localing up, the connection to the explosion that rocked central park. ♪ putting the final touches on the capital's fourth of july celebration. will mother nature wash out the fourth of july fun? us when the rain gets heavy and when it could lighten up. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] explosion shakes central park in new york and a local teenager likely lost part of his foot.

the teen's neighborhood in fairfax. roz? roz: that 18-year-old young man is connor golden. oçno one answered the door at hs home, presumably his family already in new york city. we spoke to a woman who said she was with him. thomas hinds from herndon said a group of friends were headed to upstate new york so they could go camping, but they stopped in new york city for the fourth of july. all of this happened in central park at around 11:00 this morning. hinds said three friends were climbing down the rocks when golden stepped on something and it exploded. hinds said he and his friends did not have any fireworks. say the device is not linked to terrorism but called it experimental and said it was placed like it was intended to be hidden but not stepped on. witn

for help. here's how they describe the scene. >> i have no idea what it was. it sounded like a cannon. that's why i thought it was a fourth of july thing. >> ran up the hill and found the young man lying on the rocks. roz: hinds said it appeared golden went into shock at first but he appeared to wake and when he was taken to the hospital, where he was taken into surgery. the latest information we have is that he is in serious disabled -- serious but stable condition. the new york city bomb squad spend hours collecting evidence and investigating all of this. they are still asking anybody who might have been in the park and saw anything to say something. we are hoping to hear from those friends and we will have that for you later tonight. life in fairfax, roz plater, abc 7 news. >> the explosion happened a few

service for elie wiesel. 2 concentration camps, wiesel made human rights and peace his life's work pretty was instrumental in the creation of a u.s. holocaust memorial museum in washington. wiesel dead at the age of 87. the big fourth of july celebration is really coming together in the nation's capital. matt taking us inside the preparations. ♪ reporter: if are her souls are any indication of this years fourth of july concert on the capitol lawn, a will not disappoint. grammy award-winning singer kenny log in is one of 10 performers who will take the stage. loggins pronounced himself ready to go. >>

and singing in front of the building there, already i'm getting that kind of hairs up on my arm thing. reporter: sounding equally excited, tom bergeron, who will host the concert for the fourth time in five years. the july 4 in the nation's capital just doesn't get old. >> i was honored to be asked the first time and the second time. great group of people, wonderful production, and a real fine party. reporter: in addition to k loggins, some of the schedule performers for tomorrow night include smokey robinson and gavin degraw. the show's executive producer says it will be a great night, assuming mother nature cooperates. executive producer michael colbert says he is crossing his fingers. despite the gloomy forecast, the concert will go on as planned. >> mother nature has tempted us before and we've never had to cancel the

the 220th birthday. reporter: in washington, abc 7 news. eyes on the forecast as we head into the fourth of july. our meteorologist is light outside our studio in rockland with our first look at the weather. we need to have clear skies by 8:00 p.m. reporter: give your fingers crossed, kelly. some of the light rain here light enough that i don't really need the umbrella. it's not wet on the ground just yet, but there are some heavier showers out there that will be coming through. if you are getting ready to run out the door or any picnic for anything like that. i would take the umbrella with you. let's start off with satellite radar. it's light showers working their way across the region. it's pretty much all green, not getting many other colors in there. as we work our way in just a little bit closer, we are going to find a better chance

for heavier downpours works his way across more of fairfax. then heading towards d.c. shortly. everything moving from west to east. that is going to be our main motion that we are looking for their. as we talk about temperatures throughout the rest of the evening, we are looking at numbers hanging right around the 70 degree mark for us. that is about it. feeling pretty cool, but the muggy factor will continue to go up. out and about this evening, we have rain for the next two hours. it is very light, but then heavier rain moves in for tomorrow. it will be on and off. the timi will be critical. which parts of the area are likely to get the fireworks in and which ones will be dealing with heavier rain, i will have that one coming up for you in about 10 minutes. kellye: sounds good, josh. it's a holiday on high alert. streets know the national mall and memorial bridge will be blocked off for traffic for most of the day. you can expect t

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kellye: hitting the campaign trail, both parties playing the waiting game following kerley clinton's interview with the fbi , justice department investigators are wrapping up their investigation into clinton's use of a private e-mail server as secretary of state. we continue to hear from clinton supporters and detractors. clinton: hillary successfully dodged reporters and cameras, driving to and from fbi headquarters for her 3 1/2 hour sitdown with investigators. the interview did not stop talk about a possible indictment if she's found to have mishandled classified information on a private e-mail server when she was secretary of state. the presumptive democratic presidential nominee again denying any wrongdoing in a phone interview with msnbc. >> i never received nor sent any material that was marked classified. reporter:

brown who is not denying he's being fêted as a possible price presidential running mate defended clinton on abc's "this week." >> she's released 31,000 different e-mails. reporter: the outcome of the investigation rests with attorney general loretta lynch, who sparked a political firestorm when she met privately with bill clinton last week. the encounter generating ammunition for donald trump's campaign. >> even before this meeting between bill clinton and loretta lynch, the trump campaign had essentially seen this investigation as a win-win. somer she is prosecuted in way, or if not, they would claim whitewash. reporter: trump tweeting, it's impossible for the fbi not to recommend criminal charges against hillary clinton. what she did was wrong. she will accept what other recommendation is made by the lawyers and fbi agents investigating the case. abc news, washington. kellye:

presidential nominee donald trump met with indiana governor mike pence on saturday. pence said to be on the list of possible trump running mates tried -- mate. a jet ski and pieces. coming up on abc 7 news, where it happened and how the man who was on it is doing tonight.

kellye: a car bomb attacks in central and eastern baghdad. the white house condemning the bombing which kill

150 people and injured nearly 200 others. the white house said the bombings qutoe, strengthen our resolve to support iraqi security forces and continue to take back territory from isil. d.c. police say speeding was likely a factor in a deadly crash in northwest. investigators say a little before 9:00 last night a mercedes-benz traveling at a high rate of speed in a 2500 block of georgia avenue in a ford 150 pickup truck from behind. -- hit a ford f-150 pickup truck from behind. the driver, 50-year-old vincent king, died at the scene. the truck ended up jumping a curb, hitting a tree and a light pole before tipping over. maryland natural resources police are investigating a jet ski explosion on the river. it happened shortly afternoon today. the operator of that jet ski was taken to baltimore washington medical center with non-life-threatening injuries. police retriev

and will use it to try to determine what exactly caused the explosion there. be out on the water or whatever else you do. the nats played a good game. josh: and the rain held off for the majority of the middle part of today. the showers don't last too much longer this evening, i think just a couple hours and then tomorrow is when the heavier rain shows up. the timing is not the best, but let's get right to it. 70 degrees, where most of us are hanging out. a bit muggier today. us forit's very cool for this time of year. your average high for the beginning of july right around 88 degrees. a big difference for you. these light showers pushing their way across the area. a break right there as we get more of west virginia. we look out into indiana, in two parts of illinois. that is the heavy rain closer to the low pressure sy

let's zoom in closer and talk about who has the showers right now. they are thin out with that closer view as well. some light rain around winchester, port royal. just this one little pocket where we do have heavier rain. that will be closer to alexandria just south of town. that will continue to push further towards the east and even bethesda in that darker green color, we are getting moderate rainfall. this heavier stuff does not last all that long. morning, your fourth of july, most of us will start off dry. then we get a few light showers that push in. they stay relatively light until we get into the afternoon. if you are going to the parade downtown, we will see hit and miss light showers. 4:00.closer to that is when things start to get heavier for us. around dinnertime and into the fireworks time frame, that's when we see a few more bands of heavy downpours push across the area.

winchester around 9:00, thgs look better. 10:30, still hanging onto that heavy rain as we get over towards the bay and onto baltimore. for this to push through faster than models are indicating. that can happen, then we will see better weather for the fireworks. by 1:00, most of us are dry. the pessimistic point of view is that some of those showers do push across the area around 9:00 tomorrow. plan to have an umbrella handy. tuesday, spotty storms later in the day. a few showers this evening, then mostly dry weather overnight. rain moving and before lunchtime, then it gets heavier with that better chance for a few thunderstorms. we the afternoon and evening should be trying out closer to midnight, so watching that chance for heavy rain right around fireworks time, further west we will see drier weather takeover a bit earlier. ar

better closer to fireworks time just need., where we to push that rain through a little faster. 90's by the end of the week. kellye: look at that, dropping back down to the 80's. josh: a nice cooling trend. kellye: things worked out for the nets today. -- nats today. >> the wizards add to the backcourt. stephen strasburg back off the d.l.

>> nats and reds today could have put on a hitting clinic. it was a good to see a familiar face back on the mound, stephen strasburg activated. the nats

-- still had lucas jay leno warm-up in case stras could not go. after his warm-up pitches, he was good to go. nats give strasburg plenty of health. grand slam, number 17 on the season. 5-0 nats after that flash. for strasburg, he got help from the field as well. cany espinosa, the back play on josé barraza gets in at first. strasburg through 6 2/3 innings with no hits. he got pulled when his pitch count was too high. nats get the win 12-1. boy, that was a series of a lifetime right there. you think about, a guy that drove in 15 runs. that's a good month. that's a big sign of him growing into a

maturity. the wizards have added to the backcourt, presumably a backup to all-star john wall. also, reports say garrett temple agreed to a three-year deal with the kings worth $24 million. in wimbledon, serena continues to dominate. today's victim, and he got that from germany. serena was never really in trouble. she kept pending her into the corner with the backend, just shot after shot. serena will take the first set 6-3. second set was even easier, pick of the body like which by serena with the forehand down the line. that seems to work. williams wins in

to advance to the fourth round. to formerout georgetown university track and field star. yesterday she qualified for the olympics in the 10,000 meter run. emily cross the line with the sunglasses on top. was the star of georgetown from 2008 to 2012. , --nal note kellye: serena looking good, as always. >> as always. love the power. she's a monster. kellye: you're

the unitedesident of states is a full-time job. president obama still manages to carve out some me time, according to a report from "the new york times" detailing his private time. the president always has the same snack. seven lightly salted almonds. downtimepresident's activities do tend to vary, but he likes to read, write, and play "words with friends" as well as watch espn. i think that's a typo, he really watches abc 7 sports. that's what he does in his downtime. >> of course he does. >> lightly salted. [laughter] >> firecracker 5k tomorrow morning, we will watch

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