the allegation is he was in the store off-duty. used his phone to take an upsecurity of a woman -- upskirt of the woman. it turns out she was off-duty officer. she confronted the man and he identified himself as a police officer and he left the store and got in a marked cruiser. she reported it to the police and started an investigation and found out the last couple of years the officer while on duty at traffic stops approached women he had pulled over and taken his phone, hidden it below his ticket book and taken pictures of women in the car as they sat there expecting to get nothing more than a ticket from the officer. he has been identified as james sims. we can show you his photograph released by the police department today. he was working out of district one predict in hyattsville. he

hyattsville. he has been a police officer for five years. the police chief saying if the allegations are true, the actions are disgusting. this is what else the chief has to say. >> i will say as much as i regret having to come before the community to talk about this, this is the process working. this is our commitment to this community that when we find misconduct we are going to address it. effectively, head on and immediately. we will hold individuals who betray the trust of this community accountable. brad: so what the police did, they took their concerns to the state's attorney office and they conducted an investigation as well. today the indictments were returned. six counts. four of them surveillance with a prurient intent. taking the upskirt photos. two of them misconduct in office. he faces potentially jail time of one year for each of those counts.

headquarters brad bell, abc7 news. leon: thank you, brad. now to a developing story out of capital heights where officers are searching for the man who shot and killed 68-year-old alonzo jackson during a carjacking. police say this man in the white t-shirt you see here, he shot jackson as he was pumping gas at the b.p. station at marlboro pike and stole jackson's car. neighbors say the former marine was always helpful. >> he cut my grass. he do anything he can to help a person. he always comes and get my bag, help me with my bags. he is very, very nice. to everybody. leon: police are now looking for that suspect in the white t-shirt and mr. jackson's car. it's a black dodge charger. 2015 model. d.c. tags df 0113. "7 on your side" fighting back against crime. to see exactly what is happening in your neighborhood just log on to wjla.com.

check out the spot crime map. each crime report posted there down to the block. all right. let's talk about the weather now. enjoy what we've got right now while it lasts because the heat is coming. chief meteorologist doug hill here now with when the really hot temperatures are going to get here. doug: the weekend, leon. saturday, sunday, monday is the worst stretch in this hot stretch. listen, the next seven days we are forecasting highs in the 90's around our area. but saturday, sunday, monday, the worst of it. right now outside 88 at reagan national. not bad at all. a nice breeze. southerly winds at 14. any outdoor plans will be fine. no rain on doppler. partly cloudy. it will get muggy later on. 90 in leesburg and frederick. 89 in fredericksburg. 86 in baltimore. through the evening, the outdoor plans will be just fine. a good evening to be outside for dinner or a stroll. whatever you want to do. the temperatures will slowly but steadily fall from the 80's to the 70's for overnight values. watching the area of the showers and the

well into quebec province in canada. that front is going to fall apart but it indicates a pattern. the little boundaries in the atmosphere that may enter at times later tomorrow and saturday into the hot and humid air. there could be isolated showers and storms. outside of that possibility, it is all about the heat. and the increasing humidity. partly cloudy to mostly sunny tomorrow. becoming humid through the day. highs of 95. the feels like temperatures will be in the upper 90's. to go along with that, code orange air quality for the day tomorrow. we will have a lot more in a few minutes. leon: you got it. speaking of heat, speaking of the hot seat. roger ailes out as chief executive at fox news channel and fox business. this following allegations that he forced out a former anchor after she spurred his sexual advances. rupert murdock is going to assume the role of chairman and acting c.e.o. of fox until a replacement is made. virginia senator tim kaine could be on the verg

biggest move of his political career. kaine is widely believed to be on hillary clinton's short list of vice presidential running mates. today kaine was out and he was met by a crush of local and national tv crews as he led a roundtable discussion on immigration in arlington. political analysts think that kaine could help clinton carry the swing state of virginia and appeal to hispanic voters because he is fluent in spanish. however, today, kaine downplayed the v.p. talk. >> i'm going to be working to help hillary clinton in whatever role i think the best way i can help is in virginia. leon: clinton is expected to announce her running mate choice tomorrow or saturday. other names on the short list are agriculture secretary tom vilsack and labor secretary tom perez. tonight is the final night of the republican national convention and donald trump will be there accepting the party nomination for president. that is the subject of tonight's instapoll. will you watch donald trump's speech in go to

wjla.com/votenow. vote there. let us know what you will be doing tonight. in the meantime let's go live to cleveland. our chief political correspondent scott thuman is there. what are you hearing about trump's speech tonight and what do you expect to hear him do and say tonight? scott: well, tonight's theme "make america one again." so talking about unity. we are told perhaps there will be a tone to remove the divisiveness we have seen in the past and being a bit more unified and inclusive. now that does stray a tiny bit from some of the rhetoric that typically is associated with donald trump. so will he get up there and be presidential, talk about crossing the aisle, talk about the unity we really haven't seen up to this point through the primary process. it was so grueling and so brutal. or will it be a title but nonetheless when he gets up here gives the audience red meat? we'll wait to see. as of now we are told there will be

at least thread in throughout the speech. leon: what about ted cruz? he set up a stink bomb taking the podium and not endorsing donald trump. the talk all day today has been about his performance tonight. any thoughts on that? has the talk there died down? scott: no, it hasn't died down. i think that is because a, he gets getting asked about it. on the way to the airport he was asked again and he stuck by the stance there. not a shock there. it's talked about because it overshadowed mike pence. this was supposed to be the coming out party for him. his debut on the national stage. half the voters don't know anything about him. this is an opportunity for mike pence. yes. he gave a speech and it got good reviews but people aren't talking about it. the headline is ted cruz came in here and stood defiant. he refused to endorse donald trump and essentially was booed off stage. there is a linger effect from that. it's a lot of chatter but whether or not it has substance, who knows? the speech that pe

nominee and that is later tonight. leon: you know you mentioned coming out party. the real coming out has been the trump children. have you ever seen anything like this? scott: it's -- no. not anytime recently. i sat down with donald trump jr. to talk about it, he was aware. you know, the headlines were a "a star is born." he said we are not a political family. not a government family in total. but maybe that is our calling. don't be surprised if we see another trump run for office in new york or governorship. who knows. leon: there is already talk about drafting donald jr.. i already heard it tonight myself. scott: plenty of talk. we'll see what happens after tonight. thank you, scott. see you in a bit. the glitch fixed but trouble for southwest passengers. grounded flights and why flying is still a pain tonight for southwest. >> we wanted to bring it to more light and let everyone know we need to

and deserve our money back. >> they paid for the dream wedding. a cup is scrammalling to find a -- scrambling to find a new venue. "7 on your side" trying to get to the bottom of a popular wedding venue that has gone bust. the new ruling that could keep all russian athletes out of the summer olympics in rio.

leon: brazilian police arrested ten people suspected of planning terror attack in the olympics. they were inspired bysy -- isis but it's believed they only had contact online. they are still looking at the computers and the cell phones to learn more about the plans. the international olympic committee is expected to make a decision on sunday about whether the entire russian team will be banned from next month's games. the track team has been banned from competing in rio. the team lost an appeal earlier today before the swiss based court of arbitration for sport. the i.o.c. says it will take today's ruling in account when making its decision. >> we wanted to bring it to some more light. to let everyone know we need to get together. we deserve our money back. leon: ahead here at 6:00, out of luck and out of cash. "7 on your side" trying to help a couple get back their money after a popular wedding venue shuts its

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leon: southwest airlines jets flying once again after a technical glitch disrupted the systems and grounded flights of the airline wednesday. there were hundreds of delays

many air travelers got to reagan national airport very early in the morning. they were surprised by very long lines when they got there. southwest says in all the systems there are back online and there were still some delays so arrival early tonight and tomorrow if you have a flight to get out of here. school lunches may look different for the upcoming school year. the usda is announcing new rules announcing schools to get rid of unhealthy snacks and eliminate students' exposure to junk food. the push for schools to seven healthier food is nothing -- serve healthier food is nothing new. michelle obama has been pushing for this through the let's move campaign for years now. we'll seat what the results are. wedding bell blues continue for a couple. troubleshooter horace holmes trying to get an answer for one couple who is now out of pocket thousands of dollars. >> when we fell in love with it. horace: for todd and his

spot for them to share the most important moment of their lives together. >> the water, the waterfall and stuff. horace: one look at the grounds of the shade trees, it's breathtaking. they picked a date and signed a contract. >> if you pay in cash we will give you $500 off. horace: they took the offer and paid up front, $3,500 to book the wedding ceremony and reception. >> we are out all the money. horace: three months after signing the contract frederick county officials investigating a complaint shut down shade trees and evergreen's operations. all weddings and other events planned for the venue were put on hold. >> this wedding venue has been operating for ten years. operating for ten years without any permit. they built structures without zoning permit. horace: the attorney for couples whose wedding plans for scrambled by the closing. "7 on your side" visited the company to find the doors

trespassing" signing out front. we called seeking answers but the person who answered hung up on us. now todd and his fiancée are considering joining other couples in a class action lawsuit. >> we wanted to at least bring it to some more light. to let everyone know we need to all get together. we deserve our money back. horace: but the first of the civil suit filed is scheduled to go to court on friday. in the meantime, they have found another venue for their wedding and are able to keep their date of may next year. unfortunately, they are still out the $3,500 they paid shade trees and evergreens. i'm horace holmes, abc7 news. leon: all right. you are going to need a lot of shade trees this weekend if you are a wedding plan in this area. doug: i don't think the shade will help you with the air temperature. leon: are we going to hit 100? doug: we will get close to it. leon: how close? doug: i don't know.

can you tell the difference? you can't. if you are outside you know if it's 98 or 100? i rest my case. all right. leon: okay. doug: you probably would. that is what scares me. here we go. 84 in annapolis now at the naval academy. let's give you a time lapse during the day. another beautiful day. a lot of sunshine and a few fair weather clouds. gorgeous weather across the viewing area and fast-moving sailboats i just saw. things will be pleasant tonight. we'll see the temperatures drop slowly from the 80 to the 70's. the official high today is 90 degrees. so, between now and next wednesday or thursday, today will be the coolest of those days because the temperatures will be in the 90's. well in the mid-to-upper 90's heading through the upcoming weekend. 6:00 temperatures now, 90 in frederick and leesburg. 89 in fredericksburg. 87 in culpeper. annapolis at 85. 86 at patuxent river naval air station. dew points ar

measuring the dew point temperature it lets us know what the real moisture content of the air is. by these we develop humidity. it's 50's to north and that is a comfortable day. the dew points will rise in the 70s and the temperatures in the 90's and that is unhealthy to be outdoors. through the day tomorrow, plenty of sunshine. we will warm up in the low to the mid-90's. 93 degrees at 2:00. between 22:00 and 6:00 -- between 2:00 and 6:00 it should peak out at 95. feeling closer to 100 degrees. the heat index tomorrow will be uncomfortable. 104 in memphis tomorrow. 99 in lexington. 1022 -- 102 in

this heat and humidity will move overhead. the seven-day, 95 tomorrow. isolated afternoon thunderstorm. on saturday hot and humid. highs to 99. it could be 100. somewhere there. way hot. there could be storms in the afternoon. as we get to sunday it looks like we will be about the same. 98 or a couple more clouds. 97 on monday. 95 on tuesday. increasing chances of the afternoon thunderstorms those days. wednesday and thursday will be in the lower 90's. leon, it looks like as we forward through the end of next week we should stay in the lower 90's. a long siege of the high temperatures and high humidity levels. leon: "siege," that is the perfect word. erin hawksworth is out in it tonight. she is at the citi open. hey, how is it going out there? erin: it's actually a beautiful night to come watch tennis. citi open. no pitcher has started 14-0 since roger clemens. could stephen

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erin: we are in the third round here at the citi open. top seed john isner is in action right now. they are playing in the first set on stadium court. now isner is an american, the top seed. he is making his ninth main draw appearance. he has come so close to winning it all here at the citi open on several occasions. i caught up with tennis channel's tracy austin to see if the tenth time is the charge. so john isner started his citi open campaign in dominating fashion. what has been working for the american? >> always his serve. it's always about his serve. he only lost three points yesterday when he got his first serve in. it put so much pressure on an opponent to hold their own serve. he always likes it here in washington. he has done so well. erin: speaking of which, this is his tenth attempt to try to get that title. is that frustrating or is he motivated do you think? >> i think he is motivated. the fact he has m

positive. for me, i think he is the clear favorite this year. erin: what about sam query? he is in action today. >> that is an interesting matchup. sam is about 6'7". 6'8". he is so tall. his opponent doesn't weigh more than 150 pounds but he is so quick. he is like a whippet running around the court. exciting shot-maker. sam has a 3-2 edge there. the courts are a little quicker this year than in the past. so with sam's big serve and huge forehand i think it gives him the edge. erin: meantime, dodgers-nats. l.a. did something today that hasn't been done all season. they beat stephen strasburg. justin turner was the key culprit. he took the nats' right-hander deep twice. 6-3 win. strasburg's record now is 13-1. for continuing coverage of citi open make sure you head to tennis channel. back to you. leon: all right. sounds good. thanks. doug: steve has more on the heat tonight.

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tonight, the big walk through on the stage here at the republican national convention. ivanka trump preparing to introduce her father. what donald trump told us just today, as he practiced on that stage. >> are you ready? >> i'm ready. >> plus, what ivanka trump revealed to us about her fear. and it all comes after ted cruz was booed off the stage here. his wife raced out amid an angry crowd. also breaking tonight, the new police shooting under the microscope. tonight, the unarmed man shot by police while lying on his back. the images of him with his hands in the air. the deadly plane crash right into an american neighborhood. the home engulfed. the alarming video. the boppen scare in new york city's times square. the suspect throwing a suspicious package right into a police van. officers inside. and just in tonight, a major shakeup at fox news.