bombshell headlines. a special counsel called in. down and struck by a police cruiser. an officer found guilty. jonathan: a 7 on your side alert -- is your home safe from break-ins? a one dollar, five minute fix that you need to know about. outside the white house, but for the third straight night, chaos is brewing inside. alison: a former fbi chief has been named special counsel to probe the russia-trump ties. the president adamantly denied collusion. jonathan: scott thuman joins us. what a week it has been. scott: this announcement made by the deputy attorney general is not a finding that anything has been committed. it does provide someone with a degree of indepde

to the bottom of this growing scandal. d.c. move, thec department of justice named former fbi director robert the russiaoversee investigation, although the white house had saidwill counsel was needed. said this will confirm what we are ready know, there was no collusion between my campaign and any foreign entity. >> everyone should breathe a sigh of relief. scott: members from both sides of the aisle praising mueller's credentials and his fbi past. >> this allows him to lead the investigation with the fbi. the investigation can continue to try to get to a conclusion. will have wide ranging ability to dig deep and look for any criminal collusion with the russians. that could l

investigation into bill clinton. that unveiled the monica lewinsky case and prompted his impeachment. that was an impeachment on the house side, not the senate. all of this taking place in both chambers, investigations on the house and senate side. another big announcement, for willquick answers, mueller be looking for crimes, not just wrongdoing, and meticulous investigations like that don't just take months but sometimes years. toson: a few more things know about robert mueller -- he was a popular guy, confirmed as fbi director in 2001. the senate supported him unanimously at that time. he was reconfirmed in 2011 with a 102-0 vote. he agreed to resign from his private law firm to prevent conflict of interest. sign up for breaking alerts at wjla.com/t

i'm tim barber in southeast washington with breaking news were a six-year-old boy was hit and killed by hit and run driver. crime scene technicians just went in to get to the bottom of this. detectives say they have the person who hit this six-year-old boy and killed him, but it's not clear if that person behind the wheel has been charged with anything yet. detectives are talking to the person right now. there working to identify suspect and a six-year-old boy who was hit and killed on livingston avenue -- livingston road in southeast washington. live in southeast washington, tim barber, abc 7 news. alison: tim, thank you. a second victim dead after this terrible crash on route 50 in arnold. a 22-year-old woman was driving the wrong way when she hit another car head on. both drivers were killed.

who is now in critical condition. how she went wrong way is still under investigation. jonathan: sky track 7 flying over two fire scenes. no injuries in either of them. housewere responding to a fire on harrison lane in fairfax. in silver spring, a townhouse fire is under investigation. see a police to officer hitting a man with his cruiser. the chase is on, he cuts into the field. seconds later, the guy they are after -- watch this -- he runs him down. he has been convicted of assault. nancy chen has the latest. nancy: the video was tough to watch, but the man was not seriously hurt. officer hernandez was chasing the guy who they thought had a gun, but no weapon was found. the video shows him driving after him and then hitting him with his cruiser

another officer was chasing on foot. a jury found officer hernandez guilty of second-degree assault, the state's attorney saying that she believes his actions were not warranted. actionser hernandez's on this day not only violated the community but was in opposite of the value this tomunity would like for us be tough but fair and respect humanity of the people we police and prosecute. nancy: hernandez will be sentenced in july and faces a maximum of tenures and present. he was found not guilty of misconduct in office. manon: new video of the accused of sexually assaulting a woman at an arlington apartment. see him running away, the attack happening earlier this month on key boulevard. likely leadt he was in by a kind stranger, then posed as a maintenance worker as he knocked on doors.

the police. and now tonight -- >> he took some of the punch is intended for me. alison: punches from a group of teenagers at a metro station. the guy was in big trouble and most people just passed by. jonathan: a violent random attack, but somebody stepped in. tom roussey was therefore the gratitude shown today. >> nobody stopped, nobody except one person, and that is this guy. 23-year-old he is andrew miller, entering his final year at george washington university law school. >> the consequences are far greater than. you do and get hurt tom: miller said when he saw john bradley in trouble, he went towards the most violent of the attackers. >> the individual turned their attention from mr. riley to me and stepped over him, came at me. tom: one left this mark. >> the second was under my ear,

which was enough to knock me down. >> he took punches intended for me. tom: soon after the group dispersed and metro police arrested two juveniles. this happened rush-hour friday night. >> would bothered me is there was a crowd of people. tom: miller had a concussion and riley needs surgery on his hand. this is not the way they would have chosen. >> i'm glad we met. tom: the former federal prosecutor ed law student have hit it off. i have anomebody that opportunity to meet and get to know, because he is a hero. tom: tom roussey, abc 7 news. steve: stormwatch 7 first forecast this wednesday evening, look at these temperatures this time of year, this time of the evening, 76 at reagan national, 80 at dulles. humidity the heat and is back full force, lower

the heat index values eventually into the lower to middle 90's. we are tracking a cold front that promises to bring cooler air for the weekend, plus the next best chance of thunderstorms coming up in just a few minutes. you.n: steve, thank right now, investigating daylight gunfire and a busy section of arlington that all started with a traffic stop. jonathan: the police say that the driver hit an officer with a truck and they opened fire to stop it. the driver is in critical condition and anna-lysa gayle has the latest. anna-lysa: the last several hours, drivers have had to find other ways to get around this ramp. officer ran a suspect class license plate number and they realized he was wanted. burlington county police have not released the details about why he was wanted. >> i believe what i heard was a shot. i thought it was a backfire of a motorcycle, really loud pop. anna-lysa:

bracken -- broken glass. the police a shots were fired just after 4:30 one the suspect decided to strike an officer with the suv on glebe road off i-395. >> the suspect has been transported to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. the officer has been transported to the hospital with serious but not life-threatening injuries. anna-lysa: this grandmother and grandchild were next-door when the officer called for backup. >> it was very traumatic. anna-lysa: officer spent the afternoon talking to anyone who witnessed what happened. >> we want to do a full investigation. anna-lysa: it's difficult to see, but the pickup truck is still at the scene and several other the cars are stuck behind that pickup truck. at this time, the suspect has not been identified. in arlington, anna-lysa gayle, abc 7 news. alison:

a d.c. killed in a drive-by shooting. loved ones are making plans now harnese milton community bookstore. organizers are collecting books for the store which they hope to open by the end of the year. jonathan: one of the country's biggest pot conventions is here, the expo just kicked off at the gaylord national harbor. tim barber talked to some businesses that are cashing in big time on cannabis. tim: it looks and sounds a lot like a chemistry convention. but as you can tell from the pictures, it's all about the greenery. marijuana and money. and business people. >> it's not what you would expect to run into. tim: for nearly 50 years, richard has been selling distillery equipment to petroleum companies. one day he got a call from mississippi state that wanted

material that makes up cannabis oil. >> in 1998, nobody was think he would be a booming industry. tim: with more states legalizing marijuana, the convention gets bigger. last year in orlando, nearly 200 companies. this yearin d.c., 275. this is the first time the convention is in the d.c. area, which is significant for influencing marijuana legislation. >> we are showing just how professional this is. tim: at a regular convention, he usually sells a couple products. after his first cannabis convention, he sold nearly 50. >> it was amazing. you cannot walk the aisles, they were packed. tim: tim barber, abc 7 news. jonathan: every 14 seconds, there is a burglary in the u.s. alison: tonight, 7 on your side to protect you from becoming a victim. jonathan: a few

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in ohio being pepper spray it. turns out they volunteered to do this for extra credit, and their parents signed off on it. all of this for criminal justice class. >> if he's going to be a police officer and is going to have these weapons to use on people, he needs to know how they feel. alison: the school says the teacher is a former police chief, but critics are coming forward saying the effects are too intense for the students. jonathan: 7 on your side with a safety alert -- every few seconds, summary breaks into a home in the u.s., but there is an inexpensive thing you can do right now to make it tougher for a crook to get into your place. you are about to see how insecure homes are and how for less than a dollar you could make yours a lot tougher to get into. here is matt gephardt. matt: this is not the way the professional locksmith says people s

homes if they've been locked out, but it works. that is a fact well known by thieves. ♪ matt: according to safe sound family, there is a burglary in the united states every few seconds, and more than half the time the crook is breaking in through the front or back door, a crime costing americans millions of dollars every year, not to much of the violated feeling that victims often describe, but there is a wildly simple and inexpensive fix. a fix that begins with throwing away a couple of seemingly important screws. the screws that come with most door latches are short. >> like a half inch long. matt: that poses a security problem. instead, he recommends buying three and stainless steel screws, which dig 5, 6 times deeper into the wall. >> much stronger. matt: we decided to put it to the test.

scores. i gave the door a kick. that only took one kick. i ripped the strike plate from the frame. the frame is demolished. with that, we had next-door. we tossed the half-inch screws and install the three-and stainless steel ones. i kicked dozens of times as hard as i could, but the door did not budge. , patrick and i decided to try together. >> 2, 3, kick. matt: despite what can only be described as a herculean effort, the door with the 3m screws had us bested. >> a little cracking, but no entry. alison: now an update that you saw first on 7, video of

of a wheelchair in front of howard university hospital after she was discharged. today, 7 on your side spoke with hospital officials who did not defend the guards and said they had been removed from their duties. >> we try to treat every patient with their best interests and work with families and community organizations and try to make their transition from the hospital as smooth as possible. alison: the hospital says an internal investigation is underway. the woman in the video has not been publicly identified, but we are told she is a regular patient at howard university hospital and has been back since the incident. jonathan: wawa, the philadelphia-based convenience store and gas station, is coming to d.c. they will make an announcement about their first d.c. location during an event at the newseum next month. they are set to open stores in sterling and manassas the summer. steve:

actually tying a record high capture at bwi marshall. 92 was the record high at dulles, one degrees shy of the record at reagan national. the temperatures through 11 manassas, ands, fredericksburg. considering the average daytime high this day is 77, it will be a warm night and we are looking to have warm temperatures -- make that hot temperatures in the forecast tomorrow. stormwatch 7 satellite and radar come a few clouds, but mainly clear skies expected. tomorrow morning, you do not need a jacket. grab your sunglasses. you will need them in the morning. then an umbrella because some of you may see pop-up showers. tomorrow morning, upper 60's, lower 70's. futurecast, sunshine in the morning. new in time, mid afternoon, looking at a chance of pop-up showers and thunderstorms.

anything. for those of us who do, brief heavy downpours. these are out of your relatively quickly, but they will be widely scattered. by sunset they are gone and the skies clear out. highest tomorrow eventually into the upper 80's, lower 90's. the heat index values will make it feel hotter than that. lower 90's, middle 90's. moving through the afternoon, make sure you plenty of water if you are doing outdoor activities. find a little bit of shade and take it easy. days of heatore and humidity, then big changes for the weekend. never too early to talk about the weekend. saturday around 70 degrees, cloudy. sunday the brighter of the two days, highs of about 75. the 10 day outlook, we are looking for cool temperatures this weekend. the start of the work and school week next week, monday, thunderstorms likely. a stronger cold front moves across.

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josh bell finished turner's night with this, a three-run blast, 3-0 pirates. his day was done. , but thee the gap bullpen could not keep it close. andrew mccutchen with a shot to right. bryce harper misses the cutoff man. pittsburgh wins big, 6-1. isaiah thomas and the celtics hosting lebron james and the cavaliers, game one of the eastern conference finals. first quarter, lebron makes a nice adjustment, 38 for him tonight. and he said after the game he was not feeling well for stop third quarter, the nice pass to kyrie irving. cavs roll in game one, 117-104. game three of

eastern conference finals between pittsburgh and ottawa. the senators jumped all over the penguins goaltender. four goals in the first. chasing the keeper to the bench. ottawa wins 5-1. and finally, the preakness is saturday and kentucky derby winner always dreaming is the early favorite in the second leg of horse racing's triple crown. jonathan: the celtics have met their match. erin: and then some.

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