july weekend is always busy in the lake tahoe area. after a blockbuster winter, one lake tahoe resort is staying open: <áyellingá> thanks to mother nature, visitors are snowboarding and skiing at squaw valley for independance day. sqauw valley officials are calling it " an endless winter." there was be a special early fireworks show last night for visitors. ( darya ) welcome back. checking in on your morning forecast. (anny hong): typical july weather to persist across the region through much of the week with overnight and morning low clouds retreating to the coast during afternoon hours. this will result in warm inland temperatures while cooler conditions persist near the coast. there is also the possibility of high based convection (thunderstorms) over the central coast on wednesday. a warming trend is then likely by the upcoming weekend. ( darya ) ( darya ) and here's a live look outside at the bridges for your commute this morning... you are looking at at the bay bridge, san mateo bridge, golden gate bridge and the richmond bridg

>> reporter: happy fourth of july. happy fourth of july to you at home. i want to though you something. look at these crowds! this is to the side here looking at the interlace of the ben franklin parkway. you push in you can see all the people still waiting to get in. all right, if we zoom out. you can see everyone in their chairs and parked there waiting for boyz ii men and mary j blige. that's the nbc set. we'll quarterback our coverage and give you the all access pass to everything going on here. i want to show you this crowd now. think about it. store it in your memory. take a look what it used to look like. thousands of white seats here as far as the eye could see. we were waiting for 4:30 when the gates could open. suddenly they did. back live now. if everyone can wave. there we go. look at this. here waiting patiently. because up on stage there's a big sound check going on for the philly pops. and, of course, boyz ii men and mary j blige. i was bopping to the music for the last few hours. ma mary j blige is here. she's in the trailer back there. th

good evening, happy fourth of july. >> dazzling displays across the bay area marked this fourth of july. we have crews all over the bay area with the best of tonight's celebrations. >> let's start live at san francisco's pier 39. the fog interfered with the fireworks but a lot of people had fun anyway. >> exactly, dan. they came for a show but it was mostly a foggy one. the city and county put it on for them. some people cheered. others left before it ended. >> reporter: san francisco's firework show in a mostly foggy sky over the bay. some felt cheated. >> when we saw the first one shoot off it's not exciting. >> two hours of traffic and three hours for parking and the fireworks are cut off from the fog. >> but everyone came for the fun time. >> reporter: from pets, elvis and a visitor from down under. >> driving into this port, magic. we have been waiting for some time. >> reporter: john williams arrived by cruise ship. >> i think the cruise ship planned to be here for your big day. >> reporter: the fourth of july means big business for bay area artists. >> this is our busiest day of

and survive, julie. >> julie: that will be a hard story. when you know you have 20 people in the back of a tractor-trailer, screams would have been heard at some point. weight is the investigation now stand? >> they are taking the lead on this, homeland security, and they are interviewing a number of witnesses. most of whom were packed inside that semitruck, who say at least 100 immigrants were crammed in the back there. they had no water, no air conditioning. court documents say some took turns trying to get fresh air from a single hole in the trailer's wall. law enforcement was eventually tipped off after the truck ended up at a walmart parking lot, and some of the victims asked for help in water. >> are paramedics and firefighters found that each one of them had heart rates over about 1:30 beats per minute, which again, there were very hot to the touch. these people were in the trailer without any type of water, sewer looking at a lot of heatstroke, dehydration. >> outside in san antonio, to butcher was over 100 degrees yesterday you can

hi, john. >> julie, julie, the u.s. navy released a statement that one of the helicopters fired warning flairs at a group of iranian officials were heading at dangerous rate of speed, high-rate of speed towards american ships and that was done, warning flairs were fired because they couldn't get communication or establish communication with the iranian vessels and the navy said that it was done safeliy and professionally, no not so says the iranian navy guard claiming it was provocative and unprofessional move. iran say that is the u.s. ships were close to iranian oil and gas platform right around the middle or so of the persian gulf and this was friday. the navy say that is the iranians were conducting quote, unquote, gun exercise that involved weapons being fired into the water away from american ships. no one was ever in any danger and both the u.s. and iranian vessels, iranian ships went separate ways after establishing communication. the concern here though, this is the second such incident in a week, tuesday as we

happy fourth of july. my favorite food, let's take a look at the top food questions we have received on facebook. greg, this is the only food that you consume. >> greg: [laughs] it's true! >> kimberly: what is your drink of choice, alcohol? >> greg: fourth of july is everyday somewhere. you should be able to eat like this every day. that is what i do. i always have ribs, barbecued food, that is all i eat every day. i have pretty low cholesterol for now. my favorite drink, i like red wine, it is good for your hard. when i'm feeling in a tropical mood, i will have a dark and stormy. with gosling rum, ginger beer, angus tour better moves, and just a slice of lime. i make an excellent version. >> kimberly: i would love to try one of those. >> greg: i have happen to be f, kimberly. we will have a dark and stormy night. >> kimberly: it would be. [laughter] >> dana: call me if you need a rescue. >> kimberly: keep your phone on. >> kimberly: okay, dana, linda's question. >> dana: in the summertime, my friend ingri

july is the year and if you are looking for a deal, pay attention, especially around the fourth of july holiday there air lot of discounts and deals according to dan roccato he is outside with mike filling him in on what we need to know and buy. i like those shade. >> hello, sunshine how are you doing. >> hi. >> dan roccato is here. i like this segment. >> yes you start the month what to buy and what not to buy. that is the question in july. >> everybody is on the beach. not thinking about shopping. what do retailers do they slash prices to get to you spend some money this month. >> right. >> right. >> summer apparel now is time forral tokes add to the wardrobe 50 percent off stores including banana republican, the gap, 50 percent off the beef up your summer wardrobe, mike. >> this weekend for july 4th now is time if you need summer clothes good deal. >> all right. >> perfect. >> for you about outdoor gear. you want a kyack for your birthday. >> yes. >> dick's sporting good 150 bucks, a third off and is there other games and things that sellout door goods. north face is having their ann

we continue to get you ready for the 4th of july. hear the tips from the coast guard about staying safe while boating during the holiday. breaking news.. a deadly hit and run at wb i-80 at san pablo dam road. ( james )(darya) lets start the half hour with a check of weather and traffic... (anny hong): .seasonable early july weather pattern to stay in place for much of this week with a marine layer along the coast keeping skies cloudy there while inland areas remain mostly clear and seasonable. long range trends indicate modest warming trend by the weekend. ( james ) and here's a live look outside at the bridges for ( james ) and here's a live look outside at the bridges for your commute this morning... you are looking at at the bay bridge, san mateo bridge, golden gate bridge and the richmond bridge. ( darya ) to help keep everyone safe while out on the water... alcohol is banned on then american river for the second week in a row. the ban has received mixed reactions. some say that people are usually responsible with their alcohol..

it )s fourth of july... a live look outside at a very clear san jose this morning.. >>> it is also the fourth of july. a live look outside, very he clear san jose this morning. the fog is back. a little different story. the holiday forecast is coming up in just moments. maybe you're sleeping in this morning. if you're awake, good morning to you. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm sam brock. if you are awake, wow. we're all impressed. it's 5:00 on a holiday. there's no one on the roads. >> burgers later. >> priorities. >> it's going to be a great day. if you're along the coast you have the natural air conditioning working. and today's high temperatures along the coast will reach into the mid-60s. 74 degrees in oakland. we'll talk about your fireworks, seems pretty quiet. >> very quiet and i have a feeling people who do have to work aren't going to mind at all because at least they won't be stressed on their way in this early morning. we are seeing a couple of speed sensors picking up c

we're always spending our fourth of july together. normally we're at home in los loomis watching it from our backyard so this seemed like the place to be today. >> reporter: for one family from san ramon, pitching a tent at aquatic park is a way to celebrate the country they live. mom is from mexico. dad, afghanistan. their two sons american born. >> we wanted them to see the traditions in the united states. >> that's why actually i'm thinking deeply. that's why we are here. nice, happy. >> reporter: security was on the minds of some. one woman says she's always vigilant in large crowds. >> i always stay toward the outskirts. if i see anything aggressive i go toward the outskirts. >> so you can get away quickly? >> exactly. >> we see police officers walking around but they seem to be on their game and seem to be watching everything. so we feel pretty safe. >> reporter: people say this is a day to remember and celebrate what this country has to offer. >> we're able to be free in our united states. while there's army and soldiers fighti

julie you've got more. >> julie: meanwhile, it's a make or break moment as john just mention for senate republicans as they await the score from the congressional budget office on revised health care bill. as majority leader, mitch mcconnell struggled to muster support for the measure, they are ratcheting up the pressure for and against the plan. >> this legislation will put american health care back on a path to more freedom, more choices. >> the meat of this bill is exec with the same as it was before and in some ways, they somehow managed to make it even worse. >> julie: let's bring up the woodhouse correspondent for reuters. thank you for talking to us. what does that say first of all for president trump who hasn't weighed in on health care for a couple weeks to now be weighing in on this trip to france? >> he's been sort of holding back a little bit on the health care bill as they hash it out. the white house has been very involved in that process, but we've heard as much from the president himself. the fact that he is not tweeting about it on his way back to the united states show

fourth of july tradition.. the nathan's hot dog eating contest on coney island. reigning champion joey chestnut and his biggest challenger matt stonie, weighed in monday. stonie won two years ago, but chestnut has taken the title nine out of the last ten years. last year he devoured 70 hot dogs in 10 minutes!! on the women's side.. returning champ miki sudo will try top her winning performance from last year when she wolfed down 38 and a half hot dogs! this morning, it may be hot dogs.. but yesterday, it was z burgers in d-c! for the third year in a row molly schuyler won the this year downing 21 burgers, with the buns, in ten minutes! the mother of four takes home 15 hundred dollars. this morning a lot of people will be heading out on the water to relax and enjoy the holiday. our john gonzalez is among them - he joins us live on the potomac coming up at six a deadly accident blocking baltimore >> now, "good morning washington" on your side. we begin with a breaking news alert. x breaking new, a deadly train wr

good evening, julie. you're watching the fox report. >> julie: russians foreign minister telling reporters that president trump accepted putin's claims that moscow did not meddle in the u.s. election. the presidents u.s. ambassador to the united nation disputed that same the president still those they meddled. here's what putin said to reporters today. >> our position is no. there are no grounds for saying russia interfered with the selection. >> julie: another headline from the summit, north korea. the president reportedly told the chinese president, something has to be done about the nation. he tweeted leaving hamburg to washington, d.c. the white house just left china's president where we had a next line meeting on trade and north korea. john roberts has more. john, there is some discrepancy over exactly what was said about election meddling during the trump, putin meeting. it's a bit confusing. maybe you can clear that force. >> were so confused here. white house officials haven't fully cleared it up.

do not forget, julie. jeff sessions lost his seat in the senate to take this job. >> julie: this could all be part of a larger strategy, kristin. to ultimately fire the special counsel and a metal the blow that will bring down. >> it certainly is a possibility. a lot of folks are speculating in washington. those republicans and democrats. in fact, senate minority leader, chuck schumer, addressed that very possibility on the senate floor. listen. >> many americans must be wondering if the president is trying to pry open the office of attorney general to appoint someone during the august recess, who will fire special counsel mueller and shut on the russian investigation. >> you have the ongoing saga around jeff sessions. russian sanction bill. the president's son-in-law and senior advisor meeting again today on capitol hill. all this happening, and overshadowing what is happening right now. that is the prime minister of lebanon arriving here at the white house. >> julie: kristin fisher, thank you so much. th

happy fourth of july. at the national mall, kristin leone, fox5 national news >> loot of celebrating going on. absolutely. every year they hold special citizens induction ceremonies on or around the fourth of july. this year 15,000 citizens were sworn in. they took the oath of citizen ship in in libraries national parks and museums and one held in mount chelo at the should police community relations be taught in the classroom. we'll tell you where why the black lives group teaches school kids how to deal with police. a man walks himself in with a gunshot wound, but he died. now police are trying to figure out who shot him and why. >> a fire department selling fireworks, it seems odd, but it's a win-win in one local community. >> new at 10 tonight, police in prince george's county are investigating an apparent homicide, a man stumbled in a local hospital just after 3 this afternoon. he died a short time later, but investigators believe he was shot on landover road. they are now asking anyone with informatio

overnight tonight a pretty typical july jevening. temperatures holding in the mid-50s across the board. hi tons of sunshine in the afternoon. 78 that number in santa clara. 78 add well in coopertino. 76 the high and palo alto about 72. breezy and cool along the coast. upper 50s to lower 60s to half-moon bay. downtown san francisco clouds to sunshi sunshine. into the north bay we go. 80 the afternoon high in santa rosa. a bit below normal for this time of year. high of only 69 degrees. inland no excessive heat. pretty comfortable for this time of year. 84 for walnut creek. santa cruz, busy right now. if you're heading to the coast tomorrow an equally as delightful day. morning clouds, afternoon sunshine. the ocean water temperature getting warmer now up to 60 degrees. seven-day forecast is planning the next seven days for you. see a seasonal pattern on hand. what you notice will slighty warm up through the end of the week into the weekend. mid-90s inland. along the bay. a little change and perhaps slightly cooler monday into tuesday.

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she wants to say happy fourth of july. >> happy fourth of july! >> reporter: one thing people remarked about is how well everyone is dressed. how patriotic the kids are and their parents and how many of them are here along the parkway. where keith and tim are standing by getting ready for the big concert tonight. but some of the little ones, well, they were interested in a concert this afternoon. sure, there are games. >> i want this one. >> reporter: and food. lots of it. >> we're here for the kids bop concert. >> everywhere we turned kids on the parkway were looking for one thing. >> the kids! >> what do they do? >> sing and dance! ♪ >> while parents and their kids were entertained with the party on the parkway. the beats -- seats were quickly filling up. for the smallest sets to perform. with their faces painted, families of all sizes took advantage of the free celebration. dancing here for playing on the parkway. and this family are typically at their hometown parade. with the daytime headliners. >> we have a couple of kids bop fans. here fo

good evening, happy fourth of july. >> dazzling displays across the bay area marked this fourth of july. we have crews all over the bay area with the best of tonight's celebrations. >> let's start live at san francisco's pier 39. the fog interfered with the fireworks but a lot of people had fun anyway. >> exactly, dan. they came for a show but it was mostly a foggy one. the city and county put it on for them. some people cheered. others left before it ended. >> reporter: san francisco's firework show in a mostly foggy sky over the bay. some felt cheated. >> when we saw the first one shoot off it's not exciting. >> two hours of traffic and three hours for parking and the fireworks are cut off from the fog. >> but everyone came for the fun time. >> reporter: from pets, elvis and a visitor from down under. >> driving into this port, magic. we have been waiting for some time. >> reporter: john williams arrived by cruise ship. >> i think the cruise ship planned to be here for your big day. >> reporter: the fourth of july means big business for bay area artists. >> this is our busiest day of

and we covered it, july first, twenty-fifteen. talk to farmers. we know a thing or two because we've seen a thing or two. ♪ we are farmers. bum-pa-dum, bum-bum-bum-bum ♪ ( james ) welcome back to the kron 4 morning news. let's get a check of the forecast with anny hong. (anny hong): typical july weather to persist across the region through much of the week with overnight and morning low clouds retreating to the coast during afternoon hours. this will result in warm inland temperatures while cooler conditions persist near the coast. there is also the possibility of high based convection (thunderstorms) over the central coast on wednesday. a warming trend is then likely by the upcoming weekend. ( james ) and here's a live look ( james ) a shocking crime is caught on camera near the crooked section of san francisco's lombard street. as kron 4's j.r stone explains... people who live in the area say crime is on the rise. (j.r.)they're after your valuables. in the last week alone people in the area near lombard street have been victimized more than

off and the big story is the 4th of july 2017. plenty going on in the delaware and lehigh valleys and mother nature is doing her hart so far. we have team coverage and bob brooks checking out the beach and boardwalk at the jersey shore and jeff is covering the party on the parkway for us. and first lets begin with adam joseph and the old day forecast from accuweather. >> not bad across the area, dealing with downpours and thunderstorms in far southern areas but most staying dry and hot. take a look at the temperatures in philadelphia. we are now marking this the third heat wave of the year, it began on sunday and 91 yesterday and today it touched 90 degrees and three days in a row of 90 or above and call it a heat wave above the normal of 87 degrees, stormtracker 6 live double scan most areas are dry and we have been dealing with pop-ups of heavy rain and thunderstorms south of the city especially southern tip of cape may county getting showers there on the edge of cape may and drying up west of wildwood and sea isle city and a ra

the it deadline is july 10th. reggie akey, abc 7 news. >>> a bear broke into a home in colorado springs last night. it got into the refrigerator, then trashzed the kitchen and rummaged through bedrooms before breaking out through a door pap parks and wildlife officer tracked the bear down and euthanized it. stha say it's the same one caught on camera last week at a garage in the same area. >>> well, shoppers all across the nation took advantage of fourth of july deals this weekend. the bargains are expected to continue after the holiday as well. abc explains what's on sale. >> reporter: after the barbecues, bargains. fourth of july sales now kicking off some of the best deals of the year. >> i'm going to get out and get shopping. >> i have to go back and get some more. >> reporter: retailers launching sizzling sales to clear out much needed space. a lot of the stores are switching over their merchandise to get ready for back to school. outdoor gear like tents and hiking equipment, clothing and bathing suits. at ol

welcome to kron 4's presentation of july fourth live. . >> happy fourth of july everybody. we hope you've had a great time with your families at picnics all around the bay area. now sit back and get ready to enjoy some of the finest fireworks anywhere on the west coast and anywhere in the country. we have you completely covered from san francisco to san jose, alameda to pleasanton and marin county

happy fourth of july. i'm meteorologist kari hall. you're seeing the sunshine over the south bay. and we're getting ready for the parade at 10:00 this morning. temperatures in the low 70s and then rising into the mid-80s as we go into this afternoon. all of that warm weather pour the interior area. and looking at fremont we will see downtown fremont the parade happening this morning as well. our temperatures reaching into the low 80s there and all clear away from the bay. >> and that's your latest forecast. >> dylan, thank you. >>> coming up, the sur geurgenth for a missing student. >>> and venus williams breaks down on the first day of the tournament. addressing our involvement in a recent fatal car accident. what she had to say about that. but first, this is "today" on nbc. ♪ [brother] any last words? [boy] karma, danny... ...karma! [vo] progress is seizing the moment. your summer moment awaits you, now that the summer of audi sales event is here. audi will cover your first month's lease payment on sel

. >> fourth of july starts here, here at the national archives building. >> in congress, july 4th, 1776. >> we're the keeper of the original declaration of independence, this seminole document signed by our founding fathers. >> when in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands that have connected them with another. >> thomas jefferson, the primary arthur and his come patriot wrote the declaration because they felt disrespected and king who was intent on denying their essential humanity. >> their life, their liberty and their pursuit of happiness. >> what makes someone americans is adhering to belief that is we're created equal that we have a right for liberty. that we have a free press. >> understanding those rights. it's liberty and justice and equality, don't reside in our hearts, they will evaporate. >> the original ratified declaration is housed in the national archives it will be cool. >> she -- it's something about hearing those words. when you hear them, you hear them read like that, it doesn't inspire you. >> remind you what

julie: we will be right back. ♪ julie: live from bloomberg world headquarters in new york, i am julie hyman. this is "bloomberg markets." all three major averages are rising targets today, the dow raising the least. the s&p and the nasdaq gaining steam today. let's go to tailor for more. >> it could be another record for the nasdaq, so i will focus on tech stocks. the travel advisory online shops, trip advisor at the most, 2.6% today, after an analyst upgraded it to market perform from underperform. in february, they downgraded the .tock to $47 a share doing a price target here of around $40 a share. since that time, they have underperformed by 20% here at expedia and priceline have outperformed a 20% to 30%. a little bit of a pop on that of grain -- upgrade, but competition remains a significant risk in that area. look at snapchat. it is higher today but still remains near a record low, $14.73 a share. that it is reclaiming that $15 a share mark on news that perhaps nbc will launch a twice daily show. finally, another tech stock had its target raised this morning to $185 a share from

you have a nice fourth of july. what are you eating by the way. >> i'm eating the good stuff the folks over there are serving >> is that italian sausage >> cole slaw and soda >> i think they would like me to point out that my 20 becomes fox5 plus in two weeks. >> let's talk about americans showing off their national pride this fourth of july. what states are the most patriot ic. all average of people enlisted in the military and the share of adults who voted in the 2016 election. this year, virginia, congratulations, alaska, wyoming , colorado rounding out the top five. maryland is number 17. by the way, the least patriotic state, new jersey. it's not been a good night for new jersey, has it. today our ronica cleary landed a really tough assignment. we told her, ronica, go out play with puppies. the pups are more than cuddling, they are helping wounded warriors. happy fourth of july, i'm at warrior k9 connection. you're not going to believe how adorable these puppies are. look at these cute little guys. matt, you wo

taking you right to july the fourth. so tomorrow, maybe an evening storm. but watch out for the rip current threats. swim where the lifeguards are present. also a high uv index temperatures next self days upper 70s to low 80s. now that seven day forecast showing you temperatures right around 90 for the next several days. a potential heat wave. stays hot on sunday but looks dry, 91 degrees. maybe pop up storm on monday. the fourth right now looks nice. hot typical july weather, 90 degrees. pop up storms the middle and lat part of next week. july 4th for the pocono mountains looking fantastic. 83 degrees in the afternoon. 74 for the evening temperatures and right here in philadelphia, we're talking temperatures around 90 degrees for the afternoon high temperature. falling into the 80s those temperatures for fireworks and once again it looks like it is going to be dry so good news all around the region. back over to you. >> good news indeed. scott, plenty of people already made their way down to the shore to kick off the holiday weekend. our brad sattin was am

julie? >> julie: right now, rex tiller's and is on the ground in kuwait to address a diplomatic crisis between american allies. of the secretary arriving just a short time ago after leaving turkey. concerns about partnerships to combat terrorism. the secretary shuttled the diplomacy, will take them to these countries over the next several days. live from the state department with more on his trip. >> good afternoon, this conflict is not dragging onto into its second month. the united states is trying to insert itself into this conflict and that's most public way whate secretary of state traveling to those countries, is just landed in kuwait city. the reporters traveling with him said "we have had one round of exchanges and dialogue and did not advance the ball" ." he also says the sides are months away from an actual resolution and that is very discouraging. department officials say he has spent the last few weeks speaking with his counterpart in the region about this dispute, the secretary

julie: thank you. on the roads, unfortunately that pattern of rain moving through the area is causing some problems. the outer loop of the beltway as you try to work your way around over the good luck road overpass, a jackknifed tractor-trailer. get by on the outer loop. wazers haveh 7 checked in with some delays. says if you can bail out and stick with a combination of glenarden, it will save you almost an hour of commute time. your ride ondate 295, the bw parkway headed toward 32, that is where we have a stalled car blocking the left lane. block in the next 10 minutes he being a close eye on your ride through greenville. kidd: ed sheeran has announced he has quit twitter. he said the negative feedback from online trolls ruins your day and it also makes him worry about why people dislike him, which, what is there to dislike? adrianna: i love him. kidd: he plays good music. adrianna: free. kidd: couldn't be a nicer guy. people who take the time to write negative stuff, i have never understood. and move

, most safe fourth of july. i'm just kind of overwhelmed, i have been crying overwhelmed , i have been crying all day, jessica. >> it is incredibly special and surrounded by so much history, we are very lucky to live where we live, thanks so much for sharing that with us. that will do it for "eyewitness news" at 5:00. now at 6:00. >>> one of the biggest fourth of july celebrations in the country is happening right here in the center of philadelphia, i'm alycia nieves i will tell but all that there is to do and i will show you. >>> sunshine for many but slow moving showers and storms spoiling holiday plans across parts of the area i'm meteorologist lauren casey with the latest look on storm scan three and let you know what to expect this evening. >>> with the state shut down, over new jersey, parks were back opened for business today , but we will show you how the lingering effects of that budget impasse took their toll on this fourth of july. >>> plus gruesome discovery on the philadelphia street where a casket

>> july 4th sales. that's right. you're going to find deals at places like fourth sale. >> it's interesting you have grilling and outdoor items. it seems like you need to get those in the next few hours. >> exactly. you know, there's a method to the retailer madness. but grilling and outdoor furniture is really good. you're going to find deals upwards of 20% off. the home depot, july 4th, offering 20% off appearances. overstock has a huge blowout sale. >> how are the deals for electronics? >> electronics will be around 29% off. that's pretty good. these are one of the best deals of the season, until black friday. if you'rie inlooking for prebla friday, school stuff. this is a time to buy electronics. >> another category you can save on this month, house paint. >> surprising, right? and the thing about house paint, retailers need to sell house paint. but july isn't the best time of year for people to be doing outdoor projects. th it's 20% off. you don't use it, you don't open it, it will last you up to ten years. >> i

fourth of july festivities are underway. happening now, a big celebration on the mall. >> good afternoon. you can feel the excitement in the air along the national mall. take a look behind me. the fireworks don't startor people behind me and security in place. --se see police and police district police and police from prince william's county, national park police, everyone is here to keep you safe. are coming to downtown washington, you should know that most of the roads around the area are closed to vehicular traffic. you should take metro. here's what you need to know. fireworks kickoff at the national mall at 909 tonight. checkpointssecurity will be in place roughly at 2:00. some open as early as 10:00. good spots are going fast. please do not bring your pets. no alcohol. no glass containers. no tents. no personal fireworks or firecrackers. this is a drone free zone. reporting from the national mall, sam sweeney, abc 7 news. >> what smart american than baseball on july 4? the nationals are taking on the mets. fans are tur

. >> and i am julie banderas. claiming that the meeting was about russian adoptions until "the new york times" forced him to admit that he had been told that the russian lawyer might have had dirt on hillary clinton. the trump administration is doing damage control. the president's counselor kellyanne conway on "fox & friends" earlier today. >> he has said clearly that the meeting was taken, he did not know who was coming. it was somebody who he knew through the miss universe pageant, that the trump family, i guess mr. trump had owned and managed for a while. fine, he goes into the meeting, he says it was vague, ambiguous, very obvious that there was no helpful or meaningful information. at the meeting quickly turned over to the meeting of russian adoption, probably the pretense in the beginning. no action was taken, no follow-up whatsoever. >> julie: live at the white house with more. >> you know, never a dull moment around here. can i throw that out here. if you look at the white house, they will say that it is

4th july 4th celebration. and the ceremony till take place the congressional cemetery 10:00 this morning. >> congressman steve scalise continues to recover. he was snot his left hip and is listed in fair condition and extended period of healing and rehab. >> tonight, fireworks will fill skies. ed gillespie want to change that. propose ago louing consumers to fireworks like firecrackers ande owes a louing them would be big boom for economy. >> explosive fireworks are the ones that move around. you're subject to injury and could have a permanent disability if one of those would go off eemingner your hand or close to your body. >> critics question how safe this would be for the people of virginia. >> today, of course, it is nation's birthday. that's what we're celebrating jewel 4. parades will march and grills fire up and flags raise and fireworks play. >> before that happens people are work is needed in the district. "fox5" anjali hemphill is live on the national mall. live with what you need to know if you come

and a warm high for your fourth of july of 89 degrees. here's what your barbecue forecast looks like. if you're out early getting the grille set up, 75 degrees by 7 o'clock. 83 by 11 o'clock and by 1 o'clock, 86 degrees. by 4 o'clock, you're in full swing with 87 degrees and 79 by 7 o'clock. again, especially during the afternoon in philadelphia and early evening, there is a chance of a spotty shower or a thunderstorm. speaking of which, let's go ahead and track that with future tracker. early this morning that stuff that i just showed you on radar does look like it might sweep through at times as late as 10, 11 o'clock there might be a lingering shower popping through areas like allentown and reading. then we get into the afternoon and most of the area is dry with the next issue being down south. dover down towards rehoboth you could see showers and maybe downpours. then we get up to 6, 7 o'clock and the model wants to keep something around philadelphia for the early evening so that will be something that we'll be watching tonight on "ac

with the fourth of july is tomorrow. you may be used to enjoying allen pond in buoy, but make other plans this year. the city announced there will be no city-sponsored fourth of july sell breaks. we have other options. go out to the university of maryland college park, head over to lot 1 off of adelphi road, there will be rock 'n roll tunes at 7:00 p.m., and fireworks at 9:00 p.m. >> we have a complete list of fireworks displays and an interactive map on the nbc washington app. >>> in new jersey a budget battle continues. the state is dealing with a government shutdown after lawmakers couldn't agree to a spending plan this past saturday. governor chris christie ordered the closing of courts, parks and beaches, but he's catching some heat for enjoying the sun with his family at a state beach closed to the public because of the shutdown. christie said he was staying at a summer beach house there provided by the state. >>> a deadly decision and a roadside tribute honoring the life of a local motorcyclist and the safety warn

more than 60 reports filed last july. als of tonight the city already received 100. >> we will follow up with an administrative citation if all the required information is there. >> fines raining from 500 up to $1,000. of those turned in on the city website last year 16 people were cited. >> even if people didn't get a citation, if we had the contact information we sent them a warning letter. >> firefighters around the state also on alert. s in case signs aren't getting through. >> reporter: and here in santa claur tonight officers are working overtime responding to fireworks calls. they say the best bet come to the plans shows. reporting live in santa clara nbc birnz. >> and microclimate is full effect tonight. two very different pictures clear skies in san jose and high fire danger. meanwhile san francisco, as you can see, that's fog. it's fogged in. chief meteorologist jeff ranieri is talking about the fire danger how is that fire danger going to work with the forks. >> we'll have excellent visibility for most of the b

that and a big happy fourth every july to you. looking outside right now, still dark, still very early, nice dry roadways for you on this holiday. and it is probably going to stay quiet all morning long, what i was doing, 42, looking very quiet there, boulevard headed into the southbound direction, just ken of your friends and neighbors out there. overall probably going to hold out like this until maybe even the 6:00 hour. ninety-five at the airport, this is what we are looking at. you can see our friends the trucker pulled off to the right there. that's on the northbound side. nor come in a little bit on all of the fourth of july festive tis taking place, joe, back to you. >> meisha, quiet out there, thank you. still ahead, trending car sales, what it could mean for profits this year. plus this. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> is that john stamos? yes, i'm here for this. they are getting ready for a capitol fourth. preview of tonight's festivities next. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ ostriches don't really stick their heads in the sa

because it's fourth of july. >> got it. >> okay. we are all about the red, white and the blue as fourth of july celebrations continue live in the loft. at 9:00 we will be live at the historic takoma park parade. did you know it's now in its 128th year? >> my goodness. so erin como will check out all the fun, and what's fourth of july without little barbecue? the folks at fat pete's barbecue will join us for an epic good day cook out. >> and from the prime time tv stage to life in the loft, singer terry mcdermott you might remember him from the voice. he placed second on the show. but he's in town for a pr pre-fourth of july concert at the kennedy center but not before he stops by the loft. >> a little bay city rollers, was that the group back in the day? >> yeah. >> with that hair. i like it. >> cool look then. >> r-o-c-k in the usa. >> maybe not. i was counting on you, tuck. >> um, before my time. >> uh-huh. >> long before. >> we'll fine it. >> let's do the forecast. we're looking at showers and storms at least the possibility of s

fourth of july. what are you up to, ann? >> well, ann is up to no good. but i am up to the tech report. [ laughter ] >> that's what i will give you right now, roberta. >>> tesla, tesla has delivered over 47,000 vehicles so far this year. this comes as tesla works to start producing the model 3. reservations for the car have reached 300,000. tesla has an aggressive time line for ramping up production from 100 cars a month starting in august to about 20,000 a month by december. >>> and this week, microsoft is reportedly set to lay off thousands of employees. according to tech crunch, microsoft will make the cuts as part of a restructuring plan. aimed at focusing on cloud services. and last july, the company announced plans to cut an additional nearly 3,000 jobs over the year. and largely related to its exiting the smartphone business. >>> and you might soon be able to unlock your next iphone. with your face. bloomberg is reporting that apple is working on testing a 3d sensor for its next iphone. the fe

. >>> philly is the place to be this july 4th of course. amazing fireworks. the perfect way for america to blow out 241 candles. and if you didn't did not mind getting a little soggy, philly was also the pefect place to watch some big names take the stage. thank you so much for spend your holiday with us at 11:00. i'm lucy noland. >>> loyal mary j. blige fans waited out tonight's soaker for the party on the parkway. fox 29's joanne pileggi is live tonight from there. hey, joanne. >> reporter: hey, lucy. when we got here earlier today, there were thousands of people coming the night is basically ended and there are thousands of people trying to leave the area of the parkway. hopefully it's all going to go as scheduled. well, things didn't go as schedule tonight. it would have been a perfect night. near perfect night except mother nature had her way with i would say a ten or 20 minute interruption that caused a delay of the main act, and then a delay of the fireworks, but here's what we -- here's what we saw. grand finale wawa welcome america festivities tonigh

and catch the game of thrones season 7 premiere on july 16th. winter is coming to xfinity. >> leland: president trump demanding action on health care as the battle heats up in the senate. republicans are releasing a revised plan but there are still divisions within the party that threatened to derail its passage, while democrats remain opposed to any obamacare replacement so far. >> the revised draft improves on the previous version and a number of ways. >> the bottom line is this. of the core of this bill is just as rotten as it was before. >> leland: first to you, is this really all that much different, senate version two-point oh versus senate version one point oh, are they essentially the same or are we getting somewhere? >> they are not all the same but i don't know that that essentially means we are getting anywhere. the margin mitch mcconnell has to work within the senate is very small, he can only lose a small fraction of his conference before it all falls apart. they sent a bill across to the other side of the capital, but it is unclear

plus celebrating the 4th of july across the pond. where americans in london gathered for on a unique history lesso lesson. >>> let freedom rink meet the man who plays the bells at one of philadelphia's oldest churches and why july 4th will also be associated with that house of worship. >>> the winner is. the record breaking performance at this year's coney island hot . >>> at 11:00, a beautiful site of the nation's capitol. thousands converged on the mall for fireworkses and 4th of july festivities. the fireworks capped a full day of events to celebrate america's birthday. >> three million were expected to gather for new york's annual 4th of july firework show, the largest in more than ten year, more than 60,000 shells were launched from five barges. >> it is known as the super bowl of eating. people gather on new york coney island for the annual hot dog eating contest. no exception. last year's winner is still top dog >> joey chestnut of brooklyn defended his title. earning a record ten and victory, he ate 72 franks and buttons in t

it is tuesday, it is the fourth of july. if you can tell by our apparel here. [ laughter ] >> i'm michelle griego. >> i'm anne makovec. in for kenny choy. a live look outside. pretty quiet on the roadways. it is of course a national holiday. we are monitoring what you can expect today. on the left, you can see, still some fog hanging around near the coast. and the top of the bay bridge, being obscured this morning, and roberta has been keeping an eye on that, and you're about ready to unequivocally tell us that the fireworks in san francisco are going to be well, obscured. >> pretty typical. in the san francisco air. >> you know, the clouds will continue to play tag. it will be socked in along the beaches all day long. but it plays tag with the bay. so partly cloudy conditions and then it becomes overcast. definitely, especially toward the midnight hour. and hi, everybody. heading out this morning. th