now. announcer: now, "abc7 news at 6:00". on your side. leon: right now the senate is preparing to vote on the first of four gun control amendments that it's considering now. you are looking at a live picture of the senate floor as deliberations are underway. this is coming after last week's filibuster by the democrats demanding the senate take up new gun legislation. jonathan elias in the newsroom. jonathan: we rer -- we were hoping to have the results but the deliberations continue. there are no less than four measures discussed right now that are plans that hopefully will become law at least for lawmakers introducing them. of those introduced, two of the gun measures were introducedded by the republicans, who by the democrats. they run the gamut. ranging from if you on the terrorist watch list you will not be able to purchase a firearm. that is on the table now. the other one if you are mentally ill or deemed so by a

prohibited from buying a gun. right now those folks can buy guns. these are all the things debated. all of this legislation is being discussed in light of what happened in orlando. they do need a majority in the senate. there has to be 60 volts one way or the -- votes for this to pass. we keep a close eye on the senate floor. if anything should happen we get back to you. leon: thank you. the u.s. supreme court decided today to not act on a gun case. the justices rejected challenges on the assault weapon ban in connecticut and new york. that now leaves a lower court ruling in place that upholds the laws passed in the wake of the shooting at sandy hook elementary school in new-up to, connecticut. amidst criticism the justice department released full transcript of the calls between the orlando shooter, 911 dispatch and the hostage negotiators. the original decision to emit reference to isis is done to avoid giving the terrorist group additional publicity. that is the subject

call releasing the transcripts? if you have a thought go to wjla.com/votenow. in the 911 calls, omar mateen called himself an islamic fighter. promised more attacks. investigators are not releasing calls themselves, saying that doing so would be too painful for the victims. >> why the killer made the murderous statements he did so in a chilling, calm, and a deliberate manner. >> according to the transcripts the shooter claimed that there was a bomb in a car in the parking lot. well, that turned out to not be true. funerals for some of the 49 victims took place over the weekend. more than a dozen survivors still are in the hospital tonight. closer to home now phase two of metro safetrack got the first test of the work week today. this phase now affecting more people than the first one did. so check to see how it's going for the commute home. kevin lewis live from the eastern market station with a status update. how are we doing so

kevin: i think most people are actually pretty positive leon. there is a steady stream of commuters coming up the escalators here at the eastern market station. some waving to us. a loll of them have a confused look on their face searching for the shuttle bus. this is pennsylvania avenue. they have halted service from the eastern market to benning road station. orange line is stopped between eastern market and the minnesota avenue station. this search started saturday and runs through sunday july 3. that is 16 days in total. a typical six-car train in rush hour has 800 people on board. that means wmata need 18

two and a half minutes to keep up with the service. that is impossible. delays are a guarantee. most people we talk to said monday commute was no worse than expected. >> it's not bad until getting out of eastern market. >> i work in alexandria and i live in maryland. i have a nice commute going on. this is my first time going back home. coming here wasn't that bad this morning but we'll see what happens after that. kevin: good luck to you. >> thank you. i appreciate that. i think we are all going to need that. kevin: we did speak with one woman today who took uber to work. her tab was $30. she cannot afford to pay it twice a day for the next ten days. a lot of people are in the same financial situation. live in southeast, i'm kevin lewis, abc7 news. leon: all right. se

thanks. every stem of the way, abc7 will have what you need to know about safetrack. we have a special safetrack page on wjla.com. you can get metro updates to your phone. text us the word "metro" to 43817. we will keep you informed. an hour ago metro transit announce an arrest in yesterday's stabbing at the georgia avenue metro station. the suspect 27-year-old whitney mauer. she and the victim know each or and the victim is expected to be okay. police are look for a man who broke into an arlington apartment and sexual assaulted a woman there. it happened 2:00 a.m. sunday morning on fourth street north. police are now trying to figure out how the man got into that apartment. what they know is that he threatened a woman with a knife. she was able to lock herself in the bathroom rapid yell for help. police canvassed the area and questioned the neighbors but so far they have no suspect. major shakeup in the trump campaign to report tonight.

fired the campaign manager corey lewandowski. trump's children pressured him to fire him after falling poll numbers and infighting in the campaign. lewandowski says he doesn't know why he was let go. >> i'm so thankful for this chance. i know that what i will do moving forward is share my advice of what i know with mr. trump and his team if they want it. leon: some trump aides praised the decision with one tweeting, "ding dong the witch is dead." lewandowski made national headlines after he was charged with assaulting a reporter at a campaign vent earlier in year. that charge by the way dropped. the presumptive democratic nominee taken a short break from campaigning to welcome her second grandchild to the world. they left with chelsea's second child. her daughter charlotte is 2 in september. shocking accident took t

actor. up next, the safety problem his vehicle may have had. >> a ribbon cutting for the employment center today. i'm amy aubert. i will take you inside on a tour coming up. leon: is the memorial bridge safe to drive on? coming up, local officials get a look underneath the bridge to find out. steve: we hit 70 degrees earlier -- we had 90 degrees earlier today. we have relief from the heat in the form of thunderstorms. i'll tell you when coming up.

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leon: thursday at 10:00 a.m. a judge will rule in caesar goodson's case. he was driving the van that later lead to freddie gray's death. bradley was there for the closing argument -- brad bell was there for the closing arguments. brad: prosecutors claiming the drive of the police van carrying freddie gray, officer caesar goodson caused his death failing to seat belt gray and giving him a so-called "rough ride" claiming the intent is to bang him around, bin pal him. the defense firing back saying, "officer goodson drove the van safely, slowly, responsibly." judge barry williams announcing the verdict will come thursday morning. trial watchers are

>> not guilty. brad: defense attorney brown noting the judge grilled prosecutors about their evidence. >> i think the judge made it very clear with his unease with the state's case. brad: officer goodson facing the most serious charge of the six officers indicted. second degree. depraved heart murder. his is the third trial before the judge with the state so far failing to win a single conviction. this small group of demonstrators urging people to take to the streets if goodell is acquitted. naacp baltimore president tessa hill-aston saying the state may not have proven the case in court. but in baltimore police still believe police killed freddie gray. >> anybody in baltimore city who has been in a van knows what a rough ride is. everybody at west baltimore know that is why people run when the police are going to put you in the van and you know you haven't done anything. brad: there will be heightened

thursday morning. the flyer urging street protests if goodson walks. naacp urging peaceful protest saying the town needs no more arrest and no more property damage. in baltimore, brad bell, abc7 news. leon: developing now the jeep in which actor anton yelchin was killed recalled months ago because of problems of the design of the gear shift. specifically, drivers were shifting to neutral when they thought they were shifting to park in the vehicle. police in los angeles say yelchin was pinned by his 2015 jeep grand cherokee when it rolled down his driveway. he was best known for playing chekov in the recent "star trek" film. a highly traveled bridge connecting d.c. and virginia. will it get much-needed safety fixes? where the emoral bridge safety stands now. it's getting hot in here. steve is back with what to expect this week.

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memorial bridge. they say right now it's still safe to drive on. a ten-ton weight limit is keeping the tour buses from loading the bridge. roughly six months before m.g.m. national harbor anticipates opening up its doors the megacasino continues the hiring process with a new employment center. amy aubert was there for the ribbon cutting this morning and she take us inside the building where they expect to hire 3,600 employees. amy: things are picking up at m.g.m. national harbor employment center. a ribbon cutting officially kicking everything off monday morning. >> we have a couple of training rooms. amy: the vice president of human resources and says they are bringing on 3,600 people. >> people don't get opportunities right away before opening doesn't mean there will never be opportunities. huge to o

spinoff. amy: this is all happening in what was an old elementary school left sitting for years. >> to see where we have come and the impact it will have on the community and the people looking for jobs and the careers in this community. it's been a complete 180. amy: county executive baker says it's a step closer to opening a filling the new positions. >> it's one of the things we promised residents it would not only be entertainment venue but a job opportunity for them to work inside the facility. but also create jobs, you know, throughout. >> the doors officially open to the public on friday. operating by appointment only. the building is currently home to the dealer classes and new hire orientation meetings. it's about bringing a building back to life. and dealing out new opportunities. amy aubert, abc7 news. leon: that is really going to be something when they open up.

so far. leon: didn't take long, did it? steve: no. a year and a couple of months. all right. it's summertime. it feels like it out there. the heat and the humidity, it's not that bad. leon: feels like summer. not a bad summer. good summer. steve: we haven't had that many 90-degree days. today we hit 90 at reagan national. if you are doing outdoor cooking in the next couple of hours or so make sure you stay cool. the temperatures will fall to middle 80's. 90 in leesburg. cool in south and west of us. the cloud cover on the satellite and the radar moving to montgomery county. upper northwest d.c. this will remain dry. showers come tomorrow morning. cold front to the north and west of us to bring us chance for a few showers come early tomorrow morning. better c

storms late in the afternoon. tonight partly cloudy skies. if you head out the door tomorrow grab your umbrella. dress comfortably. shorts and short steves if you can. temperatures are upper 60's to the lower 70's. a quick warmup through the morning hours to the 70's and the 80's. early on around 7:00 to 8:00. slow go around the capital beltway. everyone is rushing off to work or camp. we'll see a few embedded thunderstorms. we will see lull by the mid-morning hours. thunderstorms south of d.c. they will see the greatest risk for strong storms. the gusty winds and downpours and small hail. not a huge, huge severe weather outbreak like we had last week.

wednesday looks okay around here. the next seven days showers and the storms tomorrow morning and in the afternoon hours. clear it up nicely for wednesday. 86 degrees. thursday another round of sun settled weather. once we get that out of the way we open up the gate for beautiful weather on friday. the temperature around 80 degrees. low humidity. looking ahead to the upcoming weekend saturday and sunday 85 to 87. don't forget about the barbecue kickoff sunday. monday is near 90. knight time lows to upper 60's to the lower 70's. leon: steve, you metion the hot day. first day of summer. feels like summer outside. hot day out there. 7 salutes the military heroes. look at this. at the golf course. number of wounded warriors hit the course for a good call in lawnsdown. 45

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leon: we are continuing to follow the action in the senate as four different gun control measures are considered in the wake of the orlando nightclub massacre. now we just got word that the senate blocked democratic measure to close gun show loophole and expand background checks. we will continue to monitor what happens with the other three bills considered on the senate floor and have more at 11:00. announcer: now the toyota sports desk brought to you by your local toyota dealers. erin: thousands of fans gathered in cleveland this mo

nba champion cleveland cavaliers. the first championship the city has seen in over half a century. lebron james and company arrives home to screams and cheers. all of the supporters. king james waved the championship trophy as he got off the home. he brought it up closer to fans nearby so they could get a close look. you can just tell how much this means. not just to lebron but to the entire city of cleveland. >> our fans, they ride or die, no matter what is going on. in matter the browns or the indians, the cavs, so on and the other sports team. they continue to support us. for to us be able to, for to us be able to end this drought, our fans deserve it. erin: i think j.r. smith lost his shirt in vegas. i appears lebron is reportedly skipping the olympics in rio this year. so far the team will be without steph curry, ja

chris paul and lebron. however, draymond green and kevin durant are expected to participate. now that the nba finals are over let's focus on baseball. nationals continue the west coast swing with a series in los angeles tonight. what a pitching matchup between stephen strasburg and the dodgers clayton kershaw. strasburg trying to run his perfect record 11-0. kershaw not doing shabby either. the three-time cy young award winner is 10-1 this season. tiger woods is not playing in his tournament this week, at congressional, ricky fowler the number five golfer in the world highlights the field. that will be a good one. leon: should be. looking forward to it. erin: whether will be nice. leon: better be. that is it for us. "world news tonight" with david muir up next. see you at 11:00.

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breaking news as we come on tonight. under arrest. federal authorities say a young man reaches for an officer's gun after traveling across state lines. they say he was trying to target donald trump. the arrest and the pictures amid a major shakeup tonight inside the trump campaign. also tonight, the record-breaking heat. several dead. the wildfires. and passenger jets unable to land. fears over tires on the blistering runways. and that heat now spreading east. new tonight, the fbi releases the phone calls with the gunman. the 28 minutes on the phone with the shooter, inside that orlando nightclub. what we never heard. the rising star. the young actor from "star trek" killed. trapped between his suv and his driveway gate. now, we learn his suv had been