hundreds of people in the terminal. all the people are starting in washington and ending in washington. first we thought it was fixed but then it's back and the computer is down again. they have to wait. you are a person that is here. where are you going to? >> going back to florida. i was in d.c. with christians united for israel. great organization. sam: but you are stuck for a long time? >> it's okay. stick here. rather this than a tragedy or something else. sam: that is the situation here. look at the board. you can look at the board. delayed, delayed, delayed. they know there are delayed flights and they will work to get the folks out of here. when the computer is up. i'm sam ford, abc7

leon: day three of the republican national convention. there have been intense protests playing out. in one case the u.s. flag was burned. one case an officer was assaulted. the big news is someone to stepping up to take the blame for the controversy surrounding the speech that melania gave monday night. meredith mcguiver said she made a mistake using passages from michelle obama's 2008 speech and melania trump's speech. she is a speech writer for the private company not the presidential campaign. she said she offered to re-sign but was asked to stay on by mr. trump himself. for tonight one of the headline speakers is donald trump's running mate. indiana governor mike pence. greeted trump who arrived in a helicopter. the most anticipated spee

fierce fight for trump for the presidential nomination. trump referred to him as "lying ted cruz." there are reports that cruz will not support trump in the speech tonight. scott thuman is joining us. what is the mood among the republicans? scott: you laid out a laundry list of the highs and the lows and that is the tip of the iceberg in cleveland. so much going on. you ask about the mood. i got done talk with the head of the r.n.c., reince priebus in interview tonight at 7:00 on the special. he put on a happy face on thousand things are going but he got honest answers to the questions of the criticism they face. there is drama and rebellions about the rules and whether or

not senator cruz you point hus supporters block trump nomination. we have more on that. they are moving forward. whether cruz will stay anything positive about trump, we don't know. he might rah-rah the republican party and not say anything complementary about a man that tore him up in the election process. leon: are you hearing anything about what cruz will stay and what people want him to say? scott: he walked by me in the hallway an hour ago. he wasn't smiling or shaking hands. he took the stage for a rehearsal. walked to the podium and did a tradition wave. but can only think he is lamenting over what might have been. there were delegates that were bound to state results yesterday and he did get the second most. i'm sure that this is sitting poorly with him. might reflect what we

seen can john kasich. he didn't release his delegate and he fusing to show up here. we say it every election. the republicans don't win the white house without ohio and john kasich is not helping him out. leon: see if he has 20/20 vision and looking for the next go around. talk to you in a bit. on the democrat side, virginia senator tim kaine is trying not to overthink if he will be the running mate for hillary clinton. he was in a round table discussion with senator warren. kaine has been lieu mored on the short list says he expects to hear clinton's decision by the end of the weekend. maureen? maureen: a bumpy start for surge five of the metro safetrack program. long lines tomorrow today. the riders w

shuttle buses because of a single tracking on the orange and the silver line. some said they didn't know a new round of work was starting today. transportation reporter is live with an update for us. brianne: some may want to use the shuttle buses in the last hour after they had to offload a train going through single tracking because of a brake problem. the train has been taken out of service. it's a problem that the riders experience today. the equipment is on the track but no work getting done. according to the metro a power issue is to blame. crews did execute a power plan last night on the track this morning crews discovered additional power cables that needed to be disconnected to keep workers safe. shutting down the cables would impact the section of track where the trains were single tracking between th

crews waited until after rush hour. ultimately delaying the track work. >> it goes beyond frustrated. >> quick shutdown of the track metro announced the bus bridges in place causing confusion and further backups for some riders. twitter showing the long lines waiting for bus. >> i have been waiting for 20 minutes now. just now had two silver line trains going back where i came from. brianne: further delayed along every 18 minutes through the stretch forced chris gray to hop in a cab. >> the first time i attempted to take metro since the initial track work in june. i'm not sold yet. i will be back in the car. make another effort. >> there was a disabled train through the midday causing delays

this runs through the end of the month. the metro general manager said that safetrack fixes the track. they still have a number of issues when it comes to cars. still have to be dealt with. leon: breaking news out of seat pleasant where a pedestrian was hit by a car. central avenue if you know about the area. newschopper7 is over the scene. we will let you know more when we learn more. maureen: go to the weather now. a lot of people around the region spent the day today cleaning up after last night's violent storm. many report of damage. what is in store for us tonight? chief meteorologist doug hill in weather center. doug: a beautiful evening right now. it's comfortable.

early evening at the beaches. look at ocean city, maryland. it will be hot there this weekend. it may be one of the places to be. water temperature in the 70's. give you a chance to cool off a bit. the numbers in the lower to the middle 80's. 86 in washington. 82 in winchester. 83 in hagerstown. 86 in fredericksburg. 82 in andrew air force base. great outdoor dining weather tonight. overnight, 63 to 70. tomorrow is the beginning of another heatwave. how hot and hume will it get? that is coming up. maureen: thank you. good samaritan may have saved the day for robbery victim in the district. we have details on a person's bravery. leon: later, remembering chief z. what a company is offering to help the

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down and the group is trying to block any new laws that it says criminalizes young back americans. leon: new at 2:00 convenience store in frederick set the record straight after a store clerk was fired for fighting back against the robber. earlier this month someone tried to hold up a 7-eleven. the clerk layman grabbed the gun out of the suspect's hand. the suspect took off from the scene and the frederick news reported that layman had been fired. but the store owner now telling the post it was a mistake. he instead has been promoted to manager there. maureen: robbery victim in the district may owe his life to a brave bystander. last sunday a suspect pulled a knife and threw the victim to the ground on massachusetts avenue northwest. t

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leon: word of caution for homeowners. be careful having a big flat tv screen on your wall in the home. a viewer called him in a panic turned on the set and something strange and nasty came out of the wall. >> what is going on? >> what was happening? elizabeth was in her family room watching on the big screen tv mounted to the wall. when she says water, and what looked like sewage began pouring out behind the set. >> stop, stop, stop.

>> it's nice to see mother-in-law. >> elizabeth's daughter-in-law. rewind a bit. christine arrived from a long trip with her girls for a visit. she went upstairs to take a bubble bath. she started to let the water out of the tub. they called a plumber. >> the whole wall crumbling down. >> the tv should fell on the mother-in-law and hurt a children. >> they found this. the water pipe that runs to the upstairs bathroom to carry the water and the waste to the sewer line under the house. three holes on the pipe. the bolts were screwed into the holes they said. >> they bought it from best buy and hired the geek squad to mount it in 2012. over time the water corroded the screws and it began to leak sewage. it came pouring out.

experts. and the health department. and the geek squad. >> they haven't given us a hotel and they are telling to us live in a biohazard. they said it's fine. that is not okay. horace: they say they moved out of the home and paid for a hotel while the company removed the mold and the walls. we spoke to a representative of best buy a few hours ago and they said that they have been in touch with the family and working quickly to provide assistance. all's well that ends well. leon: thank you. maureen: redskins fans are mourning the death of chief z. there is a demand for a

fans only selling shirt of chief z likeness since 2008. they are sereceived hundreds of call since the news broke of the passing. it will donate all the money from shirts selling today to the family. what a storm we had last night! it hailed. doug: i wasn't talking about it last night sitting here. surprised me. no worries like that tonight. the big story is the heat and the humidity. let's get started with a time lapse. northwester avenue. a few fair weather clouds but that was it. comfortial warm temperatures and a gor -- comfortably warm temperatures and gorgeous sky. 82 in washington. almanac page the 89 was the high. on the button for the

record from 1930. it was 86 years ago. 106. the temperature has never been recorded higher than that ever since the records were kept in the capital. we won't get to 106. but we could hit 100 before the weekend is over due to the high pressure drying us out now and cooling off briefly to move offshore to open a door for a mound of building heat to move in. overnight we drop in the 60's. 69 in the city. 62 in damascus. 66 in clinton. same in upper marlboro tomorrow morning. what is coming next is real change. everybody will get a little taste of the heat and the humidity. tomorrow we start it off and we will get to 90. slight increase

sunny and hot. but then friday and the weekend everything will change. forecast for highs friday, saturday, sunday, monday. climbing to the near 100 degrees. here is the record temperature. a opponent to be within the record range. but more important is the heat index. it will feel between 105 and 110 and warm enough to have heat advisory and warnings over the area. it will be hot. next chance of rain is monday and tuesday with a cha "why are you checking your credit score? "well you don't want to live with mom and dad forever, do you?" "then she says...bazang!" "ok, good one." (laughs) "bazang. remember?" "bazang...you get it?" "bazang?" "yeah!"

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erin: we are live at the citi open. no american won it since andy rod dick did in 2007. john isner is playing tonight and will play the australian james duckworth later tonight. we watched isner practice earlier today as he gears up for a big match on the stadium court. i asked tracy austin of the tennis channel what she thinks of isner's c

runner-up at the city open. could this be the year that he gets it done? >> absolutely. he loves the surface and loves playing at home. in the united states. that is when he plays his best tennis. >> what about the women side? >> australian and the unseeded strange to say unseeded caroline wozniacki. she is ranked 58th in thed two. the former world number one a few years ago. i think she is lacking belief in critical moments.

>> they were in doubles action. they couldn't pull off the victory. i asked them what is it like to play locally. she said i never won at citi open and i have been here a long time. so not going so well. if you can make it out here come to the citi open. leon: that sounds like a plan. maureen: great place to be. doug: take a look at the numbers. it's 90 tomorrow. 95 on friday. through the 90's to close to 100 degrees through the weekend and early next week. that is the subject of steve's report tonight when he joins you at 11:00. maureen: "world news tonight"

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tonight, donald trump returns to cleveland, hovering above in his helicopter. his wife, melania, not with him. and donald trump is one-on-one with us. the interview just moments ago with george. and tonight here, trump's running mate, his big moment. and their new explanation tonight for melania trump's speech. they say the lines wore, in fact, from michelle obama's speech, and now, they explain why. also breaking tonight, the major airline grounding its planes. major disruptions, hundreds of flights amid dangerous heat now moving in across a huge part of this country. it could feel as hot at 115 or more. the new case tonight, a police officer killed in the line of duty. the police chief talking. the attorney general, too. the warning tonight, after a young driver smashes into an