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this is a new tragedy unfolds, a toddler attacked by an alligator on what was supposed to be the happiest place on earth. we begin with that story. authorities searching for the two-year-old boy dragged into the water by an alligator near a disney resort in orlando, he has been missing for 14 hour. s. the latest on the desperate search. >> disney announced it will shut down all of its beaches as a 50 person team with divers and alligator trackers are searching to find the little boy. they have not found him as of now. hourearch in its 15th after the two-year-old boy dragged by an alligator while playing a foot into the lagoon. the ordeal around 9:15 tuesday night as the voice
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struggle to rescue him. -- the boys parents struggle to rescue him. child. tried to grab the was not successful. at some point, the mother may have been in the water. >> eyewitnesses said the out again was between four and seven feet long. no warning of the threat of alligators. while efforts to remove the alligators continue, this one man is not to be captured. a were just three days into a summer vacation. >> everyone at the walt disney world resort is devastated on this tragic accident. our thoughts are with the family , we are helping the family and doing everything we can to assist law-enforcement. >> witnesses say the nebraska family has set up a playpen for the boy and his
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was allowed to get into the water. alligator attacks like this one are extremely rare, the last one taking place in 2015, the first in eight years. live in the newsroom, suzanne kennedy. jummy: what a sad story. a tribute now to be victims of the orlando nightclub shooting. ♪ that is at the washington national cathedral, ringing the morning bell 50 times, one for lost.iyk -- soul meanwhile, learning more about the terrifying shooting from survivors. this comes as the investigation turns to the wife of the shooter. officials now trying to figure out
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, raising in orlando serious questions about the gunman, 29-year-old omar mateen, how he was interviewed three separate times by the fbi and was legally able to buy the weapons used to kill 49 people and injured 53 others. >> contact was minimal and did not constitute a threat at that time. >> that man is the lone suspect in the nation's worst mass ,hooting, he first opened fire then confronted by a police officer, he retreated into the bathroom, taking hostages, some playing dead to survive. >> quiet. >> the standoff ended three hours later after he called 911 to pledges of leases -- allegiance to isis. >>
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statements made by the suspect about bombast, explosive, we secured everything and call swat. >> he died in a shootout, leaving his father in disbelief. >his ex-wife said she is not surprised, calling him sick and mentally unstable. >> he would express his anger culture,certain homosexuality. weaponsunman bought the at a shooting center, the head of the company, a former nypd detective told us his thoughts are with the victims family but no comment about the suspect. stay with us as we continue to follow the latest new developments in the story, continuing coverage on air and online on our website wjlco
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renewed call for stronger gun control laws on capitol hill. as sam sweeney explains, both sides agree something has to be done but going about it in different ways. advocates froml across the country are pleading with members of congress and asking them for what they call common sense gun control. on capitol hill at going that message, they won't required background checks on all gun sales and been a fire rims on a terror watch list. others want more focused on stopping radical islam, as paul ryan said, stopping homegrown terror, a big issue and we want to know what you think so we went out across washington to find out. l i might lose the
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we regulates things, why cannot we regulate this one. >> the second amendment, some reasonable limits, when will they do something, i now race they have not acted. >> people -- and outrage they have not active. >> people who want to shoot will get guns. sam: it remains unclear if these proposals would have made a difference in orlando, he had not been on a terror watch list since 2014. jummy: tonight, the group sandy hook promise will hold a gun violence prevention event here in washington, d.c., it will be held at the andrew mellon auditorium in northwest. vice president joe biden is expected to deliver remarks, a gets underway at 6:00 tonight. tep your umbrella handy
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forecast.the first >> it has not amounted to a lot but enough to get the roadways damp. , action towards baltimore at this time. west of i-81, a couple of sprinkles, most not reaching the ground. of sunshine breaking through the clouds from time to time and place to place but overall, more clouds than anything. bethesda,ture in temperature there is 73, not bad, comfortably humid. at the lunch hour, pushing 80 in fredericksburg. the lower-80's this afternoon with clouds and a little bit of sunshine and we may see thundershowers come back at us during the evening but i think they will be few and far between.
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tomorrow and into riding morning. -- into friday morning. we will let you know when high temperatures return coming up. jummy: thank you. new information into the fatal accident, tour bus two of the 15 injured remain in critical condition this noon. the parkway was reopened this morning after an eight hour shutdown because of the head-on collision between a tour bus and a passenger car, one of the passengers on the bus died, police say good samaritans helped return the bus to its wheels and authorities are trying to identify the individuals. a cyclist rushed to the hospital this morning and northwest d.c. after being struck by a car, cameras were rolling after it happened. this is ontario street and columbia road around 9:00 this morning, the driver said he was trying to get out of the way of
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woman taken to the hospital in serious but stable condition. a check on the roadways, angela joins us with our traffic watch. at midday are looking construction come our biggest problem around most of the area. lighter volumes, especially on iq 70 where we are starting to see like flow, even with the accident southbound i to 70 and old georgetown road. the prepared for a brief cap of the brakes. midday construction, a water main -- a gas main break that was struck, causing problems on u.s. one, shutdown northbound and southbound between the fairfax county parkway and mount vernon memorial highway due to the gas main that was struck en route 1. we will keep you posted and that you know if it reopens. 395
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southbound, up to speed even with the work that takes at it right lane at duke street, southbound looks good even as you merge onto i-95 heading down toward fredericksburg, no troubles. into the district, north and southbound, looking good on 14th street, connecticut avenue come a live look at wisconsin avenue, no issues through chevy chase and bethesda, into the district. that is a look at the roads. .ummy: thank you orlando, a live update on the alligator situation. >> in terms of signage, there is signage in this immediate area, that there is no swimming allowed. areais available in this and the other resort areas. >> nothing about an alligator? >> how long will this go
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search -- we will continue to search until we find the body, hopefully today, if it is beyond that, we will do that. is there anything -- >> prevent the alligator from getting into the waterway? >> i am not aware of fencing or structures but it would not have been effective, they can move across land and underwater, fencing is not an option. can out against my great to the area -- can alligators migrate to the area? >> i am not assuming there is no sign as, still early. -- signage, it is still early. >> one more alligator
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without any victim. [inaudible] >> i did not understand the question. guess the question is what do we do to improve security. did not have an active wildlife management system that is designed to remove any potential threats. what we will do in terms of giving you another update, we anticipate that we will have another briefing somewhere around 6:00 p.m. today if not before, if there is new developments, we will do it before and at that time we will identify the family involved. we are being sensitive to the needs of the family in terms of them being
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their other family members. we do not want them to hear or read about it from the media. we will do that at that time. how they have become so comfortable in front of people. >> as you interact without against if they are fed, it means they can lose their fear of people. information about alligators and how to be safe around them. this is a tragedy. but a rare occurrence. it does not happen very often and we will do everything we can to make sure it doesn't happen again. it is too early to speculate. so many variables.
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>> this is a tourist area were children are playing. [reporter questions] >> some of that we cannot get into. an active investigation going on , it will help us answer questions you have asked. what we will do at this time, for those who have spanish-speaking media, we will transition to my media relations captain. he will be glad -- jummy: an update, orange county sheriff's department in orlando speaking
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alligator at a disney resort last night. we will keep you updated as we learn more. coming up, seven robberies in five hours, a look at the brazen crime spree that has washington, d.c. residence on alert. and voters have spoken, the final primary election results and new polls out today showing just how
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an early-morning crime spree that came to a finish but in a span of five hours, seven robberies and it appears five of them armed robberies, the most recent one occurring here at around 5:00 this morning. it is believed the victim was attacked at the bus shelter, two armed men and before we arrived, we read the corner of 12th and while in streets in northeast, a block from the redeveloped h street court or, that one occurring at 4:00, two men wearing ski masks armed with handguns, police say one man was wearing an army jacket. look at this map. where these occurred. same motive, victim on the street, two men, black clothing, armed with handguns, this time a great getaway car. car.ay getaway before that, same description. the victim
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talking to residents. >> dangerous, getting worse. >> why? >> no police. no bullies. -- police. >> people are desperate, no jobs, a housing crisis. >> the violent attacks occurring between midnight and 1:00 this morning. now, police trying to figure out if any of these are connected at it is unclear if the victims were injured during the robberies. back to you. jummy: after several dry, beautiful days, rain is coming. jacqui: but we needed, 10 days -- we need it, 10 days since measurable rain at reagan international. jummy: not bad but i know we needed. jacqui: unless you're trying to grow your garden, you are ok, trying to
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mother nature will help us, in the next two days, better chances of wet weather. cloudy skies, 71. rainfall amounts, since midnight , a lot of this north of washington, d.c. 1/10 of an inch in westminster. 6/100 of an inch in hagerstown. conditions but a chance of sunshine this afternoon. i will help temperatures warm up a little bit in the lower-80's. the nationals taking on the cubs. the later we get, the likely we could have a shower or thundershower. the isolated, i think we will get the game in. satellite and radar, there are a couple of sprinkles trying to make their way to the
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that most of the rain north and east of baltimore. additional development along the i-80 corridor. skies bringingr us a little sunshine. our main system is way back here, arriving later and that will bring us changes. futurecast, a slight chance of an isolated shower or thundershower this evening. tomorrow, fairly cloudy but mostly dry. the next wave of low pressure will come through thursday night , there may be enough instability that a few of the thunderstorms could be on the strong side, a threat we are watching closely for you. wraparound moisture friday morning before we dry out and clear out, leading to a beautiful weekend. day forecast, unsettled through the rest of the work week, temperatures slow down, into saturday, sunshine is back, a great day
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and space family day near dulles airport, lots of sunshine, more comfortable. sunday, father's day, plants golfing, gorgeous, 60's in the morning, upper-70's by lunchtime, topping out in the lower-80's in the afternoon. heat, some back in store monday and tuesday, temperatures in the upper-80's to near 90 degrees with the humidity back. a stray thunderstorm possible late on tuesday. jummy: thank you. coming up, a new poll shows new highs, or lows depending on how you look at it in the presidential race. several shakeups in the district after yesterday's primaries next.
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jummy: some upsets in the primary races yesterday, three of before dc council incumbents fell. the hottest races in ward 7, 1 by warmer mayor vincent gray, with 61% of the vote over betsy alexander. his first political win since he was the target of a corruption probe which ended last year. in the presidential race come hell or clinton won the primary in a decisive fashion, she captured 78% of the vote over senator bernie sanders who received -- sanders has yet to drop out of the race officially. abc news-washington post poll shows hillary clinton and donald trump have reached
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highs in on favorability, 55% of american find clinton favorable, donald trump took a bigger hand, 70% of americans view him unfavorably, up 10% since mid-may. they are the two most unpopular presumptive nominees since 1984. jacqui: adam ward you do not want to -- and award you do not want. jacqui: the weather gets more interesting. spotty showers, thundershowers possible, mainly this evening, most of us will stay dry, lower-80's this afternoon, better chance of rain tomorrow night and friday morning but the weekend, i cannot wait. gorgeous. jummy: jazz festival and other stuff. thank you and thank you for joining .
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