packed the national mall. even after a day of rain, the show went on. crowds braved the showers to get a spot on the national mall. looking at the spectacle come even though it was through the clouds. we'll go live to the mall in just a moment.

rain, storms, cooler than warmer temperatures. the chance of storms is not going away yet. what can we expect rest of the night and in the morning? steve rudin has the forecast. steve: more rain on the way overnight into early tomorrow morning. the wider view, most of the action to the west. a bit closer, d.c. over here, a stronger cell over northern montgomery county, moving off to the east at about 20 miles per hour. olney, you are in the path in the next 20 minutes. nothing severe, but don't be surprised about heavy downpours and a little bit of lightning. middle 60's, lower 70's overnight, scattered showers and thunderstorms continue. in time forup, just the end of the week. the hottest air so far this season. moral that coming up. calledow, some places

because of the bad weather, but on the national mall, the show went on, even though it was a decidedly imperfect view. there was also additional security on the mall. tim barber has more from the mall. tim? tim: it was a pretty nice night, aside from the rain, but there was a light mist out here. for the most part, everybody enjoyed it. a couple of people got out of , but itly to get a seat was easy to move around and everybody had a good time. rainy.hts fireworks were >> seems like every time i turn around, it's raining. tim: they claim their spot on the mall at 10:00 this morning. >> we could have waited until five minutes after it stopped raining. tim: streets were blocked by buses, cruisers, and military hummers.

crowds from towers, but that did not bother spectators. >> i think it's a wonderful thing to have security. some areas had more law enforcement than civilians. just after 9:00 tonight, the fireworks distracted everyone from all of that. head.ndrops falling on my tim: and people are starting to clean up. also, some street sweepers have hit the streets. hopefully they will have this all cleaned up by tomorrow morning. reporting live from the national mall, tim barber, abc 7 news. leon: thanks, tim. getting a good viewing spot is always a challenge, sometimes you have to get their hours in advance. thesome, it was hours of soaking rain. as jay korff tel

parking lot and all of the d.c. region. >> gravelly point, on the north side of the airport. jay: where necks crane to enjoy planes. >> we have been hunkered down since this morning. to: arriving hours early witness another skyward tradition. >> we are here to get a great seat for the fireworks tonight. jay: but finding the best place to celebrate our nation's independence takes a bit more effort than they thought. >> the weather will not stop us either way. jay: they brought shelter. >> not the best fourth of july, but we are in d.c. of theed to be part experience. the weather is not going to stop us. jay: a waiting game for cindy johns as well. >> hoping they don't get canceled. jay: they passed

in less than ideal circumstances to witness history. >> its iconic. jay: and maybe capture the moment forever. jay: mother nature's uncooperative mood remained. the sky never fully clear. butfireworks were there, this year the view from gravelly point was not memorable. it was not awful, it was just unusual. it was almost as if you were watching the fireworks through cheesecloth, and gravelly point is normally packed. this year, maybe just a couple hundred showed up. live from arlington, jay korff, abc 7 news. leon: several shows did not go off as planned. first to postpone was college park. the campus of university of maryland has been moved to tomorrow night at 9:00. gaithersburg move their activities indoors. the fireworks will take place

for a complete schedule come just check out our website, wjla.com. in other news, and active shooting investigation, an ice cream truck driver the victim in critical condition. the gun man is on the loose, and the police say this may be tied to an attempted robbery. tom roussey has the investigation. leon, some of his fellow truck drivers are wondering who would shoot the ice cream man on the fourth of july. they say this is terrible. they say the man was done selling ice cream for the day, he returned to this lot were a lot of ice cream trucks parked. in the back of the lot is where the was an attempted robbery and he was shot in his truck. audio] tom: so, what

according to the police and p.m.sses, this was about 6 when the man was shot in his ice cream truck. he had just returned for the day. we talked with other folks who work in the area. they believed that he was followed into the parking lot. the police say the suspect tried to rob him. the man who was shot was taken to the hospital in critical condition. the police have not released his name, but we are told by his fellow ice cream truck driver he is from the african nation of in thebut has lived united states for a long time and been ice cream truck driver for a long time. the police have not put out a description of the suspect. according to a witness, there were two suspects and the shot him inside the ice cream truck. they say the victim tried to walk out of his ice cream truck, made it a short distance, and then collapsed on the ground and was taken by the ambulance to the hospital. live

tom roussey, abc 7 news. break for the holiday weekend, it is time to get ready for another round of safe track disruptions. to make the real safer is begin again tomorrow. q bidders will be impacted. the blue line in yellow line riders are getting at this time around. those trains -- no trains between national airport and braddock road stations. you will be a double to get to the airport, but you will have to take a shuttle bus from there for stop surge three runs through july 11. july 12, surge four kicks in. get updates on your commute on your phone by signing up for text alerts by texting the word "metro" to 43817. or sign up at wjla.com. on, terrifying moments in new york central park where the police believe explosive material severely injured

virginia man, left by a hobby is to never intended to harm anyone. the virginia man inadvertently landed on my plastic bag filled with explosive material. doctors had to amputate his left leg below the knee. and had justirfax entered his first year at the university of miami. overseas, saudi arabia is reeling after three terror attacks in 24 hours. of suicide bombings hit three saudi arabian cities. authorities believe it was the work of islamic state terrace. two attacks failed, killing only the bombers, but the third killed four security officers and wounded five. security changes in iraq. isis claimed responsibility for an attack on a baghdad shopping center that killed at least 215 people. iraq had discontinued the work of bomb detection wands and vehicle

congress returns tomorrow a few fors after a sit in to us a vote on gun control. house speaker paul ryan said the house will vote on a bill preventing people on the terrorism watch list frobuying guns easily. congress adjourns for the summer next friday. still ahead -- the fourth of july may look and sound different next year. that is depending on actions from lawmakers. and military bands could be on the chopping block. plus, beach deserted, a smelly problem at a popular vacation spot. and exploring jupiter. we are about to get a closer look at the planet.

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american tradition at nathan's hot dog eating contest. chestnutst not -- joey got the victory today, eating 70 hot dogs in 10 minutes. that is the most hot dogs every that this competition. believe it or not, that is not his best. he set the record last month during a qualifying event where he ate 73 hot dogs in 10 minutes. symbolican rescued by an american veteran. this bald eagle was dangling in dying for two and a half days, trapped on a limb by a rope. that is until a veteran used a eagle byfree the shooting the branch 150 times. the bird, now named freedom, is recovering at the raptors center. a hope that once the eagle is healed that he can be released.

130 military bands play could soon change. some of those bands could disappear altogether. the i-team looked at a bill going through congress that would cap money spent on military bands. last year the pentagon spent frommillion on everything drum course to jazz ensembles. that is a tiny fraction of the overall pentagon budget. it is, however, three times the amount for the national endowment of the arts. >> we are not think it rid of the bands, but reduce the money and put it back into the pentagon and back into the programs that defend this country. leon: opponents of the measure say music is an important ,radition that helps morale promotes petrie at him, and helps recruitment. the bill failed in the past of the senate. the house is expected to take the issue this fall. a sticky, smelly problem in florida, a popular beach invaded by blue-green algae

it smells putrid according to the people who have been there. this came from lake okeechobee. they were reducing the lake water so the towns around it would not flood, but that created blooms in the ocean. >> this beach is usually packed. you normally cannot even find a parking space. there is nobody here. leon: farm runoff is believed to be part of the problem. doesood news is the algae not appear to be dangerous, even though it is somewhat toxic. officials say they're a low levels of toxins, but that is not the problem, it's the smell. it is bad enough to chase people away. nasa has successfully placed a spacecraft into the orbit of jupiter. juno left earth in 2011 for stop right now it is traveling at more

hour. will be pulled into orbit by jupiter's gravity. nasa says the mission is high risk, but also high reward. iswhat we are hoping to see through the clouds to see what's inside this beautiful, massive planet. leon: nasa only has one shot of getting this right. if it goes wrong, the sized craftcourt- could zoom past. cannot wait to find out about this. steve: pretty amazing. fireworks tonight, not so amazing. you could see them go up, but nothing after that. effort, buts for the weather was an f.

you will like what is on the way. right now, 74 degrees. below 75, this will be one of the coolest fourth of july's on record in about 75 years. 72 leesburg, manassas 72, fredericksburg 74. widen the view, warmer air to the south. a temperatures in the 80's. the warm front arrives late tomorrow afternoon. you will feel the difference. not only will the skies clear, the temperatures rise, but the humidity levels will be back and it will feel just like washington should feel like at the beginning of july. the satellite and radar, the heaviest of the rain to the west, west virginia, garrett county, allegheny, western maryland. a small cell developing across central montgomery county, moving to the east at about 20 miles per hour. sandy spring, you are under it.

of minutes. nighttime lows 66 to 72, scattered showers and thunderstorms. tomorrow morning, grabbed the umbrella. you will need it early on. don't forget the sunglasses because the skies will clear. the futurecast, through the day tomorrow, 8 a.m., most of the shower activity liftinto the north and east. limited showers to the west. not going to amount to a lot. the skies clear, drivetime home looks perfectly fine. barbecuing, swimming tomorrow looks like a go. wednesday, thursday, friday, we crank up the heat even more. the daytime highs in the low 90's. the heat index values will be in the middle 90's. hottest air of the season upon us as we move towards the end of the week and into the weekend. tomorrow, middle to upper 80's, the skies clear, the wind out of the southwest at 5 to 10. wednesday, low 90's.

however, friday and saturday come a chance of spotty showers and thunderstorms. not a washout. nighttime lows in the 70's. in cooler and drier air for the end of the weekend, into early next week. we have not had the real heat and humidity this summer, and we are going to get it. i've heard people complain about it. better than snow. leon: trust me, we will find a way to complain about a. i'm not complaining. there are some folks complaining tonight. erin: oh, yes, they are upset. july 4, the day kevin durant declared his independence in the nba, also the day the thunderstruck the entire league.

40% of the streetlights in detroit, at one point, did not work. you had some blocks and you had major thoroughfares and corridors that were just totally pitch black. those things had to change. we wanted to restore our lighting system in the city. you can have the greatest dreams in the world, but unless you can finance those dreams, it doesn't happen. at the time that the bankruptcy filing was done, the public lighting authority had a hard time of finding a bank. citi did not run away from the table like some other bankers did. citi had the strength to help us go to the credit markets and raise the money. it's a brighter day in detroit. people can see better when they're out doing their tasks. young people are moving back in town. kids are feeling safer while they walk to school. and folks are making investments and the community is moving forward. 40% of the ligs were out,

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fifth inning. at the park, miss liberty was there, taking it all in. no fireworks, though, at least not for the nationals. max scherzer gave up a solo shot nado and that is all the scoring the brewers would need for step here is max scherzer on his performance. max: that was all the difference. we usually keep attacking, but it happened today. baker: it was kind of an uneventful day. he threw a good game. nothing much you can say, really. erin: the orioles out west, in los angeles. matt wieters and j.j. hardy come around and score. o's lead 5-2 in the sixth inning

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