now,r: developing right the mayor says she has a new plan to combat the recent rise in violence in the district. sam sweeney is live in southeast d.c. with the changes she wants to make. sam: we're standing here at

malcolm x. elementary school in the seventh district police area, and are has been a surge in violence over the last couple of months. there have been 37 murders near this school in this ward in this district since january, a 95% increase, and that's why the to makeose to come here the announcement, but her speech got interrupted by black lives .atter activist she was about to lay out the plan of what her speech was going to be or what her plan was andg to be to reduce crime violence across the city, but it quickly escalated because the first point was that she was going to increase police officers on the street, and as soon as she said that, the protesters went berserk. they started screaming that they don't want more police, they want her to create more jobs, which is also part of her plan, but they did not give her time to finish, and things quickly

escalated. over 100 people started screaming and shouting at the mayor. let's listen to what they had to say and what that was like. mayor: devoting more than $1 million to police in overtime. now, i'm going to talk about our plan and also talk about what we can do with the community. sam: that's how the rest of this press conference went. it was standing room only here, but you heard the crowd but the mayor stated on script. she did not lose focus and did not respond to those who were .rotesting in the crowd her security people came out and tried to move people to the side, but they really did not squash the protesters. nobody could hear what the mayor was saying, but it hurt land, she laid out or security. on wants security cameras

businesses in people's homes. as far as metro goes and public parks, she wants anybody who commits a crime on a train or bus or public arc to receive one maximumlf times the sentence. she also lays out a policy to -- sheople who reoffend has a plan to keep them off the streets. it's a very laid out and long plan. it's available on our website, wjla.com, but again, a big mess here. jeannette: emotions running high there. thanks for the latest on that. now turning to the latest on the on-air airbrush. j observed aion wdb moment of silence after two of their own were shot and killed by a former employee yesterday live on television.

turned the gun on himself a few hours later and died at fairfax hospital. john gonzales has been in roanoke all morning long. he joins us live where colleagues, friends, and family continue to pay tribute to those victims. john: so much sadness. we in seeing tears and hugs all morning long at this new station in roanoke as the staff somehow tries to regroup today. take a look behind me, the aunt the line of media. you see the memorial that continues to get rigor and bigger. we've seen a new fan come by with a new bouquet of flowers or candles or a card. one woman told me off camera she was born and raised here and knows this area like the back of her hand and could not think of anywhere else she would want to today. >> i don't think too many people in our community got much sleep last night. john: residents are coming

together, grieving and warning news family. >> it's very unfortunate that it happened in such a lovely place. >> the staff here overwhelmed, the pain and anguish still very raw, and the memorial at the tv station continues to grow. getting the kids ready for school and seeing this happen was, like, shocking. john: this is where journalist alison parker and her photographer adam or reported to ward-- photographer adam reported to work. today, a number of sheriff deputies are still protecting what is an active crime scene. >> how much more of this can we stand? john: maybe not appropriate today or tomorrow, but the mayor knows the issue of gun control must eventually take center stage. at some point, we got to be able to reconcile the second amendment of the const titian to the horror -- of the

constitution to the horror that we are witnessing. john: a food truck feeding anyone it can and taking donations from everyone for the grieving families. >> the tragedy happened in my community. this is where i was born. . love food, i cook food my first thought is we've got to feed them. john: that mom and pop has raised thousands of dollars, we understand. the news station did hold a moment of silence on the air at x: 45 this morning, 24 hours 6:40 the shots rang out -- five this morning, 24 hours after the shots rang out. it's hard to imagine how people are trying to get any work done inside. thank you so much. we continue to learn more about the shooter. investigators searched his

apartment overnight, concerned about bombs and booby-traps. police say he texted with a round right after the murders his angry manifesto. his anger had apparently been building since being fired two years ago from wdbj. the station cited aggressive body language when dealing with coworkers. boss at another station suggested he was a problem employee but that no one thought him capable of this. >> it was shock. the hair on the back of my neck went up. i did not see that on his personality certainly. jeannette: stay with abc 7 news as we learn more about what led up to that for a thick shooting and as we continue to commemorate the lives of these two young journalist. we will keep you updated on the air and around-the-clock at wjla.com. a teenager is behind bars for a murder last week in prince george's county.

say gerrit -- jarrett shot mcrae, who died at the hospital. investigators believe it stand from an ongoing dispute between the teens. right now, a search is under way for a missing 16-year-old roy -- boy. the coast guard brought in its .earch helicopters a fairfax fire and rescue representative says the teen was fishing with a group of people when they believe he went into the water. also happening now, investigators trying to find the cause of an overnight apartment fire in landover hills. of aoke out in a stairwell building on 60th place. firefighters put out the flames and rescue three people. in fire displaced two people

two apartments. president obama is on his way to new orleans to mark the anniversary of hurricane katrina. me -- willnt mill meet with residents who are continuing to rebuild their lives and communities. and tropical storm erika is headed toward florida. brian van de graaff is tracking the storm. brian: we're tracking this closely. we had danny last week, our first major of the year and really lost steam. erica is anticipated to get near hurricane strength. let's talk about what's happening right now. lessere islands of the antilles, win 50 miles an hour, so not quite that 74, with gusts of 63. moving to the west at 14, and although these caribbean islands are small, as it crosses the islands, the mountaintops to help rob it of some of its

energy. with that said, as it continues its track westward, it will head over warmer water, especially as it encounters the gulf stream, and that could give it enough edge to boost it to possibly a category one storm. by sunday night and monday, it's getting us close to southeastern florida, and landfall could ride along the coast. even into charleston, keeping an eye, other weather factors could come and play, but this is coming verclose to the southeastern united states. will be watching this. watches could go from portions of the southeastern coast of the united states. we get updates about every six hours, and the newest one coming up at 2:00 p.m. this afternoon. low humidity is just spectacular out there. feels great, looks great. get out and soak it all up. not much happening across the region.

tonight,e heading out the nationals have a game at home, about 80 degrees for the first pitch. heat and humidity to return. with talk about that and our next chance of rain coming up in the full forecast. jeannette: i know a lot of people are enjoying that weather. zookeepers are keeping a close watch on the surviving panda called after the smaller of the died yesterday. veterinarians spent hours trying to save the four-day old cub with no luck. the zoo says the cubs struggled more than its sibling. is rare for pandas to have twins in captivity and even rarer still for both to survive. jamie sullivan joins us with a look at traffic. jamie: it's not a terrible ride this afternoon. you may have a couple of slow

spots because of construction. first, we start off with debris. this is 50 eastbound, working your way past lux berkley road and enterprise road, enough stress that we did have everything moved to the side. prince george's county not to bad. moving a little bit further closer to virginia. ontty easy ride right now 395. 66 in great shape. right now, you see that solid yellow line. it will take about 17 minutes getting closer to spout run. we do have construction in place in two spots. the bridge.xit on the road work has been in place for quite a wild. a little bit closer towards reagan and a live look getting into d.c., not a terrible ride heading and bound to new york avenue. thanks so much.

coming up, a high-profile rape trial coming to an end. what is expected a closing arguments and what the defendant really happen. and a new front runner who is not even in the race. a new pollresult in for the race for president.

.eannette: welcome back take a look at this on your tv screen. crews are working to stop a ire hydrant in hollywood. the l.a. fire departments as water from the sheer hydrant is coming into contact with high-voltage power lines. massive geyser is completely flooding up the street, even a nearby car. no word on what red to this. so far, though, or gently, no

one has been hurt. posing arguments are under way in the prep school rape trial in new hampshire. the 19-year-old defendant took the stand yesterday, insisting he is innocent. reporter: this morning, the jury hearing about the humiliating rumor mill that began after an encounter between a then 15-year-old girl and a senior at new hampshire's christie just saint paul prep school. the girl insisting it was rape. 19-year-old owen labrie saying it was not. he liked the now 16-year-old accuser who listened to his testimony from the front row, at one point leaving the courtroom upset. during his testimony, he showed jurors how she raised her arms to help him remove his -- her

sweatshirt. she triedey asking if to stop him. >> did she say anything? did she do anything? labrie: no, she did not. i thought to myself maybe we should not do this. it had not been my intention going into the night to have sex. later, prosecutors reminded him he told his friends he did have sex with the girl, part of 119 facebook messages he deleted . during closing arguments, the defense attorney said the press pool failed the children by tolerating a senior solo tradition in which older students hook up with younger ones. the girlestified agreed to meet him as part of that tradition. jurors began deliberating as early as this afternoon. the 2016 is, hillary

clinton is switching up her strategy in the race for the white house. clinton remains the democratic front runner with about 45% of the votes from registered democrats, but she continues to slip in the polls. clinton campaign in iowa on wednesday. she joked about donald trump but took a more serious tone about her e-mail controversy. .linton: i'm confident latest polls show hillary with a slight lead over donald trump, who remains gop front runner with about 28%, but vice president joe biden pulls the highest candidate of either soty if he enters the race, looking pretty good for him, i guess. not even in the race and it's already looking good. the weather is also looking good.

brian: the week it is a little hotter, a little stickier. let's take a look back to earlier this morning. watch as our weatherbug cam comes to life as the sun was rising out there. lots of blue skies. we do have a few scattered clouds out there, but mostly sunny, describing the scene across the area. maybe if you are not home maybe you are thinking about heading to the beach this weekend. folks working the boards and the umbrellas at the beach. looking nice. a lot of 70's. october.ce for client code coming in i-77. 76 entries. annapolis coming in this hour at 74 degrees, across the area feeling pretty nice. littlekend does show a bit more heat and a little bit more humidity. cannot rule out a mountains dorm

or two possible. mainly sunday and mainly once again west, so metro east looking pretty good. a little more heat, a little more muggy this, and closer to 90, but still, a pretty stellar looking weekend. you can see that dividing line, clouds through the middle peninsula and across the eastern shore, we are pretty much in control of high pressure, and that keeps our weather and he pleasant. not looking bad for us locally. see this pattern being our set up for the next few days, so the weather is going to stay pretty pleasant. once he high was up the coast, wind becomes more southerly, bringing in a little more heat and a little more muddiness. through the afternoon, mainly sunny, company, gorgeous or any outdoor activities. maybe dinner outside tonight. back patio,n your looking pretty good. 60's downtown. 50's in the suburbs. equally pleasant, plenty of sunshine. not too shabby.

looking beyond your seven-day outlook, there's a little bit more of that heat trickling in for saturday and sunday. maybe another little chance again come monday. notice next week, after this beautiful stretch, we are in store for several days in a row of 90-degree weather, so the heat is not quite done. enjoy the nice weather. jeannette: you'll appreciate it when the winter comes. we complain about the humidity, and when the winter comes, it's like, "we'll take humidity and hot weather." coming up, making you think twice about just how many kids you really want, and could this be the perfect car? the surprising new rating for be the perfect car? the surprising new rating for co wow. this thank you .ectacular. we worweked with a designer from havertys for a complete refresh. you must be happy to get out of that tiny house? yeah you know when we realized how great the furniture could be, we knew we wanted more space. how much more space? we went from a hundred square feet to... three thousand! (whispers) three thousand! we still have the original structure.

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brian is back with how long this gorgeous weather will stick around. that'

jeannette: and here's one last look at your forecast with brian van de graaff. brian: the heat and humidity return. jeannette: enjoy it while it lasts. have a good day.

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