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devon: the temperatures going up, the humidity going up a little bit. if you want to cool off at the pool, get in the ocean, the eastern shore is a little chilly. tuesday next week, that is when the heat and humidity will be something that you notice, along with often on storm chances. kellye: nice evening
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[captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] kellye: protesters filled the streets in cleveland after a judge acquitted a police officer in a deadly shooting following a high-speed chase, but the case
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and its impact are far from over. reporter: professors took through the streets of cleveland saturday evening, but they were peaceful and relatively few. this was the angry reaction earlier when the police officer went on trial by a judge instead of a jury was acquitted. the officer's charge in the shooting deaths of timothy russell and melissa williams killed in a hail of 137 police bullets in 2012 after a high-speed car chase involving more than 100 officers. the police said they thought they were under fire a both victims were not armed. brelow jumped on the hood of their car and fired 15 shots point blank through their windshield. the judge believed him. judge: it was a constitutionally reasonable response. reporter: the officer cried when he heard the verdict.
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relatives of the dead are outraged. >> they did not deserve to die for fleeing and eluding. reporter: cleveland's mayor warned sternly against unrest. >> actions against officers and citizens cannot and will not be tolerated. reporter: the officer remains on unpaid suspension. kellye: the department of justice will review the case. district officials are looking at a response to a federal judge ruling that declared the city's handgun law unconstitutional. sam ford looks at what this means for people wanting a concealed gun permit. sam: a visiting judge to d.c. federal court has struck down the city's efforts to control guns. first thing that concealed carry is legal, now that d.c.'s requirement that police decide who gets to carry a gun is illegal.
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the judge from new york said that impinge and saw the plaintiff second amendment right to bear arms, saying that the city is enjoined from enforcing the requirements. >> to say that now you don't even have to have a good reason for a concealed apon i think it's hard for me to swallow. sam: but it's the law, and chief cathy lanier said that she will obey. chief lanier: we will not be issuing any denials because of the injunction. i will tell you, the vast majority of people applying for permits in the district are not d.c. residence. sam: but among d.c. residence today -- >> i think people should be allowed to have them to protect themselves. >> you should be able to carry a concealed weapon, as long as you are using it to protect yourself. sam: the attorney general says he is still reviewing the judge's ruling, but the city's law he believes is constitutional. suggesting the city will be
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appealing. sam ford, abc 7 news. kellye: food trucks in virginia will soon be able to go where they have never gone before. jeff goldberg shows us why. jeff: over the past several years, they have popped up everywhere, but food trucks are more than just a place to get lunch. >> street vending is the fabric of the american economy. jeff: he is the executive director of the dmv food truck association enjoined terry mcauliffe and others to sign a house bill, 2042. >> today is a landmark event. jeff: the bill will trucks to operate on state maintained roads. until now, food trucks and other mobile vendors could only legally operate on private property and roadways, leading
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to fines and disputes among those who broke the rules. >> now that any of these trucks can go anywhere they want in the commonwealth of virginia. jjeff: many food trucks have turned their success into brick-and-mortar restaurants and many restaurants have gone to food trucks. each truck, according to vendor s, can create up to four full-time jobs. >> the economy grows. the jobs matter to those families. jeff: jeff goldberg, abc 7 news. kellye: the law does not mean that food trucks will be able to set up shop anywhere. vdot is developing regulations on where they can be. any attempt to move the practice from baltimore would require a change in state law. an official with the american jockey club floated the idea of moving the race from look 02 laurel park.
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under a 1997 law, the preakness can only be moved to another track in case of disaster or emergency. american pharaoh won the 140th running of the preakness last weekend. a supreme court ruling will cost the state government millions. rebecca cooper explains why the justices struck down part of the state's tax code. rebecca: the dollar cost to the state will be high, even though most taxpayers will not be impacted. if you live in this region and live in one state and work in another, maryland, virginia, west virginia, d.c., and delaware all have agreements do not double tax earners who live in nearby states. but somebody like jacob will save money. a maryland resident, he often take short-term jobs in other states beyond this region. >> i've worked in california at a ski resort, in alaska, boise, idaho.
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rebecca: he is conflicted by the ruling. >> it benefits me, so i'm happy about that, but i also want to give back to the community, the school system needs taxes to do that. rebecca: jeffrey katz is a tax attorney in bethesda. >> montgomery county in howard county, if you look at the aggregate state its $260 million. rebecca: robert oversees transportation, infrastructure and the environment. those are just some of the budgets that could take a big hit. >> we have had a lot of pressure on the school system. many of us have tried to figure out how to provide more resources. everything that we want to provide more resources to will be harder to do. rebecca: abc 7 news. rebecca cooper abc 7 news. , kellye: coming up virginia may rely less on private financing as it embarks on a
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plan to widen part of i-66. and after decades of promises flying cars may be here sooner than you think. devon: paging george jetson devon lucie with you, tracking higher heat, humidity. the forecast coming up.
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kellye: a new twist in the plan to widen i-66 could put hundreds
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of millions into the tax coffers , provided the taxpayers pay to widen the highway. stephen tschida has the details. stephen: the transportation secretary believes it makes the most sense if the state picks up the tab for widening i-66 outside of the beltway. the plan is to widen i-66 outside of the beltway. the project expected to cost more than $2 billion. if virginia covers the tab, it could save a billion dollars on the roads. if the state handles financing and construction of the expansion to i-66 instead of the private sector, it will generate some $500 million of total revenue over four decades. the state will have to kick in money to the private sector. >> i can see people paying the toll. stephen: the proposal to cover
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the cost of widening i-66 came about after a study of financing options. some homeowners, especially those who houses could go way to make way, think the project should be dropped. >> it just moves the chokepoints. it is not take care of the problems with traffic. the people in haymarket cannot afford $10,000 and tolls. stephen: the virginia transportation secretary said that a decision will be made on whether to widen i-66 sometime this summer. stephen tschida, abc 7 news. kellye: nissan hopes to have vehicles equipped with self driving technology in the next five years. the company's ceo said that regulators will have the final say on whether car owners can use that technology. the ceo said the goal is to improve the driving experience not replace the driver. he said that nissan has no plans to build a driverless vehicle yet.
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if you do not want to wait until 2020, four companies are waiting on flying cars. two companies already accepting deposits. they hope to begin production in 2017. the vehicles have to pass rigorous testing to prove they are fit to ride and fly. ahead, now that mosquito season is here, the positives and negatives of different options for keeping them away.
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kellye: storm chasers recorded this large tornado about 30 miles south of the local home a today -- 30 miles south of oklahoma today. there were no reports of serious injuries or deaths. devon: very good news. they cannot catch a break in oklahoma. this is the peak with flash flooding. right now tulsa, a very rare flash flood emergency for the city, very high water. they have the extreme drought, and all of that water is causing potential problems. flash flooding is more deadly than tornadoes year over year. the high heat and humidity, no severe weather to speak up for us.
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highs, 75, 80's to the west. we are falling back quickly, 70's to the west, midsouth low 70's. beach plans the entire mid-atlantic all the way to weightlifting city and hatteras. the northern beaches, mid to upper 70's, near 80 degrees memorial day. sunday, monday, outer banks, these are the real-time water temperatures. 59 atlantic city, mid 60's ocean city. hatteras and further south, the water temperatures in the 80 degree range. anything mid-seventies to 80's is doable, 60's is cold. plenty of sunshine mild air in place. eventually we are going to heat up. the humidity is back, the air is so awfully dry, and up a little
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sunday, a little more on memorial day. it will not be oppressive. going into sunday, 52 the low temperature coming in. sunday afternoon, warming up. rolling thunder tomorrow, the temperature right about 80 degrees 11:00, noon, going from the pentagon parking lot to the memorial bridge downtown, 84 degrees in the afternoon. towards memorial day, a few more clouds. the temperatures hot in some cases. 90 degrees is hot this time of year. the humidity is up a little more as well. tuesday and the rest of the week, that is where you will notice the higher humidity. the storm chances arrive in the way of storms from the west tuesday, developing. the likeliest days are wednesday
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and thursday. maybe into all the way next weekend. this will be a long time whether to get a weather feature for another cold front comes through. kellye: coming up -- the largest auto recall in history.
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♪ ♪ kellye: it's getting to be that time of year, a new study the
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region third on the list for most mosquitoes. 7 on your side consumer investigator kimberly suiters asked the question, to spray or not to spray. kimberly: all it takes is one bite. the calls pour in. >> the garlic smells like a pizzeria. kimberly: he is spraying, more customers are asking for natural sprays, like this garlic-based product. >> it's not as effective, but it reduces the amount of mosquitoes. it will knock down a mosquito if it hits it. but it only acts as a republic. kimberly: entomologists question the effectiveness of spraying your yard at all. >> 30 feet back into the woods rock creek park, we will be breeding hundreds or thousands of mosquitoes that can reinvent invade. the mosquitoes don't know boundaries.
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kimberly: he recommends mosquito-proof clothing, individual sprays, and eliminated their favorite breeding grounds. >> unclog your gutters, empty the birdbath twice a week. kimberly: sanchez respectfully rejects that advice is impractical. >> i don't want to say they are wrong, but it's not entirely possible. you cannot walk outside from your car to the front door without being eaten alive. kimberly: kimberly suiters, abc 7 news. kellye: it is the largest auto recall an american industry. takata recalled nearly 34 million defective airbags. the year backs can rupture in a crash, spring people with shrapnel. the full to your backs are to blame for six deaths worldwide. >> based on data from takata's defect filings, they were double
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the number of affected vehicles in the united states. kellye: they are working with car companies to replace your backs free of charge. 11 carmaker's will announce next week which are being added.
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