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kellye: if you liked today you will love tomorrow. devon: temperature around 80 in theafter noon for the high temp. rising through the 60's and 70's to get to 80. monday, heat and humidity a full return. evening storm chances likely. some strong, possibly severe. jacqui jeras in tomorrow there are a lot of channels on your tv but only so many you want to wah what if you could pay for the types of channels you want and not the
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finish line. elizabeth: the belmont stakes took off with the fans roaring and rooting for the favorite thoroughbred. american pharoah took the lead early and never looked back, staying ahead of the pack the entire 1 1/2 mile race. >> american pharoah has won the triple crown! elizabeth: and this champion earn his title win the triple crown in 2 minute and 26.56 sends. >> the third time. ry been here twice and i feel like a loser and now i feel like a winner. elizabeth: paying off for victor escobarescobarescobarespinoza and owner bob baffert.
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american pharoah now worth more than $20 million. >> he rode the horse like bob told him. you are sitting on a ferrari. elizabeth: american pharoah now the 12th horse to win the triple crown making history. kellye: a louisiana national gartsman is being denied burial at are linkton national cemetery after dieing in a training zen earlier this year. as susan kennedy reports a woman is making a generous offer to the family. >> he joined in 1957. he was 17 years old. die app's husband sevenned in navy for more than two decades. he died in 200 seasoned a 2000 and is buried at arlington national cemetery. his widow learned of the louisiana national guardsman who
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died in a helicopter crash during a march training mission and was shocked to hear because he was not active duty at the time of the crash he cannot have an in ground burial at arlington as the family wishes. >> i think that it is a place that thomas belongs. reporter: she made a phone call to the staff sergeant's father in king george virginia. >> i have something i would like to talk to you about. reporter: offering something personal to a strange. >> i will will be more than happy to have him buried with tap. >> there is room for another person in the plot. it is where carol had planned to be buried. instead, she wans to with thes to honor a fallen sold career. >> i'm willing to have thomas buried with dan in his section in arlington national cemetery. let's give him a tha let him rest. that is all. just let him rest. reporter: officials tell us while the gesture is a thoughtful one, no one has a burial plot until their time of
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need so it cannot be give top anyone. the staff sergeant's father says he is humbled by the gesture and is continuing to wok other cams tone sure that his -- other channelschannelschannels to be sure his son is buried here. kellye: the family of cecil mills has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the district. he had a heart attack feet from a fire station. when his daughter ran there to get help firefighters told her she would have to call 911. by the time mills got to the hospital it was too late. >> we aer is that the district has engaginged in a historic and long standing pattern and practice of carelessness and a culture of sub standard care and that this pack is practice and custom of directing those who come to the fire station for call 911 rather than actually providing help is so per vase i haveper vasiveit is in fact the policy jot family is seeking $7.7 million. the significance of that number,
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cecil mills was 77 years old when he died. precipitation william county police a-- prince william county police arrested two dozen people in a month long effort to get drugs out of high schools. >> jeff: there is hardly a moment when vicky is not thinking about her son brendan. >> i miss him so much. the laughter and house is so quiet. jeff: brendan wilson was shot and killed last november on this path near the school. five people mostly teenagers were arrested in connection with the murder. authorities say it was related to a marijuana deal and while wilson moore says her son was not a serious player in the drug game -- >> that is not brendan. jeff: she he is pleased police are going after those who are. >> more they take down the better off the community will be. jeff: this week investigate hers wrapped a four month operation called growing pains targeting
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suspects in their late teens early 20's connected to dug dealing in prince william. the death of wren brendan wilson was a catalyst. >> elfamily members sized the -- emphasized the importance of tackling the problem. jeff: they conducted deals leading to the arrests of 21 suspects with police sill searching for five more. >> we are hoe that the arrests -- hoping that the arrests send a message to the youth that it will not be tolerated in the region. jeff: vicky wilson moore hopes they are listening to spare themselves and their families of permanent pain. >> he is gone and nothing is going to bring hill become and that spot in my heart will always be empty. jeff: the man accused of shooting brenden was indicted this april and murder charges. his trial is set for late november. in woodbridge, jeff goldberg,
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abc 7 news. kellye: the die diocese is playoffingmoving toa new 68 acre campus in south riding. the move will take place in 2020. the new facility is expected to co million. the school says right now it has had to cap enrollment because of space limitations. area college students will play a memorable part in pope francis' upcoming visit to washington. they designed the altar he will use for the outdoor mass. they were selected in a contest held by catholic university school of architecture and plan. pope francis will deliver mass from the east steps the ba sill can da of the national is shrine h september. coming up, the 7 on your side i-team gets results. the changes dating website is made after several customers told us they had been let down. devon: enjoy your sunday.
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kellye: 7 on your side exposed a problem with a network of dating sites across the country. customers claimed they had been let down by a costly cupid after spending thousands of dollars to find love. since then the company has made a major change. >> the i-team linked together dozens of web sites that looked
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like this one and after we raised questions about the 100% guarantee that used to be front and center the company changed the language. >> you are looking for more than just someone to go to the movies with. you are looking for a lifetime companion. joc e:60 customers say d.c. singles and dozens of other companies claim they didn't find the love they paid thousands for. instead, they say they were matched up with pole who didn't meet their criteria. now they want refunds because the companies we discovered all listed the same vague promise. >> what wounded warriorwe see, it says 100% guaranteed. what does that mean? >> if you want to say you will get 100% guaranteed eight dates or your money back i'm perfectly happy with that. but give me an idea of what it is that we are talking about.
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joce: 7 on your side got action. the guarantee was quickly dropped. it has been replaced with the words everyone is screened and real. >> i would never use them again and that is hue i reefed out to you because i feel like consumers need to be aware of this company and totally steer clear of it. joce: the company also changed other language on the website since story aired. it used to say they have 25 years experience with dating web sites now it jut says they have an is experienced team. in the newsroom, news channel 8. kellye: do you a problem that 7 on your side should check out for you? let us know. send an e-mail to tips @ wjla.com or call the hotline. coming up on saturday news extra, historic army regiment continues to make history. how the old guard is breaking new ground with its new commander. and devon back
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kellye: more sunshine on the way tomorrow. we'll take it. devon: where has that been all week? kellye: we have been missing it. i have the least. devon: a lot of people have. a lot more on sunday. once the sun is out this time of get the heat to come back quickly. show you this, a great sunday with mild temperatures. near 80 degrees. humidity way down. highs saturday lower to mid 70's.
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85. quickly temperatures on the drop tonight. real time temps already 60's. 50's in some spots. winchester really dry air. weak cold front that kale kim came lieu. more storms eastern shore during saturday. wider view and into the forecast over the next two days, the front went through. a beautiful sunday, lots of sunshine. mild weather. temps rising, 60's, 70's. into monday, southwest winds. sure enough and kick in heat, humidity and interact with a strong cold front monday evening. strong possibly severe storms monday nate. starting off sunday mornion mid up toker 50's. 60 degrees. lots of sunshine. mild just as i described. going to the 60's to the 70's and and the 80. nice for june standards. nationals, game four vs. the cubs hoping to get a split here. seats right center or right field bring a hat or even sunglasses. the setting sun right in your face. be preed for that going going and
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hopefully getting the split. on evening the arrival of storms. near 90. high humidity. strong cold front. possible severe storms. already a minimal risk of is severe storms issued from the national weather service storm prediction center. heat and humidity here to stay. lower to midlow 90's could possibly be coming in. reston town center the tour de cure. i will be out there in the afternoon as the riders coming in. up to 78 by the time those ending. cool start to the morning. a beautiful sunday. likely storms after heat and humidity arrival monday and then after this get to know the heat and humidity. it is june, though. kellye: i will focus on enjoying tomorrow. thank you so much, devon. an army infantry regiment nearly as old as the country itself has a new leader. but the change of command is a first not old guard.
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>> i love that unit. that unit was a kick ass unit. >> she looks like any other soldier but this army captain is breaking a glass ceiling. she is now the first female to be a company commander of the prestigious old guard. >> you want to be self-deprecating thinking i'm in the right place at the right time. ann: she joined the armly because of they. her cousin was working in the world trade center north tower when it was hit. >> she went to work and was sitting at her desk and didn't even have a chance. she was gone like that. i knew i wanted to do something about it. it was personal and i told myself i'll going to do something about it. and that was of the driving force of why i joined.
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ann: bidwell has made personal sacrifices for her career. she and her husband were both deployed to afghanistan while her son was just a newborn. >> we come to work every day and get to bury our nations veterans and our fallen and there is no higher honor. ann: tuesday she took over the ceremonial headquarters unit. a point of pride for her family. >> this is history for all women. and as a family member, we are speechless. >> i have a lot of respect for the old guard and mission that they accomplish and you know, just a great for her and for the unit. ann: captain bidwell will likely be commander for a year. show says she will take say of her soldiers and helps her troops progress.
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faster. >> having another option would be great. mike: by improving or expanding 123 miles of the existing tracks and adding third or fourth tracks, straight ping out curves, trains could trillion up to 90 miles an hour and reduce the travel tile by d.c. and richmond by as much as half an hour. >> this do this in europe quite often. the high speed rail has become an option. mike: proponents say it would improve reliability on the rails and reduce gridlock on i-95. >> we need a multimodal approach. mike: this is just an environmental study of a proposal. if approved and funded the project would takelion many years to complete. >> this rail line was built a long time ago. we need to precipitation it up bring it up -- bring it up to modern standards. mike: the governor views the project as a key can economic driver because it will connect communities up and down the i-95
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