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>> from abc 7 news, this is a breaking news alert. breaking now, a stunning move from representative john boehner. the house speaker he is stepping down. he plans to resign at the end of october. our brianne carter has all of the breaking details, including the timing of the announcement. >> absolutely. it was stunning news of house
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speaker john boehner announcing to some in congress he will resign the end of next month. this just into our newsroom. this is boehner leaving his office on the hill. while he did not answer reporter questions, he reportedly said it is a wonderful day. this comes one day after a high point in his career with the holy father's visit the congress. you can see him standing next to him, how emotional boehner was while listening to pope francis address the crowd. he is a 13 term republican from ohio. there has been controversy following the threat of a government shutdown and republicans who said they would force a no-confidence vote on the speaker's position. other lawmakers speaking out. >> the american people are even more closely watching what happens here. stepse seeing the speaker down because those in his caucus are demanding the shutdown of
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the government unless there is a defunding of planned parenthood. senator harry saying that by ousting a good man like speaker boehner, someone who understood the art of compromise, the party of eisenhower and reagan is no more. of talk about his successor will be. many pundits talking about house majority leader kevin mccarthy. that debate and talk will continue. jummy: thank you. also breaking, a big announcement at the national zoo. first lady michelle obama and china's first lady announced the name of the newest handout. our jeannette reyes is live with the details. what is the name? over is already all twitter. we have gone the exciting news. the new name is bei bei.
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the scene was quite different a few minutes ago. there were about 200 people outside of the zoo. what is interesting is about half of them did not know why they were being held up. actually, most of them did not know what was going on, period. we did have a lot of people from china wanting to get a look at the first lady. then we told him the news. the first lady stopped by the panda house to recognize 40 years of scientific collaboration between the united states and china around giant panda conservation. from chinaas brought 15 years ago. they were accompanied by the first public charter school in washington and chinese. and mrs. obama learned a little mandarin there before she went to china. they were also present during the news you take a listen. the first ladies
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chose is "bei bei." the expertsosen by in a province in china meaning "precious treasure." there was a lot of chatter earlier that a lot of people were saying there is no way they will name the panda. they have to wait 100 days. that is chinese tradition. but they broke those customs. if you're wondering why, they china, and that after 100 days the baby will survive. is #bei.e hashtag most people know what that means. so it is cute and exciting. jummy: bei bei and about now. make sure you stay with abc seven for more on our breaking news stories. and you can get breaking news
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sent right to your phone. sign up for the abc 7 tax alert on our website, wjla.com. happening now, emergency crews on the scene of a serious crash on the icc. this is layhill road on aspen hill. a car is flipped on its roof in the woods. it ended up on the side of the road near the power pole. no word on condition all of the driver or what caused the crash. seven fortay with abc updates on air and online. the man accused in the mansion murders in northwest d.c. is back in court. courtarings at the next date for daron wint, which will be december 17. he is charged in first-degree murder in the death of the savopoulos family and their housekeeper. themtigators say he kept captive for hours before killing them and setting their home on fire. we say it was part of a botched ransom scheme and say that his dna ties into the scene. pope francis is a historic trip
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continues in new york city. he is visiting the 9/11 memorial. he will -- he wrote in their about half an hour ago. it followed his address to the world leaders at the u.n.. spoke about the fight for refugees and the role of poverty and bad government in driving conflict. reiteratedd -- he opinions about the environment. >> dashers harm done to humanity. jummy: later, he will visit children in harlem and celebrate mass for thousands that madison square garden. he will then head to the city of brotherly love tomorrow. our john gonzalez is there with the preparations underway now. these catholic sisters from
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here in pennsylvania traveled south to d.c. to be part of the canonization mass. now they are back, ready to greet the pope at the world meeting of families. seminarians, many other religions. they are all helping here to philadelphia. >> you beat of them here. >> i hope so. >> are you stay, he will celebrate two masses, one outside the philadelphia art museum were close to one million could show up. welcome to the city of philadelphia. >> stop at the world meeting of families. also, the first visit by a pope to an american prison and a speech using the same n president lincoln used during -- and a speech using the same left turn president lincoln used for the gettysburg address. the locals here tell me that they have never seen market
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street downtown so empty. a market street now lined with hundreds of pope francis banners. the bishop of harrisburg, pennsylvania maneuvers around the closures and still cannot --ieve he will meet >> we will have a private audience for the world meeting. then the great mass on the benjamin franklin parkway for the afternoon. >> in philadelphia, john gonzalez, abc 7 news. jummy: make sure you stay with abc seven on pope francis's historic trip through america. take you outside now, cooler, claudia conditions for your friday. meteorologist eileen whelan is here with a look at your forecast. eileen: it does look a little gray. as pope ironic that starts leaves, the clouds
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coming back and. 72 degrees at reagan national. feeling even cooler when you factor in northeast wind at 13 miles an hour. it is a little on the cool side. 72 in frederick. 71 at andrews. 67 in culpeper. 68 in winchester and cumberland. satellite and radar showing thick cloud cover. furthershine as you had northeast. rain is well far southwest of into harrisonburg and charlottesville. i think that is where most of the weather will stay. going through the rest of the afternoon, what you see is what you get. cloudy and cool. it feels fall-esque. things change as far as rain chances go. even cooler. highs in the low 70's. rain chances the best on sunday. thank you.
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we want to check on the roadways. jamie sullivan joins us with a look at traffic. >> starting with activity you may see in montgomery county. layhill road blocked off near the icc. new hampshire avenue is the best option as an alternate. look behind me. 270 near falls road up to speed, heading towards rockville and bethesda. no issues. that's to our mapping system to give you an idea of crashes in d.c. 295 northbound at pensively net avenue, left lane blocked. behind it, 20's. right before you purchase the accident activity, we are in the teens. 66, little congestion working your way out of the city. great.e looks no delays on 95 in virginia. if you're heading out of town for the weekend, now is the time to go. we are alsonew and,
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covering metro. we are expected to learn more about the problem with this week on the blue, orange, and silver lines. service was disrupted after a fire at a power substation. tuesday night, more than 500 passengers were stuck on a train after a power outage. during the meeting today, an update will happen on the derailment that happened august 6. stay with abc seven at 4:00 for more on what comes out of the metro meeting. coming up, the latest on a deadly collision between a tour vehicle and a charter bus in seattle. what witnesses say happened right before the crash. pieces.ing up the a look at the damage from the suspect victorino -- 22 in south carolina. o.j. simpson back in the headlines. the video never seen before including testimony from simpson himself. cooler weather in store for the weekend. that is coming up next.
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when: we turn to developing story in washington state. the national transportation safety board is investigating a boat between eight duck toward vehicle and a charter bus. this happened yesterday on a bridge. four international students on the charter bus were killed. 15 people are still in the hospital. witnesses say the duck boat crossed the lane and t-boned the bus. whether to the crash remains unknown. the national weather service confirming a tornado moved through charleston county south carolina early this morning. cleanup underway. the st. john's fire district seriouslymes were
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damaged and roads were blocked from heavy debris. thousands of homes and businesses lost power. there were no reports of injuries. take a look at that video. wow. unbelievable. eileen: it is. especially overnight. the worst part of it. so many people are sleeping. you do not really have the necessary warning time. at home, a little better, but we expect rain tomorrow. most of the rain will be south of the area. if you have outdoor plans, i think he will be ok. i think it is sunday you will have to worry about that. but it will be cloudy and cool. annapolis at 70. look at the overcast conditions. one more camera in alexandria, where it is 70 degrees. we are looking at some pretty cloudy and cool weather. that will be the trend into the weekend.
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satellite and radar shows like rain showers to our southwest moving along the eye 80 one quarter from harrisonburg down to charlottesville. i will zoom out. this is the them that did bring the possible tornado to charles , south carolina. you can see the spin around this area of low pressure. as the system slowly lifts north, we will have scattered shower. in area of high pressure to our north is locking the system from approaching. andeep cloudy conditions cool weather. i am sure you fault of a breeze. that will stick with us as weekend as well. and breezy., temperature is lower than average in the 60's. taking you through friday. the notice more rain showers to the saw that you 11 . maybe a sprinkle and extreme southern maryland. as you get into sunday, you guard -- you start to get
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moisture with north. 76 degrees today and a little breezy. it has morally fall feel outside. the nationals back at home as they take on the phillies. first pitch at 7:05. grab a sweatshirt. 73 at first page and falling into the 60's throughout the game. 71 degrees. showers mainly saw for the day tomorrow. by sunday, maybe midday, we will have a few showers. be a little high for some spots. some may stay in the 60's daytime highs. mind,omething to keep in a triple celeste yield treat. say that three times fast. a full blood moon, a total lunar eclipse, and a super moon. the super moon 30% bigger. the only caught yet is that it will be cloudy so i do not think we will see it.
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are you footage. warming temperatures as we go into early next week. 77 monday. 80 tuesday. then another cold front bring showers wednesday. jummy: i just love this time of year. what is there not to love? eileen: i agree. jummy: it warms up a little. it is fabulous. eileen: and can we say how amazing the weather was when pope francis was here? he brought the sunshine. jummy: he probably prayed for no rain. he has all of these outdoor events. all right, thank you. something else happening, the new iphone went on sale. kidd o'shea one on the wait for the phone. people lined up outside the apple store, all waiting to go inside to get their hands on these brand-new iphone 6 s.
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we even talked to one guy who waited for 40 hours. joseph camped outside the apple store at 4:00 p.m. wednesday. most people go home, on box it, play with it, see what the new tricks are with luck i will probably do that for a while. kidd: jordan pre-ordered his phone weeks ago. >> it is euphoric. kidd: is it different from the iphone 6? >> slightly heavier but may be sturdier? at&t is expecting a busy day. >> every launch is different. we expect some pretty good lines. kidd: thankfully, ryan brought a phone for us to try out. >> it comes with os nine. one of the new things is the 3-d touch. so you can press and hold and have tactile difference there. or press and hold and get through different menu options more quickly. pressing and holding on the
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camera. now you have different options. we have four k video. kidd: and another -- and a better camera on the front. we look good. i rarely look good on the front camera like that you it was cool for me to get my hands on that new iphone. different fromny the iphone 6. it does not feel like a. experts say what is inside in the new camera is the big changes. at the apple store, i am kidd o'shea, abc 7 news. coming up, getting look at some lost video of o.j. simpson.
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trial and acquittal captivated the nation. now we get look at video on the civil trial against o.j. simpson. at some of these videos. eye-opening. >> they really are. o.j. simpson did not have to take the stand in the criminal trial, he could take the fifth. but he had to take the stand in the civil trial. there were no cameras in the court for that trial. the lead lawyer conducted 13 days of videotaped deposition of o.j. simpson. tonight, you will see those depositions, answering tough questions under oath about the murder of his ex-wife, why there is blood evidence on his socks, , whys car, in his bedroom he got the cut on his hand, and whether or not he his wife -- he
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beat his wife. jummy: how many tapes in total? eileen: -- >> 150 all told. they were all vhs. very old. they had been sitting for more than 15 years in an underground car garage under lock and key, gathering dust. so we are showing of tonight. it is extraordinary. of the very different sides himself he shows while answering the questions. otheres is arming's, times arrogance, other times irritated and annoyed. rolling his eyes like do i really have to ask these questions? >> the father of one of the victims was sitting across the table. he said the arrogance of him was unbelievable. that he had to be bothered to come in off the golf course and answer the questions. jummy: we're looking forward to this. thank you. 0"u can watch tonight's "20/2
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>> hi, i'm chris harrison, your host of the all-new "who wants to be a millionaire." this season, we're changing things up. no more easy answers. no more shortcuts. just a single player answering the question, "who wants to be a millionaire?" [dramatic music] ♪ hello, everybody, i'm chris harrison. welcome back to the show. are you guys ready to play "millionaire" today? [cheers and applause] all right. today's returning contestant is a news editor who checks facts for a living, so he's well-prepared for today. from philadelphia, pennsylvania, please welcome back albert stumm. [cheers and applause] welcome back. >> hi. thank you. >> good to see you. >> see you again. >> i would think that would be a great way to get ready for this show or any trivia. >> oh, yeah, absolutely. i mean, i'm just reading the
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