vitation to come to the ballpark. >> a picture perfect night across the region. we have the weather and this will stick around for the weekend. his complete forecast is coming up. >> new dna evidence provides a break in the case of a man police call the potomac rapist. abc 7 news returns in 60 seconds.

>> the secret service is investigating this car crashed into a house but they will not say why they are involved. it happened at 8:30 p.m. tonight in georgetown. witnesses say that car veered off the road. it is not known if drugs are all were involved but it appears no one was hurt. >> police are going door-to- door to issue an alert about an

elusive killer. the so-called potomac for rapist has even more victims than first thought. it is the latest twist in the intense manhunt for the man detectives say is responsible for crimes spanning two decades. >> we have the latest on the effort to find this criminal. >> they may have stopped for a while. >> this is the man who has created a buzz once again around the palisades neighborhood of the seed no one knows his real name but please call him the bird -- the potomac river rapist. police went door-to-door talking to neighbors, trying to jog their memories about a crime he committed 16 years ago. >> he is connected to this area. we're hoping that by saturating this area releasing this composite that somebody will remember him from back in 1996. >> in july a man grabbed a woman walking here and dragged her

into the woods and raped her. and now using dna evidence from the case, police have linked this crime to six other rapes and the rape and murder of christine merzan. >> no matter how sick you think you are, no matter how good you think things are, you have to have a certain amount of awareness. >> longtime residents remember that right off the path in palisades. she remembers seeing a suspicious man there in 1996. >> i walked down and he came up out of the woods. >> residents are reminded of what happened here in the late 1990's. in hopes of what they remember well lead to an arrest. >> maybe there is some linkage and they will find the person who did it. >> the rapist has not committed a crime since 1998. at least not that they know of. they do not know why and they do not know where he has been since then. they're hoping this

will provide them with answers. >> coming up. why ryan zimmerman invited 1000 fans to join him at the ballpark. >> a quiet evening out at the beaches. that will chang

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>> a spirited gathering in the fight against multiple sclerosis. france and iran posted the night at the park celebration. -- ryan zimmerman hosted the night at the park celebration. it included options and live music. the foundation has raised $500,000 since 2006. >> less than 24 hours from now, nik wallenda will attempt a walk

over niagara falls. he will use a steel cable to make that crossing. he will have to go 1,800 feet. more than 200 feet in the air. no one has ever done that. setting up the crossing is costing more than $1 million. you can watch his attempt to walk across niagara falls right here. coverage begins at 8:00 p.m. and the big event happening at 9:00 p.m. he was in baltimore recently. >> a few weeks ago. >> nothing compared to niagara falls. >> he has good walking weather tomorrow. no strong winds, that is important. >> even with the water coming down, that is what causes an updraft that will make the cable move around. >> and the moisture. >> i do not even want to watch. >> we had some of those clouds

with that easterly wind. archer's our little bit below average. the high-temperature made it up even with these clouds into the low 80's and the like those early morning sun rises? this is the earliest sunrise we have of the year for the past few days. in one or two more days, 5:42 a.m. here is the temperature. not too bad. dallas at 94. that is okay for the middle of june. here is where the heat and the drought. bill passed so at 100. you can see how much of the country is unusual so far as it is covered by this dry air and this will be the weather maker as we go through the next 24 hours trading can see that general pattern in the atmosphere. there is the dry air and that will be with us into a good part of the weekend.

overnight tonight and during the day tomorrow, we will see some clouds. the general area of high pressure moves off, pretty light winds in niagara falls. on the weekend and next weekend -- next week, a little bit more swarmer and humid air comes in. not until we get well into next week. if you're heading out for the beaches a pretty good beach weekend. the one thing you have to watch out for that wind. the gatt ocean city. the temperature, 62. because of that persistent wind. some of the current could be a bit strong and there could be some of those rip currents. watch out heading out into the surf. water temperatures are into the 70's. but that easterly wind, heading out to the beaches for the weekend, air temperatures will be in the lower 70's. four-cylinder, it will be light winds around the bay. look at the water temperature of annapolis.

73 degrees now. a lot of sunshine tomorrow. some of this fair weather clouds, temperatures near 80 by tomorrow afternoon. that will be the story also through the weekend. comfortable air comfortable humidity still with us and a fair amount of sunshine. some of those nice, fair weather clouds. you can always keep posted 24-7 at wjla.com. our figures are about the wins and the beach. everything you want to know for the upcoming weekend. >> it is nice to have this great, refreshing weather right now. >> we will take it. >> did you watch the game tonight? everybody else out there was watching. it was a great game. miami turns up the heat. the yankees come to town tomorrow night and tiger woods at the u.s. open. the best golfers in the world come together for the u.s. open. that

>> the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealers -- moving you forward. >> this is the biggest week of the summer for golf fans. it is the national championship where club pros and amateurs compete with major champions. tiger woods teed off early in the morning and was sharp from his first shot to the last. a couple of buddies and a few birdies but he was fairways and greens all day. he was happy with his round and thrilled with the way he adjusted to the turf course. >> for me, i thought i hit the ball well today and i did not have a lot of putts from 10 feet or in. or 15 feet. it was fun. i love the golf course and i told my caddy this is so awesome being here. >> there is your leader. michael thompson is fully -- the leader. he settled in for the round of the day. seven birdies on the way home. michael thompson with four under

par. bob watson and phil mickelson were a mess. he bogeyed the first three holes. the nations were off and they opened a series against the yankees down at the ballpark. at camden yards the orioles and the pirates tonight. taking this pitch to left field and everyone is running. scoring easily. davis comes around, he scores. it went 4-5. mark reynolds went four for five. a big night for the orioles. the game you saw here, miami built an 18-2 lead. the star -- to start game 2 and hold -- had to hold onto it. 59 combined. lebron james led the scorers with 32. this was the best we have seen

the big three played together. when the game was on the line, lebron james came back big. heading back to miami with a 100-96 win. the redskins wrapped up their minicamp today. they did some video steady this morning. mike shanahan canceled the morning practice and complemented the players for the way they worked for the past week and a half and said taken home and they did. there you have it. >> you missed a great game. >> we were watching. >> we

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prentixx my forecast worked out pretty good for today. can i give you a guarantee about the weekend? i am confident it will be 80 to 81. lots of sunshine. a nice weekend with a comfortable humidity. but no rain. the next chance of rain around wednesday or thursday. everything looks ok. >>