death in dallas during a peaceful protest of two recent police involved shootings. just in tonight, a new look at what was found at the deceased suspect's home. jonathan elias is live with the latest on that. jonathan: earlier in week you will remember two black men were shot and killed by white officers in louisiana and minnesota. since then there have been attacks on police officers in texas, georgia, missouri, and tennessee. a startling number with the deadliest happening last night in dallas, texas. including the victim, a veteran, father and a newlywed. five police officers shot dead as they were patrolling a peaceful protest. seven other officers targeted and wounded. injured, they were taken to the hospital. and civilians, two of them also shot. officers on the scene eventually killed 25-year-old micah johnson using a robot delivered that had a bomb attached to it. a search of johnson's home uncovered bomb materials,

journal on combat tactics. police say the army veteran was general set over the police shooting and want -- was upset about the police shootings and wanted to kill white officers. there are three others still in custody. >> this was a well-planned, a well thought out, evil tragedy. we won't rest until we bring everyone involved to justice. jonathan: the dallas police chief take part in a prayer vigil today. two patrol cars covered in flowers are parked just outside the dallas police headquarters in honor of all of the officers killed. president obama has ordered flags to be flown at half staff. tonight new protests in response to deadly police shootings this week. d.c. bureau chief sam ford joining us live outside the department of justice where one right now is taking place. sam? sam: we are outside the department of jut

the process of getting started here. a number of young people have been here for maybe 45 minutes. a lot of them are holding signs saying black lives matter. i have a young woman with me that is an organizer. desiree? you are a law student? >> i am. sam: tell us about today's march. >> it's in honor of the 606 individuals who lost their lives at the hands of police and everyone who has been a victim of gun violence in the country. sam: i understand you are going to march around the justice department? >> yes, we are. zach what about the -- sam: what about the dallas police? what are your thoughts on that? >> that is devastating. no one should have to bury a family member at the hand of another american citizen. my heart goes out to the families the same way i felt for alton sterling and his family. sam: okay. so she is the organizer of this particular march. again, they will be walking around this building a

downtown d.c. ending at the white house. reporting live from northwest washington, i'm sam ford. abc7 news. maureen: thank you, sam. we are also following developments in missouri tonight where a police officer was shot in a traffic stop this morning. the suspect reportedly took off after the shooting and was caught a short time later. the officer works for the ballwin police department in eastern missouri. investigators are still trying to determine the circumstances. americans are reflecting on last night's tragedy. there is a growing memorial at the dallas police department. tonight, symmetry buttes in our area -- similar tributes in our area. muriel bowser laid a wreath this afternoon. amy aubert was there and she joins us live. amy? amy: the wreath now alongside other signs of support. flowers and messages. you can see here saying, "we

department." the memorial out here don'ts to grow as the day goes -- here continues to grow as the day goes on. at the ceremony, mayor bowser reminded everyone that violence is not the answer. justice, coming together and acting in solidarity can begin to heal the wounds. as the work day comes to an end, crowds continue to pay respects at the memorial. >> you look around this memorial. there are 20,789 names. men and women who died for you and me. yet this nation doesn't seem to get it. amy: now after the ceremony this afternoon, mayor bowser remindedded everyone again that violence is not the answer. the flags out here lowered t half staff this afternoon. live in northwest d.c., abc7 news. maureen: thank you, amy. now we want to

live where governor greg abbott is holding a press conference about yesterday's tragedy. let's watch. >> we have been working this

well. we believe now that the city is safe and that the suspect is dead. we can move on to healing. part of the healing is to get the support of our great state. maureen: that is texas governor greg abbott discussing the progress that the police force in texas are making in investigating the shooting of those five police officers in dallas last night. abc7 is monitoring the new information coming in from dallas, as well as from the two deadly shootings involving police officers earlier this week. of course, we will bring you updates on the cases as we get them here on abc7 and online at wjla.com. doug: i want to give you a quick update on the showers and the storms. they have stopped west of the metro area. rain free for the rest of the evening there. showers and storms continue

we will continue to zoom in through charles county and st. mary's county. that is the area. still good downpour of lightning but they will continue to drift east/southeast. this pattern is coming to an end. the heaviest downpour moving to calvert beach and the shore of chesapeake bay. forecast for the evening get rid of the showers and storms. stay muggy. partly cloudy. temperatures in the 80's heading through the overnight hours. tomorrow the change in the pattern begins. it will be warm and hot by midday, low 90's. kind of muggy. a frontal system will give us afternoon storms and the drier air arrives to set the stage for a much-needed change in the weather pattern. we will highlight that in the weekend and the seven-day outlook in a couple of minutes. maureen: thank you. you can stay connected with the stormwatch7 weather team. follow us on social media, wjla.com or by downloading the storm watch weather app. next at 6:00 -- for the seco

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maureen: a disturbing arrest in virginia. a local man charged with trying to help terrorists and suggested taking photographs of the possible terror attacks in washington, d.c. northern virginia bureau chief jeff goldberg has details about the case. jeff: just hours after being arrested at his home, 25-year-old haris qamar appeared in federal court without a lawyer and without saying much. according to court documents qamar is charged with providing material support for isis had plenty to say to an f.b.i. informant about support for the islamic state and the violent methods of beheadings and suicide bombings. authorities say they first became aware of his views from the consistent use of twitter in 2015. and in late may of this year, qamar allegedly helped scout landmarks across d.c. and arlington including the pentagon for an isis video encouraging lone wolf style attacks. "bye-bye, d.c., kill them all" qamar is quoted as saying.

somebody with a fantasy about what isis is and what they can do. >> earlier in week, mohamed jalloh of sterling was also charged with providing support to isis. in the past years eight men faced similar charges and 100 nationwide. terror terrorist brad garrett says authorities are working nonstop to identify homegrown terror suspects and prevent another orlando or san bernardino. >> they are at the mercy of what they know. it is so key that the public continue to tell law enforcement what they see. >> haris qamar had no family or friends inside the courtroom today. he is due back in court next wednesday. if convicted he could face up to 20 years in prison. in alexandria, jeff goldberg, abc7 news. maureen: coming up at 6:00 -- virginia governor terry mcauliffe announces new funding for his transportation bill. what it could mean for your commute still ahead. robert: i'm robert

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maureen: the u.s. visitor center at the capitol and the capitol itself were placed on lockdown this morning. people inside were instructed to shelter in place. there was a report of a woman attempting to enter with a gun. but the all clear was given when the report turned out to be false. a stronger than expected jobs report fueled a market rally today. the labor department reported 227,000 jobs were added in -- 287,000 jobs were added in june. that is a big rebound after a weak month for hiring in april and may. the unemployment rate increased to 4.9 p.c. economists say that is a sign that more people are re-entering the jobs market. sign of confidence in the economy. virginia governor terry mcauliffe is praising the funding approved for what he says will be the biggest transportation plan in the history of the commonwealth. >> we are moving forward. we have notified our folks. we are going to start construction next year. this isn't a promise. this is

maureen: his announcement this morning at the amtrak vre station in alexandria. it's called the atlantic gateway project and has $4.5 million of federal money with private and state money. the governor says it will improve passenger train service and extend the i-95 express lanes south to fredericksburg. north of 395 to the 14th street bridge. speaking of numbers, the mega millions jackpot now climbed to $500 million for tonight's drawing. tickets are selling at twice the rate of a week ago. i wonder why. if you win and you want the lump sum you can take home $380 million. the drawing is tonight at 11:00. we will have the winning numbers on abc7 news at 11:00. good luck. arlington county has been recognized as one of the best communities in the country for walking. two walking

published a book called america's walking renaissance and says arlington is a model for the rest of the country. "prevention" magazine named arlington one of the 25 best cities for walking. doug: a lot of hills to walk up, too. maureen: there are. doug: that is part of it. maureen: a lot of nice hot and humid weather to make you perspire more. doug: heat and humidity for 24 more hours and then drier weather in here. get started. for the fourth consecutive day we topped 90-degree mark. 91 this afternoon at reagan national. then they got a brief cooling off with a heavy shower. dropped to 80 degrees. the morning low was 87. we are 791 -- 91 in fredericksburg. 84 in the capital. but with the lower temperatures the humidity levels are so high with the recent rain it still feels like it is 93 in washington. feels like 101 in fredericksburg. check the rest of the numbers. a steamy night here.

plans this evening. if you are west of washington you are good to go. the farther east you go, we are still dealing with the showers. cluster of thunderstorms and downpours over southern maryland from charles to st. mary's county. there is a bunch for you. that will continue to push to leonard town. we have more clusters that are moving across the areas south and southwest of leonard town. that will go down the shore of st. mary's county. area of calvert county will move there and across solomon to eastern shore. we have one area north that we are watching across howard county maryland from columbia to southwest suburb of batementmore. -- of baltimore. that will move out of the way. so that means gaithersburg is in the clear. that is good news because tonight at 9:00 at boher park the fireworks are going to be displaced.

the numbers near 100 degrees. tomorrow, the afternoon at some point in the afternoon, unsure of the timing. say 3:00 to 6:00, the best chance of the scattered thunderstorms with the frontal system. humidity level l drop off. then we get to tuesday, wednesday, thur and the friday and the heat will rebuild and the humidity level will rebuild. we'll have daily chances of afternoon showers and thunderstorms. maureen: thank you. there was

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tonight. ryan zimmerman on the d.l. with a strained left rib. strasburg on the mound tonight. 9-7 loss last night after a home run party against the mets. total of eight home runs between the two. this is what everybody talked about. top of the ninth. nats down two with one out. daniel murphy at the plate. a former nat asdrubal cabrera with a double play. and he was called for interference. it might have been the called that cost them the game. first pitch tonight is 7:10. the road haul for d.c. united continues. tomorrow they are up in philadelphia to take on the union. the last battle was big. d.c. united tied real salt lake 1-1 to pick up a point. with four more road games before they come back home they need all the points they can get. >> i think it will be easy to rev the guy

arguably the best team in the east now. it will be exciting. robert: you can see that battle on the sister station newschannel8. coverage begins at 6:30. the match kicks off it 7:00. all right. tennis. roger federer was hoping for his record eighth wimbledon title. he didn't get that thanks to canadian milos raonic. talk about an upset. raonic broke late in the fourth set and ran away to take it. he was big. he's the first major male to reach a major singles final. that's where andy murray comes in. he was on cruise control today against thomas byrdch. final note athletes are reacting to the violence that has taken place in the last few days. lebron james tweeting out, "we are all hurting tonight more violence is not the answer." if you want to see more of the tweets i retweeted a lot of

follow me. maureen: thank you. give us the latest on the weekend coming up. doug: sure. showers and the storms left over are moving out of the area over the next few hours south and east of washington. partly cloudy and muggy overnight. 70 to 78. tomorrow is a chance of afternoon storm with a frontal system. partly sunny, hot and humid. drier air late afternoon. gorgeous weather with lower humidity sunday and monday. heat, humidity and daily storms rebuild for most of next week. steve will have the computer model updates to the numbers for the weekend. more about the heat and the humidity returning next week is tonight at 11:00. we are ready for a break. maureen: we are. doug: five days in the 90's tomorrow. we catch a break for a bit which we need. maureen: nice cooling temperatures. "world news tonight" with david muir coming up. join us at 11:00. va -- have a good weekend.

tonight, major new developments right here in dallas. the deadly ambush. officers shot one by one. five of them killed. 14 people shot in all, bystanders among them. and this evening, we have now learned what the sniper told s.w.a.t. teams before they and their robot took him down. >> it's a sniper! >> his chilling motive. a peaceful protest here suddenly erupting into panic. officers running toward the danger to help the protesters here. and tonight, the suspect taken down. an army veteran. did he use his military training? and how the presidential candidates are now responding. what is their plan? donald trump's response. my interview with hillary clinton.