>> i immediately turned to the right and saw a car on his passenger side. kimberly: frightening moments on interstate 270 in montgomery county. a maryland state cruiser sideswiped during a traffic stop. the police believe alcohol was a factor in the crash. ryan hughes has at report coming up -- ryan hughes has that report coming up. plus, donald trump scores african-american voters after a relative of an nba star is gunned down in chicago, hillary clinton has a closed-door meeting, and the latest on the road to the white house. >> now, abc 7 news at 6:00, on your side. kimberly: good evening. i'm kimberly suiters.

a maryland state police trooper who was sideswiped by the driver of a car. ryan hughes has the latest on how the trooper managed to evade the oncoming car. ryan: the trooper was in the middle of a traffic stop, and next thing he knows the car was barreling towards him. look at the damage to his almost takentire out, the side absolutely crushed. this has happened quite a number of times, and 10 at the police are putting out an important warning. >> i heard an impact. i immediately turned to the right and saw a car on his passenger side sliding towards me. ryan: maryland state police trooper sam moore surviving a close call after his cruiser wish struck on interstate 270 near rockville. moore was standing outside of his car on the right shoulder,

after pulling him over for having a headlight out. next thing, he sees a vehicle flipping in the air. >> i was telling the driver to drive forward. 19-year-old stephen shannon smelled of alcohol and refused a blood test. after being pulled from the car he was taken to hospital and has been charged with dui. >> we are trained to keep our head on a swivel the whole time. ryan: thursday evening, three separate collisions involving police cars. msp trooper is still recovering after his unmarked car was stopped during a traffic stop in june in gaithersburg. he had to be cut from his car. the driver in this case is also suspected of dui. or move overdown to another lane if possible. ryan: the police are reminding drivers of the "move over" law. before the busy labor day weekend, they do not want another close call.

and walking away from this? >> very lucky, very lucky. ryan: the "move over" law includes all emergency vehicles. if you violate it, you could face a fine and possibly get points on your license. live in rockville, ryan hughes, abc 7 news. kimberly: avoid rough spots on the road during your drive by getting traffic alerts straight to your phone. log on to wjla.com/text and enter your phone number. another scorcher today, with plenty of sunshine. there could be a hick up in the bright weather when you wake up tomorrow. josh knight has the first look at the forecast. josh: sunshine pretty much all day long. cannot even find a cloud in the sky. not as muggy today as the second half of the work week, but we still feel about four degrees warmer than the

of us. 93 leesburg, 94 frederick, 91.land, 94 d.c., luray the cloud cover breaks down and we will see clear skies three a lot of this evening. overnight, some clouds will build back in. the high-pressure doing a nice favor, holding the rain well to the southwest, and we look to stay dry overnight. 6:00 this evening, 90 degrees, 87 at 7:00, still mid 80's at 8:00. not a lot of relief from the heat. into next week, we will be warming up, but there is a cooldown and site. also tonight, a really cool thing in the sky. coming up in about 10 minutes, i will to you where to look and what you will see if you head out just after sunset. kimberly: sounds good, thank you. they shooting in the chicago has claimed the life of nba star's dwyane

baby in a stroller friday night. the child was not hurt. the police believe she was caught in the crossfire. the police have questioned several people but have not made any arrests. shooting has become an issue in the presidential race. reports this morning, donald death toeted about the court african-american voters. a social media backlash occurred. trump back onld the road in the crucial political battleground of iowa. hispanics,americans, vote for donald trump. i will fix this. reporter: repeating his new appeal today, according voters, specifically african-americans. >> what do you have to lose? reporter: he is taking heat over a tweet

sent this morning about nba star dwyane wade come whose cousin was killed this morning. critics quickly jumped, accusing trump of racism come using a real-life tragedy for political gain. that did not stop him from doubling down during his speech. >> more than 6000 african-americans are the victims of murder, of murder every single year. just yesterday, the cousin of nba star dwyane wade -- a great guy, dwyane wade -- was the victim of a tragic shooting. reporter: hillary clinton spent saturday morning in her first national security intelligence briefing, her motorcade arriving at the fbi field office in new york. the democratic nominee attending alone for more than two hours. kimberly:

both presidential nominees were on the trail today. senator tim kaine was in florida, while governor mike pence was in battleground virginia. anna-lysa gayle picks up the coverage from the live desk. anna-lysa: kimberly, indiana governor mike pence talk to voters about three hours ago at patrick hindley college -- patrick henry college, his visit on the same day that vice presidential nominee virginia senator tim kaine met with supporters in florida. >> i'm excited to be here. this is the first event of this kind that i've done in five weeks as hillary clinton's running mate. anna-lysa: this is the last weekend before the florida primary. pence made a stop in richmond for a gop committee meeting and stop that a richmond restaurant known as milley's. his speech sounded a lot like trump's last weekend in fredericksburg, virginia. the presidential nominee sounded

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kimberly: normally you can walk right into a smithsonian museum, but that will not be the case with the african-american museum monday. timed entry passes for the opening day that were made available online today were gone in minutes. we reached out to officials to find out how fast. the timed entry passes for opening week are still available. to reserve one, go to the national museum of african american website. a thief stole thousands of dollars from his coffee shop. the owner posted a letter of forgiveness outside of h

to the thief that broke in and stole $3000 from the cash register. the letter has gone viral on social media. asked what he would do if the burglar or burglars fessed up, he said he would give them a job. that's pretty cool. josh: that is very cool. kimberly: serving up a cup of forgiveness. josh: more forgiving than most would be in that position. kimberly: it is steamy out there . we had goinging for us today was it was not quite as muggy. at the end of summer, maybe i'm a little worried about a going away and i don't mind as much. 89 degrees at reagan national, feeling like 91. it is still muggy, but not as bad as it has been especially this past week. clear around the area, behind person to the north, holding the cloud cover in the rain further off to the southwest.

of the evening, which is really good news if you want to look out and see venus and jupiter. cloudcast, 8:30 a.m., cover close to d.c. and southern maryland. the further west, plenty of sunshine, but we clear out with 20 of sunshine in the afternoon. 1:00 p.m., we should have a good amount of sunshine, a nice pool; day tomorrow. monday, a few thunderstorms fire up later in the afternoon, to the northwest of d.c., west of interstate 1. ,onday evening, after sunset showers and thunderstorms worked but most towards town, of us will stay dry. the best chance of rain this week will be wednesday. in the night sky come off to the west, what you will see his venus and jupiter. they'll most look like

they will be the brightest objects in the sky just after sunset, but you need a view of the horizon just after sunset. this is courtesy of "sky and telescope," close to the horizon come something neat. the next time venus and jupiter will be that close will not be until 2065. 65 degrees overnight, 73 closer to downtown. increasing clouds, warm and muggy. tomorrow morning, extra cloud cover at 6:00 a.m., clouds. 80 degrees, then the sunshine really builds. high of 90 tomorrow, with the afternoon sunshine. a couple degrees cooler than last night. still in easily above average high for us, 85. in monday,ves back chance of late showers or thunderstorms, predominantly after sunset. i thinkand wednesday, the storms

for most of us are dry tuesday, the better chance of rain will be wednesday. behind the front that brings wednesday's rain, much better come 87 thursday. friday and saturday come cooling off into the low and mid 80's. kimberly: cooling off in time for football season. toert: the ravens looking stay undefeated this preseason, hosting the lions tonight. erin hawksworth joins us next

>> and now the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealers. robert: the ravens will try to stay undefeated tonight, facing the lions tonight at m&t bank stadium. erin hawksworth joins us live from baltimore with a preview. hey, erin. erin: hey, rob.

3-0 this preseason as they welcome the 1-1 lions tonight. joe flacco just took the field, throwing passes, and all eyes will be on flacco tonight as he will see his first game action since his knee injury last november. flacco says he expected play about a half. here is what to expect from flacco. >> i think first and foremost how he can take the first hit. he has done a fabulous job in practice, showing he can move around effectively in the pocket. does not show any apprehension concerned,is knee is but you go from practice to a live game, the detroit lions will not worry about, oh, you're a quarterback with an injury. they are trying to make the team come in this i get a sack

going on it is mine as far as how he reacts off a hit. erin: stick around after the news because abc 7 is your home for the ravens this preseason. coverage begins at 6:30, kickoff is at 7:00. i'm looking forward to seeing joe flacco in action, but also to real selves, who was also expected to play tonight -- but alsoterrell suggs who is expected to play tonight. dress rehearsal for the starters for the redskins last night. kirk cousins threw a pick, but also threw two touchdowns. severalnse busted up plays, but improvement is still needed on both sides. their final preseason game is thursday. soccer, d.c. united hosting the chicago fire.

more points, remaining in the running for the mls playoffs at rfk. soccer fans, rfk stadium is the place to be tonight. d.c. united returns home for a crucial match with the chicago fire. the red and black have been playing better of late. undefeated in their last five matches, including back-to-back ties. three points tonight would go a long way in helping their postseason chances. coverage begins at 6:30 on news channel 8, with the match starting at 7:00. we will have highlights and postgame reaction later tonight at 11:00 on abc 7. reporting from rfk stadium, i'm scott abraham. robert: and the nationals fell to the rockies,

kimberly: do you remember many of your college lectures? robert: no, not one. maybe one.

kimberly: it turns out that good looks may lead to good results in the classroom. not the way that you think. university of the nevada conducted a simple experiment with college students and they found they remembered more lectures from professors that they found attractive. they also did better on a quiz than those who do not think the lecturer was attractive. drive research does not this, it is simple hum

the study findings are consistent with past research about physical attractiveness. earlier studies found good-looking people are considered more capable, intelligent, and socially skilled. what was the one lecture that you remember? robert: i don't remember -- kimberly: was it the professor? robert: i can't remember, so i guess not. i had a lot of attractive teachers in high school. kimberly: all right. do you remember high school lectures? now we are digging. it is funny, i think back to the teachers i remember come even middle school come usually the younger, prettier -- robert: middle school. that was awesome. kimberly: that is a whole other study. josh: we are still talking heat and humidity sticking around through the evening.

warm. towards the end of the game, still in the upper 70's. tomorrow for most of us, things will feel better. we are looking for another nice pool day. cloud cover in the morning, but don't let that discourage you. by lunchtime, the clouds are gone in the high temperatures are close to 90 degrees. the community comes back monday. with that, in chance of more thunderstorms late after sunset -- with the humidity on monday. tuesday and wednesday, slightly better chance of thunderstorms, but i think what really jumps out are the nicer temperatures towards the end of the week. four more days in the 90's, then we are back low average friday and saturday. kimberly: thank you so much for joining us. we hope to see you back here at 11:00.

>> the following is an exclusive resentation of ravens productions. national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. ncicap.org]. >> you think of football, the defense, a team that gives everything for each other. >> i don't really think that a lot has to be done. continuity doesn't stem from lazy. it comes from confidence and i in these guys. > the baltimore ravens select ronnie stanley. >> one-two-three ravens! announcer: tonight in baltimore we reach the pinnacle of the