Straight years of murder rate going down and violence going down in the city. Reporter but breaking the cycle wont be easy. It is similar to the crack epidemic of 25 years ago. Difference now is that we know what happens. What happened when we didnt stand up, it was a city under siege. A Large Population were in control. We have to get a handle of it with the synthetic drugs. This is just the beginning. Reporter the exploitation of young women, the Domestic Violence and the arrival of synthetic drugs are not easy to deal with. We have to get it out here, grab young people up, put fathers back in the household, strengthen the household, strengthen families and build up our culture again. Reporter police are making an effort to change the pattern, but they continue to seek the publics help, even from those who dont live in the city. Things happen on metro trains. They happen, you know, all over the city, and also throughout the dmv. We need everyone to report suspicious things, report these drugs or people selling this k2 stuff and to make a difference because eventually it will impact you. Reporter just this week, a 14yearold girl caught up in a prostitution ring helped Police Arrest those selling underage girls for sex at local hotels. And a new focus has been placed on synthetic drugs after the murder of a young man on a metro train. Were trying to do our best to combat it. I think the new legislation about going after the suppliers and the stores and even out on the street will make a big difference. Reporter these Community Leaders say Domestic Violence against women and the murder rate among the young is up 25 , even as crime remains down in much of the city. In southeast, hank silver bug, wusa 9. A number of Community Leaders say young people are spending their summer without anything to do. 57,000 youth are employed in the mayors summer jobs program. Looks like the nice weather will continue throughout the evening. And what should we expect sunday morning . Lets check in with first alert meteorologist erica grow. We are looking at a really pleasant start to the day tomorrow. These are temperatures tomorrow morning, in the mid60s in the outlying suburbs. 71 in downtown washington, with lots and lots of sunshine. You saw the showers bubble up on 9 future cast for tomorrow afternoon. I dont think thats going to happen, but we are going to see a little increase in the heat and humidity as we head into sunday afternoon. So its going to be a pleasant day, but then monday we will look for the threat for that rain coming back. You can see that here on 9 future cast. But lets focus on the beautiful weather that we have right now and sunday is going to be a repeat performance. After we clear out the morning rain on saturday, we returned to the sunshine. Tomorrow were just going to see a good amount of sunshine for most of the day. By 1 00 its going to be 86 degrees. 88 degrees by 4 00, dropping down from our high of 90, which well reach at 3 00. However, we wont have as much in the way of humidity yet, so it should be very pleasant to be outside for tomorrow. And if you are heading down to the beach, well, tomorrow is going to be a Beautiful Day in ocean city. 82 degrees, lots of sun, but the threat for thunderstorms comes back as we head into that work week. If this is your vacation week, youll be dodging some storms. Well take another look with 9 future cast, coming up in the first alert sevenday. If you live in alexandria, got to love this. The city is celebrating its 266th birthday outdoors with music, food and a lot of family fun. Good day for it. Ileana diaz is at the bay park where its all getting started. Reporter hey, there. It has not started yet, but as we take a look around, youll see a lot of people are already camping out. You can see people bringing their umbrellas, their chairs, and they are out here to enjoy a good time. If you take a look at some of our video weve been shooting while hanging out here, youll see a lot of people are just out here enjoying the time with their family, with their kids. There are people playing soccer. A lot of people bringing out their own lawn chairs to camp out and get that good spot to see the fireworks later on. There are a lot of food vendors out here. Theres going to be a big celebration with a birthday cake. They will sing happy birthday. This isnt only a celebration for the city of alexandria, but they are also celebrating the fourth of july even though it has passed. They tend to celebrate both of these together. Weve been speaking to several people out here who say they like to come every year because its such a good Family Friendly event. Now, if you want to come out here, there is still some availability to enjoy all of the fun events, starting at 6 37, music, atm. Thats when the birthday cake will be cut. 9 30, thats when you definitely want to be here for the fireworks. Live in alexandria, ileana diaz, wusa 9. Cool. Familyfriendly. That describes all of alexandria. A big part of wusa 9s morning team are emceeing the events tonight. Well, changing gears now, a man and a woman are recovering tonight from cuts and bruises after an Early Morning robbery and assault. This all happened on 18th street year the u street corridor, just after 1 00 this morning. Police say they are looking for about 10 to 12 suspects, both men and women. If you saw anything that can help police, give them a you will cause. Police are searching for a man they say stabbed two people inside a Fairfax County residence, along the 8400 block of richmond highway. The two men were stabbed several times friday night. They were transported to a nearby hospital. One has been released, were told. The other remains in critical condition. It appears the two victims and their attacker might have known each other. An explosion rocks downtown cairo, causing damage to the italian consulate building. And pope francis praises the heroic role of women in paraguays history, as he [beeping] ooo come on everybody, i think this is my grandson. [lip syncing] little girl you look so lonesome oh my goodness. I see you are feeling blue come on over to my place hey girl were having a party happy birthday, grandma well be swinging dancing and singing baby come on over tonight. Pope francis celebrated mass today at bolivias virgin shrine. Many of the faithful t bursinto tears after pope francis passed by in the pope mobile, as he arrived at the religious sanctuary. Tens of thousands of people packed the plaza outside the basilica for his first mass in the country. Pope francis praised the heroic role of women in paraguays history. He will attend a samesex marriage, the first time in public. One person was killed in the blast in cairo, egypt. A civilian and a Police Officer were hurt. Security Officials Say the cause of the blast is still unclear. Cairo investigators are looking into whether an explosive device had been placed underneath a car. Closer to home, an explosion rocks the beach in rhode island. One woman was thrown into rocks by the force of that blast. She was taken to the hospital for treatment. Police and fire investigators now trying to determine just what caused that explosion. Meantime, the Italian Coast Guard has rescued more than 800 migrants from the mediterranean sea. 12 migrants were found dead. The migrants were aboard a small boat that began sinking when it was spotted by the coast guard. Some 75,000 migrants have arrived in italy since the beginning of the year. Most arriving from africa. Erica grow says we got a nice night coming up. Can we keep it going through sunday, though . And mystery lovers, weve got a Real Adventure for you. Details when we come back. Listen up. Im reworking the menu. Mayo, corn dogs. You are so out of here ahh. The complete balanced nutrition of great tasting ensure. With nine grams of protein. And 26 vitamins and minerals. Ensure. Take life in. So theres a new live thrilling clue game opening soon. Its called escape the oval office. Its a Real Adventure for mystery lovers. Surae chinn tells us there are benefits of being locked up in a room for others for an hour. Reporter matt and Cheryl Wilson are escape room enthusiasts. They can crack the code most of the time. Whats your rate of success . 75 . Wow reporter but they may have met their match in the oval office. Its proving to be quite the challenge. Reporter the scenario, the family is on a covert operation. They are trapped with newborn son maxwell in tow. They are turning the room upside down, flipping the lights on and off, looking for clues to unlock the door and replace missing articles. My wife and i were active Duty Air Force officers, so were used to dealing with stress and specifically dealing with people on a team. This is sort of us getting a taste of what we used to do without any of the risks. Reporter trying to get out of a locked room helps in building relationships, team work, and its just a whole lot of fun. I love spy movies. Im a big james bond fan. This type of thing, with the escape room, its right up my alley. Reporter ken smith is one of the owners. He says escape rooms have been around a long time, but he wanted to put a washington, dc spin on it. You can really get to know who you either work with or who you are trying to get to know. Youll see how they react under pressure. Reporter challenging your wit is not just for adults, but kids can also use their brain power in the mock classroom. An hour winds down and the Wilson Family could not escape, but matt still gives his seal of approval. Its very difficult to actually end up in the real oval office. Having something similar where you can be running around doing clues, this is a neat thing. Its not a thing weve seen previously. Reporter at the oval office on h street northeast, surae chinn, wusa 9. Obviously surae found the key because she got out of there the oval office opens next sunday. Cost is 25 for adults and 15 for children. So what do you think . The three of us . Could we escape the oval office . We could do it. If we didnt, i wouldnt mind hanging out with you guys for a while. Thats right. Let me think about it. Have your people get back to us. Great weather. Keep it coming oh, yeah, ill keep it coming for tomorrow. All right. Then changes as we head back to the work week. Lets start it off with the 3 degree guarantee, which i believe we got it. So topper went with 85 degrees for the High Temperature for today. Ill tell you that we did get into the upper 80s. I think that 3degree guarantee is safe for today. As we head through the afternoon and evening, were going to see or as we headed through the afternoon and evening, we saw temperatures in the upper 80s, but the dewpoint was still pretty low, so it was pretty comfortable to be outside. Right now, 85 and feels like 88 degrees. In our weather headlines, its going to be pleasant overnight tonight, even a little cool in some of the outlying suburbs. Then sunday its going to be warmer, but well hold on to that sunshine. It will turn more humid as we head back to work, heading into the further part of the work week. Temperatures rising into the mid90s in some spots. And that threat of rain and thunderstorms will stay with us as well. Right now, it is 84 in leesburg and frederick. 84 also in manassas. 82 in waldorf. 80 at andrews. On satellite and radar, a 12 hour loop, you can see how the storm system was over us. It was a small and slowmoving system. I should say it was pretty fast moving. It is already out of here and now we have the return of the sun and its going to be mostly clear overnight tonight. Heading out the door tomorrow morning, we are still looking at lots of sunshine. Maybe just a few clouds developing in the afternoon. Its going to be a warm and dry one on sunday. But monday were tracking another approaching area of low pressure with the cold front making its advance toward us. So by the time we get into the evening commute on monday, a few isolated thunderstorms are possible. I know this looks like a lot of rain on 9 future cast. I dont think its going to be quite that widespread. But on tuesday, we will see more rain and the potential for thunderstorms staying with us. Overnight tonight, enjoy this while it lasts. Its pleasant. Its going to be a little bit on the cooler side for this time in july. 66 to 72 for your overnight lows. Mostly clear to partly cloudy skies. On sunday morning, mostly sunny, 65 to 85 degrees. Not too humid yet, but you will notice a little bit of an uptick in the humidity heading into the afternoon. Partly sunny with a high between 85 and 90 degrees. So thats actually pretty much where we should be this time of year. So a seasonably warm afternoon is on tap. On monday as the cold front makes its approach, we could drive in a few isolated thunderstorms, as we saw on 9 future cast, reaching a high of 90. Tuesday might require the upgrade to a yellow alert. We still have green for now, but i think this system could produce widespread showers and storms that would require that yellow alert designation. Look at the High Temperature, all the way up to 94 degrees. In the first alert sevenday forecast, we hold on to the 90s for the entire rest of the work week. The days that look to be the wettest are tuesday and wednesday. Then i think thursday could be a completely dry day before the nats get back to town and the chance for storms comes back as well. Its going to be awfully sultry by the time the nats come back to town next week. You know, tuesday and wednesday, grow, really . Those are my days off. Oh, sorry. Ill try to squeeze out some dry weather for you. Cant guarantee it, though. You can always volunteer to work, you know. We could use the help. [ laughter ] who, who for free . Im just saying. What do you have for us . Weve got baseball. Speaking of the nats, they are in baltimore and the birds are trying to bounce back from a victory over our nationals last night. They walked over the nats. Can dc regroup . New daddy Jordan Zimmermann will pitch for the nationals. Previews, straight ahead in i dont want to live with the uncertainties of hep c. Or wonder. Whether i should seek treatment. I am ready. Because today theres harvoni. 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Now they need the bats to come alive. In the opener last night, gio gonzalez pitched well, facing Chris Tillman of the orioles, who would strike first. In the fourth, adam jones solo shot, left field, the birds would take a 10 lead. Jones with the nice trot around the bases. Bottom nine, 22 tie ball game. Two outs, a walkoff homer off of tanner roark, as the os win game 1 of the series. Had some opportunity, but still were in the game. One swing of the bat can make the difference. Tonight it was for them. Yeah, yeah, its two runs and this stadium is tough. We need to score more. tdidn dothat and they scored more than we did. Very simple analysis. Now, tomorrow nats on 9, series finale, and guess what, max scherzer will pitch for the nationals. Well get a chance to see him on wusa 9. That means hes not going to pitch in the allstar game, according to skipper matt williams. Coverage starts at 1 30 tomorrow, here on wusa 9. Capitals fans getting their first chance to get up close and personal with one of the new caps. Tj oshie, winger came over in a trade from st. Louis. He was on hand today for the caps fan fest at ketler ice complex. Timothy lee oshie is getting married in a couple of weeks, so hes focused on that, but also ready to contribute to the caps in the fall. Im hoping to get in a top six role and i want to bring my 200foot game. I want to be counted on defensively just as much as i am to score goals offensively. Hopefully i can bring my talents to the team and help out. Another new face in dc certainly made a First Impression on draft night, talking a big name. Now lets see if he has game, as we get our first look at the wizards first round draft pick, kelly you bray, jr. , starting Las Vegas Summer League play tonight, taking on phoenix. Now, hubre was a big name coming out of high school, had a decent year at kansas, but the wiz are banking on his potential to make waves as a rookie. Then theres dez wells for the terps out of maryland, who has to show the brass he is deserving of just getting an invitation to Training Camp in the fall and make the wizards ball club. Leave all the politics and debate stuff to the analysts, you know. Nobody can save the person thats guarding me. Nobody has any, you know, anything to say about that. So when i step on the court, thats only thing i hope to talk to myself. Not sure whats more impressive, total dominance of womens tennis by Serena Williams or the fact she is doing it at the age of 33, which is apparently ancient in the tennis world. Looks like serena is not going anywhere for a long time. In fact, i think she could play till shes 40. After a slow start, williams fighting back, takes the first set 64. Shes juiced, pumped, smells championship. Now heres championship point, and its hit wide. Bit of a delayed response from serena like, yeah, believe it. 13 years after winning wimbledon for the first time, she captured her sixth trophy at the allengland club. Serena plays for the Washington Capitals team tennis this summer. The owner knows hes got an unstoppable player on his hands. Its really the only person who can beat serena is serena. If serena is playing her best, she is so far the best in the world that no one can beat her. So, you know, its hard, the pressure builds, the pressures always big at the grand slams. Now its really building. And so its hard to be at your best every single match, but if she is, theres no one who can beat her. Back to baseball, when a teammate makes an allstar game, you would think they would be happy for them. Not necessarily the case for khris davis of the baltimore orioles, giving pitcher darin oday a bit of a tough time. I was really happy darin oday made the team. Lot of people dont realize how hard it is for a guy who throws like a girl to make the all star team. You know, that was pretty special. I think hes going to have angry folks at him. Theres some women that could probably strike me out. You see my one atbat. It was pretty embarrassing. Chris is a good friend and well talk about that amongst ourselves later. [ laughter ] what was that, khris davis hat . I want one of those. Serena williams, shouldnt the discussion should be is she the best ever at this point . Ever. Yes. And still going. Ever. Frank, i would skip the hat. You dont like that look . The hat might be a good idea tomorrow. Lots of sunshine, low humidity still with us and a high around 90. Well see you the donald draws the crowd. Thousands turn out in phoenix to hear from dodge trump as the republican president ial candidates keeps Immigration Center stage. Two Florida StateFootball Players side lined in the same week. Both charged with punching women in the face. 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