Dreary throughout the day. But as amelia forecasted, it did clear up in time for the fireworks. And ill take credit for that. No but in all serious ngs we did have heavy rain moving through the area yesterday afternoon. But by the time fireworks came around, it was muggy, dry, it was feeling like summer. This morning were dealing with areas of fog across the region. National Weather Service has issued a dense fog advisory for all of the counties here in gray. This includes fairfax, parts of montgomery Loudoun Frederick and Prince William counties. This is until 10 00 a. M. Visibilities under a quarter of a mile . In spots. Heavy fog being reported. Aside from that, this morning its a comfortably cool start if youre going for that Early Morning walk, run, bike ride. Heres what you can expect for today. 7 00 a. M. 60s in the suburbs, 72 inside of the beltway. Fog burns off by about 9 00, 10 00 a. M. 11 00, were mild, temperature near 80. Coming up, ill let you know how warm it will be this afternoon. Right now traffic looks clear this morning as people are heading back from the beaches in maryland and delaware. Lets head over to the commonwealth in virginia. 95 express lanes are going northbound this morning. This is to help folks coming back from virginia and carolina beaches. More than a Million People in the region are expected to travel for the fourth of july weekend. New this morning, firefighters are trying to figure out what started an Apartment Fire that left three people without a place to live in loudoun county. One firefighter was hurt, but did not have to go to the hospital. Doctors in d. C. Are treating five people for burns after a boat exploded in saintst. Marys county. Something ignited the boat at Solomons Island. The explosion hurt 10 p including three children. The explosion is still under investigation, but medics we can tell you flew five of those who were injured to medstar Washington Hospital center. We are told the good news here, everyone will survive. And in decision 2016, republican president ial candidate jeb bush says Donald Trumps comments about mexican immigrants are, quote extraordinarily ugly. Bushs wife was born in mexico. When trump announced his run for president , he criticized immigrants who come from mexico to the u. S. Illegally. He said theyre bringing crime crime and called some rainists. Ted cruz says he salutes trump. He can watch the interview on meetmeet the press this morning at 10 30. Lots of you have a lot of new memories to share this morning of the fourth of July Fireworks on the national mall. Rain almost washed out the celebration but it didnt. Darcy spencer shows us why it was worth waiting out the storms. Reporter its what everyone was waiting for. They were wonderful, they were so awesome. I love the part when it said usa. It was so cool. Reporter what everyone got drenched for the spectacular fireworks on the national mall. Were all exited. This is an experience that weve never had before. Reporter the display attracted tens of thousands among them this little boy who has another reason to celebrate. I have a birthday. Im five. Happy birthday. Reporter the crowds are higher this year, but for so many its a tradition they wouldnt miss. For others, its a first time experience. This is my first fireworks in washington, d. C. How special is that . Its awesome. I get to spend it with my best friend from college. Reporter and afternoon thunderstorm chased thousands inside. They opened museums for people to take shelter. But by night fall the skies had cleared. The fireworks worth getting wet for. We were caught in the storm but we dont care. Were so excited about the fireworks. We had fun. Weve been here a whole weekend and this is the best part about our vacation. A worm welcome for the president of the United States and our first lady, mr. And mrs. Obama. Welcome for the president of the United States and our first lady, mr. And mrs. Obama. Make some noise. On the other side of the mall, the president brated Independence Day at the white house. Bruno mars there performed at an event for military families on the south lawn. President obama thanked them for their service and sacrifice to our country. We thank everyone who does so much each and every day to defend our country. Without you, we couldkoocould not enjoy the incredible blessings that we do in this greatest country on earth. The white house did have to cancel its annual barbecue for military families because of the weather. Now, if you missed the fireworks yesterday, you have a few options. Brandywine, maryland will celebrate with fireworks at 9 00 tonight at the spirit of Faith Christian center. Also takoma park postponed its show until today because of the rain. You can see those fireworks at Takoma Park Middle School on piney branch road around 9 30 tonight. All eyes will be on the royal family today for the christening of their newest edition baby charlotte. The big role pippa could fill. And why several cities out west are silencing the iconic why are we watching this again . I pay for all these channels, so i make myself watch them all. Joey, ill 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 dont. 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 in the day ahead, the duke and duchess going to cristen their daughter Princess Charlotte in a private service. Shes now two months old. Big brother Prince George will be there, too. It will be at Queen Elizabeths country estate. One question, will pippa be named a god parent. Harry wont be there. Hes on a Conservation Mission in africa. Nine people were burned during a Fireworks Show in colorado. It was a malfunction of some sort. It caused a fire work to explode in its case sending fireworks right into the crowd friday night. It was so crowded, you hear people reacting to it there, people were so tightly packed in they couldnt just really get up and run. So nine people hurt. They have minor burns. Allege pretty scary out there. Not everyone had the chance to celebrate lastght. Thats right, several states canceled Fireworks Shows because of severe heat and drought. Jacob rascon shows us how people prepared for a quieter fourth of july. Reporter americans always celebrate the fourth with a spectacular display. But in a region plagued by record drought and record heat where a single spark trigger a massive inferno, many have decided fireworks arent worth the fire risk. In california ive never seen this low. Reporter where a wildfire recently destroyed 30 homes, the Fireworks Show has been replaced with a laser show. Probably choreographed to music. So lots of lights and colors and it should be something really exciting and new. Reporter other shows have also been canceled from oregon to montana. We definitely dont need anymore fires. Reporter and the owner of pyro spectaculars says professionals are prepared for the extra danger. We really got ahead of this probably about 60 days ahead of schedule. We had training seminars for Fire Service Personnel brought them out, did demonstration. Reporter dozens of communities across the west are also banning all personal fireworks. In washington fire officials demonstrate how quickly a small firework can ignite dry brush. Here the governor isnt taking any chances after a rash of destructive wildfires issuing an emergency proclamation strongly urging his state to skip the explosions. Not everyone is listening. Holding tight to tradition. We have lines of people around here. It gets crazy. Reporter a region ready to burn, holding its breath for an Independence Day free from further disaster. Jacob rascon, nbc news los angeles. So today we will dry out from yesterday which will be nice. It will be. Lets check in with a me i cantmelia segal. Shes in for chuck bell. Most of us are looking at a dry day today. Partly sunny skies overall. Dealing with some fog this morning. That will be the case through about the midMorning Hours. So if youre leaving driving around, you to want to keep that in mind. But overall today the weather having a low impact on your day. Again, most of us are dry. The best chance of some late day storms will be back to the west around areas like loreurayluray, stanton, charlottesville. 71 in washington. Almost chilly in the suburbs relatively speaking of course. 63 in gaithersburg and hagerstown, 64 in leesburg. So stepping out early this morning, feeling quite comfortable. Preebl probably feeling a little damp pauf because of the fog in place. Today it will be 86 in washington. Suburbs low to mid80s. 82 winchester, 83 laplata. Nice day to hit the links. For the most part, the weather cooperating including if youre planning on doing some grilling today. Maybe you you put it off yesterday because of the rain in the forecast. So 3 00 partly sunny, temperature around 85. I do think well see mostly cloudy skies as we look to the evening hours at that point again storms well west of the metro area. Only an isolated shower or thunderstorm possible in the metro area later today, thats about a 20 chance. But most if not all of your day will be dry. 5 00 p. M. , mid80s. 7 00 were down to 82 degrees. Its humid out there today. 5 00 p. M. Future weather showing you the isolated shower chance. I think this is a little overdone. Its only about a 20 chance that that shower there even materializes. But notice back here well west of washington, especially back into West Virginia potentially some heavy storms there during the Late Afternoon and evening hours. 4 00 a. M. On monday tracking the chance for some scattered showers if youre leaving early for work. 8 00 a. M. Plenty of clouds and maybe some isolated showers around. Showers become more widespread throughout the day tomorrow. We add in thunderstorms during the afternoon. And some heavy rain is possible because of how muggy its going to be. A High Temperature on monday of 85 degrees. Not a great pool day. Tuesday, though, is looking like a nice pool day. Mostly to partly sunny. A high of 93. Its humid. Classic summer day. Only an isolated late day thunderstorm possible. There is a chance of afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms on wednesday. A high around 90. Thursday chance of showers and thunderstorms later in the day once again and a high of 87. Next up we have reporters notebook, a look at stories affecting our community. Well be back in 15 minutes with more of the mornings top stories. Welcome to reporters notebook. Im pat lawson muse. Chief lanier says the response this past week at the navy yard went very smoothly. Mayor bowser called it a good exercise that showed what weve learned since the shootings at the navy yard in september 2013. The Massive Police response followed a phone call from a navy yard worker who thought she heard what could have been the sounds of gunfire. There was no gunfire, no injuries. But they called it a clear coordinated convincing response. What is your assessment . Well i think it was a coordinated response. I know as we watched like most of us on the news on tv, if there had ever been a gunman and the shots, i dont know how they would have gotten out of that perimeter that was set up. Clearly we learned from two years ago. And i must tell you, though, i get a little concerned when i hear the mayor say it was an exercise. Because im assuming that they were responding to what they thought was real. But lets thank god that it wasnt real, but it was well coordinated. I think she meant that after the fact they could look at it and say, well we did what we are trained and ready and prepared to do. I think it was probably a bad choice of words. Yeah. Because it seemed like it was a practice run. Obviously it was not. And i think here in this case that d. C. Police had to do what they had do because if it had been sort of a slow response if it had been just one call from someone in a building and something really had happened, all the criticism would have come down on the mayor and the police department. So i think what they did is what they had do. I think cathy lanier responded in the right way to say, listen a call came in, this person wasnt sure what they heard and we had to react to that especially when we know what has happened there in the past. So i dont see anyway that you can complain about the response that was put forth. Doesnt it also show that people are paying close, very close attention to the constant instructions to be vigilant, to Say Something if you see something . You got it. Say something if you see something. No ifs, and, buts about it. Should be just like 911. And thats why you applaud whoever called in. Whether it was a fireworks or a backfire of a car whatever. It was the right thing to do. But these are the repercussions of those incidents that have happened in the past. I do think what we have to watch for is we can say that now on this one response. But lets say this happens two or three times within a month and the police have to expend a lot of money and force to go out on these calls. Will the response of the public and even the media be the same. Will we be critiquing it the same way or will we say, wait a minute, if everyone calls every time they heard a pop or this and police have to respond and move deployment to these things, should there be a better way of approaching this. Im not saying thats going to happen, but these things can come up. But i think what made it different is that this was the navy yard and we had lost 12 lives prior to that. D. C. Council voted to put a hold on plans to expand the use of body cams until the mayor can come up with 1. 5 million in funding needed for the first year of the program. The council also insists that the mayor come up with a policy that allows the public to see the video. Of course the mayor and the police chief have pushed back on that over concerns that making that advise i dont available is number one costly and number two a possible violation of privacy. The cameras were supposed to be rolled out city wide later this month. Thats now going to have to wait until next fall. The Council Chairman i think said it succinctly the ball is now in the mayors court. And i thought that the council the way they handled this and then mendelson had a savvy approach, they said well give you the cameras and if you say it will cost a million and a half for the public to see this video, which we believe they should be able to see, then you find the money. You can find it. Its there. Well put the ball in your court and if the way of finding that money is applying a fee to any citizen who wants access to this video, then we want to be on your call that you are constituting this fee. So i think what the council does is they say first of all well push back well allow folks to be able to get this video, but if you think it will cost money we will put it on your lap to say where the money is coming from, not under our watch. Joe, what do you think about the way this is playing out . What bothers me i dont know where this is coming from. I dont hear a clamor in the community that people are that concerned about a million plus dollars being spent on body cams. What i hear is that people want these body cams. So i think what they have done is put the mayor in a position where she now will be out on the streets out in the public and they want her to hear what the community really wants and maybe force her to in fact find the money. D. C. Is cutting taxes. The Council Voted to cut income taxes for middle class and wealthier residents beginning in september. Mayor bowser wanted to delay the cuts until next year and six of the councils 13 members voted to do that. But Council ChairPhil Mendelson said there was no reason to delay the cuts. So money for tax cuts but no money for Police Body Cameras . Great segue. As were sitting here where do you find the million, and then you say, well, lets delay the cuts. There is where your money is for it in part you would think. Thats an opinion i have about it. Well, obviously the city is doing well enough where the council believes they can cut taxes. What i find interesting i didnt use the word clamor. I didnt hear the a clamor asking for tax cuts. Not that they would give it back. So i think this is an early move for those who may be running for reelection. When you can run on that youve cut taxes even though folks werent asking for taxes to be cut, you wont cut you wont have to worry about people asking. Thats instinctive. But there are always people out there we all want taxes lowered. But i just found this to be be a very surprising move that of all the places that you need money for social services, to say that now is the time that well cut taxes, i just didnt see the clamor for it. I think we pretty much have come up with something here. People want body cameras. They really do. Except for an organization or two. And here is a way of finding that money to in fact do it. So i think after maybe this show, they might be able to give it a second thought. They also passed emergency legislation giving the police chief power to crack down on k2, synthetic marijuana. They can shut down businesses, the police chief can. Store owners face 10,000 fines for first offense. And the loss of their license for second offense. And of course this crackdown comes on the heels of what seems to be growing crisis in the city. This drug is popping up all over the place and were seeing a big uptick in the number of overdoses. People using it in public, abusing it and overdosing right on the street in t