details still coming in. we will get it to you as soon as they unfold. barbara, back to you. >> thank you scott. here's video just into the newsroom shows the scene where a woman was killed when a car ran up on the sidewalk in maryland. this is randolph road and veersville road in wheaton. we are told the victim is in her 40s. the driver, also a woman taken to the hospital. news nour's shomari stone is on the way and we will get his report in just a few minutes. also breaking right now the verdict is in for james holmes, the man charged with killing 12 people in a colorado movie theater. 70 others were injured in that theater shooting. if the jury convicts his, he could be sentenced to death. if they find him not guilty holmes will be committed to a mental hospital. right now the search is on for two people involved in separate incidents that left a couple officers injured in prince george's county. >> one of those cases, a person is facing attempted murder charges. news4's pat collins is live in oxon hill and has details for us now. pat? >> reporter: barbara, two close calls for two prince george's county police officers injured by two suspects on the run in two separate instances. wanted tonight for attempted second-degree murder of a prince george's county police officer. it happened around 5:40 last night in district heights. police say an officer tried to keep a drug suspect from driving away. the officer's arm got caught in the suspect's car and he was dragged alongside that car until it crashed into a tree. the officer's in the hospital with a broken leg. the suspect identified as danny lee harvell. police say he continued his get getaway on foot and he is state large. around 1:00 this morning in the 4400 block of wheeler road an officer tries to stop the driver of a stolen car. the stolen car hits the officer flips him over the hood and then continues to get away down wheeler road into the district. that officer was treated and released. now the suspect in that incident is still at large. coming up at 5:00, the step-by-step story of that police officer who was dragged alongside the suspect car in district heights. it's a be-still-my-heart moment. i will have it for you at 5:00. live in prince george's county, pat collins news4. scott macfarlane at the live deck, a huge bust today that will hopefully bring an end to a string of car break-ins in prince george's county. prosecutors say they charged 14 people today, all part of a ring known as the simple city criminal organization. investigators say they have been breaking into cars at gas stations then using personal information they find to open bank accounts in other people's names. prosecutors say there's an incredible amount of fraud and i.d. theft involved here. county bureau chief tracee wilkins working this story for us now. she has details on the bust coming up in a live report at 5:00. barbara? >> thank you, scott. more than one person may be responsible for the abduction and deaths of the lyons sisters 40 years ago. police are now naming another person that sexually assaulted katherine and shelia lie lee -- lyon lyons. the uncle is being chande lives in hyattsville. lloyd lee welch was indicted for the murders. on news4 at 5, we will talk to detectives critical of the case speaking public lit first time. getting good news on the condition of george h. w. bush. he fell and broke a bone in his neck. he had to be rushed to the hospital last night but now his granddaughter jenna, says he is doing okay. # he is going to have to wear a neck brace. >> i think he can manage a minor neck injury. >> bush suffers from a form of parkinson's disease and uses a wheelchair to get around. president obama called him today to wish him a speedy recovery. president obama should be landing at joint base andrews minutes from now. today, he became the first sitting president to visit a federal prison. went to oklahoma to push for changes in the way the country sentence and treats criminals. here is nbc's edward lawrence. >> reporter: president obama went to the federal correctional institution in el reno oklahoma, to push for criminal justice reforms that he says will keep streets safe while saving taxpayers money. the president met inmates and got personal. >> these are young people who made mistakes that respect that different than the mistakes i made and the mistakes that a lot of you guys made. >> reporter: his plan includes reducing the sentences for non-violent offenders, like some drug-related crimes to ease prison overcrowding. >> my goal is that we start seeing some improvements at the federal level and that we are then able to see states across the country pick up the battalion. >> reporter: he wants to improve prison culture by cracking down on sexual assaults and limiting the time in solitary confinement and use more job training programs to help convicts transition back into society. the plan has rare bipartisan support. >> it's expensive to house prisoners. sometimes, frankly, some of these people are in there under what i will call flimsy reasons. >> reporter: some advocacy groups agree. >> there's much we can do with low-level drug offenders to divert them from prison in the first place, get them into treatment program and community settings. >> reporter: republicans in congress say they expect to have a reform bill on the president's desk before he leaves office. the united states has 2.3 million people behind bars, more people than the top 35 european countries combined. edward lawrence nbc news, washington. no trouble today, but get ready, there's a heat wave right around our corner. let's take a look at what's been going on throughout the area today, the area of high pressure moved in behind yesterday's weather system, so skies pretty clear. not just here but up to our north, down to our south, no trouble whatsoever, but it is a larger area of high pressure that will start to build and put some heat across our area. today, 85 the temperature, where we have masked out so far. the weekend the heat, in a couple of minutes amelia segal will take a look at how oppressive this weekend will feel. certainly though, pleasant, uncomfortable conditions coming our way tomorrow and then oppressive, the numbers are really going to be topping out at some fairly high levels that we haven't seen in quite some time. clouds returning here for your evening, humidity as well and that heat for sure. again, we will take a look at the weekend and your evening planner forecast in just a few. just a hero for us all. >> one man put it all on the line to save others from flooding waters. his courage may have cost him his life. and a new group of smokers is causing concern. the people who are lighting up and why the duggar family says's true, tlc is officially canceling 19 kids and counting. the reality show's been in limbo for the past few months since we learned that josh duggar molested five children, including four of his sisters. today the duggars posted a statement on their facebook page saying, "with god's grace, they will find a way forward. the family says it is looking forward to working with tlc on an upcoming special. next month, the network plans to air a documentary about child sex abuse. most of the country is cutting down on cigarettes or quitting all together. >> but researchers have identified a growing group of smokers. they are in a category called very light smoking, they smoke five or fewer cigarettes a day. they are more likely than other smokers to be unmarried young women between 18 and 20 to be from a minority group and to have some college education. researchers say even light smoking though presents serious health risks, especially for young women in their child-bearing years. those risks include cancer, cardiovascular disease and infertility. the death toll grows in a flooding disaster but one woman is holding out hope that a loved one will be found alive. >> people are still talking about caitlyn jenner today after she brought down the house with her impassioned acceptance speech at the espys, but another award recipient is also getting rave reviews. looking ahead to the weekend, some scattered storms in the forecast for saturday. it's also day one of our five-day heat wave. a high temperature of 94. for sunday keeping it dry hazy, hot and human markd hive 96. when you factor in the mugginess in weekend, it will feel like temperatures are around 100 degrees. veronica will have more on the storm potential for your it's not just about me. it's about all of us accepting one another. >> caitlyn jenner accepted the arthur ashe award for courage at the espy awards and social media has been buzzing with comments about jenner and espn's decision to give her that award. >> like it or hate it though, most people agree she stole the show last night. here's nbc's hallie jackson. >> reporter: in an ivory gathered gown, caitlyn jenner took the stage to deliver a message to the world, as well as the fashion police. >> please be kind on me. i'm new at this. >> reporter: she quickly turned serious in her first high-profile speech as kate lip, taking on critics who argued she didn't deserve the arthur ashe award for courage. >> if you want to call me names make jokes about my intentions, go ahead because the reality is, i can take it. but for the thousands of kids out there coming to terms with being true to who they are, they shouldn't have to take it. >> reporter: on stage, the olympian, known as bruce when she won her gold medal, got emotional as she thanked her family. >> i am so, so grateful to have all of you in my life. thank you. >> reporter: her speech, perhaps the most high profile but not the only memorable one of the night. nfl star devon still accepted an award on behalf of his daughter, leah. >> fault me more about life than i could ever do. >> reporter: who's battling cancer. >> thank you for supporting me while i beat up cancer. >> reporter: online, come wondered why leah wasn't being honored for her courage or athletes like lauryn hill or amy van dyken ruen, but on the red carpet for many, jenner was the right choice. hard pressed to find anyone more courageous than her right now. >> i think that caitlyn is giving young people the opportunity to be comfortable in their skin, whatever that is. >> reporter: that agencies actually what jenner hopes to see. >> not just about me. it's about all of us accepting one another. we are all different. that's not a bad thing. thank you. the water went from my dad's ankles to all the way up to here. >> that's just one description of the disaster residents near the west virginia border saw. emotions are running high in eastern kentucky where severe flash flooding has killed at least three people this week. >> one man braved that storm to try and save his neighbors and police are still out looking for him now nbc's hannah morto has an update on the search for this hero. >> reporter: as the rubble is overturned and the debris is scoured stories of bravery emerge from the devastation. >> he saved people and just a here foe for us all. >> reporter: melissa blankenship is talking about her cousin. >> he stopped because the water was high and he tried help. >> reporter: scott faced the danger and ran to rescue family from this trailer. >> the water went from my dad's ankles all the way up to here within two-minute time and scott pulled my dad over and saved him from the water. >> reporter: she says he pulled a woman from the water and went to his grandmother's home. >> he went into the house, the trailer got swept off. and him and my grandma were in it and a little boy. >> reporter: the trio were stuck in the water, but scott got the 11-year-old boy onto a drifting porch. >> thankfully, he was able to reach a tree and was found about two hours later there. >> reporter: sadly their grandmother was washed away and didn't make it. scott was last seen in the water and is still missing. >> looking and waiting and just hoping he is okay. >> reporter: emergency crews found the body of a third victim this afternoon 22-year-old richard blair. >> oh, my god it is going to hit our house, too. they can't get out. oh scared to death. >> reporter: neighbors shot this video of a trailer floating away with an intellectually disabled man inside. >> it's been very hard and very hard situation. >> reporter: now as these families grieve, their love for each other they cherish. >> i love him. i don't know what i will do without him. and for our area, we have got a heat wave coming this way. we could see some pretty decent rain but i doubt we have any severe weather coming our way saturday. just some heavy rain in spots with the higher humidity. let's take a look at where the heat index val ruse going to be the next couple of days. as promised, yeah a heat wave building friday, the heat index up to 90 degrees, 100 on saturday, 102 on sunday what it will feel like monday, 101. while these will be the days with the highest humidity we are still going to see temperatures topping out over 90 degrees, even beyond that for a few days. right now got 85 degrees, inside the beltway, 82, fredericksburg, stafford waldorf, 81. 70s to the north and west. been a pretty pleasant day low humidity, 74 cape may early tomorrow morning, 65 to 72 the range in temperatures. you will notice with this east to southeasterly wind, pushing more moisture into the area, some morning fog that should be burning off by around 9 a.m. or so your commuter forecast, 73 between 6 and 8 a.m., up to 76 degrees. now it's not going to be a hot day but you will notice the temperatures rise and the humidity as well. 80 to 86 between 11 and 3 p.m. good day to get out and get that run in. meanwhile, you can see some of the clouds building just off to our east throughout the afternoon hours tomorrow. and as we take a look at your four-day forecast 86 to 94 degrees on saturday. 96 on sunday. these are the actual temperatures. right through wednesday, this latest heat wave, a thunderstorm chance that could bring again some isolated heavy rains. we will take a look at how much rain we can see the storm system on saturday in a few minutes. >> thanks, vj. a fifa official accused of bribery has been extradited from zurich and is now back in the united states. he is one of seven fifa leaders arrested on corruption charges. he hasn't been identified officially but it's believed to be jeffrey webb. when the charges were filed the fifa vice president was the only one who agreed to be extra indicted. webb is accused of awarding marketing rights in exchange for millions of dollars in bribes. d.c. shuts down a business caught selling synthetic marijuana. tonight, we learn the real reason the store was forced to close its doors. and we now have the emmy nominations. find out if your fav the primetime emmy nominations are in and one of the most controversial series of the year gets more nominations than it has before received. >> i can't wait to hear which one that s this year, the academy television of arts and sciences recognized a more diverse array of talent but as nbc's mark barger reports there were some startling snubs. >> and that one's on top and on and on it spins. >> reporter: the fantasy epic "game of thrones" dominated the emmy nominations with 24 overall, including best drama. "breaking bad" spinoff, "better call saul" is among six other series in the best drama case chase along with "downton abbey," homeland "house of cards", "orange is the new black" and "mad men," which has won the award four times. >> my gut tells me either "game of thrones'" year or one last win for "mad men" for its final season. >> reporter: series star jon hamm earned one last shot at best actor, his eighth nomination. breakout hit, "empire" missed out on a best drama nomination but star taraji p. henson earned one for best actress as did how to get away with murderers a viola davis. >> could be a diva showdown between two first-time nominees and freshman series. >> recognize me? >> reporter: their competition includes orphan back's tatiana muss lanny earned her first nomination but not in the mix is last year's winner, julianna margulies. five-time best comedy win, modern family, has a chance to make it a record six straight. its rivals include amazon's streaming series "transparent" and netflix first year series, the unbreakable kimmy schmidt. >> a pretty hot category and i think pretty tough for modern family to squeak out that historic win. >> reporter: a surprise in the best actor field saw four-time winner jim parsons being shut out, but "transparent's" jeffrey tambor did earn one for his role as a transgender woman. >> no one can really probably beat jeffrey tambor and even if jim parsons were in the category this year, woe is have to ten aside. >> your beak in the game, huh? >> reporter: veep star julia lou which drive fess has another chance her rivals amy schumer for "inside amy schumer." mark barger, nbc news. you got some picks? >> i'm "game of thrones" fanatic. everybody who works with me knows. so i'm pulling for "got." algae that actually tastes like bacon in the seaweed that could make pork lovers swoon. >> i got to taste it to believe it. a major milestone from a world-class waterfront community in our area will soon begin to take shape. today, the project marked a major milestone. president obama at a federal prison. tonight, we get local reaction to the president's historic visit. we are tracking developments in chattanooga where someone opened fire at two military centers. >> four u.s. marines were killed in the attack. the gunman is also dead. we just got the latest from the tennessee governor and here's nbc's dave wagner. >> today is a nightmare for the city of chattanooga. >> reporter: bullet homes riddle the front of a chattanooga military recruiting center after a gunman drove into the parking lot and opened fire. >> we have four individuals who were killed who are victims. >> all of a sudden i hear about ten or 15 pops, you know, just really fast, pop pop, pop. >> reporter: according to one military official 25 to 30 rounds, as police responded to the first scene and businesses were placed on lockdown. the gunman drove six and a half miles to a naval reserve facility, where more shots were fired and four members of the armed services were killed. >> what a we do know is that somebody brutally and brazenly attacked members of our armed services. >> reporter: lone gunman is dead. >> we are conducting this as an act of domestic terrorism. >> reporter: as investigators begin their search for answers. >> lives have been lost from some of our faithful people who were serving our country and i think i join all tennesseans in being sicken and saddened by this. >> reporter: tennessee and the country are mourning and questioning the motive behind the latest mass shooting. dave wagner nbc news. back here at home the southwest waterfront marked a milestone in its ongoing redevelopment. >> crews marked the end of excavation at the site with a bottoming out ceremony. >> i'm tom sherwood in southwest washington. let me show you the wharf. that wall over there is holding back 200 million gallons of water while this land is being prepared for a massive $2 billion development of new condos, hotels apartments, retail and tourist destinations. >> nobody is going to tell georgetown please, but this is going tonight crown jewel of our waterfront in the area. >> reporter: the project has been in the works nearly nine years and now, they are about to start building the buildings. we will have the story coming up on news4. and a beautiful day, plenty of sunshine, low humidity comfortable temperatures. right now we are at 85 degrees at reagan national and a gorgeous evening. 6:00 temperature around 80, great night walking the dog going for that run, bike ride, cooking outside. going to be spectacular. mild at 8 p.m. still around 80 degrees at that point. clouds will increase overnight tonight 10 p.m. temperature of about 77. some patchy fog will form overnight tonight. that will quickly burn off tomorrow morning. and tomorrow, still nice. not as great as today though. a little bit more cloud cover, a little bit more humid. highs tomorrow generally in the low to middle 80s, or i should say, mid to upper 80s, 86 for a high in washington. 87 in fredericksburg. nationals game tomorrow evening looking great first pitch just after 7:00. 83 degrees at the start of the game, by the time the last out happening, temperatures of about 78 at that point. keeping it dry at nats park, can't rule out an isolated shower tomorrow afternoon, especially for those of you in the mountains, back around theism-81 corridor. coming up in about ten minutes, veronica is going to have a look at your beach forecast, if you're getting out of town this weekend, what you can expect at our beaches. >> thanks, amelia. we have learned more about the violent last moments for an alexandria man killed in d.c. last week along new york avenue. family members said thomas harris went to get some food for a church picnic on july 5th. during the trip, according to court documents, harris tried to buy percoset pills from a younger man who punched him and left him bleeding on the street. kenneth garner is under arrest for the murder. harris apparently had bad injuries from what previous fight with a family member, but that attack did not play a role in his death apparently. a new police chief will be taking charge in frederick maryland later this month. edward hargis has 32 years of experience in law enforcement. for the last six years, he has been chief of police in portsmouth, virginia, where he has focused on crime reduction and improving dialogue in communities. president obama is the first sitting president to visit a federal prison. this afternoon, we are getting some local reaction to his tour. mr. obama spent the morning in oklahoma, meeting with some of the inmates and even looking inside the cells to see how they live. whur's troy johnson is here for today's talk around town. and troy, mr. owe 'bama seems focused on reforming the criminal justice system. how is this playing with your listeners? >> it's playing very well, because when you think about the numbers, we are talking about every 12 black men between 25 and 54 imprisoned in this country, compared to one in 60 among other races. it's obviously an epidemic problem and they are glad that the president is finally taking some time to address this situation, because the president say a lot of us say that we think it's normal to see young people in jail, people incarcerated ending up in the criminal justice system. he says it's not normal, it's not what happens in other countries, and listeners agree they are saying these moves are overdue and they think that the president's the first to call for some of these reforms. they believe some of his predecessors actually made the situations in jails much more difficult than maybe they even needed to be. >> i know that president obama seems to be very focused on the idea of not letting people get caught up in the system, so to speak. what's that mean and how are your listeners approaching that? >> what it means to listeners in the way they articulate it had to me was you can get people on the right track before they even have to be dealt with in this kind of a system. and that means better educational programs. if you think about the $80 million a year that it costs to house prisoners in our country those are the numbers the white house is saying, some of those funds could be used for school program, afterschool programs, getting to young people way before they even see the entrance to a jail. and when you talk about folks that are actually in prison at this time, real rehabilitation getting people skill sets and education so when they come out of jail, they are actually rehab bim tated. and because the federal government and the congress has cut back, at least listeners say on some of those programs in the past they would like to see some more money spent so people can become really viable citizens in our community. >> yeah we have seen a lot of focus on the non-violent offenders, the drug offenders. >> the president has commuted some sentences because he says that in some of these drug cases, where people are non-violent offenders, they have been -- they have been given, obviously, a chance to rehabilitate or -- they have a price to pay. but they -- they have been paying too much. these sentences are way too long. >> you can hear him on whur. troy johnson, barbara. a brutal beatdown over a bike. local police hope this video helps them catch the bad guys. and a cobra is on the loose in texas. find out what authorities say there's a cobra on the loose in texas and police believe it has already killed its owner. 18-year-old grant thompson was found unconscious in his car in a parking lot in austin on tuesday night. there were punkcture wounds on his list. inside his car, police found boxes that held six tarantulas a bullfrog and a non-venomous make. police are warning people in austin that the missing cobra is very very, aggressive. while today may be nice, we have heat coming your way that will be impacting your weekend and the early part of next week. tell you how much of a scorcher it is going to be and how storm mir, all when news4 at 4 returns. this video was just released from a camera outside a store in detroit. two weeks ago, criminals pulled out a gun and forced two women out of a car and on the ground. one of the victims says they took off in her car one of three carjackings in detroit over the past few weeks. to make matters worse they robbed her on of all days, her birthday. >> i let people know that i had chosen not to use him because i thought he was too pushy. a warning for those of how like to write online reviews. how one company paid back a woman for a p now to some breaking news in montgomery county. the top of the show, we told you about a deadly accident on the sidewalk. shomari stone is live in wheaton with the latest. >> reporter: it took us a while to get here due to the traffic associated with this accident but right now, behind me randolph road has reopened and a lot of folks are coming out here asking questions. a man just walked up to me and told nee this woman was on the sidewalk, minding her own business, when the car jumped the curb and plowed into her. montgomery county police tell us the car was going east on randolph road. the driver lost control she hit a utility pole and the car kept going that's when she hit 495-year-old womans who was on the sidewalk much the woman died at the hospital. medics drove the driver to a hospital and she is going to be okay. she has minor injuries. police are investigating and no charges have been filed but once again, if you planned on taking randolph road perhaps you were coming from bethesda on your way over to wheaton, jumping on the icc, well, randolph road has reopened and we will continue to follow the story and bring you details as they become available on twitter and at nbc washington on facebook. live here in wheaton, shomari stone, news4. >> thanks a lot, shomari. it is disturbing to watch, but d.c. police just released this surveillance video hoping that it will help them find the man behind this violent robbery. the robbers pulled the victim off his bike and knocked him to the ground. then, one of them literally jumped on the victim with both feet. they took off with his bike saturday night. it happened in northwest near 11th and r. everyone has an opinion, if you read online reviews about products and businesses. you know a lot of folks respect afraid to share their opinions, but as consumer reporter erika gonzalez shows us free speech may not always protect you from being sued if you post an unflattering review. >> reporter: carol moses is looking to group grade the bathrooms in her gaithersburg home, new showers, tile and cabinetry. she is going to spend a lot of money to fix two bathrooms and she wants to go with the best contractor for the job. >> i do a lot of research. >> reporter: she narrow it had down to two, chose one, but it's the one she didn't choose that she wrote a review about online and why we are talking to her now. you feel like what you gave was an honest review? >> yes i do. >> reporter: she says the review was mostly positive. however -- >> i let people know that i had chosen not to use them because i felt he was too pushy. >> reporter: that's when carol says she started to get e-mails and calls from the contractor. >> the contractor threatened me with a suit for slander and i contacted an attorney. the attorney said a case for slander is weak if anything, but in your best interest, i would just take it down. and so i did. >> reporter: jack gill slice with the consumer federation of america. >> but there's not a lot consumers can do in this situation. it is the wild west. document have much protection against the company that doesn't like your review. >> reporter: keep two things in mind, always post on an anonymous basis and be ready to go to bat about the posting whether about a hotel auto service or hamburger you had at lunch, are you ready to go to court over it? >> for the most part, you are protected by free democrat of speech. however that does not necessarily stop a disgruntle and particularly wealthy company from coming after you. >> reporter: and for many people, like carl, the sheer thought of being sued is enough to make her sick. >> i did not want to deal with any repercussions of a negative review. >> reporter: and when you're the one reading reviews, the cfa says take them with a grain of salt. too good and they could be planted by the company. too bad could signal someone with an axe to grind. erika gonzalez, news4. some social media users call it the biggest garage sale ever. but they are giving amazon's prime day mixed reviews. amazon says it sold 34 million items that's nearly 400 items every second and more than it's ever sold on black friday. walmart countered prime day with its own sale and says it also broke sales records. an electronics store in d.c.'s bloomingdale neighborhood caught up in the city's fight against drugs like spice and k 2. the d.c. attorney general's office shut down this store for a year. prosecutors say the florida avenue shop was the site of multiple synthetic marijuana seizures. the city carried out the closure under an old law, a new law signed by the mayor just last week will result in $10,000 fines for stores caught selling synthetic drugs. in about an hour or so, we will learn what jurors have decided in the colorado theater shooting trial. they had to consider whether james holmes was legally insane when he opened fire in a crowded theater and killed 12 people. nbc's leann gregg reports how they arrived a this the decision. >> reporter: nine women and three men must sort through thousands of pieces of evidence and hundreds of hours of testimony. yesterday, they asked for an index to help access evidence, but the judge denied that request. the defense argued that holmes should be sent to a mental institution. two of their psychiatrists found he was insane. two court-pointed a psychiatrists determined that he was sane. prosecutors are asking for the death penalty. >> in colorado, it comes down to whether james holmes understood the difference between right and wrong. and our definition excludes hatred, revenge and other kindred evil conditions. so for obvious reasons, the prosecution focused on the hatred that holmes had manifested toward man kind and the defense the mental illness that seized holmes according to the defense in the last months before the shooting. >> reporter: leanne gregg nbc news, centennial, colorado. >> again, the jury's decision is expected to be announced right around 6:00. we are going bring it to you as it happens shall both here on air and on our nbc washington app. we have had a really nice day today. i hope it lasts for a while. >> sunny no humidity. >> i know. >> vj, you dialed up a great one. >> exactly. really isn't going to be hard to find another day that is as good as this one low humidity. we are talking about a heat wave around the dorner. tomorrow is our transition day. so if you're going to be out this evening, take a look at our temperatures, not too bad. even going to be going to an outdoor movie, 78 by 9:00 you will notice the increase in cloud cover especially late. our winds will shift to more of an east and southeasterly fashion. early fog tomorrow morning, east and southeasterly wind from the mid-60s to low 70s across the area. here's a look at your afternoon tomorrow, 86 degrees inside its beltway, 85 frederick, upper 80 south around fredericksburg and stafford, again, a little bit of humanity. tomorrow is the start of -- friday is the start of the heat wave, a five-day stretch with the heat index over 100 degrees. meanwhile, on our seven-day forecast, let's take a look at it because monday, the high's 95. storm -- some afternoon storms there continue and again, on thursday, so a five-day heat wave. right now your weekend split with the best storm chance on saturday and have your saturday planner forecast coming up on news4 at 5. international investigators still finding clues about the escape of that notorious drug kingpin kingpin joaquin "el chapo" guzman but he remiles run with an $8 million bounty for his capture. nbc's mark porter explains the role u.s. authorities have in this search. >> reporter: a top dea official tells us that the u.s. government will do everything it can legally to help the mexican government recapture el chapo guzman. the u.s. has a great interest in doing that because of the role the sinaloa cartel plays in supplying the u.s. with tons and tons of elicit drugs. jack reilly of the dea says the best thing the u.s. can do is provide intelligence information, either human intelligence or information gleaned from electronic surveillance. >> if i was him, i would be looking over his shoulder now. >> reporter: he makes the point this is basically what the u.s. was doing at the time of chap poe's capture a year and a half ago. not a easy tax. guzman has a long history of hiding out in remote areas and also has the wherewithal to pay for extensive protection. he can also seek the protection of locals in the area, many of whom honor him and see him as a robin hood. the last time he escaped from jail, he was a fugitive for 13 years before he was brought in and now, of course, he has escaped again. >> and i'm here to commit to you we are going to do everything we can with our mexican counterparts to get this guy back in jail. >> reporter: mean time, the manhunt for him continues. no word publicly on how that's going. finally today, top security officials here in mexico will be testifying before a congressional subcommittee, which will be asking some very tough questions about how the escape at this prison occurred, how chapo got a a record number of people are flocking to yellowstone national park this summer. visitation in june set all-time records. 4 million people expected to visit the park to see favorite sights like old faithful by the end of this year. even more tourists are expected next year. park officials say the economy shares part of that credit. >> the economy is bouncing back a little bit, gas price aren't too bad. it can also be the national park foundation watching the find your park campaign in april. of course, the downside of all those advice stores crowds. the national park service says it is looking into whether the park can actually handle all the traffic but they say there are still plenty of places to find solitude in the 2 million acre park. reformed pork lovers of the world, rejoice. a new food that tastes liken bacon but big health benefits could be in stores soon it is a red marine algae that grows lying on the coastline. researchers created a strain healthy and packed with protein and they swear, when it's fried, it tastes just like bacon. senators europe are already selling it as a nutritional supplement. back here at home, a man came face-to-face with a burglar in northwest d.c. and now he is talking with news4's derrick ward. >> reporter: a local man fends off a pair of would-be muggers here along 16th street. he ran to the first place where he felt he could be safe, this apartment building. he is oh he didn't get robbed. but he want others people to know what happened and he wants the muggers caught because he doesn't want it to happen to anyone else. we will have details coming up later on news4. we are getting another look at dylann roof the man who confessed to killing nine people inside an historic black church. >> find out what happ the gunman who killed nine people inside a charleston church last month was back in court today. dylann roof was formally indicted on nine counts of murder and three counts of attempted murder. nbc's sara daloff has our report. >> reporter: shackle and wearing a striped prison jump suit dylann roof was formally indicted on nine counts of first-degree murder at a hearing less than a mile from where he allegedly shot and killed nine people inside the emanuel african meth though disebusiness co-pal chur church. >> base on the circumstances works not seek bond at this time. >> reporter: the 21-year-old was also charged with three counts of attempted murderer and one count of weapons possession all stemming from the june 17th shooting rampage inside the historic black church. judge jc nicholson asked roof's attorney about their client's competency. roof's court-pointed a defense attorney told the judge he is competent and has been cooperating with his legal team since his arrest. >> able to cooperate and understand what we are communicating with him, he asks questions. and so i don't see any issue at all that relates to competency at this time. >> reporter: judge also extended a gag order until at least next wednesday that blocks the release of case documents, potentially graphic photos and 911 calls, saying he wants to gift victims' families more time to respond. it's those documents and evidence that prosecutors will use to prove roof planned and carried out the mass shooting at a trial that today the judge set to begin july 11 2016 a date that will come less than a month after this community marks the one-year anniversary of the killings. in charleston, south carolina, sara daloff nbc news. right now at 5:00, a shooting rampage at two military facilities. a gunman kills four marines before he was killed in a shootout with police. and if you've ever had your purse stolen at a gas station or your car taken by thieves, police believe they have busted more than a dozen people in a ring that is connected to most if not all of those crimes in prince george's county. that's first up tonight at 5:00, armed robbery to identity theft the crimes are wide ranging. >> that's right. the crooks targeted unsuspecting people in the maryland suburbs who were usually going about their daily errands. >> the press conference just wrapped up and prince george's county bureau chief tracee wilkins is live now with a look at how this bust could cut down on crimes in the county. >> reporter: police sources say that these folks would wake up in the morning and go to steal vehicles and merchandise like most people get up to go to their 9 to 5 jobs. they have been operating since 2009, just wrapped up, actually in july 2015, this month. and they say that the last six years, they have been terrorizing specifically prince george's county. according to police sources, this is an example of the work of the simple city criminal organization. when backs are turned at the gas station pump, they would open the passenger door and take a purse, cell phone computer or whatever they could grab. >> essentially running their own little crime school, where they would discuss with each other what they were doing what worked, and what didn't and talk about the schemes they had in mind. >> reporter: this morning, fbi agents stormed the homes of 12 people believed to be members of the alleged ring known as the simple city criminal organization. most members lived in southeast d.c., but are believed responsible for the majority of car thefts and many i.d. thefts in prince george's county for the past six years. they also operated in montgomery county and d.c. >> there were members who would go out and steal the cars, the purses and wallets smartphones and tablet computers. there were other members to whom