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out of arlington. the search is on for a predator. alison: a woman sexually assaulted in her own home. police say the man broke in a home at fourth street north early yesterday morning. the victim locking herself in the bathroom. yes, ma'aming for help -- yelling for help. the guy got away. mike carter-conneen is in arlington with the search. mike? mike: we talked to the neighbors who believe it happened in the unit behind us in the distance. i appears there is fingerprint residue on a ground-level window where we believe the police were focused in the investigation yesterday. the woman was home alone in bed not fully asleep. the suspect somehow got inside her apartment and threatened her with a knife. as you said she locked herself inside a bathroom and yelled for help. the neighbors say they didn't hear anything. the apartment units are fully sound proof.
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the scene on foot. he was a stranger to if the woman, described as hispanic, 25 to 35 years old with dark hair and fair complexion wearing gray hooded sweatshirt and dark pants. the neighbors are feeling anxious about their scut. especially women who live on this block. >> it seems like this can happen everywhere. i suppose i have to deal with an overprotective male now. wanting to walk me to the shop and walk me all over the place. all you can do as a woman is be cautious and sensible, not take risks. but definitely in your own home it's not nice to think about. going to bed, you are double checking everything is locked. windows are all closed. trying to be safe. safe as you can be. mike: yesterday morning the officers spent several hours canvassing the area, using k9 to search the area and came up with n
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this woman followed home by the suspect? what police are saying coming up at 5:00. reporting live in arlington, mike carter-conneen, abc7 news. jonathan: hope they track him down. thanks. turning now to the latest from the orlando. the f.b.i. is releasing some of the conversations with the gunman from that deadly night. alison: that is the suspect of the abc7 instapoll at the bottom of your screen. did the f.b.i. make the right call in releasing those transcripts? just log on to wjla.com/votenow to have your say. we will keep the poll open and revisit it again at 5:00. for now we go to adrian bankert for the ongoing investigation. reporter: we now have a better idea of the timeline in the orlando nightclub massacre that killed 49 people. radio transmissions show they were in the nightclub in minutes to force the shooter omar mateen to retreat to a bathroom with hostages. 30 minutes after the first ot
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calling himself an islamic soldier and then hanging up. over the next hour calls from negotiator as the killer claims, "there is a vehicle outside that has some bombs. you people are going to get it. i'm going to ignite it if they try to do anything stupid." no explosives are ever found. at 4:21 a.m., police pull an air conditioning unit, evacuating a group of survivors. the chief of police stressing there was no gun fire in the three hours it took for swat teams to take mateen down. >> i think there was a misconception we didn't do anything for three hours. i'm just trying to clarify that that is absolutely not true. we have been training for this situation for many, many years. since columbine, since 911. reporter: factors that add to an already complex investigation. abc news learning days before the standoff mateen spent $9,000 on jewelry. two months earlier he signed over his interest in this florida home he owned with his father for just
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we are standing by for the senate to make a move on four different gun control amendments. we are looking live right here at the senate floor. those votes dealing with terror watch lists, gun purchases and background checks. the first of the votes is on schedule now for 5:30 today. a little more than an hour or so, hour and a half from now. we are going to have results right here on abc7 news. stay with abc7 for continuing coverage of the nightclub terror attack and this senate vote happening now. any news that breaks we will have it for you right here and also online at wjla.com. jonathan: closing arguments today in baltimore. officer caesar goodson is on trial for the death of freddie gray. goodson was the drive of -- driver of the police van that freddie gray suffered deadly spinal injury. the verdict will be handed down thursday morning. log on to wjla.com/text.
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alerts and you will get the updates sent straight from the newsroom to your phone or to your pad. developing across the country now in california, mandatory evacuations are still in place for the sherpa wildfire. firefighters we're told just now getting the upper hand. this is new. today more than 50% the fire is contained after 8,000 acres of land have been scorched. almost 2,000 firefighters have been working day and night to control the fire. and protect the nearby homes. in the meantime, though, extreme heat all across the southwest has proven deadly. in arizona, at least three people dead as the temperatures soared way past 110 degrees this weekend. unbearable temperatures, as some of the records now we have seen fall. meteorologist steve rudin has a look at where things are today. even here it is starting to get a bit warmer. steve: it is indeed. the temperatures to the southwest of us. 110 in phoenix. not uncommon for this time of year but much different around here. we have the heat, the humidity. i will
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rest of the everything. upper 80's to lore 90's -- lower 90's. the barbecue forecast. we move through the evening and temperatures are upper 80's by 7:00. it's dry and sunny. if you have plans to head to the pool, go for it. biking to work tomorrow is dry. but on the warm side. temperatures around 80 degrees. noontime hour, middle 80's. by 4:00 we will be dodging thunderstorms. some of the storms will have the potential to become severe. i'll give you the timing coming up in a few minutes. alison: thank you very much. well, controlled chaos. that is how many commuters described this morning's rush on metro. the first commute as metro begins the second surge for safetrack. this round five stations are shut down with buses taking the place of trains. sam sweeney rode along with the commuters scrambling to get to work. >> i'm having a great time but i'm going to be late for work. i was supposed to be there at 6:30. >> it seems like a party on the 640 shuttle bus from benning road to e
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prepare and embracedded it. >> it's funny. there are a lot of great people here. they are laughing and keeping up the sense of humor. sam: shuttle buses ran at 5:00 a.m. with no problem. but over at benning road, the 5:00 hour had a bit of a hiccup. >> it took me an hour. it's 6:00. i'm normally at work at 5:30. if they would have had a shuttle bus at benning road. sam: the benning road issue is quickly worked out and the remainder of the morning went pretty smooth. metro g.m. paul wiedefeld is pleased with today's operation. but still cautions riders. >> give yourself a lot of time. if you use rail, and using the shuttle bus. the buses leave here and hit traffic. that is just the reality of it. sam: metro has hundreds of helpers guiding riders across the system but is pleading with the public to use alternate transit options if possible. >> normally we peak on wednesday so today is a relatively slower day. as it peaks we can't have
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system. we are down 70%. sam: i'm sam sweeney, back to you. alison: many of you have already done this. don't get caught by surprise on metro. text the word "metro" to 43817 to automatically sign up for the metro alerts. any service changes or disruptions and you will be the first to know. jonathan: why we talk about getting around is the memorial bridge finally or really facing a shut down? seriously? millions of dollars in repairs are needed. but there is a funding crunch. there is just not the money to do it now unless a grant is approved. northern virginia bureau chief jeff goldberg went on a tour of the crumbling bridge. you have video that shows the bridge is in horrible shape. jeff: that is true. you don't really have to go on a tour. you can walk along the bridge. this is the south side of the bridge near the virginia side. this concrete barrier under repairs here, clearly showing that the bridge is in need of fixes. but according to virginia two
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much worse down below. >> you close down the memorial bridge for a an extend period of time and you have total gridlock. >> we know how important is it to move people around the city. it's not just a matter of convenience. it's also about safety. jeff: so again picking up on the tour that took place earlier this morning. the virginia senators warner and kaine with d.c. mayor muriel bowser touring the lower level of the bridge. what they say is what they saw, corroded steel metal and concrete held together by temporary repairs. the elected leaders are pushing for a $250 million so-called fast lane grant for fixes on the bridge. without the fixes, they say, the bridge whether have to close, shut down entirely in 2021. they say the money for the
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before this time. we are talking about the repairs and the problems on the bridge. this bridge service is 68,000 passenger vehicles a day. we asked the national park service is this bridge safe for vehicles? they say it is inspected more than any other federally run bridge in the country. they say it's definitely safe for vehicles. now a lot of the news of the need of the prepares came as a surprise for people who use this bridge every single day. they are not at all happy about it. we are going to hear from the commuters coming up at 5:00. until then, live on the memorial bridge, jeff goldberg, abc7 news. jonathan: see you at 5:00. coming up for us at "abc7 news at 4:00" -- you watched it right here on abc7. the cavs winning the nba title. how cleveland greeted the team and a look at the celebrations ahead. they'll be partying for years. alison: you're fired. the big shakeup on the trump campaign. who donald sent packing.
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jonathan: a major campaign shakeup for donald trump. the presumptive g.o.p. presidential nominee campaign manager corey lewandowski leaving the team. donald trump's spokeswoman hope hicks called the move a parting of ways. in the meantime, a source close to trump said that lewandowski was forced out of
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of his poor relationship with the republican national committee. and g.o.p. officials. all right. time now for a check of the traffic situation. jamie sullivan is here with details. i owe you an apology. i said early on i thought golden state would sweep. they did. they swept themselves out of contention. jamie: i'm not wearing gold for golden state. this is for the cavs and the big trophy we got. this is a good day for the cav fans. good day for you? well, we really felt it this morning with the surge two put in place for safetrack. 8 miles per hour right now heading outbound on kenilworth avenue. 16 minutes it takes from the 11th street bridge closer to the baltimore washington parkway. outbound new york avenue seeing the heavy traffic as well. we are at 11 miles per hour. now nothing that is crazy we'll say at least this afternoon. because we typically do see this heavy traffic through here. on the southeast/southwest froway. slowing as well. let
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mixing bowl to the wilson bridge is pretty heavy. we see the same thing outbound on 66. with the heaviest volume before the beltway, continuing past gallows road. as you approach the stretch from virginia getting into maryland, about 10 miles per hour. we'll go ahead and take a live look here. which shows you some of this heavy volume we do have right near bradley boulevard traveling on the inner loop. we have heavy traffic this afternoon. nothing out of the ordinary. as i was saying before -- leon: out of the ordinary. can we talk about out of the ordinary. jamie: my gosh! let's do a big hug! leon: sorry, family reunion here. a little cavalier love. you are smart. look at you. wearing the gold. not the wine. jamie: i wore all my wine the past couple of wiems. i'm going through the closet. what gold do i have. you were here last night watching it. leon: rit.
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could hear cleveland as far away as they were. it's crazy. leon: feel how hot this is? my phone has been blowing up for the last 18 hours or so. it's insane. jamie: a lot of people from cleveland, no one stopped, no one -- last night int was 11:00, midnight. i was texting friends at 3:00 in the morning. everyone was up. everyone was in on the excitement. leon: everybody who i have ever known from ohio, even those who owed me money decided to get in touch with the brother because of what happened last night. incredible. in case you missed it, folks. the cavaliers won their first nba championship of all time last night. incredible. game seven win. they did it on the road. the first team ever to come back from down 3-1. that has never happened before in the finals. jamie: history! leeps history! they did -- leon: history! against the league's reigning m.v.p. but the party got started in the locker room last night after the game and carried ov to vegas. it's continuing right now.
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where the cavs arrived a couple hours ago. check it out. >> cleveland's long sports nightmare ended. leon: game seven. historic and emotional as the cleveland cavaliers win their first ever nba championship. >> emotions for lebron james. leon: m.v.p. lebron james collapsing on the floor in tears. >> i poured my heart, my blood, my sweat and my tears to this game. against all odds. leon: the first major sports championship for the city of cleveland in 50 years. fans sitting on the edges of their seats. including the first family. they waited for the game to end before boarding marine 1 in yosemite. steph curry lead the warriors to first half seven-point lead. by the second half it was gone. with just one minute to go. all tied up. 89-89. and then, with 53 seconds left. point guard kyrie irving impossible three-pointer puts cleveland ahead for good. >> i thought i had a good chance. i d
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glad it went in our favor. leon: victory, a full circle for lebron james. his jersey was infamously burned when he left for miami. but now back with cleveland, bringing home the ultimate prize. >> i wish it would have been us. but at the end of the day, we congratulate them for accomplishing what they set out to do. >> only two teams ever forced a game seven. i can say i sit some place no one else has ever been. my teammates as well. this is truly amazing. leon: unbelievable. how about this? jamie: it was well deserved! for everyone who said, "i don't think they can do it," we were all in. leon: only ones. jamie: we believed. leon: on the inside. way, way deep on the inside. jamie: long time coming. leon: yeah. long time coming but to do it in historic fashion. the way they did is just amazing. so therefore, folks, i will give you advance warning now. you might not see us on wednesday. we may end up
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off. jamie: one of those flights with a quick drive to cleveland. leon: championship parade set for downtown cleveland. the team and the city will release more details about that, as the information comes in. we will let you know about that. this is something that many folks who are younger than us don't remember what it was like when cleveland had something good going on sports-wise. this is historic. jamie: its is. leon: happy to be here to experience it. alison: i want to know if jamie was dancing like you were. that is something i will never forget. steve: we are in awe of your moves. leon: my kids, my kids have said i'm not allowed to dance in public. ever. ever! jamie: i will describe. i was at home but the dog was sleeping. so i couldn't talk. so if you could picture i have spiders all over me. this is me. i'm like! leon: that is your move. jamie: on the couch. leon: that is the jamie. jamie: trying to be quiet so i don't wa
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jonathan: this could go on all day. congratulations, you guys. alison: enjoy. leon: we only had to wait 51 years. jonathan: now they will say lebron james. leon: could be. jonathan: they are already saying lebron james. leon: this puts him on the same level on jim brown, which is saying something. saying a lot. jonathan: exactly right. all right. congrats. alison: keep celebrating you two. jamie: we are. leon: absolutely. steve: you have to get through wednesday. thursday. jonathan: they'll be off wednesday. alison: let's talk about our weather. this is really starting to feel like summer. steve: it is. summer rivers at 6:34 -- summer arrives at 6:34. longest daylight hours of the year. get out and enjoy it. take advantage of it. by this time tomorrow we'll dodge showers and thunderstorms. 89 degrees at reagan national airport. looking out at the national harbor. if you are lucky enough to head to the pool, temperatures
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still wear the sun screen. the angle of the sun is not as strong moving through the late afternoon and the early everything hours. you can still burn. enjoy yourself at the pool. the d.c. public pools are all open and free for d.c. residents. satellite and the radar not a lot going on. stays dry for the overnight. added clouds late tonight into the early morning hours. likely to produce showers by dawn. the temperatures will only fall to middle 60's to the lower 70's. it will be a warm and a humid start to tuesday. dress comfortably. shorts if you get away with it. short sleeve shirts, absolutely. umbrella. don't forget that. the temperatures early on around 70 degrees. we will see the rapid warmup through midday hours. heading through the forecast tomorrow, 10:00 in the morning. it stays dry. winds out of the south/southwest at 5 to 10. late afternoon and early everything future cast wants to develop showers and thunderstorms. some of these will have the potential to be strong and severe, gusty winds and heavy
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week the stronger thunderstorms. be on the lookout. download the stormwatch7 app and stay ahead of the next storm. here is the forecast. we move through the day tomorrow. mid-morning temperatures in the middle to upper 80's. high of 90 degrees. i will take you to look at the seven-day outlook. 86 on wednesday. showers and the thunderstorms on thursday. friday, 81 degrees. that will bring in a really, really nice weekend ahead. saturday and sunday, temperatures in middle to upper 80's. nighttime lows around 70. monday of next week we are back to 90 degrees. enjoy this evening. take advantage of the summer solstice. jonathan: good stuff. steve, thanks. coming up for us at 4:00 -- a local couple eerie nanny cam mystery. who is the girl they keep seeing in vid toetape? "7 on your side" with the story. alison: 11 hour school days for 11 months of the year? the school in district that does this. and the reason f
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and their dominion salary, and continue benefits for them and their families. why do we do it? because our vets sacrifice enough. "dominion. depend on us for more than energy." ♪ stand by me. jonathan: that time of year, schools are letting out and kids get ready for summer break. private school in northeast is just getting started. alison: in today's "spotlight on education" kellye lynn takes us to a school in session 11 hours a day and 11 months a year. kellye: at washington jesuit academy the 20th of june is the first day of
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>> our competitive advantage. we keep moving the students forward. kellye: they attend school 11 months a year from 7:20 a.m. to 6:15 p.m. so long, breakfast, lunch and dinner are served. >> the attention the kids get inside and outside the classroom is pif -- pivotal. kellye: a little over 100 boys that share a common thread extending beyond the gender. each of them have significant financial needs and attends the school tuition-free. education that would cost $18,000 a year is paid for by donations from the community. 13-year-old drew plays basketball, football and runs track at washington jesuit maintaining a 3.6 g.p.a. he embraces the 11-month school year. >> it's all worth it because it sets us up for a better opportunity in the future, to go to a better school or get into a better high school. kellye: according to
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the boys will go on to private high schools where they will continue to receiver tuition-assistance. as for the academics the average gram waiting eighth grader leaves performing at a tenth grade level in language arts and math. >> is there a down side to being in school 11 months a year? 11 hours a day? >> you get really tired. kellye: in northeast, kellye lynn, abc7 news. alison: i wonder if they have nap time built in. jonathan: a couple hours out for p.e. nap time. then you still crank out eight hours of books. alison: that is intense. good for them. jonathan: very. alison: washington jesuit academy is one-month break is from july 22 to august 29. still ahead on "abc7 news at 4:00" -- when you get a nanny cam you run the risk of seeing something you don't want to see. one family's startling find. who is the little girl they keep seeing? jonathan: cutting up its card. the big costco c
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getting their hands on weapons. jonathan: the solutions are extremely far apart as you can imagine. we have more on the first vote expected in an hour. reporter: in washington today, continued outrage that the shooter in orlando was able to legally buy the weapons used in the worst mass shooting in u.s. history despite being watched by the f.b.i. the white house trying to bring together bipartisan resport for reform. >> majority of democrats who support closing the background check loophole. there is apple evidence to ind -- ample evidence to indicate majority of republicans and gun owners share the same view. reporter: but they are split on how best to respond. democrats supporting legislation to stop anyone on the no fly list from purchasing a gun and lower the standard from refusal of probable cause to reasonable belief. but republicans want a th
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to allow the person to clarify if the person is a danger. victory for the gun control advocates from the supreme court today deciding not to take up the assault weapons ban. this action by the court leaves in place gun control legislation passed in the wake of the sandy hook elementary school shooting. >> of course it's personal. this is my home state. i stemmed out of my mother's murder. regardless of the outcome tonight the issue is on the forefront of everybody's mind. that is a victory. reporter: as the senate considers legislation, it appears increasingly likely that the supreme court decision will be the only victory for gun control advocates today. reporting from the capitol, abc7 news. alison: we turn to the weather. steve is back with the official day of summer. steve: it feels like it. we are at 90 degrees in leesburg. 88 at manassas. we are looking for warm temperatures to stick around heading through the early evening
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if you have outdoor activities going for a run or watching swim practice it's warm. don't count on a lot of showers. the best chance comes through the afternoon tomorrow. forecast highs tomorrow, d.c. once again just around 90 degrees. 90 at manassas and culpeper. middle 80's in luray. 86 in winchester. 85 in cumberland. the shower, the thunderstorms expected to arrive in the late afternoon hours. we will talk about the upcoming weekend. more in a few minute. alison: see you then. thank you. it's an eyesore. that is what neighbors are saying, complaining there is too
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the bank foreclosed on the home but now the residents want the financial institution to clean up the mess it made. montgomery county reporter kevin lewis has the story. >> i didn't want to touch it because it smelled too awful. kevin: a shattered aquarium, big screen tube tv and broken pool table litter the yard of the olney home. >> a lot of stuff on the lawn. kevin: neighbor lewis filed a complaint with montgomery county. and an inspector later posted this notice on the home's front door but so far financial lender deutsche bank hasn't hiredded someone to truck away the trash. >> the irresponsible people know that the county is just going to be very lax with enforcing the housing code. the ten-day notices and the extensions, they kind of go on and on and on. >> over the weekend he and his neighbors lugged the trash from the curb to the side yard. in part because next door neighbor recently pl
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>> there is more in the backyard. i understand the shed is full of junk. kevin: montgomery county responds to 7,000 property complaints each year says if the problem isn't resolved by next mont it will fine deutsche bank. >> it affects the property values and contributes to a decline in quality of life in the neighborhood and montgomery county. kevin: nuisance properties like this one captured the attention of one county councilmember who is now looking to introduce legislation to give county employees more tools to enforce homes like this. i'm kevin lewis, abc7 news. jonathan: around the district a dubious milestone. ung emloyalty dropping to 6.1%. the lowest in years. it's started to drop in the two poorest wards. sam ford shows what is driving the comeback. sam: work training classes are part of what they do and the nuer
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unemployment is starting to impact the d.c. toughest areas east of the anacostia river. >> usually i will go outside and see everybody sitting around on the block. nowadays people say i have to go work. head to work. >> two ward eight 21-year-olds are now getting stipend in exchange for their training. >> i don't have a job but i'm in a job program. they compensate me. sam: the ward eight unemployment dropped from 7.1% in january 2011, to 9.5 in may 2016. in eight it's down from 25.2 in january of 2011 to 11.3 as of last month. >> i think the district economy is thriving. the administration along putting a concerted effort forward with increasing training. sam: thanks to program like these some are finding jobs but others say the dropping unemployment number east of the river are having no impact on them. >> you looking for jobs
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day. you apply. your get interviews. then they tell you well, we found somebody else. sam: these young men say criminal records are just plain suspicious and often keep many from getting called back. they see little improvement. >> turn the camera and look how many people out here. they are here on a regular day-to-day basis. i see these people, the same people every day. they all stand in front of the same building. sam: a lot of work still to do in d.c.'s poorest neighborhoods. in southeast washington, i'm sam ford, abc7 news. alison: a "7 on your side" consumer alert now. a criminal investigation now open in germany related to the volkswagen emissions scandal. german prosecutors now looking into c.e.o. martin wintercorn and another unnamed executive. allegations the two did not inform investigators soon enough about the cars rigged to cheat on diesel emissions test. in a statement regarding a prior investor
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maintains it followed the disclosure obligations. jonathan: coming up next here at "abc7 news at 4:00" -- what would you do if you saw a gator on the beach? you will meet the man who wrestled with this thing. >> you commit to something, you are going to do it. jonathan: okay. we'll show you what agitated the gator to the point that the guy felt like he had to jump in on the gator. we tell you about it after this. alison: it's the dead of winter at the south pole. two are trapped right now. 70 below zero. dark 24 hours a day. and that is not the only thing slowing down the rescue mission. where things stand right now still ahead.
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alison: this is a classic example of don't try this at home. this is from texas today. people enjoying the sun on the beach were startled to find a seven-foot alligator, basically doing the same thing. >> i'm glad you said don't try this at home. otherwise -- at first the gator was calm. but when a fisherman snagged it with a hook accidentally the gator got agitated. he started thrashing around. can't blame it. that is when bystanders jumped on it. >> grabbed ahold of jaws. someone could rope him or tape his mouth up so he couldn't bite me no more. jonathan: who wants
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thing? no one was hurt including the gator. the game warden took it away to release it away from the beach. that is what he told everybody there. gone. all right. a family in new jersey was in for a bit of a surprise when they noticed a bear was taking a swim in their pool. what are you going to say? there have been a few bear sightings lately. but not like this one. alison: the black bear decided to treat itself on father's day. even playing with some equipment they had in the pool. it tried itself off and headed down the street. jonathan: probably didn't like it. the chlorine container. this place stinks. alison: an adult catches a foul ball and hands the ball nicely to a child nearby. jonathan: doing a solid to the kid. watch this. ready? he hands it to the kid. the kid wants to show off his arm. this happened sunday at the cleveland progressive field. the kid got the ball, thought this was wrigley field. said you know what? tryouts and he threw
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>> what do you do with a ball? you throw it of course. look at his brother's face. >> are you kidding me? jonathan: his brother looks like he is going to throw up. what did you just do? did they get another ball? no. same kid. that is the ball. here he goes. bye-bye. the ball went into the duck below and undoubtedly surprised the new owner of the ball. hopefully they gave the kid and brother a new ball. they do it sometimes. we are starting to warm up here. how does 70 below zero sound? dark for 24 hours a day? it's winter at the south pole. two are trapped and in need of rescue. those are the conditions. the daring mission that is underway and what is slowing the potential rescue. we have it coming up next. alison: also ahead, celebrity golf tournament for wounded warriors. >> playing golf before i was injured. since i so been here i have gotten that aspect back. alison: we show you how a group of paralyzed veterans competed
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alison: to a dangerous flights as rescue crews are attempting to battle below zero temperatures to reach a sick worker on the south pole. look at that. the area is so remote only two rescues have been attempted in that area over the last 60 years. right now temperatures are hovering around 70 below. planes traveling from canada need the fuel boiled before attempting the trip! but officials say this one is necessary. >> the situation is serious. we don't have the capability of handling it on sight. alison: the pilots are traveled with impaired vision because the region is dark 2 hours a day. if the plane makes it to the site another person is expected to be transported but their condition is unknown. jonathan: 7 salutes the military heroes. a number of wounded warriors hit the
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cause. 45 vets partners with pro athletes and the business leaders in paralyzed veterans golf open. these guys are amazing. the wounded warriors took the course in special carts that allow them to stand upright while they tee off and hit the ball. to give them as good a chance to win as anybody else. >> this is golf. this is hard for people able bodied. but we have the pair of golfers that will allow you to stand up and level the playing field. makes you feel good to get out there. beat some of the guys walking. jonathan: fantastic to see them out on the links like that. proceeds from the event goes toward a program that offers free services for veterans. alison: well, they are designed for you to keep an eye on your child. pet, or your home. viewer was shocked to turn on a camera expecting to see what her dog was up to. what she saw promp
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call "7 on your side." our troubleshooter horace holmes shows us the unexpected image. horace: it was simply an effort to keep an eye on amber. a 14-year-old chocolate labrador. >> she has kidney failure. reporter: sandy's son bought her the smart camera for christmas. >> i watch here. make sure she is breathing and make sure she is okay. horace: it worked perfectly. the camera set on amber so they can watch the movement on the phone. all good until a few weeks ago when she turned on the camera as usual. and -- >> i see a little girl. i'm like what is this? horace: what is that? where is out coming from? >> i logged back out and i logged back in. i see my dog. then i log back in and i see the little girl. this happened over a period of 24 hours. horace: she has no idea who the girl is or where the picture came from. the photo was a still shot that never changed. what happened here? "7 on your side" wondered how others would feel if so
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cam or security camera in their home. >> i would feel violated. i would feel insecure. >> that brings into account all kind of safety concerns. >> creepy. horace: she says that the maker offered no explanation. >> who is this little girl? horace: she adds they did offer apology and said it is investigating. in the meantime the company sent her four new cameras. >> i wanted people to know that there is a chance if you buy this, and you set it up for your little baby, that somebody else could be watching. horace: still a mystery. "7 on your side" contacted them this afternoon and a spokesperson told us they are still working to figure out what happened. the spokeses person went on to say this is the first complaint like this the company ever received and it is waiting for her to return the camera so technicians can look a
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there is still the mystery. who is that little girl? how did it happen? if you know who it is, please contact us. jonathan: you hope this kind of attention would make whoever baby that is call and say that is us. figure out what camera they have and how it is crossing over. horace: sometimes wires cross, so to speak. alison: bizarre. we'll see if anyone calls you that has had the same thing happen to them. weird. okay. let us know what you hear. today is the day that costco ditches amex for visa. visa is taking over the chain's official credit card. they will mail new citivisa cards to all cost row members. if you don't have a visa card you can pay with cash, check, debit. jonathan: huge. that is huge. i went to costco on a sunday. a mistake. steve: if you went to the one i'm thinking of --
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alison: the weekends. it's summer. steve: it is. a couple more hours to do. feels like it already out there now. a lot of folks are jogging about, taking their dogs out. make sure the dogs have plenty of water. make sure you have water. temperatures that will fall through the 80's. the nighttime lows are around 65 to 73 degrees. this is the future cast. stronger thunderstorms tomorrow afternoon between the hours of 2:00 and 6:00. after we get this out of here the conditions will improve. better weather ahead. talk about the weekend. saturday, 7:00, we have d.c. united versus new england at r.f.k. stadium. a lot of sunshine early on. temperatures will fall through the 80's. eventually in the 70's. don't forget about the giant national capital barbecue battle on saturday and sunday. we look at temperatures in the middle 80's between ninth and
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a lot of good food out there. the seven-day outlook. before the weekend we will be in the 80's. thunderstorm chances tomorrow and thursday. after that come friday, saturday and sunday, even into monday of next week, a lot of sunshine. temperatures in the 90's from the lower 60's to the 70's for the lows. grab an umbrella. stay on the dry side of things. check on the rush hour commute to jamie sullivan. jamie: what we are seeing is not any big accident i'm happy to report. a few issues. let's start with a smoking hand hole cover. this -- smoking manhole cover. in the district. this is at connecticut avenue and rodman street. i want to move closer to right near downtown to talk about the slowing as you head outbound. 18 minutes is the average. getting from the 11th street bridge to kenilworth avenue. closer to the b.w. parkway. single digits in some areas. heading southbound 295, about ten miles per hour. the slower along the beltway
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virginia. heading outbound on 66. slowing as well. but like i said we don't have any big accidents. just a lot of that volume. get ready for it just like this. back to you. alison: okay. thank you very much. well, coming up next at "abc7 news at 4:00" -- it was a real ad for a home. but used to rip off a perspective renter. what to look out for so you are not out of hundreds of dollars in your search for a new place to stay. - the novec team hits the home field to score big with energy savings. carol and bob set up for a hit with power bill savings. bob readies a power strip to turn off items when not in use. carol signals bob to use an led lightbulb. bob gives the nod. the energy-efficient led is put into play. oh, wait, there's a runner on the move, turning the power strip off! the novec team has hit energy savings out of the park. novec, your not-for-profit electric cooperative, providing winning ways to save.
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john: angela is a medical technician and single mom look for a rental home. she found a home on respect for craigslist for $800 a month. >> they had pictures of the house. then he gave me the address to go look at it. john: she drove by and fell in love but she was confused by the for sale sign. >> i questioned why it had a for sale sign. he was going to sell it but he and his wife decided to rent it out while they were out of the country doing missionary work. john: it sounded okay so she wired $600 deposit to the number the landlord gave her. but it was too good to be true. the house for rent was never forrent. it was a real estate listing for sale. the scammer copied the ad. the realtor says the real owners had people
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>> she had a few people stop by here. even knock on the door. faces pressed against the window. looking in. mom and a little boy thinking they could rent it. john: by the time she reported it to craigslist the scammer disappeared. it was too late for angela whose hard earned money is in the hands of a scammer in a far away country. >> i think it's sad that somebody takes praise -- takes and preys on other people. john: don't let it happen to you. never wire money to a landlord you haven't met, especially if he is out of town. i'm john matarese, abc7 news. isleon: the u.s. senate in a rare debate over new gun control. why orlando survivors are not holding their breath. the justice department 180 on the orlando killer 911 calls. the part they kept hidden and then released. memorial bridge is a crumbling, rusted mess. it could be closed much earlier than
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announcer: now "abc7 news at 5:00". on your side. alison: right now members of the senate are getting ready to vote on the first of four gun control amendments. these are live pictures right now on the senate floor. two of the measures deal with the people on terror watch lists. buying guns. the other two with background checks during gun purchases. but survivors of last week's shooting at the orlando nightclub are not optimistic on any action. >> that is the political atmosphere we have been in for a long time. it doesn't matter. the 49 lives don't matter enough to, you know, people on capitol hill to really make a change. what is why it's up to us to make the change. leon: today the f.b.i. released transcripts from the 911 calls made by the gunman in the attack in orlando. jonathan elias standing by on the live desk with a closer look at what the tapes contain. jonathan: the f.b.i. rel
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saying it was trying to make it less painful for those who survived. just now in the last two hours the agency is reversing that decision. 33 mintz at the first gunshot at pulse nightclub, a 911 heard from the gunman. he called in and in arabic said the name of god, the merciful, the beneficial. the dispatcher asked what? mateen continued. "praise be to god and prayers. peace be on the prophet of god. i'm in orlando. i did the shootings." >> we currently have no evidence he was directed by a foreign terrorist group. jonathan: crisis negotiators called. and police say releasing the audio would be too painful for victims. but they described mateen's tone. >> why the killer made the
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