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almost 1.4 inches today. and in germantown 1.38 inches. the record for 95 days is 28 so we are on our way to a record. 73 and did territory to right now. slightly cooler and dry air. between now and the weekend we have peak humidity. 76 degrees and now at a reagan national. at raleigh. the storms int trek to the northeast. the next event is the cold front forming up now. that is the low. the coal from extends to the southwest. that will be the feature that
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will break into a little .unshine a cold front moves and. and the storms are likely. once the showers and on saturday get a littleill cooler and a dry air in. sunday looks terrific. but at the risk area. we could see severe thunderstorms. heavyggest threat will be rain. ended the reign on morning. more seasonable. -- the weather. -- we will end the reign on saturday morning. >> we will have news about trying to chance the weather. hisrt griffin is playing game. have a full recap of his
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and then and this one. over the middle again for 18 yards. on third and three, gryphon a garcon who does rest. four of six passing, 70 yards. terror garcon. >> it was fun. we got to got up there and get some action. people thaterent our defense. is what everybody is to the most. think everybody did a good job. >> said that he did an excellent job. he managed the game well. the huddle andof formations. reads in progressions. he did a good job. or we did that city rgiii throw deep. game and needs some work.
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strong connection. after the game he felt it, too. >> thank you so much. the ravens also in action. also closed. one kept away from the super bowl. turn the page. at&t saw right here on abc 7. went to one tets found to dixon. the baltimore ravens one against 31-17.cons zimmerman bought his eighth game .onight -- he shut out 11 batters. the offense. the hittingo extend streak. a bomb to left field. 5-0 washington.
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i know what it's like to hire people and to make ends meet. from those experiences, i had the chance of running e olympics. the games were ineal trouble. there been way too much spending. and in massachusetts i found a budget that was badly out of balance. our legislature was 85% democrat. and every one of the four years i was governor, we balanced the budget. i want to use those experiences to help americans have a better future. we believe in our future. we believe in ourselves. we belelieve the greatest days of america are ahead. i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. tonight on "nightline" -- a killer threat. the accused shooter in the colorado msacre back in c court today. and lawyers claiaim he i is menl
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il as victims and loved os react to the revelation that his psychiatrist raised serious concerns w weeks before. we ask -- could this tragedy have been prevented? and diet rehab. is it possible too be addicted o this doctor says yes. and claims heas a 28-day solutionon. tonight, one young mother's battle to stop compulsive overeating. plus, taking the plunge. they have retro suits, matching caps, and they're even starring in "glee." meet the water loving glamour girls making a big hollywood splash. >> announcer: : from the global resources of abc news with terry moran and cynthia mcfadden in new york city and bill weir at the olympic games in london,, england, this is "nightline," august 9th, 2012. > good evening, i'm cynthia
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mcfadden. todaday the accused gunman in t massacre aearered in court where for the first time his lawyers disclosed that they believe he is mentally ill. it was only three weeks ago that police say james holmes killed 12 pple and shott 58 re. and with thehe discovery that holmes' psychiatris voiced the spre could all this efore hearreak have been averte here is abc'sark grnblat. >> reporter:r: today jam holmes sain crt hisis hair still bright oran. his attory saidd several timese he was mentally ill when he allegedly killed 12 people and wounded 58 others at a batman movie premiere. outside court his victi reacted with anger. >> sitting next to my girlfriend. didn't seem to crazy when he ordered all the ammunition, his apartnt didn't seem crazy ed
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to me. >> reporter: the biggest question foris victims whetherer it could have been prevented. >> i think if somemeone could he saidid six weeks beforehand "th lot of others could still have ou loved ones. >> reporter: s she lost her boyfrid in the shooting. he sacrificed his own life to shld her from the bullets. >> i would not be he to talk to you rigight now if john had d saved my life. >> reporter: she was outraged to hear the psychiatrist reported warning signs of his behavior nearly six weeks before the shooting but it appears the university never acted on it. >> ihink that they messed upup, you know. because then they could have stopped somebody. they could have had the possibility of saving lives. >> reporr: jennifer seager came face to face with holmes that night. >> reporter: youaw blood everywhere? >>eah. yes everywhere. it was on me. was on the ground.
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was in frt of me.itas on people dead. >> reporter: much of the attention turned to dr. lynn fenton, who actually wrotehe unersity's policy on threat assessment. sources san early june she reachehed out t to the same thr assessment team with concerns about holmes' behavior. and abc news learned that fenton contacted a university p police officer going so far to break doctor/patient confidenentialit. >> in a case where thehere is dangnger of imminent hararm to another person there is mandatory reirement the report be made. >> reporter: o on june 10th, lmes announce hed he intended t quit the ph.d. progogram. >> under those circumstances, threat assessment teams would have gone into acts. it is hard to imagine why they wouldn't go into action when they get those kind of reports. >> reporter: the university admits tonight that holmes was still enrolled wn the shooting occurred, but s sources tell us
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that with the perwork for withdrawal unmotion, the university's threat assessment team never had a formal meeeeti and never intervened. >> colorado statute says, report tight law forcement, report it in a way that something could be dodone about it they suggest involuntary commitment of the dangerous person, simply reporting it and you know wringing hands and sayg "there is nothi we can do about it because it is no longer a problem for the university of colorado" think, falls short of what the responsibility was. >> reporr: the university of colorado isn't the first school to get into trouble for missing warning signs. jared loughner who shot congngresswoman gabrlllle giffos and 18 others in an arizona parking lot had been aima community college student. loughner hadeveral run ins with faculty members and students. school officials told him to get a mental health evaluation or not return. the student behind the massacre of 32 people at virginia tech authorities after m multiple
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people reported his disturbing behavior. with the families of the wits victims. now in colorado, another set of families, another set of young victims, jansen young told us she is he ing trouble understandg how the n arged with killing her boyfriend was able to go so far without any one stopping him. being the university's problem m it is still a problem they should be involved in. because he was the t entire city of aurora's problem now it is the world's prlem. all i think about how much i miss him. i miss him so much. i wouould give anything just ha one more day with him, you know? even jt an hour. >> reporter: for "nightline," i am mark greenblat in aurora, colorado. >> our thanksor that. and next up, can you really be addicted to food? we follow one woman on a 28-day
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