Weather alert. Strong store likely this afternoon and evening. Right now, were dealing with a lot of heat and humidity, were used to that around here, arent we . Our meteorologist joins us with a look at wh theorms are expected to arrive. You can see the disturbances all around us, theyre starting to spark up as we head toward the afternoon. The daytime peak heating. Timing on that after 0 20 p. M. Ill dig into that a little deeper in the newscast. Were dry in the district pretty quiet. Highs today going into the 90re we already in the low 80s. Hot, humid, breezy. The storms we see this afternoon will be strong to severe. So its fair gme for any neighborhood in our region relly to see some of these storms popping up. 15ds out of the southwest to 20 miles an hour. The question become when are we going to dry things out, see some improvements here. Ill let youknow about that in a moment. Wego to a developing story in southern prince georges county. A man dead in what appears to be a tragic accident on a property. E hopper 4 is live over thene right now. Wis is about two miles down a private drive in a very rural part of the county there. Were told a group of men have een clearing larger trees there, and at some point a mans chainsaw became wedged. Another man nudged the tree free. Another tree uprooted and wound up falling on the man with the chainsaw. Well continue to bring yge updates asthem. Virginia state police say a driver is dead after a fiery overnight crashn the beltway. We first broughts this to you a breaking news friday. He was driving aon tractortrair he outer loop when that truck suddenly struck a cement barrier, which ended u bursting its fuel tank. Thd cause it to become mgulfed in flaes and ended up shutting down the outer loop for hours. The driver died at thend scene a has not yet been identified. Traffic is slowly moving as this crash remains under investigat n. Thisrning, a former teacher in Fairfax County is accused of secretly filming students. The former drama teacher at herndon high school, police are working to identify his victimsn justinch is at the school with the latest. Well, so far Fairfax County police have been ableto identify 10 victims. There are dozens upon dozens more they have not yet been able to reach. These are students, mostly girls caht in various states of undress. Their privacy violated at a place they should feel safe. Police are tellinghus that is the man responsible. Apheal, a former high school am hes already in Police Custody after a case that broke back in april, when an au pair came to Police Suspicious she was being recorded. In parsing throude the evince in that case. Weree talking som 32 devices, videos. 00 images and police came across evidence of this case, the students mostly girls again, changing clothes in variousreas of herndon high school. At this time police say they did not exp case to go in the direction it has. Itsec nott what hewe expect. And frankly, not what what we thought this case was about. But the evidence tells us otherwise, the offender will be facing those charges as soon as those warrants are approved executed and hes served with more charges than he currently has. Police say given ts new term, they do expect more charges to come down very soon here. Again, 10 students so far, nine they have reached out to. Theyre asking any students who feel they may have been a victim to reach out for more information. In herndon, justin finch, news 4. Now we go to the latest on a story you saw first on 4. Vdot is suspending the permit of skip scooter, while officials investigate battery fires. The company was told they have 24 hours to remove scooters from d. C. Streets. Skip id it is cooperating with the investigation, but points out those scooters wereot on the road. Last month, a scooter caught fire outside in downtown d. C. , the company briefly suspended service while it investigated that fire. New this morning, the United StatesSupreme Court has ruled in a 72 vote that the peace cross will span. It was part of a freedom of religion case. The cross was dedicated in 1925 tof dozens oince georges county men who died in world war i. With justices sotomayor and ginsberg disending, the court said this cross can stand because it is a symbolof sacrifice, not primarily a religious symbol. E e high court has yet to polalr case in maryland and north carolina. Were still following the overnight develops out of iran where a u. S. E spy drone lik the one you see here on your screen was shot down. President trump tweeted iran made a very big mistake. Craig boswell has the latest from capitol hill. Reporter u. S. Officials say iran shot down American Military drone over the straight of hormuz thursday. Iran insists it was overan irn airspace. The u. S. Navy released new on ence it says the attack one of the oil tankers in the persian gulf last week was carried out by iran. The attack distinguishable and strikingly bearing a resemblance to eirian mines that have already been displayed in Iranian Military parades. Fl another hpoint between the white house and house democrats. This time over closed door testimony of hope hicks. The former white house ca communitions director refused to answer questions about her time in the white house and the mueller report. The white house is absolute immunity. And that one we took eight hours to find t out whaost of us knew at the beginning. President trump weighing in on fox news. Shes been through hell. They put this young woman through hell. Reporter the president picks up trade talks todt with justin rudeau. Hat trade pact still need congressional approval. Craig boswell, nbc news, washington. We have new information by released he white house about a fourth of July Celebration on the National Mall and how the president s planf will it into it. Take a look, the day will begin as usual with a National Independence day parade, it runs down constitution avenue beginning at 11 45, president trumps salute to americas start at 6 30 it will include a military tribute and flyover ang with a speech from the president. Big fireworks displays. And at starts at 9 00. Imagineg standin on the beach, enjoying the sound of the ocean, and out of nowhere, this beachumk bell la comes flying at you. A scene just li w that caught on camera. Were going to show you the scary near miss. Plus, we have new information on the shooting of baseball legend david ortiz. Who police or why police think was not the intended target. This is annie. Pa and this is annie ng back her friend for the tickets with zelle® before the ws start. And this is annie getting ready to enjoy the show. [whispers] this is your right here, right now bank. This is wells fargo. Now to the latest of the shooting of david ortiz. The lead prosecutor in the dominicanepublic says he was not the intended target of the shooting. And we are learning a member of a drug cartel is suspected of orchestrating the whole thing. Morgan chesky is in santo toe mingo with more on this case. Dominican authorities believe a bullet that nearly killed david ortiz, was meant for someone else. Th baseball superstar apparently mistaken for the intended target. The accused gunman confused their clothing. This security video captures the moment ortiz was shot in the back, inside a popul Santo Domingo restaurant. The shooter was told his target as irwith aing white pants, causing him to accidentally shoot ortiz. That target a friend of the former slugger. A dozen people, 11 of them now in custody. Police say three are still on the loose, including two of the masterminds. One of the men shown here came to the club early to watch for the target known to freak went the place. You see ortiz friend arriving, and shortly after, the spotter took his photo, sending it by cell phone to a man in prison who allegedly set up the the conspiracy has men iseolved that ed time together. The motive, still a question. Victor hu vsquez had a former relationship with the intended target th t went bad,hen blamed him when he was later arrested and imprisoned on drug charges. Tiz friend has no criminal background. Today were told that u. S. Officials are working with dominican authorities to try track down some of those remaining fugitives. Were told the alleged mastermind is a wanted man bth e dea. Morgan chesky, nbc news, Santo Domingo. A calm day at the beach nearly turned into a tragedy for a family in south carolina. Sudden gust of wind, look at that, launches that umbrella into the air, nearly hits that small child. Last weekend his mother was watching him play in the sand. And then this umbrella nearby came flying through the air, issing her son by a couple inches. Now shes sharing that video, hoping it will encourage other beachgoers to be more aware of their surroundings. Su make re those things are deeply in or dont put them up if the wind is strong on thse days. Better wifi Service Coming for customers traveling along tracks. Theyre making these changes as ridership in the Virginia Area increases. The update should be completed of september. The upgrades will benefit riders ho take those trains north of Union Station toward new york and boston. Theres been a lot of talk about metro and automation. Pretty soon doors will be opening quicker on the red line. After months of testing, metro is ready to flip the switch. The rest of the lines will follow suit later in the year. As for the entire system, metro is not in any rush to return to automatic operations, this comes as our area marks ten year years since two trai collided on the red line. Nine people died. The system has been operated manually since then. Adam spoke to a victims family still dealing with the scars from that tragedy. Ten years after that day, ha after t awful day where 9 people were killed, you see their names here on this plaque. Th te People Killed on tracks below. More than 80 others hurt, the wounds arill fresh for some. It would never be a trugs about what happened to their mother. I will tell them what happened to their mother. We reached Towanda Brown by phone. She lost iher daughter the crash, and shes been raising her two boys since that day. They were 2 and then. Now near 12 and 13. Theyre at a stage in their li a where theying questions about their beautiful mom, like how tall she was or what did she like, what was herpersonality,w at did she eat . When they ask questions like that, it makes you relive the loss of the one that you loved. As we approach 10 years of that awful day,etro is still howing the scars. R sending one tain hurling into the back of another has never been fully reactivated. Metro sourcesay theres no timetable to make the switch back to automatic mode. That revelation despite general manager making this claim to news 4 last year, that the m automaticde would come back. Youre going to flip the switch one day and its going to get back to ato during rush hour . Yes, sir. C now thaim seeming unlikely. In the meantime, the families of the victims of the crash say they dont trust the system. Theres not been a lot of change thats happen to assure the public that this incident would not happen again. Along the red line, news 4. A bandit in a fake beard targeting banks in maryland anda virgini the fbi sent us these pictures of the guy, he hit four sun trust locations since october. Last month, he robbed the branch inside a Safeway Grocery store in herndon. Hes held up banks in falls church. Theres a 5,000 reward for informatiothatelped the fbi catch him. Were working for your health, n with aew warning, officials trntto idey anybody who may have been exposed to measles in northern virginia. The Health Department is informing residentsth is week that they may have been disposed to a patient. A local family is pleading for help finding their dog. Hes more than just a lost pet. He provides emotional support for their 4yearold son who was rn with a genetic disorder. Shemarry stone talked to the family about their search for max. Re rter she tries to comfort her 4yearold son during a difficult time. Hes a lot mre nxious, i can tell and i can feel it. Reporter he was diagnosed with a rare genetic disorder. His best friend max, his emotional support companion is wessing. Ll, hes having a tremendous impact. Hes upset, hes feeling the absence. Reporter max ran out of the backyard gate without his collar last monday morning. Neighbors told sandrine they saw three men in a pickup truck take max. I feel awful. Three men intended to fine owners, if they couldnt find the owners, they would return the next day. Reporter they never returned with max. He a French Bulldog beagle sandrine posted a 1,000 reward for his safe return. N thats my oly hope right now to be uned with max and give him some comfort. Reporter if you find him, call montgomery countycpoli in potomac, shemarry stone, news i do hope he finds his way back home. The government is investigating youtube for violating childrens privacy. Well have the latest on th t. Plus, he lived upo his nickname, mad max. See Max Scherzers true toughness, a day aer taking a ball right square in the face. Off deep woods provides lonte lasting mosquito proction. So you can keep living life your way. Off live on. Sc johnson. Its a big night for soon to be nba players. The draft is happening in brooklyn. The 18yearold Power Forward out of duke is said to be the number one pick. C hes almostertainly heading to the pelicans, they have the number oto pick inghts draft. The Washington Wizards have the ninth overall pick. You can look to see who they select. My husband is a disgruntled knicks fan. Ive beenearing about this for far too long. Now we go to baseball and a true show of toughness. A little over 36 hours after breaking his nose during practice, max scherzer was on the mound for the nats. Hethrew out ten strikes in the game against the phillies, afterwards, no big deal. I knew it wasnt that bad. I knew it. For me, it didnt matter, it felt pretty good everywhere else. Even when you get the xrays, make sure its more for the doctors,ake sure they were okay with it than is with. They went on to beat the phillies 20. Tonights game is at 7 05, that just when you dont feel like going to work, think of max scherzer. Hes amazing, you think theyre going to be able to get that game in . I think there is a chance. I will say, we have that chance for showers and storms this afternoon. All that is the same system from this weekend. Lets go ahead and take a live look outside. You can feel the humidity tooking at this imagery right here. Ngs are pretty quiet. Thats how they always start right before the storm cos. Already at 83 degrees, were at the 11 00 hor, 83, i can tell you its going to be a hot day. 84 in manassas, 82 in lees burg, big picture shows whats going on here. Were dry right now in n, d. C. , and much of the area, as we look back west to the north, we do have this boundary thats been plaguing us. The timing on this is going to be 2 to 7. Really probably more like 3 to as we head into the evening, and we get that peak dtime heating. Winds, definitely hail, tornados still on the low ebb end of the spectrum. Future chot s 3 00 p. M. And the chance for showers and storms, it doesnt blow this up on the model but it shows you where the plent may be at that hour. Notice how its scattered, not everyones going to see, but when you do see it, itsoing to pack a punch. 0 7 0p. M. , more chances for showers and orms. Not drying things out until early friday morning. Hs we head toward the weekend. Id say t is a much better picture to look at. Plenty of sunshine on saturday, highs in the low 80s, a quintessential day to be out and about. Even though theres a threat for a storm or two. Its wet along the i81 corridor for the rest of us. Things will pan out sunday night as well. 10day outlook, what do you see there . Not as much rain clouds as we were looking at from last nd weekeright, erica . What is that heat coming in . And the summer solstice coming up thisf day. Were practically a band of june, its going to feel nice and hot like we like it for july. Lawmakers plan to question top officials about the scandal plagued Va Medical Center in d. C. And former Vice President joe biden is facing major backlash for remarks about segregationists. Coming up, hisn respose to the cricism. It when youee an intruder. Boo you act fast. So do we. Raid is the fastest ant roach killer on the market. Thfastest . spray raid get raid and get tough on roaches fast. Sc johnson update now on the growing tension with iran. President trump is being briefed at the white house about an American Military drone that was shot down by ir pn. Theresident tweeted, iran made a very big mistake. U. S. Central command says the drone was shotn in International Airspace above the straight of hormuz. s being called an unprovoked attack. Iran claims the aircraft violated iranian airspace. The incident comes a day after the u. S. Military said that one of the oil tankers sabotaged in the gulf of ohman last week was atcked with mines that bore a striking resemblance to evdices in irans arsenal. Joe biden and issues of race are suddenly front and cnter in the eattle for the white house. Biden says h will not apologize for touting hisork with senators in the 70s. Reporter overnight, biden firing back at hisi crcs. Theres not a racist bone in my body, ive been involved in civil rights my whe career, period. How does it feel that your democratic rivals are saying you have issues t king aboutrace . They know better. Reporter the democratic frontrunner digng in after touting his relationship with two segregationist senatome ja eastland and herman talmadge. Both democrats. Senator cory booker blasting bidensg. Omments as calling on him to apologize. Biden defiant. Cory should apologize, he knows better. Ive done nothing wrong, you should apologize im not a racist, is so insulti and so missing the larger point that he should not have to have explained to hi reporter several of bidens 2020 rivals pouncing to cast him as out of step in an ly bipartisan democratic party. I would not be standing here as af membere United States senate its misinformed and its wrong. The firestorm starting tues