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>> i don't know how people can do it to intent children -- to innocent children. >> we can't stand a moment longer for the slaughter of innocent people. michelle: from a night of terror to a day of rage seeking justice. in the hour britain's prime minister warned another attack may be imminent. jonathan: in fact, theresa may ordered the country's threat level to be raised's to critical. q mccray in the abc7 satellite center with what it means for a nation still in mourning. q? q: this is what we found out. with the terrorism level increased from severe to critical, that means manchester police will be out in full force with armed soldiers if need be. they have been instructed to keep an eye on the sporting venues there while a community griefs. i have jill outside the manchester -- a vigil outside the manchester cathedral for
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>> you cannot defeat us. love in the end is stronger than hate. >> in london the royal family paused to remember those who died in the attack. this mother and daughter were enjoying ariana grande's concert last night. the show was just wrapping up. when they heard this explosion. >> we just ran. i don't know which entrance we came out of. we ran. >> a crowd of panicked parents and teens climbed over railings trying to get to safety. >> i was terrified. people running over the stairs and dragging people on the floor. by the time we got to the top, there was blood on the floor. >> 22 people died in the attack. among them 8-year-old saffie-rose roussos and 18-year-old student georgina callander. this is georgina callander with ariana grande in 2015.
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>> police arrested a 23-year-old in connection with the attack but they believe suicide bomber salman abedi set off the bomb. he was 22 years old. born and raised in britain. from the satellite center i'm q mccray. jonathan: thanks. flags are at half staff in the british embassy in northwest d.c. this is outside the gate. member of the local muslim community laid a wreath with the message "to manchester with love." there is no specific threat to venues in the united states there is more security than normal at sites all around the country. michelle: we will bring you information as it breaks and "world news tonight" with david muir has in-depth look coming up live at 6:30. jonathan: breaking news from capitol hill. the senate intelligence committee subpoenaed two of the former security advisor mike flynn's businesses. they are located in alexandria. flynn refused
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subpoena citing fifth amendment right against self-incrimination. they are looking into russian interference in last year's election. michelle: former c.i.a. chief john brennan is connecting the dots between russia and wikileaks. he told congress today they communicate through middlemen, that includes the hacking of the d.n.c. last year. >> it should be clear to everyone that russia brazenly interfered in the election process. >> that testimony comes amidst the new claims that the president asked two top intelligence officials to deny any possible ties between his campaign and russia. former trump advisor roger stone called the collusion case a scandal without evidence. >> it's a fairytale. falsehood. steaming pile of b.s. michelle: now as for the former c.i.a. director brennan, he stopped short of saying the trump campaign colluded with russia. he pointed out that is an issue the f.b.i. is already investigating. speaking of trump, president
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russia conflict continuing his first overseas trip. he arrived in rome a short time ago ahead of a meeting with pope francis tomorrow morning at the vatican. jonathan: stafford man pleaded guilty to stealing $100,000 of military equipment from the squadron that is responsible for flying the president on marine 1. that is one of the chase helicopters there. prosecutors say between september of 2013 and april 2015, brandon baker stole tubes and night vision parts and tried to sell them on ebay. he faces up to ten years this prison when he is sentenced in august. we have more breaking news coming in from prince william county. that is where right now police are using helicopter and k9s to finds a man who robbed a wells fargo bank. he is dressed as a construction worker. he walked in wearing orange construction vest and hard hat. he never showed a weapon but he got away with
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rain getting close to area. there is rain over the studios in arlington. we noticed someone walking with the umbrella but the rain is light. there is more rain tonight. steadier rain later tonight. we'll see how it goes with the nats game. first pitch at 7:05. for moment, the heaviest rain is south and southeast. big storms on the carolina coastline. tornadoes watch in south carolina. the future cast shows light to moderate rain tonight and overnight. once we get to the rush hour the rain moves out. we'll stay cloudy. more rain tomorrow night. the pattern keeps repeating. the weekend and ten-day coming up shortly. michelle: thank you. emotions on full display today for a diploma never received. >> i do hereby confer upon richard collins iii posthumous
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ly the degree batch already of arts. michelle: that is his parents accepting the degree from bowie state university. collins was supposed to get the hard earned diploma today but instead he was stapped in an unprovoked attack over the weekend at the university of maryland. >> he was filled with wisdom and joy every day. >> you never see him frown. he was full of life. >> police tonight are still trying to determine if the murder is a hate crime. his accused killer is behind bars. >> i wanted to update you now on a horrific bus crash north of baltimore. three people in the hospital eight days after the crash took place. the students were on their way to d.c. for a field trip when the because was sut off and rolled over. a dozen people were hurt. all of them did survive. we are learning more about a deadly house fire in baltimore
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months ago. the investigators couldn't figure out if it started inside or outside. they found a green disposal lightener the living room. the father says he only smokes outside and it was kept away from the kids in the drawer. the home was missing a smoke detector. michelle: this is like a scene there a movie. a police officer yelling "follow that boat." this time it played out in real life. how it ended coming up. >> this is crazy. classroom brawl. this was far from child's play. the surprising people in the middle of
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jonathan: parents are demanding answers. for a fight that was caught on camera. this wasn't the kids fighting. this is two school employees throwing down on each other. watch this. the kids say they tried to cover it up. they said we weren't aware of that. staff members have been removed. they didn't get to every phone. michelle: man out for relaxing day on a boat in washington state found himself in a
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>> he jumped in and said, "follow that boat." i said yes, sir! >> it was a yacht with a screaming woman on board. the voter and the officer kept pace for 20 minutes. while the police launched their own speedboat. then just like that, they cut the yacht off and rescued the woman. arrested the man leading the chase. all in a day's work. sounds like something from a bond movie. jonathan: it is interesting. how about this one? "7 on your side" consumer alert. the justice department is suing fiat chrysler over emission test. they accuse them of using records to falsify the records. it's similar to the scand that cost volkswagen $to billion -- scandal that cost volkswagen $20 billion. in the u.s., chrysler says unlike volkswagen it did not intentionally cheat the system.
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we are connecting you with attorneys. just call 703-236-9220. if you have any question that you want a volunteer to answer for free, that is the best part. it doesn't matter what the question is. the lines are open through 6:30 tonight. jonathan: well, still ahead for us, a hockey goalie collapses. his heart stops. it turns out he was playing the perfect team to bring him back to life. wait until you hear who he was playing. michelle: and this? this would be the most bizarre accuse for a major power outage. story involving a man with his pants on fire. yes. it's true.
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my name's bond. james bond. michelle: he spent more time as 007 than any other actor. sir roger moore died at 89. following a brief battle with cancer. he was in seven films from 1973-1985. he was the oldest man to play the role appearing in "live and let die" at 46.
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neighborhood spent the night in a dark because of a man and a bizarre. i don't know how to say it to you. the man loaded in a gurney. put in an ambulance. lucky he is alive. the witness saw him swinging from equipment. a substation with live power lines after an explosion and then his pants were on fire. you can't make it up. he is hospitalized and probably charges. michelle: a sheriff deputy received emergency dose of narcan after responding to a call friday night. the deputy began experiencing symptoms of opioid exposure. he was likely exposed to heroin and fentanyl at the scene. two paramedics on the call were also treated for overdose similar poms. jonathan: wow! d.c. firefighters are used to performing c.p.r. in medical
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life of a fell le responders and today he got to say thanks. >> number one i'm lucky to be alive. mike: david could have gone into cardiac arrest anywhere. >> they were in the right place at the right time. it happened while he was playing goalie in a local charity hockey tournament featuring police and firefighters. in other words he was surrounded by e.m.t.'s and paramedics. >> a perfect storm. i had chest discomfort and i didn't attribute it to something serious. i blew it off. >> when he describes it like a horrible case of the flu. >> my body felt bad. >> he collapsed. eight d.c. firefighters jumped into action at the tournament. he had no pulse. thanks to the chest compressions and the shock from a.e.d. he was giving high-fives in the back of an ambulance a few minutes later. >> it's not very
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point they are awake and talking. cracking jokes like he was. >> six weeks later he is anxious to hit the ice again. >> you want to go off on your own terms. >> this 19-year veteran says he is anxious to get back to work. mike carter-conneen, abc7 news. michelle: "7 on your side" is connecting you with attorneys. you have less than 15 minutes to get the legal questions answered. it's free. call 703-236-9220. the lines are open through 6:30 tonight. jonathan: if you have watched the panda cam recently you might have noticed that mei xiang is more restless than normal. that is not the restless pose but if you watch you will know. the zoo says she may be ready to breed soon. frisky. they are monitoring her
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36-hour window where she can conceive. the pair had three cubs survive infancy but only one did not come from artificial insemination so hay hope it will naturally take its course. they have closed the exhibit down at 4:00 and drawn the shades. michelle:♪ turn down the lights and light a candle ♪ jonathan: there you go. let nature be nature. michelle: you're psyched about this. >> i'm happy for the panda. sometimes the bamboo doesn't get it all done. doug: panda romance. all good. rain and more rain. more rain. then no rain. jonathan: are we having rain, doug? doug: i think so. light rain in area now. look live from mclean, at the hyatt regency. a blah look but that is how it looks around the area. cloudy skies. it will stay that way throughout the
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the heaviest rain with the initial system is well south and east. in fact, very heavy thunderstorms over the eastern north carolina. farther south and there are tornadoes in effect for south carolina. there are periods of rain through the evening. not fun there. the forecast, the area of the rain will continue overnight. temperatures will drop to 60 tomorrow. with a light northeasterly wind. we get through the day, subtle changes. first we get through the evening with period of rain and if future cast. tomorrow morning there is a patch of rain east and then another to the west. by rush hour most should be gone. scattered showers. through the day, most is cloudy. then it will move in by tomorrow and thursday morning.
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isolated thunderstorms. we still keep chances of rain throughout the day warmer. by thursday night it will lift out and clear out. 74 to 75 in the next several days. after the morning rush it's rain free and it will be back tomorrow evening. rain, rainier possibilities with the thunderstorms on thursday. then friday, breezy and dry. pleasant weather. saturday is best of the days. 80 on saturday. 82en if sundays and memorial day. partly sunny but there will also be chances of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. the whethers look good, too, but a similar forecast in the 70's. the 7 o's will lead to 8 o in memorial day. then next week the shower chances continue to tuesday. right now wednesday, thursday, friday, partly to mostly sunny skies. the temperatures are
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erin: the nationals welcome the mariners to town and also welcome joe ross to the rotation. they have only faced each other 12 times since the nationals moved to d.c. while they don't know much about each other, they know that slugger robinson cano will return to the line-up tonight which is a scary thought for dusty baker. >> this is a dangerous team. when you play a bunch of kids that you don't know. but got dangerous robinson cano. he had to come back this series. one of my favorite hitters. i tell my son to watch cano and nelly cruz. he has 40-soling homers. -- 40-something homers. erin: the terps are shipping up to boston. both the men and the women lacrosse teams knead it to the respective final fours in the ninth straight final four for the women and the fourth consecutive appearance for the men. get this. despite the almost regular appearance in the
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the men haven't won a championship in 42 years. >> you want to win for yourself but it is more than that. winning for coach, and team we have now and winning for the alumni in the past. erin: we'll root for them. and good goodell con -- roger goodell confirmed he will relax some of the rules for the touchdown celebrations so the players can have a little more fun after big plays. michelle: that is nice. jonathan: some of them have good moves. erin: no twerking. that is not allowed. michelle: i like that rule. none of that. doug: we do that in the weather center when we get a forecast right. erin: i want to see doug twerk. doug: we have more on the weather at 11:00. michelle: i need to see that. "w
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tonight, breaking news as we come on the air, from manchester, england. after the deadly terror attack at an ariana grande concert -- >> oh, my god. >> -- just moments ago, the british government raising the threat level to its highest point, now at critical. and tonight here, new images from the explosion. 22 dead, many of them children, young people. the little girl who was just 8. tonight we're with the community, still looking for their children. the mother, still missing. also tonight, the suicide bomber now identified. the new image posted. authorities blasting their way into his home. the 22-year old it turns out was known to authorities. and back in the u.s. tonight, the fbi call late today to field offices across the country, from concerts, to sporting events, the concern at home.

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