confederate flag. and one person in jail under serious charges and what a suspect did during a local festival. tonight a petition is gaining momentum to take jefferon davis' name off route one in northern virginia and a lot of you are sharing this story on our facebook page and making it clear how you feel. it goes from prince george spotsylvania counties. you spoke with the man who started all of this jackie? >> reporter: well we can tell you this petition was started several months ago. it is such a part of the daily existence for month commuters that most people don't register the official name of a significant part of route 1 as it threads through northern virginia. it bears the name of the man who served as president of the confederacy jefferson davis. >> i started on may 2nd six weeks before the charleston massacre, the dreaded charleston massacre. >> the reaction to the petition? >> 3000 people have signed it so far, the last time i looked. but i've had this negative reactions to it as well which is expected and there are people entitled to their own opinion. >> with the passage of time jefferson davis is not as familiar as he once was to virginians. >> do you know who jefferson davis is? >> no, i don't? >> any guesses? >> i don't know. >> there are actually five change.org petitions to repage jefferson davis highway in virginia. jackie ben sen, news four. >> thanks jackie. and folks have been weighing in on our facebook page. and a lot of them do know who jefferson davis is and they are overwhelmingly against changing the name. let us know what you think on facebook on our nbc washington app. several people on flights in the dulles had to get medical attention once they touched down because of severe turbulence from puerto rico the united airlines radared -- radios ahead that three passengers were hurt. they went to the hospital to get check out. and a light from san francisco ran into bad tush lent but didn't need help in dulles. police arrested a man who they say was driving drunk and rear-ended a state trooper. it happened this morning in alexander. the trooper was helping out with a dui stop and had his flights flashing. the man slammed into the back of his cruiser and paramedics had to treat the trooper with minor head injuries. the driver has a lot more charges pending. d.c. police arrested a woman because she attacked a man who wouldn't give her a cigarette. the man was at a bus stop on rhode island avenue when the woman asked for a smoke. when he didn't give her one, she punched him, scratched his face and tried to steal his bag. someone walking by called police and officers arrested her for robbery. storm team 4 is tracking the fog rolling into areas right now and when you wake up on sunday morning certain communities will see the bulk of this, meteorologist amelia siegal is looking into why. >> areas south of washington dealing with the most widespread fog tomorrow morning already tracking fogginess around stafford, visibility about two miles but as we continue overnight fog will continue to develop. so fog in places tomorrow morning other wise a nice start. 6:00 a.m. at 72 degrees. any fogginess burns off at 7:00 a.m. 60s in the suburbs. by 10:00 a.m. we warm up to 81 degrees. coming up, chris i'll let you know about the humidity and when we could deal with severe thunderstorms as we start the wok week. >> thanks amelia. a teen-ager got into a skateboard rec in ocean city and now police say he wasn't wearing a helmet or protective gear. the boy is 14 from maryland and he was holding on to a moving car on his skateboard. it is not clear if the driver knew he was back there but the boy lost his footing and fell off the board and now he is in critical condition in a baltimore hospital. an area of the probably u. veet neighborhood is back open and people are looking for agroup of men who was shot there. a man was found on the ground near 14th and v. near dozens of barz and restaurants and was shot in the upper body but it is not clear if he could tell police anything about who shot him. new at 11:00, you can maybe say noeg oeshators working on a nuclear deal with iran are close to working past midnight the longest session since talks started in vienna. secretary kerry said they made some progress with the iran morn ministers and tweeted that they still have difficult issues to resolve. that explosion was a lightning bolt hitting a tv station. shot by one of the cameras in the building. it struck during last night's newscast in denver and knocked motion of the station's equipment offline. the crew had to improvise and used an out door camera and ipads to do news. about half an hour later things did return to normal. >> we appreciate your patience and the good news is nobody is hurt. >> the denver fire department came to the station but didn't find any significant damage. new tonight a maryland mayor attacked. we just got these pictures of baltimore's mayor soaking wet after a woman threw water on her. she was at a festival in baltimore when it happened but the press sect for stephanie rawlings-blake said she is fine. police took the woman into custody and charged her with assault and we are still trying to find out why shedy it. for 15 years the naacp demanded the confederate flag be removed from south carolina statehouse grounds an the state made the move yesterday and tonight the civil rights organization is making a move of its own. and an increase in coyotes attacks and the reason for the spike might surprise you. for years inspectors have been saying this warehouse was a huge fire risk and it looks like they were right. this afternoon a fire burned down two of the warehouses in georgia. officials were so worried about it spreading they had to evacuate several homes nearby. a rough ride. this party boat losts steering and crashed off the coast of north carolina. six people had to go to the hospital after they were jolted. passengers were stuck on the boat for hours until police wrapped up the investigation. >> we come here every year and this is the first year we decided we're going to try this and never again. i will not go on this ever again. >> investigators gave the captain a breathalyzer test and now say alcohol didn't have anything to do with the crash. after 15 years, the naacp's economic boycott of south carolina is over. the civil rights group announced the end the day after legislators voted to take down the confederate flag. tonight they released a statement calling the removal a victory but naacp officials say they are ready to fight the battle in other states where what they call symbols of oppression are sill celebrated. the beginning of the workweek is looking stormy. amelia is up next with what you could be dealing with -- heavy rain and possible severe weather. a woman thrown against the rocks after an explosion shakes the shore. tonight law enforcement is fl new at 11:00, as if protecting your kids weren't hard enough families in southern california have to worry about coyotes attacks inside of their homes. in the past two months there have been four attacks in irvine. a family attacked a child in a garage and one attacks a 7-year-old girl in a living room. one woman came face-to-face with a coyote and said she was just glad her baby wasn't with her. >> i was stamping my feet and he wasn't backing out. >> the drought is driving the animals into residential neighborhoods but humans aren't helping. humans are nor likely to post a picture of a coyote instead of run it off and now they are not afraid of populated areas. an explosion in rhode island today. the woman was sitting on the beach near the water when there i was -- was a loud bhoom and she was thrown against the rockwall. witnesses say she ended up face down in the sand. >> she answered our questions and she had pain in her neck and her hip and one of her legs. >> now they did call in a bomb squad but they are still not sure if there was a device in the sand or just some freak of nature caused by maybe an early or lightning strike in the area. they don't see any threat to public safety and the beach is closed for now but will probably reopen tomorrow. someone stole seven lifeguard stands off the beach in rehoboth beach and they think they were put out to sea. they are heavy and each weighs 500 pounds and at $800 each the loss is well into the thousands. fortunately they are plenty of back-ups so the beach is fully staffed this weekend. good thing too, because i can imagine there are a ton of people heading to the beach this weekend. >> tomorrow looking like a great day at the beach. and locally the weather will be great here as well tomorrow. the humidity is bearable. we'll have plenty of sunshine it. will be warm, highs tomorrow in the mid-80s to low 90s. but with the humidity not too high, we'll take it. now temperatures coming in in the 60s and 70s. it is going to be chilly in some spots overnight tonight. washington standing out as the warmest spot at 78 degrees. but frederick is already down to 64. culpepper down to 65. and fredericksburg at 71 right now. now i am starting to track some areas of fog. culpepper reporting visibility at about a mile and a half and also getting reports of fog down around the stafford area and it will favor areas south of washington because the rain lasted longer during the morning and midday hours. storm team 4 radar when we add in the legislative imagery -- satellite imagery, it is dry and so temperatures will drop tonight. here is a look at low temperatures. what you can expect in your neighborhood. low in washington of 72. winchester, 63. la plata, as well. so cool for your sunday morning. grab a light jacket early. you won't need it by 9:00 120k a.m. temperatures will warm up quickly. 60 in the district and fog burns off. but the midday low 80s and plenty of sunshine. a high tomorrow of 90. we hit that at about 2:00, 3:00 p.m. great for grilling. great temperature at 5:00 p.m. definitely need the sun excrete, heading up to baltimore to catch the baltimore and the nationals and one apiece for each team so a fun game tomorrow. temperatures near 90. so very hot there. getting your car washed the weather is fine tomorrow but know you could deal with storms on monday and storms are likely on tuesday. so it might not be very effective. future weather, at noon on monday, notice how most of the area is mainly dry but plenty of clouds around. as we work into the afternoon hours, scattered showers and thunderstorms especially west of washington parts of prem, fauquier and loudoun county and storms will favor those areas. and bright colors. heavy rain is possible on monday. we've had so much rain lately there is concern for flash flooding. a high on monday ever 85. high on tuesday of 90. by the afternoon hours on tuesday, showers an thunderstorms are looking likely because it will be hot and humid. some storms on tuesday would be strong to severe. the big concern is the heavy rain but also chris, the potential for gusty winds and chance for showers and thunderstorms on wednesday. >> thank you, amelia. still ahead already in the middle 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 ♪ know you can deposit checks right from your phone transfer money to someone quickly and easily speak to a financial professional when it's convenient and pay for things with the tap of your finger know that with pnc's convenient solutions at least your finances will be easy to control. well now tomorrow's game takes on even added significance because now we're one apiece. >> not only that you get to wear different hawaiian shirts. >> that is the tipping point right there man. >> started with much of that on aiian shirts that is the tipping point. before the start of tonight's game we found out about sunday's start. scherzer will pitch for the nationals in the finale against the orioles and that means no left -- all-star game. the nats 1-0 series. last night pie in the face for jonathan scope and they are hoping for a chocolate dessert evening. and this is 104-year-old cora throwing out the first pitch. enjoying herself at camden yards. i think that was a knuckleball. bottom of the second. jordan zimmerman pitching to joseph and the catcher sending this deep to centerfield, close on that. the olds up 3-2. four runs allowed for zimmer mab. in the third but espinosa with a spinning stop to desmond and he gets the runner out and an impressive double place. top of the sixth price harper batting under .200 at camden yards but the average going up now. solo shot 26th of the year for bryce harper and fizz his -- his first ever homer, can you believe that in 12 games. and a hammer of this ball to right on to the flag court for espinosa and nats take the lead 6-4. bottom of the nine, jones up two on and hoping to close things down and the closer does that jones to the second and they make the play and they even the series. scherzer facing chen in the rubber match tomorrow. the caps training facility packed with happy fans for the team fan fest. it was a nice close here in july to the team development camp, but what would really make fans happy is the develop into a caps that doesn't play into july but into june. ovechkin is about to enter the 10th season and the team owner believes there is time to go with the commitment. >> i feel that i haven't met my commitment to him, that we would build the team that would be able to win stages he knows we're committed. he with sense it and see it. he sees how much we invest. he knows how hard we're trying. and it is so close that a difference between winning and losing is just so small and so i do not think our window as an organization is closing. i think that we have improved as a team and i'm hoping like all 29 other owners that this is the year. >> now ted's other team the wizards opening up summer leg against the phoenix suns, there is the first round pick kelly, we're watching him. but the second quarter, aaron white, hang on here he comes that is a slam. four points for the second round pick out of iowa. and we told you you could spread the floor and pulling back for three and the wizards down five and it is only summer league. later, the suns with the miss and the rebound and pass inside that is alex lynn we know him, former maryland terrapin. >> but focusing on the star spin move, 20 points, 10 rebounds in the debut but the suns get the win, 86-77. the year was 1999. prince told us it was a good party year right? it was for tennis too. in 1999, serena 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