First so breaking news right now,ross h perotas died. He lo a fivemonthth battle wi leukemia. He was known a a true selfmade billionaire. He grew up in the great debregs keom graduated fr 1953 and moved to dallas to ta a sales job with ibm. He ran for president ice as an independent in 1992, d again in 1996. He leaves behind his wife, five children and 16 grandchildren. Ross perot was 89 years old. Back here in the Washington Area its all about the cleanup, follong yesterdays severe flooding. Take a look at some of the damage on prosperity avenue on morningside drive in fairfax county, this road has hugeks cracn it because of the rain yesterday. The road is shut down while crews work to repair it. Continuing our Team Coverage now in montgomery county, are working to close up a sinkhole on belfast road. Good morning. Reporter good morning to you, what you see m behinde is part of a complex repair process to fix a massive sinkhole. And right now, its temporarily open tots r who need to get in and out of this Community One by one, trees are cut a come crashing down. This tree work is a key part of the repairs to belfast road. Temporary steel plates give residents access once again to their commu tty whereres only one way in and one way out. Mondays torrential downpours caused this giant sinkhole. This is the first time this happened. Taking out this row of trees, another part, replacing that massive storm drain, that Drainage Pipe you seereown t thats all rusted out. They have to do a lot to make sure this road is safe and reinforced. In order for them to p the new culvert in, the trees have to be removed because the roots are gone. Damage from yesterday. Message left loud and caer. From a rainstorms indelable mark on this commu theyre still removing the trees, theyve been at this part of the process since abort 7 00 thising. On the road are people waiting in their cars to get by. Thats the latest live from potomac, back to you. They clearly have a lot of work to do,but theyre on it, thanks, mollett. Lots of homes sustained flood damage, take a look at this one on clydesdale street in potomac. The heavy rain caused mudslides, the Rushing Water runoff llapsed ai basement wall, the house was evacuated and lekily no onas hurt. A mess in the baseme of another potomac home, personal belongings littlered the floor and mud stained the wall. I think im still in shock ght now, it hasnt hit me too much. Because ive just been working, working, working, to clean this up. Meanwhile, this was the scene at the river falls swim and tennis club in potomac. Th c tennisrt and Swimming Pool were under water, it will take a week to fix this ssme a couple swim team meets will have to be cancelled or moved to another pool. 24 hours after the rain flash flooding, conditions are very different today, the storm team four radar is clear, the ce sun is it ni out there. Lets check in with lauren now, what should we expect for the rest of the day, lauren . We can expect more tranquil conditions as we go throughout the day. Anything is better than what we saw yesterday. High pressure in charge out there right now, were looking at nicer conditions outre th its beautiful outside, and the good thing about today, the simidity is on the lower de as well. Were at 80 degrees. We have plenty of sunshie going around, were dry today, dry tomorrow, as we get into your thursday, thats when start to see another chance of scattered showers an thunderstorms pushing into the area. Thursday afternoon, thursday night and into friday, lets lk aboutan more on that d what we can expect. Thats comg up in 20 minutes. Thanks, lauren. New this morning, Virginia State police are investigating a hit and run accident that injured a motorcyclist. Westbound 495 leads to d southboun95. A motorcycle and box truck were involved in a crash with a third unknown vehicle. The iver of that third vehicle left the scene. Witnesses are being asked to call state police. Also new this morning, were getting a look at frightening new videotape on the 4th of july. You can see sever flashes of light from behind a tree. Those were gunshots and directed at an off dutyce police of that officer was not harmed. Heres news 4s justin finch with the latest on the search to find the person responsible. This very easily could have ended much diferently. Thofficer could have been hurt or far worse, now, d. C. Police and the fbi as well are searching for the suspect that put that officer and others in danger. We have a look at those scary seconds captured on surveillance video. This is the morning of the 4th of july, roughly 4 00 a. M. Or so. Oure looking at surveillance video, showing on one side, the spect walking a dog. That may seem benign, theres more too it. The suspect with thatog said fu as he passed the officer who was with people aim short before, minutes later, that suspect back on the scene as you will see there, crouching behind the tree, and firing shots in the direction of that officer, that officer aain was on duty, the suspect escaping through an allle and was to get away, the relief is that no one was hurt. I want to give you a look at where this happened. Loser look here, this is roughly 46 and hillside road. Its not far from benningd, roa and not far from the maryland line. D. C. Police and the fbi teaming up to find who that trigger man was, the fbi tweeting out here, our Community Must stand together with its law rvforcement officers as they protect and se the citizens of the district. We can tell you this as well. The d. C. Police and the fbi offering a combined 11,000 reward for tips that lead to a arrest. On a the suspect you saw in that video, shooting at around officer on the morning of the 4th of july. Im justin finch, news 4. Today the guneb de is taking center stage in virginia, protesters on both sides of the issue are in richmond this more than, lawmakers begin a special sessionalled by governor northam. He ordered the session after the Virginia Beach massacre in may. A one gun per month limit. Republicans say the want to focus on criminal penaltes directly or indirectly related to gun crimes. Theres plenty of support and certainly opposition to this special session. Julie carrie is in richmond watching all. Shell have live reports later today on news 4. The d. C. Council is meeting and expected to votehe on wther to strip evans of the finance committee chairmanship. They will decide whether to hire a lawirm to investigate whether evans violated Council Rules by using his Public Office gain. Ersona evans has been forced to resign from the metro board, hey plans to stan the city council. We have m proof thisrning that its not how youi start, s how strong you finish. Thats Vladimir Guerrero jr. At major leue baseballs home run derby last night, he hit 29 dinners, thats a record in one round. The rookie from the blue jays is just 20 years old. He couldnt keep up the pace which allowed pete alonzo to make a comck in the later rounds. Alonzo also a rookie, he plays for the mets, a 1 million prize came with his victory. The allstar game is tonight ine cleand, the Nats Max Scherzer and Anthony Rendon were expected to play, but have decided not to, theyre taking a break ahead of the second half of the season. Another democrat enters the racet. For presid coming up after this break, a look at the billionaire making political headlines this morning. Plus, the traditional runng of the bulls in spain. A look ate why ple continue to be part of th construction on a new white house fence is underway. The secret Service Started the project yesterday. They want to make sure the public has access, but also, to desure security for those in the white house. Construction will take place in phases and its expected to last into 2021. Once again the Trump Administration is trying to put the Citizenship Question on the census. This comes after the Supreme Court decision against it. Tracie potts has the late. Good for our country. President trump says hes considering an executive order to include a Citizenship Question on the census, despite the u. S. Su against it. Uling we can start the printing now, and maybe do an addendum after we get a positive io decis were working on a lot of things, including an executive order. Reporter the court said the governments reason for asking citizenship isnt good e jugh, thetice department has brought in a new team to fight cases in new york, california and maryland. Opponents argue the question arwill discourage pcipation in mostly democratic immigrant communities. They want to make sure that people certain people are counted. Its really disgraceful. The president is taughting ehis rrd on the environment. My administration has made it a top priority to ensure that america is among the cleanest air and water on the plet. Hes out there talking about his Crystal Clean air and water, were far from that. Reporter the u. S. Is ranked 27th wiwore. On the census and Citizenship Question, President Trump may sot have the courts behind him, but he ha the subjects support. A new poll that came out last week, 2 3 of americans say t y think its reasonable to ask are c u a u. S. Citizen. Tracie potts, nws, washington. This morning, a white house dinner is getting attention for two reasons, who attended the dinner and who did not. Nbc White House CorrespondentPeter Alexander explained this morning on the tv show. Reporter the president r,sting that dinner for the amir of qata inviting a whos of trump friendly business leaders. One prominent figure was disinvited. Leaked memosritten by derek wereighly critical, saying the president radiates insecurity, calling the Trump Administration inept. President trump moments ago, attacking the embass dor on twitter, calling him a very stupid guy, derek is a pompous fool. Derek will stay in his post, just this morning, he has the prime ministers full confidence. Among those in attendance last night, the president s friend and new England Patriots owner, robert kraft still fighting out charges of solicitation in florida. The billionaire just a seat away from the president , who in march invited the owner to the white house in a visit that so far has not happened. California Billionaire Tom Steyer has announced his run for the white house this morning, thisespite previously saying he would take a pass and not enter the rest. In the past decade, hes been ac top democra donor, since president trumtis elecon, hes been one of his most outspoken critics, puing hard for peachment. While one campaign begins, anoer is ending, Eric Swalwell has announced hes ending his president ial bid. He spoke yesterday admitting that lackluster fundraising and lagng support in the polls, make it unlikely he uld qualify for debates in the fall. New this morning, hong kong ceo carrie lam says. The bill is dead. She was referring to propose changes to extradition laws that have sparked protests for the past month, this is video of some of those protests, the proposedto changes he extradition legislation would havellowed suspects to be sent to the mainland to facerial. Back here, this is the third daactually, were going to spain. Not back here, wereg gointo spain for the running of the bulls. It was to fastest ra far this year, in a festival thats already seen four runners gourdt he injured include two americans. From his hospital bed, Jamie Alvarez shows us a video selfie he was filming. Recording the exact moment a rampagingckull attaed him in the pamplona arena. His phone came going wild. He had been badly gourd. H the bullsorn piercing his neck. It felt the impact, is like a car or truck hitting me. He took part in the world famous running ofhe bulls on a whim during a family vacation. It could have been the end for him. They said, if the horn had gone back, i probably would be dead. A local newspaper shows another american from florence kentucky, and the bull that left him hospitalized as his brother looked on. He was right on me, real quick. He did scare me, he i mean, thats all the reason for the run, i guess. Thack home ir dad not entirely sympathetic. I guess, you know, its two knuckle heads, thats all i got to say that decided to get on a plane and go to spain. Ere are many who criticized the tradition, made famous by writer ernest hemingway. The bulls are getting quicker. None of which appears to diswade them from king part. Hopefully ill be coming back doing it again next year. We have Something Like an answer. But Jamie Alvarez says that both is wife and his daughter told him not to run. There are occasions when it is it right to l to the women in your life. Keir simmons, nbc ws, london. You could call them gluttons for punishment. We are heating up, lauren joins us after the break with a look at how long we stay rainfree. Plus, consumer reporter susan hogan is putting Curbside Grocery store services to the test. This morning, homeowners across the area are cleaning up after what feltike to many of us once in a lifetime down pour. I spoke storm team 4 meteorologist Amelia Draper why scenes like these may become more common around here. A newn studyhe journal, waterar resources rese shows heavy downpours are on the rise. Its a trend weve witnessed cades, e last 3 to 5 when Global Warming started to intensify. The earth goes through warming and cooling processes, huma are really contributing to the amount of Greenhouse Gases that were putting in the atmosphere. Greenuse gases like Carbon Dioxide and methane are going to trap the heat here on eart when you trap the heat, that leads to warmer temperatures. A report by the National Climate assessment shows downreurs have inced by 74 in the northeast. The situation will likely get worse in our warming world. Maybe you go back a few decades and youre still going to have thoseav he rainfall events. When you factor in our changing climate, the fact that theres more water vapor, the wt ged. Cle is super ch what thats leading to is our extremes are getting more extreme. We invite you to search changg climates in the nbc washington app, to see how our warming world affects your family, your health and even your commute. But today the picture is all clear. Much nicer out there. Beautiful, i think well take anything compared to the weather we saw yesterday. It was a mess yesterday. And a lot better out there today. With plenty of sun. No more rain. You know its coming at one point. We have beautiful conditions out there right now, plenty of sunshine, look at the view out there, yeah. Quite a difference a day makes, its gorgeous out tre. S we continue through the rest of the afternoon, the temperatures will start to go up, we will see changes, it doest look like until thursday. My headlines disappeared. You can see we have a flash adood watch out there. Let me go ahe and change that graphic. We dont have any flash flood watches out there right now. 70sdto right aroun 80, you can see 80 in washington, 80 reporten right now, no flash flood weapons, no watches or warnings at any point. Sunshine. Lenty of if you want to head to the pool, o it, we are going to have bright blue skiesout there, temperatures will be a little warm out there, its going to be hot, were not going to have that humidity that we usually do for july. As far as your outlook goes, you can see lunch outside, go ahead and do it, its going to be more comfortable out there today. No delays past that. Not talking about any rain delays, thank goodness. You can see nothing on the radar right now,nd barely even clouds out there, thanks to High Pressure in charge. We have a little system were watching, could develop into something tropical, if youre headed off to the golf coast, got a lot of rain there, that gives a 50 50 shot of something tropical. If it does, it wills impact u nexteek. Well see how that plays out. For us around here, not looking too bad. Tomorrow will nering 90 degrees, thats just about where well be today, its going to re another gt day out there, two days were drying thingsout, we have rain as we get into your thursday night into friday. We will be watching that, but your tuesday and wednesday not looking that bad for thursday night into friday. Thats when were looking at our f xt chance of storms, some these could pack a punch. The humidity comes flooding back into th day through thursday, its going to be hot and humid on thursday, chances could have heavy downpours, and also co sd seeme damaging winds with any of the stronger ones, lingering showers into your friday. Otherwise, looking dryer and less humid on friday. Lets talk about subbed into next week, see if theres any more rain chances. Thats coming up in a bit. Thanks, lauren. The battle over obamacare is back in court today, a look at whats at stake. New information on a cruise ship accident that left a child this is annie. And this is annie paying back her friend for the tickets wh zelle® before the previews start. And this is annie getting ready to enjoy the show. [whispers] this is your right here, right now bank. This is wells fargo. Now to the search for answers after theki shoc death of a toddler. The child fell from ake doc cruise ship in puerto rico. Gabe gut nrrez hasew reaction from the family, which is lookingor answers. Reporter tonight in puerto rico, an investigation is underway, to find out how a 1yearold girl fell from her fathers hands, falling from an 11th story window. The toddl wastraveling with her family from indiana, aboard royal caribbeans freedom of the seas. The girls dad is officer allen weeken and is asking the r community to for the entire family. Over the last 10 years, 240 people have fallen from cruise ships and ferries. Whats alarming is the conditions in which people go overboard, and the absence of systems