Breaking right now at 6 00, thelp homicide on metro during one o days. Learned ab a . Thatt attack. Plus, developing right xdnow. The weather threatensi] to wash out the july 4th plans fornr many ofs÷ you. Taking cover afte . Y the skies justi opened up on the west lawn of the capitol. Tqrcoe1 xd Operation Safe haven put into effect. Were beingq told that has sincej eiahp hc been lifted. The u. S. Park service activated that u anybody onotq o[ National Mall or the Holiday Events were asked to seek shelter at the museum orxd metro station as soon asu possible. Well have much more on thelp metro homicide in just a moment. Plus, well go live to the mall with a livdugnni report. But first, look at all this rain moving through the area. We hope thats on its way out. Lets go straight to ameliaq with thet impact for iijaju yourew3 exactly right. The heavy rain has movedjf through the district and isxd continuing to push southeast out of the area. Heres the latestfa on cradarq continuing to track,t co torrential downpours in southern maryland, around the fredericksburg area. Not a lot of lightning but extremely heavy rain. As we look back to the northnr andq west, only somecw3 lone showery e ivwny the panhandle of westlzzaeuajaa downt here movingi] towards thisr area, heavy rain, making its way out of this area and just skipping the fredericksburg area. Heres the latestnirtiming with future west. 7 00 nip. M. Aressk of rain. R giving out some r sunshine. Future weather, a parts of montgomerynr county. 9 00 p. M. Fireworks are going some gpnt news, its looking like most of us t 95 of the area, is going to be dry, but go cf1 o veryniw3 soggy for thexd fireworks this evening. Erica, coming e1t upt ill have what kind of temperatures you can expect if yourerheading out tonight. Now tonixd that break;n news. A man found stabbed tofa death at tse metro station. Andfae derek, what have you learned . 0vy wk g right now, thexd station appears to have reopened. We have seen passengers coming in and fivehour closure on on busiest days of the system. It was about 1 23 this afternoon, wh]lp police got here to the station. When they got heretd they found an adult male inside the station on thejf platform. He had beenq stabbed that. Person has since died. They dont have any information about where it happened inside the station. This is the person they think involved. Be on therlookoutco for black male, blue shirt blue jeans and glasses, with a r c bandanna and backpack. Seeing how okdetailed that description is, is more than likely this crimei was captured on video surveillance. We dont know if that surveillance will bexd released at this point, but i can tell you that the station has reopened. At the height of the investigation, trains were passing through, they werent allowing people in that station, they werent allowing passengers to get off at that station. Fa thats since changed and with metro running on an improvised or enhanced schedule because of tonight you can imagine the disruption that was causing for folks. ni3w we dont have an identity of the person yet, described only as an adult male. We believe that personzbw÷ was stabbed. Well have m metro rail is singleok tracking continuing between rhode island and noma where you just sawko derrick. 59 sozuhp hc well get youco more information on this as hr becomest available. Of kocourse, all of the niupdates you can find online, on your phone, as well. We sent ane1 alert out on our nbc washington app. R well continue to do so as we get more information to us. Were just a couple of hours away from the capitol 4thfa concert and fireworks on the National Mall. About an hour ago, the rain had taking shelter. I] some were out in the crowd on the mall as our Darcy Spencer isk there. We were talking about the shoes you werexd wearing, and i was looking at thexdfa situation from pictures from folks. Itfa looks like they needw3 nrgaloshs out there. Reporter my feet arec soggy, but thats nott bad compared to it was pourinkr rain. No rain right now. Youre seeing is people returningco to the monument jf grounds. Operation save haven was puti] evacuate at the monument as well as the National Mall go into station. We had some thunder and lightning out here and heavy rain. But the allclearco has been given. You can see people are coming back. Lets go to the video we shot during the height of this storm. It was really coming down hard. It caught a lot of peoplet off guard. We had a lot of folks who are here from out of town. Weco talked to peopleco from miami from wisconsin. When the rain came they werent sure where they should go. Many people did wear their ponchos or had their umbrellas, but some people werexd standingq out in the rain, sort of l arg yi u9n ducking underq trees, trying to figure out what to do. Letslp hearnilp from some of those people stranded out here in the rain. Hold lpup but not looking like it. Reporter where are you heading to now . Qr she eyq ijfxd wasnt expecting full pouring, because im wearing jeans and everythq reporter the big concert is also going onc today at rfk stadium. Apparently theyq had to evacuate during thewkxdconcert. It was put on hold for a while. But were told that concert isq;nci] back on. The fireworks im told are still going to happen tonight. Again things are cleared up. Its a lot better out here. As far as that concert t the capitol, i checked in with pbs theyre running it thatrconcert will happen again tonight atco 8 00. Erica, back to you. Thanks darcy. Therconfederate flagq debate find out how soon South Carolinac take the flag down. More than 100jf people picked the s perfect day to take thet ni oath of allegiance. co and see why the so from the r homeqlp looks like it blends inq pretty well,jf but its whats lurking inside that is creatinglp the buzz. Take a lookxd at this. A swarmwk if honeybees,r industrial sized;orxd hive has invaded this home in oklahoma. Experts say this isv qqco of the biggest nests they have ever seen. In just as far ast co he could toxd remove the hive. He said it wasni over 30 pounds of honey that he niremoved, and theres still more to go. co that homeowner says she wont be using anc exterminator. She wants to find a way to remove the bees humanely. Okc . r t hahp hc well, Mother Nature raining on our pk this fourth of july. Amelia is up next to tell us if the storms will affect our sunday. Plus to find the fireworksw3 closest to you, take a look xgi our 6 00. Xdt xs expected to makeq a decision nextxd week on whether to remove the con uju uq lag. A debate will begin on monday. coc r t hahp hc already, proconfederate robocalls are going out to r voters, you rememberingfa them to contact their state reps. Ok the flag has flown in South Carolinas capitalc since q1961. Many see it as a symbol of southern pride. Lp governor Nikki Haley Says thing to do. Speaking of South Carolina another arrest there. Police say a woman tried to tape the poster had the pledget w3 of refonces written on it. When police told her she couldnt put it i]jfup sheq apparently jumpedw3 thp fence. Policet say she had a 15inch knife with her. Shes charged with defacing a monument and carrying a dangerous weapon on state grounds. Ok some peopleq who live along florida avenue inni northeast d. Cb ut making due without water. A water main broke about 12 00 this morning. Ou q. Fx itsw3cot ni going to be at least another hour fwfri]before crews can get it fixed. Right now, traffic is beingxd diverted ontoq 3rd street and one east bound lane of florida avenue is still blocked. At historic mt. C vernon, 101 peopleok celebrated the fourth of july byt becoming american citizens. They came from 45 countri5cn some as far away as thailand and tunisis cf1 o they took the oath of allegiance naturalization ceremonies happening across the country }ugd5n weekend. ar t hahp hc total of 4,000 people will become citizens this year. Lp well, a lot of folks spent nthis afternoon attending fourth of july parades and whatlp better place to seexd one than int our hundreds of peoplefa lined americas Independence Day parade. Bands, floats from all over the countryf1 o took part in the festivities. One woman weq talked tonr said proud to be an american. Jf i want to thank this country forgiving me the opportunity. n cpt nrr so i love this country. R goodco people and god bless a lerica. There is also aco heavy Police Presence this year alongco theko parade route for security my measures. What a day. From everybody down at the capitol, just so theni video theco shoes. It was a hot mess. Whn we see a holiday coming up innr the forecast, everye1 meteorologist wants it to be dry. We had wsee, we hadxd storms we had steady rain this morning. A highu temperature of 85 degrees and about ajf quarter of inch of rain was report at reagan national. That movedxd through mainly during the afternoon hours. Storm team 4, heavy rain c impacting southern maryland, around northern neck. Then you see thet e1 panhandlefa of West Virginia, a lone shower some good news there was at shower in loudoun county. That hase1 fizzled out. I] we dont want to seejf things continue to bubble up, so right towards a drying trend. Q;nc a livet xd look outside with our city camera. Hazy sunshine trying to make an appearance. Its muggy outside. The fireworks forecast for this xd eveni s7 00 p. M. , continuing to track thunderstorms south ofq the area. Most of us arejf going to nq dry but damp, especially if youre heading to the sja mall. It isc soggy down there. 11 00 lpp. M. Temperatures for fireworks, in the low to midxd 70s. Tomorrow, the weather having a low impactxd on your day. A touch warmer overall and mainly drycu for most q ÷xd us. The clouds thro b the day o cf1 o we start off pretty comfortabl yy in thet 60s. Once we hit the midday hours more sunshine develops across the oo a by noon, washington already at 80 degrees. C low to midniw3 80s with partlyxd cloudy skies. Temperatures in the suburbs and the district in the low to mid 80s. Sunday night, ase1nr we wrap up our xd weekend, is looking dry for mo,ic of us. However, i want to point out on future weather notice areas to the west around thel n she2 xd valley, back into West Virginia some heavy rain in those areas. Notice the immediate area though does stay dry for the evening hours. The day tomorrow with that mix of clouds and sunshine. 9 uau 70s. 76 inxd washington. A high tomorrow again of jfnbe186. 3ujrjjt vplenty of cloud cover. Showers around even during thefa morning t t hours, but especially the afternoon when thunderstorms are xdpossible. 4k;5 our summer like patternc xok continues, with a chance ofjf those lateday showers and r thunderstorms. We justt cant catch a okbreak. co you can enjoy tonights macys fourth of July Fireworks spectacular nofa matter where you are. Well display the fireworks zla ma1e1n including performances from some of musics hottest acts live online. The show streams from 8 00 to 10 00 p. M. On your mobile device or r a onehour highlight show airs at 10 00. Ok to access justx ocnr click watchrn live app or search macys. Still ahead, a grayfa day at the park but more injury concerns for Steven Strasburg. This is the x finty sports desk. Your home for the most live sp. avs. Lpq good day for the nats, but im sure it makes every coach orphan a little nervous when andq there was nobody eating toocojfjf many hot dogsaf fa strasburg. W. Eat z allt of this. I know this television thing is catching on, but with credit to nats radio man Charlie Sloan the nats could usefa a littlefa bangzoom to go with theirt curly w last night, only twoco runs. In the previous two games only twofa runs combined wg4 this afternoon, the bangzoom resumed. Q bryce harperco why not take a bow . Hes on a magazine cover they tell me. Xd first pitch madisonni bumgarner and taylor takes him deep. Leadoff homer for the nats. Lookn this,lp bryceni up with hi shot. Still in the first inning hisfa 25th ofr nats up 30. And theres your bangzoom. But heres your concern. In the 4th Steven Strasburg gets buster poseyni to ground out. Check out strasburg, holding hisfae1 side. That brings out Matt Williams and the trainers, and off goes stra just 3 2 3t 5ti a ju his s ee. Tyler moore,jf with men on the corners,co takes itw3 downkzo the line in left. Come onq in, both runners scored. He had four rbi in the game. Nice win. Xdi he left the game withq tightness in his left side. Welle1r given his season so far,fa were not going to take a chance. I wasq commanding the fastball really well, especially the last couple of outings. C sometims explanation for what happens. Q orioles visiting the white sox. nrr men on the corners, takes this offering back up the middle. An rbi single fond garcia. Sox up fa10. In the 8th, osfa down 20. Havent scorednr a run in 26 2 3 innings, but manny takes care of that. His 17th of the season. Now tied at 22. Weve got a game. 9xdth inningjf now, white soxe1 back up 32, looking to close it faout. Chris davis has otherjf ideas. This is qgone, right . Garcia backs okup makes the catch. Thats a robbery. No jf robsi] davis of the tying home run. They win it 32. This competitive eating world has dare i say it beenni stomach on a roller coaster. Its fitting that were talking about an event on new yorks coney island a tradition on the fourth of july is the hot eating contest and au to the rs an ofcoq joeykoca5 the jaws chestnut fromhstsqjat known as mega cotoad. Q joeyi]xdjf chestnut going for his ninth straight title. ni they finished one and two last year. They were neck and neck through most of this. But m toad, with a two dog xd,[meat qand chestnute1 i j close hisdbkmouth he takes down joeyc chus nut. 62 hot nidogs, jfchestnut, only 60. Toc . qpa him by a couple hot dogs this year, i train hard for this. I came r i cant take anything awaye1 from him. He ate 62 hotq dogs a and he deserved the win. Ive been looking forlp competition for a long time. Now i have it. And now hes made me hungry. Andxd on the womens side, mickeyq thomas won by four hoti]nr dogs. St nauseating isfa another word. W3 lets get a quick of rq weather. Right now on radar, tracking heavy rain in parts of southern maryland, around the northern neck. 70s and mainly dry for most of us. That is our news for us. Nightly news is next. On this saturday night, a nation on alert. Authorities telling the public to be vigilant this fourth of july. Cities stepping up security amid concerns over an isisinspired attack. What the Obama Administration is saying tonight. Political parade. Candidates joining in the festivities. But is it too much too soon . Fireworks ban. Silencing the iconic sights and sounds of the holiday. A surge in shark attacks. Why ferbermen in North Carolina fear for their livelihood as beachgoers debate whether to go in the water. And the grateful deads final