thunderstorm watch until 10:00 tonight. torms move through, the humidity has lowered and the temperatures have lowered and a lot of the area is still baking and still very humid and ill severe weather in the forecast. >> a flash flood watch is in effect until tomorrow morning. g a lotng on. take a look at the radar right now. show you a little bit of a break here from severe weather in our area. there's the storm t caused all the damage into parts of montgomery county and frederick county. loudoun county around luckettsville. nothing to southern st. mary's county. have seen storms in that area. these are all trees down.of every onehese circles is trees down around the area so we saw a lot of damage a little b earlier. right now it's just rain across the region from d.c. south and east. it's still hot and humid, but relief bombs tomorrow as this system makes its way through. we could see more severe weatheo

devep over the next couple of hours. i'll take you hour by hour. see you back here in a minute. >> thank you, doug. follow the weather on the nbc washington app, and can you stay connected with storam 4 even if you lose power. >> well, a desperate plea from d.c. leaders after a deadly we end. >> seven people have been shot to death since thursday, and that includes 11-year-old karon brown. a suspect was arrested this weekend in that case and made his first court appearance today. >> news 4's mark segraves is outside the courthouse with the latest on that case and the message from the mayor this evening. mark? >> reporter: that's right. you know, he just appeared before a judge an hour ago and was ordered held without bond despite his insistence that he only fired into that car in self-defense and had no idea that the 11-year-old boy was in the back seat. but thathuncident on tday all led up to what turned out to be an extremely violent weekend.

four days of violence, four days nfire. >> nobody want to live in a neighborhood where they are scared of hearing gunfire or they can't send their child and 11-year-old to the mcdonald's, okay. that's not how we should be living. that's not normal into since thursd, seven people have been murdered in the district including 11-year-old karonb rown. saturday police charged 29-year-old tony mc clam who told police he was trying to settle a dispute between neiborhood kids and his girlfriend's children and the victim and that he had had the gun because his brother had recently been murdered. chief peter newsham says he can't recall a more violent four days. >> in recentemory idon't. this is particularly disturbing to have this many homicides over the c urse of theweekend. >> reporter: today newsham and mayor muriel bowser pleaded with

residents to turn over anybody they know who has an illegal gun, even if it means sending a loved one to jail. >> it'se better to b arrested for having a gun than for murdering a child. call us. >> reporter: newsham took aim at d.c.'s gun laws and prosecutors today pointing out that most suscts arrested for murder had previously been arrested for gun possession. >> the consequences for illegal firearm possession in our city are not changing behavior. >>ndreporter: newsham a bowser pointed to the public's help in arresting the suspect in the lling of 11-year-old karon br own. >> it shouldn't take the death of an -year-old for people to come forward. >> reporter: according to court documents, the suspect admitted to police that he fired his gun tto the car, but he said it was self-defense andhat he didn't know the boy wasnside of the car. now what we have also learned from those charging documents today is the gun that police believe was used in the vilg of

11-year-o of 11-year-old karon brown but not before the suspect tried gun. ng the the governor of puerto rico has refused to resign this weekend, and he's now facing some intense criticism for the controversial remarks that were uncovered in private online chats. leon harris is at the live desk to show us just how massive the protests have become. leon? >> these have been amazing to watch them just cpletely bloom, wendy. organizers called it one of the biggest demonstrations puerto rico has ever seen. take a look at this. this is drone video from san juan, puerto rico, people there just flooded the streets there blocking this major highway and snarling traffic there. protests have been gon for days, but they intensified over the weekend. >> now the governor is it i a middle of a firestorm over private online chats that

surfaced of him making homophobic and sexistremarks. the governor says he has no plans to resign and he did say that hwould not run for another term next year. now, in just about an hour, there's plans -- there's a plan for a march to happen here in washington. demonstrators are planning to march from the washington monnumt to the white house and we'll be watching to see how big or how intete tha demonstration gets. >> leon, thank you. people are w the lined up at the u.s. supreme court payinstheir respects thi weekend to the late justice john paul stevens. the former justice is lying in repose at the crt until 8:00 tonight. earlier today dignitaries remembered the former justice. president trump and the first lady paid their respects this morning. justice elana kag replaced him on the court and spoke about his influence earlier today. >> but if ever there were a caer

a funeral should become a on celebrati of a life well lived, this is that case.te justice svens lived a long vfe. he a great and important and influential life. >>stevens died last tuesday after suffering a stroke. a private funeral service and internment will be ld at arlington national cemetery tomorrow. a boxer badly injured during that match at the mgm nationalr har on friday night, he is now inca medilly induced coma. max i'm dadsiev suffered bleeding on his brain. prince george's couity bureau ef tracey wilkins spoke to his trainer s said hetopped the fight when he saw that something was wrong. >> he's been attacking that body blow. >> reporter: this fight on friday has forever changed the

life of boxer max dadsiev. >> 139.2 for dadsiev. >> he's now in a medically induced coma and according to his trainer andal former h of famer buddy mcgirt who spoke with me by phone. >> max is a great guy, a hard worker. i wish hiwo more fighters like him >> reporter: mcgirt stopped the ght in the left round when it appeared the challenger was getting the best of him. mcgirt said dadashev was not responding. >> as soon as he walked down the stairs he needed help after the stairs and he started throwing up, and that's when they -- i knew something w wrong. >> reporter: mcgirt said there was bleeding on his brain and he received surgery at prince george's medical center to stop

the bleeding and relieve the pressure. he remains there recovering. >> something like this, you know, it's unfortunately part of the sport and no trainer or fighter or manager wants to go through this, you know. >> reporter: asp spokerson with prince george's hospital center told me because of patient ouivacy laws she couldn't tell us much ab max's condition but did confirm that his family is one way here from russia. i'm tracey wilkins, news 4. >> in atatement a spokesperson with mgm national harbor said the company's thoughts are with thehe dad and his family. we've reached out to the athletic state commission, and we're still waiting comment on whether there be an investigation nto t fight. well, if they get tonight's nationals game in, people will note some new netting at the ballpark. it is all in the name of fan safety. the nationals havecid to extend the netting even farther down the first and third base

lines. now th sent out this time lapse. installation after a young fan was struck by a ball during an astros/cubs game. >> that's what this is all about. we want to protect our fans, the children, the adults, everyone that c es to the game make sure they have a great time >ithout worrying about being hurt. today the nats also announced a new kids eat free program for its junior nats kids club members. it gives children under 12 a free mealev at ery home game. you can sign up using the mlb ballpark app or head to the nats website. wendy? aj well, a step forward for metro's extension of the silver line out to dulles airpstt. for the f time actual metro trns have moved into loudoun county. transportation reporter adam tuss up in chopper 4 this evening to elplain when you'l finally be able to ride onethof se trains to dulles international airport and into loudoun county.

>> reporter: yeah, back up in chopper 4 give you a look at this momentous milestone, really not just loudoun county, for northe virginia but for our entire region. take a look. is is the loudoun metro train, yes for the first time you have a metro train in your property, and it's notom far fr the crown jewel of phase two of international airport which is right over here. you know, for a project that hag been pld by problems, we're talking about trapped in the concrete, all sorts of issues b we'veen debating about phase two of the silver line, this really is a big deal. why does that matter? of course, you have to test the onain in a statike this. you have to make sure that everything is right and remember that the airport authority is in charge and have to make sure everything is okay before they turn it over to metro and if

metro doesn't like what they see they won't accept the pject. it's still another year before trains start rolling and people here in loudoun county are just ready for the trains to roll. >> the traffic is horrible, and the toll roll is so expensive now. >> you see it being a positive? >> definitely a positive. >> i think especially in the rush hours it's ally badhere. >> reporter: here we are flying above the loudoun gateway station. the work is continuing down there, and the metro train is on the track. now this testing will conenue to t place. don't be surprised if you see some of tse trains rolling through the corridor, especially along the dulles toll road.ta testing will several tnths. hopefully againhe project opens next summer of the back for you. >> and the second phase of this project will also havew on town opening in re center and out in herndon. well, she tweeted hundreds of children and adults for mental healthssues butpolice

say she wasn't qualified and misdiagnosed and misprescribed patients. ahead at 5:00 tonight, the new e trouble for t woman accused of being a fake psychologist. also, virginia is pparing to mark 400 years of democracy but that day won't come without some controversy, and why some lawmakers say they may stay home. >> credit motoring company exfaction agrees to a huge settlement and the big pay day some could see as a result. >> still tracking radar. a severe thunderstorm watch nt continues u 10:00. expecting more storms to develop

if you're just joining us at 5:15, we're trackotg anr round of storms and doug isba it two minutes to tell you when they are going to and howie is veer they may be. democrats and republicans agree.

this could be a pivotal moment in shifting public opinion on the russia probe.id both ss are promising pointed questioning when robert mueller heads to capitol hill wednesday. publicly ll testify before two congressional committees. the house judiciary chair jerry nadler says that mueller's report presents substantial evidence that president trump is guilty of high crimes and misdemeanors. republicans are hoping focus on the fact that the mueller report enind without provg any evidence of collusion. >well, it's been nearly 400 e years sinc the firstre presentative assembly was held in jamextown. ne week the commonwealth will pause to mark that occasion. enpresident trump has be invited and may attend whichight keep some lawmakers in virginia from going. news had's corey smith explains. >> reporter: this document is all the impetus that governor justin fairfax needs to show up for the anniversary of the first

representative. >> this is the document that freed my great great great grandfather simon fairfax from slavery. >> the commemoration marks the arrival the first enslaved africans to north america. >> it reminds me of the incredible journey that families have taken in virginia but also that we've all taken and how hope can inspire us to be better to get through dark times, and i think we need a reminder of that now more than ever. >> reporter: fairfax says he'll show up regardless of whether president trump is there. several members of democratic leadership have taken a dif rent standsaying they will boycott any event that the president attends. in a statement this weekend members of the house and smart leadership said, quote, the current president does not represent the values that we would celeate at the00th anniversary of the oldest democrat ichabody in the western world. we offer just three words of advice, send him back. >> too often we get caught up in social media and mobs and justice and don't take a step

t what is is k ab the bigger picture here. >> for fairfax that bigger picture is celebrating how far the commonwealth has come in the last 400 years and learning just how fair it still needs to go. a lesson vivian watts says would serve the president well were he to show up. n >> i oly wish that president trump could be there for the full three days and learn. >> reporter: virginia republicans have seized on the differing of opinions and next week's momentousio occ transcends politics. corey smith, news 4. >> all right. we've got the latest on the weather wallop. how long are we in for this night, guys? >> a severe thunderstorm warning going until 10:00 and t flash flood watch that goes until 6:00 a.m. tomorrow morning, so we're going to be in this throughout next -- really the next da or so almost. >> and while we could see certainly some damage out there. there's damage reports. this is kind of a necessary evil, these thunderstorms to get

to more comfortable air. i mean, it was excruciatingly hot. >> if we see such intense heat it takes something big to break the heat and that's what we've got out there. take a look. storm team 4 radar tracking those storms that now have come through our area and are all the way up towards philadelphia. philadelphia under severe tharnderstorm warnings and p of northeastern maryland, but no warnings around our area. areas in pink under a svere understorm watch in effect until 10:00. not a whole lot going on now. now this storm came through, and, boy, did it produce damage from winchester over to virginia and right on through loudounun co, jefferson county, montgomery county and carroll county and right on through. this is the biggest one that affect the the most people. the thunderstorm wind damaged trees and power lines down across i-270, right around the weigh station in clarksburg. just looked at the traffic there. it's a mess continuing, and it will be a nasty rush going out towards 270 towards frederick

tonight and watch out up there. live up around frederick county, give them a little extra time. seeing rain in that area and no strong storms. you can hear a rumble of thunder or two. thewi r view showing that we're waiting on though. there's actually a little bit of a spin out here towards charleston. i'm waiting for this area to uctually start to enhance and increase in the nmbers of showers and thunderstorms to develop, and t flash flood watch goes untilrr early tomo morning and tomorrow morning could be kind of a mess to get to work. >> absolutely. >> waiting for a cold front toth move ugh the area, and until the front is through we can't say we're over with a threat from moderate to heavy rainfall, and round one of thunderstorms is over, and if you're driving home, you already know heading through clarksburg. it's a nightmare as it is as the lanes get smaller there. i feel your fain fromderick county. anyway, here's what to expect. round one is already off to the

east and round two moves in this evening between 6:00 and 8:00 p.m., and can still have heavy rain overnight tonight. rain is possible as doug said for that morning commute tomorrow. you might want to budget some extra wetime. roads out there tonight and a better chance of widespread we had roads tomorrow morning. melissa and chuck are in he updatingforecast, and, of course, lauryn has you coveredt rrow night as well. yes, some storm damage is still htossible. tone've already seen it out there. best chance it will be moving south of ashington, flooding a possibility and lower humidity out there tomorrow as well. a big change in the forecast. 90we go from s to 70s, so it's much more comfortable, but as you head out, make sure you do grab that umbrella tomorrow morning, especially,doug, that rain during the first half of the day. >> and the best thing about the next couple of days, the humidity goes down and the temperatures go do tomorrow not the best day. yeah, we'll have a lot of clouds and as amelia says, not the best

pool day, but look at wednesday, thursday and friday, some really nice weather coming up as we make our way through the next couple of days. looks really, really good wednesday and thursday with highs around 86 degrees an then temperatures driving up into the weekend at least a little bit, and then look at next week, yeah.ta let's another heat wave, guys. it's coming back, but enjoy the next couple of days after tomorrow. >> oh, we will. we've earned it. doug, thank you. hey, speaking of hot and cold, for coffee lovers, summem ns a switch to cold brew cove. it is a hot trend, but is it healthier than your regular cup ofoe? susan hogan will join us to explain. >> and the issue that's afcting anfe a

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rl or a whind victory two the u.s. world cup champs are gettofg back into the swing things with their local teams, including the washington spirit. hamps s of the world cup were among thoserk woing out. it's been a wild ride for the two friends, but they are happy to be back in the dmv. >> it's been awesome. it's been a crazy like week and it'sf, two weeks, whateve been, but i think we were both eeally, really excited to get back playing hre. i think the support locally and nationally and honestly

everywhere has been amazing. it felt like we were everyone's most hated team and most loved team at the same time, but i think wembraced it, and it's been fun and hopefully it keeps growing the game. >> and mark your calendars because lavelle and pugh and the spirit have a couple of games. >> the wizards owner says he's let fans down but he's working on getting the team back on track and as ns 4's dave johnson reports a new gm and new leadership te with just the beginning. >> well, what did you do on your onmmer vacation in the answer for the washingtizards a lot. they not only introduced a new general manager in tommy shepard but an entire team that will surround him. it's a new way of doing business because, well, times change. they are certainly changin n in the and the changes made by the wizards reflect that. >> the new nba is so complicatng, so sprawli and so global in nature, and when you look at the best organizations,

the best teams, they develop the brain trust of a lot of smart people that can come together an be ab to give you good advise and all get centered around a big decision. >> for me it's just an unbelievable opportunity. i'm so grateful and humbled. this is a dream that i've had since i was a kid, and to have that happen, i'm very grateful and excited. i'm telling you, i can't wait until get going. >> we broke the mold a little bit. don't know if it's the final right answer. i'm sure there's going to be tweaks along the way, but if we like each other and enjoy what we' a doing togethernd want to be at the office and we can have free and open dialogue, we cane conti sense and respond and make something great and we'll in it together. >> reporter: it is different and the plan going forrd. now the plan will be judg from results. dave johnson, ns 4. >> one of the new faces is a farm one, forme georgetown

coach john thompson i will need the new athletic and engageme project. >> still to come, more storms. we're waiting for round two. doug is back with the latest on imhat path and te line. everything you need to know on this weather alert day. >> also ahead at 5:00 tonight, an outbreak of violence. seven people shot in different sotings this weekend. the message from d.c.'s mayor as the murder count rises. and new troubles for that woman accused of treating hundreds of people whilete pnding to be a psychorelo

tracking the radar and shower activity up around frederick maryland and loudoun county. the rhett of usot seeing a lot of it out there. bit of a break here. we've got the rain around frederick, marand. showers out there and 50 in bowie. no severe weather in ourre a the severe weather is up around theiladelphia region. look at all the severe storms an a break and around the row naek region. t latest data does not extend the storms in parts of northern virginia. we may be getti out of the best chance for severe weather.

that's some very good news. severe thunderstorm watching does go until 10:00 tomorrow night and the flash flood watch until 6:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. heavy rain tomorrow night and ght on through the morning commute. we'll time it out for you and see you a back herew minutes. >> a stafford county woman who posed as a doctor and ps nchologist for years isow facing a multi-million dollar lawsuit. >> sharonda avery is facingny feloharges for posing as a psychologist without a license. now as northern virginia bureau chief relie carey rts, the new lawsuit is revealing a whole lot more about just how she operated. >> for years sharonda avery orked at a stafford coun medical practice. this is how pediatric partnershe descri in documents as a doctor. here's what avery told her patients. >> she had degree in psychology and i doctorate psychology and possessed two masters degrees.

>> jack white is representing two of the former patients. vernon green is well known around stafford for his nonprofit g-3 community services which does meant oregon work and a militarve ran he turned to avery for treatment of ptsd. sessions.ere therapy to my understanding she also prescribed medications for him to treat his ptsd. >> after about a year, green even hired avery to jn his nonprofit burks as he develope marketing material the red flags began to appear. >> he met with friction in getting oof of her certifications and education, and he thought that was odd. >> reporter: on top of that, green learned money was missing. e went to the stafford sheriff's office as they began to investigate and they learned avery was not a doctor at all, not a psychologist, didn't even have a college degree. she was indicted in may for

fraud. >> this is shocking. this is shocking. >> reporter: in addition to suing avery, green is naming the company involved and the doctor who ran the medical practice that hired avery. jack white says his client was torn about comingrd about revealing his treatment for ptsd but decided he had to expose what he learned. the criminal investigation against sharonda avery continues. the sheriff's office tells me some 51 families have come forward to say they or their children arepotential victims. her trial set for northern virginia. julie carey,ws ne 4. >> we did contact thatan insur company for comment, but we've not heard back. >> a carot bike ride ended in eragedy over the weekend. 59-year-old diandeshields was firefightere annual 50 event in frederick. de, the rockville woman collided with a car at the intersection of dswooro park. deshields died at scene. the firefighter 50 event raise monefor the pleasant valley

cntmunity fire departme. a bill to fund the september 11t victims' compensation fund is expected to pass in the senate tomorrow, but not without some controversy. the fund compensates victims that were injured and the families who loved loved ones in the 9/11 attacks. republican senator rand paul blocked it last week saying the lawmakers need to focus on the nation's debt and that any new spending should be offset by cutting something else. well, today new york cy firefighters blasted paul's decision. >>f he was so fiscally responsible, he would have announce it had before then instead of keeping it secret until the moments before senatoa gillib brought the bill up for the unanimous consent. >> congress did replenish that fund in 2011 and in 2015, butmo ey has been cut by nearly 70%. it's now depleted. without authorization, it lex pier next year. once the bill passes, president trump is expected to sign it

next week. >> it was v aiolent and deadly weekend in the district. thereto were four different shootings from saturday to sunday. two people died and five others were injured. newsd is live at police herequarters with m and new surveillance video in one of those shootings. derrick? >> reporter: that video is indeed shocking to look at or to hear. we are outside police headquarters where some of the city's best investigeive minds pondering a way to bring closure to these cases and to ce that me of the viol indeed happened over the weekend. take a look and take a listen. [ rapid gunfire ] >> reporter: that folks is a barrage of gunfire that ripped through that northeast neighborhood in brentwood. a few secds laterou can see two individuals running through an alley. now, that was captured on a home surveillance stem near the brentwood recreation center where the shooting happened. now that recreation center has cameras all over it, but theydi

not deter someone who opening fire on a group of young men out in front, and they are also giving rise to fears now that this could flare up again. >> we have four young people shot at and they are in my view in danger of being shot at again so doing some shooting, okay? and we have asked for them to be targeted for intensive services, and if they are willing we think that we can get them out of the cycle of violence that they are involved in. >> now all four of those people who were shot are expected to survive, but, again, there is a fear that thi could lead to some retaliation and that is atindeed the problem d.c. investigators are dealing with to a large extent when things like this happen, and they hope that they can get o inront of this because we don't want to see another weekend like the one we've just had. outside policeheadquarters.

rrick ward, news 4. back to you. >> thank you, derrick. a data breach at a major credit bureau exposed the information of tens of millions of americans. just ahead, find o what it means to you. >> and doug and amelia tracking the strong storms rolling our

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we are watching an in eather alert mode and we're not done with the storms just yet. a dowli amelia will join you in just aes few minut. >> okay. folks.his out closely,

watch now as this fishing trip off of cape cod turned into a viral video. that a greatar white sh there snagging a fish that was already hooked while someone was reeling it in on saturday. that yo boy stood just feet from where the shark left the water devouring that fish. two beaches were temporarily owosed for swimming. >> w that's something. >> we're less than a nth away from my favorite thing which is clear the shelters.p we hel animals find their r forevehomes. >> cats, dogs, no sharks. cats and dogs and lots of them. >> and last week our pat collins put out a challenge to help us gy into the spirit b showing best tricks. >> we had a lot of entry,th severa were quite impressive, and today the field was narrowed to the final four. ♪ >> it's pat's. >> prized.

>> pets. a>> i've been waitingll week for this, who has the best pet trick? who is going to get the official limited edition pat's prized pet bowl? why let the judging begin. >> we got dozens of entries. dogs and cats, even some birds. we assembled an award-winning panel of judges, anchor wendy rieger, meteorologist chuck bell and report corey smith. they did their due diligence and using an olympic scoring mhod they worked their way to a winner. >> is it. >> our judges impressed by what they saw. >> i think itshows that people really love their animals andha the animals are a part of the family. >> any time that you can teach a pet to do something that's great but when you can teach them to do something that's practical that helps you even better. > there's a lot of people like

myself that maend one or two hours with them and their dog every day, and this contest is proof that that's happening not just at my house. >> reporter: here now in no particular order the finalbu fo. y. long day. >> take the socks off. >> reporter: tired feet. no worries. sock it to me, buddy. >> good >> reporter: have a cold, runny nose. here comes maggie with the a-choo >> scout the cat does a dog-like high 5. >> high 5, up top, yeah. >> reporter: and what about onard, a medley of moves. he gets water out of the refrigerator, dozen a downward og and frisbee moves worthy of ringling brothers. well, if we had a ringling brothers. so that's the final four.

who do you think the winner should be? it we'll find out tomorrow who gets this puppy. see you then. >> we find out the offerial winn tomorrow afternoon on "news 4 at 4:00." >> leonard has a lot ofn tale >> which one was leonard? >> the trick dog. could do just about everything. ,> he dubbed him circus dogs. >> again, folks this is all ahead of our clear the shelters campaign which starts august 17th, and you can read more about it in our nbc washington app. >> but let's see what kind of trick dog has up his sleeve to try to get the storms through the area tonight without any damage like we had last night. doug? >> yeah. already had some damage in parts of our area. i think it is look hag little bit better now. severe thunderstorm watch in event until 10:00 tonight. we may not see any storms. still waiting to see how this is acting. we have storms ithe in the and storms to our south. we may get out of this the rest night just with heavy rain. >> and that being said, speaking

to that heavy rain, just about everybody is under a flash flood watch through tomorrow mornin0 at 6:0 a.m. and with a cold front you can never say it's over until the front is through the area. >> love to take a look a what's appening out there right now. severeather is coming through from a line from winchester over towards mt. airy and damascus and baltimorere ion up towards philadelphia. a monster of a storm came through. tornado warnings for parts o our area. a lot of damage in that region, too, and now you can see not a lot going on here. we also had strong storms into sthern st. mary's county but that's it. rain over towardsde freck and around the loudoun county area. a mess this afternoon as power lines were actually brought down on to 270. that shut it down for almost an hour. back open and still somery sidual eecthere. what i'm watching here, tracking the system. again, severe storms to our north. look at the yellow boxes. severe storms to our south and yellow boxes down here, oo, and nothing right here in the

middle, and, again, we're not seeing anything develop. ow, i am watching an area of disturbed weather back to the west, but it might get back here a little too late to kick off the stronger storms. what that may do is give us the heavier rain, and that's what we're expecting overnight. a flash flood watch in effect until 6:00 a.m. tomorrow morning, and this may have to bx ended a little bit. maybe to 8:00 or 9:00 a.m. tomorrowre morning because we a expecting very tomorrow night. expecting the morning rush to be a little bit of a problem in some parts of the area. >> absolutely. for the s likely morning commute, and as dog was saying it could be moderate to heavy. being said. we're not expecting to see a flash flood emergency situation like we did just a few weeksing ago on monday, july 8. still though, think about your morning commute and budget a little extra time right now to play it safe and tune into news 4 for today. chuck, melissa and lauren, i'll have you covered. likely moderate to heavy at that point. by lunchtime, still some scattered showers

herwise plenty of clouds around for the entire day tomorrow. we're at 75 degrees at noon and 6:00 p.m., cloudy, and maybe late-day sunshine and by can have p.m. the chance for rain is over. we're at only 78 degrees for high tomorrow. almost 20 degrees cooler than idity levels er h out there as well. the experts and merryfield garden center tell us the hot and humid weather, tomatoes and ppe dlersrop their flowers and fruit but don' t worry. they will continue flowering and producing fruit when cooler weather returns, and that beginm row. but because of that, maybe not the best pool day with cool temperatures and rain in the forecast. head to the pool on wednesday and thursday and make outdoor plans wednesday, thursday andi frday. the weather is looking fantastic out theren those days. doug, we have low humidity moving in. tomorrow, it's going to be okay wednesday, thursday, friday, just smiling faces out there. >> yeah, everybody will be smiling wi this forecast coming up in the middle of the week. that's some good news.

the bad news is all the damage we saw earlier. take a lookt i this is chopper 4 over the damascus area. that's a tree right now over the road in diascus. not sure exactly where this is. notice the croak right there running through the area. that cre on the higher side, too, and definitely closed roads up around tam dcus area. numerous frorts northern loudoun county and northern montgomery county and frederick and carroll county of damage as a result ofs those fi storms. now, the next couple of days, guys, things really calming rrdown. tomoow a chance of rain early and some really nice weather wednesday, thursday and friday before the heat starts to move back in next weekend and really in tords next week. we don't have a single 90 though after today this week. >> all right. we like the sound that have. >> nice. >> we could use that break. >> doug, thank you. >> for many coffee lovers, summer signals the switch to cold brew. >> that's the coffee known for being smoother less acidic and it's the standard at coffee shops and even grocery stores, but is it healthier for you?

>> some of us are hooked. consumer rorter susa hogan is breaking through the buzz for . us >> and i had props for you guys but sorry, guys, we drank it. >> first thing i said to the producer. >> it was so good. >> she going to bring us some? >> gentlemen, confection time, i am a big fan of cold brew and my producer meredith hasgotten me oked on the nitro cold brew from starbucks, but bawhat about the ones you find in bottles and cans in the stores? "consumer reports" says you really need to read the labels, carefully. >> i'll take a cold brew to go. >> reporter: cold brew used to be one of those specialty coffee drinks madeby a barista. >> in the past five years it's been more and more popular. >> it's nuttier, sweeter, and less acid. >> and typically has a higher caffein content than regular brewed coffee. coffee in general has a pretty healthynd reputation a studies have linked it to health benefits like lower risk of heart disease and type ii diabeteson but "csumer reports"

says some ready-to-drink cold brews aren't always a smart choice for your health. >> bottleduc versions are m more f convenient people to drink. >> but when you start looking at the bottled coffees sometimes they have milknd they have cream and they have added sugars. some can even have sodium or other additivesr >> reporte: there's more than 40 ready tao drink cold bruise in seven brandsha and found t the key to picking a healthier one is to pay attention to labels. has ack cold brew coffee few calories because the only thing in it is coffee and when you start looking a the bottled versions that have added sugars and cam and milk, the calorie n count catart to climb. >> even the ones that say not too sweet can have a fair amount h cold d sugar so wh brew bottles are worth all the buzz? "consumer reports" says califa farms black and brewed coffee with or but the milk and cheelion cold brew are worth a true though leon prefers the

cold brewe makes himself. and if you do prefer making your own cold brew, it will the fridge for up to two weeks so it ends up being very cost effective. >> what's the caffeine level of that? >> definitely higher. >> but so good. >> good luck gting to sleep tonight. >> let's talk at 3:00 in the morning. >> i'll be up. coming up next at 5:00, a settlement in a data breach name impacted 150 million americans. >> equifax is agreeing to pay out nearly $700 million. just ahead, what you need to you know wheyoyou're at ross and u score the perfect outfit? ooooohhhh! game on! ssnow, that's yes for le nothing beats getting the latest trends at 20 to 60 percent off specialty store prices. at ross. yes for less.

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beer. this was a datareech that affected half of the population. >> today we'll learn how equifax plans to compensate the 150 impacted. ople >> it could mean thousands of dollars for those hit hardest. >> reporter: a massive settlement for t lgest data breach ever. >> exposed personal information of nearly half the consumers in the united states of america. >> reporter: the ftc announcing monday that equifax has agreed to payliat least $650 to settle state, federal and individual consumer claims. >> i hope this case sends a strong message to those companies that it doesn't pay to underinvest in data security.

>> reporter: at least 300 million must go to victims who can file claims toh show t were financially harmed and alse gible for credit monitoring and identity theft restoration services. >> today's announcement puts that consum fund in place that will really give consumers that peace of mind that their identity will be watched with the creitt monoring watched in other services. >> reporter: in 2017 the credit bureau giant revealed the names air,dresses, social security numbers and even driver's license information of more than 148 millio americans hadeen exposed. an investigation found equifax failed to maintain a reasonable security system. the settlement must still be approved by the court. meantime officials are encouraging consumers to be proactive. >> unless you're about to apply for a loan or credit card, freez ayour cred snide millions are poised to fe claims. >> news 4 begins with a storm

team 4 weather alert. >> now at 6:00, tracking the chance for more storms and the chance for flooding overnight. >> some of us folks have already had enough. this is what was going on in mt. airy as doug and amelia were on the air duri a tornado warning earlier this afternoon. so far no confirmation of a tornado but the wind certainly did some damage>>ut there. especially for folks trying to get home. here's a live look at i-270 where for about an hour lanes in both directions were shut down. the road is back open now as you can see, but s it'sll slow going. if you're on i-270, give the a call and let them know that the traffic is an issue there. >> the same storm brought it down on top of the tree.

fortunately the people inside the car were not hurt. ugly scenehere. chopper 4 is flying over that scene in damascus right now where you caof see some the impact from the storms there. this is a huge tree down on bets that church road. you might imagine t it willke a highly to get that cleared up out of there. so as we clean up from that storm we're not completely out of the wds just yet. >> doug is tracking the next round of storms. bring us up to >> still have the severe thunderstorm watch until 10:00 for everybody in the pink. that storm came through the area about 2:30 and about 4:00 before it exited and made its way up to philadelphia and right now most of the state of new jersey under a severe thunderstorm watch. it brought tornado warnings to parts of our area, and since ng then thi have real come across our region. the shower activity up around frederick and that is it. we also sawome strong storms down around the most