Grilling outside running inside for cover . Lets get in with erica grow. I saw sunshine on your shoulders. Yeah. Unfortunately it is not going to last all weekend. We have showers and storms in the forecast. Good news for today, though. Were keeping things mostly dry. There is the potential for a sprinkle or a quick shower during the nats game tonight as the nats are finally back in town but you can see more showers streaming toward us 9 30 in the morning tomorrow. Its already raining in parts of the area and possibly some thunderstorms starting to move through as we head into the barbecue time but it clears up in time for the fireworks so at least we have that on the dry side. Heres the nats forecast if you are heading to the ballpark. Well see the potential for a shower or thunderstorm as the game is Getting Started at 6 05. Coming up well give you the beach forecast and take another look at a drier sunday in the first alert seven day. Back to you. Thanks, erica. The activity on the National Mall is revving up ahead of tomorrows huge capital 4th celebration. Performers and organizers practiced their roles in the nights big concert and Fireworks Show and police are working to ensure the safety of the hundreds of thousands of people expected to attend. Nikki burdine has more starting with the concert. Reporter the big capital 4th concert doesnt start until tomorrow but today the dress rehearsal starts at 3 00 and theyre open to the public and they can be just as big a deal. We have a special preview. New york, new york noat noapt. Reporter the 35th reporter the 5th annual he owe the 35th annual the 5th annual concert is extra special. Sinatra this performer his first big break. Tough ever been on the National Mall if youve ever been on the National Mall this on the 4th of july, you know how big it is. Its daunting to see the capitol and the whole experience. Eight very moving. Reporter also performing, alabama, kc and the sunshine band and barry manilo and bradley whitford. Trying to do what john adams told us to do. To celebrate with pomp and circumstance. Reporter in the back of everyones mind will be security concerns for potential terrorist threats. Something d. C. Police chief cathy lanier addressed in yesterdays navy yard scare. We take every event seriously. Our posture will remain high and will continue for the 4th. Reporter extra Law Enforcement will be on hand. 18,000 feet of fencing is in place and extra Security Check points throughout. Enjoy the 4th, the most patriotic place in america. Im nikki burdine, wusa9. Crowds not your thing . You can avoid it all together by watching the broadcast of the capital 4th tomorrow on pbs from 8 00 until 9 30. You can have more information about a capital 4th, another holiday event at your fingertips by downloading our free wusa9 app. Check out our weekend guide. It will be a long process to restore water for 30,000 people in laurel, maryland. Crews with Anne Arundel County are on the scene of a 20inch water main break. This is in a wooded area near lost creek and bayou bend boulevards. It could be later today till repairs are made because workers have to clear a path with heavy equipment. They have set up water fill stations nearby. The d. C. Mayors office is Offering Counseling for navy yard staff shaken by yesterdays shooting scare. A woman reported hearing gunshots inside building 197, the same building where a gunman killed 12 people back in 2013. And that prompted a Massive Police response. Employees either hunkered down or ran for the exits. Police spent hours searching the building before they determined there was no gunman and no shots had ever been fired. Alexandria police are trying to figure out who killed a 22yearold man in the citys first murder of the year. Delia goncalves spoke to the victims family and has more from the scene. Reporter the victims aunt lives nearby, rushed here to the scene after she got the news. She says her nephew had qains tans who lived here had acquaintances who lived here in the complex. She said she was told he was killed after someone accused him of robbery. Thats her only son. Reporter it was still dark, the murder scene just hours old when bernadette tiks made her tibs made her tibbs made her plea. Just calm. You dont have to say your name. Reporter her nephew 22year old shakkan elliottibbs was shot to death in this apartment complex courtyard in the 700 block of north fayette. When Police Rushed to the scene shortly after 11 30 last night, they discovered shakkan who later died at the hospital. Our detectives will be looking into why he was here, who he was spending time with. Reporter Police Received several 911 calls and know there were witnesses to the late night murder but now can only hope people will emerge from the fog and be brave enough to come forward. Please, anyone, please call. Reporter in alexandria, delia goncalves, wusa9. Alexandria police are asking anyone with information to call them immediately. Theres a new twist in the mansion murders case. The only man charged has fired his lawyer and is now being represented by his okay public his original public defenders. The abrupt change happened during yesterdays hearing. He is accused of killing four members of the savopoulos family and their housekeeper in may at the woodley park home. His next Court Appearance is set for july 20. Tonight a vigil will be held to remember a Brazilian Police officer killed yesterday in fairfax county. Carlos silva was competing in a bicycle race in the world police and fire games. A competitors tire blew out causing a chainreaction crash. Silva was killed and two other bicyclists were seriously injured. Tonights Memorial Service starts at 8 00 at the Reston Town Center pavilion. Good news for some eastern tennessee residents. In the next few minutes authorities will be announcing plans to allow them to return to their homes after a csx train car carrying Hazardous Material derailed and caught fire. 6,000 people were evacuated originally. The train was carrying materials used to make plastic products. One of the 57 trains caught fire and its fumes could cause headaches, disneys in and a dizzies in and a rapid heart beat. It had this cover on. It looked like people in the et movie or something. He just had this big thing on his face with oxygen connected to it. It was pretty scary. It freaked us out. About three dozen people did go to the hospital with respiratory complaints but all are expected to recover. The fire that destroyed a predominantly black church in South Carolina was not arson. Thats the conclusion of investigators who have combed through whats left of the mount zion a. M. E. Church in greeleyville. It was torched by the ku klux klan 20 years ago but there was a storm going on tuesday night and lightning in the area at the time the fire erupted. The latest entry in the 2016 president ial race is a local politician. After forming an Exploratory Committee last fall, former virginia senator jim webb officially launched his bid in an announcement on his website. Webb served one term as virginias junior senator after upsetting george allen in 2006. He also previously served as Navy Secretary and is a vietnam veteran who was once a republican. The 69yearolds opponent for the democratic nomination include Hillary Clinton and former mayor governor martin omalley. Putting the final touch oz a july 4 touches on a july 4 feast. Well suggest summer wines to go with your holiday meal. Coming up a look at record settlement deal to pay for cleaning up the gulf of mexico five years after the i love the new place. Thank you. We used a designer from havertys to help blend all of my stuff with daves one good chair. I love it. That reminds me of when we blended our furniture. Yeah. Ryan helped me get all my stuff just the way i like it. And emily helped me get all of my stuff right to the curb. That was a great day. Yeah. Refresh your space at havertys with savings in every room plus enjoy 36month, nointerest financing. Havertys. Discover something you. Health insurer aetna is buying human that. The company hunana. The company is based in hartford, connecticut and will keep humanas headquarters in kentucky. Analysts say the Health Care Overhaul has pushed the insurers to consolidate. Its the biggest environmental settlement in u. S. History. 18. 7 billion. Thats what bp will pay out for letting millions of gallons of crude oil into the gulf of mexico after an oil rig exploded in april of 2010. It took nearly three months to cap the leak. The biggest share of the penalty, almost 7 billion, will go to the state that suffered the most damage louisiana. Louisiana gets what we need which is Coastal Restoration and commensurate compensation. A federal judge must approve the settlement before its final that could take up to three months. Bp has 18 years to pay off the settlement. Most of it is tax deductible. All told, the disaster has cost bp at least 45 million. For one runner his july 4th race is a mission of both faith and patriotism. His story is coming up. Plus, what authorities suggest about reducing your chances of becoming the next victim of a shark attack. Erica . Our weekend, our long Holiday Weekend is kind of sandwiched with one wet day in between the two dry ones. Today is one of the dry ones but you know what that means. Wet weather lies ahead just in time for the 4th of july holiday. Millions of americans will crowd along east coast beaches this Holiday Weekend, but some of you might want to stay out of the water after a recent wave of shark attacks. The National Park service is warning beachgoers to stay close to show. If you do go in, swim in groups. At least 11 people have been bitten since midmay most in north and South Carolina where shark attacks are usually rare. Theyre actively hunting fish that are a foot long or less. In the process of dashing around in the murky water, every now and then theyll accidentally hit a hand or foot. Whats bringing the sharks closer to shore . It ranges from loon yar lunar cycles to global warming. A new type of body art is designed by creating exposed parts of the skin to the sun without protection. The hashtag sunburnart is quickly catching on with people designing everything from elaborate flowers to the batman logo but experts say its dangerous. That unprotected sun exposure is linked to skin cancer and aging of the skin. Current estimates suggest one in five americans will develop skin cancer. Tomorrow the worlds biggest 10k race takes place. Its the peach tree road race in atlanta. Tens of thousands of runners from top athletes to weekend warriors have been training for this race. But arif kazi stands out. Hes a veteran of a marathon, Half Marathon and four peach trees but this year the peach tree falls during ramadan which means even though kazi is training, he wont eat meals or drink water while the sun is up and he calls this his personal test of faith and a way to patriotism. Im excited. My parents left all of this so we could have a better future. Over here you have freedom of speech and freedom of religion. It means a lot to me. I feel like its my duty to serve and run this race because its for the independence of this country. Kazi typically eat as large breakfast before 5 00 a. M. And then another meal aft sun goes down. After the sun goes down. He will be towing the starting line with more than 50,000 other runners tomorrow morning. 12 17. Sunshine now but not for the whole weekend. No. I wish could i have kept it dry tomorrow, but unfortunately that looks like the wettest day now. This pattern has been very, very tough to nail down because these stationary fronts, they just kind of wobble a little bit and its really hard to pin down where the showers are going to arrive. Its starting early. Starting early in the morning, but the good news with that, andrea is that it means we should clear up in time for the fireworks. Hopefully getting things off to a wet start but then ending on a dry note. Today were staying mostly dry through the entire day, though with this burst of sunshine that we have in much of the metro right now, that could give us the instability to fire up quick couple quick showers. If youre heading to the nats game, dont be surprised if there are a few raindrops but nothing big. 81 degrees at 3 00. Well be down to 80 by 6 00. Our High Temperature today right around 1, 82 degrees around 81, 82 degrees. Winds out of the south, southwest at 8 miles per hour. The dew point still in the 60s so the humidity is noticeable but not too oppressive. Were up to 80 degrees in fredericksburg. 72347 luray, front royal and winchester. 77 also in frederick and at bwi. On satellite and radar, you can see more of the cloud cover on the approach. A cluster of showers also moving toward charlottesville and the Shenandoah Valley that will stay mostly to the west of the metro area. You see that here on 9 futs cast 9 futurecast. But there is more rain on the way unfortunately. Saturday morning a few sprinkles and showers around. Rain falling a little bit heavier as you head to the north and west, up toward hagerstown and cumberland. By the time we get to the barbecue time, there will be more showers moving through. But you could streak in some dry could sneak in some dry time. Get the wusa9 radar app ready and get it handy for the weekend so you keep track of any showers or storms that might develop as we head into tomorrow. But as we head into the afternoon and early evening unfortunately, thats when it looks like things could get really messy. Here it is on 9 futurecast with rain falling throughout the i 95 corridor. As i mentioned right at the beginning, we start to clear out just in time for the fireworks so good news here in the forecast. We will be able to see those fireworks displays. Sunday looks even better. If this is the day when youre planning your celebration like me with my family, were going to do it on sunday, we are in luck because the weather is going to be better and hopefully you have something planned on sunday, too. Down at the beach the same story. Were sandwiched between two mostly dry days but it will get a little more intense as we head into saturday. Unfortunately, of course, 4th of july, the day that we want to be dry, both at ocean city and bethany. Thats the day when well see the most heavy activity as far as any showers or storms are concerned. Forecast for today up 2079 in leesburg up to 79 in washington. Heres a look at that first alert sevenday forecast. The wettest day is tomorrow but then we start to dry out on sunday. Temperatures also getting a little bit warmer. And back to work we go on monday with a chance for a shower and a high of 87. Were back to around 90 degrees as we head into the middle of the workweek. Stay with us. Lifes our old family recipe, and a kitchen with just as many layers. Lifes our old family recipe, and a kitchen with just as many layers. Its the foodie recipe thats caused a fit this week on social media. Adding peas to guacamole. It was publicked in the new york times. Even the president weighed in on twitter saying hes going to stick with the classic ingredients but some brave coworkers in sister news rooms tried it and you might be surprised by their response. Im not really getting any pea flavor. Great. Its so good. This is like the next big thing. If you didnt tell me there were peas, i would have no idea there were peas so it seems pointless. Pretty interesting. The recipe published in the times claims the peas added intense sweetness and a chunky texture so the dip will be more substantial on the chip. Let us know what you think. Try it out. Right now were trying this out and im already Getting Started. We are talking holiday wines pairing with elise, the Vice President of Jackson Family wines and its all for a good cause. Always good to you have back here with us. What a beautiful spread. Were getting the Party Started and were bringing a celebrity with us. We are. First, id like to thank jeff black who has a mini empire of groovy restaurants and the food is from black market bistro, delicious stuff. So as far as star power goes, we have barrymore pinot grigio. She partners with us. Amazing. Just so smooth and would pair with everything. We also have this savion blanc savignon blanc. There are 4,000 lavender plants there. You dont have to worry about fish, meat everything would pair with salad, vegan foods, a beautiful sandwich. This chardonnay is one of the hallmark lines in our portfolio. Fabulous. Santa maria valley. Then we have this great pinot noir. Instant gratification and last but very not least, Operation Home front red. 50 cents of every bottle you buy goes to Operation Home front. How fitting to have this for 4th of july to help the soldiers and its delicious. Barbecue, anything. Perfect. We like that. So raising a glass for a good cause and as you say, cheers. Happy 4th of july. And happy 4th to everyone whos watching. Were going to have people in the studio in just a minute who have never been in here before after seeing this beautiful spread. And again it is all for a good cause. Tell us again the name of the wine to get . Murphy good Operation Home front red. Amazing. Super delicious. Youll love it. With the chocolate, too. 50 cents from every bottle to the cause. Thank you. Thats it us for. The next news is at noon. We wish you a very, very oh, erica, im sorry. Erica, go ahead. Thats okay. I wanted to sneak in one last final look at the fireworks forecast because heres the good news. I think that tomorrows showers and thunderstorms ending in time for the fireworks. Temperature in the mid70s as the fireworks displays are Getting Started. But we do have rain earlier on in the day as you saw in the full weather report. Heres a look at the alert sevenday forecast. 81 degrees today with an isolated shower possible. I think were going to stay mostly dry. Saturday, though, when he have early rain we will have early rain and potentially some thunderstorms just in time for any of your barbecue plans. So you might have to move those plans indoors. Might have to move it indoors. Okay n. Is pretty good. Okay. This is pretty good. Well start to nibble. Thank you. Thats it for us. The next news is at 5 00. You can always check us out at wusa9. Com and the app for erica, i love the new place. Thank you. We used a designer from havertys to help blend all of my stuff with daves one good chair. I love it. That reminds me of when we blended our furniture. Yeah. Ryan helped me get all my stuff just the way i like it. And emily helped me get all of my stuff right to the curb. That was a great day. Yeah. Refresh your space at havertys with savings in every room plus enjoy 36month, nointerest financing. Havertys. Discover something you. 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