An extreme heat warning was issued by the National Weather Service (NWS) for parts of Washington DC and surrounding areas from 10am Friday through 9pm Saturday.
When the sun goes down on Independence Day, the skies of Washington, D.C., are expected to fill with a record-setting 850,000 individual fireworks for a 40-minute spectacle like no one has seen before.
ABC News was granted exclusive access to the security preparations aimed at protecting large-scale celebrations from New York City to Washington, D.C. to secure the Fourth of July.
In his second term, the president has increasingly mused about his predecessors, comparing himself with some and distancing from the failures of others.
Conservative politician Keiko Fujimori on Friday was declared the winner of the presidential runoff election in Peru, which was dominated by people's concerns over surging crime.