the death of freddie gray. maureen: brian rice was the highest ranked baltimore police officer to face charges and today he was cleared for each one of them. leon: gray died after suffering a spinal injury in the back of a transport van. brad bell is live with what it means for the other officers facing trial. brad? brad: that is a big question. we are hearing calls for state attorney to drop charges against the remaining officers, even as some are crying out for justice for freddie gray. for the third straight case, judge williams finds police officer charged in the death of freddie gray not guilty on all counts. ruling that the state failed to prove that lieutenant rice committed a crime in arrest and transport of gray april 2015. the verdict is no surprise.

city police officers union pleased with the acquittal and demanded the charges be dropped against the remaining three officers facing trial. >> the state said that they gave orders that led to gray's broken neck. the judge had discretion to act. this is the third straight acquittal angering the activists gathering peacefully at the courthouse. >> the police are crooked. they are letting everybody know they can do whatever they want to do. in a town where nervous police respond and calling for dialogue. >> we need to get together and get on the same page to restore the trust

community. >> the president says several of the cleared officers are eager to get back on the the streets. he says they love to be police officers and they want to get back at them. all of them are waiting for administrative reviews that won't happen until after all of the trials are concluded. that is expected not to be until october. the next police officer trial garrett miller is scheduled to start next week. in baltimore, brad bell, abc7 news. leon: thank you. new details on the deadly ambush of three officers in baton rouge. at a news conference there, they showed video of the gun battle that took the lives of montrell jackson, matthew gerald and deputy brad garafola. the gunfire took place around several buildings before a s.w.a.t. officer killed the suspect from 100 yards away. >> there is no doubt whatsoever that these officers were intentionally targeted and assassinated. it's calculated

who work to protect the community every day. three officers were wounded in yesterday's shooting and one is in critical condition. maureen: breaking news from germany. four people were seriously hurt in an axe attack on a train outside of frankfurt. another 14 people were treated for what police were minor injuries including shock. alison: doug hill has the latest outlook on the storms for us. doug: we are in the clear regarding severe storms. we have rain left over. the severe thunderstorm watch, the only place in the viewing area in effect is over the extreme

st. mary's county where a severe thunderstorm warning in effect. we have a severe warning and we have moderate rain on the east side of the beltway in prince george's county to annapolis. back edge is moving through quickly. as a result the weather will improve. the next hour or so rain. after that, clearing skies. a break from the heat. a lot of heat and humidity later. that's the latest. leon: thank you. what turned in tension and commotion at the republican national convention there, if you look at the scene on the floor as the protests broke out there. protests within the party from the never trump camp. wanted to force a

allow them to stand up and vote against trump. nine states presented petitions in favor of the roll call but the effort was quickly blocked. squelched from efforts on the chair. the chair of the proceedings called a yea or nay vote and blocked the loud cries for change. but that did not reduce the tension inside the building. we are keeping an eye on the tensions that may be building outside there. as the crowds are expected to show up and protest outside more loudly than inside. trump's motorcade was involved a minor accident but no accidents there. leon: and scott thuman is there in cleveland to take it in for us. you have been there for a few hours. what is going on? scott: oh, nothing to report

look, there are so many people saying there is not an issue with the unity. this should be an easy four days. we saw a bit of chaos. semi-rebellion erupting on the floor here. as the stop trump movement. led in part by those making headlines in virginia. they were trying to make sure they could push a roll call vote to prevent trump's name being put on as they move forward. ultimately it would have been defeated ultimately but they were denied the roll call vote. there was a lot of shouting back and forth. some people angered that they threw down the credentials and walked out. now we are seeing kind of this back and forth with the wonder how long it may

or will they try to whip up more support overnight for any other protest they can hold on the floor. leon: tell us who is not there. scott: what is interesting, traditionally you see the republican elders here. the past nominees for example. like romney or bushes. that is not the case. they want nothing to do with this. there are a lot of big names like marco rubio and others who ran who just say i'm not going to make it. the excuses range from i have things to do at my house in this break at congress to i need to campaign for my own job back home. it's notable that you have people saying i may want y

doesn't mean i will show up and cheer on trump. leon: the show must go on. we will see what happens as the evening rolls on. thank you, scott, in cleveland. now abc7 will offer in-depth coverage throughout the convention. you can watch events live on wjla.com. each night at 7:00 on newschannel8, we will have an hour-long special with analysis coming from all sides. our chief political correspondent scott thuman is going to be leading our team coverage from cleveland. stay with

maureen: turkey's president will not rule out the death penalty for thousands of people after a violent military coup failed friday. 6,000 people are in custody for what the president calls a clear crime of treason. he believes that the muslim cleric is behind the attempt to overthrow him. turkey's president says he will ask to have him extradited. leon: two development in the nice truck attack to report. france's interior minister says the investigators have yet to find direct communication between the driver and isis. investigators say they believe the attacker self-radicalized. pledging support for the terrorist group and looking up information about the orlando nightclub shooting online. last thursday's attack killed 84 people including three

americans. still to come, she was looking over to cooling off in a new pool. why did construction stop after she paid tens of thousands of dollars? horace holmes went looking for answers. maureen: we saw storms around the area this evening. can we expect more? doug is back with a complete storm watch forecast next. erin: i'm erin hawksworth live at the citi open where officials have finally started to dry out the court. hear from defending champion sloane stephens coming up later in sports. in this modern day coliseum a group of gladiators prepare for battle. carrying on their shoulders the legacy of a nation, and... enormous heads. go! [whistle] ♪ ♪ winning a presidential race is hard, but saving money with geico is easy.

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leon: with the temperatures nearing triple digits wouldn't it be wonderful to go in the backyard and jump in the pool. if you had one. maureen: or if you wish you had one. a "7 on your side" viewer thought she would be swimming in her new pool after spending thousands of dollars to have it built. leon: the home was dug and the concrete was poured in. construction just stop and the homeowner said so did the calls from the builder. that is when she called troubleshooter horace holmes. horace: a backyard po

dream. >> been really excited about it. horace: but her husband and kids and all they can do now is continue to dream. >> we sit by it and pretend. horace: the backyard pool they have been building since october, the one they thought they would be enjoying by now. >> we were told this should be done by memorial day weekend. horace: well, it's not exactly finished. >> we just need water. and a few other things. horace: a few other things. >> stone here. tile across. on the other side. then we need plaster to finish it off. horace: so what happened? the family says the company it contracted with, mary baldwin pools of woodbridge just stopped working on it several weeks ago. >> we can't get in touch with them. horace: they are now in way over their heads. they have paid $50,000 so far for the project and say they don't have any more money to pay another company to finish off the pool. they took out a

mortgage to get the $50,000. >> $3,000 was the waterfall. horace: they have one more payment to make so bringing in a second contractor would pay a second time for work they paid for. >> i want to know when it will be done. horace: so we took a trip to mary baldwin pools to find out. no answer at the door. we got the owner on the phone and says it has been a busy pool-building season and she has had a hard time getting contractors but she has been in contact with the family. we were able to get the two sides talking again and baldwin promised the pool would be finished on july 23. >> if you can get it done for me, you are invited to come swim. >> we will hold her to that. we spoke to them this afternoon and they said no one has come out to work on the pool but they spoke to mary baldwin on friday and she promised the pool would be finished on th

"7 on your side" will stay on top of this and report back to you. leon: the 23rd is not far away. horace: i know. they have work to do. leon: okay. your favorite beer may be getting a makeover. nutrition labels will be added to bottles and cans of beer. anheuser-busch, molson and heineken are getting on board with the idea. they will disclose the calorie, carbs, alcohol content by portion size. changes will start in 2020. we will see if the information will change anybody's behavior. maureen: we would like to change our behavior. we would like to take off our hot clothing and get out of this heat. leon: yeah. this is something else. doug: it is. it will start building back again. it will be tough here as we over the next few. listen to details. starting off wit

cloud. this is a common appearance of a well-developed thunderstorm. this is the view in west virginia. kathryn took the shot and sent it to us. pics@wjla.com. impressive. after the shelf cloud, it got messy with the high winds, heavy rain, lightning and thunder. that continued for a short time because the storms are moving so quickly. they are moving at 40 miles per hour. a couple hours ago we could barely see anything at the capital wheel. now the storms are long gone and we are starting to see peeks of blue in the sky off to the north and west. before the storms hit, 95 degrees the official high today. snuck up on us. 89 is the average high. 73 is the morning low. now we are seeing the storms quickly move to the eastern shore. we have st. mary's county, the only place in the viewing area that is still technically under severe thunderstorm watch. but they have moved out of the county. the reason we know this is doppler radar. this is st. mary's county. not even a drop of rain. it has all moved across the bay. stil

entering the district. and moderate rain through the annapolis area. that, too, will end. a couple rogue thunderstorms popping across the foothills and farther south. they will rain themselves out and not affect the metro area anymore on monday. tomorrow afternoon, another chance of a shower or storm but generally that is it. the later the shower or the thunderstorms are south tonight. otherwise partly cloudy and muggy. for the citi open, the forecast is going to be a little bit better. this this is for tomorrow. sunshine and temperatures at 90. slight chance, a 30% chance of the late afternoon/evening shower or storm. but the action is underway all week long. unfortunately the temperatures will get warmer after they cool down a trace for the next couple of days. the story is tomorrow, 91. break in the humidity. 87 on wednesday. 90 on thursday. look at friday, saturday, sunday, monday. 95 friday. 99 on saturday. 96 sunday. maybe late day storms on sunda

levels will rise back up this weekend. so the heat index values started and sunday are around 100 degrees. maureen: my goodness! not the kind of weather to be outside in. doug: not so much. maureen: especially if you have to run up and down and throw a ball. or have a tennis racquet. leon: imagine being on a tennis court right now that is covered in water in these temperatures. that is what erin hawksworth has been dealing with today. hey, erin. erin: hey! i'm all smiles now because the rain has stopped. look how cool this is. they are drying off the court right now. they are getting ready for play. 7:00 we will show yo 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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erin: one person that they have an eye on is sloane stephens. she is something to watch. we got to speak to her and she is ranked amongst the top 25 female tennis plays and within three titles so far this year. she is headed for the first olympics in rio. but for now she is happy to be playing in

this is a good tournament for me. erin: also here is donald young, the american. he is 26 years old from chicago who began playing tennis at the aim of three. we asked him what it's like to have his mom as his coach. >> it's awesome. she stalted me playing -- she started me playing and it's a different dynamic.

erin: there is plenty of stuff to do. this is to see how fast you can serve the ball. i thought i'll give at it whirl. i was making contact with the ball. one was 48. then it was a dropoff after that. they were more in the 30's. but this is fun. i had a good time. if you hit the target $20 will be donated to a charity. there is that. back to you. leon: i'm sure there is a middle school team out there somewhere with a spot for you. maureen: good luck. doug: showers and the storms moved out of the area. lingering showers will end but it is going to get mighty hot later in the week. steve will have more at 11:00. the heat and the rest of the story. ma

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tonight, the drama unfolding, right here on the floor of the republican convention. >> the resolution is agreed to. >> suddenly, the outwraj on the convention floor. the last ditch effort to stop trump fails. and now, this crowd awaits donald trump and his wife, melania, just a short time from now. and tonight, our one-on-one with ivanka trump, who lashes out at establishment republicans, the bushes, the romneys, for refusing to come. the other breaking story tonight, the deadly ambush on police officers. the new and chilling images from baton rouge. late today, authorities say three officers were, quote, targeted and assassinated. one officer killed as he raced in to save another. and the gunman, a former marine what was his motive? the dangerous storms hitting in the east, from