>> you know, you fear the worst but hope for the best. leon: trapped under a tree for a week. the rescue and recovery. biting crawling bedbugs found network. dangerous defects. >> one mistake on their part and we would be dead tomorrow. leon: could your car be pulled from the roads?

>> now, abc 7 news at 11:00. on your side. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute,which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] leon: up first at 11:00, a 66-year-old veteran vanished and was waged for seven days out -- under a premium. -- a tree limb. richard: larry shaddy was wedginged in there. tim is going to pan over. we are only 20 feet for the nearest roadway. >> in this kind of heat, yeah. richard: it really happened larry shaddy. >> he said he was going to go

for a two-hour walk. i thought it was strange. richard: he decided around 1:00 in the morning to take a walk along the road. >> that was unusual. richard: he somehow fell down an embankment and got stuck. >> there was a gap between the tree and the ground and slid down with so much force he was trapped underneath. richard: 47 days he was trapped -- for seven days he was trapped under the tree 20 feet from the row. >> i thought of his vietnam skills. that is what helped him survive. richard: a passing driver called 911. >> i couldn't imagine being outdoors that long without potable water. >> i'm so thankful we found him

today. richard: i obviously cannot lift up this treatment first responders had to use power tools to get shaddy out of there. he was transferred to a hospital. he was delirious and dehydrated. they expect he will be ok. his house is about a quarter-mile down the road. richard reeve, abc 7 news. leon: incredible. thanks rich. a man is critically hurt after being hit by a pickup trick in leesburg. the truck left the scene. police are looking for a silver or light gold 2007 chevy silverado that has temporary virginia tags. it also has a left rear lower taillight that is out. if you see it, contact leesburg police. a busy intersection shut down after a water main break in

bethesda. that is where chris papst is now come alive with a timeline on repairs. chris: as of right now 25 customers in the bethesda area do not have water. it took crews three hours to turn the water off to stop water from gushing over this road after the pipe burst. you can see the damage to the road from the buckling of the asphalt and the giant sinkhole. it will be sometime before this busy intersection in bethesda will be back opened to traffic. you can see what this looked like after 7:00 when the water main busted. we are at the intersection of huntington parkway and bradley boulevard. you can see how much water is flowing over the road. much of it going to the storm

drain. you can see how badly the road was buckling then under the pressure of the water. we did not know that big sinkhole was here because it was filled with water. thankfully no one tried to drive through this. neighbors have been trying to take a look at this. they said there is not many newsworthy events were exciting things through this area bethesda. one woman has to drive through this to get out of her driveway. >> well, it was a very big mess. very big mess. >> were not going to be able to drive here for a few days. that will make morning traffic interesting. chris: wss this type was installed in 1964, 61 years ago when the man in the white house was named eisenhower. leon: heavy rain and

thunderstorms rolled through this weekend. the big story for the rest of the week will be heat and humidity. steve rudin is here. how hot will it get? steve: it will feel like 100 degrees. earlier this afternoon outside the belfort weather center. it poured. a little bit less in silver spring. thankfully all of that is gone. scanning the skies for doppler radar. a few showers well to the south of us. highs will make it into the lower 90's but that is just the beginning of real heat and humidity. full details coming up in a few minutes. leon: seven is on your side with consumer news. it is being called the biggest smartphone flaw ever discovered. android phones can get infected with a single text message. the problem stems from how the

phone analyzes text messages. google says android can limit a hacker's access to home. a major car maker was mishandling recalls. hundreds of millions of cars are on the road with dangerous recalls. j corp. -- jay korff is live with what you need to know. jayl: this is a massive recall involving many models and makes by fiat-chrysler including the the ram and jeep models. bad axles could cause cars to crash. fiat-chrysler faces a record

fine of up to $500 million for botching 200 past recalls involving more than 1100 vehicles. the list includes the dodge ram 1500 pickup from 2008-2012 along with older model jeep liberty and grand cherokee suv's. >> whether it is a matter of cold mission our own mission the reality is consumers were not protected. jay: the potential problems are horrifying. defective parts that can cause a driver to lose control and crash, axles that law and -- that locke and gas tanks that can explode. he worries for other drivers in the wake of the allegations leveled against fiat-chrysler. >> one mistake on their part and we could be dead tomorrow. jay: in another twist, federal

regulators are requiring fiat-chrysler to actually buy back some 200,000 vehicles if those vehicles have not been properly fixed. fiat-chrysler came out with a statement that in part reads "we have renewed resolve to improve our handling of recalls and reestablish the trust that our customers cherish." jay korff, abc 7 news. leon: seven is on your side to combat insects at the all spec -- the office. chris papst explains how our call prompted action. chris: bedbugs are tiny insects often missed by the human eye. that was not the case for employees inside this novant health building. recently they have seen several of them. seven on your side received a call from someone who works in

the building. they said the building has been infested with bill works -- with bedbugs. they say management know about the problem but was not doing anything about it. these pictures are from an employee who says she was bitten by the bedbugs which were crawling around her cubicle. shortly after we got this picture seven on your side reached out to health care giant. that was around noon. one hour later the building was evacuated, employees were sent home, and exterminators were called. we also received is st atement from inova. the affected areas will be treated on tuesday. employees are expected to be back to work on wednesday at inova said throughout the process, no patients had been affected. chris papst, abc 7 news.

leon: new developments after a deadly stabbing in a church. kim's mother says her son has a history of mental illness. >> what he did, -- i have not accepted in my heart what he did yet. leon: the victims have not been identified. the husband was killed and we are told the wife is in serious but stable condition. still ahead on abc 7 news at 11:00, a magazine cover shines on accusations against bill cosby. the disturbing discovery that has

leon: 35 women are on the latest edition of "new york" magazine cover. they say they were each sexually abused by bill cosby. cosby has never been criminally charged.

documents reveal that caused the previously admitted to giving sedatives to women he wanted to have sex with in 2005. his lawyers appealing for the release of the documents. bobbi-kristina brown died yesterday after she was found unresponsive in a bathtub. it could take weeks to find the cause of death. john houser's notebook was found in a hotel room, including a ridiculous plan and why he chose the 16 in lafayette. funerals were held today.

seven is on your side in health matters and an alert on a popular herb. the fda has put a by an -- put a ban on some mexican cilantro after feces and 20 paper were found in fields. the boy scouts of america is ending a blanket ban on gay leaders. a board voted unanimously to lift it. this follows a unanimous vote earlier this month. individual unions can still set policy on whether gay members can eat scouts. consistently ranked -- can lead scouts. governor cuomo announced a $4 billion plan to renew the airport.

delta airlines, laguardia's biggest provider, will foot some of the cost to rebuild the airport. the 2024 olympics will not be held in boston. the u.s. olympic committee cut ties with the city. boston's bid to host the games was marred by public opposition and issues of taxes. the u.s. olympic committee has not decided whether they will submit another bid. it will not be here and it will not be boston. >> i was pretty bummed out about that. i thought boston had a good chance. it was hot and humid today. thunderstorms moved through. some of you saw some rain. some saw nothing at all. if you like hot and humid, we have a lot more on the way. tomorrow was -- today was day 29

of 90 or better at reagan international airport and we will continue that trend through the workweek. the heat index. you makes it feel closer to 90 degrees. it was 90 earlier today at the airport. tomorrow will make it a number 30 at 90 or better. 88 is the average for the day and 100 for the record in 1940. most of you will stay in the lower to middle 70's for the overnight hours but early tomorrow morning you may drop into the upper 60's, especially north and west of d.c. dew point levels are uncomfortable. showers and storms we had in the early evening hours are gone. our skies are beginning to clear a little bit and we may see a little patchy fog come early tomorrow morning. nothing that will bring us travel delays. nighttime lows will be 69-76 degrees.

this is our futurecast. waking up tomorrow morning partly to mostly cloudy skies. you will want to grab some sunglasses because we will have breaks in the clouds. we will see a few scattered showers. maybe you will hear a rumble of thunder, but not looking for anything to become severe. heavy downpours are unlikely. we will look for heat and humidity to build. come thursday we will see daytime highs in the middle to upper 90's with he index i use of 100-105 degrees and i am sure we will see a few heat advisories across the metro area. isolated storms in the afternoon hours. winds will be out of the southeast at 5-10 miles per hour. take a look at the extended. 94 on thursday. keep in mind these are the air temperatures. heat index values will likely be around 100 degrees, if not hotter than that.

a good time to head to the beach this weekend. temperatures in the middle 80's for ocean city. water temperature around 75 degrees. leon: did the nasca less anything to feel good about? >> they are off today but the nets are coming back. they welcome back some much-needed pop in their lineup. it is about that time. training camp and after that important season for robert griffin iii.

>> and now the toyota sports desk brought to you by your local toyota dealers. >> the nats need some more pop in their lineup and it might be coming as soon as tomorrow. jayson werth is expected to join the team for their series opener in miami after a two and half months trip on the dl with fractures in both his left wrist. the nationals were in the running to bring back tyler

clippard home from the oakland a's, but clippard late today was traded to the mats. the nationals are still looking for reliever help before friday's trade deadline. nick markakis back in baltimore for the first time as a member of the braves. the former oriole had to watches former teammate matt wieters in the bottom of the 11. boom. my goodness. the walkoff homer. o's win a good one. let's make some things perfectly clear. robert griffin iii is not the reason why the team has only won seven games in the last two seasons. number 2 -- number one does not really matter. number 10 will be on a very short leash. he will be attending a taps

event which means tragedy assistance program for survivors. their mission is to help military veterans who have lost loved ones who have battled and serve. robert: i think will be as good as we want to be. i feel like the south side doesn't believe in us or accept anything from us, and that is fine. we have to prove it every day. there is no one when that proves success. leo: you've got that right. arena football. the lake is. type -- l.a. kiss. watch this. tyrone gourd with the catch of the day. the special olympics in los angeles. wonderful moment for karen dickerson of falls church, los angeles. she competed in the 10,000 meter race and finished second.

she won the gold medal last year in this event but this time took hold the silver medal. congratulations to karen. the kastle beat the dream 19-17. it is often the playoffs. leon: here is some action in florida. lost treasure at the bottom of the ocean. gold found.

leon: a man found alive after being trapped under a tree for one week. that's the top trending story on wjla.com. fiat-chrysler forced to buy back vehicles after mishandling recalls. a lingering chance for showers in the area. more at wjla.com. a family of treasure hunters is a whole lot richer tonight. the schmidt family found dozens of gold coins. they were diving off the florida coast. there hall is about -- their haul is about $1 million. previous trips to that shipwreck

area found other artifacts, but no gold. the money is split between the schmidt's and the company that hired them.

leon: bring the heat. steve: another hot one tomorrow and we have were on the way. lower 90's tomorrow. maybe a stray storm. it will be hot until wednesday and thursday. heat index. use close to 100-105. we will cool things down if you want to call it. friday is 90 degrees. lower

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