ny other meningitis b vaccines. meningitis b can be spread by typical sharing like... a drink... a spoon... a kiss. it all started here... it might have been prevented with trumenba. ask your doctor or pharmacist about trumenba. announcer: now, abc 7 news at noon, on your side. jummy: right off the top, a developing story out of leesburg. a mother and her child have life-threatening injuries after being hit by a car. q mccray is live at the scene with the latest. there is definitely a summer mood hovering around leesburg. loudoun county sheriff's deputies are still out here cleaning things up. they just took down the police tape. in the crosswalk, a mother with

crossing the street and were hit by a car making a left. here is a look at the scene earlier this morning. and a look at the stroller. it is in pieces. this happened at the --ersection of: manner and this is in the lansdowne community, where neighbors know your name. but eyewitnesses say it was busy around 8:00 when all of this happened. people saw the crash and ran to help. they say the mom was screaming but could not move. the baby was tossed from the stroller. passerby's gave the baby cpr. it was a site they will never forget. here is a live look at the car. the is the vehicle that driver was in when he had the mom and the baby. we are being told that this moment that it is unclear who is at fault in this accident or it did the driver run a red light?

jaywalking? that is unclear, but oath mom and the baby are at the local hospital right now, suffering from like -- but both the mom and the baby are at the local hospital right now, suffering life-threatening injuries. jummy: we had to prince george's county, where a pedestrian is in critical condition after being hit by it pickup truck. the victim was crossing against the light. the driver did stay on the scene. now to the weather, where we are keeping a very close eye on severe weather threatening at least three states. a hurricane watch has been issued for parts of the florida gulf coast. north carolina's outer banks could get drenched by several inches of rain from a tropical weather system. hurricanes

dangerously close to hawaii. these shots were taken from space, showing one of the storms. that is hurricane madeline. tosident obama is scheduled visit hawaii this week. the white house does not anticipate a changing his schedule. at home, there is no such weather. that is the good news. you can see the sun is out. doug hill is here with a look at the forecast. doug: it is going to be hot, and then degrees, everything starts to change tomorrow and through the holiday weekend. it is very likely, probably in the 5:00 update from the hurricane center, this will become tropical storm hermine. of showers and thunderstorms has not moved much, but it will start moving northeast. that is why all the watches are up, and the tropical storm warnings along the northwest florida gulf coast. coastal areas, especially carolina coastal areas -- heavy rain there. the biggest threat remai

and rip currents. the top wind is now 35 miles per hour. it is projected to be off the coast of cape hatteras, literally over cape hatteras, but moving out to sea. it will be close enough to cause some real issues here as we head through the weekend, along beaches, sparrows -- especially the carolina beaches. temperatures range from the lower to mid 80's. reagan national andrews are both at 87 degrees. 83 in annapolis. our hourly forecast calls for clouds at times. isolated showers could happen this evening, especially west of the metropolitan area. most of the rain will stay to the north, and as the frontal system settles south, tomorrow is when we have a better chance of showers and storms. showers are projected for this afternoon and this evening. as we get through the day tomorrow, we have better chances with a front, espeal

around here. we will layout each day for you, seven days in a row, in just a few minutes. jummy: a lot of parents in maryland will be interested to hear what governor larry hogan has tov say this afternoon. he is holding a news conference in ocean city, where he is expected to push forward a plan to start school after labor day. sam sweeney has the story. plant announcement in about one hour has a lot of people talking in maryland. should students go back to school after labor day, or should they begin the school year in august? franchot, the comptroller, says the answer is after labor day. he and larry hogan will hold a press conference in ocean city about 1:00. sources say is possible hogan could use executive action to force districts to start after labor day. we took to the streets of maryland today, specifically prince george's county, to find out what parents

it seems many agree with the governor. >> after for sure. when i was younger we started after, and i feel like the kids need a little more time for summer. >> i love it. it gives me more time with my children. >> after labor day. it gives parents time to prepare for school, and it is not a rush-rush. sam: while most of those parents do agree that school should start after labor day, several local school boards, superintendents, and even the maryland state education association says the plan is bad for districts. "itatement reads in part, is misguided to mandate school calendar decisions on the basis of trying to sell more ice cream cones and hotel rooms rather than what is best for local communities and students." the state says they could earn more than $74 million in revenue if things were delayed at least a week.

coming up this afternoon. reporting in largo, prince george's county, i am sam sweeney. jummy: a gas line break forced a high school in prince george's county to close today. the gas line appears to have been hit during roadwork. so -- but il gas, do not know if it is because of all the construction that has been going on. >> someone hit a gas line during that work. >> wow. well, i hope everybody is ok. >> i don't know what is going on. jummy: the street had to be closed for a while as repairs were made, but everything has now reopened. we turn now to vote 2016, and the battle for the white house has turned into the battle of mexico. donald trump is in a twitter battle with the former mexican

this comes as he meets with the current president. his -- hours after before his landmark speech in arizona, he meets with mexican president thnieto. >> by running mate will be very clear. >> mike pence and then sent a ente fox spoke. can see thatens and finally say what is behind that, this false prophet is just fooling everybody. >> from criticized fox on twitter, saying that fox invited me when he apologized for using the f bomb. fox fighting back

mexicans. stop lying. show some respect." -washington post poll out today finds clinton's support has been eroding as her unfavorable with the numbers are 59%, practically tied with trump. approximately 30 new hunting e-mails are expected to be released by the fbi and the state department soon. the meeting between mexico's later and donald trump will be private, but we are told by trump's campaign manager that he was a questions from both mexican and american press. the two men have one thing in common. really high on favorability ratings, and those helping tick -- hoping to capitalize on the dynamic moment. 7mmy: newschannel 8 and abc want you to have a voice for 2016. send us questions you would ask the presidential candidates.

across the country. e-mail your questions at @the beach elite.com. and analysis says traffic will get worse starting next week. the report says it could double the delays drivers have faced this month in some spots. the review finds consistent september shock, as it is called. however, there is some relief in october and november, worked traffic typically drops off. let's head over to jamie sullivan she has a look at the roadways. jamie: we are starting off in dcps a medical emergency was taking out one of our lanes headed northbound, third street tunnel -- we are starting off in d.c.. a medical emergency was taking out one of our lanes headed northbound, the third street tunnel. let's talk about what we see on 295 if you are heading south.

everything is scheduled to wrap up by 3:30, but it is paving work. this is between south capitol street and malcolm x. with a couple of lanes blocked. we have one lane getting by, so that dropped you down to about four miles per hour. that delay is starting your the 11th street ridge. the big picture, not bad at all. traffic is moving very well in most areas, at or above the posted speed limit. at braddockhere road. no problems on 95 in virginia. we look good on 66 as well, and even inside the beltway near the rosslyn tunnel. it is moving very well. jummy: thank you. we are expected to hear more shortly about how the marine corps marathon plans to deal with metro's safetrack program. metro typically opens early, 5:00 in the morning, to accommodate crowds on race day. but this year the transit agency

new event timeline. we will get all the details on with what ists being described as a significant amounts him we will stream it on our website, wjla.com, later this afternoon. coming up, the woman who accused chris brown of threatening her with a gun describes the ordeal she went through and why she still feels threatened. and plus, a flight 50 years in the making. is the video that has a lot of people talking, the chain reaction crash as bystanders run toward a burning car to save the driver.

announcer: you are watching "abc 7 news at noon," on your side. jummy: the woman at the center of the police standoff that ended in the arrest of chris brown says the experience was terrifying. brown was taken into custody, charged with assault with a deadly weapon. the accuser says it started when she went to his house and commented on a piece of expensive jewelry. she says that is when brown pulled a gun on her. >> i thought he was going to shoot me. he put the gun in my face like f outnd said "get the here goes jummy: brown says the allegations are false. 16 people were sent

hospital after a united airlines flight entered severe turbulence. the plane was headed from houston to london but had to make an emergency landing in ireland. 14 passengers and two members of the flight crew were hurt. the extent of injuries is not known. meanwhile, a landmark flight this morning in florida. the first scheduled commercial flight from the u.s. to cuba in more than half a century. 150 people were on board the jet flew -- the jetblue flight which departed fort lauderdale. we are now hearing from some of the people who put their lives at risk to save others during a wild chain reaction crash that was all caught on tape. we showed it to you a few days ago. by now you have probably seen this video that shows a tractor-trailer slamming into cars on a new york highway. one of the cars catches fire, and you can see with the woman inside, three men jump out of their cars and rush to her rescue. >>

somebody was in the car or there was a woman in the car, and our focus was to get her out of the car. >> we did what we should. we did what most people in the world should do. unfortunately, there were a lot more bystanders that stood around and took pictures rather than helping somebody. it was very unfortunate. jummy: said people were hurt. all of them are expected to be ok. -- 10 people were hurt. all of them are expected to be ok. doug: good samaritans. that is why they call them that. other people are dealing with so much stuff, and we are pretty quiet here. doug: if the computer goggling goes -- if the computer modeling goes right, we will stay away from the tropical storm. we will explain what the possibilities are and what we expect is likely to happen as we take you live to one of our favorite views, from national harbor. you see the wilson bridge in the background.

at 14. it will be toasty today. 90 degrees, and it will feel like 94 to 97. there could be an isolated shower or thunderstorm this afternoon. a frontal system will come to town tomorrow. we could have isolated showers and storms this afternoon. the better chance today is to the north and the west. we have a better chance at scattered showers and storms as the futurecast will indicate. this is 6:00 tonight. watch how this model washes things out. it stays kind of muggy. through today and tomorrow, only scattered showers and storms. they may get stronger as they approach coastal areas. then we start to pick up what is happening down south. you see the bottom of the screen, south carolina? that is rain from what will be tropical storm hermine. it will make its way northeast. tomorrow, rather unsettled. cloudy at times, 84. scattered showers, thunder star's

scattered showers, thundershowers. we think this afternoon will be a tropical storm, tropical storm hermine. water temperatures that are 86 degrees, which is like a rocket fuel to these systems. become not have time to a huge storm, but tons of rain and wind will in fact be coast of florida. all of the element's are there for it to start making a gentle move to the northeast grid then it will intensify and make landfall somewhere well north and west of tampa. that would be tomorrow night, with 65-mile-per-hour wind, and then head inland. the big question, will it follow this track? the reason we say that is because just a little minor change of the track will have major outcomes. take a look at this. most of them stay off the coast, but a couple of the runs are getting closer to the coast line. we are calli

not follow consensus and stay -- and turn more to the left, the forecast will have to be revised in very short order. that is what we're here for. stay online and on air and we will let you know everything you need to know about here and the beaches as well. it will turn cooler and less humid, friday, saturday, sunday, and into labor day as well. jummy: looking good. skins isood for the evening. they could change the game, making it earlier. yesterday, final dress for her so before they start the regular season. the game will be played for tonight instead of tomorrow seen a lot-- we have of good things preseason, but they have a few kinks to work out before taking on the steelers monday, september 12. you will not see many starters tonight. you will see players trying to make the final 53-man roster. right now the

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jummy: major depression affects millions of americans each year, but a new study indicates that there are serious flaws with treatment and -- those who are being treated for the disorder, most are not even seen by a mental health specialist. more puzzling, researchers see millions receiving treatment might not even be depressed. stars in hollywood suffer from depression. one singer i

this morning, selena gomez announce she was halting her revival tour. in a statement, she said anxiety, panic attacks, and depression are side effects of lupus, which she has been dealing with for years. now she puts the focus on her health instead of her career. for heroves performing fans, but i think she knows this is the right decision. up thegomez opened billboard last fall about her battle with lupus, saying she had stopped performing to undergo chemotherapy. there's currently no timetable for her return. after the break, we will get a final check of the forecast and a look at who gets paid the most

jummy: forbes has released its annual list of top earning models. one,e munchen is number that gisele munchen is number one. she topped the list since 2002. adriano lima came in second, followed by kendall jenner come in third. doug hill in fourth. doug: not quite. a quick look today, hot and humid, around 90 degrees. hurricane hunters will spend seven or eight hours flying through this storm. i think it will be a big tropical storm for florida. we will update you at 4:00. jummy: thanks for joining us spirit have a great day.

>> ashley ward has won $100,000 so far, and is about to come face-to-face with a question worth a $1/4 million. she's a little overcome with emotion right now. can you blame her? let's see if she can get all the way to the $1 million question right now on "who wants to be a millionaire." [cheers and applause] hi, everybody. i'm chris harrison. welcome to a very special show. are you guys ready to play "millionaire" today? [cheers and applause] me, too. 'cause we are right in the middle of it. as a writer, living paycheck to paycheck, our returning contestant has had an emotional journey to $100,000. i would love nothing more than to give her a million. from the east village