Yellow weather alert for the overnight into the early part of the tuesday commute. Still dealing with some rain. You can see some of this activity coming out of ohio and kentucky into west virginia. Were going to see a few showers and storms overnight. Around here, not much going on in the metro at the moment. Although weve got a little bit of drizzle and low clouds. The immediate metro, light sprinkles. Look at this big blob showing up from german town to gaithersburg. If this thing develops a little lightning, it wouldnt surprise me. And its booking east, toward 370 north of the icc. Moving east as i said at 40 miles per hour, so gaithersburg, damascus in just a few minutes. Dayton and Howard County, about little bit of lightning. We got temperatures now from 6 the 74. Theyre not going to drop much overnight and get ready, because its going to get hot quickly. Ill be being ba in a few minutes to tell you about this coming heat wave. Thanks, howard. They say the show must go on and tonight it did. All the rain did not stop the big fireworks extravaganza on the national lawn. Had ellison barber join us live. Just a few extra umbrellas down there . Reporter the crowd spent most of the day huddled under umbrellas waiting, watching and hoping the Fireworks Show would go on tonight and it did, right on time at 9 09. We waited in the food court until the rain stopped and came in the last minute. It was perfect. It was foggy so you couldnt see like the whole thing but it was still a gre s fireworks, thats all anyone needed to make all of todays rain seem worth it. No matter the age what did you think about the fireworks . It was amazing. And i been here for a like a long time. Reporter every one here said the same thing. Awesome it was awesome reporter there was a bit of cloud cover that made those fireworks difficult to see at times and that cloud cover was absolutely because of the rain we saw all day. If you were wondering could the pyro techs have done something with the fireworks to make them more visible, the answer is no. A spokesperson with the National Parks service tells me those fireworks were all locked in and ready to go before the weekend even started, so they did the best they could with a little bit of inclement weather. Reporting live on the national mall, im 9. Security is extra tonight. Mola, did people seem more concerned than usual . Reporter i wouldnt go as far as to say they were frightened. You know, frankly, if they were frightened no one would have been out here. They were cautious. They were aware and as you mentioned, there was the one scare but the heightened security, seemed to prove effective. Before the fireworks consumed the air space around the national mall, security did. Authorities up there in choppers. They were also down here in humvees and cruisers and on bikes and on foot. It was like you can feel the presence, you can see them and theres not one block you go by where its not obvious. Reporter around 7 30, someone reported something restroom here the washington monument. Authorities cleared the area, taped it off and went in. We were able to determine it was not a threat and reopened the area without very much impact to anyone. Reporter thats what you found . Yes, its a meedo meter. Reporter heightened threats mean heightened security. It worries me, a little bit. Reporter because of where you are or the day or the year . Both. Anything can happen anywhere, so theres no point in worrying about it. Reporter these guys help. Not just in investigating and responding but providing peace of mind. D. C. Police officers and firefighters, bombsniffing dogs and the f. B. I. And not to mention all the security you dont see. The security makes me feel better. The security is fantastic. Theres police everywhere. Couldnt feel safer. Reporter of course, safety is as important to the show as the show itself. Couldnt ask for more to be here on the 4th. Reporter in case you didnt hear what was found in that portable bathroom, it was a meedometer. It proved not to be a threat. One more thing we heard out here tonight that we constantly hear when we do those stories, that its important to come out here. Folks say its important to continue to do this and to continue to live their lives unchanged in the face of possible terror. Live out here on the national mall, im mola lenghi for wusa 9. Because of todays rain, the white house canceled the 4th of july barbecue on the south lawn. But that did not stop the party completely. The president invited as many people as possible to fill the east room and gave a shout out to the men and women in uniform. Our freedoms are dependent on an incrle women in uniform and their families who look out for us every single day. Despite the drizzle and clouds, people were out all over d. C. And Northern Virginia to catch the Fireworks Show on the mall. Look at this picture here. I was out on the key bridge where there were easily a couple thousand people there crammed on the sidewalk. This is the east side of the bridge. They were filled up on the west side as well watching the Fireworks Show. Heres from eric adams, who probably got the best picture ive seen on twitter so far tonight, the fireworks with a healthy dose of clouds. This from a gross girl that turned out to be a great pic, the pink lighting up the sky. This one looks, well, a little more like beirut in the 80s. D v engine d. C. Fireworks doing the invisible route. Youll notice there in that picture, how clear it looks. And this is where things took a turn tonight. Instead of rain and clouds being the villain on the 4th of july, people started taking their anger on twitter and putting it toward pbs. What they did essentially here was show a combination of the best fireworks from this year and previous years in their Television Coverage but didnt exactly explain that on camera, on tv, at the time. They said it was the patriotic thing to do. As you can imagine, the twitter verse disagreed. One called it the Milly Vanilly of fireworks. Only in d. C. Could a pbs show become a scandal. Arthur said, haters gonna. It was a tough call. Are i think you made the right choice. Maybe be more up front next time. Interesting words from folks about pbs. Several local communities have had to reschedule their fireworks because of the weather. College park postponed their show until tomorrow. Gaithersburg moved its show to friday and some other communities have not yet released the dates for their rescheduled events, so this will be a great time to download the wusa 9 app and that way when we know, youll know. To Prince Georges County tonight where police are investigating a shooting at of all places a parking lot full of ice cream trucks. This happened along buchanan treat in edmiston. Edminston. [ audio difficulties ] police in new 18yearold connor golden and two other graduates of Oakton High School were climbing on some rocks yesterday in central park. Golden stepped on some kind of an explosive and the device exploded. The injury was so severe doctors had to amputate his left leg below the knee. We talked with his grandfather today. Hell be okay. Hes got the affirmtation, though, hes amputation, though, hes got some recovery to do, so thats going to take a while. Police believe that explosive was homemade. They are still working to find out who made it and who placed it in central park. Tracking metro and today, of course is a holiday. Tomorrow will be anything but for many commuters in Northern Virginia. You can blame it on phase 3 of metros safety surge. Starting tomorrow night at 8 00, metro will not run any trains between the braddock for seven days. Metro will provide free shuttle busses between those two stations but they recommend you consider alternate travel arrangements. Live by the tweet, die by the tweet. Tonight, Donald Trumps response to antisemitism on his social media. And nasa on edge. While we are celebrating history here on earth, a spacecraft called juno about to make history of its own. Plus a young star has fans all across the country fired up. Why former tonight a single tweet kicks off a political debate about antisemitism and stirs yet another scandal tore donald trump. Now the Tramp Campaign is in cleanup mode and frustrates gop. Joins us here in the latest. Reporter by now youve probably seen the tweet from saturday morning. Hillary clintons face and the words most corrupt candidate ever on a sixpointed star floating above a background of money. A lot of people looked at that star and saw a star of david and a nasty stereo type on the jewish faith. Trump denies that but not everyone believes this was a mistake. This should have been a great weekend for the trump weekend with Hillary Clinton in the f. B. I. Spotlight. Instead, donald trump yanks the political worlds attention back to him with a single saturday morning tweet. Confusions of antisemitism flow in after reports that the image was lifted. Part of a pattern that should give voters major cause for concern. Trumped pushed back, tweeting Dishonest Media is trying i tweet as a star of david, instead of a sheriffs star or a plain star. Hes left a trail of racist comments that he hasnt apologized for. So when Something Like this pops up, it probably was just general campaign incompetence but it sticks because its another in the chain. Reporter in february, trump weathered a similar scandal. I know nothing about david duke. I know nothing with white supremists. Reporter presumptive nominee trump may face a similar abandonment when Congress Returns tomorrow. Hes doubling down on it and forcing every elected republican official to answer for it. Everything he does, other candidates will be asked about. And i dont think hes going to find any support in his explanation of the piece you saw the cleaned up picture of the tweet with a circle. Trumps campaign has assert edits a sheriffs star. The second statement from the campaigns social media director said the image comes from what he called an antiHillary Clinton twitter user. Neither of those statements including an apology, suggesting this controversy will continue despite trumps efforts to change the subject. Reporting live, garrett haake, wusa 9. Tomorrow, Hillary Clinton makes a Campaign Stop here in d. C. Shell speak to more than 7500 representatives of the National Education association, the Teachers Union is holding a major policy meeting at the Convention Center with nearly 3 million members, the nea is one of the countrys Largest Labor unions. Later that afternoon, president obama will join carolina. Its their First Campaign appearance together. Obama won that state in 2008 but lost it for years ago. Polls compiled by real clear politics show clinton and trump virtually tied. At this very moment, nasa engineers are counting down to the final seconds for rocket thrusters firing on a spacecraft called juno. The effort is aimed at slowing down juno. Scientists say in some respects, the gas giant is more like the sun than the earth and the detailed study theyre planning could unlock more secrets about the formation of our solar system. But in the meantime, i know what all of you are thinking. Now that its rains perpetually for most of the day, what are we going to see tomorrow . In the morning, though, we got to watch out. We have to keep theel weather alert going because there could be an early shower around but it will get a lot warmer tomorrow and then hot, really hot for the rest of the week. 3degree guarantee time. Tough one today, were normally in the 80s. Forecast, 74 degrees. So far i say so far, thats where weve been, 74. Thats the bulls eye but southerly winds, temperatures might actually creep up to 75. Its 11 00, so were not getting to 78, so certainly thats a victory for us. 40 out of 42. Radar, not a victory. Thunderstorms, some severe ones in the roanoke area. For us, we have mostly light showers coming through the region. Its quiet in the metro area but you head to the north, that is one heavy shower racing to the east, now getting into western Howard County. Columbia, thats only a few minutes from you. Looks like its going to be on top of sprinkles, baltimore, 11 46. Off to the south, some light showers have entered charles county, almost into saint marys. Heavier ones south of orange making a beeline for fredericksburg. A lot of light showers from the Northern Shenandoah Valley into harpers ferry, back into the mountains of west virginia, romney and kaiser. Could we see a couple of rumbles of thunder tonight . Sure. Anything that develops this evening has a chance to really put down some quick, heavy downpours and these temperatures that you see from 69 to 74, even 75 in easton, probably not going to be moving very much tonight. Right now, very humid, 97 . The dew point is 73 and the southwest wind at 11, just a little light rain. Much w the afternoon because were going to get most of this out of here by tomorrow morning. Although still as i said, were keeping the yellow weather alert up early because at 6 00, a couple of showers still maybe around and then more sunshine and thats going to help push the temperatures up in a big way. Tonight, might be damp, periods of showers and storms, 68 to 74. Tomorrow an early shower. Allyson will drop that yellow weather alert early. Highs tomorrow, midst80s to mid80s to 90. Thursday, friday and saturday, we may see an afternoon storms to cool us off but thats about it. Mid90s with lows in the 70s. Sure would have been nice if we could have k. D. Here in d. C. But the next chapter will be on a different coast. San francisco. Somebody tweeted very funny, said kevin durant can afford a twobedroom apartment out in San Francisco with the 54 million. D. C. Was let down easy with kevin durant but Oklahoma City fans blind sided. They are none too pleased. Yes, they are breaking out the jerseys and burning nationals and max scherzer facing milwaukee, play this one at 11 in the morning. Nats bats hitting the snooze. This is the only run of the game for milwaukee. Right here. Martin maldonados solo blast to left. 10 in the 5th inning and the brew crew backed by good defense. Three guys converge, one guy slides, one guy catches it, milwaukee takes game 1 of the series 10. D. C. s hopes were dashed last week when it was revealed that high prized free agent kevin durant had six teams he was considering and not the wizards. K. D. Dashing Oklahoma Citys dreams by choosing to play for golden state. Bit of a surprise from the d. C. Native and scorers in the league. Reporter kevin durant, playing for the Montrose School district in rockland. His coach was stu vetter. He was so talentd in high school, he could have played for us on friday night and played for the wizards sunday afternoon. That was the year they put the rule in he couldnt go from high school directly to the nba because he would have been in that category. Reporter instead, durant went to the university of texas and turned pro with the seattle super sonicses which moved to Oklahoma City where durant became a nba mvp. Vetter said durants heart has always been in d. C. Where he grew up in modest circumstances . Suit land and where he still has family and lots of friends but vetter said he knows why durant chose golden state. One of his slogans is hard work beats talent when talent doesnt work hard. And he knew r but he wasnt going to get outworked. He was the hardest working guy, he and vasquez every morning at 6 00 would be at montrose working out. I could easily envision him and steph curry and Clay Thompson meeting Klay Thompson meeting early in the morning and working out. I think that had a lot to do with his decision to go to golden state. Oklahoma city fans are none too pleased, taking the torch to the durant jersey. Hes going on to golden state and well see how it shakes out. Its a super team. Theyre the overwhelming favorite to win it all next year. I can totally see Oklahoma City fans being this angry mob mentality of sports fans. Now theyre showing their true colors. Not much else out fios is not cable. Were wired differently. 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