fourth of july activities. but as they say, the show must go on. and it did. culminating with this fireworks display at the national mall. darcy spencer joins us now live with all the fun. >> reporter: it was pretty dicey earlier today with the big storms that rolled through. all of that is over as you said. the fireworks went off tonight. it was just a great night to be here on the national mall. it's what everyone was waiting for. >> they were wonderful. they were so awesome. . i loved the part when it said usa. it was so cool. >> reporter: what everyone got drenched for. the spectacular fireworks on the national mall. >> we're all excited. this is an experience that we've never had before. >> reporter: the display attracted tens of thousands of people. among them kyrie who has another reason to celebrate. >> it's my birthday. i'm 5. >> reporter: happy birthday! the crowds are lighter this year. but for so many, it's a tradition they wouldn't miss. for others, it's a first-time experience. >> it's my first fireworks in washington, d.c. >> reporter: how special is that for you? >> it's awesome. >> reporter: an afternoon thunderstorm chased thousands inside. the park police activated its safe haven plan opening museums were people to take shelter. where are you heading to now? >> shelter. >> reporter: some had umbrellas. others wore ponchos. many simply caught off guard with no back-up plan. but by nightfall, the skies had cleared, the fireworks, a crowd-pleaser, worth getting wet for. >> we were caught in the storm. but we don't care about that. we're so excited about the fireworks. this is the best part of our vacation. >> reporter: she certainly was excited. everything is over here on the mall, the festivities are over. people are still out here, people for the most part are heading home. metro ridership is down significantly from last year, probably due to the weather. back to you. >> thanks, darcy. ♪ >> k.c. and the shine jam got people up on their feet dancing. a sea of red, white and blue filled the grounds of the west lawn of the capitol. barry manilow sang a mehdi of patriotic songs. at rfk, concertgoers briefly cleared the field after the rain came through this afternoon. but the show went on. the foo fighters took the stage just a short while ago. we sent you a breaking news alert about this next story. eight people had to be rushed to the hospital after a boat exploded this evening on solomons island. investigators say the 38-foot cabin cruiser was fueling at the dock when something ignited the boat. the fire hurt three children and seven adults. good news they are all expected to be okay. some of you are feeling temperatures in the 60s right now, pretty nice out there, right? meteorologist amelia segal joins us with what you can expect. >> the national weather service issued a dense fog advisory for some counties in northern virginia including prince william down around stafford and king george counties. all the areas in gray. dense fog in spots overnight tonight until 10:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. still patchy fog elsewhere. we'll see any patchy fog burn off by about 9:00, 10:00 a.m. it is going to be a comfortably cool start for your sunday morning. 7:00 a.m., temperatures around 70. but 60s in the suburbs. by 11:00 a.m., near 80 degrees. right now, the search is under way for someone who stabbed a man to death at the noma-gallaudet metro station. trained had to bypass the station for five hours as police investigated the scene. no arrests have been made. now to a murder mystery where police found a man dead in the woods. joseph gibson is from churchton. officers found his body along a wooded path in the town of lothian. detectives say there are obvious signs of trauma on his body. right now, they have no suspects in custody. a fight ends in gunshots and tonight a man is fighting for his life. this happened at a house on rhonda place in leesburg. when officers got there last night, they found a man shot multiple times in the chest. he's out of surgery but still listed in criminal condition. here's a look at the man police say is responsible for this. jacob kinsey is charged with felony use of a firearm and malicious wounding. new tonight, a huge rescue effort in silver spring after a car went off the road landing 50 feet down an embankment. montgomery county fire rescue tweeted out these pictures. about a dozen rescue crews used rigging equipment and ropes to lower a basket and get the driver out of there. this happened near southwood avenue. good news, the driver is expected to be okay. the pilot got a clear message today. he's lucky he escaped unhurt after his plane crashed onto a beach. many of you enjoyed the countless parades across our region today. one woman who took part in the festivities explained what this day really means for her. we are grateful to our armed services. we are grateful to our military families. we are grateful to our veterans. >> and the heartfelt message the commander in chief sent out today to all the troops on this indepen why are we watching this again? i pay for all these channels, so i make myself watch them all. joey, i'll watch anything except this. except this. go back, go back, go back, go back, go back, go back. fios custom tv lets you pay for the types of channels you want, not the ones you don't. 100% fiber optics is here. get out of the past. get fios. now for $79.99 a month. go online or call. call the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800.974.6006 tty/v this plane crash could have been a lot worse. the pilot of this banner plane lost an engine, flipped over and crashed into a crowded beach in southern california this afternoon. the pilot walked away, incredibly nobody got hurt on the ground. there is progress tonight in the iran nuclear negotiations. but there's still a lot to do. technical experts helping with the negotiations in vienna have come up with a tentative draft agreement. it outlines how and when to lift u.s. and european sanctions against iran. but the deal must be approved by senior officials from the seven nations ahead of tuesday's deadline. and there's still no plan on how the separate united nations sanctions would be applied if iran violates any of the vinyl agreement. at historic mt. vernon today, about 100 people celebrated the fourth of july by becoming american citizens. they came from 45 countries, some as far away as thailand and tunisia. they took the oath of allegiance this morning. this is just one of 50 naturalization ceremonies happening across the country this holiday weekend. a total of 4,000 people will become citizens this year. after today's heavy rain, will the skies clear up for tomorrow? amelia is up next with your sunday's forecast. and new details tonight on the murder of a woman in san francisco, what we've learned about the expected killer and why that case is now part of the presidential campaign. the family of a young woman gunned down on a san francisco pier says no matter what kind of political spin you put on it, they're never going to get their daughter back. katherine steinle died on wednesday. the shooter is an undocumented immigrant who's been deported from the u.s. five times. immigration turned him over to authorities in march and ask that he remain in custody but it wasn't honored. steinle's parents say that's unacceptable but they can't do anything about it now. >> we're not dwelling on that. justice will reign hopefully with that. but it's not going to bring kate back. >> on friday donald trump said the shooting was further proof the u.s. needs to crack down on border patrol. today republican rival jeb bush said that he was personally offended by trump's recent remark not just about the murder but how he criticized immigrants and those who come to the u.s. illegally. he said trump's views are way out of the mainstream of what republicans think. bush's wife was born in mexico. many of you spent this afternoon watching or walking in fourth of july parades. and what better place to see one than right here in our nation's capital. hundreds of people lined constitution avenue to washington the national independence day parade. the festivities featured bands drum corps and floats from all over the country. one woman we talked to said seeing all this just made her so proud to be an american. >> i want to thank this country for welcoming me and giving me an opportunity. i came with my mexican hot. i love this country. god bless america. >> indeed. people at the parade noticed a heavy police presence along the routes as well. there were celebrations across the region today. d.c. mayor muriel bowser marched in the annual neighborhood in the northwest. after the parade, people got a free picnic. and over in tacoma park, people celebrated one of the oldest independence day parties along the atlantic coast. celebrations like this have been going on for 126 years. weather forced the cancellation of tonight's fireworks. but you'll be able to enjoy them tomorrow. what an up-and-down day for the weather. but at last we got our fireworks this evening. >> the skies cleared, the rain moved out. it felt like summer during the fireworks. it was a little humid. temperatures were generally in the 70s. now areas of fog developing across the region and you'll be dealing with that in spots tomorrow. but overall, the weather will have a low impact on your sunday. a nice finish to our holiday weekend. any fogginess burns off by about 9:00, 10:00 a.m. and mainly dry. just about everybody will be dry tomorrow. but a fog advisory has been issued by the national weather service for the counties here in gray, including prince william running until 10:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. dense fog in these locations but still patchy fog elsewhere. visibilities tomorrow morning could be less than a quarter of a mile in spots. here's the latest check of current visibilities. all the major reporting sights have no major issues just yet. satellite/radar showing partly to mostly cloudy skies over the area. this is that rain that we had move through earlier, that soaking, drenching rain. mainly during the afternoon hours. tomorrow morning, most of us will be dry. and look at what we're going to start off. 6:00 a.m., washington, near 70 degrees. the suburbs in the 60s. 64. so comfortably cool if you're going for that early morning jog, walk bike ride. as we work our way toward the midday hours starting to notice for sunshine to develop. skycast forecasts what the clouds will look like. by noon, temperature in washington, around 80 degrees. the suburbs in the upper 70s as we get into the afternoon hours. it's a nice, classic summer day. a little bit humid. the temperatures are warm. it's not unbearably hot outside. temperatures at 2:00 p.m. in the low to mid-80s across the area. nice tomorrow evening if you want to have the cookout there. the tacoma park fireworks also looking good for tomorrow night. i do want to point out there is a chance for some thunderstorms tomorrow afternoon and evening. well to the west of washington over the mountains back around the i-91 corridor. elsewhere is dry throughout the day. 9:00 p.m. tomorrow evening taking the dog out late night, looking good for that. future weather showing you 9:00 a.m. monday as we return to work, showers are likely. throughout the day, we'll continue to track showers at times, especially west of the i-95 corridor. but still those of you east of i-95 have the threat of showers as well. and then the chance of thunderstorms by the afternoon hours. 75 degrees is the temperature right now in washington. and a high tomorrow of about 86. monday, a good likelihood that you're dealing with showers at times. l otherwise, plenty of clouds. not a great pool day. tuesday, mostly to partly sunny skies. maybe a late-day shower. but i think tuesday will be dry. highs near 90. we hit 90 on wednesday. the chance of afternoon showers and thunderstorms and the chance of showers and thunderstorms once again for thursday. ♪ they got the crowd pumping tonight at the macy's fourth of july fireworks spectacular that aired right here on nbc 4. and ewe got to see it live on our nbc washington app because we streamed it live. it was over the new york city skyline, absolutely gorgeous display. still ahead, one why are we watching this again? i pay for all these channels, so i make myself watch them all. joey, i'll watch anything except this. except this. go back, go back, go back, go back, go back, go back. fios custom tv lets you pay for the types of channels you want, not the ones you don't. 100% fiber optics is here. get out of the past. get fios. now for $79.99 a month. go online or call. call the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800.974.6006 tty/v 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 month's payment plus five years wear and tear coverage. make the most of summer... with volvo. what are we going to do? >> a little pain in the side. >> i hope it's just a little pain. >> that's the key. there are talking points and then pains from today's nationals fourth of july encounter with the giants. there was the start to the game, a big boost from bryce harper's patriotic bat painted blue with white stars. and then there was the starter, stephen strasburg and how his day finished. fourth of july baseball for you. rocking the stars and stripes. michael taylor loving his new jersey and becoming a star. first pitch from madison bumgarner. deep to left. lava homer for the nats. they're up 1-0. just two batters later, bryce is up with his stars-and-stripe bat, two-run shot to right. his 25th of the season. nats up 3-0 early. now in the fourth, that is that pain we're talking about. familiar srnconcern stephen strasburg gets buster posey to ground out. but he's holding his side there. brings out the athletic trainers. off goes strasburg after 3 2/3 scoreless innings. he pitched well. bottom of the sixth, tyler moore loves the fourth of july with men on the corners, takes it down the line to left. both runners come in to score. nats take it 9-3. as for strasburg, just say he's a little frustrated. >> everything felt good. i was commanding the fastball really well today. especially last couple of outings. making good strides but sometimes you don't have an explanation for what happens. >> part of the conversation on the mound after he exited was with wilson and dezi about how good he was today. we'll see how he is tomorrow. the orioles/white sox, fourth of july, got to have the hot dogs, right? haven't scored a run in 26 2/3 innings. but manny machado takes care of that. this is a two-run homer to left. his 17th of the season. that ties the game at 2. finally some runs for the orioles. ninth inning, the orioles back down, 3-2. chris davis up he's going to really get ahold of this one. but look at that -- >> that's incredible. >> incredible by garcia. robs him of the tying home run. white sox win it 3-2. funny how life is. as much as things change, they stay the same. four years since the united states women lost to japan in the final to the world cup. a year later, they beat japan to claim the gold in the 2012 olympics. and now we're on the eve of another world cup final, it's the united states and japan again for the big surprise. u.s. and japan again. but it almost wasn't. sometimes it's better to be lucky than good. a cruel owned goal, the difference in a 2-1 win for japan in the semifinals. the united states, 2-0 win over germany. americans have a shot at a record third world cup title. going for their first since 1999. look at this crowd. chillile taking on argentina. messy is wonderful. so close. and argentina knew they had to have one there. almost won it. head to penalty kicks. the shot stopped by bravo. he comes up with the save. chile now one shot away from their first title. alexis sanchez comes through with the historic shot. chile beats argentina in penalty kicks their first ever title. perhaps we should have seen this coming. a loss for joey "jaws" chestnut at the annual hot dog eating contest on coney island. that seems unthinkable. he'd won eight straight mustard belts. but this might be the edge of the mega toad of recent competitions. matt stonie had beaten joey chestnut. unlike lebron and m.j. we get to see these two go head to head. they were neck and neck through most of it u. but chestnut can't close the gap. stonie downs chestnut. chestnut only ate 60 hot dogs. >> it makes me nervous when they keep their hand over their mouth. >> both guys are from san jose, california. >> that's our news for tonight. 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