Special. Sean always had an upbeat personality. Friends say that they were there for a european vacation that began in spain. Their family, like so many others, are devastated. They need the support of us as they grapple with an unimaginable loss. The president also ordered that flags be flown at halfstaff at the white house and government buildings in honor of the victims. Janet shamlian is in france with the aftermath. Reporter the aftermath of a terrorist attack playing out here in nice tonight, a city on edge after what was supposed to be a joyful day of celebration. The they came to celebrate americans. Two americans tonight among the dead. A father and a son from texas. What weve learned, more than 80 are dead. 84. That number could rise. Of those, authorities have told us that ten will be teenagers and children. I saw the truck smashing and i go under and i notice that behind the truck there was a lot of people down on the earth. But i saw the driver. He was in uniform. I think blue uniform. 50 are considered in life or death situations. It has the city on edge and the country is on edge that has now been the subject of three major terrorist attacks in the past 19 months. In4 completely. Janet shamlian, nbc news, nice, france. This attack is hitting close to home for many in our region. Theres an outpouring of support in the French Embassy. Chris gordon begins our Team Coverage on the local impact of this tragedy. This is the black cat, a french restaurant on wisconsin avenue in northwest washington where they fly the french color along with the u. S. Flag. I spoke to one of the owners and she tells me she lived in nice for a dozen years. She went to school there and started her career and her heart was broken last night when she received news of the attack. Upset, worried. And tired. Tired of whats going on over and over and over. And, of course, love. But its going on everywhere. Reporter ahead at 5 00, what the pastor of the frenchspeaking catholic parish plans to tell his congregation this sunday. Thats the latest from northwest washington. Back to you. Reporter im megan mcgrath. Continuing our coverage from the French Embassy where local people are expressing their support for the people of france. People lined up outside the French Embassy to get visas and passports this morning. The bloodshed in nice weighing heavily on everyone. Its really devastating. Its really sad what happened in nice. And its not just about france. I think its happening all over the world and so frequently now. Reporter this man and his wife have been planning a trip to paris. He may still apply for the visa but may postpone the trip. This woman is relocating to france for graduate school. Shes saddened by this attack, an unfortunate sign of the times, she says. Its the same thing living in d. C. Ive lived here my whole life. Unfortunately, thats the world we live in. So if you have your plans, the best thing you can do is keep on doing what you plan to do. Reporter a few people have left flowers at the French Embassy to show support for the victims families. Warren schneider wore a french flag around his neck like a cape. All im trying to do is show support for the people of france. You can do it with words or flags. They suffered a terrible tragedy. Reporter from the French Embassy, the formal announcement of his running mate today. Instead, he tweeted out his choice of indiana governor mike pence. They will make their first public appearance tomorrow morning in new york. With the weekend upon us, lets get a look at our forecast. The heat will continue to make our Nations Capital fizzle. Lets go straight to Doug Kammerer in the storm center. It felt like the humidity kind of lessened a little bit today, doug. Lower humidity and cloud cover out there, too. That has kept many areas in the 80s all day. No more 90s, at least for some. We hit 93 earlier in the city. Take a look at the numbers now. Midatlantic, 89. 91 in richmond. 100 degrees down towards Virginia Beach. Take a look at the heat index. Yesterday, everybody over 100. Today, were at 90, d. C. 89, gaithersburg. Not too hot, not too the heat that comes back into the forecast. A chance for storms. Ill show you that friday evening forecast in a bit. Thank you, doug. An inmate at the d. C. Jail has died and its raising new questions about the condition of that facility as Mark Segraves reports, temperatures instead the jail continue to rise and because of an aging cooling system. Reporter yesterday afternoon, about 1 00, 70yearold inmate lester erby fell ill and was taken to a hospital where he later died. News4 has been receiving complaints from inmates and family and friends for days about the conditions inside d. C. Jail during this heatwave weve been experiencing. Jail officials acknowledge that its an aging building and that this recent heatwave has put pressure on the cooling system. Theyve been bringing in ice, allowing inmates to have more shower time and time out of their cells and brought in big but advocates for inmates tell news4 its not enough. The conditions are that bad, you need to make sure that were only having people that absolutely need to be housed there. Reporter officials tell news4 that his death appears to be from natural causes. They would not say whether or not its related to the heat inside the jail. From d. C. Jail, Mark Segraves, news4. A discouraging new step in the fight against zika. Plus, parenting isnt cheap but it turns out people in our region have it tougherthan the test. We have some breaking news out of leesburg. This is chopper 4. Theres a hazmat situation as a pickup truck struck a valve and now there is a like. Thats what youre seeing. Firefighters are letting the tank dry out but they are standing by in case the grass catches fire. No evacuations were necessary. The washington areas the most expensive place in our ou live. The Research Site career trends weighs the cost for parents with two children across the country. Washington came in most expensive followed by new york, honolulu, San Francisco and the poughkeepsie area. It costs more than 8600 a month for a single parent with two kids in our area. And news4 youre health, the way that the zika virus is transmitted. A woman can spread the virus to her sexual partner. They knew that men could transfer it through sex but now a woman infected her male partner. Because of this development, the cdc is now advising everyone, partner has traveled to a zikainfected region abroad. That virus usually spreads by mosquito and is linked to severe birth defects. Will the weather cooperate for the weekend . Doug kammerer will join us again to tell us what to expect. 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Now to politics and yet another attack sending shock waves through the president ial race. Donald trump confirming today that he has chosen indiana governor mike pence as his running mate. But the rollout did not go as planned as the candidates had to react to the all of attack in france. Steve handelsman is in cleveland already with the latest going on there. Steve . Reporter hi wendy, hi jim. As terrible as the terror attack was in france, it might actually help the left. They do have a ticket now. At trump tower today, mike pence spoke. Very excited, very humbled and very grateful. Reporter after the nice attack, trump postponed a tv evenwi have chosen governor mike pence. In the wake of the new french attack, donald trump declared this is war. If you look at it, this is war coming from all different parts and, frankly, its war and were dealing with people without uniform. Reporter Democratic Hillary Clinton declared this a war against radical jihadist groups. 93 of voters say clinton broke the law or used bad judgment with her private email. Todays marist poll finds though clinton is tied with trump and must win ohio, she leads him now in six other key battleground states. Meanwhile, in cleveland, amid convention practice, security worries increase after nice. Heavy barricades are going up around the quicken loans Arena Convention site. One final point about president obama who has not used the term war and has strongly refused to use the word radical islam jihad like Hillary Clinton did now for the first major time in the wake of the french terror attack. Back to donald trump, the stop trump forces have lost every key procedural vote paving the way at least inside the Convention Hall for a smooth launch of the trump pence ticket. Thank you, steve. Well have complete coverage of both parties convention. We have tom sherwood and Chris Lawrence starting on sunday night on news4 at 11 00. Time for you to weigh in. Will picking pence help or hurt trump . Its our flash survey this afternoon. A show of military force in brazil. The olympics now and the Brazilian Air force held a flyover over rio. More than 5,000 personnel will be in rio to protect the games in the air. The air force will be responsible for flying in any heads of state attending. Brazilian Security Officials have denied there are any imminent terror threats. We are on a roll, dog kammerer. We are. It is a nice day. Better than it was yesterday. We hit 98 yesterday. Weve cooled just a little bit as weve seen cloud cover move on in. Taking a look outside, a mixture of sun and clouds. A nice afternoon when you compare it to yesterday, not nearly as warm or humid. 89 and winds out of the west at 13 miles per hour. Humidity not temperatures. 82 in leesburg. And riverdale at 88. If youre thinking of heading out this evening, a nice night. 87 and hot around 7 00. By 9 00, warm and on the muggy side. Whatever youre going to be out there on your friday nights, its friday, happy friday. As far as rain is concerned, no storms to talk about tonight. However, well attract a couple of systems. We have a band of clouds moving through right now thats produced storms down to the south and another area back to the west. Well watch this come on through during the day tomorrow. We have a couple of boundaries out there and well continue to see those as the area of low pressure spins north of the great lakes. Lets take you through tomorrow. 8 00 tomorrow morning, sunshine. Its going to be a warm day but not too humid. Scattered showers and a couple of thunderstorms by still dealing with a couple of those showers. Tomorrow is a day where you see an afternoon storm or two. Not everyone will see it and it will not be an allday rain. By 10 00 its a good night on your saturday. High temperatures tomorrow, up to 92. Another hot one and a bit humid. The heat index is only 94, 95 instead of 105 like it was yesterday. 92 in d. C. 93 in manassas and 94 towards fredericksburg. Shenandoah valley, watch out for an afternoon storm. If youre headed to the beaches, its a great beach weekend. 88 on saturday. 87 on sunday. Monday, a temperature of 93. Monday is going to be a hot one. Speaking of monday, the weekend is looking good here. Look at monday, up to 97 degrees on our tenday forecast. Better chance of thunderstorms and wednesday and thursday, low humidity. Beautiful, highs in the upper 80s a were going for. Next saturday, 98 next sunday. The heat is on. Thank you, doug. A planned protest here in the Nations Capital. First at 4 00, who is said to be planning a demonstration this evening and where it will be. And a military mom gives her kids a surprise that they are up to chopper 4 now, traffic on the beltway is moving again after a hazmat situation. Montgomery county crews were walled to the inner loop on the bethesda side a little after noon today. Diesel was leaking from a tractortrailer leaving behind a long trail of fuel. Crews had to block several lanes while they cleaned things up. No word on what caused that like. 17 million. Thats how much in the one orlando fund for the family members of those killed in last months orlando nightclub shooting. The attorney handling the distribution says thathe exact amount each family is going to get is how much is in the fund at the end of september. 49 people were killed a he 53 people hurt after a mass shooting at the pulse nightclub on june 13th. A 200 million settlement this afternoon between the federal trade herbalife. Under the deal, the Nutrition Company will not be classified as a pyramid scheme and has agreed to restructure its business. They must recoup their dealers. Reinforced in these testimonies. The stock soared this morning on news of this settlement. Its nice when you find someones pet and can return them to it unharmed. But with this, a woman found an 8foot boa constrictor. A tow truck driver lifted up the vehicle and expert, they grappled with that snake. When they told me that i might have transported it from where i live to here, im a nervous wreck. Im going to be checking under my car and around my car every single day now. The pet boa was taken in and was treated and is expected to be okay. I could have a cow in the chassis of my car and i wouldnt know it. How do you know whats up under there . You need a light that says check your chassis. All right. Onward, starbucks employees suddenly finding themselves in the middle of a controversial subject. Why some customers are using their name to make a statement. Terror in nice, france. New reaction here in washington and what were learning about the texas father and his son who were in the wrong placet a now at 4 30, an update on the attacks in nice, france. The death toll stands at 84. 202 are injured. Two of the dead include a father and son from texas. A student from the university of california at berkeley is said to be among the missing. The man believed to have driven that truck into a crowd of people, 31yearold was killed in the shootout. His marriage was on the rocks and he had just been fired from his job. He was not on a terror watch list. Here at home, flags are lowered in the Nations Capital at both the white house and the capitol. Today, Security Officials are concerned about the nature of this attack in france which was devastatingly deadly without the need for guns or explosives. Brian mooar is live on capitol hill with more on the story for us. Brian . Jim and wendy, president obama says the american people, the french, owe each other our freedom and we will stand together now. In the wake of a french terror attack, president obama is offering his condolences, outrage and result. We pledged to stand with our french friends as we defend our nations against this scourge of terrorism and violence. This is a threat to all of reporter at the white house and at the u. S. Capitol, flags were ordered to be at flagstaff for the third time this month. Among the dozens killed in the bastille truck attack in nice, Sean Copeland and his 11yearold brodie, austin area residents on a vacation. Its heartbreaking that hes not going to be able to finish his dreams. Reporter a petty criminal using a truck as a weapon of mass destruction causes concern as crowds gather in cleveland and philadelphia. Attacks with vehicles and with trucks is something that weve had concerns about. Reporter there are signs of stepped up security in places like Grand Central station. Back in france, this lawyer says he wont yield to terror. You cant let them win. Win. Reporter another attack on france hitting close to home for the united states. President obama says this is a time to defend security but also freedom. Wendy, back to you. Thank you, brian. Keep it right here for updates. Tonight at 6 00, a special report from nice with lester holt. And a special dateline. At Alton Sterlings funeral, people call for peaceful protests. Hundreds of mourners paid their respects. Sterling was killed as two officers pinned him to the Pavement Outside of a convenience store. There is a civil rights investigation into his death. And a possible evening, the Hacking Group anonymous is planning demonstrations calling it a day of rage to protest the recent killings of the two africanamerican men by the police officers. Dallas is one of the cities listed. Black lives matter tweeted they are not promoting a day of rage. Some starbucks customers are changing their names to black lives matters. That way when a coffee order is ready, the barista shouts out that instead of the persons name. No comment yet on this from the coffee giant. Well, it was a warm day out there, not quite as bad as yesterday but still warm. Temperatures made it into the 90s. But we just didnt have that humidity like we did yesterday. It was still out there, just not quite as oppressive. 89 is the temperature. A nice breeze coming out of the cloud cover from time to time. Well go with a mix of sun and clouds as we continue into the evening. But not so much on the storm team 4 radar. Were looking pretty good across the region. An isolated chance but, again, an isolated chance and better chance of storms by tomorrow afternoon. For your saturday, were going to time those out and let you know just how hot well get as we go into next week in a few minutes. Thanks, lauryn. Some residents in oklahoma will be busy, cleaning up and drying out from the severe storm that ripped the roof off from this home in putulsa. Several businesses are expected to be closed for the next few days. This is a heartwarming story, one that we just might need on a day like this. A military mother gives her kids a surprise that they will never forget. Regina wald