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in the district. ken molestina is live in the streets right now. what are you seeing? >> reporter: bruce, the extra added police presence is certainly being felt out here but now the business owners and those who live along the area are hoping that presence is here for the long haul. ♪ the sounds. and sights along the streets of at ams morgan are getting a much-needed overhaul. recent crime in the area and pressure from community leaders has forced police to step up patrol here. josh...

negotiations going on on capitol hill to try to avoid a government default. a scenario that could cost millions of americans their jobs and send this country plummeting into another recession. first, though, the deadly heat wave that has settled over so much of the country has brought record temperatures to our area. meteorologist chuck bell joins us with the details on that. and i know you posted on facebook that you were running this time yesterday morning. >> yes. almost this exact ...

county. nothing severe, but every one of these little raindrops really does help. more lighter showers out west of the blue ridge in the mountains of west virginia, so there will be opportunities for rain today. but for those of us that are waiting on the showers, temperatures will be up near 100 degrees before any raindrops find their way to their house and heat index values again today 105 to 115. youre packing the car, loading up the kids and heading for the beach, youll have to act...

13th and missouri, colorado, nicholson street all behind the area behind the missouri market. its all cordoned off while police investigate this incident. were not sure exactly what type of confrontation there was, but we do know just to recap for you that one man was shot by d.c. police tonight. he is on his way to the hospital. i just talked with the public information officer. he told me at last check that suspect was still alive, but this is a pretty active crime scene out here. as...

we dealt with it before. current temperatures out there right now, you can see where the storms were, and where that boundary came through. 88 right now in leesburg. 88 in gaithersburg, but 100 in l plata and culpeper at 102. thats where were dealing with the very high heat endetection readings. 121 in la plata. 123 in fredericksburg, but into the 90s, so very good news there. were going continue to see nicer conditions as we move through the evening. 9:00 around, 94 degrees, going up ...

now in effect through saturday. so we do expect to see a heat index between 105 and 115-plus. some areas could be near 120 tomorrow and into saturday. so thats why we have that heat warning and thats why it has been extended through the day on saturday. out there right now, current temperature into the 90s and one area around 100. winchester still at 100 degrees, but 99 in leesburg, 99 in man has as, and 96 towards la plata. the heat index 106 in manassas. 117 in fredericksburg, 115 in...

patrols along the trail since it opened, and also have two surveillance cameras dedicated to it. >> see, i dont be out here late at night. but most of the time, i feel pretty safe. >> reporter: dorothy harris uses her lunch break to get a little exercise on the trail. she is just one of many regulars who say theyre not going to let anything scare them off. >> and see if there is anyone behind me when im walking or something like that. but so far, so good. i have, havent encountered any...

bail. all of this is putting increasing pressure on the murdoch family. are you put murdoch, his son james and rebekah brooks are expected to appear before a government committee tomorrow to answer questions about the scandal. kurt gregory, nbc news. >> and there is another late development in this story. "the guardian" newspaper reports that london is examining a computer found in a bag throne into a trash can in an underground parking garage near the apartment where rebekah brooks li...

the league with 9 wins and zero losses. and we are joined by leander paes the captain of the washington kastles. we made use it in the hot seat for the very first show. has it picked up as much as he hoped it would? >> no, i think it may be two steps forward, one -- o step that. we would be heading in an upward direction. most people who thought about it realized it was going to be a smoother ride. there is still a lot of balance to this economy. apparently there is good news and the l...

>> reporter: her physical scars are mostly gone, but some of the emotional ones remain. >> i do get to points where i cant sleep at night sometimes. i constantly think about it. i try to put it farthest from my mind as i, can but you dont forget it. i cant forget. >> reporter: her nightmare began 7:00 the night of march 29th last year. katrina watts just arrived at her oxon hill home from grocery store, got out of her car, her 3-year-old daughter in her arms, what a woman she had never...