Puerto ricans exploded in cheers and celebrations. N today whe governor announced he will resign. He made the announcement on facebook around midnight. Protesters have been camped outside the Governors Mansion for almost two weeks, over a scandalinvolving offensive chat messages and corruption allegations. Gabez gutierre has more now from the island. It was an incredible scene. Thousands of protesters in old san juan. Demanding the governor resign. Rumors were swirling that the governor could resign at any minute, and then just before midnight came the announcement that he would be a deliveri pretaped message on social media. People gathered around to listen to that messag ould resign effective august 2nd. It was an incredible reversal. A stunning turn of events. A afterbout two weeks of unrest here in puerto rico. The governor had been under fire, and pressure had intensified for him toig res after priv gte chatroup messages were leaked. They included derogatory and homophobic comments in those chat chats between yosovo and several of his close aides. For no the protesters have gone. Switching gears to 11 02, i had to wear a jacket this morning, a little bit of a jacket. A little chill in the air at 4 00 a. M. Arrival to work. Coming off of like 110 degrees we had last week, so amelia, weve recovered clearly from the 50s and 60s, what i the rest of day have in store for us. A Beautiful Day out there really, were going to see our temperatures warm ito the mid to upper 80s if youre out there for an extended period re time, not ally moving around. Right now, it is lovely, 81 degrees, sunny skies. Heres the thing, though, i cant rule out an isolated shower th afternoon, especially around the i95 corridor. Were not going t see heavy rainfall like i saw yesterday, im keeping a 10 to 20 chance of an isolated shower this afternoon a high today of 87 degrees, beautiful evening out there, to eat outdoors, take the kids to the pool this afternoon, heres a look at storm team 4 radar, were all clearre out the right now. Coming up, were going to have future weather taking youro thhout the day. Letting you know that isolated rain risk, and its thursday, lets talk about the weekend. I have that forecast coming up at 11 20. To beclear, i was not complaining about wearing that jacket, it was a nice change. We never thout that. Thank you. We go on to breaking news now, aad de crash in anne arundel county. Chopper 4 ov the scene in crofton. The crash involved two vehicles and we see herewo extremely damaged trucks. Were told that at least one person is dead. No word o what may have caused the crash. At last check, tyre still are lane closures in placen that area. A group of teens that brutally attacked a virginia man outside the washington hilton hotel. This video may be tough to watch. You can see one person hit the man, prompting the rest of the grup to attack. The suspects are all believed to be 13 to 14 years old. They violently kicked and punched thisictim. The man suffered injuries to his head and eye. A witness was also hurt. Both were treated at a local hospital, no word on the motive for this attack. Justice for the family of an wher district teen lost his life to gun violence. Derek has been sentenced to 34 years inprison. For the murder of the 15yearold at a bus stop in 2015. He did it because mercer and a friend teased him. Friends and loved ones are saying their final goodbyes to sterling tucker. Funeral services are being held for theormer d. C. Council chairman at the Washington National cathedral. Yesterday, many paid theirct resto tucker at a wake at Trinity Episcopal Church northwest. Tuckeray passed aw more than a week ago. He was 95 years old. New this morning, financier and accused pedophile, Jeffrey Epstein is on suicide watch. Sources close to the iestigation say he wasound injured in his jail cell. He was reportedly in the fetal position on the jail floor. Semiconscious with marks on his neck. No ward on a condition that a Suicide Attempt or assault have not been ruled out. Epstein who can be seen in these court sketches is beig held for his trial for conspiracy and sex trafficking. His next court datse is being for wednesday. Epstein denies all charges. Right now, President Trump is headed to the penton. He is scheduled to participate in a full honors welcomece mony for the newly confirmed secretary of defense markess per. He was sworn in monday and replaces jamesmattis who stepped down in december after policy disputes with President Trump. The dodew tells n 4, this has been the longest stretch thepe tagon has ever gone without a confirmed top leader. Today ceremony comes as lawmakers on capitol hill are still sorting through Robert Muellers testimony before congress. The former special counsel spent hours testifying yesterday, and dodged questions. 198 time heres news 4s tracie potts with what mueller said and what is net. T tohe testimony youre ab give is america is reacting to special counsel Robert Muellers testimony. Aaste of money. Trying to get rid o a sitting president. Mueller defended his investigation on Russian Election interference. It is not a witch hunt. And told congress, President Trump tried to fire him. President trump directed white houseounselon mcgahn to fire you, isnt that correct . Tru the president s claim that there was no obstruction, not true mueller says. Did you actually totally exonerate the presit . No. But he didnt indict him either, unable to charge a sitting president. Could you charge the president with a crime after he left office . Yes. Republicans portrayed muellers team as mostly Hillary Clinton supporters aiming for the president. Donald trump is not above the law. Hes not. Below sure shouldnt be the law, which is where volume ii of this report puts him. Muellers short answers and refusal to respond. Im not going to answer that question. Not exactly the spoke smoking gun the democrats were hoping for. Robert mueller did a horrible job. Reporter now democrats are suing the white house to get Robert Mcgahn to testify. When we get that information, we can make a judgment. Reporter a judgment on whether to impeach President Trump. Schumernd Democratic Leaders are going slow with that, theyre getting pressure from their membership for impeachment. Republicans say its case closed. Tracie potts, nbc news, washington. Developing this morning, u. S. Officials have confirmed that north korea fired two short range missiles into the sea. South koreas military says the missiles were launched from north koreas Eastern Shore yesterday. This would be the first launcho reped since President Trump and north Korean Leader kim jongun met at the Demilitarized Zone last month. There is no indication the missiles posed a threat to the United States or its allies. New this morning, amtrak is launching anew nonstop service. It will go between d. C. And new york, and it will get riders to their destinations about 15ut min faster than the current service. The service will include one northbound and southbound train per dayuring weekdays. The service will launch september 23rd, tickets are already on sale, and if all goes well, aakmtition lll wo about a rapper President Trump tried to get free fromail in sweden. Plus, a look at how a Metro Transit Police officer was honored this mning for his special treatment as a 4yearold boy. And a scary ride for another little boy swept away on a baggage belt at an airport. How he was finally rescued. Po metro ce officer giving a helping hand to a young autistic boy. The officer consoled the boy who was hav g a bit a meltdown on the morning ride. Today that officer is getting a special honor fromhe metro board. Justin finch is there. And so is the little boy and his mother. Justin tell us all about it. Reporter the metro transit officer who stepped in last week, to help her 4yearold son andrew. The story had since gone viral hes having a bad day on metro ah, a bad day that got even worse. He has autism. He went into a meltdown. The mom was by herself. Thats when officer kay stepped in, to calm down andrew. He says, honor and recognition aside, he would have done it all again. Its been heartwarming, i never expected any of this to i thought you know, i was doing what any other officer did atm the thats what were here for . Was there any part of you that could have allowed you to walk away that day . No, not as an officer, not as a parent. Im glad i was able to help. Officer case is also the father of a 4yearold, so he knows what taylor was going through that day. Metro also saying too, this story has gotten recognition country. He many glad to see the way the officer stepped in and helped this family, and helped that little boy andrew, as he dealing with his autism. They say, all too often people who have autism can have negative experiences with law enforcement. Were live here in stnorthwe justin finch news 4. I love this, its an opportunity to really educate l. Ople. As wel absolutely. And i mean, the kid was wearing the hat. Thats adorable. Justin thank you. New this morning prosecutors have chaed american rapper asap rockyau with a over a confrontation in sweden. Authorities are investigating a street fight. The Grammy Nominated artist has been in custody for three weeks, and has claimed selfdefense in the incident. His case has garnered worldwidef attentionrom President Trump who has called for his release. Asap rocky will go on trial next week. Reality tv star Kim Kardashian west is also a part of a group trying to free rocky from jl in sweden. Shes made Prison Reform her mission, and the cause has brought her to d. C. Sp a spokeerson for d. C. Jail hatells us tt kim k. Visited their correctional Treatment Facility earlier this week. Last year if yull remember, Kim Kardashian lobbied on behalf of alice johnson. She spent more than two decades behind ars. President trump commuted her sentence. A virginia man is facing ee rges after a store empl found child porn on his phone. Jose luis mesa torres was arrested. The employee found the porn at a sprint store in Prince William county on the parkway last saturday. The store manager then called authorities after it reviewed the es inosssnts. Lawmakers on the hill will raise questions about teen vapping. A House Committee is expected to hear testimony from the cofounder of juul. Lawmakers have blasted the e Cigarette Company saying its fueling anepidemic. In a statement ahead of todays hearing, the company says it shares the concerns about youth vapping. A brand neese kai a news partnrs reporting a new five story state of the art r, tispecialty medical cent going up in woodbridge in 2021. Members will also be able to use telehealthervices with physicians in the medical center, and three more Kaiser Medical Centers will be opening in virginia this year. You may be one of the millions using tsa precheck for a smoother travel experience this summer. Some flyers tells news 4 i team, theyre sometimes not getting what they paid for. Scott mcfarland explains in this mornings flyer beware report. Ifa youre of the tsa precheck program, you spend extra money to make it easier to get through soseveral. Travelers are telling us theyre not getting what they paid for. This man is one american living in a wheelchair. Im the rare person that loves to fly. He enrolled in tsa precheck for a faster trip through security. Reagan national with its aging terminals is one of a handful oi nationwides tsa precheck gates that are not accessible. Items have to remove the that youre supposed to be able to leave in your bag. Reporter often shifting him to the standard line, where hes undergone the patdowns and slowdowns he paid to avoid. Its not what i paid for. Reporter a spokesman for Reagan National says new checkpoints are under construction, estimated completion, 2021. The other frequent complaint the eral government is getting from passengers with disabilities who travel through reagan andther airports around the country. Scott mcfarland, news 4 i team. Now to a story that can be retty tough to watch, for any parent to watch. A threeyearold boy in the hospital after climbing on to a baggage conveyor belt. Le the li boys mother set him do at a Spirit Airlines kiosk to print her boarding pass. The toddler slipped away, ended up on a moving conveyor belt. He was on the belt for about five minute. Look at that, the little boy did suffer a fractured nd. Thank goodness hes going to be okay. Oh, my goodness. Sleep, we all need, dont get enough of it, story of our lives, coming up, how to night daytime fatigue and w it may be a sign of a bigger problem. Heat wave,he dangerous weat in parts of europe, and how people are dealing with it there. Takeo and this a loving reminder from his wife. This is will finally depositing thatxpense check. Oh, and this is will paying his brotherin law back with zelleei for thr annual camping trip. Iand s will finally relaxing for the long flight. This is your right here,ight w bank. This is wells fargo. A woman has died at the hospital after she was pulled out of the waterin southwest d. C. Last night. Divers were searching for about 25 minutes before finding her under water by the district pier near the wharf. Witnesses say they saw the woman go into the water, but she didnt come back up. Police are trying to figure out if she went into the water on purpose or may haveal fn in mistakenly. A new way to reduce emssions in our area. How the new Resilient Center is designed to save money and lives. Reporter hightech batteri in the basement can Provider Power for three days to the community room. Its the districts first Resiliency Center in an Affordable Housing development. In case of a blackout, from an emergency or climate catastrophe, residents can come here to charge phones, monitor news, refrigerate medicines and power light saving devices. Me and my breathing situation. Without that it could threaten your life . Itcould be a life and death this Clean Energy Initiative is part of the district governments solar for all ec proj we have a target to reduceee grnhouse gas emissions by 30 . Committed to more Energy EfficientAffordable Housing. They call it environmental justice. Chris gordon, news 4. All time highest temperature inparis today, of 105 degrees, can you see here how some people have been cooling offoy ing to the fountains, this is europs second major heat wave. France registed 114 degrees. This heat wavha ant t idea, london hit a similar temperature yesterday and today, of about 105 degrees. Their average high, 74 d so its not like our average high thats close to , were maybe 10 degrees above normal. They are running a good 30 degrees above normal. And over the weekend, all of that heat is heading toward scandinavia and the arctic. Where it could help melt some of the ice up there. Just not great news. Temperature trend in our area is quite comfortable today. Really nice temperature trend here, next week, though, i am looking at the potential for another heat wave, we define it as three consecutive days hitting 90 or higher. Right now its refreshing out there. 79 ink, frederic 82 in quantico. Basically upper 70s to low 80s everywhere. Bacaround the corridor, were in the low 70s, i mentioned that isolated shower chance here i thi its a little over done. I wan the to show this to you to give you an idea. I saw an isolated shower potential in there, mentioned it, did i think we would have heave downpours o the district in so many other locations . No, that was quite unusual. Here we are at 2 00 p. M. ,maybe an isolated shower in southern maryland. Pretty much right along 95, around washingtonarea, to the south and just to the north into the buoy and crofton areas. By 7 00 p. M. , that risk for a shower really diminishes across the area. The chance across the area. And the chance that the shower terializes today is pretty low, about 20 . It is there. I definitely wantto mention it, so youre prepared. That being said, the nats should be able to get their game in there tonight no problem. As they take on the rockies. Temperatures down at the ballpark, quite comfortable especially in the shade. Id to upper 80s to start the game as everythings rapping up, well be falling into the low 80s there, andmaybe a 20 chance for a shower at nats park. Today is a perfect pool day, tomorrow is awesome. The weekend perfection, but the humidity ticks up over the ek wed. Ill have that coming up in about 15 minutes, ladies. The new technology in new vehicles thats meant to help drivers, but manyme so cases its proving to be a major distraction. The result of a new sty, and the group having trouble multitasking. And caught on camera, a gatorade thief who goes to Great Lengths to get awayith the d wri you might associate distracted drivg with millennials, they kind of get a bad wrap for this, its a bigger concern for older drivers. Aaa and univerty of esearchers look at reaction times to things like making phone calls and requesting Technology Already installed in the car. Older drivers were at a sigficant disadvantage. The study higights the importance of drivers making themselves familiar with equipment in a car before hitting the road. Yeah, thats very important. Get to know the vehicle. Maryland is considering major changes for its