>> i am sorry. she is not going to be there. >> wrestling with grief. the calls for change after two young journalists are murdered. and the new investigation focuses not on the killer, the state police. in a desperate search in maryland. a former inmate on the loose. what police want you to know to and the campaign contract --

once you know. and the campaign trail. linking jeb bush and stephen colbert. 11:00, onc 7 news at your side. >> parts across central virginia across central virginia tonight are broken as people are remembering the two young journalists gunned down during a live broadcast yesterday morning. richard has been in roanoke since the story broke. he has the latest on the tribute to alison parker and adam ward and what we are learning about the killers past. tears were a and big part of the news. >> just grief and sadness. >> the sorrow is setting in. richard: only a day since reporter alison parker and photographer adam ward lost their lives doing what they loved.

>> you hope it was a bad nightmare. richard: there was also talk about vester flanagan, a former reporter, fired in 2014. >> he had a lot of anger, a lot of rage. richard: confrontational behavior that got so bad that, before his firing, they had him enrolled in a program. >> the inability to work with his colleagues. richard: after his firing, no contact. investigators who searched his apartment found evidence of a long-term plan of violence. police found a briefcase containing three license plates, a pistol, nine millimeters ammunition, and a disguise. thatying to forgive someing so violent to people happened. richard: a contrast of balloons and mementos brought to the station. this gives you the sense of how this tragedy has touched so many

lives. especially for the people at the station, how nothing will ever be the same. those employees now wear ribbons in honor of their lost friends. >> from here, i guess we just have to deal with the loss, lean on each other, and keep going. richard: general manager put it "our hearts are broken." >> tonight, the scene where vester flanagan crashed is the scene of a new investigation. virginia police are looking into reports that an officer forced a news crew to delete video footage shot where the search for flanagan ended the j.crew working for -- ended. a crew for the bbc told them the officer told them to delete footage. nationwide, a change to the

country's gun laws is being spearheaded by alison parker's father. >> there has got to be some common sense. >> it is believed that flanagan sent a suicide note expressing admiration for the columbine killers as well as the virginia tech shooter. the issue of gun control is front and center on the presidential campaign trail. the handgun that flanagan used was purchased in virginia. police say it was purchased legally. we have continuing coverage on air and online for you as well. for the latest, you can head over to wjla.com. patient with al dangerous criminal record is on the loose in prince george's county. jay korff is joining us live. police say he escaped during a home visit. he just walked away. jay: that is our general understanding. we are still trying to get to the bottom of this. we put out a question to

maryland corrections officials. we are still waiting to hear back from them. right now, we are at a staging area in riverdale. for hours, we have been following this caravan of maryland state police and prince george's county officials. local, state, and federal officials searching for this man. his name is james alexander noris junior -- norris, jr. years been in trouble for , decades with the law. he pleaded guilty to rape and assault. authorities say, at one point, he was a prison inmate. in 2010, he was guilty for not registering as a sex offender. officials say he is now assigned to a state hospital. this afternoon, he walked away during a court-ordered home visit in nearby hypo.

-- hyattsville. we tracked down authorities and saw them near a walmart searching for him. we followed the caravan and the bloodhound four hours -- for hours. at this point, they have not found noris -- norris. they believe he could be dangerous and if you spot him, you are urged to call 911 immediately. jonathan: thanks. a big day tomorrow for one of d. c.'s smallest new additions, this adorable panda cub. it still needs to get some hair. we will find out whether or not this will fellow is a boy or a girl. the mother gave birth to twins and the smaller cub died yesterday. the surviving cub is in very good physical health. if you are away from your tv, stick with abc 7.

tory.w along with #pandas let's get you live outside. you just have to make it through one more day and then it is the weekend. will the gorgeous stretch of weather carry over to the weekend? all the pressure is on you, the written -- steve rudin. steve: it will be nice out there, but not quite as dry or cool as we have had. look outside right now. satellite and radar, not a whole lot going on. frederick county, montgomery county, it is quiet and dry. the district, partly cloudy skies right now. mainly clear skies for southern maryland. that is how it is going to stay. tomorrow morning, sunglasses, you will need them. enjoy the outdoors tomorrow afternoon. temperatures will rebound to about 81 degrees by noon.

a few clouds here and there, but it does stay dry. daytime high temperatures around 85 degrees. low humidity. one more day before we move into the upcoming weekend. something changes are on the way . we will throw in a chance for a few thunderstorms. i will give you the timing on that and the latest update on tropical storm erika and how she could impact parts of florida as early as monday of next week. storean: new at 11:00, a selling synthetic drugs in d.c. shut down for good. the owners have until november to close up shop. turned uper, a raid 500 packets of synthetic drugs. d.c. has seen a sharp uptick in crime, police and residents say many of the people who were arrested were on drugs like the synthetic drugs. promptingn of gunfire a shelter in place order at the catholic diocese in washington.

this came hours after muriel bowser announced a new plan to combat violence in the district. more on the shooting and why the mayor's new plan has people protesting. she had a hard time announcing that plan today. timee did have a very hard getting all the details out. police are still hunting for the suspect in that shooting. earlier today, a brazen gunbattle on the streets of d.c. all of this coming the same day the mayor tried to roll out a new plan to fight crime. helicopter overhead, police officers and k-9 units on the ground, searching for a shooter. gunfire erupted around 3:00 p.m., leaving one man wounded. it happened near the archdiocese. full in this quiet community just do not know what to make of it.

>> not good for the city. roz: on top of the shootings, hospitalized103 thus far this year. at a news conference, muriel bowser tried to lay out a new $15 million plan to curb the dramatic spike in violent crime. she proposed more officers on the streets, increasing punishments for violent crimes, and searching homes of violent offenders on parole and probation for illegal guns. at least 20 of ,hose arrested were on parole probation, or awaiting trial. roz: she was met with protests. >> we have got to deal with the pain and the fear that people have. roz: the mayor of your frustrated, but did not back down. i will not be shot down because i am telling the truth. her plan has to go through

the city council. stay tuned for that. jonathan: thanks. tonight, president obama is in louisiana, talking to people ahead of the 10th anniversary of hurricane katrina. he reaffirmed his commitment to the city, saying that america is there is not done -- that america's work there is not done. the trina made landfall -- on augustde landfall 29, 2005. or than 1800 people died as a result. former house majority leader eric cantor endorsing jeb bush. cantor left congress last year after an unexpected loss in the primaries. it is a big leg up for bush because other candidates were making heavy pushes to get cantor into their camp. jeb bush is set to appear on stephen colbert's late-night

debut on cbs. he is turning the appearance into a chance to do some fundraising. for three dollars, you can get in on a raffle or avi p/e ticket to "the premiers" taping. cbs is doing his best to distance itself from that move along saying it is not taking part in any political campaign. still to come, a moving tribute on the national mall. who our country is remembering. and a disturbing crime. the vandalism police are trying to get to the bottom of and what you need to kn

>> you are watching abc 7 news at 11, on your side. jonathan: i am recounting police are looking for those responsible for painting anti-somatic symbols -- an ti-semetic symbols. a swastika was painted on the entrance to the community on wednesday. contractors are working to get

that stuff gone, but neighbors are disgusted. >> i think it is very unsettling. this is a very nice community that we live in. it seems like someone was acting like an idiot. investigators do not have a whole lot to work with as far as who they are looking for. if you saw something, police would like to hear from you. the future of public transportation in arlington might look something -- like something out of the future. check it out. it is a hot system -- pod system. the board has rejected a streetcar project, so they have got to come up with something else. the aboveground system would use a series of pods. the writer would go directly -- toer would go to directly the destination. it would be built with private funds. services for the firefighters killed while battling the water -- wildfire in washington state will be saturday.

as loved ones prepared to lay them to rest, flags are flying half-staff. all departments have lower their flags in honor of those three lines lost -- lives lost. the three victims were all part of a specially trained unit called the hotshots. they were sent in first to assess the size and smoke of the wildfire and the fire turned on them. right now, people in south florida are getting ready from -- for a possible hit from a tropical storm. people spent the day stocking up on food and whatever supplies they could get their hands on. erika could reach florida by monday. the storm is now in the caribbean. four people have been killed there. 20 others are missing. a storm like that is heading towards the florida area, not messing around. reports have it

coming in around miami and fort lauderdale. it is going to skim the coast. out there right now, how could we complain about today? it does not get much better than this. it was a cool start for many with temperatures in the 50's and 60's. out there right now, if you have to take the dog out for another quick walk, 75 degrees at reagan national airport. the high today was 82 degrees at reagan national airport. a little bit below average for this time of year, but i am not going to complain. our average is 85. pretty nice out there. 100 was our record. if allergies are bothering you, ragweed is now in the high category. not much to worry about. degrees will be the temperature range as we move through the overnight hours. plder temperatures inside the -- the capital.

the brooklyn area, you are looking at about 55 degrees. an update on tropical storm erika, continuing its movement at 15 miles per hour. 58 up to -- gusts up to miles per hour. this is the cone of uncertainty, where it might make landfall. it could arrive on the coast of eastern florida and sway up a little bit towards the north and have an impact on our area late next week. a lot can change between now and then. here we are thursday night and this is not until monday evening. so a good ways to go. we have seen this track further and further to the east. that could -- excuse me, towards the west. that could continue as we head towards the next couple of days. the futurecast shows a nice day for tomorrow.

daytime temperatures will make it to around 85 degrees. partly cloudy skies out of the south -- with wind out of the southeast. i want to give you a look at our weekend forecast. 91 on sunday. a nice beach weekend. you might see a stray shower or thunderstorm late on sunday. water temperature in the upper 70's. your seven-day outlook shows heat and humidity not only for the weekend, but early next week, which -- with highs approaching 90 degrees. the heat index will make it feel hotter than that. we will take it. a nice, refreshing cool down. jonathan: let's turn our attention to sports. rg iii, clear or not clear? nats havelear and the some things to work on. robert griffin iii has been cleared to go and he will be watched closely. speaking of being watched closely, every game for the next

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>> and now, the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealers. >> it is no longer a matter of canada nats -- can the nats start winning, it is if the mets can start losing. finishing off the series with the san diego daddies. ryan zimmerman already with an r.b.i., solo shot, his 11th of the year. jayson werth also homered. beatats be the padres -- the padres. adam jones going for a deep fly ball and crashes into the wall. he would have to leave the game. out.

-- ouch. later in the inning, orlando crushes this one and it is out of here. o's drop another one. 5-1 is the final. robert griffin iii cleared by an independent neurologist, opening the door for him to play in the all-important extent preseason game against the ravens on saturday. he has been practicing all week. this week, for the first time in a week, robert and the offensive line will be under a very fine microscope this saturday. >> i feel good. just trying to take care of everything and be as cautious as possible. we are all out here working to get better every single day. great.really we just had a bad outing. just get back out there and hopefully, on saturday, we will play baltimore. we know they are coming.

they are not just went to lay down and let us do what we want to do. lou: whether he plays or not, will have thebc 7 important playoff game -- preseason game against the ravens. it is always said that when part of your childhood passes away -- and so it is for countless others, learning of the death of darryl dawkins. his ferocious dunks earned him one of the best nicknames in all of sports -- chocolate thunder. many did not know that he was the first to go straight from high school to the nba 35 years ago. 14 seasons in the association with the sixers, next, jazz -- nets, jazz, and pistons. there'll dawkins dead at the -- there'll dawkins -- darryl dawkins dead at the age of 58. chocolate thunder had me thinking of the best nicknames and sports.

i am going with the round mound of rebound. jonathan: not bad. i have got to go with muhammad ali, the greatest. 3 the roof --steve: the refrigerator. jonathan: it is sad to lose someone like that. some serious skills on display. someone like that. some serious skills on display. a local

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