>> now, abc 7 news at noon, on your side. eyes of the world will be on louisville, kentucky, today as the city pays its final tribute to his hometown hero, muhammad ali. the memorial is scheduled to begin at 2:00. here is a live look at people starting to gather for that procession. thousands are expected to line the streets as the funeral procession takes a loop around the city. that route and the funeral arrangements were specified by ali himself.

with more. remembering a champ on his terms. muhammad ali mapping out his own sendoff, starting with his 19-mile procession passed his childhood home to his final resting place. tens of thousands traveling from across the country and around the world to show the boxing giant the dignity and respect he deserves. >> he is still going to live. he will live forever. >> this is not just a day. reporter: capping off the day, a memorial service for 30,000. the free tickets were gone in under an hour. dignitaries and celebrities among the attendees, including the clinton and billy crystal as eulogizes, and will smith as a pallbearer. a celebration of ali started thursday with this traditional muslim prayer service bringing 15,000 people of all races and religions under one roof.

fighter in the ring to deal social justice beyond the ring. and friendsns calling him a champion in and out of the ring whose words inspire generations, but his voice seldom heard in recent years as he struggled with arkansas's. but his grandson shared this with us on thursday, the champ giving him this final piece of advice. following the private burial ceremony, the family will join thousands gathered here for the public memorial service. president obama will not be here because we understand his daughter, malik, is graduating today. elizabeth hur, abc news, louisville. jummy: we will have complete coverage of muhammad ali's service at 2:00 today. learnedning, we've hockey legend gordon how has died. the 88-year-old suffered a seou

his family says he was making significant improvement. he played for the red wings and was considered by many to be known as mr. hockey. developing this new, the man who was convicted of killing the capitol hill intern in 2001 was back in court this morning. there was a hearing a couple of hours ago. last week, a judge granted the immigrant a new trial after questions arose with one of the prosecution's witnesses. he is accused of killing levy while she was running through rock creek park. police in prince george's county on the hunt for a predator who sexually assaulted a woman as she was walking away from the metro station during thursday morning's commute. sam sweeney with the photo you need to see this afternoon. happened police say it at 6:45 in the mni

the woman walks from the new carrollton metro station down the street past the parking lot and up garden city drive to the 4000 block to a business. she says a man was following behind her and when she got to the business, he sexually assaulted her. before all of this happened, police say he was captured on surveillance video inside the metro station. take a close look at your screen. he is described as a black male, approximately 5'11". take a close look at his jacket. that is where police want you to focus. a red coat with what appears to be a cross or plus sign. we brought this picture to the new carrollton metro station and this is how women are responding. >> this location is not secure. we have had lights out before. the police need to step up their presence if that is an issue. metro needs to do more for safety. there are a lot of different options available i think. reporter:

that picture one more time of the suspect, i just tweeted it out. you mayave information, have seen this person around the metro station, or you can identify him, prince george's county police want to hear from you. sam sweeney. back to you. jummy:: we turn now to the race for the white house. could we have a potential running mate for hillary clinton? massachusetts senator elizabeth warren has endorsed clinton. she comes with the added bonus of getting progressives a voice on the ticket. she has not said much when asked about the buzz around her name as clinton's possible v.p. on the other side, republican donald trump campaigning in virginia today. he is planning to hold a rally at the richmond coliseum at 8:00 tonight. virginia expected to be a battleground state in the general election this november. officials tell us the event is open to the public particular to it's -- but tickets are needed to get in.

and the pentagon. a sunny day. let's get to chief meteorologist doug hill for a look at our forecast. doug: it is looking fine, plenty of sunshine. temperatures off to a running start in the 70's. by 2:00, close to 80 degrees. into the 80-degree range most of the afternoon. it will be breezy. the air is dry. a comfortable start to the weekend. later this evening, first pitch at 7:05 against the phillies. temperatures in the 70's. the winds should die down after sunset. perfect baseball weather at the park. a milder morning tomorrow. low to mid 60's around the area. very comfortable start to saturday. in the morning, it will be more humid because a warm front will pass through. it will get hot this weekend. i will leave you with this. a quick look at our futurecast. clear skies, sunshine through the morning. through the day, things will change. it is all about timing.

possibly heavy thunderstorms in the area. in all talk about that couple of minutes. jummy: thank you. our first full week of metro state track in the books. brianne carter has a problem this week and a look ahead. reporter: it has been seven days of safe track, a week of adjustments for riders and drivers. the workweek started with onfusion and chaos as riders orange and silver lines eased into new habits with more than 25% less on the rails, the traffic quickly jammed on the roads. >> i did not expect it to be this long. it was excruciating. reporter: the work to replace that section of track continues until next thursday.

begin. for 16 days, potomac avenue and's stadium armory station will be closed. in addition, there will be no rail and bus service between arlington cemetery and other stations. those on orange, blue, and silver lines will not see new railcars. metro says new railcars are having trouble operating near the rosslyn station. in arlington, brianne carter, abc 7 news. jummy: you can stay step ahead with text alerts. ort text the word "metro" sign up on wjla.com. coming up, vice president joe biden writes an open letter to the stanford rate victim. his words to her and the growing backlash against the judge that handed down the sentence. do it with a mask or don't sh

beach opening up. why he said he did it and it was not for the money. he says jail is a vacation. we talk with jerry o'connell about his new show on abc. that is ahea

>> you are watching abc 7 news at noon, on your side. >> if you're going to rob a bank, do it with a mask or don't show your face. do it right. jummy: a man in jail for robbing a virginia beach bank is having second thoughts about what he did. not the bank robbing

part, but about posting the crime on instagram. he was sentenced this week to nearly three years behind bars. when first arrested, he said he did not rob the bank for the money but to boost his rap career. we turn to the latest on the growing backlash over the six-month sentence for the stanford university swimmer convicted of sexual assault. vice president joe biden has weighed in with an open victim to the letter. eva pilgrim has details. reporter: the stanford case even drying in the vice president. "i do not know your name but your words are seared on my soul," the vice president pending those words to the anonymous survivor in response to the words she wrote and read out to her attacker in court. the former stanford swimmer, brock turner, who faced 14 years in prison for sexual assault

but was sentenced to six months and is expected to serve only half that time behind bars. that sentence stoking the vice president animation's outrage -- and the nation's outrage. "the nation is not satisfied." the judge who handed down the sentence the subject of a , learningacklash about a dozen jurors were dismissed from jury duty wednesday after refusing to serve in his court. jummy: that was eva pilgrim reporting. we have good news for uber users. you can schedule in advance. they are making it possible to plan ahead. the global rollout booking 30 days in advance is now underway. it is for those with a business profile or account. where is the money? it is reportedly on starbucks cards. there is about $1.2 billion loaded on starbucks cards and mobile

that is more than some banks have in deposits. starting next week, you have to be at least 18 to take a swipe at love. tender says it will ban users younger than that. it had allow anyone between 13 and 17 to match with others in that age group. they report that group is less than 3% of users. a big weekend in the district as abc 7 and news channel 8 celebrate capitalpride. ofare proud media sponsors the big gay pride celebration and will be taking part in the parade and festival. we hope to see you there. if you cannot make it, we have you covered. we will be streaming tomorrow's parade live. just go to wjla.com. all the action starts at 4:30. for anybody going down there, you will be outside. it will be close to 90? doug: it will feel warmer because of humidity levels, so plan ahead with plenty of water

the heat and community -- humidity coming on like that. we are looking live at congressional country club. the buildings getting ready for the open in a couple of weeks. it is a great day across the area. still comfortable with humidity levels low at the moment. bright blue skies. but there are changes as the winds turn to the south tonight and that will bring in warm and humid air. hour-by-hour today, tons of sun, a nice breeze. looking for a high of 81 this afternoon. the winds start turning. they show up better over the bay. that will bring in moisture overnight. tomorrow it will become increasingly humid. we will have a lot of sunshine. then we will see clouds during the afternoon in the heat of the day. we will have to keep our eyes on showers and storms. there's a good chance

pennsylvania and new york and southern new england of severe storms tomorrow. a slight chance that could affect us. 7:00 by the line gets close to the metro area. keep in touch with the forecast over the weekend. it should move out late at night and we will get onto clearing skies and warm weather sunday is sunshine returns. just about the chesapeake bridge is our point for marine information. the water temperature up to 73 degrees. there is a small craft advisory likely sunday as the wind becomes gusty out of the west. itfar as the pride parade, is going to feel like 95 by mid to late afternoon. after 6:00, scattered thunderstorms. it is going to be hot and humid. twilight festival saturday, 7:30, it is going to be very hot and humid. there will be isolated thunderstorms possibilities. temperatures about 90 degrees, lower 90's. the horse

this weekend. it looks like tomorrow it will be in the low 90's. a chance of showers and storms, 30% chance. you see the big numbers. it starts to come down monday. but still very hot on saturday and sunday. we get through next week and it looks good, temperatures mid 80's. we will see a chance of a shower or storm wednesday and thursday. jummy: summer is here. thank you. "people" are teaming up for a new show called "people's list." it starts this saturday on abc seven on saturday night. joining us is jerry o'connell, a host of the show. welcome to abc 7 news at noon. thank you for joining us. >> thank you so much. it is an honor to be here. jummy: we are excited. tell us what the show is all about. " is a magazinest show based on the magazine. we

all that stuff. "people," they had important human interest stories as well. our first episode is this saturday at 8:00 right here on abc. we are excited about it. is going to be a fun show. jummy: can you spell any secrets about what we may see saturday night? have a pretty fun interview with paula patton, the beautiful paula patton, who is in the film "were craft" coming out this weekend. she is in good shape and does a lot of boxing training. would be a good idea to do an interview in the boxing ring, which turned out not to be a good idea for me. that girl can pack a punch. ost is really cute.

magazine has a cool exclusive. it is basically everything you need to know that happened last week in caps on lysed into a one-hour show. it is going to be a good time. you recently had to evacuate your home because of the wildfire? that like? >> everybody in d.c. have to be careful this weekend. it is going to be a hot one. listen to doug. it is going to be hot. it was very hot this weekend in los angeles, and there was a fire that came right up to the edge of my wife and my property. it was really scary. the firefighters, god bless them, they really knocked that fire down. they are keeping a watch on our property to make sure no spot fires pop up again. my wife is very excited to our firemen all around our h

we are grateful to all the firefighters that helped us out. jummy: we appreciate all the first responders. we are glad you and your wife and home are ok. deadly something to check out this saturday night rate here on abc seven. thank you. group saying the fda put your health at risk. no matter how famous a celebrity becomes, there is no way to tell what is going on with their lives unless they open up. we will tell you

jummy: in health news, a government watchdog claims the fda is too slow to issue food recalls. that sometimes leaves consumers at risk for several weeks after a problem is reported. the fda says it is working to move more quickly in those situations. daisy wrigley opening up about how she is taking control of a secret help struggling, having endometriosis since she was 15 years old. it affects one in 10 women. linsey davis has her story. >> she plays the fierce, headstrong rae in a galaxy far, far away. ridley isbut daisy now revealing a secret much closer to home riding on her instagram account on thursday that it 15 she was diagnosed with endometriosis. a years down the line, --

years down the line, the pain was back. whendometriosis occurs normal uterus tissue grows outside of the uterus and causes pain. polycystic ovary is a metabolic syndrome. reporter: endometriosis is hard to diagnose and occurs in women of childbearing age. ridley says her skin was the worst. >> patients can have high levels of male hormones and that can cause acne. reporter: she explains with dietary changes, she is feeling better. her advice? take matters into your own hands. to any of you suffering with anything, go to a doctor, get your hormones tested, get

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jummy: a reminder, we will have complete coverage of muhammad ali's memorial service at 2:00. this is a live look right now in louisville, kentucky. you can see the full service on our sister station, news channel 8, or streaming online at wjla.com. that is at 2:00 this afternoon.

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