Sun shine. The last of the showers exiting the atlantic beaches and were getting a few breaks in the clouds just to the south. Temperatures right now are near 80 degrees. And the Shenandoah Valley, more sun this morning out in western maryland, West Virginia the leading edge of heat beginning to push in. Low and mid 80s there. In the upper 70s around the chesapeake baey where its still quite cloudy as well. Chance for storms later this afternoon. This is chris gordan with that developing story in rockville. Vandalism to the confederate memorial statue. Spray painted black lives matter and on the bottom red spray painting that iappears to say black lives matter. It apparently happened overnight. An uber driver came to take a look at the statue. He called the police. They called rockville city police. This is a rockville district. The Montgomery County official said he will have it removed. They had a crane operator in last week measuring it for removal from this area but this vandalism is a new thing, and we asked people passing by today what they had to say about it. Heres what they told us. Even though theyre going through a lot of problems you know about racism and all that, but thats not a good thing right there. I dont agree with vandalism. Thats not the appropriate way to voice your opinion. There are proper ways to do it. Reporter the base of the statue says to our heros of Montgomery County, maryland that we through life may not forget to love the thin gray line. This was erected in 19 13 on the 50 th anniversary of the war of gettysburg. It was meant for nationalism and reunification. The investigation is just getting underway for the vandalism. Its a misdemeanor with a 30day jail time and a fine. Crews are working another water main break in alexandria right now. Just learned that one lane of king street westbound is open between manokin and 30th. Now this is a significant stretch. Just looking at the pictures that weve received, a lot of water out there. Still trying to get a time when things are expected to be all fixed up and the road totally reopened. Well bring you any updates we get. Right now a suspect is in custody after a deadly double stabbing at a Counseling Center in maryland. This case is becoming more and more bizarre. Reporter these settings in frederick were the scene of murder last night. Police think they have a suspect but at this point they dont have a motive. It was sunday night when police were called to this Prayer Center the anna Prayer Center on peters road in frederick. They found two people stabbed a husband and wife. They are not being identified. But they have found the suspect of virginia. He has been charged with one case of first degree murder one case of Second Degree murder, and attempted first and Second Degree murder. Victims, the husband and wife, again, have not been identified but the wife is in serious condition. The husband died. Police are withholding their identities until next of kin is notified and theyre say thag have to go through the Korean Embassy for that. Right now president obama is getting ready for his first state dinner in ethiopia. Hes the first sitting american president to visit the nation. Earlier today the president met with the ethiopian prime minister. They discussed human rights. President obama addressed criticism of the iran deal. I have not heard a fact wall argument on the other side that holds up to scrutiny. There is a reason why 99 of the world thinks this is a good deal. Its because its a good deal. The president called the republican rhetoric sad and said the American People deserve better. Ethiopia is the final country the president will visit on his africa trip. If you see buses rolling in and out of Silver Springs Transit Center today. Its not open yet. Bis bus drivers are practicing. They are calling the dress rehearsals are rodeo. Theyre expected to open later this year after repairs to several engineering and construction flaws. In honor of the silver lines first anniversary, you can get a free shuttle right. Right now between dulles and the willis metro station its free. Also today metro is holding a transportation summit in tysons corner. They will discuss how the silver line is having an impact in tysons and how its easing traffic. And well take a look at the stories trending ahead. Iran keeps their nuclear facilities. Military sites can go uninspected. Restrictions end after 10 years. Then iran could build a Nuclear Weapon in two months. Iran has violated 20 International Agreements and is the leading state sponsor of terrorism. Get this. I was at my shop tied up with a customer when i realized the time. I had to get to the bank before it closed, so i made a break for it. When i got out it was almost closing time. Traffic was bad. I knew i was cutting it close. But it was ok. I use td bank. Its got the longest hours and stays open an extra ten minutes every day. Im sid. And i bank human at td bank. Heres whats making news on the internet today. A problem with a popular gaming system. The website, steam, says the issues are all fixed up now but reports say the servers would let anyone into your account if they pressed forgot password. The company that runs steam says it fixed the problem and is double checking any suspicious password problems. This is making headlines here. This is a statue. It is a version of satan called basamat. They are trying to get the trying to get it put up in a monument next to a monument of the ten commandments. Wrapping up with a great photo from instagram. Check this out. This is a woman who lost 190 pounds in this journey of weight loss. She posted all these side by side photos. You can see the before and after all the way to this one. When people started saying the pictures were a lie, she posted this photo. This is two silence the haters. Take a look at this. You can see in this image, all the loose skin that was left over from when she weighed a lot more. She said she didnt feel the need to an autopsy will be prchled on Bobbi Kristina brown. The medical examiner says it will be complicated to reconstruct what happened. She was found unresponsive in her bathtub. Police described it as a drowning. She spent the next six months in the hospital before being transferred to hospice. Its bizarre that the same type of incident would happen involving a mother and a daughter. Funeral arrangements for Bobbi Kristina brown have not been announced yet. Right now sun shine beginning to right out. Temperatures right now are jumping into the 80s. Its 81 at reagan national. Low to mid 80s across most of maryland and virginia. In the mountains beginning just some heat moving in. Its in the 80s. And around the bay, generally in the upper 70s. And as we get into the afternoon hours, well see it climbing into the upper 80s. The hour by hour forecast by 1 00, low to mid 80s and then in the upper 80s, maybe 88 for about 3 00 and then 86 by 5 00 p. M. Well have maybe a few scattered thundershowers rolling through by then. Still ahead police are looking for a man accused of exposing himself in n a warning now if you live in ashburn, virginia. They say a man is flashing strangers. We have the latest on the search for the man. Christen, good morning. Reporter good morning, we just got off the phone with the Sheriffs Office and they tell us deputies have been going door to door in this area asking people if they know who this man is. He has been seen early in the morning and late in the evening. When noticed, he walks or runs away. Jock some joggers have gotten an eye full lately. A naked man wandering and even jumping out near two women on a run near meadow circle. Its alarming. I dont want to run into Something Like that. Reporter hes been spotted by several people in several places over the past couple of weeks. Ashburn and golden med day, clay bjorn parkway and wayside circle and yesterday ashburn farm parkway near the elementary school. I try to take the precautions of checking my surroundings when i get in and out of my car and things like that, and i usually dont walk my dog. You know, except for daylight hours. Loudoun deputies are looking for the man. They say so far he hasnt said a word to anybody or had any physical contact. The Sheriffs Department wants runners, walkers and bikers who avoid the trails when its dark and stay alert. Reporter heres the advice. Walk run or bike and have a partner or be out in groups. They also remind peopve your phone with you just in case. And also let someone know your rout and when youll be back. In Loudoun County, kristin wright, news 4. The state Department Takes cuba and malaysia off the blacklist for human trafficking. John kerri just finishing up speaking about this when country a becomes known for the success in putting human traffickers in jail the leaders in country b are drawn into a virtuous competition. Kerri normally launched the report of how more than 100 governments are performing in this fight against exploitivelator. You can find more online. Today in louisiana families are holding Funeral Services for the victims of a shooting in a theater. Two people died nine others were hurt. The killers brother spoke to nbc news. Just thinking about and doid we miss anything, is there something we didnt see . We say no. We saw no sign of this. The shootser reelly bought the gun he used. The governor says it never should have happened because of his history of mental illness. And Thomas Sullivan died in the attacks in chattanooga tennessee earlier this month. Hell be buried in massachusetts near his hometown. His wake was yesterday. Intense video of a fire in fairfax county. These images from a firefighters body camera. The fliemsames are lighting up the second floor here. No one was home but firefighters had to save a dog inside. Another dog died in the fire and a third made it out but died the next day. Zblnchtsz the las vegas pool deck that caught fire is back open. Take a look at this cell phone video from this fire on saturday. A bar on the deck was had to be closed and some of the guests rooms had to be closed as well. Two people suffered smoke inhilation. Both are expected to make full recoveries. The cause of the fire is under investigation the humidity is back and a chance for afternoon showers. The weather emoji is unhappy about this and the impednding heat wave coming our way. The chance of the passing thundershowers Late Afternoon and early evening, new model timing coming in now hour by hour. Ill show you that when i join you in a few minutes. Tomorrow the heat wave starts in the low 90s. Feeling like upper 90s with the humidity and hazy sun shine. Wednesday own thursday, itll feel like 100 or so with the humidity. Another chance of storms on thursday and thursday evening. After that turning a little less humid on friday highs reaching the low 90s and sun shine. Over the weekend into the mid 90s and still not as humid as the next few days. Highs mid 90s on saturday own sunday and partly cloudy. Tom, thank you. Today the boy scotts expected to make a major change. The groups executive board is meeting right now. At some point theyll vote on a proposal to allow gave men to become scout leaders. The boy scouts will also vote to bar discrimination based on announcing a huge grant that will bring thousands of jobs to upstate new york. The department of defense is awarding a 110 million grant toward a new institute. Later today the Vice President along with the new york governor is expected to announce upgrades to new york city airports. Last year biden said visiting la guardia felt like a third world country. During a state dinner, the president joined in the a traditional dance that was most popular by a kenyan pop group. He is the first sitting u. S. President to visit kenya. He still has family there and his father was born there. Spotted again, the search is on were a lion on the lifes the food that brings us together. And kitchens where every meal is the most important of the day. Lifes the food that brings us together. And kitchens where every meal is the most important of the day. Bill cosbys accusers are appearing on the cover of new York Magazine today. They posed for the picture. Its part of an expansive feature story on the Sexual Assault allegations against the 78yearold comedian. Cosby has denied all Sexual Assault allegations. He has not been charged with a crime. A 2005 Court Document released recently shows he gave drugs to women he intended to have six with. There were several sitings of a lion. At a cookout people said they spotted a lion and its cub Walking Around. Last week a woman caught on camera what appears to be a lion Walking Around her neighborhood. Police have been patrolling the area with tranquilizer guns ready. The police have seen the lion but they havent been able to catch the big cat. I thought all the pictures were fake but i seen it up close now. First it was one and then a baby came out. Then it looked for a little bit. I was scared. I wouldnt have stuck around the see the baby. The local zoo zoo says its not one of their lions. Its possible this is a Wild Mountain lion or someones pet. It is legal to own exotic animals in wisconsin. What you we have some news for your health that might really resonate with new moms. Moms arent getting all the advice they want or need from their doctors. This according to a survey of 1000 new mothers. Many say their doctors didnt talk to them about sleeping positions, breastfeeding and sometimes even vaccines. The studys author says the doctors may have wanted to avoid difficult issues or may have been just short of time. Right. So this might sound a little silly. If you ever relax in a hammock, very safety concerns you should know about especially for children. Hammocks are equipment for adults. So any child in a hammock needs to be supervised. Children and adults can easily fall and hurt themselves if the weight is not evenly distributed on the hammock. A lot of clouds around. Not producing any rain now. Some thundershowers around dawn but now theyre off the coast. Heres new model timing hour by hour into the afternoon hours. Noontime likely no showers or storms around but after that maybe an isolated shower around 2 00 around the metro area. These little patches of green and to the south and west, thundershowers getting going in the central Shenandoah Valley around 2 p. M. Around 10 00, tracking south across southern virginia and around 6 p. M. , maybe some popping up in the immediate metro area. Between 6 00 and 9 00 p. M. , a few of the showers lingering around the metro area. Likely not severe. Just downpours with some thunder and lightning and some of these still lingering by around 9 00 this evening. By 1 00 p. M. , most of them will be gone and then the heat wave moves in for tomorrow. All right tom. Thank you. Coming up well meet a Transgender Former Navy sale running super poligrip seals out more food particles. So your food wont get stuck. And you can enjoy every single bite. Eat loud. Live loud. Super poligrip. Seals out more food. Super poligrip holds your dentures tightly in place. So you never have to hold back. Laugh loud. Live loud. Super poligrip. Get strong all day hold. Right now a recovery crews continuing to looking for the body of dan brown. He and his brother went missing on friday. Danielle browns body was recovered over the weekend. The brothers along with the son jason were swimming when the tide changed on friday evening. The three tried to swim against tide but got overwhelmed. Jason, the son made it ashore. People are stopping by to leave candles and flowers. They say cotabrava was the highlight of browns life. This morning they are trying to found out what led to a fatal boat crash. That the boat slammed with a cement. Two women were killed. Two people were hurt. That happened about 3 00 in the morning yesterday. Police named the suspect in a deadly double stabbing that happened during a prayer service. He is facing attempted murder and assault charges. It happened last night. This is a pretty remote area. Police say kim stabbed the husband and wife for unknown reasons. The husband died n. His wife is in serious condition this morning. Multiple people called 911, including the suspect in the case. Police say he was staying at the center for at least five days but its not clear if he knew the victims. Police wont release their families until the families have been notified. Right now Loudoun County deputies are looking for a man who may be revealing too much. A man exposed himself to strangers several times in the last three months. They all happened in ashburn. Were told some were in the morning and some at night. Investigators say just yesterday the man jumped in front of two runners before he took off. The Sheriffs Office says the man does not attack or touch anyone. He just runs away. Today a murder case is going in front of a grand jury in fredericksburg. Police say Steven Vander Beal killed grace man back in april. Police say they were also roommates. Last month some of the other roommates testified that vanderbooel con veszed to the killing. And the county Police Officer adam or the ez shot and killed john gear two years ago. Tores claimed gear was reaching for a weapon but other officers deny thats what happened. They settled a civil lawsuit earlier this year. A new poll says virginia voters are divided on whether the Confederate Flag should be removed from state license plates. The poll released this morning says 46 of voters support eliminating the option of ordering a license plate with the flag. 45 disapproved. Meanwhile, the Approval Rating of the governor is at 50 . Caitlyn jenner getting a lot of attention but shes not the only transgender american breaking new ground. We are being introduced a to the a former navy s. E. A. L. Whoo is is setting her sights on congress. Pounding the pavement, she isnt your typical candidate. Built like a navy s. E. A. L. Because she was one. I dont know if you noted but im a little bit different. He was chris, part of the elite elite navy s. E. A. L. Team 6. I see a fighter and a pay rot. Reporter a patriot who one day showed up to work in a dress. Some people thought they missed a party. I went from being a navy s. E. A. L. With all the megttals suit and tie to walking in with a dress on in long here. Ive defended our country. Reporter retired after 13 deployments, now shes taking on one of the Top Democrats in washington in a longshot primary challenge for the seat hes held for 34 years. But beck had few fighting words when we met at a restaurant in her district. How would you rate him on his handling of lgbt issues . Are you telling me they only care about their own rights . Hes great. Are you saying youre going to start dressing up like a lady . My whole life ive been dressing up like a man. Reporter the pentagon is not poised to allow the estimated 16,000 transgender troops to serve openly. Reporter what do you say to people who say this is going to be too difficult . Theres nothing too difficult for the American People. Reporter he also hasnt held back criticism of celebrities. Caitlyn jenner has star power. If she sets a good example, its going to look good and bring good credit upon all of us. If she does it poorly, it will affect us. Reporter now, beck continues her campaign from the back of her black pickup truck. Im going to keep fighting. He need patriots and veterans. Reporter while the former navy s. E. A. L. Says thank you. For today christen welker, nbc news. Today two marines who died in nepal will be honored. One was a combat photographer, one was a combat vid i dont go for. They were in a helicopter that crashed. Both will be given a plaque and the defense information hall of heros. There are 10388 plaques in that hall a lot of crowds around. To the south, more sun shine. Temperatures around most of the region later today should make it into the upper 80s. And some scattered showers and thundershowers coming through but likely not severe. Then the heat wave gets underway on tuesday. Quite humid tomorrow into the low 90s. Itll feel like the upper 90s and on wednesday into the mid 90s. Those feels like temperatures will be getting up into maybe near 100 or so on wednesday and thursday as the highs reach the mid 90s but itll feel like with the muhammadhumidity over 100. Temperatures more reasonable on friday into the low 90s. Thank you tom. Coming up in trending, we get a look at reaction because 100 whole grain oats are incredibly good for you. Because theyre heart healthy because theyre good for kids. And granddads and everyone else in the family. Everything we do is because of what really matters most. The goodness of oats and the people we love. Everybody around the country is remembering Bobbi Kristina brown today. Her family confirmed she died yesterday. She was Whitney Houston and bobby browns only daughter. As you can imagine, many people are reacting on social media. A lot of famous people as well. This one from oprah saying peace at last. Oprah was the first to interview Bobbi Kristina after Whitney Houston died. Another one saying rest in peace. And also photographs on twitter and this message from puff daddy saying rest in peace. A lot of messages sending love to the family and saying rest in face. This is the official Facebook Page of Whitney Houston. It posted this lovely picture of her holding Bobbi Kristina as a baby. Now a medical examiner will perform an autopsy to determine what happened in january and we will let you know that news on air and online when its released. Well also tell you the plans for the funeral as soon as we find out. If you live in Virginia Private College week is underway. Its a program between 23 private schools in the commonwealth. If you visit three of the schools with your child this week they will waive all the application fees. We put the full list online for you. You can check out all the schools participating on the nbc washington app. A Community Coming together to remember a teen to died from ba getting a little sun shine breaking out. This time looking to the quest. Montgomery county in the distance. A little blue showing through. Quite a bit of cloudiness but some of them building and producing thundershowers mainly to the south. Afternoon highs are reaching the mid to upper 80s. Right now around the region were in the low 80s. Maybe the upper eighties in washington and Southern Maryland around the bay and over in parts of eastern shore. They might get a few passing thundershowers later this afternoon. Thats a zone where the greatest chance will be occurring right around washington south and east of us and south and west. North and west, going to be a hot day there too. Out in the mountainings in the upper 80s. Upper 80s and partly sunny around the boarder as well. Right now 130 golfers are gearing up to tee off in the madison small tournament. She died in bacterial meningitis. Todays tournament is expected to raise money used for scholarships and meningitis research. We will show you what you can do to get a lastminute deal on a summer g here at the live desk we continue to monitor a News Conference in a Deadly Church stabbing in urbana. Were learning more about the victims as well as those who are responsible for the crime. We also last night had help from Montgomery County police. There was a young man who was a certified interpreter who helped us. Can you give us a gut check on this . As americans we hold place places of worship in high regard. We are listening. And the Frederick County sheriff speaking about this crime that involved a man being stabbed to death. His wife seriously hurt during the service last night. Before this, this is what we learned. We learned that the victims were from south korea and they were in the area doing missionary work. Song sue kim of the church has been arrested. Were hearing kim has been staying at a frederick Retreat Center for the last five days. The sheriff was questioned about the motive. They dont know why he did it or what his relationship was to the man and his wife. The sheriff also saying this is still an active crime scene and theyre focusing on finding the weapon. Thank you, metro continuing to celebrate the silver line today. Its been a year since the line started running. To mark the anniversary, you can take a free shuttle bus to dulles international. The trip usually costs 5. Also happening today, metro is holding a transportation summit in tysons corner. They will discuss silver line is happening an impact. If you drive through fair fax city the warning period for the new red light camera is now over. The camera is on the eastbound side at plantation markparkway. If they snap a photo of your plate during a violation, youll get a letter in the mail. Right now gas prices a 0. 76 lower than at this time last year. In d. C. A gallon will run you about 2. 88. In maryland in our area, a gallon is about 2. 72. Virginia is averaging about 2. 50 2. 50. Prices could fallower in the coming weeks. If you still have vacation days, we have more on the lastminute deals out there for you. Reporter although european vacationers comingeing u. S. Are spending more. A little more than we expected because the euro is going down. That is not the case when americans go there. London and paris have been on sale much more than in seasons past. Reporter the fact is travel anywhere is especially cheepaper in august because most people took vacations in june and july. When you travel late summer try advantage of the fact that hotels are trying to fill their room. Reporter they say the best bargains are when you bundle your hotel and air fare. If youre driving,ed a add an app that tells you about the best places to stay and yet. Retail me not will tell you about restaurant deals while youre on the road. Reporter there are also apps to tell you about the lowest gas prices. I take the car and go. Its cheaper. Gas prices are 0. 89 cheaper this summer than last. Reporter las vegas was found to be the best bargain with San Antonio Texas and washington d. C. Also offering light Summer Travel deals as well as hotels in cooler mountain destinations like utah who have lowered prices too. Partly sunny now. Temperatures in the low 80s. Later today into the upper 80s. Maybe a few passing thundershowers later today. You can track them with the nbca washington app. Tomorrow, the heat wave, mid 90s on wednesday and humid. Mid 90s thursday. Could get storms thursday afternoon. The weekend, a little less humid. Highs low to mid 90s each day. Today leaders from the United States Olympic Committee are meeting with the governor of massachusetts. Right now boston the chosen city to host in 2024. That could change if the governor isnt on board. He wont give his opinion until he hears from an independent panel next month. Beijing is competing with kazic stan for the winter games. They are hope some experts say almati has stronger than expected pitch because of winter traditions there. Still ahead, apple is expanding where it sells the apple watch. Fou best buy will become the first retailer other than apple stores to sell the apple watch. The watch will be Available Online in more than 100 locations. That starts august 7th with another 200 Stores Planning to have them in time for the Holiday Shopping season. In the Earnings Report last week, they did not give an exact number of watches sold since the launch but said they were above expectations. And Fiat Chrysler agreed to a recordbreaking 105 million settle after an investigation into the recall practices. The national Highway Traffic Safety Administration found the auto maker failed to complete 23 safety recalls that would have covered 11 million vehicles. Theres a buy back of half a million vehicles in the deal. Koreacreators are hoping youll swipe right on their idea for a recipe app n. Its called tender. Tender, the one for food, you can breeze through photos of food you like and swipe right to save recipes and filter your search and keep a cook book. The boston globe reports the founders met in college. The busiest time for users of this new app is during their commute. If you have an android phone, you might want to update youtube. The apple display vertical videos vertically. It would squish them into a sideways window before. The update window is available now. This does not apply if you own an iphone yet. We have all the details for today you can catch a movie on the National Mall screen on the green happening tonight. The 1972 movie is posiedon adventure is happening tonight. The setup moved a few blocks between 4th and 7 th streets on the National Mall. The show starts around sunset which is about 8 30 tonight. For a list of things you can and cant bring check out our app. Search screen on the green. Right now the smithsonian is over the moon. They only needed five days to complete their first kick starter Fund Raising Campaign to preserve a space suit. They hope to restore the suit for full display by 2019. Because the Campaign Still continues, the officials have upped their goal to 700,000. It was 5 00,000, and theyre going to use extra money to preserve shepherds space suit. He was the First American in space. You can find more out more about both campaigns on our app. Check out this photo posted on my Facebook Page from over the weekend. Convention of butterflies. This was in the Shenandoah National park. Beautiful spot. Post your photos on facebook, instagram and twitter. You can post the high deaf anythings definition ones on facebook. This afternoon around 6 00 p. M. To maybe 7 00 p. M. As late as 9 00, maybe a few pass passing thundershowers and by them temperatures dropping into the low 80s. Tom, thank you. A character a lot of us grew up with is officially old now. I dont know. Whats up doc . Theres a rabbit down there . Bugs bunny turned 705 years old. I dont think hes changed much. I think he still looks the same. Pretty much. Even though he has changed we understand in some ways he still has his trademark, whats up doc . Even back then he was saying there. Appreciate you joining us. Were back this afternoon at iran keeps their nuclear facilities. Military sites can go uninspected. Restrictions end after 10 years. Then iran could build a Nuclear Weapon in two months. 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