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these things are pulsing up and down at times. heavier downpours on 220. on the shenandoah valley we've also seen the heavier showers weaken as they pull away. enjoy it. a lot of heat and humidity still to go for the rest of july and that first weekend of august not looking too pretty either. a prince george's county man has got an incredible story to tell. he was reported missing a week ago and reportedly spent most of that time trapped under a tree. tonight he is alive. how police believe it happened and how that man is doing tonight. >> this is the tree where 66-year-old vietnam veteran larry shaddy spent the last week of his life. i want you to see how close it is to the main roadway of ardwick ardmore road in prince george's county. shaddy was going out for a walk late on the night of july 20th he told his roommate but he never showed back up in their room. police were called to start a search. somehow he was not seen on this tree. investigators said today shaddy was probably walking on the grassy area just on the other side of that guard rail when he slipped and fell down this steep embankment and managed to get himself so thoroughly wedged underneath this tree trunk that he could not get himself out under his own power. and in fact he couldn't even get himself out with the help of firefighters. he had to be cut out today using the jaws of life. the good news, no serious injuries only exposure related injuries from spending a week out here in the woods. he'll go to a hospital for a little while but larry shaddy will be just fine. >> mr. shaddy is in the icu tonight. he's recovering from what they call extreme dehydration. the body of a second swimmer who went missing friday night off cove point beach has been recovered. he was dug los brown, co-owner of a popular dc restaurant known as coasta brava. his brother's body was recovered saturday. police believe the men entered deep water, became tired trying to swim against the tide and finally went under. investigators in frederick county are trying to figure out what led a homeless man to stab two cooks. a husband and wife. the husband was killed. the wife critical ly injured. it all happened last night at the anna prayer counseling and retreat center. a korean church retreat in urbana, maryland. >> it was a very bloody brutal crime scene. the wounds included stab wounds, a number of slashing cut wounds. a lot of blood. again, some of the deputies that went in to the crime scene were pretty disturbed about what they saw. >> the suspect is 30-year-old song su kim. he's charged with murder and attempted murder and he allegedly told investigators he hated all koreans. investigators say he had also complained about the food at the retreat. a special grand jury in fairfax county began hearing testimony today in the shooting of john geer, the man killed a couple years ago by a fair fax county police officer. geer was shot right outside his front door in august 2013. police had been called to the home by his long time girlfriend after the couple had argued. she and his children left the house before the police got there. the four officers who were there that day told investigators they saw geer's hands up near his head but the one who shot geer said he fired because he saw geer jerk his hands toward his face. we spoke with geer's dad don who witnessed the shooting. >> i hope that they find that there's sufficient evidence to put him up for trial. >> in april fairfax county settled a lawsuit over the shooting agreeing to pay geer's daughters just under $3 million. stafford county deputies are searching for a man who fired a gun in to a nearby house. the sheriff's office said it all began as a fight between timothy phelps and a woman who was staying at his house. investigators say some of her friends came over and that's when phelps brought out the shotgun. his friend brian blair grabbed the gun tried to shoot at folks driving away from the fight but ended up hitting a house instead. nobody inside the home was hurt. deputies are still looking for blair. late this afternoon loved ones celebrated two lives taken too soon. separate funeral services were held in louisiana for two men killed in the lafayette theater shooter. 33-year-old jillian johnson and mayci breaux was 21. nine other people were hurt in the shooting. today we're getting a glimpse in to the final days of the man accused of killing johnson and breaux. surveillance video from the motel 6 where houser was staying seems to show nothing out of the ordinary. in one clip he walks toward his lincoln towncar. the very vehicle he used the day of the shooting. the lead investigator found it parked just a few feet outside of the emergency exit with a big hit he planned on getting out alive. >> his keys were on top of the tire. >> really? >> they were staged so he didn't have to reach in his pocket, that he could grab the keys, jump in the car and take off. >> the 59-year-old had a history of mental illness but was still able to legally buy a gun in alabama. houser ended up killing himself inside that movie theater. defense lawyers in colorado are worried the theater shooting in louisiana may influence the jury's sentence for james holmes. today his lawyers asked the judge to poll the jury about whether they'd seen or read anything about the lafayette shooting. 12 jurors raised their hands. the defense worried the jurors might want to punish holmes for inspiring a copycat killing. they are now deciding between life and death for the gunman. the man accused of killing three prominent alexandria residents will have a different judge presiding over his trial. judge jane roush has been on the bench but today she got promote today the virginia supreme court. she'll start there a week from today. roush has been a fair fax circuit court judge since 1993. she proceeded over the trial of dc sniper. in a statement today he bobbi kristina brown an angel and said he's completely numb. she died yesterday nearly six months after she was found face down in a bathtub. medical examiners say the first part of their autopsy found no obvious cause of death or significant injuries. but doctors say the passage of time since brown was hospitalized will complicate how to figure out what she died of specifically. the patriarch of the jackson family is in intensive care tonight. joe jackson, father of the late michael jackson, suffered a stroke while he was celebrating his 87th birthday down in brazil. someone who organized jackson's family said he's doing fine tonight and talking without any problems. washington football players report to training camp in richmond later this week. >> but this afternoon the team's star quarterback was winning hearts off the field. >> i'm andrea mccarren. rg3 offered his gratitude to our nation's military personnel and made it a very special day for one local family. >> reporter: robert griffin iii surprised the decks a military family from leesburg whose courage in the face of devastating loss has inspired him. >> on your 13th birthday when your dad has to go to iraq and he wakes up in the morning and kisses you on the forehead and you don't know if you're ever going to see him again i know how that feels. >> reporter: the redskins quarterback grew up in texas where father were army sergeants. >> i know what it looks like when they don't come back. >> reporter: which is why griffin brought a check to t.a.p.s. the organization provides comfort and much more to families who have lost a loved one serving in the armed forces. griffin made the surprise visit on behalf of his organization family of three. in arlington andrea mccarren, wusa 9. >> to learn more about t.a.p.s. and rg3's foundation family of three, you can find information on our website and wusa 9 app. it's small and old and about ready to get a big upgrade. what's in store for laguardia airport and who helped push through the multi-billion-dollar plan. >> the focus is on feet but this doctor has a rock and roll heart. the big thank you he got from his famous patient dave groel. >> a stomach turning reason to check your fridge. if you cook, you've got to hear this story. it's a little disgusting if you're preparing dinner right now. the fda today issued a partial ban on cilantro from mexico after human species and toilet paper were found in the fields where cilantro is grown. it focuses on pueblo. that bad sill -- cilantro has been linked to hundreds of intestinal illnesses over the past few years. federal regulators say chrysler was too slow to tell customers about 23 recalls and didn't fix 11 million vehicles fast enough. as part of the deal fiat chrysler has to pay $105 million to the government and agreed to buy back vehicles that aren't fixed. the automaker also has to offer financial incentives to the owners of about 1 million jeep grand cherokees. tonight we're waiting the results of a big vote from the boy scouts of america. the executive board was all set to vote today on whether to end the ban on gay adult leaders. results of the vote are expected sometime tonight. earlier in the month the executive committee voted unanimously to end the ban and allow individual scout units to set their own policies. boston is out. after the break the reason it will not try to host the olympic games and what that means for the possibility of a dc bid. >> after the storms this afternoon, what a nice evening it's turned out to be. i hope you take advantage of it. could be a while before we see another nice evening like that. hot humi montgomery county's executive wants police to find out who vandalized a controversial confederate statue on the old courthouse grounds even those city leaders are meeting today to consider removing it. the vandalism including the phrase black live matter was discovered this morning. the statue was erected 1913. up until now president obama has been staying out of the 2016 campaign. today that all changes as he sounded off over mike huckabee. huckabee is a vocal opponent of the plan. over the weekend he said the deal would quote take the israelis and basically march them to the door of the oven. speaking from africa, the president called that statement ridiculous and sad and suggested that huckabee is more concerned about his run for the white house. >> when you get rhetoric like this maybe it gets attention and maybe this has never pushed mr. trump out of the headlines. >> huckabee is not backing down. donald trump has surged to the top of the polls in iowa and new hampshire despite what he said about senator john mccain and about mexican americans. the u.s. olympic committee searching for a new city to possibly host the 2024 summer games. this afternoon it dropped boston's bid just hours after the mayor said he would not sign a deal that would make taxpayers liable for any overrun. >> i refuse to mortgage the future of the city away. i refuse to put boston on the hook for overruns. i refuse to commit to signing a guarantee that uses taxpayers' dollars to pay for the olympics. >> you might remember boston beat out dc, san francisco and l.a. the mayor said he wants to put an american city. he didn't mention any one in particular but l.a. was considered to be the runner-up to boston. one of america's busiest airports is about to get a major facelift. andrew cuomo unveiled plans to redesign and rebuild laguardia. he says the first phase will start next year and cost $4 billion. the new airport will be closer to grand central parkway which will more than double the space. laguardia is cramped and outdated and last year vice president joe biden dubbed it a third world country and he helped to expedite some of the approvals needed to move the plan forward. >> metro silver line is celebrating one year of service today bringing trains through tyson's corner. metro officials and community leaders touted the line for boosting business in northern virginia and reducing traffic on the roads. the silver line will eventually go to dulles international airport. but that phase is expected to wrap up in 2019 with a bill of nearly $3 billion. foo fighters front man dave grohl is roging rocking out in front of sold out concerts despite breaking his leg a month ago. >> a baltimore doctor is making sure grohl is healing all right. he gave his surgeon the thank you of a lifetime. >> when he came in to town, he flew in to dc. we connected. i needed to make sure he was okay. >> reporter: turns out dr. schoen does some rocking of his own. >> i told him i had an orthopedic rock band. we played some hospital fourth of july parties and some graduations. we played a couple weddings, a bar mitzvah. >> reporter: fast forward a few weeks to fenway park. >> when i was in boston to fenway park, he said why don't you play with us? i'm like i don't think you want me to play with you. >> reporter: turns out he did. >> would you please welcome my orthopedic doctor, dr. schoen. >> reporter: dr. schoen belted out a cover of the white stripes' seven nation army, a baltimore favorite before a sold-out crowd. >> i was in the moment, performing like any performer does. interacting with the audience. >> reporter: dr. schoen is making headlines across the country as grohl's doctor and as a rock star. >> every day can be and should be a dream come true. >> the frustrated rock star inside a lot of us. that performance drew quite a reaction from the crowd at fenway. fans were shouting lou as the doctor cheered and pumped his arms up in the air. ought to convince you to bring in your guitar and play a little bit. >> bugs bunny says what's up doc, the doc was what was up. >> he was rocking. >> great for him. love that story. you might not love what's coming our way. heat and humidity. plenty of it. back in the mid 90s by wednesday and thursday. so we've got a bigger heat wave coming. we say heat wave 90 degrees, three days in a row. we've been 90, 90, 91. 11 in a row on the 3-degree guarantee. we're doing pretty well right there. tell you how well we did tonight. look at doppler 9000 right now. we've got showers and storms still out there. nothing like this afternoon. you've got evening plans, enjoy it, it's going to be a lot worse out here for the next several days. right now we're tracking showers and storms on the eastern shore from easton denton. there's easton. east of easton up toward cordova. these things have been pulsing up and down. in the mountains we've seen them drift south. showers and storms north and south of you trying to drift back toward medley. this is drifting back. this one is pulling off to the south on 220. what a nice looking night though. heavy storms. had some localized flooding. quick one to 2 inches, now 85, feeling like 89. it's kind of muggy out there. temperatures are in the upper 70s to mid 80s and want you to enjoy this because it's going to be worse here coming up with more heat on the way. just an isolated evening storm tonight. hot. fewer thunderstorms tomorrow afternoon than what we had today. so we'll be a little warmer than today. upper 80s, low 90s. serious heat by midweek. mid 90s. for both wednesday and thursday with heat index values near 100. futurecast isolated shower storm tonight. tomorrow starts out quiett. isolated activity. 84 85 by lunchtime. upper 80s. low 90s for highs for tuesday afternoon. our forecast for tonight isolated shower or storm this evening. 68 to 76. muggy night tonight. even a patch of fog. tomorrow morning, warm and humid. saenchths 70s and -- and 80s. light winds tonight and tomorrow. more out of the east southeast at 5. wednesday 94, isolated storm in the afternoon. 96 thursday as a front approaches. then slightly cooler and drier friday before back 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 inantertional agreements isand l theeading state 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