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a convenience store in baton rouge. police responding to this call. >> suspicious call of 2100. on the corner. gun in his pocket. pulled the gun on the complain tant and told him he couldn't be around there. michelle: the bystander video shows police struggling with sterling, slamming him to the patrol car and pinning him the ground. someone shouts, "he has a gun." an officer can be seen pulling something from his waist and pointing it at sterling. then you hear gunshots. i sparked a series of local protests. people took to the streets demanding action. today the baton rouge police chief named the officers involved. blane salamoni and howie lake ii. >> there is a lot we do not understand. and at this point, like you, i am demanding answers. michelle: for sterling's family including his 15-year-old son the pain is
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he is the oldest of his siblings. he is 15 years old. he had to watch this. michelle: that is one of the sons you saw next to the woman crying breaking down there. the police chief and the mayor of baton rouge say there will be a thorough and a transparent investigation. as for the officers in this case, blane salamoni is a four-year veteran of the department. howie lake ii has been on the force for three years. they are both on administrative leave tonight. at the "live desk," michelle marsh, abc7 news. john? jonathan: thanks. the sterling case is the latest to raise the question when officers should shoot or not shoot. maryland bureau chief brad bell takes us inside the local facility where officers are trained to make the split second decision. >> i need to see your hands. jonathan: face the screen. role
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i'm a police officer checking out a trespasser. i know it's not real but my adrenaline is flowing. i have a gun. does he? >> sir, i have to ask you to bring your hands up to where i can see them. jonathan: i have no idea what is going to happen next. >> my training officer says that is the whole idea. because cops never know what is going to happen next. >> that is the trick to it. keep them at a nice steady level of always being prepared. never to overreact. never to underreact. >> a new officer on her first shift comes face to face with a man with a gun. a man opens fire on a police officer precinct while his brother takes video. the troubled man shoots deputies in a restaurant. a trooper is gunned down by a career criminal in a bus station. all fatal encounters, all in our region, all this year. >> we need to teach our officers to stay alive. there are some dangerous people out there that mean us harm. >> it's lieutenant's job t
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prepare montgomery county police officers for any possible situation. this simulator widely used by law enforcement is one of his most powerful tools. i am about to learn how powerful. >> i'm going to present you with a scenario. the big thing is talk how you normally would talk or how you would expect to talk as an officer. this is a warehouse. there is an individual there that is tres trespassing and they call the police. >> immediately and involuntarily i'm on edge. i don't speak normally. i notice the hand in the bag. >> i need to see your hands and i need to see them right now. >> i run the scenario again. show me your hands, sir. stand up for me if you would. >> this time there is a peaceful ending. >> i'm just waiting for a friend. >> there is going to be situations that may say hey, you could use deadly force here. we are he
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at another step further. this is important. should you use deadly force? >> a balancing act used again and again with training like this, with thousands of scenarios and thousands of variations. >> it's tougher than what you think. no matter how real this looks, cops all know on the streets the scenarios don't end with a freeze frame. in gaithersburg, brad bell, abc7 news. jonathan: tomorrow a judge will start hearing the case against the highest ranking officer accused in freddie gray's death. lieutenant brian rice facing several charges including manslaughter, assault and misconduct. he will be the third officer to opt for a bench trial instead of a jury. so far only one officer chose a jury trial. that ended with a mistrial. the other two officers were acquitted. three more trials are still scheduled. alison: a stretch of route 924 in hartford county now honors two fallen de
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governor larry hogan dedicated the highway for senior deputy patrick dale daly and first class mark logstan killed in line of duty in february. jonathan: so after starting a week with record low temperatures we are heading for a heatwave this week. we are already there. this is only the second day of the conditions. chief meteorologist doug hill with a look at when we can get relief. this is to be expected. this is no shock. doug: hot time summer in the city. some years we get long stretches of heat like this. sometimes we don't. this time around we are starting early july with three, four, five days of the big numbers. this is what it feels like outside now. 98 in leesburg. 99 in kulbir. feels like 100 in fredericksburg. 91 in annapolis now. feels like 96 in baltimore. the dew points are to blame. when you factor in the moisture content with the warm temperatures you get somewhat higher values. feels like. that pattern will repeat again and again the next few days. tonight th
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the temperatures will drop from 90 in the mid-80's over the next several hours and remain muggy. satellite and the radar doesn't offer much hope of showers tonight. in the overnight we will keep an eye on this. maybe a cupful of showers in the morning if they survive. we check out the weekend and the cooler seven-day in a couple of minutes. jonathan: thank you. you can stay connected with the stormwatch7 weather team downloading the app. easy to do. get it at google play or the itunes store. get your forecast at your fingertips. log on to wjla.com for a list of the cooling centers open all across the area. just search the word "cooling." alison: let's get to new developments today about the f.b.i.'s decision not to recommend charges against hillary clinton after investigating how the former secretary of state used her e-mail. today the house oversight and government reform committee announced that f.b.i. director james comey will now testify before the committee
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director comey stressed in yesterday's announcement while clinton didn't do anything wrong her actions were extremely careless. so will trust be a main factor voters as clinton runs for president this fall? jeff barnd live at the hill with this side of the story. jeff: it depends who you ask on capitol hill. the democrats are saying after the f.b.i. announcement yesterday it's time to move on and focus on hillary clinton's presidential campaign race. leading into november. but the republicans are saying not so fast. the chair of the house oversight committee congressman jason chaffetz tells us he would like f.b.i. director james comey to tell him the difference of gross negligence versus extreme carelessness. >> we have other questions about what are the consequences for violating the de
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there were. jeff: political analyst says despite the statement tuesday the g.o.p. smells blood in the water. >> the fact she didn't tell the truth on the e-mails. the fact she was involved in negligence, carelessness. i think that is going to be bad for her in the long run. jeff: he cites comey's comments tuesday. >> 102 e-mail in 52 e-mail chains determined by the owning agency to contain classified information. jeff: compares that to mrs. clinton's comments last year. >> i did not e-mail any classified material. >> if you can't trust the person and how they use the e-mails when they are the secretary of state, how can you trust the person when they make life-and-death decisions about your sons and daughters? jeff: another ranking member of the house oversight committee points out since james comey is well respected on both sides of the aisle the g.o.p. better tread lightly. >> i think this is
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republicans not liking the decision he made. and wanting to question it. keep the story going. >> meantime, attorney general loretta lynch set to testify before the house judiciary committee next week where she will be asked about the meeting with former president clinton in phoenix. as the e-mail investigation was ongoing. >> they told me earlier today in city of washington it's not so much the crime as the coverup. he believes in his words this will continue to dog despite what happened yesterday with the f.b.i. announcement, hillary's campaign. all the way until election day. in november. reporting live from capitol hill i'm jeff barnd. back to you. alison: okay, jeff. thank you. jonathan: president obama now slowing reduction of troops from afghanistan. the president plans to keep 8400 troops in the country through the end of his administration. president obama: today's decision best positions my successor to make future decisions about our presence
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in afghanistan. in january the next u.s. president will assume the most solemn responsibility of e commander-in-chief. jonathan: the original plan was for 5,500 troops to stay in afghanistan for training and counterterrorism operations. there are some 10,000 u.s. troops currently deployed in the country. alison: a new report blasts the decision by the u.s. and great britain to invade iraq in 2003. the british government official inquiry found faulty intelligence and inadequate planning but stopped short of calling the war illegal. that is angering british families of those who lost loved ones. >> the judgment about the severity of the threat posed by iraq's weapons of mass destruction, w.m.d., were presented with a certainty that was not justified. alison: former prime minister tony blair reacted to this, forced from office in large part of the war. blair
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said he understands the anger out there. >> i know there are those who can never forget or forgive me for having taken this decision. and who think i took it dishonestly. alison: former president george w. bush echoed blair's comments in a statement. the report took seven years to complete and it is four times longer than "war and peace." we all know political debates in times of war or peace can become contentious. jonathan: no question. a local judge is making sure things stay civil at least in his courtroom. alison: later, you saw the concern first right here on abc7. now the consumer product safety commission is taking steps against hoverboard. jonathan: but first, round three. the latest phase of safetrack hits and we get the numbers from the second
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commute went pretty well. now the numbers are also in today from safetrack's second phase. metro general manager paul wiedefeld said he is satisfied. in all crews replaced four major switches at the d and g junction. replaced more than 500 wooding cross it's, inspected 80 power cables and removed 33 third rail insulators. keep in mind you can stay a step awith text alerts. text "metro" to 43817 or sign up at wjla.com. alison: whether you were out there waiting for a bus or a train or going for a stroll, it was sweltering out there today. still is. as we hit our second day above 90 degrees the dog days of summer are definitely here. so today's abc7 instapoll is asking how hot is too hot for you? right now you can go to the
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we'll show you the live results in a moment. meanwhile, tom roussey is live on the national mall to find out how our area stacks up with the rest of the world. hey, tom. tom: hey! how are you doing? we're near the monument and one of the cooler places might be up on the hill. the flags are flowing nicely. this is an area that folks come to from all over the country, all over the world. we asked folks from all over does today feel hot to you? the answers certainly depend on where you are from. some of them might surprise you. you are from south africa. is it worse here or there? >> it's way worse here than in south africa. we don't have humidity as much as here. so this is just like depressing heat that crushes you. tom: you live in bombay, india. worse here or there? >> worse there. this is pretty bad but over there, there is more
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it's also muted comparison to this. it's dirty and sticky and sweaty. tom: you live in dubai. hotter here or there? >> much better out here. >> i'm enjoying it. tom: you have from southern california. worse here or there? >> it appears to be worse here because of the humidity. it's just really much more intense. tom: 105 dry versus 90's with humidity here, which is worse? >> the humidity. by far. >> this is a lot worse than belgium heat wise? >> in belgium, there is mud everywhere, rain everywhere. cold everywhere. tom: i got one more for you. this is a family frlom spain. not far from madrid. they say definitely it gets warm in spain as well. however, they definitely consider it's hot in d.c. today. they are taking a break in the shade. reporting live along the national mall i'm tom roussey,
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that perspective. alison: it's all relative. doug: absolutely. if we had to deal with a month of this straight it would be worse. a few days we have seen it so many times. we see the end in sight which is good. right now the heat as tom and steve rudin report, drawing the assignment of hanging out for a while at yards park next to nationals park. got a brand new ride there, steve. steve: awesome ride. storm track 7 on the scene. we are watching a lot of folks that are enjoying the hot weather. trying to keep cool. and thanks to a little breeze, take a look at the ananometer on the top. you can see we have a breeze. that is going to help keep it more comfortable around here. look at temperatures outside right now. we are at 92 in winchester. 97 in manassas. feels like temperature of 99 degrees right now at reagan national airport. it feels like 95 in andrews. 100 for feels like temperature in fredericksburg. it will stay
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we move through the rest of this afternoon and into this evening. then even more hot air on the way. it's going to get even hotter as we move toward the end of the week and into the upcoming weekend. more on that. we head back inside to the air conditioned studios at abc7 and our chief meteorologist doug hill. doug: do you think, 74 in here? 72? alison: it's pleasant. doug: if you are dining outside tonight this is what you will see. the temperatures will fall below the 90 degree mark in spots but the high humidity makes its feel warmer. 89 at 6:00. dropping after that. remaining warm and muggy all night. rain chances are not much in the area. south side virginia, scattered showers. heavy duty stuff across kentucky and tennessee. this remnant of showers will try to make its way across the mountain. after midnight metro area maybe an isolated shower. other than that, just muggy. by the time you wake u
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but it will feel warmer with the moisture level. this is the zone forecast for the metro zone. if you go farther west in the mountains it will feel a little cooler. down south to the toeer end of the potomac and the bay, mid-70's for the overnight temperatures. future cast shows a couple of showers. this model washes them out before they reach the area. that is reasonable. in the morning clouds giving way to partly sunny skies. hot and humid stuff again. low to mid-90's. feel 100 degrees or so. this model doesn't have much in our area as we continue through the day on friday. another hot day as we head through 95, 96 degree territory. we have a little better chance of showers and the thunderstorms on friday an and friday evening. future heat index speaks for itself. 100 the way it feels in many areas now. through the day tomorrow. we will see the temperatures in the morning at least feels like temperatures in the mid-80's. quickly climbing to 100 or slightly above in many spots by this time tomorrow afternoon.
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for the day on friday. so here in the next seven days for you. big numbers. 93 tomorrow. 94 on friday. up to 40% chance of thunderstorms friday afternoon. saturday is interesting. probably the hottest day of the string. we think the winds are out of the west. that may drop the humidity levels a tiny bit. there could be scattered thunderstorms and cooler, less humid weather on sunday, monday, and reasonable weather early next week. alison: good. not terrible. doug: not at all. jonathan: sometimes you think you are fixing something but you are actually making it worse. alison: we will explain that when we come back. also how high the megamillions jackpot is now that no one won again. sam: many people take c.p.r. training. today we heard about two people that took it and saved a man's life. that story is next on abc7 news. jonathan: but first, here is a look at what is coming up tonight on abc --
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alison: "7 on your side" now in health matters. today a doctor is thanking a college student and a nurse for their choice to take c.p.r. a decision that saved his life. d.c. bureau chief sam ford was there when h
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today. >> i just crumpled and i don't remember what happened. sam: on his release today from the washington hospital center, dr. edward cornfield a retired obgyn met the two people who know c.p.r. and came to his aid when he collapsed of a heart attack last month in the folger shakespeare theater. security officer gary thomas. >> there was an outburst in front of the audience. we thought it was part of the play at first. >> dillon mary a college student who learned c.p.r. as a boy scout and michelle michels a nurse practitioner
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>> by doing c.p.r. and subsequently using the defibrillator to get the heart rhythm back to normal, that gave him the opportunity to have his brain work. his kidneys work. sam: it's the city's big push to train thousands in c.p.r. this 87-year-old was happy to promote c.p.r. today. >> i owe my life to these people. it's the least i can do if i can help someone else. because that is what we live for to help other people, i believe. sam: dr. cornfeld is not going home yet. he is going to rehabilitation. but his doctor says he is fine. reporting from northwest washington, i'm sam ford, abc7 news. jonathan: lucky for him. alison: yep. jonathan: coming up at "abc7 news at 5:00" -- your chance to be a hero after the bank robbery shut down route 50 in virginia around this time last night. we take you there. alison: later, a local judge honored for judicial civility. find out how his advice applies to life in what can b
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a rude world. >> if you have a hoverboard you are told to stop riding it immediately. i'm cheryl conner. coming up, more on the
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announcer: you're watching "abc7 news at 5:00". on your side. jonathan: you know, you think
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they were the biggest things out there. everybody wanted one of these things, the hoverboards. then it came out they were causing problems with fires. a series now of fires and falls made the hoverboards less appealing. today the consumer product safety commission pulled the plug on a half million of the toys. you heard about the hazards first on abc7. kimberly suiters broke this. cheryl conner is now joining us with the latest, another chapter on these things. cheryl: the "7 on your side" team used this hoverboard in the past. bringing to light the danger. it turns out it is made by slagway, the company facing the largest number of recalls. >> they look cool coming across the floor. >> stop using it immediately. cheryl: but today, hoverboards are the latest recall by the consumer product safety commission. >> i heard that, they start a lot of fires. cheryl: the word got back to the cpsc and scientists began studying the burned batteries inside their research lab in rockville. chrm
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than 100 reports of hoverboards overheating or catching on fire have come into his office. >> once you see "saturday night live" skit with a consumer product you know it has saturated the american consciousness. that to us was a turning point. >> "7 on your side" has followed the issue for months and was the first television station in the country to press the cpsc about hoverboard safety concerns. we showed you the injuries from falling and then the fires. now we know more than a half million boards from ten companies are included in the recall. >> this is one of the burned out cells that came in the lab here in rockville. one of the problems is combining 20 of them to one battery pack. today there are protections in place to keep the batteries overheating. chambers has better luck nailing tricks on a skateboard than performing on a hoverboard. >> it is not easy for me at
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still needs to come up with stability standard. for the fire concerned each of the ten companies have their own fix. some will repair, others will replace. we have that information on wjla.com. alison: so all of that added to the risk of falling which we saw. it makes it a dangerous thing. jonathan: that is what we said early. dangerous to begin with, with the falls but now the fires. cheryl: kimberly suiters rode this one in the studio. i didn't get on it. it goes against what the chairman says. jonathan: don't plug it in either. please. cheryl: i will not. alison: thank you. we have new information tonight. this is after the bank robbery that shut down route 50 right at the height of rush hour last night. today they released the pictures. this is in int.d. bank in falls church. a man walked in the bank around 3:30 yesterday afternoon claiming to ha
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bomb. he escaped with some money and he left a backpack outside the door. police shut down the road. they searched the bag out of an abundance of caution. fortunately nothing was found. if you recognize this guy you are asked to call police. jonathan: breaking news out of alexandria. that is where a local land mark is on fire. the steakhouse on mount vernon we are told. avenue and del rey caught fire after 4:00 this afternoon. the restaurant had just reopened today. it had closed for a few months after the owner had died. crews from arlington county are hemming fight the fire. we will let -- relling -- helping fight the fire. we'll let you know more when we have it. the justice department has taken over the investigation into a deadly police shooting in louisiana. alton sterling was shot multiple times following a confrontation with officers in baton rouge. a witness claim he saw the officers pull a gun out of sterling's pocket. the officers were wearing body cameras but they re
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fell off in the fight. alison: f.b.i. director james comey will testify before the house oversight committee tomorrow. republicans want details on the bureau's investigation into hillary clinton's e-mail use. and comey's decision not to recommend charges. the ranking democrat on the committee accused the g.o.p. of politicizing the f.b.i. jonathan: well, summer arrived. if you step outside you will feel it. temperatures in the mid-90's through saturday. cooling centers are open across the region. the air quality level for the day is orange. which means air pollution can become unhealthy for some folks, especially those with problems breathing or respiratory issues. a break in the intense heat and the humidity expected sunday. alison: no winner last night in the megamillions jackpotment you know what that means. the numbers are drawn again on friday and the jackpot will be worth at least $508 million. no one won the lottery since march.
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a megamillions ticket worth $1 million that is about to expire. the ticket will expire friday at 4:30 if no one turns it in. there is a powerball ticket worth $1 million somewhere that will expire wednesday if it's not claimed. that ticket was sold january 13 at a 7-eleven in bladensburg. jonathan: two tickets worth $1 million. i hope they come forward. alison: i do, too. jonathan: to the city of hayward, california, a curb that didn't line up properly. but to scientists it was the perfect example of seismic forces at work. no a simple fix sending decades of research down the drain. los angeles is reporting they fixed the curb this week but they didn't know scientists had been studying that curb for 46 years. that is where you want to communicate with each other and let each other
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it slowly moved out of alignment as the earth moved underneath it. it's giving them an idea what happened below. the city says it was replaced to build wheelchair accessible rach and had no idea it was significant for the local geologists. scientists are supposed to be geniuses. you might want to tell folks you have been looking at it for 50 years. alison: decades of research gone. too bad. coming up right here at 5:00 -- alison: look at how music is making the medicine go down easier for children with cancer. jonathan: then later for us, an act of generosity turns in a life changing phase. alison: new at 6:00 tonight, video just now coming in of a dangerous police pursuit. what happened in the district that ended with an arrest in north carolina. that's coming up at 6:00.
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steve: i'm steve rudin. hot and humid evening at the yards. let's talk about the upcoming weekend. if you like heat and humidity you will love what is on the way for saturday. highs will be in the lower to middle 90's. we will see fireworks at old town alexandria come saturday night with temperatures that will fall in the lower 80's. it should be a nice show. we may dodge thunderstorms. take you out to look at the next seven days after the heatwave. we cool back down to middle to upper 80's moving to next week. stay with us. "abc7 news at 5:00" continues
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amsleep number beds with you with sleepiq technology give you the knowledge to adjust for the best sleep ever. it's the final days of the lowest prices of the season sale, with our best-buy rated c2 queen mattress now only $699.99. know better sleep. only at a sleep number store. alison: research is growing on the positive impact music can have in a medical setting from improving the body's immune system to reducing pain. for the past five years one d.c. hospital added music to the treatment plan for young cancer patients, bringing comfort to children and adults alike. and that makes the music therapy program at the newly renamed children's national health institute this week's "harris' hero."
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♪ good morning leon: by the lively music it's hard to tell this is a hospital roomed and 4-year-old karma savoy has come for her weekly ke mow therapy treatment -- chemotherapy treatment. she is using guitar to help cope with the cancer treatment. >> we do that by reminding them how to play and have fun. >> what do we love? >> she loves music anyway. so definitely therapy for her to help boost up her spirit. >> 11-year-old eric comes every week to the cancer and blood disorders clinic. in the many hours he has spent at the hospital he discovered a new talent. >> eric is getting ready to record the second song he has written with the help of a music therapist intern. in addition to making time go by quicker. >> it makes me feel up. makes me want to dance. leon: that is the goal
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>> it will never be easy but we are trying to make it as positive experience as it can be. >> ♪ that is what a true friend does ♪ >> good job! alison: that smile. last year carlson and her team of music therapists worked with close to 200 children undergoing treatment for cancer. and blood disorders. the program is all funded by private donations. jonathan: love to see that. alison: isn't that wonderful? jonathan: anytime you see someone going through the procedure and having smiles, good stuff. alison: best of luck. jonathan: still to come for us. youngsters at a basketball camp got surprise of the lifetime. look at their eyes. the answer coming up. >> in an era when the public discourse is crude, rude and intolerant a local
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we've got hillary clinton who's weak, who's ineffective. she will never be able to do the job. her judgment is horrible. >> can
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in the oval office the next time america faces a crisis? jonathan: oh, boy. it's really begun. from the primaries to the ramp-up to november, this election season has been anything but civil. but in the midth of all this ret -- midst of all this rhetoric -- that is putting it nicely, "rhetoric" -- there is a breath of fresh air. alison: brad bell introduces us to the local judge honored for the tone in his courtroom. brad: chief judge c. phillips nichols has been a jurist for 39 years including nearly a quarter century on a prince george's county circuit court bench. he has heard it all. he has seen it all. yet, to this day, he never forgets his responsibility to the people who appear in his courtroom. >> whether it's a traffic ticket or a murder trial or a major civil case or a small claim, everybody gets their day in court. they have to feel like they got their day in court. they have to feel trea
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professionally. brad: in this day and aim of rude and accusatory political chatter judge nichols is being recognized for his demeanor, as the 19th winner of the maryland state bar association sedara award for judicial civility. he is maryland's most civil judge. long-time defense attorney george happener says well deserved. >> civil describes him perfectly. also fair. honest. straightforward. it means a lot to me to be thought and talked about that way. brad: as america seems less and less civil he agrees to a rare interview by a sitting judge. nichols admits his patience can be tested. >> when you get to the 150th speeding ticket. brad: he has learned lessons on the bench that can apply to life. >> if you get angry, take a break. brad: think before you form an opinion. in upper marlboro, brad bell, abc7 news. alison: very nice. thinkb
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check on the roadways. another place to be civil. jamie: exactly. especially on days like this. alexandria avenue. we have a nats game well underway but still seeing the volume heading 395. heading outbound volume as well passing by the pentagon. take a look at the 14th street bridge. you see how much volume we have. this is 66. there is a lot of volume. pastnutly street we are on -- past nutley street we are on a slow patch. let's talk about a crash
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heading westbound. solid red line. between 97 and davidsonville road. the left lane is blocked. so stay to the right. we are seeing a lot of volume. jonathan: thanks very much for that. we have new video of the deadly police confrontation in louisiana sparking outrage not just there but across the country. blood tests underway for congressional staffers. what was found in the water. why some say more needs to be done. and why a community is up in arms over the athletic field. that is new ahead at 6:00. alison: all right. first, get another check of the hot and humid weather out there. jonathan: sticky out there. steve rudin is outside to keep an eye on things and feeling it fur us. no, go to doug hill. alison: he is in the a.c. doug: i got the better of that deal today. hot and humid out there. steve has more
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for moment it's muggy to go on top of the warm temperatures. lower 90's. take a look at the numbers right now. the latest numbers in the weather center. 94 at reagan national. the hot spot locally. if you spend any time outside you know it is the humidity to add the extra few degrees to make it uncomfortable. 89 degrees in hagerstown. 90 in charlottesville. joint base andrews as well. the big number. it feels like temperature. it feels like 102 in maryland mid-shore at easton. feels like 97 in leesburg and manassas. 100 in fredericksburg. 99 in the nation's capital. through the evening it will stay warm and muggy. temperatures will be slow to drop. they will a bit. but only to the mid-to-upper 70's inside the beltway. lower to mid-70's outside. humidity will drop back a touch. as we head toward morning. a slight chance to have isolated shower in the overnight hours. that is from the bundle coming through ohio. latest model guidance
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reaches here. big storms in south central kentucky stays hundred miles south of the region. the seven-day outlook calls for hot and humid stuff to continue. 30% chance of storms tomorrow. 40% friday. maybe isolated storms on saturday. saturday is the hottest day. highs of 96. turning less humid and cooler for sunday, monday and first few days of next week. if you think of the beach plansk looks good. hottest day is friday. we have upper 80's on saturday and a cooler plaza sant day with a nice breeze on sunday and highs of 84. that is the latest. back to you. alison: thank you. jonathan: the nats need help, don't they? robert: no sweeps, no brooms. jonathan: the brewers! c'mon! robert: i know. they are still playing. there is still time. 4:00 start. sloppiness for the first two games of the series trying to avoid sweep against the brewers today. we start bottom of the first. two on for bryce. that is a nice swing
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deep to left. harper's 18th of the season. nats up 3-0 after the blast. they led 4-3 in the third. runners on the corners for the brewers. runner at first. brake for second. goes through and gennett steals home. game tied at four. nats lead 7-4 in the fifth, by the way. once again, bryce harper isn't going to be in this year's home run derby. it looks like we may never see it. last year he made it clear he didn't compete because his father wouldn't be able to pitch to him. well, after last night's 5-2 loss of the brewers harper didn't have my particular reason why not. in fact, he told reporters, "i just don't feel like doing it." wow! okay. however, this could be a reason. these are the home run derby jerseys. jonathan: ugly. robert: yeah. batters will wear the padres throwback jerseys from the 1970's. do you like the throwbacks? or should they throw them
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hit me up on twitter. abc7robert. this is fun. steph curry has been cooking up a lot of surprises lately. >> selling girl scout cookies. what is going on, my man. how are you doing? robert: that was a fake faint. he was okay. that is steph curry surprising campers at the warriors overnight camp. oh, my god! in hawaii. steph went door to door surprising the campers. my question, jonathan. who would you faint for? jonathan: i don't faint. robert: you don't? jonathan: he seems like a great ambassador for the game, there was a young girl fighting cancer and she wanted her brother taken care of. he showed up with his wife, took them miniature golfing. they were twins. alison: awesome. jonathan: fantastic. and then do stuff like that. inh
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robert: cool guy. alison: i love that he imitates the girls. robert: that is the best part. jonathan: would you faint for somebody? alison: i don't know. robert: i have a list. a long list. alison: give me one. jonathan: beyoncé. robert: michael jordan. alison: talk about him all the time. robert: i do. jonathan: nonstop. he says he just wanted to do the right thing. alison: find out how a cab drive's simple act changed another man's life.
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ask your doctor about trumenba. trying to make me eat my greens?low. no, just trying to save you some green. whaaat?! thousands of blue tags. thousands of low prices. my giant. alison: $187,000 left by mistake in the back of a boston taxi. we look at how it got back to the right hands. >> i opened the bag, the zipper. i saw three bundles of money. >> raymond "buzzy" shaking the head over the unexpected jackpot in the back of the cab saturday afternoon. stac
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a backpack by a fare he picked up along mass avenue. >> i better go to the police station. >> there he and a desk sergeant dumped the content of the bag on to a table. $187,000 in all. >> me and the police officers both eyes popped out of our head. >> with his help they tracked down the owner. a homeless man who had the documents to prove he recently cashed an inheritance check but could have lost it all if not for buzzy. >> we are very proud of what he did. he is a great guy. he will do the right thing. he has always done the right thing. >> with 50 years behind the wheel, it's not the first time he has found money. >> i found payroll guy left in the front seat. east boston. i returned that. they didn't give me nothing. sometimes you get good tips and sometimes you don't. reporter: this time at the police officer's prompting the homeless man gave him a tip. $100. buzzy may not be getting rich
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praise for the honesty. he is not minding the media attention either. >> it is really is something i'll never forget. i never been on tv before. 72 years old. i'm getting to like it. alison: how about that? good for him. that is it for "abc7 news at 5:00". right now it's 6:00 in the grips of a summer heatwave. how hot things will get and when the relief will arrive. new video at 6:00 tonight. giving the clearest view yet of a deadly confrontation with police. and a black man in louisiana. what the police chief is now saying. and what some congressional staffers are demanding after an alarming discovery. "abc7 news at 6:00" starts right now. announcer: now "abc7 news at 6:00". on your side. maureen: we have come to the point in the year when you wait for the sun to go down so
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today we saw the heat index hit 100 for the first time this summer. and it will possibly be just as hot in them coming days. meet -- hot in the coming days. meteorologist steve rudin is live at yards park in washington with the forecast. steve? steve: maureen, this is the place to be. look behind me. kids and adults alike are enjoying the pool back here. this is only 11 inches deep. they have been here all afternoon. i'm sure they will be here well in the everything as the temperatures will slowly, slowly fall. take a look at what is going on outside. in terms of the temperatures. it's hot. it is humid. we have temperatures that range from the middle to the upper 90's across much of the region. 97 degrees in leesburg. 98 degrees for the fields like temperature at reagan national airport. fredericksburg now at 100 degrees for a feels like temperature. for this everything, if you have outdoor dining plans, if you are thinking of going for a jog or taking your pet out, take it easy. temperatures slowly

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