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investigation. tim barber joins us with the questions being asked. tim? tim: during those two hours, this is what you would hear -- [busy signal] busy signal, and now county officials want to know why. this is the sight and sound that you normally want to hear after calling 911. [sirens] two hours sunday and i, montgomery county's backup 911 system failed. during the time, fire rescue responded to two emergency calls. tonight, the county executive launched an investigation into why the backup 911 system failed and if it played a role in the deaths of two people. was the backup system tested before you ran it? >> it had been tested off and on, but it had not been used. .

the backup 911 system had been online for three weeks while the main system got upgrades. they believe that the backup system failed when an air-conditioning system failed, which caused the system to shut down before it overheated. >> they need more redundancy than that. tim: during the failure, they urged residents to call 311 weather local police station, which is also what they want you to do if it happens again. >> as long as they are doing something about it. the main call center is expected to be back online in the next few weeks. we will let you know when that happens and when the investigation is complete. live in montgomery county, tim barber, abc 7 news. :00, protesters11 on the streets of atlanta. this is for the fifth night in a row. this time ending with several

people at about 8:00 30 tonight, but no word on what they may be charged with. protesters made their way to the governor's mansion tonight. they are upset about the deadly police-involved shootings that killed two black men in minnesota and louisiana last week. and tonight a focus on healing after one protest turned tragic in dallas. five officers lost their lives last thursday, as you know, when the gunman and with a vengeance targeted them at a peaceful protest. nation's coming together to honor their memories. they vigil was held at dallas city hall tonight, put on by the dallas police association. were tears and hugs by candlelight as the community comes to grips with the heartbreak. jay korff has tonight's events. jay: alison, the dallas strong candlelight vigil was held in the city. police officials and fellow officers talked

was him and the tragedies that night. the president of the dallas police association said to the victims' colleagues, your fallen brothers by following in their footsteps, and to the victims your lovede said, " ones will not be forgotten and their sacrifices will long be remembered." >> and to our country, i pray that we can pause and take a step act. when everything is negative and full of hate and anger, there can be no solutions. we must listen to each other rather than talk against one another. let thenot cowardly, heat-phil asked divide our city or country. jay: president obama will be in dallas, where he will meet with family members of the fallen and attend a ceremony honoring the fallen officers. jay korff, abc 7 news. alison: jay, thank you.

the gun man behind the massacre that killed five police officers. investigators are saying that micah johnson's rampage could have been much worse. they say that johnson sang and laughed at the responding officers and even threatened to use explosives. investigators sifting through 170 hours of body camera footage from thursday's ambush and saying for the first time we have heard from the parents of the killer. his mother said at one time that her son wanted to be a police officer. his father is in shock. >> i didn't see it coming. with all my heart, i hate what he did. alison: the first funeral for a followed officer is wednesday. one week of unnerving violence has left people soul-searching across the country. the dallas shooting happened at a protest over police brutality. tonight, our top

talk about law enforcement and the community and how to improve their relationship stop roz plater tells us what they discussed. >> we know what the problems are. we are talking about solutions. roz: with that, w pgc radio turned down the music and dialed up the conversation on how to fix the sometimes troubling relationships between the police and black community. after a violent week nationwide, d.c.'s mayor is looking for ways to cut down on the number of traffic stops. mayor bowser: we want to get rid of the pre-textual stops. roz: traffic stops nationwide that have sometimes turned deadly. weighsked the panel to him on what young black men need to do to survive. prince george's county police chief says primarily it's about tone. >> a responsible interaction is always appreciated by both parties. roz: but community activist say that this not always work. >>

and police correctly, but they are not doing it. roz: saying that some people do what it takes to survive. over,n you get pulled turn the car off, put the windows down, don't reach for your wallet, have your license in your hand. never reach for anything. >> that puts the officer at ease. roz: mayor bowser says starting tomorrow she will introduce two make the police department look more like the community that it serves. part of it is putting up a public service academy starting at anacostia high school in the fall. roz plater, abc 7 news. steve: the heat and humidity takes a break just one more day, then it is back full force wednesday through friday. tomorrow morning, dress comfortably. we will be in the

walking home from work tomorrow afternoon, may have to d odge raindrops west of d.c. inside the capital beltway, not much problem. tomorrow will be sticky, but more uncomfortable heat and humidity is on the way. the details coming up. alison: there are concerns tonight that a pair of fbi service weapons have fallen into the wrong hands. a handgun and ar-15 were stolen from a lockbox and a parked vehicle. some of the broken to the vehicle in northeast d.c. sunday morning. anybody with information on the case is asked to contact d.c. police or the fbi. a a democratic national committee staffer murdered in northwest d.c.. seth rich was his name, and he was shot to death early sunday. tonight, his family spoke with abc 7. michelle marsh has the details. a terrible case. michelle: it certainly

had nothing but good things to say about the 27-year-old. that is why they cannot imagine why anybody would shoot him in the back early sunday morning. the shooting happened only a few blocks away from howard university hospital. his family says the police believe he was robbed and fought back. anything,ody knows share the information so that the people who are causing this can be stopped. of voter rich was head expansion for the dnc. chairman debbie wasserman schultz released a statement saying, "our hearts are broken." reported therees may be something that could help lead the police to the killer or killers. michelle marsh, abc 7 news. alison:

white house, and house republicans have formally requested the fbi opened another investigation into hillary clinton. two committee chairman what the bureau to investigate if clinton lied about her e-mail use during parts of her 11-hour testimony on benghazi. maryland congressman elijah cummings call the request "devoid of any fax." -- devoid of any facts." tomorrow, clinton will hold a rally with senator bernie sanders, where he is expected to endorse her. trump willow, donald hold a rally with indiana governor mike pence, reportedly on the shortlist for the vice presidential nomination. iftrump picks him, it has to be this week is friday is the deadline for pence to file paperwork for his reelection.

housebuilding. it was found in bathroom sinks in the reagan -- rayburn office building. i say that 99% of the water the building is safe. last week, elevated levels were found in the canon office housebuilding. dogl ahead -- this little is a survivor, but it's not his legs getting the attention. it is his voice? [howling] meet magic will mike, his name. making his way into everyone's hearts, next. and we continue right now to follow the protests in atlanta. these are live aerial pictures of what is happening right now. there is word that police in atlanta have made arrest tonight. right here, a crowd remains. they have not dispersed yet.

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-- just signed up for metro text alerts by texting the word "metro" to 43817. he is a little dog with a big voice and a really incredible story. for survivor is now looking his forever home, and jay korff introduces us to magic mike and the family that is helping him. we are about to go for a walk and role. jay: his name is simple. it's mike. >> come on, buddy. but when sarah murphy started fostering him a couple months ago, this four-year-old corgi beagle mix took on a new defines his spunky stride in love of life. >> this is magic mike. jay: the good sam

a magic mike on a west virginia roadside, the victim of a hit and run. >> he was basically left four dead. jay: homeward trails animal rescue transported him to the d.c. area, where he is slowly improving. >> he is playful and musical. jay: did she say musical? murphy sings in a band. during a rehearsal, magic mike joined her drummer in song. >> he likes to throw his hat up and sing along with the rest of us. jay: we put magic mike to the test. we called him over to the stereo equipment. and just like that -- [howling] jay: he joined in. bark/yodel/howl reminds us that even if you are broken, there is a place for you. jay korff, abc 7 news. alison:

magic mike is improving through basic rehab. the hope is that whoever a. tim can provide him with longer-term y walkso he may one da again on four legs. steve: how can i top that? fantastic. we have better weather ahead if you like it hot and humid. upper 80'sriday, saturday and sunday, scattered showers and thunderstorms. by no means talking about a washout. temperatures mainly in the 60's and 70's out there. mainly clear skies as we move through the overnight. suburbanmiddle 60's locations. 72 degrees downtown d.c., the wind out of the south 3 to 8. not giving us a lot of relief. if you're debating whether to shut off the ac overnight, i would keep it on toet

quickly. by 8 a.m., upper 70's, near 80. these are feels-like temperature's. through the day, we really heat up, 3:00, four clock in the afternoon will feel like 90 degrees with extra heat and humidity out there. ,t is not how to for you another round of hotter air wednesday, followed by daytime highs that will be in the middle 90's for the day thursday. that will likely be the hottest of the next seven days across the dmv. we keep the above average temperatures in the forecast as we move through the upcoming weekend. in terms of the sticky feeling, yes, tomorrow is that, comfortable as we move into the day thursday and friday. the feels-like temperature's closer to the upper 90's to 100 degrees. tomorrow, dress comfortably. bring the sunglasses with you. northwest of d.c. will see showers and thunderstorms popping up. on the futurecast through the

i don't think we will see anything around the immediate metro. most likely off to the west near roundand another thursday. once again, not looking for anything to become severe. the next seven days, 87 the high wednesday, 94 thursday. we stay in the 90's friday. the upcoming weekend, a chance of showers and thunderstorms. it will be around 90 degrees monday of next week. the temperatures typical for this time of year, a little bit above average. nothing we cannot handle. we have not had that many 90-degree-plus days they share. we can take it, we need more. alison: we have been spoiled. erin, what's going on tonight? erin: the home run derby, bryce harper spoke out. how important is the all-star game to harper? plus, the fourth

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and now the toyota sports desk, brought to you by the local toyota dealers. erin: the mlb all-star break, which means we begin with a home run derby. giancarlo stanton putting on a show. 24 home runs in just 30 swings of the bat. stanton launched tate measure shot after tape measure shot, twice sending home runs 497 fe et. with 20 derby record home runs in the final round. ironically, of the eight contests, only stanton and fraser were not selected to play in the all-star game.

meanwhile, bryce harper passed on the derby this year, but he is pulling tomorrow, batting second, playing right field for all-stars. the all-star game is more than just a neck submission. the winning team -- the all-star game is more than just an exhibition. the winning team gets home-field advantage in the world series. bryce: you have to go in trying to win this game. game seven, anything in the world series, having home-field advantage come it's huge. as a team, you have to know that we need to win this game tonight because we have a possibility of being on the world series and we want to play at home. erin: i like where his head's at. tim duncan announced his retirement after 19 seasons. he is considered one of the greatest players of nba history. while he is not flashy, his numbers don't lie -- five nba titles, two league

15 19 playoffams, and appearances. that means his teams made the playoffs every year he was in the lead. jordan spieth is the latest elite golfer to say no thanks to the olympics. he cited health reasons for passing on the games. mcilroy andry andson -- and rory mcilroy johnson have also declined. and the mixed martial arts company has been sold for $4 billion, the most extensive transaction for an organization in sports history. sports says- ufc the sport is going to the next level. the redskins have jumped 15 spots in espn's

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dicky: from hollywood, it's "jimmy kimmel live." tonight, zac efron and adam devine -- from "vice principals" walton goggins -- and music from melanie martinez. with cleto and the cletones. and now, simply put -- here's jimmy kimmel! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: i'm jimmy, the host of the show. thank you for watching. thanks to each and every one of you for coming.