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school bus a boy shot and killed in the neighborhood. >> it's very sad. to know a kid died is very sad. >> authorities say one of the three suspects fired multiple shots at the victim. who was later transported to a hospital at fairfax and died at some point during the day. the suspect also young men took off on foot. sheriff mike chapman says the suspect and the victim student at parkview high school knew one another. not a random crime. may be gang related. seven schools were in lockdown mode. no one allowed in or out. >> we want them to know that the schools are safe. we err on the side of caution. >> neighbors couldn't believe what they were hearing. >> it's terrifying? in an area they call sleepy and quiet. >> absolutely surprised. >> late today we spoke to jennifer who knew the victim
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well. >> a close friend. i can't believe. jeff: such a difficult day. a few hours ago sheriff chapman sad a good idea of two of the suspects were but they didn't know where one was. that was a few hours ago. we have not heard from the sheriff in a while. this is a developing story. we will stay on top of it and have the latest for you at 6:00. kimberly: there was a deadly crash. this video from news copper 7. the investigators say a car was making a left turn when he was hit by the motorcycle. the motorcyclist rushed to the
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hospital and later. 19-year-old harmon of brookville. the driver of the car was not hurt at all. jonathan: last spring we told you that they were getting more ambulances but tonight a child is dead. there is confusion on what happened to the vehicles. sam ford is trying to sort this out. sam: for as long as anyone can remember, d.c. had late ambulances or no ambulances available. it seems to be no different under this mayor. after a number of high profile stories, six months ago about the ambulances problems she promised to get more ambulances on the streets. this is still a problem. while fire engine with a paramedic aboard arrived here on hillside southeast for a sick baby yesterday, no
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ambulance available. >> at that time the closest transport unit was seven miles away across town. >> the boy was eventually met by an ambulance and the child died at the hospital. >> paramedic on the scene in four minutes. >> the mayor talked about the pair metics -- paramedics, six months ago she told councilmembers and reporter she is was increasing by 2% the number of units on the street. the report from march. >> the deputy mayor says the old policy of 39 units on the street is upped to the new policy of 49 units between 11:00 a.m. and 11:00 p.m., 25% increase. but the additional staffers are on overtime. >> we have the most call volume is when we will have the most ambulances out there. >> yesterday, d.c. had not 49 but still 39 ambulances on the street. the response from the city administrator today. >> as the units break down and we try to get it repaired we are working with the system.
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a spokesman said they had requested four ambulances a day and on september 1, there were 14 requests from e.m.s. for prince george's county. the death of the infant was undetermined. they are investigating why the child died. kimberly: we have update on child abandonment case. the prosecutors dropped the charges against the boyfriend of the infant's mother. she says the boyfriend pushed her on a way to a party on july 4 and that is why she drove off. leaving the 6-week-old
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daughter with hall on the side of the road. hall was charged with assault. but the capitol reports that the charges have been dropped. mcclearly would not testify against him and mcclearly is behind bars for leaving the baby behind. jonathan: now we are going to holiday weekend. outside we have pop-up storms through the area. kimberly: this reminds me of the childhood. warm all day and storms in the afternoon. but now is almost fall. chief meteorologist doug hill will tell us what it means for the labor day weekend. doug: we are under the influence of a cold front and that is why we have the storms popping across the area. most are south and west of town. there is still a chance. in time it pushes the moisture to the city council and the west.
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70's with the areas that have had the rain. but the humidity levels are high enough it feels warmer than the thermometer indication. if for night a warm one here. the temperatures will steadily drop and more comfortable air in time for the holiday weekend. that is the latest. jonathan: thank you. new information about the deadly helicopter crash at camp lejeune. 11 means injured. 12th from warrenton, virginia, killed. as joce sterman reports staff sergeant jonathan lewis was based with an anti-terror team in yorktown. jose at the home of staff sergeant jonathan lewis, a flag flies for the fallen marine. childhood friends jayson morris drove to lewis' neighborhood to honor the man he knew since they were
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teenagers. came to pay respect. joce: lewis a communications operator was killed in a military training exercise. camp lee june where the accident happened an investigation in the cause. >> we will cast a widenet. >> but friends and family are going to the beginning to honor lewis. lewis' facebook says he graduated from faquier high school. his friends tell us it was in 2002. lewis had other plans before signing up to seven his country. >> in high school he wanted to be a neurologist. joce: but he chose a more noble path. laying down his life doing a job he loved. >> he was incredible man. joce sterman, abc7 news. kimberly: now another
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incredible young man. louisiana national guardsman that was killed in a helicopter crash last march will be laid to rest at arlington national cemetery tuesday. staff sergeant died when a blackhawk helicopter crashed off the coast of florida in a training mission. we told you about the family's fight to have him buried in arlington. the army said he did not reach the criteria but they later granted an exception in the case. jonathan: in the last two hours, the attorney for the kentucky clerk jailed for refusing to issue same-sex marriage licenses, now they say the licenses issued to the couples are void since she didn't authorize them. reporter: for the sixth time, they walk in to the rowen county clerk's office hoping to get married. each of the first five times
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they were denied. but took their name and their money. and certified their marriage. this was processed by the deputy clerk while his boss sits in jail. davis refused to issue licenses to same-sex couples saying it violates the religious rights. they legalized same-sex marriage in june. thursday she was found in con tempt of court. her husband -- con tempt of court. >> if our government can bully you, they make everyone bow down to what they want to do. if we don't take our country back, we will be in worse shape than this. >> davis legal battle sparked a national debate. the state senator ran paul says exception should be -- rand paul says an exception should be made for her. >> this isn't the marriage she
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approves of. reporter: her husband says she will remain behind bars for as long as it takes. meanwhile, this couple wants to start a life as a married couple. >> we thought the long fight had been fought and done for all americans to get married. this is a hiccup. happy to get married. >> abc7 news. jonathan: davis' attorney says she has no plan to resign from the post and she has a clean conscience while she is sitting in jail. they plan to appeal the contempt order that keeps her in jail. kimberly: juan francisco lopez sanchez will stand trial in shooting death of a beautiful young california woman. lopez sanchez accused of killing kate as she walked with her father on the san francisco pier. prior to the shooting the mexican national was released by police.
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despite a request to detain him for possible deportation that happened five times before. jonathan: unbelievable. coming up at 5:00, refugees set out on foot. >> there is unprecedented movement that is causing a refugee crisis. we will take you there and tell you all about it. kimberly: then later preparing for a pope. how a local band is getting ready to take center stage in this month's visit. >> official counsel business. while some of p.c. top leaders took a different kind today. >> i'm brad bell in prince george's county. we have amazing video to show you of police officers risking we have amazing video to show you of police officers risking their own lives to save a man
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kimberly: the zoo's baby cub is growing fast. he has doubled in size since he was born. he is healthy and doing well.
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still pink in color but black markings are just becoming visible. the cub has not yet opened his eyes. vet says that is normal. jonathan: so cute! kimberly: don't do it. keep your eyes closed. terrifying scene in suitland caught on camera. brad: police say they leave fires for firefighters and the firefighters say the bad guys are left for the cops. but last night this lines were blurred. the officers raced in to save a man's life without regard for their own. >> on the police dash cam video you can see the officers run without hesitation toward the burning car. through the name they spot the driver of the vehicle in the driver's seat. neighbors say it was a terrifying scene. playing out after midnight in
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suitland. >> they was breaking a window hollering "get out, get out, get out." brad: now look at the video. you can see the officers breaking the car windows. a firefighter arrives on scene. he, too, runs to the blaze. and then they make their move into the flame. they pull the man out. there is no doubt they saved him for what has been fatal burns. this afternoon rita thomas looks at her daughter's car which was burned in the wreck. she is still stunned by what she witnessed. >> lord, i never want to see that again. i'm glad his life was saved and he wasn't dead. >> you are looking at a photograph i took five minutes ago of the officers involved. they came to police headquarters here. we got to do interviews with them. we will have the story in their words when we come back at 6:00. pretty amazing story. prince george's county police headquarters brad bell, abc7 news. kimberly: powerful video.
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jonathan: there are so many great stories of the officers that do great things. nice to show some of those. kimberly: absolutely. thank you. jonathan: former officer here. kimberly: that is right! doug: cop instincts. kimberly: how many years? doug: seven in prince germ's county. as a young man. jonathan: you are still a young man. doug: cop instincts. ready for the clearing skies and nicer weather for the weekend? kimberly: absolutely, officer. doug: i'm the guy for the job! we continue to see most rain west/southwest of the metro area. the rain has been developing all day in response to a cold front that is not like it normally does come across ohio to western pennsylvania. this is coming down the i-95 corridor from new jersey and southern new england. that is the area that the cold front is making contact with the hot and the humid air. we have showers but it's drifting this way. the best chance for additional storms. temperatures not in the mid-90's light yesterday with the upper 80's.
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laguardia is 78. on-shore breeze. that is the air that it will arrive to push west/southwest. the satellite and the radar. you can watch the history. subtle but the movement southwest and the south and the motion continues as a slow-moving front makes its way from the opposite direction of normal. this is not a first-time event. high pressure over new england pushes it southwest and turns the winds east and northeast. the beaches before i will forget a stiff and a northeast wind all weekend long at the maryland, delaware jersey shore. that is a roof surf and rough set of wave coming in. if you are down there, make sure you check in with the lifeguard on duty check about the possibility of run
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current. it will cool -- possibility of rip current. it's a nice weekend. can't rule out shower but in general terms it's much better. 69 to 75 degrees in the overnight lows. the holiday weekend west of the bay to the mountains. partly cloudy. becoming less humid. on lay bar day it's southeast. it will bring up the humidity and the heat. water temperatures are warm. it's low to mid-80's for hatteras and farther south. air temperatures mid-to-the upper 70's. still pleasant with the winds off the coast. possibility of isolated shower at the beaches with the sustained know of moisture. low clouds, late night/early morning.
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it is going to burn off and turn into a nice weekend. enjoy this while it lasts. it's september but the heat and the humidity show signs of rebuilding starting with the monday labor day. back to 90. lower 90's for tuesday, wednesday, thursday. chance of showers and the thunderstorms. it won't be long before the leaves will change color but not yet. jonathan: apple picking. all of that stuff. doug: wait fr that. kimberly: we are in denial about fall. stick with summer. as the summer winds down dr. beach says he is making changes ahead of next summer. professor stephen leatherman after 25 years to ranking the best beaches next year he will start from scratch. he plans to give the beaches that declare themselves nonsmoking extra credit in his rankings. jonathan: how great is that to have a title "dr. beach." kimberly: that is the best. jonathan: maryland making changes for your health. kimberly: but first, finding
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something so great they should make a me view. preview of the national book festival up next. jonathan: look at what is coming up tonight on abc.
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>> it wasn't a cage match. but the counsel marked the end
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of the summer recess with a table tennis tournament in the park. the larger tournament for people who work in the area planned for next week. this is a fun way to reany issues you have, do it over a game of table tennis. kimberly: we need one in the newsroom. the library of congress 15th book festival will be held tomorrow at the convention center. author, poets, illustrators will be on hand for the popular event. but it's not just about the book. >> of the 35,000 books at the scention center friday morning, the books were -- at the convention stereomes friday morning, one -- convention center, friday morning, one could find its way from the pages to the big scene. >> this opens up a new audience for you. instead of reaching thousands of people you might reach billions of people. >> pulitzer prize winning author burn is a panelist and the book about the literary editor mack perkins is the basis for the movie "genius"
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with jude law out next year. he has more input than typical writer. >> i had more involvement. >> film local like legendary samuel goldwyn look for literature for material. >> this goes back to knows who were just attracted to basic, emotional stories. kimberly: take "pride of the yankees" about lou gehrig stricken with a.l.s . i broke unwritten hollywood rule that baby movies don't -- baseball movies don't work. >> they said for sure tell the story. i want the love story. >> today i consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth.
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>> we cut to people in stands, his parents and his wife and we see them terribly moved and we will know how great the loss is not just to baseball but to people, to human beings. >> all first imagined as a story on paper. if you want to check out the schedule, head to the website wjla.com. the event, corporate sponsors and the private donors is free to the public. jonathan: one of the great things is a great book. all right. coming up for us at 5:00 local students. >> my hopes and dream for fourth grade are handwriting. i want to get better. >> good for him. take to the national mall to share hope and dream for the upcoming school year. kimberly: plus a show of force. >> find out what people were lining up for early this morning. >> the entourage arrived in the nation's capital and people in georgetown are on
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>> the entourage arrived in the nation's capital and
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jonathan: saudi arabia's king met with president obama, vice president and secretary of state john kerry at the white house today. plenty of action, though, outside the hotel where he is staying. as well. unbelievable what is going on out there.
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stephen tschida is joining us live to explain why. what is happening at the hotel, stephen? >> a lot of traffic. we have security and some people in georgetown are on edge tonight. >> tight security and bad traffic in the heart of georgetown. saudi king's visit prompted the closure of street and sidewalks. the caravan of mercedes lined pennsylvania avenue and inside the four seasons the king's entourage brought out the entire -- bought out the entire hotel. >> the hotel is filled with the gentleman in military uniforms. >> in preparation for the wedding, robin booked a day at the hotel spa and got something she didn't expect. >> i have been through security. >> in advance of the king,
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bop-sniffing dog -- bomb-sniffing dogs searched around the hotel. loyal and shy suspects arrived in georgetown. >> the local police confronted security for pennsylvania avenue. some found themselves nervous. >> there was a moment where we were both concerned about what could happen. >> some remember in 2011, bombing a restaurant that killed a saudi ambassador. but some here found all the security confrontation, and the drama exciting. >> a lot of people come here. not everybody respects out the whole hotel and has this much commotion outside. >> no official word on when the saudis plan to leave. we understand that the four seasons is fully booked
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through sunday. reporting live, stephen tschida, abc7 news. jonathan: i'm not sure if you know the answer. how much does it cost to book an entire hotel like the four seasons? stephen: a lot of money, jonathan. a whole lot of money. jonathan: good, safe answer. thanks. top stories, police looking for a person who shot a teenager at 8:30. witnesses profit several people running from the scene. 17-year-old victim attended park view high school. kimberly: question tonight after a young child dies and the nearest ambulance is seven miles away. a fire truck with a paramedic on board drove the sick child to children's hospital. but it was too late. city leaders are working to put more ambulance crews on the street. >> virginia is remembering one of its own. marine staff sergeant jonathan lewis killed in a training accident in north carolina. 11 other marines were hurt when the helicopter made a
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hard landing at camp lejeune. >> developing story on refugee crisis. the child who drowned when the boat he was on capsized was laid to rest in syria. the tragedy has not stopped the middle eastern refugees from seeking new lives in europe. late this an, the hungarian government announced it will have buses to tame refugees to e australian border after thousands waiting at a train station started walking. >> no more deaths. >> we have no more money. >> british prime minister david cameron is offering his country's support. he pledged to give 100 million pounds, which is $152 million to aid syrian refugees. >> health insurance premiums are getting cheaper for some
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marylanders. the new rates go into effect next year. the change impact 7% of maryland residents. you can dive deeper in the numbers. there are a lot of numbers to dive into. find it on our website wjla.com. kimberly: trending right now the new "star wars" film. it doesn't open until december. but the toys tied to the force awakens went on sale this morning. called "force friday." fans waited in line for hours to get everything from action figures to legos. cover girls is selling "star wars" theme cosmetics. "the force awakes" hits theaters september 18. jonathan: this year, they are guaranteeing every fourth grader free admission to the national park. today dozens of fourth graders came to the step of the lincoln memorial to launch the event. they were asked to elus the
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hope and dream for the year ahead. some of this is really cute. >> my name is owen. my hopes and dreams are to get better at division and also i want more confidence. is that it takes a lot of confidence to get up in front of the kids at the microphone. good job. the day after labor day affectionately known around here is "terrible traffic tuesday." that is when the kids head bock -- back to class and the folks on vacation go back to work. kimberly: for some kids the first day of school. terrific tuesday. coming up on "abc7 news at 5:00" -- on the front lines. meet an unlikely civil rights pioneer in the midst of recent racial unrest. jonathan: new at 6:00. our brad bell is speaking right now to the officers that we showed you earlier pulling a man from a burning car, saving his life. what went through their minds as they put their live osen the line for a stranger?
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we have that coming up new at 6:00.
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steve: the holiday weekend is here. let me tell you it's a beauty. looking at 84 degrees for a high on saturday. sunday is the middle 80's. barbecues, go for it. the temperatures around 90 on labor day. with a nice mix of sun and clouds. temperatures saturday and sunday in the middle 20's for ocean city, rehoboth beach, bethesda. monday around 80 degrees. head to the outer banks of north carolina. warmer, talking lower 80's. water temperatures with the middle 80's. take a look at the seven-day outlook showing lower humidity. 90 on labor day. lower 7890's. back to school and -- lower 90's. back to school and work on tuesday. we keep heat and humidity in the forecast wednesday, thursday, friday.
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stay with us. "abc7 news at 5:00" continues
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kimberly: despite great strides in the civil rights movement our nation continues to struggle with ration unrest and division. alison starling introduces us to tonight's working woman who was on the front lines of the original freedom ride and
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sit-ins and is as a white southerner an unlikely civil rights pioneer. alison: joan has lived in the modest arlington house for decades. she raised five boys here by herself. she was a teaching assistant at arlington schools. but it was what happened in her life five decades ago that defined who she is and what she stands for. at 5'2", she is a rebel in every sense of the word. >> once you got into it as a white southerner, there was no turning back. allison: she was 19 when she joined the civil rights movement. she left her segregationist parents and became a freedom rider and participated in sit-ins in arlington and then throughout the south. that is her in this iconic picture from the woolworth in jackson, mississippi. >> they would yell at us and make dirty jokes. dump everything they could get
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their hands on us, on us. ketchup and mustard. allison: she was arrested five times. fast forward to 2015, she struggles with the racial unrest of today. >> breaking down the laws, the structure of segregation in that sense was that rock foundation of the racism. it is still with us. alison: at 73, she still travel the world speaking to children and go to the occasional protest. but she says it is time to pass the tomorrow and support the next -- pass the torch and support the next generation. >> we still have a lot to do. the young folks need to go up there and do it. old folks have your back. alison: she was in australia in february and has more trips planned for the rest of the year speaking about the experiences to young and old. alison starling, abc7 news. kimberly: very cool. living historian. coming up at "abc7 news at 5:00" -- chicken fight. forget why the chicken crossed
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the road. we look at the hubbub it is causing now. suzanne: crunch time for the high school band. i'm suzanne kennedy. i will tell you why coming up. announcer: abc7's countd
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kimberly: two weeks before pope francis arrives in america. local high school band will be there to greet him. no pressure, kids. suzanne kennedy shows us how they are getting ready for the big day. suzanne: less than a week off the summer break and the high school band is hard at work. they are readying themselves for what may be the biggest performance of their lives. >> to be in the presence of the pope is going to be a memorable moment. >> it's a wonderful opportunity for them. a true honor. >> the holy father touches down on september 22. the invitation to play at the pope's arrival came in late
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july while opportunities were on summer break. rehearsal time is limited before they perform this month. >> we have to learn four or five songs in a few weeks. >> can't make mistakes. we have to sound good. >> this is only the band's fifth rehearsal this year. they have two weeks to refine their sound and perform a dozen songs. band director jim rocker says he is not sure the magnitude of the occasion have sunk in for the young men. >> for all the students, as i mention, this is a great opportunity for them. i think that the -- i'm not sure they are going to understand it until they are actually there. they see the pope coming down from the plane. >> so for now, the pressure is on. the countdown to the big performance -- >> and two and three. >> is underway. >> i think we will be ready. i know we will be ready.
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>> suzanne: in hyattsville, suzanne kennedy, abc7 news. kimberly: so far sounding pretty good! abc news anchor david muir sat down with the pope at the veteran earlier this week. you can watch it tonight at 10:00 on abc7. stay with abc7 and newschannel8 for 40 hours of coverage the week pope francis comes to america. jonathan: coming up at 6:00, why a key democratic senator is voting against the iran nuclear deal. plus, it has been a year since the d.c. streetcar began testing. but still no opening date has been set. abc7 has learned we may be getting close. we will show you the new timeline now in place. we will hear from the police officers that rushed to save a man from a burning car. that's next at 6:00. kimberly: time for a check of the roads. jamie sullivan on traffic watch. looking better? jamie: no. i had to think about it for a second but in some spots it may seem like it is getting
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better but it is not. if you mix in the weekend and the holiday traffic, take a look. this is 270. the traffic northbound through gaithersburg. bumper to bumper. this does continue as you get closer to germantown. you get a break. working your way to 270 northbound, closer to 70 to pennsylvania. we have a break. but this is going to be slow go leaving city. move to the maps and focus on what else we are seeing. crash on the interloop of the beltway. two lanes are blocked off. this will take you about 30 minutes. slow on 395 as well. we are seeing delays. outbound on 66 leaves the district as well as 95. that stretch between the capital beltway and under 30 minutes. by a bridge shows we have volume working your way out. not much to worry about.
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approaching the toes. once you get on the bridge and get past we clear out. that is a look at the traffic. back to you. jonathan: how about this. this is the best story of the day. did you see the video of the little brown chicken that caused a traffic tie-up in san francisco? it's real. we have the video. check it out. listen. it can really -- it fouled up traffic making its way between the car at the bay bridge plaz plaz wednesday morning. i know. every pun intended. it's now at the center of a custody battle. three people claim they own the chicken. the oakland animal shelter say really? you all have to provide proof before they will make the animal, to take it home to prove it's your animal. they nicknamed it chip. fun footnote, chip laid an egg. no kidding. chip did. that happened at the shelter yesterday.
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but they don't want more chickens. chip the chicken. kimberly: three people that is claiming the chicken. jonathan: but why did the chicken cross the road? it wanted to get adopted. kimberly: oh, jonathan. let's check in with -- who are you? doug hill, are you over there? doug: looking for fowl around here. we are okay. listen the cold front is making a move here. we see showers and the storms steadily and slowly pushing to the southwest. that is good news for the upcoming holiday weekend. warm and humid. the muggy conditions and the lower temperatures in the 70's. had rain. the rest of us that didn't have rain will slowly drop tonight. stay muggy. drier air is here. it will take most of the night for the heavy humidity to be pushed south. love this graphic. this shows what is happening in the backdoor cold front. this is going to take 252 to 36 hours for the cooler and the drier r to take over.
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but it will. it's mid-80's tomorrow. more humidity and 90 for labor day. it's cooler and breezy along the coast. warmer to 80. it's more shower and thunderstorms likely for the outer bank. the local beaches could see cloudiness and drizzle and sprinkles for sunday to monday morning. beaches look fine. nice holiday weekend. go out and enjoy it. the heat and the humidity will come back next week. starting monday. tuesday, wednesday, thursday, in the 90's again. a colt fond could bring was the best chance for widespread rain. robert: we are still on r.j. three watch. scheduled to see two doctors today.
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jay gruden has until 4:00 saturday to finalize the roster. if rgiii hasn't been cleared he can't get cut. so we'll follow this to bring you the latest as we get the information. receiver rashard ross who caught his fourth season touchdown last night against the jags and finished with a game high. ten receptions and 104 yards. he played with a fever last night and hoped it wouldn't be the fourth. but there is only one spot left in group. >> he has done a tremendous job. he has carried himself and he deserves a shot. >> if i don't make the team, at the end of the day i gave it my all. i can keep my head high. >> he is an opportunity that has opened our eyes. to make it tough tomorrow.
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you have to do the math. good group of the wide-outs we feel good about. he made it interesting. >> it might with tebow time again. he alternated quarter with matt barker last night to compete for the third spot. he had better numbers. 11-17, 189 yards with two touchdowns and one interception. now, nfl.com is reporting that matt barkley has been traded to the cardinals for a late round pick. that is good news for tebow. do we remember how to do the tebow? like this? jonathan: yeah. kimberly: i thought it was the cross. jonathan: no. he was on his knee. did you see him play? he was really good. he was good. kimberly: we were doing the "7 on your side" phone bank in the middle of the ravens game to ask if you were related to a famous actor. you are not. robert: i'm not that handsome. kimberly: okay. softball. yes, you are.
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jonathan: are we done? can we move on? robert: moving on. kimberly: plenty of parents love to take the kids to see the trains. jonathan: when we come back, how the locomotives at the popular b&o railroad museum are changing.
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jonathan: baltimore b&o regard had two unveilings today. kimberly: we look at what brought them to the former glory. >> at the railroad museum, she is helping her son become a junior engineer. >> a project on a much larger scale. completed now. >> i didn't think it would be restored back to the way it was. this has the most damage from
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the roof collapse and it took the longest to restore. $200,000 later -- >> we brought back the health to restore it one step at a time. >> the end of anker ra that he calls the best thing to happen. into support came in from all over the world. j japan, sweden, germany and england. so this museum after the rebuild and the reimagination is one of the most spectacular museums in the world. >> also retored -- >> wonderful sun burst on the front and b&o colors. >> the diesel from the 1950's damaged from the sun. >> i know they go to a lot of trouble to make sure they have the details. more reason they are coming back to the museum. jonathan: labor of love. kimberly: that does it for "abc7 news at 5:00".
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jonathan: but right now at 6:00 -- running into the flames. we are talking to the heros who pulled a man from a burning car. kimberly: plus a teenager gunned down at a bus stop and the children kept behind locked doors at six different schools. we are live for the search for the killer. maureen: -- jon we have documents that may show when the streetcar will finally open. who has to happen fist maureen: announcer: "abc7 news at 6:00". up on your side. maureen: caught on camera. risking their lives to save a man from a burning car. we broke the story earlier today and new at 6:00, brad bell is speaking to the heroes. brad? brad: this is an amazing video and an amazing story. we talked to the officers.
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none of them has training as a firefighter and one has a 1-month-old child. but they saw the car on fire, they ran toward they danger. they heard a man calling for help and they got busy at that point. >> it captures the moment the officers arrive on scene. they run to the burning car and see a man trapped inside. you can see one try a fire extinguisher. it does little. >> intense fire. heat was overwhelming. brad: they used baton to break the car window. a firefighter arrives and runs to help even before a hose is hooked up. then you can see the moment they pull the unconscious driver out of the car. the officers are ready to head out for another night shift claiming it is part of the job. >> we are first responders. this is our job to do that. we put other lives before

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