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hot and the humid conditions to develop storms in the next hour or two. we will watch those, the entire region under severe thunderstorm watch until 10:00 tonight. that is the latest. alison: okay. we know you will keep a close eye on it for us. thank you. the weather could play a big role in the july fourth celebration on the national mall. we have team coverage of the fireworks and the security plans for you tonight. let's begin with richard reeve. he is on the mall right now. hi, rich. richard: hi, alison. if you are planning to come here for july 4, you probably want to accessorize with something like this. not necessarily the channel 7 raincoat but you want a poncho or something. let's show you why. doug hill talking about it. right now even in d.c. we see threatening clouds here. rain an issue this year because again we have an iffy weather picture for monday. it has happened before. everyone trying to be ready. while prep crews continue working at the reflecting pool
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mark. >> a huge question marks. richard: fireworks fans are keeping their eyes on the sky. >> bring it on. that's fine. we're here. we have don't come here every year. this is our first year here. we shouldn't miss it. richard: u.s. park police say the d.c. fireworks never been canceled because of weather. there have been close calls. in 2006, 2007, and 2015, authorities had to use the safe haven plan. allowing people to take shelter in the smithsonian museum. but as of last year most of the day rain, definitely had an effect. >> you could see the fireworks but all the smoke from the fireworks got trapped in with the humidity. it was cloudy and muggy. richard: for a lot of folks it's not just a fireworks display. it's history they don't want to miss. >> they i can say they missed it when they get older. they can say i was there when we had the first black president. richard: the possibility of being outside for hours
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time, most visitors have a game plan of their own. >> we were going to stake out a spot on the mall early. if it rains we will be there for a while. i don't know. richard: d.c. does have rain date for tuesday. that stands also for takoma park and other places. frederick, maryland, says they will do it rain or shine. a lot of folks keeping their eyes on the skies. reporting live, richard reeve, abc7 news. leon: we're pulling for the shine. pulling for the shine. now, of course; one of the tricky parts of having hundreds of thousands of people in the district or anyplace for that matter for a national holiday is security. today d.c. mayor and the police chief explain houd the city plans to try to keep everyone safe. d.c. bureau chief sam ford picks up the team coverage live from northeast washington this evening. hey, sam. sam: hello, leon. i'm outside the sixth district his headquarters where mayor bowser and her top brass held a news conference about two hours ago. and the message w
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city is as ready as it can be for a holiday weekend. where they are expecting a lot more people to be coming in than going out. >> wanted to come out and thank everybody. sam: mayor bowser and chief lanier greeted sixth district police officers at the shift change today. the word is every available officer working as long as they are needed. the biggest holiday weekend of the year for d.c., the 4th of july. >> the biggest thing we see on 4th of july is heat-related. medical. people that are not prepared to be out in heat for very long periods of time. not hoy dated. we see a lot of people who succumb to the heat. sam: mayor bowser called in much of her cabinet to discuss issues. the fireworks stands expect to be busy come this fourth. getting busy today. >> it will be great, man. sam: normally business picks up around the second, the third and the fourth. >> today is a day to let our returning cups hers know we
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sam: the fire chief said be careful. >> parents manage the fireworks. don't give them to the kids. sam: the head of ddot cede metro work is suspended so the trains will operate as normal. use them. >> given the closures downtown the streets streets will be con. if they are trying to get around town by car they will run into a lot of traffic. sam: chief lanier described the fourth as special for d.c. cops. >> we have spent all of our fourth of julys together. please thank the police officers out there. this is coming up on my 27th year working 4th of july. sam: the chief said in terms of security the city has made only small changes in what she calls a significant security plan. basically all officers that are available are going to be on duty as long as they are needed.
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there are no known threats here in the city. reporting live from northeast washington, i'm sam ford, abc7 news. alison: great information, sam. thank you. right now the holiday getaway is in full swing for people heading out of town for the fourth. it was actually a bit of a rough start folks heading over the chesapeake bay bridge. we had two crashes on the span today. northern virginia bureau chief jeff goldberg monitoring things for us and joins us live from woodbridge. jeff? jeff: things on 95 south not terrible. things get tighter the farther south you go to richmond. bad periods, good periods today. that has been the story. we have been all over town today covering travel. it seems to be the bottom line is busy but manageable.
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usually what you want is different than what it is. >> right now the traffic is sitting still. >> drivers hate the wait but love the price of gap. now at a whopping 11-year low. the average cost per gallon, $2.27. 38% less than two years ago. >> i guess that is why everybody is on the road. >> she is right. according to a.a.a., more than 43 million americans will travel this holiday weekend. many on the roads. making it the most heavily traveled holiday since a.a.a. began tracking the data in 2001. while the roads are packed, the airport is far from it. >> i love it. jeff: planes leaving and landing with few problems. that is where corey family is flying with buddy the bijon. union station draped in grand patriotism is free of the travel
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despite amtrak reporting the holiday ridership up system wide. >> pennsylvania. >> how was the trip? >> fabulous. jeff: barbara was expecting one thing on the train to d.c. >> yak, yak, yak. i was in the quiet car. everybody was smooth. jeff: nothing wrong with smooth. a.a.a. has one more statistic we are sharing now. they expect more than a million people from the d.c. area to be traveling over the weekend. nine of ten individuals traveling on the road. probably going to be quieter tomorrow and sunday. live in woodbridge, jeff goldberg, abc7 news. alison: reminder. you can stay one step ahead of the traffic every day signing up for text alerts from abc7. do that at wjla.com. leon: overseas to breaking news. we have been following for the last few hours out of bangladesh a situation where several people are held
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our chief political correspondent scott thuman is standing by at the "n.f.l. live" in the -- standing by in "live desk" in the newsroom. what the latest? scott: this is in the diplomatic zone, where you have embassies and foreigners stay while they are in dhaka. isis at this point claimed responsibility. that is the big headline. you have roughly some reports indicate 40 people who have been injured when they took over this restaurant and began firing. had a gunfight exchange with police officers. two police officers we are told have died as a result of that fight. now we have this major standoff that is taking place in dhaka. they are ten hours ahead of us so it is getting in the late night/early morning hours there in bangladesh. as they wait it out to determine what is the next move.
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six to ten people, the hostage-takers were yelling "allahu akbar," "god is great" as they were explaining gunfire. leon: keep us posted. we are following a developing story out of memphis. a woman there is in custody for alleging stabbing her four children to death. shelby county sheriff's office did not release the ages of the children but referred rather to them as babies. investigators now are trying to determine whether the mother has any mental issues but they say they are still in the preliminary sages of the investigation. alison: police say they were willing to steal medicine from people recovering from surgery and injuries. tonight the search is on for the men who targeted a rehab hospital in lanham. maryland bureau chief brad bell is there now with the latest on this. brad? sam: this is the place people come to recover after surgeries where ca
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this is not the sort of place you imagine gunman seeking drugs but that is what happened. for these caught on camera criminals it seems no possible victim is off-limits. no target out of bounds. >> you know, this is just disgraceful. brad: because at 3:30 they robbed this place at gunpoint demanding drugs from terrified care-givers and in effect stealing medicine from people in need, including lawrence manly's wife. >> it bothers me being a veteran and retiered person and my wife having surgery on her knee. disgraceful. brad: the video shows two masked gunmen rushing from the rehab center with a cart overflowing with stolen drugs. they join the getaway driver. they are clumsy s
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of the drugs on the ground. trying to shove the cart into the too small s.u.v. police hope someone recognizes the robbers so willing to target the defenseless. >> i don't know what people want nowadays. >> let me go in here and see how she is. brad: looking at the parking lot here, this is where the video captured. when the detectives arrived they found medicine strewn all over the parking lot. the video is grainy and you can't see faces but priss -- police believe someone can put two and two together and recognize the car or something about the crime and give them a call. brad bell in lanham, abc7 news. alison: thank you. coming up at "abc7 news at 5:00" -- trying for transparency. the i-team looks into whether metro is carrying through on efforts to keep you informed. leon: extreme w
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just in time for the holiday weekend. alison: then a little bit later today the president's push for action. before congress calls it quits until september. leon: but first, addressing the critics. the u.s. attorney general fires back after questions about a meeting with president bill clinton while the f.b.i. is investigating his
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leon: to a developing story we're tracking tonight. after attorney general loretta lynch addressed the criticism she has taken this week for having a private meeting with former president bill clinton while she is investigating his wife hillary clinton, as dianne gallagher reports, the attorney general admits her faults in the matter. reporter: a cozy chitchat or conference of interest? >> what were you thinking? >> my meeting with him raises questions and concerns so believe me, i completely get that question. reporter: attorney general loretta lynch admits she did spend half an hour talking with former president bill clinton when he walked on to her plane on a phoenix airport tarmac. she said it was social. grand children and golf and never touched on hillary clinton's use of a private e-mail server.
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husband for some time on the plane. then we moving on. reporter: still republicans like donald trump and even some democrats have been cit cam of the situation. >> i don't think he was thinking. i think that the attorney general made a mistake as well reporter: lynch said she understands. >> i certainly wouldn't do it again. you know i think it has cast a shadow over what it should not. over what it will not touch. leverage confirmed she -- reporter: lunch confirmed herself she is not going to recuse herself but she is not the decideer. lynch said it did not change her role in the case, it did prompt her to explain it to the public. >> it is important to make it clear that the meeting with president clinton does not have a bearing on how the matter will be reviewed, resolved and accepted by me. reporter: dianne gallagher, abc7 news. leon: coming this sunday on
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what did not happen to save american lives on the night of a benghazi attack. a film released earlier this year describes one account of rescue interrupted on come pounds in benghazi. we asked real intelligence officers what happened. that is sunday morning at 10:00 on abc7. alison: all right. move on now to the weather. we have some storms out there tonight. then we have monday to talk about. doug: we have one lone warning. let's start with the time lapse from the camera top the roof of nationals park. a beautiful day today. a lot of sunshine. it got warm and muggy throughout the day. the temperatures in the
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we have a severe thunderstorm watch in southern new jersey near vine land. you jump all the way southwest to cull pepper and -- culpeper and another one in effect locally until 5:45 this afternoon. this is generally moving west to east. this area on culpeper with most of the attention. the severe thunderstorm watch until 5:45 this afternoon. it will head eastward and looks like it will move between fredericksburg and woodbridge. probably over the next hour, hour and a half. not a lot of organized activity. all of the communities are well south of the metro area.
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this is not a widespread event. that is happening in interior new england. here scattered thunderstorms and under watch until 10:00. maybe a few more could pop in the next hour or two. there are a lot of showers and storms. the cold front across western p.a. this might be the next hour or two to deal with the area passing washington. it will be less humid and the future cast will show everything clearing out. beautiful weather tomorrow. the cloud will come back through the day. depending on the model that you look at, some intensify the showers moving through the washington metro heading through the day on monday. by this read, by 2:00 monday afternoon, we could have fairly widespread
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possibility of thunderstorms. that could last through monday evening, monday night and into tuesday. if that develops there could be effect on the fireworks display getting to monday night. 60% chance of showers developing monday afternoon and everything. through the overnight to tuesday. by wednesday, we will look forward to clearing skies. 86. then a pretty impressive warmup. 88 on thursday. 92 degrees on friday. leon: toasty. alison: thank you. leon: here is something you like to look at. take a look. picture from the hubble space telescope to show interior of a small galaxy 11 million lightyears away or so. bursting at the seams with stars there. scientists call this a star burst galaxy. they say it is full of superstar clusters. now you can see three of them in the picture there.
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than a million stars. alison: wow! leon: each cluster. amazing. alison: hard to believe those are real images. doug: never ends. if they look farther more and see more and more this there is more behind that. it's mind-bending. alison: it is. this picture comes as the smithsonian air and space museum celebrates the 40th birthday. tonight the new boeing milestone of flight hall is staying open all night. to celebrate. it will have an all-nighter. on the 40th birthday. leon: that is the way to do it. alison: there will be tours, scavenger hunt and special guests. admission will be free. so you might want to stop by. tonight at 11:00, we will take you inside the all night celebration. leon: already one of the most popular museums in town. they will have a blast there. alison: cool idea. leon: t is. alison: really fun. well, moving on now. plenty of people like to plan the final arrangements before they are gone. leon: but find out why one
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family shaking their hes right now. alison: then later tonight getting cars off the road. but not to fight congestion. we'll tell you why one city is setting pretty strict limits when it comes to older models. leon: well, you know what models don't matter when you the money. are you planning to play the lottery this weekend? okay; there are two. which one? get ready for today's abc7 instapoll going to wjla.com/votenow. when we come back, we will have the live results and look at just how much is up for grabs. alison: now a look at what is coming up tonight on abc7.
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alison: we are back now with the stuff dreams are made of. tonight's megamillions jackpot up to $415 million. if you don't win that, you can take a shot at the $243 million in tomorrow night's power ball drawing. your odds of winning one of those lotteries, we have to remind you nearly 1 in 300 million. let's talk about more mundane up ins. july 1 means the pay raise for employees making minimum wage in maryland. and a day some small business owners are wondering if they can afford the mandated increase and keep the doors open. cheryl conner shows the impact on a sweet spot in
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cheryl: putting the fire on the doughnuts to create a creme brulee topic. she says it is what makes the employer at district doughnut different. a job here is starting to change her life. >> i am the sole breadwinner. cheryl: she gets a raise effective on july 1. while the boss says she deserves a bump-up, the money is mandated with minimum wage increase to $11.50. an additional $1.50 in d.c. >> we might have to pick up the slack here and there. pick up the duties we would love to turn over for people and equip people with skills to accomplish themselves. cheryl: greg is a 28-year-old businessman who helped open district doughnut on barracks road two years ago. they have since expanded to georgetown. there are 25 employees. and half will get a pay raise. >> we are wondering whether it's possible for us to continue increasing our staff. cheryl: we walked in the shop and asked the owners if the
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affect them. several people tell us they already pay above $11.50 an hour. the owner of spring mill bread company has a location in montgomery county as well, where the minimum wage is now $10.75. more than maryland's statewide increase. making doughnuts requires dough. the green kind that allows a business to keep its doors open and makes an owner think about the future. >> perhaps we should try to use machines for more of the things we're doing. cheryl: in southeast d.c., cheryl conner, abc7 news. alison: well, still to come here on "abc7 news at 5:00" -- boosting the population. why what feels like good news about chesapeake bay crabs, well, it's a mixed bag. leon: okay. later -- president obama: this is not the time to play politics. leon: president obama pushing congress to d before the lawmakers take the break until september. >> metro promises to do a better job reporting crimes.
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accountability. montgomery county reporter kevin lewis is live at the glenmont station with more. kevin: in may, metro drew sharp criticism for failing to tell riders about a mid-morning rape on the red line. in response, g.m. paul wiedefeld told metro transit police to start notifying riders and the public about all violent crimes. and so now five or six weeks later, we do a progress report and find poor results. >> fortunately, we have a media that is aggressive on this. kevin: may 24, metro transit police tweeted metro g.m. directed m.t.p.d. to make any notification of violent crime the same day where doing so will not hinder investigation. this week we obtained metro transit police may blotter. reviewed the last days of the month. and counted 12 violent crimes including armed robbery, and assault with intent to rob, kill and rape. the issue? de
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transit police never notified the public about 11 of the 12 violent incidents. >> why am i not surprised? why does that not surprise me at all with metro's record? >> today, riders were more than disappointed. >> if you say something you should do what you say. you know, put your money where your mouth is. >> metro refused to speak with us on camera says it plans to hire a public outreach coordinator by january that will among other things handle social media. by october, they plan to publish daily police blotter opposed to the current monthly blotter that some riders say is terribly vague and untimely. >> if something is happening, if you say you are going to do something, you need to do it and make a difference. you can't push it under the regular. kevin: metro says it can keep quiet about violent crimes if going public would
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ongoing investigation. we asked if that is why they didn't report 11 of the 12? metro wouldn't give us a clear answer. this only spans the last eight days of may. metro hasn't released the june report so this could be the tip of the iceberg. leon: that is metro looking forward. this is something about metro looking back. they are creating a unique tribute to american university student killed on a train. monday marks a year since kevin sutherland was stabbed at the noma-gallaudet station. today metro began to display some of his photographs at the station. southerland was leaving the mall after taking pictures of the july 4th fireworks when he was killed. we have more on the display tonight at 6:00. alison: wow! touching tribute there. the weekend marks the end of phase two of metro's safetrack. we will get a break monday for the holiday. and then phase three begins on tuesday. no trains between reagan national airport
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road station. you will still get to the airport but you have to take a bus to head south from there. you can get text alerts by texting "metro" to 43817. leon: one more note on metro. you have a 15-michelle grace period to come in and leave a station without paying to do so. if you meet a friend getting off the train or you think the wait is too long now you won't have to pay for it. alison: new rules in effect in montgomery county regarding where you can smoke. it is now illegal to smoke tobacco product in most county parks and facilities. the ban includes cigarettes, cigars,ee cigaretted or any other lighted tobacco or vaping departments. they adopted laws passed by the state last
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according to the blue crab revisory report there are 533 million crabs in the bay this year compared to 411 million last year. at least going in the right direction. alison: well, paris, france, drawing a new plan to cut down on pollution. a new law that took effect today limiting the hours you can drive a car that was made before 1997. those cars can only be on the road monday through friday between 8:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. the ban applies to motorcycles made before june 1999. critics say the ban may help the environment. but that it will hurt lower-income people. leon: i can see that. different kind of ban. in germany tonight to talk about. this is from a man apparently taking all of his grudges to the grave. the news agency reports
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obituary and it appeared in the newspaper this week. in it, he describes himself as open, honest, unforgiving and forbids his five siblings and the families from coming to his memorial service. the late 64-year-old also added that, "i have hurt some people. that's good." alison: he banned his siblings and their families? leon: i wonder if he told them in advance. alison: a lot going on in the family. leon: little bit. alison: pretty deep. leon: little bit. alison: coming up at "abc7 news at 5:00" -- celebrating 40 years at the helm. you will meet the working woman who is running the largest u.s.o. chapter in the world. leon: all right. then later, the extreme weather across part of the country as we face our own risk of storms h
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doug: the weekend is going to get off to a great start. plenty of sunshine. low humidity. 85 degrees. sunday we have sun. increasing cloudiness. 83. maybe showers by the everything. monday look for increasing cloudiness through the day. highs of 82. showers an thunderstorms are likely throughout the afternoon. continuing monday evening and monday night. stay with u
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leon: as we count down to the 4th of july, one woman counting the tennis matches she has played. 61-year-old bonnie is going to attempt to break the guinness world record for most consecutive singlals matches. she began playing today. she will play for 72 hours and try to raise money in the process. all the proceeds she says will go to thanks, usa. a non-profit providing post secondary school scholarships to children and spouses of service men. alison: impressive. heading to the 4th of july holiday is a good time to talk about the troops overseas. we all know the u.s.o. for the star-studded trips to war zones but the u.s.o. does more than that at home. tonight's working woman is celebrating 40 years today.
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and baltimore. >> thank you very much. alison: the u.s.o. has always meant levity and touch of home for u.s. troops overseas. laughter, music and fun. >> we have been here for 75 years. alison: elaine has been the president of u.s.o. in baltimore for 40 years. she started after vietnam. july 1, 1976. as the military went from a draft to an all volunteer force, rogers says the u.s.o. transformed from hosting saturday night dance parties for singles to helping families and children while loved ones are deployed. >> we really are the representtives of the american -- representatives of the american people to the military. our job is to let them know we will never forget our military
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doing. alison: she has traveled the world helping our heroes and was recently surprised with the video celebrating the 40th. >> you're a dynamo. i love you so much. god bless you. alison: synonymous with the u.s.o., entertainer bob hope is one of her mentors. >> he said no matter what happens when you meet warriors who have been injured you are there to uplift their spirits. this is not about you. it's about making them feel good. no matter how horrific the injuries are or whatever. you buck up and you be there to support them. alison: so we at abc7 say happy 40th anniversary today, elaine. by the way, the u.s.o. for washington and baltimore is the largest u.s.o. chapter in the entire world. leon: interesting. alison: they do so much with the lounges at the airports and on all of those bases. just providing a place for the troops to have social time. watch a movie. have a n
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alison: "7 on your side" in health matters now. latest on the concerns about zika. centers for disease control confirm five new cases in maryland last week. bringing the total number of cases to 31. the c.d.c. says there are not new cases in d.c. leaving that at six. virginia department of health reported no new cases leaving that total at 27. leon: the c.d.c. announced it is giving virginia $4,000 to help protect americans living in the commonwealth, protecting them from zika as part of $25 million in funding for states, cities and territories. and michelle marsh has a look at the president's push for action on the hill now. michelle: president obama is
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u.s. can develop an effective vaccine but the money to do that is stuck in congress. lawmakers failing to take action on a bill to prevent the spread of the disease. >> when there are emergencies, public health emergencies and we know we have a chance to prevent tragedies in the lives of families. protect the health and the safety of our populations and particularly the children. those politics need to be set aside. michelle: the senate failed to pass a funding bill this week and congress is set to adjourn in two weeks until september. the national institute of health has warned that research on a vaccine will stop without new funding. alison: thank you, michelle. a 240-year-old newspaper is now o
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museum. just in time for the 4th of july weekend. the new exhibit is called "1776, breaking news independence." it opened today and it features a rare copy of the "pennsylvania evening post." the post was the first to publish the newly adopted declaration of independence. >> it gives you chills. independence day weekend to imagine you can see the newspaper. that is the way people in colonial america saw, first got the news we declared independent from britain. alison: it will be on display through the end of the year. it's open for the holiday weekend. by the way, bank of america and merrill lynch card holders can get in for free. keep that in mind. leon: uh-oh. i hear folks rushing now to sign up for that. now you can call it the end of days. at least the end of the lake wobegon days. tonight is the las
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garrison keillor takes the stage for "a prairie home companion." it's been playing for 40 years. alison: let's check on the roadways. jamie sullivan is standing by. we have had a lot of anniversary. july 1 date. today is the 60th anniversary of the u.s. interstate system. how about that? jamie: okay. well, we are really saying happy anniversary and celebrating by putting a lot of people on the interstates. bumper to bumper. they are able to celebrate. if you are sitting in five miles of traffic you can really celebrate for a long time. that is ma you have outbound on 50. that is near sandy point. we are near a four-mile backup approaching the plaza. this is a live look. get across the bridge mid-span you see the traffic lift up. no issues as far as the
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usually at this hour it's bumper to bumper. this is on the inner loop. this is bumper to bumper from here to here. today it's much less. 12 miles per hour approaching that accident activity. but not a terrible ride on our roads. a little closer to home. that is good. you know we are seeing some of the cameras darker shades. doug hill has more about that. doug we have rain popping up. >> we do. even close to the studios in arlington. we heard a rumble of thunder as the showers passing close to the city. i want to tell you we have a severe thunderstorm watch continuing until 10:00 tonight around the area. we have a severe thunderstorm warning over northern anne arundel and across the by a to the upper eastern shore. drill in doppler radar. heavy storms from warrington to fredericksburg. no longer severe. they are traveling east. close to the met
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right over southwest washington. so much so that the nationals saw it coming and they delayed the first pitch a little bit. delay in the game. but i can tell you after a cell and brief downpour goes across the stadium. it will improve quickly. fredericksburg, dale city, all over the next hour will get thunderstorms. d.c. metro there are storms east, southeast washington. southwest washington. it will get better for us here. the watch is in effect until 10:00 tonight. tornado watch up for interior new eng land. the forecast tonight, 59 to 69 overnight. few clouds tomorrow. shower sunday night and 83. it does appear that the chances of the storms
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monday evening and monday night. we will check the sports. robert burton standing by. what do you got? robert: hopefully to get baseball tonight. first we start on the track. it's friday. that means the rising star series has the spotlight. today we are hitting the track with an olympic hopeful. serena has beaten cancer and is focused on beating everybody at the olympic trial. this week's rising star takes to fairfax county. >> i love the sport. there are so many storiesch everyone has their own story. reporter: the 33-year-old stafford, virginia, resident is a world class long distance runner. >> the highs and the lows of the sport make it rewarding. >> january 2010, she hit the lowest of the lowsment after experiencing pain in the right hamstring. >> i got to the office. i am so sorry. you have cancer, a
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tumor in your leg. >> she had a sar coma but the cancer did not spread. she had surgery, had the tumor and part of the hamstring removed. >> if it's any other part of your body you wouldn't pay attention to it. because i was a runner i paid attention to my legs. so the fact it was in my leg saved my life. >> six and a half years after being given the diagnosis she is back on top of the running world. tomorrow she is chasing her olympic dream at the trials in eugene, competing in 10,000 meters. >> i want to put my best foot forward. i want to run fearlessly. >> a super mom inspiring her 7-year-old son boy. >> you work hard. you do what you can do. you fight what you can. >> unstoppable drive toward the finish line. >> thanks. >> if you know anyone in the area overcoming adversity, star in the athletic arena we
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contact us -- coming up at 62:00, we have free agency stuff to talk about with bradley beal. cash. alison: we knew it would be a lot. robert: a lot, a lot. leon: another word of a free agent. alison: so to speak. leon: coming out of florida. check this out. this is busch gardens where we heard now an orangutan on the loose running around inside busch garden. live picture here. we are still trying to figure out what is going on and what they are doing to keep people safe down there. if they have any idea where it is, once we get more information on that, we can get back to you with it. we want to see it, too. we'll be right
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cine edible scene -- incredible scene. rescues. they pulled two teenagers to safety after they were stranded in a drainage canal. parking lots turned into lakes. drivers dodged trash cans and debris and flooding. i dropped two inches of rain and brought winds to nevada and arizona. this is moving east as miles per hours are celebrating independence day. >> there is a band of rain from the plains to the midwest saturday and sunday. reporter: in the northwest, dry conditions are fueling wildfires. on the oregon-washington border, evacuations. firefighters are working to save homes after a 100-acre brush fire exploded to a 3,000-acre fire. this year's wildfire season has sparked another problem for firefighters.
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service is sending out the warning if you fly, we can't. >> unauthorized drone flies into a wildland fire where you see smoke where the folks are working we have to ground all the aviation you see behind me. >> the u.s. forest service in california says in the past few weeks several times they have had to temporarily suspend critical firefighting from the air because of drones. reporting in los angeles, abc7 news. announcer: now, "abc7 news at 6:00". on your side. maureen: the long holiday weekend off to a bumpy start as part of the area deals with severe weather. right now mobiletrak7 is patrolling the roadways, checking for reports we receive of severe weather or damage. we will let you know if we find any problems. we begin with chief meteorologist doug hill with the latest. doug: we have a few spots across the viewing area getting heavy rain right now. we are under severe
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region. everywhere shaded in pink until 10:00. the only severe thunderstorm warnings across the bay on the eastern shore. non-severe storms showing up on doppler radar. bundle of storms to fredericksburg moving southeast. ward warrenton has some. potomac river over charles county. the heavy downpour over nationals park looks just about over as it moves to prince george's county. heavy stuff continues north and east. that is bound for the eastern shore. i may come close to the chesapeake bay bridge in 20 minutes or so. locally they are watching showers and storms. we hang tough. it does appear that the cells just developing may get stronger over the next hours. the worst weather is in new england where they are under tornado watch. possibility of severe thunderstorms developing over the suburbs for the next hour
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