Mode around here. Organizers promising thebiggest fourth of July Fireworks show the districts have ev see new details tonight on the big of the n the location launch point and a political fire storm is ragingr ove a tweet shared by donald trump jr. Why senator Kamala Harris rivals are coming to her defense and calling theonpresident s a racist. News4 begins with a stormteam 4 weather alert. Hailstorms broke through the sunny sky. Some of you really saw some y. Action to the neighborhood at alexandria was one of the hardest hit areas, a viewer sending us this video from the scene there. Leading two severe thunderstorm warnings and watch and despite a lot of sunshine, the hail still fell in annapolis. If you look closely, you couldee reall it coming down there. Somara theodore with a lo wk. E are still seeing plenty of activity on the radar tonight. Yeah, weve got a second squall line and its pretty flois oth iryhas windto s adamage. Right now the severe thunderstorm warngs have expired
We have chopp 4eeping an eye on the fire fight from above and our leon harris is at the live desk with what we know right now. Leon. Erica and jim, we have been watching it for the better partt of an hour b the flames were just tearing through the home on Clarks Branch avenue tonight. I take you now live to the scene. Chopper 4, as you said, flying gh above the home. Look at these stunning pictures. The fire is so intense the crews inside had to actually leave tha house fight the flames from the outside. Fairfax county called in units from other departments to come give a hand. Fortunately, we are told everyone inside the home at the time of the fire was able to get out safely. No word though on how it broke out. We will continue to follow the breaking stories. You can also look for up dates onhiur nbc waston app and, of course, here tomorrow on news 4 today. Back to you. We have been watching it with you. That thing has just taken off in rapid fashion. Nk leon, thayou. A child hospita
Heat wa continues today. The hot and muggy weather could turn inafternoon storms. Lauren rickets is there tracking it. Today is the hottest day of the year, megan, unfortunately, for a lot of people, especially those with outside work on saturdays. It is going to be a very muggy indext day with that heat close to 100 degrees. The june rise is beautiful and gorgeous, plenty of sunshine as we continue through the day today and then a chance ofat scred showers and thunderstorms later on this afternoon. But as far as what were looking at right now it is 72 degrees at 6 00 a. M southerly winds pushing in the humidity. Asp you wake u this morning temperatures will slip a degree or two by 7 00 a. M. And then rit back up. Plenty of sunshine this morning, storms later on this afternoon. O lets talk a who will have the best chance to see storms, coming thup. Sounds good, thank you. This morninfire officials are investigating a massive fire that engulfed a large home in irfax county. Chopper 4 fl
Viva las vegas. Overseas. Top story. President trumps wide ranging News Conference hours ago and ao extrinary offer to meet the north korean dictator kim jongun in the Demilitarized Zoneetween north and south korea tomorrow. Kristin welker is traveling with the president. She was at the News Conference in japan. Kristin, good morning. Reporter peter, good morning to you from osaka. This is a diplomatic cliffhanger. Will kim jongun accept President Trumps invitation to meet him at the dmz . The president building suspense with t freewheeling News Conference that lasted more than an hour overnight, all coming on the heels of critical Foreign Policy talks. This morning President Trump touching down in south korea after unleashing this extraordinary tweet. If chairman kim of north korea sees this, i would meet him at the border tdmz j to shake his hand and say hello. Ovduring an night News Conference the president was o pressed whether the meeting will actually take place. Spoke with thepe
Thats coming up in justbo. Lauryn, thank you. Just in to our newsroom this morning, the new York City Police detective who was on capitol hill pleading for additional funds for 9 11 First Responders earlier this month has died. Luis alvarezs family announced his death this morning. Here he is at the capital testifying with comedian jon stewart. They were asking congress to keep the fund going to help 9 11 First Responders who are now ltdealing with hea problems from their work at ground zero. Congress has yetot to ve on the bill to extend those funds. Thoughts and prayers with his family. And this morning a Death Investigation is under way in a quiet i beach townn delaware. Authorities found a bodyoa flng in a canal in Bethany Beach yesterday, not far from where a woman originally fromnt montgomery c was last seen. Her name is linda lee bravo. There are reports the body recovered yesterday appears to be. Wel and have the latest on our nbc washington app. New this morning, President Tru