lawsuits filed a richmond court. we understand that according to the class action lawsuits filed on behalf of the individual who says they got sick of having a smoothie at tropical smoothie and someone who says they were exposed to hepatitis a and got a vaccine but had no symptoms after eating at the tropical smoothie cafe. plaintiff in one of the suit claims he contracted hepatitis a from the smoothie in purcellville. they say they breached the warranty and were negligent not complying with the regulations. they say all food and drink sold in the exposure period when the tainted strawberries were there that all the food and drink was defective.

cases of hepatitis a risen to 28. ten of which are in virginia. back to you. leon: developing tonight a sketch of a man leesburg police say attacked a female jogger on the washington and the old dominion trail. the victim was member of the sheriff's office who was running off-duty. the attacker displayed what appeared to be a boxcutter. no one was hurt. the attack comes days after a woman was assaulted by two men on the same trail in sterling. police tell us they don't believe the two cases are connected. authorities are considering how to keep the head start program going after the funding was cut. the school board members are arriving for a private meeting tonight. county lost $4.6 million in the wake of allegation of abuse and neglect by teachers

the future of head start that serving more than 900 children in county. five members, the board chair and the vice chair ousted. >> it's clear to me that the board leadership knew about the incident early on and did not disclose everything they knew to the board. leon: the officials say head start will continue in county but it might be run by some other entity at the school department. maureen: both major presidential candidates are on the campaign trail today and the sparks were flying. democrat hillary clinton talked to voters in nevada. republican donald trump was in new hampshire. he attacked clip top for the pay for play in her time as the secretary of state. she says that trump is spreading fear among voters. >> donald trump has built his campaign on prejudice and paranoia. he is taking hate groups mainstream. >> over and over and over, people who donatedded to the clinton fo

money to bill clinton got favorable treatment from hillary clinton's state department. michelle: -- maureen: the latest quinnipiac poll shows clinton with a ten-point lead over likely voters. leon: today is the 100 birthday of the national park service. the park service oversees 58 national parks. that includes the national mall where more than a thousand people came to make history of their own today. that is where we find d.c. bureau chief sam ford. hey, sam. sam: hello, leon. nowhere is the work of the national park service more obvious than here on the national mall. for example, the washington conment that you were just talking about earlier. but around the region, people today stopped to observe the 100th birthday of an agency that has done so much. at the tavern

national historic park at potomac, maryland, they sapping happy birthday, they had a lot of kids and a big cake. >> yea! [applause] >> it's impressive. >> have you ever been to this type of birthday party before? >> no. sam: 15 miles south between the washington monument and the world war ii memorial, a thousand people moved around with the umbrellas and the instruction to form the arrowhead logo out of human beings. president wilson signed the service into existence august 25, 1916. >> it's awesome. sam: that is scott logan of boston and biked on park trails 300 miles from pittsburgh to d.c. he loves the national parks. >> day six. >> how has it been? >> awesome. >> one day of rain. great people. met really great people biking

sam: these parks have been a treasure. 20,000 employees, ten times as many volunteers like bud klein of bethesda. >> patrol on bikes. we look out for visitor safety. we carry map, water and information. we do bike repair. >> thigh -- they are popular. this is a nation of 300 million people. about 300 million people visit the national parks. reporting live from the national mall. i'm sam ford, abc7 news. leon: thank you, sam. folks, what are your favorite picture from a national park that you visited? share it with us at burst.com/wjla. we're going to put up a gallery over the weekend with the country national parks are free by the way. get out there and enjoy them. maureen: coming up at "abc7 news at 6:00", dramatic images and the latest for the search for survivors in the italian earthquake and aftermath of a tornado outbreak

cheryl: i'm cheryl conner in fauquier county. a woman who spots a drone going on to actor robert duval's property shoot us it down. we talk to her coming up. leon: coming up later how nike is paying tribute to a local gold medal winner and it's not katie ledecky or michael phelps. doug? doug: heat and the humidity building back in area. i have a storm watch

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announcer: you're watching "abc7 news at 6:00". on your side. maureen: the losses are getting worse in the massive earthquake in italy. officials say at least 250 people are dead. another 365 are hurt. crews continue to search for survivors in the rubble. a girl was pulled alave from the debris today giving hope there may be other survivors. meanwhile, there is dramatic footage out of indiana about the tornadoes. video shows the moment a starbucks in kokomo was flattened. no customers or employees were hurt. indiana governor mike pence toured the damage, including the site of the starbucks. eight twisters touched down yesterday causing extensive damage to homes and businesses. ups of people are in temporary shelters. leon: in louisiana mobile homes are brought in to help provide housing to thousands of people left h

you may remember mobile homes were used after hurricane katrina. homeowners will receive a grant up to $15,000 to make the houses habitable inside. the recent flooding in louisiana left many four-legged friends living there homeless. now a local animal shelter here is doing something about it. the last chance animal rescue in waldorf trying to find forever homes for 66 dogs and 12 katz out of louisiana. chapter staff drove there with cleaning supplies they traded for the animals from the shelters from louisiana. >> they are our neighbors or friends. the animals are in need. what we did is we helped just a tiny portion. the need is so great there. leon: last chance animal rescue will hold adoption event on september 10 in alexandria and september 17 in columbia maryland if you are interested in making a home for one of the

"abc7 news at 6:00" -- ryan lochte may be back in the united states but the troubles in brazil are not far behind him. there are new developments in his case. leon: nice day outside. a little humid, though. what is in store for the weekend. chief meteorologist doug hill will be back here with the forecast. marcopolo! marco...! polo! marco...! polo! marco...! polo! marco...! sì? polo! marco...! polo! scusa? ma io sono marco polo, ma... marco...! playing "marco polo" with marco polo? surprising. ragazzini, io sono marco polo. sì, sono qui... what's not surprising? how much money amanda and keith saved by switching to geico. ahhh... polo. marco...! polo! fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. polo!

leon: forget about letting bygones be bygones. brazil appears not to be finished with ryan lochte. he will be summoned to appear before a brazilian judge in regard to the case that sparked a scandal in the olympic games. lochte claimed he and three teammates were held up by armed robberies at a gas station after a night of partying. however, he later admitted to fabricating the details about the night. more an more you see the drones hovering in the air. sometimes they can be intrusive. maureen: recently a virginia woman

home of her neighbor, movie legend robert duval. she took out a gun and shot the drone out of the sky. cheryl conner has the story. >> it came over the trees and came below the tree line. i blasted it cheryl: one shot and her target was done. >> sometimes my actions think before i do. >> she has made hunting a hobby and she practices with skeet and trap. in late june she had a larger target like this one near the tree line in fauquier county. >> the cattle scattered. the drone went over the trees across the street. disappeared out of sight. cheryl: across the street behind the trees lives a man you have likely seen in movies. robert duel owns a 400-acre property. >> he is a nice gentleman. i give him distance! but not distant enough to allow a drone near the home. >> scattered in

then the men started to come up here. i said i called the police. you are trespassing. cheryl: she describes it as a fancy car, and it may have been the same vehicle spotted on his driveway days before. the woman who drives a school bus for a living has just one regret. the debris left from the drone cause adds few flat tires in her tractor. youngman hasn't bumped into duval late by but she is certain he agrees with what she did. cheryl: virginia, cheryl conner, abc7 news. maureen: thank you. streetcars in the district are marking six months of service. today transportation officials announce sunday service will be added starting september 18. so far an estimated 400,000 passengers have used the streetcars. the line has eight stops

union station to oklahoma avenue at r.f.k. stadium parking lot. leon: well, you know, you think it's popular, as uber has become as the ride sharing service. think again. uber says it's lost $1.2 billion. that is billion with a b this is in the first half of 2016. investigators are sold the subsidiaries they granted drivers was main reason for the loss. despite that uber still making $69 billion. again with a b. don't blame mother nature next time your flight is delayed. a new report says she has little to do with it. according to bloomberg, it's the airline's fault. the report says the flight delay data from the federal bureau of transportation statistics says mechanical issues and scheduling are the leading cause of flight delay in the u.s.. they called the problem "airline miscues." those of us

calling everything a miscue. maureen: miscue sounds good. what a great day today. doug: you know, with the temperatures coming up, humidity coming up, it's summary. but it's not horrible out. kind of horrible a couple of weeks ago but we'll get through this. the weekend is dry and warm. if you have outdoor plans at the beaches and the mountains it should be good for the weekend. time lapse for the weather bug camera high above nationals park. through the day, scattered out. the question with the clouds, are victory approaching or clouds of o-4 approaching? hope for victory clouds. first pitch at 7:05. the o's coming to down again. here is what we have tonight. beautiful, warm, late august weather. 89 with the high. 71 is the morning low. the sun will set at 7:48. dew points are up. that is how we measure moisture. if you watch me, you will know i ke

points are in the 70's and the temperatures in the 80's or higher it feels humid. that is the story now and will be for several days. the outlook overnight, the mostly clear skies. temperatures drop. with the overnight in the mid-70's for the metro area. one of the warmer overnights in several days around here. the forecast wake-up temperatures from the storm watch 7 weather team likely 73 degrees. in fairfax in the morning. 7 in georgetown. 75 in dale city. 73 in waldorf and largo as well. friday will be a warm start. we hit 90 by mid-day. tomorrow is the hottest of the next seven. air temperatures will hit 95 degrees. feels like temperatures in the afternoon. to hit 100 and 103 degrees. one way we can check this is the computer modeling that looks at what the heat indiction and the feels like temperatures are tomorrow afternoon. 102 and 103 in the metro area. that is plenty warm. we will get be

tomorrow through next days. this is what we have number wise. after the 95 tomorrow. 91 on saturday. same on sunday. it will be partly, mostly sunny, warm and humid. warmer and more humid on monday and tuesday. highs both days about 93 degrees. as we get to the middle and the end of next week the pattern will change. warm and humid but increasing chances of the showers and the thunderstorms heading through the afternoon of wednesday, thursday, friday as well. steve rudin will give us update on the tropical weather tonight to see what is happening south and east of the bahamas. update at 11:00. maureen: thank you. feel like running in this nice weather? newborn babies in anne arundel county are sporting new pairs of sneakers. thanks to nike and olympic gold medal winner. nike delivered 70 pairs of infant size athletic shoes to babies born at the anne arundel medical center. i guess they are not doing too much running but a great gift. leon: no time so

maureen: special shoes in honor of an annapolis native that became the first american in more than 100 years to win gold in the 1500-meter race. the shoes will not be sold publicly. you cannot buy them. they are green with orange nike logo representing the colors of the rio olympics. one day they will be very valuable. leon: no doubt. we don't want to see more orange in the town. the nats don't want to. the o's have been having their way with them. robert burton is standing by at nats park. nats hope they are not going to get swept tonight. make sure it doesn't happen, robert. robert: try to avoid a sweep and trying not to lose five straight. now is not the time to lose the games. also a special person at nats park tonight. helen maroulis, gold medalist. she will be honored before the game. ♪

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robert: at nats park where the nats are trying to avoid a four-game sweep against the o's in the beltway series and where the rookie turner is wowing the house. not because he has had eight consecutive hits. franchise record. here is what is wow everything still. the o's against them, put it out on the line. check out the impossible

making that better. win last night. they didn't get that. we talk to trey earlier in the clubhouse about the big play. >> like a little kid's play. catch the ball. whatever you do to get there. get a glove on it. everyone should play center field for that matter. just like a little kid. hustle. make sure you are doing the right thing. maureen: last night a limpian katie ledecky threw out the first pitch. robert: tonight another olympian here and she is being recognized. rockville's helen maroulis the first american woman to win gold medal in women's wrestling. she is going to accept the spirit award on the field before the game. we spoke to helen earlier today and she says she is keeping this hardware to herself. >> i give every award i ever won to my parents. any medal or plaque, it goes to my parents. i told them this i am keep

cool. like look, hold the medal. robert: i can touch it. that is heavy! crazy. i'm going to take it. i'm kidding. >> you don't have to know what sport i did, you just look at the medal and you are like that is cool. robert: never held a good medal in my hand. it was pretty heavy. back to you. leon: all right. thank you, robert. see what happens tonight. doug: good luck. maureen: what is going to happen with us with the great weather? doug: hot for a few days. the pool forecast tomorrow is 95. 91 on saturday and sunday. warm and humid. summary. slight chance of isolated storm tomorrow as a cold front approaches. steve will let you know how long it will last and updated beach weekend tonight at 11:00. leon: all right. that is it for us. maureen: "world news tonight" with david muir up next. leon: see you at 11:00.

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tonight, the new tornado threat as we come on. millimeters bracing for storms tonight. 35 reported tornadoes already. the state of emergency declared, an ef-3, tearing through a starbucks. the threat from texas, all the way north. donald trump calls hillary clinton a bigot. trump's own supporter behind him reacting. late today, hillary clinton firing back, asking which campaign is really promoting racist lies? and trump, moments ago, doubling down when asked if clinton is really a bigot. pulled from the troubrubble. the stunning scene. the 10-year-old girl pulled out alive. the air scare. the radar vanishing at two major american airports.