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Need to be here. The report of a potential active shooter turned out not to be true but Officials Say the caller did the right thing by alerting police. The 2 1 2hour incident closed m street between south capitol and 11th street southeast. Other buildings with federal agencies and even some schools were closed as well. Officers at the navy yard search building 197, interviewing employees. Emotions ran high because thats the same building were in 2013, a lone gunman killed 12 people. But today, the investigation revealed there was no gunman, no shots fired, no one was hurt. Im very proud of all of the officials that anticipated the call. We know that there have been a lot of Lessons Learned from previous incident fatality here at the navy yard. And we have found that there has been a clear, coordinated and convincing response to this scene. Reporter heres what will happen next. Law enforcement agencies that responded here today will hold an afteraction meeting with the navy. We are going to review this again to see what went right and what we can continue to improve upon to improve our procedures in the future. Reporter d. C. Police chief cathy lanier says todays exercise energy her opinion, was a smooth, wellcoordinated Police Response to a potential threat. That is the latest live at the Washington Navy yard, chris gordon, news4. Todays massive Emergency Response looked a lot like the scene after the shootings at the same location two years ago. Our pat collins talked with people who work on that compound who will never forget that day. He joins us now with their reaction. Pat . Reporter doreen, he is a navy officer. He has seen more than his share of action. But you never get used to Something Like this. They say whats the chances of lightning striking twice . Never thought it would happen again. Reporter thats lieutenant commandser scott williams. He was here in 2013 during the real shooting with the real gunman that led to the death of 12 people. The shooting scare this morning cement him ducking for cover. Heard someone yelling, you know get out of the Building Stay away from the cafeteria, get out of here and everyone started running toward the exits and so we were nearest an office so we just dove into the office and locked the door. Reporter Cassandra Johnson remembers the attack two years ago. She was at the navy yard today. Is it tough coming to work here with all this . Yeah. Its kind of screwy. Because a lot of people saying to themselves why go back there . Its just like you at the mall. You on your own. Reporter at the same fence at Depaul Catholic church, a mass for the people at the navy yard. How do you tell people to deal with it . Encourage them to pray. To be with each other. To comfort one another with that assurance that peace to bring to us. Reporter it appears tonight that normalcy has returned to the navy yard. But for some people, it may be some time before we can truly confirm that. Now back to you. Thanks, pat. As pat noted the scene at the navy yard brought back a lot of very unpleasant memories. It was september 16, 2013. A man named aaron alexis a contractor for the navy, opened fire inside building 197 at the navy yard. When it was all over 12 people were dead. Alexis was shot and killed by the police. It was one of the worst Mass Shootings ever at a u. S. Military facility and one of the deadliest single events in the Nations Capital. A lot has changed since that shooting rampage nearly two years ago. As news4 as the news4 iteams Scott Macfarlane reports now, d. C. Police have the response and the coordination between the many agencies involved was a lot smoother this time around. Reporter two years ago, after the navy shootings, d. C. Police say there were too many vehicles on the scene, so crowded, officers struggled to maneuver around the area and navigate the building and that not all of the Many Police Agencies on the scene were on the same page. Two years later, the mayor said Police Worked well together. Im very proud of all of the officials that answered the call. We know that there have been a lot of Lessons Learned from previous incidents. Reporter but why did so Many Police Agencies respond to what amounted to a false alarm . Because different agencies have different specialties. U. S. Park police flew their eagle two helicopter above the navy yard today, a specialized unit from which rescuers can rappel to the ground in an emergency particularly helpful because its kept in a hangar in southeast d. C. Within close range from the navy yard. We have a crew here at what we refer to as the eagles nest and they are ready to launch any time. Reporter a u. S. Park Police Helicopter looked at victims from the roof from 197 in 2013. We saved lives with that aircraft. Reporter u. S. Capital Police Deployed their bomb squad to the scene today, an expert unit which handled more than 3,000 calls about suspicious packages or vehicles along Capitol Grounds in just the past three years. They have stateoftheart robotics, allowing them to inspect and deactivate a bomb from a safer distance. Officers tell us they work as a team with other Police Agencies when there is an emergency call. Professionally, i can count on everyone of them. And a great amount of pride down here. Doing this job, doing it as the city they are doing it in. Reporter fbi agents naval s. W. A. T. Team and u. S. District police among the agencies involved today and stayed in 2013, agencies responding to the Navy Yard Shooting need to do more training together to prepare for future undents. Jim and doreen, today clearly was their first test. Heard so much from communication issues from a couple of years ago did that work better that time . They trained in february 2013. They trained in february 2014 across the country, including locally. D. C. Police will tell you it was effective. Effective and most impressive as an effect. Wonderful to see how the guys responded down there. Thanks. Our coverage of the navy yard lockdown continues. In our next half hour the psychological damage for workers who may be dealing with posttraumatic stress disorder and the weeks and months to come. Plus, how todays scare and the recent Terror Threat is affecting people ahead of the fourth of july festivities here. Thats tonight at 6 30, also posted photos from todays dramatic Police Response on our nbc washington app. Just search navy yard to check it out. Developing right now doctors are working to save enforcement officials who are critically injured today during the world police and fire games. It happened during a bicycle race this afternoon in the Prince William forest park. Mark segraves is gathering the latest information right now. He is in wood bridge virginia. Reporter jim this is the very latest from Prince William county police. One of the victims from that race has now been listed as in grave condition. All three were listed in Critical Condition facing lifethreatening injuries but now told at least one of those riders is now in grave condition. All three are in their mid40s and all three are members of Law Enforcement agencies. One from the United States two from other countries. Heres how a Prince William county Police Officer described the accident to us. We responded out right around 12 30 p. M. This afternoon to investigate a crash involving multiple bicyclists that were participating in the world police and fire games. As of right now,bicyclists were traveling down hill. One of them for an unknown reason right now, lost cell of the bike and crashed, causing a chain reaction. We have three bicyclists that were significantly injured and were taken to area hospitals for treatment. Were reporter i just got off the phone from a spokesperson at the police and fire games and expecting police to issue a statement updating us on the condition of all three riders any minute. Stay with news4. We will bring you that just as soon as it happens. Back to you in the station. Mark see graves reporting. At least one of the cyclists was medevaced to the hospital. We know that. Right now, family, friends and fellow competitors from the world police and fire games are showing up at the hospital. Some of them in their jerseys others in Law Enforcement uniforms. Once again, three competitors, Police Officers injured in that bike crash in Prince William county. One is in grave condition two in Critical Condition. We will keep you updated as we learn more on this throughout the evening. Now to our weather and the fourth of july Weather Forecast is always important around here. Veronicas been monitoring our chances for rain this weekend. She is in the storm center with more. Vj . Yeah. Well, lie i can to be optimistic im monitoring chances of snipe and some higher chance of temperatures. That will be nice to get it does look as though we are going to get into that. Todays average high 88 degrees. Today, we only hit 77. We are going to see some higher temperatures coming our way, as we move through the Holiday Weekend this evening. If you are going to be going out a little bit of clearing, dropped to 70 degrees, even cooler temperatures see the rain down to our south, but first, heavy rain that will be moving through before we can start kicking off the fourth. Show you where and when we can see a little bit of flooding taking place. Thats right, veronica. New details about a person that caused a flight to d. C. To divert to ohio. It was United Airlines flight that made an Emergency Landing in columbus late this morning. Passengers on that plane say that a woman was making threats. They say she appeared jittery and suspicious. Flight attendants moved that woman to the front of the plane and a short time later the flight from st. Louis to dulles landed in columbus where that men was swept. Nothing was found. Passengers topped on. Coming up, a surprise twist in court we will tell how is defending the Police Officer who assaulted a High School Student in maryland. We do it all the time step out of the car hand the keys over to a valet and head inside. Only to pick the car up later. One d. C. Man did that in Northern Virginia today. The problem is he hasnt seen his car since. We have a subject have an injury from possible shark. Seven attacks in three weeks. Tonight, the growing fear is after a series of shark attacks at leave early go roam sleep in sleep out star gaze dream big wander more care less beat sunrise chase sunset do it all. On us. Get your first months payment plus five years wear and tear coverage. Make the most of summer. With volvo. First responders, respond to lifeguard beach. We have a subject has an injury from possible shark. That was the call for help after the latest shark attack along the North Carolina coast. A man is recovering after he was bitten several time use the ocracoke island. Tonight, officials are looking for any patterns after seven attacks that have happened in the last three weeks. They are especially worried heading into this busy holiday arah daloff joins us now from the outer banks. Hi, sarah. Reporter hi dore reasonable you know this is expected to be one of the biggest tourism weekends of the year, a weekend that coincides with what experts are calling a perfect storm of companies for sharks. Just the latest in a series of shark attacks. A 68yearold man bitten while swimming in waistdeep water off ocracoke island. Could you see a pretty decent size, baseballsized gash out of his knee. Reporter eyewitnesss say the victim was able to swim to shore before being airlifted to a nearby hospital. Theres been an alarming increase in the number of shark attacks along the North Carolina coast, seven in three weeks. Patrick thorton of charlotte suffered serious injuries after an encounter with the shark. I felt myself instinktively punching the shark realizing that a shark is upon me. Its attacking me. This could be it. Reporter in less than a month, 8yearold brady noise suffered minor injuries but two teenagers each lost arms after the being bitten. It is unusual. The water has been warm this year. The sharks are i think, heading north. Reporter experts say a number of factors could be causing these recent shark encounter he is. North carolina is a very popular tourist destination, with lots of beach visits lots of time in the water. These incidents will happen. Reporter as the holiday bond begins, some dont seem too worried. There are going to be shark attacks always, so you cant let that hold you back. I love the water so im not going to let the fear of a shark attack keep me out of the water. Reporter while others will likely stay out of the water and up on the sand. News and so far, there are no plans to close any of the beaches here this weekend. Officials are issuing a caution to stay alert and use good judgment when they are in the water. In North Carolina sarah daloff, news4. Thanks sarah. Around these parts, lots of folks have their eyes on the radar. Fourth of july holiday coming up. Question always is whether the weathers going to allow us to do all the thing wes want to do. Our forwardlooking and brightnoted veronica tells us that we should be thinking more about the chances for pleasant weather rather that possibility of glass halffull kind of gal. Exactly. All about planning. We are really going to go through this period here the holidayed with, get a little bit of rain, a lot of rain then a little bit of rain. By the time we get to the afternoon, evening hours, when it counts, a little bit of rain. Theres the optimistic view. Showers setting up a little bit. Showers that are kicking out of here, very light today. And awfully spotty east in delaware, down to the south where they have been the bulk of the rain for much of the year, thursday here, because of the area where the weather front is. In fact show you that front, see some thunderstorms this area would be a little bit more up to the north across Southern Maryland today but that front did not quite make it got the storms, one system kicking off the coast give us just a little bit of clearing as we move through in the next couple of hours and into early tomorrow morning. So our best chance of seeing some snipe, this second area of low pressure, it will sweep in tomorrow. Thats whats going to kick off some heavier rain. In fact, look at the totals here as they come in Culpepper Fredericksburg around, areas of pax river all this blue, red and orange, more than an inch of train could fall by the time we get to saturday lunchtime, and halfinch totals, d. C. Up to the north into Montgomery County and Loudoun County. Again, you get the idea more rain setting up to our south and southwest. For friday afternoon some showers. For friday evening we will have some moderate rain moving in. For friday night, i think it could get heavy, got our best chance of floodinging as we get going for saturday, your fourth, here it is, 80 chance of rain, 7 a. M. Down to a 70 chance by 11 a. M. , a 40 chance by 3 p. M. In a 20 to 30 by the time the fire works kick off. So, improving conditions for your fourth of july, i will have those afternoon and evening temperatures coming up for your fourth later this hour. 77 now, 75 looking dry. Temperatures start. Felt more like a spring day. We will have a carbon copy day coming up tomorrow, from 60s to about 71 degrees wakeup forecast, theres your high temperature, 77, 79 degrees fairly uniform temperatures again because of all the clouds that we will have across the area. The best chance of sunshine, early in the day tomorrow, more coming our way, higher chance for the afternoon and evening on friday. Here it the rain coming in 9 00, theres the hours around 7 a. M. Saturday with rain moving out, so we are front loaded on the rain for your fourth 70 to 80 fourth of july afternoon, a 30 chance of scattered showers and thunderstorms, i will show you in a cou minutes where i think these showers, thunderstorms, the best locations where they will set up on the fourth and again, take a look at those saturday evening temperatures. Thanks, veronica. If youre making plans for the fourth of july, pose a list of the best fireworks displays in our region. Head to our nbc washington app and search fireworks finder. The impact may be felt for months to come. We will take a look at the psychological damage for some navy yard workers after that scare today. Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to participate in the weekends festivities. Coming up at 6 00 what we have learned about Law Enforcements biggest concerns and how they plan to be addressed. Another person joins the crowded field of president ial candidates. Nbcs chuck todd tells us whos in whos former virginia senator jim webb made it official today he is going to run for president. Webb is the fifth democrat to announce. A nbc news wall street journal bomb put him well behind Hillary Clinton and ahead of former governor martin omalley. Webb acknowledged his long odds today but said that America Needs a fresh approach to solving problems. The total number of president ial candidates stands now at 19. That includes democrats and republicans. One of them is donald trump standing out among the republican kands dats but some would say thats not such a good thing. Tonight, there is new fallout after his controversial comments about immigrants. Meet the press moderator, chuck todd, has more. Another day and another corporate sponsor pulls its association from donald trump and also today is the beginning of some republican backlash against donald trump, two prominent president ial opponents of trump, jeb bush of florida, rick perry of texas, both former governors, both have criticized donald trump and the language he used to describe mexican immigrants, shouldnt be a surprise coming from perry and bush, both coming from the states that they have represented and they have one in the past with strong hispanic support, jeb bush in florida, rick perry in texas, and i think its the beginning of what i think is likely more republicans jumping on and going after donald trump because there is a lot of concern now that trumps rhetoric today will come back to haunt the everies republican nominee a year from now when the democrats try to use it to drive a when even further between hispanics and republicans. So dont be surprised you see more coalescing more antitrump reck rick coming from republicans in the days ahead. Guys, back to you. Chuck todd will have more on the fallout over Donald Trumps comment this sunday on meet the press. It airs at 10 30 in the morning right here on nbc4. Maryland governor larry hogans first day back at work after chemotherapy appears to have gone well. Hoag. Posted these butchers of himself at work with staff, posted them on face become and twitter. He says, it feels great to be back in annapolis. The governor spent five days getting treatment for nonhodgkins lymphoma. While hogans cancer is advanced, the prognosis is said to be good. There is some concern about the possibility of terrorist attacks over the Holiday Weekend. Bell tell you what is being done to cal the fears ahead of the fourth of july. Plus, a gay posing as a valet attendant targets a local man with a prosthetic leg. What we are now learning about the scheme that unfolde that lockdown today at the navy yard caused a number of people to relieve painful memories of the deadly attack there back in 2013. Heavy armed Law Enforcement converged this morning after one of the workers at the navy yard reported hearing what she thought were gunshots. Employees were sheltered in place, nearby streets were shut down for hours. Police tell us that Lessons Learned from the tragedy in 2013 resulted in a smooth, wellcoordinated response today. That scare at the navy yard comes at the same time that there is attention to security for the Holiday Weekend. News4s Megan Fitzgerald is live with a look at the biggest safety concerns for fourth of july celebrations in d. C. And how police will address them. Megan . Reporter now, federal agencies arent saying that theres actual information pointing to a specific location for potential terror attacks this Holiday Weekend, but they are sharing some concerns about a potential target or more. All while Law Enforcement Officials Say they are working to make sure everyone who comes out this weekend is safe. From the foo fighters concert. Desmond deep to left center. Reporter to the nationals taking on the giants and of course, the muchanticipated fourth of july gathering on the national mall. Do you know what that building is over there . Reporter this and with will be memorable for the hundreds of thousands of people in the district, but according to threat assessments by agencies like the fbi and department of homeland security, those large events are potential targets for a terror attack. Metropolitan police chief cathy lanier says officers are always on heightened alert. Aware of what he is a you know the the discussion and chatter is around the fourth of july events and all those threats, and take those into account. We change our tactics up for different events but never lower our profit. Reporter ask people planning on attending those events, they dont plan on changing their plans. Celebrate the fourth of july like we do every year. All hearing about heightened alerts and decide it is not worth worrying about. Reporter after all, worrying doesnt change anything. Police say whats most important is being aware of your surroundings. Stop doing what they do every day they win. Reporter the National Park police says them continue to work closely with federal, and state agencies no indication there will be a decrease in attendance at any of the events this weekend. Doreen . Meagan fitzgerald thank you. Some concern about the Mental Health for those who work at the navy yard, because many of those employees could be dealing with posttraumatic stress after the incident in 2013 and todays scare could just be adding to that stress and anxiety. Posttraumatic stress is triggered by a frightening convenient, things like a Sexual Assault being in a con bat zone or witnessing some kind of violence. Symptoms can include flashbacks, nightmares and severe anxiety. Typically will last for months, even years and the symptoms can often interfere with daily life. Thats why its so important to get effective treatment when youre dealing with pts. The navy immediately brought in support for employees today. Based upon the events of a couple of years ago, we have counselors and our chap lips are with them now providing the support that they need or desire. If you are dealing with any of those symptoms after a traumatic event like the Navy Yard Shooting and iflesss lasted for more than a month or is very severe, you should talk to a health care professional. They can help you to prevent the symptoms from getting worse. We have a lot more information about pts and where you can find help on our special changing minds page on nbcwashington. Com. Time served and a stay away order. That is the sentence for a man who hopped the white house fence and kicked a secret service dog. A judge sentenced dominic edisana earlier today. He has been out of jail since the arrest. He pled guilty back in april. As part of a sentence, he must stay away from facilities under secret service protection. That includes the white house. For the second time the man charged in the d. C. Mansion murders has fired his defense team. Darron wint dismissed immigration attorney sean hanover at a hearing today over whats called a difference of opinion. Hanover took over the case after wint fired the public defender who originally represented him. Wint will now go back to that public defender. Hanover says he still supports wint and believes more people were involved. We believe he was set up. Set up by somebody else involved in these murders . Interesting presumption. We should investigate that, too. Well, i cant investigate that anymore, but i would certainly say that thats an interesting point. Because of the change, wints preliminary hearing has been postponed. He will be back in court later this moment. A warning pore people in Montgomery County. Crews are still doing repairs after yesterdays water main break in weeden. Chopper4 was over the area today, the area near Georgia Avenue and shore field road was flooded yesterday with about two and a half million gallons of water, north and south bound traffic is getting by on one side of the road. But wssome c says repairs will last through the evening commute. Here at the live desk, we want to alert you to a problem on met troy that could affect you if youre heading out tonight or family members on their way home. Somebody got hit by a train at the foggy bottom station. Now, orange and silver lines are singletracking between claire done and foggy bottom. The blue line single tracking between the cemetery and foggy bottom. Delays in both directions. We will stay on top of this. Coming up, bus drivers busted for using their personal cell phones behind the wheel. We will tell you what a new report reveals about safety. He is a Prince Georges County Police Officer seen on video beating a student inside of a local high school. So why would the principal of that school and a judge come to his defense . [ no audio ] a major show of support today for a Prince Georges County Police Officer who was seep on camera beating a student. Prince georges county bureau chief Tracee Wilkins in Upper Marlboro now to tell us who was in the courtroom for that sentence today. Tracy . Reporter jim, you would think after this video that there would be people trying to separate themselves from this priv, but thats not what happened at all. He had support from the principal of Suitland High School and also from another judge here at the Prince Georges County court. Former Suitland High School Police Officer Charles Picard is seen here beating a student inside the school he was sworn to protect. Today a Prince Georges County courtroom was full of people who were calling him a great map and mentor including the principal of suitland high and Prince Georges County court judge Hasan Al Amin who was once picards next door neighbor. He defended the officers character and told the presiding judge this about the incident nobody is going to argue with all the good that hes done in the community and the students that hes helped. Thats not in question. On this particular day and with this incident, officer picard was not protecting anyone and he was not helping danyone. It was a good decision that the judge made. Reporter today, the student seen in this video talked about how this violent incident back in 2013 has impacted him today. I thought he was somebody that i could run to and talk to and problems going on and something but turned out it was falls. Reporter picard was assigned to Suitland High School as a School Resource officer. He was found guilty of Second Degree assault, misconduct in office and reckless endangerment, and could have been sent to prison. And thats what the state was seeking. But the judge took sommerscy by ordering him to home detention Community Service and probation. And while we are happy that officer picard is being held accountable for his actions we do feel this case deserved a period of active incarceration and something we would have liked to have seen. Reporter in addition to his 60 days of house arrest, he has also received prohibition and 100 hours of Community Service. So, reporting live in Upper Marlboro, tracy willing back to you in the studio. Metro is cracking down on bus drivers caught using cell phones behind the wheel. We have learned four metro Bus Operators were fired last year for using their phones while driving. Metro has had a zero tolerance policy since 2009. The Transit Agency tells us no train operators were fired for using phones in 2014. Tonight, Montgomery County is one few jurisdictions in the entire county that will require most companies to provide paid sick leave. Its a new law that was signed by county executive ike leggett today. It requires companies to provide one hour of sick leave for every 30 hours of work. The law will take effect in october of next year. Workers will get up to seven sick days a year at all but the smallest of companies. The parking attendant, all new at 6 00, the crime involving a phony Valet Service outside a local hotel. And another School School he handed over his keys and even tipped the guy 5 but tonight, a d. C. Man is without a car at all. Northern Virginia Bureau reporter david culver explains how his car was stolen by a fake valet 3yvan may i show you Something Else real quick . Sure. Reporter ten years after a blood clot took his left leg, louis wolf is proud of what he now walks on, his prosthetic, a tribute to his favorite team. Im a basketball fan. This is the washington nationals. See. Reporter today, his pride end there is. Disappointed in myself for not realizing but im also sad because that car my late wife and i bought new. Reporter as an an putty louis avoids parking too far from where he needs to go. On wednesday, add lunchtime meeting at this courtyard marriott in crystal city. Couldnt find any nearby parking, but he did notice a man standing by the front door. I said, are you Valet Parking person . He said, yes. I said, well, how much is it . He said 15. Reporter the gay told louis he could pay later. Louis tipped him 5 happened over his keys and a couple hours later, louis walked out. I dont see him anywhere. I dont see my car. And it all comes clear to me real quick. Reporter the front desk told him they dont offer Valet Service police trying to find louis black toyota prius. In hindsight i should have seen it all clear. Why doesnt he have a uniform . Why doesnt he have a name tag . Reporter had is what you will find at a legitimate Valet Service uniforms an actual stand with prices and Christopher Goldman says you should get one of these a claim ticket. Theres bad people out all over the place. Just got to Pay Attention to that. Reporter louis knows that now, what would he say to that fake valet driver . You respect what you said you were, were you . Reporter arlington, david culver, news4. We are hearing reaction to a proposal that turn a stretch of dale city into more of a downtown environment. Most of the change would come along dale boulevard between miniville road and maple dale avenue. A team of urban Design Professionals has been tasked with making dale city a december at this point nation point. Preliminary plans call for adding new shops, restaurants, pedestrian walkways, along with lowering the speed limit and adding bike lanes. I think its a good idea, be interesting to see where the money comes from. I think its really something that the residents will in jeep have to look at and say yea or nay. A final report is expected later this summer with some of the changes beginning this fall. Students in Loudoun County may not have to make midterms or finals next year. School board is considering dropping the end of semester test. Instead, teachers would evaluate students progress by giving smaller tests throughout the year. Loudoun county was forced to cap sell midterms the last two years because of snow days. Thats when they started reevaluating the benefit of the tests. Three School Systems in maryland are also taking a closer look at the way students are tested. Montgomery county Prince Georges County and frederick are considering changes to all standardized tests. Prince georges county has already confirm it had will drop a math and reading exam it gives to students between third and 12th grades. Veronica going to be optimist vg respect we . Yes, we are. The way i always am. Travel forecast, anyone heading out of up to, north or south as well as the fourth of july evening. All right. So, going to start with nine is going to be hitting the road early tomorrow. Got a future cast that takes you all the way down to North Carolina, up into pep opinion. Watch what happens when i push the button here. You can see the showers blossoming down through areas of virginia heading down 301, route 1, even i95, you will notice some of those showers starting to fire up by 1 00 tomorrow afternoon and down around areas of i81. We have got more showers, a lot of that rain for tomorrow afternoon coming up from the south and west, so it gets really wet through areas of west virginia. Stays pretty dry up in pennsylvania. Going to be headed to say rehoboth a better chance of staying dry again tomorrow than say maybe ocean city there could be a popup shower tomorrow afternoon. Here is 6 00 again, wet weather most of that down i81, further south down i95 as you head south of fredericksburg in virginia. For friday at the beach rehoboth, ocean city, water temperature about the same about 73 74 degrees, we are at 77 degrees for your friday, showers around, a chance of an afternoon shower and thunderstorm. On saturday the 4th high 80 degrees there 80 with more sunshine coming for sunday, second half of the week. Had it will be a long weekend barbecues and outdar activities. 9 to 11 a. M. Tomorrow up to 73 spotty showers again around the area, another poor day at the pool. Going to be almost like today, overcast, showers coming through but more rain late friday night into saturday. Heres the temperatures i promise you for the fourth of july. 6 p. M. 79 degrees. Then by 9 p. M. , we are at 76. Just a chance of a shower or thunderstorm. Only about a 20 to 30 chance for saturday evening. We have got a early day shower on sunday, the high, 86 degrees and closer to 90 by the time we get to midweek next week a little bit warmth. Warm one for this fourth of july weekend, more sunshine as we make our way through the Holiday Weekend. Thanks, veronica. Sports coming up, may be only july but the caps making big news and tell you all about an olympic hero who im Chris Laurence back at the live desk with an update to that story about metro that we just brought you maybe ten minutes ago. We now have our first pictures from inside the foggy bottom station. Lets take a look here. We told you that someone was hit by a train at the foggy bottom station. Again, the orange and silver lines are both singletracking between claire done and foggy bottom. The blue line is singletracking between arlington and foggy bottom. There are delays in both direction. Again getting a first look at inside that station where somebodys been hit by a train. We have got a crew headed over there now, going to bring you more updates on this, push out alerts on our app, bring you a update on news4 at 11 00. For now, live im chris lawrence. Carols here. Like i said its only july, but we got a whole bunch of news. Two days of free agency two weeks. Breaking news an olympic hero coming to d. C. , hoping to bring the most powerful city in the world that much closer to wing the cup. Tj oshie traded to the caps from the st. Louis blues in exchange for rightwinger, wait for it, troy brower. No word if the brower rangers are part of the deal. Oshie he was the star of the 2014 olympics in sochi where he helped lead the United States to a shootout win over russia scoring 46 shootout attempts. Meantime, brower spent the last four seasons with the caps coming over after whipping the stanley cup with chicago. 21 goals last season, second most on the team behind ovechkin. Now he is being traded for a young goaltender and future draft pick. As for oshie does he find it fitting he lands in the Nations Capital after his team usa heroics . I havent had too much time to think about anything else other than the shock and excitement of going to a new team and coming to washington but i do think it is going to be really cool to [ inaudible ] Nations Capital, a lot of pride in that as well. The caps beefing up the offense, late last night, the team signed forward justin williams, a bigtime playoff performer who has won three stanley cups. He is known guys shall as mr. Game seven a perfect 70 in his career in game sevens. Barry trotz today talking about thrilling to have him aboard. He has been clutch. And theres something about those guys on big stages, they find a way to get it done. Thats what i want. You want winners, guys who have won and once they want you in once, you want to always win. What we want in washington. I like what they did in the playoffs last year even a game seven loss i like the way the team played and they were exciting to watch. And my sons excited. He woke up this morning and said, daddy we playing and i told him washington and he was all smiles. Said daddy, we dont go back to l. A. , i need you to go play with ovechkin. That 7yearold knows what he is talking about. Yeah. Hey, we are hoping to see both of those guys, oshie and williams at fan fest a week from saturday. Switching to college sports, some sad news out of blacks but. Former Athletic Director jim weaver has passed away. He was 70. Weaver was the hokies a. D. From 1997 to 2013. Those 16 year, the most successful period for the athletic department. He retired at the end of 2013 due to health reasons. He had been battling parkinsons disease since 2004. Weaver helped move Virginia Tech to the big east and then to the acc. All right, fans i want to hear from you about whats going on with rafael nadal after we see todays action, but what i can tell you is that nadal has lost four straight years at wimbledon against a player ranked 100 or worse. Today, the most hairraising match for him. Nadals opponent, dustin brown see why his twitter handle dready tennis sporting long locks, he was attacking nald from the start. First set bottom of your screen, nadal gets to it brown will extend. And wins the point. Later on set point in the first, brown almost back hands on nadal swings and misses brown takes the set fire up, he wasnt done. Force set nadal he is serving check out the shot from brown. Jumps in the air. Oh, right by him. Again, he came in ranked 102nd in the world. Go to the match point. Match point for brown. Ace. Brown huge upset in four sets over twotime wimbledon champ, rafael nadal. Barbaric yelp there one, dustins always had game, you know this time it all came torque been inconsistent for a long time. Other thing is nadal has played such physically taxing tennis for so long it is no surprise that it is wearing on him now. But he has been in the hall of fame for the last ten years. He is good to go. 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