announcer: now, "abc7 news at 6:00". on your side. leon: investigators in florida say it is too early to speculate if anyone will be facing charges in this weekend's deadly nightclub terror attack. but they don't want people to be concerned about impact immediately. >> at this time, there is nothing to suggest there was any other target other than the pulse nightclub. leon: sources familiar with the investigation say the f.b.i. believes that omar mateen's wife noor salman knew about the attack before it happened. but so far investigators are reluctant to charge her based on that alone. the f.b.i. now urging anyone with any information about omar mateen to come forward and contact them. alison: the attack in orlando reignited the debate over gun control laws. today the national rifle association issued a statement that gun sales should be delayed for anyone on a terror watch list. who tries to

at least until a more thorough investigation can be completed. today's abc7 instapoll is asking if you think the assault weapons ban should be reinstated? log on to wjla.com/votenow. you can see the results live on air in a few moments. our brad bell went to local gun stores today to see how sales are in the wake of the attack. brad: the owner says sales picked up yesterday. >> only a couple of days from the recent tragedy. but noticed a spike yesterday. brad: at maryland small arms in upper marlboro, salesman jack donald says it is a matter of time before his shop sees increased demand. >> once the politicians talk about banning something, everyone wants one. brad: if a gun sales spike takes hold those in the industry say it won't be for handguns but for rifles.

like this one of the sort many fear could be banned. anecdotal report of the record gun sales are coming in from across the country. in fact, the f.b.i. reports the busiest days in history for gun background checks sure way to track demand follow mass shootings. look at this. already this year before orlando gun purchase background checks in maryland, virginia, and the district. nearly 50,000 ahead of last year's pace. gun dude says it's not just fear of the gun restriction motivating buyers. >> the number one people we had coming in was personal protection. not because the government was going to take anything away. brad: the buyers grabbing up 20 a.r. style modern sporting rifles in one day. in falls church, brad bell, abc7 news. leon: tonight on the hill, -- >> i'm prepared to stand on

this floor. and talk about the need for this body to come together on keeping terrorists away from getting gun through those two measures. for frankly as long as i can. leon: chris murphy started a filibuster this morning vowing to stay on the floor until congress does something about gun control legislation. taking a look now on the senate floor. you can see it's not senator murphy. the senators are able to step in and ask question allowing murphy to control the podium there. just shy of six hours from running his filibuster at this point. it has been a decade since congress made changes to the gun laws. despite mass shootings in orlando, san bernardino and murphy's home district of newtown, connecticut. alison: now we turn to the race for the white house today. and new abc news/"washington post" poll finds 70% of americans dis

trump. while 55% of those surveyed have an unfavorable view of likely democratic nominee hillary clinton. the numbers are up for both candidates. 90% of hispanics have an unfavorable view of trump. >> beauty against the beast. alison: this rally in arlington illustrates the anger that many in the hispanic community have toward the presumptive republican nominee. the former miss universe said that trump who once owned the pageant vore bali abused her -- verbally abused her. leon: straight off the win in last night's d.c. primary hillary clinton was in hampton, virginia, talking national security with the veterans, military families and members of the defense community there. d.c. bureau chief sam ford looks at the night's other big

what it means in november. >> it was absolutely tremendously uplifting. sam: vincent gray on what it felt like to win today and what he thinks of the losses of his opponents mean. >> i thought it was repudiation of the policy that have been implemented. people want to go in a different direction. bouzer tweeted congrats to today's winners. she looked forward to working with them. white, the former school board member, defeated bowser's hand picked candidate after losing to her after marion barry's death. >> i feel like it is surreal. like it is not a reality. sam: despite being outspent,

activist. councilmember -- >> active and edge gauged in the community. touch -- engaged in the community. touching the people like i have always been. >> the biggest surprise is long time incumbent orange went down defeated by white, a former aide that once ran as an independent. >> people feel like they want a stronger voice in the government. they voted for me because they believe i would bring that. sam: for the candidates who won there is something in the future called the november general election. but since no democrat in modern time ever been defeated in a general election, they are confident they have been elected. leon: the chances look good. join abc7 tomorrow night for round table discussion on the role women will play in the elections this november?

you the watch it on sister station newschannel8. >> coming up at "abc7 news at 6:00" -- how much more in taxes are you willing to pay to fund metro? i'm chris papst. coming up, why local lawmakers say the answer should be zero. >> the father did his best to rescue the child. however, to no avail. leon: plus heartbreak at disney world after a family vacation takes a deadly turn. alison: then a little bit later back at home. the redskins make history to help monitor the players' health. we'll tell you about it. alison: -- steve: a nice everything

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leon: researchers recovered the body of a toddler snatched by an alligator at a disney world hotel. lane graves pulled in the water last night as he waded in at a beach. what followed is a frantic search that ended a few hours ago. >> i delivered the message along with a priest, a catholic priest. the family was distraught but also i believe somewhat relieved. leon: authorities say the 2-year-old boy likely

there are no swimming signs on the beach but no gator signs. alison: police in australia identified a body in australia as that of a 20-year-old student from clifton, virginia. he was last seen june 6 jumping off of rocks into a storm swell. ackerman is the fourth person to die in recent storms along australia's east coast. leon: closer to home now here. nancy reagan national park could soon sit next to reagan national airport. bill in the house would rename it after the late first lady who died in march. it's a popular place to watch the planes take off and land. alison: a quick note about the area, there was a mineral oil spill at roaches run in february? well, tomorrow, the virginia department of the environmental quality will run

a dye tracer test with dominion to determine how the spill took place. if you are in the area and you see the water and it looks odd, don't be alarmed. it's just that test. leon: in this case if you see something, don't say something. the only time! coming up at "abc7 news at 6:00" -- the lessons of phase one to get ready for phase two. we look down the track at what is next for metro. alison: we have clouds out there. a little rain. meteorologist steve rudin is back with a look at how much could come for the rest of the week. robert: i'm robert burton. coming up in sports the redskins deangelo hall with bold words after practice. and draymond green is back and

alison: phase one of metro safetrack plan ends tomorrow. in all it will be 13 days of single tracking between the east falls church and ballston station. metro says crews are ahead of schedule and needed 100% of the job in some areas. they replaced more insulators and track

expected but still have work to do. saturday it shifts from eastern market and minnesota avenue on the orange line and eastern market and benning road on the blue and silver line. >> all you can do is just leave 30 or 40 minutes early. just sit there and wait it out. alison: metro says even if 30% of riders decide against riding the rails next week because of this, the bus bridges they are setting up won't be able to move the passengers during rush hour. so be prepared next week. you can find alternates for all the phaseals of safetrack on the wjla.com. search "safetrack." while you are there sign up for text alerts about metro from abc7 news. text "metro" to 43817 to get the messages on your phone. >> absolutely not. that is the message metro is getting from members of the virginia house of delegate after the troubled transit system says for more money.

some transit leaders get their way, you may have to pay a new tax. chris papst has a look at what it means. that usually means more money out of our pockets. chris? chris: usually, leon. for decades metro has been having issues with operating costs. the operating costs have been rising faster than what ridership has been. now metro is saying it needs more money and it is looking at the local taxpayers. representatives from virginia. they say no way! >> metro is currently in the middle of a $60 million repair project. to ensure those repairs last, transit leaders say they need more money. >> the financial mess they are in now is not recent. it has been building over years. >> virginia state delegate of fairfax county along with ten of his colleagues recently sent the strongly worded letter to metro officials. saying more funding is a, "nonstarter." be

problems are self-inflicted. driven by rising labor costs. he points to the federal numbers that say operating costs for metro are 50% higher than similar subways. >> give us a plan that shows how you will solve the problem. then come talk to us about revenue. you know what? maybe you won't need it. >> there does need to be a dedicated source of revenue. it's time we went after that. >> unlike most rail transit systems maine row does not have a dedicate funding source. chicago subway for example is fed by 1.25% county sales tax. the president and c.e.o. of the greater washington board of trade says it is time to do that here. but it won't be easy. >> i know it is necessary. is it achievable? metro has to get better before anybody is willing to invest in it. >> the letter sent by the delegates said additional funding to metro should only come from additional

who are safe and happy. live in rosslyn, chris papst, abc7 news. leon: all right. see if we need funding for umbrellas. steve: a little bit. alison: sounds like it. steve: tomorrow night we have wet weather on the way. early friday morning. once we get it out of here it will look nice for the weekend. get through the next 48 hours and then we talk about it. head to ocean city, maryland. temperatures are comforten right now. this weekend they will see temperatures 68 to 70 degrees. the water temperature is hovering in upper 60's. looking good for the weekend. the temperatures across the area this hour in the upper 70's to the lower 80's. if you have plans to head out to backyard, grill some food, look fantastic. the rain showers, nothing to worry about there. capital beltway, mostly cloudy skies. well north and west to us across southern pennsylvania that is where a few showers

we may see showers develop as we move through the later night hours. warm front well south and west is going to slowly move our way. as wi head through the day tomorrow. by this time tomorrow night we are looking at the showers, area of heavier rain to the west of us. heavy rain tomorrow night. forecast tonight 65 to 70. we may hear rumble of thunder in hagerstown and fredericksburg. this is the reason why. the future cast wants to paint showers and storms. 11, 12:00 tonight. all of this will eventually move out of here. mostly cloudy skies for rush hour in. and cloudy skies tomorrow. you will need umbrella and you may look for indoor activities to avoid raindrops. 5:00 tomorrow everything, wildly scattered showers. winds out of the north and east. it will feel hu

especially late tomorrow night and early friday. but the best news of all look what happens. all of this will move out of here by the noontime hour on friday. few lingering showers to the west of us. how much rain? an inch or two. higher amount to the south and the west of us. a lot depends on the track of the system. we will keep you updated on wjla.com and abc7. for tomorrow, the temperatures around 80 degrees or so. the seven-day outlook shows the temperatures around 75 on friday. 80 on saturday. lower 80's on father's day. as we move to early next week, summer officially arrives. daytime highs around 90. alison: all right. feel like summer. leon: heating up. robert: yeah. exactly. leon: finals ea

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robert: mandatory mini camp continued for the redskins. only two days in.

jay gruden canceled day three as a reward for good work. so that means the next workouts will be in richmond on july 28. that is when they really bring the heat. deangelo hall says it's another chance to go from good to be great. >> we have a chance to be great. take it one day at a time. we have a chance to be get grea. that is the biggest thing i took from the workout. you can see it when we compete in practice. i will be fun. robert: hoops game six of the nba finals tomorrow. it looks like lebron james and kyrieer irv ig aren't ready to go home. if we play like they did last game, we'll see this go to seven. draymond green suspended for game five but he is back for game six. >> we know the formula

blueprint. >> it's not easy. to do it you have to be locked in from the jump. i have no doubt the guys are ready to do that. >> my only job is to get this win. we have a great opportunity to protect homecourt and go into two of the best words ever. game seven. robert: before game six tips tomorrow night at 9:00. join us on facebook live. we will preview game and answer questions. log on to facebook.com/wjlatv. redskins named historic hire, naming robin west director of woman. the first woman to held the position in the nfl. leon: how about that? dr. west. medicine woman. alison: good for her. love it. all right. "world news tonight" with david muir up next.

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new developments as we come on the air tonight after the alligator attack at disney world. dragging a 2-year-old boy into the water. his father trying to wrestle his boy from theal gave tar. the mother getting into the water, too. the boy's body has now been found. and authorities tonight with two things families can do if an alligator attacks. also breaking tonight, for the first time, we see and hear from the orlando gunman, in this video that's now being discovered. as the fbi zeros in on his wife. what was caught on surveillance beforehand, and will she be arrested? donald trump and what he's now saying about people on the terror watch list being able to buy guns in america. he wants a meeting with the nra. the student stopping a deadly shooting spree, using pepper spray, tackling a gunman h