Muggy air and continues across the region. I95 north and east rain showers have moved from baltimore to the north. For us, its not a rainy start to our friday which is good for those of us that are vcationing with us here in the washington area. If you want to make that early joor walk, you will not need the umbrella but you will need probably to wipe your brow because the temperures are close to 80 in annapolis. How warm will we reach today . Few minutes. In we are following breaking news off the coast of south lorida seven americans, including a West Virginia billionaire, were killed in a Helicopter Crash in the bahamas. West Virginia Governor jim justice says coal executive and philanthropist chr cline was killed in that car. The plane was traveling to ft. Lauderdale. No word what caused the crash. Fire ripped through a house in the district. Firefightersay flames shot through the atsc of thi home am on barnhtreet on northwest. Four people are searching for place to stay and no one was injured. Montgomery county pvelice are instigating a twitter video that has both shocked and disturbed a lot of peopvi. The o shows what appears to be Excessive Force by an officer. News4 justin finch is live inme mont county at Police Headquarters with the latest on this. Reporter Montgomery County police are concerned, too, about that video, taking any complaints or evidence of Excessive Force seriously as that is why they are now investigating what is on that video that some might find hard to watch here. We have learned the face of that ill unidentified man youll see is handcuffedand on the ground too. And at points, one of the officers there knees hill in the head and slams his head on the ground. This happen at the mcdonalds on connecticut avenueas in en hill. This cell phone video first came to light on twitter on wednesday andi its calling the atte of the county executive here Mark Eldridge here and he is responding with this uoatement. Q. Montgomery county Police Looking into this video d to see if Excessive Force was used in this case. Alsking for all witnesses who were there that day to come forward and share what they saw withtoheir investi we are live in Montgomery CountyPolice Headquarters, im justin finch, news4. Back in to you. Thank you. Update to a story we brought you as breaking news yesterday morning. A 2yearold boy is back at home and safe this morning. Virginia state Police Issued an amber alert for the toddler who they say was kidnapped before noon yesterday in Warren County and someone returned him to his home unharmed. Police are searching for jashar ashby who they believe kidnapped the toddler. Late wednesday night in the parking lot at the 512 gas station on garretsonville road. 20yearold troy barnett jr. Was killed and 18yearold Laura Guadalupe cruz was taken to the hospital and in critical condition. Police are looking for a dark colored sedan seen speeding from the area. Police a shooting along telegraph road could be gangrelated. You can see a bullet hole and shattered glass. Two teens were shot at a playground before midnight on d they are expected to be okay. On wednesday, shots were fired again. A man suffered a grazed woundul andts hit two cars. Neighbors tell us they are concerned. Children is out here. School is out. They have the playground but its been empty since. I talked to my neighbors and they are saying they are scared anethey are staying in th house. Police are looking into the possibility this is gangrelated violence. We are learning about a ond case someone threw fireworks at a Police Officer. Sday, Prince Georges County police say a teenager tossed a lit fireworks at a patrol car in Capitol Heights and the explosiveent off under hat car. One person has been arrested for reckless endangerment. A similar situation was caught on camera on saturday. You may remember, we showed you this. Officers still looking for the people involved. One person hurled a fireworks at a passing police car and someone else was filming. They say these two casat are not rel and none of the officers were hurt. Thousands gathered to celebrate the nations birthday yesterday. But one big spoe er. Peoplo made the trip to the district and you know that is not easy. But when you come see the n fireworks oe fourth, they saw nothi but smoke. The display started off fine. Those sitting to the east of the Washington Monument saw a few minute of dazzling fireworks but as the program continued, the fireworks were obscured by smoke from the earlier explosions j honestly,t too much smoke. First two minutes was good. After that, a lot of cloud and everything. Couldnt even see anything. This is video from virginia where crowd had a great view. Oh, yeah. Look at that. Why the difference . Storm team 4 Amelia Draper is working for you, explaining weather Science Behind the fireworks failed on the d. C. Side. Here is the fireworks. Arent they beautiful . Here is why. They are not typically an issue. Warm air at the surface and air colder as you go up into the atmosphere, so that air, that smoke has a place to go. What happened was warmer air was just above the surface with cooler air trapped below it and the smoke had nowhere to go and what we call a temperature be inversion. Why could folks in virginia seer the forks and not in d. C. . We had a light westerly wind coming across. So we kept seeing the smoke pile up in the district right wherfi the reworks were happening and, virginia, you got a little bit of clearing. A nice explanation from amelia. I was north of the Lincoln Memorial so i was able to see one side of it really well and the other site you could was filled with smoke. Ifeel bad who couldnt see it. I do too. That was theirst time the fireworks were launched from west potomac park. The president s speech forced tithem to change the locaon of where the firework are normally launched from. New this year was a string of impressive military flyovers. Aircraft from every Military Branch flew across the sky. The crowdood and ahd. President trump honored each Military Branch in his salute to america speech. We celebrate our history, our people and the heroes who proudly defend our flag. The brave men and women of the Inited States military. Despite the elay, the event at the Lincoln Memorial ilitary tanks went as planned. Protesters were out there too demonstrating with baby trump balloon. Many accused the president of turning the holiday into a political rally. Together we are part of one of r e greatest stories eve told. The story ofmerica. New this morning. President trump and the white st house wa no time releasing highlights from the event at the Lincoln Memorial. You can see member of the military, those tanks we mentioned, and the flyovers as well. This vdeo came out late last night and featured audiof ohe president s speech. Towns across t area held their own july fourth celebration and parades. Whether youre young at heart, the fairfax parade had a focus on everyone. They focused on military and First Responder, honoring them. Then parade. Marching band and floats, they also hit the streets in wood acresta leesburg and tacoma. In 15 minutes, tommy mcfly will run down the concerts and fireworks hap and you can find the information in nbc washington app. Search the scene. Emergency room visits spiked after the fourth of july. What to watch out for this weekend. Amazons admission. A new letter reveal details about the information the company may have on users like a warning about heart disease. You dont have to be at a pack a day smoker to be at a dramatically increased risk. Yesterday was the fourth and plenty of fireworks to go around. Mothers the 5th and will nature bring fireworks of her own . We will let you know men, women gather before me today who just raised their right hand and now join the ranks of the freest and most prosperous nation in the wistory of theld. Vice president mike pence there welcoming 44 new american citizens yesterday. All of them from the d. C. Area. That naturalization ceremony wna held at the tional archives next to the declaration of independence. At Thomas Jefferson monticello, another naturalization ceremony. America welcomed 76 mor inew citizensn our nation. That is jeffersons home in charlottesville. The founding father wrote the declaration of independence. We are worng for your health this morning. Just because the fourth is over, it doesnt mean the backyard fireworks ave been put y. You need to keep an eye to the kid and all of you over the weekend. The number of eye injuries from fireworks doubled from 2016 to 2017 because of fireworks. Le a the weekend, 280 pe day will be rushed to Emergency Rooms with fireworksrelated injury. Most are the sparklers that ca heat up to 2,000 degrees and that is hot enough tolt me through some metal. Look at that. Dangerous. More evidence of how bad smoking is for you, folks. A new studyfr om australia finds smokers are in danger of lung disease. Its not just heavy smokers who are in danger. Researchers say five cigarettes a day doubles the risk of death rdiovascular disease. Amazon products are marketed to make your life easier. That is the idea. But this morning, the company ie under fire admitting it may keep track of what you say to its Voice Assistant alexa. In a letter to congress, amazon eveals it holds on to a reco of what you say even if you delete voice recordings. The company says it does not store the audio responses, but may hold on to other customerss interactions with alex. Like if you order an uber or food to your house. If youre using one of these devices for convenience sake, youre giving up a certain amount of privacy. Amazon says storing what you ask alex to do tralns the artifintelligence to better serve you in the future. Summer a great time to catch up on the big yfilms of theear. Ac. Get into the it looks like regal cinema is tieparing to launch its own unlimited movie et subscription service. Deadline. Com reports it will offer three levs of pricing all with access to unlimited tickets. Subs iiptions might cost more you live in a bigger city. Source say Regal Cinemas plans to reveal the service a little later on this month. One person is dead after lightningtruck in south carolina. Twelve other people were injurd. It happenewhile the group was outside having a holiday barbecue. Tree branches were struck and this was a completely charred area. I think one of the girls, was like her arm and leg and stuff were hurt and but a lot of them, i think, got jolted. Ically the ty deadliest month for lightning strikes. You see video like that and it looks amazing but still dangerous stuff. You have to take cover. Its simple. If youre on a hill, lightning will get the apex of where you are. Still lightning can hit the ground and spread out and why we tell kids not o tect inhe pool because water is a conductor. Just safety tips. For us, safety goes with the heat and the humidity as we continue in july in the Washington Capitol region. Many folk are visiting us all across the world and may not be used to a very hot and humid environment. If youre sticking around for the weekend, get used to it because the heat handidity is going to stick around as well. Sun is breaking through to cloud which is great fo us for our friday. If you still enjoy an extended ioliday, temperatures have not budgede early this morning for us. But they are only going up from here. 77 degrees is what youre waking up to with ante easrly wind. Rain showers have moved to the north and east away from the capital region. If youre traveling to the west or i95 north and south, no rain owers. Temperatures include 73 degrees for huntington and warm steamy bay. 80 degrees is the current temperature in annapolis. I guarantee you when you step outside the humid air gets you instantly. Eratures to the west in the high country still 70 degrees. Warm temperatures are in place. The reason for th . Future weather. Cloud that blanket that canopy is keeping the warm air in across the area b still thunderstorms, rain showers can pop up throughout the afternoon. Notice the increase in the green and yellow which meansshowers. Then occasional rumble of thunder in the afternoon. Everyone ill not see thunderstorms today but we may still see the heat across the region. With that, we want to talk about the pool forecast. If you get a chance, if youre young or old, if you have the opportunity to get away from the rumble of thunder and have joy at the pool, temperatures in the upper 80s near 90. Impacts today no Severe Threat reallyinoday but heavy ra if you are under a thunderstorm and a possibility of strong wind. Hail and tornado damage should not be a fact. Here en are at with the extd forecast. 90s return wednesday thursday, friday, into the weekend. More 90degree temperatures to go around but it looks like make sure yourehy ated and drink plenty of water when you go oute it looks li a warm week coming our way. Its summertime in washington. Yes, indeed. Thank you, clay. Next on4 newsday, we are working for your weekend. Calendar may say jul 5th but the fourth of july celebrations are not over. Our tommy mcfly run down some fun, inexpensive thin you can do with the family the next feud. Dont miss out on ellen at 3 00 and then stick around for the new at 4 00. Compare comcast business to your current provider. My Current Service provider does not provide half of what you provide. And to know that i could save money . Id be thrilled. This sounds like a whole business package, which would be incredible. So what nge you guys waitior . Lets do it. laughs comcbusiness gives you more. Switch now and get fast, reliable internet for a new a w price of 39. 95 nth. Plus, get free installation. Better, faster . I mean sign me up. Call today at 18005016000. Comcast business. Beyond fast. Good morning. Welcome back to news4. Im jack taylor in theff tra center. Unfortunately breaking news. Calverton 212 closed at powder mill drive. You will see traffic rerouted in the area. Megan mcgrath is on her way to the scene. Light volume on this holiday f beltway through maryland and virginia very quiet this morning. No issues down around the Woodrow Wilson bridge. Ff tra light. Back in to you. Jack, thank you. Fireworks lit up the nights sky in new york city for the fourth at this years macys extravagaa. Music and pyrotechnics were there. Millions of people in new york watched the show above the brooklyn brge in person. Many of you watched it from the here on our home new news4. So if last nights fireworks werent enough for you, there are more shows this weekend. News4 tommy mcfly explains that and more in the weekend scene. Reporter we found some fireworks that ve not been set off yet. Im tommy mcfly with your weekend scene. Bladensburg, we are looking to you. Waterfront park tomorrow 6 00 the music and fun starts and then more fireworks into the nights sky. If you want more fireworks, thee are still a couple of ce brations still happening this weekend. F searchireworks on the nbc washington app for our fireworks finder. In loudoun county, its polo in the park. The horses are back for another season. Tomorrow night, bring your own picnic and blanket and a winery will be selling bottofs or glass wine or you can bring your own ifyou want to enjoy. The event is over 21 and please toll over responsi at the 9 30 clu district is still celebrating pride. They have got their outspoken and heartfelt stories with the series whi and heartfelt stories with the lgbtq plus community. Its supposed to be a night of bliss and fire make everyone feel good. As we walk back, my mother said are you my son or are you e my daugh i said, im your son and tell them to get over it ke plus, the nats are playing the royals this wd. Im tommy mcfly with your ce weekend sne here on news4. I love we have so many going on. Almost too h. Muc how can you do it all . You cant. Ahead, a new service may change the way we gas up our cars. We are showing you a gas Delivery Service where its available and how it all works. Plus, a major hole opens up on a local road swallowing a car. We are telling you how the work is under way now to fix it. Clay . Ne everyoad a fantastic day on the mall yesterday. We are waking up to cloud across our area. What will the rest of the day bring . A peek at your forecast is coming up. Stay with us. Z3a5wz z16fz y3a5wy y16fy breaking news out of priny. Georges c First Responder on the scene of a ramultivehicle csh on powder mill road and beltsville drive. Good morning, everybody. Im aaroniilchrist. Molette green in for eun yang. The crash happened overnight and we are joined by megan fitzgerald. The call came in after 2 00 this morning. Three vehicles invoed in a crash on powder mill road. You can see how bad after crash we are talking about. Want to draw y attention to that blue car right there. It certainly appears as though the roof of the car was cut off. Its just on the ground just next to it. We know two people were extracted fm a vehicle. A total of seven people were injured, rushed to the hospital. One person experiencing lifethreatening injury. We talk are three cars so show e you over this is the third vehicle that was involved in thisrash that happened just after 2 00 this morning. A total of seven people rushed to the hospital. One person has life threaten jurs. Police stress this is a still active and otioing investion and unclear what contributed to the trash and the things they will sort out as they continue this investigation. The latest out here. Throw it over to jack taylor with a first look atou y traffic. Thank you. We can see in your live shot traffic detouring at beltsville drive off