the two sides couldn't sound more differently. >> i don't think this should be a proud moment for democracy or for the people who stage the stunts. >> i tell you, i feel more than lucky. i feel very blessed and honored. i'm very proud of each and every one of you. leon: after ending the sit-in. congressman john lewis who started the whole thing walked out to greet supporters who held a vigil outside through the night at the capitol. our kimberly suiters is standing by there tonight and she picks up the story from capitol hill tonight. what is the latest? kimberly: it is clear right now but just four hours ago there were about 250 pro gun control protesters out here. they were cheering, the democrats that supported them and jeering the republicans who

>> do your job! kimberly: gun control advocates gathered 250 strong. among them virginia tech shooting survivor colin. >> i'm one of the very few survivors who were shot and lived. kimberly: with three bullets still lodged in his body, a rod in his knee and now hours away from the birth of his first child he stood before signs reading, "disarm hate." what do you say to people who say you have to arm yourself against hate? >> the idea that if only more guns in more places of our country made us safer, the united states of america with 300 million guns in circulation already would be the safest place in the world and we are not. kimberly: this crowd standing up for democratic members of congress who literally sat down on the house floor. 24 hours later the democrats emerged down the capitol steps and up a small ladder to thank the protesters. >> we want to continue to push, to pull,

and if necessary sit down. kimberly: congressman and long-time civil rights activist john lewis staged the sit-in. violation of the house rules that led for the leaders to cut the mics and call for recess. they argueded it won't stop what all call not a moment but a movement. >> we can't allow people too hold in their hands a weapon of mass destruction to kill 50 people in minutes. then they joined this politician in singing what is long the anthem of civil rights. >> ♪ we value overcome kimberly: the doors of the capitol shut for two-week protest. d two-week break and the last protest left. they will bring up gun control the moment the

i'm kimberly suiters, abc7 news. leon: the abc7 news instapoll fueling the online debate as we ask for house democrats successful with the sit-in? did they make the point or was it politics as usual? what do you think? weigh in for yourself. wjla.com/votenow. powerful emotions in play for baltimore after a not guilty verdict against another baltimore police officer in the freddie gray case. >> we deserve the right to walk in our community. leon: this time around the officer who was driving that police van when gray sustained his fatal injuries. maryland bureau chief brad bell explains tonight what happened inside and outside the courtroom. brad: inside the hushed courtroom, judge barry williams carefully explains his logic. the state has failed to prove anything beyond a reasonable doubt.

not guilty on all counts. officer goodson reacts. word reaches the crowd. a different reaction. >> the man was guilty. somebody needs to be held accountable. >> the state contending it was goodson's fault because he chose not to seat belt gray. brad: naacp president tessa hill-aston. >> you can be wrong for doing things and it might be bad behavior but when will it turn into a criminal act to get justice in the courtroom? brad: state attorney marilyn mosby shook her head after the verdict. now her motives questioned. >> there is a bod

should have been brought and there was a rush to judgment. attempt to placate the uprising of the city. brad: four additional trials are scheduled here including the retrial of the first officer whose case ended in a hung jury. the million-dollar question in town tonight. will the state attorney go forward with the cases or drop the charges after a resounding defeat in court? in baltimore, brad bell, abc7 news. leon: in freddie gray's neighborhood, messages of peace in the air today. 14 months after riots nearly destroyed the community and the city there was calm today. but still there was noticeable police presence. we went there and the neighbors told us while they didn't agree with the verdict, most of them were not surprised by it. or by the community's calm response. after a stormy start to the

worst of the weather is staying out of the area. meteorologist steve rudin is tracking things for us. steve: a few scattered showers now. not going to amount to a lot more moving through the overnight hours. but the further south and west you go is where the rough weather continues and it drives down toward the south and the east. it will move south of richmond. ways off from if area. the planner, the temperatures are in the upper 70's to start. the clouds will break up later on tonight. we will talk about the end of the work week forecast and of course the weekend coming up in a few minutes. leon? leon: all right, steve. updating a story now we brought you last week. a man facing charges he sexual assaulted a woman at a target store. an anonymous tip led officers to 19-year-old brendon cordova. he turned himself in this morning. police say that cordova groped an 11-year-old girl inside the store on saturday. now they are trying to determine if there were other victims who have not yet come forward. they

victims to contact police. still ahead here at 6:00, why crews who raced to repair a burst water line slowed down the work to a trickle. why they did it on purpose. and marine corps is rewriting history books over one of the most iconic images in american history. next, what president obama says we as a nation have to decide after the supreme court blocked his orders on immigration. and "7 on your side" with a phone bank about i.r.s. scams. call 703-236-9220. we'll get your questions answered. the lines will be opened until 6:30 tonight.

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victory in the fight to restore the separation of powers." meantime, a separate ruling from a high court is a win for affirmative action. a white student sued saying she was turned away from favor of a less qualified manorty student in texas. justice kagan obtained on the case because she worked on it while serving in the justice department. we expect to get first look in the hours of whether or not britain is going to be leaving the european union. around 6:30 tonight britain will be making the first announcements about voter turn-out and the so-called brexit vote. the first results will come in an hour later. britons are voting on whether or not to leave the european union amidst debate from everything from economic, immigration and fishing laws. record 46 million people registered to vote in the referendum. coming up next at 6:00 -- the

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story because they are concerned that the hills can cause a water surge that might rupture and cause another main issue. crime alert tonight on metro. metro transit police say this man, lawrence harris assaulted a woman on board a blue line train in may. police say and we are quoting this. this is from metro. they are saying harris "placed a fluid filled condom on the victim's shoulder." she was not physically injured. harris was supposed to surrender to police this morning but he is on the lam right now. if you recognize him and see him and you know where he is, call police immediately. congressman fatah re-signed two days after he -- resigned two days after convicted of racketeering. he said he would step down when he was sentenced in october but said he decided to leave now out of respect for the house leadership and to avoid becoming a distraction. a jury found him gui

22 counts on acation stemming from his misuse of the federal grant and non-profit funds to repay an illegal million dollar campaign loan. the marine corps is making a revelation. this is something to pay attention to. one of the six men celebrated for 70 years now as taking part in this flag raising at iwo jima is not in this iconic photograph as it turns out. jonathan elias joins us from the marine corps memorial in arlington to explain what this is all about. jonathan? jonathan: this stems from a couple of historians doing gumshoe, trying to figure out who the gentlemen were. they pointed out one person up there saying you know what? that is just not right. the confusion -- let me start with this. confusion lies in 1945 when they raised the flag there were actually two flag raisings. the first flag raising was a much smal

it went up, there was no famous iconic picture taken. the second one was a much bigger flag. when that flag was going up, joe rosenthal with the "associated press" snapped the picture that turned to 32-foot bronze. it's gorgeous. well, now the identities, come over here. i'll show you. they have all six men here. it was thought five marines and one navy corpsman john bradley were raising the flag. that is not right. now they say john bradley was part of the first flag raising that took place and that franklin was the man who you can see there, you can see his face clear as day holding the flag. behind him a man who wasn't identified at all until now is private first class howard schultz. now john bradley, if the name sounds familiar to you, his son wrote the famous book "flags of our father" that clint eastwood turned into a movie and he was given navy cross for his heroism at iwo jima. howard schultzs went on to work for the postal service in los

mentioned the fact he was part of the iconic moment in our history. in fact, the marines would have liked to have him here and let him know they are now recognizing him as part of what took place but he died in 1995 after many years of working with the postal service. again, never mentioning the fact he was part of this. so now a lot of things have to change here. they have to change name and faces to identify who was there. don't take credit away from anybody misidentified. they were all up on the mountain. they just weren't properly identified according to the memorial. that is the latest from the u.s. marine memorial. i'm jonathan elias, abc7. back to you. leon: amazing. change the way folks think about the iconic image when they see it. steve: absolutely. leon: how about, what do we think of the weather tonight? steve: we dodged the strongest storms this afternoon. they are well south of us. that is good news if you have plans outdoors to go for a jog or eat dinner outside. it will stay dry for most of you. looking out at the national harbor from the weather bug camera. temperatures are in the lower 70's to the

upper 70's. cloudy skies. showers here and there. most of the activity well south of us. 80 degrees in leesburg. 74 in culpeper. 73 in charlottesville. cloud cover helped keep the temperatures down. also really helped keep the storms, the atmosphere stabilize as we myth through the overnight -- as we move through the overnight hours and day tomorrow. this is what it looks like inside the capital beltway. a few sprinkles here and there. most of the activity suppressed well south of us. that is where it will stay heading through the overnight. just to the north across pennsylvania, some of this may drift our way tonight. we will keep showers and isolated thunderstorms in the forecast and again in the day tomorrow. once again not looking for anything to become severe. 64 to 70 for overnight low. may see patchy fog early tomorrow morning. this is what the future cast looks like. grab the umbrella heading out the door tomorrow. here are the widely scattered

peeks of sunshine early on in northern part of maryland. we will see the showers continue throughout the midday hours through the drive time home tomorrow. look what happens. by 6:00, 7:00, tomorrow night, our skies begin to clear. our winds change direction. more out of the north/northeast. that means a really nice set up for the upcoming weekend. whether you have plans outdoors in the mountains or going to the delmarva beaches. it looks fantastic out there. for tomorrow, temperatures start today in the middle to the upper 70's. a chance for showers and thunderstorms. by 2:00 to 6:00 in the afternoon, temperatures around 83 or 84 degrees. a chance for

increase humidity levels. middle 80's. back to 90 on tuesday. the night time lows are in the middle 60's. and then the lower 70's. we'll talk

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robert: welcome back. we are live at congressional for round one of the quicken loans national. there is a young golfer who is trying to make a name for himself if he hasn't already. john rahm. he is ahead of the pack. he has had a heck of a round. he leads the pack at seven under. get this. this is the first round as a pro. he talked about it after his round. >> you know, i was anticipating this moment, i have been working on it for a long time. i kind of blacked out a little bit. you know, i don't remember a single swing i made all day. i got in this motion of, you know, just walking and talking to people. i asked if this is something that happens every once in a while. i got lucky. it happened today. robert: switch to a vet. right now ernie els is two strokes off the lead. golf fans know he is no stranger to congressional. in

u.s. open at this golf course and i'm sure it brings back memories when he hits the course. >> 20 years have been a lot of water under the bridge so to speak in the game. >> winning a major at a place like congressional. playing again. you just keep thinking back on the shots. every single hole. there is a moment back in '97 where we can remember. we spoke about it today. nice to draw from. robert: and that was round one. fortunately, we were able to beat the rain. leon: you got lucky this time around. for sure. steve: it should be okay moving through the day tomorrow. hit or miss showers. the seven-day show showers on the forecast. saturday and sunday picture perfect. not too hot. not too cool. not too humid. temperatures are in the middle to the upper 80's. showers and storms next week. leon: there is

time walking the course at congressional folks. that is it for us

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breaking news tonight, as we come on. a state of emergency just declared. rescues now under way. an entire community under water. all eyes on a key dam at this hour. evacuations right now. worries about a child swept away. just as new storms are set to hit the mid-atlantic and parts of the east. and now ten confirmed tornadoes, homes leveled. also tonight, blocking the president. the supreme court halting the president's plan to keep 5 million undocumented immigrants from being deported. should they stay or should they go? hillary clinton and donald trump jump in tonight. also breaking, the 25-hour standoff inside the capitol over guns. the anger boiling over. >> r