guns. now we know the name of the man behind the wheel. >> mohamed bouhlel was a delivery man. he was a tunisian gnash -- nationality and had a wife and family. >> he was known to police with conviction of violence and petty theft charges but never suspected of ties to terrorism. >> police shot to death ending the bloodshed. his ex-wife is now among those being questioned. maureen: now throughout the day today, a memorial has grown outside the french embassy in northwest washington where there are extra security measures in place.

fortified areas in and around the district. yesterday's attack has caused governments and cities around the world to re-examine how they protect their citizens. scott taylor is live at nationals park with what he has found. scott? scott: about an hour of the nationals take on the pirates and the team told me, you know, we are going to increase security. you might not notice it. but take a look over here. they put up barricades. that is usual. they got police van right there. really acting like a barricade. all the way down the street you can see the same vehicle down there. blocking that street, too. just like france, thousands of people are out on the street tonight, all around the stadium. >> it's hard to watch as a 31-year-old delivery driver uses a refrigeration truck he rented on monday to

people, including ten children in france. >> it's alarming. you wonder can it happen around me? scott: homeland security expert at the american military university says the key to prevent an attack like we saw in nice comes down to you and i waking up. >> it's really going to take public involvement. we really need deliberate, unconditional public involvement to combat extremism. scott: take a look at this place. that is the a.t.f. building. this is a fortress. the building is set off the street. washington, d.c. like all big cities, we have soft targets, too. big events that draw large crowds who like to walk. diane in d.c. with her boy scout troop for four days from pennsylvania. >> you have to be aware. that's what we teach the kids. >> we need to

recent history around learn fast. -- around learn fast. >> it depends on us all reporting suspicious activity. scott: not only are the nationals increasing security. but i'm told all the metro lines coming to the game or going home you will see more security up on the platforms to the metro lines which is a little unusual. live at nats park, scott taylor, abc7 news. maureen: thank you. tonight we are learning more about the two americans confirm dead in france. they were sean copeland and his 11-year-old son brodie. they were from austin, texas. today those who knew the young boy called him a joy. >> i told him on the last day of school when you get your academy award i hope you remember this. >> a kid that you knew would grow up to be famous. ext

maureen: we will continue to monitor the new developments from france in the coming hours as well as days. breaking right now, a coup is apparently underway in turkey. at this hour, conflicting messages from within the powerful nieto -- nato ally. the military and the country government's both say they are in charge. turkey's president says a small military faction staged an uprising. that was quickly quelled, he says. but the military says it has seized power to stop autocratic rule and combat terrorism. the u.s. state department is warning all americans in turkey to stay indoors. flights bound for turkey are being routed elsewhere. we'll continue following the story on abc7 and ahead on "world news tonight" with david muir. more breaking news this time. from the district to where more than 11,000 homes and power and businesses have lost power. the power outage was reported minutes after d.c. fire responded to a smoking manhole near t

street in northwest. the outages stretched from there to the verizon center. we will let you know how long the power will be out as soon as we know. woodbridge cab drive has been sentenced to eight and a half years in prison for trying to join isis. he was captured at the airport after joining a friend at the airport who was trying to travel to syria. at the hearing he renounced the terror group. turning to the race for the white house. g.o.p. presidential candidate donald trump tweeted the expected news about his running mate and unveiled the campaign logo today. indiana governor mike pence says he is excited and humbled to be selected as donald trump's vice presidential pick. they will have the first news conference tomorrow. hillary clinton's campaign said the selection of pence shows that trump is doubling down on what the campaign calls

pence will be among the speakers at the republican national convention that begins on monday. political correspondent scott thuman will report live from there all week long. still ahead at 6:00 -- a fight for history. the unusual plan a group has to save historic church about to face a wrecking ball. plus, a prince george's county police officer mistakenly kills a colleague. what a grand jury just decided in that case. steve: looking a-okay for dinner outside. temperatures are falling to the 80's. talk about the rest of the we

announcer: you're watching "abc7 news at 6:00". on your side. maureen: today mourners paid the final respects to 37-year-old alton sterling. police shot and killed sterling last tuesday during a struggle outside a convention store in baton rouge, louisiana. his death sparked protest over how police treat african-americans. about 2,000 people attended sterling's funeral at southern university. a historically black college. speakers included reverend jesse jackson and reverend al sharpton. last night, a baltimore police shot and killed a man they say

style rifle. officers responded to report of shots fired at an apartment complex. police say 33-year-old dayton harper fired at them and they returned fire killing him. earlier yesterday the f.b.i. warned police in maryland about a possible gang-related threat to officers. however, baltimore police say this was not related to the f.b.i. warning. prince george's county police officer who shot and killed officer jacai colso will not face criminal charges. colson you might remember was killed in a shootout at the district iii police station in march. colson was wearing civilian clothes when he rushed to the scene. officer taylor krauss mistook him for an attacker and shot him. a grand jury declined to indict krauss. three brothers are being held without bond. an alexandria doctor is facing a charge he sexually assaulted a patient. police say

fernandez touched a male patient inappropriately during an examine at h.i.b.p. medical services in the alexandria section of fairfax county. police think there may be other victims and they urge anyone with information to contact them. up next at 6:00 -- history or an eyesore. the race to save a church set to be demolished. the unorthodox plan a group has to put the building in storage. a break from the heatwave we hope. doug hill takes an in-depth look at the weekend ahead. robert: i'm robert burton. coming up in sports, tommy terrific throws in the towel. detail on his latest appeal. curt -- kurt cousins staying under the

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maureen: a once classified section of a congressional report on the september 11, 2001, terror attacks is now public. the information pertained to whether saudi arabia had any role in planning the attacks. the saudi ambassador to the u.s. says the material makes clear that saudi arabia was not

former president george bush ordered that part of the report classified to protect intelligence sources and method. last september, "full measure" with sharyl attkisson broke the story on what was in the classified report. "full measure" airs every sunday at 10:00 a.m. on abc7. "7 on your side" with health matters and a report of an outbreak of legionnaires' disease. four cases of the disease have been traced to a condominium in ocean city, maryland. two people who say that the ocean sands condo last fall were later diagnosed with legionnaires' disease. two other cases were reported last month. authorities say the condo has taken steps to contain the outbreak including having ongoing water checks. outrage in pensacola, florida, over a prayer. this was the invocation at a city council meeting that prompted a third of the people there to walk

[singing] david, a member of a is a tannic temple lobbied to give the invocation. he did it as a protest against christian prayers that typically open meetings. many attendance recited the lord's prayer out loud and called the appearance an insult. he is lobbying for a moment of silence to open meetings in place of a prayer. that, of of -- only on 7 an efft to save a historic church from the wrecking ball. the proposal to save the building is unique, but will it work. richard reeve joins us from steriling with the plan and the operation so it. richard? richard: this dates back to 1870's. we have picture of the

exterior siding. but we are in the middle of a fast-growing area in loudoun county. it looks like the church is coming down. along busy church road in sterling you might not notice it. the windows pealing, the old methodist church hasn't been active for 30 years. recently used as storage for a landscaping company, a developer plans to demolish the church and build five-level storage facility. some preservationists hoped the building could be disassembledded, piece by piece and reconstructed elsewhere. after a marathon meeting a small park will be built here instead with a historical marker. but the spires will be kept on the site. the church's demolition is making many people think of the sterling's past as a rail stop and the fast-growing future. >> it could have been a pretty church when it was in good condition. i can see why they want to do that. but right now it doesn't look like much. >> rather than tearing it down, it would

significant element of the church and reuse them somewhere in the community. we have a lot of history here. that history is diminishing. richard: so in the end, unfortunately they could not get the plan together to try to take it apart and rebuild it elsewhere. now even some of those who wanted to keep the church here say the developer did go the extra mile to try to keep the spirit of the church alive here. we are told demolition could happen any day now. live in sterling, richard reeve, abc7 news. maureen: thank you, richard. and we have had a bit of a break today. not as humid as yesterday. steve: not as humid and cooler. a change in the wind direction made all the difference. a lot of folks are happy about that. if you like the heat and you like the humidity it's coming back next week. maureen: we don't. steve: it's coming back. maureen: no! steve: 94 degrees was the high earlier today. 98 was the high yesterday. it was cool every looking at the 6:

90 in leesburg. 86 in winchester. 89 in fredericksburg. if you have outdoor plans, maybe going to the pool and barbecuing it looks pretty good. temperatures in the 80's. party cloudy skies. winds out of the west at 5 to 10 miles per hour. satellite and the radar, partly cloudy out there now. it does stay dry for this evening into the overnight hours. our temperatures range from the middle 60's, upper 650's i should -- 60's i should say. the winds will turn light. this is a look at what we expect tomorrow. we will look for the temperatures to warm up. good deal of sunshine early in the morning. if you are waking up early to take your dog out for a walk, grab a cup of coffee or go to the farm ears market. a rapid warmup in the middle 80's. we will be in the mid-90's heading through the late afternoon hours. we may see a chance for a shower or a thunderstorm. specifically around 4:00 to 7:00 in the afternoon. it's the early evening hours. this is what it looks like on thef

you can see how we bring in a few showers and storms. they shouldn't last that long. maybe half an hour to 45 minutes. if you have outdoor plans for tomorrow evening, make sure you have somewhere to go for at least a half hour or so as these begin to pass through. once those move on by it will dry out nicely. high pressure going to build overhead. we will warm things up a little bit for the day on sunday. then by monday of next week, almost repeat performance of what we had yesterday. with the temperatures well into the middle to the upper 90's. the heat index values above 100. don't forget we have the citi open. that starts tomorrow with the qualifying rounds at 10:00. afternoon temperatures at 90 degrees. a chance for a few showers and thunderstorms. sunday the pick of the weekend. dry. warmer. temperatures around 93. i will take you out to look at the next seven days. we have temperatures that will heat up and heat up big-time on monday. around 96 to 97 degrees for a high. 90 on tuesday. a chance for a few storms. upper 8

then we will start to ramp the heat and the humidity up. toward the end of next week. into next weekend for temperatures that could be the hot zost far. maureen: thank you. i think thank you for that. robert: exactly. heating up in football. kurt cousins. this could be good for bad for him. maureen: has to do with money? robert: a lot of money. no deal with redskins and cousins. he will still make $20 million this year. back to school for the nats after the all-star break. that's after the break. whatcha' doin? just checking my free credit score at credit karma. what the??? you're welcome. i just helped you dodge a bullet. but i was just checking my... shhh... don't you know that checking your credit score lowers it! just be cool. actually, checking your credit score with credit karma doesn't affect it at all. are you sure? positive. so i guess i can just check my credit score then?

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announcer: and now the toyota sports desk brought to you by your local toyota dealer. robert: just like anyone else, kirk cousins likes the sound of $20 million in the air. that is how much he will rake in, in 2016. skins and cousins couldn't agree on a long-term deal so the quarterback will play under the $19.9 million franchise tag. according to nfl.com the redskins reportedly offers cousins $16 million a year with $24 million guaranteed. cousins can repeat an n.c.f. east title he could be in for a huge payday next year. it looks like tom brady is feeling deflated. he announced today he will not appeal the four-game deflategate suspension

u.s. supreme court. he made the announcement on his facebook page, thanking his family, friends and the fans. in baseball, the nats are back for a nine-game home stand after the all-star break. they will host the pirates. daniel murphy scratched from the line-up because of illness. first pitch at 7:05. stephen strasburg will look to stay undefeated. 12-0 on the season. he has had a nice long break, not throwing in the all-star game. as well as the rest of the team. but it's what we all say after a vacation. it's back to reality. >> it is starting the third quarter if you think about it. coming off halftime. pick up where we left off. >> just like when you were in school, you know, how do you come back from break? it takes a couple of days to kind of, you know, get back into studying. vacation is nice. robert: it is! in tennis, the citi open kicks off saturday. qualifiers go through tomorrow and sunday. main draw begins on monday. the tournament cofound

can appreciate. >> the fans really are very appreciative. they come up to me a lot and say, "we really enjoy the tennis." one advantage we have there, you will see the top players walking around. you can walk up to byrdich or sloan stephens and ask them to take a picture. they stop. it's a different and a warm environment in the tournament. robert: final note the mystics take on the seattle storm on the west coast at 10:00. at this weekend, d.c. united and columbus crew on newschannel8 at 7:30. maureen: thank you. it will be hot at the citi open. steve: it is. it is going to get hotter as the event goes on. tomorrow looking at the temperatures in the lower 90's. not as humid. mix of sun and clouds. seven-day outlook shows temperatures soaring by monday next week. maureen: "world news tonight"

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tonight, a major breaking story as we come on. a military coup under way right now in turkey. tanks on the move. military jets flying overhead. passenger planes forced to divert. reports of gunfire. chaos in the streets. arrests under way. the u.s. state department warning americans in turkey to shelter in place and stay indoors. as the white house now monitors this closely. a major u.s. ally, where this coup is unfolding. we have team coverage. also tonight, the terror in france. the 20-ton truck. new reporting on the driver. the american victims. the father and son. and the urgent search now for the american student. amid heightened security here in the u.s.