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[captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] news at noon, on your side. jummy: a desperate search underway for three-year-old zion clinton amir williams. and spotsylvania county, police say joshua christopher williams attack to the boys mother and she escaped to get help but williams drove off with the little
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john gonzalez is live as search units are trying to find the boy. john: a desperate search. a new update at the sheriff's office, u.s. marshals are now involved. the secret service assisting. you have a mother who is still recovering from a very serious injuries after police say her ex-boyfriend severely beat her last night. at this hour, that ex-boyfriend and their three-year-old son still missing. the boy abducted at around 7:00 last night only wearing diapers. take a look at pictures police want you to look at. the 28-year-old joshua christopher williams is the biological father but does not have custody of zion. meetx-boyfriend wanted to with the mother yesterday, they did in his neighborhood. he was behind the wheel of her vehicle, that nissan
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while driving, williams allegedly punched her repeatedly, zion was in a car seat in the back. the mother jumped out and looking -- looked for help, that is when williams took off with her car and her child. listen to why the captain says the boy is in extreme danger. is the biological father of the child. on occasions, he has made threats to cause serious harm or kill the child. last night, shows that he has a propensity for violence. john: an arrest warrant and restraining order has been issued to williams and the search is on. the mother, the ex-girlfriend is expected to recover from her injuries. the sheriff's office believes
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number of close friends and relatives in the area. reporting live, john gonzalez. jummy: thank you, breaking now, , a warehouse fire north of san antonio, texas in a town called spring branch. fire broke out about one hour ago. you can see huge fireballs and the thick, black smoke, we do not know what started the fire that firefighters in texas have their work cut out for them. we will keep you updated. closer to home, the forecast, more clouds and a dreary weather. some spotty showers expected. brian van de graaff is here with the forecast. brian: not pretty. like yesterday, cool, gray, drizzle and heavier showers later in the day more to our south and
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moderate rain but closer to the city, around the district, blue blips, light in nature but indicating drizzle falling across the city moving from northeast to southwest. andty missed -- mist drizzle, you do not need the wipers full blast. nothing on the watch map. heavier rains at times. we keep watch on that for potential flooding later in the day. 52 at reagan national. drizzle, cool numbers areawide, mid-50's from leesburg to manassas. i do not think we will top 60 this afternoon. this afternoon, drizzle, cool, mist. the latest information, the weekend has some promise, when does the drier air will then -- move
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the weekend coming up. jummy: developing now, several people recovering after a fiery crash at a silver diner in tysons corner, a hummer crashing into the front of the diner yesterday afternoon. today, we learn more about the driver and sam sweeney has the latest. dinerormally the silver would be packed with lunch customers, instead these men are working to get it back together. we are learning brand-new details into the moments that led up to the incident yesterday. a witness told us that the hummer was part moments -- parked their moments before then a full throttle he drove into the door which was packed with lunchtime customers. witnesses could not believe their eyes. they approached the vehicle when it crashed the first time but the man reversed and crashed it into the doors a second time
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they try to get him out of the car but he set the car on fire. >> he would not open the windows. they were trying to stop him. he would not stop. >> he turned around and took matches or an accelerator and blew the front of his car up. here at then worked diner for two years in his 60's, sent to be on bereavement leave. it remains unclear what his motive may have been. three people were injured inside are expected to make a full recovery. the diner says they plan to open early next week. back to you. jummy: police in prince george's county are looking for the gunman and a deadly overnight shooting. police say a man was shot at a bar in the pageant's corner shopping center in temple hills, the victim died at the hospital. police offering a reward for information that leads to an arrest.
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, police investigating a homicide outside a middle school, detectives called to godwin middle school before night :00 last night. shot00 last night, he was to a wooded area and was transported to a shopping center, he died at the hospital, the investigation is ongoing. we are covering metro. one day away from learning how plans to improve safety and reliability on the troubled transit system. it comes on the heels of another incident this morning. brianne carter has more. it a familiar1l scene, firefighters outside a metro station after an insulator during the morning rush, incidents on the track that impact reliability have metro's general manager ready to make a major announcement that will affect your commute. >> people are
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is addressing the problem . >> the general manager will is plan to restore reliability and improve safety. the plan will call for single tracking, weekend service adjustments, and short-term service closure where buses replace trains. last week, he reached out to jurisdictions to mitigate chaos. >> is there something we can do with local buses that could support us? we will put that out. >> federal workers have 33 hours in a week to get maintenance done, not enough to get away from it years of deferred work. >> we are getting ahead but not at the degree we need to. i am trying to reduce that from years two months. >>
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will have the least impact during rush-hour. >> >> find late at night or weekend, but what it affects people in primetime hours, inconvenient. >> >> they need to give a lot of notice and close. they need to make sure the system is safe. the capitol rotunda closed because of a problem stemming from restoration work. the architect says a minor amount of debris was released during lead-based paint abatement activity, it will reopen when testing confirms the area is free of that debris. pennsylvania avenue, let's check on the roadway, jamie joins us with traffic watch. youe: one of the days where are not sure if you should have the wipers on, what levels should they be going? the big picture, mostly green
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except northbound on 395. solid red line. is coming down and you do need the windchill wipers. road construction blocking the right lane close to seminary road. you do have the delay at 14 miles per hour. , closerom the beltway the 14th street bridge, 22 minutes. as you get closer into washington, d.c., a nice break traveling on the freeway. single tracking, orange line and blue line, expect delays because it is between federal center and federal triangle. on the orange line, trains only operating between weston and line touse the orange transfer and to get to and from the other station, the orange and blue lines will be the best option. jummy: thank you. coming up,
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gone, the theft one family's warning about and why the homeowner says her prayers were answered despite a major loss. plus, a historic wildfire raging up north, how big it has grown and the surprise delivery for at least two evacuees. later, sweeping new rules regarding the e-cigarettes, the landmark move by the fda and what consumers need to know before it goes into effect. first, brian will be back with how the weather could impact your weekend plans in his full forecast.
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only three candidates left in the race for the white house, hillary clinton has beie
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she is looking ahead already to november and donald trump considering running mates. karen travers has more on the new direction for the candidates. >> full steam ahead to the general election, hillary clinton in interview with cnn had a message for donald trump. if he wants to: follow in the footsteps of those who have tried to knock me down and take me out of the political arena, i am more than happy to help them. >> she went after him on policy. he makes grand: accusations, when you are running for president at some point you have to put beat on the bone. >> she has a primary race, bernie sanders says he is not dropping out until the last contest that donald trump the last man standing on the gop side. in an and to view, he was talking about a running mate. mr. trump: i would want somebody to help lead from the legislative prospect, getting things passed through the se
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has been a senator. his but digital vice president list will likely include several current and former members of congress. he has loaded $35.9 million of his own money to his campaign but he will raise money for his battle with clinton and throughout a whopping price tag. >> we will try to raise over $1 billion. >> the last two republican presidents, george w. bush and george h.w. bush said they will send out this election and not endorse -- sit out this collection -- this election and not endorse donald trump. jummy: johnny manziel was in the courtroom this morning, he faces a misdemeanor heart stemming from a domestic violence playing from his ex-girlfriend, he turned himself in yesterday in dallas, he could get up to one year in jail and a $4000 fine if convicted. a georgia family is searching for their belongings after they say movers
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stole everything. security cameras showed everything the movers hauling, into the truck, but after they drove away, the movers managed. police say -- vanished. everything in the truck was gone when it was found. including something that cannot be replaced. it has ourhe box, birth certificates, death records from my mom and my son and personal items. jummy: wow. jummy: two days later the box was found and everything precious was inside but all their other valuables are missing. the value as estimated in the tens of thousands of dollars. wow. tonight, we have an exclusive interview with the young woman
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in a murder suicide. she is now 20 years old and she sits down with jennifer donelan and shares her story of pain, love, encourage. 2.5 years ago her father, a respected atf agent shot and killed his wife, the mother was a popular gym teacher at frank a middle school. home on her sister were the gunfire around it, she speaks publicly for the first time since that fateful morning, talks about her family, for giving her father, and how she is able to move forward. >> i wish there was a handbook telling me what i should be doing. how everything -- how i should be feeling. there is not. jummy: finding forgiveness, tonight on abc 7 news at 11:00, a story you do not want to miss. , another look at the fire in texas.
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of san antonio. huge fireballs spewing on the building for the last hour, the thick, black smoke. we do not know how it started. it is prompting a huge response. fighting the fire from all angles, stay with us for updates. happening now, a state of emergency as an historic wildfire rages at fort mcmurray in alberta, canada, a massive fire that forced the town of 80,000 people to evacuate, burning over 18,000 acres and firefighters say it is hard to contain because of dry conditions and strong winds. all commercial flights in and out of the region have been suspended. the reports of deaths or injuries but two women give -- gave birth in an evacuation shelter. the fire broke out on sunday. brian: two babies. li t
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jummy: the same system keeping them dry and warm, keeping us with engineering. wet andand dreary -- dreary. brian: there you go, exactly. we want improvement by the weekend. a little rain into saturday but sunday shows promise. cinco de mayo, if you are out gray,ating, cool, probably not out of the 50's. nonetheless come have fun and be responsible. -- nonetheless, have fun and be responsible. today the sunshine was up at 6:05 tonight's sunset is that 8:05. we would have 14 hours of daylight if there was some sunshine. the one caveat, no sunshine. 14
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june 20, the solstice, the longest day of their, just shy of 15 hours of daylight and 14 plus hours of daylight all the way until august 6 when we see the daylight drop. rain,llen, despite the still high, mold moderate and grass is low but once we see more sunshine eventually break through we will see those categories coming up as well. live camera at the torpedo misty., gray and low-50's, areawide, the numbers not moving. 54 in manassas and fredericksburg. yesterday, more warmth. the north, northeasterly wind will keep us gray and unsettled. a few speckles around the area but -- freckles in the area.
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the upper levels of the atmosphere. as it sits there and swirls, we watched the winds come around us in a counterclockwise fashion , bringingthis flow moisture from the bay and bringing us rain and by tonight and tomorrow morning, heavy rain. today, more spotty. by tomorrow, the heavier slug from east to west will overspread the area and tomorrow could be a soaker. what you see is what you get for the next couple of days, today and tomorrow, not out of the 50's, saturday, maybe a few sprinkles in the morning. sunday, take you ran out, mid-70's and sunny. -- take the rain out, mid-70's and sunny. jummy: unimportant recall you need to know about and new rules for e-cigarette smo
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jummy: an update to the breaking we brought you at the top of the newscast, three-year-old zion williams who had been missing has been found alive. we do not know the circumstances. we are waiting for more information. the little boy, three-year-old zion williams has been found, he was taken by his biological father. an update in a few minutes. fbialth matters report, the announcing new regular -- the fda announcing new regulations that regulate tobacco and e-cigarettes, they banned vendors from selling e-cigarettes and other tobacco products u
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to show a photo id along with bending rules producers of cigars and e-cigarettes must register with the fda. these regulations will take effect in 90 days.
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brian: the next couple of days, hope for the weekend. jummy: thank you for joining us. have a great day.
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>> hey, everybody, i'm hoping to make some people very rich today. will it be million-dollar rich? we're about to find out. let's play "who wants to be a millionaire." [dramatic music] ♪ hey, everybody, i'm chris harrison. welcome to the show. are you guys ready to play "millionaire" today? [cheers and applause] all right, me too. let's do it. our first contestant is a 21-year-old college student who uses trivia as a means of survival. from menlo park, california, please welcome patrick reed. [cheers and applause] hey, patrick. how's it going, man? good to see you. welcome. >> good to see you. thanks. >> now, what do you mean, "using trivia as a means of survival"? >> so being a college student, i'm really, really lazy, especially when it comes to cooking. >> okay. >> so i figured that because i'm all

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