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good morning, america. breaking overnight, airline outrage. passengers stranded. their plane forced to land in a remote spot in canada. >> here we are, walking on a trail somewhere in canada. >> their overnight stay in an unheated military barracks. so, why did the crew stay in a hotel? >> i don't think i'm ever going to fly united again. >> the response from the airline this morning. new insight this morning into the attack in dallas, the standoff that ended in flames. a gunman's wild rampage. bullets flying at the police headquarters. the officers just inches from death. this morning, what the gunman's own father is saying. and an abc news exclusive.
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naacp leader rachel dolezal's adopted brothers speaking out. >> she told me to make sure that no one found out where she was actually from. >> now, dolezal's getting ready to publicly answer the questions everyone is asking. and ready to rebound? can lebron james bounce back after spilling blood in that crushing cavs' defeat in game four? we're live on the warriors home turf as we head into tonight's high-stakes matchup. >> good morning, america. >> get ready for game five. good morning, happy sunday, everybody. also, coming up this morning we got some new information about this woman at the center of that brazen escape from that maximum-security prison in new york. >> joyce mitchell was allegedly planning to pick them up in the getaway car.
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and run away with the two convicted murderers. this morning, where the inmates could be as the search enters its ninth day. >> that story is coming up. but we're going to start here with a true travel nightmare, airline passengers on their way from chicago to london, marooned in rural canada. look at this shot of the passengers lining up for bed assignments in an unheated military barracks. >> apparently there was no room at the inn. the crew looking fresh from a night at a hotel while their passengers were roughing it, everyone then flew to newark airport, which is where we find abc's mary bruce. good morning, mary. >> reporter: good morning, paula. this experience redefines a travel nightmare. passengers abandoned at military barracks. outraged this morning after being forced to endure a long cold night. overnight, hundreds of airline passengers furious after spending over 22 hours at an air force base in a remote region in canada.
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>> okay, so, here we are, walking on a trail somewhere in canada. >> reporter: united airlines flight 958 taking off from chicago o'hare at 5:25 p.m. saturday evening. header for london. then the plane faces a maintenance issue. and forced to turn back. landing in goose bay, canada. passengers stayed in military barracks with no heat and just a few blankets, while the plane's crew was taken to a nearby hotel. united telling abc news in a statement, hotel space was not available, so we accommodated our customers at a local military base. >> we have spent the last day and a half in a really dramatic manner. >> reporter: this morning the passengers are finally back in the air, boarding a new plane headed to newark, where they will get on a flight to london. now, that flight is expected to
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finally land a little before 2:30 p.m. london time, over 30 hours taking off from chicago. paula. >> boy, will they be relieved to arrive in london. mary, thank you. we turn now to a brazen attack on dallas police headquarters. a crazed gunman fired on officers from inside an armored van. now, he was killed during the standoff. this morning we're learning more about what set him off. abc's ryan owens has the latest from the scene. good morning, ryan. >> reporter: good morning to you, paula. need more evidence of the violence of this attack? look no further than right behind me. this is the front door of the dallas police headquarters. the windows have been shot out. all boarded up this morning as we learn more about the man responsible for it all. new details this morning about an all-out assault against a major american police department dallas police under attack. >> we believe that this suspect
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meant to kill officers. >> reporter: family members identify him as james boulware. his father telling abc news, the 35-year-old blamed police after losing custody of his young son. >> was he a perfect son? no. none of us are. but, did he deserve to lose his son? no. >> reporter: boulware's rampage started at 12:30 saturday morning with that barrage of bullets outside police headquarters. then leading police on the chase before stopping at jack in the box restaurant less than 20 miles away. at 4:30 a.m. a bomb robot picking up a suspicious package at the police headquarters, it was filled with pipe bombs. a half-hour later, snipers firing through, killing the suspect. finally afternoon on saturday, that armored van gutted by a ball of flames.
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all while investigators try to figure out where he bought an armored vehicle. complete with gun ports. and whether it may have once belonged to a sheriff's department in south carolina. abc news also spoke to the gunman's mother, she, too, is relieved her son didn't kill any police officers. she calls her son's death, suicide by cop. >> those pictures of those van extraordinary. ryan, thank you. we want to move on now to the new information about joyce mitchell, the woman who has allegedly admitted to police that she helped those two prisoners escape in upstate new york. what was moting her as we enter day nine of the manhunt. here's abc's phillip mena. >> reporter: this morning, for the first time, investigators revealing what prison worker joyce mitchell discussed with
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detectives during those days of interviews. before her arrest friday night. the district attorney telling abc news she says she planned to meet the escaped inmates at the powerhouse near the prison the night of their escape. where she was headed. she was only told it was a wooded area seven hours away. wylie also revealing that matt and sweat were rehearsing their escape for five weeks. now, abc news has learned that one or both of escapees had a cell phone in prison. police say that mitchem has been cooperative since the day of the escape, talking with investigators throughout the week. >> law enforcement was trying to get as much information as possible from her, because once she's charged, she'll hire a lawyer and she won't speak any further. >> reporter: miles surrounding the prison, known as little siberia, armed prison guards and
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state police, along with search dogs, still looking where the escaped killers might be. at the canadian border cars normally only checked leaving canada, now being checked leaving the united states, while these killers are on still on the run. >> if they haven't escaped the area i would advise and remind the community and the residents that that makes these criminals even more dangerous and desperate. >> this morning, joyce mitchell is sitting in a jail cell. this time tomorrow she'll be on her way back to court. >> all right, phillip, thank you. and the race to the white house is heating up this weekend. democratic front-runner hillary clinton relaunching her campaign and republican jeb bush is set to launch his tomorrow. here's cecilia vega on the campaign trail in des moines, iowa. >> reporter: hillary clinton
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2.0. a presidential campaign kickoff part two, clinton's first rally since launching her 2016 run drawing thousands. >> i may not be the youngest candidate in this race but i will be the youngest woman president e united states1 >> reporter: husband bill and daughter chelsea right there with her. as clinton made the case for why she's running for a second time. the election still 512 days out. heating up with former >> great to be back in iowa. >> reporter: republican governor jeb bush releasing this ad just ahead of his expected announcement on monday. democratic challenger, vermont senator bernie sanders drawing big crowds of his own. >> they want some real change in terms of economics. >> reporter: and overnight, clinton hitting the campaign trail, too. one of america's most well-known politicians, now trying to reintroduce her again to voters.
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>> welcome to suxioux city, iowa. >> i want to work with you to build an economy that works for everyone. >> reporter: and from iowa, clinton heads to a number of early voting states. dan, we talked a lot about how she's been criticized for being light on policies, this first major stump speech surprised a lot of people by how heavy it was policies. more to come in the coming weeks. >> cecilia vega on the campaign trail, thank you. for more on this let's bring in george stephanopoulos. good morning. in the past, hillary clinton has not wanted to be seen as a class warrior, but in this speech, she really went for it. she criticized income enequality in this country, hedge fund managers, is this a winning strategy for her?
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>> there's a lot of populous energy in that speech. our latest poll shows why she's doing it. a majority of americans believe inequality is a real problem. special energy on the democratic side. bernie sanders putting up a strong challenge. hillary clinton knows if she's going to get the nomination, she has a big lead right now, she has to hold on to that populous energy. >> people have pointed out that she's in a tricky situation, criticizing the rich while she's rich. >> definitely part of the 1%. >> yes, a fine line to walk right there. george will have much more later on "this week." he'll go one-on-one with governor chris christie. that's later this morning right here on abc. thanks, again, george. we want to turn to ron with the top stories including gun shots at a wedding. good morning, everyone. we begin right here in new york city, with chaos erupting at a wedding reception,
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at the famed wahl dorfes a tore ya hotel when a guest's gun accidentally fired. while the wedding guests were taking pictures near a hotel lobby. none of the injuries is considered life-threatening. and on to kentucky, a deadly police encounter caught on surveillance camera. an officer approaches a man, witnesses say the man was drunk in the video you're going to see here in a moment, you see him stumbling away, he then comes back a short time later, swinging a metal flagpole. right there. the officer then fired two rounds, killing that man. the shooting is now under investigation. the police officer placed on administrative leave. and in cleveland, a new report into the deadly police shooting of 12-year-old tamir rice. several police officers saying that the police officer told them that he had warned tamir, but the boy reached for a
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weapon, and then he shot him. investigators say it's unclear whether the officer issued commands from inside the car. a report will be given to a grand jury. and a big homecoming for nfl star adrian peterson in texas on saturday. after holding a camp for kids, at his alma mater, peterson spent time with fans. he was suspended most of last season. after striking his 4-year-old son with a switch. and finally, there are flips and then there are monster flips. check this out. watch. as 11-time tom meents, he's making history there. >> was that deliberate? >> first-ever front flip. you didn't know this of a monster truck. watch. he flipped forward once in the air and added an additional roll on the ground before coming to a rest.
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that is history you're seeing being made there. >> stuck the landing. >> that's history. just as important as crossing the delaware. >> i have a little bit of history for you. >> do you? >> a record number of you have tuned into nba finals. the series games apiece. now king james, lebron taking a hard fall in game four. trying to bring cleveland its first-ever championship. there's your history, dan. abc's t.j. holmes is in oakland, site of the showdown. hi t.j. >> reporter: speaking of history, i know i know. cavs/warriors, doesn't sound as sexy and historic as lakers/celtics, but we're watching a classic right now. this will go down in history. they have us asking, what will do they next? bloodied and beaten in game four. >> these nba finals are tied up
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at two games apiece. >> reporter: lebron james looking to bounce back sunday night in a crucial game five of the nba finals. the golden state warriors, thursday, taking advantage of the undermanned and exhausted cavaliers to tie the series at two games apiece. the already-hobbled cavaliers had another scare when lebron james took this nasty dive into photographers. >> hit his head right on the cram. >> reporter: they're hoping to reclaim the series lead. >> i think we're going to be ready for game five. >> reporter: but nba mvp and golden state golden boy steph curry seems to have found his groove after a rough start to the series. he knows he'll now have to keep it up. >> i don't know what that signature finals moment will be, but as long as we get four wins that will be signature enough for me. >> reporter: the winner of game five goes on to win the
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championship 71% of the time. and sunday night's game will be played in oracle arena in oakland, where golden state has lost four times all year. >> any of the great ones embrace the hostile environment. i think there's a part of lebron james that reallishes this opportunity. >> reporter: and the fans are clearly loving it. >> here we go, cavs! >> reporter: this year's finals the most-watched ever, averaging more than 18 million viewers each game. so, after tonight, what's the better story line? you have the golden state warriors one win away from having their first championship since 1975 or you have the cleveland cavaliers going back home with a chance to complete the homecoming story and lebron with a chance to close it out in bringing that city's its first championship. >> i'm going to go with the latter. can you imagine if cleveland wins? i'm going with cleveland all the way. remember they stole one in golden state.
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>> there are a lot of lebron haters out there. but you have to cheer for cleveland in a lot of way. beautiful story for that city. it would be great for that city. >> they are starving. t.j., enjoy the game. >> game five of the finals is right here on abc, tip-off is at 8:00. >> i'm rooting for both teams. >> dan -- >> that's because you don't know what sport it is. >> mr. ambiguous. >> i'm going to go with cleveland. and imagine making history just by being born. the busby quintuplets, born in april, they're starting to head home from the hospital. it won't be long before mom and dad will have their hands full caring for their giant family. danielle and adam overjoyed
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their five baby girls are finally coming home. >> so sweet and precious. >> reporter: now, they're sharing this video, showing off parker and hazel's journey home as they wait for their other three sisters to make the trip this week. little parker goes first, bundled up in yellow, she gets a quick nuzzle from mom. little hazel goes soon after. they zoom out of the nursery, through the halls, down the elevator, and for the first time out into the world. >> all you want to do is hold them. stare at them. i want to see if they look alike. >> reporter: dad is waiting with the family car, in the first of what will soon be five car seats. >> all right, we got two. >> reporter: and one happy mama giving us a big wave. >> and a little tip, one of my oldest friends has twins. she marked their big toenail with nail polish to tell them apart. >> you got to do what you got to do.
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>> a little basketball team there. >> did you know that? it only takes five. >> are you criticizing my lack of sports knowledge. is it time to talk weather, rob? >> in his defense, dan is dialed in now that we're in the playoffs. >> yes, he's zeroed in. >> i only counted four babies. one on the roof. >> there were three to go. >> they don't hurt them on the roof rack. that's inlegal. want to take you to new mexico, winds have been blowing, yesterday, a dust storm there, winds blowing 70 miles an hour at times, difficult driving in low visibility. thunderstorms popping not only there but across parts of west texas and across a huge chunk of the u.s. everywhere around that we got thunderstorms. the pocket is south of chicago and east where you have had some rough weather this morning. back through pittsburgh. tomorrow, we expand this threat
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a little bit with gusty winds and some hail, getting almost to the new york city area. want to talk about the tropics, we have hurricane carlos that will scrape the west coast of mexico and then this disturbance in the gulf of mexico later on today. it could develop into something tropical, regardless, it will bring more heavy rain it looks like to the southeast coast of texas. this rain, again, stretching acro
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>> and by the way, fly them if you got them, baby, it's flag day. >> it is? >> one of my favorite holidays. that's for you, ron. >> thank you. >> thanks, rob. all right, coming up on "good morning america" -- an abc news exclusive. the adopted brothers of the naacp leader accused for wrongly claiming she's black. a young girl dies in a zip-line. we'll take a look at the risks. what parents need to know. and the man managing to upstage jennifer lawrence, if you could imagine that. why he's burning up the internet. >> who is that?
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the abc news exclusive, the adopted brothers of rachel dolezal speak out about their sister claiming she was black. keep it right here. on "good morning america." their sister. claiming she was black. keep it right here.
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>> good morning. problems along metro's red line. services suspended between cleveland park in dupont circle due to fire department activity. buses are being sent to help people get around and we will update you when we learn more. another hot day on tap.
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let's get the forecast from dave zahren. >> temperatures around 80 degrees and dew points in the 70's. it feels like 88 at reagan national airport. showers overnight. those are moved offshore. for today, about 90 degrees and tomorrow about 92. find a cool spot and a pool. >> sounds a can good idea. we will be back with another update.
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♪ ♪ ♪ take my hand ♪ take my hand. >> perfect morning music. >> i know. the unforgettable metallica, getting ready for a very special performance. more on where they'll be playing in "pop news." or, you can just ask us to sing it. >> part of "good morning america" summer concert series? >> no. >> that would be morning music. also, coming up, an important story for parents as we head into summer, zip-lines are super popular. but after the death of a camper, we have some vital safety information for you. but first, we have an abc news exclusive. the story of rachel dolezal, the naacp leader lying about being
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black. her parents saying she's white. >> her two adopted brothers are speaking out, offering their take on their sister. abc's kendis gibson is in spokane, washington this morning. >> reporter: i got the tell you, the more we talk with people in this small town of about 200,000, the more we get the sense they feel duped by the head of the local naacp. in the meantime the root of it all, isn't speaking out. this morning, the adopted brothers of spokane's naacp leader rachel dolezal speaking out. >> she took me aside and told me that to make sure that no one found out where she was from. and that she was going to change her identity. >> reporter: uproar, dolezal making national headlines after this interview went viral. >> are your parents -- are they white?
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>> reporter: the civil rights activist accused of lying about her race. marking black on a city of spokane job application. >> she did some good, but she did not go about it in the right way. she was white and she was really privileged growing up. >> reporter: this photo at a rally in january, appearing different from the blonde girl born in montana, seen in these photos released by her parents. her physical transformation started a few years ago. >> it started out with the hair and then she would have, you know, probably a little darker tan and it was very progressive. >> reporter: dolezal e-mailing naacp chapters members over the weekend, saying there are many layers to this situation. her correct on the docket monday when the board meets. her predecessor telling me that
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he had no idea that dolezal might be white. >> it didn't matter with me, really. so, she said, i went by what she said. >> and what did she say? >> she said she was african-american. >> reporter: and everybody believed it. in the meantime, dolezal in that e-mail to many of the members saying that she'll discuss her race tomorrow here in that meeting with board members in spokane. some interesting comments from her adopted brothers. >> absolutely. lot of people looking forward to what she's going to say tomorrow. kendis, thanks for being on the story for us. >> this conversation is not over. and let's go back to ron on a historical attempt at sea. >> an unsuccessful attempt, actually. the florida woman was trying to first female to row solo. she had to be rescued. she encountered rough seas. and sent a distress signal before being rescued off of
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japan. she was not injured, but her mission is now over. guitarist michael clifford of five seconds to summer suffered an injury to his face because of a malfunction of the pyrotechnics in london. clifford is okay, despite there looking like the invisible man, on twitter posting this photo of his bandaged face. >> in georgia, dozens of animals including this rhino escaped from a local zoo, the animals had been roaming the streets and the authorities are warning residents to stay home. and finally, take a look at this, about halfway through the grueling 24 hour of the le mans race in france, this ferrari catching fire. during a refueling attempt. that's during a pit stop there. did driver stayed in, before the fire quickly spreads before finally being persuaded of getting out of the vehicle. the driver was okay. that was $250,000. >> gone like that.
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>> gone like that. hopefully insured. >> hopefully insured. weather time? >> yes. >> let's do it. big buzz around the table because it's flag day, here's a shot for you of the washington monument, just south of the white house. on this day, 1777, congress said we like the red, white and blue. couple of stars on there. we're going to make it our flag. old glory, let it fly today. heating up today across parts of the southeast, you got great flag-flying weather here, although it's going to be steamy. right through the rest of the week. temperatures in the 90s. this doesn't include humidity. actually some of these do, the 102 in charleston. some of these heat indexes will be really, really uncomfortable. meanwhile, the moisture is heading up towards the north, we'll see storms firing around the top of that ridge, thunderstorms today rolling
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it's been a staple of summer for years, the zip-line. >> but a young girl's tragic accident is highlighting the importance of the safety in this sport and abc's linzie janis has been getting a firsthand lesson. linzie? >> reporter: good morning, paula and dan. places like this here in new jersey are popping all over the country. with so many families apparently trying to this out we wanted to find out how to do it in the safest way possible. zip-lining adventures are exploding in popularity for families. but one tour ending in tragedy this week. a 12-year-old girl, dead, plummeting two stories, her safety tether reportedly snapping as she zipped through
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the trees at a ymca camp in north carolina. her death, a reminder of the potential dangers. zip-lining instructor telling me how to keep your family safe when you hit the lines this summer. what is your number one tip for zip liners? >> my number one tip is test your equipment. >> reporter: according to a lawsuit filed by tabatha baker, safety equipment was responsible for her fall. the park owner disagreeing, saying the equipment didn't break. >> you want to look for any loose wiring, any loose stitching. >> reporter: in january, a 15-year-old boy scout was killed in arizona when he zipped without a safety break. no charges were filed. >> you want to make sure that nothing is overlooked. because one thing that's overlooked, it could be tragic. >> reporter: and actor hugh
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jackman was injured in 2010 when he zipped in front of a live audience. less than 1% result in accidents. there's still no federal oversight, only 18 states setting specific regulations. all states all require inspections. of stationary amusement parks. when we arrive make sure you ask for an up to date safety sticker. so, paula and dan, i'm ready to do my first zip line. >> go, linzie. >> and she's off. that's very low. you got to give her kudos. i zip-lined once, my heart was up there. >> it's a thrill ride. lot of people love it. >> thank you, linzie, for those important tips. and coming up on "good morning america" -- the new man in jennifer lawrence's life who's getting more buzz than she is, that's straight ahead in
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♪ ♪ it always leads to this. haines-y, what do you got? >> it's hard to upstage a megatalent jennifer lawrence. the buzz lately doesn't have much to do with her but her bodyguard. the internet going crazy over this guy. greg lenz could easily be mistaken as a leading man. and how adorable does he look carrying around her limit puppy. >> and the man purse. >> the puppy will do it. things are purely professional. greg is married. jen has been linked to
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coldplay's chris martin. that bodyguard looks like he would be in a movie called "the bodyguard." >> should we call him kevin costner? >> kevin costner is cute. that guy should have gotten the part. congratulations going out this morning to benedict cumberbatch and his wife sophie hunter, "people" magazine reporting they welcomed their first child.cumberbaby boy. they were expecting in january, two months after their engagement, valentine's day. the queen just named him to her birthday honors list. >> how do you get on that list? >> i was looking up -- i don't really understand how you get that honor at all. >> one step below knighthood. >> you need an accent. >> really? >> sure. >> it might be cool.
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>> don't go for it. and the excitement is building for tonight's nba finals game. fans are in for a treat. the golden state warriors invited hetfield and hammett of metallica to perform the national anthem at their arena. i hope they have a guitar solo. i have no doubt they'll bring down the house again. you can catch game five -- i want to hear that -- is that a riff? -- between the warriors and the cleveland cavaliers, tonight, at 8:00 eastern right here on abc. that will be pretty cool. >> just want the national anthem to go on and on. >> was that a riff? isn't it when -- >> how is that again? i think that's a riff.
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okay, do you remember the game barrel of monkeys? well, i just found something even better, it's a wheelbarrow of baby orangutans. these little guys, in indonesia. they all climb in for their ride to school. it's like a little buss. # that's not a baby. >> gigantic baby. >> at school, guys, they learn skills like climbing to help them survive when they're released back into the wild. apparently much like children, they don't like to walk, the vets find it faster to cart them back and forth. >> dan, don't get any ideas of the wheelbarrow. you can't trade in your stroller for it. >> really? >> no, you can't. >> you can't put your child in a wheelbarrow. we'll be right back.
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and coming up soon, right here on abc, "this week," george will have an exclusive interview with new jersey governor chris christie. george wants to know what questions you have you can tweet him with your suggestions. and we do want to leave you on a metallica note. they're going to be performing the national anthem at the nba finals tonight.
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enter sandman. we want to thank you for watching "good morning america." announcer: and abc 7 news update. melanie: good morning. in the news today, problems along metro's red line. trains are single tracking between cleveland park and dupont circle. metro officials tell us that smoke was detected earlier this morning. they believe it was due to a sparking insulator. we are told fire crews are beginning to clear out of the area now and we will update you when we learn more.
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a maryland family continues their search for a missing 13-year-old girl. she disappeared from school in may. her mother says she suffers mental illness and is supposed to be taking medications. police are asking anyone who may have seen her to come forward. here is your forecast. dave: a steamy sunday morning. this is a live shot in rehobeth. temperature, 77 degrees and they are setting up for a fine day at the beach. temperature at regent -- at reagan national airport, 82 degrees. when you factor in the dew points in the 70's, it feels in the upper 80's in town. one of those days where you want to find a place that is very cool. some showers overnight especially in southern maryland, also portions of northern and central delaware. we could have more storms this afternoon. high temperatures today, 90 degrees.
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could be the fourth 90 degree day in a row. today, 75 for the water. 92 for us tomorrow and for the middle of the week the hottest day, 93 and we cool off. temperatures in the upper 80's. melanie: we look forwardme more heat.
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>> business news from the capital region -- this is "washington business report, with abc 7 n national correspondent rebecca cooper. rebecca: thanks for joining us for a lolook at business and finance and w it affects you. coming up, a sial media phenomenon- feedback on how to use e feedback for better busisiness results, and the roundtable takes on the battle over trarade a big blow to metro, and a mor ceo departure. usually the publicist is the first, person we are dealingng with behind the sces of books, ceos and newsmakers,ut the person g generatating publicity is the publicisist. aliza licht t wanted to be a doctor andnd was on a full academiccholarship to study medici at the university of mary

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