>> now, abc7 news at noon, on your side. >> we begin this afternoon with the death of former fox news chairman roger ailes. he helped build a fox news channel from the ground up but was recently ousted over sexual harassment claims. a look back at his life. reporter: can a statement, "i'mbeth ailes said probably sad and heartbroken to report that roger ailes passed away surrounded by these beautiful family. roger was my best friend, the most wonderful, loving husband, and father to our son, zachary."

sthe man behind the rise of fox news found himself in the news the last two years of his life in the sexual harassment claims growing louder after former anchor gretchen carlson accused him of unwanted sexual advances. then forced to resign his top post of fox news last summer. roger invented fox news and for 20 years has been fox news. reporter: credited with growing the network into a ratings powerhouse, he was also a key player in the careers of many of the top tv journalists in the country. >> there is at the network that he has not single-handedly created, shepherded, developed, grown, and produced. reporter: before his rise at fox was a heavy hitter in politics. he served as advisor to at least four presidents, including richard nixon and president trump. the head of fox, rupert murdoch come in a statement called

"a great patriot and brilliant broadcaster," saying "you played in a portugal in shaping media -- important role in shaping media the last 40 years." lindsey: the death of chris cornell is being investigated as a possible suicide. he was one of the leading voices of the 1990's grunge movement in addition to soundgarden come he joined the band audio's slave in 2001. he was 52 years old. president trump fires back after a special counsel to oversee the investigation over russia's alleged involvement in the election. he took to twitter to call it "the single greatest witch hunt of a politician in american history." we want to know what you think of the appointment of a special prosecutor. is it a witch hunt or the right move?

bombshell,. janai: bombshell after bombshell after bombshell sending shockwaves through washington and the white house. president trump: no politician in history, and i say this with great surety, has been treated worse or more unfairly. janai: at the center of every controversy, president donald trump. now the department of justice appointing a special counsel to take control of the investigation of russia's interference in the 2016 election, including possible collusion with the trump campaign. that announcement after attorney general jeff sessions recused by acting attorney general rod rosenstein just a week after the president fired fbi director james comey. they originally attributed it to latertein, but trump admitted to nbc that the russian inveig

enjoyed wide bipartisan support then and now. >> it has gotten to political. ller will have all the authorities of a virginie, including taking the matter before grand jury and issue subpoenas. president trump released a statement yesterday saying, in part, he looks forward to the matter concluding quickly, but this morning she tweeted -- he tweeted, calling it "the greatest witch hunt of a politician in american history." lindsey: we have had major new developments every single day of this week. you can keep up with the latest on wjla.com. we have an update this noon on the deadly wrong-way crash on route 50 in arnold. sam sweeney has the latest. sam: it is

still hard to wrap your head around how all of this could have happened. driving the wrong way from 80 miles per hour, and michael and 30 in the afternoon. this was the scene on route 50 your ritchie highway in anne arundel county yesterday. the 22-year-old woman who caused the accident died on the scene, but the 66-year-old man that she hit in his mercedes was flown to the hospital. now we know that he has passed away. -- inside the car there was a sheet and also and i infants. the 14-month-old was flown to a hospital and is expected to survive. police in anne arundel county are asking anyone who may have been there, they want to hear from you as they investigate how this could have happened. in the newsroom, i am sam sweeney. lindsey: you, d.c. police need your help to track down burglary suspects. it

before 1:30 in the 200 block of kennedy street. the pair ripped an atm machine from the wall and took off with it. if you have any information, you are expected to call police. many are expected to take part in a community meeting at jeb stuart five to consider renaming the school. last july, the school board voted to establish a committee to make recommendations. as to mcrae reports from not everyone is in favor of passing the confederate leaders name. has been going on for years, now that school is in session, it is sure to be the hot subject on campus. here's the issue -- jeb stuart was a general for the confederacy during the civil war. people,upsetting some saying that the fairfax county school board chose jeb stuart as a response to the

others say it is not true, the area has significance historically as for the students, we spoke to several of them today. >> i am just for a just because it is a confederate leader and this is a school of great diversity. >> i'm not really into any side. i'm just thinking him if they do change it, they should change it to something that both sides can agree on. >> it is also part of history of this community, and i'm more towards the history-leaning side. former students are also getting involved in this campaign. the name might sound familiar to you -- hollywood actress julianne moore. she went to school here and she wants the name changed to honor supreme court justice thurgood marshall. there is a meeting at 6:30 at the high school and we will let you know what happens next. q mcray, abc7 news. lindsey: another sizzling, summer

-like day out there. doug hill is here with a look at your forecast. doug: as temperatures continue to climb slowly but steadily, beautiful shot from nationals park. 85 degrees, light wind. let's check the temperatures. as of noon from 88 in leesburg. 88 in frederick. 82 in quantico. reagan national and 81 degrees. the numbers will climb -- the average high this time in may's six come so we are well above those values. some this afternoon, cloudiness and the potential for an isolated thunderstorm or two. the best chance of that will be west of the metro area. nothing close to the area on radar. west virginia got a couple thunderstorm stopping. we will watch for those to develop closer to the rush-hour in our area. tomorrow," run out west will move in and that will give increased chance of showers and thunderstorms. this is by tomorrow morning fr

should be sunny, warm, monday, with the civilian southwesterly wind. showers and storms late afternoon. 8:00 at night there could be clusters of showers and storms. they should move off during the overnight hours. tai chi continues for another day. heat continues for another day. we will talk about the next 10 days in seven minutes. crewsy: happening now, are out in full force fixing a major roadway that is shut down in the northwest because of the massive water main break. the pipe was more than 150 years old. as john gonzales reports, this one may take a while. still a lot of work left in northwest d.c., but some of it has been stalled because crews with d.c. water are waiting for parts to arrive from alabama. it is at least a 12-hour drive, but the parts ordered last night.

this stretch of the boulevard will be close. foxhole anden reservoir, where the close is. the workers are busy at work. it is a 30-inch cast-iron pipe that ruptured below, pipe that was installed -- get this -- before the civil war come back in 1860. when this type ruptured yesterday afternoon, it was like a river on macarthur boulevard, and there are a number of businesses, homes, and apartment buildings that are flooded. folks having to deal with picking up carpets and throwing away a lot of their belongings. >> we are concerned that it is continuing to rise and we might have to leave. i came home early from work. john: what did you find when you came home? >> it's actually looked like -- it certainly looked like a river industry. the ground floor is a total mess. john: there is still a lot of work to be done.

that will eventually be installed. d.c. water crews hope you have their throat open later tomorrow -- hope to have the road open later tomorrow. lindsey: coming up on abc7 news at noon -- >> shots fired. lindsey: traffic stop gone wrong. the split-second reaction that may save this officer's life. biggest problems. could the race move out of charm city? apparently this bear won't budge.

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from times square. this is a live look over the a car hasre reportedly driven onto the sidewalk and hit multiple people. this is in new york city. no word yet on a motivation, white it left the road -- why that vehicle left the roadway and went onto the sidewalk. as soon as we get more information we will make it available to you online and on air. lindsey: this is just incredible video out of cleveland. 3 garbage trucks catch fire and exploded. one of the explosions happen as first responders passed by to get in position to fight the fire. the flames were under control in about an hour. no word on what started the fire. outrage in the streets of oklahoma overnight as a police officer was acquitted in the shooting death of an unarmed man. protesters

after betty shelby was found not guilty in the shooting death of terence crutcher. he was spotted on camera walking towards his car with his hands in the air before he appeared to reach for something inside. to obeyays he failed the orders and she thought he was reaching for a gun. she comes to open fire in fear for her life, but no -- she claims to have opened fire in fear for her life, but no gun was found. >> i don't know what was in the mine eventually how they reach that conclusion. i wonder what you were thinking the naacpindsey: legal defense fund in a statement called the verdict is disappointing and say it is hopeful that the justice department will file charges. body cam video shows a colorado deputy shooting a driver at close range. take a look at this. fired.s lindsey:

the deputy made a courtesy traffic stop just to see if the driver needed assistance to they say the man got out of his suv with an assault rifle and they'll to obey -- and failed to obey command. bear is the main attraction of one washington state neighborhood that was spotted at the top of a tree near an elementary school. and just refused to come down wildlife agent did everything they could, shooting beanbags, making loud noises. bear goe the higher. crews are planning to move it to a safer location once it comes back down. but somewhere around the corner and temperatures in the east there is ae 90's, snow plow in boston clinging onto old man winter. it is not the first time snow has stuck around this long. there was snow in south boston

2 winters ago that the not melt until july lot better than snow in july. doug: and better there than here. we are going have another hot day today. tomorrow, very warm and muggy. we are not in the permanent summer pattern yet. but with that comes a couple hot days. nothing unusual there. let's talk about what is happening now. beautiful image from mclean, virginia. 85 degrees, tons of sunshine . temperatures in mclean and the rest of the region will climb several more degrees. 85 degrees in washington, manassas. hagerstown, airport, 89 degrees. cooler at reagan national. to 87.re, up the affiliate will live up to the advanced billing of high heat and increasing humidity. once again, code orange. that is the forecast fro

possibility of having effects on folks that have issues when it comes to allergy or heart or lung disease, and especially the children, the elderly, avoid as much outside time as you can. , somewhere near there today. there could be afternoon thunderstorms. don't think there will be many . pop could produce heavy rain. right now we see a few showers this is south of morgantown in the elkins area. but as we get through the afternoon, there could be a few more developing over the mountains, in the valleys, and could affect portions of our area. this is the way our futurecast sees it for 2:00, a few showers getting closer. most of them don't make the metro area. different story tomorrow come when the cold front comes in.

showers and thunderstorms as the clouds head on in with this warm and humid air mass. showers and storms through the evening. it will get out of your overnight. by, winsfront passes out of the northeast and much cooler air for the weekend. tomorrow, a hot day. only near 70. some sunshine on saturday. with that there could be an isolated thundershower. take a look, next 10 days. 93, 90, highs for the next couple days, and then much cooler over the weekend. temperatures back into the 70's early next week. then another cold front comes to town on wednesday. showers and storms, and then eventually the temperatures built back up as we begin memorial day weekend. typical from my view, mayweather. lindsey: we want to go back to breaking news now.

you are watching, where our car has driven onto the sidewalk and hit multiple people. this is a live look from the chopper as well, wabc reporting on what has been going on. we will listen for just a moment and get more information. >> working on that car in the heart of times square at lunch firefighters were working on the scene because there was a car fire. they're going into the car. we have learned that several people have been injured. again, we do not know the situation or the circumstances of how the situation began. >> in terms of just a traffic accident, this has been a priority of mayor deblasio. invested $1.6 billion to change a

medians, bike lanes. it is a city filled with traffic problems and issues. but i have been proud of some of the gains they have been making in terms of accidents -- they have been proud of some of the gains they have been making in terms of accidents. 20% drop in the first quarter of last year. that doesn't mean the accidents don't continue to happen, and we don't know if this was an accident were intentional. these are things they worry about in terms of traffic, cars, busy intersections in new york city, where there are so many people. you see right here on the main screen, the fire department .here, first response they are there right now to make sure everything has been taken care of in terms of the vehicle or any other problems they can deal with now. the victims, the people whose injuries we don't know what extent they have taken to several hospitals in the area. they have a lot of choices,

east side and they can get to it very quickly. the care is being attended to right now. >> we do have a little bit of more information we want to share with you. a total of 13 patients are right now being treated. they have been injured in this accident. the driver of the vehicle is now in custody. not know anything about that driver right now or how they were taken into custody. we do know that it appeared that firefighters were working on the car, driver already out of the car at that point. a total of 13 patients reported at the scene and being treated. we do not know the extent of their injuries. end it is a reminder of how vulnerable, whether it is intentiona

are in the city went so much pedestrian traffic is walking and dealing with commercial traffic and private traffic. so much vehicles coming and going in the area. very difficult thing. tois a reminder for everyone be aware that bicycles on these roads, some of them too fast around corners, intersections, and you have the double parked cars, other issues. you will have an incident from whether intentional or not, something to keep in mind living in new york city. rl,we will go ahead to ca joining us by phone in times square when this happened. can you hear us? >> hi, liz, hi, david. i can hear you. >> you were there at the time of the accident. can you describe what you saw? >> someone came running around saying, "someone is hitting people, carpetin

times square." .here were people helping a street vendor looks like he got hit could not moments later, cops 6 cups came in -- 6 came in with somebody, presumably the perpetrator, they came down from south on broadway to 35th and for the person in the car and took off and right after that, a lot of action was happening with lots of police cars down 45th. the car started on fire not long after that. tell us what the driver of this car looks like and what was his condition. >> i don't know if you was the -- it was thecar driver of the car. they put him in a copper it wasn't a friendly hello. >> was this person injur

>> didn't look like it. the way the car was wrapped around the pole, it is hard to tell how anyone could have survived it. it was really bad. airbag was outcome wind chills was smashed the windshield was smashed. >> when you look at the car -- from our angle we cannot tell -- did it sustained damage? areait wherever the site with force? >> it was at a 45-degree angle. the pole -- the engine had the paul was in the middle of the hood. .he windchill was smashed >> you must've been asking people what happened and what happened what happened

. did it look like anybody was having a medical episode? did anybody give indication of what they thought was behind matter? n that >> no, not exquisitely. -- explicitly. there were other bystanders and i asked if they saw what happened or knew what was going on and most people didn't. i'm assuming this is the end of whatever scene had occurred, where this car had been running over people. this was the terminus of it, if you will. >> all right, we appreciate you calling in and giving us a sense of what you saw there. we appreciate you taking the time to talk us through this. >> before i let you go, just your personal reaction to what happened there. >> my reaction? well, it is horrifying. what can you say? even if it is just an accident, it is really bad for those involved. >>

obviously, our thoughts are with those victims, the 13 victims right now. we don't know the extent of their injuries. thanks so much. we want to check in right now with our eyewitness news reporter on the ground. can you tell us where you are and what you know? reporter: that's right, liz, we are on 7th avenue and 46, the square. times this is precisely that have a situation the nypd has been worried about. you can see where the cars come to rest of the corner -- >> and we have been listening in to wabc and we will continue to follow this story could stay tuned on abc7 news for the latest.

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