military pay and their dominion salary, and continue benefits for them and their families. Why do we do it . Because our vets sacrifice enough. Dominion. Depend on us for more than energy. Stand by me. Biggest night so far of his political career. Tonight indiana governor mike pence will accept the republican nomination for Vice President. Marquee speaker tonight. Our coverage from the Republican NationalConvention Continues now. Chris lawrence and tom sherwood live in cleveland. Hi, guys. Reporter hey, doreen. Tom has been working his sources within the virginia delegation as we prepare for probably the second most important night of this convention. Tak