On our thursday. A heat advisory in effect for everyone from i95 to the east including south of maryland and along i95 in parts of Northern Virginia. Much more on this heat and how long it will last and what to expect next in our forecast. Doug, thank you. To the race for the white house, coming right to our own backyard, youre taking a live look at a rally where senator tim kaine is joining Hillary Clinton in virginia. Kaines name has been floated as a presumptive Vice President nominee. Were live outside of the big event. Aaron . Reporter jim and barbara, this rally is still going on behind me in anandale. The two came out together to thunderous applause a while ago. Secretary clinton stia talking about education. Senator kaine opened up for her, speaking quite a bit of spanish. He ran a Technical School in n honduras at the beginning part of his career. He talked about the economy and the role that this country has in the world and asking people if they want a trash talker or a bridge builder. This is the scene from earlier in the morning. These are Hillary Clinton supporters, many are Campaign Supporters as well. They braved the heat with a heat index above 100 degrees and it was tough for some folks to deal with but they wanted to be here to support Hillary Clinton. One woman says shes probably hillarys biggest supporter and said that this was her fifth Hillary Clinton event and one gentleman who talked about senator kaine and where he thinks the two of them come togethe strong president. Shes been in government, seen it all, done it all, shes fought the battle all along. So thats why shes my candidate. If we get lucky enough to get inside here, this guy has got a resume that is as bad as anybodys out there, city council, mayor, governor, senator. Reporter now, as much as everyone in this crowd supports Hillary Clinton, there was some trepidation about the support for senator kaine. For now, live in anandale, news4, back to you. Thanks. Well check back at 5 00. Thanks so much. By this time tomorrow, well get the official announcement about who will be Donald Trumps running mate. The presumptive nominee says hell announce his choice tomorrow morning in manhattan. Donald trump jr. Said that his three people and believes trump will make the decision today. Trumps campaign has had a flurry of lastminute meetings with indiana governor mike pence and new jersey governor chris christie. Ruth Bader Ginsburg says she regrets making her recent comments about trump. She didnt want to think about the possibility of a trump presidency. She came under attack for her criticism of trump. In her Statement Today she said, judges should avoid commenting on a candidate for public office. In the future, i will be more circumspect. And im wendy rieger at the live desk. A home homeowner has been indicted on weapon charges. Hes facing six different he has a prior conviction. He shot two firefighters in april when they broke into his home at the behest of his brother who was concerned that he was having a medical concern. Lumpkin says he fired in selfdefense. Homeschneider died in that shooting. Today, the states attorney reacted to this indictment. There was no good result. As far as im concerned, there was really this is the kind of case that unless you can bring back the firefighter who lost his life and heal the one who died, its a difficult case. It was difficult when it occurred and its difficult today. The grand jury chose not to charge lumpkin with murder but hes facing a maximum of 45 years in prison. Jim . Wendy, thank you. Right now, another somber and emotional day in dallas. The funeral was held for Sergeant Michael smith, one of the officers who was ambushed last week. Hundreds of people attended today. Dallas police chief brown spoke. Friends say he was a doting dad to his two daughters. After the service, a procession carried smith to his final resting place, a Memorial Park in dallas. Only on news4 this afternoon, anger from the d. C. Police union for the d. C. Council which follows a resolution which calls for Police Reform and lists the names of ten people who Council Members say was killed by the police. News4s Mark Segraves explains why officers are so upset. Reporter im Mark Segraves in the district where the Police Union Says they are going to work to get ten members of the d. C. Council thrown out of office. This all comes after those members signed on to a resolution on tuesday calling for Police Reform around the that resolution is that it lists the names of ten people who the councilmembers say were killed by the police. Included in that list, trayvon martin, who was killed by a private citizen. Council member david grasso who wrote the Resolution Says hes sorry if the police are upset but he needs to start a conversation about why there is so much bias towards africanamericans in the united states. That was Mark Segraves reporting. In baltimore, the judge is expected to announce a verdict on monday for one of the highest Ranking Police officers charged in the freddie gray case. The bench trial of lieutenant brian rice ended today. The prosecutors say he was most responsible because he did not require procedure requiring prisoners to be in seat belts but the defense says t allows them to use their own discretion. Rice is charged with manslaughter, Reckless Endangerment and misconduct. First at 4 00, big changes coming to the kennedy center. Where you soon will be able to go that none has gone before. Plus, pokemon controversy. Where people are gathering to play the game in our area thats causing outrage and why two players had to call 911 woman i have a masurprise for you. Are you . Man you have a surprise for me . Narrator at dominion, 1 in 5 new hires is a veteran. And when theyre away, they miss out on a lot. But they wont miss out on financial support. Because we cover any difference between their military pay and their dominion salary, and continue benefits for them and their families. Why do we do it . Because our vets sacrifice enough. Dominion. Depend on us for more than energy. Stand by me. Thousands of young people are expected to gather on the National Mall this weekend to pray for the country. The event is called together 2016. Its spearheaded by nick hall, the founder of pulse, a studentled Prayer Movement aimed at the younger generation. He stopped by news4 earlier today to talk about it. The event is called together and we believe its time to confront division in all forms and so when we look at the violence, the discrimination thats happening, we really want to pray, offer peace and for healing, especially for victims, for families, anyone who has felt marginalized or judged. We believe that god offers love and hope to everybody and it saddens us that anybody would feel on the other end of the finger pointing at them. Saturday from 9 00 a. M. To 9 00 p. M. Down on the National Mall. Its free and caps a series of events across the Washington Area this week. Two federal commissions unanimously linked the kennedy expansion to the potomac riverfront with a pedestrian bridge. The Capital Planning commission in d. C. Made this approval. The bridge will connect the center from georgetown to the north and Lincoln Memorial center to the south. Its scheduled to open in 2018. Fourth of july violence take as more violent turn. Why a family was so concerned for her safety. A summer scorcher out there. Storm team 4 has declared it a weather alert day. Were tracking this afternoon, were hearing from the family of a transgender woman shot on the fourth of july. She died after more than a week in the hospital. Kristin wright has more on that shooting and police are now investigating it as a murder. New at 4 00. Reporter today, the murder of a transgender woman on july 4th in north d. C. Has a family and community hu Dee Dee Dodds was shot in the neck. She was on life support for nine days. She died yesterday. We talked to dee dees family today. They have no answers. They just know that they always worried about dee dees safety as a transgender woman. They are human, too. Regardless of what their sexuality is. They are human beings just like we are. Reporter police tell us as of now they have no information pointing to a hate crime. No one has been arrested. Coming up on news4 at 5 00, her family says why they were afraid that something could happen to her one day. In northeast washington, kristin wright, news4. Another day, another request to not play the pokemon go game. Arlington is getting heat. They are asking children not to play ts involves realworld places where the game launches pokemon for players to catch. Earlier in the week, we told you that Arlington Cemetery requested visitors not to play the game there. The holy cost Holocaust Memorial has asked them not to play the game there as well as tplaces o remembrance. A group of northern pennsylvania playing pokemon go at the wrong time in the wrong place, they didnt notice a cemetery sign that said gates lock at 8 00 in dunmore and ended up trapped. Police came and get them out but gave a caution. You forget that youre part of a real world, a reality run across the street and not be observing the traffic or the vehicles. You could get hurt. The group wasnt in trouble. Police said it was all in good fun. Well, it is now officially the hottest day of the year so far and im sure a lot of folks out there are feeling it. We are all feeling it, doug. How hot have we gotten . Were sitting at 97 degrees. The heat index is 105. Thats how hot it is right now. One of those days where you step out of your car or your house and you get hit like a ton of bricks. Take a look outside and youll see what im talking about. Hasz zee, hot and humid conditions. This is the only piece of good news. Winds out of the southwest at 13 miles per hour. Look at the number. 97 degrees. The record high today is 100. Were just shy of that. Heres our underground numbers. Frederick, 95. Centreville, chantilly potomac area and oakton, 94. Intense heat for sure. Thats why we have a heat advisory. Its because of that heat index. Anytime we get over 105, thats the heat advisory. Warnings for 105 right along i95 and portions of southern maryland. Look at the heat index now. 105 in leesburg. 102, fredericksburg. Really intense heat. Easton, coming in at 110. Weve got the heat and humidity. We also have a couple of storms. Not much. Were not going to see much. We have seen a couple down here to the south and just south of woodbridge, right along i95, a couple more south of fredericksburg, too. Those are a little longer. Coming in with this wave, we have a few more waves that come through. We had a couple yesterday. We have the one now and then watching this complex, that could come into our area as we make our way ug behind this, more of the same, really. The heat remains and so does the chance for storms. Tonight, 9 00, a couple of those storms coming through parts of virginia. Dying off as they move on through. Tomorrow, starting off, a few more clouds just like today. Tomorrow afternoon, partly to mostly sunny skies. Isolated chance of storms like today. Remember, most of the day and most of the area remains dry but you may see that shower. It could be helpful and help to cool things off a bit because its a high of 95 tomorrow. Hot and humid. Isolated storms during the afternoon. It will be isolated as we move on through. In the next ten days, weve still got every single day at 90 degrees or higher. 95 on your friday, saturday and sunday. A little less humidity. Still hot but a little less humidity. Right back up into the hot and humid stuff as you make your way into the next week. Next chance of storms, next tuesday. Thank you, doug. The envelope, please. Biggest night and why the emmys may have avoided a diversity problem like the oscars. Plus, first Lady Michelle some of the best young chefs from break bread at the white house today. First Lady Michelle obama honored them. You should be very proud of yourself. She had a kids state dinner that features some of their winning entries. There are original lunch recipes healthy and affordable. 56 were chosen. So that when i tell you you should be proud of yourself, you should be very proud of yourself. You earned the spot at these tables. Pretty cool. This is the fifth kids state dinner mrs. Obama has hosted. Lots of green there. No pizza. Looked delicious, too. Its one of the most popular shows on tv and this afternoon, game of thrones nominations to prove it. A series about one of the most watched trials is among the most nominated shows for the award. Mark barger laid out the nominees new at 4 00. Ah, the return of the conquering hero. Reporter game of thrones led and won best drama. And Downton Abbey and homeland. House of cards was also nominated. Breaking bads spin off is a nominee and mr. Robot also a competitor. Rounding up best drama category is the american starring keri russe oh reporter Anthony Anderson was excited to be nominated. And blackish. Silicon valley also in the best comedy race along with modern family and three streaming series. The unbreakable and transparent. The people versus o. J. Simpson received 22 nominations right behind game of thrones, they earned acting nominations. Mark barger, nbc news. By the way, the emmys have at least one minority nominee in eep each of its acting categories. The september. And the big crackdown on gangs that will hopefully help the community feel safer. And the heat is no joke tonight. Storm team 4 tracking if theres any relief in sight for your weekend. Today is not the day to be without your ac. Head to the nbc washington app for a list of cooling centers in your now at 4 30, extreme heat sizzles. Its well into the 90s and for some of us it feels a lot hotter than that. An update on this weather alert day in just minutes. A democratic duo in virginia. Hillary clinton and tim kaine just wrapped up a rally at Northern Virginia college in avondale. The Republican Convention just four days away and donald trump selection of a running mate. And while there are strong signals of trumps vp pick, anyone watching this race for the last 13 months knows nong big announcement. Edward lawrence is live on the hill. Edward . Donald trump says he will officially make his announcement at 11 00 a. M. In new york. However, all signs point to indiana governor mike pence as his running mate. Donald trump calls indiana governor mike pence a good candidate, increasing speculation which points to pence as his Vice President ial pick. My appeal is probably more national. I have some appeal in virtually every state. I think that mike pence would have a huge midwestern appeal. Im not going to say it would bother me if im not selected. Of course it bothers you a little bit. And Ruth Ginsburg apologized for her comments about trum meanwhile, the democratic nominee blasted trump at a speech in washington. Donald trump is tempermentally unfit to be president of the united states. Reporter Hillary Clinton claiming that if elected she will pass immigration to citizenship. I see you, i hear you, and i am with you. Reporter clinton wants to reverse the perception among voters that shes untrustworthy. A new poll shows that 67 of voters dont trust her, partly because of the email controversy. That same poll shows that the race is a dead heat. 40 of voters nationally support each candidate. Reporting live on capitol hill, edward lawrence, now back to you. Barbara. Cleveland police today saying that they are ready for anything and everything at the rnc convention. It starts on monday. Perimeter of the quicken loans arena. The city has created an alert system to users in the event of an emergency. Also today, the heads of the fbi and Homeland Security said that they are concerned about homegrown radicals, that they could try to disrupt the conventions. So any time theres a National Spotlight on a political event in the united states, theres a risk that groups would aspire to do just that, engage in act of terrorism. Its something were watching very, very carefully. News4 will have coverage of both conventions. Tom sherwood and Chris Lawrence will bring you live reports sunday night on news4 at 11 00. Just days after endorsing Hillary Clinton, vermont senator Bernie Sanders has inked a book deal. It will be called our revolution a future to believe in. Th election day this november. The book will include his reflections on his strong run in the primaries and sanders will write about his policy ideas moving forward. The publisher did not disclose the financial terms of the book deal. Well, is it hot enough out there for you yet . Our average temperature is in the upper 80s. Our record high is 100 degrees set back in 1954. Its hard to believe that we have not made it to triple digits as we got into the last 50, 60, how many is that 60 plus years. You know, that is quite disconcerting but temperatures at 97 right now. With the humidity, that means we have a heat index up over 100. You see all of the banners in red when we want to alert you that the weather could impact and it certainly will. Heat indices shaded in red, in the triple digits. Its a little warm out there. 95 in dulles and 93 in f