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kimberly: coming up, a young life cut short and a store clerk is killed in a robbery. the, gathered in greece, humidity remembering -- the humidity remembering another
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takes a bold step against the zika virus as one health official said the mosquito borne disease may stick around for some time. now, abc at 11:00, on your side. kimberly: thank you for joining us, i'm kimberly suiters. three people killed in less than 24 hours in prince george's county for stopped saturday, a store clerk was killed in attempted robbery. young men killed 30 minutes apart, one of them a local rapper who many believe could have been a superstar. cheryl conner has the reaction from friends to a violent and tragic weekend. was.l: it certainly we have seen police cars coming in and out of this community. this is where the man was shot early this morning. we learned tonight he was killed following an argument with his
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>> ♪ let's celebrate, let's celebrate ♪ l: he was known as dj dirty sweipipee. >> he was one hit away from leaving d.c. cheryl: tonight, his music is a memory. >> it interrupted his music and his career and life. he had so much going for him. on "goode was featured morning washington in june. the police believe he was targeted and shot and killed instantly just after 1:00 sunday morning. me, shaking every hand and taking every picture, that touched my heart. l: he got into an argument with his ex-girlfriend and was shot and killed. this a day after a store
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clerk was killed at the 7-eleven in clinton. he moved here from africa just six months ago. a heal we smiled and kept nice haircut. anything anybody gave him he appreciated. cheryl: the police say that this man robbed a hotel nearby. another shooting this weekend. a man was killed and upper marlboro. >> people need to work on conflict resolution. : prince george's county police are still looking for all three suspects involved in the week and shooting. live in suitland, cheryl conner, abc 7 news. kimberly: yet another shooting, this one in northeast d.c. that left a man dead overnight. 24-year-old dante miller was shot and killed on 18th place at 2 a.m. no word yet on a possible suspect or motive. 7 on your side
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your family fight back against crime. check our spot crime matt on of them to stay aware crimes near where you live and work. night after a rainy and to the weekend, but get ready for very lovely weather. let's get a first look at the forecast with meteorologist josh knight. we can do feel sorry for the kids going back to school. josh: it will be just about perfect tomorrow morning. at the same time, it is beautiful weather for the first day of school picture and that sort of thing. getting to the bus stop, it will be good. low 70's for the feels-like temperature for a lot of the area, a bit warmer in d.c., closer to 80 degrees, but everybody is on their way down. the cloud cover is breaking down, just about at the edge of fairfax. further west, plenty of stars overnight as the clouds move out.
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steamy after the rain went through. now the cold front is coming through and we were changing over. the humidity is way down, back to feeling pleasant. it will stay that way for a few days this week. tamara morning at the bus stop, 60's. recess, close to 80, low 80's on the way home. you will get to give the air conditioning break tomorrow. how long will that last? the answer coming up in about 10 minutes. kimberly: tomorrow, family and friends did one final goodbye to christopher barry. earlier today, the raindrops fell along with tears. a few dozen people joined the family to celebrate him one week after his death from an apparent overdose. why thea gayle explains group felt it so important to come together right now. anna-lysa: as the community prepares for christopher barry's funeral, sunday community leaders and friends met to honor the entire family. the vigil taking place
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in the southeast washington neighborhood where christopher, the son of the late marion barry, was found unresponsive following an overdose. >> we were close. according to a close family friend, christopher used k2 before he collapsed in his apartment. eed to find and locate these thugs. we need to boycott the stores and shut them down. anna-lysa: for year, the barry family has symbolized hope. >> we loved him for supporting ward eight. all of the efforts champing come his honor of christopher. anna-lysa: many say that christopher provided jobs for disadvantaged youth
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construction company. friends and family will say their final goodbyes to the man they say had a positive impact on many lives. >> he was a great young brother who we loved and cared about. anna-lysa: anna-lysa gayle, abc 7 news. kimberly: new tonight, d.c. police a it was a man's body pulled from the anacostia river today. they say he was unidentifiable. the body was spotted this morning near kingman island in northeast. no word on how it got there or how long it was in the water. a developing a disturbing story in turkey tonight. turkey's president blames isis and a suicide bomber as young as 12 foreign attack on a wedding celebration. the explosion this weekend killed more than 50 people and wounded dozens. it is now the deadliest terror attack in turkey they share. some victims were laid to rest today. the attack is just days
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vice president joe biden's visit to the country. a pregnant south florida mother makes a bold choice due to concerns over zika. she said that she is moving out of the state to virginia to stay with family until her child is born. anotherarried with little boy. her husband will stay in their home in hollywood until she returns with the new baby. comess our life and he first. i want to give that baby a chance that he had to be healthy and have a good life. forove away and separate six months, that is pennies in the long run. there are confirmed cases in nearby miami-dade county which led the cdc to one pregnant women not to travel to the affected areas. the national institutes of he
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around the united states for another year or two. the doctor said that other gulf coast states he sides florida are most vulnerable to spreading the disease. >> when you have a semi tropical region with the right mosquitoes and individuals who have travel related cases in the environment , it is not surprising that we would see additional cases not only in florida but perhaps other gulf coast states. kimberly: he said he would not be surprised to see those cases pop up in flood ravaged areas of louisiana because of how hard it is to remove standing water. another couple inches of rain fell in waterlogged southern louisiana today. this week and was the first time for many flood victims to reach their homes and begin the long cleanup. with people trying to get back to work tomorrow come a temporary bus system will help people get around baton rouge. the stork flooding destroyed many vehicles and some roads remain impassable.
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louisiana to view the flood damage tuesday. the state's governor asked him to delay his trip until this week to give floodwaters time to recede. the first family arrived back at the white house a few hours ago, signaling the end of their summer vacation at martha's vineyard. tomorrow is the last day for people in a look at along main street. flash floods devastated historic downtown three weeks ago. that was breaking news right here on abc 7. will benday, people shut out of the center of town so that howard county can begin the rebuilding of the infrastructure. crews will start working on the water lines, sewer lines come and power lines in the coming days. activity is from 9 a.m. until 7:00 tomorrow night. the county hopes to read open main street to visitors by mid-september. concerns, the price hike that parents
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cannot afford a life-saving tool for their children with severe allergies. plus, celebrating a miracle. you have to see this story, an update on the little girl found alive after getting trapped when her family boat capsized. get somewe will backup. kimberly: still ahead, strangers a pink flowerfind printed shirt that has been ou
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kimberly: a 7 on your side consumer alert, growing outrage over a slow but rheumatic increase in the price -- but her medic in the price of the net the pin, now $600. that is nearly a 500% increase in the past three years on the epi-pen.- on the that is taking a toll on families. >> it's scary. it's scary to see her turning blue, swelling. and it could happen on a panic.
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which helped and gave us time to get her to the hospital. kimberly: less than a decade ago a cost about $100. the maker said the price hike said most insurance patients and they need to stay competitive in a growing market. today we are hearing from the family rescued after their boat capsized, tracking their toddler. the family of four ended up in the water. her husband brian, and one of their children were quickly rescued, but following was a frantic search for their two-year-old daughter. rescuers could hear her crying and eventually found her in an air pocket underneath the overturned boat. >> we got lucky. i mean, it's a complete miracle that everything worked like it did. kimberly: looks like some of you slipping through the interview. the girl's life
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jacket kept her afloat until she was found about an hour after the accident. rescuers say she was a little cold, but otherwise is doing just fine. kimberly: back to school. the three most dreaded words for kids this time of year. classes start for d.c. public schools, as well as anne arundel and frederick counties in maryland. in west virginia, students in berkeley and morgan county head back to class. keep a watch out for our young ones walking or biking to school or waiting at the bus stop. kids, i'm sorry to say, and it's such a shame the weather will be gorgeous. it will be a little cool in the morning, great weather, but by the afternoon it will be nice. play, get the recess on to the schedule tomorrow. a beautiful evening for you, 77 now at reagan national. the breeze continues out of the northwest.
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that is a good sign the cold front has come through. dew point on the way down, the humidity on the way down, and we are starting the morning nice and cool. he beautiful night after the storms moved through. this is after the storms from mond, basically a double rainbow, over the jefferson memorial. some really cool shots. in this one thanks to chris duncan from alexandria, the sunset. look like it was on fire. they beautiful evening. overly you do not get rained on to badly. -- hopefully you do get rained on to badly. we are still on the sticky category, but look at that, 55, that is where a lot of us are working come into thel 50's. hagerstown,ster, the lower the number, the less humidity is, and that is working to the east. still pretty muggy in annapolis, bu
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as we zoom out, the rain working its way into the ocean. that is because the cold front continues to move that way as well. mostly sunny skies tomorrow, the dry air in place as the high-pressure comes in, parks itself on top of us monday through wednesday. that will allow the sunshine to stick around for the first part of this week. thursday and friday, starts to move into the atlantic. that allows us to heat up. enjoy the mild temperatures for the beginning of the week. in the morning, low 60's further to the west. and we are warming just to 85 degrees. with the low humidity, it will be a beautiful day. cooler on tuesday. tuesday morning, some of us in the 50's and 60's. thechance to give air-conditioned break, monday night into the daytime tuesday. wednesday come off some of us may be turning it back on as we go back into t
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the week. the next chance of rain holds off until friday, but that looks spotty. kimberly: last few good pool days. erin: rubbing it into the kids. hopefully they are asleep. with ao come, i sat down young man whose strength will inspire you. he suffered a neck injury. my son has meningitis b. but how did we end up here? his mom thought he had the flu and that he was covered by the meningococcal meningitis vaccine he had received. until 2014 there were no vaccines for meningitis b in the u.s. now there are. while uncommon, meningitis b can lead to death within 24 hours. trumenba is a vaccine for 10 through 25 year olds to help prevent group b meningococcal disease. trumenba should not be given if you had a severe allergic reaction after a previous dose.
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>> and now the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealers. nationals look to sweep the braves today, skipper dusty baker said he is concerned about his bullpen. a wasted a 5-0 lead friday, 6-0 leaddwsew a tonight.
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as the nationals take a 4-0 lead, but the bullpen blows the lead again. braves trying to score. jace peterson and sit for atlanta. that is a walkoff game-winning home run. nats drop this 17-6. the beltway serious with the orioles starts tomorrow. the road to recovery has not georgetownor linebacker ty williams. he suffered a severe neck injury last year that require nine hours of neck in spinal surgery and three months of intensive rehab in atlanta. as hedown with ty continues to tackle his journey towards recovery. was it tough some days? >> it's tough every day, honestly. inry day i wake up and get this thing, is just another day, but i don't want to dwell on it. i don't want it to affect my
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erin: i admire his straight. i sat down with ty and that story is coming up in about 10 minutes on abc 7 "sports sunday ." also, mark gray will join us in studio to talk redskins, and we will recap katie ledecky's return home to bethesda. kimberly: are they going to have a parade for her? erin: there were quite a few people at the airport. kimberly: the power of social media, coming up, how strangers jumped into action to help a mother find a very special shirt for a
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kimberly: you know that social media can be a powerful tool uniting people. the utah mother posted a request for a basic pink flowered shirt on facebook because her autistic daughter loves it. she had no idea that she would get such an overwhelming response. when her mother posted on facebook a picture of her favorite shirt -- teary.y day, i have been reporter: she heard from people everywhere. >> germany, the philippines, tokyo. hasrter: the girl who autism has been attached to the shirt since kindergarten.
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or worn out her favorite shirt, her pink flowers are. she is on her fourth one. reporter: the shirt purchased at target has been out of reduction since 2012. deborah posted this picture on facebook. maybe friends of friends could say, oh, yeah, i have that shirt. my daughter used to wear that shirt and maybe we would get a few backups. reporter: soon, the pink flower print blouses started pouring in. >> so far we have about 12 that have arrived at our house. 140 morerobably about on their way. reporter: she was overwhelmed by the kindness. >> it's overwhelming how kind people are. reporter: deborah got a call from the people that target. they have sourced the fabric and are making sure that it is available in different sizes that tammy can wear into
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us toy don't ever want have to scour the internet to find something that our daughter love so much. and of course i was crying again. reporter: and just like that, a little girl with autism is happy, thanks to a lot of people and a picture. >> we are all connected and we are all in this together. we are supposed to help each other out, and that has been reaffirmed. kimberly: what a wonderful story. means sothat shirt much to a child with autism because it gives them a sense of stability and security. erin: when she said 12 come i thought, that's great. 140? wow! that shows the whole world got involved. kimberly: that is cool. that makes you feel good about people. josh: exactly. could use a story like that every day. kimberly: the weather makes us feel good, too.
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